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FOR A RELIABLE PLACE TO BUY SPECTACLES T Watson A Graduate Optician The Leading County Paper as well as the copies each Circulation during A JACKSON Editor and Proprietor JACKSON AssistantEditor J NEWMARKET ff 5 I Vol Copies 3 cts Heres the place for It PUT Wall Board over your cracked plaster There will be no no more more Unsightly WALL Made in Canada repairing cracks You can have rich panels by using battens You can paint the white color you wish Two other colors oak and burnt leather need no dec oration Comes in large wide sheets of substantial thickness easily and neatly put up low in cost permanent Use Neponset Wall Board in your attic rooms in bungalow or house Use it also for par titions in home office factory Send for our new free booklet Repairing and Building Tells all about Products Wall Boards Roofings Waterproof Build ing Papers and other Producra HARDWARE NEWMARKET The Paint Store Toronto South End Lumber Yard BRICK CEMENT LATH P W PEARSON Order from Carters Bishop John E Murphy Office INCORPORATED 1856 Capital Reserved Money Orders and Drafts remitting money In large or email do by of the Drafts and Money by the Back of Toronto It takee only a few minutes to purchase and they axe a protection to both Bender and Branches In Ontario Quebec an the NEWMARKET BRANCH A M LISTER Manager CD Are you satisfied with your Flour If not try our Flour MADE BY THE BRADFORD ROLLER All our Flour Is made from old wheat Try IMPERIAL The Best Manitoba Flour RELIANCE The Beat Family Flour known ROYAL The Beat Pastry h eves Order by Phone or from Jerry Harrington or Ben Manning Further reductions in the price of power lo consumers in all drpEIectric arena Sri Ontario is promised at the beginning Steps are being taken for the reorganization of the civic I service of city etc January is approaching and bids for votes are in Joseph Fell was struck by the auto of Fry and severe ly injured was awarded compensation by the Assize Court jury The Grand Jury returned a true bill of manslaughter against Ieach in connec tion with the death of his wife The suit entered by Annie against George Tufts gro cer for damages for slander has been dismissed by Mr Justice Sutherland with con sent of the parties Over has been subscrib ed by the Jews of Toronto during the past few weeks towards the fund being raised in New York for the alleviation of distress of noncombatant in the war zone On Thursday evening of last week a second instalment of had been collected and will be for warded this week Because Emily Hill refused to stop her auto at the signal of a traffic officer at King and Streets she had to pay into the Police Court H Terry was stuck for running his auto on the wrong of the street A number of men roaming about the City unemployed re fusing to work for 20 cents an hour Next winter they will be living on charity The authori ties are taking the names of these men and when they apply for charily lunches they will be sent down as vagrants Mr and Mrs Fred Leach gave an informal dinner last Thursday evening at the Hotel for Toronto soldiers who have been disabled at the front All were privates with exception of Lieut Wake Mr and Mrs Leach have three sons at the front Af ter dinner Miss Hope Morgan rendered a musical program of special interest Men who have gone to Eng land to work in munition fac tories are complaining of the wages received Nonunion men are paid per week this is the maximum They were led to believe on leaving here that they would be paid much higher wages or they would never have gone Mr Thus Griffin who passed away last week aged years served years in the British ar ray and for over years was bandmaster of Duke Edin burghs Regiment During September Medical Health Inspectors visited res taurants and found in an un satisfactory condition laundries and 1 bakeries were al so found to be unsatisfactory and improvement Insisted upon The following foods were con demned by the Medical Health In spectors Of Toronto during the month of September eleven chickens 1 turkey dozen eggs trout 100 halibut flounders 15 pike sheep- heads herring mixed fish pounds crabs- 1 1 boxes boxes herring boxes of peaches baskets of crab apples baskets of pears LUG boxes of berries 255 bas kets and bushels Of plums baskets of melons bags of potatoes crates of celery baskets of onions baskets of tomatoes case and heads of Cauliflower baskets of radishes H now looks as if Torontos new fc i How the Government- I Thing a MA v YEARS AGO i X vrV From Era Fyle Oct 20 Died At his residence on the Jesse Lloyd aged years FJ on Sunday at the Friends Meeting House Yonge St Monaster merchants making things lively at Mam moth House Whitchurch Township So- Show took place at ville on the It was a success beyond question The Georgian Bay Canal char ier was renewed last session of Parliament and boring in the Ridges to test the nature of the Absolute mystery surrounds the presence of this ponderous now done nautical relic so far inland It lies on a bit of open land near entered an action Bradford Ontario Cut shows some Ford tourists visiting the spot Magistrates at Auro ra for false imprisonment The AT HOLUND LANDING PLAINS DID BUCCANEERS BRADFORD At a Canadian is squeezing and cutting put the frills p- keep down expenses Mb is going in hired help in a to say lavish fashion Without much strain ion the mind it is possible reckll at least half a dozen RoyaYCom missions which is the big name they give their hired are nowbeing paid to do what is really the Governments wprk Just a few off the is the Davidson whose duty is to follow up anfpli- fy and extend the revelations made before- the Accounts Committee The Purchasing Commission which cleanse and elevate the business of buy- j Deep My ate Giant Anohor which Is Over Yeare Old army supplies and free it from the breath of scandal The Shell Commission which is to play the shell game for Canada in an honest and efficient man ner The unemployment Com mission which tells the working man that God moves in a myste rious way but alternate cycles of seven fat anil seven lean years The Marketing sion which aims to provide the wheat farmer with kind words in lieu of transportation facilities The High Cost of Living Commis sion which drew up a report but never printed it because it was overshadowed by the high cost of dying in Europe The Better Terms for British Columbia Indi ans Commission whose function is to prevent the rcc man being skinned alive unless the Government gets its share The Ferguson Commission whose mission was to unearth dead Grit sins ransacking the cemetery as it for the gold fillings Hie Georgian Bay Canal Commission which serves its chief purpose when links up that amiable philosopher Evans with a Government Job The but whats the use of stringing out the list of those present Suffice it to say that Royal Commissions are almost as prevalent as sau sages All these Commissions are at work but there is some doubt as lo whether they are earning their money Take the Davidson Commission for exam ple It consists of one man a Quebec Judge Sir Peers Davidson An opinion grows that for a gentleman whose middle name is Peers he might peer more deeply and widely than the facts appear lo Indicate The Davidson Commission is follow ing up the scandals all right but that is about all keeps strict in the footsteps of the Public Accounts Committee covers the same ground and doesnt budge from the middle of the road to see what Is behind Hie hedge A good and faithful Commis sion that wont hurt anybody that hasnt been hurt before Reports from Colum bia tend to show that the inter- i i Reprinted with kind permission from Times HO ho I Yo ho I Heros to Jerry Bones As the gruff chorus died away onthe cool night air one swarthy pirate stooped to draw another cup of bumper from the musty keg at his side A dozen others of the brigand crew sprawled or squatted around the smouldering embers or a dying camplire They had gathered to swap tales of adventure at the old forest lurking place They were a weatherbeaten band Some lay in a drunken stupor a few crouched and spat at the fire muttering cursns as they recounted bloody deeds of plunder Now and then a knife gleamed in the dull glow The drunken revelry had already well into the night and a- hundred weird tales of adventure had passed around the Are One of the company had seen the good old days on the Spanish Main one was an old tar from the Mada gascar pirate haunts A noisy fellow with black whiskers swore lie was a cousin of Captain Kidd and one had looted privateers in the Such a scene as this it would bo considerably more fun to ima gine than lo come upon actually Planted comfortably in the soft cushions of an automobile it is real sport for one to imagine the dark deeds of former days and that is what the motorists at Bradford do when they visit a certain near that Sown which is shrouded in mystery A huge ships anchor of enormous weight rests on an open piece ground with nothing to explain its presence It Is called Mysterious Anchor and the mystery surrounding it is how it came to be situated near a town that is so far inland Even the oldest inhabitants confess they are baffled in this matter which only adds to the mystery they claim that it has been in the same position now over a hundred years The Mysterious Anchor Is the rendezvous for automobile parlies who take great pleasure in driving to this point and mak ing ail sorts of guesses as to where the anchor came from less lo say many wild tales of pirate sloops brigands and other happenings of earlier days have been imagined in connection and it makes a most interesting point to visit in ones car and to point out to ones friends and guests Editors Note We been told that the anchor above referred to was hauled up St by oxen during the war of its destination being where a vessel was being con for military purposes At that time a myl boat plied between Holland Landing Wharf and Ihe anchor just got as far as the Holland Landing Plains when news was received that action was sustained and the Magistrates stuck for 1200 dam ages A burglar entered the home of Thus Glover North on Friday last and stole several hundred dollars from a chest of drawers About i00 was taken at gates of the York Fall Show during the Fair The dwelling being erected for the Reeve by Mr Nelson was entered one night this week and several tools of the workmen carried off abandoned on the spot If as iar 9 war was over and the anchor was any of our readers has any authentic information on the subject we should be pleased to publish it j OF ALL KINDS LUMBER LATH ALSO ETC WOULD I AND TRIM Our Trim Is Put Throuah Our and Will Hot Shrink After It la Put Up soon Technical School will lo be enlarged James Fuller against whom there were some previous con victions pleaded guilty of stealing a raincoat Simpsons Store and was sent lo Kingston penitentiary for two years It was time he was locked up The Dominion Hallway Hoard made an order last week direct ing the P the the T and Toronto Railways to pay over to the City their re spective proportionate amounts of the cost of the high level bridge over the Don at Street The cost to datis as ascertained totals 9715O0Q but there is more to follow One evening last week the many friends of Mr Michael Connolly manager of the Woodbine Hotel him a dinner During he evening they presented him with a handsome trunk and Mrs Connolly with a beautiful pearl necklace Mr Travers former man of the defunct Farmer Bank Is back lo this City after serving his term in the Kingston Penitentiary has three sons at the front doing heroic service It is understood that Toronto will aim at securing in connection with the British Red Gross appeal all over the Province Those who go hunting up Jn Muskoka every year arc getting of the various Indian reserves so that the Indians will get as fair price as they can expect from the wliilc man in event of a sale made On this basis the Government purchased the Kllsilano Vancouver reserve for a fraction of its true Incidentally Lawyer Read one of Attorney General Bowsers sting transaction of the two friends picked up by way marines purchased in a moment commission on the deal The of inspiration by Sir Richard Mc- Kitsilano purchase was and hilled lo Canada at SI- disallowed by the is being scrutinized as minion Government had been marie without consent NEWMARKET I for their annual outing between gentlemen Suspicion cannot live In that atmos phere Sir Richard appears and denies everything Nobody seems to wish to bring that dignified and beautiful head of early grey hair in sorrow to Ihe grave So fai as can be seen at this distance the chief facts remain unexplained and no satisfactory answer is given lo questions like these Why did Sir Richard tele graph to Ottawa first that the price was lo be and then send a second telegram rais ing the ante another hundred thousand Why was the cheque split two ways Why moreover was paid for two bar gain counter submarines that Chile turned down at 760000 To all these questions echo an swers why talking of British Columbia and Royal Commissions reminds from but history says no thing about Lawyer Reads com mission It probably held good work as there was for a lawyer in skinning the guileless red man he did and Its up to him lo hang onto the money The of skin is At present lite Joint for Belter Terms for the Columbia Indians Is working the northern part of province Better for the Indians do not necessarily inter fere with high old times for the Commissioners During the last six months they have conferred with the Indian chiefs in the north three times a five hundred mile each way The first and second limes the commissioners went north they used the ordinary palace steamers of the and which ply in Inside LAND GOLD FOR Formerly the farm of a United Loyalist military man latterly an aviation ground acres of land on St Just ninth of Glen Grove and opposite Lawrence Park were sold YEARS From Era Oct The bylaw to raise 3000 for extension of Town Water Works passed Newmarket Council meeting Operations have been re sumed by the Robinson Wool Mat Co at the Woollen Mills Engineer Warren laid 100 feet new sidewalk on Eagle Street last Saturday The Little Girls Mission Baud will meet at Mrs Griffiths Mai a St next Saturday afternoon Mrs Joseph is visit ing at for a couple of weeks Mr Frank Millard of Toronto spent over Sunday at West Lawn Newmarket Mrs J Davidson is spend ing a couple of weeks with friends in Toronto Mr Wallace of White Rose is moving into Newmarket hav ing fovnd a residence on Lydfa St Miss Scarlett is visiting with Mrs W Rev W Amos of Aurora occu pied the pulpit of life in last Sunday Sheriff Dr Fred Cane and Messrs Ed and Beit Pern Lundy and Cyrus Styles came up from Toronto to Arthur Miss only daughter of Mr Charles of Oakland Gal spent last week with rela tives and friends in Town Mr Amos Rogers and Newmarket on Monday and visiting at Mr Seneca day for or at the rale Of Condolence to almost an acre In lhft lhe the land changed I hands at rale psed at the per acre I he sale has been meeting of the Newmarket Public School Board A public meeting Is to be held at the old Orange Hall St to consider the propriety of re opening the Yonge Street Cheese j Factory one of the Joint Indian hut on the last visit approved by the Dominion they make the trip from Victoria and the British Columbia the Union Co8 steamer It is built largely on Ohelnahfn which they a sense of humor is now in Its third year and has already cost the country over One Of its members once told me that if It were necessary In the pur suit of better terms for the Brit ish Columbia Indians lite Com mission would not hesitate to cross the ocean to and remain at the Savoy Hotel in for a day This charier with Bid trips and picnic Inter ludes will probably run three weeks Some charter Owen Sound Oct Herbert Thackeray King charged with the murder of 12year Nicholson last spring was through by the Land Building and SavingsCom pany under the personal direc tion of Mr W Dinnick to a syndicate of Ontario business men who propose to lay ont the new properly In keeping with Mr A J Hughes of Sharon is arrangement of old Lawrence Park on the east side of Yonge St so as to form a westerly ex tension of lhat residential pro perty Lawrence Park west In cludes the Glen Grove ravine and charmingly broken up by small I hills and clumps of trees to be choir master of the com ing Convention The Ladies Aid of the Chris tian Church held a very success ful Harvest Home Festival Wednesday evening last After supper was served speeches and music followed to the The original Crown grant was tion of a large gathering Among issued sometime early In the speakers were Revs century to Lieut Nathaniel W W Smith W Chid- don for nix month while it fifth d up stale documents treaties by Mr Justice Chile to be hanged December Before pro nouncing the death sentence the Judge staled that owing lo some crown grants from George the Third and similar matters Some men are like IhaUrrlhey son- It passed into the hands of various persons after that In cluding Mr John Boyd father Of Chancellor Boyd William Lyon Mackenzie Is said to hidden In the ravine after the defeat on Gallows Hill in It contain the site upon which the first chapel outside of To ronto in the Province of Ontario was erected and where Ryerson formerly preached Even in lhe days it was regarded as a desirable place for country residences and it is connected with the names of known Canadian farni known in recent years as old Anderson property and before the growth of the city made ne cessary its use for building pur poses it was a particularly fer tile farm The now Duplex Ave will pass through near the- middle of the land in question ley aid Mayor Pro ceeds TAKING THEIR INNINGS London Oct 15th British subma rines operating In the western waters the Baltic Sea have within the last twentylour mink a mair destroyer and a German torpedo boat and also have by their activity cleared the and the Gull entirely of German y stipe Every German ship which was southbound Sweden when the submarines started thlr Campaign has been unk or run ashore Of ftfty German orecarriers thirty- seven are virtually interned In tie Swedish ports r I I Imaginary troubles cause more worry than real ones AuslroGcrman losses in lhe campaign against Serbia up to Thursday evening Oct estimated at officers and killed arid Wounded ST rife 1B Ml K V J a Ttti iii SUE iy iW i f r fi v For Iafants and Use For Always bear Signature of a V i a t-