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The Wingham Advance Times, 1933-12-14, Page 6AGE SIX VIVeniugtoU Mutual Fire •Insurance Co. Established 1840, Risks taken on all class of insUr- *nee at reasonable Tatcs. Head Office, Guelph, Ont. -ABNER COSENS, A g eat, Winghant J. W. BUSHFIELD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Et ' Money to Loan Office—Meyer Black, Witighaxn Successor to Dudley Holmes R. S: HETHERINGTON BARRISTER And SOLICITOR Office: Morton Block. TelePhone No. 66. J. H. CRAWFORD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. Successor to R. Vanstone Wingham Ontario DR. G. II. ROSS DENTIST Office Over Isard's Store. DR. A. W. IRWIN DENTIST — X-RAY Office, McDonald Block, Wingham. DR. G. W. HOWSON DENTIST Office over J. M. McKay's Store. H. VV. COLBORNE, M.D. Physician and Surgeon Medical Representative D. S. C. R. Successor to Dr, W. R. Hamble- ,Phon 54 Wingham •DR. ROBT. C. REDMOND •.sut.c.s. (ENG.) L.R.C.P. (Lona.) PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON F. A. PARKER OSTEOPATH All Diseases 'Treated. Office adjoining residence next to Anglican Church on Centre Street. Sunday by appointment. Osteopathy Electricity Phone 272. Hours, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. A. R. & F. E. DUVAL CHIROPRACTORS CHIROPRACTIC .and ELECTRO THERAPY North Street — Wingham Telephone 300. J. ALVIN FOX Licensed Drugless Practitioner •CHIROPRACTIC DRUGLESS THERAPY - RADIONIC EQUIPMENT Roues by Appointment. Phone 191, Wingham. THOMAS FELLS AUCTIONEER REAL ESTATE SOLD A thorough knowledge of Farm Stock Phone 231, Wingham. a THE WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES SYNOPSIS Ruth Warren, born and raised in an Eastern city, is willed three -fourth interest in the Dead. Lantern ranch in Arizona, With her youthful hus- band, who is in poor health, and their small son, David, they come to Arizona to take up where Ruth's broth- er, reported killed in Mexico, had left off. They reach Dead Lantern, 85 miles from the nearest railroad, with the help of old Charley Thane, neigh- boring rancher who also carries the rural mail, At the ranch they find the partner, Snavely, and a huge woman, Indian Ann, who greet them suspic- iously. As they trudge the 5 mites from the ranch gate to the house they pass a huge rock in a gulch where a voice whispers. "Go back. Go back." Ruth's husband caught in a rain shortly after their arrival contracts pneumonia and passed away before medical aid can be brought. Ruth, penniless and without friends attemp- ts to carry on but is balked at almost every turn by the crafty and plotting Snavely. Despite obstacles of all kind Ruth gives notes on her ranch inter- est to purchase cattle. She is assisted by Old Charley Thane and his son, Will Thane. A Mexican farnily has been hired to assist with the work. A peculiar sickness developes with the live stock. Snavely calls it "liver fev- er" , . and says he has a powder for the water to cure the disease. Ruth discover's trickery in Snavely's tactics of poisoning her cattle, but says nothing, waiting for additional evidence. Drought is overcome by sinking a well in a ravine, getting water for the pershing stock. At the round -up Ruth has enough stock to sell to meet her notes. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY Ruth entered the gully which ran eastward a few yards south of the house, and followed it. At last she' stopped beneath an ash tree which had a low branch. With the paring knife she cut the potato in half and made numerous little cuts in the white surface. Into this surface she rubbed a pinch of powder from the liver fev- er box. She placed the piece of po- tato on, the branch of the tree and, walking a short distance away, seated herself in the shade to wait, her eyes on the potato, She waiter more than an hour and was about to give up when a little gray bird flew down from the top of the ash tree and alighted on the branch. After a moment the bird hopped to the potato, looked it over, and took a speculative peck. Ruth watched so intently that her eyes burned. The little bird had taken several bites when it ceased and mov- ed away from the potato. It stood upon a sniall twig and jerked its head as though trying to shake something from its mouth or throat. Then the little wings drooped, the bird toppled, hung by a single claw for a moment, and dropped to the ground. Ruth buried the bird and the piece of potato, then walked slowly back to he house. Her face was pale and her knees felt uncertain. In her room again, she unlocked her, trunk, and fter screwing up her courage, tasted he powder labeled Cyanide. It was common salt. The girl shuddered. How coulct any one deliberately poison cattle? But she knew that to Snavely cattle were only a crop. He would not have kill- ed a horse; but if by caueing the cat- tle crop to fail he could gain posses- sion •of the ranch, that was another it Will Pay You to Have An EXPERT AUCTIONEER to conduct your sale. See T. R. BENNETT At The Royal Service Station, Phone 174W. R. C. ARMSTRONG LIVE STOCK And GENERAL AUCTIONEER Ability with special training en- able ine to give you satisfaction. Ar- tangements made with W. J. Brown, Wingham; or direct to Teeswatet. Ph on e 45r2-2. THOMAS E. SMALL LICENSED AUcTribilnmat 20 Years' Experience in Farm Stock and Implements. Moderate Pritet, Phone 331. A J. Walker FURNITURE avid FUNERAL SERVIC matter. Snavely had not foreseen that she would lock both boxes in her trunk' and so he had no opportunity to re - change the contents, Later, Ann had "poisoned" the barbectie meat with dirty salt, and to -day the girl had killed a bird with "fever medicine." Ruth grew weak with fear; if the man would do such things in an effort to rid himself of her, what might he not do? That night when the drunken giantess had been goaded to kill her by the voice. Ruth was certain that in some way Snavely controlled the voice. She now feared him as never be- fore; yet, she must not let him sus- pect it. If she could only hold out this week, entil Old Charley and Will catne, The next afternoon Ruth and. David rode through the erroyo tiorth of the barn. When they met the old. road, the girl turned tervvard the gulch, dis- mounted at the fence and tied the liorses. She wont fleet to the brewn botildet and eeated heteelf. Reth Waited half an hour, while I)avid payed abottt, but elle heard no voice, Then eyetern- atlaallY sliegn to 'explore, She looked into every depression, behind every bowlder, and among the scan piles of driftwood and leaves in th bed of the pulele. • She returned to the rock and seatec herself wearily—it was hard walking through the sand. David sprawled on his stomach, before the rock, tickling the sand on the edge of a doodle bug cone. "Marna, what are we doing?" "Just thinking?" Presently David asked, "Do you hear that funny little bird-" "Oh, David!" For the first time Ruth turned her whole mind on her son. Just then she heard the twitter of a bird. She had heard it off and on for some time, but only as one hears a sound while thinking hard upon something else. The twitter came again and Ruth started, then rose quickly to her feet. There are some- thing strange about the sound of that bird—it was too close, as though the bird was sitting not ten feet away, perhaps even nearer. But there was not a bird in sight* "David!" Ruth was suddenly excited. "Get up on top of the rock and see if you can see the bird—we must find it, son!" "Isn't it clo'se, Mama?" David held his hand out before him. "I thinls he's sitting on my finger, but when I look he's gone!" Slowly, Ruth moved away from the rock, trying, from the infrequent sounds of the bird, to go toward it. She soon discovered that if she went a few feet to right or left she She looked into every depression, behind every bowlder. could not bear the bird at all, al- though David, behind her on the bowlder said, "Hear it l" at regular in- tervals. The sound seemed to come from the south in a narrow band. As though she were following an invis- ible beam of ,light the girl walked slowly toward the cliff. It was weird: the voice of the bird grew only slight- ly louder ---always, it seemed but a few feet before her face. Ten yards from the cliff a bird flew out of a waist - high bush and darted up the gulch. Ruth ran to the hush. It was a, very ordinary bush, rather sparse, differ- ent in no way from any other bush. A foot or so behind it rose the wall of sandstone. To left and right, ran other bushes, growing as close to the wall as they; could find earth, none of thern tall. Then Ruth saw some- thing which. her eyes would have missed six month before—in the bush was a dry stick about two feet tall with a forked top, This stick did not belong to the bush; it had been stuck into the sand like a stake. She stepped through an opening an the right and canee between the bush and the wall. Just behind the bush was a smooth depression in the sand- stone about four feet across and per- haps a foot or more in depth. It was as though some one had pressed a giant basin into the wall when the rock was soft. The lower third of this basin was' beneath the surface of the sand. It was a perfectly natural hollow such as are to be found in great numbers, scoured out by wind and water, in the sandstone banks of ravines. But Ruth saw something else: a small. flat-topped rock like a footstool lay on the ground a little inside the loathe and befoie this stone were the marks of boot heels. Some one had recently sat upon this stone. She experimented and found that when seated upon the stone her head came opposite the deepest point of the basin behind her, She called to David to go back to the bowlder and climb on top. When the boy was in position she spoke in a normal tone. "Hello, David," • "Hello, Mama!" His sinall voice reached her across the intervening distance, • Ruth lowered her voice to an ex- cited whispea "Can you hear Mama now?' Davicl did not reply. Then she sawnhat the forked stick which she had already discovered was SO placed that by sitting straighter she could just •see the boy on , the bowlder through the notch. It was like a gun sight. Again she whispered "Conte here, David." It was uncanny, the boy slid fawn the hock arid plodded toward Iter through the seed. As they renamed to the hOttse Ruth thought over her discovery, The de- preesion in the rock WAS a refleetor, and by sitting on the stone and sight- ing throttg,h the forked sties, one's mouth was placed at ite foals, The sound of the voice was thee donaerv- ed aed ditected in a nerrOW beetri to the brown bewlder, ae light is refleet- edeefttere a headlight., That WaS the tettret Of the Old ledian reedielite ttlett, And Snavely had learned of it, He t had seen Ruth, Kenneth and David e that first day—had. watched them struggling along the road toward the 1 ranch. Then he had slimed into the gorge by way of the fissure and had spoken to them. Afterward, he had gone toethe corral, told Ann that lie would finish milking and that she should go and .see who was coming through the gulch. She was tremendously thrilled over her discovery. She told herself that now she bad Snavely where she want - Ruth lay awake late that night, planning how she should prove the origin of the voice to Ann. She came to the conclusion that she would do nothing until Sunday. With Will and Old Charley helping; she could get Ann to come for a ride in the machine on some prtext or other. They would take her to the gulch and show her what the voice was. Then, without returning to the ranch they would all go into town and place the whole thing in Martin's hands. On Saturday Ruth and David ar- rived at the mail box later than usual. The girl stayed on her horse while David dismounted and, crawling throegh the fence, went to the box, He returned With the roll of papers and magazines. "There's a letter here too, Mama," he said, as he held up the roll. • Ruth worked the letter from under the string about the package and looked at it curiously. It was ad- dressed to her old apartment in Phil- adelphia; the wiriting was unfamiliar, a child's writing. The original post- mark was tindecipherable, but as she opened the letter Ruth noticed that it bore a foreign stamp. As her eyes met the first few words of the crudely written letter, Ruth's expression of mild ouriosity was sud- denl wiped out. She uttered a cry and her face went white. She sat on her horse like one entranced, lips parted breathlessly, eyes staring at the pap- er. Both David and Sanchez looked on with interest. "Mania—?" "David!" Ruth whirled about. "Un- cle Harry — this letter — he's alive!" Ruth returned to the home ranch in an ecstacy of happiness. The whole world 'had changed; for in that world Ruth Warren felt that all her trou- bles were vanishing. To be sure, Harry was far away, sick, and in dif- ficulties; but he was alive. Harry, her, big brother — the one person- she , had really depended on all her life— was alive! She tend herself that she never had been quite satisfied With the story of his death; it sounded plausible but somehow not like Har- ry. He wasn't dead—he'd soon be with her on the Dead Lantern ranch. She felt incredibly young and light- hearted. As she and David neared the barn, chattering arid laughing, Ruth fell to thinking of Snavely. She pitied him. Poor, half-crazy, eccentric man —there was nothing to fear from him Harry Grey was coming back to the Dead Lantern, Snavely was for- ever beaten. now. When Harry learned of the things he had done, Snavely would have to go. Just what she would do at present, Ruth had not decided. First, she would show Snavely the letter, No- thing he could say or do woulel, frigh- ten her now, and once he understood that Harry Grey was coming bade to the Dead Lantern, Snavely was for- ever beaten, Again she read the letter which she still held in her hand. Harry had been captured by Mexican bandits, had been with them several months, had at last escaped, was badly butt, and from then until the welting of the letter he had been cared for at the inaccessible Guiterriz Rancho six days west of Hermosillo. He said that he was dictating the letter to a traveller —the first person he had seen in many inonths who had any know- ledge of English. Harry was neat& to write because of a wound, and was still in bed. But his hurts were mind- ing and before long he •expected to be up. He regttested Ruth to write his partner, Snavely, of the situation and ask hirn to go to Hermosillo. Ruth galloped to the ranch house, for she saw Snavely's horse standing by the little mescittite near the back poreh. She entered the front of the house and went through to the tear. (Continted Next Week) COUNTY" COUNCIL DECEMBER SESSION Mations?" and was inferined by War- den Ballantyne than Entrance fees to examiners cost $889.96 and fees re - (Continued front Page Two) ceived from pupils, $394. $30.00; McKillop $536.87; Morris A motion 'introduced by Reeves $246.72; Tueleersmith $191,04; East Magi" and MPNall fc)r an 3tendeed Wawa.nosh $66,60; Exeter $271.23; statement of the account of P. P. Hensall $44,30; Total $3,019.23. The Gibbs' C.A.' be asked for, was lost on Warden also presented an estimate of the following: , the finances as follows: General ac- Yeas—Matheeon, Johnston, Cardiff, count: -"Total revenue, $204,078.47; to- Mcbrali, Consitt--6,* tal expenses, $134,108,90; County Nays—Goldthorpe, McNabb, Hem - Roads; Total revenue $57,970.43; to- mingway, Merlick, Gamble, Deinee- tal -expenses $105,082,81; Provincial ling, Leiper, Eckert, Douglas, Sweit- Highways: Bank loan $17,236174; owe zer, Beavers, Archibald, Wright, 13a1 - Government $13,656.06; Debenture on lantyne, Scott, Stewart, Elliott, Mos - Provincial Craigie, Smith, McKibbon, Brovve Provincial highway at the end of, 1933 , $12,950.46. Francis -28. Under enquiries Reeve IVIeNab ask- Reeves Eckert and Craigie intros - ed "How often did the Road dornmis- deiced a nscition thaeMr. Gibbs' report sion meet?" and was told by craie and schedule be printed in the De- man Elliott that it had met once a cember minutes. This was lost month. Reeve McNab said men had Mr. Eckert said the purpose of the to wait too long for their money anmotion was to have it on record for d Reeve McKibbon expressed the opin- future reference. ion that it is unfair to have the lab- The vote on the motion to have oring man wait for cheques. It was chartered accountants 'audit the books only fair to devise some means where- was not recorded in the June min - by the Road Commission could pay utes and it was the wish of some of him when the work is done. the members to have the yeas and nays printed in the minutes. These EnquirieOsldreAgagrediPngentshionnosost of the • had not been recorded in the June Old Age Pension Committee were in- minutes, and the seven reeves voting troduced by Reeve Haake, who said against it were asked to stand. They he was not criticizing the committee, were: Wright, Craigie, Sweitzer, De- but the expense of it. He thought it merling, Leiper, Hemingway and Mc- Nabb. could be done away with "and let the Inspector do the work." This caus- M,P., in a brief •• George S. Spotton, addrese congratulated the members ed considerable discussion, somon tne con- . e unanimity with which the new tending that the committee was orna- e mental while others thought the local =leers had been selected. He thought social legislation was going too fast, ccmunittee was better qualified to pass on applications than the Inspec- and spoke of the cost of Old Age tor. Pensions, but advised council to loos- en up a little on Mothers' Allowance, Reeve Archibald: "Such matters as this can be better dealt with by Coun- Warden is Honored ty Council than by Governments." In the closing hours.a happy event took place when, on behalf of the • Motions Francis-Consitt: That all taxes ow- menibers, Reeve Craigie read an ad- dress and the presentation of a hand- ing to different municipalities which' some gold -headed cane was made by are now in possession' of this county Reeve McKibbon to the Warden. Af- be returned as soon as passible. — ter an expression of appreciation of Carried. • his efficiency, this tribute was paid to Hemingway -Leiper: That all trees- the 'warden: "To you primarily is the tirers notified to come to Goderich credit of discovering the peculations byaMr. Gibbs with regards to' taxes, of the former treasurer and your bra - be paid $2.10 a mile one way.—Car- very and patience have all been needs r ed in straightening out the affairs." j. W. Craigie-Goldthorpe: That the ad - protecting the bend or turn in the work of cutting down the hill and prolnged applause followed his dr:loer.. Ballantyne replied suitably and -- road on Saltford Hill be proceeded Eulogistic addresses on the ward - with as soon as possible, and work be done by the Company under the en's work were given by Reeves Bow- inan, McKibbon, Francis, Gamble, the Government Relief Scheme outlined by Mr. Haeves.—Good Roads as Eckert, Elliott, Archibald, Scott, Mc- Nabb and Wright. Committee. Before adjournment the members Treasurer and Clerk Chosen formed a 'circle in the centre of which The appointment of J. N. Roberts, Warden Ballantyne and Reeves Mc - of Goderich, and A. Harvey Erskine, ICibleon and Francis were asked to of Blyth, to the pisition of clerk and take their places, "the very centre of treasurer of Huron County, respect- attraction" as a reeve remarked. ively, were made Friday afternoon at Three cheers and a tiger followed the the final day's session of the County singing of "They Are jolly Good Fel- Council. The, selection was made on lows," and the curtain was rung clown' Thursday when the council met in with the singing of "God Save the committee. In the consideration , of King." the applicants, preference was given Reports of Committees P to returned men, and residents of the The report of the Executive Corn - county, The naines of those applying mittee (3. W. Gamble, chairman), re - were read to council before the ap- commended: That on action be ta.k- pointment was made, and it is under- en an the application of Auburn pub - stood the selections were unanimous. lic library for a grant; that, in ref - The new treasurer, A. Harvey Er- erence to the letter from Gladman & skine, was born in Atwood, Perth Staribury asking an investigation in county, and is 34 years of age. He back paysheets, as it is impessible to is married and has three children, do so as many of the paysheets have ages 5, 3 and 2 years. He is a Pres- been 'destroyed, no action be taken; byteria,n. He held the position of that in future paysheets and other valuable papers be not burned nor destroyed. House of Refuge The House of Refuge, Committee, (Robt. Smith, chairman), reported that a stoker had been Metalled at a cost of $750 which is proving satis- factory, giving a decreased consump- tion in coal of at least 25 per cent. On 51 tons a saving of $350 was real- ized The Home was reported in per- fect condition, • The Agricultural Advisory Commit- tee (F'. E. Cardiff, chairman) favored the continuaine of the Ontario Agri- cultural Advisory Board and sending a representative to it each year. It recommended that stencilled report of the year's ,work and a statement of $200 Junior Extension Fund and $500 county grant be presented at the De- cember meeting of the -county coun- cil; that the printed matter pertaining to Bot and Warble fly control be Sent out and meetings be arranged to instruct the people in the control of these pests. The Good Road s Committee (Gs FL Elliott,. chairman) reportec1 that a bridge had been coustructed at Ben - miller at a cost of $1,346,15, Grad- ing and gravelling to the extent of $4'79.12. A few 1932 projects were completed; eetishers were overhauled, Regarding the motion of Reeves Craigie and Goldthorpe that the cowl ty proceed with the work of cutting the hill at Saltford, since there are no funds available, recommended that it be considered by the 1984 Corm -the - sloe, bet that a study of the Relief Act be made to ascertain the extent to which it can epply to the county road syeterri. Edueation Cettrinittee .11'eliteation Committee (W. R. Ar- ost this comity for rentratee exam- chibald, chairman) reported: time and material clerk -with the Bell Telephone Co. He enlisted in 1916 at Guelph with the 64th Field Batt- ery, and went overseas with a draft which joined the 7th Canadian Siege Battery and was in France for three years. On his return he spent a year in Saskatchewan as bookkeeper in a garage, and later with the Studebaker Motor Co., in Detroit, For the past seven years he has lived in Blyth, where he conducted a wholesale pro- duce business, and for five years has been treasurer, and for two years was clerk of the village of Blyth, j. M. Roberts, the new clerk, is „a riatiye of Huron county, having been born in Dungannon, son 'of the. late Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Roberts. His age is 42 years. He is married, his wife being a cousin of Bishop Seeger. He has no children and is an Anglican. He served his country in the Great War as a member of the artillery and of the Rbyal Air Force and wee ov- erseas three and a half years. He has had eighteen years' banking experi- ence, as bank manager and on inspec- tion work. He was for ,eight years with the burroughs Adding Machine Co., and is thoroughly corrversant with modern aceounting systems. Mr. Roberts returned to Goderich last Oc- tober, Salaries Are Pixed The saleriee were fixed at -$1,800 or treasurer, 'and '$1,200 for elerk. It was also decided to allow Ur. Hole man $250 for his services as deputy reastirer for the past five months up o Dec. 3, 1988. The morning session did not open until nearly 11 o'clock ed Was largely taken ep hearing en- (Itlitins and with reports of standing ommittete. Reeve Cerdiff atked "Whet does it Wedding Guest "This is your a ourth daughter to get merried, t?" MaeTightea"Aer, end our corifetti's gottin)wTngAtty/i Thursday, Dec. 14th, 1933 eteettieeteeeseseees Re the grants and payments to dif- ferent high schools: Godericci' C. L,, levy $8/703,17, greet $1,835.53, total' $10,541.75; Clinton, $10,199.17, $746- .38, $10,945.55; Seaforth, $844,62, $10,418,86; Wingham, $6,553- 69, $864,12, $7,417,81; Exeter, $7,272- .38, $700.43, $7,972.81; Outside highs schools, Harristen, $253,50; Strat- ford, $41.95; Listowel, $1,090,24; St. Marys, $164.32; London, , $556,88:.. (Parkhill -not in). We reconunend these accounts be paid as soon ass certified to the gate. iefaction of the Warden and Clerk. The reports of continuation sehools• are not all in yet and we make the - same recommendation re the payment of those accounts be made as to bigit schools. Re the case of the London Board . of Education refusal to deduct out- side Pupils on any basis but the full. payment of all ices: We are of the opinion that the peo- ple of Huron and surrounding coun- tiee should take this lesson to heart-. and patronize our own schools which are acknowledged to be among the best in the province. Your committee recommend that we do not pay fees for pupils attending London second- ary sehools. Motions Achibald—C4aigie: That this Coun- ty Council recommend the return or -Warden Ballantyne as the Rees;e for the year 1934 as we consider the War- den • to be a benefit to the County - Council owing to his experience anti that a copy of this resolution be sent to the Clerk of Usborne Township._ Carried. McKibbon—Archibalci-- The Prop- erty Committee install proper fixtures in the Treasurer's office as eecorn- mended by Mr: Gibbs at a cost not to exceed $350.—Carriecl. Scott—McNall: That the recorded vote passed at the June session of this Council regarding the engage- ment of a Chartered Accountant by the Warden's Committee and omitted from published June minutes be pre- sented to this Council at this after- noon session and before adjournment; also that this record vote be publish- ed in the report of the December Ses- sion of this Council. --Carried. Craigie-Goldthorpe: That the Good Roads Committee instruct the Coun- ty Engineer to prepare an estimate of cutting down the Saltford Hill, also the Auburn hill, and have it ready to present to the January County Coun- cil of 1934.—Carried. Cardiff—Gamble: That this Coun- cil pay Miss 'Olive Brownlee $30 for services rendered for one month and a half in connection with the Treas- urer's office. Later amended to $50' by the Finance Cornnaittee, Haake--McNall: That we get ern itemized account of Mr, Gibb's bine and also all expenses connected with the investigation of the . Treasurer's office from June'28th to the finish and have thenm printed in the minutes of this session.—Lost. Wright—Moser: That the Warden: and Clerk be authorized to sign and submit to the Minister of Public High. ways, the petition of the County of Huron, showing the amount expend- ed during the year 1933, from January 1 to November 30, on the County Highways System and requesting the statutory grant as provides by the Highways Act.—Filed, Cardiff—Bowman: That this Coun- cil refuse to pay any money in con- nection with the Entrance Examina- tion costs.—Tabled, • Craigie—Archibald: That By -Law No. 15, of 1927, appointing Gordon. Young as Treasurer of, the County of Huron be repealed—Carried, Wright—McNabb: That George W. Halmon be paid $50.00 permoralt salary ite Deputy -Treasurer since the time of Mr, Young's resignation.— Carried. Bowman— Francis: That By -Law No. 9, lef 1917, be repealed. --Carried. Mellick—Herruniegway: That fut- ure wardens countersign all cheques. —Carried. Eckert—McNabb: That By -Law No 15 of 1920, be repealed.—Carried. Elliott—Sweitzer: That this Coun- ty Council have learned that 5, W. McKibbon, Reeve of )Atingliarn, and B. M. Francis, Reeve of Exeter, will not be members of this County Coun- cil for 1934. We, have always found them genial and efficient councillors and we regret to ktiow thee they will not deck this County Council fair the corning year but we vvill,look forward to their representing their municipal: Wee again.—Carried. McKibbon—Eckert: That we bond the treasurer on a Canada Surety Co. bond of $25,000 if the warden flints he can live up to it—Carried. Wright—Scott: That the treasurer be required to furnish $5,060 personal bonds' as security.--.Catried, Reeves Francis and Cardiff spone. sored si motion expreesieg appreciae tion of the services of Clerk Holniais for the past sixteen yeara which Wag tinanhnousIts carried. The Warden was awarded $25,00 hoeoretinta okt,ting tO his heavy year't work,