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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS,; THURSDAY, JUNE 28th, 1928 ?age^--:--notes 'volume of bus ""/ting of the rate . _ mills, the United (n.cVft*5&? Northumberland "deluded its final sit-c\en ^he session Thursday "^cUtiti9wed by the Warden' itve&s TRochester on Friday. $100 was voted to the Memorial erected ^y of the Indians of Alder-paid the Supreme Sacrifice ,reat War. Ant of $50 was voted to the > Division of the Red Cross /y- ine insurance policy of the Counties with the Globe Indemnity Company will be renewed. This policy indemnifies against damages in accidents oc-curing on county roads, through defects in roads or culverts. A grant of $275 was passed in favor of the Canadian Institute for the Blind. The levy of one quarter of a mill on the municipalities of Northumberland to equalize the assessment for bridges between Durham and North-unmberland was adopted. Schools Committee In regard, to the authorization of the payment of supplementary grants to High Schools in the Counties, as passed in a committee of the whole Council, the Schools Committee in their report recommended the 1925 folio bellfi •ing High Scl Brii also the and Port Ho following Continuation School: etville. Orono. Millbrook, Blackstock and Warkworth. The recommendation carried without the amendment. The Commit toe Is recommendation for the payment of $2,125.56 to the Public Schools and $48.20 to the Separate Schools of the Counties, being the equivalent of the legislative grants fdr the current year, were The Council also decided to pay $126,64 to SS. No. 2, Cartwright, being the balance due on the 1925 grant To Meet Soon In order to eliminate the confusion attendant in the past on the proper method of obtaining figures on •which to base claims for maintenance grants for County pupils by High Schools and Collegiates of the Counties, the Schools Committee recommended that a committee composed of the chairman of the Schools committee, A. R. Wilmott, Deputy Reeve of Cobourg, the chairman of the Finance committee and the Counties solicitor, together with the secretaries of all the School Boards affected, meet at an early date when the proper methods will be clearly brought to the attention of all these school sec- The Committee recommended payment of the following amounts listed here for maintenance of County pupils attending schools outside the Counties: Frankford Cont. School.. ..$1,617.26 Port Perry H. S......... 543.53 Norwood H. S........... 231.27 .Whitby If. S........... 32.12 Omemee H. S........... 250.98 Trenton H. S...........3,103.06 Lindsay Collegiate........3,103.06 Another recomjmeffldation adopted was that Oshawa Board of Education be advised that the United Counties will accept the terms offered by the Oshawa Board for maintenance of United Counties' pupils attending school in Oshawa, the terms being that the United Counties pay one hundred per cent of the cost of maintenance and eighty per cent of de-House of Refuge It was reported that on June 1, 1928, there were 38 males and 37 females in the House of Refuge. (The Board of Management were authorized to go ahead with repairs at House of Refuge to make the building safe. The pillars supporting the balconies are in a bad state of decay. The Council endorsed the resolution forwarded by the Dufferin County Council protesting against the indiscriminate cutting of trees for Christmas decoration. Scholarship Grant Acting in accordance with a request from J, B. Reynolds q£ the Ontario Agricultural College, the^Jouncil made a grant of $109 for a scholarship O.A.C. Cadet .Corps Grants Grants of $50 were ordered paid to the Cadet Corps of the following schools: Bjtapanville Public and High School, Pott Hope Public and High School. Cobourg Collegiate, Campbellford Public and High School, Colborne High School and Millbrook Continuation School. $100 was granted to the Agricultural representatives of Durham and Northumberland to be used for Bacon Hog (1. r.-castrations to be held in the two Counties and $300 was granted for exhibits at the Canadian National Exhibition and Royal Winter Fair. Warden to Get New Silk Robe With the close of the June session of the Council of the United Counties oi" Northumberland and Durham at Cobourg, Thursday afternoon, Warden Chas1. A. BJavjidson cast a^ide the rusty, black, threadbare and out-of-date robe in which he and many Wardens lief ore him, has sought to uphold the dignity of the office. Tn a Council where much formality and parliamentary procedure govern the proceedings, the shabby gown worn by the Warden has been the derogatory feature. The attention of the Council was drawn to this fact Thursday afternoon and after considerable discussion, in a humourous trend, the Council authorized the purchase of a new silk robe, to be worn by the Warden at the December ses- Robes of office- have been the centre of much controversey in County Councils throughout the province at the present June sessions. Several Councils have adopted formal gown for the first time, while one or two, have abandoned the practice as "unnecessary pomp and formality." Most recent available figures compiled by the statistical departr of the Bell Telephone Company of Canada show that on December 31, 1927, British Columbia led the provinces of Canada with a telephone development of 18.71 instruments per hundred of population. Ontario came next with 17.46 telephones for every hundred of population. Then, in order, were the prairie provinces, Saskatchewan with 12.56, Alberta with 11.83 and Manitoba with 11.37. Quebec with a development of 9 99 stood sixth, with Nova Scotia at 7.65 seventh and eighth, New Brunswick at 7.59. The Yukon Territory showed a development of 5.76 instruments per hundred of population in ninth place and Prince Edward Island, standing at 5.70 was a close tenth. The Dominion as a whole with 1,265,869 telephones serving a population of fl.597,000 is on the enviable basis of 13.19 instruments per hundred of population, comparing most favourably with any other country in the world and with her own position of December 31, 1926. At that date the figure stood at 12.73 telephones per hundred population. From 1911 to the end of 1927, Canada has added to the figure for the earlier year, which was 354.008 telephones, over two and a 'half times that number to reach the 1927 figure of 1,265.869. The telephone increase in that seventeen year period, in fact, was over 2:57 per cent--a most remarkable development. It indicates the extent of the great advance in commerce and other phases of national development which have been accompanied by this striking advance in the field of rapid communication facilities. SCHOOL ESTIMATES FOR 1928 Estimates of the Receipts and Expenditures of Colborne Board of Education for the year 1928: Expenditures Salaries--High School Staff.. $7750 .00 Public School Staff 4350.00 Secretary-Treasurer 90.00 Caretaking.. ..V 550.00 Fuel...............> 1100.00 Light.............. 45.00 Examinations. Printing, etc. .. 225.00 Repairs .............. 1300.00 Supplies. Insurance and Incidentals ........ ...... 414.00 15824.9.0 Receipts High School Gov. Grant ..$1292.00 H. S. County Maintenance .. 4958.00 Public Legislative and County Grant*.......... .. 980.00 P. S. Provincial Grants .... 34.00 Arrears Oountv Maintenance Grant.............. '610.00 Countv Cadet Grant...... 50.90 Examination Fees........ 100.00 7924.( Leaving the sum of . . .. 7900.00 to be levied by the Corporations of the Village of Colborne and Township of Cramahe with the respective rates for 1928: Colborne to levy and collect 89% being..........$7031.90 Cramahe to levy and collect - 11% being........... 869.00 and the Secretary-Treasurer was instructed to notify the Councils of the Corporation of the Village of Colborne and Township of Cramahe to levy and collect the respective am-, ounts as stated above with the respective rates for 1928. Drivers who loaf along crowded highways were declared to be a menace to public safety by Dr. P. E. Doolittle, president of the Canadian Automobile Association, in a safety talk which was broadcast over radio station CKCN recently. What constituted loafing was left to the eommonsense of the individual driver, said Dr. Doolittle. "If you are out for a pleasure drive." he continued, "and desire to go slow, avoid those highways where traffic is heavy. There are plenty of good roads in Ontario for leasurely pleasure driving. When you hold up long traffic lines, you are a menace on such. highways. ind rather lable i thost nected slow driving with safe dri But we must accept conditions as we find them. The fact remains that the loafing car in heavy traffic encourages cutting in. Faster drivers will be tempted to take chances. The present hazard will be increased. When we want to drive slowly we should avoid the crowded highways where a loafing speed will hold up traffic." DATES OF FALL FAIRS Colborne.........September 18-19 Addington......September 7- 8 Bancroft........September 25-26 Brighton........September 11-12 Belleville......August 28-29-30-31 Campbellford......September 27-28 Coe Hill......... September 19-20 Frankford........September 24-25 Lindsay......September 20-21-22 Madoc..........October 2- 3 Marmora......September 17-18 Madoc ................N$O0RR Napanee......August 21-22-23-24 Norwood..........October 9-10 Port Hope......September 25-26 Roseneath........October 11-12 Shannonville......September 15 Stirling........September 25-26 Warkworth........October 4- 5 Wooler........September 13-14 EMBRACE COST $15 St. Thomas.--For driving his. car with one arm about a girl companion, a London youth was fined $15 and costs by Magistrate Maxwell in County Police Court. GREAT FIRE SALE of Groceries is still going strong, and will continue for the next TEN DAYS. The large crowds of satisfied customers that are attending this sale daily, are carrying away genuine bargains, but there are still greater bargains awaiting you. We are digging up goods all the time and the stock is growing larger every day. This is your opportunity to save money. Do you realize you can buy goods at just half the price you are paying elsewhere, and we are going after you again with STILL LOWER PRICES. A FEW SPECIALS FOR THE NEXT TEN DAYS Corn and Peas, per tin, each.......... Pork and Beans............4 cans for Campbell's Soups, per tin........... . Benson's Corn Starch .........3 pkgs. for Extracts................4 bottles for Lushus Jelly Powders............5 for Puffed Wheat and Puffed Rice .... 3 pkgs for Macaroni....................41b for Palmolive Soap...............5 cakes for Laundry Soap................7 bars for Soap Chips...................31b for Rice........................5tb for Tapioca....................51b for Shelled Walnuts, per lb.............. Swan's Down Cake Flour, per pkg,........ Grape Nuts, per pkg................. Post Bran, per pkg.................... 10c 25c 10c 25c 25c 25c 25c 25c 25c 25c 25c 25c 25c 35c 19c 10c 10c Nutmegs....................20 for Toilet Paper, reg 3 for 25c . . Sale Price 8 rolls Chinaware pkg Oats, reg. 40c pkg. . . Sale Price Cream of Wheat, reg. 25c pkg. Sale Price 2 for High Class Orange Pekoe Tea, reg. 85clb. Sale 25c 23c 25c 55c On Saturday we are going to give 4 Tb of Japan Green Tea for............$1.00 (Only $l's worth to a customer) Roman Meal, reg. 35c pkg......Sale Price 19c Libby's Mustard, reg. 15c .... Sale Price 3 for 25c Pure Black Pepper, reg. 60c Tb . . . . Sale Price 40c On Saturday we will give 161b Brown Sugar for ............ $1.00 (Only $l's worth to a customer) Coffee, reg. 70c lb (ground while you wait) Sale 50c These are only a few prices taken at random. Many greater bargains at the store. Remember--We are not offering any goods damaged by smoke or water TrIE GOODS WE SELL ARE FIRST-CLASS These prices* are to the buying public only--Not to other merchants. TERMS CASH. We pay the highest price for eggs, C. M. ALLEN & SON, Colborne, Ont. the quality store with low prices Ring Time AT THE JEWELRY STORE .See our new Diamond Engagement Rings. The very newest settings--some rings set in white gold, others in the green gold. The prices too are reasonable--5 Specials $25.00 $35.00 $50.00 $75.00 $100.00 H. J. MAYHEW King Street Jeweler. Optometrist Colborne FENCE WIRE CARLOAD JUST ARRIVED to be sold at PRICES BELOW ANY IN THE COUNTY ALL KINDS FARM MACHINERY AND REPAIRS JOHN REIVE King Street coal Alberta coal BOOK YOUR ORDERS NOW FOR Drumheller This is the best coal shipped from the West. I expect one car on the first train coing East. You Will Find My Prices the Lowest IRA EDWARDS Phones: Office 63; Residence 83 COLBORNE Practical Tinsmithing Having engaged a Practical Tinsmith, who will be found in our shop every day, we can render Prompt Service to parties requiring Tinsmithing or Repairs of any kind. Small repairs can often be done while the customer waits. All work guaranteed. EAVETROUGHING A SPECIALTY All kinds of Electrical Supplies. Wiring and Fixtures installed at moderate prices and guaranteed. TERMS STRICTLY CASH Pumps and Pump Valves. Stove Pipes, Elbows, etc. C. A. MYLES Barfett Block COLBORNE, Ontario.