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The Wingham Advance Times, 1925-12-24, Page 6BUSINESS CARDS 'WELLINGTON MUTUAL FIRI. INSURANCE CO. Established 1840. Head Office, Guelph Ont. Risks taken on all classes of insure lance at reasonable rates. ABNER COSENS, Agent, Wingham J. W. DOD Mice in Chisholm Block DIRE, LIFE, ACCIDENT AND HEALTH - - INSURANCE ---- AND REAL ESTATE P. O. Box 36o. Phone 240 WINGHAM, - - ONTARIO DU 1i LIE'/ IIOLMMIES BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC. eifictory and Other Bonds Bought and sold. Office—Meyer Block, Wingham VANSTONE ARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC. Money to Loan at Lowest Rates Wingham, - Ontario J. A.MORrT 1 N BARRISTER, ETC. Wingham, - Ontario DR. G. I . RISS SS Graduate Royal College of Dental Surgeons Graduate University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry Office Over H. E. Isard's Store. W. R. HAMBLY B.S., M.D., C.M. Special attention paid to diseases of Women and Children, having taken postgraduate work in Surgery, Bact- eriology and Scientific Medicine. Office in the Kerr Residence, be- tween the Queen's Hotel and the Bap- tist Church. All business given careful attention. Phone. 54. P. O. Box '• s. r. Ado lr. t. C. Redmond M.R.C.S. (Eng.) L.R.C.P. (bond.) PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Dr. Chisholm's old stand. D . R. L. STEWART Graduate of University of Toronto, :;'acuity of Medicine; Licentiate of the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons. Office in Chisholm Block Josephine Street. Phone 29. l'! r. I argarel C. C .:doper General Practitioner Graduate University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine Office—Josephine St., two doors south of Brunswick Hotel. Telephones: Office 281, Residence 151. F. A. PARKER OSTEOPATH All Diseases Treated Office adjoining residence next to Anglican Church on Centre Street. ' Sundays by appointment. Hours -9 a, m. to 8 p. in. Osteopathy Electricity Telephone 272. A. Y" o & F. E. DUVAL CHIROPRACTIC SPECIALISTS Members C. A. O. Graduates of Canadian Chiroprac- tic College, Toronto. Office in Craw- ford Block, four doors north of Post Office. Hours 2 to 5; 7 to 8.30 p. rn. and by appointments. Special appointments shade for those coming any distance. Out of town and night calls re- sponded to.. Phones: --Office, 300, Residence x3 on 60x, J. A.LII11N F 11'X CHIROPRACTIC OSTEOPATHY ELECTR —THERAPY Hours 10-12. 2-5. y-$. Telephone 191 D. R. McINNES ,CHIROPRACTOR MASSEUR .Adjustments given for diseases of All kinds, specialize in dealing with elrildren. Lady attendant. Night Calls at;sponded to. Office+an Scott St-, Wingham, Ont., fele.' house; of the late Jas. Walker.. Ate """; ,/telephone 150. Johnston, w 'Richard WANTED--Yotif rte, . Rssid 2 tion doing .generefielleKER particulars, phone 613,,A Z le BORN f" . N � X l;elgreve on Monday; Xe� xber xst.; to M. acrd Mrs. Geon . son: lc, y William MacHarg and ]Edwin Balmer Illustrations by IR1FN MYERS ! 1141 ATI Al Nle IliiliiiiiiN11014111111111111111011111111 1 WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES Copyright by r^,Swin Calmer Winnebago; 1890 was ,years before site was born, and Uncle penny clid not tell her that sort of thing about him- self. Constance left the watch open and, shivering ;t little, she gently Laid it down upon her bed. The pocketknife had no distinguishing mark of any sort. The coins were abraded and pit- ted disks—a silver dollar, a half del: tar and'" three quarters, not so much abraded; three nickels, and two pen- nies.. Constance choked, and her eyes filled wider tears. ` These things—plainly they wei;e thethingsfound in Uncle Benny's pockets — corroborated only too fullywhat Wali iquam believed and what her father had been coming to believe—that Uncle Benny was dead. The muffler and the scrap of paper had not been In water or in sand. The paper was written in pen- cil.; it had noteven been moistened or it would have blurred. There was nothing upon it to tell how long ago it had been written; but it had been written certainly before June 12, "After June 12," it said. That dart was August the eighteenth. It was seven months since Uncle Benny had gone away. After his strange interview with her that day and his going home, had Uncle Benny gone out directly to his death? There was nothing to show that he had not; the watch and coins must have lain for many weeks, for months, in water and in sand to become eroded in this way. But, aside from this, there was nothing that could be inferred regard-' ing the time or place of Uncle Benny's death. That the package had been mailed from Manitowoc meant nothing .definite. Some one—Constance could not ,know whom --had had the muffler and the scrawled leaf of directions; later, after lying in water and in sand, the things which were . to be "sent" had come to that some one's hand. Most probably this some one had been one who was going about on ships; when his ship hall touched at Mani- towoe, he had executed his charge. Constance left the articles upon the bed and threw the window more wide- ly open. She trembled and felt stirred and faint, as She leaned against- the window, breathing deeply the warm air, full of life and with the scent of the evergreen trees about the house. The "cottage" of some twenty rooms stood among the pines and hemlocks interspersed with hardwood on "the Point," where were the great fine sum- mer homes of the wealthier "re - sorters." This was "Uncle .penny's country. Here, twenty-five years before, he had first met Henry, whose birthplace—a farm, deserted now—was only a few miles back among the hills. Here, before that, Uncle Benny had been a young man, active, vigorous, ambitious. He had loved this country for itself and for its traditions, its Indian legends and fantastic stories. Half her own love for it and, since herr childhood, it bnd been to her a region of delight—was due to him and to the things he had told her about it. Dis- tinct --and definite memories of that conipaaaionship carne to her. This lit- tle buy, which, had become now for the most part only a suunner play- ground for such as she, had been once a piece where he and other men phad straggled to grow rich seviftly.'s lire• had outlined for her the ruined 'Winner doeits and pninterl nut to her the loca- tions of the dismantled sawmills. It was he who had told her the names of the freighters passing far out, and the name) of the lighthouses, end somethiew about each, He hard told her, too, about the Indians. She re- membered one starry night when he had pointed nut to her in the sky the Tndian "Way of Ghosts," the 11111kr way, along whirls, by ancient 10(1180 belief, the souls of Indians traveled up to heaven; and how, Inter, lying on the re'c'essed seat beside • the fire- place where she ocuiei touch the i1or. upon the hearth, he Marl pointed our to ber through the window the Tndiar "Way of Dogs" among: the r'onetellct- tione, by whieh the dogs ton mold make that journey. It was he -vier had teen her shout Miehnhnn and 11e anirmil;a; end he bad been ri:e .tete to toll her of the YMe ate,. The disgreee, unitappitw germy, tiltust ' tw.d' of. Something worse, which roust liatvr male cleeth to relief to 'Miele jimmy Line bad soon passed on now to Alm) What nant•n iiad Prime to .elan slava elle had last heard of him? Word hart reached her faille. througb whipping circles in 11oy tom again in 'July tvllieh told of ingulrlt" rc'Morcliter Miele Bond• tvhie•1a na:l(1' iter end Tier fefher believe tont Afar weer ert.a'r.hing for his father upon the to -e. Non' these'articles whieli bad at the K,I. made 'plain • to her that 110 rink etas'/there]' find Viaele tenni; he �saar'il, throng]]. ,0tllets er thretrgli IY IlllwIi l fill I� ��,,++�plhlli�•:• UtlM��I� .1'9Ailt'.Iltr.-, '�l. ' 'l>•.•r,ii' I enAy we, e"d, 1'W'ottdd he believe thea that pyre wag rio longerany chance of 'Laming , eybet hce father bee • done? ”,'”Ifi lie reintiin away because of bat, not ietting her see ear hear from em penin? went hack and picked up the edging ring. The thought which• hod eine to her that this was Alan's meth - les wten:iug ring, had fastened itself "oat her with a sense of certeinty,' It efe•"c'ed that unknown mother; it •"e't leer, at least, from the stigma hi -•h ('nnetance's own mother had pen so ready to cast, Constance could et vet begin to place T7ncle Benny 1 relation to that ring; -hut she was:r eettaileg to he able to think of Alan rd his another: She held the little end of gold very tenderly .lee her enol she was glad that, as the ao- " ptlon aeninet his mother had come prep rh her people, she could tell him ()en of this. She could not send the «hvr to 1•'nm, not knowing where he •vas ; that was too much risk. But she -mild ask him to come to leer; t3elis ave that right. She sat thoughtful for several min- :Les, the ring clasped warmly in her meld; then she went to her desk and vrote: "air, John Welton, "Blue Rapids, Kansas. Dear air, Welton: "It is possible that Alan Conrad ,as mentioned me—or at least told roe of my father—in connection with ds stay in Chicago. After Alan left elicago, my father wrote twice to his :gine Rapids address, but evidently be end instructed the postmaster there :o forward his mail and nad not made my change in those instructions, for lie letters were returned to Alan's ad- dress and in that way ;cai3ie back to us. We diel not like to press inquiries further than that, as of course he could have communicated with us if he bad not felt that there was some reason for not doing so. Now, how- ever. something of such supreme im- portance to him has come to us that it is necessary for us to get word to 'him at once. of you can tell me any address at which he can be reached by telegraph or mail—or;where a mes- senger can find him—it will oblige us very much and will be to his interest" She hesitated, about to sign it; then, impulsively, she added; ."I trust you know that we have Alan's interest at heart and that you can safely tell us anything you may know as to where he is or what he may he doing. We 811 liked him here so very much. , . ." She signed her name. There were. still two other letters to write. Only the handwriting of the address upon the package, the Manitowoc postmark and the shoe box furnished clues to the sender of the ring and the watch and =the other things. Constance her- self could not trace those clues, but Henry or her father could. She wrote to both of -them, therefore, describing the articles which had come and re - ',sting what she hall done. The nest noon she received a wire from Henry that he was "coming up." It did not surprise her, as she had expected him the end of the week. Lute that evening, she sat with beg mother on the -Wide, screened veranda. The lights of some boat turning, in hetween the points and moving swift- ly caught her attention. As it entered the path of the tneoniight, its look was so like that of Henry's power yacht that she Larose. It was his way, as soon es he had decided to leave busi- ness again and go to her,, to arrive as soon as possible; that had been his wa$' recently, particularly, So the sight of the yacht stirred her warmly and she watched while it ran in close, stopped and instantly dropped a rlingey from the davits, She saw Hence in the stern of the little boat; it disappeared ,in the shadow of a pier . , . she heard, presently, the gravel of the walk crunch under his quick steps, and then she saw him in the moonlight among the trees. She went down on the path to meet him. "How quickly you camel" "You let yourself think you needed me, Connie!" "I did. . " He had caught her hand In his and he held. it while he brought her to the porch and exchanged greetings with her mother. Then kss led her on past one mato the bongo. When she saw bis face in the light, there were signs of strain in it, "You're tired, Henry 1" He shook his head. "It's been rot- ten hot in Chicago; then I guess I was mentally stoking all the way up here, Connie. But first, where are, the things you wanted me to see?" Sete ran upstairs and brought them down to him. Her hands were shale- ing now as she gave them to hire; she could not exactly understand why; but her tremor increased as she saw his big hands fumbling as he unwrapped the muffler and shook out the things it inclosed. He took them up one by one and looked at them, as she had done. His lingers were stea.dy now, but only by mastering of control, the effort for which amazed her, He had tete watch in bis hands.µ,,, "The Inscription is inside the front," eitio Mei pelmet Z,;t? , r etgaiwt and i'tad, with ]tint, the words engraved w ithin, "'As master of , . ,' What ship was he master of then, Henry, and how did he rescue the Winnebago's pee - pie?" "Ile neveartalked to inc about thing like that, Constance. This is ail?" Henry put the things back in the box. "Of totutse, this is the end of B enjamin Corvet e "Of course," ,Constance Bald. She. was shaking (again •sed, without will. ing lt,, she.withclrew a, little from :-tela- dINAl11t a tlpaati Ixlupl huM1 M 1 hNr rNtotal gutiiistirPotottrol NaNWtlWNYOINKtl%MIXiiIWIilWw�w,wfwimmaliL�'f ry. Ile t'auelit her hand again and drew her hack towage] ].']lin. His fiend` was quite steady. eY'ou know wily I came to you as.. quid- as I could? Yoe kaow. µley I— why my mind was behind every thrust of the engines?" "You don't? 'Ole You; know; you must know not-" i';' "Yes, Henry" she, said. • "I've (been patient, Connie.. Tel i gat your letter :telling me this allot-] Ben, I'd waited for your sake—for our sakes—though it seemed at times i1; was irnposstble. You haven't know - quite whist's the matter between us these last mouths, little girl]; but I've known. We've been engaged; but that's about all there's been to It. •Don't think I make little of that; yeti know what .I mean. You've 'been mine ; but—but yen linvon't let me realize it, you see. And I've been patient, for T knew the reason. It. was Ben poison. ing your rebid alr•ins) me. "No 1 No, B 'tire 1' "You've denied it; I've recognized that you've denied it, not • only to me eged to your people, but to yourself. t of course, knew, as I know that I air, here with your hand in mine;�nd tee we will stand before the altar tbgetit- er, that he had no cause to sepal: against me. l've waited, Connie, to give him a chance to say to'you whir he . had to say; I wanted you to heat it before making you wholly mine. BU now thefe's rio 110511 to wait any long er,eyou and I. Ben's gone, never tc come back. I was sure of that le what you wrote me, so this thine µelle: I started to you I brought with me -- this." He felt in his pocket and broegli, out a ring of plain gold; he held it he fore her so that she could see willrii it her own initials and his and a beau., left for the date. Her gaze went frotr' it for an instant to the box *where hr had put back, the other ring --Alan'; .mother's. Feeling for her long ae. gazing thus, as she must have. at that ring, held her for a moment. Was h because of that that Constance found; herself cold now? "Yon mean you want me to marr;e you—at once, Henry?" He drew her to him powerfully; she felt him waren, almost rough -Bete. passions. Since that day ,when. in He Drew Her to Hire Powerfully; She Felt Flim Warm, Almost Rough With Passions; Alan Conrad's presence, he had grasped and kissed her, she had not let ]aim "realize" their engagement, as he had put it. - '<\i'ity not?" he turned her face up to his now, "Your mother's here; your father will follow soon; or, if you will, well run away—Constance 1 'You've kept me off se long'! You don't be- lieve there's anything against me, dear? Do you? Do you?" "No; no! tax course not 1" "Then we're going to be married. Right away, we'll have it then ; up here; nowt" "No; not now, Henry. Not up here!" "Not here? Why not?" She could glee rio answer. He held hey and commanded her again; only when he frightened her, he ceased, "Why roust it be at once, Henry?' I don't understanci1" "It's not roust, clear," he denied. "It's just that I want you .so 1" When would "it ,be, he demanded then ; before spring, she promised at last. But that was all he could make her say. And so he let her go. '1'he next evening, in the moonlight, she drove him to Petoskey. He had messages tosent] and preferred to trust the telegraph OA in the larger town. +w ,* 4, a, a ,Alan was driving northward along the long, sande peninsula which sep- itrates the blue waters of Grand Trav- erse from Lake Michigan; and, think - lug of Constance, be knew that she wits neon He not only had ,t'emetu- r . that she Hold he north at Har- bor ere tl s would bor Point this month; he had seemin in one of the Petoskey papers that she and her Mother were at the Sherrill suantuer home. His business now was taking him oneiu'er thele than he had been at any tinge, before; and, if he wished to weaken, he might convince himself that ha might learn from her eiroutnstenees which would aid him' in his task. Bat be was not going to her Ms . for help:; that was following in 'It.s tae Ikhrsy's footsteps. When he knew every- -thing, there -•-•not till then -11e coaled go to her; for' then he would know exa'et- ly 'µ'h-41 was upon hilt rind what lee ]chatted de, (Continua t141*11'e kpi I'W'RON COUNTY COUNCIL (Continued from page two) building, that the county road super- intendent take this matter up with the tractor manufacturers and get prices for the incoming countyroad commit- tee of 1926, Considerable discussion took place on the 'clause with reference to cori- tinuingroad work, Reeve Johnston of Ashfield and Reeve Johnston of West Wawanosh raising an objection to continuing the work too late in the season. '•• The - chairman suggested that if it was necessy ry to continue the work only 8 hours a day be work- ed, and that the road should ,be made passible. _On Wednesday afternoon the coun- ty engineer handed in the new sche- dule ofroads adopted 8}14 made ex- planations es to the changes in the county system of roads made by the new maps er scheme. Some discus- sion took place on this and many questions were asked the engineer particularly as to the approaches to towns and villages and , connecting 'links. ' Action on the adoption of the scheme was deferred till Thursday. The house of refuge committee re- ported that in the four meetings of the committee accounts totalling $xo,712.8o were audited and found correct; an increase of $xoo each was made in the salaries of the manager and the matron, effective .Dec. 1st., 105. Thos. McMichael, a paying in- mate, who was found very useful about the premises, it was decided, was to be credited with $15 per month as maintenance account, for driving and care of the House .of Re- fuge team and other services rend- ered; a baking cabinet, with all con- veniences was purchesed for the kitch- en at a cost of $254 the committee was still of the opinion that the insurance on the House • of Refuge property should be increased to $5o,000, the ad- ditional $xo,000 being placed on the buildings and contents in addition to- the increase made in June. (this was left over till the January meeting); the work of deepening the well was very satisfactory and a good supply of 'water had been secured at a cost of $405.05 the work on the septic tank was completed at a cost of $38.o5, and the tank was now in good work- ing order; re request of the Inspector for three months' leave of absence, Mr. Torrance had mentioned that in, his 21 years of service he had never missed a committee meeting, and the committee recommended that the re- quest be granted, Mr. J. Reynolds having offered to give the County Horne a visit whenever his services are needed, during the absence of the inspector; that Thos. -Mclaficliael be given the sum of $z5 from his account for the purchase of clothing and that he be given a holiday in February to visit in Toronto; that Mrs. Jane Mc- Kay had made a will in favor of Mrs. Abrahani,,for services rendered to her "-luring flier sickness. On Thursday morning the chairman of the Good Roads Commission ex- plained that the extra expenses of the Commission this year were due to trees to Toronto in reference to the new map and to other special mat- ters, these specials costing $17o.55 and regular meetings and inspections $559. The special committee recommend- ed as ` follows: Re communication from the Ontario Mdtor League and others .regarding lights on horse drawn vehicles, that the Legislature be asked to pass an Act which would require all vehicles to' carry a front and a rear light, on the public high- ways between sun down and sunrise (in committee of the whole this was not adopted); re motion of Messrs. Coultes and Middletin regarding the raising of license fees on motor cars equipped with balloon tires, that no action be taken, (The motion was to petition the legislature to impose an additional license fee of $4 on motor cars using balloon fires" on ac- count of extra 'damage to the roads). The education committee recom- mended as follows: That the account of the Wroxeter Continuation school, $1,835,76, be paid when all particulars are filed, and found correct; that re- port of Clifford Continuation school, $2,132.12, be pjaid when all particu- lars are filed and found correct; that account of Hensall Continuation school be returned for correction and paid when properly made out; that ac- �011I11IIItgIIIMIIIIIM1i111111111 illeillinel iliailap WI 1 w ii = 1 H We insure everything but i ij iOirei'ili(l]ents. They iIl'ttst . 1 talo their Chances. - i :. m 9 i AER COSENS oil'. 1360TIX 114 1 iii FIIiII I(I lin III III Ill lei 111 111 1111111101111111II Insurance NetotwomootoraisoimOW Thursday, December 24th„ a5 wearer We wish a.0 our friends kip patr <!I flS A erry rist a The Unit d Farmers Co 'Op. Cob Ltd �,... WingII°."' MIMMI IMMI♦Mr®Mi� ,x hi sly ]girl M® . . TIRE II .4Z lir 0SHOP .R. T it I, I ' � 9 N We handle all gra ries a 11 d sizes ]Electric lbs. .flytlr.r; Lamps Ur Specialty. ST 03141,11.31211111192.1.1.01....56411.731.192.1 1 L Ev' dry 1,;, r 1''rp we Illl..:Ildiarl le absolutely guali a tee + for s rvice a: ;: cru.ellieie l cy. ingha': ]L' Ii Ioe$ba beetles Ph +r Ile 156 111 MI MI count of Central Collegiate Institute, ' done 'on the approaches. - The new London, $225.38. -South London Cole, legiate, $74.58, and •London. Technical floor on Ball's bridge has been put down, and the old plank sold for the, High School, $12.45, be paid;.. that bee sum of 455. fore making payments to Cintinuation' At the Thursday afternoon session: Crown Attorney' Seager asked and re - schools, our clerk request a .list of names and days' . attendance of each pupil' as required by law; that our clerk prepare all required information regarding dividing the county of Hur- on into High School districts to be presented at 'January meeting as we feel that on account of recent legis- lation such is essential. The „object of this move is to pre- vent pupils going past the high school nearby and going to some oth- er school outside the county and the cost of maintenance being charged to this county, With high school dis- tricts established the school 'in :he district would be the oneto attend, ' A second report of the education committee recommended that the Brussels Continuation School be paid their grant when proper forms •are received. 'That the following amounts be paid the several high schools and Colleg- iate Institutes in the county for the year x925: , Seaforth, .levy $9,388,7o Seaforth per sec. x6, chap. 82. S. 0, 1924 ...... .__......-......... _.. 658.5o ceived permission to speak to the council with reference to the cost of administration. of justice. He claim- ed that the extension ,of the duties of the Police Magistrate had been the cause of a great saving, as cases that would cost a good deal more if brought before a higher court; cost much less when brought beforkthe magistrate. The matter of special levies on vari- ous townships to equalize the ex- penditure in the various townships was. the subject of a good deal of discuss- ion in committee. Reeve Geiger of Hensall stood by thee bylaw which Lev- ied these special assessments and de- manded that the defaulting townships pay their debts. Warden Robertson pointed out that the twelve miles of,,,,.e-eo•- road from' Goderich to Auburla .'],vas not there solely for the berefit.of Col- borne township and it was not fair to assess that expenditure to that town- ship, while Goderich township was fortunate enough to have some Pro- vincial Highway running through it, 'which reduced the amount it had to spend on, roads, $1o,o47.2o With Mr. MCKibbon in the chair,. a. Clinton, Levy $7,2x0.98 general discussion took place with re - 1 lepton per sec. x6, chap. 82, ference to the compromise settle - S. O. 1924 - 600.90 meat proposed at the forenoon. ses- -e- Sion. A motion was made by -lees $7,811.88 srs. McEwen and J. F. Johnston ;to Goderich, levy e $8,o71.25 reimburse those municipalities which Goderich per sec. x6, chap. 82, had paid their special levies :.to.,.tkr S. 0, 1924 1,249.04 extent of half the amount paid, In anfenglment it was moved , by'Mese' srs. McQuaid and Klopp that no reins- bursements be made and this -was car - ‘tied. The good roads system is now pet on the basis of a county system irrespective of the mileage in any par- ticular township, which is, of course, $9,320•19 Wingham levy $6,55x.09 Wingham per sec. x6, chap, 82, S. O. 1924 617,76 $7,168.85 Exeter, levy $7,95o•75 Exeter per sec. x6, chap. 82; S. O. 1924. 472.54 $8,423.29 Goderich Collegiate Institute, hav- ing been paid $1200 on account, the sutra due was $8,12o.14. That the account of Lucknow Con- tinuation School $7,422,62, mainten- ance and building, be paid according to statutes and iti the saino manner as paid by the County of Bruce. a The road and bridge committee re- ported as follows; On Aug, 27th the road and bridge committee were cafe. ed together to look iitto the natter of raising the Holmesville bridge. This is a large iron bridge with cement n hConstructed, f1oar,a d,w enifistthe abutmentswere not built liig,h enough so that the ice aril driftwood in the time of a freshet struck against the iron girders and they were badly bent and twisted. The commission clecid. ed to raise the bridge 3 feet higher and replacethe damaged irons with new iron. This contract was let to Jas, I-Iill for the sum of $2,085 for raising the bridge and new iron' and 10 per cubic yard for the cement work. This work has been completed but there is still some work to be the system which was contemplated by the Province in the Good Reads plan and, as was pointed out, Harron is the only county which has been try- ing to carry out any other system, The county property coinmittee 're ported having visited the Children's. Shelter and finding everything satis- factory, there being fourteen chll- dreb there/at present. The committee looked over the re- gistry office and found the building in good condition, the large centre room and lavatory having ,had the old kal- soliiibie washed off and three coats of r' paint applied which cost a little more than kaisomine but would last much longer. The floors s needed a little•. attention in the way of polishing to prevent the wearing 'of same and the conenitttee recommended that a can of paint be procured to paint the wain- scot in the front room, `, Everything was in first-class shape at the jail 'and there were five pris- oners. On the request of .Turnkey Carter for living room at the jail tele committee recommended no action as the cost would be very considerable and as the surroundings would not be the best interests of a young family, The committee expressed its open - (Continued on page seven) ust