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Wed.. December 24th, 1924 AmhHGE wmsm> ^ ( , 1 The Business of Agriculture. FARMING i^ more than an occupa- tion; it is a higrhiy commercialized business which requires careful plan- nini; and thoughtful execution. Bounti- ful production is necessary but mush ef- fort is wasted unless the business of disposing of year's output is properly managed. In conducting the business of the farm the Standard Bank can play a prominent and useful part. Consult the manager and learn how true co-oper- ation between banking and agriculture builds a more prosperous community. STANDARD BANK OF CAJ>JAX)A. FLESHERTON BRANCHâ€" C. T. Batty, Manager STATUTE LABOR MUST GO NOW! Otherwise There Will be No Government Grant For Artemesia Twp. Highways THE NEW SCHEME WAS EXPLAINED ANADIAN P/\CiriO C. p. R. TIME TABLE Stains leave Flesherton Statia^ii as ows: Gine South Going North 8.00 a.m. 11.58a.m. 4.30 p.m. 9.30 p.m. The mails close at Flesherton as follows: For the north at 11.00 a.m. and 6 p.m.; and the afternoon mail •emth at 3.30. For morning, train •outh at mail closes at 9.00 p.m. the previous evening. Despite the stormy weather there was a representative meeting of tax- payers of the Township of Atremesia in the town hall, Flesherton, on Mon- day afternoon to listen to an address on the subject of township roads and the proposed abolition of statute labor. Reeve T. R. McKenzie was called to the chair, and in a few pawky re- marks, introduced Mr. Squire, Prov- incial Deputy-Minister of Highways, who had been requested to come here to explain the government policy on the subject prior to the proposed vote on the subject at the ensuing munici- pal elections. I* Geo. Brackenbury Badly Burned By Gasoline • Quick Work Prevented Fire At McTavish's Garage An accident occurred at McTav- ish's garage in town on Monday mor- ning a little after nine o'clock that might have amounted to a serious conflagration and a death. Mr. Geo. Brackenbury and W. Tur- ney were in the work room at the time. There was a pail of dirty gas- oline standing ne£r the stove, when : Then after Confederation _ the roads an iron rod fell, struck the pail and to our three Mr. Squire's address was lucid and I comprehensive. He explained the genesis of road-making' in Canada 1 from the time the early French gov- ernment in 1689 introduced its sys- tem of statute labor on the basis of each settler building and maintaining I such roads as were required for his I property. 80 years ago toll roads I were legalized, the first of these I being in the vicinity of Toronto. the salary of a superintendent. Superint«ndent Reports To Council If the scheme were adopted the township council would sit down and map out their roads, showing their relative importance for traffic pur- poses, and the superintendent would carry out the decisions arrived at, he having full control over such work- men as he might find necessary to carry on the work. The superintend- ent need not be an engineer or an expensive official, but he ought to be a man of knowledge of the subject of road management and of discre- tion. He would be responsible to the council and report to the Depart- ment, who would not interfere, but might act as referee. In answer to questions, Mr. Squire said the taxpayers were free to adopt j® the new system or to carry on under \9 statute labor. If, however, they JW continued statute labor, there would j® be no government grant. In 165 jW townships where statute labor had , '^ I been abolished, they had found that j 8 work which cost $1.06 to put gravel 30 cents. A very large proportion of the townships of the province have already abolished statute labor, the number being 165 and 80 others have already passed the necessary by-law, leaving only a small proportion of the 350 townships who have not tak- en action. At the close Mr. Squire was asked if under the new arrangement the government would conti-ibute to the expense of keeping the roads free from blocking by snow in winter. He replied that no decision had yet been arrived at, but that expenditures so necessitated would be recognized under the new arrangement. The Peoples' Grocery | Just Arrived ! A fresh lot of Currants, Valencia Raisins, Seedless Raisins, Seeded Raisins, Lemon, Orange and Citron Peel. A full line of Fresh Groceries always in stock. HEAD- QUARTERS for Willard's Forkdipt Choc- olates. Just phone your order to No. 37. S i Henry 81 Kennedy GROCERS FleshertoQ, - Ontario. • S Merry Christmas thousand readers. Presbyterian concert on Thursday night. Mr. George White has installed a telephone. Have your skates sharpened at McTavish's garage. Come to the New Years enter- tainment in the Methodist chui'ch. The usual good supper and program. Miss Gladys Pinder is spending Christmas with her friend, Miss Dorothy Thompson, of Stouffevilio. Miss Rhoda Best of Toronto is vis- iting over the holiday at her parental home. Mr. Ross Alcox is at present under the doctor's care with an attack of quinsy. Miss Rene Cargoe, Toronto, is visit- ing over the holiday at her home here. Mr. Alex. Hogarth of Barrie is vis- iting over the holiday with his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hogarth. Miss Ii'ene Wilson of Detroit is spending the holiday at her parental home here. in a moment the pail of gasoline caught fire. Mr. Brackenbury under- took to carry the burning pail out through the welding room but had to drop it before getting to the door. Instantly the whole welding room was filled with flame. George was overcome and fell in a corner. Mr. Turney grabbed a small chemical en- gine and turned the contents into the burning room, and also opened up the village chemical engine which was stored in the workroom and had been newly recharged last Saturday. â-  The chemicals soon deadened the flames and Mr. Brackenbury was pul- j led out into fresh air. His face and j arms were badly burned and" one leg j of his pants burned to the knee. He was taken to his boarding place and | Dr. Turnblll summoned. He will be confined to his room for some time. It is not yet known whether the ac- cident will result in permanent dis- were placed in the hands of the muni- cipalities. One of the first through roads was that which ran from Port Credit, through this district to Owen Sound. It was noteworthy that wherever these thoroughfares were constructed the value of farm proper- ty was enhanced. There had been a "passing of the buck" in looking after the highways â€" firstly by the Federal government, afterwards by the Prov- incial authorities and they unloaded on the pathmasters! As time went on, the necessity for improved high- ways was given greater attention and on€ of the first to take the matter up as one calling for provincial aid was a well known resident of this district â€" the late Mr. Matthev.' Rich- ardson. Mr. Squire recited the var- ious steps which had been taken to secure government assistance, men- tioning the Canadian government grant of twenty million dollars for good roads, spread over five years, and the large sums voted by the figurement, but Georges many i ^ . ,, . , , T . ... . , , ti. I. -i Ml ' Legistlature, on a per cent, basis, tor .friends snicerely hope that it will i ^, ~ ,,-_,!_„ ..\k„ not. The little welding room wiiere the fire occurred is badly scorched and charred and some lights of glass I cracked, but little real damage was ) done, thanks to the chemicals and to ! Mrs. O. W. Clipperton of Toronto j the fact that Mr. Turney was close ' was not a failure when it was honest is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. by when the acicdent occurred. The j ly performed, but there were many George Mitchell. cx;;t?ment for a few moments was in- ] instances where work had not been Mrs. W. A. Armstrong has return- I "-^"^^ ^"'' -^^^ 1'"â„¢^y says that he ; properly done. IncidenUlly Mr. the same pui'pose. Taking up the question of the statute labor main- tainance of roads, he aeked if it had been a success, and proceeded to argue that it had not been, though no doubt at the time it was inaugur- aetd it was the wisest course. It ed home after spending a month with her daughter, Mrs. Hyland, Weston. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Semple of Islington are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. S. Sutton in town. The rink was used on Saturday evening for the first time for hockey practice. Skating has been going on â- ^is week, and skating Christmas afternoon. Mr. Alfred Harrison, Toronto Line, was very ill for several days with kidney trouble, but is improving. Mr. and Mrs. Fred McTavish of Oshawa are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. D. McTavish of town. Miss Beatrice Thistlethwaite, teach- â- Â«r in Toronto, is spending the vaca^ tion with her mother here. The L.O.L. of Maxwell will hold a box social and dance in the Orange Hall on Monday, December 29th. Mr. Fred Mathewson is spending Christmas with his daughters in Owen Sound. Miss E. Sandiland of Dundalk was the guest of Mrs. Thos. Fisher this week. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Griffin of To- ronto are spending the holidays with the letter's mother, Mrs. W. Wilcock, in town. The dance advertised last week by the 4th line L.O.L. has been postponed on account of a death in the com- munity and other illnesses. Rev. and Mrs. H. H. Eaton are spending Christmas in Toronto with the latter's parents, Hon. and Mrs. Thos. Crawford in Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Patton and Mr. and Mrs. A. Harpeil ani little daughter of Toronto are spending Christmas at the former's home here. Mr. and Mrs. Laurie G. Wells and family of Dresden are spending Christmas with Mrs. Wells' mother, Mrs. W. J. Caswell. Mr. Wells is editor of the Dresden Timas. does not want any more like it. Squire volunteered the information that the Provincial government in- tended to place a tax on gasoline, so that those who used the roads â€" and especially the truck owners â€" might bear their full share of the maintan- ance of the highways. The System Should Be Changed The tim«- has now come, Mr. Squire continued, when it is necessary to have an improved system of main- taining the township roads, as well as the county and provincial high- ways. He recommended the passage of the by-law by Artemesia Township for the replacing of the statute lab- or system by that suggested by the administrataion. Under the new sys- tem if the township expenditure on roads was, say |10,000 the govern-' ment would pay $,3,000 or 30 per 3 o'clock p.m. "Some Rural Prob- j cent. That amount, of course, need < lems," by Mrs. Robt. Best; music; not be expended in one year,. He roll call â€" resolutions for the new called particular attention to the fact Add to the entertainment of your Christmas visitoES--by attending the dance in the hall at Kimberley on Friday evening of this week, put on by the Eugenia boys. Large Bros, orchestra. A credit sale of household furni- ture will be held at the home of Mr. Fred Mathewson in town on Tuesday next, December 30th. The terms are ten dollars and under cash, over that amount six months credit or 5 per cent, straight off for cash. The brick residence and lot will be offered at the same time subject to reserve bid. Wm. Kaitting, auctioneer. The Women's Institute will meet at the home of Mrs. F. H. W. Hick- ling on Wednesday, January 7th at Send The Advance as a Christmas present. Mrs. W. Boyd is visiting with her daughter, Blrs. C. J. Crossley, in Toronto. Miss D. Thurston of Toronto is ' spending the holidays at her home I here. v j Mr. .Jack Karstedt of Toronto Uni-i versity is spending the vacation with | his parents here. Mr. and Mrs. Prank Cairns of to\vn i are spending Christmas with their ; daughter, Mrs. McDonald, at Weston | and will visit for a couple of months. Providence cliurch, Osprey, will ; hold its annual meat supper and con- | cert on New Years night, when the Mr. Claude Akins of Flesherton last week purchased from Henry Arkell & Son of Teeswater five fine Oxford Down sheep at a fancy price. Mr. Akins is building up a creditable j flock of these popular sheep. ! The high school teachers, Misses ', Cameron, Dunham and Stewart have ' gone to spend the Christmas holidays at Ottawa, Toronto and Stratford re- i spectively. ', Providence church, Osprey, will ' hold its annual meat supper and con- ; cert on New Years night, when the Sunbeam Trio of London, graduates 1 of the Ontario School for the Blind, i will assist. .\dniission â€" Adults 60c., ; Children 25c. Tea served from to | ( 8 o'clock. Rev. A. E. Duffield, pastor. For Mud and Slush You Need These Rubber Boots Every farmer â€" every member of his family â€" every man who works out doors in all kinds of weather â€" needs the dry, foot- comfort given by RHINO boots. For use on the farm, RHINO Rubber Boots are easy to wear because they're ounces lighter in weight. This footwear is made from RHINO Rubber â€" the toughest and most wear -resisting that Science has yet discovered â€" which will wear up to twice as long as ordinary rubber. RHINO Rubber Footwear is built for long wear, otherwise the iron-dad guarantee couldn't be given with each pair. We stand behind it because it means full value for your money. The neat time you need rubbers ask us for a pair of RHINO. Compare The Wear'* F. H. W. HICKLING Flesherton ^ZQSX ^he Jiqhining J^emedtf ^ - â-  I I year; social half hour. Baking Com. cake, Mrs. (Rev.) Eaton, Mrs. (Dr.) Turnbull; sandwich, Mrs. Cargoe, Mrs. Inkster, Mrs. F. Pinder. Visi- tors welcome. that the government aid proposed was 30 per cent, of the township ex- penditure, in place of 20 per cent, at present. Moreover, the govemm.ent would be prepared to pay one-haLf FLESHERTON SKATING RINK Public Skating Nights TUESDAY . THURSDAY SATURDAY Hockey Practice MONDAYS and FRIDAYS Andrew Gilchrist, President. E. DtfCudmore, Sec.-Treas. @ 9 9 S 9 t • • • • • • • • % 9 • « 9 P % T IS OUR WISH that you, like the Threfe Wise Men of the East, have reached the goal you have sought during the past twelvemonth and that this Christmas sea- son finis you aglow with the spirit of happin- ess and the satisfaction that comes from work well done. And may the coming year bring with it a still greater measure of success and prosperity. December Twenty-fourth, Nineteen Twenty-Four. F. H. W. HICKLING, Flesherton, Ont. ^@^^9@4S(999999i