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the tribune stouffville ont thursday november 28 1946 mr and mrs chas mckinney whose special services will con tinue at the mbc church north markham until the first of december with the exception of saturday mr charles boynton of gormley was awarded the senior champion and grand champion ribbons at the royal winter fair for the best tamworth boar in the show ho was also awarded the championship for junior sow reserve champion on senior sow and reserve grand champion sow in the show be sides these special prizes he won a number of prizes in the various tamworth classes tribune classified advs reach more readers than any others in markham whitchurch uxbridge and pickering townships this christmas the selection of an unusual gift is no longer a problem gift theatre tickets available in an quantity in gay gift en- velopes to convey your greetings 0tsfc4t st anley theatre stouffville ontario why dalys is delicious dolyi to h culklota bcaom it h a high qualify fa ak your grocar for 0jyitoyoti markhampickering cattle and sheep for chicago show chicago xov is canadian stockmen will be prominently repre sented in the competitions of the forthcoming victory inter national live stock exposition scheduled for november 30 to december 7 at the chicago stock yards entries for the contests of 11 breeds of cattle horses and sheep have been made by 21 ontario owners one of the largest single exhibi- tor from canada is don head farms richmond hill they are sending a show herd of aberdeen- angus cattle and an exhibition flock of southdown sheep edward brothers of watford and d b weldon of london have alsc listed entries of aberdeenangus cattle and w j brodie of stouff ville and charles c smith brant- ford are exhibiting southdowns brodie has also entered carloads of lambs in the expositions carlot contests where he has exhibited the i grand champion carload more times than any other in the history of the exposition a brodie entry won this award at the last prewar international in 1941 show herds of purebred short horn cattle are entered by f h deacon and son unionville w a dryden and son brooklin and john gardhouse and sons of weston other ontario sheep breeders who have entered flocks are w m pea cock of crystal beach who will exhibit oxfords stanley a graham cf alvinston and h m lee of highgate lincolns charles j shore glanwdrth cotswolds robt g charter blackwater cheviots t l patrick ilderton suffolks and brodie will also show shrop- shires clydesdale draft horses will be exhibited by wreford hewsen of malton four canadians all of ontario have been apppinted as judges at the chicago show they are f w gurney of paris who will judge shropshire sheep t c glaspell oshawa lincolns and cotswolds c me hanna holland centre york shire and tamworth swine and j laughland of guelph will act as one of the judges of the inter national grain and hay show in which canadian growers will have numerous entries dr g i christie president of the ontario agricultural college guelph is a director of the inter national live stock exposition and is in charge of the crops show a noted scot cattle judge walter biggar of dalbeattie scotland will judge all of the individual steer classes at the exposition this year it will be the 13th time since 1020 that biggar has acted in this capac ity more times than any other judge in the 47 year history of this event motor license issve according to the canadian auto mobile chamber of commerce the number of cars registered in ontario of all types passenger or trucks totalled 662719 in ontario county the number of licenses issued totalled 13175 of which 11- 693 were passenger cars and 14s2 trucks or commercial licenses in the county of york largest of any county in the province total issued was 158525 of which 132526 were passenger 25999 commercial licenses list below is the combined issue in each province for cars and com mercial licenses algoma 7684 brant 10540 bruce ss43 carleton 2s917 cochrane 4362 dufferin 31s1 dundas 3306 durham 5271 elgin 9938 essex 3231s bears play peekaboo with haliburton lumber camp cook haliburton november 22 mrs amy walker a cook for a halibur ton lumber company says she dosent mind a few bears prowling about the bush but when it comes to having them play peekaboo through her cookhouse window thats too much of a good thing she relates that this actually happened on a onepeek scale just the other day it seems she was just poking her head out the cookhouse window to scan the frontenac 97s4 glengarry 291s grenville 31s2 grey 11198 haldimand 56s2 haliburton 1132 halton 6789 hastings 12 335 huron 10217 kenora 2281 kent 14952 lambton 12334 lanark 6187 leeds 6931 lennox add 4027 lincoln 14033 middlesex 23971 muskoka 3530 nipissing 7 4004 norfolk 8416 northumberland 6127 ontario 13175 oxford 12235 parry sound 3631 peel 7889 perth 1006s peterboro 9033 prescott 2819 prince edward 3865 rainy river ls98 renfrew 8987 russell 2286 simcoe 156s1 stormont 5521 sudbury 8493 thunder bay 10148 timiskaming 7221 victoria 54s0 waterloo 18217 welland 19447 wellington 9792 wentworth 36894 york 15s525 bloomingtqn too late last week we regret to report mr malcolm ramer being so unfortunate as to break his ankle while riding on the tractor quite a number from here attend ed the royal winter fair including mr and mrs e fairies norman and alford mr and mrs e lemon and mr black and family mrs a topper was a toronto visitor last week noting an article in last weeks tribune reminiscing on the passing of the oldtime farm dinner bell it is of interest to note that we have at least one in our locality possibly more the one we mention is high in its belfry on the shed roof at mr irvng hills while as you state owing tonearly all farmers carrying a timepiece it is not needed as a dinner gong yet occasionally one hears its pleasant pealing bus truck and tractor seats rebuilt and recovered ounlopillo for truck bus ml tractor seats now available with so many accidents occuring the seat of the trouble may be the seat of your truck comfortable seats are more essential than ever for almost 20 years we have been rebuilding and recovering bustruck and tractor seats and backseats keeping thousands of city and rural drivers comfortable imckup and delivery service in suburban area service truck cushion company phone lo 6921 oakwood ave toronto ont township he said up there he added sheep were being kept in the yards but were still falling prey to raiding wolves reeve f h clayton of thorah township agreed with mr duffy and said that beaverton too had suffered from loss of sheep but more due to dogs than wolves he suggested that the dog tax be paid to the province in return for pro vincial payments for sheep lost i agree that the wolf bounty should come from the provincial government said deputy reeve cook ashenhurst of reach town ship the question was turned over to the legislation committee for a recommendation dont neglect your car get them repaired at banford sons garage gormley ontario give us a trial we will try and satisfy phone 7304 stouffville 28tf more civil servants than during wartime there were more employees on the dominion government payroll last august the latest month for which complete figures are avail able than during the height of war activity in 1944 the financial post discloses the most recent monthly total is 1532ss against 149546 in august 1915 and 138303 in august 1944 before the war the total was well under half the present figure undoubtedly all war work at ottawa did not end with the enemy- surrender last year but now after more than 13 months since that surrender surely some substantial reduction is in order the post observes editorially department heads it is said are loath to start cutting down their inflated staffs when there is risk that employees may not be able to find other jobs quickly taxpayers will form their own opinion as to the validity of such an argument eventually unless we are to go completely socialistic the change has got to come and to be absorbed in private industry sur plus civil servants may have to do some hunting around there is bound to be readjustment before a citizen can be changed from a tax consumer to a tax producer hundreds will testify to the good results obtained in tribune classi fied advs more wolves shot in mara township than others when one township pays a wolf bounty of 25 and the neighboring townships pay smaller bounties horizon when she collided noseon more wolves seem to be killed in with a nice fat black bear sheithe higherpaying township than in withdrew like tasty pastry the others according to reeve p w duffy of mara township in the northern section of ontario county the bears in the district seem to he asked the county council to recommend that the province pay have a penchant for tasty pastry foreman james hicks of the same cam went to investigate a rum pus in the compound and came upon another uninvited guest mak ing short work of six apple pies and eight pounds of golden butter the stuff thats rationed to humans these and other reports of bear thievery are but a sample of some of the carryingson of mamma bear pappa bear and several other bears in the highlands of haliburton old horses s15 we will pay you 1500 for your old horse at your farm phone ajrlncourt 18j12 collect chas cambell agincourt rr2 stouffville sand gravel limited are prepared to suppy your requirements of crushed gra vel sand concrete gravel pit hun delivered or at the bin plant phone 582j office phone 370 the bounty and make it uniform throughout he reported that because so many sheep were being killed by wolves in his township the council had raised the bounty for a wolf pelt to 25 along with the county bounty on a similar sum at the last meeting of the mara township council 21 pelts were presented for payment and were honored but the council thought that some of these exwolves might have been killed in other municipalities we must get rid of these wolves or sheep raising will die out in the the sign of quality no more floor waxing if you coat your floors with gl0ssc0te the lasting liquit plastic inexpensive easy o apply fob sale bt east end store a mequarrte pb 6515 commercial feeds coop poultry hog and dairy feeds on hand clover seeds let us quote you on your clover seeds in rough or cleaned see us about our clover seed cleaning service salt we are pleased to announce the arrival of dairy and stock salt coal our suppliers are shipping alberta nut give us a call stouffville coop telephone 269 masseyharris implements x we have on hand no 16 binder 6 cut used no 4 binder 8 cut used mower 6 cut new rake 10 cut new 2 walking plows new 2 cream separators new riteway milking machine new also ashpalt shingles and roll roofing henry ogdeit son phone stouffville 25402