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page two the tribune stouffville ont thursday june 22nd 1939 g touf fmlle tribune established 1888 a member of the canadian weekly newspaper association issued every thursday at stouffville ontario 8 to 10 pages circulation 1300 subscription rates per year in advance in canada 200 in usa 250 a v nolan jp editor and publisher notes and comments bank borrowings drastically cut according to the auditors report for the township of scarboro just issued for 1938 bank interest on the gen eral account amounted to only 8946 as compared with 60000 only a few years ago this indicates a greatly im proved condition in a municipality in default on its de benture payments the municipality has over 2000000 debentures overdue and unpaid total receipts from all sources in scarboro are shown at 2668701 the dailies will be the judge with the visit of their majesties occupying the front pages of canadian daily newspapers for the past two weeks there has been an observation made on numerous occasions as to what will take its place with the fear attached that the european situation may again loom large in the daily news indeed the daily newspapers were be ing criticized for giving so much publicity to the european upheavals but the daily star once commented on such criticism by explaining that it was really important news and no doubt it was however the people in canada have been kept in a state of turmoil fear because they had too much of this sort of thing we know a man near stouffville who would have built a new home here but he fears that war may strike any day and he would have to remain on the farm as several of his sons might be called on for active service it has frequently been said that part of hitlers pro gram is to keep the democracies in a state of turmoil im peding business and if so it would seem a good time to give him less publicity however the daily press will be the judge of what is front page news and we do not pro pose to offer suggestions i say whose king is he a cartoon appeaied in the tabloid daily mirror of william randolph hearst last week showed prime minis ter chamberlain complete with umbrella standing along side the traditional figure of john bull on a tiny island that bears a sign great britain the two are staring anxiously across a body of water at the new york skyline over which is emblazoned hail to their majesties and john bull is remarking to mr chamberlain i say just whose king is he the mirror carried this blackface headline on its front cover congress goes wild over king underneath was a photograph of the king placing a wreath on the tomb of george washington at mount vernon which the mirror described as a magnificent gesture the other morning tabloid the news in its early edition headlined king studies new deal and featur ed the quiet tea party this afternoon at which their majesties talked with members of the roosevelt cabinet and heads of the various lending and relief agencies a photograph of the king and queen arriving at the washington navy yard to join president roosevelt on the cruise down the potomac to mount vernon was captioned british take our navy yard without firing a shot an editorial in the mirror was headed veni vidi vici and began he came he saw he conquered is the short story of the visit of king george and his charming queen to the united states of america one time british colony historians may ponder and perhaps comprehend this astounding fact there is not a man in america who can unleash an explo sion of popular acclaim that could match the burst of throatstretching cheers that greeted their britannic majesties conant suggests professional auditors advice that all municipalities should engage none but qualified professional auditors in matters concerning muni cipal funds was given by attorneygeneral conant to the ontario county municipal association at sunderland stressing that since and including the year 1931 twen tysix municipal officials were foud guilty of defalcations amounting to 210000 the attorneygeneral suggested that instead of having laymen whose competence and re liability is riot regulated by the municipal act to audit municipal books properly qualified professional auditors should be employed the attorneygeneral demonstrated that faise economy was also a factor in improper handling of muni cipal funds he revealed that seveial officials who were in volved in defalcations drew salaries ranging only from 100 to 330 a year he suggested that higher remunera tion might make for greater efficiency in handling funds hon mr conant said in part it is of course of the utmost importance that these officials should be both competent and reliable it is im possible to speak as to their capabilities because no records are avalable figures relating to their integrity however are available and are rather disturbing since and including the year 1931 twentysix of these officials have been found guilty of defalcations and have been sentenced to our jails or penitentiaries what concerns me most however is that the tendency seems to be in creasing there having been convicted already in 1939 i do not suggest from these figures that there is any greater moral turpitude or crime proclivity among this class of persons or officials than otherwise prevails there are about 1850 municipal officials in the province of ontario having the custody of funds so that defalcations by twentysix of this number in the space of a little less than nine years is not startling as compared with other groups and on the law of averages but the results of these defalcations are serious and even the number t mention is too high these defaults represent a total of about 210000 and must of necessity be very disturbing in the financial structure of the respective municipalities the number is too high because i feel that under proper con trol it is unnecessary and avoidable relief in sight for builders in answer to a plea for more and cheaper cost homes and more speed in construction not only in stouffville but in countless places a factory has been opened in edmonton alta to make prefabricated houses certainly with the enormous charges being exacted for build ing material particularly lum ber new saving methods will be welcome operators boast their plant brings a saving of 25 per cent in material 40 per cent in labor and can turn out a home pre cise to specifications in two weeks arthur carlson and victor carlson regard the company which they call the magic home manufacturing company as the answer to a challenge re cently hiuled at the building trade by f w nicholls hous ing director of the federal de partment of finance mr nicholls said production costs could be lowered and an impetus given the building trade if canadian contractors would adopt new methods of building as much of the home as possible in the shop instead of on the homesite the saving the owners ex plained is made possible by the volume of production outside walls and inside partitions are made up in sections in the fac tory every piece of material is cut to size maiked and bundled and sent to the homesite there is no waste skimping or ex pensive spoilage instead of plaster interiors of the home are finished in threeply panelling which offers a base for limitless decorative treatments empty spaces be tween the studdings and outside wall are insulated canadian explorer aloha baker has spent most of her time exploring remote corners of the earth once in south america she faced the prospect of becoming the bride of a native a military firing squad gave her tense moments in vladivostok yet she admits her greatest thrill was seeing he king and queen in hamilton county stays within budget for five months claremont school draws 136702 county grant york county council has adopted the recommenation of its board of valuators setting the total assessment for coun ty purposes in the twentysix urban and rural municipalities at 135128110 this equalized assessment is based on 4970 per cent of the value placed on lands and build ings in the various municipali ties by the county equalization committee council instructed solicitor douglas lucas to prepare a by law confirming the recommen dation of the valuators town pays no taxes has band and 5900 you wont find the name of lyndonville vt on a list of great cities of the united stat es today probably you wont find it there tomorrow either but lyndonville is in the way of becoming a famous community under the slogan of taxless town and theres no catch in it with 5900 in the bank and proceeds of the municipal elec tric and water plants financing improvements and paying sal aries lyndonville has written finish to local taxation and whether you own a cottage or a mansion theres no 1939 tax bill for you lyndonville is really indebted to theodore n vail the tele phone man and frank ruggles a banker for its present posi tion together they sold the village of 1500 inhabitants the idea of municipal power and water plant back before the turn of the century today the village owns the electric and water plants free and clear of all indebtedness and the village tax rate has de clined from 11 per 1000 in 1932 to nothing for 1939 in addition the two plants make a substantial profit 25000 last year although bills to customers are low out of these profits come funds for highway and sidewalk main tenance upkeep of buildings and salaries of police and fire men there is even enough left over to pay for the weekly out door band concerts in the sum mer maintain a public library and support of the district red cvos the total amount to be levied this year for the education of county pupils including voca tional schools is 5421217 based on a total number of days attendance for county pupils of 100489 according to a report presented to the ontario county council by chairman a m irwin of the committee on education the total amount to be levied will be divided among various schools in ontario and adjoining counties amounts to be paid ont county schools are as follows in the report whitby high school 486878 oshawa collegiate 871939 oshawa vocational school 704684 uxbridge high school 7901- 55 cannington continuation school 162633 sunderland continuation school 127511 claremont continuation school 136702 pickering continua tion school 217878 beaver- ton continuation school 2- 09041 brooklin continuation school 307351 port perry high school 538915 uxbridge township county assessment 656206 there are only two changes this year in the equalized assessment of ontario county according to the report sub mitted the county council in session at whitby slight in creases were noted in pickering and whitby townships and a reduction in east whitby the figures are pickering 4048132 east whitby 2269355 whitbv township 1799260 reach 2059037 scugog 363975 uxbridge township 1913259 scott 1390902 thorah 1- 344272 brock 2631136 mara 1768265 rama 307- 031 whitby town 2559591 unlikely to widen north yonge street little hope for the widening of the north yonge street bottleneck between steeles corners and richmond hill was held out by hon t b mcques- ten minister of highways when he received a north york delegation last week although mr mcquesten promised to consider the pos sibility of adding a third lane to the fivemile stretch he ex pressed doubt that such an ad dition would cope with the situ ation he held that extension of the fourlane highway north to richmond hill would involve unwarranted expenditure in view of the construction pro gram now under way east and west of yonge street with com pletion of these new routes to he north he said he was con fident that traffic on yonge street would be considerably lelieved the deputation headed by morgan baker mpp for north york and representatives of 11 north york municipalities maintained that the bottle neck not only impeded travel but constituted a serious traffic hazard and injured business in communities along the route we plan trips for customers uxbridge 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