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stouffville december 25th 1924 merry christmas to all new vears qlarket in stouffvllle i will be held on monday dec 29th send or telephone the tribune the names of your holiday visitors from a distance among the members of the mark- ham presbyterian church a petition been circulated asking the sion for a vote on church union he vote will be taken on dec 29 wanted a couple of school boys as boarders apply tribune office there is prospect for a candy factory in markham according to last weeks economist and an op tion on the old christian church property has been secured both the skating and curling rinks were opened on saturday at the skating rink the kiddies enjoyed a spin in the afternoon while the older ones participated in the sport more freely in the evening the methodist sunday school held christmas tree and supper on fri- lay evening last for which there jas no charge but a freewill offer ing taken to defray the indebted ness of tjie school amounted to i as we go to press we learn of the ath of daniel sherrick an aged jad well known resident of beth- lesdawho died on tuesday night in his nb4th year interment at dixon hill femetery on friday service at the ghurch on arrival of the funeral having the house at 130 pm w8i1 any of our subscribers who ive a copy of the tribune of dec th which they do not require jindly hand the same in to the fffice of this paper as one or two of oursubscribers are very anxious to receive an extra of that date our copies which were reserved for sale i have all been disposed of i the sale of wood lots at lot 8 i concession 1 uxbridge about two i miles from stouffville on monday i afternoon last drew a good crowd of determined bidders the bush which is one of the few remaining good ones in this section realized extra large prices in quarter acre j lots averaging 200 or more per i acre many who went to buy came away disappointed because prices went so high but we didnt hear any i such complaint from william petch the owner dont spoil the christmas i cake with cheap fruits that are being offered come to the quality shop where prices are lowest compared with quality choice fresh currants raisins peels lemons oranges nuts etc thresh fish and head lettuce every week we wish one and all a merry christmas geo j lawson if mrs j- grice who resides one door east of baptist church lives till saturday of this week and she is bright and happy this christmas day she hi celebrate her 86th birthday mrs grice lived for many years on the 9th concession of mark- ham but has been a resident of stouffville for the past six years fox farming is steadily growing in popularity in this section two more farmers having branched into the business this week they are wm reesor of altona and lloyd moyer of dixon hill the former has purchased two pairs of silver grev black foxes and the latter one pair from j s mcmuilen ot tor onto the animals are from prize winning stock raised in prince ed ward island where fox farming supersedes any other branch of the industry iast week the north york plow mens association received a nice christmas box in the form of a cheque for 50 from the provincial government who are assisting all properly formed plowing associations in the province in a similar way the local association now have a cash balance of about 100 and no liabilities this will be a nice start for next years plowing match which the boys say they will make the big- est in the province outside the pro vincial match the financial statement for the corporation of stouffville will be in the clerks hands on friday and any citizen who wishes a copy may get one by going to the clerks office the statement shows substantial cash balances in most departments and this is very gratifying in view of the fact that each department lias endeavored to gather in all out standing accounts against the muni cipality it is possible that the tax rate may be slightly reduced next year the will of the late james bryson johnson of markham township who died on august 2nd leaving an estate valued at 21799 bequeathed his dwelling together with an annu ity of 600 a year and s3s9915 in cash and securities to his wife to each of his sons w p johnson and r r johnson there is left a farm in markham township the johnson home is about two miles south of stouffville on hie 9th con cession cutters and sleighs the auditorium theatre will be closed until further notice s g schmidt owing to new years day coming on thursday the tribune will be printed on wednesday night and we w h todd has donated two prizes for the ixmspeil to e played at stouffville curling rink this win ter the bonspeil is scheduled to be played before the interrinks games commence lost a purse containing money somewhere on 9th con of mark ham j mi blair phone markham 4626 p the property on church street be longing to the estate of the late margaret mcdonald which was ad vertised for sale by tender in these columns two weeks ago was not dis posed of by the imperial trust co of toronto administrator of the estate ask our advertisers to hand in their change of copy on monday send names of your christmas visitors in by monday or tuesday next week as the tribune goes to press earlier than usual owing to thursday being new years day daiid russell has sold his farm at lot j 5 con 7 pickering to a mr hill of toronto the farm compri ses about 114 acres has excellent buildings and the price which in cludes the live stock and imple ments was 17000 mr russell has leased a house in markham vil lage where he is now located the big auction sale at harmon jones farm just south of stouffville on tuesday drew a large crowd of people the sale opened at 1045 by auctioneer silversides would have continued until about 5 oclock had not some of the cows and mach inery been withdraw from sale as it was the sale totalled 3200 while the threshing machine some- imple ments and about twelve cows adver tised were not offered milch cows sold up to 110 and the fordson tractor brought 430 the farm was not offered by auction on thursday last the tribune had a call from mr c cayman of al- msra who is only slowly recovering from a long siege of illness in hi3 more active days mr cayman was looked upon as one of the most powerful men in markham town ship his huge frame carried with it tremendous strengtli and he was capable of accomplishing almost twice the work of an average man although some of the alertness has gone out of his body mr gaymau still carries that placid countenance marknhe ifa ssst xs s tltofozrofzeloiroz t not a good day for farmer te famiis of this section r read a tons of poultry changed hands some old man winter appears to have j buyers did not get what they requir- come along at last when on satur- ed chickens sold up to 29cpound day night the thermometer took a geese from 20 to 23 according to real nose dive and before sunday i quality and turkeys brought rsc morning had reached 14 below zero in stouffville it moderated some what before church goers ventured forth but again on sunday night it registers i several degrees below there good sleighing while a number jf cars are also on the roads the extreme weather caught a num ber of car owners unprepared and those whose batteries were not well charged found they had frozen up severe weather is reported from the western provinces and in northern ontario last sundaythe melville congrega tion of the presbyterian church com menced to take a vote on the church union question the procedure fol lowed in taking the vote is much the same as that of a municipal or provincial election there being an pound mrs n tarr of mongolia brought in what was perhaps the largest turkey weighing 20 pounds and at the market price realized as much money as a small pig would bring eggs were scarce and sold at 70c dozen butter brought 36 to 38c some merchants report one of the best business days in years porters guessing contest closed tuesday night and t l fawcett of the standard bank staff may now be styled as the modern authority on pumpkins mr fawcett guessed there were 607 seeds in the rig pumpkin and he was lust one short there being 60s he has been pre sented with the big basket of choco lates by mr porter as a mark of his prowess on sizing up the interior of pumpkin heads the lowest guess the phone 182 west end grocer i have a full stock of sleighs cutters robes and blankets and bells of all kinds at reasonable prices come early they are going fast note we have a good overland used truck for sale w h tood as the ties of friendship are strengthen ej at this holiday season so may our business relations grow in mutual accord and con fidence stouffville planing mill stouffer and schell phone 194 2 ratepayers should interest them selves in the bylaw to be voted on january 5th to give imustbn sons nurserymen a fixed assessment of 5000 for a period of five years at the present time the plant is asses sed for 5500 so that the company are not asking for any material re duction and we believe that a favor able vote being recorded will work to the advantage of stouffville as it will induce the firm to enlarge and extend their plant to greater pro portions the fixed assessment asked for does not in any way affect the local improvement and school taxes so that it is after all a very modest demand let stouff ville encourage the few industries now in our midst and perhaps others will be influenced to locate here no do3t the councillors and reeve will king the matter before the rate payers at the nomination meeting next monday evening mrs davey mrs hamilton and mrs malloy counted the seeds while anxious guessers waited the result official ballot box and election offi- 2s t cers onduty at stated times during ot the an interval of two weeks as an h g06 j election is said to be as uncertain green t g bl as a horse race we wont say any- e i zz oi thing of the probable result of this si- ballot rev r young of stouffville z22i is pastor of the melville congrega tion we understand the vote will be taken in the stouffville church early in the new year for the daring robbery at the hogg lytle seed warehouse in port perry on october 10th when the manager james lucas had 11650 in bonds stolen from his cash box charles lang of toronto a paroled man was last week sen tenced at whitby to three years in kingston penitentiary since then one other arrest has been made in toronto in connection with the crime the prisoner is andrew sinclair who was arrested bv the toronto and whitby constables of the bonds stolen from james lucas all but a few hundred dollars worth were registered some days after the crime he was invited by letter to come into an open field near whitby and told that if he brought 3000 the bonds would be turned over to him he was not to communicate with the police at the risk of losing the bonds because lucas took an officer to the field with him the rob bers turned and fled and a thrill ing chase took place from whitby to the kennedy road near toronto many shots were fired in the flight a couple of which took effect in the thieves car which later was aban doned subsequently mr lucas re ceived the registered bonds through the mail but about 650 in unreg istered bonds are still missing may we wish at this joyous season a very merry christmas to all and may we further be permitted to extend our sincere thanks to those who have so generously bought from us in the year now closing to these good friends old and new and to those whom it will be our privilege to serve in the future extend best wishes for a happy and prosperous new year silvester bros in order to stimulate more inter est among the young people in the school sections comprising the stouff ville school fair area very liberal prizes have been arranged for the 1925 fair three prizes will be given for colts draught type of 3 2 and 1 for first second and thvd for draught colt one year old similar prizes are offered cattle will be shown in four classesbeef calf pure bred or grade best female over year old dairy calf pure bred or grade best female over one year in each of these four classes the prizes will be 3 2 and 1 similar prizes to the above are to be given for best spring lamb of any breed and for best breeding ewe over one year old liberal prizes for poultry have been arranged and it is anticipated that the additional attractive prize list will result in a big show of live stock j in memoriam in loving memory of our dear mother mrs samuel strong who passed away on dec 20th 1923 her dear loved voice is silent we have kissed her marble brow and in our aching hearts we know we have no mother now family at the present time it is hard to say whether an election will be held in stouffvillejon january 5th for reeve and councillors reeve dough erty is likely to stand for reelection while others mentioned for the posi tion are f w silvester and amos lehman should mr silvoster step forward there may be an entirely new council to elect dr dales is retiring after one year at the board while f w silversides says he 13 not likely to be a candidate also e a lunau is retiring thus there would be vacancies in the council for each of the four sejits new names mentioned on the street are walter brllllnger jos borinskyand h w sanders it looks as though thera were more positions than candidate but after nomination night the situ ation may change mr geo dows- well is being frequently mentioned for the school board and would make a capable man dr smith and tru man holdea have not decided so far to stand for reelection to this board bue mr rowbotham has announced himself as a probable candidate paisley in loving memory of our dear baby william herbert he was only a little white rose bud a sweet little flower from birth just a year has rssed away when he was the sunshine ot our homa a treasure to us again to cheer us for a little while now gone to bioom in heaven sadly missed by daddy mother and sisters baker bros stouffville extend to the general public the old- old wish a very merry christ mas and prosperous new year- w invite you to see our christmas display of car at our garage during holiday week greetings with many a kindly thought and all good wishes for christmas and the new year stiverbrosfe phone 4501 we wish you all a merry christmas and a happy and prosperous new year markham flour mills d ni reesor sons marjcham locust hill cherrywood weldons shoe store sends out the old old wish a merry christmas to all a e weldon proprietor the superior store quality and service 7z wish you all the sea sons joyous christmas time happy new year to all f j l turner prop phone us your order we deliver 909 ringwood garagel battery repairs autom0b rfepairs batteries t jfoi the foolish little christmas gifts why not vsay it with batteries we have in stock all kinds tn from the small flash light and radio to the 2rgest car battery any of them make an ideal christmas gift there are many other things in our stock that would make a suitable gift for the friend who drives a car also you will find a gift of this discription will be much appre- ciated phone 167 um0- m