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section second ol 59 xo 2 the tribune stouffville ont may 15 1917 second section olves believed 0 be lurking pickering pickering township farmers from the second to the sixth concession report that a large timber wolf has been roaming their farms taking a toll of poultry and live stock all efforts to track the beast have so far failed only last week the township council paid out sto to mike stefario of the 3rd concession for two heifers killed the animals were badly mauled and partly eaten inspector vinson believed it could have been the work of wolves if these animals are at large they have wandered to within a couple of miles of no 2 highway and quite near a fairly heavily populated section large barn moved from scakisoko a huge barn that served its day and purpose on a farm down in scarboro township was moved last week to a site at the rear of inter national motors owned by mr walter atkinson where it will do duty as a place for housing imple ments in connection with this busi ness the large structure 35x 92 in size contains excellent frame which was taken down by morley symes and his gang and raised on the site on thursday in readiness to be sheet ed in despite the fact that the frame had stood for many years on the farm of mr lou reesor at scarboro junction it is in excellent condition and contains timbers winch would be impossible to obtain today inroads by the city around scarboro made the great wooden structure perhaps unwel- come in that area and from a tax point and fire hazard it was inad visable for it to remain longer in a place where city proportions arel taking form j for mr atkinson it will make an excellent storage place and provide a repair shop its well may try seeding by air vast prairie farms in canada may be sown from the air if experiments tried out in eng land are successful heavy rains and flood conditions left many british farms too wet to work so 90 acres of oats were seeded from a plane results will be known in a few day this can adian plane is spraying forest with insecticide eight cents no bar to sale of bars eight cents is no bar at all to the sale of chocolate bars in stouffville a reporter learned on making a tour of the stores handling these goods we can sell all we can get and will be out before more com tycc tom find our banfc this farm picture -syj- along said one dealer who had several boxes arrive that day yet they were more than half gone by night- of course there has been no organized attempt to influence children and grownups who buy them to may off until price adjust ment is made they have not been taught that little adage which says united we stand divided were stuck made inspector ill cruel farmer fixed haliburton ont may 9 crown attorney lome jorden demanded the heaviest penally the law would allow in the case against v w lewis of highland grove oht in haliburton police court yesterday i lewis charged with cruelty to i dumb animals had appeared in i court two weeks ago and pleaded not guilty and was granted an ad- i health unit forecast eok local district officials of seven townships and seven villages and towns within the northern section of york county will be invited to participate in the establishment of a cooperative health unit to serve the district it j was announced last night i the announcement was made by john sibbald reeve of georgina township who is chairman of a father and son roth ktiled ix different jillj accidents peculiar endings came to john coneybeare who was killed in a mill accident at halls lake where so many stouffville cotttagers enjoy their summers and his son cecil who also was killed in another mill the son met death at a peterboro mill when he was buried under a load of logs coneybeare was found by fellow- workmen lying beside the machine he had been working at halls lake ihls clothes torn and an arm and a leg missing it is assumed that his i sweater became caught in the re volving shaft he was conscious i for a time coneybeare had worked all his life in the district and was a resident of haliburton journment of two weeks to prepare i committee appointed by his defence yesterday he changed ork co counc st the ibis plea to one of guiltv proposed program at a banquet william dovell chief of the tendered to county city and mun- i county police testified i received at jackson s po a complaint signed by three resi 1 e proposed service would in dents of highland grove and when th p of e neces- i sary doctors nurses and dentists to provide a complete public health ii b v ryavi jzifiji fine livestock you see on sg x this farm have been built up through the banking services and helpful financing of the canadian bank of commerce you too may need to purchase foundtion live stock for the development of your farm or ranch i went out to investigate it was necessary for me to walk 16 miles due to road conditions i picked up two of the men who had signed the complaint one of them being fred succee the sanitory inspector of the district and proceeded to the farm of the accused we found on arrival i five cows in starving condition two dead sheep foxir dead lambs one small pig one dead horse and one dead yearling steer there was a brood sow in the remains of a barn i with seven little pigs two of which had their tails frozen off three of the cows had the end of their tails chewed off by dogs we could find i no feed around the place and the socalled barns were not even good windbreaks we found a nor a colt in a ston enclosure with no roof in my 30 years as a county officers i have never before seen a sight like this it made mr succee sick lewis said he knew the service within the northern sec tion of the county townships within the proposed program include vaughan geor gina north and east gwillinbury markham whitchurch and king while towns and villages include sutton markham village stouff ville newmarket aurora rich mond hill and woodbridge reeve sibbald announced the representatives of all these munici palities would be invited to a meet ing at jacksons point within the next few weeks to consider estab lishment of the county health unit when a representative of the ontario of health would ex am ng00t department of i plain the progrt were in poor shape but could not get materia to repair them lewis was fined s50 and costs of barns 75 or 00 days in jail crossed see d holden sons phone siouftrillc iridl for safe new goodyears bbstby investigate the many advantages you hare under the farm improvement loan plan come in and discuss ar financial needs with our local manager the canadian bank of commerce stouffvillik rraxcii agt1 ompon mspr uhkmont bkavch wlimin manager of safe econ omical service than any other tire gvt brand new foodyiare today see your see rotr c goodyear dealer d holden sons two octogenarians take nuptial vows germans thank mennonites for clothing letters expressing thanks from four german families have been received by norman helmuth rr2 waterloo for clothing which his family sent to europe through the mennonite central committee to which organization so much material has gone from stouffville- markham district the letters all written in german late in january were translated by the rev joseph cramer director of the house of friendship a linguist who has frequently translated letters written in many european languages found address wide distribution of the clothing was indicated by the letters which originated in ludwigshaven stutt gart badenbaden aiifi heidelberg- the germans found the canadian address in the articles received with unspeakable joy i received a pair of rubber boots through our pastor for my little boy one letter read it was from mrs frieda kneirim ludwigshaven he too was happy she said referring to her child 1 believe you belong to the same church denomination as we do she continued my husband is still in a russion prisonerofwar camp he hasnt ever seen his son walter deppenmeier of baden- baden wrote what a great joy it was to us for our little wolfgang to receive a pair of running shoes which he was badly in need of experience hardships in these last several years we have experienced many hardships and after these difficult times we find it very hard to express our gratefulness in any other manner than by letter we feel it a special gift when people far away those who have not gone through all the hardships think of us we wish to thank you and it is our desire that god who sees this great love and mercy for his people may bless them for it and keep them well helm metz of heidelberg said he had assisted in distributing child rens shoes and little dresses that were sent to his area i would like to convery the ap preciation of all those who have been made happy through your gen erous gifts the beaming faces of the children would have spoken a thankyou to your hearts lump for joy i there are children wliose shoes are so torn and worn that their toes are peeping out when they receiv ed these shoes they jumped for joy you have done much good through your donation and may the lord richly bless you for it we are un able to repay you mrs hilde setter stuttgart wrote several days ago 1 receiv ed a pair of shoes for my three- yearold son our joy is indescrib able it seemed like a dream and yet was reality our little sons name is hermann and our fathers name helmut 1 sincerely believe this was a leading of the lord no doubt you are aware that we as a german people have become very poor we are still waiting for our dear father who is in russia and whom we havent seen for three years perhaps the lord will send him back to us again so you see my child and i do not have much happiness have hard struggle our struggle in life is hard and bitter at times these last two year i havent received any money or aid of any kind with little to eat i still have to work to keep myself and the child alive if you have anything that you can spare for us we will be so happy for it god will bless you i would also be willing to do some knitting or crocheting for you and in that manner show my grateful ness wo could send these things to you through a soldier in the army stouffville qpoobeaa onrjo following their wedding in washington dc recs w evans 65 and his bride s2 are seen rev j montgomery chaplain of house of represent atives officiated oxetim e assessor dies ix scott township a resident of scott township all his life where he farmed and served as township assessor for 11 years edwin stiver died at his home on concession in his 70th year he had been in ill health for some time mr stiver was a member of the leaskdale presbyterian church he was also a member of the ioof lodge he is survived by his widow the former leufshia ann tate one daughter mrs h g page of marion four sons ronald douglas and dennis of uxbridge and garnet of toronto also surviving are two brothers byron of mount albert and leslie of ottawa as well as five grandchildren