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stouffville ontario august 27 1931 ocal happenings l the cne opens on friday attend the horticultural show this afternoon or evening monday september 7th is day and public holiday labor save money by cunning your own corn get it at alex dennisons phone g713 10c a dozen to new subscribers until dec 31 for only the tribunt oc whitchurch council meets next saturday aug 29 for general business and to strike the tax rate for the current year youll soon be wondering why you didnt clean the- furnace out in may the tax bills were issued last week the first instalment of which is due on september 1st although it takes a multitude of news each l rate is flv higher than last week to publish a good newspaper yearthere seems to be general satis- and your contribution appreciated by this paper thos dawson for some years ten ant on the john collins farm on the 4 til concession of uxbridge township has leased the hezekiah roach farm lots 5 and g in the third concession the place contains 125 acres and is the homestead farm ot the clerk of uxbridge township ii roach jr has tenanted the place for some time will be faction as a fear prevailed that the rate might be even 40 mills the present rate should be the maximum and next year it might commence to decline as all public work of a need ed nature is completed school reopens next tuesday school reopens next tuesday special accommodation for weekly canon cody says that drinking is guests at the mansion house rates on the decline in england it is sure attractive i to be if they decline it house to rent on main street central elect- le and water install ed j boriusky monday september 7th is day aud public holiday labor found st michaels badge with 2nd to 4th year pins attached apply tribune office storeys drug store is mr hugh watson the new prin cipal of the high school is keenly i interested in the work ot horti- quarters for school supplies icultural socities and is a past presl- scribblers for 25c miss bertha stouffer wishes to dent of a manitoba show hence ho nnounce that she is prepared to will be a welcome addition to the quality service head- 10 take piano pupils phone 6704 local organization for sale clapps favorite and bartlett pears also german prune plums edw walls phone 7820 a car load of potatoes shipped from goodwood station last week realized the growers just 40c a bag the dry weather is said to he hard en the late variety tubers and better prices are promised fred smith informs the tribune that he has rented his 50 acre place south ot goodwood in the 2nd con and will give up farming the place will be taken over by a neighbor and mr smith may move to stouffville this fall a few days ago we noticed ilov harry miller who is here for his annual holiday from his preaching duties in north carolina and mr frank rae driving into town from the direction of certain trout streams and as long poles stuck out of rear end of the car it was easy to guess what these boys had been in search of as they passed us by with only a smile and failed to hold up the string of speckled beauties no further enqujry has been made in an effort to extend this article on the quality size and number of the catch in a recent item we gave a wrong impression regarding the new man agement at the mansion house stouffville this widely known hostelry is now in charge totally of mrs simpson and not merely the dining room department mrs simp son has taken over the entire busi ness and is making improvements for the comfort of the guests it is al so in order to announce that the mansion house will cater to weekly boarders at popular rates the 127 acre farm at audley on the second concession of pickering township which was inherited by mrs horatio foote as part of her fathers estate was divided last week when the fooles parted with 77 acres of the property retaining the balance with all the buildings the purchaser of the land is charles daniels of toronto the reported sale price is 3000 and we under stand that the george baker real estate agency negotiated the deal the tax rate for markham village has been struck for the current year at 375 mills which is just one and a half mills higher than their neighbors will have to pay here in stouffville the rate struck for this year in markham is the lowest that has prevailed there for some years come to the flower show this thursday afternoon or evening the sight that will greet you at the arena is worth more than the small admission price of only 15 cents lunch served in the building stouff ville band will be present in the evening at 7 oclock mrs d h cook has accepted the local agency for the spirella corset co makers ot very high quality goods and will cover not only the local district but mark ham village and the surrounding country a baptismal service is announc ed for next suuday afternoon to take place at ciders pond on the townline west trev c t gooding of markham mennonite church will be in charge of the service at 3 p n the position as bookkeeper and stenographer advertised by the gold fish supply co in last issue o the tribune as being open has been filled by miss opal doten who has been engaged in office work in toronto the cooper plumbing and heat ing shop stouffville is installing an extensive hot water heating plant in the brooklin hotel this week f h prosser sou have been appointed exclusive dealers for this district for the souora radios watch for future announcement dont borrow your neighbors paper you can secure a copy or the tribune weekly from now until dec next for only 50c neighbors who continually borrow the local paper off some one else are apt to strain friendship in time but whose to tell them so have your own copy at the above low rate the sooner you place your order the more copies you get for your money when boys go back to school school is fun in clothes like these now is the time to place your order for your boys windsor madetomeasure suit to be readj for school days again we have a large range of materials to choose from in newest designs and colors these suits are tailored in single or double breasted styles with one or two pairs of trous ers long short or golf knickers as desired we advise you to make an early selection to avoid disap pointment come in and see our rack of sample suits of windsor cloth ing prices to meet every purse during the special camp meetings being held at altona rev s s shantz who preaches every evening at the camp has moved his family out to the camp settlement and thus is right on the job night and day living under canvas close to his tabernacle tent having had wide experience on the mission fields of africa the mennonite pastor and his wife are able to adapt themselves to living condition in other that a modern home which in this case is just like a holiday the allin family held their annu al reunion on sunday when six car loads motored to their home town utica members of this party includ ed mr and mrs percy allin and son fred mr and mrs d snider and mr and mrs chas atkinson of bethesda mr and mrs h oliver of vandorfmr and mrs w march and son ed also mrs andrews of aurora mr and mrs j w taun and miss wahneita of town mr and mrs d w crosier and family of altona 1000 given in prizes by tip top tailors for the best guess on the time an air machine makes travell ing 449 miles make yours today at a e weldons no obligation to buy anything phone 5601 r e curtis stouffville ontario thrifty folks dont let your buildings become shabby the cost of painting is trifling and it beau tifies as well as preserves the structure the martinsenour paint 100 pure is superior to band prepared lead and oil because it is made only of pure white lead pure zinc oxide and well aged linseed oil together with the necessary drier and coloring pigments compounded in correct proportions by the most siodern and powerful machinery out of slightly over 200 papers written on in the recent middle school examinations at stouffville continuation school pupils failed on 57 creating a rather high per centage of failures pupils with more than two failures cannot be con sidered to have made any outstand ing success yet the number who fell below this standing is fairly high tile results of the upper schooi was on a higher average and leaves no room for regrets a baker and a cattle drover may seem a peculiar combination or mix ture but they work all right to gether when fishing at least for last week wilmot stover and hugh boyd each hauled out a ten pound trout while on a fishing expedition to hawk lake the local men had a fine holi day in addition to the thrill of pull ing a couple of large speckled beauties mr w e tidy who with his wife and family occupy a house just opposite the public school has secur ed a position for the coming fall and winter months in new ontario in connection with the new highway to be constructed as a relief measure for unemployed mr tidy will be a valuable man with his wide ex perience as a bridge builder and contractor in this lino of work mrs tidy and the family will of course remain in stouffville the name of stouffville as a lead ing flower centre was again kept to the fore last week at the big annual exhibition of the canadian gladioli society held in belleville for seme years past mr a j ward atlhe brier bush has carried off prizes at this sliow but this year ne- was not an exhibitor nevertheless mrs a v nolan who exhibited at the big show last year in the novice class stepped in again to compete in the amateur group where she carried off two firsts eight seconds and two third prizes exhibits were present from as far away as calgary for nearly all the noted growers from all parts of the province compete here this years glad show was said to have had the- largest entry list in the history of the society on friday of last week r e brown shipped out the first car load of turnips for this season for which the farmers realized 20c per bushel this is one product of the farm that is demanding a fair price at least we hope the growers will have lots of them this falland that prices will be maintained the timely action of fred thirk- ill who is employed with the gold fish supply co at stouffville saved a life a few days ago at chalk lake when he hauled a young man named brown from the treacherous waters thirkill was on a picnic to the lake in company with mr cereal cadieux and family of stouffville and as they sat on the bank watching the swimmers thirkill noticed brown in trouble and after another swimmer failed to rescue the lad he swam out and brought him ashore brown thought he was done for having taken a cramp he hails from evansville and is mighty thankful for the timely assistance rendered by thirkill whom he may thank for being alive today fulopep growing mash and egg mash for laying hens and pullets schumacher feed a fattening mash stockaid animal spray kills and repels flies fertilizers freeflowing shurgain stiver bros phone 4501 stouffville ontario one of the oldest settled farms in these parts is the hoover home stead at lot 34 in the gth concession of markham and in the sturdy old home last week a baby girl was born to mr and mrs allan wideman tenants on the place it is a notable fact that this is the first child born in the old house in 72 years and eight months the last hopeful to first see the light ot day there was baby henry whom most of the people of stouffville know real well for he is in town almost every week and mr hoover still lives in a part ot the old residence which is located in the centre of the farm midway between the two concession lines last week mr edwin morris shot a young red tailed hawk on his fathers farm on townline sideroad north of glasgow hawks of various types are prevalent in the locality nd this is the eighth one that edwin brought down this season he has a just grievance against these prowlers for last season they took no les3 than sixty chickens from the norris farm last weeks kill wasone of this seasons hatch although it had a wing spread of 39 inches some time ago a film company secured some pictures of birds of the owl type in their nests with the asistance of mr morris the films are for use by the government and if you are fortunate enough to see some of the canadian bird life as shown by the government picture men you may recognize the local hawks in their natural haunts since every farm in the neighbor hood is equipped with buildings the onco common barn raising event has become almost extinct in these parts and only when a farmer loses his buildings from fire or wind sod was broken last week for a new house to bo erected for mrs noah one door west of the canadian bank of commerce mrs hoover is building on the west side of the present large brick house and will have constructed a solid brick square plan 24x27 feet in size eli raymer has secured the carpen tering contract fred cole the brick work and norman bunker the cement the cellar wall is now going up mrs hoover with mr and mrs george valder intend to occupy the new dwelling as the large red brick they now occupy is up for sale since last summer seven new house have been erected or are in the course of erection in town while a number of others have undergone extensive repairs all of which indi cates that the old town is taking on a new lease and is growing at a more rapid rate than for some years cream are you getting everything pos sible from an uptodate creamery service if not try the stouffville creamery co most efficient creamery service since 1918 stouffville ont sday and saturday ovenlngs phone 186 open tuesday thur this week mr c e powell former principal of our continuation school accompanied by his bride nee mabel cook is visiting at the home of mr and mrs george cook of stouffville mr and mrs powell recently returned from a 6115 mile motor trip through western canad with 11 days good driving to their credit which is not so bad for the newlyweds the couple travelled west by way of chicago winnipeg regina edmonton calgary and through the mountains as far as yoho national park mr powell in- fortiis us that for the most part the western provinces are in a stricken condition between winnipeg and regina a distance of 450 miles the farm crop is a total failure a mild winter with little frost left little moisture for the wheat and the drouth accompanied by severe sand storms wrought havoc among the resale depot some people trade in their cars every year regard less of condition if you cant buy a new ford car now- we have several used model a fords offering thousands of miles of unused transportation reconditioned and guaranteed- we dont need to mark up used ear prices to make up for ex cessive tradein allowances the new ford is priced too close to the cost of production to permit unreasnable tradein con cessions that accounts for our lower prices see these special bargains at once some unusual bargains in used cars ford coupe 1930 essex coach 1929 chev trucks 1928 mclaughlin touring 1923 model t ford trucks mclaughlin ta 1 ford sedan 1930 1pontiac coach 1927 1 ford ton truck 1929 1 star coupe 1925 2 fordson tractors a number of other cars d holden ford dealer stouffville phone 18402 storm is there a raising announced southern districts alberta is much in the local district hence the rais- ore fortunate having a fairly good ing set for last saturday on the old crop in the northern part between lewis farm immediately west of the saskatoon and edmonton mr village drew a tremendous crowd of powell says that in one day 115 willing helpors and still another good j women filed claims for new land in crowd of onlookers mr james north alberta the young couplo burry the present owner of the place enjoyed all the thrills of the west lost the large barn only recently it including a visit to the sulphur hot will be remembered through a springs horseback riding on the cyclone that completely demolished mountain trails a visit to the great the structure some 40x80 feet in divide and lake louise on sept size while the historic old barn 1st mr powell takes up his new- raisings are passing out there are duties as principal of grand valley drpendarle paints oils ers for your grease and clean- auto kettles pails pots and all requisites at low prices for high quality goods fyw brathwaite hardware stouffville ontario this storo will be op en tuesday thursday and saturday evening closed wednes day at noons staging a more or less innocent joke provided a thrilling experience tor a couple ot young fellows living in the vicinity ot stouffville one evening last week after dark they conceived the idea of throwing an old tire in the centre of the roadway to ringwood with a cord attached intending to pull the tire when some one attempted to pick it up as a real find tho first victim to come along still those who can cling to the ratters and fit plates with tho best of old timers the two captains were russel grove and jos reesor and they finished very near together but mr rcesors side had a shade the best of it at any rato both sid03 made an equal rush for tho tables which looked extra gcod after a heavy afternoon on the yaw hoe under the watchful eye ot tho re porter we noted an innovation in the management of the raising for this affair had one fred prosser u3 fred learned school got out of his car and walked hack master of ceremonies almost to the tire when ho saw what i the acrobatic stunt in tho days when he took in tho dark to be two men tho main street in stouffville was lying in tho ditch and he lmmedl- oiled each spring and ho attempted ately sensed being hit over the head to cross the road making long and robbed so promptly regained strides in order to save his boots his steps to his car and speeded off from tho oil which he did but not to stouffville on arrival in this his clothes morloy symes of good- metropolis he summoned constable l wood is chief carpenter and contrac- pugh and told him of tho possible tor for the new barn raised so robbery tho cop hastened out with- successfully on saturday and is pistol in hand only to discover the rushing the work along the building lads lying in the ditch waiting for will bo of sheet metal siding and someone to pull their fun on but it roof and will be ready for tho crop all came to an end thero and then this week yes good positions fob good pupils during scores of business spadina positions tho past few months graduates of the canada college college and toronto have accepted ranging from seven hundred and fifty dollars to two thousand four hundred dollars per year two recent lady graduates started at twentyeight dollars per week their names and addresses supplied to interested persons one huron county farmers son who graduated two years ago and has since remained on the farm starts at eighteen hundred dollars pet year in ottawa next month forgot about tho depression deprcs- ionsnevcr last long some will pre pare and be ready others will shine you may attend college or study all by mail par when you like for particulars write to george spotton m p canada business college college and spadina toronto bememueart jacob yake is open for business in the silvester block for watch repairing and cleaning springs of all kinds from 50c to 100 celulpid frames from 1 to 2 broken frames repaired lens replaced with perfect vision real estate has gone to the wall but any advise is freely given jncob ynko jowcller real estate in connection mutual shoe store is the only place where you can buy boots shoes rubbers tennis goods at mail order house prices mens bargain boots from 2 and up to 340 boys boots from 50c to 200 and up youths misses and childs at bargain prices canvas shoes with rubber soles tennis goods at less then catalogue prices shoe and stove polish hand cleaner sewing machine oil the best that is made a g lehman piano bargains ixhvkst prices r we pay freight goubiy upright latest design fine tone and touch guaranteed to be in first class condition ono of thn greatest bargains we havo ever 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