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twelve pages fettffiwlk critarae 2960 copies vol go no 27 the tribune stouffville ont october 20 1949 visit worlds biggest porridge factory in iowa written from cheyenne wyoming wed pm oct 5th 1949 second instalment by cliff salmon hi folks look where we are were look ing down at you from an elevation of 00g2 feetapproximately 10 times higher above sea level than you are and tomorrow if the weather continues fine we will be higher still they say around here that for every mile you go west ward you gain 50 feet in altitude 1 can believe this because of the tremendous distance you can see at the top of each rise today about 14 miles east of cheyenne we had our first glimpse of some snowcapped peak in the distance it was quite a thrill we are now snuggled down in a trailerpark on the southwest side of cheyenne just finished summarizing our expenses to date we have now covered over 1900 miles and at an approximate cost per gasolinemile of a little over 2 1 13 cents per mile in our original estimate we allowed 3c per mile so we are still on the right side of the ledger now that we are finally in wyoming the question mark is how long will be going up the mountains we dont want to rush through things too fast we want to get our moneys worth of scenic pleasure yet we realize that the area involved is so vast that to do any kind of justice to it would take at least a year or so and we have only 15 days between now and when we are due to arrive in los angeles quite a problem that about our trip from illinois to wyoming we managed to tear loose from chicago last thursday morning and started rolling west ward as fast as we could said hello to old man river at clinton iowa where we stopped to prepare some lunch at this point the mississipi isnt too remarkable a sight but we took pictures anyway just for the record scenically speaking iowa proved not too interesting and we didnt find many excuses for making coloured shots i never saw so many square miles of corn in my life most of it was marked pioneer with a hybrid serial number every few miles there was a government station for handling corn storage consisting of several goodsized tanks at a distance you would think you were coming into some oilfields we stayed at cedar rapids iowa that night friday morning we drove into the business section of cedar rapids and did some shopping here we discovered was the biggest plant in the world for processing cereals and owned by the quaker oat co we took some pictures here and then continued on our way the next point of interest was des moines here on saturday morning we took pictures of the state capitol etc to add to our collection nebraska proved to be as corny as iowa only now were added pigs to the scenery pigs of all sizes and colours thousands of them they grow them in iowa and nebraska like we do chickens in ontario driving through the plains of iowa and nebraska was mostly remarkable for the terrific vast- ness of the country this is some thing that no picture can possibly convey there isnt much you can take a picture of except flatness the lincoln highway which we have been following most of the way in many places is so straight it seems to run off the earth at both ends sometimes it seems to disappear in the distance in a shiny sea of water in which even reflections of other cars and sur rounding objects are plainly dis cernible this is the phenomenon known as mirage in the extreme west of nobras ka before coming into wyoming the prajrie gives way to rolling hills completely barren for the most part there are numerous herds of cattle in evidence with an occasional cowboy on horse back much to petes delight we have had a little family competi tion all the way out counting white horses aeroplanes and other trailers on the road now we have added cowboys and indians from pine rluffs to cheyenne we have seen scores of indians either work- ing at their own potato patches or driving along the road in old jalopies the old trailer tias behaved beautifully after the first few miles away from home it took me to get used to it now we drive along at 50 55 and on occasion 60 miles per hour and feel quite at home then when we pull in continued on page 5 griffin authorized to fight for assessment enforcement in markham township despite the fact that markham township council meets twice a month members find they can scarcely keep abreast of the business and reeve vern griffin discussed the issue at mondays council meeting the reeve said that the way some business is carried on coun cil was made to look like fools and councillor barber advocated putt ing another man in the office to assist the clerk and the two helpers now employed i favor a young man who can be trained and that is no reflection on the staff said mr barber councillo wicks claimed the responsibility or a certain amount of delay rested with the reeve the reeve said he was prepared to accept his responsibility and promised to try and find the bottleneck tf one existed reeve griffin was given author ity to engage another solicitor to represent the township at the coming appeal against the county assessment to be heard next month before the ontario municipal board solicitor lucas who has been attending the township bus- ness cannot act in this case since he will represent the county reeve griffin explained the issue may be vital in that the argument over clause 57a of the assessment act demands collection of taxes on buildings in course of erection while this is collected in most of the 26 municipalties he said none of them were making a return to the county coffers with the result that millions of assessment in the south are lost to the countyand the smaller municipalities including markham are worsted because of this neglect i intend to make an issue of the matter but will not employ a solicitor until i am satisfied we will need one said mr griffin plumbing inspector fletcher goudie said that some deplorable work is being put in and some contractors had even defied his orders to do a good job the bylaw provides punishment and the inspector was advised to protect the ratepayers mr goudie advised licensing all contractors doing plumbing in markham council debated the wisdom of offering a written protest to the bell telephone co over what is claimed deplorable service on the yonge street exchange reeve griffin introduced the matter but councillor rae wondered if it was proper business for council to delve into it may be questionable admitted the reeve but a protest might help and could do no harm he thought deputyreeve timbers was a bit doubtful about councils interference however tie con cluded a protest could do no harm monday october 31 was set as the date for holding the court of revision on the assessment roll just completed only a few appeals were filed and these will be cleared at that time the dumping problem was given further consideration and it was learned that richmond hill coun cil had recently talked about installing an incinerator since the big problem arises on the west side of the township reeve griffin suggested that the hill council should be notified that markham would probably be a patron that would help them finance the operation the yonge street coun cil will be advised that markham is interested young mother mrs d oldham succumbs to long illness the death of mrs denzil j old ham of whitchurch township although not unexpected was a sad occurrence mrs oldham died on tuesday at her home on lot 5 con 1 scott township only in her 31th year mrs oldham was born in whitchurch being barbara pegg daughter of mr and mrs herbert pegg she had been in failing health for some years and had been a hospital patient on several occasons but it seemed that her peculiar illness could not be stayed she bore her trial with great patience married only ten years this last june besides her husband there survives- two children elaine 7 and phyllis 4 there are three sisters of mrs oldhams namely mrs roy flewell of whitchurch mrs bruce mclean of markham and mrs richard wright of st catharines the funeral from the late home on thursday to hartman cemetery was largely attended rev mr shapter of mount albert conduct ed the service and the pall bearers were messrs harvey and herbert leek bill and hugh shillinglaw ernest davis and allen hopkins flower bearers were messrs james oldham grant oldham james hammit and harvey meek county assessors resignation accepted one of the chief orders of business when ontario county council met on tuesday of this week was the acceptance of the resignation of ralph wilson county assessor mr wilson is leaving at the end of november to take a similar position in wet land county he has played a prominent part in the new one hundred percent assessment setup as now used in ontario county checking trucks for overloading proves menace to traffic several truckers were fined last week after being fined for over loading with gravel through stouffville these overloaded trucks are a menace to general traffic last week a car from the mole motor sales was returning from toronto where it had just been given a new windshield to replace the shattered glass that had been broken by accident when small stones flying from a load of gravel passing in the opposite direction broke the windshield again other motorists report being showered with small stones when passing gravel trucks and the police have been asked to carefully check the gravel trucks eight fines were meted out for overloading last week and accord ing to police it is the overloaded truck that is causing the menace from flying stones delegates from all ontario at legion rally here sunday members of the canadian legion in considerable force paraded in stouffville on sunday afternoon on the occasion of their district rally honorary padre rev d davis preached the sermon when the legion members attended church at the 11 oclock service led by the newmarket band veterans paraded to the legion hall at the west end where dinner was served by the stouffville womens institute and then the members proceeded to conduct their business for the district the session lasted until after four oclock enroute from the church to the hall the parade paused at the memorial park gates and laid a wreath in memory of the fallen heroes north york wins national prize winner in a nationwide competition of 124 veterans land act communities is the riseborough subdivision in north york ont resident bunny mackenzie shows prize cabbage at competition residents believe that com munity spirit spurred individ uals to greater effort new bank manager takes position mr v harland atkinson man ager of the killaloe branch of the canadian bank of commerce has located in stouffville and last thursday took over the manager ship succeeding mr a c thomp son who was retired some months ago mr norman baker was acting manager during the changeover mr atkinson started his bank- wont escape dog tax in markham there have been less dog taxes paid this year than usual declar ed the official dogcatcher for markham township before council on monday mr art goodchild is a small man but he says there isnt any trouble catching the dogs problem arises as to what to do with them i caught two and sent them off to be destroyed fee for catching them was s2 and this includes disposing of them i paid two bucks to send them off to the humane society reeve griffin said he was aware of the fact that some 100 do owners had not contributed the tax in all there are some 1200 canines in the township councillor rae suggested it was a job for the police they would collect mileage gathering the tax and that would be cheaper than employing someone to make the rounds again constable wideman was called in for the discussion and if it is left to the police notices will be posted to each delinquent giving them a limited time to remit and those who failed to do so would be served with a summons deputyreeve timbers and councillors barber and wicks agreed that it is not fair that some should pay and others ignore the law so the matter was turned over to the police who will take immed- ing career at owen sound and later was manager at kingston for late action seven years before which he had served twelve years in toronto business man weds a widower only the past year man weas mr atkinson brings his mother one of stouffvilles newest busi- mrs electa atkinson to stoufr- nts men mr keith h middle- ville to be in charge of his home miss took unto himself a bride on he has secured the apartment in october 10 when he wed norma the maple leaf dairy block there ilean culp of beamsville daughter are no children of mrs flattie culp and the late mr atkinson is an active mem- herbert culp rev sheridan bole ber of the lions club hence he will tied the nuptial knot the bride find quick fellowship among the ad groom left on their honey- members in stouffville i moon trip and later have located in their new home in stouffville turners big sale next tuesday on tuesday next week mr lloyd turner will sell his prize herd of registered holstein cattle by public auction and will retire from the farm to live in stouffville where he intends to build a house on a lot recently acquired on the lloyd subdivision mr turners hired man gordon wagg will take over the farm which is owned by dr g richardson gord has been employed with mr turner for eleven years and mr turner says it is a great source of satisfaction to him to be succeeded by his faithful employee well schooled in all angles of the business gord should do well for himself when he starts on his own buyers at the turner sale will come from various parts of the country and from other provinces mr turner expects the sale will open at 12 noon stouffville insti tute will conduct a lunch booth lome franklin auctioneer and hays limited are sales managers many familiar names at international plowing match miss dorothy meyers daughter of mr and mrs allen meyers of atha has joined the staff of sted- mans 5c100 store eight young ontario farmers were looking forward to trips to the british isles and the united states as they returned to their homes after four days of pains taking work at the international plowing match near brantford two of them the top sodturners in tractor and horse classes will head for the united kingdom in a few months where they will visit plowing matches study british agriculture and take in the sights four of the other prize winners will visit the tennessee valley to see the latest in conservation measures arid two will take in the international livestock exposition in chicago winners of overseas trips who claimed their gold medals at the closing banquet at brantford air port were ronald marquis 28 of sunderland and jim eccles 30- yearold farmer from the bramp ton district quartette which will head for the tennessee valley is made up of two 17yearolds from haldimand county robert nixon of hagers- ville and earl bacher of cayuga winners in the intercounty horse competition and their runnersup eugene timbers of milliken and n watson of woodbridge the york county team the chicago trip went to another team from haldimand county winners of the inter- county tractor class they were e fleming of hagersville and w waldbrook of hagersville and as was the case with the horse class the second prize went to york county represented by george timbers of stouffville and bill clark of gormley the class was open to county teams made up of young farmers under the age of 20 big events of saturday though were the two classes in which trips to great britain were the top prizes and these competitions attracted most of the attention of the 35000 persons who made up the closing day crowd both prize winners have been frequent competitors at plowing matches in the past and for ronald marquis winning the trip was a welcome change he already has quite a collection of gold watches as prizes from prev ious plowing match wins second prize in the champion ship horse plowing class was a silver medal and 150 in cash and it went to norman jarvis of mark ham a similar secondplace award in the tractor championship class went to doug campbell of cains- ville the banquet at brantford atr- continued on page 5 farmers have field v if day at plowing match at burford ont attention inhiiiii legion branch 459 where the groom recently took over the electrical business of n a special meeting will be held w byer son stouffville busi- in the memorial hall thursday ness interest and citizens generally night at 830 pm topic zone will join the tribune in extend- cribbage indoor sports all mem- ing a welcome to the newly weds bers interested please attend who have the apartment over their sports officer store next the municipal building j the 36th international plow ing match annual world championship sod turning event was held on the farm of harold amy at burford ont with 160 farmers partici pating in the big event with precision plowman howard fers of south cayuga ont is seen taking his team down the field approximately 800 acres were necessary for this years match with a city of tents covering 35 acres of ground in the centre of the area set aside for the exhibition