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stouffville deceaiber 25th 1924 the hours of the old year are numbered the candle bun3 at both ends and in its lingering light we like to think of things that money cannot buy your friendship and and good will- in all the world there is nothing greater than friendship in business nothing better ihan a friend to rejoice with you in prosperity and to stand by you in adversity nothing finer than the friead who is for you jfhen you are right and refuses to desert you even when yu are wrong during the closing year we hav not counted our gains wholly in dollars and cents measured by the high standard of aith and confi dence and loyalty your friendship and good will have constituted our proudest possession and as thechristmos season comes again we wish our old friends add the new and all those whose friendship we would deserve un measured happiness with the hope that through all the highways and ebyways of the new year you may find succes ax every turning very sincerely yours ratcliff co the tribune is published thursday afternoon 1brms 200 a year in adranc a v nolan publisher stouffville ont compliment t season one bright spot on the calendar is the 25th of december christmas day when we all by common consent enter into the spirit of rejoicing at the approachof another christmas we pay you our compliments with sincere wish that you may enjoy a full share of the many good things it yields and that the year 1925 will prove another rung for you in the ladder of prosperity and success edit com one thing this cold weather has done is to banish the bathing girl from the picture page of the toron to daily star and the american magaznes last week a fiery cross was burned in collingwood and the in cident is put down to the work of boys determined to have a joke on the public evidently boys bent on this sort of amusement do not all live in stouirville lets have a good attendance at ratclilts hall on monday night next for the nomination meeting ask clerk john urquhart for a copy of the financial statement and per use it so that you will know some thing about your own municipal business 62s blanche slack s25 edna hoover 62 etoile helmkay 60 grace nicely 577 george lawson 574 earl grubin 565 harry whits 53 stanlev rose 54 francis judd 53 jessie walls 50 nora tarr 498 eldene lewis 49 marjory stewart 45 lloyd hoover 356 jean dows- well 35 yvonne hodgins 15 x beautiful calendar free st glehm footw car of merit m hone4301 special reduction on fine polo cloth 50 wide only 125 yard and regularly priced at 200 homespun at 100 yard blue serge 300 yard our stock of boots and shoes are greatly reduced in price call and see the bargains mufflers the newest scotch wool silk or crepe- from 100 up 4foot hardwood for sale all maple j l little west end stouffvill1 goal cement salt tile and flour coaij select lump steam coal- lehigh valley stove chestnut and pea sizes solway coke cement canada brand salt 60 lb 100 lb- 200 lb- sacks and bbls flour and feed bran shorts manitoba oats oil cake five crown flour for bread jubilee for pastry tile 8 inch 4 inch and 6 inch on hand highest prices paid for alsike and grain of all kinds telephones office 169 residence 171 isnt this the truth what is most essential in democracy is an electorate that will consider every question from the standpoint of citi zenship rather than partizanshlp what is wanted as some better sys tem for securing the brand of repre sentatives down in halifax a novel way is being taken to have taxes paid it is proposed that all who are in ar rears in tax payments and who possess automobiles b prohibited from using them in the city until their taxes are paid up it is also proposed that the names of all tax payers in arrears bi published w m if it is not the business of the minister of customs to interfere with the expo- of liquor to the usa the government ought to see about it canada cannot afford to insist on the right to export contraband goods to her neighbors good neigh bors are worth vastly more than all the distillers aim brewers of the dominion and the revenue collected from exported liquor subscribers to the family herald and weekly star of montreal have been advised that they will receive free of charge a beautiful calendar for 1926 with a most attractive pic ture in colors entitled the sale of old dobbin when one considers that the subscription price of this big 72 page family and farm jour nal is only 200 per year one is amazed by the value received but with a beautiful picture calendar thrown 4n the value is indeed super lative bylaw no a bylaw providing for a fixed assessment for the lands buildings and equipment of walter muston sons uxbridge tp- council 51th smith a twnca tp and engineers itrfario rroylng munieipa- werage drainage ksseerlng stouffvtixe markets this christmas morning we wish you all a merry and happy day the ivjupie leaf dairy jh oimtot prop phone 8t08 stoaarllhj loyal orange lodge no 1020 regular meetings fredas at 8 p n on or before full moon stouffville ont stouffville lodqe the council met at goodwood on dec 15th for their final meeting this year members all present reeve w g cassie in the chair communications from depart ment of public highways forms for filling in the different expenditures on our township roads for year 1924 in order to qualify for the 20 sub sidy on same the school attendance officers report for nov was received and on motion of messrs glaspell and lewis was adopted the annual report of the board of health and alsothe report of the medical officer of health was re ceived and on motfion of imesslrs glaspell and lee was adopted the annual report of the board of health and the report of the medical officer of health were re ceived and placed on file the following accounts wero or dered- to be paid i hare underbrushing con 13 75 jas sharrard drawing culvt 2 50 postage 2 50 k wallace gravel sandy h 3 15 ajdecarle printing cards 5 00 houderkirk on div 07 38 00 isaac meyers snow on div 4 3 00 geo brown walk in gooddl 00 t lewis 5 sheep killed 5 sheep worried by dogs 100 00 j forsyth one sheep killed 17 00 geo mcdowell work div 56 14 25 j slack valuing sheep 2 00 warbuckle work div 00 46 00 abdon shell gravel div 60 9 75 h carrol gravel div 16 mrs chipne gravel div 32 w foster filling washout j norton wiire fence con 4 t lewis killing dog at sheep 3 00 tj feren wire fence con 2 6 40 h while gravel div is 7 99 s bacongravelling con 3 106 25 a mcdonald gravel div 18 16 35 edgar storey grading div 12 17 60 ewilson lumber work 7 51 aepiabley making road 5 40 2 10 1 20 1 50 8 00 continuation school report in meet every monday etenlnt at 8 oclock in the oddfellows hall visiting brethera welcome henry slack w r sanders n grand rsoc m talt financial secretary average marks for fall term the stouffville school form i helen rowbotham 84 robert norris 81 fred clendennlng 76 isabel booth 75 marion stouffer 74 james vanzant 737 reta nice ly 73 annie barnes 71 marvin lemon 707 edna stouffer 705 geo lawsou 6s gladys doughertv 673 opal doten 671 marlon wil liams 661 roy hill 658 reg button 657 mildred foote 647 kathleen vanzant 63 carl davis 62 elsie watson 61 floyd spence 606 gweii ferguson 602 hazel boyd 59 marion ratcliff 5ss nor man ramer 686 alice lehman 58 donald storry 53 roy smith 441 allan gray 42 rcna haro 37 alex ratcliff 37 missed some exams form ii ivy saunders 86 laura warder 81 elleanore white 71 winston booth 69 evelyn reesor 67 waller foote 66 frank yake 64 doris sinclair608 v stjohn 604 veda sibley 601 annie knight 58 oort boyd 57 aetta rockier 568 olive tumor 567 th storry 55 evelyn palslev 54 denhmlte hodgins 53 gertrude marlon si margaret simpson 50 form 11148 laura hill 47 susie pike 86 ja mackav 88 enna helse 78 warbollard 83 harry baker 72 earl cuoyle 73 71 jean lamb 65 vernon grs at one lunch provided for those dorothy lawson 63 maxfne bakl from a distance f wsilvorsldea whereas walter muston sons have been and are carrying on business as florists at the said vil lage of stouirville and are the own ers of the south west ten acres of lot number 35 in the ninth con cession of the township of markham in the county of york now in the village of stouffville and further known as lot lettered m on the municipal map of the said village of stouffville and have erected thereon in addition to a dwelling house a iarge green house and power and heating plant and propose to erect further and other plant and equipment and have requested the corporation of the village of stouff ville to agree to and to fix the assessment of the said lands build ings plant and equipment now or hereafter upon the said lands for a period of five years and whereas it appears expe dient to accede to the said request and to fix the assessment of the said lands buildings plant and equip ment of the said firm for the said period therefore the municipal council of the corporation of the village of stouffville enacts as follows 1 that the annual assessment of the above mentioned lands includ ing the business assessment together with the buildings plant and equip ment now or hereafter constructed erected or used upon or in connec tion therewith shall be and the same is hereby fixed at the sum of five thousand dollars 500000 for the years 1925 to 1929 both inclusive and save as aforesaid the said lands buildings plant and equip ment from time to time situate upon the said lands within the said muni cipal corporation of the village of stouffville shall be and he same are hereby exempted during the year3 1925 to 1929 both inclusive from all municipal assessment and taxation of any and every kind whatsoever beyond the amount to be ascertain ed in each year by application of the yearly rates levied by the muni cipal corporation aforesaid for all purposes in each year to the said fixed assessment 2 the assessor of the said munici pal corporation of the said village of stouffville is hereby authorized and required to so make his assess ment and returns as to conform to the provisions of this bylaw 3 nothing in this bylaw con tained shall apply to or effect taxa tion for school purposes and local improvements 4 this 3ylaw shall come into force and effect from and after the passing thereof after the same has received the assent of the electors of the said municlpa corporation of the village of stouffville read a first and second time in open council on the day of 1924 reeve clerk notice the above is a true copy of a pro posed bylaw and in the case of the assent of the electors being obtained thereto it will be taken into con sideration by the council after the expiration of one month from the jate of the first publication being he 11th day of december 1924 the votes of the electors of the said village of stouffville will be taken thereon at the annual elec tion on january 5th 1925 that on the 3rd day of january 1925 the reeve will attend at the clerks office at 130 oclock in the afternoon to appoint persons to at tend at the polling places and at the final summing up of the votes by the clerk respectively on behalf of the persons interested in and de sirous of promoting or opposing the passing of tho said proposed bylaw that the clerk of the said munici pality shall attend at the council chamber at one oclock in the after noon on ho 6th day of january 1925 to sum up the number of votes given for and against the said pro posed bylaw and to declare the re sult thereof- john urquhart clerk of stouffville corporation oao i o jii et xobzoc auction sale tuesday dec 30th at lot 30 con- 3 whitchurch registered shorthorn and grade cattle hor ses pigs etc belonging to leslie j harper will be sold on the farm of geo drcwcry opposite bogantown school no reserve as mr harpers buildings are burned 10 montns credit sale rsufd f n smith auctioneers w h shaw 30s30 a d o a b 9 tt is with great pleasure that our staff and myself again have the joy of wishing you a merry christmas and a happy new year and more prosperity during the year 925 than you have had in the past w h sham i 1 1 1 i e o q o a d o o a o o s d o o q o a q o a 0 o o a a u o o d o w h shaw o a q i v phonk 12 stouffvillb store remains open tuesday thursday and saturday evenings d a xoe30e ioboc 30qoi f t hill co limited successors to todd cook highest prices paid for alsike red clover timothy alfalfa and sweet clover bags supplied if desired office phone 1401 house 189 l e todd managing director