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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1936-02-06, Page 3THURS., FEB. 1936 THE CLINTON ' NEWS-RECORW3 PAGE k January Session, of County Council Finishes In Schedule Time, Though Day Shorter J. BOWMAN, BRUSSELS REEVE, NEW 'WARDEN Economy Watchward. For 1936 R. J. Bowman, reeve of Brussels, son, McNeil anis Stewart brought'. in was elected Warden of Huron Colin a report appointing the following to ty Council at the opening meeting of the standing committees of the 'Coun- the January session last Wednesday ty council for 1936.: morning. ° He was chosen in a caucus Executive—T. Pryde, O. Geiger, J. of the Conservative members. . The Scott, R. Grain, T. Lovell. new warden was :introduced by Fear Legislative --A . Mellicic, J. Moser, ,(den Sweitzer of 1935 and duly instal -8' Sherwood, Peter Scott, H. Keys. 'lea in office: Finance—Fl. Keys, 0. Geiger;, J. Judge T. M. Costello in swearing Scott, C. Mawhinney, G. Feagan, in the warden, said in part: Education—W. Archibald, T. Pryde ' "My Iy first thought is that 1935 and 1936 for us as British people are two entirely different years. In 1935 you stet as subjects of our beloved sovereign, King Geerge V, and in 1936 we are subjects of our. beloved young King, p3dward VIII." His honor eulogized the late monarch and continued, "One attribute which endeared him to us was his demo - credo manner and his service to his people." He complimented the coun- ty council on the work of the past year. "I see in spite of my advice you are still dividing up as Grits and Tories. However, it doesn't make any :difference, .all are working for the best." He urged, the council to be kind in thought and word. Rev. A, C. Calder, of St. George's Church, offered' prayer and later spoke briefly. In an .eloquent address Warden Bowman thanked the retiring war- den for 'his help and said he consid- ered it an honor to follow Mr. Sweit- zer. He promised' to do the best he knew how in the conduct of the ses- sion. He spoke of the loss the em- pire had suffered and felt that an able son 'should follow the late King. "We may wellbe proud of our county town, -and villages and towns in the county, and of the lkrrms eind produce. "The debenture debt is only '$66,- 000, and, our county road system is one of the best in the province. The County Home and q'hildrens 'Sh'elter are worthy institutions. "In the general account there is a carryover of $3,900. 'The removal of the magistrate's quarters to the courthouse, will mean a 'saving of 4500 a year." • Mr. 'Bowman :asked for the co•= operation of the councillors and hop ed the rate would remain -at 'PA mills. A resolution, pledging steadfast and devoted 'loyalty to King Edward VIII, The sending of a letter to Hie Excellency the ti0overnur-General re- questing him "to convey to His Most Gracious Majesty 'King Edward • VIII, the Queen Mother, and 'members of the royal family. the profound sym- pathy of Huron 'County mound' an their great sorrow and bereavement," was endorsed. Routine business occupied the re- mainder of 'the session, when 'a long 'list of communications 'were •passed on to committee. +Jeintnittees Appointed A stalking •committee composed of Reeves .'Sweitzer, 1leniingway, Mathe- bond of $5,000 on Huron county treasurer. Carried. Davidson, Pryde: That the public libraries in Huron county be paid a grant of $25 each for' 1936 and that all public libraries receiving county. grants be required to file with the clerk an audited statement of their receipts and ` expenditures of the previous year: Carried. Cardiff, Bryans: That the county, council appoint Reeve P. W. Scott and Clerk Roberts as county anditurs on the Criminal Justice accounts, Carried. Matheson, Archibald: ' That J. M. Eckert be one of the county road commissioners for three years. Car- ried. A feature of Wednesday's session was the passing of a by-law, drawn up 'by, the County solicitor, that any- one, keeping an . automatic vending machine of a type set out hi the by- law shall be required to make appli- cation to the County for a license. The annual fee required for each ma- chine shall be $500.00 payable within 15 days frou the date thereof. Towns and incorporated Villages will set their; own by -jaws regarding the. J Bryans W Turner,' 0. Hemingway matter, Property -Geo. 1VICNa11 M. Maths -l oitnty TA Yeasurer . H. Erskine son, F. Davidson, G. Westcott, C, Mawhinney. County Hume -=-W: Archibald, W. Sweitzer, G. •Elliott, A. Mellick, W. Stewart. • Agricultariel Advisory— O. Hem- ingway, ileo. Feagan, T. Lovell, fl. Mog3idge, R. Grain. Chilaren's Shelter—R.' Teener, J. Bryan, R. J. Bowman. Warden's Comahittee---W.• Sweitzer, 3.. Moser, P. Scott, M. Matheson. Good Roads—L. E. Cardiff, W. Haacke, J. M. Eckert. Appointment of • representatives to the various sehoais in the county re- sulted as fellows; Exeter Board of Education, K. N. Creech; Wingham,' Rev. E. L. Roberts; Clinton, Frank Tinglend; Seaforth, William. Melt; Goderich, Dr. Harold Taylor. I read a letter from the town of Inger- Motions Presented Davidson, McNeil: That the fol- lowing resolution be passed and for- warded to Hon.. T. B. 1ll'eQuesten, Minister of Highways: That we in the electoral district of North Hu- ron have paid a great portion of rev- enue to the provincial government in car licenses, gas taxes in the past and up to the present time we have no pavement in }N'ort'h Huron. And at this time we ;would ash. the Min- ister of 'Highways to give, our case his earnest consideration and if any paving is decided upon in 1936 that Highway No. 4 be completed to the town of Windham. And we, the -members of Huron county =net now in session, think this section of the county deserves: better highway facilities. Carried. Elliott, W. Turner: That the De-'� minion :Government give considera- tion to the opening up of the ceal', mining area 'within the Dominion on a more extensive basis, as it will re- edit in more •use of Canadian 'seal,. and. it wouldtend to relieve tmem- ployment and helpout the rail 'and: lake transportation cost 'With'zvays.; Carried. R. Turner, Elliott: That a 'grant MI; $800 eadh be paid this yeas to the }hospitals :at Goderidh, 'Clinton, Sea forth and Wingham. Executive Cardiff, 'Davidson:: That the •.coup -I ty give the same .grant in 1936 tor. the Plowmen's Association, -Agricul- tural 'Societies and spring shows as•; in 1935. Executive. Elliott, 'Pryde: That the .Bonding:. Co. be ndtified that 'Huron county! council are withdrawing the personal; employed, 101 in the rural schools and 24 in. the urban schools. There is an increase of six in the number of teachers holding first class certi- ficates, 73 such teachers being em- ployed in the county. The report •states that the teachers are` doing good work and that the rural teachers are' staying longer at their schools. The inspector states that he believes many changes will be advocated by the committee which was appointed by the Legislative Assembly. The total enrolment of students for the year was 3,440, and attendance was kept at satisfactory level: Aver- age salaries paid teachers in rural schools was $614 and 22 increases were given last year.. The total leg- islative and county grants amounted to $16,424.27. Five, schools held school fairs last year. Ask Salary Boosts. soil in which it was stated that mun- icipality had passed a by-law pro- hibiting :slot -machines. An applica- tion for a license, accompanied by a Cheque for $500, had been received from a hotel proprietor there and the application had been refused by the council. The man was brought be- fore the Police Magistrate and a convittion registered against him. He appealed the case and Mr. Justice Hogg reserved his decision. Letters were received from A. H. Erskine, county treasurer, and George James, court house caretaker, requesting salary raises. Mr. Firs king stated, he aage of the ojinien the work of his office and the responsi- bility of a -turn -over of $600,000 'an - tinnily warranted the request of the $200 additiotn. Mr, 'Janes set forth the arguiient that the additional work involved as a result of moving the magistrate's office to the, court house was worth '$100 more per r.. year. The following report of the Execu- tive Committee was passed in its en- tirety: Reeve McNall said he had been present in, court the day an order. had: gone out that all slot machines were to be removed from Huron County and he felt that the County Council bylaw should prohibit the machines altogether without giving an option of paying a. license fee. Reeve Geiger was strongly in favor of Mr. McNeil's suggestion. Mr. Erskine explained that the by-law does not make it necessary for an officer to discriminate between cer- tain types of machines as he would' have to under the Act covering such, machines. Reeve Murdoe''h Matheson: "Does. the pitying of this license fee legal- ize the machines?" Mr. Erskine, "Yes, but the fee is so high that it is unlikely that anyone will pay it " Warden Bowman explained that the •County'Couneil has not the p'e`er to make such machines 'absolutely ille- gal, but that it has the power to lic- ense thein ant of �exietenee. carried: flit conformity with, 'this motion a 'bylaw has been drawn up, as bylaw No. 22; 1986. +Agricultural Grants Ifemingway and Lovell that we' grant the usual grant of $500 to our agriculture office, also the $200 for junior extension work and $15 to each school fair under our represen tative's supervision. Carried. Turner and Geiger; that Reeve Moser be appointed a member of the. Goderich Marine and General Hospital Board for the year 1936. Carried. Geiger and Melick, that this Hu- ron County Council will not intro- duce any more new county road or roads, owing to the depression. It is a burden to all towns' and villages, as the poor people have a strenuous time topay taxes placed on them necessary for the welfare 'of ' their' municipality. Good Roads. Davidson and Turner, that the Good Roads Commission purchase at least one heavy snow plowing outfit before lielit season's operations be- gin, Good Made. Moser and Stott, that the usual grant be made for the upkeep of flower beds around the Court House. Carried, ; Geiger and Melick, that Mr. Gov-,enlock, inspector of the county home on a fixed salary of $250, be increas- ed to $300 the bylaw tobe so amend- ed. Filed.- An iled.An overdraft of $3,925.82 in the general account was shown in the financial statement presented to County Council by the treasurer, A. H. Erskine. The overdraft is ex- plained as follows: $1,600 was spent at the county home to bring the fiscal year to Dec. 31 instead of Nov. 30, $1,400 was spent on the court house, $'700 at the registry office, and $300 was granted to the 161st Battalion reunion. These theee it- ems were expended after the estim- ates were accepted as was also $400 for new porches at the Registry Of- fice. Apart from these items, the estimates covered the expenditure. The summary, of receipts and ex- penditures in the general account is as follows: Receipts: county rates, $141,667.79; licenses, $719.00; taxes collected for township, $12,001.37; schools, $96.84; registry 'office, $217.41; administra- tion justice, $4,741.51; mag'istrate's. fines, $819.55; bank Ioans, $85,000.- 00; 'Division Courts, $45.99;' .redemp-' tion of lands, $663.63; interest Chit- dt'eh's Ala bonds, $60.00; Twp's share hospitals, $3;266.92; sundry, $238.45; prov. treat. Children's aid grants, '$133.32; 'miscellaneous, $151.- 43; 151.43; bank balance, Jan. 1, 1985, $6,- 304.16; total, $256,126.87. , Expenditure: Mothers' a'flewances, $14;W42.50;' Children's Shelter, $4,- 614.29; administration justice, $15,- 572.26; Old Age, pensions, $15,615.10; grants, $5,680.00; municipal govern- 'meht, $6;259:90; sche:dls, '$62,387.54; registry office, $1,266.38; jail, $3,- 590.08; printing, postage Band station- ery, $1,497.42; redemption of lands, $658.38; 'batik loans, retired, $85,000.- 00; demand loan interest, $2,121.32; county. property, 33;111.55; insurance heat and light, ell ;INA; hospitals, $19,806.35; transfers to county home, $5,400.00; tnisuelleneous, $301.56;; sundry, $765.99; taxes 'returned to' twp., $11,898.13; 'transfers to ex Change account,' 1200.00; total, $260,-, 052.69; overdruft, Dec. 31, 1935, Pr; 925.82. 'Clotnity Home That a grant of $650 be paid this year to Goderich, Wingham, Seaforth and Clinton 'Flospitals; that a grant of $25 each be paid• to all public lib- raries in Huron county and that all public libraries receiving the county grant be required to file with the county clerk an audited statement of their receipts and expenditures; $25 to the Belmore library in 1936; $80. to the Seaforth, Clinton and Hensall Spring Stock Shows and $25 for Hen- salt Seed Show and $40 for Kirkton Clifford and Lucknow; $80 each to the South Huron and North Huron Plowmen's Association. An audited financial statement must be filed with the clerk; $150 to the Salvation Ar- my; r-my;; $150 be made to the Canadian National Institute for the Blind; $25 to the Howi'ek Township Library As- sociation; that no action be taken in regard to the membership fee of the Ontario A'ss'otiatiox of Rural "1Gluni- cipal'ities. WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING 'YiaE CAN'T" ALL PYRITE SUSPICI'ON TS. 'CONFIRMED Arnold ;Sirfith .excuses:a hetet (keep, ,ter who :served 'liquor to :girls •.under, ;age by. saying that often 1te •can'ti distinguish a 'woina'n of 19 'from :one, of 25—.thus ex:afire:sing the suspicion that the liquor act is administered•, by 'soaruo'body who caret see very well.! Fergus 'News -Record.; A .talaIR'K IN CUR CIVILIZATION Drunkenness at the 'throttle of a railway engine means ipetenanent dis- missal. , At the wheel of :e. wotor car the .penalty is a few days in jail and temporary suspension of the &ioing permit: Toronto Telegram. NOT THE ONLY ONE What is bothering us now is the fact that we have bought a new pair of licenses. They are no use to us off the car, and the caris no use to us even with them on. All of which makesus feel very much as if the ;weather man had gone out of his road- to help the Minister of Highways put a«real` one over on us. -Huron Expositor. Wants Cut Restored Before reading his report County' Engineer '' R. Patterson applied to the council foy a restoration to :a- mounts cent ffoom his salary lin the, past few years. Mr. Patterson Aid- ed that he has mow' been in cdffiice:di- :moat 17 years and that he is now working' at a salary of $990 fleas than 'the :.amount that it was agreed 'to pay him to °remain in his 'position some years 'ago. 'He also reminded the ceundl that only one half of his salary its ;payable by the 'comity. Theei 'County Engine"s :report showed :expenditures for '6935 to be as follows: Maintenance, 483,067.73; Constnndtion, $9,397.99; 'Machinery and repaiirs, $7;437:43; 'Superintend- ance, '$4;,177:32; total, `$104,280.47. The Government subsidy should be, $50,2911x5.8, -a :special •effoi't-made to keep the .expenditures -Within the limit. It'also•states that -unless -more funds are provided somevihat ore .work Caen ibe :accomplished this year since there will be no relief grant. Theme are three snowplows -oper- ating at :present and it is felt that five plows ccould 'keep nearly 'all of ihe 'cousdW roads open 'in +normal. times. A lady who, was crippled from chillhaod;and unable to move .except in .a wheel . chair, bemoaned her :in- ability to get around dad see •the world. at she coital do tthat, she thought, she could write stories. A friend suggested to .her that people were ;people and fiery mutat alike anyvlhere in the world. Why didn't she try :writing stories of the people and ;seems with which she was famil- iar'? She ;adopted the :suggestion .and began sve:itiug stories of the ,people;, she knew. Today, past .sixty, the is' reported to be, earning $10,000'a year:', with her pen. She found gold in her, own back -yard. Surely that is a lese! son for us to make the best. use of our opportunities no matter what the, handicaps arn.—Listowel Banner. Appoint Inspector - That 'Ross . Johnston of Zurich be aembinted 'corn bo'rer• im'specter for Huron 'at a salary of 45e per ihour and that he furnish 'his own trens- poetation. We :suggest 'that the bylaw" dealing with patients in public hosliitals be amended to 'reatl, "That the said; county she'll pay full costs of hos- pitalization in'a'pulilic hospitalafter' he has received 90 days' treatment and that outstanding a'euounts come under this beile.w. clause 'by The rceport'wes taken up clause With 'Reeve'13ryans in the chair. The following report of the Agria cultural Advisory Committee carried that G. Hemingway be seat as dele- gate to :the Ontario Agricultural; Conuetttion'atToronto; 'that a ;grant of $80lbe'made to 'the Agrisilturai Connell. TheChililren's Shelter *reporit read "As wve :made a:report 'at 'the I)e'cem= ber session there is little to :repeat now. 'Sphere are'16 children in the Shelter tat -present,, :'seven boy:n,'rang ing en age from six to 14 yews,'aefa. three i. girls of 15 'years of age. 'Al are going to school 'except twee rdf : the tgide. 7phe ihoine is ' in good 'condi tion and thechildren are healthy -and well candler by ithe- matron: 'Mrs Oliver!" THREATENED PRESENT KING There is One lady in Fergus • who has hada better chance tomeet the new King than most people, for she lived near his Alberta ranch when he, was spending one' of his holidays there. She can tell some ,very iiiter- esting'stories of the way in which he mingled with the people on, the ranch, as one of themselves: Here is one of ' them: :tIE WAS A GOOD BUSINESS MAN There was one wild bucking bron- cho that the, Prince insisted that he Amid all the tributes paid to I{ing was going. to ride. That would be +Geosg a we saw few references to his 'extremely dangerous and 'the chief industry, to his thrift, • to his enter- men on the ranch did all that they prise in managing Ins own personal could to persuade him not to: attempt;, affairs. In this he was a business it, but without making much head- man difficult to excel, as the Queen way. Finally, one of. the exasperated, Mother is• difficult to equal as a good farm managers said: business woman andthrifty house- "Prince, if you don't stop trying keeper. There was no loafing in the to ride that horse, I'm going to send. • royal household. word to your Old Man." -Exeter Times -Advocate, —Fergus News -Record. 14Fdtions Presented 'Muzzier—Hemingway—That the maw.;give ,rural .seibacriii-ers lower rates on certain suppliatsms to encourage the 'sale of surplus power., Cardiff -Eckert -,•Owing Ito the .fact, that this 'county aloes not :carry any insurance on county trucks and ow -1 ing to the fact that we have' had a few :accidents in the past 'wear, that we do now 'start ,a :.eking :fund to be laid, aside so that we wattld have money aavaflable to stake. care ,of such accidents in the future. County',Roads •Dommissicea the :Geiger-' rrner--=T 't in future members of the County Roads Com- mission be appointed for one year' only. Legislative Committee. Hugh Mil addressed • the .council with respect to the motion regard- ing Hydro charges and stated he had, perpetrated 'the motion. He explain - ed the various clauses of the motion. to the council and said, "It is not fair to have reduced rates fur one and not for another. Reeve Geiger expressed the opin- ion o ion that there should be a flatrate t for Hydro the'same as there • our postage system. Mr. Hill stated that he thought that would be too great a step to expect at once. Resolution Passed. • A resolution was passed at the af- ternoon session advocating the sug- gestions set forth in the motion that a copy be forwarded tcv the H.E.P.C. of Ontario. In the afternoon, Inspector of Pub- lic Schools, E. C. Beacom, '. presented his report. It showed that there are 89 rural and 4 urban schools in the inspectorate and that 125 teachers are • "Motions lPseesented Moved lay McNeil and Msethesoi' that Rule .35, page :S, of Rules :and Regulations. Abe straitly adhered ,,to, namely: That ;no amets'her (other' than the ;proposer X01 a:motion,' who :gall have the rSgitt or repl) shall ropeal' twice to the same motion without/ leave of the :council, unlbea in exlolan- Idea uOat niatterial part dif ibis speech 1 Carried. • :Lovell and Geiger, that we leaver the moving of the .lavatoniies in this; court house over o: or this year, ant; .order that we nlay. be able to pay af our .indebtedness without rale -I ing our rate, and also that we are ,opposed to Gaining sp a pulalic lav- atorly with the ''Huron . county .court house;, to property committee. Matheson and Feagan; that we in struct the :clerk to make ;a snrV+s•'y of previous motions and resolutions and ;bylaws and .that all such viol , ata resolutions,' be formed Mee bylaws. ;"1 .b, 14 193 'S Committee Pay.Lists in order that the current. ra nt„ torah .i; ills 1934 Loans paid off :$68000: and rules van be reediig n.. + , to council •member;":a+rood, MathesonE theson anti .i<n r. t:h..t 'r1 .fu ture all delegations ,nits, ;adiv l+:rrl; desiring a hearing. 1':; '.,r1 cl.+wty council- in ♦session makeii9'an'".e- ments beforehand at the clerk's of- fice++. This ruling shoul'l now be. plop - ed in the ,forum of a bylaw; carried In conformity with this motion .a bylaw lias ,been drawn trii,, as bylaw No. 24, 1936: b Matheson and McNall, that a y law be drawn up teat no motion or, resolution affecting an outside gov- erning body be passed forthwith but tabled that; it may receive due con- sideration and that no such motion or resolution be received for 'con- sideration later than Thursday noon; eSNnPsuor CuiL OUR GOOD FRIEND WINTER Winter brings many' picture opportunitles. ALD Man Winter may not be pop- ular with everybody but, as an inexhaustible inventor of opportuni- ties for taking beautiful pictures, he is certainly a good friend of ama- teur photographers. Remember that with his tools of snow and wind, he is a landscape artist, painter, etcher, and sculptor of the first order. Re- member also that bis handiwork is fleeting, so do not fail to have your camera ever ready to take pictures before the, opportunities are gone. Each snowfall creates new sub- jects for picture taking, for you • will find that each time the snow mantle is put on differently, chang- ing the landscape to obliterate some features on one occasion, bringing them into relief on another, giving a peculiar charm to objects that do not attract attention in other Sea- sons, and often displaying weird or fantastic snow formations, never to be exactly repeated. These magic changes of scenery make winter a snapshooter's para- dise. Long shadows on the white snow add beauty and interest to many a scene. Such a simple thing as a picket fence casting its serried outline over a curving snowdrift that it has helped to build may make a photograph of "Winter" that any salon would be proud to ex- hibit. The lone pine tree, sitting in a graceful bowl of snow the wind has moulded around its base, fantastic cornices on the hill tops, the drifted roads, the weather -blackened old mill etched against a white hillside —these suggest but a few of the picture taking opportunities which. winter offers for the camera owner.. Then, too, there are the human interest pictures of winter sports— action shots of skiing, sliding, skat- ing, and ice boat racing not to for- get Sally, Pal and the, snow hut. they so laboriously hollowed out of' the great drift in the yard. Chances: like these prove a source of joy to• those clever enough to shoot at the right moment and with the right ex- posure and focus. With regard' to exposures inwin- ter, many think that because snow is white, they should not be so Iong as in summer, but remember on the other hand that light is not so strong in winter. The, old rule—expose for the ,shadows and let the highlights take care of themselves—works fully as well for snow pictures un- der most conditions. When, how- ever, you wish to take a picture to emphasize shadows, as in the case of the picket fence, a sky titer placed upside down on the lens (that is, yellow part at the bottom) so that the light from the snow wilt be subdued in passing through should reproduce them even better with' no loss of detail in other parts of the picture. So put on the galoshes and the, muffler after the next snowfall, and wade out with your camera. With a. little thought to composition, you. will come back with a "picture no. artist can paint" and more than. one. 95 JOHN VAN GUILDER the session was a day short, owing to Tuesday being the King's funeral The first item of business brought up at Friday's meeting was a let- ter from the Department of Munici- pal Affairs which declared that ev- ery person holding public office in the Province of Ontario is required Judge Costello administered they to take an oath of allegiance to our oath of allegiance to the councillors new Ring, Edward VIII, This refers hi a body and then to the clerk and. to wardens, councillors, clerks, treas- urers, school trustees. The letter was tabled until the afternoon ses mittee was taken up clause by clause sion. and passed as read. The committee: recommended: that, with regard for Mr. Satter of the undertaking firm the letter from Western University' of Sutter'and lPerdue,rClinton, ad - asking that the council appoint, a re-• dressed the council regarding an at - presentative to the Senate_ of the• count for the burial of a person, and University, Canon Appleyard of Ssa- had, dies in a public hospital, • forth be appointed to fill the poli- • tion; regarding rebates to pupils at- tending technical school in London, recommend that the matter be left in the hands of the elerk to arrange• a settlement. A sunameuer sof the County Horne Receipts and Expenditures: Receipts —Sale of Live Stock $4446.79. From Inmates $11013.44, Old Age Pensions $7981.52, 1Qm>?sfers flint County $5400.00, Yakindry $6.78, Bank bal- ance, Jan. Il, $91.95, $18,940.48- Tess Expendituate $18,547.42; Dec. '31 Bal- ance in Rank $366.06. Net cost et Home to Comity for 13 months' per- iod: Jan. 1, 1935 Cash on hand plans inventory $13524.19; Transferred :from General Account to County Home $5400.00, Total $8924.19; Dec. 31, Cash in. Bank -plus inventory $3,581-- 11, plus $400 ttharged to capital for porches, $400100, $3981.11, Net cost Id` Co rutty $4943,09. County Highway Accounts. Receipts, 1954 Relief; Payments on Unemployment Scheme $11,507:25, 1935 Relief Payments on Unemploy- ment Scheme V1,843.86, 1934 Rates paid in 1935,$2270.70, Interest on unpaid rates $'10.00, 1934 Subsidy $48;421.66, 1984 Gas Tax Rebate $1,- 536.00, Bank Loans $97000.00, Sundry Resaenue $5993,22, 1935 Rates $51,- 6780. Less .overdraft Jan. 1, 1935, $3,02.61190. Total 217,295.29. Bxpeniiture Vouchers No. 1 to 48 inclusive .0, 1935 Leans paid off $42000.00, +..ean interest $329123, Total $218,- 032;73; Dec. 91, 1935 Overdraft,. $737.- 44. ed. The. Property Committee report was the cause of a lengthy discus- sion but wos left over for the June session. Swear Ailegance treasurer. The report of the Education Com - Provincial Highways Receipts, ;Jan. 1, Balance in bank ;1.22.0:48, 1935 Rates :$4869820, Te- al $49918.68: Expenditures, Debentures' and in- terest $12950.46. Paid on 1934 titce and Con. Acct- $35,918.10, Paid interest Mtce, and Con. Acct. $855.77, total 549,719.36. Dee. 31, Balance in Bank $199.35. The County Council finished all immediate business and adjourned at about five o'clock Friday afternoon after haying wound up the affairs of the county for this session, though which account ]41r. Sutter claimed had only been paid in part. A motion that the account be paid in full passed the cotmel by a vote of 15-13. Provincial Constable McCoy was called in to answer an enquiry county constables were paid and which was brought up as to what whetherothey should report accidents to the county traffic officer. Mr. 1VIcCoy explained that county con- stables receive five cents a mile both ways for themselves when the inves- tigation- does not exceed two hours' duration, and if it should exceed that time they receive an extra fee of 35 cents an hour. If an accident occurs on a county highway and an imine- diate 'investigation is necessary, the nearest county constable available investigates. Fines collected from such eases are payable to Huron County. Basis Industry William Young of Colborne Town- ship addressed the council with re- gard to the hog industry in Ontario. Ho stated the hog industry is the basic industry of agriculture in On- tario and that the large packing corn - The supplementary report of the Executive Committee recommended: that no action be taken with refer-• ence to the requests of the county,,' engineer, the county treasurer and the caretaker for salary increases in view of the request of the warden that the county expenditure be kept under control anti the tax rate at the same level as that of 1935. The following were among last motione. and resolutions. That all fall fairs within the coun- ty receive a grant of $100. That the Women's Institute of West Huron receive a grant of $75. Turner—Archibald: That the pro- cedure of opening county council with state state prayers was much appreciated and that the clerk be authorized to have copy printed so that this cus- tom may be continued. Carried. Melick—Geiger: That a resolution to the Dept. of Highway% to change the act in regard to the appointment of members to the County Roads panies have been forcing the price Commission to read that members be down and that the Price Spreads re- appointed for one year only. Tabled. port showed Canada Packers made a l until June. profit of $33,000,000 in one year and Haacke--Cardiff: That the warden; and clerk be authorized to sign and at the same time paid the farmers as low as .three cents a pound for their hogs. Tie suggested that the coun- cil forward it resolution that the gov- ernment protect the intereste'. of the farmers with respect to the hog in- dustry. At the afternoon session a'resolu- tion asking the protection of the Government was passed in cotmncil. A supplementary report of the County Roads Commission carried. The report recommended:' that the motion of Reeves Geiger and Melick, asking that the road from Hensall to• the Biue Water be taken over by the Department of Highways, be fyled; that the proposal to consider the cut- ting of McLaughlin's Hill be consid- ered when the road program is pre- pared; that the purchase of mord snow fences be withheld until the a- mount of, available cash is determin- submit to the minister of public' highways the petition of the county - of Huron showing' that there has been expended during the year 1935 the - son of $104,280.47 on the county: road system and requesting the stat utory grants thereon as provided by - the Highway Improvement Act. Car— ried. From January to March is the best time to plant carnation cuttings,. for the reason that at this period' the plants are strong and vigorous. Later on the planta will be . wealcen- ed by 'flower production. A great:.. deal of information on the subject: may be gleaned from the circular on+ carnation culture issued by the Do- minion Department of Agriculture;., Ottawa.