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VOL. III--No, 37 MONKTON, ONT,, FRIDAY, JUNE \oit. ~ Malcolm MacBeth, Ecitor and Proprietor . : ay we 26999000000000000000000008 999OOOF06506400000000000006 = New Wash Goods For Ladies and Children Dresses and Summer Coats, The largest assortment ever shown. Beautiful colorings and at lower prices than you would expect to get on such fashionoble materials. No trouble to show goods and a visit will be more im. pressive than a whole page of advertising, Come and see, 3 3 3 3 New Dress Muslins from "ec teeecerereseeselO CO 25C Ginghamng 4682 Sto I5c Chantungs " ...............20 to $2 Rape es: vas25 tO 50C ae as tay fe sé seem eenes The Corse is the Foundation of the Gown We specialize on the celebrated D. & A. and save you as much as 25¢ a pair on the prices in larger towns, + Come and see the large assortment of Children's Summer Hats An endless variety for boys and girls, also School Hats for the little tots, "Dress Well" IS THE ORDER OF THE DAY Every man that wears one of our suits knows that he is well dressed. Coppley, Noyrs & Randalls finest goods. There are none.better made. A splendid showing of them. ~ Ready-made from ..,....... 7.50 to $16.00 Made to your order ; .50 tO. 30:00 Several hundred samples to choose from. have oubl Boys whom we clothe are well dressed. We lots of new suits in the best models--Norfolk andd breasted, bloomer knickers. $ ; 3 3 : 3 3 F : 3 3 3 ; $ 3 : ; 3 3 3 : This is the best place for your hat buying, Hard and Sofi Felt Hats, Straw Hats, Etc New shapes and styles in Staw Hats, also a vast assort- ment in Men's and Boy's every day Staw Hats. Something new and a little sooner than any other store has--is our motto. . sa" Bring us your Farm Produce, for which we pay you market prices--CASH or TRADE. WEBER & BETTGER : @ SPPOOUPOOO SOS OOD HOLE HES9OS OOOO DODO OOOOOOOOSEOOOOSS fF Bahecse: The Monkton Times Is PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING Monkton Ontario SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year, $1.00; six months, 50 cents; three months 25 cents in advance. Subscriptions not so paid, $1.50 per year CONTRACT ADVERTISING SPACE YEAR 5 Mos. 3 Mos. = column...$50.00 $30.00 $16.00 44 column.. 30.00 16,00 9.00 % column.. 15.00 9.00 5.00 5.00 3.00 2.0C Mo $6.00 4.00 2.00 1.00 Bight cents per line for first iusertion and four cents per line foreacn subsequent insertion will be charged for all transient advertisements, Advertisements wi tions will be inserted charged accordingly, thout specific direc- until forbidden and MALCOLM MacBETH, Publisher and Prop. etor | See Gill's big bananas; Mr. Albert Sherbarth recently sold a fine driver to Mr. M. EB, Bettger. |~ Mr. Fred. Terry. Saturday and Sunday at his home here. : | Mr. John Keilor on Tuesday last \Woderwent an operatio& for appen- dicitis. Mrs, Tinning and daughter. of Car- \lingford: are visiting at Mr. Jas. Terry's. | Mra Pfeffer and son Edward spent ard Schade. | On June 23rd a picnic will be held , by Knox church in Mr. Robt. Mur- i Tay's grove, | Mrs, Pridham and. children. 6f Tor- ,onto. are at present visiting at Mr. Jas. Terry's, | Miss Maggie Huggins, of Amulree ;Spent the King's birthday at her |home it Monkton, At the communion services at Knox church on Sunday last ten, new mem- ; bers were enrolled. Mrs. Tindale. of Blenheim. spent a |few days this week with her sister Give wa orders for fruit see Gill. Mr. Thos. Netterfield, }Spent Sunday at his hom Mr. Henry Yeandle, spent Sunday at Mr. until you of Guelph. e here, of Stratiford. Julius Horn's, Orchard services wi b : : oe qn be tans Mrs, John White. j Ww, Ward's Bethesada. | ed ad third hand at | tery .here, Fifteen carg | Ded trom here the cheese fac- of hay have been ship- during the past week ito New York State. Mr, Thos. Scott, of Windsor. is / Spending a. couple of weeks' holidays | With friends in Monkton. : | Mrs, Chas, Broughton left on Sat- j urday ta visit her daughten Mrs, w. | Morrison at Wyandotte, Mich. | Mr. Thos. Dobbs and daughter Miss | Mary of Gorrie. spent a few days | with friends in the Village last week. Mr. Everett Coghlin and Miss Thur. | za Fewings, of Millbank. spent Sun- day with Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Ham | ton, | A number from bere attended the | Orangemen's picnic at Brodhagen on | Monday. A big crowd and 3 good time was reported. | The bowling' ground has been open. fed and a few of our Villagers can now |\be sean disporting} themselves upon 'the green during the afternoons. On Saturday evening June 10th. the |members of Court Rosewood are re- | Quested sto meet to make arrange- iments for attending divine Bervice, Mr. J, He Marshall, €.P.R. agent on | Monday last paid a visit. tol his aged | parents at Komoka,. been ill for some time Lng. On Sunday evening last Melville | the fifteen year-old gon of Mr. Wm. | Blair while playing with a chum }4 son of Mr; Jas Hamilton. across (the road. was seen to fall suddenly to ithe ground and in a few minutes ex- |pired. He had been Subject to an af- |Kection of the heart and death was |due to heart failure, The bereaved | parents have the sympathy of the |eutire community. The Women's Foreign Missiona ry | Society will hold their annual Thank- | roffering on the evening of Tuesday, |} June 13. commencing sat 7.30. The | meeting will be addressed by Mrs, | Rev. Hamilton Goderich, sister of Dr. |Marion Oliver, of India. As Mrs, | Hamilton igs q Speaker of note, we ex- jtend te Monkton and surrounding }community a cordial invitation to at- | tend. A choir of twenty-five girls | will lead thd singing, Mrs. Geo, | Brown. See, A case in Carleton Place jthat. by a recent law. the jhas not a word ta say as to the dig- |Dosition of his wife's propertty, If in her mame it ia hers absolu tely--lock. jstock and barrel, even the squeal. if | You can separate these metaphors, She cam sell without his voice and sigs "m@iure. Should she die inestate he jis enititled ta a third. the children If no children he gecur- } but is improy- shows husband les a half an@ the other halt foes to --=--= Scrccccoooocoesoososooosecsooocoseesecoseennl|cesese | We have just received a shipment of etrot Gasoline Stoves Vapor These are high-class stoves and just the thing for sum- mer. One lighting is all that is required. See them. te We also have the sole agency for "Lightning Rods" Come in and we will giye you an estim- ate for rods on your house and barn. Have them put on before the lightning season comes. You will feel a whole lot safer with them on. Our prices are right. Come in and see for yourself We have a Carpet Sweepers ;).)": ment to select from. Make the work easier for your wife by buying her one of these sweepers, M. E. BETTDER, Monkton, Ontario Seecceceoccovocccosocccess GOS9OOeRIGOHER DCE RP DOHORD her people. Blackomithing. \ta 'be a fairly der ordinary ci jan although conceded vrofitabla business un- roumstances. would be extremely lucraitiva vocation if jevery equine that required shoeing brought along a gold ring such as one did that' oame into Mr, Jacob \Gallinger's shop 'on Saturday last, 'The golden band wag discovered by Mr, G. when 'he raised the horse's foot to remova the shoe. the cork of which lit enciteled as neatly as though made 'to fitt and placed there purposely by jftuman hands. How the ring gol j there is a mystery. the only pfaus- 'ible theory being that it was picked \up on the road. and very. shortly be- fore being discovered too. as it was 'uninjured in any: way.--Lanarl Era, Messrs, George, Albert, James and 'Edward. Broughton. of the Grave] Road. appeared before P.M Win on Friday last | charged by John Roger with assault 'and interfering with him in his pro- @ 3 H 8 : : 3 : z $ | fessional duties om the 9th of May : 3 H @ 3 rea 3 6 e : a - } | ) Davis. of Mitchell, His Worship toola a serious view of the matter and we rather think was a trifle severe. Edward, James and George were charged with using grossly imsulting language towards Mr. Roger and were respectively fin ed $2 each and $4.70. $4.50 and $4.40 costs, George was fined $5 and 4.63 costs for common assault, Albert, Bd: ward and Jamed were also charged with common assault but were let go on suspended sentence after pay ing $9.65 costs, For interfering with Mr. Roger in his professional duties they were each fined $25 and had to pay between them $15.75 costs making about $160 in all fines and costs. The four brothers were also bound over ta keep the peace for one ach giving bonds for $100, Year e >= | Saturday and Sunday with he Mr. Sam. Ducklow has 'been engag- | His mother has | ;Mrs. Jno. McNaught. 'Miss Collins. of Stratford. spent r friend |Miss Margaret Stewart, Mrs. McCabe. of Toronto. accompan- led by hen nephew Tommy McCabe is | visiting her mother, Mrs. Inglis, Mr. Robt, White. 'of Linwood. ac- j companied by his sister Miss White |of Detroit. spant Sunday with Mr. The W.F.M.S. met at the home of / Mrs. Geo. Brown on Tuesday. A book | entitled "Phe Women of India." is being read and greatly enjoyed, | Mr. Samuel Smith, the salesman for tha' 'Monk ton factery; sold the last j half of the May make at 10-5-8. This jis considered a little better than the javerage price. | Judge Winchester has acquitted Col. Munro. of Woodstock, president jof the Farmers bank on the charge of \unlawfully and wilfully making false and deceptive statements in returns of the asscts and liabilities of the bank to the Dominion Government. (Claiming that Col. Munro had been deceived by Manager Travers and Mr. |\Pitzgibbon, | Damages of $1,050 wera awarded in the Bramyton assizes ta William Bor- jland. ef Caledon East, who entered action against the Grand Trunk Rail- 'way to recover damages for the loss of a stallion which broke out of -- its jstable. atrayed in the track and was | killed. The ecotopany were held to iba negligent because they had left open a gate through which the horse got on the track. May just ended was the warmest May since 1830, the weather man at |Toronto reports. The mean temper- jature was 61.2 which is 7:6 ~ higher than the average. Tho highest reg- \istered for the month was $0.8 on ithe 28th; the mext highest 90.4 on jthe 22nd. Tha coolest dayl was the \5rd when the thermometer fluctuat- jed between 29 and 41 above zero. It jSained om ten dayd during tihe mon- |th. the mean rainfall. being two | suches or an inol less tham the aver- ; ese. | By a proclamation of Sir Charles | Moss. issued by him as administrator jof Ontario, he has named Monday. | June 5. as tha date of the coming in- ito force of tha navigable waters act. bassed by tha Legislature last ses. jSton. This measure was introduced 'in the Legislature af the last session (by How, Frank Coohrane. as "an jact to protect the public imterest in jthe beds of mavigabla streams," The |oroposal was strongly opposed by |various interest', Senator Edwards. lof. Ottawa, denounced the bill as loonfisoation. Ontario till now had na law on the subjeat. The main 'clause of the act is: "'Where land | bordering on a navigable body = of water or stream jhas been hereto- fore. or shall hereaftea be granted by tthe crown, it shall 'be presumed. in absence of an express grant of it, that |the bed of such a body of 'water or '(stream was not intended to pass to lithe grantee of the land, and the grant shall be construed according- ly. and not in accordance with the fules of the English common law." Goderich will probably return to 'the water-wagon this year. Last year the county town tried oil on -- the streets to lay the dust and found it { able cost but the oil proved fatal to rubber tires, An article on "Tho Re-Conquest of Canada" which recently appeared in the Simcoe Reformer deals trenchant- ly with the aint of a Quebee element hat is desirous of making this a pure- ly French country. The matter is worthy of consideration of thiuking men and women, There can be no question that an overwhelming maj- ority of the people of Canada as a {whole desire thid Dominion to con- tinue an English-speaking country. {t may. be that certain rights, secur- ed long ago ta the French in Quebec may leave that lamguage in the ascendant there. But that does not xcuse the other provinces lying down supinely while the Quebee National= Ilsts carry out their plan pf recon- quering the country. The French language is asking too mush whon demands to be placed on en eouality with Exfelish ay a language of in- instruction in any school outside of Quebeo, The salvation of tha United States in their treatment .f 'he thirty milliong of non-English speak- ing people that have landed tn their shores, has been the public school with ifs compulsory Leaching in the English language. There should be ma temporizing, no voetry or semifimentalizingy on so vital a question. A fair English cdu- cation for every child before being vermitted ta leave school should be the wiwalférable law, and the law should be enforced, ever and always without exception. nd matter what the plea or wha the pleader, of Toronto. spent Sunday at the residence of Mr, Leon- |. did the work! well and at a reason- ELMA COUNCIL. The municipal council of the town- ship of Elma met in the Agricultural Hai Atwood. on Monday. May 29th 1, Members presantl:--Reeve. Hamilton: deputy-reeve, and councillors. Wm. Coates. Struthers and Samuel Smith. The minutes of last meeting read. approved and signed by reeve and clerk, Several communications were read in favor of and presenting the claims of the use of "'The Corrugated Metal Culvert." Moved by Mr. Smith, seconded by Struthers. tha€ the council do wow adjourn to meet as a Court of Revision on thé Assessmend Roll and that the reeve be chairman of said court. Carried. The Court of Revision on the As- sessment Roll having closed the coun- cil met for general business, Moved by Mr. Smith seconded by Mr, Scott that the Reeve and Clerk Bssue orders for the payment of the following accounts:-- (Albert Quinp. work with team on grader gravel road $7.00; W, Peebles. work with team om grader gravel road 7.00; Al- bert Gordon. work with team on John Alex. were the way. rep. road sr. 5 and 6. con. 5 2.25: Julius Horm, rep road lot 17 and 18. tle and 1 3.50: Martin Ferg, rep. culvert, lot 14. con, 16, 1.50; Wm. 'MeCutcheon, culvert Jot 14. con, 16, 2.@0; Ed. L. Halpenny, salary as as- sessor for 1911 75.008 E. L. Halpenny | equalizing assessments of U.S.S, No | 8 e and m 3.00; Jos Johnson, cement | tile 68.74: Wm. Seott breaking roads | €lma's share 3.00, 'Moved by Mr, Struthers, seconded by Mr. Coates, that the council do! mow adjourn td meet again at the ! 'Agricultural Hall, Atwood. on Mon-! day July 3rd. 1911 at 10 o'clock a.m. for general townshiv business. Car. ied. } i Geo, Lochhead. Clerk. ! | WARTBURG. We had a couple of fine rains here | last weel¥ whieh will help te freshen ' up the crops and improve the mead-' ows and pastures. : The cengus senumerators started | jout on their duties here last Thurs- day and they are having quite 2 time jfilling all their papers, If would re- jquire tha education of ia Philadelphia lawyer to answer all- the questions | asked in their direotories. ! Mr. Samuel and Missed. Emma and | Mary Arthur. of St. Pauls. Downie. | visited friends in the burg last Sun-! day. ; | Mr. Tom Dickson) and daughters! Elsie and Pearl. of Harmony Sunday- ed with friends in the burg. Miss Dora Denstedt. of the Classic | City Sundayed at het parental home | there. ' Miss Laura Colquhoun, of Sebring- | ville. spent a few days of last week with Mrs, W. F. Krugpe, We aro glad ta report that Mr. W. J. Henry wha has 'been confined in | the Stratford hospital fot the past couple of weekd with pleurisy is recovering fast. He expects to get home this week. SCHOOL REPORT. Follawing is the répord of S.S. No. 9. Elma. for May ;-- Sr, [1V--Clarence Ronnenberg, Mag- gie Ranney. Edith Lambert. Jr. [V--John Atkin, Sr. [{I--Bertha Parkinson: Joseph Steckly. Ettie Lambert. Millia Gern- 'haelder, Jr, 1I--Gordon Holmes, Willie Par- kinson, Pearl Posliff. II--Noah 'Steckly. Delilah Akin. Simon Steckly Archie 'White. Joo Zehr. Rose Ramney. Bertha Debus John Gernhaelder, Mike Kuepfer, Pt. IIl--Edward Lambert. George Currie Noah Kuepfer. Eva Posliff Simon Zehr,. Sr. I--Nicholas Schmidt, Mary Steck ly. Ethel Buchanan, Jr, I--John Parkinson. Gordom Bu. chanan. Eddie Ohm: George Posliff Fannie Zehr. Herman Debus, Nelson osliff. A. W. Grant, Teacher MONCRIEFF, The following is the report of 8.8, No. 9. Grey. Mancrieff. for the month of May :-- Batrance. Total 850--M, istone 274. N, Schnock 152, Sr. TV--Total 400, 8S. McQuarrie 113, Jr, IV--Total 400. L. McKay 187. H. McQuarrie 158. Sr, 11[--Total 400. A. McKay 190 Vi Schnock 147, Jr, 11I--Total 400. M. Smith 239, Pp. Cummings 159, 0. McKay 126. H. Ma- chan 73, F. Machan 20. M. Hodge ib. Sr. 1I--Total 300. I. McKay, 164. §. Pride 83. Jr, 11--Total 200. H. Snelling 78. H. Machan 40, E. Machan 29, j Part II--M. Livingstone. A. Mann K. Howard, C. Snelling, BE. Mantlo Sr, I--H. McQuarrie. H. Mantle. Machan, G. Machan. Int. I--F. McKay. J. Snelling. G, Brown, L. Pride. M. Pride. A. Smith. B, Saunders. Jun, I--F. Smith, M. Machan. L. Me- Kay. E, McKay F. Mann, B. Speiran. H. C. Moore, Teacher, Living- KE. Considerable excitement was, caused about the railway station platform WedimeSday evening by the birth of a girl baby. The mother wad a pass- anger on the Cobalt Speoial from a northern town and was taken sick on the train. Fortunately Dr. Camp- bell was on tha train and was- in- formed of thd woman's condition as the train meared North Bay. immed- fately going ta her assistance, The baby wa' born on the platform and Wm. Scott. | grader gravel road 7.00* Louis Longe- | [aa being too high by J. Hinz. ir. w b New atamneataianeatentate Capital Paid Up............ es Reserve and Undivided Profits... Total Assets............. WS SER TE S ++ee+$ 2,750,000 5,250,000 tae - 40,000,000 The Bank of Hamilton deposit of ond dollar--ey an amount will act as an to a sum worth while. R. d. RANNEY, Manager, Milverton has . made saving simple--by eliminating all un- necessary Bank formality, An account may be opened with the en so small incentive to steady saving, and will quickly grow Head Office HAMILTON LOGAN COUNC The council mef on oursuant to adjournment. all the members Were in "titfediance. tho Reeve im the\ chair. The minutes of last meeting wera read. confirmed and signed. organized as a Court of Revision, The Reeve was nominated chairman. Mr, Robert Campbell applied to be as. Sessed for south half of east) half of lot 32. con. 14. instead of Wm. Har- vey. and that thd present assessment be equally divided. the request being 'granted and ordered to be done. Mr, M. Parker shaving appealed against the assessment of lot 7. con, 11, as being too high in comparison with his meighbors. tha complaint 'Was edmsidered with the final result of agseasmefit sustiaimed. (Mr. John Ken- ney's appeal was heard and considered and finally west half of lot 34. con 2. the assessmen¥ thereof being re« duced $50,00;. Mr, P. G. Longeway Fequested td be assessed for north part of los 15, oon. 12, comprising 93-4 acres was ordered to be dona. The appeal of the Bell Telephone Co, hgainst their assesment wag duly eon- sidered and finally the assessment was sustained. Mr. John Costella applied ta be assessed for lot 12. con. 13. hav- ing become the owney thereof which was ordered to be done. Mr. Wm, J. McPherson requested to be assessed for north half of lot 31. con. 14, the request being granted, The assess. ment of lot 1. con. 4, appealed against as SU S+ IL. the 29th ult., decided, the assessment being tained. The application made by Mr. G. Aikens to be assessed for \gouth half of lot 31. com. 2. as owner was grant- ed and likewise the. request of John BOSSPREOE § CECE CRIE ETD Cae Che Studio Open Seifert's carriage shop is now open, Portrait work, enlarging, copying and picture framing done. Postal Cards and Stationery on hand, Kodak Films and Plates developed Sittings can Se arranged for at any time. STUDIO ALWAYS OPEN C. A. CHAMBERLAIN MONKT The council immediately | | Mr. J fa) j Paid te him a' balance of Salary | Our new photographic studio over : | 9 again on t ;|the usual time amd place. »lopposed to it, a = Denstedt td 'be assessed for e. half of Jot 4. con 12, and the request of John Gollint# ta ba assessed for s.w. » of lot 13, con, 2... The Court of Re )Wision was now adjourned until the 26th day of Jund next at 10 o'clock wm. at the Town Hall, Bornhalm. __ The council now resumed general usiness, Mr. J, Reid, contractom of be Centre branch of the North West Nirain presented wi Engineer's certi« ficate having completed said portion. of drain. whieh entitled -him for the payment of the sunt of $102.85 which | was omdered to ba paid, : Mr. D. Costello. presented an order ifrom Mr. J. ©urtin, contimactor of 'be Connolly draim fon the sum ot $125.00 certified by thé Engineer for (which payment was ordered. Mr A, 'Francis applied for payment of farm ibridge under by-law of Connolly ar, jamounting to the sum of $15 whieb was ordered ta be paid. Mr, D. Reid eohntractor of the Ritz drain exten. sion presented an Engineer's certifi- ~ bate for work dond amounting to the -- Sum of $600,00 of which payment was érdered Mr, W-. Nicholson received Che sum of $42.09 for completing a \drain under the Nicholson Award. |which 'Mr. J, J, Nicholson failed to serform. Mr. Wm, Hing was appoint« -- | d overseer of highway on sideroad 25 wnd 26. con 9 and 10, instead of Mr. |\Wm. Mey. By-law No: 464 for pros iWiding funds for the continuation of : jibe Cook drain was provisionally ad- opted and the Court of Revision there lan will be held on the 19th day of | June next, at 2 o'clock in the after- noon at the Town Hall. Bornholm. Gownoillors Swinburn, Mock and ,Gaffney were appointed by resolution jto superintend the construction of cement culverts im their respective Bivisions. On application made by armuth the sunt of $41.00 was as Tha cement culs assessor for 1911, siverts ta be constructed opposite lots 5/22. con, 14, and on the sideraad 10 D | auld 11, con 4. were let to Mr. J Querangesser for the sum of $409.50 and the twa culvert? at Diebold'a on con 12 and 13 were let to Mr. J. Gaffney for the sum of $420.00 The council resolved td adjourn to meet tha 26th day of June at PF, Clerk, Jacob, The following Farmers' Institutes will run their annual exoursion to Guelph Experimental Farm: on Wed- nesday. June 14th.; North Perth: Bast Huron, South Simeoe. Haldimand and West York. Practically every agricultural jour- Mal in Camada is strongly in favor of the reciprocity agreement, Across the lina the agricultural journals are They object to the opening of their market of ninety millions of people to the Canadian farmers, Smart, Snappy Styles ccs FN tae New Summer Footwear leather that is good. practical, '. pleasure to you we are preciated by us. $1.75, Children's Pomps at We show every style that is right. In every At every price that is An inspection of the new shoes will prove a Women's Patent Pomps at $1.00, 1.25, 1.40 and 1.65 sure a nd will be ap- 2.25, 2.65 and 2.75 mother and child afterwards taken to the hospital, wherd they are doing well.--North Bay Times, J. C. WILSON "The Store of Satisfaction" Monkton |