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page two the tribune stouffville ont thursday august 22 1940 sjij taixffmll qfritmnr established 1s8s member of the canadian weekly newspaper association issued every thursday at stouffville ontario eight to ten pages average circulation 1400 subscription rates per year in advance in canada 200 in usa s250 a v nolan jp editor and publisher editorial comment spraying watched with interest township of pickering has completed the spraying of twelve miles of roadway with the chemical spraying machine owned by the county of ontario at a cost in the neighborhood of 300 pickering is the first township in the county to adopt this method of weed destruction on roads but it is expected that others will follow suit when they see its advantages horticultural society hits on splendid idea the stouffville horticural society flower show will be held this year on september 5 it is more or less a pat riotic venture this year and all prizes will be paid in war revenue stamps points will be allotted for first second or third prizes every four points won will entitle the winner to a 25c revenue stamp the idea is a splendid one and the citizens in general should get behind the show since the horticultural society was formed here sixteen years ago stouffville has been a finer looking town for it has been the means of inducing more home owners to grow flowers thus making the general surroundings more beautiful and everybody loves beauty no excuse for idlers a call has gone out from the dept of labor in toronto for every able bodied boy to take a job on the farm for a few weeks it would seem that this is being done in the local district for there is scarcely a lad who if fit for this work or some other job is found fooling the time away the harvest is well advanced and the best guess is that locally the high school in stouffville will be able to open about the middle of september for by that time the rush will be over whitchurch ratepayers fortunate the ratepayers of whitchurch township read with satisfaction last week the council of that municipality had undertaken to cut expenses so that the loss of over a thousand dollars by reason of a smaller government sub sidy on the general tax rate would be absorbed and not passed on by way of increased taxation this is a difficult year and farm prices have not advanced with other com modities hence the effort of the council in holding the tax payment at the old level in face of a substantial loss is more than ever appreciated by those who have to pay taxes it would have been an easy matter to pass on the increase to the ratepayers and blame it on the government but this outlet was resorted to many other municipalities found they could not do this and were forced to advance the rate to take care of the loss last year the ontario government paid to each municipality one and a half mills on the general tax rate but this year this was reduced to one mill it is regarded as a return to municipalities of a portion of the gasoline tax while some construed it as a rebate because the right of municipalities to collect income tax was removed many or all rural places however never collected any income tax and so it was better to collect it by the government in fairness to all who should pay this tax farmers and the income tax the major new war taxation so far has been im posed on incomes that means that the levies will be paid largely in urban communities farmers are not income tax payers generally speaking only a thousand agrarians in all canada pay income tax to the dominion the new de fense contribution levy and the lower exemptions will hard ly combine to increase that number very much at first glance this looks most unfair why should not the farmers share in the general sacrifices of the war it is asked by many people people who recall the huge expansion in farm incomes during the past war may have difficulty in seeing why farmers are excused from these levies let us look at the facts there has been no expan sion in farm income in this war farmers generally are much worse off they are not being excused from income taxes they just are not earning incomes large enough to come up to the minimum income brackets as a result of the war canadian farmers have seen their best markets wiped out they hold huge surpluses of wheat bacon tobacco apples cheese and other farm pro duce prices are still low although prices of the goods that farmers buy are creeping upward if records could be coldly investigated it would be found that in recent years a large proportion of canadian farmers have had an actual cash deficit not many have earned a cash income sufficient to offset depreciation on their buildings and equipment and only a rare farmer has earned a return on his investment over and abovp the sustenance of his family the next group of war taxes will probably have to be placed upon commodities such as through an increase in the sales tax or elimination of some sales exemptions here the farmer will be hit if in the meantime his in come position does not improve his sacrifice to meet the new levies will be a heavy one ace pilots will ferry planes to britain three crack fliers trained on imperial airways longdistance routes landed at a canadian port on july31 to begin flying planes from canada to britain they are capt arthur wilcockson left chief of imperial air ways transatlantic service who was one of the pioneers of the newfoundland jo england route i g ross centre a native of montreal and former bush flier to the northern quebec mining camps and capt dct bennett who made sev eral atlantic crossings in the caledonia in 1937 my old home by the stream would you come with me some evening to that path now turning gray where the cows are winding home ward at the silent close of day and the hills stretch far and lonely in the suns last fading gleam just beside the cedar woodland nearing my old home by the stream soft and low the church bells ring ing from the hill the chimes sound clear on the old sixth line of markham i can see the spire from here and the mill has long since vanish ed yet the old rouge waters teem bringing back forgotten memries near my old home by the stream there high in the swaying branches a birds nest in twilight swings just above my bedroom window a sweet lullaby he sings and the hush of night steals softly in that most consoling scene where a dear enchantment lingers near my old home by the stream now the nights are long and lonely while through tears i see your face with your golden tresses hanging in that oldtime trysting place and tonight were young together but tis only in a dream premier registers picks old job anthony edens kin here national registration got un der way during the week with premier king and members of the cabinet signing on the dotted line and receiving their cards one of the questions is what other work do you per form well to which mr king replied leader of the opposi tion canadas grand old man sir william mulock confessed he was 96 years old when he filled in his form he also said he had not been turned down for mili tary service during this war he answered in the affirmative the question can you milk ace yake accepted by two units some weeks ago floyd ace yake attempted to join the tor onto irish regiment and after passing his medical examina tion was told to wait word to re port says the newmarket era weeks passed and hearing no word from the irish regiment he journeyed to toronto and joined the dufferinhaldimand rifles to which unit he report ed for service last thursday the previous day at the aurora post office he received a notice dated weeks before to re port to the irish regiment the letter had come to aurora marked unknown from the newmarket rural route to which it had been originally sent yakes parents residing in whitchurch township business directory medical dr s s ball physician and surgeon xray office cor obrien and ut phone 196 coroner for york county two sea monsters have been reported near kincardine onie 25 and the other 30 feet long possibly a couple of perch which have found out something about a vitamin diet idbfa send the tribune to absent friends permanent waves of quality priced from 250 to 750 including hair cut shampoo and wave commencing august 1 prices at the demilo shop will be slightly in creased maries beauty shop phone 176 sighs a whisper in the willows near my old home by the stream the above lines were penned by wellington p mackenzie of new liskeard ontario and are dedicated to his grandfathers farm on the 6th concession of markham where as he describes it he spent his barefoot days start the summer f rfe f rom 77re wowub lady eden wife of sir tim othy eden brother of the brit ish secretary for war is on her way to vernon bc with a par ty of english school children five of them her own the group attended fritham house an ideal school operated in eng land by lady eden she plans to transplant the school to vernon where it will provide its pupils with luxury with discipline with an accent on manners and deportment new tires now will free you all summer long from the danger and annoyance of tire failures we have your size in several price ranges and well put them on without extra charge stop in at fshelll the sign of the shell boadway service station farrs elevators claremont ont phone 38j or 38w dealers in high grade poultry and pig feeds 1 fencing and fence posts 20c and up roofing materials we pay best prices for grains dr arthur l hore physician markham ontario general medicine minor sureiy and obstetrics also eyes tested glasses fitted phone 67 markham dental e s barker lds ddjs honor graduate of royal collt of dental surgeons and of ibe university of toronto office in grnblna block phone 8201 markham every tueadar office in wear block dr j f weatherill office over bank of commcroe office hoars s to 12 noon and 130 to 530 pjn phone office phone residence 180 18002 claremont every tuesdar office over bakers store phone claremont 1401 a c kennedy chiropractor church street stouffrtu monday wednesday fridaya 9 to 12 am insurance see h o klinck obrien are or your insurance needs in fire life automobile buresar and all casualty lines 3hf tjtuage 3mt located on second floor of former mansion house spacious dining room nnd lounge room the new ice cream parlor and snack bar now operating we are prepared to serve hot dogs sandwiches cold drinks and special ice cream sundaes acme ice cream by brick bulk or cones treat yourself to acme ice cream brick flavours vanilla mapl walnut varsity acme fruit special fruitful neapolitan open sundays acme ice cream brick and bulk your patronage will be appreciated d f h0lden prop phone 18402 for reservations thomas birkett general insurance agency representing reliable companies including lloyds of london england phone stouffville 25902 i0e30i 230e30e iqcjol a 1 theres none better we are talking about stovers bread and we know that you will have to go a long way before you will find any belter bread its an allround bread good for toasting sandwiches and many other uses it also comes in whole wheat form for those who like their bread on the brown side watch our window for weekend specials 0 p the stouffville bakery phone 1s9 d o stouftville ontario stouffville marble granite works orders promptly executed p tarr proprietor phone 4303 lehmans shoe store phone 4301 stouffville footwear for all the family womens hosiery boots shoes rubbers mitts socks gloves a c burkholder insurance canada life assurance ce -also- automobile and fire harry m spang representative empire life insurance cxb also mutual automobile insusance telephone 6616 stouffville ontario barristers office phone residence pbon 3160 3514 arthur w s greer barrister solicitor notary public o king street east oshawa ontario resident partner branch office wcpollardkc port perry uxbrldge ontario phono 25 mccullough button flbuttonkc hrbuttonba barristers solicitors convey ancers etc buttons block stouffville money to loan miscellaneous loraoi 30boe ioooe hoi stouffville floral roses wedding bouquets funeral designs cut flowers telephone 7001 7002 milt smith proprietor brierbush hospital government licensed main street east stouffvillo maternity medical and surgical cases taken ambulance service registered nurses and 24 hour service mrs e r good phone 191 l e oneill stoufsfvillb funeral dmector and embalmer continuous telephone service day and night business phone residence pfeoc r g clendening funeral director ambulance service phone markham 9000