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stouffville december 4th 1924 christmas yarns kerchiefs cloves qix- also a special clear at reduced pri watts the west eui shop early tare weeks- croat to day is christinas baker bros expect to- start ice making at the rink this week the weather has been quite favorable the past few days what next we read the other day of an invention whereby the hand that rocks the tradie is a new electric motor device in the home of the rich which the inventors hope soon to put on an attachment to sing the lullabys the sale of graham bros farm and beautiful home at claremont advertised for friday ot last week is postponed for a couple of weeks the property consists ot 70 acres and a twenty roomed house with aate root the mansion hou3e hotel property is again vacant the latest tenant having moved tack to toronto last week the shed and barns have since been leased by fred mowder who will run a boarding stable for horses and also provide shed ac commodation for those on shorter visits one of the largest crowds tor some weeks was in town saturday and local stores report an extra long busy day advertising is the life of trade and since the recent spurt on behalf of the business places in town there is bound to be custom attrac ted from a greater distance leslie kowbotham has purchased the six acres of land and barn be longing to wm bruels of hamilton located south of the town and ad joining the fark property the house on this property was recently destroyed by fire and mr bruels has since received the insurance amounting to 1000 the tenant mr davis who lost some furniture oxpects about 400 insurance to cover his loss farm implements three or four teamster wagons bargain tractor cultivator riding secondhand cook stoves arid heaters will be sold cheap for luick sale cash or credit h herman phone 190s stouflrule immt fnjrt the methorfis hold a bazaar o cles homema in the rooms saturday attern 330 to c oclock jand will jeous artic- aud candy tore on 6th from halt the pro- eeeds will goto the star santa claus fund everybody welcome persian trimmings priced reast t with sable i 2 large rooms good as new f electric 3irs tribune office i end servicjt the sixth line school 11 have their concert and bristmas tree on thursday decmh come and have a good tlatr victor stover of the 10th conces sion south of mongolia has pur chased the a w ifrniy family resi dence in mount joy for 2500 the happy helpers class at bloom- iagton s s will holdxlieir annual bazaar at the hpmeot mrs john cleaver stouffvill opening at half pasl two onsaturday dec 13 concert to be held deceiiibffl7th at dixons hill school program of dialogues recitatlyf songs and drills silver eimeclion at the door turners grocry snaps are here again this week you read the dis play adv a rpth heat and parkinson east quality this is the month to have your in trying to make a living it is astonishing how many overlook the simple process of goin to work select your christmas greeting cards now while the assortment is largest we keep them until christ mas if you desire the tribune swift brosgarag is installing one at the latest designs of bowser visible gasolinefank so that pur chasers will yr future have the gas measured pur before their eyes do you know the renfrew cream separators cant be beaten they are guaranteed to give service of the best kind dont buy until you have looked over this macliine the price is specially attractive too so that it does not pay to bother with a worn- out separator geo j lawson phone 182 the west end grocer stouffville mr ieo cook brother of the late wm cook who died so suddenly was a visitor here last week he has been living in moose jaw and left for northern ontario the day before the great tragedy and consequently could not be located in order to acquaint him with the news of his brothers death porters fancy goods store come into our parlor and see our display ot christmas toys christmas greeting cards christmas decorations bells birds lanterns etc we have just received our christ mas packages moirs come early and make your choice we will put away for you ix our grocery dept we have a full line everything that is required for your christmas baking below are sonje of our spscials for week end raisins seeded or seedless2 pkgs for 23c finest filliatra currants new stock 2 ibsxfor j sc peel lemon or orange per lb 2ic valencia raisins very fiice per lb i5c new dates hallowai ppr lb oc smvrna figs per lb v 13c try our bulk teas we have three nice blends ask for sample we know you will like it and come for more our mountain blend coffee can t be beat we grind it while you wait per lb 00c porters phonb 198 at the auditorium theatre on saturday evening dap 6th thre will be presented the jititers devil by wes barry comedy fea ture by charley chantitledjust a minute usuarprices municipal nominations will be held on monday dec 29th this will give the municipal orators in stouffville whitchurch uxbridge and markham townships two weeks to prepare their speeches the muni cipal business year ends on dec 15 elections will be held on monday january 5th womens institute the regular meeting will be held t the home of mrs h j malloy on wednesday dec 10th at 230 icl8ek note the change of date program report of the conventionvmusic members are requested to be present owing to some important business everbody welcome in sending along his renewal sub scription w r adams now of woodstock n b wishes the tri bune every success mr adams who for a number of years was manager of the local branch of the bank of nova scotia is still inter ested in the old town of course mrs adams was a stouffville girl in the days when she was miss lila todd all who are interested in the work of the school fair are invited to attend a meeting in the council chamber on friday evening dec 5th at 8 pm mr rogers agricul tural representative is expected to be present markham township council on monday last paid 1000 a an in- terium account on the provincial audit of the township clerks books which is now being carried a the audit may not be completed before the january election reserve tuesday evening dec16 for the school concert in ratcliffs hall a christmas cantata will be presented by the public school pupils also drills and a minstrel show a shpry play entitled spreading the jxews will be given by the continuation school pupils other attractions will be pyramid building by the boys and music by the school orchestra the printers devil the big feature film has been secured for the auditorium theatre this coming sat urday night it is termed a classic of the screen in addition a comedy picture will be shown just a min ute regular prices s c schmidt prop the adjourned inquest on the death of miss elizabeth alleynewho was killed by a gasoline jigger on the cnr at gormley two weeks ago was held by coroner cj devins in aurora town hall on tuesday night the jury returned a verdict of accidental death attaching no blame to the driver ot the car the ladies of the maple leaf club ufwo will hold a pound social at the home of mrs ralph bruels ringwood on friday dec 12th a box of clothing is being sent to needy ones in toronto and aycontribu- tions for samp willvije thankfully received by tle committee a good program is bingprovided including radio selections ladies provide j admission a pound of any kind ot groceries all invited mrs camp bell mrs bruels we have a large stock of different grade shingles on hand our prices will bear inspection also save your coal pile by putting on storm sash and doors we can supply you promptly stouffville planing mill stouffer and schell phone 194 the choice of canadas champs canadian hockey experts recommend automobile skates because theyre lighter swifter and stronger than any other skate nickel steel blades hold their edge light aluminium tops help to eat up space scientifically designed for speedy starts and sudden stops automobile skates are the choice of men who need the best hockey sticks skate straps shooting time let us fix you with ammunition and game traps pick out your new pair of driving or working mitts from our big assort ment silvester bros the death is announced from to ronto of margaret ann sheffield widow of the late louis yake a former resident of this place inter ment took place to the stouffville cemetery on wednesday afternoon of this week and was attended by a number of mourners from toronto including a daughter of the de ceased mrs mccann this family will be remembered by many of our residents of a few years ago messrs emniersop and isaac sheffield of western canada who were visiting in this locality this summer are brothers to the deceased lady hundreds of thousands of pounds of butter made at the stouffville creamery finds its way into the homes of this province annually and some toronto stores have a real demand for it the following letter has been received by the local firm j and we print it to indicate what outsiders think ot the product from the local firm it is from dr e flaith of 127 lauder avenue tor onto will you please inform me where in toronto i can secure your butter regularly we have up to the pre sent purchased it rft the dominion stores but they do not seem to be able to keep it in stock in fact sometimes for 2 or 3 weeks at a time i have been unable to get it at all there is no other creamery butter that appeals to us like yours and i should be very much pleased if you can tell me where we can get it every week under the school act there will be three retiring school trustees from the local boara this year and those whose tem wjll expire are dr d c smith chairman f c rowbotham and truman holden the term of wilinot brown j as a cemetery commissioner also expires we have heajpi of no new names mentioned for these offices yet but there may be a- contest this year for these or the members of council as a vote will have to be taken in any event on the bylaw submitted in this issue to give muston sons a fixed assessment on their green houses the cedar grove saw planing and chopping mill on the loth con markham justnorth ofthe scarboro townllne were totallydestroyed by fire early saturdaymorning the mills wore owned by d n reesor and operated by the newly formed firm of d n- reesor sons who also operate tle markham flour mills in markham village the fire was first seep by a member of dn reesors family a few minutes after five oclockin the morning and then the roof boards were beginning to fall in and the fire must have been burning for an hour previous absol utely nothing was saved the loss will exceed 10000 on which there was an insurance of 3 boo how the fire originated is a mystery the cedar grove mills were originally built by james milroy and by him sold to john reesor the present owner and have been in the reesor family for over one hundred years though not the first mills built in markham township they were the oldest in operation sun councillor abner baker of whit church township who recently re turned from a seven weeks trip to saskatchewan and alberta is of the opinion that ontario farmers would soon all be in the hands of the bailiff if they tilled the soil here as scantily as they do in the western provinces some day they will have to do different out there or ultimate doom will be the lot of many of course mr baker says there are good farmers in the west but the general run do not prepare the soil for a big crop mr baker spent eonsiderable of his time at the home of his daughter mrs e r nash at consul sask where his soninlaw ownes three sections of land mrs nash went west some few years ago to teach school and made a good success of it but ijir nash a prosperous amer ican farmer intervened and thus the school profession was abandon ed the nashs have 75 horses and 160 head of cattle their lands being mostly usedfor ranching consul is 150 miles southwest of moose jaw and some eighty miles from leth- bridge mr baker took a trip south into the state of montana at harve a city of 80000 people many of whom are engaged in coal mining at regina he was greeted by frank and rev james jordan the former a carpenter who has many barns in whitchurch standing as a monument to his craftsmanship both these former citizens are enjoying life and were anxious to hear of things and people in the east after a stop in calgary councillor baker struck for medicine hat where he met mrabel culyer a onetime merchant at bethesda he is now engaged in a bank is enjoying health and looked it mr baker also visited rev harry ellis who at one time dispen sed the gospel from the church at ringwood the west have recog nized his true ability and he is now chief magistrate of medicine hat a position to which he was appointed last july our traveller here had the opportunity of visiting some of the big industrial plants including the ogllvie flour mills he was im pressed by the way these firms get their power which is all produced by natural gas from moose jaw robt lemon sent greetings and from regina frank jordan the jordans wished to be remembered by all the old friends back home in fact this was the strict injunction given mrbaker everywhere he met former residents rrom whitchurch township at sintaluta mr baker v saw walter allan and then proceeded to wool- sely where he went west to visit messrs isaac and clark lemon simultaneous with his arrival at clarks place the stork paid a visit and left a fine baby boy mrs lemon mother of isaac and clark is living with her sons and although quite aged is still active as usual her husband the late james lemon was buried at lemonville wherever mr baker met former citizens all were keen to hear news from the old home and in every case he was wel comed in a very cordial and pleas ing way saskatchewan crops on the whole were a failure but in alberta crops were good only half the grain is threshed and in many cases the sheaths stood in shocks covered wtb snow hens and pullets laying kfeip fulopep laying mash in front of your hens all the time plenty of grit oyster schel and fresh water feed your hens grain once- a day we have a full line of feeds on hand we sell the quaker flour which you will see advertised in this issue the turnip contest is still on stiver b r o s phone 4501 we are still backing up our claim that snowflake is the beat and most uniform pastry flour on the mavjtet once tried always used for sale at all leading grocers stop and get our prices on bian shorty oil cake distillers grains molasses poultry feeds etc- we can save you money highest prices paid for wheat and oats markham flour mills d n reesor sons markham cedar grove locust hill cherrywood the west end shoe store for high grade footwear its what you save that makes you rich and if you are alive to your own interest you will find you save money by trading with us other people do why not you our stock is large and we can give you agood fit we have new and uptodate shoes made by the best makers in canada and we sell close stand behind everything we sell withour guarantee when you pur chase good lines from us you are sure to get service and satisfaction ir a e weldon stouffville ontario superior store grocery bargains deep cuts grocery prices this week new mixed nuts per lb 20c fancy glace cherries 29c j laundry soap 5 bars- only 29c sperior corn starch 2 for 19c bulk soap chips 2 lbs 25c shredded wheat 2 for 25c white beans 4 lbs- 25c superior store tea per lb 63a cocoa per lb pkg 15c cocoa bulk 3 lbs for 25c cresco 27c- kraft cheese lb 35c for a limited time only we can offer free a cake of palm- olive soap with a purchase of princess soap flakes superior corn flakes 3 pkgs 27c j l turner prop we recommend stouffville bread phone orders to 909 we dellvor ringwood garage battery repairs automopiie repairs radio is the first amusement that comes more easily to farmers than city people- we have a good line of radio sets also all kinds of radio batteries batteries aerial and lead wire have us demonstrate a radio at your home with the approach of cold weather dont for get your car battery often a small repair at the beginning of the cold season will save a large bill later on phone 167 2