“YOU TOLD ME THE TRUTH AND | WANT THE PEOPLE 10 KNOW IT" been received from Mr, J. F. Donalda, Alberta. It is a plain state- found them: A Settler's Plain Letter, you, We good year, wheat, 1 wheat and oats. 6¢ to 100 bushels per acre, from 25 to 62 per acre. got over 2,600 bushels of and wh bushels of wheat. por bushel. Oats is 42 ing up. You told me the truth, want the people of Toledo to know fit. Hogs are 83, cents; cattle are high Canada is good enough for me. I have 5 good horses. 1 sold 2 good colts, cows and 18 head of hogs and killed 2 }P have 6 hogs left. 1 got 400 bushels of potatoes off an acre and a good garden last summer, fine celery and good onions. One neighbor had over 1,200 bushels of wheat, and sold over $708 of hogs and 2,000 bushels of oats This is a great country. If you should tell the people of Toledo of this it would get some of them thinking. The goil is a rich black loam, and a ples ure to work ft, “We have a good farm. flowing well with soft the best water in the cou people think they got to go to when they coms out here. They need wt be afraid of war. There is no war fax on land; only school! tax, $12.00 on 160 acres, and road tax of two days with team. [I tell you th truth, there is no land in or around Toledo as good as our land here in Al berta. If anvbody wants to write us give them our address. “We have had nice have had it quite but rain shines nearly in the people We well The horses and the prairies al cents, and go- Ww water I ir v. It i= Some war War your Wa week t. and the and y per weather, cold for one and sun it is hot ton. The here no sles every day. Coal is $2.: very sun. are are and good the feeding on the winter. We just have two horses in the stable to go to town with. Yours truly, (Sgd.) J. F WARD, Donalda, Alberta, Feb. 9 “lI was born ir Wisconsin, yut moved with my to Stephen Co. farming for 50 nice enjoying COWS are 1 1 FO yy ont 1918 ™ 1916 Statement of Steve Schweitzberger when was parents lowa I years. $200 an acre. I moved to Saskatche- wan, and located near Briercrest in the spring of 1912. 1 bought a half section of land. 1 have good neig bors. 1 feel quite at home here same as in Jowa. We have perfect safety and no trouble in living up to the laws in force. My taxes are about $65 a year on the half section for ev. erything. 1 have had splendid crops. Wheat in 1915 yielded me over 650 bushels to the acre. That is more than I have ever had in Iowa, and yet the land there co four times as much as it does The man who comes here now and buys and at $50 an or less gets a bargain. {Sgd.) Bchweitzberger, February 9th, Advertisement a boy there the sts here, acre bs 1916.” Paradoxical “We need offi “yy Fitness. ney in the army want it FRECKLE How Is the Time to Get Bid of These gly Spoils need Simply wtrength Mle of it should soon Brave Leg anes : 1 that plctel. lear con Be sur to ask othine, as this is sold wmioney back If It falls to remaov Adv. wore than he plexion clear for It is guite safe to turn the wards KIDNEY TROUBLE An rng ng Prominent Life isumnee Companies, in an interview of the subject, made the as tonishing statement that one reason why @0 many applicants for insurance are re jected is because kidney trouble is so com- mon to the American people, and the large majority of those oe applica tions are declined do not even suspect that they have the disease. According to this it would seem that a medicine for the kidneys, possessing db Bealing and curative roperties, would be & blessing to theumiads Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the well known kidney, liver and bladder remedy hs remarkably successfi] in sickness caused fy kidney and bladder troubles. It is mild and gentle in its action and its healing in se is soon noticed in most cases There is no other remedy like Swamp Boot. It will surely and effectively over oame kidney, liver and bladder troubles you ean depend upon it. Go to any drug store and get a bottle so as to start Greatment today, You will scon see a warked improvement. Wawever, if yon wish first to test this t preparation send ten cents to Dr ilmer & Co, Binghamton, N. Y., for a sample bottle, When writing be sure and mention this paper.~Ady, —— —— On an average, the fog nuisance oosts London about $25,000,000 a year BENT INTO LOD Along That Front. Slavs Use Liquid Fire and Gas Bombs Hindenburg, Who Counter-Attacks In South, Against Von Germans Report Cains, Loudon German troop have sumed attacks French front northwest of heavy Lainst Verdun cording to Paris dispatches Following a 24-hour lull, the rifle fire {ierman batteries turned a te: on positions south of Mala Man Hil epi It & that the dec ¢ battle has neourt and Dead guns in sectnr French is be around roared in Jieved ari on thi beg mn French Position Dangerous tering nr Avocourt th ww French ough the FPF wood the 'rince bent front in shape of a of dangerol 00D 1a joap wide German artillery Dead Man Hil weeping near side, is wooded plain the :outhwestern ment through iy WOE positior Savage Figh squeeze thi= important ITE pment Germans Report Gains Berlin force the tions nort Contin evar hwe iperila French Bethincour rin this re v Po and gion Frer HIT OFF DIEPPE Channel Aboard, Vessel, With Bel 386 Passengers ieved Torpedeed Annonu neement these veasels the d th have Fulmar a: eo Danish been All and Were tinnasund according {o announcements of the reow of tated gunk, of the 18 of rescued, it is voaseal iimar Danish the ™ Crow the ¢ WON'T DISARM SHIPS Entente Powers Formally Reject Pro. posal Made By U. 8. Washington.--All of the Entenie have handed to Secretary Lansing, responses rejecting the pro posal made by the State Department in ita circular memorandum that they enter Into a modus vivendi and dis- arm all of their merchant ships with the understanding that the United States Government would endeavor to secure from the Central Powers a pledge not to attack any such unarmed ship without warning and without pro- viding for the safely of the passengers and crew, POLICE GET “POISON PEN" MAIL. Wilmington Girls Bothered B8y An. onymous Writer, Wilmington, Del--Postal officials are seeking for the writer of “poison pen” letters which have been sent to goveral well known women of this eity. Miss Agnes MeDermott is one of those to receive such letters and her brother, City Councilman Joseph L. McDermott, turned them over to the postal offi. cials, Miss Mabe! Evans, 1301 Mary: land avenue, and the Misses Fits. gerald, 1309 Maryland avenue, have ro ceived gimilar letters. PA £ NEAR VILLY'S BAND Outlaw. Supply Problem Is Growing Acute iff At EI Paso Asks For Militia To Guard the Border Shex raporied from «i that AS Wer } le i hare Deciphering Pers “ ighting ath Message. ing's re made Villa. There ity of offi por of ati! fon pos ial con firmation of the reported clash Winds Balk Aviators. ; that ing tates the wunication Impoasibie that U¥ raliway ifficient atated to supplr his yn made available be maotortrucks Warmted At EI Paseo. Evidences of the which cal an unt or by Militia Paso, Texas usness wilh the ward the border alt ncement rda lied in an ann Edw as BE Toxas sent wovernor Jan believed OO DE rds said he “did dered an alarmist” nuts in Mexico con scion additional prot Americans along No News Of Fighting f the propoded fighting d Villa foroes report from Mex! hief W i ITAnEA Al iipa or of the in sources that the bandit o apd hia fol surrounded miles south of Namiquipa by American wand Mexican trooms was received hers Maxican Garcia, Mexican between Casas The same rea x £3 or owers wealro HMve According to the Consul Andreas been cut Grandes and Madera. given by Consul Garcia for the here the ’ ‘ ha 88 DAVE wi ON Was days ago The contradictory reports received of definite information from General i American field eom- reference in his re port of any fighting, despite the fact he announced that American troops were at El Valle, only 40 miles from Namiquipa, was significant. fact that the MEXICANS TURNED BACK. immigration Laws Enforced On EI Paso-Juarez Bridge. El Paso, Texas Federal customs officials here began rigid enforcement of the Immigration laws at the Inter pational bridge connecting El Paso with Juarez. Many persons attempt ing to cross to tha United States were declared “undesirables” and turned back into Juares. —— a HANDLED $25,000,000,000. Vault Clerk In U. 8, Treasury Cale. brates Eightieth Birthday. Washington. Alfred RR. Qusniffe, vault clerk of the United States Treas ury, who haa handled somewhere In the neighborhood of $25,000,000,000 in HO years’ of service, Tuesday oelo: brated his eightieth birthday. HAY ARMY BILL Firstof Preparedness Measures to Get Through House. KAHN AMENDMENT BEATEN Proposal Of Army Of Of 140,000 Margin 220,000 Instead By Twenty-four. of Bill Loses Narrow Of Provision The Hay DAT &s » H en who ori Britten, of £2 ay nyt fa fie . ¥ Bp reser 1 Ve We i we Mir sbniative Fred Ww York He pres itten deci Hay con for land def > would not of ' r measure he was « standing army arted dicul Social ypposed Lo any By a vote of 191 upporters rowly defeated an regular army p 140 Hy Kahn from ive Commit HS Aen riogaly been obtained ry and for 4d $e CAVAIrY nreference auty, reals promot endment by 14% was rejecte Mm a rising vole to 169 As it Hay bill 1--A regulary 3 wn increase of 20.000 over the authorized strengt! A federalized w snd by the AS pa House the proviied nf 140 D000 met preset militia of 2- 420.000 3A system of r from retiring members of both the regular army and the militia 4A reserve officers corps of 50,000 recruited from graduates of militars schools under federal supervision 5-~Federal pay for officers and en listed men of the national gnard. 6-—Authority for the President and Rerves, nl recruit the mobilization of the industrial re sources of the country in time of war FEAR FELT AT EL PASO. Carranza’s Ability To Hold Mexicans From Conflict With U. 8. Doubted. El Paso, Texas. The silence which has enveloped the Mexican situation, as far as definite news of the pursuit of Francisco Villa is concerned, gave fresh force to the numerous reports from various sources of grave disaf fection among the Carranza troops. On the border, at least, it is firmly believed that the soldiers of the firs! chief are far from giving any real co operation to the American expedition ary force. It ie admitted that Genera! Carranza and some of his lieutenants with the United States, but it Is not believed that the head of the de fact: government represents the attitude or sontiments of his army or felloweitl sons, HERRERA BREAKS Also to Have Deserted to Villa. | Funston Takes To Meet gression On Border—Merrera's | Brother Arrested After Con ! With Gavira Steps ference M recently C of Chihu t Carranza and taking Columbus, N | until | ernot Gen, Lai milit Herrera, darranza Ary has renounced wolf RUA, fu favor Wes aceord allied the field Hi) tof Villa in Chihuahua with 2. Lroops ing to reliable information f he re The Th Her “xn whieh rera’'s t amped was not which reached hat always hae believed constituies Chihuahua Ch the prepa; Ie Ta place ylwenn Sa are ing wrth ar west toward nitive ex ped ition In (yeneral Pers ing Peons In District Favor Villa The ant of the ; peopie in VILLA SENDS DEF! Me, Dead.” Americans Take Take Me They Will Texan Franci bu BOYS RADIO PLANTS BEIZED xplain Why Mas Worked So Badly ittionary udly the been ral have 1p by seve ive been dismaantied ISTAS COURT-MARTIALED. VviLL One Prominent General Faces Cor. ranza Military Tribunal, Mexico City. —Carrera Torres, arly prominent as a general Villa, and Lals Es Caberera, Lhe alleged executioner of Abraham Gon | gales, Governor of the State of Chiba ahus during the Madero Administra tion, were taken to Queretaro to be tried by court-martial on a charge of on under aOnto rebel] 10,000 ARE HOMELESS Two-Thirds Of Paris, Texas, Destroyed By Fire. Paris, Texas Two-thirds of the residential and business districts eof Paris were wiped out by flames which joft a funnelabaped wake of destruc tion from 2 to 10 blocks wide woroass the city. The loss is estimated at from $2,000,000 to $3,000,000. Fully yne-half of the population of 20,000 ie shelteriess, RESCUED FROM GYPSY BAND. Girl Of 15 Says She Was Affianced To One Of the Nomads. Clarksburg, W. Va--Resened by ministers and police from a gypay band that bas been quartered here all winter, Annie Awfrancijo, a 15-year sid Brazilian girl of Chicago, is on her way to that city. The girl sald that | she had been kept a prisoner under threats of death and that she had been afflanced to one of the gypsies. ‘HOW MRS. BEAN MET THE CRISIS Carried Safely Through of Life by Lydia E. ph hangs Vegetable Compcamd., Nashville, Temn.—* "When I was going Songh the Ciusge of Life I had us tu- r a» large az a child's head The doctor said it was | aree years coming land gave me medi lleine for it until lllwas called awny || {from the city far pome time. Or Gd leourse § could mot Figo to bim then, so yiuganiis law toid & » that she thought Iydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Cam- pound would cure it. It helped buth the Change of Life and the tumor snd when I got home | Kd not need the doctor. I took the Pinkham remedies until the tumor was gone, the doctor said, snd | have not felt it since. 1 tel every one | how I was cured. If this letter will help others you are welcome to use it.’’ ~Mra. KE. H. Beax, 525 Joseph Avenue, Nashville, Tenn. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com pound, a pure remedy containing the extractive properties of good old fash | foned roots and herbs, meets the needs of woman's system at this critical period of her life. Try it If there is any symptom in your case which pazzles you, write to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass, . For Spavin curl, = ot, swoeeny, wounds, i rafos, scratch. il Yager's ves the most salis- It dispels thie pain and stiffness and absorbs the swellings very quckly. YAGER'S | LINIMENT Recommended by Driver amd Trainer Mr. B. L. Tuft, Salem, N. |, writes: “Yager's Limment is the most wonderful horse fini. ment I ever used. Have been han and training horses for speed for 20 years andhav had hundreds of different brands of so-called horse rem. edie. 1 wish your Batment the e it deserves and +1 $e 1188. factory re . Hine large sa FECT Driver : om R Cor Pot un in larpe bottles conlaini ng tight ounces. At all desleom 25¢ a bottle Prepared Ivy GILBERT BROS. & CO. fae, BALTIMORE, md Why not do something for your Corts, Callouses, Nanions, and Aching, Tired, Tender, Bwealy, Swollen FEET A hot foot bath with 'JOHNSON’S FOOT SOAP will relieve them at once and make fe worth ving. The safe and sure remedy com pow of the old and reliable ingrediente— Borax ap | and Bran. Ze per cake at first class drapgh | ar arnt prepaid on receipt of the price hy (be manufacturers. THOMAS GILL SOAP CO. { 711.717 Bast Ave., Brookiya, K. Y. The Reliable Remedy for lumbago, gout and RHEUMATISH GETS AT THR JOINTS FROM THE INSIDE For sale hy all druggists SAVE YOUR MONEY.” One box of Tuii's Pills save many doftars in doo tor's bills, A femedy for Sinsases of Shs Wide) sick headache, ape. biliousness, a Tutf's Pills satalog and special prices TX guanuiios, PF. 5. WARMAN, 189 Broadway, New York City OPIUM HABIT TREATED Lt ne s Stamm ford, Coun, A YRN ANITARIUM, GALLSTONES EERE ANE F aE FREE
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