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vol xxxvi no 21 stouffville ontario thursday july 23rd 1925 nylotis almond cream tax rate 30 mills the council of the municipality of stouffville met in special session on friday evening to strike the tax rate indispensible in every hoe this for m5 and the fact tnat tne rate exquisitely fragrant snowwhite cream brings perfect skin comfort to every member of the family for protecting the complexion from the attacks of wind and weather and keeping it always lear fresh and smooth use nylotls almond cream every day it keeps your hands soft and white and lovely in spite of housework it quickly soothes and heals chil- drens skin irritations men use nylotls almond cream after shaving to stop the sting and to heal the scrapes and cuts two sizes 50 and 35c j m storey chemist and druggist t h and sarah ratcliff graduate chiropractors albert st stouffville offlce hours mornings 9 to 12 tuesday thursday and saturday evenings 7 to 830 pm other noursdy appointment phone 5804 thomas blrkett general insurance broker established 1907 can he of bervice to you in all branches of insurance reason able rates fair settlement and prompt payment of losses sound and dependable com panies phone 182 offlce dawson block loyal orange lodge no 1020 i regular meetings friday at8pm on or before full moon stouffville ont is reduced bythree mills will be meet with general satisfaction by the rate payers bo 30 mills a remarkably low tax compared to the average town in ontario the uncontrollable rate such as school tax county tax and those things which make demands on coun cil backed by the law which com- pelles the council to ray whether they wish to or not amounts tp 27 mills which means that the town fathers only have three mills to spend on our streets special grants and other requirements of the vill age this is not enough to meet the running expenses but owing to a large cheque for back taxes and the sale of the old electric light plant we are able to get along with the re duced taxation this year the heaviest demand on the rate payers is the school taxes they a- mount to more tha- a third of the total taxation of 30 mills the gen eral school rate is 10 mills and the debenture school rate adds another 3 and 710th mills it costs 11000 annually to operate the big know ledge works up on the hill and the ratepayers of stouffville pay out of their pockets 57i5 or this amount markham township contributes 630 and whitchurch 591 while the re mainder is made up from grants financially stouffville is in splen did condition and the reeve and councillors are to be congratulated on being at the head of a munici pality that is in the solvent position of stouffville 4 days program delights hundreds on monday evening the dominion redpath chautauqua people com pleted their fourth annual visit to the rate for this year will jstoifsville and at the conclusion of v goodwood a c kennedy chiropractor church st stouffville monday wednesday and fridays 9 to 12 am i fall terms opens sept 1st cor yonge alexander sts toronto all graduates of last seventeen months have secured employ- ment as well as scores of others i catalogue free w j elliott principal use the telephone for that next meat order you will find our selection just what you would have picked out had you come to the store large variety of meats vege tables and canned goods h leadbetter butcher phono 0701 soouffvdfle drug boadway s stork stouffvtlle eat more fruit its cool and refreshing we carry a full line of highclass fruits and vegetables at very rea sonable prices try our store for picnic supplies our groceries please geo j lawson phone 182 the west end grocer stouffville gas on stomach made mrs cook nervous baptist raspberry feast next fri day night i edward witson is building the foundationfor his new house harold borinsky wears a broader smile than ever cause its a girl mr and mrs ross lee of new york are visiting his parents here r middleton and two friends mo tored to jacksons point on sunday miss maud faulkner is on a visit to her brother raulph in new york arthur james wife and family of toronto are visiting his mothermrs and wm whittleton the football match last thursday night resulted in a tie it being the hardest of the season mr legate and daughter zanua are on a motor trip for a couple of weeks visiting friends near cobourg last wednesday july loth hart- man baseball team came down to play our boys and went home de feated by 35 to 16 mr thos robertson wife and son of toronto and wm mcpherson of boston visited win and miss bella murison on sunday- the baptist pastor being on holi days the pulpit is occupied by mr dunning and special singers from toronto are on duty each sunday male quartette next sunday the next football game here will be on august 1st between clare- mont and goodwood this promises to be a good game as these teams are old rivals both are bound to win miss irene harper of goodwood mr mcman wife and family mr reesor wife and family of altona were on a motor and fishing trip last thursday to minden and re turned saturday evening with a good catch alfred fawcett wife and family of toronto are visiting her brother alfred thurlwell mrs fawcett has been searching for her brother for three years or since she came to this country all efforts failed until she tried the radio of the daily star broadcasting the inquiry which brought the desired results they had not heard of each other for fif- the program on that evening the big tent wiich had been pitched for four days on the park grounds was rolled up and shipped to a point near belleville leaving here on the g30 am trin next morning in order to bring chautauqua to stouffville forty of our citizens guar anteed the company that tickets would be sold to the amount of 750 and as this amount was not disposed of each grrntor will have to nut up about 250 in order to complete the contract while the program carried some weak spots there were several en tertainments of merit and those that delighted the audiences most were the two plays one on thursday and one saturday evening and the lec ture of hon frank church on canada at the cross roads in addition to this the performance on the closing evening was a treat to lovers of music as were the kiser sisters on friday just before coming into canada this year on the third week in july the chautauqua circuits in parts of michigan suffered severe loss through having part of their tent equipment destroyed by hurricane and this shortage gave cause for dissatisfaction to chautauqua fans quite a nunvher of young men se cured free admission on saturday evening by sneaking into the seats at the side of the tent which was not properly protected against this sort of person there is no question hut that chautauqua carries great education al advantages and for this reason wo are glad that enough public spirited men have been found who took a chance on a few dollars in order to give the community such entertain ment uxbridge tp- council the uxbridge township council met on saturday july 18th at goodwood members were all pre sent except mr lewis the reeve w g cassie presided a letter from the hon g howard ferguson minister of education was received directed to tlibse interested in education and also a copy of pro posed bill to establish township boards of trustees for rural schools the principal part of the days businesswas the passing of accounts when the following were ordered paid w chapman 54 yds gravel 8 washton 100 rds wire fence 20 uxbridge hardware co coal 4 w hill 42 rds wire fence s a blueman 100 rds fence 20 j thompson 1g yds gravel 2 j e wagg dragging 3 d norton dragging etc is mrsmiddleton caretakg hall 12 for years i had gas or the stom- ach and was nervous adlerlka has done more good than anything signed liela cook one spoonful adlerlka remoes gas and often brings surprising relief tb the stom ach stops that full bloated feeling dont wast time with pills or tab- lots but let adlerlka give your bowels a real cleansing bringing out mat ter you never thought was in your bystom j m stony druggist in memoriam in loving memory of oar dear nunt christina fisher who died july 15th 1924 this day brings back a memory of a loved one laid to rest and those who think of- her today are those who loved her best ever remembered by her nieces may and evea r quantz grading 57 s hardy cutting brush 45 j cooper 19s yds gravel 29 w symes grading etc 57 d elson 45 yds gravel 6 w dickinson widening road 74 j latcham grading etc 211 j w alsop 103 yds gravel 15 w crapper 55 yds gravel 8 25 j norton 407 yds gravel 0105 a r ward 108 ydrs gravel 16 w chapman 71 yds gravel 10 e storry filling washout 3 g kellington widening road 37 jwwiddifield 60 yds gravel 9 c manley 85 yds gravel 12 w ball gravelling road 57 w smalley grading road 58 r dowswell grading road 132 g hockley grading etc 919 t dowswell grading etc 468 r hope grading etc 127 w redshaw grading stl 14 mrs feaster is visiting mrsfrank gordon mrs r p coulsdn of toronto is holidaying at her brothers mr jos mertens mrfrank fowlie of dundas spent sunday with his sister mrs lew morden mrs dr herbert freel expects to leave friday on a trip to winni peg mr and mrs a s leaney have returned from their cottage at jack sons point v mr w a silvester is incapacita ted with a lame knee and is off duty as a result mr and mrs milton clark of omemee are visiting her parentsmr and mrs t w klinck mr and mrs a c burkholder are holidaying in muskoka at their cottage at port carling mrs frank gordon spent over the week end visiting friends in toronto burlington and hamilton mr and mrs baker of ann arbor mich were guests of mr and mrs elijah pennock last week misses nellie and hanna stiver are on their holidays visiting at their home in unionville i dr s s ball made a hurried trip to hanovjr on sunaay to see his father who has been in ill health mrs ea button and two children janet and john are on a trip to buffalo niagara and cleveland mrs robt woodcock andclifford of victoria street are spending a few weeks on the farm at cedar- valley mrs k ross davis is having a visit from her father and sister mr a j nicholson and miss nicholson miss alma baker jr recently passed the conservatory primary piano exams with honors con gratulations mrs harman hoover and daugh ter blanche have returned home after spending a few weeks at lake musselman mr and mrs rae clark of detroit spent sunday with mr and mrs leslie rowbotham and left monday enroute to belleville rev g e coulter and family left allandale on monday on a months holiday in new ontario travelling by auto and camping along the way district news the treasurer of pickering town- shp hugh donald pugh of white- vale was married last weekao miss nellie p meadows lady a toronto young 167000 was the returns to the government on the 3c impost on gasoline for the three weeks in may for june the returns are likely to reach a quarter of a million dollars in reply to an advertisement tor a public school teacher in orangeville wchopkins the secretary received 265 applications miss pearl peavoy orangeville received the appoint ment m ontario provincial police believe they have stopped a series of poul try theft which have roused the farmers of oshawa in the last few- weeks poultry to the value of 3000 have been stolen from various farm yards harvey cooms of brooklin was arrested charged with the spe cific theft of geese from t brock of east whitby jasvfarrell aged 6s a wellknown farmer of the second concession of egremont township was struck by lightning and instantly killed while returning from work in a field on his farm one and a half railessouth of holstein during a severe electrical storm three horses which he was driving at the time were all in stantly killed mr farrells body was found a short time later with the horses lying dead around him there were no marks on the vic tims body but the hair on the back ot r head was singed by the lightn ing the late mr farrell was a married man and leaves a wife and large grown up family business cards legal mccullough button barristers solicitors con- velances c buttons block stoupfvillb money to loan medical dr s s ball physician and surgeon office cor obrien and main phone j 00 dr herbert b freel physician and surgeon office standard bank building hours 8 to 12 atm except sunday 4 to 5 and 630 to 830 pm tuesday thursday and saturday phones offlce 16401 residence 10402 dental births borinsky in goodwood on july 15 1925 to mr and mrs harold bor insky a daughter vaughan at bloomington on july 20th 1925 to mr and mrs wal- lace vaughan a son darling at goodwood on july 17 1925 to mr and mrs ronald darling a daughter campbell at dixor hill on july 20 1925 co mr and mrs kenneth campbell a daughter n phair dragging 1 w redshaw dragging etc 62 s ball grading etc 76 t dowswell grading etc 118 s ball grading etc 145 w shier graveling road 16 d woodland 45 yds gravel 6 e lewis s6 yds gravel 12 j sheeny 5 yds gravel pedlar people culverts 483 freight and express 10 clerk securing copy of plan of glen major 2 on motion of messrs glaspell and lee council adjourned lo meet on august 15th when the tax rates will be atluck 23 75 50 00 75 90 75 33 27 00 hardware dealer to boy applicant for job i suppose you know the difference between a foot and a yard boy yea nir a yard is usually covered with grass and a foot with here mrs dirt i at altona mr and mrs m c barker and familyand miss eva hoover motored to barrie on sunday and spent the day with rev g e coulter and mrs coulter ted ratcliff and party of friends from toronto also the family of mr j h ratcliff have taken a couple of cottages at lake musselman for a month mr and mrs n reesor mrs w cowie and mrs albert reesor of locust hill and mrs darius clen- denning visited at mrs jos mer tens west end mr walter scott and sstersmisses nellie and aggie accompanied by mrs e meyers of barrie who had reached her 89th birthday last week motored here on sunday and spent the day with mrs d forsyth mr and mrs fred saunders of toronto motored to town on satur day and mrs saunders will spend the week with her parents mr and mrs joel nendick frank nendick end wife also spent sunday with his parents w j thomas and wife of toronto accompanied by their son harold and his wife ot flint mich also mr and mrs percy thomas and two daughters motored from detroit and visited with mr and mrs g r w thomas east end rev ae jones wife and daugh ter are visiting with mrs jones brother mr w h shaw rev mr jones is pastor of- victoria avenue united church in chatham and the party are on an extended motor trip in which they will reacn ottawa be fore returning home mr and mrs carter meldrum also miss eleanor meldrum and friend mrshuker of blrchcliffevislted with mr and mrs dawson davis on sun day also mrs arthur j hess and son victor returned to toronto after spending a week with mrs davis mrs c j kensett wishes the statement contradicted to the effect that she hadengaged as housekeeper for mr jacob take mrs kensett is merely here on a visit and being i mrs harman a crosby of ux bridge is dead she was a twin daughter of the late jos gould and mary jarvis and was for years pre sident of the wctu of ontario county surviving are two brothers jonathan of markham and harvey of uxbridge also two sisters mrs revcockburn of torontoand mrs dale of halesworth england two sons fred gould crosby of sacra mento cal and joseph gordon crosby victoria bc and five daugh ters mrs sam s sharpe uxbridge mrs stephen h green seattle wash mrs horace bascom whitby mrs ellsworth mcgrattan orillia and mrs ba stuart leamington england on a charge of arson arising out of the burning of two stacks of par tially threshed clover on a farm geo wray a pickering township farmer was on tuesday last committed for trial by magistrate clark of picker ing at a preliminary hearing ac cused elected through his counsel w e n sinclair to be tried by judge and jury crown attorney grierson of oshawa prosecuted the offence according to the informa tion laid against wray by one h l bowins of pickering is alleged to have been committed on may 27th when the stacks in question said to be worth 1500 were burned to the ground the stacks were in a fielcj on a farm owned by j r tuckett of which bowins was tenant in 1924 and wray this year the informa tion was laid early in july wray was allowed- out on bail of 1000 until the time of his trial thomas f mcmahon editor of the richmond hill liberal and clerk of the 3rd division court passed away last week mr mcmahon was born in whitchurch township and re ceived his education at aurora high school he taught school for some ten years most of the time as prin cipal of richmond hill public school resigning that position when he pur chased the liberal about forty years ago he was a strong liberal in politics took an active part in all moral reforms including the tem perance question and was a real worker for the community he was a trustee of the methodist church a mason a forester and a director of the richmontlhill agricultural so ciety he was twice married in 1ss7 to miss irene schmidt ot chatham who predeceased him 27 years ago by whom he had three children two of whom survive and in 1910 to miss helma wiley of richmond hill who survives wuhtwo children mrs ah rowe ot strathmore alta and mrs w h thomson of port credit and one brother john and one sister mrs levi richardsonboth of aurora his passing will be a j n dales lds dd s- dentist claremont honor graduate of royal collect of dental surgeons and of the university of toronto offlce over mr scotts store phone 1405 claremont dr d c smith f dentist stouffville honor graduate of chicago and to ronto university and the royal college of dental surgeons offlce over shaws store phone oflice 1011 residence 101 no outside appointments e7s barker lds dds dentist stouffville v honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and of the university of toronto office in grubins block v phone 8201 markham every tuesday office otet geo crosbys store veterinary r g law vs bvsc graduate university of toronto ringwood phone 6014 cauliflower and cabbage plants t in bulk get a supply now muston sons phone 7001 stouffville the bar of public opinion to which all food products are summoned for conviction or ac quittal is the dining room table where are gathered the appetite judges who pass upon the fit ness of this or that food wo advocate the trial of our pastry and our bread their purity and goodness will be established ambrose stover v baker distinct loss to the community and i w le regretted by a host of friends a frienfl of the late mrs take she tnroughont the district the funeral came to see her being unaware of took placo on satnrda from hig mrs yaes death until she arrived kensett makes her home homo by motor to aurora cemetery send the tribune to absent friend property chances i have- listed arnong other proper ties the following 1500 good house and lot in stouffville 4000 eight roomed brick house and acre of land 5000 eight roomed frame house and six acres of land other homes at lowor prices also good store property from 2000 to 3500 farm properties several good properties call for price and particulars seven varieties of choice fowl for sale chevrolet touring car 1921 for sale jacob yake phone 8004 real estate agent two doors east of the presbyterian church main street stouffville