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the stouffvtlle tribute tho is j a december 7 1916 mm baker heise limited fflasseyhami implement f farm implements machinery l wa il successors to hoover bros stable fittings jlgehtts fob manure carriers 000 hay slings see our gray cutters they are dandies watering systems st0uffv1lle speeders half speeders single cutter and closediii cutters phone 2700 stouffville ont verity plows etc jmasseyharris co cream sepan and gasoline engine all kinds of dressed and matched lumber one of onr specialties is the cypress trim see it before piling your orders else where it will please you jan be finished in natural finish without painting win t boynton phone 312 cutters i have a large stock of brock yilje and bain cutters bought for cash there fore sell at reason able prices w h todd stouffville nothing like x this if you get your furniture at w j mathers hofle sweet hohe jvk botiyht goods at glasgow belfast ami cork london and liverpool ami then to new wile ive purchased in paris yes oven home but say to you truly theres no place likolicnio have been to toronto im sorry to say i ot what i ordered but first had to piy when the boxes weae opened 1 stood tlierea- lone and said to myself tjoods are better nt home the tablo i ordered had only 3 les whats the uso of a table if ir hasnt its pe vhn 1 looked at the tablo it i was cracked to the dome then i wish ed to old hikb i had bought it atiiomk im now all tilled up i with this buying away ill buv where i i sell my yowl butter and hay if ihu lord 1 will forgive me no more will i roam hereafter ill spend my domjars at iliomk phone 980 wj jher isask55sif4sile8 boiler explosion this happened in 1874 how many remember it on saturday last at liali past el even oclock a m the boiler of the fairlie engine the best and most powerful engine on the toronto xipissing railway exploded at the stouffville station the boilers cab and all the machinery above the trucks were lifted completely off and the debt is scattered more than thirty rods in every direction one boiler weighing about ten tons was blown more than one hundred yards over the station striking the roof just over the agents room where it appeared to have turned end over end tearing away the roof and joists beneath it then passed over the par tition between the agents room and the freight room carrying away the roof and noith end of the station and landed on the wood pile about three rods north of the station a joist and part of the ceiling fell on mr cowley the agent who was at the instrument which knocked him senseless but inflicted no serious in jury to him two firemen on the engine named james trunkfield and william carruthers were instantly killed william godfrey the driver was thrown against a wood pile breaking one ami and leg and dislo cating his shoulder and causing such internal injuries as to prove fatal he died on the tuesday fol lowing jlr h 1 taney a wood dealer had just stepped off the cab of the engine onto the platform at the time of the explosion and was thrown several feet in the air and fell on his head and shoulders stun ning him severely and causing some abrasions of the skin on the nose and face lames trunkfield was projected tluough the air over the residence of mr cowley a distance of twentytwo and a half rods wm carruthers fireman and son of al derman carruthers toronto a pro mising young man was thrown ag ainst mr cowleys house striking and smashing in the upper story window the concussion was so great as to completely strip him of his clothing and rendered the body ono mangled mass the sight was sad and revolting the engine was standing about fifty feet from the station at the south end o the platform at the time of the explo sion and tore away about twenty feet of the track and twentyfivo feet of the platform the engines were attached to the lower part of the trues and arc not materially injured the loss to tho railway company will be about 0000 immediately on receipt of tho jiews of the accident w goodcrham jr esq president and managing direc tor of the line ordered the agent at markham to send all the medical help to bo had in the village to as sist those at stouffvillc in relieving those injured still living illustration stations in canada the depaitmcnt of agriculture of the dominion government is carry ingon illustration work in crop pro duction and cultural methods with farmers in the provinces of quebec alberta and saskatchewan farmers owning or operating land favorably situated for the carrying on of such work cooperate with the depaitmcnt the farmer puts under the direc tion of an officer of the dominion experimental karms system a part or his farm having a good wide fron tage on a well travelled highway each field having the same frontage along the same highway so that tho crops and cultivation are unavoid ably in evidence to the casual tra veller and easily inspected by the inr terested visitor the department ior the first year at least furnishes tho seed necess ary to sow such of the fields as it is decided to put under crop that year in subsequent years the far- saves enough of the best of the crop grown on these fields to do the nec essary seeding this of course provided the grain produced is satis factory as to purity and crminative power all cultural and harvesting opera tions in connection with these fields i e the ploughing harrowing etc of the fields and the sowing harves ting and threshing of the grain therefrom arc done by the farmer aw work indicated above is done in exactly such ways and at exactly such times as directed by the illus tration station division of the ex perimental farms system the far mer keeps record of the amount of time taken to perform the different operations on each field and threshes the grain i harvested separately so that it will be known how much is harvested from each field the records just mentioned of the work and crops resulting together with brief notes made each week are duly entered on blank forms pro vided for that purpose the work of making such notes and entering up the work done on each field does not entail more than one hours work each month each week the farmer mails lo the central experi mental farm ottawa a form hied out with full particulars as to the work done general weather condi tions and crop progress on thcdiff- orcnt fields the farmer permits to be placed in front of each field a sign stating briefly the method of preparing the land for the crop growing thereon or the treatment given the plot that year on all these farms whether loca ted in the province of quebec or in saskatchewan or alberta systematic rotations of crops sui tablo to the district served as well as the best cultural methods and most suitable varieties of crops are being demon strated sakeswhwtffftwk sabeg then with tuberculosis we re peatedly find cases where pat ients had suspected for months that they had tuberculosis but preferred to delude themselves into believing that they did not have it rather than go to a doctor and have the question settled ono way or the other as a result of the delay the case progresses from the early cur able stage to a well advanced stage where the outlook for re covery is not so good you never see procrastination entered on a deatli certificate but it is a very real and common cause of death fishing trip to this famous resort pking of the big swamp by p v williams explains the cover cut for december the regular departments devoted to fishing guns and ammu nition tho trapj the trapline con servation the kennel arc all welll maintained w j taylor limited woodstock ont are the publishers of this premier canadian sports mans magazine for sale a quantity of dry mixed wood and a quantity of dry pine lumber suitable for building purposes apply box 5 goodwood or phone 5909 rodand gun rod and gun for december is re plete with good things for its sportsmen readers among tho sto ries and articles that may be speci ally mentioned arc hunting the webfoot among the icefields by honnycasto dale the wellknown canadian naturalist and writer of outdoor life trails that cross in the snow another nature story by h c haddon who always writes entertainingly and convincingly of the creatures of the wild a moun tain for the hall by paul a w wallace a humorous sketch of the obstacles encountered and overcome by a young husband who undertook to secure for his capricious better half a picture of- an almost inacccs sible mountain nipigon lake and river is a been there account of a our aim to give our customers satisfaction ouf jeat3 always fresh tasty and tender ouf serine prompt and obliging- we solicit your order phone p cadiecx for sal1 eightroomed house acre of land shop and otll buildings also orchard and fruit the property of tl philip davis east end ville apply to n stoufferl d burnett i mccullqugh and but stouffville patron i riorie when you can buy just as c cheaper and got exactly you arc buying that is will can do with yake he has hue of wutchra clocks jo hiid spectacles with perfect call and sek goods aso 1muces t yake jeweller and real kstvtc jsrouffvillhj mew new plalura photos are the newest brighest and life like photos ever produc ve mate nothing else stouffville h l ssdbhs stl public health procrastination of twentythree cases of diph theria that died in the isolation hospital toronto during the first four months of the present year ten died inside of twenty- four hours after they went i the hospital on the average these ten cases had been sick for six days before a doctor had been called in there is no doubt that these ten children would be living to day if the doctor had been called in during the first day of illness and the child given antitoxin at once if antitoxin is given on the first day of illness there will be practically no deaths but the longer the delay in giving it the greater the danger of death