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Richardson, 'rep. road gradzar, $3.oo;! W. C. Walls, printing and hall rent. $11.50. r*_-L_... r\...1.......'J Ame :pu.50. _ Tudho'pe--Graham- Ordered, that a grant of $25.00 be made for the im- provement of the nth line, (R. M. Parnell s division) on condition that those interested supplement by Labor I the said grant. l Graham-_-Marley -- Ordered, that the Deputy-Reeve be instructed to `consult with the Trustees of the P01- ice Village of. Elmvale regarding the gravelling of a portion of the Iothi line east of s.r. 5 and 6, and provid-I ing the said Trustees agree to pay a portion of the cost thereof, that ten- .ders_ be asked for the hauling of 400 yards of gravel to be placed on said I roadway. V -. . Marley--Strath-Ordered, that the! Reeve, Deputy-Reeve and Councillor `Graham be` a `committee to inspect the bridge over the Wye, river, east of Elmvale,` and if a new bridge be required that specications be pre- pared and tenders asked for, but pro-i A N D * R 1 s C I\IC8III We tell you the whole details of the construction of 'the Mason and Risch Piano- the materials, the class of work- manship, and the special feat- ures which give it a more `beautiful tone, make it last longer and remain better in tune. 'I`I.:.. 2- LL- 3a.`;-unsung-uIr:o\o\ til- frhe piano of doubt is `a discord forever. * , Don't buy tillTyou reTsure. A Mail this coupon to us to- day and we will send you all the reasons why you should have a Mason and Risch piano in your home in preference to - any other make. an 40:11: noon l\:&!1I'\ GI! Ulnlnvp uuuuuu Va 7 There. is only one piano that leaves no doubt before you buy-that s the Mason and I!'__I_` AimklneBYFMAIL i{;ch. Ivllsvn nnnnwu - uruuuunnnu - --,--- -_- - _.__ - This is the? information w want to give you before you buy a piano. l'_'.... 51-.` Manna ant` IIIIIIIIII -1-low the Mason and Risch pin-block onstxuction and method of attaching the tuning pins make. it remain longer in tune. .. `jg... -an.` Amount: `La (I'Qf.I _ I\IlJ6vu nun on---we .- . -1-low we secure the great- est resiiience in our susten- sion " sounding board. If , , Ll, - _-__.._L____... -..nI.. IKIII Jtlulnvunlas wvuon V-u --How the overstrung scale gives a rich.- pure to ne throughout the entire register. "---- LL- `Inna;-not 1-no-gr` The Masai: and Rish Piano Go.,` Lunuec/city- %Get; th'e%se facts before J you buy a piano. ` They'll save you money. RV"3 lav 82 West Kink St.. Toronto. Canida Jklsllvuu yonv v--1.--V -vb . - - . -- -How the Mason and Iouows :. i e The particular _thorn in Jim Fox`s side at the time the Rangers came into being was the fact that there -was one man in southwestern Texas} who feared him no more" than he feared. at cat.` This man, was Neil .-Black, the gambler. Black was a professional gambler, but in his way an upright, honorable man. `He would bet on anything from a horse: race to ipping pennies, but his fav-` orite game was monte, a Mexican banking game similar to fare. ' ,, _.__n 1:_.:.._ .. t... fetail anierchanfs telephone eeaonly as `a salesman, but '~3.1$9.3S:~aeeJeepurchasing agent. J `:3 A ":3 . . . ; __ . .:\-- g7".....:....-L"-'_ ._v. L` ` . I 1ds that he is going to run ' , V; M. %s,%_he calls up the Wholesaleror %a new stock, but Comes ` 7 and the time of delivery. ..-`;..'.A'4. .'.iA.1T. *..w';2'_1:.* .=?"I_:. _; _ IullC_ LIILIC U]. UC11 V Ll J ' '5 hisVc'ust_[omers can be `1:..;;1;;_A.~_1;-._. LV _ T7 TA . - 2.. J . `Qt;'nd=.' what he-wants In communicatxon uuaa :- 5*`. Pi:ano_ with a soul. K. . 20, U'd.ll_I\|u `anus. wllanlnua av ....--. . Being a gambler and living as he did in southwestern Texas, he had ofl course been mixed up in anurnber of ghts, but even in this respect he had proved himself a fearless and fair minded rpan. He was `never known to shoot an unarmed man nor to take any unfair advantage what-, ever in these encounters. He had! been wounded a number of times. but not seriously. 1 v-,e-n-__:._._ ____| U.IIIDU JOIIID II--b -py yo-- ` -l-low special devices, ex. elusive to the Mason and Risch piano action, make it so tesponsisie, accurate in repeti- tion and durable. Rish Agraffe system prevents that jangling sound. ` L! ....... ..!..l .a....:,.,.,. - CC -We want to tell you ali this and much more. We want to show you illustrations of each of these points so you ll know just exactly why the Mason and Risch is the best piano for your home. . "FL. I! . . . _ .....-I mnak ninn,-. rllonanr -V. JV..- ..--v-- .. The Mason and Risch piano is a high-class instrument. For every cent you pay, you get actual value. These improve- ments are our own inventions, evolved after years of study and experiment, so we have no expensive royal- ties to pay. --..-Q `A .-..:.u. Eviding that repairs only are neces- sary that .the committee arrange t; have repairs made, " -- --A-- _.......-,l M- G \. Anya A n u n - mauv- ; By-Llaw No. 603 ? was passed ap- 'pointing a member of the Board ; Health for the next 3 years. Thos I Lawson, Esq.. - was appointed. __ ._ ,\_._a....- .... -- ,..,. We want to give I 0 n you these facts about and Rlsch th_e Ma_son , a_nd P`L",',`n"m" Rxsch A pxano to- Toronto day! so Send me your ' ' ll trated booklt you have `t "1 e'xp`l:ining the mai- mind Olit on why I shc(>luldR9w;: ` :1 an re the. ac_com- -'m.%m. in no V3.1)` o ligatcs me to purchase. v-v--, ---~.~. Irv- By-law was pasgd appointing V Messrs. W. A. Sneath and John r. H_a1l asauditors of accounts of 190; Abuls u IQU\\- v-V V- .Tudhope--.E3raham -: 7C;rdiered, ythe sum of $25.00 be granted `gravel side road I0 and 11. soutf `half, Con. 2, providing those inter |'ested supplement the grant by 2 iequxvalent in labor. It 1 f\ 1, -1 .1.-. J- LII\p IJJV\r `all 501% %\IId I O V A In k ` Tudho e'--.Graham- Ordered. th: Samuel raper be. appointed curcta.-I `er of=the lock-up in Elmvale. HUI. ac; xuuazy . Each man had his following and the friends of these two well knew that southwestern Texas. with "all its broad prairies and its whole counties. of echaparral. was too small to hold them both for any great length of time. One day some oneiwas telling "of the latest exploits of Fox in Neil's} presence, when becoming angry-..he exclaimed: V Who is this Jim Fox. anyway?! A cowardly killer of unarmed greas-` ers! Why, if he" ever bothers _me I will kick him across the Rio` Grande, where he belongs. This of course was told to Fox. and from that day on the fate of Neil Black was sealed. . ` ;|1,:h:u_s`Ve of the Council. Sirath--ll/-I_::.1rl:*y"-:-C)rdered. tlllt Clerk be instructed to or cr copies of -the Municipal \V0rld A W` Council adjourned to Im-rt . Phelpston Monday, Feb. 7th, :~.tI 'o clock am. A A } J C. s. BURTON. Clers 'Stre:t V EELS nu LII. gnu guscn Piano Co._ 0 umneu no while nllust:-_ated explaining reas- ons should own m- _.*__`%".;.;'3."...`.`S*,`, D, 1910` Branches throughoui Canadh. in the and Vnglinti th! T14] Standing on a street corner one` day in the littletown of Riddlevillc`, Foxe saw Neil 5* dismount from his` horse and step into a saloon, andthisj was the opportunity for which he: TMFEXASRANGERS? .-. START -%.' mun -or1r;ct;_;L-rqn!t'_ro % A (New York Suh.) Would You? Would you patronize your friend _ if his stock of goodswas several years Behind the present style`? Now. oski yourself if you ore keepingiy your "84! vertising. up so jrthatd your , friend will patronize you. i To ;e't_w_haht` you lwyantea make people want wi\a;t%you'iveigioti. e `gal G I " `aX:aIEaRANcH - Q- a gun.` QEQIIIZI We 8! ? doing t_lW1e _kinrl% of Printihg that % emu: people _ ftfo look you` pf-L . to want whstqy6u ve`got, V J` jg E, BRANCH H. J. % Maxnaxet-. j - _mqn_ies dgpogited fot: v_>vith>c_1raxLvn"in this Acounts` may beqsgga 'b,-;.mi1 `and pm, 010,090,000 .1: nuts ntin 1 had beenwaiting. Stealing `softly up [to the door with pistol in hand he I saw Neil standing `facing the bar [with his back to the door. Spring- ing lightly inside he threw his {pistol `down and red asguick as thought. \l\lVv ll (class no: it`. com av--` __V..,_( i As Fox red Neil turned, but too late; F o: s first -shot broke his right 'arm, causmg him to drop his pistol, `whjle the second shot from`Jim s re-V 1_-.,,.I _ L-I- A.L.......uL H`: '01 last rcsuu. A But the good peopleof southwest- ern Texas, becoming tired at last of this reiizn of terror, and disgusted with the feeble efforts of the civil, lofcers to uphold `thelaw, had ap- pealed to stem oltl -Gov; Coke for. orotection. L. H. McNe11y. an `old Rebel `captain of ~ scouts. was called into service. and gatheredabout him a little band of young idare-defrils as {reckless as Jim Fox himself or any othe desperado. and when aroused equally bloodthirsty. ` , ,,-I--.I :..L'_ 1.1.2.. no-xiA`cv l":_ M neart. . L ` With a pistol in hand Fox stood- *over the fallen man until-life" was extinct`; then turning he `walked out. mounted his horse and unmolested _ rode awav. -A L LL- 1.1.4.- a.-uubkonncvno-11 Tnvne Wlle U13 SCCUIIU. SIIUI. lluxu Juua Ii`-', volver bored at h_o1e through Ins heart. ' 1119.1. _ _!..L-` 2.. L.....l 13- ... ad-1\(\r T008 GWRV. _ V At the time southwestern Texas was in 5 deplorable condition.` `Fugi- tives from. justice seemed to have gathered there -from every part of the_ country . ` ,,_, ..-'... --.-... month`: arose in tne C011I1Il'Y. Every man you met was a Walking arsenal and a law unto himself. The vigilantes, who banded together. ore- sumably in the interests of law and :order, hanged "those only whom they `either disliked or feared. or those who belonged to the opposite `party in some feud or section quarrel. The six shooter had become the-chief ar- '_bi-trator in all disputes. while Judge ; Lynch presidedover. the only court lofhlast resort. ` l .4 ;I'__ _....1 ....;...I. 4-1-uni-`Q1-IrAnf_ cuuauy uxuuuunuauq. V. He marched. into this sorely dis- tressed country prepared. as_he ex- `pressed i't,s`-to ght the devil with Ire, whe_n.ca.lling upon the civil au- 'thorities and al1"go.od citizens to as- sist him. he 'procla.imed to the law-- less element who had ruled and ruin- Ied so lomz that the time had now '*c_ome.to call a halt. . I But they had yet to learn. both the. `oppressed and the oporessor. the character. of the man who. with `but lthirty-vefrnen. the original Rough {Riders of Texas, had`un_dertaken to re-establish, law and order through- out a country `covering thousands V of square miles given over for vearsto the man behind the stun." The com-r `Dam/~ had been divided.gthe,captain,' whose -headquarters for the time be- ing had been_establish'ed at San An- tonio, had taken part of themen and [was scouting_thr'oughout the coun-I {ties north`and west of`-that ooint, 1ie ?t`:i2:`a:int `wa-s_ sent~ '_wt th` sixteen? -men `=to ~ work` ,throughf>_utt the Guulvf cogst counties.- ~-`vyolnd 9 A` LA-_ _I`___ A_`I- pt v-y.--v_-- ""'4`9K"V"??? r:'- T1`: ., , a L 3 . like-=: e 3'mtes~'j"b_`y" <;~day ' and i=ri(l_ing_j- =ha_r_d_ all. night; we had been f li. `infg 1..lfil_c.e~ wolves _ in _,the;cl1aparralo or;4nar1y,`three months. and when .QneZafte`rnoon, we rode into the Sleepy lit.tle'o1d-to\}vn of Goliad and_' n_dis`mounted in iiront-_of a little board sha,n;,ty< contributed ;:_to our use bv a jkji_nd?.hearted land patriotic German etzitizen;-we.~felt that we were about to enjoy a well earned rest. `I - LI... 4....-"inn AC I-Inn Qfglrn urn were IU-.IlJ_Uy '_ wcu .caI._uvu ,uaas. L- "ln'-tvhe-service of the,S_tate` we were. paad quarterly, and comma toGol1acl as we did between two pays days` we were not overburdened with money; moreover, having` been riding at rnigrht in the chaparral, `our clothing was. something the worse for wear, `abut in this 'i`j`espeeti' there was always . one excepnon. ..George Allen. the dress parade maniZ`of the company, could boast 1at:any- and all times` of being the possessor of at least one Aresgectable suit of clothes. `nap! Rana an-):nr` `fl: fhf. -rcspcuaunc auu. U1 ~v..;u5u;a. > _ ,!Ggor'ge had_ been raise in-cg town --and "lthoughl he had proved his ab- ility to rough` it with the bestfof us, he had yet to forget his early: train- in: "ing" the matter of `dress. ;In ad- `ditioifto the camping outt -carried by each of us George had anoilcloth strapped behind his saddle, inwhich '-neatly rolled, as if by a `woman's hand, he carried a nicely_press.jed suit proud possessor of a long linen ul- ster, called by the boys a duster, whichin that day was quite general- ly worn by young men. when fully dressed, to protect their clothes. -I;-._ _--.. _.L....--..I In an `of black clothes. He was also the IIIC. . - . . `On the morning in question `George, whose h`orse stood saddled at the gate in front of our little shack, walked out fully. dressed and ready to start for the picni_c pirounds. His ;foot was in the stirrup and he was in the act of swinging himself upon his horse when Hall stepped -out of the house and said: George, I want you to _go over to Refugio to- dav and get Jim Fox. I 6m`. 1. ...:u. 1:... 17,-... H .....\I:..-M1 dressed, to protect tneir cnomcs. A few days after our arrival in Go- liad there . was a public gathering of some political. signicance, and we, being strangers in the county, had received a special invitation to be ;present, but owing to the dilapidat- . ed condition. of our- clothing, we could 'not_* attend, much as we would have liked -tovdo so. But George determined that the kind in- -vitation should not be entirely ignor- ed, and made up his mind that one ranger at least should attend the pic- mc. ' ' ` .f\..- LL- ...A....X..._ :_ ;uA.-.4-zrsvu v To h--1 with Jim Fox,.rep_lied `George. Le; some of` thg o_thcr boys go. I'm` gomg to the pxcmc. KT:-`L GA Ann: (`_nl'\0lVA , 0I;l1 uay uuu gct Jun. .I.'UJIL. U. 1.111 guuxg U.) Luv }1u..uu.. Not to-day, George, _said Hall. I d be glad for you to go to the pic- nic and have a good time, but busi- ness before pleasgire, you know, and you ll have to go to Refugio to-day. Jim Fox is stopping over there, I m told; some one will have to go get him, and I ve decided that you re th man to go." -' CI__-!-. 4....I.:...... L.:. s...` `:...-.m .';.;. `stirrup George said: `fVery well, if nothinq else` will do I suppose I ll have to go, but it looks derned hard, for here I am all dressed and ready to go out and \have .a good time, while any of the others who care no- thing" at all for this picnic had just as soon..go' over to Refugio and shoot Jim For: as not. But I've got to do ivhat IV m to1d,:I suppose, so I'll put Jmy `clothes awav and go, but hang me if Illike it. ` I can't help what you like-or dis- like, replied Hall. We are here for business; and say, don't bother "-L___. -L_--..-.... ---.-.. .'1..;l..... I maS"lo`v:l3:wt.aki11g his foot from ml IUI. uualucaa, auu DC], uuul. "about changing you; clothes. \T.'_. ...p.. `pm4\cu9- guest as tun auuul Cllalllll yuun LIULIICE. _ Now you know: just. as well as Il do. he continued, that. if any of the other boys ,were to ride into Refugio Jim .Fox would spot him by the time he hit the town. But who do vou supoose wou.1d take you for a ranger, dre'_s'sed up hke you are now? guano-urn I-`an nt\iIIn:fAI>`I\f fig UTCSSCU up unc yuu anc uv:rv 3 `George. seeing the cons1sten_cy of the 1ieutenant s x-utxigent, hreaheg out and takin al y t e an said: Lieutegant, you've got more sense in a minute than will ever have in `all my life. Certannlgf I'll go. to Refugio, and if I dpn t brmg Jxmg Fox to Goliad there wall be a_ funeral `over there.` It may be mine. 50 I gogg-bye. ` " I l\` 136,6-In I-/st->160-\> t\` 'Dn;I1n:A line` gUUu`UyC. > ` I The little town of Refugio liesi labout 40 miles south `of Goliad, aiid George upon parting with Hill real- ized that he had a long, hot. dusty ride before him, but he was equal to the occasion, and so late in _the af-. ternoon he rode up to the old horse flack-l.,standins: on the public square of Refugio, and -dismounting and hitching his horse he walked into a grocery store, where` there were? con.- gresrated a goodly. number of -`men; ' . 'LTnnr .14. rIn"n-and-1A.rnnn `BA 1-4:- SICPGLCIL d guuuxy uuxuuus UL Auwu. How de do,` gentlemen, `he. re- marked as he entered the door, at the" same ;ti_m__e glancing swift1y'into the face of each man-present. rm.'-__ _L._-__.:.... 4.. n... .........a.-.. 1..., 130UNT3Y BUSWESS E`lffnfe52?"3i3;i`s`2t:.``23 prcacucr, rcunauxcu uuc. P1jeacIx'er, your` foot,. replied an- ,other,__what do you know about p`reachers.?., V . I'll bet he's a race. horse man. What will you bet,. said the man who_ favored the? preacher. ' 7*`What will you bet` ~that '.1;ie s not IJIC lac: U1, c`a\;u luau |JlCCll.|.. v Then stepping to the counter he ; orderedfa box of sardines and some ycrackters, which he prqceeded to ea_t whilejlistening to the comments of `those `V about him concerning himself. I ate--- 1`..-1-t 1...- .11 '..:`...Lo --1.1- . .. 'l.llUbC HUUUL .uuu I..Uu\.cl.n|ug uuuauu. Say, Jack, he's all right. ` He s a preacher,, _ rema`:-ked `one. - DnnAnn`noI -IOt\aI' ,,` O11- wnu, lavurcu Luc. pg Caullcl.` V '``What will you bet` that .he s a preacher ? _ _, -_ A. _ H " 7I ll bet'a`do11ar, r1eplaed No. 2. _ ` -Dollar_ `goes; and ' as Tmany more `a's_"~"ypuT lik.e,' was theTanAsw;\e1'_. % _ jun` H19 `cnnversatinng went on. ' > yu lu\_C, "CD but; a.uavvr_\.s. ` `And so the conversation went on, `So`trieho`ntcnding and oering tobet ".;George `was__` a cattle buyer, oth_er__3 cIa'imix`1g ;t1xat he `'was` `a ` land."specula- `tori. J V/Whivl ' Iothrs "`con'ten'de_d ' he ' was .{.ati' ' ordinary: tin horn `gambler. * 3-L`z`:'c>t' worth iwrangimz . -gvwer, ` . mg- ..|n`:;.-..1;-:..>a ~_1.M.........~.r* _2..-stuni-`m nAu`r"~ i`i:1llu' nut _yvun.n ,w1aIu:.3Iun( uycn. ` `T_o-Ta!l chatter ;George could, not ~ hlp hut"V1isten. but all` the time was;:'-`Viigtejnirtz to Lsomethimz `else: 0: c; a'S'fex`1 td_3_nc12', a wqrd, and-he `had F :7 '8*1f!tt:,,v_,t.i!.e' =.t..w.ait, for al-_ H ' I'Jack"w`r_as'*f v"vard; th d,o_fo'1_-_ M '::1`.k e:a'_ a new: ` ' ` tgstiqctively j-if1ie iey$., ::'i1df9ri&$s,.: f.:*i ,so much iea.red*`b`y-L the %p*epl_e ;of } southwestern Texas. -. " un___ ______ ..... .....I.A-- an-A alinlu` 3UulIIWlClllV' 45 Guns, 1;, , Say, _strang.er, V Wwherle. ` " %` f:7om?'_ Fox` `asked, dqqkin Vfih6' ` George `AI1en s-V coldf gray; eyes, i Arkanseaw,,- '-replied; `Geo rg'e,_ with a * drawl somewhat " aggravating; '**~ , -H'ow sw the frog _c1;op thgs year, was Fox's next questnog. ` 'KT4.`l- an nrnnr` ac nnn niiif` W'ih_,, ]{way with equ a1A racing-`.%J% W85 r_oxs next qucauug. r `~"`ITot as good as one could;.yvish,_ 3 replred George. Too mu5:h_ra1n tins [ year ,for f_rogs,_ and _sh1ftmg '. from ferret foot _to the other he pretended - _-_..-`l.2..._ .L:.. ..1..4.l.:..n `I\C- `-|; one 1001: ._to tile uulcr nu: plqtcliucu r to be searching {his clothing for his handkerchief, rbut _- right . here Jim Fox, who was taken off his guard for the moment by" George's` replies to his questions `and`by the laughter of those about hit.n,sexperi'enced the sur- prise of his life, for with a move- `ment as rapid as the` iuzgler s hand he straightened` himself no and be- fore Fox could realize what was hap- gening he had drawn from beneath is` long linen `ulster two Colt s .45 calibre revolvers and _with one quick movement had thrown them full down in the face of the desperado. in-1'_._.1_ -_.. -.. _;`~.. ..-.. .. .I....,I *uu`:vn 11; um: Ldcc u1 `ugc ucapyzuuu. > . Hands up, or you are a dead man 1 and.this-= time there was no dravsal, but rather. a quick, stern` com- man . . ` .I`I_.__!_.._ `-14.... LL` `nnnia A: l!'dllU. ' 'Geprg'e s back being -to the eoun-V` .ter, he of course had Fox and `all of his friendslin front of him and where he could see the slightest movement of any band in the crowd. um-.. ...-..n..........n ....:.a 1.... H1 .....' {U1 G11, IIGIIU III lIIC' VLUVVLI Now,-gent1e_m`en, said he, .I am here to arrest this man. I don t want to hurt a hair of his head. but I mean business. so just keep quiet. Don t move a hand if you value his. _life, for if a word is spoken` or a hand moved before I get out of this house I- ll shoots him -down without mercy, and then I'll kill just as many more of{ou as `I possibly can. In. Drug; , ntso-\6:1ucAr' Inn manu. - . J . . Jlancing `along the barrels of George's revolvers I and into the stern, commanding eyes of the man who held them Fox threw up his ha t_1ds.. ` .._...u'.(,a \a|th1) `A `LA 1-unused- U1 UH GD L Iullllly LG y u. ow, Mr. Fox, continued he, addressing his prisoner, lower. that` left hand of yours and unbuckle that belt and, mind you, no monkey busi- ness either. Now. step back, please, be continued, as the belt with its; load of cartridges and its two heavy `Colt revolvers came rattling to` the oor. 1,,,`,_' ,1. -9 1-9, ' ` Then replacing one of his own'pis- ftols in its holster at his, side and, holding the other full cocked _and pointed straight at the face of- the now thoroughly cowed desperado, he Eteooed forward. and, reaching down, picked up the fallen` belt, then.back- mg ut of the door and keeping his pris er well between himself and `the crowd, he marched him to the hitching rack where Fox s horse as well as his ovgn stood. ' ',,I-; I`_,__.',- VVCII G3 IIID IJVVII. DL\J\l_\-|w 3 Some time during the night George arrived with his prisoner, who . the next morning was turned over to the civil authorities and placed for the U1 G Jllo _. l About II o'clock at .l11Q'hlZ a .few evenings l:\t1er he rode silently across the river a d away` to other exciting! scenes, but the capture of Jim Fox by George Allen was remembered by many besides the little band of rang- ers who followed McNelly_ and Hall away back in the '70s in southwest- ern Texas. I '59 ' 5 ' ` "3 ' " '-'- " '51ie}Z"r2{ :':?'iF;?s;Ec}3%s"'S':i{SiI- : I5anking'busines.. Saks, nqtes ll b qashgd opgtgkgg :9_ coIlctiqn;=- ' - 'vEspRA COUNCIL. The Council-elect, viz., Jos. Cald- well, Reeve, Charles F. Wattie, De- puty. Reeve, Charles Harris, Alex. Wilson and Alex. Finlay, Council-ll` lots. were all present at the Town Hall-on Monday, Jan. Ioth. led their declarations of office and of property qualication and took their seats. the Reeve in the chair. _ _ j_ | 'l`L.' :-n__,9,, * ` v- .....-v\. Q: vnon a. way A nI1\.\..} :.\Ccvc ul tut Ullalf. The `following communications `were read: F. E. Coultcr, secretary Single Tax Association, re signing petition to amend assessment act. so that municipalities could assess build-" ings and improvements at a lower Irate, than land; Douglas Davidson, re aid for Sick _Children s Hospital, Toronto; J. S. Robertson. re` aid for I.Muskoka Free Hospital for Con-` lsumpt~ives;' Municipal World, re sub-| lscribing. ' 'l'`1... c..u-...:._... ..---.-..L- _L-_- 'ptinting__ for: the current year. III3 usnu, Q3aUU- . _ Finlay--WiIson --- That the Clerk! ask the Barrie papers for tenders for` 1::..`|.`.u- :1np\.q A... Tkn I-`:4 Dan-pa nsed: John Wattie, wood for hall, lA`rthur Prince, refund statute, lglfigr a .. `$s;oo.;`4d's. iddleton,sV,ri`bad across Oblllllllsa . The following accounts were `pas- $5.oo; Thos. Pattenden, ditching Con. 8," 43.06; Thos. Pattenden. ditching! Con. 8, $Io.oo;i M. H'asket, gravel! Con.,9, opp. `Lot 15, $12.00; Geo; Cas-` ton, work on N. Townline (Vespra s share)_.l $25.00; Douglas Davidson,] hospitalfor sickchildren, $5.00; I. S.` Robertson, Muskoka free hospital for consur'nptives,.=$5.0o; H._ H.. Otton, ballot box and padlock. $2.15; A. B. Coutts, municipal election expenses,| $79.65;eFred_ Priest, putting, in cul- vert on Con; 9, side road 5 and 6, $5; ` Municipal nW:'orld, `supplies, $16.54;) tax (on j~p atl_1mast_er s certic $1.50: Royal_.:V1ctoria- Hospital. vgrgnt. [ $25.00;; ` .Mn_mcipal` World, SIX-.COD1eS, -hisffa' .7`$s.oo:L , .. 2 V - 1:-:-..1;;_' ur:1..'.;..r -.'~l`I...l. 4.1.- pr-14-1, [)1 unuug; IUI- Luc saullcul. y\.a.1 -- ~Finlav-.-Wilson -- That tlie Reeve and the.fC1crk Sign -the single -tax pe- "titi`ontand forward same. ,,`I__`, ___A_ _---_.I __;__,._ 19.- -, A by-law was. passed appointing` Andrew Quinlan and John Young. auditors for 1910. George Young a member of.tf1e.loca1~__~ Board of Hnealthf. for the ensuing` thrice 7vears. f and\.Dr. -,V..'vIT-Iart .hea1th_. cmceg for. I910. :u'I~1.-`t'*......... :| ...a:......_...1 .. -...--.'=. _;.w ,_._ `_,__ r./,`.J -_---vs Muicfpfgllri; leciion V 5 supplies, 1'g:qli`gtorL ~;g9;1I,:i:'aitsff1s;;ssmaeng.: 1-_: a`r1ls:,f n_o_tj- _ L e,sc:=' $38497 , V ll-GI lo II\nIlIulIv UIIIBVI, I`-II. -I91`): : "The Council adjourned to, imeyef. on l ; .Feb.,1st:;at I_o_a.m;. .- V _ L ._ i % 9 ;_`;.g'?"B`-. Clerk, I ` Amag 'r:ain.%. `ve fJa3Sel% `Dev.-_R`eve_5 I9 _f 5.099135; [`iGraham.; = John: M3f1Ya`{J3'."Q5.:{3C?3fbtf C9.?1i11f, -.,"l`|l'. -:' T-t;.1'r._.;-,._9 4'. -~ F v. -_-v cvv-scqvuunvosu |\vI`Iu|ll _ - _-_..`. .-J` `, __` In \n_ A"V '\.l1\IQ.IC\aI!_I\I I Of- A TVThf*i11Wi8`*}:aounis% Were;:pas`- . in .8. }a.- Q. wanna. ma: A aid-iipCatg.l;$l:0`,000,000V Gexienl I, *ed: the f `gi 1`a1x:ation ` frequirjdv `by law-.<-:. [11 .._ A .1". oi: 'c'I.' ?M"embers;e1ect% madand .-uIis`crib-;" l =r;t*t;1;gti`ng .offI:`i:>'sE __.;.for``` 1910- A - hisidj inf-'E1mva1eJa n. trot` ;. ..f V L V ~ ` _ 2 ECONOMY `n: RYNOTE `(Continued from Page Th-ree.) 17136111) A narvxrnvr . F1-os co_tn{c_1_L;; ..The origin of the Texas rangersis described in the last article written` by Frank `Beaumont, adjutant-se cr`e'-i tary of the Texas Rangers `Associa- tion. This is an organization of the very few survivors of that once not- Jable band of "men, the original Rough Riders. Mr. Beaumont was endeav- oring to collect the personal remin- iscences of the survivors when he `died suddenly at his homein Dam, and his last manuscript told of the V with 5a former rebel captain," as he calls him, as the leader. Their rst big work_ was the arrest of Jim Fox, a desperado who had killed many men in Texas and Mexico and was only one of hundreds of men of the same class whom the Rangers later A hunted down,-Capt. Beaumont s story I formation of the Texas Rangers,` follows : '1`I.- _-._;.2-..1.... A.I..,....q : Tic-n Wnv`c