On motin of MCI lLeod, report adopted. On motion of vDundps ax_1d Banting, a by-law was pgssed nammg a. place for the nominatron of candidates for the `office of" Reeve, Deputy-Reeve and Councillors for 1908, said meet- ing to be `held in the Orange Hall, `Ivy, on Monday, Dec. 30th, I9o7,.`at one `o clock_ p.m_. V " ---y.-- . . . I r The _'R`ee~ve laid seyeral accounts and] other documents before the council ` which were read and referred to their `respective committees. cow TESTING ASSOCIATIONS. _It isnow fiounyears since the De- gatgment of Agr1culture,through the &a_iry/Division, began an active cam- paign for the` Improvement of the dairy herds of Canada, by inaugurat- The council met Dec. 16th at'Lead- ley's `Hotel, Cookstown, with all members present, the Reeve in the chair. ` CICL / .. QINDSLY. A V` no subit!tut::m$'x',u bottle-6. kfnr = Q for free copyplout no i boo on _t_he 8rIei.'. .`. . b!.:.`|~ ....m....." n\..ui.> n.`.._...n` ' 15` Av. ` _ "` AlCC$$-` VII III` illfn VNL%0RT%H13N . ADVANCE- vA,nn`uncem`ent` for 1998. OR,_O. coUN_c1L. Zi_IiC')I9Ii\iiiCOXV\7-ORTH, % Clerk.` H. `J, TUDHOPE, Clerk, , H. I`UDH`OPE, 'Sec y. ESSA COUNCIL. Teacher. The Honourable Mr. Fisher, Min- ister of Agriculture, has taken a special interest in this work and is very desirousof having iticontinued. 'I_ am directed to say that the Dairy Division will again co-operate with associations of zoeor more members, or owners of not less than 200 cows, for the season_of 1908, bydoing the testing, providing the necessary blank forms, _and assisting in the organization as heretofore, but the Minister. is of the opinion that the time has arrived when themembers of the associations may reasonably be asked to contribute something towards the cost of the work. If it is worth anything to a dairy- man to know the relative value. of his` cows as milk producers, -in order that he may improve his herd by a process of intelligent breeding and selection, it should7 be worth paying `for, in part at least. If it is not worth. anything to the owners of the herds it is certainly not worth any-` thing to anyone else. I .beg. therefore, to r_nake- the fol- lowing announcement in connection wyiththis work: ' ing a cow testing association at C0- wansville, Quebec The_ Department provided all the equipment and loan- ed each member the scales and nec- essary outt for taking and preserv- ing -the samples, furnished the re- quisite blank forms for keeping re- cords, made all the tests and compil- ed the reports, without` any charge. -qpauv u; uuuu. _ Mr. M. S. Madole "was nominated "for the Legislature by the Liberals Qf Lennox. " ' - 9 l_4_-3-A.X-..l At the beginning of "1906, 16 as- sociations. were orgamzedunder the auspices of the Department. Each member was required to provide his own outt for weighing and taking samples, but the Department of Ag- riculture provided the blank forms and made the tests without charge. "The work was continued on the same basis `in 1907, with a total of 52 as- sociations organized in the ditierent provinces as follows :--Quebec 27, Ontario 18, Nova; Scotia 2, Brince Ed- ward Island I, British Columbia 4. | In addition to making the tests free of cost, the Dairy Division has compiled. for each member a month- ly and a yearly statement of the in- aividual tests of his 'herd, and each `member has been furnished with. a copy of the monthly summaries of all tests made for the other associa- tions. Summaries of the monthly tests have been published in the `agricultural and weekly press or ibanada, so that every person who reads has thus had an opportunity of studying the results and judging of the importance of the --work. l For the season of 1908 the Depart- ment of Agriculture throu'gl1;'the Dairy Division `will. co-operdte with the cow testing associations `onethe following terms: * _ I %(d). The -Dairy Division will pio- vide all the necesgary blankfdrms, chemicals for, test1ng,_compile mon-' thly and yearly 1- ecords~ and forward them to each member without any charge except as `metitionedw in _(b).- In I9o5,a series of 30-day tests were conducted at seven places, the De- partment loaning the outts and do- ling all the work without cost to the owners of the herds as in I9o4. The "object of this work was to call at- tention to the `importance of the quesion and ,to create sutlicient in- terest in the matter to induce dairy- mmt to `organize for` the purpose of conducting a systematic testvof the individual cowsof their herds. The publication of these tests showed the great difference which is found in the yield of cows in the same herd, and of different herds in the same local- ity, V (a). The - members ;_ must` provide their own oub_t_s and ggree tp take samples acgordmg to mstruct1on_. (b). The` members _will.be reqtliz--. ed to pay -towards` the cost of the testing` at the rate r of 20 cents per cow for. the season," for herds of. 5 cows and _over. For herds of under 5 cows a, minimum charge of $1.00 .per herd .willdbe made.` (c). The association -must arrange for a suitable Place in which the test- ing may be done as in previous` years a.wi_thout__cost to the Department.` Note.. Th charge for teS`t ing Vu;iH` be based` ot1 ;the:highe4st number of cows__ tested m any one month. A ow"t`esAteVd, only fr -*%1!.se.a.s A A < :~ -: 2"` (mce .wil1 _ he % cha;ge'd - can supply the same Locket in 14k goldvat 37.00101` `-in 101: at $5.00, and engrave ` { any monogram free of charge. ' Bond for our catalogue. President 'Sise of the Bell_ Tele- phone Company is in VVinipeg,v ne- gotiating with the Government for the sale of the company s lines and plant in Manitoba. It is understood the Bell Company is willing to sell -out in Alberta and .-Saskatchewan al- so. 4 Tr-us ,s15.oo Locket is the` hot! valn w have ever l ' '-" .~'e""'. .-*.<"1T _ , best value we have ever shown; Vlt` ismade of heavy Mk solid gold and contains a diamond of ne quality. and a space for two photographs. IT is. equally suitable as a either to a lady or gentleman. WITHOUT the stone we ran em-mlv the same RYRIE B110s.. _ . Limited` 134-138 Yong St. TORONTO ' ` ; Lccnnr. 815.00 I IJIAIIIIQIIELI Ill LIKE n t'\` Irina...-r\.n'Ip mama iIA`iLv WBRL s`>`3`$,"?;`.i-`L. St 32 .5 I; QCQVQTTOQQ. jjv -'v--y Mr. Fielding submitted the new insurance bill to the House of. Com- xnons. - -0-\ u . 1 ,___;A__L, Greatlubbing Offer g+-1-2-+4-+-z-t-+-I-4-+:-:~:-1-3-i-:s-2-z-2--:--:++-t-:~:-t-:--z-a~:--:-:-~:-+-:--:--:+-:~-;~-:--:--:-+.:--:-+~:- ~*i'+%3-49;*b$4`4+9++b-*++~?+%-~}F'?44-++++ -I--E--3-H` i----.`-I~ Z Barrie~lln%derIaking Establishment have all the appliances for the care of funeral: in transit through town and surrounding country: Hearses and Wuggons; Morgue and Burial Parlors. In- terment: in all cemeteries. or ehipmenteoto all puts of the world. Work of undertaker: promptly andjpronerlv cared for. P]-[ONE 32_ G. G. SMITH 6 CO. l\IIl\v\JI .'Fran_k Melville, a Toronto broker, is wanted on a charge of obtaining, $200 by fraud. I C` \,l'..,I..I.. '--.nn oqr\Q'vI:O\l|"Af E Northern % Advance -By remitting NOW_ you get` the local `txeyvsjof the County (weekly) and the general news. of , the country (daily) for Thirteen 1I:\`(.ntl\I.v_iat`.the price ngmed. While ~ this lextrbrdinafy offer is available to Advance and new, it applies only to olfldet stthscribers; Send along your r Collier and Clapperton Streets (ADMITTEDL Y BA RR./ES LEAEING PA PER) ALWAYSE OPEN. ESTABLISH ED 1 870 -+-_- AND THE -- A Kingston boy named Hughes was st_ruck by a train at a crossmg and k1lled.__ * ' ` The Pope held a public consistory at -Rome, at which the new Cardi- nals recexved their red 'hats.. 1' \ V 26th, I907_ 1;)`; the can the fru t h e m a 9. 11` A wireless message trom the Unit-l ed States eet tells that it__made 240' miles in the first day s .sa1ling.- m y] trc the {ha Mel 1119' An expert has estimated that out of 1,800,000 milch cows in New York State 440,000 are infected with tuber- cqlosis. " -\ - - . I. _ L`_ _' The Belgian people -are`, for. the most part, opposed to the annexation of the Congo on the terms offered by King Leopold. Henry Williams, colored, was ar-i rested `at Hamilton on. a charge of selling a charm to a man to secure him employment. A reward of $250 has been` offered! for the arrest of Capt. Colin C. Har-5 bottle, the `defaulting Secretary of, the Tdronto IClub. . .The Grand Trunk s new pension` scheme, as published at -Montreal, pg-ovides that the company shall fur- msh all the money, lolvnauv ' Rev. Burness B1-.isto1, superatmuat-_.| ed Methodist munster,_ was struck by a .train at Jerseyville crossing and killed. -- . Inn pr` _ `____`___` `U1 Lav Iluun. | / The Manufacturers _Associat_ion has `taken up the questnon of cxvic reform at LMontrea.l. z - Joseph Tesnicze was found dead at. Cobalt, at the bottom of a shaft, and J. McKni-ghtvwas fatally injured byan explosion. A William F. Walker, formerly Trea- surer of the `Savings Bank of New Britain, Conn., who absconded with. $665,000 of the bank's funds and $55, ooo belonging to the State Baptist Convention, has been arrested. %%"ixti1{e}'e e}i'iniig5ia}1 Vowfw-Toronto who would not accept work offered them by the city were deported. 1\ao\lnov\vr cnidooo \a'vv `run navvooou-up `The `Saskatchewan Government wall appeal againstthe exemption of the C.P.R. in that Province. t VmS7t;'icVt'eri e%nfoxV'dcexfv1 of` f_I1`ei.VV'1o_cal option law, was asked by a derputatlon to Toronto from Owen Sound. distri'bt;'t_'io-n 6f thue assets of the York County Loan & Savings Co. `year. may take place` by the, end of next up .4` an , .uu. . f"!'*3`3r*'lM-+4-'!4'4-+4-*1-M4'P'h`?'l"%'++'!'-N+!*-!~l+`!-I-++ !9-l-i-4-fH~v!'%+9:'!: % THURSDAY DEc_.,9th; upheld the deci`si9n disinissing submitted Dr` w."kma`.` {mm the iwesleyan insurance of Com- T1}f1g.`an1 C,ng" - 1_!II_.1 "'1ISE'aT7i5?iT.i' M Fills the Jails V .1 an`-Wiull-III!` IIIQJ DIV vgvwugvwn --.- V .....Y-_._V _ made orlwithdrawn bygnail. Every attention is ; 9,0 out-of-town accounts. V ` t Brhnches throughout and in the United States Tahdh England ; -n-ea--1--1--:--s--:--s--z-M--I-tut-I-t- -:-+4-t-z--s-:-3-3----`:3-'-2--3-'- 4:~t--:i:-3-t-iaewww-:-1-x-oz-s-+%_:7-i-+4-1-1-T W lVIethodisLt,Cour.t of Appeal In twenty American cities under local option, with 378,752 total *population, onefarrest iatmade for every 42 residents; In twenty-two Wisconsin ` cities, under license, with ; 6.89, 232 population, the : grrests_ are only one,for}_, 1 . -{every t98*`p op le. optionnswaps the rep. N .-a. ' .,. :r6{:3uIbl6;}?stii FRIDAY, DEC. zoth. us .n or-mm. 'ronozrro' Evenfs of the Week BARRIE BRANCH '1' IVJIIAQ BANKING BY. %MA1LV 1>aia.up0c'apita1,,s 1` 00,000,000,- Rest, - -0 - 5,000,000 Total .-Assets, - 113,000,000 President Sise of the Bell Tele- phone Company places a value of four million dollars on the `Manitoba ; system. - I !\ . 1 1 c . _| | "i"""" I Between two hundred and two hundred and fty miners were en- tombed by an explosion in theJDarr {mine at Jacobs Creek, Pa. The Toronto -Cattle ~Markef privil- ges went to Mr. R. J., Hunterfor l The C. P. R. has made a contract lfor the delivery of a million and a ll half bushels of grain in Europe this. ,winter, and will ship it from St. ;John.` ' u . Congressman Williams of -Miss_is- sippi and ` DeAijmorid of Missouri had a rstic encounter_ on te oor` of the House of Representatives at Washington yesterday, ` Victoria and =Ha1_,iburton Conser- vatives nominatedV Col, `Samuel Hughes, M. P.,f for the -Commons, and Frontenac iConse'rvatives nom- inated Mr. J.`S. Gallagher, M. P. P., lfor the Legislature.` -_ ,,g -_.,..-,.-_ -v--. Fire` insurance companies have iiug doubtful claims.` agreed to act together in investigat- .- --v~:-v-v -'_--~. Tv_venty-ve 'persons were killed- and a.' hundred injured in the blow- ing up. of a powder magazine, at Palermo, Sicily. P .I 1 \,II PI`,1, ` Miss Heffernan, a trained" nurse xfrom Guelph, was shot and seriously wounded by a little boy at `St. ,;I'homas, who pointed a rie ather in um. I ` e iligonge Acon1b is lying at th point of death in Toronto as a _re- sult of drinking carbolic acid. 1" ` Marnie Fetter, a waitress at the -Occident Hotel, Toronto Junction, committed suicide by drinking car- ibolic acid. T l Thirteen English laborers, whose 'fares had `been advanced by the` Gov- ernment to go to Temiskamingo, de- serted on the journey up. A T_I I`; . ----w --- ---v J"""`-I -'1" | John Strong. an inmate of the ;.London A_sy1um, committed suicide V'by"d1-owmng himself in the `reser- V011 . V . " V ` i The Railway Commission has ord- ered`the C,P.R. to hold its train at Brockville for Grand Trunk connec-' tion; N-eilVTay1or, employed on? the sew.- ers"at St. Thomas, fell into a.trench and broke his eneclg. He .has no. chance` of _recovery,. ` ' ` A FFL. I` I _. vvvv -vnJ'9 i T Cirand Trunk Railway will ap; peal to Parliament to have the clause in their charter providing. for a two cent rate repealed. A little Sydenham township. boy saw his mother singe poultry for market, tried the `same trick on his 1ittle,infant sister, setting re to -her clothing and `burning her to death; "FI__.'n - - rv Jr. II-I.--I-'M rion sparrong Lillie Schand1en;*_*~'Mabel `Barrett, *Maude Barrett, `Chas. Williams,` -Dora Coich - rane_. ` -V % `Sr. II.-*I-Iil'da~ ..E`d'wa`rds,_ `Bum Bqnton,. Mu1*phy._ * 'LI'Tl`1;)s,'aTe AxT11 ax`k'e4c_l_thus V* were'.1v>i'.eS,_t`1tV -ey{ery~_day. V ~ ~' _ Ar _ . `I -.-..u nnus uv uvabu-. The `VB:-ieielnlwvl-ome Oicehas con- sented to the opening of the grave` of the late T. C. Druce. A new shiiip:/ea'nva'1 joining Lakes! Stiperior `and Michigan is projected in a bill now before the United States Congress. V James H. Oliphant, a` New York broker, was shot and killed in his of- ce by a `man to` whom _he had re- fused an extension of credit, T `M` . H1}, -I\;."-e-if-i.l'fred ~ Orok, T `?`Wa_lter Wa_rd, `David Shepherd, Leo. Pol- gram. 1 ,_ `L `Sr, III-.-'-.Wellie Camron,~ Pearl Russell, `Lulu -Gill Dan Reilley, Leora Alice Spencg. fHoran, Forbes Coutfs, Martha Spen-_" cc, :Max Coutts, _~E_1bridgeA .'Sp_enc_e,v > _ . _ . _ . . . . . - v ~ . u l_I V; \.|\rll.ll.. ' ' _LVaurence Ginnell, member of~.Par-` l1am.e_nt for North Westmeath, Ire- 'land, has been sentenced to six mon~ % ths in prison` for contempt of "court. ('1m.M......: on D... !'M..LL Following is- the l1ot1or .-roll for November` and December; Senior `Department . Sr. IV.--Daisy iCout`ts, Everett Coutts, Wallace ;Coutts, 'Bob;Rus- sell, Vilda'Gill.;_ _ V j ~ `W Manage`? SATURDAY, DEC. 21st. . -.,- \.v'an.s.sALy|. \. - bntlnued 01; Page Eiglgt. >}:s'rAnusui-:n _ I801 5 1 mnrwasr. V `Ir. 'Pt. 'I.-Clat-.ence ;Dbran, "Ewart VEdw`a1-ds, Lavilla Spence, Islay "Gill, rG'ordon =Coutts, `Herb. Grien, Max ' Willson; I . w' ,A gochrane; ;~.~ - Jr. >Pt. I;.++-Louis; VGr)ifVf.en.. `Sr; Pt, - I.-T-Goc_lfr`ey Schahdlen, Wineld Andross, -' - The Statutory? meeting. of -Oro `Council was `held Dec. 16th`. All the members present. . . I .Dot_'1ald Johnston, Ino. Rutherford and W. J -Burton asked to have time extended or removing timber pur- chased on road line, II and I2. Coun- cil extended time to Ist May, I9IO. - Trustees S. S. No. 9 wrote that they had exempted school rates for I907 charged against Duncan Camer- _on. Council agreed to exempt his remainihgrates for I907, ` V vv 7` IVIIIGIIIIIIS IGI-L3 `LII Ly},/. H. P. Merrick, Collector, /reported $11,741.41, tagces of 1907, collected to `date. The [Reeve repofted that Thomas Caldwell. askedthe privilege of doing his statute labor below Ridge Road until road is openedup. . - | Ls James Ffasewr ' asked to purchase trees on Ridge ;Road,- Con. 9 and I0. On motion of McLeod and Robert-. son, Councillor .=McArth`ur was em- `powered to sell, such of said, trees as lhe thinks t. The following -accounts were ord-i ered to be paid :---J0hn King, ballot` box, $1.50; Alex. Arnold, rep. grader, $14.30; Wm. Adams, rep. on 30th side road, $4.20; Thos. `Smith, rep. culvert on Sunnidale road, $6.00; David Mc- Cann, putting in culvert, $10.00; J.M. Coulson, rep. culverq, $1.00; Thos. Dunn, rep. culvert on 7th line, $2.00; Thos. Wilson," putting in culvert and cedar, $10.00; J.S. Willoughby, spikes` .for bridge, .53; Richard Adams, rep. hill on 15th side road, $2.50; J. R. -Hambly, band iron for bridge, $53.- 09; Dr. D. G. Whealey, inspecting and quarantiuing houses in Angus, $10.00;. Dr. J. J. `Harper, examination and committal of Etta Hillock, -idiot, $5.00; Dr. J. M. McCullough, d0., $5,- oo; Sawyer _& Massey, balance of account, $8.63; John Mason, stump- ing, making road and opening ditch, $214.00; Edward Hurrell, lling. in wash-out, $5.25; Robt. Mooney, `cedar and work, $12.00; M. Mullen, rep. grader, $6.80; W. Carruthers, com- ,pletion of bridge on 9th Con. line, $29.10; Geo. Davis, supplying gravel, hauling cement, llinggin, etc.,v $368.- 50; Cookstown Advocate,,balance of . account, $20.00; G. C. Allen, building abutments . and - providing cement for shery bridge, $747.60. uc uuuna u|.. l 7 On -motion of McLean and R\obert-V sou, accounts to theamount of $199.- 52 were _ordered paid. Council adjourned to meet Dec. 30,. % at" II -a.m. V i The local Board of -Health met at 2 p.m. when G. B. Jamieson, 0,, :read his report as follows:- `_`In presenting ,to you my annual report, I once again am able to con- gratulate you on the excellent con- dition of thepublic health during the past year. Of the contagious diseases, there have been but two cases of diphtheria, and these in widely separated por- tions of the Township. -A Perfect re- covery and no spread of the "disease. There have been threecases of scar- let fever, two in one family and one in another, these families `also being several miles apart. Good recovery and no spread of the disease-. On motion of -McLean and Robert- son, Dr. Jamieson s bill for services and salary as M. H. O.- for 1907, $14, and 7'Se cretary. s salary, $4, were or- dered paid. . Of typhoid fever, I have'inet only \[two cgses, which were of `mild form and wxth perfec_t recovery."- motion of McLean and Mc-I T_-_I _..___-_.A_ __I_AL,J