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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1931-06-25, Page 6" THURSDAY, JUNE 35, 1931 THR EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE 88? Huron County Council cation from the Deputy Provincial Secretary stating that jail salaries not reducible without consent of department, we recommend that decision to bo concurred in. are the the 1 ETnance Committee’s Report . •A We wish to call attention to the ftw No. 13, a bill of $136.50 tor the Reep of J. lx, Smith at the Industrial JHornie. The committee is °f the ^opinion that the father should main­ tain the boy, and that the clerk <ake steps to ascertain the full cir- oumstonces of the case and, if nec- ieasary, take steps to correct the We also call attention to item No. tor $55,52 for Division Court lilanks, and the many bills renderd ■from time to time of this nature. We are of the opinion that- the county taxpayers should not ibe call­ ed upon to make it easy for people <o go to law toy paying the cost of jiaper, summonses, etc., used toy, -these courts but that these should ibe added to the cost of and paid •for by the people involving the law- ,We have no objelction to providing' -our officers witii offices and books 4>ut the papers used and other ex­ penses should be paid by litigants. Re Corn Borer Inspector, we wish *!to draw the attention of the coun- <sil to the large expenditure in en­ forcing this act which cost the county $572 to date. We recommend Jhat no more work he done this ^year. We recommend the auditor’s re- recom- to- the igociety port be accepted and printed hi the minutes; that the following rates be levied fox' 1931: General account 35 mills, old age pension 5 mill, coun­ ty highway 15 mills, provincial highway 1 mill, a total of 65 mills, Executive Committee The executive committee mended that the bequests comity and Children’s Aid. Col, Hoare, $200; W, McDougall $500 and McKay estate $1,000 be invested in government bonds and the intertest used annually for that institution. This clause was adopt-’ ed, Regarding the motion qf Messrs, Armstrong and Geiger that Mr, Ed­ ward’s salary be reduced from $1,- 000 per annum to- $600 per 'annum for 1931, we recommend that this be referred to th© open council as the committee is divided on same. A lively discussion took place on this clause -and Messrs. McKibbon and Cutt moved an amendment that 'Mr. Edward’s salary be left the same as last year, $1,000, subject to th© to per cent, reduction. The amend­ ment carried on division. Messrs. Ballantyne, Collins, Geiger, Goetz and McNabb voting against it. In connection with the comniuni- (,‘ounty iToperty ‘ The county property committee^ report adopted as follows; That w© visited the gaol and. found every­ thing in good condition. There are at present seven prisoners, A new bath tub and tank and a: new lawn mower have /been pur­ chased for the gaol ©?• recommended in’ January reports, we- visited the magistrate’s office and registry 'Of­ fice aiid found everything in ’good condition; we recommend that the Structure under the ifloor be repair­ ed beneath the crown attorney’s of­ fice and two new blinds be put in the witness room upstairs. The legislative committee report­ ed: Regarding resolution of Lennox and Addington countries re traffic officers demanding drivers permits, etc,, that no action ibe taken. Car­ ried; re resolution from Lincoln County regarding personnel of road committee, as they can be discharg­ ed on a txvo-thirds vote in this coun­ ty that no action 'be taken, Carried re the resolution of Norfolk County regarding increase of gas tax, we re- reconxmend no action as we believe the tax of 5c a gallon is high enough' but we think a larger per cent, be returned to the municipalities. Car- Tied; regarding the resolution from Northumberland and Durham re pa­ tients sent to hospitals we recom- mend that the resolution be adopted in full. Carried, In regard to the legislation re cemeteries appointing a county com- mission with the County Judge ns a member and two members from the Co'unty Council, wo strongly disap­ prove of the legislation as we think it will unnecessarily add to the al­ ready heavy burden of taxation,’ Car­ ried. 4 . i Education Compfittee report of the Education iCom- was adopted as follows, have examined-. several lev- RE-ROOFING ' the family Home ('"SI Tonight is the family re-union. It has been a weekly event ever since the young folk scp.tt§r§d to various towns, each to make his or her own way in the world. It started when Dick left to work in a neighbor­ ing city, Dick was fuil of enthusiasm, but apt to be just a little bit wild. So Dad started the habit of calling him once a week just* to keep him under the parental influence. Then Helen was married and moved away, and mother must needs make weekly voice visits with her. , ‘And now Betty has taken a position in another town. Her voice comes home each week too. Dad and mother gather all the news and pass it on to the others. It keeps the family together — and the cost of the three evening calls is less than a dollar Evenins Tllles on "Anyone" (station-to-station) calls be- gin at 7 p.m. (local time). Just gil>e "Long Distance'” the number you want —- it speeds up the service. If you don’t know the distant num­ ber, "Information" will look it up for you. The mittee Wei ies-of the different High and Contin­ uation Schools .sent ip to. date and find that some of those submitted are not properly completed and will have to be sent back! fox' cor­ rection or amendment, When this is done satisfactorily to the Warden and Clerk they be paid ip sufficient time to enable the several Boards to complete thejr financial business on or before the middle of Decem­ ber when they are due, ' By the Education Act of the Prov­ inces, pupils attending High or Continuation schools in adjacent counties are not only charged the cost of tuition received, but are also charged fox’ the debenture debt of such schools Your committee is of the opinion that this is unfair as these pupils’ parents or guardians have to pay for these debenture debts in their own county, and are there­ fore paying double, We think this legislation should toe amended by making the cost of education alike to all. We would recommend that the School Boards of different schools of all classes be urged to use their best endeavour to reduce expenses in such manner as seem to. them best, as there is no doubt the cost, par­ ticularly of secondary education, is increasing out of all proportion .to the benefit x’eceived and that the several appointees of High .School Boards made by this County council bring this matter to the attention of their respective boards as the wish and: request of this council. We would beg to again call atten­ tion to the number of pupils at­ tending schools in adjacent counties and would urge that this be discon­ tinued so far as possible unless the home schools are not prepared or sufficiently equipped or not suffi- cent enough to furnish the educa­ tion required. We believe that these practice ’ are very discreditable to our schools and are often done not for convenience or need but rather to satisfy a whim of prejudiced par­ ent or pupil. We plead for more 1-oyality to our own schools which are second to none in the province. The matter of equalizing the comity assesmsentg £or 1931 was dis­ cussed. Messrs. McNabb and Geiger moved that the council go 'into a committee of the whole to consider the matter of the equaliz­ ation of the county. In committee it was moved by R. H. Thompson and .sconded by B.M. Francs, and carried, that the county equalized valuation of the municipal­ ities >of Huron be the same as 1930 and that a by-law be passed .confirm­ ing' the same. It was agreed to apply the cut of \5 per cent, to the icounty council members’ sessional pay the same as that of the officers and the mileage to be computed th© same as adopted in June. money by reason of the change to hold only one meeting when a com­ mittee' Is called, In reply to inquiries toe cost of the Children’s .Shelter for the past nine years jvas given to the 'coun­ cil as follows; In 1919 the county paid $1,000 in 1920, $1,700; $1,625; 1926, 167.46; 1928, 541.97; 1930, Mr. Jamieson, m.L.A., County, on the invitation of the warden, addressed the council. He thought the roads in Huron were among the best and 'that the coun­ ties of Huron and Bruce were .to b© congratulatedt on ears, Many people of ing the Northern most of them pass through Simcoe county, and owing to this extra trav­ el, arises the problem of keeping th© roads up to a. standard, (Simcoe was only beginning th© paved road problem. It was up all to make sacrifices and he felt th© great de­ pression was nearly over. Mr. McKenzie gave a brief count of the proceedings of Good Roads Convention in the Spring which was also attended by the county engineer and Commission, The request of the men’s Association for 1924, $2,100 $3,731.68; 19 $3,974.10; 19 $4,836.68. of Simcoe th oil’ road engi D’­ the day> are mak- Ontario trip and ac- the; Good Roads Motions It was moved by Messrs. Geiger and McNabb that all committee? shall toe paid only ten cents pei' mile one way for the year. The was declared lost on a vote tor and seventeen against. J, J, Wright and John M. moved that t|xe Dominion Govern­ ment be requested to enact a law to have all breakable and wearing parts- of farm machinery standardised. The closed tfonul ■recommend "that the Huron Plow- ail increased grant was not a'cted upon owing to the depression existing at this time, Mr. McKibibon urged all the people of the county to make the county as attractive as possible by deedrat- ipg during Old Home Week. lit was decided on a vote to have no county council picnic this year. Good /Roads Report The report of the good roads com­ mission was adopted as follows: Re motion of Messrs. Stewart and Ritchie that the County maintain three lights in the village of Dun­ gannon, we county pay $10 per light toward the maintenance of two 'lights as has been ■ done previously. . Re resolution front the council of the Township of Stanley that the traffic officer be asked to patrol the road south of Bayfield on Saturdays and .Sundays,-the said office:’ will be asked to give as much attention to that road as the requirements else­ where in the county -will permit. Re request of delegations from the town of Goderich that the Blue Wa­ ter Highway be surface-treated, we recommend that, as it is. advisable to provide as much wonk' as possible for men and -teams this year, this nelcessary work'be left over for the future. The following by-laws were pre­ sented: ' ’ Bylaw No.’7, equalizing the as­ sessments of the different municipal­ ities of the county. By-law No. 8, raising for general purpose the sum of $15,949.12 re­ quiring 3 1-2 mills on the dollar. Bylaw No. 9, raising the ‘sum $66,406.76 for -highway purposes quil’ing 1 1-2 mills on the dollar. Bylaw No. 10, raising the sum of $44,271,18 for provincial highway purposes requiring a levy of one mill. Bylaw No. 11, raising thei sum of $22,135,159 requiring a levy of half a mill. t) Bylaw No. 12, making the appro-: priation for county highway im­ provements $190,000. Bylaw No. 13, confirming the ap-* pointment of the highways commis­ sion for 1931. Bylaw No. 14, confirming the ap­ pointment of the high school trus­ tees, appointed by the council. Bylaw No. 15. >confir:nng the ex­ penditure made or proposed during the June meeting of council. The bylaws were read the. requir­ ed number of times and passed. Granted Vacation motion of ten Eckert June meeting of the council with the Anthm. Discuss Thursday singing of the Na— Agriculture night the countyOn council wont into a committee of Jthe whole to discuss agri cultural matters. Mr ed chairman marks .spake be obtained the farmers, should be united efforts to bring in­ dustries to the County of Huron, He was ,proud to consider himself a farmer and thought the Agricultural Advisory committee was one of the important committees of the council Manufacturers should branch out and those now having small factories Should be encouraged in every way to increase their oper­ ation. Warden Beattie, when called upon to address the meeting, thought the* idea was a good one. It was wonder­ ful what a body of men who entered, into any scheme and resorted to co­ operation 'could accomplish, Splendid addresses were also ,glv— en by Messrs, Henderson, Rader,. Armstrong, McNabb .Sweitzer, Eek--, ert, Stowart and Goldthorpe, AR* were interesting and contained much, valuable information on the line of' farming and many valuable hints as to overcoming the present stringency Mr. McLoed, agricultural repre- * setative, said Huron county farm­ ers compare .favourably with those* of any county in Ontario. He thought farming was one of the best and most dependant occupations in, the world. He was quite' optimistic of the return of .better times. , Ex-Councilor Hill, of Colborner spoke very optimistically of the re­ turn to normal times and of the ■benefits of breeding good stock. C. A. Robertson, M.L.A., was ask­ ed to address the meeting. Owing to, the late hour, he spoke briefly. He thought we must do our very* best to adjust ourselves to our con­ ditions. To complain too much was not good for any people but to try* to improve circumstances by indus­ try and optimism would do more to bring about bettor times than pessi— ism. Mr. Wright was tendered a hearty • vote -of thanks before adjournment. , Wright was appoint- and in his opening re- of the great benefits to by the co-operation of He .thought there of re- When your roof is worn out and commences io leak you never know what damage will be caused to your decorations even though you make temporary ( repairs. Better Save yourself trouble and money by re-roofing NOW with Brantford Asphalt Slates. They cost less to buy, less to lay, and nothing for repairs. Speak to your Brantford dealer about the more than 100 dif­ ferent colour combinations ob­ tainable in beautiful, fire-safe Brantford Roofs. Brantford Roofing Company, Limited# Head Office and Factory: Brantford, Ont, ■Branch Offices and Warehouse?: Toronto, Winnipeg, Montreal, Halifax, Saint John, N.B., and St. John's, Nfld. 4* Exeter Lumber Co Messrs Henderson and Thompson moved that .whereas the provin­ cial government -has appointed a special committee to consider the re­ vision of the Municipal Act and as the said committee has asked for suggestions as' to changes desired by the municialities, the warden name a committee to consider and recommend to the government such changes in the Act as may appear to be in the best interests of the County of Huron—'Carried. Council adjourned t-o meet at 7.30 pan. to discuss .agricultural prob­ lems as a committe of the whole. Judge Holmes has’ assumed his new duties as county judge of Sim­ coe County and was presented with a fine leather brief case at his office in the Court House by the court house officials. The county council of Huron con­ cluded its June session on Friday, Much discussion took place regard­ ing the Children’s'Shelter matters and council pay sheets, but the meet­ ing closed without any change being made. In connection With the pay sheets it was disclosed that for two meet­ ings of a committee last year the members received $10 ahd the mile­ age both ways. According to by-law th6 rate is $5 a meeting the mileage both ways. It pointed out that for some time committees had been in the habit of holding two meetings in one day, thus collecting $10 per member ulus mileage. It was this practice to which a number of members object­ ed. However,. Warden Beattie had ta­ ken the initial step in putting a stop to this practice warden. It was tiie county will DIES SUDDENLY George Davidson, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Davidson, of Mit­ chell, died suddenly last week. De­ ceased was stricken with a heavy cold which developed into pleurisy. George was about 3'5 years of age and assisted his father in the man­ agement of the Hicks House. He is; survived by his widow, his parents,., and two brothers. I the and was past when he became pointed out that save 'considerable two week’s holidays each they relieve each other so office will be kept open. carried1. USBORNE & HIBBERT MUTUAL EIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Head Office, Earquhar, Ont. President FRANK McCONNELL*.. Vice-Pres. ANGUS SINCLAIR DIRECTORS J. T. ALLISON, SAM’L NORRIS SIMON DOW, WILLIAM BROCK. AGENTS JOHN ESSERY, Centralia, Agent 1 . for Usborne and Biddnlph OLIVER HARRIS, Munro, Agent:' for Hibert, Fullarton and Logan. ' W. A. TURNBULL Secretary-Treasurer' Box 295, Exeter, Ontario GLADMAN & STANBURY Solicitors. Exeter the was motion by Goldthrope warden in Messrs, McKibben that the action of arranging for a SPECIAL OF L. I-I. Rader and W. P. Thompson moved that the clerk and treasurer be given and that that Thi$ A and the home-coming week in the county, July 1 to 8, be endorsed and recom­ mending that as many homes and business places in the county be dec­ orated aS well as possible, was car­ ried. Sincere regret at the absence of Mr. Elliott, reeve of Clinton, owing to illness caused by a serious acci­ dent, and hope, for a speedy ery and that his name be put pay-slieet, were expressed in tion by B, M. Francis and Rader, Phone for DELIVERY MADE ON . QUANTITIES decov- on the a mo- L., H. 1 CLATWORTHY I*hone 12 GRANTON. ONTARIO <■ SUFFERED FROM CONSTIPATION ' AND HEADACHES Mrs, C. A. N. Fust, Richmond, Sask; writes:-—‘4 suffered from c&nstipatioi ■ and terrible headaches. I would go to; five or’ six days without my bowel moving, and at time? I would havi; mich awful pains across my stomach 3 could hardly Walk, I tried a numbs? of laxative^ until a friend told m< about Milburn’s Laxa-Livor Rilb, ; took two vials and am new feMinj . line again.’7 1 Brice 25c, a vial, at all druggist? and dealers, dr mailed direct on teceipl - p£ price by The T. Milburn Co. Limited, Toronto* Ont,