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stouffville february 23rd 1928 the lenten season started yesterday where are the people buying at scott bros groceiy sale where costs are ignored for the rest of feb- everybody be on hand this friday evening in ratcliffs hall and hear the stouffville ctoral society a red nose is no longer a sign of too much drinking he may have a girl who uses rouge friday feby 24th the world day of prayer market prices at stouffville last thursday butterr 35 to 38c eggs 38c dozen and chickens 25 to 30c pound exreeve silvester and wife have reached rome the ancient city on their european tour according to advice received by friends in town messrs henry hoover and ralph hoover are named as executors of the will of the late daniel hoover wh died in markham on feby 12th in his 96th year the will has not yet been filed for probate newton rae is retaining the posi tion of ufo live stock shipper for the local association at the supper last thursday john cleaver refused to allow his name to go to a ballot for the appointment mike nighswander and family have moved to stouffville and taken up their residence in the west end mike is a well preserved man of 79 years but doesnt look a day over 00 al though his hearing is a little defec tive mr and mrs w claugbton who have been living on ross winter- steins farm where mr claugbton was engaged left the first of this week to take up farming at h-a-wke- stone ten miles north of barrie mr and mrs claughton who have lived in this locality all their lives will be greatly missed by their many friends auditorium theatre stouffville friday and saturday february 24th and 25th aloma of the south seas gilda gray p i c n i c paramount news reel friday and saturday march 2nd and 3rd iaxd beyond the law ken maynard comedies paramount news reel admission 15 and 25c s g schmidt prop a party wishes five copies of last weeks issue of the tribune feby 16th and will pay 5c each for them heres a chance for some boy or girl to make an easy 25c 15 per cent cut on all grocery orders sugar butter and eggs ex cepted until the end of the month at scott bros west end grocery tiais means a loss to us but a saving to you take advantage of it today mr rout miller of stouffville was among the buyers of valuable ani mals at the big sale of shorthorns iheld at the colliseum in toronto last week john miller of ashburn one of the contributors to the sale sold a shorthorn heifer tor 1000 dont allow your daily paper to stop because you are unable to gel to town telephone the tribune and we will take care of your order in the interium we specialize in all lines of newspaper service and will save you money in the subscription field on saturday the town electrician coupled the light in the mennonite church shed with the town street lighting system so that the shed which is a fine structure for cars or horses will now be lighted at all times the street lamps are doing duty the town pays half the cost and the church officials the other or each mrs wm lewis has sold her splendidly located property of 1514 acres just west of stouffville to mr robt abbs of forest village the new owner intends to go into the poultry raising on a large scale for market fowl mrs lewis will pro bably live with her daughter in tor onto the reported sale price of the property is 6000 the first meeting of the stouffville board of health for 1928 was held on friday last the personnel of the board is dr f a dales moh reeve h w sanders and a vnolan the medical officer of health was elected as ichairman for the year and promised to see that the duties of his office would be actively carried on he proposed to do a little ad vertising this year in an effort to in struct the people in some of the com mon laws of ihealth a couple of accounts were recommended for pay ment and sent on to the municipal council the board of health handle no money their requirements being financed by the council a new department parties wishing to join james waggs beef ring should apply to richard rae president at once be on band friday evening feby 24th and hear the stouffville choral society and assisting artists this will be the musical event of the sea son the womens international day of prayer will be held in mennonite church on friday jeby 24th at 3 oclock all women are invited to attend this meetmg mrs jane hardy aged 94 years who died in toronto on sunday last was an aunt of mrs f w silvester of this town and a sister of peter christie exmpp of manchester the grocery sale at scott bros west end store is attracting every thrifty housewife in this locality seldom is a 15 per cent discount ob tainable on groceries their loss is your gain get in before the sale ends on feby 29 th john kellington after living at lemonville for six years left on monday for whitby where he has become engaged as manager on the farm of his brotherinlaw alfred sonley who conducts a large stock farm near the ontario county town john will be missed by his friends in this locality fred deweys sale in markham last week was a great success the weather was favorable for a big crowd and they came for many miles although the sale was not a large one of stock there being only eight cows in the cattle line the total proceeds amounted to 2942 with a good percentage of cash in lieu of notes 132 was paid for a binder 13 years old which shows that it pays for farmers to give their im plements every care when they will retain their cost price very well we have arranged with one of the most reliable and best houses reginald boxer to handle their com plete lines of wall papers and are now showing the latest designs for this spring in papers for every room of the house we invite you to call any time and see our stock and wide range of samples f c rowbotham on monday night last henry grove dickson hill received a telephone message announcing the death of his nephew william h eldest son of rev leslie grove mennonite pastor at lions head bruce peninsular the remains will be brought to dickson hill for buirial today thurs day service at 2 oclock the un fortunate young man had been ill for a year and two years ago was a pupil of stouffville continuation school he was 21 years of age awswifts garage on main street is now open again for business hayy ing been thoroughly overhauled since the recent fire the interior of the building is now all sheet metal making it more immune from fire while a neat office is constructed at the front with a large show window which greatly improves the appear ance of thebuilding and will be an advantage for show purposes mr swift wishes to state that he has his battery service in full operation and can take oare of any kind of trouble in this connection as well as all other departments of the garage business john claughton of box grove has joined the local staff of the standard bank replacing- lew burnett who u transferred to osliawa pill your pantry now while the 15 per cent discount sale is on at scott bros west em grocery store but ter eggs sugar only excepted dr w a summers 169 yonge st toronto formerly with robt simpson co eye specialist will be at yakes jewelry store every tnurs day earphone demonstration free anyone can operate a buckeye successfully mr a e booth and family were called to toronto on sunday owing to the death of his father william booth who passed away in his 94th year the late mr booth had on many occasions visited in stouffville he was the founder of the win booth lumber co and for many years was a prominent contractor in toronto and took an active interest in the latter business up until about 15 years ago despite his great years he possessed a wonderfully keen mind and an upright body so that he would pass for a man of 75 years any time he is survived by two other sons living- in toronto be sides a e of stouffville if you want to make the biggest possible profits from your poultry if you want to hatch your chicks with the very smallest amount of time effort and expense you must have an incubator that does certain things you must have an incubator that you can depend upon to hatch every hatchable egg you must have an incubator that you can depend upon to hatch the biggest strongest heal thiest chicks you must have an incubator that you know operatesas nearly automatically and with as little time work and fuel as possible buckeye incubators have been tested and proven they have been tested and proven in the hands of more than 700000 poultryraisers they have been tested and proven by agricultural colleges and experimental stations they have made money for poultryraisers for more than a quarter of a century their success has made the buckeye incubator company the largest manufac turer of incubators and brooders in the world last year more than 350000000 chicks were hatched in buckeye incubators anyone can hatch chicks with a buckeye prices 1800 up f y w br ath waite successor to silvester bros hardware one of our former citizens mrs david stouffer was bereaved last week in the death of her sister miss sarah cook stephenson who died after a long illness in her 82nd year born in richmond hill third daugh ter of the late mr and mrs joseph stephenson of cobourg she began teaching school in aurora when is years old continuing until 70 years of age for 23 years she was at de mllle college oshawa and st cath arines and taught in mission schools she was a member of clebe road united surviving are two brothers dr a r stephenson ogdensburg ny and edmund f victoria bc and a sister mrs david stouffer 1g2 albertus ave toronto an important sale of real estate was transacted here last week when mr- robt curtis sold his 100 acre farm just north of llncolnvllle to ed a lloyd of the 10th concession north of stouffville the reported sale price is 10200 mr lloyd will now have two good farms but intends to work them with the aid of his sons mir curtis who pur chased a vacant lot on church street here will commence early in the spring to erect his new dwellingnnd become a citizen of stouffville mr and mrs curtis have farmed on the property they have just sold for 41 years and were among the most successful farmers in the neighbor hood the land is good and the buildings aie all first class mrcurtls will hold a public aucmon sale of his farm stock and implements in march stop look listen the junior institute win hold a sale of home made baking homemade bread pies cakes etc in fletcher goudies store orr saturday feby 25th 230 to 530- fred jackson has leased his farm at lot 20 con 2 uxbrldge to ernie strong and his brotherinlaw who is now living in toronto the new farmers will take possession in a tew weeks and are now preparing for the new undertaking mr jacksons farm stock sale wasmield on tuesday this week j l hodgson uncle of mr alex scott of stouffville died at caron sask last week he was a former resident of balsam leaving here for western canada about 15 years ago and is survived by his wife who is a sister of john ajid thos kellington and mrs wash paisley of this sec tion also by three grownup ahildren do not forget the grand concert to be given by the stouffville choral society on friday evening feby 24th in ratclitfs hall at 8 pm the chorus of 112 voices under the leadership of mr h m fletcher of toronto has prepared an excellent program of choral numbers in ad dition to these there will be instru mental and vocal solos and duets admission has been set at the popu lar price of 35c and a most enjoy able evening is assured barrie is another of the towns to decide to have their municipal elec tions the fore part of december in stead of the end this is a move in the right direction and we would like to see the town council here take the matter up at the present time the nominations are held the end of december when every one is busy with the christmas rush and many men who might otherwise con sider municipal honors feel they have not time quality service wanted 200 bushels buckwheat at highest market price j the grain markets are holding about the same feeds are firmer and the tendency is for higher prices the baity chick season is close at hand and we are ready with a full supply of fulopep chick starter and chick feed we sell and recommend the feeds in the striped bags stiver bros flour feed and sew merchants phone 4501 superior groceries peas 2 tins clarks pork and beans large size westons demonstration package biscuits gillex per pkg lux 3 for white beans 3 lbs millionaire sardines 2 tins 21c s3c 14c 33c 10c 33c neilsons chocolates eskimo pies arctic sweethearts a w scott phone orders promptly delivered white cedar shingles if you contemplate a new roof or repairing an old one it will pay you to consider our white cedar shingles the white cedar shingles we handle are grown and sawn in eastern canada from virgin growth timber where climatic conditions are similar to our own they are air dried although there are a number of different grades in white cedar shingles we qnly handle the best grade which is an all clear shingle without any sap white cedar shingles are sawn very pump at the butt being five butts to 2 in thickness for a lasting roof it will pay you to investigate the good qualities of our white cedar shingles phone or better still call around and see us stouffville planing mill stouffer schell m phoe 194 stouffville 1 the ank cb of canada fiftythird annual statement for the year ending 31st january 1928 profit and loss account balance forward february 1st 1127 profits for tho year inline january 31st 1928 after deduetink expenses interest accrual on deposits rebate for interest on unmatured bills provincial and municipal taxes and making provision for bad ana doubtful debts 31773677 dn dividend no 140 paid may 1st 1027 at rato of 12 per annum dividend no 147 paid aug 1st 1927 at rato of 12 per annum dividend no 148 paid nov 1st 1927 at rato of 12 por annum dividend no 149 payable fob 1st 1928 at rato of 12 per annum war tax on noto circulation reservoo for dominion income tax contributed to ofllccrs pension fund written off rank premises balanco carriod forward general statement 31st january 1028 v j liabilities notes of tho bank in circulation doikmits bearing interest including interest to date deixxslts not bearing in torus t deposits mado by other banks in canada balances duo to other banks in canada balances duo to hanks and b inking correspondents eiscwhoro than in canada letters of credit outstanding liabilities not included in tho foregoing dividend no 14j payable 1st february 1928 former dividends unclaimed capital stock paid in roscrvo fund balanco of profit and loss account carriod forward l current coin held by tho bank dominion notes hold deposit in the central gold roscrvos doposlt with the minister for tho purposes of tho circulation fund notes of other banks united states and other foreign currencies choquos on other ranks balances duo by banks and banking correspondents elsewhere thanincanada dominion and provincial government securities not oxceedlng market value canadian municipal securities and british foreign and colonial public securities other than canadian not exceeding market value- railway and other bonds debentures and stocks not exceeding market value call and short not exceeding thirty days loans in canada on bonds debentures and stocks or other securities of a sufficient marketable value to cover tl2353 14170200 14470200 14470200 14470200 4823400 5000000 4000000 10000000 41835310 123539510 0253468371 1959155412 013550500 1026016510 818727370 375148347 8212923783 1017o43so 14609123 319041071 41151514 i 8633595 14470200 130150 482310000 290000000 41835310 10140450232 431923 03 822788700 1500000 00 25000000 65298400 5313401 635704446 70344602 1807731013 1720522227 13j5713033 loans to cities towns municipalities and school districts other current loans and discounts in canada less rebate of interest after making full provision for all bad and doubtful debts noncurrent loans estimate loss provided for mortgages on real estate sold by the bank real estate other than bank promises liabilities of customers under letters of credit as per contra bank premises at not more than cost less amounts written off other assets not included in tho foregoing a f white pntiitnt 4863967172 238378777 45101150 94 36109442 14014246 33301064 411516 11 387060455 16351578 101404502 32 n l mcleod cmrrtx m9itr auditors report to the shareholders wo haro examined the books ami accounts of tho standard bank of canada at its head office for the year endod january 31st 192s and havo been furnished with certified returns from tho branches we havo obtained all ae inform ation and explanations we have required and in our opinion all transactions of the bank which havo oume tinder our notice navo been within the powers of tho bank the banks investments and cash on hand at its chief ofuco and certain of its principal branches were verified by us as at january 31st 1928 wocortlfy that in our opinion the above gonrral statement of liabilities ami assets at january 31 192s dis closes tho true condition of tho bank and is in accordance with the books of t he hank toronto february 14lh 1928 d mck mcclelland fca of price watorhouse co a ii snkpiikki ca of peat marwick mitchell a co