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stouffville may 17th 1923 wednesday market day next week now is the time to clean up get the old cans bottle and rubbish carted away early is the admoni tion we read in many weekly papers coming into the tribune a young girl from ringwood was boasting that she could change a tire as quickly as a man tjiats not so wonderful look at the prac tice some girls get in changing at tire we want the news from all points send it in early wanted hangln in good condition office lamp must be apply tribune mr arthur lehman has taken a j position with the canadian national railways at bowmanville for an in definite time spend the evening of may 24th at lake musselman for the opening dance of the season at bakers pavi lion powers orchestra note the date thursday may 24th messrs jos mowder and son fred were in newmarket last friday at tending the funeral of the late sam uel maconochle a former well known traveller for the british american oil co in this district owing to may 24th falling on thursday next week and being a public holiday the regular stouff- ville market will be held on wednes day and the stouffville stores will remain open all day not observing the usual half holiday the stouffville parks commission decided last week to construct an uptodate new diamond at the local park grounds tie home plate will be moved nearer the grand stand which will improve the view of the spectators who wish to sit down to watch a game work will be com menced this week and rushed to completion ready for the baseball boys fsisl auditorium theatre stouffville friday and saturday may 18th and 19th fascinating youth short socks paramount news reel tuesday and wednesday may 22 23 24th the two arabian knight hodge podge a key hole cruise friday and saturday may 25 and 26th speedy harold lloyd comedies and kinogram admission 15 and 25c s g schmidt prop mr j r wheler has sold his large cottage at jacksons point for 12- 000 mrwheler was born in stouff ville and is quite well known to our older residents market eggs were firmer last thursday on the stouffville market advancing 2c to 27c per dozen butter 40c pound and hens 2sc pound lakeview house at jacksons point will open for the season on may 23rd quantity choice bell deposit po tatoes for sale r stewart phone 1208 those who have the ready cash are putting in their coal this month for next winters burning the price s around 13 or 1350 per ton ac cording to whether you do your own hauling or not the town of uxbrldge are calling for tenders for the construction of another block of cement roadway these roads are very expensive but so permanent as to upkeep that the cost is almost negligible keep iu mind the choral concert in ratcliffs hall under auspices of the womens institute this friday evening and also note that the pro ceeds of the last concert 70 arc in the bank to the benefit of the class for next year get tickets now for friday night and be sure of admitt ance mrs john park of vancouver is a constant reader of the trlbuneand says in making her renewal by mail that she certainly enjoys the home paper and would miss it greatly it it failed to arrive mrs park is a remarkable lady in that although over eighty years of age she travel led unattended down east two years ago and visited among friends in this locality john brignall proprietor of the barber shop and pool room in clare- mont is summoned before the beak charged with permitting gambling on his premises it is said that boys congregate in his place and stump each other to match for the choco lates and the information got to the ear of an individual with whom brignall is not on good terms hence the charge laid before the magis trate in ontario county county constables wid miller and lome reid of claremont made an arrest near that village on saturday morning last when they took into custody two young men who were travelling along the railway near the claremont station on foot they were charged with breaking into the station at dagmar and stealing a pair of long rubber boots and as they had the goods on them they were almost selfconvicted on the spot the couple said they hailed from sudbury but they were taken to brougham and finally to whitby for trial a meeting of the members of the stouffville bowling club will be held in ratcliffs hall on monday even ing may 21st at eight ocock for the purpose of selecting rinks for the season and other business every member is requested to be present neil smith secretary stouffville w l association an nual do not forget the date of the stouffville womens liberal associa tion annual meeting to be held at the home of the president edith f sangster on tuesday evening may 22nd at s oclock an interesting program is being prepared and a hearty welcome extended to all mem bers and any others who feel inter ested enough to be with us parties dumping rubbish on the lot at rear of my store will be dealt with if the practise does not stop a g lehman spend the evening of may 24th at lake musselman for the opening dance of the season at bakers pavi hon powers orchestra note the date thursday may 24th mrs wallace of lemonville who would have been 96 years of age next october passed away during tuesday night quite unexpectedly as we go to press funeral arrange ments are not complete the stouffville junior institute are arranging to bring the united church choir to stouflvillo on may 31st to present the fiveact play the fruit of his folly the stouffville band has again been engaged by the brooklin spring fair association to furnish the music for their annual show to be held this year on june 9th satur day mr george brown of goodwood was struck by a freight train back ing into goodwood station and nar rowly escaped serious injury the automobile in which he was driving was wrecked mr brown escaped with only minor cuts while engaged in the barn yards on his farm a mile and a quarter north of goodwood last saturday james wagg was attacked by a bull and seriously injured the animal which seemed passive un to the time of attack knocked mi v dovr a few young men who were said tramping his body and goreing hm be persistently making a disturb- before he could regain his feet hi anceat the picture theatre narrow- our townsman mr w h todd celebrated his 73rd birthday on tuesday by hanging out his shingle with the inscription in big gold let ters business as usual three years over the alloted span hasnt made our pioneer business man one whit older congratulations barely escaped being killed by crawl ing out of reach under some other cattle which stood about the yard the injured man was rushed to the hospital in toronto and besides minor injuries is suffering from a fracture of both shoulders dry goods fine quality curtain net at 40 and 65c per yard heavy quality circular pillow cotton at 50c per yard underwear crepe in a good range of colors at 30c per yd krinkle crepe bedspreads large size at 375 each we carry a splendid assortment of ginghams at 25 29c yd we take orders for oilcloth and linoleum rugs all sizes at very reasonable prices we invite you to see our samples wall papers although the wall paper season is well advanced we can give you an excellent assortment for any room in the house groceries clean fresh groceries of high quality has built up for us a steadily increasing business we deliver promptly f g rowbotham attractive prices in hardware the baby girl of one year belong ing to mr and mrs george m lee had a miraculous escape from death on wednesday last week when she fell from an upper window of the home two doors east of the presby terian church to the ground below in landing the child barely missed falling on the cement sidewalk at the side of the house which might have proved fatal or at least serious when the child was picked up she lay with her head on the cement iy escaped being hauled before mag istrate brunton this week young men and boys should resolve to stage their fun out of doors and go to the picture theatre prepared to maintain order walk and was only slightly stunned easl of stouffville from the fall the paper hangers i were engaged in the upper part of the house at the time of the acci dent and had opened the windows the council of stouffville are still grappling with the dumping ques tion while the citizens continue to complain against the apparent slow ness in calling on the cleanup day certainly the council have placed themselves in an akward position in their haste to close the dump that existed for the past three years but they hope to have the matter solved this week by getting permission to deposit the cans on the sth conces sion in a bog hole near ballantrae or by the purchase of a new grounds reeve pollard of uxbridge has been advised by the dominion gov ernment that they will not inaugur ate a mail delivery system in that town the postal department would not consider such a step in any mun icipality of less than 10000 and with a revenue unde s35000 per annum why an official in uxbridge should ask for such a privilege we do not understand when they have to pay now from 2 to 55 for the privilege of getting their mail out of a box in the post office why not be reason able in demand and ask for merely a moderate charge for post office boxes no one in places the size of uxbridge or stouffville should object to carrying their mail one of markhams very oldest citizens benj stover father of mr victor stover who recently purchas ed fred paulicats farm at glasgow died at his sons home on friday where he had gone on a visit mr stover was si years of age and had not enjoyed good health of late he lived in mount joy for 28 years and spent all his life in markham town ship mr stover was married 56 years ago and besides his wife who is 77 years of age he is survived by three children mrs wm bell of ux bridge mrs j k byer of markham and victor at glasgow the funeral on sunday took place to the wide- man cemetery rev e morton of the christian church conducting the service lawn mowers garden bakes garden shears garden hoes bicycles paints varnishes paint brushes cleaners coal oil stoves washing machines buggy lanterns builders supplies chick feed trughs see us about the best radio on the market at a moderate price i open tuesday thursday and saturday evenings and close wednesday afternoon f y w brath waite successor to silvester bros hardware mr harry sawyer rural mail courier on route no 3 stouffville is giving up the job and tenders are being called for from which to pick a new man this route runs from stouffville up into the sand hills of uxbridge township along the second concession returning via the gravel hill and the 10th concession after several years experience harry finds there are other lines of employment more attractive and remunerative than carrying his majestys royal mail during the past year and in fact every year he has been on the job he travelled 6000 miles in order to fulfil his contract like other places someone will be found to tako on the work at an unprofitable fi gure but thats no fault of the gov ernment if people are foolish enough to tender at ridiculously low figures the dominion government is un dertaking an immense work on be half of the military and naval de partment in preparing a new map of the dominion of canada for which one of their surveyors is now work ing in this territory for some weeks engineer crulckshanks has been putting up at the mansion house and is occupied in surveying every foot of land in the territory we understand photographs were first taken by alroplane then the surveyor comes along and uses this in the formation of his map which marks every grade hill water place every roadway farm village in fact the minutest detail is recorded when one considers this work is be ing carried on from the atlantic to the pacific some conception of the magnitude of the undertaking may be had following failing health for the past two years mr daniel burnett passed away at his home in the west end on tuesday last at the advanced age of so years deceased was born in markham but spent all his active life on the farm near bloomington where his son robert resides nine teen years ago mr burnett retired to stouffville where with his wife he lived up to the time of his death mr burnett was a man of retiring disposition and shunned public office he was a member of the christian church and enjoyed its fellowship besides his wife who observed her 7sth birthday on the day of her hus bands death four children survive herbert and robert also mrs phil lemon and mrs j s dougherty he is also survived by sisters and brothers joseph of bloomington mrs wm smales of waubeshene and mrs phil jones of markham two half sisters also survive being miss mary burnett and mrs wm storry rev e morton will preach the funeral service in the christian church following interment at stouff ville cemetery on friday afternoon wait here is a chance to buy it pays you to investigate a browns stock mens fine and work boots at re duced prices boysjjoots sizes 11 to 5 200 pr mens work shirts 75c each boys khaki long pants and shirts 150 a suit ladles black cotton hose 15c pr ladles silk hose 25c pr boys black and brown hose 3 pr for 49c new harness breeching and back- band at reduced prices imple ments a few wagons cultivators and mowers left new and used neckyokes and doubletrees dealer in hides wool and junk highest prices paid house and lot for sale immediate possession a browv stouffville ontario quality fertilizers for the lawn 1 i service garden and farm garden seeds in bulk from canadas greatest seed house clover seeds selected home grown grimm alfalfa red clover alsike stiver bros flour feed and seed merchants phone 4501 ti superior groceries domestic shortening per lb 17c perrins flakey cracker per pkg 10c superior corn flakes 3 for 29c peas standard quality 2 for 25c tomato soup per tin 10c waxed paper 3 rolls 10c a w scott phone orders promptly delivered farm machinery used articles for sale fiost wood cultivator stifftooth s16 tractor in good condition also riding plow and other farm machinery for sale 2 forde coupes 2 ford tourings also 1 black mare a real bargain in a 600 lb cream separator to clear at half price new and guaranteed keep in mind i am agent for international and peter hamilton farm implements also lister we have one of the best power washing machines on the market ok potato machinery mt forest buggies real estate handled frank baker phone bakers garage thinking of building if you think of building a new house or cottage or an addi tion to your dwelling or barns let us quote you on the cost of material the large number who buy from us is an indication that our prices are favorable and our lumber satisfactory lumber lath shingles gyproc build ing board lime etc always in stock stouffville planing mill stouffer phone 194 schell stouffville at the dominion stores stouffville ontario house cleaning lines rinso small 3 for 19c classic clenser 8c babbits clenser 10c pearline 2 for 15c lux large 25c ammonia 3 for 23c jiff flakes 23c chipso flakes 23c perfection floor wax 29c lemon oil 23c ocedar large 39c bon ami cake or powder 14c brasso silvo and putts silver pol ish rinol furniture polish 33c oranges lemons and bananas fresh lettuce pineapple toma toes grape fruit shortening 20 lb pail 309 domestic shortening 1 lb 16c domestic shortening 3 lbs 48c payside peaches tin 19c keens mustard half s 49c gillets blades pkg 39c kraft cream and chateau cheese 39c per lb swiss cheese pkg 35c mixed fruit drops lb 19c seedless raisins 2 lbs 25c sunmaid seeded 2 lbs 25c pure sugar 625 cwt paul roadway manager jhmtzl-