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titette vol xxxv no 41 stouffville ontario thursday december 11th 1924 christmas presents of the better class our large stock of christmas goods is on display and we extend a general hearty in vitation to come in and see them no trouble to show them no obligation to buy we carry a large assortment of the better class gifts for those who discriminate in their buying order your personal greet ing cards now before the big rush and avoid delay j m storey chemist and druggist 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 miss helen smith a t c m teacher of piano vocal theory thursdays at j w ratclifts phone 102 yonge and alexander sts toronto noted for high grade instruction and superior employment service enter any time catalogue i free w j elliott principal cleanliness a visit to our shop will disclose a cleanliness pleasing to the most particular we do our own killing and can guarantee quality fresh vegetables and cured meats h leadbetter butcher phone 0701 soouffvalle ladies 3 hats special sale of trimmed hats saturday j0o a large- assortment of christmas goods just in including ladies neck scrafs vanity sets and dresser scarfs with boudoir cushions to match mrs f wilson mrs a griffiths corsetiere for spirella corsets for stouffviue grid vicinity stouffviue phone 15303 boadway s drug store stouffville chihdpratfm i church sii municipal pot is simmering the election pot in stouffviue is beginning to simmer it is likely that reeve jsdougherty will stand for reelection and be may meet with opposition from some quarter exreeve amos lehman is mention ed as a probable contestant and if he runs the issue will be fought out on the right of the council buying the lots they did last summer for a public dumping ground the exreeve strongly objects to the site which he claims is too close to obrien ave although all are agreed that a dump ing ground was badly needed for the tin cans were being discarded on the public highway in an effort to get them away from some homes there is sure to be some change in the council for councillor edvv lunau has sold his property and will be leaving stouitville next year also councillor dr dales states that he wil not be in the running again and councillor silversides says im through but then opinions are always subject to revision these two last mentioned council lors may have to appeal to the rate payers again over the opposition through gravelling lovers lane which runs from the west side of dr freels property to the barkey foundry failing to get a sidewalk through this right of way some of the councillors agreed to gravel the lane and the work started last week councillor silversides ordered the workmen off the job he being chairman of the streets committee he states that the work was not authorized by the council but the man who drew the gravel said lfe got orders to do the work from dr dales who is a member of the street and sidewalk committee now councillor silversides says the council must not pay for this work as it was not properly authorized and also that it is illegal to gravel what he terms a private lane used by the public the matter of spending money on this lane has been- before councils for more than ten years and none of them have dared to spend there on the contention on the side of those favoring the spending of money here is that the two property- owners who use the lane pay taxes and are entitled to a proper footing when seen by the tribune council lor silversides was in fighting trim and said i am going to know whe ther some of the councillors have the right to order work done in my departmentof which i am chairman without the sanction of the comhilt- tee in charge and without letting the chairman know that such work is to be proceeded with it looks as if the men who ordered the work will have to pay for it the amount being approximately 30 tle matter will come under discussion at the council meeting on monday dec 15th councillor f w silvester has not declared his intentions for next year but it is expected that he will remain with the council this year he is chairman of the hydro elec tric department and considerable work was accomplished monday dec 29th is nomination day burning cross an unsolved mystery bylaw no i a bylaw providing for a fixed assessment for the lands buildings and equipment of walter muston sons few there are who dreamed thac the ku klux clan organization would ever reach stouffviue but it whereas walter muston sons have been and are carrying on business as florists at the said vil lage of stouffviue and aie the own ers of the south west ten acres of lot number 35 in the ninth con cession of the township of markham in the county of york now in the and i village of stouffviue and further upright bar aflame and people who known as lot lettered m on the saw it wondered what significance it municipal map of the said village had for stouffviue of stouffviue and have erected one theory is that it was con- 1 thereon in addition to a dwelling vcyeil here by some persons in a car house a large green house and from toronto as the construction power and healing plant and propose was much the same as the crosses to erect further and other plant and which have been b irned in that equipment and have requested the city it consisted of a place of pij- corporation of the village of stouff- ing with a cross pipe wired to the vi to agree to and to fix the main stalf and to the who e st is the avowed opinion of some that some person at least among our 1200 inhabitants is a member of that organization for on thursday night of last week a real ku klux cross was burned in j b wurts field immediately north of dr freels residence in the darkness of the night- the cross stood out very dis tinctly with its extended arm n u it- i building up your health feels their every grownup like playing unless health is not up to par for your benefit the science of chiropractic has demonstrated that an ad justment of your spine will allow the free conduct of your nerve force building up your health goodwood the following letter will be of in terest to our readers in goodwood lemonville and other sections it is from grassmere in the parry sound district and dated nov 30th we find the tribune very full of news and is interesting to ifs all we are having a good fall of snow being over a foot deep and still snowingfbut no frost in the ground the bushmen seems to think the cook has the best end of it hero i like the work we have everything that any well to do people have and our camp i would venture to say is warmer than lots of houses down south it is of log construction the hunters have all left and it seems more quiet there were eight camps within 5 miles of us i have seen deer pass within 20 rods of the house and many tracks near by a farmer and two sons killed 3 deer and3 bears the fox tracks are thicker than dog tracks around stouffviue plenty of rabbits bears wolves partridges and lots of hea vers also the lakes are full of fish the country around is rolling land with abundance of good timber cedar and pine are scarce the bushmen are cutting lovely birch and many large hemlocks maple and other hard timber our township is finleson and the government owncs a large portion only a few rods north which is covered with fine timber but be ing over 20 miles from a railroad it costs much for hauling the coun try was more populated in pioneer times as many log houses have caved in and there is clearings which were once worked most lovely and perfect christmas trees i over saw i like to see the correspondents of goodwood lemon ville glasgow and other places the few farmers here do not pay taxes thero are no schools yours truly frcd middloton ture was wired rags saturated iu coal oil another explanation for the appearance of this cross is that it was the work of boys or some men bent on amusement having got the idea from reports of crosses which have been burned in other places the origin of the ku klux clan dates back to the days when the negroes were set free froth slavery at that time the black people com mitted atrocious murders on the whites and this organization was formed to get reprisals any of our readers who have read the book en titled the clansman a story of the early days following slavery in the united states will have read of the work ot the ku klux clan at that time at a later date the kluxs directed their attention against the catholic body in quebec but who they could be after in stouffviue is more than we can guess in communicating with mr wurts the owner of the field on which the cross appeared he tells us that he attaches no importance to the mat ter and certainly is not alarmed assessment of the said lands build ings plant and- equipment now or hereafter upon the said lands for a period of five years and whereas it appears expe dient to accede to the said request and to fix the assessment of the said lands buildings plant and equip ment of the said firm for the said period therefore the municipal council of the corporation of the village of stouffviue enacts as follows 1 that the annual assessment of the above mentioned lands includ ing the business assessment together with the buildings plant and equip ment now or hereafter constructed erected or used upon or in connec tion therewith shall be and the same is hereby fixed at the sum of five thousand dollars 500000 for the years 1d25 to 1929 both inclusive and save as aforesaid the said lands buildings plant and equip ment from time to time situate upon the said lands within the said muni cipal corporation of the village of stouffviue shall be and the same are herehy exempted during the years 1925 to 1929 both inclusive from all was used for the purpose a similar cross was burned in the town of alliston one evening last week but the herald of that town is unable to offer any explanation for the occurrence the next fair a friday 9t012 am at stouffville ontf lost gold wrist wntch with gold band and initials r w thereon reward telephone mrs ross wat son claremont phone 1703 or com municate with tribune office fob saijb 3 holstein cows 2 fresh and 1 due jan 4th 4 cords of green hard wood birch and maple 4 ft e w jewitt union ville r r 1 phone 3611 4lp those interested in the stouffviue school fair for 1925 met on friday evening in the council chamber owing to the wet night the attend ance was not as representative as was hoped for however under mr rogers direction the meeting pro ceeded to arrange for next years fair after checking all receipts and expenditures mr rogers and win ston booth reported a cash balance on hand of 2200 and upon mr rogers suggestion mr winston booth was reelected treasurer for next year mr rogers expressed satisfaction with stoufivilles first school fair it was above the average in his dis trict and the meeting joined him in his wish that stouitvilles 1925 school fair would be even more successful than its predecessor it was decided to extend invita tions to the 9th of markham and dixons hill schools to join the stouffviue district for 1925 a committee to assist the pupils in boosting next years fair was ap- uointed as follows everton smith chairman mrs e j davcy and messrs davis rennie hastings rowhotham and aitchison it was decided to give generous prizes for eight classes of live stock all of which will be open to competi tion to the school pupils and four of which will be opento young men not over twenty years of age poul try flowers grain childrens work etc were not forgotten when ar ranging the prize list and approxi mately 10000 will be granted in prize money that there should be an v significance j assessment and taxation attached ao him because his field any every k whats beyond the amount to be ascertain ed in each year by application of the yearly rates levied by the muni cipal corporation aforesaid for all purposes in each year to the said fixed assessment 2 the assessor of the said munici pal corporation of the said village of stouffviue is hereby authorized and required to so make his assess ment and returns as to conform to the provisions of this bylaw 3 nothing in this bylaw con tained shall apply to or effect taxa tion for school purposes and local improvements 4 this bylaw shall come into force and effect from and after the passing thereof after the same has received the assent of the electors of the said municipal corporation of the village of stouffviue read a first and second time in open council on the day of 1924 keeve clerk i notice the above is a true copy of a pro posed bylaw and in the case of the assent of the electors being obtained thereto it will be taicen into con sideration by the council after the expiration- of one month from the date of the first publication being the 11th day of december 1924 the votes of the electors of the said village of stouffviue will be taken thereon at the annual elec tion on january 5th 1s25 that on the 3rd day of january 19 25 the reeve will attend at the clerks office at 130 oclock in the afternoon to appoint persons to at tend at the polling places and at the final summing up of the votes by the clerk respectively on behalf of the persons interested iff and de sirous of promoting or opposing the passing of the said proposed bylaw that the clerk of the said munici pality shall attend at hie council chamber at one oclock in the after noon on the cth day of january 1925 to sum up the number ot votes given for and against the said pro posed bylaw and to declare the re sult thereof john urquhart clerk of stouffviue corporation wild heifer still runs at large miss haltie smith was home from toronto over sunday air and mrs j b wurts spent i sunday in toronto visiting with the doctor mrs crawford of toronto is visit ing her son mr f roy crawford at silvesters hardware miss mabel cook of paterson n j is the guest of her sisterinlaw mrs w s cook mr oliver johnston of roaches point a former resident of stouff viue visited at mr john atkinsons on sunday mr benj bond of cabac- mich- is visiting at the ome of his brotherinlaw mr john atkinson main street west mr and mrs george matthews of brantford were in town last week visiting the latters brothers messrs john and james h uatcliff miss g brock of toronto uni versity in company with miss greta smith spent the week end with the latters parents dr and mrs d c smith last week mr raby and daughter miss pearl raby came io town from fenelon falls and mr raby will spend the winter here with his daughter mrs ira anderson mr ora reanian and miss jennie laker motored to vmeland on wed nesday last week to attend the fun eral of the late mrs jacob fritz i cousin to the late isaac reanian of stouffviue the editor of the tribune alien ded a dinner at the ontario club in toronto last friday evening given by mr rupert davies editor of the renfrew mercury in honor of sir campbell stewart of london engi mr robt dales inspector of branch banks for the nova scotia bank of canada spent sunday with his parents dr and mrs f a dales robert has just returned from an extended inspection in the mara time provinces and prince edward island mr taylor parkins of uxbridge visited his sisterinlaw mrs anna ray mother of mrs l lonsborough jin town on wednesday mr par kins is recovering from the train wreck last 12th of june in which he was inpured along with f w sil versides of stouffviue mrs sandy jones who for the past nine years has been unable to leave her home owing to ill health from rheumatism is quite seriously ill although soniewhat improved the past few days from the previous week her present illness is stomach trouble at christmas time mr henry herman will take his wife to new york for special treatment by the famous mayo bros there in the hope that her eyesight might be re stored following an operation in toronto mrs herman has had little relief from suffering in addition to the loss of her sight and it is earn estly hoped that this last resort will bring the desired result business cards legal come to bloomington school con cert thursday dec 18th at s pm admission 20 and 15 cents v v v alderman stacey says there are fully one thousand men out of work in oshawa and that many are un able to buy sufficient food and fuel a wild heifer on tke farm of elmer wells one arul a quarter miles north of the tnwnline on the 7th concession gae a number of hunters a nverryvlme- on thursday last week fthroc men were dispat ched from ystopntville and with the assistance of tftree farmers an effort was made to corner the animal which hacuescaped into the swamp the animal had become completely enraged and would charge anything in sight so that her pursuers went armed with rifles when driven into close quarters she ran with the flcetness of a deer and could jump a fence with the ease of a steeple chaser after clearing all the wire and rail fences from wells farm to bethesda and successfully dodging several shots from the hunters rifles the heifer made good her escape and is still at large she was last seen stearing a course across the farm of frank steckley and the stouffviue hunters returned home all agteed that the cow that jumped over the moon in the story book never had anything on what they saw that day we like to receive a goodsized budget of news from our correspon dents each week but if you only have an item or two send it in 9 l e faed manager of the stan dard bank at sunderland has been transferred to the beaverton branch one of the oldest residents of barrle passed away suddenly on sunday nov 30 at his home 90 owen st in the person ot jasarnold the late mr arnold who was si years of age had been in excellent spirits till that evening previous to his death his death which is at tributed to heart failure came as a great shock to his friends and rela tives deceased was the son of two of the early irish pioneers of this country the late mr and mrs john arnold the latter came to canada from new york and settled in mark- bam township there the late jas arnold was born in the year 1874 the family moved to barrie read the advertisements with the churches m ethodist church geo e coulter pastor sunday dec 14th you are invited to attend the sunday school classes at 10 am regular church services at 11 a m and 7 pm with the pastor in charge let every family be repre sented in the place of worship visitors welcomed mexnonite church a g warder pastor saturday dec 13th 230 pm quarterly fellowship and business meeting sunday dec 14th 10 am testimony feetnshing lords supper and preaching i 7 pm preaching our new presiding elder m bricker of toronto will be present dv to conduct these services come and enjoy them put in your best and get blest baptist rev w w fleischer paetor sunday dec 14th 10 am bible school 11 am the pastor will speak par- ticularly to young christians sub ject mile stones on the road to failure 615 prayer meeting in pastors vestry 7 pm subject the underworld of the spiritual realm the theme of eternal punishment is misunderstood by many and mis represented by others a frank discussion should help us all come and bring a friend monday 8 pm young people meet births holden in markham township on dec 8th 1924 to mr and mrs arthur holden 9th con a sob mccullough button barristers solicitors cox vkyancks c buttons block stouffville money to loan medical dr s s ball physician and surgeon office cok obrien and main phone 100 dental j n dales lds dd s- dentist claremont honor graduate ot royal college of dental surgeons and of the university of toronto office over sir scotts store phone 1403 claremont dr d c smith dentist stouffviue honor graduate of chicago and to ronto university and the royal college of dental surgeons office over shaws store phone office 1011 residence 101 no outside appointments e s barker lds ddo dentist stouffviue honor graduate of royal college ol dental surgeons and of tha university of toronto j office in grubins block phone 8002 markham every tuesday office ovej geo crosbys store veterinary r g law vs bvsc graduate university of toronto ringwood phone 6014 i boadway s 1 drug storb stouffville north british mercantile insurance company limited do you carry enough insurance fire h o- klinck obrien ave phone 3307 stouffviue its a fact that purity and cleanliness are the watchwords of this baking establishment rpurityof ingredients person al cleanliness- of employees- scientific sanitation of our workshops and machinery are guaranteed to the public whose pure food appetites has popularized our output a stover flowers wedding bouquets and- funeral designs 1 on shortest notice we also have a beautiful seleo tion of roses- inquire now floral tesigns for alii occasions j muston soils phone 7001 stouffviue reliable people ltst your property i have buyers if they do nottura out to be sneaks waiting to pur chase property in or near stouff viue we want to list properly for hon est people and we will make a sale for you office hours 10 to 12 and 2 to 4 jacob yake phone 8004 i buttons bloci stouffviue j