INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS H8W CAN«f)A of April, and the fighting took swing around after crossing the ledge, been taken of this fact place around Dickebusch, where, canal so as to reach Calais by a 1 On the whole, the Canadians later, the regiment was practically road but little obstructed. That SAVEDJHE EMPIRE have captured England's fancy wiped out—until built up was undoubtedly the object of and whatever little criticism The Minneapolis Dollar-Hotel ST PAUL INN again by fresh drafts. the tremenduous drive. OPPOSITE CI HALL there may have been at first it 250 MODERN ROOMS MODERN EUROPEAN PLAN Told by a British Officer Who It was a big night in Dickebusch One of the many and magnificent has all been forgotten since they Locatcd in Heart of Business District Saw the Heroism and Honor ONE PRICE--ONE DOLLAR LOCATED IN MKAMT Or SUSINES* DISTRICT when the "Pat's came in incidents which followed crowned themselves and their EUROPLAN $1.50 rate for two persons II ATE St Rooms with detached bath and of the Struggle. from the trenches after their sbowsr bath— the battles I have mentioned was country with such imperishable PRIVATE BATH, SHOWER AND TOILET EXTRA Oat person 75e. 11.00 and $1.80 per day COMPLETE SAFETY first baptism of fire. They wanted the way Canada responded to the glory. What few black sheep— T»o persons in same room. *0c extra. AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS BY DR. WM. ANDERSON to celebrate, and when it was ROOM8 pith private baths and toilets- AND FIREPROOF CONSTRUCTJON call for men to fill up once again and they were remarkably few in One person $150 and S2.00 per day IN LESLIE'S MAGAZINE LfioUI,^NCE RECO*D» SHOW THAT WEVEfJ learned that the Assistant Provost the empty ranks of her shattered proportion to the numbers— TVs persons in asm* room, SI.00 extra. of?- E BEeN «-OST IN ANY BUILDING 8*n4 postal card lot colored blotters. PROTECTED BY AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER.-) Marshal had closed every legions. It would really seem there were among the rank and wf^"VJ,OOM "*3 HOT AND COLD RUNNING WE AIM TO PLEASE "They are not such soldiers as estaminet and cafe and it was to the ordinary observer that the file were quickly weeded out and etEcTH,c l,cht we have ever known before— not possible to get an intoxicating losses sustained by the first contingent to-day there is not a cleaner and drink for love nor money, they do not obey any of the rules would have somewhat better force in the allied armies of warfare as we have learned there was almost a riot. There than the Canadians. dampened the recruiting enthusiasm. AND them—but, mon Dieu— they can were a great many calls at the And the Canadian does love On the contrary, it increased Young Man to fight!" ambulance and dressing stations to fight! •ore money for 70s it and as soon as it was known Learn ]•£•s»? Cattle Hides to aa Write tor Price Lirt, market This was a remark that was by officers and men who had indescribable •J market report, *lfir1M te Watchmaking how the Canadians had covered Another of the many stories 910,000 Hunters' andfrappersTSuloi BOOR pains located in some made to me by an officer of the themselves with glory the recruiting which illustrate this trait is the W.f.A.WOODCOOK French General Staff as we stood mysterious spot, but which they offices were beseiged one told of the Canadian who and Far 8hlppen,*l MANKATO, MINN. together on the road from Boesinghe were sure could be removed immediately—and by men anxious to enroll themselves crawled to the top of the trench IKDEBBCB BBOI^ Dept. 322 STATE ST. to Elverdinghe, in Flanders, only—by interior for service. and lay there picking off the one of those terrible days applications of whisky or enemy. His company officer remonstrated I know for a fact that men RAW FURS HIGHER just a year ago and watched ambulance brandy. And of all the merry with him and ordered who for some slight defect were after ambulance dashing dozen who gathered with us in him down, on the ground that HIDES HIGHEST EVER KNOWN turned down when they made past, each carrying its ghastly a dressing station near the old he was unduly exposing himself. We positively give more valuable Illustrated Information application to join the first and to and relative Hide* Furs than any other freight of wounded and dying We ruined and shell-shatered church house In the world. pay highest prices lor Hides, He decended slowly and then explained THEKEYSTO SUCCESS. and We Furs, Pelts, etc., make quick returns. sell second contingents, paid their for price list. Trappers Supplies very cheap. Write Canadians. It was the valedictory of Dickebusch that night to his action by saying: Illustrated traj book, tags, eto., FREE. own fares to England and, if PROM YOUR INVENTIONS of the men from overseas who NORTHWESTERN HIDE AND FDR CO. drink a canteen of whisky which "But, Captain, I can get at again rejected, moved Heaven 200-204 1st St. No., Minneapolis, Minn. 1890 Estab. had thrown themselves into the one of my drivers "discovered" them so much better from up and earth to get into English breach and saved the line—who in his car, there are but few left there!" regiments in any capacity. Send for free booklet explaining had fought against big odds and alive and not one of that few I asked a German officer, captured Possibly I may be accused of how to obtain Protective Patents had piled their bodies man high unwounded. at the battle of Langhemarcq, being over enthusiastic, but I am to stem the German drive for and Legal Trade Marks But it was in April and May why they had taken so only writing of what I saw and Calais and who, against gas and that the Canadians came to their few Canadian prisoners—in proportion Labels registered, Copyrights secured and of how I feel. It has not been my flame, shot and shell, checked the to the number engaged Design Patents obtained own and laid down their lives by good fortune to witness the Prussian tide of victory and the thousands and thus proved —and if it was true that they TWENTY-FIVE YEARS' EXPERIENCE deeds of the men from Australia, wrested from the enemy the were so bitter against the men to the British Empire that their New Zealand and the other British G. HOWLETT DAVIS prize that was within their grasp from Canada that they had, as answer to the Mother Country's overseas possessions, but I —the road to the Channel, reported, killed many of those call was not merely a desire for Registered Patent Attorney know from others of what wonderful which meant the military segregation captured. He said: St., Washington, D. C. excitement or adventure but was 918 work they have also done of Britain and France and They will not allow themselves based on that greater love which and how much the Mother Country the possible invasion of England. to be captured. They causes a man to lay down his owes to them for their unselfish Not until this war is over will life for his friends. laughed when we surrounded loyalty. Thousands of Central States it be possible to tell of all that them and told us to come and The first German drive was However, I do know that my happened during those fateful Farmers in California. get them. And many times they aimed at the weakest point in the sentiments are those of thousands weeks from April 22 to May 10, held out until relieved when If you want to continue farming in your late French line—around Boesinghe. years, why do so in this cold climate, where there AtAGAZINB of my fellow countrymen, I9I5- By that time it will be other troops would have been Between Boesinghe and Zuydeschoot are so many uncertainties about maturing your 300 ARTICLES -300 ILLUSTRATIONS crops and live stock? and the proof of this is shown by stale in men's minds and may glad to surrender. They are the Germans made a desperate We have several ten acre tracts and larger, that ITEEP infonned of the World's Progress in the way the men who wear the make ideal farms, located four to eight miles from even be overshadowed by others fighters!" Engineering, Mechanics and Invention. For attempt to get through Sacramento, where the expend­ State of California is Father and Son and All the Family. It appeals maple leaf and the little brass of as great import. But the story ing four million on additions to Capitol buildings And then he told the story of to all classes—Old. and Young—Men and Women. the French line—and succeeded, other expenditures being made of $100,000 on goli in It is the Favorite Magazine thousands of "Canada" on their shoulder of those days is here: and country club and cement boulevards that run a corporal and six men of a homes throughout tlie world. Our Foreign for this was the day of the first through our land. In addition to big profits rais-. Correspondents are constantly on the watch straps are received in England The casualty list of the Canadians Scotch-Canadian regiment who ing oranges, olives, nuts, grapes, grape-fruit, etc., things new it is for and interesting and great gas attack and under this and general truck farming, this will make you a perfect Written So You Can Understand It and France to-day. engaged in that struggle held a trench for eight hours home. If you wish to retire and yet do a little weapon the French line broke! The Shop Notes Department (20 Pages) contains outdoor work, this is the place to 1 ocate. Our avc.v Practical Hints for Shop Work and easy ways lor the around Ypres, from Boesinght When the Canadians first against a full. company until in age temperature year around is 60 to 68 deprees, a layman to do things around the Home. The Canadians were mostly climate that adds vigor and long life in the plant as Amateur Mechanics (17 Pages) for the Boys and to Dickebusch, amounted to 85 went over to England there was the face of a withering fire other Girls who 1 ike to make things, tells how to make Wireless well as the planter. It is an acknowledged fact ti at billeted at the little town of Brielen, and Telegraph Outfits, Engines, Boats, Snowshoes, the California climate has benefitted thousands of per cent, of their strength! Of apparent lack of dicipline. The men of the regiment rescued Jewelry, Reed Furniture, eto. Contains instructions people from the Northwestern and Central States, between Boesinghe and for the Mechanic, Camper and Sportsman. adding ten years to their lives, particularly the the "Princess Pat's," a regiment regular army man could not understand them—only to find their dead $l.SO PER YEAR SINGLE COPIES, 15c women. 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Then Artistic designs, French and Belgian forces. standing with a staff officer I have no motive in writing correct style, briiiiant came the hand-to-hand fighting A British officer said to me one talking to a captain of the Canadians. this article beyond that of giving finish, combined with in and around Boesinghe and honest value, make day: Three of the latter's men due honor to a great and AND PRIZES Zuydeschoot. There was no "You know, those Canadian came past. All were smoking and heroic band of men. I am not a chance for immediate relief and chaps are a bally independent they did not even obey the rule Canadian—but if I were I would Given Away! there was the terrible blinding lot so jolly cocksure of themselves of removing their cigarettes as be very proud of my fellowcountrymen. and suffocating gas to face. an' all, an' rather hard to they passed. The staff officer And when this war Fourteen French guns had been silverware the choice of derstand them—but, they're looked his surprise and the captain is over and there is—as will be lost—and the Canadians got discriminating purchasers. first class fighting men an' no Do you want a share of called his men to attention. only right—a monument erected This name to-day stands back twelve of them. Three error." to those men of the Canadian for the heaviest grade of ''Aw, h—1," said one down the Big Rewards of Gold and times the Germans launched a plate and exquisitebeauty When the first Canadian contingent contingents who died on the came the cigarettes, the salute of patterns, assuring long terrible drive at the Canadians extra valuable prizes? arrived in England they western front, to my mind it y:r.rs of service and rrS was given and returned and the and twice were the latter driven bbclioa. lis rc-crfcab' were received with considerable should consist of a statue of one men passed on. back to the left bank of the durability h:.s voa enthusiasm, much of it due to a of those lean, hardy men we the popular title Now that was not intended as Our 1916 Subscription Offer canal. rememberance of what Canadians have learned to love and admire "Silver Plate an insult or even as a complaint. But- they didn't stay there! that Wears." Math the $500.00 in gold had done in the Boer War. for all the qualities that go to It was surprise that such a Sold by leading They got across the canal again dealers everywhere. Just what they would do in this make up a MAN. And on the is the biggest offer in the thing should be called for. I Seed and held it in the face of attack campaign was then a problem base should be graven the words for catalogue learned to know the attitude Northwest. after attack. The village of Lizerne, "CL,"showing and until they had proven themselves of the Militant Apostle all patterns. later, which was that they were a German position, was International SIlveMto., judgment was suspended. "I have fought a good fight: Buoewsor to there to fight—were willing and captured and the Canadian line Hariden Britonnim Oo.# Followed months of weary waiting I have finished my course: I M*Mto,Cou. Open to live agents, hustlers anxious to fight—that their officer pushed on until the men were engaged and training on Salisbury have kept the faith." knew them and knew that from Passchendaele to and subscription getters. Plain, with officers and men they liked and admired him and Moorslede. Down around Dickebusch, Write for further particulars chafing at the delay and dying would follow him wherever he on the other side of to get to the front. Then in February wanted to lead them. So why Ypres, the "Princess PatV' boys "Silver Plate that Wears the French line around 9$ bother about a lot of parade foolishness? were busy and all along the line Ypres divided and left a gap to The Dispatch Printing Co., That is merely the attitude in the Ypres sector there were be filled by the British troops, as I found it in many scattered groups of Canadians and among those selected to hold cases, and, though I may not approve Circulation Manager, fighting with the British and the position were the Canadians. of it in every way, I at French regiments., The line was The "Princess Pat's" was the ST. PAUL, MINN. least understand it. held—reformed—and made even first regiment I saw in action. •r more secure, with the result that Incidentally, one of the privates That was before the big attack was the ten-thousand-ayear today the Germans have not got manager for an Ontario a yard of the ground which was being fought over just a year lumber firm another was the ago. son of a wealthy banker, while Farmers the captain was a railroad clerk. But at what a cost! Well did This made no difference, however, the Canadians earn thcit remark and I am sure in no way quoted at the commencement of READ WHAT FRESNO COUNTY,CALIFORNIA OFFERS! contributed to their attitude. this article. They fought—and Since 1847, the year Rogers Bros, originated electro-silver This rich productive California county is sparsely settled compared they died, but in dying they won The regular British and plating, silverware bearing the trade BROS, mark 1?47 ROGERS to the East. There are thousands of acres ready for industrious won not_ only their battles but French army men have come to has, been renowned for quality, wearability and beauty. the heart of England. farmers—land that will yield far more than the average recognize this spirit of chafiing A7 WMT8* Personally—and in this I am under restraint which seems to farm land throughout the United States. Here forty acres supported by many who witnessed imbue the Canadian contingent, will bring more revenue than a quarter section in some parts the fights mentioned above— and they have—unofficially, of of the country. The land is suitable for general farming. Alfalfa I am of the opinion that it is no course—been given a little more a stamped on forks, spoons and fancy serving pieces is is cut six times during each year and yields from 1^2 exaggeration to say that the freedom of speech and manner guarantee of heaviest plating, perfect workmanship and to 2 tons per acre. 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