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M -v- I not on fa to v Ottawa the will early If i i I L ivX3 at flmg I on fttiff Hi All to or l for ypa writ to f f Work Plumbing Our Specialties at flBKi -w- TUB SOUS TOURS T- Faros now in effect to in North and Carolina other and to Berinudaand West Indies Upturn Limit Way Slot 8YOPOVEn8 full informalion write to IIOilNlNO J A Union Station Toronto J Depot Agent Phone Agent Attond a I in lie School World Hie fol lowing YeM No this answer will to In of The Municipal World the Question is Jan a every three yearn or is It obli gatory that every year in City To wo Vlllngo and MunicipalitlcH make yearly assessment the recent refusal of Mr J of the accept the of knighthood recently londered hlio the fiuolph Mer cury remarks JJy so doing he has gained and has endeared himself to the public of His nmhy home directed phil anthropy has earned for him a place higher than knighthood A many people appear to entertain the notion that poultry ore free to run large matter how annoyance they a neighbor Hut this is not The Pound Act provides thai owner of geese or oth er poultry refuses or neglects to prevent the same from trespass ing on neighbor property Jhe World says that after due notice has been serv ed upon him ho shall incur a penalty The question of obligation for Townships to Dog Tax is answered in The Municipal World as follows Tho Dog and Sheep Protection is in force in every Township The Dog Tax must bo collected and kill ed by dogs unknown should ho considered by the- Council This answer will be of interest not to Township Councils only but also to ratepayers generally Section of the Dog Tax and Sheep Protection Act decides Council liability is stated in the American press that he motive machinery in nil the interned Gorman ves sels in various ports of the re public has been damaged to such an extent that they be moved It is added that thin de struction was done some time ago whop the present German submarine campaign was decided upon German vessels in United Stales ports arc valued and in ease of war will ft PEH- if use if seized by Etc tauQht quickly fctd Enter Any for J United States authorities 0 Our Toronto March to a Ihrecdays Provincial Prohibition Conven tion will he held in Hall Toronto under auspices of Do minion Alliance Dominion appears to be the aim Board of Trustees by major ity of voted for a woman principal at Hoys Home where there are pupils from 10 lo years John a grave digger at Prospect Cemetery had bis arm Farmers bring your logs to broken when a grave caved in all countries Ask tor our will ho cent Unlvcdlty LOGS us and have them cut into timber to your own purposes Dont wait lill the snow is DAVIS Owed f Come to Toronto Where Big ledono train or taking a part In It by a term fn One of el J A l Write for ole l I It week The award of a Military Cross to J the Globe recalls big with a polar bear in Hie region The Premier of Ontario an nounced lo Hie Legislature that work would commence Oil the new demonstration farm at New this spring The York Rangers were accord ed a hearty welcome at many joints visited on heir way to Ire land there WBnt bring to fthdjr oven tiiBCir cousins in lips dear a i One day while waiting her op portunities to explore garret a known to her cous ins culled on an errand for his mother and was- introduced to Miss Belly as Mr Ford Kirkwood The folloving day while out for a walk he turned up as if J Alio 1 L A in to the 1 We are lo our readers- Ibis week a cut of a Banner that only North York is entitled to wave A few years ago the Provincial Sunday Association inaugurated a campaign lo get the various County units in honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Association to reach what they called Golden Jubilee Stand ing was one of the five to reach it Last year the Association ruisod standard and called it Front Line In Ibis race North York alone reached Ibe goal Some of the conditions are us follows A must be received from every school and hundred fifty dollars contributed to Provincial and International work of the schools must have Cradle must have Home Departments use Graded Lessons in some part of the school have Teacher Training Class of the population must be enrolled in the It will be encouragement to the workers Jo see the progress thai North York has made Five years ago only two schools had Homo Departments now thirtysix schools had Cradle now fifty- four There was not a Teacher Training Class in North York nor a standard Graded and now there is a hopeful number of both Then one hundred dollars was contributed to the larger work and now one hundred and fifty Then barely of the Protest ant population was enrolled now i3 But while the workers should thank God and take courage they should also lake warning Next October this Banner musl be taken lo the Provincial Conven tion at Chatham If our County Association has maintained its standard io7 will be inscribed on the bar and sent back but if the work should fall down in even one respect the Banner is retain ed Let North York not only proudly wave the Banner but splen didly retain it The Banner is now displayed in the Christian Sunday School Newmarket fourth forgot lo offer an ex cuso for Its rather marked re currence Within a week it had happened so frequently that neither saw anything unconven tional in the matter This rapid developing fiuafnlance did not escape the vi gilant eyes of the cousins One day the elder sister observed very Hester on j Floyd Clay Jhe house of life two maiden him should be proud of was long and wide and contained treasures beyond enumeration in the shape of spinning wheols and bedsteads and bureaus and chairs sisters Misses Phoebe and lhe deuce had descended to vho came one hem from away back in the year lJ he tea was thrown overboard in louch flaid the eldest the Boston Harbor sister Of course there had been heirs noting like it under between lha event and wj mo he Misses and those heirs vo had lived then- time and passed dollars on the property by will None of was the reply a But why Because you would make dust and litter When Belly Lawrence a cousin at the age of ten had visited the Misses Shaw and become home sick and shed tears hie sisters comforted her by promising Now Betty chirk up and be a our them had been rich Indeed most of lheu hud been very poor It wosa big colonial bouse with ton acres of ground around it and there had been limes when and there had been times when the place had been sold for taxes and would have had a new tenant bad not the public sentiment come lo the rescue sisters bad a starvation good girl and you income and had passed lhe half garret century mark There were those Now she was a visitor who could remember them at the old house again and she twenty fair faced and attractive had a lively remembrance of that women They bad never mar- quaint room She didnt care ried because they felt they could much for the antique but she not separate And whenever the was at a romantic age and en- subject of marriage sale dewed with a healthy curiosity of IJie place came up they had and when one of the sisters bad both exclaimed in chorus But let drop the fact that lhe old there is the garret chests were full of documents It was the biggest garret for back into the beginning of miles around Be who plan- the 18th century she made up her and built lhe house had not mind lo have a look el some of paid special attention to the them rooms below but he bad provided was determined to garret that all who came after haul thai garret if given half a ioc ABSTRACT STATEMENT Of Accounts of Township of Whitchurch for tho Prices PUiiti lit AGBUT WANTED Agent for Good contract to right man Persona and written will be received up to Feb Apply to IN CO Toronto L You can blood in good a clear skin by taking ra The British advance In the Ancre region was carried out on a twomile front west and south west of on Saturday The advance on both sides the river was made for the purpose of gaining lhe height command ing that town to which the ene my had retired after evacuating A total of prisoners were passed back to British line some of whom had been without food forty- eight hours The British guns bad cut them off from sup plies Having gained their first objective the British pressed forward south of hut failed to secure the remainder of the high ground owing lo a fog Which interfered with the artil lery- iO Winnipeg Hugh Lyons accountant of the Canadi an Government Immigration De partment who was arrested in and confessed to the heft of which he lost In grain speculating was given suspended sentence today John Gordon who stole a few sacks of flour out of a car was sentenced to live years in the penitentiary Opportunity nubs to the who spends nil itper for it from Int on hand Tax of including percentage Tax of collected Tax Provincial Tax 10882 Int Current Bank Ac P Interest Legislative School Grant Leg County School Grant Tp T Ac J AC Labor Collected Loan from Fund old Plank Allowances Salaries etc Stationery Law Costs ftoads and Bridges Charily Co Rates Provincial War Tax 1300 Schools 5635 Interest Board of Health Sheep and Dogs Miscellaneous Street Balance 20985 ASSETS Office Furniture Steel Tile Moulds it Climax Drags Grader It Tax on Co Treas Books Uncollected Tax of Clergy Reserve Bank Current Ac 20905 LIABILITIES Collectors Sal Clerk SaL mo Int due Schools In Gen Ac Loans due Fund I King Be- in excess of Liabilities 315000 35504 to the Council of the Township of Gentlemen We the undersigned that we have ex- Accounts and Securities Township for the year ending I lie Account clearly and correct ly kept with satisfactoi y Vppchers for all payments L A VanKOSTRAND J Auditoi Adopted Feb 1017 W Clerk frankly I think Ford is a fine boy Dont you- think Im rather a nice girl Cousin Phoebe laugh Betty with a telltale flush Perhaps il will bo wise for me write to yoir parents Then Miss Phoebe sighed very gently and readjusted her glass es I suppose I ought to warn you against love first sight she continued But as you never loved at sight or second sight or any oth er sight how can you Cousin Phoebe At Ibis the gentle old woman smiled feebly Ford Kirkwood is a fine young man but he has no she went on dutifully Nor have might loan ace to me a check for a hun dred dollars for wedding gift but it would strain his bank ac count lo do it Then throwing her arms about Miss Phoebe and giving her a assuring kiss she added more seriously J shall not fall in love dear cousin I shall never marry at least not until Until when Belly Until I find a treasure de clared the girl as if she meant it Belly did not reveal the fact lo anybody that she regarded the prospect of securing the treasure a welldefined possibility In her soul she believed there was a treasure in that garret but how wa she lo lake the first step to ward finding it with thai region closed to her She felt like de manding lhe privilege of explora tion but still she lime Her opportunity came suddenly There came a day when the sis ters were called away on a mat ter of business which demanded their personal attention I am so afraid you will be lonely said lhe elder sister sympathetically We shall be away at least three hours pb no I can lake a long walk and then read awhile after corning back said Betty trying hard to keep her voice steady Scarcely was the vehicle the sisters out of sight when Belly flew to the garret Once within the forbidden treasure house she stood for a long five minutes feasting her eyes Then she selected the oldest and most battered trunk of entire lot for inspection Letters and documents Why the trunk was full lo repletion with them There were deeds bills of sale private letters j grants and what not and the girl had only a glimmering what had once been their legal value Three hours had gone by and the return of the sisters might be expected at any mo ment when she selected a parch ment almost at random replaced the others En the trunk and left the fascinating spot It was not until she was safe in her room at nighC that the girl had an opportunity lo ex amine lhe parchment She found very little lo reward her The wiling was that of an man badly scrawled some parts of il faded hopelessly Af ter over it unlit her eyes smarted she put the illeg ible thing in her hand hag with the sleepy conclusion Nobody but an old pirate could have written a hand like that and of course if he was a pirate he must have written about a treasure I shall ask Mr wood to help mo to unravel it When be saw it Ford agreed with Belly thai it was the work of an old pirate but he d- frankly thai he was not an adept at deciphering hiero glyphics II will have to be done said determinedly before be fore not until Until Until after we are married ho finished Heroically But I hays promised Cousin Phoebe shall never marry until I have found treasure Raid with attempt to l Well havent you found h Ani I hay found yon most of nil led I Gold iVfodlftho highest award for at the Pan- Exposition 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