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stouffville may 20 1923 ilocal happenings miss e m lageer graduate nurse has returned to town and is open xor engagement- division court sits in stouffville on monday may 3 1st there may o several interesting case3 or trial- owing to so much dry weather local gardeners are finding the soil exceptionally hard to work this spring half acre garden work on shares r posite public school plot to let or stadlebar op- delbert holden local ford agent sold fourteen cars last week in cluding new trucks to stouffville planing mills and the stouffville creamery what the bride is married in is about seven tlme3 as important as what shes married to were strange people arent we a sunday school in pittsburg is having a marked increase in atten- dance where the officials have estab lished the custoi of serving ham and oggs to tho3e who attend coming dr f e luke opto metrist 167 yonge st toronto may le consulted about your eyes for glasses at jboadways drug store stouffville thursday may 27th miss erie collard fractured- her arm one day last week as a result of cranking a ford car bslng an eatrance clss pupil it will seriously arrect her uok the village of cannington is the latest place to declare a wednesday halfholiday the banks will also close there and open saturday after noon instead edw baker is opening his large new pavilion at lake musselman this saturday evening with powers new fivepiece orchestra in charge dont miss the opening night at the xale quite a number of subscribers at distant points are in arrears with their subscriptions and we are send ing out a call for funds kindly re new your paper look at the label and see that you are paid up the tribune wm gower who has been on the sick list for the past four weeks re turned to work again this week a reader of the tribune at a dis tant point writes thus pleased to note in your paper the age oj that young kid w b sanders whom we all admire the first baseball game in the yorkslincoe league to ba played locally will take place wednesday afternoon next week at memorial park newmarket vs stouffville game called at 3 oclock the motor traffic into stouffville on saturday evening was the heavi est since last summer every avail able place along main street in the business section was occupied as parking ground and th sidewalks were crowded with people the daily papers are congratulat ing mr thos shaw brotherinlaw of mr john uriuhart and a former citizen of stouffville on attaining tiia 90th birthday mr shaw lives in toronto leaving here nearly forty years ago the box grove dramatic club rgave the drama a noble outcast in ratcliffs hall on saturday even ing although the play wa3 well rendered the attendance was very jsmall the concert not being proper ly advertised quite a number of local farmers completed seeding operations on saturday exceedingly dry weather has enabled the farmers to work steadily on the landince it was dry enough to be cultivated after the frost was out last week a family arrived at ringwood coming direct from hol land and locating on the former dr law property neither the par ents or children are able to speak english although they can under stand a few words we understand they have rented the property from the soldier settlement board for one year and no doubt they will become good citizens mr george baker who is getting about again after several months ill ness is arranging to store at north oronto about the first of september and will move over to yonge street this fail at the present time he is completing a number of contracts for lightning rods auditorium theatre stouffville friday and saturday may 21st and 22nd dangerous innocence starring laura laplante perils of the wild 6th chapter century comedy dry up adsussion adults 25c children 15c display advertising copy tor the tribune should reach this office not loater than tuesday morning each week small for sale or want advs accepted up to wednesday noon quality service do you know what the cod liver meal and oil do in fulopep chick starter the results are 1 decreased mortality 2 better diges tive condition 3 smoother tighter feathers 4 stronger bones 5 more rapid growth we have a sup ply of fulopep starter and chick feed on hand also baby chick grit and charcoal big sixty beef meal and bone meal seed corn seed corn inpsector a w trench of rich- open a drug mond hill paid an official visit to the stouffville public school the fore part of this week one of the chief events of the school term for teacher and scholar is to have the inspector present in the teaching period mr3 john grice who since the death of her neighbor the late mrs milton kester is the towns oldest lady being in her 88bh year lies quite ill at her home here up to the time of her present illness mrs grice was abont with the alarcity of a much younger woman and had an excellent memory a citizen near the centre of the town has lodged a complaint with this paper against tiis neighbors wm speedy grove left town r003ter disturbing him too early in host week on a tramp to lions head the morn with its persistent clar ion notes this seems to be one of a small village at the head of the bruce peninsula as the hike from stouffville will mean a walk of nearly two hundred miles speedy will have established a record as a song distance walker it he lands at the head stfcessfully once located in the fishing village he will partici pate in a revival meeting now being conducted there by his brother leslie on monday rev t c henderson of oberlin ohio left for his home after conducting a series of revival meetings in the stouffville mennon- ite church the success of his visit and the power of his sermons may be judged from the fact that some 73 converts found tnelr way to the alter rev henderson while now an american citizen was born in scotland and ralsea nnder the strict formalities of the old kirk he is an able and convincing speaker the necessary evils and our reader may as well take it good naturedly things are never so bad but i hat they might be woree ever think what it would mean if flies barked like a dog or had bells round their necks like cows the beaverton express announces that a little flutter wa3 caused among the merchants of that town one day last week especially those who deal in eggs when the provincial egg grading inspector suddenly made his appearance- he found every thing in order in beaverton but in timated that such was not the case in some towns and villages the new regulations concerning the grading of eggs came into force some time ago and this item will serve as a tip to local dealers to be ready it they are not complying with the new order of things on the occasion of the visit of rt wor bro j d rowland head of the masonic order in ontario to stouffville on tuesday eveningjune 1st it is expected that some 450 or 500 masons will be in attendance all the lodges in the local masonic district will be strongly represented besides there ijelng present some 60 grand lodge officers vvm baker aged 81 years a re sident of whitchurch passed away at his home on the 6th concession on tuesday morning of this week and will be buried on thursday at heise hill cemetery the late mr baker is survived by his aged wife also several daughters recent tests have shown that only a small percentage of seed corn is fit for seed we have a stock of no 1 seed corn on hand leave your order now for this stock it will be hard to replace orders taken and filled for spring coal stove nut and pea sizes 24 lbs pastry flour 95c j stiver bros flour feed and seed merchants phone 4501 a good game of foobball between green river and goodwood will be played at goodwood on tuesday evening may 25th for the ontario cup this promises to be a good game and the first of the season for the ontario cup so dont miss it on saturdaymay 15 th there pass ed away at jacksons point annie byrae beloved wife of j r wheler formerly of stouffville the late mrs wheler was known in stouff ville and mr wheier is a son or the late edward wheler who in the parly day8 of the town conducted a thriving grist and saw mill on the admirers of eugene obrien will see their favorite at his best in dangerous innocence the latest universaljewel production in which he is costarred with dainty laura la plante and which is to be shown in the auditorium theatre com mencing friday and saturday this week this picture is an adaptation of pamela wynnes famous best seller anns an idiot mr j j rae postmaster was down town on monday for the first time in several months mr rae is feeling quite strong and his mind is keen he is the towns oldest male citizen being 86 years and whats more he was bora here his near est rival for this honor is mr cal yake of the east end who is we believe 83 years old and was born in the east end where he now lives property now occupied post office building by the new al 1130 on saturday the sound of the fire bell gave the brigade a chase to the extreme oast end with the new fire truck owing to a small blaze at the home of robt silver- sides it was extinguished by some boys before the firemen arrived a spark from the kitchen pipe lodged in the roofing and causd the trou ble damage bout 50 covered by insuranc3 superior groceries chipso large comfort soap 23c per bar 5c marshs grape juice meduim per bottle 35c lime juice per bottle 29c toddy l2s 34c tiger sahnon j 2s 30c horse shoe salmon 42c neilsons ice cream chocolates there was no change in the but ter and egg market last thursday at stouffville and potatoes were plentiful at 350 bag and- seed potatoes at 250 if the supply re mains a3 plentiful ror a couple of weeks prices are likely to slump considerably in this commodity suckers by the hundred by the bushel or by the dozen were to be had dozen orders were the most popular and realized 50 cents they are being caught in nets up at pef- ferlaw and trucked to stouffville and other towns dr ball moh amend the health officers convention tor onto this moith the chiic subjee of interest wa the report of prof wlnslow jf the itockfelier instltuta on modern methods of ventila- tion especially in school houses he recommended the natural method still of opening the window a little at both top and bottom the need of an inside toilet and immuniza tion by injection serum against diphtheria and scarlet fever wa3 also stressed s a w scott phone ua your order no 909 we deliver the food the markham economist has the following to say concerning the fin ances of markham village the auditors report for markham village for the year 1925 has been printed and is very comprehensive the re port shows the village to have com pleted the year 1925 free of all debt except debenture with a cash bal ance on hand of 499 and 54966 in uncollected taxes- the principal of the debenture debt is only 57247- s2 and of this five small debentures amounting to 215134 yearlyprin- clpal and interest will be retired the torontostouffville bus aer- next year which should on our prefvi was on monday extended to ux- sent assessment mean a reduction of bridge and received good patron- contractor alex stuart and his men have returned to town to com plete their work on the new stouff ville post office the grounds are being levelled while messrsbinghajn and mowder are completing their work on the paint job it will be a week or ten days before the interior fittings arrive including boxes etfe but it will pnly require about three days to install them when the office will be ready for occupancy the contract for the interior fittings is in the hands of a firm in preston ont ask about our free storage for your summer garments chester company cleaners and dyers agent w h shaw phone 9612 stouffville swifts garage five very important services- battery ford spring electric andflrestone service we carry a good line of parts for these services ford parts a specialty repairs for other makes of cars prices moderate dont fail to see hupmoblle phone 195 the famous car stouffvillo tents t x 6 with 2 wall new 8 oz duck 10 write for catalogue of other tents and complete camp equipment to army supply store 150 king st east corner parvis opp market toronto 2 a fine lawn adds greatly to the value of your home to the appearance of your yard and to the joy of living buy one of our old reliable in either plain or ball bearing we have 14 16 and 18 wide they are cheaper this year poor lawn for many years there will be no excuse for a woodyatt mowers and then self sharpening guaranteed time tested easy running taxes of five mills this will give markham a tax rate imuch below the average town or village municipal ity the hydroelectric report is also very satisfactory the years operat ing report showing a nice surplus of 12635 after allowing 424 for plant depreciation this will allow another cut in hydro rates to the consumer save the orchard make the fruit perfect one of our spramotor spray ing outfits will help do this full stock of arsenate of lead and lime sulphur we can tell you how to use them for best results during summer we close eachmvednesday at noon open tuesday thursday and saturday evenings silvester bros there is nothing that gives our readers at distant points more de light and interest in the home paper than the announcement of the fact that one of their old time associates bad passed another mile stone in life this week wo are able to in troduce mr john urquhart former town clerk on having passed his 83rd birthday on tuesdaymay 18th physically mr urquhaf was never in better health than right now and he has enjoyed good health for the most part all his life being born i in montreal he came to stouffville 1 at the age of 15 years and remain ed here ever since the coming of the railway and tht first train to pass through stouffville are fresh in cidents in his life beloved by his fellow citizens he was the recipient of a deluge of good wishes and hearty congratulations both locally and from distant pointson this event ful occasion congratulations would never be complete in this case with out commenting on the manner in which mr urouhart carries his num ber of years ills memory is good with a mind quite as keen as any rflan of 50 and strangers would place him as aged 6 to 68 so phy sically fit does ho appear age forty passengers were han dled along the route the first morn ing bussesleave stouffville daily for toronto at s am and 4 pm standard time special saturday and sunday service for which new timetables are expected in a few days the management announces that there will positively ibe no more changes in the schedule and those now running will stand indefinitely the beautiful overland six coach a superb specimen of the coachbuilding art long low impressive a beautiful twotone color combination with double beading all around the waistline power enough for your every need over 50 milea an hour with ease exceptional comfort and roominess be cause of exceptionally longwheetbase deep softlycush ioned seats give pleasurable restfulness rich velour up holstery indicates the quality which prevails throughout at its remarkably low price this car stands absolutely alone among all popular priced sizes six clylinder coach all taxes included 1307 the overland 4cylind coach is the greatest value in the lower priced field four clylinder coach jb v 907 w h todec stouffville ontario if s safe to buy your tires wherever you see this sign for ttoa efilcient dunlop of ficial dealer stakes his reputation on and invests his money in them a248 bmmmmmm dunlop official service depot j r mckenzie ringwood