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vol xxxii no 51 s1guffville ontario thursday february 15 1923 business cards legal mccullough button barristers solicitors con veyances c buttons block stouffville money to loan dental dk d c smith dentist stouffvlue honor graduate of chicago and toronito university ana the royal college of dental surgeons office over shaws store phone office 1011 residence 1015 no outside appointments dr e s barker lls dds dentist stouffville honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and of the univer sity of toronto office hours 9 to 12 am 2 to 5 pm office in grubins block pone 3201 for all calls markham every tuesday office over geo crosbys store dr s s ball physician and surgeon office cor obrien and main phone 100 t h and sarah ratcliff graduate chiropractors albert st stouffville office hours mornings 9 to 12 tuesday thursday and saturday evenings 7 to s30 pm other hours by appointment phone 5304 stouffville lodge no 384 meets every monday evening at 8 oclock in the oddfellows hall visiting brethren welcomo clayton baker w r sanders n o secretary m tail financial secretary yonge and charles sts toronto choose a high salaried future the way to avoid the road to disappointment and failure is to get a sound training in our school if interested write to day for our catalogue enter any time w j elliott principal boadways drug store stouffville furnished wrong imformation chiropractor i church st syouffvjklel play the game of life with health and vigor re member that chlropratic has discovered that the secret of physical well be ing lies in spinal perfec tion an adjustment is painless following the resolution introduc ed by deputyreeve morgan bakt of whitchurch at the opening of the york county council three weeks ago demanding an investigation into the activities of the york county highway commission especially with reference to the cost of building the sutton to sharon roadway a re solution approving of the commis sions action in the matter was adopted deputyreeve baker in his recital of charges against the highway commission specifically mentioned the names of reeve keith of newmarket and engineer junes but the resolution as introduced and adopted friday dealt only in general with the charges preferred deputyreeve edwards of mimico complimented air baker for his ac tion in trying to get information and said that mr baker was justi fied the disposition seemed to behow- ever to condone any irregularities in respect to information supplied by the engineer it was admitted that correct information had not been supplied to mr baker a differ ence of 4000 being found the resolution adopted friday was as follows that our york county good roads commissioners have a very responsible position and in our mind they have given the very best that is in thorn city to take in schools the report of the education com mittee which had been awnited with interest was not very enlightening and failed to solve in any way the problem of the high tax rate which prevails throughout the county a resolution submitted by w jgard- house that the whole matter be re ferred to the legislative committee was voted down as was another that w h keith moved warden padget said that a sug gestion had come from the depart ment of education that the county schools bordering on the city would be taken in and education provided at the same rate as obtained in the city the following grants were made royal winter fair 1000 t j spalding raised from 175 to 250 ontario good roads commission 25 canadian good roads 10 to rohto and york good roads com mission 150000 for construction and 1s000 for maintenance child rens aid society 5000 institute for the blind 500 north ontario relief committee 5000 and dis trict representative to suelph 00 the toronto and york highways commission report was adopted as follows roads and bridges for 1923 5s93074s equipment 10369 road and bridge maintenance 59- 769 grand total 65953gll council on friday adjourned after what is believed to be the longest continuous session ever held in the county at this session of the year the representation is growing due to the incorporation of new towns and the fact that some of the mun icipalities have now larger repre sentation than some years ago council stands adjourned until the june session 8000 worth of damage when old town hall is burned the clang clang clangf of the fire bell brought citizen hastily from their homei at 915 oclock on fridav night towitness one of the most spectaculr fires in the history of the town and the most disastrous since the burning of the old public school buildingn 1916 the rst6atarm was given by a citizen mrs cockerill who when passing along main street noticed smoke at the south of the old town hall building going further to investigate she saw a small blaze under the hallat the rear and gave the alarm at h j malloys house to the south of the hall mr malloy and ira anderson in another part of the dwelling rushed for the fire hall sounded the alarm and immed iately returned to the place of the fire however in that space of four or five minutes smoke envelo ped the great- frame structure to such an extent that it could not be penetrated an effort to liberate two horses and a pony in the under neath part of the building was un successful and the animals were smothered in the dense smoke like wise in the upper portion of the building saunders shoe repair shop was also consumed in smoke and later by the blaze the prompt action of the fire brigade soon had four streams playing on the great blaze and their heroic efforts to save adjacent buildings were suc cessful in fact it was a marvel how the frame buildings surround ing were denied to the flames reeve w e mordens house within six feet of the fire was so deluged with water that its only damage was from smoke and scorching of exterior wood work the veranda in the rear was burned however on the east side a great fight was made to save the fine brick block of ratcliffs repeatedly it took fire but was quickly extinguished by one of the two streams on that side the hall another bunch of firemen did good work on the nosel at the south of the hall and in the intense heat they stood and fought to a finish thereby saving the houses and barns in that section great burning embers hurled them selves skyward and alighted long distances from the main conflagra tion fortunately every roof was laden with snow otherwise many fires would have been started only a moderate wind blew from the north and that was mighty lucky had it been from any other direc- tionwhole sections of the town would have been imperiled morden lownsboroughs flour and feed store right up against the hall was quickly demolished but not before its contents were remov ed the big hall and the flour and feed building belonging to levi hoover who purchased the place at a very moderate price some years agonow lie low in the ruins the lower i pal of the building was rented to george watson as a stable while a portion of the upper floor was leased by geosaunders for his shoe repairing stand the government also had a considerable supply of rifles and red coats all obselete stored in the place and these were destroyed the origin of the fire is a puzzle ten minutes before it was noticed passersby saw nothing in the way of either fire or smoke yet in that space of time it had broken out the belief is that a cigar or cigarette stub had been thrown down and caught in the straw at the rear of thestable the reflection of the fire was quite plainly seen at aurora and union- ville fire loses are reported else where on this page the fire removes another of the old familiar landsmarks which are connected so intjmately with the towns earlier days the hall was built by a native of stouffville rj- daley now an immigration officer at winnipeg in the year 1885 it served as market building public hall skating and curling rink sev eral of our present citizens recall working on the erection of the struc ture of late years it had grown into disuse and was regarded as a fire bug in the centre of the town now that it is down many whose properties were threatened give a sigh of relief mr hookers insur ance was 600 in the mennonite aid union the massey harris agent n langtree had just vacated a portion of the building recently and took a stand to the south of the hall the hydro bylaws death of david duncan the funeral of david duncan a well known resident of unionville was held on monday of last week mr duncan who was 76 years of age has been ill for only two weeks suffering from pneumonia he was a native of markham township and the eldest son of the late alexander duncan he is survived by his widow two daughters mrs r l stiver and mrsjohn hood of union ville and alexander an only son residing in alberta the other mem bers of the family are four brothers peter of german mills alexander of victoria square thomas of don and robert of toronto and four sisters mrs geo f kelly and mrs win leathers of buttonville mrs c n hagerman of hagerman and hannah of don church notes mexxonitb come to sunday school at 10 am 11 am and 7 pm preaching services pastor in charge of iho morning and local helper in the evening church of christ sunday feb isth bible class at 1030 am f worship and preaching 1100 am subject spiritual quali ties of a successful church fred sommer of toronto preacher elsewhere in this issue appears the enabling bylaw and the money bylaw to be voted on on monday march 5th to procure hydro electric light and power for stouffville while the money bylaw calls for 11000 it is not expected that this amount of money will be expended by the council in a bylaw of this nature t is however always the part of wisdom to provide plenty of money to cover unforseen ex penditurer but if the full lamount is not required it will not be raised this money will be used solely for rebuilding our electric light system within the corporation the country line from the west town limits to yonge street will be constructed and paid for by the hydro electric power commission the cortimis- sion issue their bonds and meet the payments out of the 70 per hp which we are to pay them for power in connection with the expenditure within the corporation arrange ments will probably be made to pay for the work from a special account in the bank then when the actual expenditure is learned debentures will be issued as provided for in the bylawi the amount may run bet ween 5000 and 7000 if a few bees are held many citizens are willing to give their services free to dig necessary post holes etc for it is realized thattho less i money wa spend the cheaper will be the lights operations would commence as soon as the frost is out t union prayer meeting the annual united prayer ser vice of the women of the various churches will be held in the bap tist church on friday afternoon of this week at 3 oclock all women are invited to attend this service the fire losses the losses sustained by friday i nights blaze are estimated herein 1 and in most cases are fully covered by insurance ratcliffs block 1500 00 saunders shoe repairs 1000 00 geo watson horses rigs etcsoo 00 reeve morden house 300 00 wh shaw plate glass 300 00 ratcliffs grocery stock 250 00 n laugtrees implet shop 100 00 h porter windows 5000 n e smith glass 50 00 mrs forsyth glass 7 50 personal notes j r miller returned on monday to brooklin n y miss ada mccarty entertained at bridge on friday of last week dr smith is at his office again after an illness of several days from influenza mrs nelson smith is spending a short time with her daughter mrs lott of milton we are pleased to see mr darius clendenning on the street again after his long illness last thursday mr and mrs n forsyth left to visit her sister mrs rev lee of parry sound miss gertrude crossen of toronto spent a couple of days with her par ents mr and mrs wm crossen mrs leonard burgess sister-in- law of harry burgess of this town died in toronto on saturday from pneumonia mr robt vague of markham is now a permanent citizen of stouff- villehaving got located in his house recently purchased from f w sil- versides additional locale your chance tojgetvnew wicker furniture at yourwn price at sh swedloves salefeby 17th the local orange lodge have is sued invitations to a euchre party to be held this friday evening dont fail to see mrs deacon spriggs at the wamenstiiberalclub concert in ratcjfftshall on friday feby 23rd atsoelock proceeds in aid of northern fire sufferers lost their baby on monday this week death re moved the baby boy harold jacob the oneyearold son of mr and mrs j d reesor 10th con whit church bronchial pneumonia was the sickness and although the little one was a big strong baby he soon faded away those who have lost an infant are never as it were with out an infant child their own child ren grow up to manhood but this one alone is rendered an immortal child death hath arrested it and blessed it into an eternal immage of youth and innocence a little sister florence may is left to the grief burdened parents rev wm mcguire of the mennonite church conducted the funeral service the hugh frame of joseph hoover one of the big men in markhtfm township will be a familiar figure on stouffville streets no njore he total 4357 50 add to this the loss of the hall at a fair valuation of 2500 and 5d0 for the flour and feed shop brings the total loss to 735750 having died on sunday feby 11th the funeral was held on tuesday to the wideman cemetery sth con markham deceaed was a man of powerful physique and was widely known he was yi his 59th year and had been somewhat broken in spirits since thepassing ofhis wife a few montlsago a family of 4 sons and 3 daughters survive messrs jacob tilffian harvey and rert also rena and ada married and miss mary at home the deceased was a faithful member of the men nonite body petitioning the premier a petition is in circulation pray ing the hon member for north york in the parliament of canada to use his good offices in securing a new post office building for this town exreeve lehman has the petition in his store and citizens who are fav orably disposed to the matter are requested to call and sign same the dept of the interior has just announced that they will at once build a monument on the historic site of fort moncton near port el gin n b to bear record of a his toric event while we realize the government should not spend money only in urgent oases surely a post office where one is needed has a prior craim to a useless monument in a remote part of the dominion avaxted for murder how to invest x7hen you have saved enough money with which v to buy a canadian government or municipal bond consult this bank and obtain free information as to the particular offering best suited to your needs standard service gives impartial investment intelli gence gladly on request i the standard bank or canada total assets over eightythree millions stouffville branch a c burkholder manager mrs jnraymer a former settler of cedar grove died in london ont- at the age of s2 years she located at cedar grove in 1s60 lewis austin appeared- before judge winslow in new york last week and an order given for extra dition to canada on the charge of being implicated in the mount for est and stouffville bank robberies just after the judge made the order sherriff hancock of eldorado ark provided a sensation by presenting a requisition warrant for the arrest of austin on the charge of muraer the judge however decided that tho canadian government was to have the first opportunity of trying the accused sheriff hancock tfien an nounced that he would proceed to washington to demand that austin be turned over to him when aus tin was arrested at new york on dec 29 ho had in his possession 6700 war bonds alledged to have been stolen from the royal bank at mount forest vestry meeting bronchial coughs are hardest to shake but we have a remedy that soothes the irritation and like the breath of pines heals the in- j flamed membranes nyal pinol expectorant is particularly valuable in the relief of bronchitis coughs and colds pleasant to take but promptly effective in ac tion price 80c sold only at market drug store geocollard druggist stouffville ontario cut flowers and ferns wedding bouquets and funeral designs mustons sons stouffville phone 7001 supreme s bread goodness a loaf of good bread con tains all the elements that guarantee health vigor and a satisfied appetite stovers bread its made from allpure materials which assure you a loaf of superlative goodness ask your grocer ambrose stover we deliver to yunr home j auction sale the old stouffville market an old wooden structure which is now in ruins as a result of the big fire the regular ahnual vestry meet ing of christ church anglican wns held in the church on wednesday evening last week tho rector rev mr nind presiding there was a good attendance and the reports for tho past year from the different branches of the church were read mr f w silvester read the wardens report which showed debts assessments and all calls had been fully met collections subscrip tions and attendance had increased and a snug surplus to be carried over to 1923 the womans auxili ary also showed a very satisfactory and successful years work and carrying over a surplus to 1923 tho sunday school and the chancel guild both showed a most successful year both of which also carried over a surplus the rev mr nind gave a lengthy report of his work in tho parish during the year this is the most encouraging year the church has had for many years the follow ing officers were elected for 1923 f w silvester rectors warden a s leancy peoples warden s j footc lay delegato to synod to be sold at the residency of s hl swedlove opposite presbyterian church mainxstreet on saturday vebruarjy 17th dining room suitenwilhata and mary design jacobeam finisli consisting of btiffet extension table five chairs and arm cpalr all in good condition mahogany dressei and stand mahogany chiffonlere iron bed and springs secretary and book case cut om mhrble top table sideboard golden oak ten kitchen chairs quebec heater four coal oil lamps xvrlnger good as now eight cloths baskets new chest of drawers ai yards linoleum two flower stands jardiniere stand baby carriage wash tub and board 7 willow rockers all nev 2 reed rockofrs 5 willow broad avm chairs newv cupboard refrigerator iron swirfg crosscut saw and bucksaw sot scales 1200 lbs cap clothes cupboard and other articles terms cash sale at one oclock f w silversides auctioneer good health cannot be retained if you eat poor meat tho animals we select for our butchering trade aro the choicest beasts uso tho telephone wo deliver to all parts of tho town fresh and cured meats fresh homemado sausage now on hand try them h leadbetter phone 0701