Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 21, 1920, Winnipeg, Manitoba List wild scramble for Holiday presents git Hunters swarm Over stocks Ity shops in he big Rusli is with Cholst i Only four clays stores Are literally mobbed even father realized that to cannot put it Ujj l is so Nice waiting on the flue Salesgirl said take Manitoba free december Rea Barons Are Ned up gains Are Holly from Victoria is on the Market Mistletoe will be very scarce this year dealers what a shame raisins and Candy Are great aint we to have a wonderful time the Best crowd declared a manager of one of the Large retail stores when asked concerning the behaviour of Christmas shoppers this people seem to be in High Good they started earlier this season than Ever and have been Mist obliging in carrying Small we Are braced for the final stand against the Rush of the Las minute first tiling you show and Many extra clerks have it fuss about been taken and things should go Ift Epners dashing madly through very monday madly had Only set through the list kiddie lost his Mamma in departmental he used his lungs to the Best of his ability nobody paid any Kitten ton to silk and i fiefs seem to be in greatest de Novelty gloves make acceptable gifts and Soi attractive designs Are at remarkably prices thl displaying mens ties were being besieged by trill Wor on their it is difficult 10 Elbow one always me very offered prices this cooperation of capital and labor to remedy social ills the Ideal which labor has today is to see poverty to see child labor and to see the bugbear of unemployment said Alderman Ernest Secretary of the Winnipeg trades and labor speaking to the members of the ministerial association yesterday in the labor grievances would social ills would be remedied and the world made a bet Ter place to live in if a brotherly rat would replace the present relationships Between capital and speaking of the joint Council of of which he was a Mem Alderman Robinson said that 90 per of the disputes which came before the Council were the results of addressing the members Ori behalf of the armenian Secretary of the armenian Relief fund association of told of the conditions that existed in the near Relief measures were still inadequate Al though even now More than a Hun dred thousand orphans were being kept from starvation by Means of outside the Appeal in the speaker would fail unless the churches got behind suggesting a general Appeal in All churches for Volunteer social work Laidlaw presented a report on behalf of a committee of seven which took up the matter of Church assistance in social welfare it was decided that a copy of the report should be sent to every member of the association and Dis cussed at a future travellers at the annual general meeting of the North West commercial trave s association of Canada the Fol officers were elected for the open till 10 where gift problems disappear to there the satisfaction of finding what you want at a reasonable Price Vav kindles the Flahiue of Christmas Dingwall gifts Are endowed with unusual ability to express your Christmas perhaps it is the touch of that is found 4n All Dingwall inexpensive to a sur prising the gift a Dingwall Diamond Din Walls always have been known for the individuality and exclusiveness of this exclusiveness is undoubtedly most emphatically expressed in the wonderful creations in Fine Diamond jewelry and especially in the Beautiful in which the creative latitude of the designers is almost without Dingwall diamonds Are guaranteed 100 per Guaran teed perfect Diamond solitaire rings priced As Low As up genuine French Ivory individual presentation cases manicure Rolls genuine French Ivory is very scarce this and Al though we have already had an unprecedented our stocks Are still Dingwall French Ivory is noted for the weight of the the exceptional Fine steel the British plate Glass mirrors and the genuine Han drawn russian boar bristles in the the color is Perman ent and every piece stamped French individual presentation manicure cases Rolls from from from 50c the government having removed the luxury tax a discount will be allowed on purchases from this Date vanity cases cigarette cases our handsome As Sembly of vanity cases includes Many new and unusual de in finest Quality Silver Sterling Silver and solid every design notable to a remarkable de Gree for the Combina Tion of Utility finish and the Moder ate prices which they Are listed at comfortable pocket fitting sizes for the g in 11 pm a n and More delicate de signs for the but every whether our renowned Silver plate or Sterling Silver Are of Good weight with Strong hinges and there is one at any Price you wish to from up from up for Little friends finest Silver plate from Sterling Silver from the prestige of the Dingwall name on your gift adds greatly to its but not a Penny to its Cost White Gold tie pins Sterling Silver brooch the suggestions in inexpensive Sterling Silver and Gold filled jew Elry gifts Are inexpensive As they the same High stand Ard of excellence is maintained in these lines As prevails throughout our they Are Dingwall Sterling Silver articles Are of excellent Well finished and remarkably Fine Gold filled pieces Are the very Fin est it is possible and will Wear Well in designs Una usual in a neat Dingwall gift they have an and Charm that is Sterling Silver and enamel Butterfly an invitation to you to extend a special invitation to in decide shoppers and those looking for suggestions to come in and linger at Leisure amongst the most unusual collection of gift pieces it has Ever been our privilege to Peridot and Dia Diamond and Pearl inexpensive gifts in Sterling Sil ver and Gold filled jewelry stores open till 10 1 Portage Atman main at Logan ensuing year president a Ebber b to Smith and Birdley Holden executive Minh Mnick Adam John Randolph Giroux j r Boutil j Platt Doupe s c Gal oof Mather financial statement for 1920 show assets to Over half a Mil Ion dollars g tax abolition stimulates say retailers abolition of the luxury will re sult in a great stimulus to according to retail Mer official notice of the1 re moral of the tax was received a Winnipeg yesterday by the Inland Revenue office from Ottawa the order went into effect immediately every store in the City eliminating the collection of these taxes when they opened up for Busi Ness in the credit for the removal of the Lux Ury tax is taken by the retail Mer chants John Secretary of the Winnipeg ranch of the said that unemployment was not the chief cause of its removal As claimed by the govern but that it largely due to the the association which had persistently fought the tax Ever since it was introduced last assisted by the manufacturers and whole scores of telegrams were sent by the association to Ottawa condemning the tax and pointing out the harmful effects that it had on the retail and general business of the the question of a1efund for tax Stamps still held by merchants has not been settled no official notification of a refund being received from Many expected to attend fruit jobbers convention a round leaving Boniface at 9 and returning at s the court of Appeal yesterday re versed the decision of county court judge which had dismissed the Case of real i against Margaret Mit plaintiff claiming com for a tins appeared for the plaintiff o l Monteith for the Many weeks of preparation an two dress Hechil of the smaller grades of marys school wedges Day in the school Amateur sketch entitled the dutch the musicians of the same Salt Good for children delegates from All parts of Canada and the United states Are expected in Winnipeg to attend the second annual convention of the Western Canada fruit jobbers which willbe held in the Royal Alex Andra january 13 and the association extends Over the Prairie provinces and All fruit Job Bers Are visitors Are expected from the East and from Vari Ous parts of the United of the american Cranberry new will be a visitor and two prominent ship pers from California Are the growers and shippers associations of British Columbia will be and officials of the rail ways and the express companies have been a banquet will bring the Conven Tion to a close and All interested in the fruit Industry will be invited to it is after the convention Here a number of the delegates will proceed to Chicago to attend the convention of the Ameri can fruit and vegetable shippers association on january and 18 and the Western fruit jobbers association convention at Colorado january 24 and v polling for Assiniboia and James officials today voting will take place today in As and James municipalities for 1921 James is a new municipality formed from the Cen trial and Eastern sections of i the old municipality of and this is the election of its first polls will open this morning at 9 Oclock and will close tonight at 8 in Assin Ifozia the candidates Are As follows for j my v Jib in cat Jeral and Ward there Are no contests in wards 2 and where councillors Peter Brown and John Bunting were reelected by i there is a three cornered fight for the Reeve ship of James the present Reeve of As being opposed by Council lors Graham and the contestants in the various wards Are Ward Welch and Ezart Ward Wooler and Smith Ward Potter and i Mitchell Ward Champion and Andrews Ward Boultbee and Murphy Ward Stockdale and location of polling the polling Booths in James Are located at Ward 203 Queen Street Ward the fire Hallon Berry Street 211 Rutland Street Ward Assiniboine the in trance to the City part Packard House on Davidson Street Ward Corner of Lake and there is also a Pollin the Board of Trade building for City voters and the voting will take place from 9 to 8 letter from the free press is in receipt a statement from Wooler and concerning the Assiniboia housing investigation which states the Reform candidates were All selected by open meetings of ratepayers free Fifon any connection whatsoever with any party or and they Are in Henfield publicly pledged to carry th4 investigation to the limit an to take the fullest action necessary lot secure restitution from those who have wronged the Canadian club has Branch at agricultural College a of the Canadian club has been formed at Manitoba agricultural about a year Craig Duncan and went to the College and invited the students to form a Branch but As it was so near the end of the term nothing was since that the matter has been taken up and a club formed with Sproule As honorary Grey president and Guild initial meeting was last when a foe was the guest off the and gave the after dinner talk on his impressions of the league of a by the Winnipeg club has been assured in securing speakers for further meetings of the club which will Ibe held from time to the midterm examinations at Manitoba agricultural College commenced yesterday and will continue wednesday and on thursday night and Friday morn the with the exception of will leave for Christmas special celebrations Are being arranged at the col lege for the students who will not go the reason Why most of them stay at tie because their Homes Are too far away for so Short a it was stated by the several reside in eng one girl from South Africa and another from peace local owing to the fact that saturday is Christmas train greater Winnipeg water District Waugh to Boniface will that train will make or Xmas bargain see big of Grants the store of the people on Page 9 of this paper the big retail store in the wholesale District Mcdermot and King grades Are also prepared an Exi Are warned to look out for except Cellenti and the parents tonal Merit in the the following appeared recently in a Winnipeg paper firemen find Hoard in mattress because she believed her mattress to be the safest place in the world in which to Cache her savings of Many a working woman on Burrows was Given the fright of her life says a fire department record made Public returning from her downtown she discovered that her House had been rushed in panic to the bed and discovered the mattress partially burned and her savings her distress was turned to Eca facies of Joy when the firemen returned the Money and advised her to Deposit it in a savings the mattress was an unsafe hiding and the Money gave no had this woman deposited her Money in our savings depart ment it would have been in addition would earn we Pav on current deposits on time deposits the Home investment and savings association Corner main and Portage save s pm i l e s o f s t e p s it Only costs Dollar to Send a Hoosier Home for no matter How heavy your shopping afford a Hoosier but you cant afford to let the woman you love go on doing her Kitchen work in the old fashioned not x when a greatest Kitchen Avail Able on such reasonable you cant afford to delay ordering your sighs indicate that the Supply will be exhausted be fore the a practical gift for Mother the Woodrow Washer 12inch swinging Tilting tub galvanized Iron folding tub stand and interchangeable Dolly and the Woodrow Washer is the Iodate Washer on the no dangerous flywheels or All working mechanism is underneath the will deliver a Woodrow store open evenings until ten the Hoosier store 368 Portage Avenue phone a8879 ;