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i3lr irimi ifrrr jlrrsfl i is i in l l itl ss i m i it i ims t a mi r s merry curiuimuh in every one who hits nccc to rend these columns mid to ninny more we wish we could reach tin firif im tvtoiu that pood old plum wish ia very aurry christmas the past tew months this journal hns been under the munfagcmcnt of the new editor him had their pleasures and of course their annoy mills it wouldnt do if tt were all clear sailing wt have hurt some reclines and some have touched ii the wrong way hut at this season of the year with out strings ot any kind we like to lay aside our tit f fircnces and wish to everyone the very best christ hi us they have ever had time tables at acton fhuksday i 1 nin im i mm if 22 i 127 editorial sim of criticism ihe public spirited citizen who sets out to per form so tile civic service may ns well settle down in file lirsl place to aectpl liitilistn vhulcvcrj done no matter how done is hound to be criticized most mmlaiuly uy il themsttvticnibervtt uiuntrsc u of thiw-jefjitiiiiale- d jiccguc no two- po sue- anything from exactly the same angle but the other kind of criticism which must contain some sort of jealousy is disheartening and sometimes harden tre to the one who is honestly striving to help some project which is not his personal concern the person who uwas indulges in criticism that is dc slructivc delciiorates in the course of lime lo being nil unmitigated nuisance tu his circle alliston herald spel it hrislinas if for no other rcusun that of iood taste should appeal for the disuse of xmas us an abbreviation of the word christmas u nil the use of the brief iorm hai grown a tendency to rc4id it inms 1111 unpardonable barbarism some exponents of the ab brcviatcd word are now quoting aneicnt authorities hi an effort to show that x as an abbreviation for christ has n history almost as uid us christianity and vas used on the eatieomb niaci iptious 1 he argu in en t is also used that dictionaries and encyclopedias include xmas among the abbreviations of recogniz ed standing 1 1 is claimed tb it thes authorities do not stigmatize tt as colloquial and vulgar be that as it may among the great majority of canadians there is feeling for words that impels them with a verbal ci nscicncc to spell hristinas out in full it is too beautiful a word to spell otherwise barrie i x the county initialization in reviewing judge snihots report to the wnrden and ounty council on the coilnty equalization np yitat tierc are many statements that must give til loil cicntious mnn who studies it real rood for thought the judge points out the duty of the ussc sor as cqntflincd in the net that innd shall be usscsscd at its actual vojuc and the report goes tn to explain that is at the amount it would readily bring at a fairly conducted sale between a willing eller and a willing buyer to be added to the dilation of the hinds is he amount by which then selling value is increased by the buildings this i need not emphasize is a completely wrong method on the part of the assessors and should be et rrccted if these equalizations with the large ex penditure of public money are to he avoided tur ther the matter could be dealt with more easily if the assessors nssessed at the same percentage of vclue in each municipality but this is far from the fact and another thing is quite evident their assess merits in their own municipality arc not at n uniform percentage of value throughout this is especially noticeable in the townships of nelson mid trafalgar m con iv s d s and part of on 111 sds many properties especially south ol the toronto and hamilton highway are not issessed higher than 16 per cent to 25 per cent of actual value and some ns low as 10 per cent this hears very unfairly on the northerly parts of these tow n ships where the percentage of assessment is much higher and it works out that the burden of taxation is not evenly distributed as it should be and ichthe camicil llwrn- rryirtpnxiticey- the c cipuliifer should tututsteps toco no concessions likely for 1 ruck owners hon mi henry seeniexl o make it understand able to the heavy truck uu ncrs that there would be no concessions gruiilcd for allow ug these big vehicles on the road when their extension of time expires at the uid qi the jur at u banquet of the ontario motor truck owners association the other night he pointedly asked lus heaiers when they suggested an extension of tune to 1im if i accede to your re quest now when will y ou stop coming back asking for furthel extension mr hem y is in a position to know the damage these ng vehicles with their heavy loads cause on the higliw lys he knows what i is costing the l eu h eur they are permit ted to tun the minister also said that we arc dis posed to give considei u lion to extra speed and com plelc loads the yein loutiu on lighter vrhiclci the department he eiiiphasied si u gh i to encourage the use of modet at el weighted rucks of couisc the truck owncis were not in fuvor of meieiised gas tax and they desired a further extension i bey received no encouragement and in a hostile camp mr hem y stood ins ground and advanced his arguments for the probable uetiou of lus department id of of uiilitin i speeulatioi was f i veil vyslors by mi a 1 illipji- deiictil aulliage i ol the impel ml bank lh otlui day at llu annual meeting of tjic sharcholdtis in speaking of lit satisfactory llwilf to ulgc financial liiudii ions e isl in in uiiphoui anuda ille earnings ul th banks well a lo 1 lie ae w lib lo ses light i than tin daw bet n loi a uu ol years past ik ml i m c i the pi i sent f voluble stile of for auothi i year uul pi i hq come ihere is urn iluiuiil hon which might easily h lo the uillliilltenj amount ul t il ill stocks and sliiic ol mn di e l tion i ii uid it is a boom ibat is taking i jure ind us municipalitfesshould fueesteps bocorfect or it will ondm wholesale uppeajil nuamst these assessments u ttli the trouble and heavy expense to be incurred there are many beautiful and valuable properties in the sections named and speaking generally the as sessments of these arc ridiculously low there is no ue in merely copying the old rolls this year i have not included as you will see the business and income assessments as ido not tl ink in strictness and which counsel agreed that the act authorize these to be included section 80 on the whole us i went into this question quite c refully lust year and as values have not changed ry materially meanwhile it could not be expected that i wquld make very great changes thib year the evidence being largely of the same charnctcr 1 have howuvor corrected some errors i found ip my former calculations which were not very h rge and in the light of the evidence this year have carefully gone over the whole question as far as tunc would permit compnnng the aggregates of the as st ssmeiits of i 120 shown in the schedule with my aggregate of 10 850 77000 it is apparent how made quale the assessments ure the total assessment of the county has been in ci eased from mj775 50hoo ot lust year to 30 950 770 k for this year acton has been raised from to tkjoo to 1 iks 827 00 and other towns in like proportion the schedule of the assessments of the various municipalities appear in another column along with the assessments of li2u it would appear tint ihere is something radically wrong tn the system of assessments throughout the county and unfair burdens arc placed upon certain sections while others get off much too lightly but how to solve this dlf hculty and make u more even distribution seems to be u bone of contention that will have to be threshed out in the courts each year and that is not a very economical way of settling the tnuttcr editorial notes the latest census shows hot the are so km 000 f oultry m canada valued at 50 07 j 000 i lie total value ot production of the fisheries of uiudii for the year l was 50 ibodh compared v ith 17 112 i ii for l2s and h 514 23s for l2l says the mount i orest confederate seeing what they see bearing what they hear and knowing what they know those who voted against government untrol can have no regrets mose pleted ll to of wltclu w matcly ip hi os muor saskku tche wan have com resiling what is considered to be the largest heat ever produced by one family in sas n i i uin 2 000 acres they threshed appro s ooo bushels of no 2 northern a recoid buy crop wus produced in western cull ida in 1027 an official preliminary estimate show ih il the provinces of multiloba saskatchewan au in rlu ahi ui m h oltimbia pioduced 2s11000 tons inn and ilover compared with i so 1 000 tons in t uu uid 2 is mm tons of alfalfa as against 22 s 000 t us 1 ist yeui how vel ui the siiuu i a l luc dangcious 1 lefer hurcli i pccnluion thit i going l r hon lo in p like iitain ee lie il i suivey of the activities f the united f uiiuda is contained in the l2 issue of book of the denomination its coiftpilution a vast amount of labor and its 700 puges i tremendous number of facts and h g u res othei booms tho- kind of secin itic want them oi bee they aie paying somebody else v e who tie engiged- buying those iumg lo the church ule buynif them not liee ium they book ol refeieiice for uiise tin j link they aie worth what e united hureh 111 r theiil but ix cause they think that i ill p ly them more foi tlu same st cum lies to mot row oi nul wee k 1 ins will only go ou so fir and whin the ipc ha been it idled if the situation follows the com e ol otht r booms eeiy body will w tut n sell ftl once and thcie is where the trouble will deelop hn the buik as well as the public 1 oi diii put althoufh we are qiule willing ii usstst legitimate liivestmerit and even in woi thy t will be found uu 111 tel ested 111 the globe i ises moderate speculation we can to rest i uin and eon tit b iiee that my colli igucs u following a similar couise ue clomp ev i the situatio at i in i ui t im ss is busy explaining that tt made i mistake in giving the population of that town as i imi when 1 should hive bceil i hos we hope nolle if the iiute subscnhtis stupped their paper after hit ibis fioin our bright northern neighboi tlic i e i pus nt ws kecoid but bi other i ctnpliu it is not tin own in iccui leu s we aie husy explaining but ibosi of some other journuls who huve placid acton ythiiigin a wionp light ii you hud digested youi icuding uid i imiii thoroughly hifoie iiiiiuing it in hot metal link hbli pi nit this ii tali jiv ui u i more leisure liki he others would have xcelleut 0ik of v uu 111 itoo ii tun i ti iiuj direct in lli ill ituno work nt 11 dlritot ti our i tiniiuin ii ut w imli i tin prloca lliuii tuivhil ir nitoiii m 111 jur ionl u luiu lh in t illit ii ami tha nl nihhni in tlin uomlnloii wtio il i i ic i t ill n li nriltrlr it iv it i u i ci uu htiiulroila f in ml in ri hi lurimittt inl illiir l i uhii tlui d iv to 1ms 1w flllf i iii i ii i t ii t w o illtvo llio i i 1 in i t rl 1 li inlto in tin p mini ii i in i hi mi any thnm l 1 i in hi in inltl- ititil llilit in i htlidur no ii viitn ia in n it aim oi lull unl ii i tl llni ol i n t nit nt aolltlt- tn rli m u i tnpl i ohl hum llulllt s iifj titu hamilton cv sons liullph ont