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stouffville may 22 1919 fr i neponset the economy of roofing with paroid is apparent when you consider it can be laid quickly and at half the cost of new shingles when put on neponset paroid forms the ideal roofing fire weather and wearresisting neponset paroid roofing lives long stands up and pays for itself yearly by giving absolute protection and satisfaction neponset paroid roofs have proven their durability and economy for twenty years neponset paroid roofing can be applied over old shingles without the added expense of tearing them off a full set of the tools required for laying paroid is shown below roof with neponset paroid it pays neponset paroid roofing is made in three colors red green and slate grey sold by hardware and lumber dealers silvester bros stouffville ont 210 3 cream i wish to announce that i will be in stouffville every thursday to buy cream i will have for inspection my qualifications and will he prepared to test cream and make payment on delivery your patronage is solicited in return for which i guarantee both highest prices and absolute accuracy in testing call in and lets get acquainted g a whiteside i will receive cream at mr j s huntleys store bicycling is most healthful and enjoyable for boys or girls only get a good one and be free from from repair bills the cleveland is the one comfortable easy running ride a cleveland fifuegter ibrag bloosnxatox hiss m burnett spent a few days in markham a few from here attended the sun day school convention at lenion- ville on saturday mrs vv h tranmer is spending a j few weeks with relatives in camp- j bellford mr w j simpson and lady friend of toronto were guests at the home of mr e a storry on sunday gormley the community share thn bereave ment of the family of the late geo brown who has been a well respec ted resident of gormley for a num ber of years the gormley baseball enthusiasts have organized a team for the sea son we are open for any engage ment outside the major leagues mr jas conner we are glad to say has recovered from his recent severe illness born to mr and mrs david hiltz on saturday may 17 a daugh ter miss beula stevens is spending a- few days with her brother geo b baker stouffville jack smith has been suffering from bronchitis wo- hope he will soon recover mr richard smith spent a few days on the farm he cant stay aw ay the recent rain has made it very dillicult to finish seeding the heise hill church sheds have been torn down and new uptodate ones are being built mr jas farmer has his stable nearly built and his house cellar well under way chultciiiui miss velnia martin returned home on sunday after spending part of the week with her sister mrs f fair ies wo are glad to state that pte norman graham has returned home after spending two years overseas about sixtyfive neighbors met at the home of mr and mrs jos ogden on tuesday evening to wel come home their son leslie mr g kellington and sister mag gie and miss e hewitt attended the s s convention at lemonville fm saturday mr and mrs ira badgero visited at the home of l paisley on sun day mr russell gray and family vis ited his uncle mr jas gray of stouffville on sunday built like an army tank- thats why the cleveland efficient i o d o mhe abiliy to travel over almost any soil thats why the cleveland always stays at work thats why it gets so much work done and it is small enough to turn around in the corners to get into the farm lots saves the waste ground that cant be reached by the ordinary tractor yet there is sufficient power and speed to tnable it to get a great volume of work done pulls a two- bottom plow at a speed of 3 miles per hour plows 8 to 10 acres per day easy to operate economical on fuel the cleveland is a machine for the farm thousands are now in use building profits making farms more productive use it with an oliver plow an oliver plow and a cleveland tractor is a splendid plowing combination for any farm the oliver plow is superior from every viewpoint it was designed especially for tractor work buries all weeds and trash at the bottom of the furrow maintains an even depth of plowing is controlled from the drivers seat on the tractor come in and let us explain the many other good features of the cleve land motor and- oliver plows g e gooderham company 97- 1 05 west richmond street toronto o b o 0 o o d o d o 8th line siarkham messrs win thomson and thos roberts who were called on to act as jurors on the petit jury as well as mr albert reesor on the grand jury have been relieved from that duty the distemper epidemic among horses is raging on this line at pres ent mrs mingay nee miss maude hawkins spent sunday last with her brothers and mother at home potatoes seem to be a scarce ar ticle at present improvements are all the go now among those who have done their bit this spring are messrs peter burkholdcr jos smith john hol- den thos roberts norman burk- holder and chas hilly i am slow on account of having lost my assistant but the 9th lino scribe is slower probably because of some other reason but wo wish to hear from him once in a while that newly married couple have left our midst well well what is the matter with you hoys rinouood mr clarence irwin visited his par ents here for a few days recently mr hugh boyd and family spent sunday at goodwood mr john draper wears a smile its a girl mr and mrs anthony hoover visited at mr d l stouffers on sunday last mr sam miller has purchased a driver mrs t m bruels sale was well attended on saturday of last week mrs bruels intends to leave for the city on monday mrs maskcll is on the sick list we wish her a speedy recovery mr ii spang called on his aunt mrs h quant of cashel on sun day afternoon last there was a good attendance at church on sunday evening mr m lotion is at present assist ing his brother mr p lofton of victoria square aitosa mrs f baker spent over sunday at markham the annual meeting of the altoua womens institute will be held at the home of mrs wm reesor tues day may 27 mrs wm todd of orillia will bo the speaker every body welcome mr ed hoofer has purchased mr 1 fields farm mrs w j hatley of toronto and mr harold bassingwaite of mani- toulin island spent a few days at mr d fields mr and mrs b reesor and mr and mrs wm reesor attended the golden weddingof mr and mrs will burton of whilevale on wednesday miss j iccster of markham if spending a time with friends here mr and mrs w mckay visited friends at whitevale on sunday mr is lewis visited friends at whitevale on sunday mr and mrs f raymer visited in stouffville on sunday mr and mrs t lewis visited at j forsyths on sunday do farmers escape tax the toronto saturday night con tains he following comment concern ing the farmers and the income tax the way of flic coal dealer will he harder than it has been according to legislation that went through he house recently at the instance of hon w i mcpherson municipali ties are given power o pass a by law prohibiting coa1 dealers from booking or taking orders for coal early in the season under promise of delivery later the dealer cannot lake the order under such a bylaw unless in the position to make the delivery he cannot deceive the pur chaser seed potatoes about 25 bags early potatoes bells deposit for sale apply to david gray lot 13 con g whit church phone 510g stouffville the income tax collectors found says he toronto globe he follow ing farmers with taxable incomes ontario 39g quebec so new brun swick i nova scotia 12 alberta 2s28 and manitoba 1134 if these figures are correct and the income fax collectors cannot do better then our system of income taxation falls by the wayside just imagine only 9g farmers paying taxes in ontario one of the richest agricultural dis tricts in he world in 191g the value of the ontario farmers live stock was s5 000000 he value of on tarios held crops in ho same year amounted to 190000000 the ac res tilled in ontario amounted to 7000000 while he rural popula tion according lo the last census figures stood at 1191000 and out of all this 9 ontario farmers toe the scratch and acknowledge that they have incomes of upwards ot 3000 per year alberta and mani toba farmers should sit up and take notice oldfashioned rural ontario is not so slow after all for one thing it is selfevident that their book keeping methods would do credit to the late jesse james all of which reminds me that sir thomas white in the early days of the war in discussing the practical side of the income tax expressed his inability to see how it would gather in any great amount of wealth as kir thomas spent his youth in close touch with the farming community it is selfevident from these returns that he had information which was not then available to the average mortal in any event the finance minister was right and the rest of us were wrong the eastern farmer will not pay his shot he is quite prepared to take all the good which the gods give in the way of outrage ous prices for his produce but when it comes to bearing his share of the load of taxation not for him as the returns go to show o summer mill nery mrs f wilson stouffville