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i -J'^^.^' J^-- - THE FLESHERTON AI>VANCE ^ ^' ^^;^l Profit Lies in the Fioish V u t It pays to market cattle with the proper degrree of finish. A quality product always commands a.premium and is readily taleable at a jurefitable price; If you have stock which needs a little ore time for finishing:, and the feed is scarce, see the local man- ager of the Standard Bank. It is a aimple matter to arrange a loan to carry the stocl: until a favorable mar- ket warrants a profitable sale. THE STANDARD BANK OF CANAEA ^TABUSHED' 1«7S_ E. A. PRESTON Mflrutgcr, V\zs\\xr(Xan Brarurh CPJL TUB TABLB Trains leave Fleahcrton Station â- â€¢ follows: Going South Going North 8.0aa.m. 11.52 a jn. â- 4.10 a.m. 8.68 p.m; fi.31 p.m. 4.33 p.m. Hw mails dose at Picflherion as foHows: For the north at 11.00 a.ni. â- oath at 3.30 For morning train â- onth mail closes at 9.00 p.m. the previous evening. Local and Personal Flesberton Won E-5 From ll.S.Sjn Times The opening hockey â- ^ame of the season here was playr 1 in town on Monday afternoon, wh:n the Owen Sound Sun-Times team came down and ioat out to the local soitette 6-5. In places the game was real fast and at other timeS' was lar';ing, but good hockey was played rnsidering that very little practice he \ been indulged in. Reg Boyd was 1 'esherton's best man and was also the 'astest man on the ice. He played defence and scored four goals, Dr. Lively securing the other two. Or-3n Sound was bottled up in their c-,-.-n end of the Tke New County Council The membenship of Grey County Council for 1928 is aa follows: Artomesia â€" A. Cameron, Reeve; H. Corbett, deputy reeve. Bentinck â€" H. Hunt reeve, G. Mag- wood deputy-reeve. Gollingrwood â€" J. J. Buchanan reeve, W. I. Field deputy-reeve. Derby â€" Donald E. Sinclair reeve. Egremont â€" Neil Galder reeve, Wm. Hunter deputy-reeve, Euphrasia â€" H. H. Thompson reeve, Harold Dawes deputy-reeve. Glenelg â€" ^T. J. Brodie reeve. Holland â€" D. J. Gardiner reeve, A. Stewart deputy-reeve. Keppel â€" J. A. Pringle reeve. Normanhy â€" Charles Holm reeve, W. 'Ovens deputy-reeve. Osprey â€" Wm. Taylor reeve,- Wm. Edwards deputy-reeve. Proton â€" H. Watson. Sarawak â€" Jaa. Dickson reeve. St. Vincent â€" F. E. Abercrombie reeve, Wm. McGillvray deputy-reeve. Sullivan â€" J. L. Lembke reeve, D. McEwen deputy-reeve. I Sydenham â€" M. X. Traynor reeve, J. H. Fretter deputy-reeve. Hanover â€" Robt. Brighara reeve. Meaford â€" Homer Reid reeve. Noble Arthur deputy-reeve. Thornburyâ€" J. W. Hutchinson reeve Chatsworth â€" S. H. Breese reeve. Dundalk â€" H. C. Moody reeve. Flesherton â€" W. H. Thurston reeve. Markdale â€" ^T H. Rebum reive. Neustadt â€" L. Himmler reeve. Shallow Lake â€" D. Allen reeve. Durham â€" Allan Bell reeve. Close Fight for Offices in Artemesia The Municipal election in Artem«»iB TownsWp «ai Monday reftult- ed in the election of Mr. Alex. Cameron as Reeve, by thft small maaor- ity of 24. Last year Mr. Cameron was defeated by Mr. Hogarth by exactly the same number of vote*â€" 24. The new Reeve is not a novice at the job. either, he having been a member of tiie County Council for five years and a member of the- Tovraahip Council for seven years. Mr. Cameron and Mr. Hogarth have been running what might be called a neck-and-neck race. Both are good men. The other members of the Artemesia Council are: Messrs. Herbert Corbett, Deputy-Reeve, who had three opponents, J. A. Davis, R. D. Purvis, both of last year's Council, and I. B. Whittaker. a new comer. The representation is almost perfectly spread over the township. Follow- ing is the complete vote by divi8io^s.^ FOR REEVE Poll. Div.â€" 1 2 3 4 5 CAMERON 20 4.5 41 40 48 Hogarth 62 35 47 86 77 FOR DEPUTY-REEVE CORBETT ,... 56 31 49 47 55 Carruthers 3 19 13 38 42 Mercer 21 28 2 22 4 Batchelor 4 23 5 10 FOR COUNCILLORS DAVIS 74 36 35 45 42 PURVIS 7 30 28 32 41 WHITTAKER 16 31 16 101 38 6 41 32 22 8 43 7 130 26 53 67 16 12 8 Total 43 408 19 384 CARD OF To the Electors of Artemesiafi Ladies and Gentlemen, â€" I tfa for the generous support you me at the polls on Monday which you elected me to the Reeve of Artemesia for the yei I would ask for the whole Co continuance of your support operation, so that we may mal year one of real progress in mo affairs. Wishing you all a proBi>| new year, I am sincerely youra, â€"ALEX CAMI Eugenia, Jan. 3, 1928. CARD OF THANKS 19 31 1 9 332 221 137 63 Burnett 3 22 21 37 105 Gordon 5 27 22 17 8 42 25 14 6 16 22 77 18 12 92 13 39 13 5 23 309 279 247 2U 210 Advertise in The Advance Mrs. C J. Crossley was visiting in •Toronto on Saturday. , ^^k the first period .-nd they failed Mr. Ken. Byd spent the week end in even to secure one shrt on the Flesh- Toronto. I a'rton citadel. Akins was kept busy, Miss Elda Karstedt spent Saturday busier than he ever was when he in Toronto. starred for the local team two years Mr. George Brackenbury spent New ^S''' *'**^ ^^^ scores of shots to handle Years Day in Dundalk. Mr. Jack Dow spent the week in vis- iting Toronto friends. Mr. S. Gudmore of Blontreal spent •Christmas with his family here. and only allowed thre-' to go past him in the first period, two of them by Boyd and the odd one by Lively. The second period was evan scoring, both r-ecuring one and in the third stanza the Sounders came in fast and brought Mrsi. Jack Jones of Toronto spent their score, up to five, with four nice tha holidays with her parentj, Mr. goals that were well earned. Boyd and Mrs. W. Inkster. and Lively again registered, the lat- Mr. Jack Bloedow, jeweler at W. ter on. a pretty effort by drawing 'â- .Jl. Armstrong's, spent- New Years Akins out and shooting at an open with friends in Kitchener'. , net. The Armstrong bush camp in Coll- '^^^ teams' line-up was: ingwood Township re-openod on Mon- Owen Sound â€" Goal, Akins; defence y<lay. McCarthy and Moon; centre, Puckett; > Miss Effie Sandiland of Dundalk '^** '""^' ^^obertson; right wing, Bow- waa the guest of her sister, Mrs. Wes «^â„¢a"; sub., Follis. Flesherton â€" Goal, Thurston; defence Armstrong and Boyd; centre, Nuhn; left wing, McDonald; right wing, Lively; subs., McTavish and Crossley BOTH LEGS BROKEN Large tree falls on OrangeviP.e man with serious results. Armstrong, 'over the week end, Several from here were in attend- ance at a dance in Markdale on Mon- day evening. Mrs. Cargoe and daughter, Jeanette, returned home Monday evening after spending the past week in Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Thurston and children of Thornbury spent a couple of days with relatives here la^t week. g^^^ly after two o'clock Saturday Mr. Jack Karstedt has returned to afternoon. Ranee Overland of Orange- his school at Corbetton after holiday- ville met with an accident while fell- ing at his home here. , Jng a large basswood tree on the farm Master Jack Down of Markdale of Thos. McClennan, fourth line, west Sfpent the past week with his grand- Caledon. parents here. '- As Mr. Overland cut through the The new year was ushered in with *"^» which was nearly two feet in heavy winds and a considerable fall of thickness at the butt, it began to fall sflbw. and in moving out of the way he Mr. T. W. Findlay has moved into *f^PI^ "^^ « '•°*'* ^^ *^" "« t^"* ADDITIONAL LOCALS It pays to at^vertise in The Advance Master Ross Wilson, Durham, spent the past week in town. Miss Viola Thistlethwaite is visiting in Toronto this week. Mr3. Wes Armstrnog spent a few days in Toronto last week. Next year Artemesia Council will abolish statute labor and will have a road superintendent, and considerable work will have to be done by the new council to get the new system working smoothly. To the Electors of Artemesia: " Ladies and Gentlemen, â€" I take U»i»|3 opportunity of expressing my heart**; felt thanks to those who so generoufly supported me in the recent election.. I once again wish you all a veiy happy and prosperous new year. J. A. HOGARTH. MARKDALE ^ There was no election for the reeve- ship in Markdale, T. H. Rebum, hav- ing secured the office by acclamation, succeeding A. E. Colgan, who retired to go back into the council. The chief interest centred in the election of Councillors, there being six candi- dates for the four positions :W. Foster lowing were the results: W. Foster 183, A. E. Colgan 175, E. Tuck 175, A. W. Sproule 150, J. H. Johnston 131 and J. E England 61 The first four wore elected. A vote was also taken on the ques- tion of the erection of a new skating rink and community hall combined, a proposition involving the expenditure of between §10,000 and $12,000. The vote was favorable to the scheme, the figures being 104 to 47. An effort Mr. George Akina, Owen Sound, i ^iH be made to secure government the residence on Toronto street owned by Mr. Walter Akitt. Mr. Wm. Castle of Leamington is the ground. He was all alone at the time but his cries brought Mr. Mc- Clennan to the spot and the unfortun- ate man was rushed to Lord Dufferin MISTAKE IN CITIZENSHIP. on an extended visit with his dauzh- u -i. i • i.. i > â€" -r^ „ , Jr., """8" hospital m his employers car. It was ter, Mrs. James Wilson. ' « . j n. j. â- Â»* r\. \ ji • • • found that Mr. Overland's mauries Mrs. Douglas of Calgary, who spent consi'jted of a compound fracture of some time here with her mother, Mrs. both bones of the left leg and both A. S. VanDusen, returned to her home bone? on the right leg were broken in the: West on Wednesday. above the ankle. Orangeville Sua. Miss Marguerite Runstadthr has re- turned to her studies at Toronto Uni- versity after holidaying at her paren- tal, home here, j It 13 intaresting to note that many * Both the high and public schools ^' *hose who iare nominated for public commenced work again on Tuesday <>ffice and who withdraw from the field, state that they do so because they have no desire to force an elec- -, ' ^ , „ . tion uoon the citizens. They appar- ^^^Z\?^^^^i^^.^''^T^ entry have the idea that they are con- ferring a benefit on the electors by ^®^ debarring them from the opportunity of voting on tha day set aside for thf municipal elections. This is a very miiitaken idea. By dropping out of o£ the field and allowing other nominees with tha regular teashers in attend ance. motored to Oshawa Saturday and re turned the same evo^'.-- â€"'â-  style Chevrolet ccn:;!. v.'.-.ieh was on exhibition at their new service sta- tion on Monday. Mr. Sam Goldman, fur buyer, Dundalk, informs The Advance that he ' to be elected by acclamation, these has purchased ten fox hides from Mr. ! citizens are actually depriving their Walter Akitt of Rock Milk, and also ' fellow ratepayers of what is their states that Mr. Akitt is the beat hun- right and privilege under a democratic ter in Grey County, as all the foxes form of government, the right to say who shall be their representatives on the elective public bodies. CARD OF THANKS were secured with a gun. A very pleasant time was spent at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Clark on New Year's Day, when the following friends were present: Their â€" ^ nephew, Lawson Whitehead, wife and '^^ *"<* ""• "^^ '''• ^*'>''y *»«* *" daughters Dorothy and Mary; Mr. and, e''P"*» *''«'' t\i«n^ for many acts Mrs. W. Newell and family; Mr. and <>* kindness during the illnem of their Mrs. J. J. Thompson of Flesherton; daughter, Marion. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Bettsr and son, â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" Norval, of Osprey; also Miss Kathleen ' In these days of high pressure sales- Thistle and sister, Sarah, Shelbume. men all robbers are not armed with guns. Some use fountain pens. spent New Years with his parents. Mr. Robt. Thompson of Toronto spent New Years with relatives here. The old imbiber of hard stuff no doubt these days wishes that he was a sampler in a distillery. Mr. George Long and wife moved to Dundalk last week, where he is em- ployed in Watson's garage. Mr. and Mrs. Peller of Stratford rpent the past week with Mr. and Mrs. M. Schaeffes. Miss Mabelle Paialow of Holland Centre spent a day with relatives in town. Mr. Austin Shackleford rbturned last week from Owen Sound hospital where he underwent treatment, and is .improving nicely. Master J. P. Stewart lost a ten- dollar bill on the street in Ceylon Icct Saturday, but through the ex- treme honesty of Mr. Alex. Knox of Ceylon, it was restored to him. News was received in town that Mrs.' Joseph LeGard of Toronto, who is almost 89 years of age, is improv- ing after a very severe illness. We trust her recovery may be complete. This paper is anxious each week to issue a spicy and interesting local page. If each of our subscribei^s would hand us in one news item, what a newsy paper we could issue. Try it for a few weeks and mark the change. Mr. Fred W. Tayler, lot 17, Con. 13, Osprey* will hold- an auction sale of farm stock and implements etc. on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 1928. No reserve as the owner is giving up farming. Most of the implements are new. W. Kaitting auctioneer. Sale to commence at 1 p. M. The annual Sabath school concert in St. John's United church on Mon- day was quite sucessful, there being a larga attendance. An outstanding feature of the program ^as a cantata by a number of young people, who dis- played considerable dramatic and mus- ical ability. Miss Helen Heard pre- 5;ided very pleasingly at the piano for this part of the program. The proceeds amounted to $85. Recently Mr. Mark Murphy of the 8th line, Osprey. can\e into The Ad- vaiice office and informed us that last July he had lost a valuable buggy robe^, but had neglected to advertise it. -After being lost for five months the advertisement was inserted in The Advance, appearing on Wednes- day, and Mr_Murphy was in posse8s<- ion of his robe Thursday night. Need- less to say Mr. Murphy was. delighted with the pWer of the "Small Advt." Mr. Fred Pinder, of town, last week received a letter from his sister, Mrs. Sam Wragg of Sheffield, Eng^and,^ in which she stated that she heard the Prince of Wales' speech given at the opening of the Peace Bridge at Bridgeburg last August. His voice came over the great distance of air very clearly and was heard quite dis- tinctly. She also stated that th'e Prince of Wales is giving a glowing picture of Canada in his speeches de- livered in England. aid for this project, DUNDALK H. C. Moody was returned as reeve over Geo. Stocks, the vote being 181 to 94. The first four of the follow- ing were elected to the Council: K. J. Russell 174, J. H. Spanhouse 165, Jas. Carson 158, R. K. Robinson 148, Jos. Duff with 108 and C. K. Armstrong with 69 were the defeated candidates for council. - . •,»â-  - EGREMONT Reeve Ne^ Calder of Egremont township was returned to office at the municipal elections Monday, ob- taining a majority of 10 votes over his rival Noble Wilson. The battle for the reeveship was one of the clos- est ever held in the township. The 1927 Deputy-Reeve, John A. Ferguson, was defeated by William Hunter, the latter having a majority of 96. EUPHRASIA A new reeve was elected in Euph- rasia township on Monday when H. H. Thompson defeated W. H. Erskine in the contest for reeve. The council elected was G. A. Gilchrist, J. A. Cook, I J. A. Halburt and E. Kirkpatrick A fairly large vote was cast. The 1)Mmond Need Never he Old-Fashioned /PRECIOTIS STOXES never X wear out. Their im- mortality Is assured. But the stones richest In associations are often found in aettinpj w-hich seem unlovely to mod- ern eyes. For siirprislnely little momey. you may havo the precious stones from an old- fashioned Jewel mounted In an t-xqulstte new setting thiit will enhance the beauty of the gem many tinjcs. Let us shoxp you the loi-ciy -.ncdem seUirtgs for i-ings, bar-:;iK'-, eic, in ichite ur ureen gold "^t/l platinum. CARD OF THANKS To the Electors of Artemesia: Ladies and Gentlemen, â€" It grives me much pleasure to know the strong faith the electors of Artemesia con- ' tinue to place in me by re-electing me as their Deputy Reeve. Kindly ac-, cept my sincere thanks. _. .. HERB. CORBETT. Proton, Ont. CARD OP THANKS To the Electors of Artemesia: Ladies and Gentlemen, â€" ^I take this opportunity of thanking you for the. support you gave me in the recent election. WM. BURNETT. CARD OF THANKS ^^- --^^ Armstrong & Flesherton, Ont. Son To the Electors of Artemesia: Ladies and Gentlemen, â€" I wish to thank you for your hearty support in the recent election.As in the past, I will give my best endeavor in your interests. Wishing you all a pros- perous year, R. D. PUR\aS. â- ^ 4 Manitoba is soon to take advantage of the Dominion legislation for old age periSions and grant an allowance of jS20 per month to pensionei-s 70 years of age and over. Ten years ago there were only 11,- 639 motor vehicles in British Colum- bia, while this year there were 76,000. ENGAGEMENT Mr W. J. Henderson announces the engagement of his daughter, Agnes Maude, to Mr. Clarence M. White of Waubaushene, Ont., the wedding to take place this month. Grocery Specials Fancy BLscuits, reg. 35c. for 26c. Fancy Biscuits, reg. 25c. for 22c. Chipso, reg-ular25 cents for 22c. 3 Cans Clark's Soup for 25c. WE HANDLE CURED MEATS. :ajjj. Men's Wear â€" Reduced Men's Overalls and Smocks, reg-. $2.25.. ..$1.75 Men's Mackinaw Coast, reg. $8.50 $7.50 Men's all-wool Underwear reg. $2 $1.44 Men's heavy Caps, to clear at $1.35 A. WATSON OPEN EVENINGS IN YOUR ORDER Cold Weather Clothing Specials For Teaming and Bush Work All-wool Mackinaw Coats. Leather Lined Mackinaws. Sbeepkskin Lined Coats. Mackinaw Breeches. Heavy Cloth Trousers. Leather Top Rubbers.^ :^avy Duty Rubbers. LiOnsr Overshoes. Lumbermen's Socks. Heavy Wool Socks. Heavy Cloth Caps. Heavy Lined Mitts. Leather Pullovers. All-wool Sweaters. Wool Windbreakers. Heavy Work Shirts. All the above are Specially Priced and aro available in all wanted sizes. Stanfield's Unshrinkable Underwear ISLU^; RED AND GOLD LABEL QUALITIES. ALL SIZES FROM 34 TO 44 IN SINGLE GARMENTS AND COMBINATIONS. WEAR STANFIELD'S FOR SATISFACTION. F. H. W. HICKLING fiiiiiiiiii