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_ to another minority group.

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"every individual vote cast, and not place third or fourth party

countries, brought about a change in electoral methods. In some, single

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‘Fresh from the gardens’

Recent elections in Great Britain, in Canada, and more recently still if
the Province of Saskatchewan, all seem to point in the same direction, and
that is to a change in the system or methods of choosing Parliamentary
representatives. For many generations the underlying principle of the
British system of responsible government has been ruled by the majority of
the people as by their of party ives in the
House of CG or L ve A bly, as the case may be. And such
representatives were chosen, for the most part, by constituencies represent- |
ed by a single member. So long as the electorate were divided into only |
major parties or groups of political thought this system worked fairly well, |
although it was never wholly representative of public opinion. |

Now, however, that the two-party system has been, or is being, replaced |
by three and sometimes four or more parties, the weaknesses of the old |
system have become apparent, and the old principle of rule by majority is
rapidly ing i of On the contrary, at West-
minster, at Ottawa, at Regina, each party represented in Parliament is «
minority party, and in each instance the smallest of these minority groups
holds the balance of power. In each of the legislative bodies referred to,
the group having the largest representation in the House constitutes the
fovernment party, but at any moment, and on any question that may
frise, the government may suffer defeat and be called upon to give place

With the exception of the United States where the two-party system
continues in favor, partly, perhaps, because it is so interwoven into the
whole fabric of government, national, state, municipal, even county and
judicial, it appears to be giving way throughout the world. In’ Germany,
France, Belgium, and other countries having responsible government, gov-
ernment is only possible by a coalition of parties, or a working understand-
ing between them. Admittedly, it does not make for strong government or)
Stability in government, France being a notable example.

The multiplication of political parties or groups has, in most European |

member constituencies nave been abolished, the single transferable ballot,
or Proportional Representation adopted, or the second election system in-
ugurated. Even in the United States the primary system almost amounts
to a second election. In a word, it is recognized that the single member
constituency where a mere plurity of votes is sufficient to elect, regardless |

j for the fiscal year just closed, and

US. To Reduée’ Military Expenses

President Hoover Says Military Bud-
get Now Greater Than Any
Other Country

President Hoover intends to estab-
lish a commission of army officers
within the general staff to see what
can be done toward reducing military
expenditures.
The commission, the president sald
recently, would be charged with mak-
ing an enquiry to determine what
j has been made obsolete by scientific
| advancements ahd could be done
| away with, and what army pro-
| grammes canbe spread over longer

| period than originally intended and}

and adequate preparedness.

The president said the purely mill-
tary expenses of the United States
| constitute a military budget greater
| than that of any other nation and at
,;a time when he considers there is
less danger of war than at any
period within the last fifty years.

It is now estimated, he said, that
the military outlay for 1923 will be
$803,000,000, which is $120,000,000
more than the similar expenditure

is the same time maintain complete
|

compares with an average pre-war
expenditure for military activities ot
the army and navy of $266,000,000
annually.

NEW HEALTH FOR
TIRED-OUT WOMEN

Found In the Rich, Red Blood
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills
Actually Make

Anaemia comes on gradually, be-
ginning with languor, indisposition to
mental or bodily exertion, irritability
anda feeling of fatigue. Later

Times .

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RECORDS FOR

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Dealer has a Fire-
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and purpose. He saves
you money and seryes you
"better. See him today. |

“Rain-Making” Impossible
Nothing Will Bring Moisture Out Of
a Vaporless Sky

“You cannot get blood out of a
stone,” says an adage; neither, we
might add, can you get rain out of
@ vaporless sky. ‘Nobody can make
it rain,” says the United States
Weather Bureau. There have been
many attempts to do this. Notable
among these have been the attempt

comes the palpitation of the heart,
headaches, frequent backaches and)
often disturbed digestion and an)
inability to obtain rest at ni, ht. |
Cases of this kind, if neglected, be-|
come more serious, but if taken in)
time there is no need to worry. Dr.|
Williams’ Pink Pills, which are free
from any harmful or habit-forming |
drug, are just the tonic needed to)
remedy this wretched state of
health, These pills actually make the|
rich, red blood that stimulates and

to bring down rain by great explo-
sions and also by scattering electric-
ally charged sand from airplanes.
But if there is no moisture present,
neither explosive waves nor charged
sand can bring it down. The impossi-
bility of doing this can be shown in
another way. ~

“To produce one inch of rainfall
over an area of an acre,” says the

of the number of candidates in the field, no longer meets the needs of the| Strengthens every organ and nerve| bureau, “approximately 13 tons of

situation.

“And it is becoming increasingly evident that it will not for long prove |
«ceptable to the people of Great Briain, or Canada, or in the Provinces of |
Canada. Opponents of Proportional Representation have always argued that
it tends to a multiplication of parties or groups, but the fact now has to be
faced that’ this multiplication has taken place under the existing system.
he system itself, therefore, must be altered to meet the changed conai-
tions. |

Most politicians will not welcome any change, but they cannot pre-)|
vent it. The important question is—What basis of representation and
method of voting shall be adopted to best meet the needs of the new condi- |
tions that have arisen? Already the subject is engaging the attention of
political students in Great Britain, and it is confidently predicted that the
vmwritten constitution of the Old Country will perforce undergo some
change. Occupying the commanding position he does in the present Par-|
lament, and suffering the handicap of a much smaller representation in|
the House of Commons than the vote polled by his candidates in the)
country justly entitles him to, Lloyd George will not long remain content |
with things as they are. He can, and probably will, demand as one price |
of his continued support of the Ramsay MacDonald Labor Government a}
reform of methods and y which will accord full value

to}
at |

| in the

| Many Cl

body. Thus strength and
activity return, the appetite improves
and restful sleep is had. What Dr.)
Williams’ Pink Pills can and will do |
is shown by the case of Mrs. D. B.|
Fanning, Seal Harbor, N.S. who!
says:—"I was in a badly run-down}
condition. I was pale. my appetite|
was very poor, and the least exertion
would leave me completely tired out.
In fact I was hardly able to do mucn
work about the house, I decided to|
try Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills and |
after taking a few boxes can truth-)
fully say I had gained greatly in

health and strength and was able to| horsepower hours to evaporate thé) be an incentive for human endeayor.
go about my work with no sign of) water in a square mile of the aver-| people would work harder to obtain}

the former weakness. I. cheerfully |
recommend them to all others who
may be in a run-down condition.”

‘ou can get the pills from your |

druggist, or by mail at 50 cents a)
box from The Dr. Williams’ Medicine
Co., Brockville, Ont.

ts For Czar’s Fortune

a distinct disadvantage. |

T
Whether the solution is to be found in larger multiple-member const

uencies replac’ng the present single-member seats, with the adoption of the |
single transferable ballot, or even Proportional Representation, or in x}
complete change in the accepted form of cabinet responsibility, involving a|
fixed term for Parliaments and Legislatures, denial to a government of the!
right of dissolution except upon a straight vote of want of confidence, and |
the formation of a cabinet consisting of representatives of all groups, and |
based upon their respective numerical strength in the House, time alone |
will disclose. |

years,
One thing, however, may be accepted as sound, and that is that the | The Soviet Government is the last

genius of British statesmanship which in the past evolved the best form of
democratic government the world has yet known will be capable of meeting
the new situation and solving the problems which it presents.

hree Cornered Legal Fight Fo:
Millions Left By Assassinated
Ruler
The personal fortune of the late)
Czar Nicholas IL, of Russia, report-|
ed to be approximately $100,000,000, |
has become the object of a three-
cornered legal fight which is expect-
ed to be tied up in the courts for

party to lay claim to the fortune,
much of which is supposed to be on

moisture would have to be drawn
up into the air and then precipitated.
There are 640 acres in a square mile,
for which 72,320 tons of moisture
would be required. A square mile,
however, would be scarcely a dot in
the centre of any section where
drought prevails. Enormous quanti-
ties of energy are used in nature to
elevate mf@isture above the earh be-
fore it can be prec’pitated.

“It takes 5,000,000 to 10,000,000

age dense cloud, and even if some

| artificial means were found to cause) raise their standard of living and af-| Tn irate

the aggregation and fall of the in-
finitesmal drops of which rain is

| made up, calculation shows that only) }jef {hat advertising increases

a trifling amount of precipitation
would result, because there is not
much water in the cloud.”

Airplane Not a Rival

Automobiles and Railroads Will
Always Have Plenty To Do

Edward S. Jordan, automobile
manufacturer, says the airplane is
not a rival of the motor car, This
isn’t propaganda for Mr. Jordan's in-
dustry; it is a statement of fact. It
is also true that the airplane is not
a rival of the railway. The day may
come when it will be a serious rival

“Reduced Crop Likely a8,
To Halt Immigration

’ Figures Show Increase

Greater Number Of Inmates In
Dominion Penitentlartes This
Year .
From the annual report of the
superintendent of Seer Laseleree
aries for 1928, recently lasue: en,
tis Dominion Government, it appears | ital. The forenlghtedness or ental
that on March 31, of that year, the| Robert Forke in limit # ee on
inmates of these institutions num- immigration and shutt a Sree
bered 2,560, an increase of 80 over) May 81, is considered as maith a
the total of the preceding year, the| yented a more eat saute extent
average daily population being 2,423.| the west and relieve’ ou SU aanNbyE
Of the inmates, 998 were serving) the inevitable burden 0} ung we
séntences of five years and upward,) ment which follows a poor aapeerd
with 188 life-termers, Divided by BBC, | Mr. Forke who been arth Mesures
the proportions were 338 under twen-| Canada with W. J. Egan, icing at
ty years, 1,137 between twen-| and it would not cause Rice es
ty and thirty, and 40 upwards of 60/ Ottawa to find that still fur es
years old. Attention is called to the | strictions will be placed on co are
fact that many young men with long| tal immigration, and that even vad
criminal records have been received | tish immigration may be pal
of late years, one institution returning | down.
22 newcomers’ cards showing twenty; At present any Britisher can come
of the inmates to have had previous | to Canada at the low rate of $50. The
convictions, one, indeed, having) nominal rate is $90, the balance be-
twelve to his discredit, and several) ing niade up by the British and
others from four to six. The majority| Canadian governments. With poor
of men sent to the penitentiaries are) crops in the west and less employ-
by no means first offenders. ment, the Government will guard
Interesting figures are also pro-| against an undue influx which may
vided regarding the nationalities cy swell the unemployed. Farmers can-
the 2,560 offenders. Of these, 1,918) not carry hired hands through the
were classed as~British, 1,589 from) winter when the crop has been poor
Canada, 197 from England and) and the cities will have enough un-
Wales, 69 from Scotland, and 35 from} employed with those already here.
Ireland. Foreign-born inmates totall-| ‘There is even a suggestion that
jea 642, of whom 320 were natives Of| some of the immigration expenditure
the United States, 85 came from| may be diverted to assist the farm-
Russia, 75 from Italy, 67 from ers, should conditions develop along
Austro-Hungary, 53 from China, 22)the down road as at present. The
from Rumania, and 120 from vari: jand settlement board, formerly the
ous smaller countries. Regarding) cojdier settlement board, may be
their social habits, 503 were return~|cajjed upon to keep track of the
ed as abstainers from alcohol, 1,611
as temperate, and 446 as total ab-
stainers. Of those entered as claim~
ing belief in the Christian religion,|
over half were of the Roman Catho-}
lic persuasion. Each prisoner cost the
country $1.50 a day.

Some Of Departmental Money May
Be Used To Assist Farmers
‘The crop situation in Western Can-
ada will have & salutary effect on
immigration, it 1s belleved in the cap-

tricts and render such aid as may

Prince Receives Prize Winner

Successful Marksman at Bisley Also
Had Messages of Contgratulation
The Prince of Wales received
ality | Lieut.-Col. R. M. Blair, command-
juality
ing officer of the Seaforth Highland-
ers, Vancouver, B.C., at St. James
Marqueste Students Palace and ESM os ae
y ri
A survey made by the students of | SUCCESS in winning the King’s F
lat the recent meet of the National
the Robert A. Johnston College of| z
Rifle Association at Bisley. In ad-
Business Administration, Marquette
i | dition to a host of messages from
University, brought out some inter-) 7
2 Canada, Lieut-Col. Blair is especi-
esting data. Ten students, under the)
isi ally gratified by the receipt of con-
supervision of Dean John Freeman "
>. gratulations from every battalion
Pyle, interviewed 300 men and wo-
.|of the Seaforth Highlanders in the
ment in nine states of this country er
British army, he said. An old lady,
and Canada on what the consumer) frcctnt Beare yeieeCol
thought of advertising. joa perteckatrang: aos

| i rf ing’s
cctreenieondiverattaundito Pope ee Een ogee ier Ba

higher In quailty than ‘unadvertisea| "17%. men. from. Guernssy,

| the Channel islands, expressing the
‘ q dt
products. Advertising was found fo) 1°" “oth ic a tectotaller.

Advertised Goods *
Higher In

Is Finding Of Survey Made

By

The Only Explanation
customer entered the
|ford them more comforts. | butcher shop, threw a piece of metal
| Many of the replies indicated a be-| °° the counter and indignantly ex-
the| claimed;

| “What do you call that, sir?”

| cost of selling but decreases the cost} c
of production. It was also believed to The man examined it and replied:
“It looks like a piece of brass to

raise and fix prices. Newspapers rat- rr
ed first as media, 144 quoting them) ™°

as the most effective. Magazines| ‘Piece of brass—of course it Is!
were second. direct-mail, outdoor, | And do you know where I found it?
radio, handbills, motion. pictures and| In one of your sausages!”
car cards followed in order. | The butcher put up his hand,
|rubbed his double chin, and said he

It Bids Pain Begone.*When neu-| thought he could explain it.

ralgia racks the nerves, or lumbago “Yes, and explain it you will be-
cripples the back is the time to test) fore I leave this shop!”

the virtues of Dr. Thomas’ Eclectric
Oil. Well rubbed in it will still the
pain and produce a sensation of ease
and rest. A trial of it will establisn| gotten to take the collar off.”
faith in it.

| advertised products which would

Tourist Traffic Heavy

farmers in the various stricken dis-).

“Well,” drawled the butcher, as he
| smacked his lips, “I must have for-

DOZEN different things |

cause a headache, but there
just one thing you need eve
get immediate relief, Aspirin
absolute antidote for such
Keep it at the office. Haye
in the home. Those subject to fre-
quent or sudden headach
carry Aspirin in the naeey

Until you have used it for h
aches, colds, neuralgia, ete, you've
no idea how much Aspirin can hel
It means gyi complete relief
millions of men and women wi
tise it every year. And it does not
depress the heart. ‘"

SPIRIN

S93
Aspirin is a Trademark Registered in Cat

Alberta Premier Tours North

Party Will Go To Entreme Nor
Part Of Province

Hon. J. E. Brownlee, prer 0
Alberta, and Dr, R. C. Wallace, pres
dent of the University of Alb
have left Edmonton over the North
ern Alberta Railway for the
River country on a four weeks’ tou
of the north in which they will u
railway, power boat, auto and aero
lane. 4

Their itinerary will take then
far as Fort Fitzgerald on the n
ern edge of the province, the
the Northwest Territories to
Slaye Lake and as far east as
Athabaska on the northe
corner of Alberta.

They were accompanied by Jo

party on Premier Brownlee’s invita
tion. This will be the first time in.the
history of the province of Al 7
that the head of Alberta's ~ govern
ment and the head of Alberta's
versity will travel to the ertreme
northern boundary of the proving se.
The itinerary also includes a
days’ speaking tour of the Peace
Riyer country by the premier, a visit
to the Wood Buffalo Park and in:
spection of mineral development in
Great Slave Lake and around La
Athabaska. i Bee.
Inspector Hancock of the Alberta
Provincial Police is in charge of all
arrangements.

Recognized as a leading
for the destruction of worms,
er Grayes’ Worm Exterminator
proved a boon to suffering
everywhere. It seldom fails. es

B.C. Hemp Rope Factory
Following receipt in the 1
West Indies of experimental orders
hemp rope and cable from the ‘Say
perton, British Columbia plant, have”
come other orders and it is believed
the product is now firmly establish

depo-it in the United States. An-|0f the passenger ship on long) jour-

Plant Grows Leaves Plane In raid Accident

After Having “Sleep”

Repl Withered Foliage In Fifteen Landing At Roosevelt Field

Or Twenty Minutes

After “sleep” of from 15 to 20
minutes, a plant, recently developed
in Germany, produces new leaves.
So sensitive is it that if the leaves) T°
are touched, or a match burned near i
them, they immediately wither and ™onoplane in which
fall off. In about a quarter of an
hour afer the withered leaves have
dropped off, new ones grow out. The
plant is a member of the mimosa
family. It grows in great quantities
In India, where it is gathered and
sold for commercial purposes. The)
bruised leaves are said to have a

!roller collided at Roosevelt

and injured thé operator of

ler,
James Riddle, piloting a smau
two

{is being levelled off and on w!
{two steam rollers were at work, hid.
| den from the air by the cloud of dus!
they raised.

fn medicinal value in healing
ae from his seat, breaking his shoulder.
; The plane crashed, tearing off th
Shige a glleft wing, and otherwise damaging
Dorey ee lowering i+ beyond repair, but Riddle and hi
ae honld I know? “I never, Passengers escaped without injury
“How 8 w e 2

lowered no clouds.”

Cyclists Honor War Deal

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|

EAGLE BRAND | tes se won’ wr
MILK Garage For Women

A garage for the sole use of we

Autoists

} ture.

bathrooms
enthusiasts

| rooms, with

FREE BABY BOOKS | Women auto
ite The Borden Co., Limited, Dept.

Bik ho'st, Paul St. West, Montreal,

for two Baby Welfare Books. | mony.

Strikes Steam Roller In Making | YOU"E¢S'

When an aeroplane and a steam}
Field, |
N-Y., the accident ruined he plane)
the

jother claim has been entered by al neys; it is already a fair quota of
| woman, now in the United States,| business on short ones.

| who says she is Princess Anastasia,| The one great asset which the ali~
| tt daughter of the Czar and plane possesses is speed. Speed is
the only member of the family to expensive. Men of wealth are al-
| escape’ assassination in the revolu-|Teady able to. have their private
tion. She is known as Mme.) Planes, but the average citizen can’t
Tschaikowsky. Recognized relatives) afford ransportation that costs three
of the late Czar, who claim Mme.| °F four times as much as those forms
Tschaikowsky is an impostor, also| With which he is more familiar.

are fighting for a share of the| The answer of the airplane manu-

Turner Valley Oil

“Tourist traffic in the west will

ed in that new market.

break all records this year, judging
Production and Revenue Shown To) from present indications, in the view
Be Increasing Rapidly |of H. F. Matthews, of Winnipeg,

The Turner Valley oil field in Al-| general manager of western hotels,

berta becomes increasingly signifi- | Canadian Pacific Railway. The moun-

|eant and its production and revenue | tain resorts are booked almost solid-

are steadily increasing. A contin-| ly for the season, he said, especially
uous rise in naphtha production has | the hotels at Banff and Lake Louise.
been recorded month by month sinca

Z1IG-ZAG—

Large Double Book
120 Leaves

Finest You Can Buy? «@
AVOID IMITATIONS * ;

*
;

Cigarette Papers |

«i

the beginning of the year, In Jar:|
uary there was a total of 38,501 bar-

+! money. | facturers is that the airplane is still

friends
were riding as passengers, chose for
his landing a part of the field which

The descending plane took off the
! smoke stack of one of the rollers and
bowled the operator, A. C, Madberal,

For Sealds Or Burns.—Dr. Thomas
Eclectric Oil is a standard remedy

ich for the prompt treatment of scalds

. and burns, Its healing power quickly
| Soothes the pain and aids a speedy
recovery from the injury. It is also
an excellent remedy for all manner
of cuts, bruises and sprains, as weli
as for relieving the pains arising
from fhflammation of various kinds,
A bottle in the house and stable
saves many 8 doctor's and veterin-

| ary’s fee.

3 Battle Cruiser Salvaged
The 25,000-ton battle cruiser Seyd-
litz, one of the vessels in the Ger-
man nayy scuttled in Scapa Flow,
Orkney, during the World War, has

in its infancy; that science will not} rels turned out with a value of $154,

ly bring down costs, but will ada | 229. which rose by consistent incre-
jonny. eee f | ments to 92,122 barrels, wirth $368,-
to comfort, increase safety, and 1D) 480 fhirnetane total ‘Yor “the: a
time make the airplane a popular) ooths of the year was 386,272 bar-
ep agers. Bivens It, sul pet rels of crude naphtha worth $1,5:
oust the motor car or the railway.| 44° Tne expectation 1s for fully
It will not carry people about town | 169 oo barrels in July which would
It will not transport wheat, or steel Prete eA so hens ot
rails, or cotton, sugar and other bulk | seine $400,000. 2
products in whose price the cost of) ia go |
transportation is almost the chief) |
factor, | |

Air transportation has a brilliant]
future, there is no doubt of that. But
so have automobiles and railways
Each will do the work to which it
is best suited, and there will be|
plenty for all to do.

Held Fast By Ice
The steamer Baychimo and the
motor-ship “Old Maid II,,"" of Van-
couver, B.C, and the motor-ship
“Patterson” and trading schooner
“Emma,” of San Francisco, are held
fast in Point Barrows ice-locked har-

Nearly 10,000 cyclists, many Of} p.0n recovered after being towed up-| pay ! | bor on top of the world. They must
whom had ridden all night from the| <4. gown 260 miles to Rosyth at a Tein ees arn | wait until a shift in the wind blows
extremes of England and Wales * s) the heavy ice pack towards the North
| 8 speed of three miles an hour. Pee Pe ees ersy | 3 Nor!
gathered on a recent Sunday morn- es Have Ras eT er ® mouse) pote, which usually happens some
y, Pe " | ? here is 0) a tayleigh, in
ing before the National, Cyclists’ yyinard’s Liniment for Neuralgia. | jresex, where mice cared teat ag{ time in August. They are trying to
at Meridan, believed to be Eos eee sex, where mice are reared Just 48! 44 around Point B ri
,a ; atte ead atien seed GAT ee arrow into the
the exact centre of England, About! pr, Malcolm t, the. famous; Cate 4 ais n ordinary! Arctic.
nurse your 3,000. of the cyclists were gitls, and|fnglish orchestra conductor, has| {7m There are goat mice, and of fb
He nAne o - every color. ret, although
most of them wore cycling brecches.| just refused $35,000 as music Fe ae . Taking Advantage Of New Law
A brief service was held at the me-| rector of a London motion picture) ¢° : OY ee mae RL orn Yenalord F
a y -use morial, which was erected VED theatre which would require only farmer, can put his hands onvany ong = rer pence, Brephays
years ago to commemorate cyclists! three ten-minute sppearances a day,| of them at a moment's notice, About ing a busy and happy time of it this

three hundred young ones are born| SUmmer raising the rent. It is the

Keep Foods
Deliciously Fresh

Keep your foods—cakes, bread, pies, cut meats, etc.
—under a covering of Para-Sani Heavy Waxed
Paper. You'll be amazed at the length of
time they'll stay fresh...delicious! Para-
Sani Keeps them from staling.
Get Para-Sani in the handy,
Sanitary knife-edged carton.
. For less exacting uses ask for
, Appleford’s ‘Centre Pull"
: Packs in sheet form.

}every day, and it takes five hours to
feed them all. They are gold to col-

first time they have been allowed to
do so in several years. A new rent

men autoists has just been adopted
|by women in London. A club de-
yoted to feminine needs is a fea-|
Here fair motorists have writ-!
ing rooms and dressing and change
adjoining. |
recently
| dedicated the place with solemn cere-

.PUTNAMS
Corn Extractor

o-

is Efficient

- Painless

|leges and hospitals for experiments. | @W became effective July 1, giving

| we | owners the right to
A notion prevails thdt no auto-| fom occupants of off

mobile driving is reckless unless an| ments.

| accident happens.. |

more money
Ps and

apart-

Canada's Tron-Making Centres

Tusks of 4,000 elephants go into} The three iron-making centres in

Ww. N. U. 1797

| the world’s annual supply of billiard|C#nada are: Sydney, Nova Scotia
balls. Jon the Atlantic Coast, and Hamil.

abies re {.ton, and Sault Ste. Marie in the
Minard’s Liniment for Summer Colds.| Province of Ontario, !

—l =|

HAMILTON

Be ONT:,

Western Representatives:
HUNTER-MARTIN & CO., REGINA, SASK. —