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stouffville july 19 1923 raspberries in full swing this week get our prices montmorency cherries are also in and selling at reasonable prices harvest apples water melons and new potatoes place your order now for blueberries fruit jars and the finest quality of jar rubbers ratcliff co pkone 7112 stouffville the tribune is published thursday afternoon terms 200 a year in advance a v nolan publisher stouffville ont editorial comemnt great bargains white canvas straps and oxfords 100 pr white tennis bals and oxfords 100 hosiery silk lisle 50c pr dr scholps foot specialist is coming watch next week for the date phone 4301 boadway s drug store stouffville canadian national summer time table keep this for future reference to toronto leave 910 am 945 am 1105 am 345 pm slu p ni 915 pm sundays ony from toronto arrive 910 am arr 310 pm dept 225 to sutton g1s pm 217 pm saturday only house wiring should be done now as hydro power will be turned on in stouffville fall fall there will be a big rush at the last minute lets i figure on wiring your pre- j mises whether house l store or farm build- j i ings i au work guaranteed reg w gyatt electrical contractor mansion house stouffville lightning rods this is the season you want real protection telephone and let us figure on your barn no obligation all we ask is a chance to inves tigate your requirements our workmanship and mat erial all guaranteed engaged mr cedric watson of good wood as teacher of our school for the coming year mr and mrs jos alsop jr and family spent sunday in toronto miss viola alsop has returned from a two weeks visit with friends in toronto mr and mrs levi hopkins and children of brougham visited at mr f slacks on sunday last our farmers are busy harvesting hay whfchisa heavy crop miss ellen johnson has returned from a visit with friends at ravenna its mongolia mr jack green is all smiles a boy mr and mrs f michell of mark- ham visited with mr and mrs k g tarr on sunday mr isaac culp of vineland visited with mr j wideman fast week mr m turner of toronto- visited with his parents on sunday mrs j wideman visited with mrs t smales on friday mrs john turner vind miss olive is spending a few3ays with her son meville mr and mrs theo madlll alsom mr and mrs bert petty and mr and i mrs beckett called on bunkers on sunday miss russell is spending a few days with mr aud mrs green this year the ratepayers are called upon to put up 5000 towards the maintenance of the big knowledge factory in the east end of the tovn last year the school board required or asked for 6000 but they had a surplus of about 1000 at the end of the year which enabled them tq cut the demand by about two mills for the current levy the reeve of uxbridge township announced through the uxbridge journal last week that he is not seeking the office of clerkship in his township this information we pass on to our readers in the township as we recently stated thatmrdavies sought the position our inform ants were ratepayers in the town ship who must have been incited though fear of what might be the case rather than the actual facts councillor roach las saturday re ceived tiie position aud resigned his seat in the council when premier drury took office one of his acts was to carry out his announced economy program by cutting the salary of the premier from 12000 to 9000 per annum for this act he received great praise aud due credit from the rural press of ontario last week however he recanted from this stand aud de manded his cheque for the full amount of pay as allowed by the statues dating back 10 noveirber 1922 this means an extra grab of 250 per month aud may have been inflicted by the premier as a retalia tion for what thov did to him at the polls a another pioneer farmer gone after a lingering illness la which condition he was almost helpless the past four years james i gray age s6 years passed away at his late home in ballantrae on saturday morning july 14th 1923 deceased had been a robust man all his life until s years ago whan he suffered a slight stroke he was a man of genial disposition and earned for himself the reputation of an honest man and a successful farmer born in ireland he came to canada as a lad and lived with his parents near lenionville he finally located on lot 25 con 9 about a mile and a quarter above churchill on the farm now occupied by albert clark this place mr gray cleared from the virgin forest he had lived a retired life at ballantrae for the past 22 years deceased was twice mar red his first wife being catharine mcmulien who died 25 years ago to them were born a family of five four of whom survive they are irwin of stouffville wm j of tor onto mrs mclean of toronto and miss margaret also of toronto three grandchildren also survive besides his second wife who was miss r hail of sandford before her marriage the funeral on monday took place to the christian church and ceme tery conducted by rev dr moore of uxbridge a former pastor of the old methodist church now torn down and of which deceased had been a steward for nine years summer millinery is being offered just now at greatly reduced prices drop in and have a look about remember our stock of wool goods is alway well assorted mrs f wilsons phone 4303 louden bird proof barn door hangers lot us figure on your barn fix tares sixth line has the scribe for this line run out of supplies it is such a long time since we heard from him dont forget the picnic at robert ratcliffs on- saturday july 21st come along and bring your girl or fellow i we hear that miss nellie amos and miss veda sibley have both passed the entrance exams miss i sibley passing with honors con- 1 gratulations to veda and nellie i mrs staley has returned to her home in uxbridge township after a long illness in the home of her parents mr and mrs h talbot several families from this conces sion attended the orange walk held at aurora on the 12th of july vve have heard ruriiors that miss lemay has resigned her position as school teacher for this section but they are not true as she fs resuming her duties in september nothing like keeping a good school teacher when you get one readers will have to excuse mis takes in this budget of news as i am not an expert at this job yourre all right and we believe you have a nose for real news send in your name please with the next budget editor also remember we conduct a busy grocery store all goods are careful ly selected so that wo offer only the beat to the public geo j lawson west end grocer phone 17ft stouffvtjlle stouffvtlle markets wednesday jtlly isth dairy chickens v 25 to butter 25 to eggs 23 to butter 25 to cattle hogs c hogs 800 to s good butchers 550 to 6 medium butchers 500 to 6 common butchers 400 to 5 calves per cwt 600 to 9 sheep per cwt 200 to 5 grain market oats 8 to 55 whtto wheat 112 to 115 goose wheat jio to 112 buckwheat 73 to 79 goodwood the rain did a lot of good in this vicinity over sunday the farmers have been busy hay ing while the sun shines the root fields keep many gripping the hoe handle congratulations to our teacer who was successful in passing 11 entrance pupils constituting the entire class which tried raspberries are now showing their colors and and attract the feathered as well as human tribe a number from her5 went to sun derland for the 12th the football match at brooklyn on saturday resulted in a score of 2 to 1 in favor of goodwood team quite a number attended in spite of wet weather which mace playing harder mrs carter and miss tweedie of port perry were visiting at mrs n mayes one day recently mrs harrington has returned to toronto after spending a time with her sister miss brown was with her cousin mrs barker a few days and also called on other friends we hear that ed davis is put ting in a gasoline tank mr howard harper is doing a bit of muscular work on the farm as a change from college miss walker is endeavoring to reorganize the methodist choir and there are some new voices there now the new pastor of the methodist church is giving us some good ser mons since his advent amongst us we hope his words of godly counsel will fall on fruitful ground would the readers of the tribune like to do as they did in pompeii we heard a bit of interesting infor mation at the institute held at mrs d watsons last week when mrs woodland read an article on the walls of pompeii which were used to write the news of the day and even letters were written to friends and thus the news was spread the boys visited howard and his bride at the home of miss j todd and some not living near heard and wondered what was the cause they were serenading the newly weds 25 26 i 50 50 00 00 00 00 ballantrae rev dr and mrs j e moore of uxbridge were guests at the home of mr andmrs russell grey this week and they willi celebrate their 47th wedding day at the resi dence of mr and mrs john thomp son at sandford the thompson homestead on thursday julv 19th under the auspices of the ladies aid of the methodist cnurch a de lightful garden was held friday on the grounds of the residence of mrs w cockerill when over 32 was realized in aid ef the church in the evening an excellent program was given when the readings by miss pearl ellesly toronto and piano se lection by miss isobel hallowell fea tured others contributing were margaret gearns phyllis cockerill anna odanebert gill maud thomp son grace musselman elsie jake- man and eva walker h collins toronto was chairmi glasgow we are pleased to learn that mas ter fred paulikat was successful at the recent entrance exams mr and mrs eart drewery and children of rlngwood spent sun day at mr wm drewers wo understand our trustees have bloomington there will be a lawn social on the christian church grounds on tuesday july 24th tea served from six ociock the program is very attractive and includes the baker quartette miss alice hamil ton and mrs ross winterstein elo cutionists also rev c e fockler of keswick will give an address the admission is only 25 and 35c come along and enjoy the evening clearing prices mens khaki pants reg up to 250 for 150 bovs khaki pants long reg 175 for 125 boys khaki bloomers reg 125 for 100 mens running shoes reg 160 for 125 boysrunning shoes reg 150 for 120 mens canvas work shoes reg 2s0 for 240 ladies house dresses reg up to 175 for 125 mens work pants for 200 all goods at reduced prices j l little west end stouffvdlle nic 25 mens tweed suits reg 200 to clear 995 250 yds anderson gingham 32 wide regular 50c per yd clearing sale per yard 39c 25 dozen pair ladies black cotton hose clearing sale per pair 15 cents ladies and childrens plain white middies with colored trimming clearing sale each r 39c mens shirts sport and negligee clearing sale each 100 boys cotton sweaters clearing sale each 39c mens khaki trousers to clear per pair 159 ladies pure silk thread hose tan black and white reg 150 and 200 a pair clearing sale per pair 139 childrens summer hats clearing sale each 39c childrens gingham dresses sizes ranging from 2 to 14 years clearing each at 98c 50 dozen mens linen collars clearing each at s5c boys combination underwear clearing each at 50c mens overalls black and blue clearing each at 159 this store will be open tuesday thursday and saturday even ings closed friday at 12 noon during the summer months l w h shaw phone 9512 st stouffville