-— of wet weather, or severe hail storms, or yarious pests and blights, until only

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COFFEE pallens people- |

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year Western Canada is confronted with the task of securing an adequate supply of men to harvest and thresh the large and increasing grain crop grown throughout the prairie country. It is a problem of some magni- tude and one that calls for careful organization, great foresight and wise man- agemeni on the part of those-entrusted with the work. This year has been no exception to the rule; in fact, prospects of one of the heaviest crops in the history of the country only served to intensify the problem and add to the vilal importance of satisfactorily solving it.

Plans for the-securing of tens of thousands of harvest hands made weeks before the actual work of cutling the grain begins. Those plans, both as to the number of men likely to be required and the dates upon which | they should be available to go into the fields, must be made on the basis of

slimates which may later be completely upset as a result of weather condi- ‘. What from all appearances indicates a bumper crop in late June or a July Inay be radically altered through intense heat, or a prolonged spell

Byery

ave to be

an average; or less than average, crop results. An anticipated early harvest may be considerably delayed with the result that men are on hand before the Yarmers are ready to engage them, or conditions may hurry the crop onward io a rapid ripening and a clamor go up for men before they are available in sufficient numbe!

his year, with prospects in late June and early July of the heaviest grain ‘yield in the history of the West, with a general concensus of opinion ihat the Western wheat crop would approach closely to the 500,000,000 bush- els mark, and with estimated requirements of approximately 60,000 harvest hands, steps were taken by Government departments and transportation com- panies to meet the need. As a result arrangements were made to bring men not only from the other Provinces of Canada and the United States, but from the Brilish Isles as well. Some four or five thousand men have, therefore, been brought across the Atlantic to help in the harvest, in addition to tens of thousands from Eastern Canada and British Columbia and hundreds from the United States. *

/ Many of these men are prepared to remain as permanent settlers if they are pleased with their treatment here and find conditions are promising for their future success. Inasmuch as Canada requires additional population as one of the chief essentials of its continued growth, development and prosper- ity, it is of the utmost importance that everything possible be done to retain the maximum number of these men.

Governments and transportation companies having done their part, it now remains for the individual farmer to do his. Undoubtedly the vast majority of farmers treat their temporary help fairly and decently, and, while expect- ing and requiring of them hard work and long hours, see to it that they are comfortably housed, wel! fed, treated with reasonable consideration and paid prompily and adequately for seryices rendered. But in past years there have been numerous complaints, nevertheless, that conditions under which harvest hands haye been obliged to work, and the business relations existing between farmer and employee, have not been all that jpey ought to have been and cer-

tainly not conducive to creating a favorable impression among these strangers in our midst.

Western farmers have evefything to gain and nothing to lose by accord- ing the very best treatment possible to their harvest help. The letters

which these men write to their old homes, and the impressions they take | &x€ | noticed.

buck, will constitute either the very finest or the very worst advertisement for this country. gration, or will hurt it. here will either make the ever recurring task of obtaining an adequate sup- ply of harvest help when needed easler as the years pass or increasingly difil- cult. And the more difficult that task, the more the farmer will be made to pay.

It must be remembered that the expense to thes

The opinions of these men will either enormously help immi-

distances for only a few months’ work is fairly heavy and they are entitled, under the circumstances, to good wages If adequate we are not forth- coming, these men will have nothing to show for their labor and the expense

to which they have gone, and not only will they not repeat the experiment, |

but they will discourage others:

This is not to say that these harvesters are justified in demanding extor- tlonate wages, nor in adopting any hold-up policy. There is a limit which a farmer .can pay for his harvest help, and, in yiew of the present economic condition of Western agriculture, that limit is not a high one, and to exceed it means ruin for the farmer.

The point of this article, however, fs that quite apart from the question of

wages, the individual farmer can go much to make his hired help satisfied, and a friend and booster for Western Canada instead of a critic and knocker. Many of these young men come from good and comfortable homes and they resent being treated as riff-raff and bums out of work looking for an easy job.

There is good and bad among them, but with the majority W ern Can- The

ada is on trial. ‘fore, treat them white.

{ly owned, , The Canadian people gain

* annda’s Raval Wealth

Yearly Revenue From All Branches Is $500,000,000

from their forest possessions the sub- $500,000,-

stantial annual |000 represeniing the production of all

revenue of

Of the total area of forests in the | branches of their forest industries. Bahiteempire Cansda holds oven 50|aicre than 10UAnni mes ate engaged in cenit: In Canada more than 8: Canada converting forest products cent. of the forest area is public into wealth in some form or other. Nearly 400,000 other people depend on

this “forest army” for their food and

THE OLD [mieten In sein abe a ae RELIABLE ‘iva ante suena

industry Minard's gets ut the root of the | | Pays 55,000 men $60,000,000 wages an- trouble. Stops inflammation, dead ens pain.

The lumber

| year In wages.

nually

| Capital For Calgary District

| Among .the harvest immigrants

brought to Western Canada in august

was reticketed out of

= | remedy that has been mos Their reports on the country and their treatment | in the treatment of dis

| some food these blood-making pills at-

» men in coming long} dealer in medicine or by t 50c

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by the Canadian National Railways from overseas was a Swiss farmer with $70,000 to invest in a farm. He Soap 25c, Ointment 25 and 50c. Talcum25c. Sold

| Winnipeg to| y Limited, Paul St., W., M 5 Calgary, where he intended to settle. | Caticars Sonn ahived ie Baubanke

Fruits Grow Well

Industry ts Growing On Southern

: Alberta Irrigated Lands Displays at the Lethbridge fair this

year have established the fact thal

tree frutls can be grown. successt: Irvl- gation farmers in the south had dis- displays of cleat eee and smail fruits, as. well as oftobacco, — All of these were grown on irrigated lands. One interesting exhibit was that of the United Farmers of Alberta, at Vauxhall, which showed fifty different products. Fruit growing been taken up in several parts of both Southern and Northern Alberta with considerable success, and this indus- try is taking on larger proportions each year. 7

bi Be Wheezy Chest Colds Subdued Over Night

Trained Nurse Tells How Colds Are Quickly Broken Up

NERVILINE

A Home Necessity

in certain districts of Alberta,

soil has

valuable home remedies ther should always keep on rringklon Says: Vy

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rbed auick-

M 2) lieves ingestion in @ short time, chest colds, pain in the side, suff nec ache and toothache, I have found invaluable.

In or ills that arise in every more efficient than

treating the home, nothing viline.”

fifty years Nervil elfold article in thou Get a 35c bottle to-day.

Peaches For Great Britain

An experimental shipment of seyer- al thousand cases of peaches will be made to Great Britain next month by the Ontario Department of Agricul- ture. Large handsome peaches of good quality are being selected for this shipment, which is expected to be the forerunner of a considerable de- velopment in Canadian export trade.

SYMPTOMS OF ANAEMIA

An Inherited Tendéncy to Anaemia May be Overcome

Some people have a tendency to be-

come thin-blooded just as others have

an inherited tendency to rheumatism,

or to nervous disorders. The condi-

rthat section of the province.

Farmers Moving to St. Walburg

Leave Drought Area in Southern Sas- katchewan to Farm in North

A number of farmers in thé dried cut section of Saskatchewan, south- Swift Current, have moyed away and settled in the St. Walburg district at the end of the steel on the C.N.R. northwest of Battleford, according to John Balfour, who return- ed to Regina from a business trip in

west of

AKIN OWDE

MagicBaking fowder is scientifically made and has never failed fo give {he maximum leavening efficiency:

Because of this

Mr. Balfour this far-flung district making good. ft

that settlers in appear to be 3eing a bush country, he said, the district calls for a dif- ferent type of farming to the open prairie, but many of the while clearing their land, are making a stake for themselves by such, side lines as fishing and trapping.

said

settlers,

During last winter, fish valued at H

$50,000 were shipped out from St. Wal- and the uniformly SB burg, and the fur pelts consig from satisfactory resulfs = the same point were worth approxi-

obfained by ifs use we recommend if as Canadas perfect

baking powder -

mately 3 00. “Of course,” he said, “the shippers were not all farmer settlers, some _of the produce beirtg shipped out by those making a living fishermen or trappers. |The farm- ‘ers, however, are doing «a certain amount of fishing and hunting, and game and fish, together with an occa- sional deer, help them to tide through the winter.

Practically every farmer in the dis- tricl has ene or two milk cows, ac cording to Mr. Balfour, though the dairy industry has fallen off somewhat during the last year or two on account of lower prices’ for dairy produce: | Most of the settlers are clearing their land by fire and the amount of land on each m under cultivation ds com- paratively small at the present time.

The production of arsenic in Canada in 1922 amounted to~2,576 tons, valued at $321,037, which was an increase of 73 per cent. in quantity, but only 37 per cent. in value over the production of 1921, Approximately four-fifths of this” ras produced in the smelting of the silyer-cobalt-nickel ores of North-

Thinks Swearing All Right

Ye providing the provocation equals the offence of Jones stepping on Smith's sore corns. Far better to use “Putnam’s Painless Corn Extrac- tor, it does lift out corns in a hurry. No corn can last df “Putnam's” i plied. Refuse a substitute. everywhere.

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2c

The Canadian Rockies cover an area greater than that of France, Belgium

and Switzerland combined. All Members of Canadian Expedition-

Returned Soldiers’ Insurance

iion jn which the blood becomes so thin that the whole body suffers comes on so gradually and s ealthily that anyone with a natural disposition in that direction should watch the symp- toms carefully. Bloodlessne or anaemia, a8 the medical term is, can be corrected much more easily in the earlier stages than later. It begins with a tired feeling that rest does not overcome, the complexion becomes pale, and breathlessness on slight tion, such as going up stairs, is

Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills are a home uccessful

thin blood With pure air and whole- | ford the correct treatment when the | symptoms described are noticed.

You can get these pills through any mail, 2 box from The Dr. Wil- Medicine Co., Brockyille, Ont.

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Only a millionaire afford to

wear a misfit suit.

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Sweet and palatable, Mother Grayes® Worm terminator is acceptable to children, and it does its work surely }and promptly.

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Improve Your Complexion | By Using Cuticura

Bathe with Cuticura Soap and hot | | water to free the pores of impurities

| | | and follow with a gentle application of Cuticura Ointment to soothe and heal. They are ideal for the toilet, as is also Cuticura Talcum for pow- dering and perfuming.

ary Forces Are Eligible * Ree ene The Returned Soldiers’ Insurance C me se De Act has a provision that applications mre MeeaRatera aud tas Poe for either new or increased insurance It relieves at once and gradu- will not be accepted after September 1st, 1923, it therefore behooves every ex-s se man who is desirous of tak- ing out this insurance to immediately | get in touch with any office of the De- | partment of Soldiers’ Civil Re-Estab- lishemnt or by writing to the Commis: sioners, Returned Soldiers’ Insurance, Daly Building, Ottawa, Ont., where the necessa application forms may be obtained.

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MONEY ORDERS When ordering goods by mail, send a Do minion Express Money Order.

Keep Stomach and Bowels Right

By giving baby the harmless, purely vegetable, infants’ andchildren’sregulator.

JARS. WINSLOW'S SYRUP

gratifying results

All members of the Canadian Ex- peditionary Force, whether they went Te for insur-

brings astonishin. in making baby’ food and bowels move as they should at teething time. Guaranteed free from narcotics, opi-

s or not are eli There is no medical examina- the e with pri vate companies. The rates are ex- tremely low and the premiums may be paid in monthly and in the case of pensioners their first pre- mium must be paid in cash, but should desire, subsequent premiums paid by ‘deductions from the

| overse

[ane tion necessary as i

instalments,

jatey so may “be | monthly pension cheques. | The amount of the smallest policy is $500 and are issued in denomina- ‘tions of $500 up to a maximum of $5,000. As an illustration of a way in which the Returned Soldiers’ In- surance plan works out we will take an e yice man now 30 years of age who takes out a $5,000 policy on the 20-yeav payment plan, the cost of this policy to him in premiums is $9.80 monthly, at his death his bene- will receive $1,000 in a lump is

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' The brilliant head—a band of blue, tipped with

ficiary

period insured desires. i Any further particulars required re- garding this insurante will gladly be

This distinctive head means to you that the matches are sure and safe—always dependable—non-polsonous, no glow, the kind rats won't gnaw—stronger and longer, different and better.

furnished qn/application to either of the offices of the Department of Sol- Civil Re-Wstablishment in this provinee which situated at the Veteran Block, Regina, Sask., and the Sub-Unit Office, 610 Canada Building, Saskatoon, 5

diers’ aN Look for the head—a band of blue, eared with red, It ta the symbol of match excell- ance.

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Th Many-Purpose Oil.—Both in the house and stable there a cores of uses for Dr. Thomas's cl Oil. Use It for.cuts, bruises, burns, scalds, the pains 4f rheumatism and sciatiea, throat and che: Horses are ry largety to similar ailments “= and mishaps as afflict mankind, and Di amd fetter are equally amenable to the healing - influence of this fine old remedy which THE CANADIAN MATCH OP LIMITED. MONTREAL has made thousands of firm friends} == S capIARARnISISS during the past fifty years.

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