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the acton free press thursday march mb low pag eoht luticcs birth kuffaitt dmum an lapwtadl in thto eolau wttfcoat chvn 1e5l aknoud at acton on tuesday xurch 3rd ibm to mr and mrs gnu arnold acton aon oboft at 33wot homo avenue tor onto on thursday ttebruary 37th 1036 to mr and mrs robert croft nee kueen bridget the sift of daugh ter died boochkr accidentally at bis home near aberxoyle on prjday february ssth 1936 norman ward bouciur son of the ute mr and mrs jums boocher formerly of acton and be loved husband of etta oole in mkmoftlabf akdsjtusok in loving memory of our dear mother ada anderson who pass ed away march 6th 1931 ever remembered by the family mason in loving memory of my tm sister hasel who died march 3rd 1933 beautiful memarw of one so dear carry still with love sincere day that comes with sad regret and one that shall never forget jlottie ocats roads were rather treacherouar on friday oood friday la five weeks from to morrow the jddcroadi are oull ablt difficult to travel jusi about two weck until the first day of spring oueiph tax rats is increased by mills this year auction sales arc again coming to the fore and good prices seem to prevail march came in rather lamblike it was beautiful winter day but rather cool for up to uie minute shopping news following the messages in the ads each week the sun getting to work on the highways and snow plus and taking off the winter coating the 2loanc co hockey team of toronto won from georgetown inter mediates on friday night by score of 97 mus margaret mcdonald won the prlxe for guessing the yardage in the yarn display at uls ilonxells store this ueelc men are now at work this week get ting the plant ready for the ajax en gineers ltd to move in the machinery and equipment these are the dayjt when motorists can qulio cauly splash pedestrians on the sidewalk but it isnt uu nice or proper thing to do the highway between acton und guelph is certainly will cored for men are out sanding promptly and keying it safe for winter travel car and truck locked bumpers when they dtldaed ou uie main street bridge on tuesday damage was con fined to few dents and bend mrs john storey celebrated lusr blntleth birthday at milton on tuesday he has resided in milton for forty years and was born in fisqubslng township well be glad to include uie names of your friends on the subscription hot of th pat iatsil it costs but 00 yearfar mil thcioeol news in the home town paper jit the extensive auction sale of uie estate of the late david wilson good prices were realised the dale was con ducted by hoy hlndley auctioneer hia farm has been sold to mr malcolm aberfoyle farmer found dead dad been strode by timber when ele teo b4y not wvmna until two days laic believed to havebecn dead for two days the frosen body of norman bouch er 80 was found in the snow near his farm home three miles from the village of aberfoyle saturday night boucher la believed to have been killed almost instantly when he slipped while parrying heavy piece of umber whicn struck him on tftb head as he fell to the ground on the ley surface the beam nine feet hi length and eight inches through was lying across his body when he was found boucher had been alone since thurs day while his wlfo was in quelph and it was not until mrs boucher called neighbor calvin mckay to have hv husband meet her at the bus at aber foyle that the tragedy was discovered mckay found the body when ho crossed the road xrom his own farm to deliver the message coroner dr macklnnon after preliminary investigation camp to the conclusion death was accidental and decided an inquest unnecessary the late mr boucher was bomuon the jarm now owned by mr and mrs ohas parker west of acton the son of mr and mrs james boucher bub movid with his parentu at an early age to aberfoyle he was married about 15 years ago to etta cole daughter of mr and mrs john cole who now renlde jn the bums homestead near rockwood daughter also survives with the widow also two brothers and trwo sfetcrs the funeral was held on tuesday afternoon from aberfoyle united church and wae largely attended interment svas made at crown cemetery pusllnch five years at kingston facing charges of fradulent conversion of funds belonging to ills clients robert johnston head of the real estate and insurance brokerage firm of joucti and johnston was committed to the county jail at ouclph on eight days remand on thursday last following ap pearance in magistrates court arrested by detective slauck on an lnior motlon charging conversion of 2000 to ills own use johnston labcr was accused on three separate charges involving amounts totalling 7610 counsel for johnston reserved both plea and election and no application was made for ball the charges read against johnston were that within the pact three months lie converted to his own use 2000 re ceived from joseph hall on terms re quiring him to account for the money to mcwuliams uim of 2100 re ceived from george staple ton on terms requiring him to account for it to wil liam stratton and third amount of 510 which named pearl amos jean amaa und farion amos as complainants when johnston appeared in police court on tuesday he was bentenced to live years in portsmouth penitentiary on each of the three charges to run con currently through hk counsel he ad mitted shortages of sums ranging be tween 25000 and 50 000 the dougilas hit tile douglas flr attains uio largest ujuj cf any tree in canada and with the exception of tho rwdwood of california the largest tree on the north american continent it hat reached height of 380 feet and trees 15 feet ln diameter liave been found single douglas fir lues scaled as much as 60000 feet board measure specimens over 700 yean old have been found but comparatively few are found over 400 years of age the douglas fir ranges from uie east slope of uie rocky mountains in alberta through tn the coosli nf nritlshcnlumua bmlth of norvaju fenofcmoutt quantities of lumkat wblo in united btatfch ykaluby and vancouver inland mlvere some of uio finest commercial stand are found in alberta it grows as for north as tho lieadwatcrs of uie auiabska the wood of the douglas flr is harder heavier btifler and stronger than that of any nthrr jiniwllflji rtvrrtnvert trr wtitl rrn teams default rural games in league everton shovtjs way to game uses and sleeps at arena for night ii posed in official costume the marquess of cholmondeley the new lord great chamberlain of england according to tradition there uro three joint hereditary great cham berlains lord cholmondeley pro nounced chumley lord ancoster and representatives of lord lin colnshire lord cholmondtley oc cupies this office in alternate reirns and lord anoaster or lord lincoln shires representative during evfjry fourtl ireijin lord cholmondcky holds half moiety and the others quarter each utrtlsox obsekvations aoain canaas wattb towetts canada is richly endowed with water resource and lias made marked progress in their development at the beginning of the present century waurpower de velopment imtaluvtlonfi in the dominion totalled 173323 horsepower since thatr time uie long distance tranjunlsslon ol tkctriclty for distribution over wide areas and keeping pace with tlie grow ing demand for energy waterpower development installations increased to 7009115 horwpower at the end of 103j today ciery large industrial centre in canada is served ulth hydroelectric energy and has within practical trani mlsslon distance uubitanual reservea for uio future more than 05 ptr cent of uie total main plant equipment of the central electric stolons of canada hidro power and ills equipment gencr uus more uian os ptr ccnl of uie totai electrical output despite uie progress which lias been made only slightly over 18 per cent of uie dominion 37000o0 horsepower feasible installation is being uulbsid during 1035 substantial additions were made to uie total developed waterpower capacity in uie dominion and uiere was ugnlncant growui in power demand new installations aggregating 363080 horscpowcrwertreom dieted and made ready for operation during uie year and for uie nine months or 1035 for which figure ore available uiere has been total power demand increase of more uian per cent spread from coast to coast lacb thursday saw tho rural league getting closer to its final stages dublin and lome farmers tangled in the first enocunter with the qrccnshirts grabbing off 51 victory to practically clinch playoff berth the dublin boys were too good lor the farmers and tho out come was never in doubt the second game was awarded to the joncu boys when rockwood bulldogs failed to put in an appearance how ever two teams were gotten together lor an exhibition game with the dublin re presentatives winning 31 from jones boys plckups kverton and brookvulo hooked up to the last struggle with brookvllle win ning 31 the everton boys deserve all sorts of credit for showing up at all they had to ehovel their way down and it book about two hours to mako tho journey and rather than go back that night they stayed in the rink and re turned home in the morning the scores dublin lome farmers brookvulo everton rcferoo frank gibbons monday saw some of the teams play their final games uu the playoffs dublin and llmchougc put up very good game for the first ulb and the dublin boys were rather lucky to pull out 31 win limchouc put up very good game and should at least liavc had ue the second game was also close with everton winning from uie lome liiutjt 5i the army boys fought good battle butr it wan not quite good enough the third game scheduled between eden mills and rockwood farmenl was given to eden mils when rockwood farmers never showed up the scores dublin llmehouse everton lome rifles referee ceorgo molozaie in uic postponed game played tues day hlght limchouso hindered evertons ciumces in the playoflto when they hand ed the everton maroons 43 setback everton needed this game badly but limehousc proved little too good for uiem playing far better hockey around uie net everton can still get in uicrc providing both lome fanners and lome rifles lose their games tonight the second game between york road and lorne rifles naw uie silver foxes take an easy win from uie army by 83 the foxes were too good and uie rifles never threatened to make tho game close this puts the foxes in tie for first place and if lome rifles can beat jones boys tonight thursday uvty can ruh get in for playoff berth the following is the standing to date meeting enormous quuiuues of lumber are uucd hi uie ujilted states each year last year it estimated uie total con sumption of lumber both in soft and lurdwoodi amounted to 17u7d million feet in 1034 uie figures were 15467 mill uiu fct in 1031 uie consuhiption was 10 070 million feet in addition to dometlc consumption of lumber mil lions of feet are exported annually figures for 1035 being estimated ut 1252g07000 feet decrease of six per cent as com pared wlui 1034 in uiat year canada took 41 tier cent of uie total export in hnportd uie united titatcs ubsorbed according to latest ostuiiauxi 420 44000 feet in 1035 or on lncreum of 40 pr cent over tlie year previous importi for 1035 included lteavy shipments of nr from canada and two large ahlpmcnts of spruce from ituula according to th industrial department of tlie canadian nauonal railways to uie cild of oc tober lo33 imports of spruce from russia totalled 33535 000 feet duces uie largest structural timber grown in canada it used extensively in brldgebulullng mind timbers wharf construction and heavy framework of all kinds it is also on excellent material for boat scow and ouier marine oon ttrucuon it lias propertied which en ables it to be used in uie making of floor ing and when creooted provides itmg wearlng noueleu and dusuess pavement for roadways more than billion feet board measure are cut each year much of it being ship ped to dktant parts of the world ijlt year uie export of douglas flr planks and boards lous and square timber amounted to nearly 780 million feet jones boji 14 york noad 14 dublin 10 14 brookville l3 lorne farmen everton 10 lome rifles llmehou 10 eden mills deaf fscr farss one of the results ot technocracy or uie scientific development is the stor ing away in outoftheway corners since uio advent of xacllo the marvel of ta day up to perhaps fifteen years ago the phonograph or gramophone or correlat ed names to think that sheet of metal could be so treated as to be sensitised to tho impact of human voice strong or gentle and by being whirled around could for many ycacs reproduce that voice was pretty nearly as wonderful as capturing voice out of tho air prob ably it was for while wbndcrcd at as much fcoplo get so used to wonderful changes that wondering has become largely discounted in 1803 at acton exhibition mr bryon lalng had talking machino by which individuals might by tuber hear pro gram in less than year ha had cocur cd uie distributing horn attachment by which large audience could all hear flno program at once and as was lately reminded by sharper memory uian my own at fahe close mlss lottie ilcmstrcct uicn worthy local soloist wad invited to sing into it and her offering waii reproduced for perhaps twenty years this strange kind of machine was more and more extended in its influence across tho continent but gradually faded away when uie dally offerings of almost universal speaking and singing bamcumjs uocailcd be came presented the last received issue february 20ui had very pleasing editorial reference to uie ubserroe of smoking at the ymc banquet attended ut hamilton the comment as to uie desirability of such abstinence at all buch gatherings wan very timely and why should not such abstinence be continual especially by all to whom uic young look for or are receiving guidance and example tho writer some years ago was asked by clergyman if uiere were any objecuons to smoking cigarette in his company tlie prompt reply was yui not on account of pergonal dbjeomfort but that any one to whom uie young were looking should indulge in that against which uic young uere being warned later on re flection that it might have seemed dis courteously brusque to man in ills own car cxplanauons were made as to uie felt seriousness and lioped for an ap plication to pouer which many men have roeelved for deliverance it uas accepted in kindly way it uametimc1 lias appeared to the writer on review ing printed effusions from this pen that it has taken great deal to say little it ii someuilng to be guarded agalrut an editor of weekly in another town many sears ago on belnr tld on uie street of prepara tion of report or prominent com munity entherlng remarked well make it as concise as yoti can youni coleman members and friends of 6t albans young people enjoyed an interesting literary and musical program on tues day in uio parish hall the executive as in charge of the program ol special interest to many present was the boys choir of the acton public school con ducted by miss hunt miss hunt gave fascinating account of tho life of the composer frits krekucr previous to the choir singing his composition rdccooleeay mrs victor alger read two of henry drummonds poems keep out of the weeds and dominique bruce pur gctcr then sang mighty lao rose according to mr bruyns guest speaker of the evening in his talk on what uie touriuls pall to boo in holland all that uio majority of ca know about holland is that tho inhabitants wear wide trousers small fur caps and wooden shoes that tho men smoke clay pipes and uiat the wooden shoes are worn bo uiat their owners may float on top uio water on uio other hand hollanders gather much of their knowledge of canada and canadians from such books as rcx beach writes or fjrom travel literature hence they think of canadian as cross between wealthy farmer cow boy and real estate agent mr bruyral remarked uiat it would be fine if uie two countries knew more about one another they have much in common witty frencliman onoo travelling through holland obwrvcd god created the earth and sea but uie dutch created holland themselves mr bruyns then told of the building of uie polders or dykes and described how the hollanders are influenced by living within uitic polden because everyone rich and poor depends for hlr well being and safety en the dke uiere is no corrup tion of pollucs in holland the oldest make old radios new bring your present radio upto date have the advantages of modern radio sets by having your radio adapted for new and more sensitive tubes it costs but uttle and uie results are surprising call us for esumates on first clas lcadh service radio tubes and partu smiths radio service in wright inmraue office mux strkkt acton and one of uie most important governing bodies is uie council of uio polder whoce members tec uiat uie dyke kept in repair and safeguarded their conunual struggles ith the elements ha made the hollanders brave and determined two of their dominat ing cliaroctcrs arc love or freedom and devotion to uielr religion mr bruyns showed hou uiese characteristics stnod uiem in od stead during uie eighty long jcarc wliln spain menaced their homes although one acre of land in holland producet ile timet as much as an acr of canadian oil yet holland is net able to feed all hen people the population is about uic same as that of canada but in rlc holland is eoual to only feu counties in ontario in closing mr bruyns suggested uiat ne solution for word conditions today is universal free trade for if nations know and understand each ouitrs neetl there is small danger of war tlie president mr ed poottit movm vote of uianks to mr bruyns the meeung closed with the tinging of uie nauonal anthem baby chicks white leghorns 11 rocks new hampshires reds if on uie market for baby chicks of any of uiese bredtoluy breeds you cannot do better than to puue your order wlui us all eggs set weigh 2i ozs or more per dozen and are from our own birds uiat were raised on our own farm mtee feed if order is plaeed three weeks before required you yet enough feed for two week wiuowdale poultry jfarm johnston sons acton ontahio both rockuood teams ore out tonight will wind up uie schedule when the following tcamt will play boo lome farmers vd ilrookvluo 00 den mil vfl york road 10 00 lorne rifles jones boys win for lome purm cn will put them in uie ployoifs and win for lome rifles will put uictn in playoff bertii it is understood uiat in the cose of tuo teams being ued paints the team wlui uie most goafa scored for them will get uic place tl kclubs lkst ov sals tuesday march 10th james douglas uncle and niece stood watching the young people dance about them iu bet that you never saw any danc tng like that back in the nineties eh unctof ohm but the place was raided buockss un ufrle the road to what is called success hi life kuril uphill and thorny going uiat us an irishman said of difficult route even when you ride you uw mostly walking and what is lied success in life has dearly and doubly to be paid for first by uie earning und then by the responsibilities arc we equal to both obeucrlty in uie world is not failure the chief thing is to ueceed in your own living making your own life truly liveable whcuier or not you materially ok people bay suec ed hi life there cuii be un art rbie art of simple living und homely case hi social lucouaplcuousileas ilir junies yovall canadas itxokal klkgions taking into account the topography climate and present distribution ot plants there arc six welldefined floral areas in canada namely arcuc norui ern kastem souuiern prairie and west ern wlui regard to uie arcuc region wlul the groalng season sliart and uie lower strata of uie soil remahui frozen it iii mistake to suppose uiat this area devoid or plant life as matter of facu uu eolers of the arctic flowers euch as the beautiful blue lupins aitaleai rhodo dendrons and arcuc primroses are deep er than elsewhere like ouier floral areas the arctic luu plants uiat are not found outside its oun district jut as in uie soutiujm area there ore 4v klndd of plants whloh do not occur hi uny otlver iiart ol canada although only uiree species or trea apiiear to be confined to uie prairies the larueieaved cottonwood narrow leaved cottonwood and prairie ash uie prulrie eg urn can boast of u07 spechs of cliaructerktlc plants which do not urow outride the ureot plains while in the cilrn reum uu heelm of plants found in that urea alone are too num erous to enunurate as there is certain amount of ovrrlapphig of uie floras uf uny two adjacent areas the boundaries of uie various rtglons camiot be rlgutly defined den mlua thursday march 2fl robt lasby scas sagaweya tliursday april 2nd joseph benluun everton saturday april 4ui 01 mcdowell acton household effects rockwood monday marcli 16ui it boruiwlc nasagaweya tuesday march nth uccrutall speyslde tliursday marcli lbui roy youngj eramosa tucdythirrcntwrn shipping activities gain ships from many lands visited canada during the flcal year 103435 qccordln to nummary of navigation and shipping acuvltle compiled by the department of kauonnl revenue vc5 or nil kinds cutered through canadian ports numbered 110 803 wlui registered tonnage of 8c431187 compar ed with 114 744 vessels with registered tonnaffe of 03b53050 entered in 103334 an tncreaiji of 050 vessels and 3570133 in registered tonnage seagoing vessels numbered 21 410 with tonnage of 28 512257 on increase of llfl vessels and 302 310 in tonnage of uie seagoing vessels 18788 tonnage 11450447 were 7078 veiels tonnage 23 g7fl25fl were british and 10 737 vessels tonnage 31 033445 were foreign porelgn vcsel3 including 0074 from uie united statea 1121 from norway 353 from japan 12fl from uie neuierlands 130 from cjer nany il74 from demnark and 141 from sweden british columbia again led all pro urlllgr or culvert your teeth are in bad shape said tlw dentist you should have bridge put in at once 3iow much wtll bridge cosf about scventyliv dollars say do cant get along with etna culvert jaitiesway poultry equipment th bjubfli ot in way poultry iiiilpmif ha bcoia po wu known that iiatcbd is equkmlont to irajuraat of jnallty bmmlpeopatorcataafllflltiypoolbfy tara tw tb juomwty oil nd coal burolns brood4 now vduod in pzica bury broodri and wtrr of mh kiadg tl boau boring cse ot proottm oat wmwtoni and complai hroodf hou of ati kuuu ofhst bp eastern steel products vmctoxjmm muo nt montr and toronto hie wliole secret of economic stability depends upon useful day work for proper day pay henry kjrd duur iferrbig to raw steaks said well done waiter well donel wulur that uie tirst eompllmeirt weve luul hi long time sir royal gue1uph now leslie howard bette davis in petrified forest sattk mon tuki charles chaplin modern times ukuntslav nfcxv jessie mai rhevcs in first girl then boy registered tonnage of seagoing vessels entered wltii 8082 vessels with regis tercd tonnage of 15157418 quebec again held second place wlui 710 sea going vessels wlui tonnage of 200 250 nova scotia was third wlui 0s7 vtsels tonnage 050250 and new urunswlck was fourth with 5630 vessels und ton nae cf 1072705 ontario ji toad alone in the volume of river and lake shipping entered through lier ports and outports with total of 14 177 381 tons quebec the only otlicr province wlui any con ntderable such tonnage accounted far 5u8b50 torn different men kve dilforont figures bui tip torifiilatb vuiion cjfaftsmerl inako hentaijtfiinatttbtrhaib ausyltatua countitv giutay wivnilak kllmttak wealth aubtralta country of great poten tial mineral uealth although at the prent tlmj the aarlcultural and pastor al industries exceed it in value of out put au trallas greate mineral wealth li coal of which it is intimated uiere art reservth of 14 035 000000 toih accord ing to the industrial department of the canadian national hallway if ever buecviutful process li develojwfd for tlw feonumlcul produrtloil of oil uhd fusa 11 iu from coal and it would seem this iti not so very fur uway judging by sc perlmeiital results obtained in qreut llritaln uie weatb of ulose eaal dtiiosils would be enormous kvxt hi order cojiird lead gold iron tiiie tin aiwl copper the amount of gold produced til aus tralia kdnce iu discovery hi uiat country hi ibm up to uu latest agurul available tutab rougruy 3js4 151410 welldressocl handcul ling and tailoring to your personal measure ia tho answer ihe reason tbat nearly every tnatt no mattoif what his iigure oonor or later goeu tip top unrestricted choice of fane british woolens valqjcy the tho liuttiriqus body and sleeve lining are other features obtainable only at tip top tailors one iamotui price 2475 tip top tailors likiiid ihone 124 exclunive dealer pallants clothing footwear tailored to your peraona meauure acton ontario