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Reeve Moser Has Been in Council" for Ten Years and Deputir Reeve
Turner Also Has Ten Years in Public Service to Hit Credit.
Eleven Candidates Are cOntesting for _Site Seats at Council
One of the most riotous noraina-1
.fion meetings' ever held- in the town
of Goderich, took place- at the town
hall, on 'Monday night, when 'four
Jaen were nominated for the mayor-
ality, five-forthe'reeveship, three for
deptity-reeve, and 14 for the coir -
el The The upstairs room at the hall,
wbere the meeting was held was
packed to the doors, as interested
townspeople waited to see what
would be the outcome of a jumble of
.civic problems, and pent up feelings
aired before the townspeople.
• Mr. Charles Reid" was chairman,
and Mayor MacEwan was the first
speaker. He congratulated the 1935
council on the way they carried on
the town's affairs. He stated that
there were -a few differences among
the rnenibers, but that they had been
straightened out satisfactorily.
Concerning the matter of the shor-
tage in the acceunts of the former
tax -collector, Mr. MacEwan stated
that he knewsnothing of the matter
until he took office at the beginning
of the year. After a ood deal of
"dickering with the bonclingseempany
involved, the matter was settled and
--the-Town _received $7,000- 'from -the
tompany to cover the shortage- a
over $8,000.
Ex -councillor, Fred Seabrook. ask-
ed if the amount was not $8600 rath-
er than $8,494, as the Mayor stated.
His worship replied that it might be.
His. Worship pointed out the bright
futurethat was in store for the town
.in respect to its industries which he
named over and 'outlined with pride.
"giabrook again --friterrutited
'the Mayor, and said that His Wor-
sv s had stated last -ear that the
1934 council had thrown away $17.-
--600-byeleavingertrieurftiderabedit
• was not neceseary-.-- -He" wonld like -to
have Mr. MacEwan. explain the state-
ment.
exPlained plainly and thoroughly,
some of the principles of newspaper
'Wm
Reeve Moser referred to the pay-
roll a the PUblic Works Committee
anclsetated that in 1935, $3,569 had
been spent as compared With $4,487.-
70 in 1934. It is not the chairman
of the committee who spends all the
money, he added. He spoke of the
work that had been done on the roads
around town this year, and gave
an Outline of his -service to the town
as reeve..
,Mr. Knox replying to Mr. Huckins
riiiinafl5s,' declared that this is the
first time that he has ever been eall-
ed on, to get up and say anything at
a nomination meeting, but that he
felt he was Justified in doing so. The
unfortunate circumstances that have
come to pass in town have eat a
shadow over all our oublic officials,
;he said. He then read a letter, ad-
dressed to himself, from the auditors
in which their reasons for delaying
any proceedings at the time of the
first audit last year were pointed out.
-This letter, is reproduced in this edi-
tion. _
• E. D. Brown, chairman of the
p
Finance Committee, expressed • the
opinion that there were grounds for
considerable satisfaction in the town
financial statement. . "The town of
Goderielr has paid -every obligations
in full," said the speaker. He coni-
rnented on the fact that people quite
often complain that the tax -rate is
too high. "The only way to bring the
tax -rate down is to keep it up for a
few years- and pay, as you go," Mr.
Brown declared. He stated that in a
few years, we will have done with
the 0. W. S. R. fund and that by 1940
many of the town's debentures will I
bescleaned sio....sod-we-can-getsclown to -
a 44 mill tax rate.,
Sneaking of the former tax collec-
tor'smoney shortage, Mr. Brown
„state _that itghtsshasall_ right -40-,
tan -Ike -in privute. _life but that the
council Was not „entitled to gamble
(Goiainued en page 5)
renew your eubseriptien now
to --The •,Godericheatars---4„f---yott--.
are not ah-ead,y a suisseriber let
• 'Your New ,Year resolution be to
become one.
This is the time of year when
most. • of the renewals are duei
Yours may be one of those. Will
you, take are of it the first tithe
you are"passing?
.• Whether you are or not, we
trust your fondest hopes • will be
• realized and that you will enjoy
the best of luck in 1936.
mirmcH satin: .
Extra H e 1 p Enga,ged. More
Small Parcels Than Formerly.
Express Business Good.
PASSENGER TRAFFIC -HEAVY
4. Mails this year were • not mu
'heavier than la,st year, peat office o
dais -in .Goderich report, arthou
there was more -sorting- to 4:10 ds
, result of the number of small parce
that were sent. This matter of sen
ing small parcels is a condition pec
liar_ to depression years the author
ties declare, because people Who we
forinerly in the habit of sending
large parcel with perhaps a prese
for each smember of a family in i
now send a small parcel with som
useful household article or ornamen
There were five extra people o
the local staff for the Christmas se
son this year, and those employed a
•the office deserve credit for the fin
ge_rvic_e_they_rendered the_pnblic.Th mail, both outgoing and
incoming, was all sorted or sent out
by early Thursday morning.
Passenger sersaceson trains--to-an
from Goderich, increased- by almos
half of last year's number, while th
number of express shipments mad
took a big jump ahead. Christma
greeting telegrams also proved -to
a popular way of •extending goo
wishes to distant friends and rel
tives.
The words on everyone's lips these
days are "Happy New Year." But
eh somehow or other it seemed to get to
ffi- Eleanor Powells toes and here she is,
gh „
a
His Majesty's Mails -
is
Must- Get Through
u_
Snow Didn't Block _Courageous
re Carrier
a
nt WALKED NINE MILES
t,
Neither snow, wind, drift,3 nor
t. 7
cold, can hold up His Majesty' 4 mails I
a- in the estimation of the Rural Mail
t Carriers, that sturdy classof men
e who; for the last 10 days have been
iiiiik-lheiFilmost to fight- the ele-
ments. During that time, their -lot
has nut been a happy one, but in '
ser-these-oevered -their -routes.
t _ Cars were _in eeverai instances ex
-
e changed for cutters, and though the
e, going was slower, the -Carriers at-
tained their objective, the all-import-
ant thing to them, and got through.
The Mayor answered that what
he did say the time,' referred t°, FOUR TOWNSHIPS
• was that he felt 'an outside audit Was
—RETURN COUNCILS1
'e,.....-notatecessareeineview-ofthe fact-tha
• , we already had our own local audi-
•_Seabrook _claimed he had a
?stter to the effect that there was a
4 shortage and that he would produce
it, if His Worship wished. Mr. Mac -
Ewan replied that it would be impos-
sible to give a report until the year
was completed.
J. E. Huckins said that he was
returned tri the council last yeer by
double- hit vote of the previous year
' -which was his first in the council, He
declared' that ttiro years ago he had
pressed the tax collector for a statement. He spent 19 weeks trying to
• get the staternent. • He said he got
balf a list and stated that if a com-
prehensive- statement was not forth-
• coming. he would demand a list of
the° tax arrears. •At the next meet-
• ing of the comic -II, tlie tax collector
resigned. He enlaimed that the
council of 1934 was t he first one. that
bad the courage to hive an outside
• audit in the 17 years he had been
• here. He annourfeed that on Friday
night, he intended to set a precedent
'by having a public meeting in Mac-
Kay Hall, where the people could
..ceme and "hear the truth."
Mae Huckins than attacked Mr. L.
L. Knox, •Went. clerk and treasurer,
ha...charge
allowed Mayor H. S. A. MacEwen to
the last -election,- He
eati-d-tlfrit be could not -find a patallei
. ' anywhere 'in the Province where a
town clerk is also treasurer of the
town,'secretary of the Public
Utili-
-
----ties--CoMmission, and secretary -trea-
surer of the Public School Board
Referring to the shortage, he said
that he had refused to withdraw the
charge he had laid against the tax
collector, when asked to do so, by
the chief accountant of the .bonding
company. As a 'member of the town
council, he he felt it his dutv, but that
as a private citizen, his sympathy
.was -,extended to the fantily ef-the-
accused matt. Turning 'to the Public'
"Utilities Commission, he declared
that. he was liftable to ascertain from
any of the members of that Commis -
tion, what the Salary of the Superin-
tendent was, and he thought it the
-Privilege of the ratepayers to know -
He a1,4o attacked the IOW rates,
and declared that the first principle
of Itydio is to give +he eonsubier,
°Power at wet," Wititthe aceumula-
tion of whet he teemed a eurplus,
the speaker thought it higle time for
l'editetien Or. retete..
Chaitenan of the Fire Committee,
Deputiereeve Turner eorigratulated
the Chief and his brigade for their
eilleiency during the year;
lie objeLted to the action of the
Department of Highways in not ale-
Perodng the takirfg over of Cambria
uclad,# the, .County Iteade -Sista
and ditaPetoved of the method of the
'County 0*(41 in paying Collegiate
011q$itt December, While the
efin Meet iely the money in fleptem-
.;ber, thus aaceeeitating the borrow.
• bf Analog, He also renewed ;the
I.. atter of tlia former tax collector.
claimed the papers
ltt+ bet "honest" retiortS. •at
obertAn• tbotetsutti.
rP41$0,-1,r,efit
Hay-
DASHWOOD,-..silees_anss_-_-Nom na-
Mons in Hay Township, were: Reeve,.
Alfred Melick,' David Ducharme,
Max. Turnbull, George Armstrang,
Council (four to be elected), Max.
Turnbull, George Armstrong, Wil-
liam Haugh, Edmund Walpers Fred
Corbett, Josephigei, arci
Corriveau, Alex. Crerar, Chas. Aids-
warth.
Usborne
EXETEg, Dec. &J. -The entire Us -
borne Township Council was return-
ed by acclamation, as follows:
'Reeve-Psseorge Westcott.
Council-13ruce •Cooper, Percy
Passmore, Hugh Berry, John Ballan-
tyne.
McKillop
D• UBLIN: Dec. 30 -The following
-were elected iirfi41IopTownshIp,
bye acclamation: Reeve, John M. Eck-
ert; Council, Russell Dorrance, El-
ener Hackney, Hugh Alexander, .los.
O'Rourke.
Stephen
DASHWOOD, Dec. 30. -All Steph-
en Township officers were filled by
acclamation as follows: Reeve, Win.
Switzer; depaty reev .hester w-
, counei , was cCann, Pd.
Lamport,Hary, Batzs -
_
Teckeramitli
SEAFORTH, Dec. Tucker -
smith Township Council was re-elec-
ted by acchunatien for 1936. Reeve,
Wm. Archibald; Arehibald; Councillors, Chas.
McKay, Samuel Whitmore, 'David
Gemmel, Andrew 14e11..
be
d While bucking the banks at Kings-
bridge Mr. Mane McAdam_ burned
a- /
the clutch of his car -this meant a
9 mile tramp through the drifts -be-
fore he reached Port Albert, and got
M a conveyance to bring him into town,
" where he arrived about 5 hours after
his uslial time.
Motorists 'who are able to bu
their 1936 licenses at since, or at an
rate before January 15th, the extend
ed time limit; are urged to do so no
only for the convenience of the him
issuer, but also that they may re
ceive better service.
There is always a last minute rus
of motorists to ,procure markers an
no matter how long the period o
grace may have been, there woui
still be the same trouble. °
• January- 15th and February 29t
are the final dates set for passenge
cars and commercial vehicles respec
tively. and the Department
-intention exteiOng the limit fur
ther.
A letter from the Departzient a
Highways' states that: "The exten
sion of the period for the use of 193
registration is intended for persons
wins might find some hardship in se-
curing -new permits because of holi-
day expenses. It was not intended to
provide an excuse for procrastination
for those well able to afford new re
gistration 'now, and if such person
take unfair
Here is the story or the meanest
u man in town, or in the country, or
" wherever he came from. •
On Tuesday night a young man of
d "Goderieh parked his car in front of a
cafe in town and left in it a Christ -
h mas present from his lady fair. He
went into the cafe -and after having
a light lunch returned to his car and
- found the present gone. •
The-package--liad the customary-
- card with the -name of the giver and
receiver of the article on it,. and if
someone had to be light fingered,
5 -I
they might have passed up that par -
ton, much needless tdifficulty wil
_result as -the last tlay-appsrwises.'-,
BELOW ZERO WEATHER
FOR LAST WEEK -END
Saturdise night Carried,off the hon-
ors of -the week in this section for
cold; thermometers varying fides 2 to
ow zero. Ice covered the rhier
during Thursday night end tightened
unover the week end.
FOr a couple of hundred yards off
hore, ice also formed on the lake.
With deep snow, there are all the ear
marks of lin old-fashioned winter.
But the days are gradually length-
ening, and there is a noticeable dif-
ference about 5 o'clock to what there
was a week ago,'
shown dancing out the old and in the
new, just like young people all over
Can;cta were doing on the night of
December 31; 1935.
I Important
1 In addition b Ur: clr banota to
be presrnted to the ratepayers
next Monday, will be one ivith•this
i question
Are you in •favor of holding the
rominations on the‘ last Monday
In November and the elections
on the first Monday in Decem-
ber?
Yes
• No ••• • •
-Place a tra-s- opposite yes or
• no according to the way you
wish vote on thLs question.
• Clerk Knew Nothing
Of Alleged Shortag
Aue.:42crs Were Not In Position To
Give Information,
'—
LACK OF SYSTEM
_ .
At the public meeting on Moriday the
statement was made that Mr. L. L.
Knox had been in possession ;of- ,eertai
information regarding the former Ta
Collector which he should have trans
matted to the Counsel. -
In reply Mr. Knox read a letter fro
R. W. Johnson, chartered accountant
St. • Thomas, whosd, firm had been ap
pointed to examine the books. Thai
.letter is dated November 29th, 1935, an
reads as follows:
Dear Mr. Knox: -
Township of Colborne for Second Term and Four Former Council-.
loreAlso Retain Their Seats F o r 1936. ., Ratepayers A*
, Pointed l(NeitiOni- At, No*41'40102, -Meeting. ,
• .0
Colborne Township l'00,0and think that's is little off-season," be
council were given an acelantatior
after a hectic three tuid a helf hour
nomination meeting in Carlow -hal
on Monday afternoon. - Six o'f, the
seven Men nominated for the reeve
ship dropped out of the contest, leav
rug the office to last yeses reeve, Mr
George C. realm. Mr. Harry Mc
Creath, a fifth. man nominated to the
council, dropped from the ruempleg,t
allowing the rteerannitian, - Thiele
nominated were; For reeve, George
Feagan, Albert 'Goldthorpe, Melvin
Tyndall, Harry McCreath, William L.
Young, Alexander Young and Jas.
Chishalre Jr.. For council, John
Pitblado Jr., Melvin Tyndall, James
Chisholm Jr., Nelsen MeLarty and
Harry McCreath.
A large and ehtitusiastic crowd
attended. the meeting and a number
had to stand - during --speaking,
all of the seats being taken. Mr.
Hugh Hill ,was appointed chairman,
and he asked if the audience. wanted
a time limit placed on the speakers
or not. A bewhiskered old-thner at
the back of the room shouted, "Give
them free rope" 'and the suggestion
carried. ,
Mr. R. J -Glen, township treasurer,
gave a summary of the township fin-
ances as ,printed in the financial re-
port, copies of whiciO;Vere distributed
at the meeting,
Mr. McCreath; who had dsked that
the treasurer give a summary of his
report, stated that he had done so be-
cause he wanted to know if there was
any way in which the . treasurer
could improve this work. Mr. Glen
answered that the miss thing he
knew of was that he had no way of
Rings material and eortespiendents
11 said. m
"It Is news to e," said Mr. Pit-
, blado.
t" Mr. Melvin Tyndall began his ad-
dress by paying tribute to a number
- of people who had been removed
, front the community by death in the
. nest year. Turning to the business
; hand, Mr. Tyndall, declared that h
had no notion of opposing Mr. Feag-
an, as .reeve, because he has found
-hint above board in everything, and
he thought hint a good male The
speaker also made reference to 1110
harmonious way, in which the meet -
lugs were -conducted. The township
roads are in much the same state as
they are anywhere else, Mr. Tyndall
said. lIe eet in a strong appeal for
a bylaw which he had had drawn up
to enforce perpetual upkeep in Col-
borne Cemetery.
Mr, Tyndall said that had notie....
ed that Attorney -general Roebuck.
has recommended that new buildings
be exempted from taxation for a per-
iod of 10' years. He wondered if it
would not be a good thing to intro-
dte that regulstion into the town-
ship, since many buildings had been '
destroyed by fire, and had not been
rebuilt. Someone shouted that every-
one in the township would be burning
(Continued on Page 8)
I Visited- Carlow For Joint Instal-
lation of Officers
Answering a quers by Mr. McCreath I
he said that ,he had never asked the
council for it. • He also stilted that
nittissTitoney_had been spent -on reaels
this year then last yeare
Metier Apent
I
Mr. Geo. Fenian,. the first speaXer,
said it was the custom for the oldl
council to be first called. He declared'
theany money that wits spent with-
in the township in the past year was
spent wisely, and that such was the
taee in the county council also. The
reeve presented a comparison of cer-
tain county figures for 1934 and 19-
35 The comparsion showed that ap-
proximately $1.94100 more was paid
out in Mothers' Allowances this year
,than last, and that there are at pre-
- sent 25 more mothers eieceiving the
allowance this year than there were
IIlagt year- Money paid out and the
J
amount estimated, that is -still to
- be paid out for Old Age Pensions
t this year, totals $15,430, $435 more
than last year. The interest in the
General accountant will be $2,000.;
less -this year and the cost of Insur-
ance. heal light, etc., 'will be down
.about $500. it is estimated. The re-
moval of the Magistrate's office to
the-Courthouse-willecoirstitute an un-
usual saving of. $600, -
With reference to your request for' a
statement as to how our special audit
stood on December 17, 193*, 1 -beg to'ad-
-
Myst of all it must be kept 11,1 min
that the originul appointment, whic
was offered as late In September, 1934,
covered a period of four years to Decem-
ber 31, 1933. Along in November the
1 audit was Tar from complete, and- we ha
found conditions in the tax department
to be such that we felt every ratepayer
shown to be in arrears Should be motif'
by us in order to verify his acoount.
This woukl have 'prolonged the audit by
four or five weeks, however, and the
:•001%1_,:17:1:0513cluentast_tho. ,eport:t•A,Pit9,,rarPit_iAms,a-dY,.e.inr.a417,4tryfOreecit.dubtb:.
mit in detail a ccenplete list of all de-
linquents. The touncil and the rate-
payers could then study 'this for them-
selves and de,...1&' Upon a ftuther COUTZe
of actIoaiS It wa,s hoped also that wit
• our figures the auditors of the. 1934 ac-
counts would be able to clean the mat-
ter up, and with much less expense to
the town. _as
However, after perusing the list of ar-
rears Shown in our report the sound
wee convinced that the 1934 tax rol
ehould be turned over to us, and an ap-
pe4etraerit was made with TM TO to $iito
'this with the collector on December 1/:
On that date he was still unable or un-
willing to go into the matter, but a cou-
ple of days' work by ourselvee ot the
1934 roll and '1934 cash book made it
elear that mueb of the methey he bad
turned over to the treasurer in that year
as 1932 and 1933 taxes must have been
celleeted on the 1034 roll.
"It would hatire been a very serious
•matter at that stage to lay a charge
against the eallector. or to make any
statement doubting his honesty and in-
tegrity if there,was any remitelity of he
ikerTg able to make a satisfactory ex-
planation. PesSIbly ,wesehould have cal-
led in the Mayor and Mr. Huckina and
taken the matter up with them fully at
he time. but experience has taught 'iss
hat, definite staterriceefe or aeriotie
harges ean be made only after the ful-
lest poeeible inveetifeation. Everybody
spelee to =thed..t.a.lay ,tha. blame on
ttObEIftWeS brk of atstem, poor booe
eephig and 1.11th.s, and we 'couldn't take
th reepensibifity at that time of aating
definifelsr, even to the Mayor, that the
tolleeter Va5 diehott,.
COnteqUOttly WO left the matter Leith'e
tee ket* 'WM ere pot " •
atieter;ttedee,tofk, etiur146:0,.01.,:ii;;;;pet. tizittiroelt bi:tr:eto
rt
Of tbo tat.'&-tieation arid, peeper.? the
tot
be reitdyf0alietiettifyr.tto
(CIOntinued on pet* 4)
Thieves looted the charred ruins of
nrlea._Lee.!..s-warehouser-a
il
Imrli)ncur,t enfitrhe! Sunday night, fol -
ant
0- worth ofwrenches heavy work
groves, and mitts, fla;hlights and
other articles. The vault had also
-been tsunpered with but apparently
-without success. Constables Ferguson
and McCoy and Chief Postelthwaite
investigated the 'robbery and are now
attempting th confign suspicions
which have arisen from' ther-ase. The
night watchman at the warehouse
had been bu'sy making some replire
and it was apparently during ts
time that the theft took Olive!
Numbers of articles •
have been
stolen at Various timeeine° the
building WaS burned, but at no time•
previous to Monday night, wiis any
large quantity of goods taken.
UNCOVERINGFISH WORMS
SIX INCHES BELOW SURFACE
LIONS 'CLUB PROVIDED
JOYFUL CHRISTMAS CHEER
Hunting out homes that might
otherteise have been overlooked, the
Lion a Club tient Christmas baskete
to Al families. Those baekets eon-
tairted •a ,gpstse, pound. butter;
- 'Cain, tomatoes, nuts, candies, oranges
, and bread.
J The donatiens previously acknow-
leged; were 0- ....... $79.50
Mrs. W. L. Hortoh ........ 1.00
20th Century Club e 3.85
Christian Servio Group,
1.06
Total- ...a.
The Club. donated $40. of above
out of its funds, and eaeh member
contributed $1.. They thus contribu.
tea twice to this worthy
00)ViiStION HOUSE MEET
AVT.
who las
Iforeign tster
tuition of Si
the an
tracheae to be
l ed that 'Rd
fta1. ,
en appinted British
ry owing to the'resilga
&trod Hoare after'
et Hoere4tavel .' peace I
it Halt, , It. la report 1
is *trotter against
'1
,
Civic employees could go fishing if
.
they wanted to, and use live, wigg-
ling -worms as bait.
, . Heavy' blankets of, snow have pre-
vented the frost penetratifig_the
-geound, and -ilie ific"ffeer-"Vertive the
Surface, fish 'worms are being' pri-
covered. 'This actuallY occurred at
the skating' rink where tewe employ-
ees were digging a trench. t
As beth tile river and the lake t
.-laiseituiting-psist4itne :of Iiiiiiiiik.
I
were frozen over, 'the tnen 'did not e
leave their work to indulftl in the
Speaking in respect is the -low
ing of the county mill -rate, Mr. Fea-
gan declaredthat he had been in fav-
our of lowering the rate from 6 to
51/2 mills since the county only pays
3% per cent. interest and the 5%
mill rate in 1036, will pay the $25,000
balance of the Provincial debt, allow
the county highways $20,000 more
and the total debt at the end of 1936
will be le S- t
PERMITS SUSPENDED 1
FOR ;RECKLESS DRIVING
t e ratepayers are gettt g the
debt nt,-elre end- of elneee -wa$126
s ,0K theystood-still for -
At the end of 1935, it is $81,000, and kr/W*1M or tette
•
Tobermory.
,benefit of -the lower rate. TK6 tam Aff tifirtintildIeff the -trucks+,
before taking to the bush, where they
at the present rate of 5% mills, it browsed about among young trees.
will be less thah $50,000, at the end Shouid the animals thrive in this
of the coming year, besides paying section of Ontario, their' mniabera
off the $25,000 debenture. The reeve
will likely, be added to by further
felt that with careful handling, the shipments from the Pembroke reser-
mill rate might be lowered % or per -
PRIDAY-EVENING
Six miles of snow, varying from 1 to
.feet deep, tet,ir pessiWities al more,
did not prevent eight carloads-nt-Ochdere- -
rich Masons front paying their custom.-
ary visit to Carlow lodge on Friday
evening, where officers of the Ooderich •
and Carlow lodges were to be installed •
that evening. Though there were nits. -
EttingS 'alTd dOttbtrill tette rom..-4yrsAm---T4*-.7
of the Goderich Masons as to the likelle
hood of reaching their destinatithii and
later their home in time for the next -
days business, others were more hopeful. ,
At 7.30 that evening about 40 of the
Goderich craftsmen drove to callow
here -the officers of both lodgea---Weres-s:-
duly installed by P.D,D.O.M., R. 'Mr*
Bro. Hugh Hill, according to atisistrit_
custom. He was assisted by several
the Carlow officers. •
Bro. R. J. Olen WU duly installed- The‘s-.
Master of the Carlow Lodges Bre. Was.. •-•
Bisset becoming the official head of the
Goderich lodge for 1936.
Both masters were enthuslastleal*
congratulated upon their elevatkn to,
the highest offices in the gift of. their,
brethren.
A goose dinner was served later int *
evening when short speeches were naW-
by some_ofsthe newly installece
and also by the visitor.
Twelve elk were brought into the
Bruce Peninsula two weeks ago by
the Ontario Government from the
reservations near Pembroke. Four
were released near Wiarton, and the
other eight, 21/2 -miles • northwest of
er-Lakessand-aboniles--
%ration. ,
haps % a mill this coming year. In the meantime, there will not
Mr. McCreath aiked if the matter likely be any open -season for elk for
Of adding tovinship roads to the some years.
county roads system, had been press- AMMINIMM...11•N
ed in council. Mr. Feagan stated that TAKE WOOD AWAY
-it -had been but that, none had been
advocated the taking over very
taken -over. e The Rea& Cienntiseion
ron• g y, but they were not taken. Hundreds of people' throughout the
Feagan pointed out 'that the world- asked the good St. Nicholas to
Millrate had been lowered this year leave pre:Ants- for them on Christmas
and that this had made a great dif- Eve, but there was one man who did not t3
ference inscollectable taxes.Sum? tisk Santa Claps to leave anything for
ming the matte? up, •the Reeve de- taken away.
him; he only- asked, to have something
dared the township to be in fairly „
'rho man was a transient who arrived,'
good shape.
at the town hall for a night's lodging
The chairman stated that he felt thq night before Christmas. He went to
that some of the listeners Were not the bunkhouse and when the Chief of
ratite elear on the matter of the tak-
ipg over of the highways and'. ex- Pollee locked ire the next morning, atter
lainedethat-the tewnship roads were uthoe-freolul°owwfilhagdn-fi"-ote?-o'rj'D'tteailr-Wran*tahs'Ctili:sd•
really only approved by the isiunty .:pizas,,,z. take -away alas—wood-pile "
and that they had to be passed by the Ten weCsiteie is still there.
Provincial Department of Highways.
Mr. John Ft
4.a 11J15 counc - PUBLIC MEETING
lor, stated that the:cutting of weeds
in the lON FRIDAY EVENING.
ownsip •
had cost $100.etore •
this year t an laat. When aeked .--....,...
whether the work had been done C'n'° tl) th3 MeiCaY 11.311 ou FridaY,.• s .
voluntarily- of at -the request Of the' JIMMIV '31 -*(3' a ^rr 14:11.1. 6116 11416 6 a .
weed inspector, the councillor said frank and open discussion CI' municipal
that the inspector had pressed for. atTai1'3 °I' t'I'''' iThwrl of 43°derl'al'bY /fr.
action. , ., John a Eireciritte and ethers. , . '4-
Relief costa arta not nearlY aa " .L---
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high as they were a year age, and l' HURON REPRESENTED IN
think that they will come down a ONTARIO 800' AtIIINET
little more this year," said Mr. l'it-1, ' . ---------- '
blado. "to the depre5sion over?" "
,aSked fl back-seatee. 1
ro,,,,lite-Creetb.saked,tho-toittitid 6
f he band the snow -fences being a*
bused. ."aorno- ste'Vott 'being used
for liog, fences in the inonnor, and I
crgeant of Otcen, Sound, two
khomen-prentier of the 13th Onterio,-
the Wit met for their annual sesidom
Ross itowsoa of 'North Ituroit was
tletttd grilaister of'Simmer Claitopt4
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