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r rtbtttie vol xxxv no 44 stouffville ontario thursday december 20 1j23 christmas gifts worth while she them at the market drug store we have added several new lines to the usual heavy assortment we carry at this time ot the year in fact the list is too large to enumerate so come in and see them whether you purchase or not we will be pleased to show them to you store open kvenlngs during the holiday season market drug store g collard druggist btouffvillb ontario lively interest- in watch contest yonge i charles sts toronto winter term opens jan 2nd is noted for high grade training some ot the salaries ottered this year were 75 to 100 a month and up to 1500 1600 2000 and 25o0 write for catalogue knter any time w j elliott principal t h and sarah ratcliff graduate chiropractors albert st stouffville othce hours mornings 9 to 12 tuesday thursday and saturday evenings 7 to 830 pm other hours by appointment phone 6304 if a clock will run eight days without winding how long will it run if wound was a question once asked from a jewelers window hut the question asked in jeweler yakes window next the mansion house last week was how long will this watch run with once winding it ran exactly 30 hours 1 2 minutes and 41 seconds over three hundred gesses were made anl strangely enough over ninetylive per cent of the answers guessed too many hours the winning guess was mrs geo cooks being 30 hours 10 minutes and 30 seconds second mrs w willbee mount albert 30 hours 10 minutes and 23 seconds 3rd mrs garfield oldham 30 hours 10 min utes and 10 seconds thirtyfive others guessed the correct hours only joseph greenfield must have thought the walch operated on a clock spring for his guess was the widest of the mark it read 192 hours and not a minute more jeweler yake presented mrscook with the watch and there was no strings on the contest it was clean and fair and was put on as an ad vertising proposition mr everton smith and the pub lisher of the tribune opened the answers and declared the winner for mr yake on saturday evening big haul made at cann1ngt0n council concludes years business asset ihrouh stouvville under heavy guard j the final meeting of stouffville j municipal council for 1923 was t oi- held on saturday evening it beim on tuesday afternoon last week 1 statu da set f councils license inspector c a mason ot j personal notes irtrk777t7yvv7 greetings christmas marks the mile stones in the progress of life the spans between the years bring their cares their sorrows and burdens the hallow e od anniversary calls the world together in a bond of joyrul hope may happiness be the lot of every tribune subscriber and correspondent in the years to come a v nolan publisher anne lehman a t cm teacher of piano studio over lehmans shoe store monarch corticelm wools special uses for christmas gifts mrs ml watts phone 818 cut flowers and ferns wedding bouquets and funeral designs muston sons stouffville phone 7001 our selection of beautiful boxed chocolates aloirs is an to see just the thing for curistmas gifts we also have them in bulk h porter padget may run markham towbship will now have two jfleputyreeves r at the council board and as representatives to county council instead of one in creased population lias earned the right to the second deputy ft is re ported that warden george padget the present reeve will be a candi date for office again this january and also that deputyreeve gohn will also be a candidate for first deputyreeve which ollice he is likely to receive without opposition so far as present talk goes there will be a contest by two of the present coun cillors for the office of second de puty reeve new faces are bound to appear on the council or mark- ham for the year 1924 oshawa accompanied oy inspector a i e sarvis or the ota enforce ment department of toronto made a big seizure of beer at canuington including in the seizure which was afterwards sent to toronto tor analysis was 16 barrels of beer the seizure was the result of several reports that had been tent into the ota department in toronto to the effect that strong beer was being openly sold over the bar in can- nington when the officers arrived in can- nington on tuesday atternoon the first stop was made at the canidian national freight slied where 10 bar rels of beer was found ready for de livery the barrels which bore the label of okeefe brewing company of toronto were addressed to the queens hotel canninglon they were immediately seized leaving the freight sheds the ora- cers journed to the qusens hotel operated by j h robinson and seized 6 barrels of deer which they found in tlie cellar although no arrests were made at the time of the seizure the outcome of the gov ernment analysis will have a large bearing on whether the hotel keeper will be charged with a breach of the ota or not the seized beer wis shipped to toronto late friday afternoon pass ing t hrough stouffville under heavy guard although no ono her real ized what was going on no doubt the guard was put on to make a safe journey through uxnridge town the outcome was that j h and harry robinson of the queens hotel were charged before police magis trate hamilton at oxbridge with selling and having for sale beer stronger than the law allowed both pleaded guilty and they werj fined 200 and costs the minimum amount we understand the okeefe brewing company will be charged with a breach of tire ota hold a final meeting although an rirths timbers on deceniber 15th 1923 to mr and mrs frank timbers 9th con markham a son ix memoriam mitchell in loving memory of w j mitchell who departed this life on dec 17th 1922 not now but in the coming years it may be in the better land well read the meaning of our tears and then sometime well understand well catch the broken threads again and finish what we here began heaven will the mysteries explain and then ah then well understand wife son and daughter businesste sold an important real estate transac tion tookplacehere this ween when the well known stand of w h todds carriage works was sold by him to noah baker mrbaker and his sons jack and clayton will re model the building to the form of an uptodate garage they will install a modern lining station with overhead canopy and rrovision jfill be made to run cars through ttie building to parking space atthe rear when remodell ing is completed the baker jplan to have a garage that will not be sur passed in any of the larger centres the sale of this building recalls the fact that it was the centre or one of the towns most flourishing busi nesses at one time mr todd pur chased the land and a blacksmitmng business thereon from isaac bond- way and abrrm lehman the latter running a woodworking shop in the spring of 1895 he immediately built the present brick carriage shop and therein manufactured the well- known todd buggy for many years in the present deal mr todd re serves the ollice used by himself to the west side of the shop which is situate on a separate lot although the two buildings adjoin swifts bros garage which now does business in the place hold a lease of the building until june 1924 and will continue to do business until further announcement adjourned meeting may be held between that date and dec 31 to complete old business no new mat ter may be undertaken the main business transacted was the passing of accounts and increas ing the clerks salary by 175 per annum mr urquhart the veteran clerk introduced the salary matter he explained the voluminous work con nected with the new hydro his pre sent salary 850 included otttce rent and at present the hydro department was charged with only 125 of his salary the remainder was charge able to water works and other de partments the ireeve corroborated mr urnu- harts remarks respecting the in creased work this year and favored an increase mr silversides enquired about the last increase and was informed that 100 was added to the salary last sittng councillors all spoke favor able of the increase which was carried unanimously on motion of messrs beebe and scott mr silver- sides voted yes and air lee was not present at the meeting mr urquhart is a painstaking official guarding at all times the towns rights as deligently as one would guard his present interests the financial statement for the year was presented and copies ordered printed for the ratepayers to peruse the matter of building a sidewalk from eddavies to the foundry on the lane running north and south again came up councillor beebe evidently thought it would make a nice christmas box for messrs dan cook and isaac barkey the two residents who would benefit by the walk being put down mr beebe had a motion drawn up authorizing a walk to be put down but it never got a seconder dan cook was present and said mr lennox advised him that nothing was in the way of council putting down the walk and collecting 2 yearly from dr freel reeve morden said he couldnt see how council could collect the money and he betieved it the interested parties went about the matter to get a proper petition their purpose wffidnot he detested councillors scott and silversides regretted- they coiild do nothing without a proper petition and they hold the one presented is not legal so ihe matter came to a close council adjourned sine die which is the latin term meaning withotrt a day being appointed for the simple reason that their term of office has expired some will die municipally of their own volition because they are tired of municipal life others will let the public act as executioners and others perhaps all may return for the council of 1924 water works j ne work 00 general e wurm bailiff j on f steckley taxes whitchurch on reservoir 13 44 inland revenue meter inip 32 40 n mclean sanitary 15 so hydro account c nendick work on system 4 4 00 g lawson rep ladder 11 20 lome martin co supplies 5 81 w swift cartage 7 3u northern klcctrlc supplies 71 38 street lamps to dec 31 iss 75 meter co transfunifer changing meters 00 to 25 cyci etc 580 4f send in the names ot your christ mas visitors to the tribune wes boauway has joined the stall i of the standard bank here mrs alex scoft and anna spent a few days visiting in toronto last week mr and mrs joseph park west end are- on a visit o their daughter in the states hear the christmas cantata sun day night at 730 in the methodist church to be given by the choir russell hunt of iiethesda who had undergone a very serious opera tion in toronto general hospital is we are pleased to report getting along well mr and mrs walter brillinger miss wldeman miss sangster and dr sangster were in newmarket wednesday night attending the ban quet tendered to rt hon alacken- mongolja j g and allan wideman had a trip to the city on saturday mrs john hoover jspeni saiuraay at eli hoovers on tno am line mr ana mrs c bunker and little dorothy visited with air and airs n bunker at altoua on sunday mr and mrs k g tarr uuis clay ton visited with mr and alls n tarr on sunday mr and buadmnzvvd cmtwyp m airs j betz and children visited with airs tarr on tuesday zi king by the newmarket board ner sdent sunday witn ernest jones of trade it was expected that the premier would speak on the imperial conference alfred york or the oth con ux- bridge township about 5 miles south uxbridge town was burned to death on tuesday morning in his home his wife died six weeks ago and the aged man had since lived alone mr roherts prophesies an interested audience assembled in the auditorium last thursday night to hear mr clifford roberts a travelling representee of the in ternational bible students associa tion discuss the subject a new world begun the speaker said that the present distress of nations with perplexity was a fulfillment of prophecy mark ing the end of the old world and the beginning of a new world a new era of prosperity for all when the desire of all nations would be found matt 24 3 the remedy for the present unrest mr roberts declared was messiahs kingdom for which all christians had been praying thy kingdom come under which all the families of the earth would be blessed as promised to abraham in thee and in thy seed shall all the families ot the earth be blessed gen 2218 the speaker pointed out that the true church constituted the seed of abraham according to the words of the apostle in gal 3 29 and would have the honor of reigning with christ for a thousand years and blessing all the families of tho earth by raising them from their graves and teaching them how to keep gods laws and thus obtain joy and glad ness while sorrow and signing would flee away rev 20 6 the world war the return of the jews to palestine recent earth quakes and the marvellous inven tions of our day were all pointed to by the speaker as fulfillment of vari ous prophecies and indications or proximity of the kingdom wherein it would he true that millions then liv ing would never die gormley mr and airs jas connor visited at jas farmers un sunday the auction sale of wood lots of john ash came on well mr and mrs wesley sider of to ronto spent sunday at asa aiders the revival meetings held at th8 tunkard church nave proven u great success miss arleile roscnburger is spend ing a couple of weeks with her sister airs ernest hoover dan byer is spending a few weeks in toronto beiug caned on jury alvin farmer and aliss rhea gid- dayiton coleman and aliss olive rosenburger of kitcukner spent the week end at ernes hoovers business cards legal mccullough button barristers solicitors omm vevances c hlttoni bixkjk stotffvllli j money to loan dental dr d c smith dentist fctouffvllle honor graduate ot chicago ut4 toronto ubiverallji and the toya collage of dental bntgv i office ever shawi store phone office 1011 resldeae 11 no outside appointment e s barker ldj9dds dentist stouffville honor graduate of royal college ot dental surgeons and ot the univer sity of toronto v office in grubins block phone 8201 markham every tuesday office ovor geo crosbys store flash lights and kodaks at the market drag store healthy children joy ot the home if yours i are ailing have an analysis made to determine if some ot the vertebrae of their spines are pressing upon the nerve conduits chiro practic adjustments will restore them to normal activity a friday 9t012am iatstouffvilleonti musselmans lake scene of holdup armed with revolver demand womais monoy with the churches church op christ west end sunday dec 23rd 1015 bible study 11 amtpublic worship alex al stewart drss ball physician and surgeon office cor obrien ard maim phone 100 veterinary r g law v s b v sc graduate university of toronto ringwood phone 6014 about 93 night as airs ing to her ho at shadow la ike on tuesday was return- iton camp confronted at a point rs cottage which is a icular a uterrtf chrisima careful ni carelreq by two bold- about opposite jjti ata aiusselmairs ls rather lonely spot at this part season of thofyear the one individual grabbed the horses head whil the other accos ted airs alorriot who was alone in tho buggy have you any money he demanded airs merrlot assured him she had but a few coppers and after satisfying himself as to the truth of her statement he allowed her to pass on both wouldbe rob bers wore heavy masks and the one at the buggy which did the talking held a revolver ready for iictlon they were each wearing long coats and were apparently not foreigners judging by the one fellows good english airs alerriot hurried home and the authorities notified but after searching the locality no clue was found it is believed by some that the perpetrators of this act are not living at any great distance from here dont fall to see rags to riches at the movies on saturday night this week all the latest magazines bdwy dtp sure baptist rev w w fleischer pastor sunday dec 23rd 10 am sunday school 11 am church service 7 pm church service the pastor will preach at both ser vices kypu 1110 unc is cillclloci for iilx monday -light- methodist sunday dec 23rd the shepherd s from the judean hills the wise men from arar gathered around the manager cradle in hetlileliem to worship jesus the new born king vou are most cordially invited to attend our christmas services sun day dec 23 at 11 am and 730 p 111 christmas cantata by the choir please note change or time wednesday prayer service methodist christmas tree and entertainment friday dec 21st in the auditorium admission 25c children 10c mevnoxite church christmas sunday dec 23rd stouffville 10 am sunday school 11 am preaching service by pastor 7 pm preaching by lpipher altona 1030 union sunday school 7 pm the christmas servtce of this hour conducted by the pastor w m mcgulr6 will mark the closing of a four weeks evangelis tic campaign grandma and grandpa mother and father with the girls and boys are all invited come youngj come old come one come all for unto you is born this day in the city of- david a saviour which 1b christ the lord the folks whoso appetite and digestion hnvebecome acquain ted with our bread say its great its the three-times-a- day food that hits their palato just right our bread is a fit companion for tho finest meal ambrose stover we deliver to jsurhome wishing you one and all a merry christmas and happy and prosperour new year see me and see better adam r yake optometrist watchmaker and jeweler two doors west of railroad track phone is 8touffvillb