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wixt sru fjness fifty sixth year no 15 acton on famo thursday october 9 1qsq eight home print pages five cents softball season open in arena with a doubleheader on tuesday the acton ladles win from georgetown ladies by a score of 41 r st albarrs team loses to georgetown oddfellows by score of 21 12 the ladies play snappy ball to win on tuesday the intercounty softball league started in the acton ami with a double header the georgetown ladle vs acton ladles and the georgetown softball team vb st albans acton tho ladles name was big surprise to the fans and the local team emerged victorious with tho score 4 1 it was a snappy game and everybody was over- jqyed at the way uie locals performed especially as tho are not used to playing under lights the star of tho acuni team was mary chalmers tho pjlchor bho had tho doorgetown loam dakxled with her speed thirteen htrikoouts are registered to her credit she allowed only one free pass and held georgetown to three hits and one run helta tost tho georgetown hurltr struck out nine and allowed nine hits tho heavy hitters ol tho gamo wcro davis of goorgt town who gut a two nuckir h mason a two base and a three base lilt m choline m and phil tyler with a double each many more games hko this will bo put on in uiu an na coma out and see some snappy playing and choor for tha girls i ho folowlng la uio score by innings 11 if iu georgetown 000 000 11 3 aoton 110 1 1 4 0 batteries georgetown i oil onu davics acton chalmers and lyltr i he second game however between tho boys did not prove as exolting rtw score wan one aided goorg town liavbig the big end st albun m did not play tho gamo they aro capablo of and huh waterhonso uio plteher was not at hl best thoy huvo hud only tuio practice no far but with a few moro thoy ought to bo baclc to their old form and will then make tho ooorgotown nine atop georgetown bunched 10 hits and got 31 runs whllo acton luul 10 hlut and ij runs there wan a lot of in nvy hitting and everyone on tho georgetown team with tho oxri ptlon of hour hcored ruiiii i it was not a very inter ting game to wmtch but as tho season goes on tlu locals will improve i ho boys abut go to georgetown to night for utoir second game aixmairrown ah r ji fo a i b hi tell id 4 3 3 0 0 0 b ward 0 3 4 0 0 0 h beaumont 0 j 3 1 2 i k btupleton 0 3 3 14 0 0 a ritchie 5 1 i 1 j 0 o alcolt 4 3 13 0 0 chapman 3 110 0 0 mftiiyw jl m mann 3 3 3 300 spires 5 110 0 total 44 jl 10 31 4 1 st alban 8 acton ah r ii to a e b watorhousc a marohall v holloway b scrlven f water hou to a tyler l walters t ollrford h oripps 5 3 10 0 0 4 3 3 1 1 0 4 1 j 7 1 0 4 13 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 3 3 2 0 4 3 3 0 4 3 lotal 3a 12 10 jl 11 0 summary homo run ward 3 base bits alcott staplotan 3 bono hits xleau tnoht spires clifford f watcrhouso ii waterhoieto f holloway struck out by watorhousc 6 by hltchio 13 walked by water house 5 by ritchie 0 loft on bshm acton b ooorgotown toln bases l walters hltchio milton winsaca1n sdlmtnaud larrte in ken1 hnl and now matched with oonutou fai ltnal for frovutcul honor milton won the sunt finals of the o b a aintermdiatollwhi uiey-woi- the second tttralght game from tho uorrle team 138 in tho flrttt six innings milton piled up an eight run lead and in their half of tho seventh they scored another barrio made a desperate rally in the lucky seventh but the be- 1 they could do wax to add thre mote runs to their tota milton ifcorotl again in the eighth and harris thudtt thur total six when thoy managed to get one run across tho p in the last inning in milton s half of the ninth wilton bit a long drive into det p left armltotfo recovered the ball add threw to moore at short moore relayed the throw vo tho plato and ollchrut togged tho runner out ho was knock d off his fett and did not rooov r coiisckuintt1 for tuimu time it u k milton 133 014 no13 n a barrio 010 010 301 i 10 i tho milton nine wtro scheduled to play with con u ton atr milton yumorday biit vywlng to uie rain the jfatno was post poned u u plamicd to play it to day at milton milton has certainly done well with their balltcam this year and won their honors with good margin 11m local fans are all tvoplng that tliey come tllcqujlh on tho top of uio heap ano bring to uio county towiithe provincial i honors i a splendid address at the monthly mootlna of tho women instunu by mrs or 1 a manlven on thi hulary and btady of um t tho monthly mooting of tho women ft institute was lield at tho homo of mrs hnrbaugh main btrcet on october 3 when thirty ulx uulloft attended tho vlcojn sidi nt mrs oamblo occupied tho chair tho mooting opt nxl with tlu hymn jesus uuik us blilno follow i d hy pray r i ho mlnuton of tho lout mooting worn glvru and also a report of tho booth ut tho fair tho roll call was unnwt rod by runny tlaylngrt of chl1dftii a pong was given by throe little girls fruit i oibbona 3nin fvann and ia vtriid umlth whloli wan uij yrd by tho to pnsont i lu hjm iik r for tho day was mm dr mnntvcn horjiubjixt being iho hi i uiry tuid tltudy of tho flag and thlt nplondld addrfjli certainly was mjoyed by all pru nt hu following ikotrhon from mni mo nlvcmrt utldroijt will bo found init ttt ting and edurativo 1 ho fnlon flag commonly called tho union jack is the national flag of canada and all otln r partii of hln majoilyit douunloiu and may bo flown on land hy all llrltkh hubjfcu iuut ilcd ktihlgn with uiu wmn of tlu dominion of canada in the lug hi intended to bo u u d by canada on mcrchmt vt urlii unloitn apoclflc illy authorised olherwt tho union jack on i horo tho hrd 1-n- slgn on tho oixnaduu merchant murine aioat in hoi ling tho hug tho hroud white itrlpo in tho crons of bt andrew fihould bo at tha tinmr odgo of uio corin r nt xt tho mai thond if thlrt rtor1 tlon is rtwltud it in an indication of dl triiji iho flag i hould nob ho uncd an a cover for a table box or dnk and nothing nhonld ihj placed upon it when tho union llag and ollirr flag aro dl splay d together for decoration oi on the btrtct the union flag kjiouui iiy to tho north on btreotn running eait and wt it and to tho ant on utrceu run nlng north and south 1 ho ttag should alway t b carried up right and never allowed to touch the ground wiilii being placed at half matt tho flag should tint bo raised to tho mailhi ad and then lowered for indoor- decoratlbnn the flag may he caugh up in many artlitl f inn h and uu d wieinuni1ngn garlondn etc but h sltoujd never bo below a pencil sitting when a tlig is used at the unveiling of a titatuto or tablet it nhould not be allowed to fall to the ground but hould be raised and allowed to wnw forming a feature 6f the ceremony when troopi with colors aro ponldg fpoctntors nhould stand at attention and all truilo urltlsh mibjecu lihould rabui their hatn whenever tho national an- thi m is playod or sung all personn within hearing should aland at attention ulth hoods uncovroi as a mark of titcem for thr memory of a prominent cltincn wjio has made a valuable con trlliu tlon to the ufa of the country province or city iho log may lie placed at half moat on public build ingi there is no law or rogulatlon that compel i the flying of uio flag or ensign on rpeciflo dates but custom has made it ahnof t obligatory to unfurl tho union jack from tha manthrad m capatla on vlotorla iwy ll king a blruulay o minion day and annutlco gay optional o such dsys as qoo friday christmas i almr day and i hank giving on land tho union jack should bo at post of honor always a foreign flag or ensign of another country may bo flown back to bock that is nldo by side at equal heights mo foreign cnnlgn may not bo larger than our own flag tho tiktbrattlairiirthrriowrr oomrrnrxt- he mast or pole the truck is the button at tho very top of the plain pole on the plain polo fly the union jack at the- truck if a flag is flown in ft car hy uio nag of the country you are v lilting on the right nldo of tho driver our department of public works at ottawa ordvrs that uio union flag shall bo flown on all government uulldlngs every day jromsunrlm to sunset i he imt ting rlosrd with ood have the king af u r which the liuliii enjoyed a social time together various interesting items of news knot church communion hervico a well attended and very impressive bocrom trial srrvlce wan held lq knos church lost sunday rooming ilov mr liciinlc preached a very appropriate hs course and tho communion servlco waa unusually effective thirteen new mem bers wore received calnlon nam hmlrtyta imflt week nro of unknown origin dnstroyod uio bum of j hillock situated just oant of calodou vlllago with a lotut amounting to 7 000 itn driver of a pilkjiing truck noticed a straw stack burning ixsldo tlui barn and urouiod tho owner who was lu bed but tho fin had made such hoadwuy tluit t rrorts w ro then mad to conrtm tin blow to thi luirn rho barn was only partially covered by liu urunri and the entlro hay and grain cropn with lmpli tlimtfl an a total loa fills is tha itecond fire to hupiw n uiuli r similar clr cumilaiicl i and an luvlstlgauon in lxing urged klllrd white impairing jflo when uio train ml jilon of w uutomobllo bi neath which hi woih work lng htvj to piece i loit wedritstllly oeo tloroggln 3d yeani old a mechanlo ut japh hluln garugo ouclpli ituffen d injurioi which r milted lu hi thort time latt r iho aulotnoblli had boin driv n only for h mom tratlon ptirpoaoit hal doviloiud a trtlght roar and tho acrldt nt oecurred whil hcroggli j ought the cans mr jlilllii whtf itat in tho car uttfi red a cut in the lrg whm ktruok by a piece of mal driven through tho floor of tho automobile mr tlcrogglo win bora lu nlrol rown hip and hud rmld 1 in ouolph and dl trlct virtually all lil life hi a uurvlvrd ly hit widow und three chlldn n 1 glrlu cluhh orgsnbtnl on monday i vi nlng two group1 of the canadiiui olrli in 1 ruining were organ ued imoiig tho young glrlu of tho united church hit officers of the older group an pre idi nuheltu mcnabb vice pa ld nt iorna mccomb secretary ilelon cm k trwuunr helen ortrandi r pliuilr t huth aibtjlif mlu lonary secretary velma dlalr tjioio appointed as oftlceni of youngi r oroup are pre idont isabel swltzer vlceprrcldont qlu 11a olbson secretary t hnlmith darby treasurer sylvia williams mu lonary secret i no darby leaden vhanuihaw m odbert and k savage jujf new frngbut on local train tho nw high ipeed engine no 6jq3 went uirough aoton on tho canadian national hallway on imeulay evening on the 0 10 train it is one of uio number of uio new giant mglncu wlilch imvo been built by thk railway rect iitly and nome of whloli am now ope rn ting on uie international limited schedule botwecn montreal toronto and chicago tho big engine will not bo on the regular run through here tho new typo of loco motlvo a majilvo piece of construction wclglut over 331 tons including the en glno and tender tlie coal capacity of tho tend r is jo tons or coal and 14 000 gallons of water and the trip runsday wu1 bi lng made without topping to pick up any supply of tho latter 11m ti nder la equipped witli timkt n roller h nrlnifk fmld to bo somothlng brand new in canada another new idwln connec tlon with tho big engine 1h tho fact that lrhl equipped wtui uri exhaust steam injector which utilises tho exhamrf steam of tho locomotive a now departure in railroading die englntj is also quipped ului a iiuciul bomtec tnvlco for suirtlng the train wlutout taking up uio alack oh li uiiiully tho cono and uiu doo away the county high schools annual field day held at oakviho last week in victoria park ixcal entries will aim for a lleuir showing next time the amiual weld day of tho 1ui schools of sialton county and water- down high bchool was hold at oakvlllo on wednesday artornoon of last week lupls from the sehools of arton ooorge town milton burlington oakvlllo and watordown competed and uinro was a kk1 atundunto and keen rivalry in the various evi nts m m hoblnson of hamilton wili gnuoral supervisor of tho events which stirted at ten oelock in th t morning tho following aro uie winner i in tho v irioil i i vi nttt iuvs ivinim 100 yards junior k watts oakvlllo u iirondii w ohmiik burlhigton c peacock milton intermediate i hod ny llurllugton 11 lumrnli x utiuhl m n hurlinglon c olllmtrt milton uiilor wm onstli milton 11 it cimdi u 11 rry hurungtou h hulliday milton jo yartl junior k wattn oakvlllo 1ji seeondji m cooinlw hurling ton c peaicock milton intermediate d stadi lmun llurllngtnn 1 hedley bur llngton c ailbort mlluui nior w oai tl ml ton h he rry ilurluigton o hlllni r onkvluo uunnlng high jump junior o mar i hull milton u katon hurungtou h cox- milton intermediate w htrhurd on georgetown c glib rt milton o oikmlorham hurllngton suitor k h n ink hurllngton a mcmillan hur llngton h mi rry oukvllu uunnlng hroad jump junior k wat li oikvllu k kivton hurllngton a mumh ll w coombe tie interim dluu i hedley hurllngton u hru h mil ton c ailb rt milton u nior w oojitle milton 10 fe t 6 inches ii ilalu duy milton a mcmillan hurllngton uunnlng hop sti p and jilmp junior a manning hurllngton j j foot 11 lnchik h kutoii hurllngton j komp oikville inu rmedluto i hidl y hur i tut ton w hlchardinn oiorgetown c oilb nt milton senior il haulday milton w oantle milton c pilman water down gliot put junior w coombe hur llngton 31 fet 7 inrhca w watu oak vlllt h i aton hurllngton intennedlato 1 hedley uurllngton j4 feet 0 inchon d stadelman hurllngton d ocheor watcrdown si nl ir a mcmillan hur llngton j fut jv inches w gaitle milton ii hrlgger waterdown 440 yards open w oastlo milton h ham ay oakvlllo h berry nurllngton mllo oiien h hamtuy oakvlllo 6 03 mlnuti d cooper hurllngton h it union watoruwn helaya junior 440 yoruji hurling ton 13 utrondii oakvtlle waterdown intermediate 1180 yards wau rdown 3 00 minutes hurllngton oakvlllo senior oflo yards hurl ijigton water- down oakvlllo ihlh fvnth r yard i junior huth head oak vulo k london milton f hodidon hurllngton intcrmedlnto ie usrdoe milton 10 lecondi j lott milton h smith hurllngton senior m lankor milton g virtue hurllngton m daub- ncy oakvlllo softball a hmw junior k london milton v mai thy georgetown a mit dull mlltort intermediate k sum d oakvlllo k symnns milton h smith hurllngton senior ft stock water- down ii mocdonald hurllngton a eiion hurllngton standing hroad jump junior ic ijindon muton 0 feet 0 inches m woollauui hurllngton i swiuor acton -intormodlatu- ilsiultli hurliiigtun1 fet t m iurner milton m daubnoy oakvluc ftaiiinr f rqiihi hnrmim news of acton and the district ommuulon in united church ntxt sanaay uio quarterly communion service of the unllid church will be hold next sunday morning at 11 a clock llev o l ioolo h d will preach tho pro- c immunlon sorvloo will bo held uila i venuig at 8 o clock congratulations from v nund 1 ho acton knglajid ousfattu maul frstly reads carefully tho columns of tux a ton fsxx 11tks as we do with pleasure those of iho gaxetta lhn lost issue neelved says lux actow ik ihnuui of arton ontieri hat rocelvi d numer ouii eongratulatl ms from its canadian i nti mikirarlen on itn uppi araiico in an ulurg d and tnon convenient form il iow oonnuu of eight pagtjt of seven olumtis tho slso of uio pugo being a liltlii broadtr and a little iiluirt r tlian over quarter of million dollars is required for county purposes actons assessment will amount to 108468g for this year vouchers for 4504a37 approved by county roads committee new liulldtnx for road machinery debentures for 68500 to be sold 263 ajred people are kcccivuig pension at tho scsijoii of tho- county council in muton lost woek communications were rood from tlie uopartmcnt of education ro grants to high sctioolx department of game and flohcrlex re game preserve in irafalgar ideparlmcnt of agriculture r acliolarshlp lu uio o a c and uy ifydroklectrle commbuilon re moving of poles ihe committee on old age pensions r porlid cxpondlturt for august of 1877 ib d that 303 aged people were receiving tho pi in ion rho committee s expenses for august and stptembtr were 133 40 iho cnmmltti c on special oommunl rulloiift advbud payment of accounts for indigent patients in various institutions amounting ut fl 013 75 and tliat a grant that of tile aruin gowtti may wo add f r 5 00 mado to tho v women s ton m faskln milton l watson oak vllle throwing uoskeuiall junior k im don milton a mltclicll milton o curluin hurllngton intermediate h smith uurllnguin e stted oakvlllo ub uaituitjr kit ii iij umi vtiut uinn ixthj wlui tha cuitoniory jolutiiataccurswheii lji cnlor h mucdon gunlph tlrowry it llloem suspidd it wo aniumheed y the ontario liquor control hoard yesterday that the me im of tlie slevman urewery in guilph hit been su ponded until fur tner notice following a conviction of one a l mcdonald for a brtach of the liquor cintrol act a quanlty beer was found on pn mues some yards from uie brawery and tt was hi id that theso jere not lcensel under thp act tlie beer it u aum claimed did not carry the lain u of the i iquor control hoard under tho ruling of tu hoard mode ycjjurdoy the brewery will not be per mltted to do any domestic buslrtevi in tho provhico of ontario while tho license u suspendod lleer may however bv manufactured for sale in other provinces a train gets under waff the hues of the engine are along new ideas and thn top of the big locomotive has been construct ed to ovoid every potlblo bit of wind renl tanco in fact tho top of tho holler u ulmou flat and tho bulky sandbox fco long a part oftho wiulpment on top has bten placed under the boiu r and kept out or the line of tho wind ihe whutle and boll aro set togotlior at tho front pf iho i hgino and altogether uio top of the b illorij pructle hty bare all hearlugh on tlu nt w locomotives are lubrleatid with grea- o und tho engineer docui t have to carry tha oldttmc oil can with him rhe spiciul lubricator bt a four speed affair and works inly whin tho engine is going an unuhii il fi aturo of uio equipment und me tint k a gr at help to tld fire man b the standard stoki r all the mh htirl fitgloiije horutlian q inirge town m ftutkln milton hop itaco open m daubnoy oak- ville h walker goo g town m hush godrgotown high jump open m smith hurllng ton h smith hurllngton l campbell muton relays junior hurllngton 41 vi c georgetown oakvlllo intermediate htplington 3d seconds milton oakviho senior milton hurllngton watordown t1ik kvkn1no meal maatrm ilio circus strong man rodn out on horbebuek to challenge a furinor whoso great ijtrciigui had gained dm a rcpu titlon he tnttred tho farmyard tleil itreman has to do on the 700 lino of up llqrmj n b lho furmpr locomotives ulun ho wants to i toko up the tiro is to hit still and opi rati u valv lley he said i vo hiard a lot about you and have come a long way to see u j t j 4vv bu4t that brings tlie coal on a carrl r to the w u t htairr mktx hn box and dutrthulkuifuel by means without answering the former selwn of u stam jit alio steam whistle ran tllo intruder hurled him bodily over the bo blown by simple pressure on a valve fpri luto uw nld lta u new ides ir can b operated in uio old work uay if necctary but it gives abuiluto j whcjx tho xtmot j rrcovirod hb as uranco that the whutlo can be bloan breath the fanner growled have you at any llmr all in all tho new typo of anything moc0 to say to mo tnghu is a great piece of work and it no wllh tho p but perhaps you apixtars to bo a wide ntep forward hi wl bo good enough to throw mo my the science of engineering horse lngllsh cingrutuutlon lux actow 1hk ukbu roprctintt tin best typo of dominion journal m and always con tains a full lntercitlng and wi 11 arrang i d dlnpluy of tin in wit of its locality while t leht wing ami rlcmi mlinatlonullsm ihlt vi ry kind comment is very ujurcrily appreciated coming tut it does from such u totirco of trained and oxpruncid journaliijlc r landing an lvntliig with hliakcspearo lut ihurbday i vi nlng a company of plnyin numoly uio king ton1 layera ndi red an isvi nlng with shakcnpoaro lu thn lown hall under tho am pin t of uie acum contlnu illon school scenes from hamlet maououi and the mer liant of venice were wi 11 pros ntod by hi cmnp my 1 he anhounrer gave n brief outline of the wenen that were ho played from each play from llumlot tui lnt rprotutlon or tho olioit inin followi d by tho re ult of hamlet n intercouni with tho ohott lln ftreneit from macijeth were uie plnnnlng by muchoth and lady mochi th to kill duncan tho rlaylng and the terrible dcith of i idy macheth lho shylock penes were the part of the mi reliant of vi nice playd the to showed shylock from tho lending of uio three thousand ducats to tho end of uio trial where iojci all became of the bond ho w de in when lio can liavo tho money ihe caitumi t worn throughout tho vnrl qui scenifi were clahorato and portruyed the different oliararti ro tht ro was good attendance and tho presentation wiu an appreciated event lrln trvli- splendid hucc lho annual exhibition of uie krln agricultural soclotirwttirhrullnstrtliunt day and riday proving ono of the mort fiueressful nliow t ovi r hold by the as koc tn tlon 1 ho prognunine included v purachute jump put on by tho kitchener air service under tho direction of mr qlufctf nnifde by tho guelph kilty uand and several novelties if tho rli tho potato raco was won by a mclntyre of acton with alfred llghtla second and harry devercatix third and travo uio crowd a thrill tho baby show was an other attracuon tho winners being hetty haudi rsluyn ii montlui old daughter of and mrs h g 1 hihdenluya erin hnymond smith 6 monuui son of mr and mm hurl smith aienwllllams nadlno mcquarrlo 3 montlis daughter of mr and mrs john mcquarrio credit vorks tlioro were thirteen on trie i and tho judges woro mus marlon woods guelph und mrs llvlnghton itie win ning teams of tho horse hoo pitching wen coulsou and gray ouolph hall nnd hall llillumrjf a hall uid telling- ton tgrln uavld larawulofarlccll u as ilrut in the old umo ilddlors contest w ith iidonuldaou waldeninrhcqud und w j overland cataract third in tlut glrli judging competition mus kathleen young and miss muriel farter were first and second evekton hynenlers paid a visit mlolilgfan visiting with itev w list wook relatives mr and mrs alex ferguson mr slid mrs jami t leslie of guelph spent sunday with mrs hlndley mr und mrs pearson and daughter morentoo of islington visited at uie campbell homo townllnu mr and mrs frrd murray of guelph lwnshlp visited at coif hoods on hunday miss elva i tamil ton of guelph spent tho week end ut tho parental home mr and mm fred mocutcheon and ion acton spi nt sunday with mr and meg john mccutchoan i ant ruesday evening tho nelglibors of mr and mm 11 l itoyco met at his homo hero and presented them with a chilr and u couch a good progratnmo uas glviu after which lunch was served und a social time spent several from hero took in erin fait lost week mongol and potato digging are tlie order of the day here mister itobcrt mocutcheon who had ills leg broken is gotting along fine iiihtltlutt lho committee on fruiting recom mendi d puymoiitgof accounts amounting to 44 70 and iho acceptance o tho t nder of tho oakvlllo itecord for printbtg tho rim illduted by luws at 3 00 per page supplies for tho hegistry oftlce wi ro advl u d to bo purchased the coiinriltti o on county hutldings udvlu d payment of accounts amounting to 3inr0 and uio purcliasa of a type writer for tho office of uio surrogate court lho committee on finance ad vised payment of accouiiu uluountlng to 71i 00 and that w i dleks account of 20 0 j bo charged to the lown of muton ihe hall ways lcghlutlon and agrl cultural committee favored poymrnt of the 00 tcholamhlp to albert g huiiter of it h no 1 f n i man rhoy also a ked tho cmncll to lonsldor tho dts contlnu nice of tlili scholarship vouriu rs amounting tn 4g 042 37 were approved by thn county hoods commit tee rho removal of pol t on tho road between lotit und 6 in trafalgar was li ft for a report from uio superintendent it wiu recommended that the diversion pf the road north of glcnwlllbuiis bo proceed d with at an e itlmau d cost of 5 000 ilia commit t o also recommend ed uio erection of a building for storing county machinery and material at a co t of 1 500 be dbicliuiod by the council and committee fees of fiij 40 bo paid and mr cleave 147 40 for ttpeclul committee services a bylaw to levy a rate for uio ex ponne t of tho county for tho currant year woj road and puusi d by tho council and alto a by law to authorise tho bor rowing of money to meet current and ordinary expenditure for uie year othejruyjilttwj uultrocolved a nrfct reading were one to authorise tho issuing of debentures for 31 000 to meet uie ifltlmatod expenditure for tho construc tion and improvement of highways fann ing part of uio county rood system an other one authorised borrowing of 3 000 for uio soma object iho total expenditure autliorixed in uio finance committee s report was 3 713 77 which was ordered to be paid upon motion tlie treasurer was auuiorlxed to pay tho ivovinclal treasur er 7 ww 35 in lng twenty per cent of maintenance on provincial highways in hal ton another motion instructed the oterk tw advi rtise for saloof 08 600 of county road dibenturen win by law to levy uio rate for uio county contains sortie interesting figures it requires uie sum of 387 3m 53 to meet expenses of the current year tlie equal ised assessment of tho county is 31 013 780 00 iho amounts that each munlcl pality jwlll bo required to raised fo county purposes uits year are as follows aoton 10 846 80 hurllngton 33 948 71 georgetown 13 bib b mlllsii 3 33i 60 oakvlllo 38 703 30 equeslng 44 050 80 nansagaweya u 378 45 ni isan 40 860 86 trafalgar 85 544 10 superintendent appointed for uio ifoaie for the aged of peel and luium county mr and mr w e yarraimte am appointee mr and mrs william e yairanton mono hood were selected by combined county councils of peel and halton at a meeting at hrampton on ruesday for thn pomtuuis of superintendent and matron of tlie hume for the aged r rim joint meouug convened with wardi ns h c thompson iort credit and w h morden ookvllle acting as chairmen on motion of hoovtu j h 1 inchln toronto township and o h church htroebivlllo it was decided to n ad applications uw h hear condldatcs applications from bo persons 31 of whom w ro from hrampton and flvo of whom were war vetoranii were read by trea surer j j jamii son twelve applicants spoko lho two councils went into oommlttoe and hi clomd susulon s lectod tho two officials tie counell doors worn closed to the public at 4 p m two hours later the decti n was rt aehod mr yarran- tutt is a veteran of uio south african war in which hn nerved for over two years an 1 aw of the oeat war he was bnrrt in lenbury worcestershire fnglund uio son of a farmer and come to canada 34 years ago after working for u sliort time as hlacksmlui with william jones hramp ton he witlt to mono hood where ho tuut since lived he married miss myrtle in no sparrow native of mono hood during uio on al war mr yarranton enlisted in tho flying corps he was stationed at forth worth training mechohlrt and cadets for the american xpenditlonary forces mr and mrs yurrufiton have been active workers in mono hoad united church mrs yar- runtmi is tui active worker in tho hramp ton women s institute hr husband is a number of mono ftowd i o l no 63 umkhoiunk mrand mrs tim junior i o d e will hold a buehre and dance id tho town hall on friday oetober 34 at eight o clock admission soc ol tulado- vlslted mrs swackliamer thw week a number of lhnehouse people attend ed churchill anniversary supper on mon day night and mr and mrs ojowdy took part in tho programme i lie women s institute met at the home of mrs c meredith on thursday for their monthly meeting miss violet scott was given a shower on thursday evening at uio home of her aunt mrs tarzwell ooorgotown mus marjorlo caldwell with a num ber of ouier teachers leaves for ottawa on thursday for tho annual teachers tjonvention to be held in the capital this week although uio times are dull some of our farmers are enlarging their borders mr j hrooks and boos have purchsvsod uie lowery farm on the townllne dennis im went to ouolph hospital on wednesday morning for an operation for appendicitis hope to see dennis home again soon and completely recov ered mr sidney klrkpatrick was startled on wednesday morning when he wont to uio shop and found the garage doors standing wldo open and his ear gone ho was out driving the night before and loft all safeat ten o clock so far there is no trace of the car or thief hv ii caldwell was at fonthlll on sunday preaching anntveraary aervioes tkophv winners at tho sehool fairs throofhoui hshoa county eaton trophies and shield tlie following are the winners of urn katon trophies at each school fair fulermo silver cup hruco fox s 8 no 3 trafalgar flint and feauier donald wood s el no 3 trafalgar ih p of ours kvav s s no 3 trafalgar hurllngton silver cup homer smith o s no 15 helton flint and pcauier allan hhcppard 8 s no 4 nelson tills canada of ours delos forteous s s no 15 nelson hornby silver cup aubrey kerr s s no 4 ksqueslng flint and feather harriet ivacock tt h no 1 trafalgar this canada of ours dona brown s b no 0 trafalgar bannockbum silver cup holon more dlui is h no 16 esquesiog flint and feauier jessie cross b b no 13 es- qiicsulg tills canada 6f ours harold scott 8 b no iff tetjueslrtg mount nemo silver cup florence hose s s no 6 nelson flint and feather mary hose 8 b no 6 nelson lliis canada of ours muriel freeman s 8 no 3 nelson trafalgar silver cup wm berkers s s no ib trafalgar flint and feather mltclioll hooui s s no 18 trafalgar thls canada of ours evelyn savage b b no l3ttafalgr brookyule- llvr cup frod hlno- 7iarttbrnglo and featfier huby walker s s no 4 nasangaweya tills canada of ours wm hobertson s s no 3 nassagaweya the winner of the shield at each sehool fair la as follows palermo tt b no a trafalgar 730 hurl inn ton dutrlcts b no 4 nel son 458 points mary lambshead teach er honiby s s no o trafalgar 400 points mary e feddle teaohef mount nemo s s na 3 nelson 360 points louisa bpence teacher trafalgar o s no 18 trafalgar 433 points arllne miller teacher brookville s s no 4 nassagaweya 344 points krwtn b wilson teacher standing field crap competitions the following are the awards for the potato crop comneution conducted by aoton fall pair in conjunction with tho department of agriculture arthur swackhamer r r no 2 aotosl dodley variety 4v4 polnu huh m held r r no 3 acton dooley variety 92 points thomas butchlnson r r no 1 rockwood dooley variety m h polnta leslie oi pearen r r no s acton dooley variety ww points r l davld- aon r no 3 acton dooley variety bi points robt kerr r r no acton dooley variety 90 points robt btmros r r no 3 aoton dooley points the fouowlng cotnpeutors acored 86 points and over r n brown r r no a acton dooley variety 814 polpta ftobt alien r r no 3 aoton dooley variety 85v4 polnu tboa mnea r r no l auelpn coubler variety w point