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fi vol xxxii no48 siouffville ontario thursday e3ruary 1 1s23 business cards isiouffviue in 1856 legal mccullough button barristers solicitors con veyances c buttons block stouffville money to loan and a few years later dental dr d c smith dentist stouitvillo honor graduate of chicago and toronito university ana the royal college of dental surgeons office over shaws store phone office 10h residence 1015 no outside appointments dr e s barker lls dds dentist stouffville honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and of the univer sity of toronto office hours 9 to 12 am 2 to 5 pm office in grubins block pone 3201 for all calls markham every tuesday office over geo crosbys store dr s s ball physician and surgeon office cor obrien and main phone 100 t h and sarah ratcliff graduate chiropractors albert st stouffville office hours mornings 9 to 12 tuesday thursday and saturday evenings 7 to 830 pm other hours by appointment phone 5304 auctioneers f w silversides auctioneer having license for york and on tario counties i make a specialty of pedigreed stock and am in touch with the most prominent breeders phone stouffville 607 for dates and terms david a pugh graduate of c m jones school chicago lifetime experience r with pedigreed stock block and ring work all kinds of sales promptly attended to terms reasonable phono 610 claremont r r no 1 claremont ont stouffville lodge no 384 meets every monday evening at 8 oclock in the oddfellows hall visiting brethren welcome clayton baker w r sanders m tait financial secretary n g secretary yonge and charles gts toronto choose a high salaried future the way to avoid the road to disappointment and failure is to get a sound training in our school if interested write to day for our catalogue enter any time w j elliott prlnclpall the euchre fort the local boys again suffered a set back when they met the boys from altona they played wellbut the stouffville teams were not in good form all enjoyed a very nice evening the result was as follows games played 70 altona 39 stouffville 31 altona winning by s games the mansion house hotel was the scene of a very enjoyable time on monday evening last when members and their wives assembled for a pro gressive euchre a fair number turned- out in spiteof the cold wea ther after the games the guests sat down to a splendid supper the ladies first prize was won by miss g boyd of ringwood and the gents prize was won by dick rae of the 10th line the tribune can supply you with any style counter check book ask to see samples and quotations to the editor tribune i was indeed very pleased in reading and i am told scores of others were mrs obriens letter in the tribune giving an early his tory of stouffville mrs obrien has pretty well covered the whole village as it was in the days she told of and 1 remember a good many of the people and places she has mentioned but there are a few that have been overlooked and some of which i would like to note leav ing out any mrs obrien has re corded commencing at wheelers barn yard on the south side main street just where dr balls house stands now were his large barns and stock where richard wards garage is now stood his large pig pen where many hogs were fattened going a little farther east we come to his large grist mill where now stands the old market building erected by mr robt j daily directly be hind the mill and to the south of it was his saw mill here dave the negro used to draw the saw dust out in a two wheeled cart with the white horse stiff legged jimmy and jack burgess drew the logs out of the pond on a tram way down past nelson smiths res idence to the mill with a fine pair or yoke of oxen we now go a short distance east and just where the p o stands was the residence of mrs smith and her daughters emma and mary jane we now take you down to johnnie bruels fields in the lower or south one there was a still where a good brand of whis key was made the stones which formed the foundation can be seen there today the little orange hall used to stand at the foot of the lot where fred wilsons house now stands we now come to tommy brownlees row of three houses where tommy and his wife and annie lived annie was a dandy washer and used to laundry the fine linen for all the swell young men j of the village their house stood right where george brawnsbergers i home now stands on the lot west i of mr malloys house stood george flints horserake factory the rake he manufactured was drawn by a horse and made to turn over and over by making the ends of the teeth to stick in the ground now we go up to henry dixons just west of his house still stands a lit tle frame houe in this building richard toaze or richard parsons i forget which used to kill lambs and take them to town city now to sell we now go up to the south east corner of brimstone point here a man by the name of defarrest manufactured whips stepping across the road to the north east corner was silas beebees blacksmith shop where he manufactured axes and in those days no axe was a good one unless it was a beebe silas beebe was father of byron beebe living here now a little farther up the 10 line was hector urquharts- wagon shophector urquhart was the father of john urquhart we still go far ther north on 10th street till we come to what we then called the new road stouffer st now i do not recall any places of business on this street but willie whithers weaving shop where he used to sup ply every one with the good old rag carpet down the new road we come to the congregational church as it is now and on down to todds corner where john hand had a bakery down near wheelers pond stood a mud mill used for splitting peas and large quantities were drawn to town also near that stood wm somervilles tan bark grinding mill andtannery there are many more places could be mentioned but it would make this letter too long thanking you respectfullv archie ps i wonder how many are alive in stouffvillenow who will re member any of these names tommy moat mrs hoofman thos tinkler qale spragg jack burgess john york gounty council meeting green goes free after repeated adjournmentslouis j green horse dealer of montreal who had frequently bought horses the january session of the lork in stouffville was brought before county council opened on tuesday j ruddy atghitbv in the of last week with a full attendance countv court lastriday it was of members i charged that green did unlawfully george b padget reeve of mark- obtain from mcmillan bros of port ham was elected warden without a contest after fifteen years of contin uous service as county councillor he was escorted to the chair by his nom inator and seconder reeve keith of newmarket and reeve j m gard- house of weston both exwardens two other men were nominated but both withdrew after signifying their intention of running in 1924 if again returned as representatives of their municipalities reeve gard- house of etobicoke and reeve wm jackson of new toronto in his inaugural address the new- warden expressed the hope that the county council would proceed with the reforestation scheme proposed some time ago he intimated the need of an organization of the edu cational system as it affected the ur ban portions of the county and ex pressed the opinion that the police force should be reorganized to suit new conditions if york township broke up and the portions withdrew from the county the striking committee which se lects all the standing committees was elected as follows thomas trench richmond hill wm keith newmarket a e pugsley sutton c e willoughby north gwillim- bury w j gardhouse etobicoke alex mcmurchy king wm jack son new toronto after the striking committee had been appointed reeve wm keith of newmarket a member of the county highways commission brought to the attention of the council that deputy reeve morgan baker of j whitchurch had during the inunici- pal elections campaign on the public platform charged the roads com mission with misrepresentation mal administration and dishonesty and asked mr baker to publicly retract mr baker refused and messrs keith and j m gardhouse mem- bers of the commission asked for an investigation i the charge specifically mentioned perry a car of horses and credit to the amount of 2350 by fraud mr h h gordon of toronto prosecu ted for the crown and green was defended by g n gordon kc of peterboro f callaghan kc mon treal and daj swanson of oshawa after hearing the case the charge against green was dismissed by his honor mr gordon who assisted green was a former saw partner of judge ruddys we believe louis green was a horse dealer who had being doing business with david iand john mcmillan of port perry for about ten years and the three men were intimate friends- green bought large numbers of hor ses from the mcmillan bros and in the last two years had bought about 229000 worth he was accus tomed to pay for these horses with large cheques and until now mcmil lans had had no trouble in making collections on april 13th green bought a car load of horses from mcmillan and had given him a cheque for 2g60 on the bank of toronto pe terboro in payment mcmillan held the cheque until april 27th then cashed it on the 28th green re turned for another load of borses mcmillan wanted to know if the cheque given for the previous load had been honored yet because he wouldnt let him have a second load until the first had been paid for green replied that the first cheque had been paid and he wouldnt come to him for a second load other wise he wouldnt double crossmc- millan on these representations mcmillan sold the horses and was given a cheque for s2350 later mcmillan found that there personal notes harold gould of picton is visit ing his parents near ringwood ross hare of toronto spent a couple of days at mr and mrs jas mowats this week miss bessie percy and miss iris allcock of toronto spent the week end at mr and mrs wm gowers mr leonard yake of uxbridge was in town last saturday visiting mrs harding east end while on a lumber selling expedition mrs harding and mr yake are cousins mr brian streets of ballantrae announces his engagement to mrs catherine cole of toronto the wedding to take place february 1st 1923 during the absence through ill ness of the public school teacher in the webbs section uxbridge town ship 4th con miss dowswell of stouffville is carrying on the work mr ben doten the new barber was called to his home in markham this week owing to the death of his aged mother who had been seriously ill for some time mr and mrs thos findley who are spending the winter in florida write to friends here stating they are enjoying the weather there apples are just ripening and flow ers are blooming this week and next james r mil ler phm b of new york city is visiting his sisters mrs latchford and mrs t h miller in town it is four years since mr miller paid his last visit to the native heath and while some of his school chums of former days are still here the old class is scattered over the universe pials of his day who received their primary education under principal james hand were harry sanders i bill armstrong k burton cool bar- key fred obrien tittamoe young i bucket rae brigham young kit were not sufficient muds in the bank j mickie urquhart pat o bnen to pay the first cheque as greens account was already overdrawn by some- thousands of dollars he or dered the cheque to be held for some time then protested it he endeavored to get in touch with work on the sutton road the war- i louis green but was unable to do so den was authorized to ask the min- so in july he laid information a- ister of public works to appoint an gainst green before engineer or other competent person i purdy of port perry previous to to investigate tre report to the pre- ths c- had even gone to montreal sent session of the council the ex act cost of constructing the portion of the road through the village of sharon on which the insinuations are based had assigned and had mr baker endeavored to enlarge bankruptcy to form a new company the scope of the enquiry to take in j the green horse exchange the administration of the commission j at the trial the crown argued for the past five years and have it that since green had told mcmillan conducted by three commissioners that his first cheque had been paid from the county the city and the he had been guilty of fraud but the provincial government five of the defence based their case on the fact 47 members supported his resolution j that had mcmillan turned in the charges of misapropriating public cheque for payment immediately in- funds against one of the road fore- stead of waiting three weeks it men were made during the debate would have been paid as there were etc board of trade bv mr baker he declared he had told both mr keithand mr gard- house what this man was doing and had done but the foreman was still in the employ of the commission he sufficient funds at that time be cause green had a line of credit at the bank of toronto peterboro up to 10000 council for the defence suh i maintaine that green had made his aiso saia that at his nomination statement in good faith thinking meeting the foreman in question had that mcmillan had turned in the publicly told the electors that the cheque sooner and that mcmillan commission would not complete the was really to blame himself for construction of the eighth concession carrying the cheque around for three in hitchurch as long as the present weeks deputy- reeve was a member of the judge ruddy agreed with the de- shi i i tence on the latter p a dis- i i v and mr gardhouse missed the case green could nei- neld that the foreman in question ther read nor writeand consequent ly d been investigated his conduct iy was defrauded by a dishonest i bookkeeper he claimed then on the two car loads of horses he bought from mcmillan he lost 7000 and these two circumstances forced him into bankruptcy following the trial the two parties came to a sat- had been indiscrete but they regard ed him as honest and efficient as long as he remained so he would continue in the employ of the com mission j any suspicion of the actions of the commission existing at the pre sent time was due to the action of the commissioners themselves and reuben besses farm stock sale mission had been conducting its tjiere were so many attractions in town on monday eveningl that the attendance atthe board of trade i meeting suffered as a consequence revious to lt the annual election of offi- eal cers an tne reiring president fc tttrvand get in touch with the hessel occupied the chair until the dealer but failed the following day i election took place after the information had been laid i a dscujslon took place on the mcmillan received notice that green counc attitude in respect to de- gone nanding taxes on a fully assessed 1 park property whereas in most towns park property is not assessed only at a very nominal figure over 30 in xes is against the local park and funds are not flourishing in the treasurers hands the first practice for the minstrel concert to be put on soon in aid of the board will be held this week so it was announced mr j h ratcliff in response to an enquiry stated that the hydro electric commission were prepared to offer current to stouffville from yonge street source at 70 per hp this rate he considered reasonable and he anticipated an immediate getting together of council and the commission to officially receive the proposition mr ratcliffs announ cement was received with keen in terest and the hope was expressed that no time be lost in following up the commissions statement the election of officer resulted thus president dr ball vice- president j h ratcliff treasurer h j malloy secretary f c hes6el executive committee dr smith dr sahgster f w silvester a v nolan registered cow for 300 business in an autocratic manner it had taken the stand that york hasque john jerman jimmy johnj had nothing todo pay son peg leg smith honas the j the standing committees for the jack billy mcgill year are daddy cook joe printing and contingencies mor gan baker convener reeves bales hostler fish mrs anderson ferris his brooks billy hague geo gower chauney stevens joe preston reid wright billy medcalf bethesda the bethesda young peoples lea gue will hold a social evening in the form oi a pie social at the home of- wm hunt bethesda on friday feby 2nd ladies with pies free gentlemen 25c program of r ings music etc come and spe social hcur i to everyman the first and most important aim of everyman who desires to succeed should be the same as that of successful business and financial houses the formation of a reserve fund a reserve is not only invaluable when reverses or emergencies arise but it is a guarantee of strength j and promotes selfconfidence the standard bank or canada k total assets over eightythree millions stouffville branch a c burkholder manager broderick galbraith glover mac murchy weir weldrick county property j t saaigeon convener reeves appleby m legge mccowan marshall muirhead john smith he smith sprague education thos trenchconven- er reeves edwards gohn kennedy t legge mcgregor mclean mor- lea nesbitt tier totten warner wilson ance exwarden willoughby cesvcner reeves ainsworth allen crawford gardhouse hicks jury keith kellam scrace bylaws and legislation exwar den pugsley convener reeves tronsberry w j gardhouse jm gardhouse jackson keith a mac murchy willoughby trench equalization oronsberry ainsf worth crawford jm gardhouse w gardhouse gohn hicks jackson jury keith lea t legge a mac- murchy willoughby mccowan wilson mclean morden pugsley saigeon j smith h e smith and trenph showed that pedigreed cows still demand high prices mr besse got out a stock catalogue containing 18 head of registered scotch shorthorns and they sold at an average of 1s2 several of the animals were very young lavender beauty 10th a three year old sold for 300 the buyer being mr foote of mount al bert a promising calf realized 240 church notes for sale i brick clad house large lot five acres snitable or gardening build ing lots platform scales f h sangster 50p j methodist sunday feto 4th the preacher for th day will bo rev mr atton of cnremore simcoe county c- church of christ church of christ west end stouffville meets lfyts day feb 4th at 11 am for worship and prea ching by f sommfes evangelist toronto everybody welcome meynoxitg sunday jany 2sth stouffville 10 am sunday school with assist ant officers and teachers in charge come 11 am preaching and fellowship 7 pm gospel service on wednesday evening each week at 730 a bible study class fol lowed by prayer meeting to all who may be interested in any or all these services a cordial wel come is extended whosoever will may come ontario couxtyjwardex reeve george n gerrow of ux bridge town has been elected warden of ontario county for 1923 he is a brother to dr gerrow until recently a citieen of this town reeve gerrow has represented the town of uxbridge at county council for a number o f yearsand at one time he farmed in uxbridge township he will command the respect of all councillors who admire uprightness in business life there was only a few changes in the personel of this years county council which met at whitby ori jan 23rd a few of the men who were prominent in alst years dis cussions around the council board have dropped out or been defeated there will be one more desk to be placed amongst the others this year for a third deputy reeve from osb- awa making a total of 27 members in the council former members who did not re turn are fh richardson of picker ing who it is said may be a candi date for parliament dixon jewett of cannlngton who was beaten for reeve by adam dobson w l ell ins of east whitby who did not run w f weir of reach who retired t h francis if brock who has re turned to bis township council and whose place is tafcen by deputy- reeve jno c bott bmths hutchinson on january 30th 1923 to mr and mrs martin hut chinson 7th con whitchurch a son roomrfto let one furnfshed anjftfb unfurnish ed modern conveniences apply mrs erntft lageer stouffville 4sp bronchial coughs are hardest to shake but we have a remedy that soothes the irritation and like the breath ot pines heals the in flamed membranes nyal pinol expectorant is particularly valuable in the relief of bronchitis coughs and colds pleasant to take but promptly effective in ac tion price soc sold only at market drug store geocoliard druggist stouffville ontario cut flowers and ferns wedding bouquets and funeral designs muston nurseries stouffville- ibrv phone 7001 j j4 supreme bread goodness a loaf o good bread con tains all the elements that guarantee health vigor and a satisfied appetite stovers bread its made from allpuro materials which assure you a loac ot superlative goodness ask your grocer ambrose stover we deliver to yonr home k x boadways drug store stouffville chiropracf church sh istouffviiite r -s- spinal adjustments point the way to normal func tioning of the physical mach inery and normalcy means health spinal adjustments allow the nerves to supply the vital totci to every part of ih body momday wednesday a friday 9t0j2 am at stouffvilleomtf