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Our Watch Repairing bus inesses larger than ever REASON Our work gives satisfac tion TDWAiSOH and Graduate Optician The Era gives more home news every week than any two other papers in North York combined and is acknowledged to be the Leading County Paper per annum it paid in advance to the United No Paper sent outside of North York unless paid in advance come back WATSONS Jewelry Store Editor and JACKSON AssiatamtEdiUr Newmarket Ont Friday Feb Single Copies each Mans Noblest Work is to Lighten Womans Labor Jan you accomplish this in any better way Washing Machine in the house They are made and will do the work ii you trial than to install a first will only give them a The Gravity Washer the King of them all as the tub is moved hack and forth it also moves p and down automatically This thoroughly rinses the clothes as well squeezes the dirty water out them ANOTHER FirstClass is the One Minute it not do the washing in one minute but is just a the ordinary Washer Free trial given little better J I I I PHONE HARDWARE AN BING NEWMARKET ONT THE nkpToronto Assets 50000000 This Bank makes a specialty of col lecting Farmers Sale Notes or if de- hired will Advance the money to them at lowest rates NEWMARKET BRANCH F FIELD MANAGER South End Lumber Yard DIN WITH P W PEARSON AGKNTS phone BISHOP Do You Own a Good Black Suit Wouldnt you If you Dont make the mistake of not rtit 1 jii listen pain enough for it stood in the way of lj two or three dollar really good Qui experience us that thai Is CplAJS We showing some extra values in Cheviot Glad to have you get Library Votes giva free with every purchase F WILLIS your PHONE 180 ILL Our tor onto better The P want to lay another network of level crossings in the down town district of the city order to get an entrance into the property they have bought west Street including Govern ment House They propose to build a warehouse at the corner of King and Mr Thos Hill and wife went the theatre one afternoon last week and when at the ticket office the agent told him a message had just been received that his house was on fire Mr Hill hastened to inform his wife and they both left for home On reaching there one of their children met them and stated the house was all burned up but the five children left at home were all safe An 18 year old daughter was in charge when the parents started for the theatre but she had left the house for a few minutes and dont know how the fire started The demise of Mrs Mary Parks from asphyxiation last week was accidental so Says the jury A Vorkville Chinese laundry was completely gutted last Thursday The lives of a family of nine were threatened but all got out safe A free organ recital is given every day under Mr Wheeldons master touch in the Metropolitan Methodist Church also at oclock on Satur day afternoons An audience of be tween fourteen and fifteen hundred as sembled last Saturday The liquor license tax is likely to be increased before another license years is reached This is the talk around the Parliament building as an oBset to the extra added to the indemnity of members making one hand wash the Large Quantities of canned eggs from Russia have reached the city and Dr Hastings Medical Health Officer says If the eggs arc sound when canned and the refrigerator system is all right this method of handling eggs is a good one but it will bring down the home market price all the same Three or four families oi gipsies camped last week in the vicinity of and bad to be started across the border where they came from on account of being a nuisance Mr Victor has in vented a new aviator and is arrang ing plans for a sensational trip on the 1st of July if possible from Buffalo to Niagara Falls down the Niagara to Luke Ontario and then across to this city The scheme was hatched in Toronto last week and Controller Ward is taking much Interest in the project For a month to come commencing next Saturday there will be musical recitals every Saturday at Lore to Abbey by the Almanac Asso ciation at a quarter past four pm the early hat displays for the coining season are a few chic motor bonnets of rilk which re mind one forcibly of the oldtime Shaker bonnet They are however attractive and totally different from the many freakish models put out lust year Tom back in the show busi ness This time il is a group pretty girls be is dandling and they can ride bikes They race on home trainers and do it well for a quarter hall or mile runs Y Institute Old North York baa reached an evolutionary stage As Agricul ture is becoming more intensive wc caai no longer depend on our grain crop alone for our revenue We must to a greater or leas ex tent turn our attentions to live in doing so find a ready and profitable market for any farm animal from the to the weanling- hog bo long as it i9 anything like the or its product Hence it follows that the special knowledge of animal form required by the suc cessful breeder feeder and exhi bitor of live has created a demand for information as to is regarded as ideal conform ation in the various classes and breeds of farm animals In faet if there is- one point upon which farmers in general are willing to admit a weakness it is in the Rough Lumber and Inside Trim a Trim A Flocking to Canada The Newark Star says 1 Canadian enterprise In drawing upon the United Slate- population which has bad such ex traordinary results in the northwest is now to be directed to the cast It Is stated that special trains are to be run from New Jersey to Pennsyl vania beginning April this year to the Province of Alberta to trans port people Who are to change their residence and citizenship The system of emigration in splen didly planned well organized and carried out ft has stripped the Northwestern of thou sands of their farmers who have tak en capital and energies Into British territory Ibis drain of our Class of population is a severe to the nation Canada selects the best that have and Is getting it Mow does the American emigration At the the A rt it W H EVES A ittjui JO OUT Compare With that Canada New York a undesirables worat class are sifted out from roasucx that come to us from rope but disease penury vice crime creep Into the country never theless The State practically have no system of attracting and locating emigrants There is a cry every year for farm labor and state gov ernments make no effort to draw the population conceited In the cities out to the farms The federal govern ment ad nil foreign emigration and lets it go at that Instead it as needed the government permits It to settle hi the cities to form foreign colonies or drift Into the slums If the state and national government were as wisely conducted as the government In Canada congestion of the labor In the not exist while la bor would he amply supplied In the agricultural districts where it is so much Children FOR FLETCHERS 1 President knowledge of what is regarded by the market ha the beat typo all of stock To have an in- mirul and to be able to see where an animal short of this in any one parti cular is almost essential to the suc cessful handling of live stock whether It be breeding feeding buying or selling or all combined While we are told that a stock Judge is born not made yet we have good reason to believe that a practical course in stock judg ing with expert instructors would greatly benefit the farming com munity These short courses were originated at the Ontario Agri cultural College and later throughout certain Agricul tural centres With this object in view the North York Farmers Institute met to solve the problem After careful discussion the president in his mild but telling manner claimed a bright future for a successful course except from a standpoint The SecretaryTreasurer with his pen cil rose from bis table of docu ments to endorse the statement by waving the bag and Exclaim ing Its a good thing push it along and heres the stuff to do it with The next fellow the can have a Short Course why not North York others fol lowed saying Nothings too for North York and well have the best instructors on feed and Can adian products The market building afforded ex cellent for the purpose The of the judg ing ring was thickly covered with sawdust around which was erect ed raised fori the students On the morning of Dec perhaps the roughest weather of the season the two days course began Farmers and stock men ar med from all direction most them eager to gain information while a few for the curiosity of the event The live stock was furnished by Messrs Jno Hiram Davis and I Shrop shire of Newmarket Win Hill of and Geo patch The instructors who were sent by the Department of Agriculture were Mr of the Stock branch Ottawa and John are men of high repute in the stock ring and after explained the desirable conformation and type would decide by proving his way through often much to the prise of the school While the classes of horses and sheep were generally good the cattle seemed to be the most at tractive The two classes of Hoi steins which are shown in the ac companying cut are part of the famous herd belonging to Mr Dennw Some of thefie were winners at Toronto and local fairs as were also bis Oxford sheep On the evening the a meeting- was held in the town hall The program consist ing of speeches from Prof Rey nolds OA College and Lemon while the entertainment Was furnished by the Aurora Orchestra to the satisfaction of all on a King 25 YEARS AGO From Era Feb 5 lengthy political speech deliver ed by Win now Sir William at Bradford January is reported in supplement this week Miss Rosa of Orillia is visiting with Mrs Joseph Iter Smith of Newmarket has been awarded third prize for the competition Christmas story It was entitled The Mouse on Arm The prize was Miss- Walks of Uxbridge has been visiting Mrs Charles At the Aurora Roller Carnival last Friday Miss Clara Kelman took first prize for fastest skater against time Mr IV A has been confin ed to his home through illness this week Recently he bad an upset while drawing near line of and has not been strong since Mr and Dr difield MPP held a meeting in Hall Sutton last week Quite a number attended from gina Island The entire stockintrade the late John P Jackson of Mt Albert was sold this week to Coulter Toronto Holland Landing Sunday School had a last Saturday and passed through Newmarket A presentation was made to Mrs by the Womens Chris tian Temperance Association with a purse if money for her hospitality in throwing open her house whenever required by the Association This week the weather is markedly cold the thermometer registering from IK to below zero for four days On the Mr and Mrs Harry Richardson had a family gath ering to celebrate the anniver sary of their marriage The pres ents were numerous and costly among which were a silver tea and coffee set ROSS VicePresident The success of this Two Days Course is duo first to the efforts of such competent instructors who wore sent by the of Agricul ture second to the stockmen who furnished live and the of the Institute staff especially the local directors The Institute Staff is highly pleased with its success and hope that the attendance of 300 will be greatly increased for next years Course FROM MR IJKiAl Mops curcn colds ho bd4 50 YEARS AGO fHISSYS Sri dear it was with rare- Its birds and Cupids winging air Never had an thing scented so fair As vnlcfitlnu had AMI and Nor a cd Just- like a mi it the child behaved To buy this valentine- County Council On Friday 1ugsley was reappobited as auditor of accounts The Committee to whom was re ferred the purchase of the Bradford loll road reported adverse I J on Mr School To love best to girlie her I read easy said While to take pains her head this valentine So up was the II trie envelope must he written have to The name was what it bent I brow now he printed anyhow on this valentine light light No action was taken leys motion to form districts The Co was instructed to bill the for re steel bridge at Holland Landing across the canal Reeve got the assessment of village reduced 7000 after a hard fight Oil the report of the flood Com It tee the Council decided on Friday to recommend the I roads for Improvements Vonge street from northern city limits to the between and Whitchurch miles King ston road to Highland Creek Wes ton gravel road froiX Weston to Station IK miles MaltoA road from Went Oil to miles bund strict from the city following limits to miles I ike Shore road from to Long miles What do you think was their and made Printed in strokes with their and shade sweet word deftly laid valentine Helen A Hawly road from farjgstatl between Pickering and A thing worth worth a miles Mills road city than it was ever done he- I Scarl- ro Township miles from northeast city limits to plank road Clair avenue to Maple miles making total of had a number it is claimed that while the general scheme has been accepted certain de tails yet remain to he adjusted A special meeting will he called by Warden Hull within prohahl the next two weeks Tile Freeman I ridge Oil I hi Sear- born ami will In built by York County Council On motion of Foote of Whit church the following resolution was adopted That in any appeal Is made by any against the equalization of assessment as made by the Council It is hereby de clared that this council is willing to have the equalization made by the county judge better fore nt Health a s while you may I The step Is to your sluggish bowels I if- good on of la lie I miles A Conference was decided upon with the City Council to arrange de tails Saturdays fcCKSiOn of the County Council was not successful In finally disposing the roads question the trouble Is getting the of the idly and county to gether being Chargeable the de lay The subcommittee to whom bus been entrusted the work have Lured Young iirl Away Charged with luring away a girl under twentyone years of Geo Dove a young married man living at avenue Toronto was arrested on Saturday plain of the Moral- Department and was locked up without bail According to the police Dove bud been keeping company with the girl whose name was withheld the authorities against the wishes of her parents The father had repeatedly warned him not to come to the house About a week ago however Dove produced for the approval of the girls what purported to be a marriage certificate signed by Johnston of the Queen Street Methodist Church Me left the document with the girls moth er Alter taking the to a InghoUfte Pembroke street Dove returned to her home and secured the alleged marriage certificate The father communicated Johnston who Informed him thai he had performed no such Cere mony and the arrest followed Dove formerly lived In Aurora From Era Feb Six columns of the paper this week- are devoted to a report of a grand llefontl Demonstration in North York and public dinner to Adam Wil son Commons member for the Hid ing Dr Dull of Lloyd town occu pied the chair On his right were seated the guest Adam Wilson MI and on his left was Hon Oliver Mow- also Dr Connor M P and Joseph Could Among those present were David Wilson A 1 Aylward I Wilson It- Smith Martin IJogart Pearson John Allan lloyd Nathaniel Pearson Nixon A Marling Jacob Walton Job Hughes lv Jack son Ceo John Nash Dr Ford Arch Isaac 1 S Wilkin Samuel Pearson Geo Pear son Cook J a red and A petlUon was presented the Town Council this week to open Tim othy Street The census of Newmarket just tak en reports lite population he of these were males and females The annual product of manufacturers is given The town hail widowers and widows Died in Cast on the 1 John lIves sen at the age of years Total taxes imposed in the corpor ation of Newmarket for general pur poses for amounted to 81291 County taxes School tax for Common School Legisla tive grant jfo school 1 Total receipts or the year all sources The lor amounted to and the- municipal ity expended for roads and bridges The people were pretty those days at least the Council was Dentist announces that lie is now prepared to use in the extraction teeth having secured the patent tight louse the same O A Womans Beautiful Hair A hair dressing that will make it luxurious and fascinating Guaran teed by J It Y Today every uptodate woman has radiant hair Why Because she is over on the alert to chase Dand ruff germ Hair Tonic carries and certain death to the germ and is one reliable that will eradicate It There Is no reason why any person should fail to take advantage of this oiler as wo have confidence In lids Hair Dressing that we are pre pared to refund the- cost of same fifty cents to any not satisfied with it A large bottle for cents at Drug Store and your money back If it does not give faction- J n if I I I OKI Kc5 SflSraa