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o# w â€"the investment paint. It improved its ngpeall- ance wonderfully and added hundreds of dollars to its value." f If you are lucky enough to own one of those wellâ€" built old homes, don‘t let it grow shabby. â€" Clean up the lawn, prune up the shrubbery and paint the house with Hiau Stranvarp. Let us show you the colors that will 100K BeSt, ______â€"_â€"zomâ€". 5.sp was fixing up the old home place_and painting it with ~ ~ €6 FOR EVERY ONE N OUR SPRING . CLOTHING DISPLAY \ The diversity of styles in our Spring displays has but one _â€"â€"b object â€"to proâ€" _ _ 74%J â€" vide the proper %)\’@ style for every PAAA \ man. ¢ tailored perfectly to your individual measure, in any of a variety of new Spring models, of a seâ€" lection from hundreds of fine durable fabrics, are moderately pricedâ€"surprisingly so. ' : Serataincreare 2 io. l Liphardt Bros, ‘\‘1: Waterioo, Ont. re Best Investment We Ever Made HIGH â€"STANDART LIQUID â€" PAINT privo R. Detenbeck 1M . It‘s an advantâ€" \b age that this 7 store has deâ€" _ _veloped to a reâ€" markable degree â€"the styles we‘re featuring number rather a vast total. «<oom arue & ABRT CLQOTHESE Outfitters Ontario Avatin cieiree T3 _ "Now as to our efforts in this war â€"and here 1 approach a subject of great gravity and seriousness, and, I hope, with a full sense of the responâ€" sibility that devolves upon myself and my colleagues, and upon the members of this Parliament and the people of the country. We have. four Canaâ€" dian divisions at the front. _ For the immediate future there are sufficient reinforcements: But four divisions cannot be maintained without thorâ€" ough â€" provision for â€" future requireâ€" ments. If these reinforcements are not supplied what will be the conseâ€" quence? ‘The consequence will be that the four divisions will dwindle to three, the three to two, and â€"Canada‘s effort, so splendid in this war up toâ€" this time, will not be maintained as we desire it to be maintained. \ The conscription measure will be{ breught down to the House nlfnnst, immediately, and it is und!;rstood’ that it will be based on the plan justk adopted in the United States. f The Premier‘s Statement. _ Speaking in the House of (‘ommm\s! this afternoon, Sir Robert Borden after relating some of the results of ‘ the Imperial War Conferences, said: I, The announcethent. was made . at the end of a speech of over two hours‘ duration, dealing with the reâ€" sults of the Premier‘s two months in the old land. It was received by cheers, in which members on both sides of the House participated. . Sir Wilfrid Laurier, who rose at once when the Premier concluded declarâ€" ed|that the measure when brought down would be consideréed from thel attitude the Opposition had taken ; from the outset of the war. "We are‘ determined," he said, "to do our ’rull! duty to the best of our judgment, aml} in such a way as to. insure that the best methods are adopted to bring about that victory for which we are all longing and which . we all hope will come certainly, whether it comes early or late. To the Government‘s proposals, when made known in de~' tail, we promise due ‘and fair conâ€"! sideration." . { WILL ADOPT UNIFED STATES PLAN; + FIRST CLASS IS 18 TO 25, UNMARRIED Ottawa, May 18. â€"Conscription is coming!‘ After nearly three years of war, Sir Robert Borden announced in the Commons this afternoon that the voluntary system. had been exâ€" hausted, and that the Government had decided to bring down a measure proâ€" viding. for "compulsory military enâ€" listment on a selective basis." Con: scription will apply to the reinforceâ€" ments needed at the front in order to keep ‘up Canada‘s present army of four divisions, and the number set by the Premier for the first call is at least 50,000, and it will probably be 100,009. BASIS WILL BE %Wfl DOWN IMMEDIATELY ‘Premier in the House of Oommoum Conâ€" â€" bct;vc basls such reinforcements iption Will Apply to the Reinfor ints Needed nu.my“ba noc;qary to maintain at the giront to Keep up Canada‘s Present â€"Army â€"of field as on af fhe .::f.‘:.’n:?..::: FOID‘ visiona. ~ 1 . units of the Empire. The numâ€" GIRA ROBERT BOROEN ANNOWNGES THAT MEAMSURE "I bring a message from them, yes, a message from the men in the hosâ€" pitals, who have come back from the very valley of the shadow of death, many of them maimed for life. But is there not some other message? is there not a call to us from those who haye passed from the shadow into the light of perfect day, from those who have fallen in France and Belginm, from those who hnv\ died that Canâ€" ada may liveâ€"is there not a call to us that their sacrifice shall not be in vain? be sent them. ‘Thousands of them have*made the supfeme sacrifice for onr liberty and preservation. Comâ€" mon gratitude, apart from all other considerations, should bring the whole force of this nation behind them. I have promised, in so far as I am conâ€" cerned, that that help will be given. I should feel myself unwortky of the responsibility devolving upon me if I did not fulfill that pledge. be made, 1 would like to know what it is. The people have c> optrated with the ‘Government in a most splend‘d manner alorg the line of voluntary enlistment. Men and women ‘alike have tnâ€" lerested themselves in filling up the ranks of regiments that were organized. Everything has bean done, it seems to me, along the tine of voluntary enlistment. "All citizens are Hable to military service for the defence of thet: counâ€" iry, and 1 conceive thiat the buitle for Canadian" liberty and â€" autcrowy is being fought to day on the plains of France and Belginm. Thero are other places besides the soll of a country itself where the battle for its liberty. can be fought, and/l, venture to thi.‘. that, if this war should.end in defeat, Canada in all the years to come would be under the shadow of military dominatio®. That is the very lowest at which we can put it 1 beâ€" ileve that that fact cannot be gainâ€" said. is my duty to announce to the House that warly proposals will be made on the part of the Govâ€" ernment to provide by compulâ€" sory military ¢nlistment on a seâ€" ters into consideration, and 1 have given Ithcm my consideraâ€" tion. 1 realize that the responsiâ€" bility is a serious one, but 1 do not shrink from it. Therefore, it "Now, the question arises as to what ig our duty. i repeat once more, a great responsibility rests upon those who are entrusted witH""the administration of public affairs. But they are not fit to be entrusted with that administraâ€" tion if they sheink from any reâ€" sponsibility â€" which "the occasion ,calls for. If the cause for which we fight is what we believe it to be; if the issies involved are those which have been repeatedly declared by all_our public men and in all the press of Canada, 1 should be invoked to provide the reinforcements necessary to susâ€" tain the gallant men at the front who have held the lines for months, and who have proved themselves more ‘than a match for the best troops that the enemy could serd against them, and who are fighting in France and Belâ€" gium that Canada â€"may five in the future. * Time To Invoke State‘s Authority. have had to take l'hen matâ€" nnot Reaiize Conditions. _ &aken, |& ircelette, | & e magniâ€" (22 re them, § ss which |& ed. NorlZ ions unâ€" | & ried on. [E midat of § w I canâ€" |& of the}S ealize it |S not been § en. = | 5 of Canâ€"{&= rge that § ~ need to|§ i to be‘g its mu:::t\= of them'g ifice ror'i . _ Comâ€" & 11 other| & ie whole a them. 1| S am conâ€" g 6 given.! & y of the _E_- me if llg em, yes,!§ the hosâ€"| & rom the | & r death,[§ fe. But!= sage? ls!;_ ose who | & lntolhefg . se Wholg ielglum,t at Canâ€"!& . call to| & t be in'g + matâ€" lE ma io |& w enbremine oompnenime en e enmpenennmms in en ranpnn t ie : Brantford Roofing Co. The Epwarth League of the Cobourg Methodist Church _has secured about an acre of land which the members will work this sammer, and dovote the proceeds from the sale of their prodube,”tn_ the League Missionary Mr. E. H. Thlm_e‘- received a letter on Tuesday from his son Frank, dated April 16th, in which be stited that he was in a b¢se hospital in France suk rerl(lg from shel} shock and comeussion of the ears after a week of strenuous but successful operations. He enlistâ€" ed with 34th Battalion and went over seas a year ago last October with the machine gun seâ€"tion. R w in e 0 en s e e ie sac t 0k t e 0t C Roeg Oust Raquets. < Had ship‘s anchor ‘Ig on my, knee and leg, and knee swelled up and for ‘six days J could not move it or _ get help. I then started to. use MINâ€" ARD‘S LINIMENT and two bottles cured me. zlllIll."llI.lll.!.ll'l’.)mlll}lillfll!D.ll.ll.v'lflllllll”ll'.t!".lfi . as may be necessary to maintain . the Canadian army mx. on the field as one‘ of the fighting units of the Empire. The numâ€" ber of men required will not be less than 50,000 and will probâ€" ably be 100,000. \, With Gretest Expedition. ‘‘These propésals have been formuâ€" lated in part, and they ‘will be preâ€" sented to the House with the greatest expedition that _ cireumstances â€" wil} permit. I hope that when they are submitted all the members of the Housge will receive them with a full sense of the greatness of the fssue involved in this war, with a deep realâ€" ization of the sacrifices that we have already made, of the purpose for which they have been made, and with a firm détermination that, on our part, we will do our duty in this ;:renl: struggle to the very enJ.‘ whatever it may be." * SUFFERING FROM SHELL SHOCK Interesting Letters from the Front Are plable and fit neatly around dormer wil:dows and into the valleys and roofs... They are more easily and quickly laid than wooden shingles . beâ€" cause of their uniform size. _ Brantford slates will not warp, crack or split. Once you have Brantâ€" ford Asphalt Slates laid, you have a permanent roof that requires no attention, Send for free samples and descriptive booklet. Brantford Asphalt Slates are light, durable, waterproof and nonâ€"combustible, Because of their attractive appearance, they are very suitable for roofing bungalows, clubâ€"houses, .public buildings and dwellings of all kinds. These slate§ are made in the natural rock colors of green, red and black, They never fade or require painting. BRANTFORD, ONT. â€" \ L‘tad For Sale by Wim. Knell & Co., Geo. Bucher & Son, and Reitzel Bros. PROSPER FERGUSO(’ Asphalt Slates Branitford S L A T Es Fund. The Leaguers will nfeet on certain evenings with hoes instead of tennis;raquets, and do their paft in The. Municipal Council of the Counâ€" ty of Water}Joo will meet:at the Court House,~Kitchener, on Tuesday, June 19th, 1917, at 10 o‘clock a.m. ails SAMUEL CASSEL, ; County Clérk. increased food production. They will grow potatoes and beans. Kitchener, May 22nd, 1917. ’ SATVURDAY, MAY 26TH, 1917. _ Commending at 1,30 p.m., sharp. : Fupniture:â€"2 extension tables, 20 dining chairs, 2 sideboards, 2 center tables, round leaf table, 4 rockers, lounge, parlor chair, good cook stove, gus plate, sink, Kitchen cabinet, 2 folding beds, 3 double beds, single bed, wash machine, lawn mower, 3 dress ers, l:zn chairs, a lot of bed clothes, blapkets, comforters, curtains, lace and chenele, table covers, carpets, linolâ€" eums, clock, a lot of all kinds of dishâ€" es, glassware, dinner sets, tea sets, a lot of kitchen utensils and graniteâ€" ware, 100 fruit jars, stepladder, half load hardwood, and numerous articles. Terms cash.. No reserve. At the same time the property will be sold. _ Eightâ€"roomed brick house with kitchen; all conveniences; nica, large lot. Terms can be had from unâ€" dersigned; 10 per cent. on day of sale. CGILBERT DEHLER, JAMES MAYES, on the premises situated 110 Weber Bt.. West, Kitchener, belonging to the y S xâ€"or.â€" \|residence, 168 acres Valuable® Real Estate and * bish state of late Executors There will be sold by public auction Y E. S! You can got your harness supplies here. A splendid as sortment of all kinds of light and heavy harness. EXPERIENCED AUCTIONEER AND VALVATOR â€" H. B. DUERING Number of years experience as Auctioneerâ€" Practical knowâ€" ledge of values, live stock, impieâ€" ments. etc. Phone 136, Waterioo 124f COUNTY OF WATERLOO. Repairing promptly done. W. C. Brueckner‘s PUBLIG SMF KNousehold Effects. °* BADEN, ONT. E. J. SHANTZ," Auctioneer Notice. 21â€"4t g One good second hand 10 H. P. s fc.'molme engine, Tuérk make of:Kitchâ€" S |ener. Price $150.00. On skids. Apply S {to ALLAN GOOD;, Conestogo. _ 20â€"2t, Number unlimited. Highest market price N}? Next shipment, Wedntsday, June 6t WANTEDâ€"Old melodeon case. Apply Miss E. Scott, 18 Irvin St., Kitchenâ€" er. 2t. FOR SALEâ€"Smail auto truck, 25 h.p., good running order. Cheap,. Also motarcycle. C. M. Wagner, King St. East, Kitchener., R. R. 3. 2t, WANTEDâ€"Severar good machinists and bench hands. Steady work and good wages, ainder ideal conditions. Apply by letter or in person to Do minion Tire Factory. 1044 E. J. SHANTZ, AUCTIONEER. °_â€" May 26.â€"Real estate and household efâ€" fects of the late. Caroline Houser. 110 Weber St., West, Kitchener, at 1.30 p.m. _ * June 2.â€"The horses, rigs and livery‘ â€"outfit belonging to A. B. Campbell, Queen St., Kitchener, commencing at 10 o‘clock a.m., sharp. MONEY TO LOANâ€"$2,500 to $4,000 to I have a large stock of new and secâ€" ond hand bicycles, repairs and accesâ€" sories. Bicycle repairing done. My reputation built up by years of good work is my guaranty of satisfacâ€" tion. Try me, my prices are reasonâ€" able. I do picture framing, all kinds of grinding, including binder and mower kmives, lawn mowers, clippers, plow shares, etc. and filing and gumming In my new shop now equipped with new and modern machinery, I am preâ€" pared to do repairing of all kinds of wagonmakers woodwork and furniture. Conesto Delivery About 21st of May, at the Waterioo G.T.R. station, at the lowest market price. Leave orders at the City Hotel, Waterloo or address John Reide!, St. Clements. 19â€"2t. The undersigned will have a carload of No. 1 Western Keed Oats for sale. NO 1 Dwelling and Store, very . cheap. Bound to sell...At Hawkesvilie, Onâ€" tario.. .A grand place for a store. Bep or write Office Phone, Waterloo, 292. Shinn residence, Waterloo, 333K Ed. Lippert, residence phone 231 Store phone, Kitchener, 570. retiring. Apply to William C. Bn retiring. Apply to high state awnm, large barn, driving never failâ€" ;?W supply in running stream, 6 wiles from Guelph, one mile from MOB=~ . Beautiful country home, press brick residence, 168 acres, grain and stock JOHN NOLL CARPET WEAVER PETERSBURG Best Equipment, SHINN & LIPPERT loan on first mdrtgf%{f Apply Po: 40, Chronicleâ€"Telegraph, Waterinn GENERAL WANTS MASTER AND HUNSBERGER Hogs Wanted AU(I.['ION HARRY G. HAQHBORN. Undertaking OATS FOR SALE. WILLIAM C. BEANER, * R. R. No. 2, Bresiau, Ont. FOR SALE A1 Baden Farm For Sale C. J. PETERSON, Prop. Hawkesville. 13tf. For SBale. Reasonable Prices. epair Shop H14t i 12.