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t 1 pleased to have yor he latest pe 1: The Jawn at the residence of Mr. |W. H: McCaw presented a ver 1 festive scene on Monday evening, on {the 'occasion of the strawberry festival held under the a 80 We IW. C vate grounds any. where if town: that dre more beats 1 and spacious than those of M ; ia nd th re conveniently to th or a lawn Chl lectric li "with Ch larg | Septeinber.'! a ry Nott, who has heen in f and Stone and Dunk v lors for Some time left by the| ain'on Monday for: Whitby: lias accepted a' position. | 'many friends wish hin success ne situation, Fh E. F. Willard, dentist, corner own over Sunday 'his father and mother. | be in his present : ly about a year Dr. Willard lias sticceeded in building up a very ractice. os . EB. H. Purdy is now at Field- 'He writes : "' We are 11 4 | having fine weather, the crops are well, "and farmers are ex- g a good average harvest. 1 Xpect to land" in Port Perry the iddle of August or the first of looki ti Miss Isabelle Crawford of Toron- sand lier friend, Miss Rychen of Sulests of Mrs. W. H. Cline, for a few days returned to 'Toronto yesterday. - Miss Crawford, who is Mrs. Cline's sistér, has spent the Fast fourteen years among the Kiowa Indians in Oklahoma as a " {missionary tinder the American Baptist Women's' Missionary Soci- fety, : Egg Packing One day last week the editor of the place, g 'mbled a veritable fairy hie townspeople and others sent in large numbers, aud & éxtentiof ithe! s 110 crowd any: 'Everything that could the appetite in the way 'of strawberries, cake and ice cream was provided in abundance, and a / Ot 8) faced maidens attend- he svants of 'all the sic, both voeal 'and ent its charms to the sion, and. greatly lieightened enjoyment of all-present. 'The ' rs rendered 'by Mrs. ! r deserve special mention, s they were listened to with very ciati light shower ught the proc 'HE STAR "had the pleasure of eflooking over the égg-packitg estab. Jishineut of the Matthew Fdwards Cotupany, escorted by the genial mangger, Mr. W.-M. Grant, ~ And Lhd hie saw is well worth record: ing. "It 7s doubtful 'whether the peaple of Port Perry really know what' an extended and important industry this has become. The Company has two large storage cel- lars occupied with immense vats capable of containing several thous: and dozens of eggs each. Taking the two' cellars. together the firm can store a hundred thousand dozen eggs. Since the opening of the seasotr in' April, the company has purchased about ninety thousand dozen; and about sixty-five tlious- and dozen are now held in pickle. These will be kept until September when the season for shipping will reall en... Many of these eggs will be sent to. British Columbia, and other western ptovinces, many others.will go across the Atlantic upland and Scotland, Mr. A e goad BES facent ving point ~ Ouly 'recently he r-load from the county keeps constantly on suse stipply of ice ibotit six "hundred sed in connection storage rooms... The his'coneern is one of 'in the: town, and tenterprising; = RA The . Western Bank of Canada i Pai, PV] IWSINVEINS a committee"cf the whole, to meet at the school on Saturday at 4 o'clock. Carried. The report from High School was received showing that the aver- age attendance during June was boys 31, girls 35. The report from the Public School for June showed that there were 86 boys and 8o girls on the Cincinatti Ohio, who have been the roll, and that the total average at- tendance was 156. The Committee on School Man- agement presented its report on the question of reducing the Public School staff. 'The report suggested that the services of one of 'the teachers be dispensed with, leaving an average of 33 pupils for each of the remaining five teacheas; that the Junior and Senior 4th classes be combined ; and that the work of be'school be divided as follows after Xmas.,--Mr, Downey, 4th Book ; Miss Bedford, 3rd Book ; Miss McLéan, 2nd ; Miss Gamble Part 11 ; Miss Stewart, Part 1. Before Xmas, that is during the Model Schiool term, Miss Gamble to take 4th Book work, and Miss Emmersoi to take the work of the part 1t. Upon motion of Mr. Harris, second: ed by Mr. Jones, the report was adopted. Moved by Mr. Jones seconed by Mr. Ebbels that the following salaries be attached to the different 'rooms of the Public School ,.xiz ;- Principal, $900, 2nd from Principal, $450, 3rd $425, 4th $400, 5th $375, same to take effect Sept. 1st 1907. Carried. Moved by J. H. Brown, seconded by Geo. Rese, that this Board con- firm the re-engagement of Mr. A. Young for the High School, duties to commence Sept. 1st at a salary of $700 and all he can make from the Cadet Corps. Carried. Upon motion the Board then adjourned, The Market Question Again MR. EDITOR, Sir i"~I noticed an article in your issue of June 20th - regarding the Port Perry market, and invit- ing 'any member of the Board of Trade to give his views on thé market: The writer believes, after long experience regarding the mar- ket in Port Perry, that the presnnt basis is the only one that can be adhered to. and insure a lasting market for the future. 4 In the first place I think all mer- chants, alive to: the best interests of the'town, will agree that at this iod in the advancement of our 'y, business tratisacted on a basis is the only sound to trade' on. he heir cash or Headquarters --FOR-- PRENEATATION GOODS Biggest variety in Port Perry to choose from. Prices Right. ROSE & CO. "THE FAIR." About four years ago the mer- chants, with one or two exceptions, decided that a cash market must be established or the surrounding vil- lages and Uxbridge would be cater- ing to the countryside around Port Perry. The writer, (being a mem- ber of the Council and also of the Board of Trade), in conjunction with the other members of the Council, sought to establish a cash market. . From past experience we decided that the only way to make a success of the market would be to induce outside buyers to come in and buy the produce offered and pay the cash. We secured two buyers from Toronto, and the mer- chants, with one or two exceptions, agreed not to come on the market, and give it a fair (rial on a cash basis. ? The market started off'well and farmers were well satisfied with the results; Then one of the mer chants who © would not "agree to keep away appeared on the scene, and, as usual, offered several cents {per 1b, and doz. more than the cash buyer could ' pay. This created dissatisfaction among the Toronto men (just what this merchant wanted ), and they were going to quit buying, and in fact one did stop Puying and has been one to brag up Uxbridge market ever. since, They said if you will make each buyer who comes on the mar- ket pay strictly cash and no trade, we are prepared to compete, and not otherwise, which was a reason- able proposition. We saw where = we were at and decided at once to: pass a By-law accordingly making: it compulsory for each buyer to take over the produce and pay his u the spot. On