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i Hi I j- r i 1 I II THE BEST You can afford cheapest In cell only reliable fralccs and every J GUAUXNTKEb Jewelry ERA homo every faCMbYth York combined ed to bo tbe Leading i I au V YORK no on 1 Copy eta itt to lfrouJto to fttgeo freely fiocctdbs to ell 11 ir a Newmarket Friday Jan I foods find on our floors too many Heating Stoves and hate to thorn out at following Reduced Prices All goods First Guaranteed to give Satisfaction Prima Coal Heater i B00 for 1000 ft Grate Coal and Wood No Huron Goal and Wood No Oak Coal ind 1650 1750 18 Grand Jewel Oak v Cheerful Oak- Coal and Wood I Fairy Oak with Oven Coal and Wood No Oakdale Huron and Wood I Oak Oven Coal and Wood I No Parlor Cook I No Brilliant Favorite Ovta IB Brilliant Favorite Oven 4200 a No Art Garland Oven 4600 Jewel Oven WE WILL- HAVE 3 BIG LONG MONTHS OF WINTER YET I 860 1300 2200 PAINTS PHONE STOVES PUTTY OILS AND FURNACES PLUMBING AND TINSMITHING NEWMARKET mil MEWMAEllCr attention r VINOS DEPOSIT MANAGER CALL ON US WHEN YOU NEED RIGHT IN QUALITY AND PRICE 0t Why Not Use GOAL AKD HAVE THE BEST THATS MINED Corner Church and ORDER PHONE 56 OR CARTERS JOS WESLEY AND FRED HOOVER 2L Q ON Tweed will be popular next Spring We are giving Bargains in them now looking elewhere Examine Goods and before J ST TAILOR Oof tefe m The Minister Works at has given tn Mayor and a de putation from the City Council an as surance that as soon as the new Union Station problem has been sat isfactorily solved a hew Post Office will bo erected near the station The deputation also received the assu rance Sir Wilfrid that the Garrison Common property would be conveyed to the City Two housebreakers were sent to the Penitentiary for three years and one to the Central Prison for fifteen months on Monday William a colored man who shot his white wife and is out of the Hospital was committed for trial on Monday in the police court Premier Whitney denies the report that the Ontario Government is con sidering legislation to provide text for the technical education of artlzans and to examine the students on the information thus acquired He also denied the report about drainage legislation The announcement is made that His Excellency Karl Grey will preside at the opening of the Canadian Forestry Association at the build ings on Feb and 12 and he will also attend a banquet to be given on the evening of Feb At a meeting of the National directorate the only living members of the original board name ly Dr Andrew Smith and George Booth were made life members of the association Mr Ii an old ftp ii Society the annual Society was Pursuant to notice meeting of the above held in the Fire Hall Newmarket on Friday last pursuant to The attend was limited The President Mr A Widdifield in the chair Minutes of last annual meeting were read and confirmed after which sev eral communications were disposed of Then followed the report of the retiring Board and Treasurer Secretarys Report The exhibition was held on Sept Oct and and an effort was forth to make it eclipse any form er one with gratifying results It was without doubt the greatest suc cess in its history of fifty years A feature of the fair was an Old Boys Reunion on the second day which brought a large attendance from far and near it being estimated there were about on the grounds The exhibits in all classes was ex ceptionally good the poultry ladies work fruit and horticultural depart ments deserving special mention There was also a very good show of horses many beautiful specimens be ing shewn in the various classes The number of entries was the larg est in the history of the Society reaching nearly The standard of Quality is also growing steadily higher and we are adding new exhi bitors to our ing from a distance to exhibit- Ho In advance Un SHI j I an Directors Messrs A Mnnltahn I power plant Johrfx Curry Winnipeg were Directors Messrs A R Curry George TrlviU J and na power plant Job Sons Winnipeg were Winnipeg railways played an important part in the development of Western Canada the i rntraf J- uj A which was grace- country paving fully acknowledged Much satisfaction was expressed at the manner in which the affairs of the Association had been managed during the year and the meeting ad journed IO 0v good the way for History of Canadian Journalism Everyone who is interested in the history of Canada will welcome a new book A History of Canadian Journalism which has just been is sued The Volume which furnishes in permanent form thcyirst compre hensive history of the press in Can ada covers a great deal of ground not dealt with in any other extant publication The reader as he pe ruses its pages is constantly Of this the Canadian Paci fic built miles the Grand Trunk Pacific and the Canadian North ern balance Tbis remarkable ex tension in railway construction has contributed as much toward the good conditions prevailing in business cir cles in the west as has the record crops that have been marketed The tofal mileage of all railway compa nies now operating in Western Can ada at tic close of is miles Greater Progress for Thirty million dollars has been mentioned as the amount the Can adian Pacific Railway will appropri ate toward Western this year in the building of numerous branches and connecting lines as feed ers to their great main line carrier The Grand Trunk Pacific and Can It will take at least three for the- contractors to get to go ahead with the the power plant- Vf if market is very much in view of the fact tdatV season open- up Winnipeg cannot offer inducement for laboring lent i Made Wl J estate the late Mr Kcrtland of the bone of contention in a which has drawn to the assize court some of the lights of the city Including Blake KC J Mrs died In Sep leaving property valued prised to find in it hitherto adian Northern have hundreds of sal sidelights on the careers of our of graded and surveyed work in hand public men as well as full and first and are negotiating for the purchase hand information regarding our great- of terminal properties at Calgary for in all and it is to mine the value of these wills thi action is brought The plaintiffs ask that the first be declared valid claiming thJlt iGooderharn was not of disposing when signing the last one Among the list of defendants I Lower cable rates arc being pre- about twenty years and there is a dieted for the near future Fifty possibility that project tor the years ago says an English writer of Atlantic corn- there was one company and ono cajpany with a itftpenny tariff may Vie The tariff was a word the speed scarcely ten words a min ute and the revenues insignificant there are companies fif teen cables -tariff- la a word and shortly submitted ti public J At Wore Ways and Means CotoanHtee Con gress the United States Tea was Reeve of York Township is the Pres ident for 1909 of the Toronto Agri cultural Society and Mr P Ro gers Secretary At a meeting last week It was de cided that from and after July 1st the cost of registratian shire horses up to three years will for the members of the Canadian Shire Association and for outsid ers For all animals over that age the cost will be for members and for nonmembers This is calcu lated to put a stop to the practice of farmers and breeders waiting till horse has grown old before register ing him Next spring the Toronto Railway Co will build upon avenue above the most modern and commodious car hams of their sys tem The barns will be about feet It is rumored that the Canadian Northern which controls the charter of the Toronto A Hamilton Railway has decided to build a steam instead of an electric railway from Toronto to Buffalo across Hamilton Beach and the work of construction will be started early next spring Having a good time at the rate payers expense is what the people are saying of the Civic Reception Committee As there will be un usually large number of important conventions held in Toronto this the Committee will ask an appropria tion of The prescribed amount is According to the Jail Stewards re port for the past year there were prisoners admitted to the jail These prisoners spent in custody 438 days all told and the cost of maintenance was The net cost of food for each person was cents per day Money for fines received at the jail amounted to 28320 Claude Preston formerly em ployed at Hunter tailoring establishment in King street now in the States writes to Mr Brown- lee the proprietor that he is a de faulter to over that is he robbed his employer of that amount lut the AttorneyGenerals Depart ment declined to take action to ex tradite Preston unless would antiup a couple of hundred dollars towards expenses While the Department is haggling over these expenses the defaulter is decamping In reply to numerous enquiries the Provincial license branch is remind ing druggists that they are permit ted to sell liquor without a doctors prescription only in a case of serious injury- or fainting when the patient is brought into their own or premises Clubs and Associations arc already move on for the coming The ScottishCanadian Athletic Club has applied per mission to irse the Exhibition stand and ring at the- Exhibition Grounds on May 24th and the Toron to Oddfellows want it on Civic Holi day Fire which Woke out in the Electric laundry Adelaide St West on Saturday night did 6000 damage to building and contents be fore It could be brought under is quite equal to company limit with Lindsay and Bar- t forming a circuit of dates and mens Missionary of the Method Church O journalists and our great newspapers union station Altogether it is one of the mostval- 1 The Great Northern Railway uable historical works which has apthe Hill system will it is expected lists voarlv man com- 1 Winnipeg by midsummer as is the matter fresh arid in- If an official announcement the and important but the central property purchased by this two years ago at a cost of appreover is being cleared and v when it is stated that the con- put in readiness for the erection of together include Smith Dr magnificent terminal buildings The I A Deputy Minister net work of steel being laid in the of Education for Ontario John province of Manitoba is as essential Montreal Gazette to its agricultural and industrial de- j Arthur Toronto Mail and Em- velopment as a network of streets Q J Charlotte city And farms that are Guardian J P Robertson brought within easy reach of Winnipeg Robert Huntingdon way accommodation are steadily ad- j t kitchen of the Grand Gleaner in values tel It will then be to Hamilton The cake is for the entertainment of grand stand i patrons These consisted of a of trained animals and company of acrobat3 jugglers etc This proved a very satisfactory ar rangement as we secured these peo ple at a less cost giving them two engagements in each- week and they furnished a splendid program each ternoon Tim annual excursion was this year to Bala Falls during the June and fit of Caroline A Will and W E formerly of Newmarket also the Ire 500 lb Wedding Cakes Chicago Jan of the largest wedding ever made for its finishing decorations Leader J Toronto and Vancouver portion of the presents an month interesting history of the netted the Society a pro- j p Association in honor formation- Wests Agricultural Returns Western Canadians do not wait up on the government blue book for in- The average business As in former years your projected with other sections beginning of the new year to compile the pro- Western financial agricultural and in- Board into an agreement with Newmarket Horticultural Society whereby our members wen the privilege of exhibiting at their summer show and the same privilege was extended to their members As will he seen by your treasurers report there is some of collected subscriptions We have been unable to collect these amounts owing to the fact that some sub scribers have moved away some have assigned so that we cannot pro- mise that much of this amount be Wc arc pleased to state however that all donations in goods were drawn by exhibitors In conclusion we arc pleased to draw attention to the very sub stantial balance in your treasurers report to commence operations for another year TREASURERS REPORT Receipts hand from whose voted to the birthday the book was man of Winnipeg makes point at the of dustriaj statistics soon extended -i- tin various districts The hook includes pages with returns from over halftone portraits of in journalists Typographically the large A review of the agricultural six feet in height five feet I diameter at the base and practically quarter of a It wj- be served at the wedding of McColm of Muscatine Miss Davis daughter of Davis collector JCujol at the port of Hamilton Jan There are to be six hundred at the wedding reception and McColm gave Frank of John Bone months of the year bush Canadian Press Association Daily wheat were inspected at Winnipeg Star Toronto The price is a copy postage cents extra Busy Up North Balance on Legislative Grant Municipal County Grant Members Subscriptions Prize money retained for membership for 1909 Admission tb Exhibition Tente Stalls Grand Stand etc Proceeds of Excursion net Proceeds Old Boys Grant from Society for privileges Proceeds of Concert Adv in Prize List miscellan eous etc 59200 23190 New Jan 15 An im mense quantity of freight is handled here every day on its way to Elk Lake and giving employ ment to about teams and making West things lively Every place that can be used as a stable is occupied and a number of others are being built to and its marketed price averaged per bushel at lake ports Mixed farming is becoming more general throughout the West as may be shown by the fact that the crease this year in the number of cattle was head and that 63640 more hogs were marketed than in any previous year The export steers brought 10 the farmers of this year reaches the sum of this amount being what was paid in cash at their home load ing stations The dairy products of Longboat Caught New York Jan The the Indian Marathon finer user accommodate more teams arriving every few days that are the West in yielded the sum of value of the machinery for the great to crop last year in the provinces of mines of the Montreal River is being Manitoba Saskatchewan end Alberta taken out and will be put in place as amounted to other root rapidly as possible Some of the crops producing and the mines will no doubt be shipping ore soon which will increase the large amount of freight on the T branch The saw mills here will have a busy time this seoson as the hay crop netted Receipts of sheep at the Winnipeg market dur ing 1908 amounted to 21557 head with an average value of over lie average price paid for was 32460 Total Prizes Prizes of years Concert Expenses Attractions including races and music Fixing up Grounds and Build ings Insurance i Sec Treas Working expenses judges etc Cash on band i Boston Nearly four hundred vu were destroyed in a fire garage Chatham Jan A portable boil er biew up yesterday on a farm in Tilbury East where drilling for oil is going on The ends of the boiler were hurled a Quarter of a mile away A can of had been placed in a pail of watea to yardsare getting pretty well cleared per cwt wMch a return out owing to the building going on to the farmer the JVcs this Cochrane Elk Lake and Smythe dustry alone of A sum mary of the agriculture achievements of Western Canada show that past re cords have been broken and one in which any country three times as old I as Western Canada be proud to send out Judcing from reports through immi gration bureaus in the United States Western Canada will have an unpre cedented number of actual and live settlers come in this spring and Man itoba and the famous Red River though the pail was hit by a fey appears to be the objective point- piece of the boiler the can did this morning says the Indian Marathon runner speed yesterday to bring hands of the police James So o negro who it is charged steal a coat from a TenderW shop Sixth avenue in the Thirtieth street to the sight of the famous runner giving a public tion without charge t Paul a tailor at No West Thirtyfirst street had pursued the man with the coat Thirty-first- street where and his manager chanced to be Smith was turning into Thirtieth street toward Broadway at top note speed- Before the short block been covered by Smith theTjW speeded up behind him and j by the collar to Patrolman of the West Thirtieth street The discomfort of being held on charge of larceny was lessened Smith learned that he had- a captor I I- fe explode Four men working near ver farmer not hurt Winnipeg Jan Walker a Scotchman was frozen to and two were badly frown one of whom will lose a foot and part bis hand and the other a partner one the result of leaving their On motion both the above reports were received- and adopted meeting then proceeded to the as election of officers and directors for lumber camps about miles north money becoming the current year by ballot resulting hereto walk to for the as and Proctor being well to do Iowa and Illinois Realty interests both in citv and farm properties are taking a very optimistic view of the pros pects for good business in 1909 It is stated that the architects of Winnipeg have prepared and have in preparation plans for over 000000 worth of buildings for With easier It past two years con- taking advantage of the materials and are Proctor A Coombs 2nd VJcePres Sshmidt Keith I TreasurerE Jackson I I lost on lake the tractors are for The low prices on by m tenders that justify a healthy out- TORONTO since Ottawa Jan Henry Dingle a South African veteran sold his vol unteer bounty land grant yesterday afternoon for and in a time afterwaeds while event in a American Hotel he was robbed of wholo roll by two unknown were drinking with him The police arc now lookin for the is what all should have arid be ensured by the use of Beechams Pills A sweet breath denotes that everything is well to at the slightest indication of the di gestive organs not working prop erly do not forget to take