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i l CHINA iTHE NEWMARKET ERA FRIDAY AUG 060 I Weeks WHAT OX 7 A stalk of corn was measured in Mr street yes terday morning which stands feet inches Next Gospel meeting last Sunday was not- very largely attended bill the Templars provided a splendid pro gram t A meeting will be held at the home of Mrs Win Low Prospect Ave on Tuesday All Superintendents of departments are requested to bring in their reports You Othello Well see Richelieu SALE of Misses and Childrens Summer Shoes fin The Road and Bridge Committee has decided to try a piece of asphalt on Prospect Ave and Inspector of Richmond Hill was here on regarding its construction by Mr J McLaughlin was laid up four or five days thru a simple Utile He was knocking off hats with another younfe man when he eye severely burnt with cigar ashes China and Glassware Very interesting prices for purchasers Dinner Sets Toilet Sets fa Tea Sets Lemonade Sets Butter Crocks pastors sermon next Sunday evening will be to men and young women Large attendance looked for tliat the damping season is nearly over it is expected that all the churches will be better at tended There was a good attendance at the League last Monday night and an ex cellent temperance program provided comprising solos duetts and readings y- A Government Inspector was Town on Tuesday and tested nine elec tric meters and all were found tobe correct l Mrs Geo Rose intends to use the electric light in her residence on Mil lard Ave and talks of putting in a meter Whitchurch Council had a mutton bill of at its meeting last week AH the Town schools have been re novated and repairs attended to ready Baseball the match last Friday night be tween Canes Factory and the Town was a good one but had to be called off on account of the darkness when the score stood in favor of the Factory Canes Factory and the Office Spe cialty had another game on Tuesday night Score to in favor of the Specialty Ontario Deportment of BUREAU COLONIZATION Toronto Aug J Dear Sir in the issue of the Newmarket Express of July there ap- an editorial article accusing the Commissioner of Crown Lands and the officers of his Department with delib erately misrepresenting the character of the new lands now being settled and deceiving the settlers who by reason of such misrepresentations in cur heavy losses in transporting them selves to lands that prove to be for settlement While a charge of this kind made an Ontario paper would be damaging to the cause of Colonization even if untrue should it come under the eyes of foreigners it will readily be seen that a mere assertion of this kind un supported by facts would not be credited at home Accordingly the editor of the Express gave what purposed to be a concrete case of mis representation on the part of de partment of Crown Lands thru which Dr Pringle of Sutton and other resi dents of the County of York were led to purchase lands from the Govern ment in the Slate River valley that were- not as represented but that tin Oar Toronto Letter A painful fatality occurred at the Island on Saturday Mr Sidney Greene barrister wellknown in social circles bathing and an expert swimmer was seen by rela tives suddenly to drop his head when within sixty feet from shore and sink out- of sight The body was soon re covered but life was extinct A med ical examination revealed the fact that death was due to heart failure On night previous Andrew Hughes while in the act of stepping from a schooner on the wharf at the foot of St fell into the water and was drowned for the opening on Sept Mr bis Lewis on St com- threatening to to build a silo yesterday Department promptly the The Band is strengthened by another Dr did not communi cate with the Department deter mination to take action against it nor was any refunded by the Department as stated If the facts went as stated- in your article and as were doubtless given you by four there be some justification for your charge officers of the Crown Lands Department deliberately misre present the character of the land open for settlement injudicious the in terest of the country tho it might be but the present attack on the Depart ment of Crown Lands is so unjust that I rely on your of fairness and your interest in our fair Province to rectify the mistake made We are making an honest to populate our undeveloped agricultural Surgeoii who lands and an attack in the house of our friends like this particularly of the Red Cross when altogether unwarranted is to do the work of colonizing W the seat of war- harm I a very That we have large areas of rich agricultural lands awaiting the axe and plow of the settler is admit ted by every Canadian who has taken the trouble to investigate actual condi tions in the Province in the Slate River valley and elsewhere the settler Is given land entirely free of charge the only condition being that he will live upon it and cultivate it As is generally known all the land in On tario is or has been tree covered in some sections forest fires have been so severe as to remove all the timber over small areas but this is very un usual and in advising land seekers am very careful to tell them that the labor of clearing the laud for cultiva tion is not light My instructions from the Commissioner of Crown Lands are very strict in this regard and I endeavour to carry them out to the best of my ability I must apologize for the length of this letter but the importance of cor recting so serious a charge as that the Bureau of Colonization deliberately misrepresents the character of the land oBered to settlers must be my excuse and I trust- you will give it the same prominence in your paper as the very misleading article it refers to I re main Yours very truly Director of Colonization and Forestrv cornet player He comes from The three flower gardens of Messrs Scott XJrquhart and on the My attention having been called to the article wrote the Editor of the Express under date of July way to the depot are the admiration Mm to correct the erroneous of all pedestrians ST Last Messrs Al- my letter was acknowledged by Mr J McKay Proprietor of the Ex press On August my letter Fruit Jars 9 We have a Big Stock Now is the beginning of the Preserving and Pickling Season OUR STOCK OF Sugars Spices cannot be excelled in quality We ask no fancy prices and give you the best in quality Ian erected a handsome rustic monu ment in Newmarket Cemetery to the memory of the late John Eves The school bell now an nounces to the farmers of the section the timeoday Mr S residence is getting a new coat A pig was impounded at the North end yesterday morning rt ery interesting collection of mementoes gathered in field and camp No less than four females were plac ed under arrest on general charges of theft last Saturday and all four were operators on customers in big de partmental stores They were all girls the eldest is but years of age The articles stolen consists chiefly of purses and their contents and three were taken from people from the country making purchases A mass meeting of and conductors on the street railway took place last Sunday morning and was further adjourned for a week A strike seems quite probable unless a higher wage is paid The strikers seem to have chosen a very opportune time for their action as the big Fair is on next week Council ft A SMITH The Leading Grocer Telephone Death of Kennedy The somewhat sudden death of Mr Kennedy on Monday afternoon cast a gloom oyer the Town as he was a wellknown and highly respect ed business man Deceased was afflicted with disease but it was not suspected that the end was so near He had been feeling poorly for a couple of weeks but was around as usual till Friday night when he commenced bleeding at the nose This left him very weak and he gradually sank About years ago Mr Kennedy came here from and bought out the business of Mr Chas Cook Being a good barber and very attentive as well as genial he did well here He leaves a wife two sons and one daughter The funeral on Wednesday was very largely attended As deceased was one of the Board of Managers of the Presbyterian Church the pastor Rev Mr McGillivray returned home spe cially to conduct the service Masons OddFellows and Foresters all marched in procession and turned out large numbers out of respect to de ceased who was a member of all three Orders having failed to appear in the Im press I again rote the Editor con it but evoked no reply As Express evidently intends to allow its first statement to go uncon tradicted I am forced to ask you to give my letter in reply to it space in Canadian General columns of the Era in that some of the people who read the article in question may be enlightened as to factsj of the case Thanking you in anticipation I re main Yours truly Director of Colonization and Forestry under signed endorsed Tender for Poet Office at Morula wlU be received until lot WOO inclusively for the erection of ft for Host Office Ac at to and specification to be seen on applica tion to Mr John Front and at Department of Public Works Ot tawa Persons are that tenders will not be considered wado on the actual form supplied and signed with their slgnaturea Bach tender be accompanied by an ac cepted cheque on bank made pay able to order of the Honorable the of Work equal to tea per cent the amount of tender which will bo forfeited iho party decline to eater Intoa contract when called upon to do or If he el to complete the work contrast ed for If the not accepted will be returned Department doeo not bind to ac cept the vest or any tender By order JOS WOT Acting Secretory Department of Public Works of Canada Inserting this- advertisement Great Fall Everything points the Biggest Fair in Newmarket next month that was ever held In North York It Is to be a ThreeDaysShow Sept and and if the members put forth anything the energy that the Hoard is the exhibit will be a recordbreaker The grounds have been greatly en larged All the buildings have been moved to the South side giving a clear view of the whole halfmile track- Two fcarns and five men have been grading for nearly two weeks and wjll soon the grounds in good shape This week the waterpipes are being laid thru the Carriage Poultry and Main Buildings arid a Fountain is being placed In Floral Hall There will also be a drinking tap outside Moat of the material fa on the ground for the construction of a com modious Grand Stand and Mr Ed Richardson lias contract to put it up and will commence next week Prize List is the largest and best ever issued They are free to anybody that wants them Drop a card to the Secretary Mr Keith or call at his shop and get one It Is time to think about what you show to help the Fair along COPY July Dear Sir On my return from a recent visit to the new townships in the District of my attention was directed to an editorial In your paper that am sure would never have appeared if you had not been deceived by your informant In the article in you make very serious charges against the ad ministration of the Department of Crown Lands and particularly that branch of the Public Service to do with the settlement of our wild lands As the official having Immediate charge of this work under the Commissioner of Crown Lands I write to express my regret that you should publish so serious a charge without making In quiries as to the correctness of the statements made by your informant In your article you charge that the claims made on behalf of what is call ed New Ontario as a field for ag ricultural settlement in our literature by members of the Government and particularly by the Commissioner of Crown Lands are misleading and un warranted by the facts It is stated in the article In question that in con sequence of these misrepresentations Dr of Sutton and Others as sociated with him bought land from the Government In the Slate valley near Fort William that lands were as represented and that un der threat of proceedings being entered by Dr on the ground of mis representation the Department promptly paid hack his money Regular meeting last Monday even ing Present Mayor Cane Messrs Robertson Trivett Smith and Hughes The following- accounts were passed T freight on carbons Express Co TTurlin days at P House days at Water Ross on account of building contract Property Com Stark carting account J A Allan account fc Can Gen El Co five bills Aug- The sura of was ordered to be paid to the Inland Revenue Depart ment being for registration fee for the Electric Light Plant Moved by Mr Robertson seconded by Mr Smith Whereas owing to the Town of Newmarket nob being a port of entry great inconvenience has been sustained by merchants and manufac turers and by the town in being ob liged to go or seud to Toronto in or der to get their consignments passed thru the customs whereby consider able delay occasioned And Whereas tlie Council of the Town of Newmarket learns that an has been passed es tablishing the Towns of Newmarket and Aurora as joint Custom loutes thereby adding very greatly to of the business men such towns And whereas the Council learns that such establishment is due very largely to the of the Hon Win P for North He it therefore resolved that the thanks of this Council are due and hereby cordially tendered the Hon Mulock for the energy and the courtesy shown by- him in accomplish ing such establishment and that a copy of this resolution bo sent to Mr Carried Moved by M seconded by Mr Somerville That the Mayor and Councillor Robertson and the Clerk lie a committee to draft and present a Resolution on behalf of the Council to Mr and Mrs Haines expressing sympathy this Council at the loss they sustained in the death oftheir son Private Haines a of the 1st Canadian Contin ent Council adjourned The Misses Mills of Toronto are vIs- at Mr Loves Mrs L Howard of Toronto was visiting friends in for a few days last week Mr Hanna of Toronto has been en gaged by the Trustees of No 11 to teach the balance of Mr Gibsons term On Saturday last Reeve Lemon fin ished harvest In the evening he drove to- the village celebrated the event by calling in some or of his friends at Mr parlor and treated them to ice cream etc Mr of Newmarket spent a couple of- days last week with our bachelor his cousin Mr Webbs family are rejoic ing over the advent of another girl Mrs of is rusticating at Mr W this week Mrs is visiting friends in Mitchell the past few days artesian well that we spoke of last week has now reach ed a depth of ft and a moderate flow of water Work will cease for a few days awaiting developments Curtis new engine broke thru a bridge on the line while en route to Mr S Gears It took considerable time to extricate nevertheless the was not disabled and they were threshing again on Monday We have been informed that Mrs Webster is about to retire from the farm Master Love one day last week was experimenting with some powder and the result was he badly singed one side of his face necessitat ing his remaining indoors for a few Saya Aug a terrific r storm here on Tuesday chunks office measuring eight Inches in been Ian certain it Was not Dr smashed hundreds of windows him Is very limited I am positive ho Winnipeg Aug acres of grain have been completely not the sort of man to furnish you with a statement far from the truth as is contained in your article The article is based a totally incorrect and untrue statement and it is to lie feared your Informant who ever he may be was actuated not so much by patriotism and a desiro to protect intending settlers as by a de sire to injure the present Commissioner of Crown Neither Or or any of the auspices Those in Ontario Hi null mentioned in your will be at Chatham Whitby and Lan- celebrated Highlanders Band of applied for or obtained any lands from The stations operated by the Toronto is engaged for the last two Department of Crown Lands In Government last season at Mr Fax is to sing Slate River valley or elsewhere Place and Woodstock will this can by hail in district in the northwest portion of the pro vince Tho crops in this section wore very promising and a great Idss hits resulted Ottawa Aug There will be chickenfattening stations in operation in the Dominion this year under Gov- year lh I j ftt the Concert In Skating Rink they paid no money to tlc Depart- be wnducled by private enterprise Quite a change in the temperature The recent rains have delayed the fanners considerably from drawing In grain Mr and Mrs T Rogers of To ronto have been visiting at Mr J Rogers for a few weeks Miss of Toronto is visit ing with her friend Annie David son at The Highlands Mr J A Irwin left last Friday for Comber where he has accepted a situ ation High School Mr of Toronto is visiting friends In this neighborhood The Misses Flint and Miss Nicholson of Jacksons Point spent Tuesday with Mrs Draper Mr was in Can- Mr Howard Morton received a let ter on Monday from his college chum Private K who has been fighting with the Royal Canadian Regi ment In South Africa In bis letter he says he has been in engage ment and so far has come thru safe and sound Miss Ida of Guthrie is spend ing a few days here Everyone seems to be going to Lawn Social at Keswick next Wednes day evening Mr Wilder and wife of Newmar ket visited friends here Tuesday The school was reopened on Monday under management of Mr Y Mr comes well rev commended and there is no doubt but what he will give good satisfaction to everyone concerned Mr Nell Morton has sold out his stock of plow repairs to dill who in the future Intends supply ing his customers with everything In that line Mr Morton his property stock Ac for sale Someone now who wishes such a business would do well to communicate His business was established over twentyfive years ago He has decided to rcllre from the mercantile life Whitchurch Council crowded out THE LEADING STORE BROOKLYN Automatic and Blue Flame Oil Stoves Simple to Operate Fully Guaranteed t Stoves operate similar to the well known You light extinguish and the flame by simply raisin and lowering the burner Screen Doors Screen Windows Freezers Pure Paris Green Binder Twine Agents for Massey Harris Repairs A ALLAN CO i We Are The Dress Goods Trade OF THE OWN I TORONTO HOUSE Newmarket High School Fall Term will open on Tuesday Sept when will bo organized all branch School work In addition to or taught ft will bo FOUBTH FOBPI A thorough Education given at Ibis except Typewrit- tf and Largo are expect- all forms and a very year la anticipated ifct- la Pall Term W All be tho first day Chairman of Board COOHBS Principal TIME III largo part a BUSY MANS CAPITOL Long Distance TELEPHONE fllowor you Long in your Boarding Boys OF AGS Mount St TeFfooe OttrjJn This Institution la easily reached from avenue to which car lead from any part of the city program Christian History and English Reading Grammar Orthography Writing Composition Arlthmetl History Geography Mao Drawing Penmanship Linear Draw fog Object and Singing Claaa From to ft am Study from French and Recreation From 1030 to 1l3Engll8h from to pm study and From From A to Addreaa Bitter Superior Rid Terrace iwtft Miles Miles Under One Management from the CHICAGO and MILWAUKEE The Peoples Popular Route The Great Tourist Line To NIAGARA FALLS BUFFALO NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA WASH all Principal Points in Booth and by connections it all Points In the and Coasl TiokeU Id all Foreign For Time Table apply to ageota Farm to Rent North half tot con Survey Township Thla la known as the lands arc clay and farm In Apply at once to WIDDlFiRLO Newmarket For Silo Country and post office convenient to Newmarket Dwelling now Good5taud Good and son water two other lota adjoining For fur particulars apply I I 4 A