Winnipeg Free Press

Thursday, July 30, 1914

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 30, 1914, Winnipeg, Manitoba 8 Manitoba free press. Win Peak Tatj Osbay july t finest to Sass coolest theatre in America cubic feet of ice cooled and water cleansed air forced into theatre every minute by Coli nor and ventilating Plant. All this week Mati bes Batty at 3. Pasquali s world famine photo production the last Days of Pompeii founded on. Lord Bulwer Story and showing the eruption of mount Vesuvius. Special prices. Evenings orchestra reserved 50c. Balcony 25c. Gallery Loc. Matinee orchestra and Balcony 2oc. Gallery Loc. Children any part of the Hodg 1 All next week matinees wednesday and saturday. William Elliott presents the comedy sensation of the decade. The love Story with a laugh in every line. Direct from one year at comedy theatre new York. Seats ready Friday at 10 am. Ergs., to 25c. Mats., to 25c. Music and drama All the knowledge and study in the cannot As much of the awful the Tion of mount Vesuvius and of Pompeii As a few Short of Pasquali s plot drama the last Days of is the attraction at the Walker theatre All this week with matinee Day. Reader and student much is left to the imagination but in the picture it is brought out in vivid realism and the impression is photo for Ever brain through. The world s most wonderful the Eye. Registered classes. In cattle and sheep Renton Brown Deloraine and Bennie Waskada secured the majority of red tickets and a. R. Ash More had a display of Nice holsteins. Mrs. J. Agar repeated her perform Ance of last year by taking first place in butter a glorious Day closed with a most enthusiastic Gaime of baseball Between Gray and j. A. Crawford of pipe Waskada and Deloraine winning. Score 2 to 1. The latter Yorkton fair awards class close contest in stallions judge in quandary. Yorkton sask., july the second Day of the exhibition has been an unqualified Success in every Possi seats will go on Sale tomorrow i ble Way. Ideal weather but very hot morning for the engagement of Cath f has prevailed throughout. About 4 Enne gushing s Brilliant and funny of Ziock a thunderstorm came along but fortunately for the the engagement i rain away the storm veering round to the Southeast. All stores and offices having closed evening to Reot from the comedy theatre new York. During the three of the play then is said to tie never a Dull in the town for the afternoon the laugh after laugh Foll a a Vine Tendance was a record one and the rapid succession and when grand stand was crowded in every part. Kitty is denied the Man she loves she strikes a note of sympathy that is ech oed in every heart. Analysing the Story of bought and paid which will be the season s opening trill for the permanent play ers at the Dominion next week one is forced George Bro Dhur it. The . Wrote an exceptionally powerful drama because of the simplicity of the formation of the theme. A hardly More perfect cast paid for that the i Dominion next week. With. Frank e. Sousay Yorkton. As Stafford. Anne Bronaugh As Virginia. Fred cum mings Jimmy Gilley. line Docke As and Frank Forde As Oku the Jap. The Box office the Dominion is now open for the Sale of tickets for the performances of next week As Well As placing season orders. The amusements provided by the mid Way were much enjoyed by the people As Many of the features were exceptionally interesting to watch from the pleasant Vantage ground of the grand stand. Keen in Terest was also displayed in the races in several of which the contests were most strenuous. The Stock this year is above the average. The first prize in Short Horn bulls both for one year old and in the away by b. E re opens for the season monday aug. 3 matinee doily it lights at Jesse l. sky s the with Mortimer h. Weldon and a. J. Mccarthy Book by Lebaron. Music by Robert Hood Bowers is miss. Alexander Scott. Kita i Holtz. Chuck k1esxer and ii Errietta Gores. Tii s . Orchestra. Seat Sale seats Are now on Sale at the or i Rheum Box office for the Bill of the season which its appearance next monday afternoon. The a miniature musical comedy produced toy Jesse l. Ilas Lcy. Is t he heal liner and the other nun Bers Are contributed toy is med the sensational turkish pianist Alexander and. Soott two Clever wac face artists Rita Boland and Lou Holtz in comedy song and dance hit Chuck Riesner and Henrietta Gores in Bit of fun the awarding of first prize in the stallion exhibits proved to be of unusual interest. The horse shown aver of which is a Clydesdale and the Percheron owned by Pete Rogers of Yorkton rank so closely in Merit on Points that Al though the judging in this class was done on tuesday the judge s decision is still held in Reserve. The first prize for a belgian horse was won by. A. Gowland of Yorkton Stone. In the Percheron classes the bulk of the awards went to j. At. Lias by and Thev free press cup went to Jas. Gray of Oakner with a Beautiful Clyde filly of More than Ordinary Merit. In the Light horse classes tie prizes fell to a. S. Jordan of Griswold of Oak Lake and r. J. Jeffo of Saskatoon. There was a Fine show of Shetland ponies the prize winners being bros., j. T. J. Mclenachen. The honors for ladies Drivers went to mrs. D. Clark and mrs. T. Gib bings the other awards in the horse classes Are As follows Best general purpose w. J. Williams of Daly 2, j. W. Crawford Pipestone. Best four horse tandem team to Waggon open to Farmers within a radius of 15 Miles of w j Williams Daly. I principal prize winners for draft horses agricultural horses farm chunks and general Mcdonld willoughby., and Campbell Charles Kerr and for Light horses a. J. Jeffs Sas Katoon a. S. Jordan Griswold f g Taylor Oak Lake. Specials. Best six horses tandem a. Hutchison 2, Andrew Dospoy Virden Best team in heavy Jas. Gray Oakner. Best team in heavy classes Mani Toba w. J. Williams Daly. Beer heavy draft Peter Jef Frey Virden 2, w. Hutchison Virden. Best agricultural w. Hutch their Virden also won to Weir share of the awards. Ii under present weather conditions 4 expected that Long Dis Tance entrants in hog and t sheep classes would actually come Forward with their exhibits. Competition in left Ison Virden. Best team farm Wil called Bert and the Carlos a pair of French ath letes. It s Only a and wrinkle erasers from. Europe Ethel Davis the Bright particulars tar at the Parr tages this week does t really act before the Large audiences which Croud this Thea tre to Greet her engaging she just vis its with them. The Peculiar methods which in the hands of another person Flat make her one of the most popular individual performers in vaudeville today. Miss Davis has staged a new act is being seen this week and. She and Lier i baby dolls make this a popular playhouse for the current week. All this week. In five parts an authentic Story of the struggle Between briton and Boer. Usual admission Loc. Crop news harvesting general at Portage. Portage la Prairie Man., july Many of the Portage Plains Farmers Are now engaged in cutting and Iff the course of the next few Days har vesting will be Well in hand. Several commenced to Cut wheat on monday. The Grain seems to be Well ahead in the Burnside District. Here William Brown started on his wheat on Mon Day and on the same Day Thos. Leader commenced harvesting operations by getting the Binder to his Oats. Yesterday j. Trooy started to Cut his wheat As did or. De. Mcclenaghe i. In fact from the surrounding districts come reports that it will be but with an animal. Which is a very specimen of his class and has Fine also before the song of the be heard on every hand a. Manager. The play bus. Box office open for the bookies of season orders and the Salt of seats for performances of bought and paid for next we Cluj. Evening prices 15e, 2i5c. 35e and 50c. Box seats. 75c. Matinee prices we to 2sc Box seats soc. A few Days Binder will the Straw is exceptionally Short but the Heads have filled out More than would be expected considering the dryness of the weather since seeding. In some districts however a in would be most acceptable. Conditions Good at Oxbow. Oxbow july was 4 Nice general rain last night. The conditions have greatly improved and the prospects Are Brig it for a Good average crop. The weather is Cloudy and threat ening and More rain is expected. There has been no damage srom Hail. Crop prospects poor at Aberdeen. Aberdeen sask., july several won the. First prize at Seattle and to Ronto. All other exhibits in poultry Grain roots vegetables and Dairy produce were excellent throughout a special train from and intervening stations brought a Large crowd into town this morning or. Sparling of the Saskatchewan College of agriculture was judge of the Light horse classes j. Hartney Manitoba of heavy horses and r. Whiteman Russell Manitoba of cattle sheep and Swine. Allex pressed themselves., As greatly sur prised with the importance and extent of the Yorkton fair and con Sider it sufficiently Large to enter the circuit of City exhibitions tween Regina and Saskatoon results of racing. Four events comprised the race pro gramme All of which were Well filled and keenly contested. Pace of Aaron bars f. S. Collacott Yorkton 2, Jim Fisher o., Indian head 3, Billy g. R. L. Frost Moose jaw time 1-3, Pace or the fast j i. Dompier Edmonton 2, King John l. Loblaw Yorkton 3, Sidney Star r. Beatty Yorkton 4, Lillian f. R l Frost Moose jaw Little Queen Bob direct and Mildred direct also started. Time two year old Colt Minnie a l. Loblaw Yorkton 2, Johnny b j. A. Gilliland 3, Barney Al a. Beatty Yorkton. Bronson Jas. Yorkton started time 1-2.v half mile Nelfo to w Rosie Shell Mouth 2, the rat w Barry Shell Mouth 3, Avrard Briggs Bredenbury a. Grunert York ton. Time arid the third annual Enterprise Mara Thon race distance ten and a half Miles was won by Pun Nichi an Indian of Crescent Lake Reserve with White saturday Farmers started cutting wheat yester in Day. Cutting will be general during the latter part of the week. Crops Are suf Fering for want of rain. Crop will not 50 per cent As As other years. This week Ethel Davis and her baby Dixs. In a div musical extravaganza. The footai3? of featuring an attractive pantages Bill. Popular Pant uses prices 1 Uli everybody. Loc to 25c Loc to 35e 9, 10 to 35c. Hartney will have average crop. Hartney Man., july rain fell last night no wind or Hail started at Midnight and continued until 9 o clock today. This will relieve the situation and Farmers Are still count ing on an average crop. Drought and heat probably reduced the yield five bushels per acre. It looks like More rain today. Rain at Souris. Souls Man., july summer session Pioneer schoo for dancing. Now open for classes every Mon Day and wednesday at s for Novice. Join any time. Terms reasonable. Private tuition by appointment. Prof. A. A. Zimmerman. 291j Portage ave. Phona m. 1512. Fell Here All night morning a at ten o clock this rain started with failures from other Schoola especially in Titell. Private lessons Day or even ing Pees very reasonable. A Kjof. W. E. Dokmak. Winnie be s Lead Xii teacher with 16 years experience. Donald Hall. 72 Donald Street. South of Broadway. Tel. Main 1151. Prospects of continuing. Will do immense amount of Good As crops were being damaged with the terrible heat of the week. Rain if it continues however will seriously effect the souls fair which opened yester Day and continues till tomorrow night. Strathclair crops Good. Strathclair july ing the dry hot weather of the past week the crops Are looking Good in this locality the wheat is Well filled and will yield an average of 25 bushels to the acre Oats Are a fair crop and Only the late Oats and Barley have suffered with the drought. No out Ting will be done before August 15. The Farmers Here freely express their dissatisfaction with the government for again leasing to one company All their elevators at this Point As they had Hope of Competition being established by leasing to different compan ies. The Village is experiencing a build ing Boom and the area burned last fall will soon be covered with new buildings again. Cutting in Saskatchewan. Sask., july Farmers started cutting wheat yester Day morning. Cutting will be general just poll will Lei the ii the latter part of the week suffering for want of rain. General crops Are not be so cent As Good As other years. Rain helps crop. Lauder Man., july was a rain in this District last night which will greatly improve the Condi Tion of All grains. Waskada fair i All classes of. Live Stock Well filled winners. Waskada Man., july third annual fair was held Here july-27 and 28, and was a great Success in every Way. There was a Strong exhibition another Indian second v Goldfinch third. Time 57 minutes. Close at Virden successful three Day fair closed yesterday. Free press special Virden Man., july tonight saw the finish of Virden s annual fair and the. First three Day one to be held Here the fair has teen Well patronized from far and near but owing to the spell of excessive the exhibits fell considerably Short of last year s record breaking number. Some of the local have been dispersed since last year and other old friends and exhibitors such As Allison of Burbank Lound it absolutely impossible v to move their herds under present weather conditions. Though the actual numbers were reduced the District keeps up its old reputation for Quality this was Well shown in the heavy horse department where judges Mcphail and Wishart awarded the tickets to locally bred animals and in the vegetable and Garden produce the standing of the exhibits was ahead of those shown at Brandon. This year s Experiment of running an excursion from All . Points As far As Kipling was a Happy idea and will most Likely an annual arrangement Here. This morning s train came in with standing room Only. Sporting events. The attractions committee Hung in some splendid prizes to Ball teams and Hartney played a great game yester Day taling first honors in the final from Virden. Today the Kipling boys put up the snap Piest game Ever played Here but owing to a costly error lost to Virden. The racing during the afternoon provided some Fine Tveith the following finishes 2. 15 Sproule s. Dixie girl first . Shaw a Saskatoon s. C spirit second. In the came in first Ketchessin s Moosomin Albert and the horse Little Mac a Good third. In the named race o Hara boy pm slain is 30 in Healing Dower that just a Little of it and few applications will show what it can do. Itching stops undue redness of the skin is cleared away overnight. Eczema and All virulent so n troubles de Mand precisely the Healing cower pos Lam exerts. The skin is horses m the various classes and forced to respond. Stubborn cases of acne Are healed. Pimples and rashes Criven away. Sunburn. Mesa Uko bites quickly relieved. Tour flu grist Sells pos Lam. For free Gam i write to emergency Laborati Iles 32 West 25th Street. New York soap used daily for toilet Stock awards. When the judges got through with their work the prizes for Clyde horses were distributed amongst Peter Jef Frey r. Ken John Orr. And d Sara Rah the winning exhibitors of Clvde mares being. R. Mclenachen James Queen Mary. Appoints Bech Stein her pianoforte maker. Cattle sheep and Swine were Well re presented. The Large new agricultural Hall was completely filled with a splendid display of vegetables Flowers ladies work and homemade articles the entry list showed a Large increase Zunec Over Las i. Year but there was a de Bath improves and Beau Hes skin crease in the butter Section As Manv Farmers Are now shipping Cream in i without which none i hound a without the. Martin Art to Tad v All chem Stead of making butter. Judges were prof. Black Stock and a. Paterson of Winnipeg Cable g. Morrison of Hartney Dairy or. Vickie Ray of win m. Rollins and Nipes ladies mrs. Of of n b. Glendinning of Morden vege Deloraine Poul Kellie Deloraine. Principal winners White n an i Row an local men were Strong winners in in added Triumph for Bechstein piano. Queen Mary has added her Testi Mony to that of King George Edward Vii. And Queen Victoria by c. Bechstein of Berlin her pianoforte manufacturer. The patronage of the Bechstein piano by almost All tile Royal houses of Europe signifies acceptance of the verdict of the world s greatest f the Bernstein one of the most Gratifying features the Bechstein piano so far is concerned is the a which the magnificent Tona qualities i of As Way in of the instrument have resisted the trying climate conditions especially throughout the West. Peu Auy. Gourlay Winter and Leeming Are honoured with the Canadian representation for the Bechstein piano and have been notably successful in placing this eminent instrument throughout the Dominion appreciative lovers of music. The Winnipeg piano company the local representatives of Gourlay vib t _ a Leeming have been instr Lough by and Megaffin Virden 2 w j. Williams of Daly. Principal winners in ladies depart c. Clark of Pipestone Jessie Mcnicol Pipestone mrs. J. Bradley Virden mrs. W. K Mode land Oak Lake mrs. A. Bergstrom Elk Horn mrs. James Wilson Virden. J. H. Stevenson of Woodnorth whose show of shorthorn got special notice was one of the Good sports who were not deterred by weather conditions from bring eng out Good specimens of his Herd had his full share of the winnings. G. S. Munro of Reston acid that old Friend of the show k. Milvor of these was consequently solely to local men. J in the hog classes messes. P. Mcdonald and Chas. Wedow Dir video the honors and the awards for the sheep exhibits went to Robert Hepburn and i k. Modeland. Everything went and t he directors and officials " have every cause for congratulation. No Western show gets More whole hearted support from the local Mer chants than Virden does As they fully recognize that their interests and the Farmers Are one. D ucal part Yat Banff i entire population turns out to Wel come visitors. Banff alia., july 29. Their Royal High Nesses thex Duke and Duchess of Connaught and Princess Patricia Rether with the other members of the error general a party arrived in. Banff for their two weeks Holiday this morning. They left their train at 10.30 o clock and under an escort of twelve mounted police from Reginia proceeded to the Banff Springs hotel. Nearly the population of the town turned out to Welcome the vice rep Al party. Visit to Calgary Oil Fields. Calgary the vice regal party including the Duke of Connaught the Duchess and the Prin Cess Patricia left Calgary late last night after spending the Day on the jump. The trip to the Oil Fields was a feature of their visit. They went from Here to Banff where party will stay for two weeks. It is understood that the Duke wishes to do a Good Deal of fishing while in the mountains and a Camp will be pitched at one of the Mountain lakes. Sifter the stay in Banff the Barty will proceed to the coast. Irish special to piano owners does your piano need we have in connection big store a completely and organized repair and r new wheat arrives. The Ogilvie milling company has re a Sample of wheat which was Cut on july 24 near Dominion City. The Grain is principally red Fife though mixed with other varieties. It 13 a pod color and surprisingly plump in View of the extreme heat and the rapidity with which it waa matured. The Howard watch the business Man in Canada and the states it is said never writes when he can it is an Index of the spirit of putting the thing it same demand for punctuality and practical time saving so Many men to buy the Howard watch if buy Howard watches i from representative jewellers any where in fixed prices write for the valuable Howard e. Howard watch works the Keystone watch Case company Lumsden building Toronto repair work can be done As Well As have a staff of factory workmen who Are thoroughly will give prompt and careful attention to repairs on or Ether musical instrument. Easy terms on refinishing. During the summer Moo Ziths our finishing room is not t Are prepared to Inajet a special Low Price on ;