rv paob two the acton free press tirunsday notombbtc ijo the kuhe ov slf arton jlrff jrrfifl umtxr onlrl qla duiur c w n a thk acion iukk cuesh piiblubnl wty tlmrlay vu1hk ut i lir vrre 1rrnu llnillmu miir sirt a i ontario ili uulit lli pric u jim ptr yrur in ailvawe iubihu i llii i ff i th unllr aovelll isiwi katkrtii irull tiituuaul ftl lvriiim la ul i fxhrr oluioiia flie rala will- l ut lirul loliinm due tilay tlvvrllalnu ratea ml iiiillttuiii c a dius kdftor al 1nnhahif teleimionkh- kditorutl al llimnrit offic k those who never moke mistakes a responsible public board was charged with making errors in judgment by critics it was charged that this board had over a period of years made a number of mistakes to this one of the men thus listukcs persons who nover make mistakes the liar because he never admits them the fool because he doesnt know when he makes them and thirdly the oyster because he never does anything wc do not think wc are either fools liars or oysters no one engaged in a large enterprise can foresee everything sometime hindsight is better than foresight municipal world ah in a moment the loss ot three bright young lives in an aero plane crush at toronto sunday afternoon huscust a gloom over the district in which these young people wero wellknown according to reports it is not one of the calumitics that meant the advancement of travel by uir and yet it cost the lives of thrcobright young people it is regrettable that a moment of desire for a new thrill should overrule the good judg ment of an experienced pilot and result in a fatality with such u terrible ending for all it has often been thus the desire to rock a canoe or to step on the gas or do one of n dozen things that better judgment says should not be done are just as danger ous and often as fatal it all happens in n moment and in that moment hours and days of agony are too often the outcome tttoxv much to afford in these days when unemployment talk still holds the sway so much that wc miiy miss seeing the sun rise of better times it might be well to consider just how really bad oil we are in lindsay the mayor was opposed to workmen who ai e employed at thirty cents uu hour driving cars to work and those who secure employment under the locnl scheme there must turn ill their driving licenses in other communities it has been found necessary to cancel liquor permits ot those receiving assistance under the unemploy ment plan and often it is aggravating nnd the cause of withholding of chnrity to see a line of men waiting for a free meal but with plenty of cigar ettes about luxuries are splendid for those who can afford them but when the nonessentials grow to demund a place above the necessities in the eyes of the individual it is time that the individual with this false conception should have his mistaken ideas pointed out nt least chiumiun youngest provinces growth it is just 25 years since the provinces of alberta nnd saskatchewan were created at that time the population of alberta was 1h5000 it is now about 050000 saskatchewan in 1005 had a population of 105000 now it is about 817000 the total area under cultivation in alberta 25 years ago was 000000 acres in saskatchewan 2000000 acres in 1030 al berta had 15000000 under crop and saskatchewan 30000000 acres the dairy pioduction of alberta has advanced in value from 2000000 in 1005 to over 20000000 his year similar progress in dairying bus been made in saskatchewan these two pro vinces the youngesit ot the nine that form the do minion of canada have certainly acquitted them selves well since their admission into the family groflp a brief 25 years ago chronicles of ginger farm written h poo ml 7 far tlut pros rrcaw by owknixpmnk f clallki jr canadian poetess visits jack miner editorial notes hunt wc forget reeve moson has issued the usual proclamations for the thanksgivingarmistice service on monday next at ten oclock and the details in connection with the service are under arrangement with the clergy of acton in cooperation with the council every year since 1018 this service hos formed port of the com munity life and after twelve years it arouses just ns much loyalty and enthusiasm each year it only occupies about an hour and a half and yet what memories can be recalled nnd what a sense of duty can be carried out it that space of time the rencwance of the desire for peace and the review of events usually emphasized in the service at the bulj the reverence and remembrance shown at the mem- 0t iftt jtrlh iit rairview cemetery m ftiose simple expressive acts are things which make for grentcr good that can easily be measured the community meets in ajiond qfcombiucd reverence and humility- itis n littlcitliiagiiltlielieaof nllpossumyiniil yet it is u bigger thing than we know let us continue next monday the gathering that means so much when every citizen joins in that service improvin sometimes wt are prone to believe that the gen erations are not improving but if halloween is any indication it would seem that acton is making real advancement sure there was fun in acton on halloween the streets were alive with groups in grotesque costumes and other outfits that they do not wear regularly there were parties in many homes nnd much merry making at school and at homes were parties had not been planned- but the domogecom- mittcd was negligible true the police were on the lookout for those who committed property danuige but there were no promises of diie results put forth to scare them oil or no police court cases which followed friday night possibly the doorbell requir ed more answering on friday evening than was usual but it was the subject of comment from many that when the treats were handed out they were invari ably received with a thank you yes halloween in acton is a big improvement over the old days when property damage was common aqd we think the young people of today ore using better judgment in many cases than those of other generations too two minutes of silence to be observed on novem- ii at eleven oclock is just a little thing to ask in commemoration of the closing of the greatest strug gle in world history wc cannot afford to forget indefinite suspension from his government posi tion was the only thing to do when a deputy minister it under suspect for theft of a 15 dress a liiiiii in public office must be iibove suspicion in big and little things or others suffer from the taint of public suspicion a heading in n neighboring daily recently read mayor returns from new york three men com mitted suicide in metropolis in last three days we wondered if the official were afraid thejnaiiia was contagious on dliehadbettcrget1ackliomo where thu buildings werent so high to reach a successful culmination the hope oy effective interempire trade hud n poor background the bluffing of the idea throughout has been hardly successful it is to he hoped the door to negotiations in the future will still remain open and be able of fulfilment at a more opportune time i low euii anyone bo expected to write rt tpectablc prlntublo urunui on ilaj- lowi en iilifht v it lumpl rant bo doiiri hut of rnunu tpio can make nomc ut- ti nipt utiil produce the mod imkl thlntf u ifhkit n hi kei of the rrul chronicle and that alter nil would bo quite au- pllcubui to u neasop tim i hlldrun liuvu hud u small parly and tin tioljiu uid racket li tttlll rn- mmndhik in my iirn ulthmmh limy are in bed and asleep at thin particular minute illicit a mud merry lima lhoy had which luul been looked forward to and prepared for ever ilncn lhu nrut october kviry npnro hour tin children could net wili devoted lo drawing cul- miik out and loloxtmfwulrd looklmf objerti which they confidently described lu cat owli hah and wluiuti no ripliill looktnc hut or owl would ever rrcokiilwj their rariraturu of hlmrelf and ui for thn cutit wull any cut unit looked like the onei they drew would ileiervi to be the- rat lliul wulked alone how to net molly and pat olf to chool till- mornlnu i hiirdly knew they were far too excited to puy proper at trition to unythlwc they vj-rt- told und i luul not tin lieai t to be ieriouly umojeil with them whatever uu umber did ulth ihlity or rorty of them i cant lmiilm- i wouldnt wimt to be i lepoiilble for them and mithink i ii oiii today would imt bear the mirl of over sreiwoii atuntlon after mhnol the rhlldun iot iioine in double quick time and our little vi ilor alo at rived tim collection of paper hat i trumpet elappi r- ratthn nnd blow toy uu divided iimoua hum and t mkiii 1 the pandemonium lin ted patch lan olf hi tiuor to hi box behind the tove i had a friend vlltlni ine iiiul ijie and i i inulated patch- eunnpli but not havliii a lui to run into ve hut oiuilvt into liu- pmtry and pioiudid till indvhlk alter awliile the nli miblded to a llht exunt mil me wen- ublc to jit uppt r nluly while the kiddie weie lilliirlouiy competing for an apple on u itrlnu tuppiiia a c iurfiil but lmple meil a- i did not a ml to h ir or any slrk clilldreii as a ii nit or uiiuit fcidinie fao ie jirt had tuk of randvilclii i jelllei fruit ji lly roll candy and chocolate with inllk to drink nolhinit there i lliink to upet little stomachs unle it be the candy but one cannot eliminate candy atiut tin r on a fctlvc occasion ot tour ic a jickomintrru decorated the lible which partner had cut out tlie i nlrjit before but llie unlit from tlu- i piimiikin iai not half o lirljdit and lwlnkolni a the little jpurkllni eye on ach hie or the table there were ttunie attcr iupiwr and lou of fun trylntt to catch apple lloattnu in a dljlipan of water but thli form of iinu lenient carni to u iuddtin and when i one little boy ulmot iot into tlie dlh- pan a few time in liu imxlety to bo champion upplc catcher however there were no ciuaialltlcii und althouich wc ulin were urown up duveloptcl lieadaclies i there wero no hurtuchus we knew our children were not on thhhlivetirnndwe knuwpthcy were not up to any pructical jokca whlfh nowed dl reiird for other ikoplen property i there is u iplrlt of advent lire ii uu nlr on halloween niht and if children dont have amiliement provided for them at home tlliy are noinu to unci it i-ijii- wliere unii without riddance they arc liable to develop u dcclilcdly perverted i insr of humor it take- o little to amiluc children lint is if they are not already iatlated with too much iniiti ement in llie way if sliow etc hut of course we do have minn molly hovnn canmlihli ioeten whoao tumful vnm uppaam oaeli month in the llluo lell t he iull iviophono company of oimaduii kniploj iimnino rreontlv paid a vinit to jack miner at lim bird nan tuary near kiiicuviini tlutikt two people kindred iipinti uriiitly enjoyed an lioura convoy about the lirda and tlu- wild lifu of ciiniuhiii lrfat outofdooni an mnii ilevanmiid kvery i canadian luui luurd of jack mincrii itird miietuury und the iuuu work he in perforniiri- in protoelini the wild life of our country llii k prineiplo aeonm to ho love- love of the outofdoorn witli itu teemii life love of children and t heir frank triiul love of homo and of tho homely virtueii and above all lovo of god the central region of the c n r will spend 1000001 1 this your in o programme of construction and it is estimated that only 1100 in retiuired tn properly tirade nnd repair the mill street crqssiiif to spend a lltuv time aid thruuht cm the matter nnd tlili we think i not alway convenient or perhupi worth wlille naturally it is far lew troublo to iifvciicilkl tfiortiiitsllyiccnti aild end tlmm alt to tile picture uhow i hey an- out of our road then and we acton of that railway big appropriation and necessary acton is not asking for a the repairs are certainly mr john atkins of toronto has purchased the oalcvillc record from wj taylor of the sentinel- kcview of woodstock the oakville nevs ceased publication this year mr atkins will be welcomed into- the newspaper circles of ilnnon- he is tin experienced journalist and announces that the record will be run us nn independent weekly a typographical union delegate to the tiirnnto trades and labor council lost week asked the inn union moveme it to protest against printing of publ bodies being done m oshuwa and pickering toronto printers have travellers continually conyosmng loi business all over the province but when some outside firm gives into the city and picks up sonjt of the jobs what o holler they raise rarrie examiner the milton reformer this week enters its forty- mjith year of publication andithas an experience uniqudiii newspaper circles in tho fact tmt editor white who launched the journal is still in charge and has been all through the years since the journal was fouiidod that both tlio reformer and its founder tuny long he spared to wield an influence and represent the cotinty town is the wish of tiih fmui pkuss on this bjrthday occasion i asked with my as i well know the fertile brain dont have to worry about them doytv wi nil thala the quetion chickens i jinetlniis cimu home to roost and clitl- j dun who linil only work und rotocrea- i lion or amusement ut home are the hi l ones to break away from home ties you can never tic exactly mire whit even the best of children nrc uililk do without mipervlslon 1 hud mite a shock toda with put mul he is n the bet of children by any liuani hf opened uiemibjccl by iayiiurjoec i played a koki joke on tile teacher to day what wuj that heart in my mouth ipulty of our win x hid mi uu- floor under my desk nil the time the teaclior was marktnir i uu- 1 1 d ter course ihe miirked m aberilhiid uien wlien ihe had tlnlsheil i jut popped up ami tniil hern 1 ami foi innately for youna lat thu teacher h numhered it waji halloween and took ii as uu joke uwui meant to lie partner anil 1 hnvu been busy on a jib till week that wait not half io much fun a thn clilldrtivn fiirty und that wiii plokluil chlckeini i iuy we hut ill my plrkimc connhts ot in pulllntf out the pin reatliiiia i cunt make a uood job of pieklur n ehlckim to iavn my life wliluh jiliit kimh to fcjiovj 1 urn not even yet an hmiuhttlouoodtusii firmerii wife oil well im not icrumblhiir tlujnr urti thliiun 1 woitul rather do than pick chjekcnii no i am not jiolilk to ihi unnoyed if puruicr dooii mention my florin in un- enmpibfteijuiry itirms apilticarino motiiiit it was once my uood fortune to be a liuet hi a huiui on iiiai n dvliut day when ifpi inauied roiii mid duiuhter came llome fin the day and uu re uie iwo unmirrmd cjilldren still in thu iioiiil turi the mother wo a little hiklu- ejed happjlookiiii woman who looked remaikably younirfor one of hi r years she wa as he iald all iceyed up uvei the hornet din ini of her chlldien and each llil of the bell jeilt her lllirry- ln li th door once when the lull unii and the mothei ua hu y in the lltdi n hei jm tatted fui the door and lii sister ald no john let motiii r io you know he want- to open the door her elf i belli w ihe think that ip iiome wuy it adtl to the welcome i think it 1 dtilhti howard and hi falmly and they would rather have mother be the first to meet them it wa howard a tail bro id-houlder- ed man of about forty year lie lifted his mother up hi hls arm a if ihe were a child ki od her on both cheek and said looklnir line little mother and i mm11 tho lame iplcy odor from the kltrhen unit i jmelled in it when i was a boy never smelled quite juch a dellulous odor hi any otlur kttchen t ijlil you make a pcclal mince tuniovur tor me mother i certainly did my on did you think i could force t to do to my tliunkirlviiut would have teen j polled luul you lorijotten it a little inter- nne of the dauahter ill now mother dear you just ilt hero in thu hittluu room and vilt luid let us idrls attend to the whole hudne- of licltihir the dinner on the table a it i could do unit child i aid the utile mulher it wouldnt tccm like a real thankilvlni dinnei ff i didiitiulo willi it that wi mother mild another rtul- wai t son youll think ot iomcthin nice that none of the ollicra would think ol got any of your ipapu conservo to pitb th utv tajralrtv 1 aty any atlttn woman to equal you when it comua to constrven and about overythlnir elto onu pu on a tibe i ipusks my wife rome- tinii etji a uttlo tired hcurlnn mu bnir jjiiryouvcfioitmif i think 1 biai about it quite a much ilsiuu tlal aailj the iioodimtured dont know what id do if i hail thf kind of chlldien that never iiecm to iinpieclate whit i did for them thci e ai e jome mothei s who know what it is not to be appreciated mother whose- children accept us their due or a a matter or coiiie all that li done for uim tin- dally round nt work that fuls to i he poitlons ot most motliei 1 ill llie nioie vuiiiisome wiien this hap pen just a lie bindin of dally woik hi he home la hirhuned for the mother when her chlldien slum lovliu appiecla- ti m of all that she dots for them the ppn elated mother i the mother who i apt to tome up to the junset year of life with fewei wrinkle and a happier splrfl than the nintliir who hiclcji the iippuclitlon that is her due from her chlldi en and her children children philip harlow oup common contauiomi fatal joullry jinninn nymt- lvd mulllau um lir il iimilh und ixlitnlx uwilh n 1kji1 loml yo linul imrl hr-lb- lim imlllur ujuilu troitltiu at 1 1ii pi imii llmiptuhlou tiicordmukidirmtmim roup tablets save the flock sold by all dualem write for pro ihrfut iullry jiaok run pratt tood co of cuiuda ltd hit carbw av 1 diiinhtcrinlnw all day limit those children of larger ipowtlt lost no opportunity of iayini words in ii if cut i oiiute appreciation or their mother an often hupieu on iucli family irullilrluui the children barken back to the duyt of their childhood in their talk mduolh motlier andfauuir were constantly referred to hi the most aifcctlunalcway home imiirt little mother we had i u id one of uit handsome int fromnow york who had become u wealthy bllil- 111- man but who had never failed to spend thinkjdvlu with uiuold folk i and then- was no wish ot tftclr uiikrnti- heil that he could mipply when tin- chlldien and uraudchlldien had none in the emnlnie i said lo the little old null r yiu mil 1 be a very happy woman to have such lovliw and iippnclulivv chll- dren 1 nn she i ild i ililuk it has been their love and appreciation that has made 1 iciin leal triy to do all i lavu done foi thilii lathur anil i were pretty poor in thu day when we were rearlnu our chlldien hut it wan then ni it hi now they did ieem tn apjircclatu every- uiiiik we did tor them bo thatr ltwiui uuiiy to il it and juiil njt luxui iiji uiey buinuitik earn motioy they lajcan to make it aider for tin i d fuul imiim tired out huit iiluht uettlnk ready for today oven if two of my dailuliloni cumn over to help me all day but toliluht i feel ilnmit like a yquiiir ulrl it a been iiuch a happy day and thn children have aienied to enjoy all i tuudu for tluim i rea3y to help you jixj ihprrtj filjriiitnuih i the final shipment of tiil fuit pmss stock of personal christmas greeting cards arrived on satin day and they are now ready for your inspec tion- nw- artistic and -popularly- priced thig is the finest assortment we have lvt offeied our patronviuperioiialgreetingcucdi j a new line just shown this year is on assort ment with every card in the lot different they come atti actively hojied in 25 and 15 to the bo and the prices quoted include your name and address printed on them i lain resigns of beautiful workmanship othes more elaborate and highly colored most of them with beautifully lined envelopes a whole stock tochaose from in the moderately priced onorrinid o very line showingiin the higher priced lines they arent half displayed in our window the best way lo select is to come in early while the assortment is full we cannot duplicate our present stock when it is exhausted and every year we are sold out at the prices we quote personal christmas greeting cards are not a luxury they range from 150 for one doen and 225 for two dozen up to 375 per single dozen and 400 fororders of two dozen the assorted boxes ore priced at 300 and 350 and of course these prices include tho printing of your name and address thoy arc all randy to send when we deliver them to you just address them and they carry you grcoti ap- propriotely and with dignity may ve impress again order now for rest choice qtyv artntt jrmwmb riio17t artfatlc printinff mill st acton