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the tribune stouff cii thurday october 9 1917 eggs wanted by reg grading station cases supplied and picked up at your door for a reference ask your neighbors about our grade price and prompt weekly returns write or phone p hutton grbvcr soto 40 kehirorthy ave toronto 1 exoz ioaoc 3qboe certified dry gleaming give your garments that fresh look by letting us clean and press them right here in stouffville 303i phone m stouffville ontario open tuesday saturday evenings closed wednesday at noon i0e30i aoooi soeioi ioz3m stouffville motors andy forson stoiiflville ontario itlugwood ontario art staley goodwood ontario leaves stouffville standard time 0 toronto a 715 am b 925 am a 350 pm b s20 pm to uxbridge b 1225 pm c 240 pm d 705 pm b 1140 pm a except sun hoi c sat only b sun hoi d fri sat bus connections at toronto for montreal ottawa and north bay fares are low round trip tax included halifax- s 5610 winnipeg 4650 quebec 2610 reg in a 5780 st john 4320 calgary 7785 tickets and information at stouffville motors phone 170 youngest british cabinet min ister since the great william pitt harold wilson 31 shown here with his wife and m robin sueeeds sir stafford cripps as president of the board of trade before he was 21 wilson was lecturing on economics at oxford 20 hour auction at s72 a minute from 48 states and several for eign countries a crowd of g000 gathered at dan thortons colorado ranch last week for the oigdoings dan thornton was selling one of the best hereford herds in the world to get his guests is the pro per buying mood he fed them well on 1200 lbs of beans 150 lbs of apple sauce 100 lbs of spanish onions 50 gallons of pickles s500 buns and 200 lbs of barbecied meat between meals the auction went on for two days in 20 hours of selling 72995 worth of cattle were bought every minute this was more than dan thorn ton had expected in his seven years in the gunnison basin strap ping 0 ft 3gyearold dan thorn ton had made it one of the hereford centres of the us nearly three years ago thornton sold two of his triumph m type hereford bulls tl k t and t t trium phant 29th for 50000 apiece the highest price ever paid till then for that breed now he was selling out so that he and his wife jessie his partner and bookkeeper could go back to ohio where thornton is going to help run the american steel pack age co in a way it was a turna bout jessies father tie ate l ii- ioek ttno founded the company naa lent thornton 35000 to start his hereford herd texasborn i thornton who had grown up on ranches and raised eaald sine- he was twelve ran the stake into a big business which cost 100000 a year to run he kept a beecacnif plane and pilot to fly him some 100000 miles a year buying selling and spreading fame of his hereford nerd at his farewell auction tcl v n- tons bull market did not quite iiil the 1915 highs highest he got was 31000 for t t proud rircces but his t t zuib heiress threeyearold grand champion of the 1917 denver show brought 35000 the highest price ever paid for a hereford heifer and his herd of no herefords brought an aver age price per lot of 2305 another iltime hereford record thorton grow sentimental when the patriarch of his herd majestic w h it triumph domino 45th was led into the ring he bought old domino ten years ago for 2700 got 1000000 worth of calves from his lions before he was worn out in service cried thorn ton 1 cant bear to sell him dr scott you may have him the buyers cheered as dr e l scott a retired husbandry teacher whoj runs a nearby ranch led old dom ino away thousands of bushels of tomatoes lost i thousands of bushels of tomatoes have been spoiled by the frost of late september when for ten nights water froze on pails and in water troughs outside in many fields the tomat es n w being picked are only tit f v r soup ue one markham farmer informed us as he culled over a field on the sh rjoncessionv where hundreds of bushels were going to rot the situation is similar over the province with one area down east having escaped we understand up in norfolk county jo to 50 per cent of the crop is destroyed estimated at approximately 10000 bushels in its report for the week ending september 3 the marketing ser vice of the dominion desxirtmeat of agriculture states that packers in the lakeghore district of eastern ontario say frost damage on sep tember 22 was one of the heaviest firstseason frosts they can remem ber it doing considerable damage generally throughout the district most tomato juice plants are now finished with a few operating on peeled tomatoes and byproducts crop is now estimated as approxi mately 50 per cent of last season the growth of corn was stopped by the frost damage and fields now show a very dried appearance for tunately most corn was practically at maturity when hit and deliveries continued this week corn pack is estimated at less than 75 per cent of last season tllt mkmbkr beats own case on bujipv imlai the condition of a section of road in north gwillimoury township j was brought to the attention of township council by councillor doyle at a recent meeting but it seems that the road is not so bumpy after all councillor doyle told of having to change a tire on his car on this particular section of roadway and of laying his glasses on top of his car while making the change on arriving home he realized that he had forgotten his glasses and drove back to the scene to look for them upon arrival at the bumpy stret ch he commenced to search and found his bifocals in the very place he left them atop his auto not so bumpy at that chorused councillors and the matter was dropped court of revision aaarkham township municipality of the township of markham county of york public notice is hereby given that a court of revision of the assess ment roll for the township of markham will be held in the twp mall unionville on saturday oct 25 1917 t 10 oclock in the fore noon to hear and adjudicate upon all complaints against the assessment roll of the municipality of the township of markham for the said year 19 is all parties interested are requested to take notice and govern themselves accordingly dated at unionville october 7 1917 chas hoover clerk township of markham hands at work learning to build furniture oivfkhts productive capacity is the measure of her future prosperity to assure this province a prominent place in domestic and foreign trade markets skilled hands arc needed in training schools and on the job veterans arc being taught how to make furniture urgently needed for homes that must he built here and abroad they know that higher wages job security and bettor working conditions arc within easier reach of those who have mastered individual skills through plans sponsored by the department of veterans affairs and other agencies hundreds of veterans have been given basic training in various trades they will become more proficient with further experience and training on the job taught to use their hands in fashioning wood products and in upholstering and finishing furniture these craftsmen of the future will have a share in ontarios progress an important part to play in her industrial developments the brewing industry ontario caitlxkt makivg harold geililes 26 of parry sound a veteran of 4 yearn service with the royal canadian navy is shown here sanding the base of a grandfathers clock the quality of workmanship in canadian vocational training schools is high expert instructors check every detail courses in the furniture trade frive the student a hasicknow- edge of period anil custom built furniture wood finish ing and upholstering a thorough study of every type of wood canadian and im ported is also included