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stouffville ontario march 5 1931 western work horses by public auction 1 carload of good sound western work horses 4 to 7 years of age broken to harness will be sold by auction on the farm of r e armstrong lot 10 con 8 markham h mile east markham village on friday march 13th sale at 1 p m terms s months credit or 4 per cent straight off for cash prentice and prentice auctioneers the farmers information from dept of agriculture the alarming increase in the num ber of fires in western ontario dur ing the threshing season of 1930 caused considerable discussion at a recent conference of threshermeu the consensus of opinion was that if smoking about the threshing machines and barns were stopped there would not be need for much legislation regarding the matter it was recommended that a chain ox- wire from the separator to the ground to carry off the static electricity would he a measure of protection altona bert is all smiles these days its a pontiac mr j bradly spent friday in toronto miss evelyn reesor was homo over the weekend miss ida raymer visited her sister mrs fred pilky last weok a number around here have been auction sale stock implements etc the undersigned has received in structions to sell by public auction lot 12 con 1 uxbridge on tuesday march 10th 1931 1931the following property belong ing to robert mcknight horses brown mare h d sorrel mare h d grey imare h d brown mare driver pigs 2 yorkshire sows due about april 10 berkshire boar 6 months old implements grain binder mh 7 ft cut mower f w 5 ft cut seed drill mh 13 disc roller international 9 ft wide stiff tooth cultivator internation al speight waggon set discs set lot sleighs fanning mill chatham cutter horse rake buggy cutting box grain ginder 6 plates ford ton truck set scales 2000 lb single furrow plow fleury 21 double furrow imii no 8 hay rack 15 ft long set diamond harrows 12 ft harness set plow harness long tugs set plow harness half tugs miscellaneous a quantity of good mixed hay and seed potatoes and carrots incubat or 120 egg incubator co egg wiffle trees neckyolkes other articles too numerous to mention terms hay potatoes roots and all sums of 20 and under cash over that amount 7 months credit on approved joint notes or g per cent per annum off for cash no reserve as proprietor is giving up farming sale at 1 oclock fw silvorsides auctioneer ill with the chimney disease miss mary barkey visited her brother chas barkey last week imr and mrs lome wagg and son spent a day with frank last week mrs chas barkey and son called on mrs earl howsam on thursday imr and mrs chas barkey and family spent sunday with friends in stouffville you dont know what your miss ing if jou dont know the little old man mrs fred pilkey is spending a few days in stouffville with her parents poor fred he has to bachet again some young girl will be fall ing in love with him mr thomas burnham was enter tained at tea on sunday with mrs jos hill mr henry slack is helping mrs imadill with the store business dur ing ollies illness glad to see he is recovering mr and mrs win clarkson has returned to toronto after spending three months in imichigan usa with her brother delos morris we wonder where iclarence was on sunday night to he milking cows and using his car for a stool mr lome bunker and lady friends called on mr and imrs norman bunker on sunday mr and mrs fred iraymer and mr and mrs floyd mckay were guests of barkis reesors on sunday imr and mrs earl howsam and family called on david icrosiers on sunday evening the spys collective fertilizer uiiving in connection with the recom mendation of collective purchase of fertilizers as contained in the somerset report steps have already been taken by this department to wards this end wr george patter son who has had considerable ex perience with one of the fertilizer companies has been appointed to go into this work according to an estimate by mr j a carroll of the crops and markets branch at least 25 per cent can he saved by farmer in the purchase of fertilizer where they can get together buy by the carload and pay cash mr patter sons duties will consist in arrang ing with growers for this service they could sell four times more grapes in ontario than at present by means of newspaper and radio advertising and general coopera hon by the department canning factory claremont for free trees for farmers the ontario department of fores try is again distributing free trees to farmers of the province as fol lows first up to 3500 white piuereu pine jack pine scotch pine larch white spruce white cedar carolina popular white willow walnut butternut elm white ash soft maple hard maple or red oak may be obtained free of charge for reforestation either in a present hush or for a new plantation on waste or poor land second up to 500 white spruce norway spruce or white cedar for windbreak planting the only expense to the farmer is resi claremont march 2 the mem bers of the claremont canning co are busy these days getting things in preparation for the opening of their factory at the commencement of the canning season the old elevator at the station which was purchased far the purpose is undergoing suitable alterations two weeks ago some blasting was done in order to dig a well of suitable capacity to supjiy water for the factory ii g mclntyre who returned home about two weeks ago con tinues to have his arm in a cast the fracture of tho upper arm has healed but tho fracture of the rad ius was of such a serious nature tltat union has been very slow lie lias been assured however that shi use of his arm will be restored he has to return to the hospital for farther treatment in the future as tho cords of his wrist were injured in the accident the guelph mercury of feb 10 contained an interesting article on david young who has tendered his nation as supervising prin- sssssrxs zssl2gmmdiiiyi55syss business directory legal mccullough button barristers solicitors convey ancers c buttons block stouffville money to loan norman borinsky barrister solicitor notary associated with the legal arm of corley keen and howard counsel j w seymour corley kc trusts and guarantee building room 605 302 bay street toronto ont telephone elgin 3153 and 3154 res tr g343 george coltham ontario iiml surveyor surveys levels municipal engineering aurora ontario box 264 phone s64i on th sum cleanliness is 1 cleanliness is the nipottant best safeguard we can give the newlyborn calf un til recently the calves have been ar riving on the pasture where nature make s things clean troubles ate seldom encountered under thesu conditions but now the calves will be arriving in the stable a clean boxstall is the preferable place it is a good precaution to disinfect the navel immediately as much trouble enters by this source given a good start the calf should do well on good feed if the feed pails are kept clean dirty feed pails are i ho abomination of the average stable and the cause of more digestive dis orders than al other causes com bined where the farmer will take the trouble to do not only wash but scald the calf pails once daily ho will miss a jot of tribulation in calf rearing trees this is cipal of tho pubic schools of that the trees are city after fortylive years of ser vice mr young is known to sev- forms directions for oral people at claremont as he was born on a farm near the village and his sister miss young is a resident of that village he commenced his teaching career in this vicinity leaving later to continue his stud ios in hamilton after graduating from tho college of education at hamilton in 1ss6 lie accepted a position on the stall of the collegi ate institute at guelph two years the express not a large small application planting etc can be obtained by writing to your local department ot agriculture how they do it the following observations were made regarding the prize winners in a recent milkperacre competition conducted by western ontario dairy men they all market the milk at the factory the year around all raise heavy losses recorded in his campaign to find some way in which losses to sheep breed ers through the activities of dogs might be curtailed the honourable t 1 kennedy minister of agricult ure has unearthed some interesting facts regarding the money paid to farmers by municipalities last year as a direct result of sheepkilliiug with the report 75 per cent com plete it was shown that ontario municipalities have paid 110000 to funnels who have lost sheep simeoe county led with an expend tare of f u ii 0 2 and kent was second with 4135 other counties heard from are as follows bruce 53408 dufterin 1067 durham 2111 elgin 1745 essex 4253 glengarry 21 69 norfolk 1s3s northumberland 1945 renfrew 201s stormont 2725 welland 2392 grey s3 127 hastings 32s6 lambto 259s leeds 2079 wellington 35 is york 4250 middlesex 1311 of the northern municipalities neither kenora nor thunder bay had anything to pay last year cochrane paid 3665 and tmani- toulin once a great sheepraisins litre until the wolves got the and feed a large number of hogs to 1 1etter of the industry expended card of thanks it is with grateful appreciation that we herewith thank the kind friends neighbors and others for their valued assistance and for their sympathy extended to us in our present bereavement imrs noah stouffer and family card of thanks mr and mrs f cockerill and family desire to thank their many friends for their kind expressions of sympathy and beautiful floral tributes extended in our recent sad bereavement in the loss of our dear daughter baby chicks and custom hatch ing at moderate prices w a wideman mt joy phone mark- ham g500 utilize the whey all have fine flocks of poultry all four farms are heaviy stocked but the land pro duces all the hay straw and silage used all four dairymen grain the cows the year around and plan on silage for summer feeding as well as winter alj have water before the cows all top dress their meadows all use alfalfa red clover alsike and timothy when seeding clown three out of four have purebred herds two out of four use milking machines and the results hear testi mony to the fact that all are good farmers 95 s5 commissioners for ontario named gcortre leary of gormley in charge of census taking in north york will aid grape growers following a conference of the legislative agricultural committee with niagara and essex grapegrow ers announcement has been made by hon thomas l kennedy thai as an aid to the grapegrowing in dustry his department will take immediate steps to go after and get satisfactory markets for ontar io grapes in eastern and western canada it is the plan to have re presentatives located at strategic points who would maintain close contact with the grape growers hern in matters of prices sales ship ments etc the growers felt that when the canadian census is taken this year the work in north york will be done under the supervision of mr george leary of gormley who is designated as the commissioner for this work in ontario riding e w webster of columbus has the appointment and in muskokaontario w a robinson editor of the cannington cleaner is the official announcement of the com missioners for all ontario province was made from ottawa on monday this week the work will bo under taken during the summer months and will cost several million dollars for the whole dominion of canada the census is taken every ten years by what ever party happens to be in power at ottawa when the decade comes around markiiams oldest citizen imrs john thomas one of mark- hams pioneers died at her home on main st in her 95th year she came to this district when a young gill of sixteen years from dumfries scot land where she was born in 1s36 later she married john thomas living for some years on the farm to the north of the village but moved into markham more than fifty years ago her husband one daughter and one son predeceased her but two daughters survive mrs l osborne of toronto and imiss emma oi markham in spite of failing eyesight mrs thomas kept a keen interest in church and village affairs and was an active member of st andrews united church she delighted in tales of the early days and had scores of warm friends in the dis trict before- her marriage she was margaret graham daughter of te late mr and mrs william graham of scotland her trip to canada we a six weeks adventure in a sailiir vessel named the congress wuici sailed from maryport a small sea port- north of carlisle economist thomas birkett insurance agency everything in insurance phone 18202 stouffville anne lehman a t o m teacher of pianoforte playing and theory phone 4301 studio lehmans block massey harris agency in the old stand just south ot post office stouffville get your repairs and nevv implements now j p cassidy phone 902 medical dr s s ball phpsician and surgeon office cor obrien and main phone 196 coroner for york county drsira herbert freel dr ira freel consultation hours 9 to 12 am mon wed frl 6 to 9 pm tues sat tues thurs sat afternoona by appointments only dr herbert freel 9 to 12 am tues thurs sat 6 to 9 pm tues and sat mon wed fri afternoons by appointment only a c kennedy chiropractor church st stouffville monday wednesday and fridays 9 to 12 am dental e s barker lds dds honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and of tile university of toronto office in grubins block phone s201 markham every tuesday office in wear block george baker realtor and valuator farm and city property a specialty exchanges and small acreages stouffville ont e a grubin r 0 eyesight specialist honor graduate of the college of optometry of canada gold medal- istand first hermant prize winner in 192s at stouffville every thursday friday and saturday office in the grubin block eyes examined glasses fitted and re paired phono stouffville 2105 auction sale of to be sold by public auction at crosby memorial rink unionville on monday march 23rd 1931 comprising heavy chunks and delivery horses 4 to 9 years old all broken and good to work also hackney and shetland show ponies including stallions brood mares colts and fillies prize winning roadsters and a fine young thorobred stallion sired by zeppelin ready for use and a number of halfbred ponies suitable for riding school or childrens use sale commences with heavy horses at 1 pmsharp prentice prentice auctioneers g a m davison proprietor 4th line uxbridge mrs d giehner visited imrs geo jones a few days last week miss mary goppfns was assisting mrs harold dickinson last week the warm sun sure is taking away the sleighing especially on new gravelled parts r foasby and family were guests at george jones on friday last we are pleased to see jonah faulkner is out and around again mr moses norton visited with his uncle moses on sunday last mrs ii roacli jr has beon on the sick list but we are glad to say she is improving slowly were sorry to hear that harrj woodland is down with quinsy hope lie soon gets hotter alger mayo is assisting with the chores at present the linton family visited at d nortons last sunday mr and mrs freeman slack of goodwood spent a few days with mr and mrs roy alsop mr and mrs harvey topper spent the weekend with mrs toppers parents mr and mrs hiram alsop quite a number from this line spent friday evening at the home of joseph alsop sr a slelghioad of fun makers took advantage of the nice night last tuesday by accepting tho invitation of mr and mrs n linton to have a bit of fun from what wo hear they sure had a good time at the linton home melville the raleigh man mr alvin farmer is making his rounds again miss marjorie lehman of whitby spent sunday with her parents mr and mis willis lohman imr harold mckay of toronto spent the weekend under the parent al roof mr harry forrester called on mr clarence wideman on sunday after noon miss olive mcicnight is visiting her father imr allan mckinnon for a few days mr floyd mustard visited with mr bruce lehman on sunday miss blanche topham of whitby visited with her parents mr and mrs win topham on sunday mrs stanley topham and son billy called on mrs norman hisey of stouffville on satuday afternoon wo are glad to hear that miss edna honck is on the road to re covery after being quite ill for sonic time with the flu mr norman lotten and miss helen stotts also mr stanley powell and miss kathleen stotts took in the show at stouffville on saturday evening tho bethesda young people have invited the melville young people to give a program at their next league meeting on tuesday evening march 10th the sale of homemade baking holdln the mansion house stouh- ville on saturday afternoon by the melville ladies was a decided success wo thank tho stouffville ladies for their patronage dont forget the pancake social to ho given at melville united church on thursday evening march 12th under the auspices of the mary bruce mission circle supper will bo served in the basement of church from six to eight oclock after the supper a program will be given admission 25 and 15 cents come and bring your friends say it with flowers no expression of sentiment more beautiful flowers for every occasion muston sons homk 7001 stouffville ont dr d c smith honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeon and of the university of toronto dr neil c smith honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and toronto university also poat graduate of rochester chiidrens hospital office commerce bank up stairs phone office 1011 residence 1015 veterinary s t bodendistel vs bvsc veterinarian graduate of ontario veterinary college office at the mansion house phone 161 successor to dr j t storey gordon phillips licensed auctioneer experienced in farm stock implement and furniture sales phone stouffville s405 for terms r g clendening funeral director and embalmer private ambulance phone 9000 markham ontario for sale 2 jersey cows due in march and april geo barkey phono 3704 demonstration monstrous demonstration on march 12 and 13 at coopers hardware claremont free radio to holder of lucky number card lunch served both days auction sale tuesday march 10 at lot 12 con 1 oxbridge farm stock and implements the property ot robt mknight who is giving up farm ing sale at one f w silver- sides auctioneer saturday march 14 credit auction sale of fully accredited herd of jersey cattle will be sold at lot 27con 5 imarkham belong ing to w h leitch registered pedigrees furnished on day of sale see bills s mouths credit prent ice and prentice auctioneers wednesday march is credit auction sale of farm stock trac tors- implements miixed clover hay grain barley oats furniture etc at lot 2s con 7 pickering the property of jbstewart estate and pastewart sale at one sharp see hills g jacksonsou auctioneers tuesday march 10th credit auction sale of 52 milk cows heifers fat cattle calves hors es sheep pigs implements machinery harness hay etc the property of j farquharson lot 29 concession 3 imarkham town ship three quarters of a mile north of victoria square no reserve as farm is leased sale to start at 10 oclock sharp persons wanting implements must act terms 10 months credit prontlco ft prentice auctioneers for sale 50 acre clay loam choice market garden farm in ontario county 14 mile from village of stouffville convenient to public and high school county highway passes door good house and bank barn good water and running stream mrs harry gil bert phone 1110 tf goose for sale phone 7s10 jersey cow due about march s peter smith phone 6902 for sale black mare rising i years also second hand binder m ii phone 4s13 for sale 3 yearold holsteln 2 heifer due march is phone 1112 e williams rogers radio for sale 7 tube electric radio complete 50 cash can bo seen at hugh andersons tea rooms wanted house and lot wanted to ront in vicinity of stouffville r mcknight phono s604 for sale icliev running order phono 7600 truck in good for particulars separator sharpless for sale bert tait ph 3501 oats for sale victory variety for seed e barnes ph 6412 farm to rent 100 acres 10 fall ploughed also fall wheat sown apply fe rao stouffville farm for rent 150 acres a lot 9 con 2 uxbridge good buildings victor stover ph 6905 cedar posts a large quantity posts anchors and braces on lot 33 third line uxbridge phono jw widdifluld 9s17 uxbridge for sale gelding rising 4 years also brood sow due in marclijohn brownsbcrger stouflvillo rr 1 phone 2106 nursery stock we offer to our customers for spring delivery a most complete list of fruit and ornamental trees shrubbery and perennials order now your requirements through our local representative mr a s collins stouffville catalogue on request stone wellington the fonthill nurseries toronto chicks chicks canadian approved chicks barred rocks isc sc white leghorns 16 from an ontario breeding station one 1930 customer writes my order for this year for first week of april and may hatch brought 500 rocks chicks last year i bouglit 100 chicks and received 418 big strong healthy ones at 3 month i had 404 left the cockerels dres sed 6 to 8 lbs and more than paid for raising and all ho imichell claremont