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ephen 'Council
The council et the Township of
gtelen mot its "the Towra 11411,'
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or}+dit.ote on Qetober 5tih", 195, at.
, pate All members were present
;excepting Councillor Snell. The
baiuitte of the previous 'meeting.
pet* adopted.
Sweitz,er-Gaetz: That a by -lav be
prepared levying the necessary rates
for taxers to be collected for the year
1935 la the Township of Stephen.
and that suet by-law shall provide
hat the roll be returnable by the
ollecter on ' Dec. 16th, 1925 and
that a peualty of 5 per opsit, be
eevied aud collected on all taxes not
paid ou Dec. 15, 1925. Carried
The following eiders were passed:
rrovineial Treasurer, Amusement
efax tickets $10; Joseph Lawson pt.
elan, tree t. Walker's drain $300; Geo,
i epburn, ,gravel $4.90; Henry Clark
ii':avel contract bik. 6 $36; Michael
Madden, coin. 1st S Rd. $3; Ed.
painter, gravel con. bik 5 ESR $40
Wonah :E,essell, cote. blk 5 ESR $5;
Peutratlia Farmers' Co-operative Co.
ahemerrt Tor tile $22; Jacob Keller -
Mau, overseeing Kellerma n's culvert
h6; Geo, Eihber, making tile $98.75;
R, J. Lovell Co., minute book and
binder $13,60; Dr. J. J. Williams,
ace. re Alma brilliants $19.50; Hydro
Electric Power Corn. account $11.21
Geo, luilber, the for Crediton drain
No. 2 $682.08; Treas. Crediton
pcltool fair, grant $20; Treas., Daele-
;evood school fair, grant $15; Treas.,
Grand Bend school fair, grant x20.;
Peter Eisenbach, pt contract Kelier-
rat u's bridge $500; Peter Eisenbach
grading and gravelling LRA 1T $53.08
Peter Eisenbach, , lumber for bridge,
eon. 14-15, $30,
The council adjourned to meet
again in the clerk's office on Satur-
day. the 10th day of October, 1925
at 7.30 p.m.
HENRY EMBER, Clerk
SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING
A special meeting of the Council
of the Township of Stephen was held
in the clerk's office, Crediton on
Saturday, Oct. 10th, 1925 at 7.30.
All present excepting Councillor
gweitzer.
Hayes -Goetz: That by-law No. 336
being a by-law to levy the respective
rates for taxes in the Township of
Stephen for the year 1925, declar-
eng taxes due on December 15 neat
and further providing a penalty of 5
per rent. ou all taxes not paid by
that date, having been read three
times be passed and signed by the
Reeve and Clerk and the seal of the
corporation 'attached thereto. Car-
ried.
A letter was read written by
Lorne Finkbeiner claiming damages
for tui accident he met .with on the
Town Line between Stephen and Mc-
Gillivray Townships. It was order-
ed to be filed..
Snell -Goetz: That Freeman W.
Moriock be and is hereby appointed
collector of taxes for the year 1925
and that he be paid one hundred
dollars as his salary with postage,
excise tax and bank collection charg-
es "extra; and that by-law No. 337
confirming such appointment having
been read three tines be passed and
signed by the Reeve and Clerk and
the seal of the corporation attached
thereto. ,Carried.
Tae following orders were pass-
ed: A. H. Neeb, selecting jurors,
,$4.00; Jos. Quinan, selection jurors,
$4.00; Henry Eiiber, selecting pur-
ors, $4,00; Leslie Richards, drain
on Con. 2, $3.00; Edward Knight,
cutting weeds, $6.00.
The meeting adjourned to meet in
the Town Hall, Crediton, on Monday
November 2nd, at 1 p.m.
HENRY EILBER, Clerk
SUPERVISE THE BON -FIFE
''he bon -fire is a teeMace Moot of
all to .human life. It hast brought'
death toiti,1ly altiidren, Some.'
boy, mord foolhardy than the net,;
bound to display" his daring before
i' v a to and run tlt,rou h the
pla. m t s s
flames to wilt their a,dniration,,nis
clothes tray become alight,, or he
may trip and fttll in the fire. Child-
ren should never beallowed to build.
a bon -fire without supervision,
It is a menace as well to prolierty,
t1 bon, -tire should be *milt at a safe
distance Fronk all buildings and
fences—at least forty feet, There
should be nodry grass, dead leaves
old moss, weeds or stalks lyiug
about the ground, for the fire may
spread iit this way and get beyond
control. It should not be on a 'windy`
day, for sparks and burning embers
may be carried fax, bringing destruc-
tion to property distant from the
scene of the fire. It should be built
small and fed gently. It should not
be constantly stirred and poked, for
in this way sparks are made to fly
about, Finally, the fire should not
be left to burn itself out. It should
be extinguished by earth or water.
For a wind might arise hours later
and blow thesmouldering embers to
infiamable material at a distance
thought to be "sate" from the fire.
This has happened.
In Saxon days England was a
rural cottntre. Her peasant people
often gathered weeds and stalks,
which they called bune, into piles
and burned them in the open. It is
likely that the old Saxon word bune-
fire has come to be our modern Eng-
lish bon -fire.
The bon -fire has always been a
manifestation of rejoicing, It was
once a warning signal of national
peril. When England was threaten-
ed with foreign invasion in the reign
of Elizabeth, and Drake sailed out
eo meet, and destroy the proud and
Invincible armada of Spain, the
lighting, when tiarkuess set in, of a
iron -fire on the south coast of Eng-
land was the signal that, the match.
Should be touched to others on either
side, until the fiery warning lied
been passed from hill to hill along
'Che 'shores that guard old riugland.
A bon -fire still appeals to the
el?irit of adventure in the small boy'
and he finds a ready Opportunity to
give a" Meg to hie adveuturotts yeor-
tdngs when the dried-up Ieaves of
atutunin bloc' about the yard. It is
such fun to set a. fire agoing.
Once a warning of peril, the bon-
fire has become a peril lrt. Itself.
Statistics of fire losses .tell of the
kettles and places of business that
are destroyed each year, ;and et the
lives that are marred and lust, be -
Mese the ,small boy and his elders
burn the dry autumn leasee. dead
brills of treee and rubbish frolu shed
and stablein oioee proxiMity to
(elites end buildings, and with els-
lrttgaed of the ordinate' Ilrecanthens
*Melt a. little tltoeglttleillese would
lediratc tot be neceesaree
REGISTRARS IN SOUTH HURON
The names of the Registrars of
each polling sub -division in the rid-
ing of South Huron are as follows:
Stephen
No. 1 John Essery
No, 2 Victor Hogarth
No. 3 J. Holtzman
No. 4 Matthew England
No. 5 Thomas Hall
No. 6 Jacob Kellerman
No. 7 Peter l\rcPhee.
No. 8 Wm. Love
No. 9 Ervin Holt
No. 1
No. 2
No. 3
No. 4
No. 5
Na. 5
No. 7
No. 8
No. 1
No.. 2
No, 3
No, 4
No. 5
No. 6
No. 7
Hay
John Campbell
Robertson Dick
Andrew Hess
Peter Haberer
Edward Kalbfleisch
Russell B. Catt
Jas. McAllister
Gilbert Denomme
Stanley
Mrs," Lillian MeEwan
John Sneider
Duncan Aikenhead
Chas. Hagan
Roy Lamont
W. J. Lough.
Louis Brown
Goderich Township
No. 1 George Salkeld
No. 2 Jas. McMillian
No. 3 Jas Sterling
No. 4 Robt. Trick
No, 5 Eldred Yeo
No. 6 William Yeo
elullett
No. 1 Leo Stenson.
No. 2 Mrs. Jessie Watt
No. 3 Andrew Flynn
No. 4 John Fingland
No. 5 Wesley Marquis
No. 6 Wm. Govier
No. 7 Bert Marsh
McKillop
No. 1 P. V. McGrath
No. 2 J. McNay
No. 3 Mrs. Allen Ross
No. 4 A. Cuthill
Tuckerstnith
No. 1 Paul Doig
No. 2 Mary Reynolds
No. 4 Bruce Bury
No. 5 John Traquir
No. 6 John Hay
'Osborne
No. 1 Albert Hicks
No. 2 Roland Williams
No. 3 Henry Strang
No. 4 Chas. Monteith
No. 5 Rachael 13ell
No. 6 Thos. Quinton.
No. 7 Louis Beaver
Exeter
No. 1 John Rowe
No. 2 Ed. J. Christie
No. 3 E. Harvey
No, 4 Alex. McPherson,
Hensel].
Alexander MurdoeI
John Fraser
Bayfield
Clinton
No. 1 D. L. Mcl?hearson
No. 2 G. A. hfeLennan
No. 3 Frank A. Jenkins
No. 4 L. E. Rossell
Sea forth
No. 1 John Grieve
No. 2 Chas. leolph
No, 3 John M, Govenlock
No. 4 John A. Wilson
No. 5" elfin ,3`. eclatter
No, 6 Rebt, Archibald
THE EXETER TIMES -ADVOCATE
PAPERnun vox POO
&vin judgment against a d0
tag g�ud g
liquent subscriber recently, Judge
O'Reilly, of Cornwall, made the state
went that newspaper publishers had
a hard enough time In financing
their bueiuess without being done
out .of their subscriptions, if a M-
ewl wantedto stop a newspaper the
Proper wayis ,for' him to pay. all ar-
rears and get, a receipt, or ifs he ie
paid up, refuse' to take the paper at
the post office and. have a record
made of his refusal. A ran who
owed for :a newspaper could not stop
taking a paper and. expect the pub-
lisher to go without his pay. It may
be added that no publisher wishes to
force his paper on anyone and any
subscriber wishing his paper discon-
tinued will have not the slightest
trouble if he does so in an honest
and business -like way. Hundreds of
dollars are lost every year to pub-
lishers by those who, atter the sub-
scription has expired for three or
six months discontinue the paper and
Wad it back marked "Refused."
The amount is too small for the pub-
lisher to make a fuss about , but all
thesame it amounts to a neat little
sum in a year.
Iir the spring an old man's fancy,'
entity tone to golf.
*$* *** ***
',1`1te hardest part of public speak-
leg to ,learn is When to stop,
rn** *** **le
A politicians idea of a good c{t,4-
Zell le one w.io "lent too pv1111410344 I
Beginning ill 1928 Iaaeter isto be
a fixed date, the second SeledaY in
April. This le the result of efforts
made toward . thte eltengine of the
calendar .and is tIe first, step toevard
that end, When that is Accomplished
we shall...;have a year of thirteen
mouths of exactly tour weeks, twee-
ty-eightday each, An holidays and
all other dates, will then occur on
the sane day each Year and a cal-
ender will last a lifetime,
At a special meeting of the Bien -
shard Council, Councillor Chas.
Barnett's resignation was accepted
and he was appointed clerkofBlau-
shard Township to succeed the late
J. H. Jameson.
.A. farmer listed his farm with a
real estate company. A week later
the firm advertised it for sale: They
so elaborately described it that the
farmer didn't recognize it as his own.
Deciding that• it was exactly what he
wanted, he visited the real estate of-
fice, inquiring about it. On consult-
ing the list, the clerk discovered that
it was the customer's own farm.
When told this the farmer said:
"Well, I don't care to sell at all
now."
IOW Often do we hear people say:
"'Where in the world do all ttie diee:'.
comae from? It is simple aenough,
The toper make. the;,blue-bottle fly'„
the steru father Makes `the.ba 1 fly,
the cyclone makes thehouse tly, the
blacksmith makes the fire fly, the
driver makes the, horse fly, the gra
cer makes the sand fly, and the
boarder makes the butter fly(
Iu less than four utoeths the Prg-
vinoial gasoline tax Itas yielded the
Province revenues of over $1,300,-
000.
1,300,-000. •
For the 'first 'seven days of the
Month a million and a half bushes of
grain were handled' by the Goderich
Elevator. l _
Department. Stores are flooding
the country with catalogees. And
now there is a call for a municipal
tax in every municipality where they
do business. The time may come
when the retail merchants can agree
upon this thing and when they may
be able to influence legistation.--
'Kingston Whig.
• Hardware and Metal Magazine es-
timates that each year the local pa -
Iter gives from $500 to $1000 in GROMARTee m1LNI'0ER a bein U
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O EDWARD I,' INS
tree : advertising to the coMmugity
in which it '', i4E located. , t Ad
"No other ageucy can or will do this.
The editor, i proportion to ;kis.
tor n p p
Means doe';more for his town than
any other man, and' la all fairness
he ought to be supported --not be-
cause you like or admire hiswrit-
ings but because the final .,paper -18
the best investment the community'
can make."—From want a, 1ooat
suppoet by the nterchants the Thor-
old .newspapers suspended publica-
tion. It did not take long to prove
to the merchants the greatness of
the loss and the town, Board of Trade
got busy for its restoration which is
CATASTROPHE COMING
Siir Arthur Conan Doyle assumes
the new role of prophet eine he '
has published a warning which he
claims has conte' to him fromthe
spirit world, of a catastrophe which
is about to burst upon the- world,
and to occupy the next three years,
as a chastening for the evils of man-
kind. These messages have been
coming to " him for some time, he
says, and he has also been assured
that the British people will Suffer
less in comparison than any of the
other` nations.
A call to ,Point Edward Presby-
terian'church was extended to Rev.
De.vid . Ritchie of CromartY at . a
meeting of the Sarnia Presb tery
r
held ozl 'pVednesda3 of last we
Hunters will do well .to keep In
mind the fact that there is no; open
season this year for partridge.
The Governmtne has set apart
Wednesday, October .28th , as fish
day and has called upon all Cana
diens to observe it as such by pro-
viding fish for the family menu for
at least one meal.
A dainty littleairplane, design-
ed especially to appeal to feminine
tastes has appeared in. Jim market
in London, England. It is being
sold ter $1,500. It is a one Seater
and is built, the manufacturers say
"for thin women only."
Some fellows who haven't been
out with their wives for years bump
into •them occasionally nowadays eh
barber shops.
MAKING OUR RAILWAYS PAY
The sure way the only way . that , our perplexing
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railway problem can ever be solved.
Temporarily our Canadian National Railway
system is in a hole. To deny the fact would be rank
untruthfulness, to belittle its importance would be
sheer folly.
But this huge public ownership enterprise CAN
and MUST be pulled out of . the hole, and it's up 'to the
;then and women voters of Canada to,. do it !
A Loaf Big Enough for Two
If our foresight had been as good. as our
hindsight, we would never have built the
excessive railway plant we have today.
But what is done cannot be undone.
There is no use crying over spilt milk.
The problem now is to chart for ourselves
the course that will most quickly and most
surely place the Canadian National Rail
,ways on a paying basis.
Thus far the main effort of its manage-
ment has been to get more business—
freight and passenger—for the C.N.R. by
taking it away from the Q.P.R. _ By that ,
method, the. cost of securing business is
greatly increased for both systems, with
no real advantage to either. They are
merely fighting over the division of a loaf,
which isn't large enough to provide sus-
tenance for both.
The only way our railway problem will
ever be solved is for the voters of Canada
to see to it that our railways are given a
bigger loaf to, divide" -a loaf of freight and
passenger traffic 'that will be large enough
for both systems to thrive on.
W. Have the Acorn;
We ,Must Grow the Oak
How to increase freight traffic --that • is
the kernel of our problem! The average
Canadian freight train earns $5.00 per mile
travelled; the average passenger train ears
only $2,00. So it's upon the freight end
of the business that vie must concentrate.
Of course, some kinds of freight art more
profitable than others. There is very little
margin of `profit in carrying gain, first
because the rates applicable to it are lower
per ton per mile than the rates on . any
other commodity, and second because.. the
grain movement is a peakload ` traffic,
calling for ash _ enormous investment in cars
-that are idle ,tie greater part of the year.
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,But there is a substantial margin of
profit in hauling general merchandise.
What can we de to ensure our railways
getting more of it?
Higher Tariff the . Cure
Increase . our population -start.. a big
immigration movement -and they rest will
follow as a .matterof course Easier said
than done? Not at all! All we have to
do to :start the tide of immigration 'flowing
through our port"s is toy ;-hold out to the
prospective immigrant:'the :assurance of a
steady job.: at ,good wages, or the chance to
engage profitably in`farning or some other
form of productionor service.
A higher tariff, that will be a real Pro-
tective Tariff, will give him a guarantee
covering every point. And nothing -else
under Providence will!
t Lower Tariff is Poison
A Tanif policy that allows the Canadian
market to -be supplied .more and more by
outside wort ers,' automatically operates to
reduce the freight . traffic available for our
railways.' When for instance, due to
Insufficient tariff'` protection, the 'Libbey-
Owens glass factory in Hamilton was forced
to surrender the Canadian field to its sister
plant in Belgium, Canadian railways lost
the hauling of 2,000 carloads of raw material
per year
If Canadian, cotton and woollen mills
only had the, making of the textiles that
we import every year, our -railways would
have the hauling of another 50,000 carloads
pet year of raw material freight.
Picture to yourself the :scores of . other
things that under a low tariff policy we
import, when under a higher tariff policy
we would be making them in our own
workshops, and you can hardly fail to
realize that the sane—the sure—solution
of our railway problem is all ready-made
for us, and awaits only our order via the
polls to put it into operation. The neceS-
sary 'traffic is there. All we have to do is
reach out and get it!
Increasing Imports Mean
Bigger Railway .Deficits
Every time that low duties take ,away
a --portion of the domestic market from a
Canadian industry and give it to .a foreign
industry, our railways suffer in four ways.
1. They lose the hauling of the raw
material that such industry would
have used.
2. On the finished product, instead of
the full local rate, they get only their
proportion of the through import
rate—a much lower net.
S. When it results in the Western Cana-
dian market, being supplied from a
U.S. factory, they lose the long East
and West . haul, and get only , the
short haul from the international
boundary.
4. They lose the hauling.of all the mets --1
chandise that would have been con-
sumed by the workers who, due to the
resultant .,unemployment, emigrate to.
the United States.
Lower duties throw people out of work. They just as surely
throw railways ` out of work. We can never save our railways by
giving them less work. Wemust use our brains and our courage
to secure them more work --better paid work,! Higher tariffs 4111 do it.
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