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twelve pages fzfribttne 2960 copies vol 60 no 29 the tribune stouffville ont november 3 1949 marvel at utahs scenic grandeur unwanted customers visit the carload groceteria thieves broke a rear window in carload groceteria sunday night or early monday morning and rifled the till of silver took some tobacco and chocolate bsars and made off indications were that they had tried to get into the dominion store but were un successful in the effort this is the first thieving report ed in town in over a year and of course it is hoped that it will not be the forerunner of another series of robberies councillor and wife 25 years wed mr and mrs henry ogden were at home to a number of their friends in town also relatives and guests from out of town on tues day evening in observance of their 25th wedding anniversary mr ogden is serving his second term on the village council and both mr and mrs ogden are prominent in eastern star activi ties in markham chapter by cliff salmon las vegas nevada friday oct 21st 1949 hi folks last letter was mainly about salt lake city this one is going to be mainly about the scenic marvels of utahs dixie we left salt lake city with a distinct feeling of regret there were so many more places there we would have liked to explored and taken pictures of but being already more than a week behind our original schedule we pulled up stakes on thursday morning oct 13th as we continued southward the scenery flattened out consider ably although there was the odd mountain to be seen here and there nothing much happened to report at one spot we caught up to a large herd of hereford cattle which was crossing the highway it took us fully 15 minutes to meander through them peter got quite a kick out of being surround ed by them and a bigger one out of the five cowboys in charge they were the real thing alright and had lassoos on their saddles and everything we finally stopped for the night at a little town close to a mountain range called fill more about the size of stouffville next morning we were off again objective cedar city at lunch we stopped at the top of a moun tain parked and had a good look around we heard a funny noise in the sage not far away stopped just long enough to recognize what sounded like a babys rattle and then scrammed but quickly in the opposite direction we didnt get a look at the rattler and we dont care if we never see one also we saw our first vulture whom we disturbed feasting on a dead animal on the road it wasnt a very large bird and was a dirty black colour we arrived at cedar city in the middle of the after noon and as the weather was beautifully sunny we decided to park the trailer and make a try at the cedar breaks national forest the first ten or twelve miles up the mountain was under repair and the going was really rough- but the scenery was well worth it it was our first real mountain drive hairpin bends and every thing the colours in the moun tains ran the whole gamut of the spectrum and i was so spoiled for choice i hardly knew which picture to take however i tried not to take any duplicates up and up we went and when finally- we came to the entrance of the reserve we were up nearly to 10000 feet there is a big lodge up there which of course was closed for the season but we went on to see the main spectacle at 10351 feet we entered a lookout and parked on what seemed the top of the world there were clouds beneath us to the west while the whole side of the moun tain to the north of us was a medley of reds purples and many other colours the rock formations were the result of countless thou sands of years of erosion and there were hundreds of pinnacles many of them in the weirdest shapes imaginable looking down into the depths between these pinnacles we could see gorges hundreds of feet below the heavily forrested rim attains an altitude according to the book of 10700 feet after taking several pictures at different angles of the giant cedar breaks bowl we pre pared to leave as it was nearly sunset on the way out peter spied a deer in the evergreens we stopped to get a better look but after looking at us for about a minute he decided we were not very good company for him and he disappeared quickly in the forest coming down was a bit harder on the ears than going up an amount exceeding 200 not and it took us a full half hour to withstanding council promised to get back to normal after arriving view the situation surrounding at our trailer parked below i each appeal and make a decision an interesting sidelight i should i after that mention is that cedar city and i reeve vent griffin resided a vicinity was used in the filming of chairman of the court and all the famous movies my friend members of council were in many thrilled with arena opening t milk takes jump ailtime high here householders received a neat circular in their milk bottle the other morning that was anything but a letter from santa claus in it they were informed that begin ning nov 1st the cost of milk delivered in stouffville would be isc per quart highest price on record here maple leaf dairy owners say the increased cost of operating a dairy and they operate a good one plus the increase in price of milk paid the farmers forces them to advance the price again this year holders of tickets purchased at 17c per quart ticket were asked to put out the extra cent until the tickets are used up the socalled good old days when stouffville boasted two dairies and six independent cows owned by residents selling milk at five cents per quart will probably never be seen again about ten years ago when pasteurization became compulsory milk sold at 10c a quart now at the peak probably the price will recede as time goes on or will it be as some predict that milk will ultimately cost 25 cents a quart the 18c price imposed this week in stouffville and district has be come effective in neighboring towns and villages lililllksmpwrossjsssw it was a real thrill for many as stouffvilles big new artificial ice arena opened its doors to the public for the first hockey game on monday evening the smartly painted interior with its gleam ing ice surface its brilliant lighting and spacious accommodation were the pride and joy of the company shareholders who have made it all possible commenced last june the big 225 foot build ing has proceeded steadily under the contract with t a wilson lumber co the artificial ice plant capable of turning out fiftyfive tons of ice a day was the work of linde canadian refrigeration co of montreal and operates smoothly and efficiently with its maze of valves and automatic switches the ice surface is 177 feet long and 75 feet wide there is accommodation for two thousand hockey fans reserved sections will handle nearly 1200 patrons with the rush seats and standingroom making up the balance the entire project has been built at a cost of 80000 with several thousand dollars in free labour and materials being contributed over and above this amount the official opening night is being scheduled for the latter part of this month when it is expected that government and sports notables will attend charge assessor partial to widows and spinsters members of markham council and assessor archie fleming enjoyed a laugh when council met as a court of revision on monday with only five appeals filed against the township assessment just com pleted and on which the 1950 taxes will le collected the smile came when a spinster charged in a letter forming a protest against a small increase in a 700 assessment the assessor seems to increase the spinsters and widows but not the married couples where there is a man to defend the assessment mr fleming allowed the charge to pass without comment but pointed out that he thought a very good job had been done since there were only five small appeals despite the millions of dollars in total assessment of the five appeals none was for farmer falls from hay mow dies of injuries freeman allen lifelong resident of the township of whitchurch died in york county hospital at newmarket on october 2fi as a result of a fall from a mow on the faryn of his soninlaw chas williamson at lot 21 con 2 whit church the farm is known as the former pinder place located on the aurora road allen who was a man in his 74th year had gone up into the hay mow to look after some chickens while his wife stood below waiting for him in some manner allen fell headfirst through the floor of the mow landing in a pig pen mrs allen witnessed the fall and said that her husband came down on his head he must have suffered a heart attack or some thing that caused him to fall mrs allen had to chase two pigs from the pen before she could run for help the unfortunate man was found to have a badly frac- how arthur welsh visited here monday honourable arthur welsh pro vincial secretary for the province of ontario was a visitor at the office of the tribune on monday morning he was accompanied by mr w g cassie a former reeve of uxbridge township the reeve of stouffville had an opportunity to appeal first hand to the minister for the one mill sub sidy which the village council is still waiting for tor 1949 he was assured that it would be forth coming and that he would personally advise the local reeve after he got back to his office and had an opportunity to look into our case in the meantime he suggested that we should rest con tent in the knowledge the subsidy would be forthcoming in some form twelve assessment appeals nine are dismissed twelve appeals against the assessment just completed for the township of whitchurch were handled by the assessment court in session on saturday at vandorf this court is composed of reeve logan deputyreeve ivan mc laughlin and councillors fred timbers r baycroft and sid legge every appeal was of so small consideration that when the court arose only 350 spread over tured skull and died shortly after three properties was the total of being admitted to the hospital lie the change in the roll made by never regained consciousness assessor fred cummings mr and mrs allen occupy a irving j hill obtained a reduc- cottage on the farm of their son- lion of 100 on a 1400 assessment inlaw charlie williamson and the unfortunate accident cast a gloom over the neighborhood where they resided surviving mr allen besides hi wife whose maiden name was christina mathewson there is the daughter hilda mrs williamson and a son alfred also there sur vives brothers alonzo allen of lincolnville on the 10th of whit church russel of pine orchard and a halfbrother edward of aurora the funeral on saturday took place to pine orchard cemetery for interment smoky and union attendance with so few appeals it certainly would not warrant the services of a special set of assess ment officers observed councillor harry barber the population of markham township is shown by the assessor as 112 largest number of inhabi tants ever shown on the assess ment roll fllcka pacific the region is quite photogenic believe me on saturday morning we took to the mountains again up the same road when we reached the top we decided to keep on going east ward and take a look at the famous bryce national park it was quite a drive but it was shorter to go now across the mountains rather than come back up highway 9 from the south as we had first planned we gassed up at a little town called hatch and when the texaco dealer saw my credit card he started to tell mealout a canadian chap with vans full of school teachers who ate lunch opposite his garage during the summer so i had fun telling him i came from the same town the approach to bryce canyon continued on page four engagements harold elson turner holsteins attract buyers from south america mexico the registered heard of hol steins developed over the years by mr lloyd turner wore sold by auction on october 25 at the farm here east of town and the sale attracted buyers from all over ontario and far beyond cattle were shipped to south america mexico new york and the state of pennsylvania the 37 head in the sale includ ing the bulls were reported to have brought a total of 20000 or better milk cows averaged 700 while the average for the combined 37 animals was 000 the top cow was of the rag apple strain which at lot i con s the 100 acre farm is assessed at 3000 and the build ings at 1400 its about all i can do and it keeps me busy paying taxes to you fellows declared mr hill in speaking for a reduction when he claimed he bought the farm in 1013 for 0500 with stock and implements and that the farm and buildings were valued at 5000 council dropped off a hun dred on land assessment james reid convinced the court he was highly assessed and obtained a reduction of 200 he wanted to know why the former owner a blacksmith who lived there for many years was only assessed 700 and just when he reid stepped into ownership the assessment started to climb he claimed and this year it is 1200 deputyreeve mclaughlin told the appealant that the assessor was not just increasing new comers i had my assessment increased too another appealant obtained 50 off while all other appeals were dismissed and the assessment sus tained several on cherry street entered appeals that were more or less trivial in size one woman told the court that her taxes last year were less than 5 yet she appealed over a 50 increase in assessment she was told that her contribution to the treasury was scarcely large enough to pay for assessing her property and maintaining a name on the roll to say nothing of the services residents get in the way of owner of five acres on the 2nd roads fire protection etc rescues drowning boy mr and mrs claremont rr3 announce the predominated the sale was bought engagement of their daughter i at 1350 and will find a new home ruth marie to newton allen n pennsylvania top price for a madill son of mr and mrs ernest madill stouffville the marriage will take place on saturdav nov 2f at claremont public skating this wednesday and saturday nights 3yearold heifer was 900 mr turner who intends to retire in town is an outstanding stock man and started this herd about ten years ago or more when he took up farming after having given it up for a few years sevenyearoids out no accommodation whitchurch told whitchurch councillors divided into two camps on saturday when the matter over payment for car insurance for the two township constables became an issue last year as constable watts explain ed council paid half his car insur ance but when he inserted the item in his expense account last month council struck it out on the assumption they had not con tributed to this item the year before when it was shown the item had been honored before reeve logan held that since there was no stipulation in the bylaw under which constables were engaged to pay their insurance he would not favor such payment councillor timbers who was absent when the item was deleted took the same stand as the reeve councillor legge maintained that other townships and the county honor this item and whit church should do likewise when he voted against it in the first place it was under wrong impres sion he said mr legge then sub mitted a resolution to pay both constables half their insurance totalling in all about 30 councillor baycroft said he voted against payment under wrong impression but would now support the payment deputy- reeve mclaughlin also voted for mr legges motion constable watts before the vote was taken asked the council what councils position might be if the constables carried no insurance and met with an accident while on duty thats an important feature said mr legge the motion carried three to two a deputation from oak ridges school section placed their school problem before council oak ridges mr frank legge told council has 275 pupils including co children from outside the section half from wilcox lake a recent addition was overcrowded and staggered classes are the result wth children being able to attend only half a day some children up to seven years are still without any accommodation at all mr legge suggested there was need of a two or three roomed school for wilcox lake alone clerk crawford told the meeting a recent survey showed there are ten per cent more children attend ing school now and is per cent more children of preschool age than formerly one spokesman said the deben ture debt in the section was as much as the area could stand any more tax would lead people to scatter into other sections because of oppressive taxation reeve logan said council realized the serious problem that had arisen but could not offer any solution if the section could arrive at a solution tliat needed consideration by council he thought it would be a better approach it was pointed out by the delegation that the section to the north of oak ridges was over crowded and contemplated expan sion not long ago questionaire sent out by council indicated by the answers received that the trustees did not favor an overall school board for the whole town ship something which could go a long way to solving a trouble such as has arisen at oak ridges and wilcox lake despite this overall picture in whitchurch oak ridges appar ently is for a township school area as indicated at a meeting of the oak ridges homo and school association held recently the meeting was addressed by h a halbert he spoke very favourably of school areas and explained how the burden is carried evenly by the whole township and how the schools of scarboro and dis trict were transformed by school areas he went as far as to say if there had not been school areas there there would not have been any schools a motion was made and seconded that oak ridges home and school associ ation ask the township council to consider school area before july 1st 1950 crawling down the rough sides of a 12foot well jessie crowhurst 13 of ballantrae rescued freddie watson three from drowning in deep water at the bottom jessie is a school pupil of mrs robt windsor another man picks up a penny mr les ogden north of town repeated an incident recorded in this paper last week wherein it was printed that jim smith of ringwood had picked up a penny while plowing the garden it was dated 1852 now mr ogden stooped to pick up a penny on his lands at gravel hill how long it had been there will never be known but it was minted in 1817 and is there fore one hundred and two years old stouffville vs peterborough the arena next monday night m