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/ Fiour, Special _ Kilour, Chief. .. * Flour, Juliet .. ~ Bhorts, per ton . Flour, Special .. _ KFiour, Chief.... ‘ Flour, Juliet ... â€" Bhorts, per ton . Bran, per cwt. .. do.. medium Feedora .. .. do., buile .. Suockers .. . 80., mediuma do., light .. Cannora .. . do., medium .. .... d0., common .. ... .. Heifors, good to choics «o., medium ... .... Butcher cows, choice do., medium .. ... Butcher bulls, choice . . Spring lambs are lower. A moveâ€" menpt is understood to be afoot among the packers with a view to arriivng u‘&;l agreement not to kill any iambs unt!l July 1. ;Mllvo " M&Y, per ton ..... ..... .. Trading was again slow this mornâ€" ing, but with a light run of fresh catâ€" tie offering. A few loads were held over for toâ€"morrow‘s market. Prices were just about steady with yesterâ€" Toronto, May 15.â€" Receipts at the Union stockyards toâ€"day were 716 cattle, 458 calves, 1.004 hogs and 65 sheep and lambs. Hay, per ton, new .... Straw, per ton ..... . itogs. live .:.;:... ... Potatoes, per bag .... Osts, Ontario ... ... ... ... 1.00 Hay, per ton, new ...315.00 ~$17.00 Bran, per ton .....â€"..... ..... 42.00 Corn, per bush. ..... ... ....... 1.20 Middlings, per ton ..... ...... 44.00 Manitoba flour ..... ...;. ...... 7.00 ended Ontario flour ... 5.00 to 5.25 Barley, per bush. ..... ......... .50 GALT, MAY 17TH, 1917. "yhout, old ..... ..... ..... : Barley (feed) ... ... ... .. RFWJ, POL WOB, IBEW ... Eggs, per doz., new .. Butter, per lb. .. ... Live Hogs .â€"... ... . Potatoes, per bag .... Eggs, per doz. . Corn, per bush. .. Bnowdrift ..... .. ‘Wheat, old ..... . Dictator flour .. .. People‘s ..... ... Hany, per ton ... Hogs, live ..... Egge, per dozen Butter, per !b. . at STRATFORD, MAY 17TH, 1917. GVUELPH, MAY 17TH, 4197. Toronto Markets per I_mghel WATERLOO, MAY 17, 1917. STRATFORD MARKETs. GVUELEH MARKETS. ELMIRA, MAY 17, 1917. WATERLO® MARKETSE. ELMIRA MARKETS. GALT MARKETS. LIVE SsTOCK. ENER MARKETS, er@may irThH, 1917. ARKET REPORTS Lk c ies M MTelllllll Ph80 soeree e es MB 0 B CV L 3O 32 ..... 14.00 to 16.00 ces 1 SW â€" M . ... 11.00 _ 13.00 x xx2+s ++ 10.00 e vsaus Tars +07 Falmee uziess ce ..... 6.00 to 7.00 oo ta s seres 15,00 coses mm 6O ... .. .65 15.00â€"17.00 4.00 _ 4.50 14.00 15.00 40 40 33 $1.00 ... 15.00 » < + +. B4 0 to ©.10 ... 42.00 ... 2.50 1.10 1.230 .. 46.00 ... $4.50 .. . 21.00 ....16.25 $2.15 2.30 .95 T.A5 42.00 44.00 43 43 14.25 $2.15 1.25 6.50 8.50 6.50 8.50 7.50 1.25 $2.15 740 7.00 1.25 2.15 35 So complete is our stock of Ladics‘ Rings that there need be mo difficu‘ty whatever in making a selection. Just now we have some of the: prettiest styles that we have ever shown, wheâ€" ther in diamonds, pearls or other gems. Many of them very reasonable in price. Heller Bros. Buying the Ring o en n m t e e t NB OeB e !""”""'"""""l”‘milflfilfl“""“fl"fl % Do You Appreciate S s First 5 OnWB inw in d 0 Noi on 2 ENBE idd Toronto, ; May 15. Grain â€" marke* quotations toâ€"day were? C Ontario wheatâ€"No. 2 winter, $3.05 @ $3.10, outside,; according to Jocaâ€" tion. * Omtsâ€"Ontario No. 2 white, T66 @ 48¢, outside; No. 3 white, T5¢ @ 77c. Cornâ€"American No, 3 yellow, $1.67. Peasâ€"No. 2, nominal. Barley, $140 @ $1.45, outside, for malting. â€" Millfeedâ€"Manitoba bran, $40 per ton: shorts, $45 per ton, on track, To ronto. SCIENTIFIC OPTICIAN Store next Post Office, Kitchener. Cutter® We issue marriage licenses, Room 5, Merchants Bank Bidg. Phone 949. Res. (Waterloo) 314w. Open evenings, Mon., Wed., Fri. The Agricultural Resources of our country are being taxed to the limitâ€" Every acre and plot of ground is made to produce its utmost. A bushe} of wheat represents twice as much to the Western Canada Farmer toâ€"day. His land means more to him, and to the American Scttler who is loâ€" cating his new home in Canada. â€" 1 have a large list of Eastern and Western ~Canada _ Farm Lands to sell or exchange. What have you to offer? C REAL ESTATE IN ALL ITS BRANCHES [t so bave your wants |up-§ plied here. We always keep on § band choice Beef, Pork, Lamb% and Homeâ€"made Sausage S So aiso your glasses outâ€" grow their usefuinessâ€" come to us for new ones: Splendid equipment and years of sucâ€" cessful experience at your serâ€" vice. Sometimes becomes worn and becomes uselessâ€"come here for a new one. Why not buy. your meats here and get the best ? EDGAR FISCHER Successor to J. B. Fischer. Phone 243. ‘Waterloo. A R N O L D J A N S E N Optometrist Right at the Market KITCHENER, ONT. Phone 853 Your Eyeglass Case Is THE KEY NOTE OF TOâ€"DAY PRODUCTION Clayton Eby ; ) mbs, each .. 6.00 6 ye«rlings ..... 1600 @ ted and watered 17.25 @ weighed off cars 17.50 @ L o. b. .. .415 MM25 @ iight Class Meats »we« 5.50 ...'u.u: ./. 100 @ [... £00 @ @ T1c. 17.50 11.15 16.35 5.15 1450 12.50 14.00 17.00 NB .’.umummuuwuummng ww NOA opening road in winter ...... .. 22.10 Herbert Johnston, survey and deâ€" ; description of road ..... ...... 8.00 Dr Ork®.‘medical attendance Anâ€" . drew Erler ..... ... ........ 12.00 Moved by Mr. Wood, seconded _ by Mr. Veitch, that the Council now ad jJourn to meet again at the Tp. Hal on Saturday, May 26th, at 10.30 a.m. and that the Court of Revision and Apâ€" peal be held the same day at 1 o‘clock Moved by Mr. Janzen, seconded by Mr. Wilson, that the following acâ€" counts be paid, and the Reeve issue cheques for the several amounts, viz.: To Simeon Gingrich, statute labor $4.50 Herbert Groh, bonus for wire marriages and deaths ... .... 13.40 Fred Sclwlinl. damage to tand, 3.00 Emil Birnstihl, damage to land, 5.00 Jacob K. Knipfel, damage to land 4.00 Alfred Hannusch, damage to land ANd CPOP ..... ..... 222220 Charles Michm, feaming .. .. John Slee, repairing road and Â¥Ort ::... ceree ar2ls4szakes Thomas Main, express and reâ€" PRIFG 1.... in lilae rervars Henry Thorman, tile for Tp. dFaln culll .2crs wares irkl Dominion Road Machinery Co., FepaIFS ..... 22224 2raas erns Exeter Mfg. Co., road drag ..... Sewyerâ€"Massey Co., 12 steel roed drags ...... ::... .....§ Geo. A. Tilt, registering births, * fenco ... ....2 12225 x1. a.++2 11.00 Wm. Gross, bonus for wire fence 2.00 Ephraim Martin, repairs to disc 2.00 Albert Fehrenbach, repairing culâ€" Members all present. The Reeve in the chair. Minutes of preceeding sesâ€" sion were read and approved. _ _ The Council met at the Township Hall on Saturday, May 5th, pursuant to adjournment. Massey Harris Agency Come in and take advantage of the low prices we ate offerâ€" ing now. Having purchased a large number of buggies before <the raise in price we are able to sell them for considerably less than the price being asked now. Where you get a 'guare deal 38 Frederick St. hone 324. conveyancing, money to loan, Public Stenographer Canadian Northern Ticket Agt. W.H. Rosenbusch 60 acre farm close to Kitchâ€" ener, _ good soil and buildings, splendid water supply. _ The above farms are very reaâ€" sonable, and can be had on easy terms. Come in and select ~orie of the 150 farms 1 have listed. You‘ll be sure to save time and money. ; 58 acre farm nes>» : A1 soil and buildings. 45 acres, neat St. Clements, good soil and buildings. 90 acre farm, one of the best farms near Kitchener. We have a limited sviiply at reaconable prices. See us beâ€" fore purchasing elsewhere. _ It will be to your advantage. There will be a scarcity, of binder twine this season and prices will be higher later in the season. The factories have not taken any orders for some time for later chipment. Big Bargains in Small Farms Waterloo Tp. Council. 57 King 8t., E. Opposite City Hall, Kitchener. Phone 217. Bucher & Son Buggies For Sale Binder Twine GEO. A. TILT, Clerk WATERLOO :icidelberg, 2.87 26.00 3.62 1.00 Weseloh‘s $Â¥SZ, No doubt you will be buying a new pair of Shoese or Slippers for the holiday, and if so weâ€"invite you to call and see our large stock which we bought before the present high prices came in, and are now in a position to mrfumyhm“hyh‘ Don‘t forget, we do shoe repairing while you wait. s New Footwear for dePARTMENTAL AND Mermiouuition | RESULTS AT THE K. & W. COLLEGHATE ’ The Department of Education anâ€" | nounced some time ago, through circuâ€" | tar No. 27, on what conditions it would | grant Lower School, Middle School, and Upper School certificates to students in attendance at high schools and colâ€" legiate institutes in Ontario, in Heu of the usual condition of securing . the required percentages by writing on the ; Departmental examinations in June. The university matriculation _ board made a similar announcement. Oot course, this .relaxation in the regula I!Iolu represents the desire and wish of the authorities in education to meet the labor problem in rural districts as well as it can, having regard also to the demands of edycation as a means to an end. (4) The candidates‘ records at the Collegiate in their respective courses, accompanied by the confidential _ reâ€" port of the members of the staff, must also be submitted to the Department. (5) Candidates must‘not enlist (oriwos farm servicé earlier than April 20th.|,,,p|u and not later than May 20th; and must { work remain at schoo!l until they do enlist. |them (6) All candidates must produce in August farmers‘ cprtificates showing at least three months‘ actual service m the farm, before the Department will issue the desired certificates. (3) Coples of the papers and reports on the marks obtained by the candiâ€" dates must be submitted to the Departâ€" ment for inspection. (2) All candidates for enlistment for farm service must pass in April an exâ€" amination on all the subjects, the papâ€" ers to be prepared and the answers to be cxamined and valued by the staff. (1) The organization, equipment, and efficiency of the staff must be apâ€" proved by the Inspector. In brief, the conditions exacted by the Department are as follows:â€" Brantford, Canada _ ® For sale by Wm. Knell & Co., Geo. Bucher & Son and Reitzel Bros., Kitchener. eBrantford Roofing Company, 1 Brantford Slates are made in the natural slate colors of green, red, binck and grey. The colors never fade and the slates do not require painting nor repairing. These slates are fi:iablo and fit readily around gables and into the angles of any rof. is means a continuousâ€"roof without seams or joints. Sparks die on Brantford Slates. Wbew have these slates ‘"on" you are done with the job. Remember they don‘t require mnun: or staining and may be selected to harmonize with alâ€" most any color design, and the price is not beyond your reach. We would be pleased to send you samples and our Roofing Dooklet. Have you ever had a fine job of decorating spoiled by a leaking roof? if you have, you certainly are in a g:tion to appreciate the value of a roof that is pofitively waterâ€"proof. e of the troubles common to wooden shingles toâ€"day are that they are apt t'?pli;. warp or blow off as well as leak, soon after they are put on. Years ago they were good. but the quality has since gradually depreciated as the available supply of suitable timber became exhausted. . There is Safety Under This Roof Brantford â€" Roofing ’“o. $4 Frederick St., Kitchener, the 24th of May } Five Brantford men will plant fifty | acres with potatoes and. fifty acres , with beaps to further production, not i looking for financial success. Edna Kaufman, John Kehl. Besides these students there; have | been released for farm service twentyâ€" i two students of the Lower School, who japplied for promotion on their year‘s : Ewart Eby, Gordon Grant, Jrvin Klinck, Nelson Litwiller, Wilfrid Roedâ€" ding, Walter Weber, Ira Wilkinson, Luella Doerbecker, Ida Eisley, Marâ€" garet Kerr, Laura Sheppard, Marjorie Stumpf, Mary Thorpe, Flora Veitch, Nellie Weseloh. ..... ..Junior Matriculation. ..... . ‘_ Harold Boehmer, Ewart Eby, Gordon Grant, Irvin Kiinck, Wilfrid Roedding, Walter Weber, Ira Wilkinson, Marâ€" garet Kerr, Flora Veitch, Nellie Weseâ€" | lon. all the reports and recommendations required as above, with the satisfacâ€" tory result that all the papers, valuaâ€" tions, and recommendations of _ the principal and the staff have been acâ€" cepted by the ~Department without question. ‘ We are pleased, therefore, to announce that the following studâ€" ents have been successful, and will be granted Department or University cerâ€" tificates as indicated, as soon as they are able to comply with condition (6) aboye:â€" Lower School. Eileen Clarke, Rose Hilliard, Alma Rieder, The principai of the coliegiate subâ€" mitted to the Department, on May 1st, Entrance to Facultyâ€"(Part 1.) and who had positions awaiting Normai Entrance. .. Amsterdam, May 12.â€"An exhortaâ€" tion to the Austrian people to hold out until next harvest gives relief is made by Emperor Charles in an autoâ€" graphed letter to Premier Clam Marâ€" tinic of Austria, which is published in Zeitung of Vienna. The Emperor writes: "The third war winter, with all its hardships, is behind us, and though there is still many a month before us until the growing seeds give us food, we may expect that spring will bring us relief. (Until then we must hold on and in this we shall doubtless be succesful, though enâ€" countering great hnrJoMn. The Emâ€" peror praises his people for all that has been done and appeals to them to continue to do their utmost for the welfare of the emnire. Paris, May 11. â€"Marce! Hutin, recogâ€" nized as a well informed writer, says; "The number of submarines put out of action ln’M last few days has risen in a most satisfactory manner," AUSTRIAN PEOPLE | â€" EXHORTED TO HOLD TILL HARVEST Another herd of 11 cows within a mile or two, that included five twoâ€" yearâ€"olds, averaged 7,780 pounds of milk, and 297 pounds of fat. A twoâ€" yearâ€"old gave 219 pounds of fat, and an 8â€"yearâ€"old gave 390 pounds. Full information as to cow testing may hbe obtained on application to Dairy Com:â€" missioner, Ottawa. NUMBER OF SUBS PUT OUT OF ACTION A herd of seventeen cows close by averaged only 155 pounds of fat It pays to find out just what individual contrasts are included in averages. The highest yield of fat was 337| jl:u"cr:::;;;m, Mn . 4t o;.c: pounds of fat from a 7â€"yearâ€"old, nn04| P. E. Shantz, | °â€" + P ther 7â€"yearâ€"old gave only 205 pounds |8. B. Bricker, â€" « Water of fat. If these two cows were fea| Richard Roschman, Water grain in proportion to yield of fat, no "L- W. CHUH, B. E. BECHFEL, cxpensive feed need have been mis-| s Manager. Inspecto used. s C. A. BOEHM. District Agent. Contrasts of various kinds occur in j many dairy herds. The eighteen mws’ in one herd in Ontario last year gave an average yield of 7,494 pounds o« milk, 3.4 test and 259 pounds of fat. The individual tests varied from 3.0 to 4.3 per cept. of fat as an nvernxe, for the full‘lactation period. One cow | gave 10,420}:pounds of milk; anpther 1| years old, â€" gaye onfy 6,290 pounds; i think of it, four thousand pounds less! f One dame of eighteen summers gave | 270 pounds of fat, and a two year old j gave 237 pounds. ! CHECK UP INDIVIDUAL YIELDS. My price for the entire property is $7000.00; the terms are very easy and everything can be arranged as to the payâ€" ment. _ Come and see me and get the full particulars. The Real Esrtate and Business Broker Preston I would advise anyone to look after this at once as it will be sold on account of the splendid location and the fine condition of the property. v4 The property has a frontage on King street of about 100 feet and on Guelph street of about 210 feet. The house is well built and in first class repair; contains twenty good rooms and has all conveniences. On this property is a large barn and sheds. The Queens Hotel property has been listed with me this week. _ This property hnm.dthebutmmrl:ht across from that old established business corner. One of the Best Corners in the Prosperous Town of Preston Listed GILSON SILO FILLERS IS INCREASING . J. SCHLUETER The Lightest Running Blowers made Beware of imitations and infringements Ask MELVIN HUETHER, Agent, Kitchener Or write Gilson Mifg. Co. Ltd. THE HYLO SILOâ€"Entirely different and infinitely superior 231 York Street, Gueliph Ontario. The E rigine of Constant Service Absolutely Guaranteed GILSON ENGINES + Officers and Directors:â€" Two additional farm tractors are being purchased by the Department of Agricultureâ€"one for Wentworth and another for Welland County, in connection with the campaign for increased farm production. Waterloo Mutual â€" Fire Insurance Company ‘ ince.yorsted in 1883. , TOTAL ASSET6, 318T DEC., 1914, OvER $880,000 George Diebel, President, .â€"«terioo Allan Bowman, Viceâ€"Pres., Preston Dr. J. H. Webb, + Waterion J. Howard Simpson > Gueipn J. L. Wideman, â€" §t. Jacoba James Livingston, * Baden P. E. Shantz, | °> + Preston UNDERTAKERS AND ' FUNERAL DIRECTORS Satisfaction guaranteed. Calls from all parte of _ the county promptly attended to. J. LETTER & SON Waterloo. Phone 80. Night Phone 207W. 1 have $5000 to loan on a good farm mortgage When requiring money on mortgage apply to A. K. Cressman ~$5000 To Loan WATERLOO. _ Phone 188