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ragikgi eacultwo- the acton freetires wednesday december s 1030 tiik houk of f city acton jflrr jlrrfifl mcmlief canadian weakly nam ppt association uamlxr onurlo qubc ojvllo c w n a the acton vkek pukss la pnwllid ery tlmrady eveulnu at tim vtm vraaa ilullllntf mill streat aloti ontario t muik rlpttott price la loo par year tn ilvanie isat la btatva tile data lo wtilrh a lib script ion bt paul la inilicatol on tli ltrca ladal claai na hi advertising katesr malt finl advtlaetnita and in otliar rolu rataa will ha uunj at lie nil ol column mm play kdvartlalns rataa on aiiullcatloji ii a nilis fcllior anl woorlator telephones- bulitorlal anl hush get your tree right the thieving of christmas trees has been just as flagrant this year as tin past seasons and many a farmers bush has been ravaged and tho finest procur able tree secured to make a christmas tree for some home thesb trees arc the property and goods of the farmer as much as the goods on the shelf of any merchant they arc riprend over it wide area and it is more difficult for the farrrier to keep his eye on them thcrcforo the chances of getting caught are smaller but when one of thusotrees is taken without the knowledge or consent of the owner of tho property it is theft 1 ono might say that the vulue is small so is tho value of everything in woolworths store but just try some day going in there and helping yourself and sec how far you will get with your load if your tree was secured under the wrong circum stances make u rcyolvc right now to not let it occur again ledhdi merry chribtmnft to all tho editor at this time of year is just like every one else and enjoyb tho opportunity of wishing every one a merry christmas but this year has tho pleasure of wishing his merry christmas right on christmas eve last year we had to send it out a week ahead and some way or other fhnt christmas feeling seems to demand expression right at christmas its all right to do the christmas shopping early but thochrist- mas wishes come best tit christmas tomorrow is christmas and wo wish everyone who reads this message and many others we would like to reach the mcrriefat and most joyous christmas they have over had wo could enumerate our readers advertis ers correspondents staff patrons of job department etc hut we might omit in our list and we could icvcr compile a complete list so wc soy a merry christmas to all hh here once again that event so eagerly anticipated by tho children both young and old has rolled around and its the merry christmas time as usual it is merry in varying degrees for pooplc in various walks of life but none the less merry in bpite of circum stances he who has tho most in worldy possessions may not have the most merry christ the christmas spirit has been at work all this mouth and in some pructical minds all year and tonigfit and tomorrow we culminate this work in the giving and receiving and after all isnt the greatest joy in seeing the other fellow open his purccls thats the christmas spirit that makes the effort worth while it may be it card or an expensive gift but the joy of being remembered by it friend and the magnitude of being romembered by your friends all at once is the reason that christ mas is outstanding in the mind of nil the gifts mrty not bo as large this year in many instances they cannot afford to be santa claus may not be just as generous as he has been in other years but that loving spirit that prevails and whose genejosltyi3jimitod onlyuyitfi uftpatnlitiuit-thu-jliiug-thut-iimkci-clinst- mas merry ilei uh ah join actons community chiistmiis tree mill materiali7u tonight in the annual community gathering it is made possible by the direction of the loyal true blues of acton and the assistance of citizens in various walks of life and other bodies the lighting the singing and music and the gatheiing of all in a great community gathering are worth while prac tical minds may often feel that the effort is not necessary and the funds could be put to more pruc tical gifts if life were to be all piuctical without the little enjoyable things thrown in it would be a dull drab existence all fun is not good but that gather ing once a year around the community tree has a something to it that seems to be farreaching let us all join tonight as a conimcmitybanded in an eltort to maintain the christmas spirit in song ond thanksgiving and the spi ending of cheer among the little folks chronicles of ginger farm written spawlally rr the free ti by gwendoline f ciahke editorial notes isnt it a splendid plan to have the municipal elec tion turmoil all over before the christmas season and not interfering with the joyous spirit of the christmostide from now until january first the news of the world will be confined to glaring headlines about the toronto elections after all even the city dailies are only local papers of o multitude of pages the value of a factory in a community was shown last week when at tho annual meeting of the ontario memorial company in acton it was seen that this plant had expended over 23000 in wages during the year actons grant of 2000 for relief work on un employment may seem small in connection with other grants given but it seems very much in keeping with the situation when it is cohsidcied the amount must be used before march this is the night before christmas that has been eagerly anticipated by so many and tomorrow will he christmas day may it be more than a doy of feasting and be a realization of the birthday of christ and the joy that it has brought to the world in north bay and sudbury all transients seeking shelter at the public expense are required to give a few houis labor in return for the bed and meals this is a good idea the honest man will be relieved of being made a beggar and the exercise will be good for th6 lazy fellow canadnn net debt increohch tho net debt of the dominion of canada in creused to tho extent of 22381038 during the 12 months which ended november 30 last according to the monthly statement issued through the depart ment of finance the statement shows that the debt stood at 2185733137 on novemebr 30 the state- ihout which rcpiesents only receipts ond expendi tures actually passed through the books of the fin ance department up to november 30 indicates da creased ordinary revenues and increased ordinary expenditures during the eight months of the present fiscal year now completed the decrease in the ordinary revenues as compared with those of tho corresponding eight months if year ago totals 57- 408520 ordinary expenditures show an increase of of 1252030 total ordinary revenue for the eight months just concluded was 201720300 for the corresponding period a year ago it amounted to 310- 2h83a ordinary expenditure this year totals 252- 457478 as against 230884848 for tho eight months last year tnvstatcments represents only the receipts and payments which have passed through tho books of tho department of finance up to the last day of november according to it the net debt of tho dominion now stands at 2 or an increase of 22381038 in tho 12 months since november 30 load theosrorrtvinnrirecin week but the larger staff efficiently captained by postmaster matthews ond deputy postmistress miss f brown hnve risen to the occasion ond none were djsuppomted by the nondelivery of their christines parcels at the acton post office neighbors did you over hoar of political u henhouse you didnt well as a alter or tart neither havo i but i have m n thn nmulu ui it of course whim i tell you nil about it you may put it down to othor things and ovuryimo has u right to tholr own opinion its llko this when tho prim of cgifii was high w were uniting plrnity of eggs and they were making quito u dtftorcnco to thr family income thru came thin rumor of eggs from iirltlsh columbia hooding tho homo market and mom rumoni of eggs selling at fifteen cents a ilojn in chicago and rumors and more rumoni of cheap gs hero tin rn and everywhere and thin there were letters from hard bo hod political enthusiasts giving thin tui a reason and unit as a remedy wliic h urtor reading loft nno mom at hrn thrtn before now wo hitvti always liturd that nnwiipunrr tuclart up in thn hnnhoiifii in n ifood pruv ntntlvo aifiihuit ikiui oullnu okkii ho of louno wo havn ihwh pii peril turk up in our huihou io whwli uro r no wad from tlmo to tlitio ui li nrmlml qulu uninten tionally wo tiukid up papow about two wclku into which oonvoyod tint informa tion to all who ran lu rt ad that tho bottom had droppod rloim out of thu cult miukit unit would you bullcvo it our jiuporlntollluiiit hriri wcro no dl- iftlitd at till alwkt d iitiito of nffulrii that alfout fifty per rnnt of thoin went on utrlkn luiminllutily tho othor fifty per vi ut dont ixlontf to tho tridn union ut tlwy urn iitlll on the job having nsari thtii far you will at inant admit that pollllui havo far refichlnn reuulbi but not wiihlmr to nturt a con trovcnilal uuhject x will not dlvulg to which party our fouthored frlontbi lolon theru h i buen ureal pxrltrtiumt nolnif on thciii dnyn iui thu children wero look ing forward to their chiliitmiui concert liuit nlifht the greats ovrllt took placu daddy wiui told to tw uuro and t hln rhorch done early iui wo worn to bo thoro by nunrtur to eltfht and thu roncort wiui to itart at olkht oclock iiharp thua udmonlihod by duiifihtir molly we put our be it foot forward and worn tin re in plenty of time i hum bi nothtnu wo onjoy mory than to lco entertainments alvcn by children anil no far we havo iieen nothing to tairimin tho one wo saw last nljtht tho childn nn ilnfflnff wiui juit wonderful far bettor than iiomu per formance i havo i en put on by ailulti what a dpllndld thlnir h enthunlnmn and what a difference it can muko to an affair of thli kind mont of tho childn u fairly nparklod omo woro a llttlo too nerlouii but all of them woro obviously doing tholr very bout ajid woro u trrcat credit to thoi0 who had worked to hard to muko tho concert a micrcnii it wiui qui to a treat to watch one boy in par ticular who wiui throwliir filmic- if heart tuid mill into tho ilngliik and watrhlns evory movo of tho tcicher who was con- ductnu tho iintflnir ho utood in thn very front row but i really belluvo ho wiui abiolutcly uiicoiuicioun of thu iiiiciiliico faclntf him thoro havo been othor thlnifit uqiiih on to lntoroit farm people and town pioplu alike and tluit lii rollofworlc rhuvi beun lnteroitod in noting tho dtffi rent wuyji that arc adopted to brlnm in funds for thli work in ono town ttomuono niunt hive had a brain wave as a per- foimanco wan put on ot tho local plcturu iihow and tho entry too was anything in thn edible hue peoplo camo with fruit veso tables flour canned iroodi home bnklnir inckji of potatoen in fact almoit ivrjrythtng that can bo thought of lit for liumin connuiuptlon nnd what a collection they muut havo had tho voluntarv band of workera muit havn had a ureal time afterwards sortlnif und distributing thlft mlncollanooun uhowor of goodies in our own district a concert was put on and thu proceeds given towards relief thn roturiih were vory gratifying vmd i mn dlirii tholr offorts must havo been appreciated tuit as is lnovltahlo in any- thtn of this nature almont twothlnls two new lenders wih face each other when the ontario legislature opens its next session the new premier hon g s henry will lead the government foicts and the now jeador of the liberal group mr hepbuin will have charge of the minority following it will likely be interesting to say the least the mail and empire says the idea of the tor onto hockey club m having its progromme printed in a workshop outside toronto is that uftcr all most of the memhcis of the team come from outside toronto also and we might odd that a further reason may have been that all its supporteis dont reside within the city limits slats diary by itoss farquhar friday ma and pa had ben havoirig a fnw wircu thin cvnlng that l ma had tho wlrcbt and pa played tho part of a awdlnnro and this ovumg mr a wcm dropod in for a game of chek- korn and finely wllo ma was up stares i hortfc pa oat mr allium how did tui get nlnng with hh bettor and mr allium replyrd and ansiired well i havent imviir ben abln to nggor hint out hatorday 7 mis ters was h bragging about his grampaw today bm iu 1 was eighty 0 yrs of old age well i dont tli ink that la iu mutch to bag about in ru it has tuk him all most a llfn time to do it uumlay wllo wo wiui at 1 ll in torsi s houuo thin p m ma luit hllntorn where the old vane wils ntwltch had ben handi d down for foro aeneriudnms and illiiturs 11 ml led and sod thit this gmmriiihu 1 drapt it yenurday and it ti not no more monday ohm ilraut wiis a telling pa that a uipplt- weaks ago he told his wtfn he wiui a thinking of g ttlng a dovoru- fum hi r lo nhis hament ipoko to hun nliui thin ko now hu duiui nt half to wirry iilwiut no dnvon u teuid y unkol han wtui in town today and wint ac uoiightun a lot of malt i thot at lit he way u going to try to gi t sum malted milk mebby frum hii cows but pa winks at ant emmy and sod ibis liiuj out got limy thing to do with now cow 1 tlum foktn makes me tin d with there rimarkji on thu side to iiiilii another weniday t uchor dlililint menchln no muni i todiy but sh imikcd at me when she wan tawklng shn sed thuy aro sum iciils witch dun 1 nt no miluli but tiny try to lorn and they are nam kids witch dunient no mutrh and you cant lorn them nuthlng i dont no if i blushod or not but mibby i winced a little thirsday takin undo hiui started a drug store and was a getting along fine till yeierday and sum guy conns in with a peruklptrlon und now junius uncle uuyu hi will half to go and put in a itock of drugu of tho mnnoy taken in wus cuton up by expenses now i wonder in this worth while i if a conenrt or play in put on with thn lilea of developing local tilunt then tlielr end is accompli ihed hut if tho main idoa is to raise mnnoy in k tlmo of need in thu quickest and mout efficient way woujd it not be moro to the point to appeal to tho publln and ralno a subtcrlption concerts bayiiari dmcon card parties all havr their placu in thn schniiui nf things and could hardly bo eliminated but when dlstiets is evident and relief urgent 0011 hi we not waivo aside past traditions and a rommittto ouch ono working an hard as if iiho or hubslonged to a concert party get right out and appeal to every pen011 in town or country who is able to coiitilbutn in tinmu way lo allovlatu want and suffering lfcrndiiu itihu is inevltably rhoien by discerning women delightful to use subtly fragrant cooling and refreshing imparts a rare youthful charm to tho complexion invaluable for softening and making h nu 1 fluwles ily white tours and stimulate 1 the ikln unorul tor the family alo proti cts the tender nkn of tho ohlld and u excellent for tij fihir ai a hair flxonve unci coollnr hnvlnt lotion flaying to win how would you doflno buoomu malta a fair trial and it you should havo any tlm loft over try your hand at- that fine old puzzla of describing a genttr- man yon reallro of con rue that ttiji la a haza gome it la llko turning tho pockou of your own mind and naturo insldo out i while you aro deciding whethor ut risk it or not you might llko to hoar about a young prone h noldler hi tho spring of 1017 who pluyed wiill tho two part of a gntitlrman and a aucooaa it wiu a tmd tlnio on hut french front a colonel tit infantry uppured one night down in the trenohus tuid confronting a little group of a dozen boldlora hi ono of tlm quieter parts of tho lino he calutd for a volunteer for a task of dei- tralo cliaructer ho will not oomo back abaolutuly not tald tho oftiliir hut i call for a volunteor throo irrnch notdlent dragged tlicm- selveii to tin ir foot and miluted i luiked for one man said thu colonel very grave ly no one of the three budged padre itutd tho officer to u lied cutui man wlw wan prtutit an americ an i will not decide this you will decide this it is a command the hud oroiii man looked the thrrc soldlen in uio fate ibut ho could not 1 peak he could not think thidduuly there flashed through his mind ono of hi 1 boyhood gumcd out into plain ight after thirty years jumped tho old brick fichoolhousn of hls childhood tho graeuful new icnglund elms that flunked thu playground a noisy group of pupils and the silly old rigmarole lt ny moeny mlny mcui ending with the one two throe out goes hel like a machine ho now repeated thee words with tho ter rible ending out goes he i he young rreuchrrtttn who was ho saluted turned and climbed up into the rain and tho dark but beforo disap pearing he put his hand on jho rod cross mans shoulder and observed with a imlle that was a very intoroitlng game that vriy ulooiiy and i won didnt i i what i love to do eacrf sunst in oitcod to think of tho atunt he llkea best to do in two or throo minutes one of tho guests in aolced ui stand ahd to pantomime tlm action of the thing which ho jiut loved to do while the otnfjrs arc to guess uic name of his fauorltuv sport it may bo that lio likes rollerskating better than any thing else so ho rollerskules across tho flchir another player likes to ride horso- bac k und prances madly around tho room another uliivu a whole basibull gjme by hiiiiilf and one ol the girls swims violently all over tho room each player must continue his action until the other play rs have gutssed what ho is doing instead of the him lens having trouble to make guests puitomlino their favorrto iiporl aft r they once aro started she has n al difficulty in tact fully conveying to them tho idea that time bi upl debts collected our ruui are iusk than those of other rtiiipoiialblo arm bundling collections exclusively our experi ence bt grriitar no col1k0tion no cllalulk kelly aiken thfi collmtlan hiksouluu ouanlkvuik daclph owen sound kaun 6 to t0 iktt oay ambitious reliable med wanted at once purt time pay while training for aviation mechanics oaraga work driving duttcry fclrctrlo acetolynn welding house wiring industrial v lectrlclty machinist llrlcklaylng imasterlng drafting harboring and halrdrnsfling act quick got your ap plication hi now wrlto or call for in formation dominion tradk uoiioolh ito kauloru hiiadquartera 70 quoun wont toronto kmpluyrocnt ervitr otmut la roaai why ls a ohrlstman pudding llko dusty carpet becuuu it takes a lot of beatlna j cadesky or touonto on account of holiday season will not he hero on january 0 but will be hero on monday february 2 anyone suffering from kyuitraln defective vision or lleodurho thould not mliui the opportunity of consulting thui eymlght spculut appointments may bo mads with mr a t brown dugglut conoultatiofj p11k orflc ivoani m u uh 4 p m the improvements in road construction and the permanent work accomplished tlris year iu conjunc tion with county council assistance in esqucsiug township hrtvo beon tho subject of much compliment to reeve leavo and d reeve currio this year they have been worthy representatives apparently at the county council anoiiiku itlcorh 11houkn hoventfion thousand four hundred and fifty worcu the cwpilvalnnt of the normal matter on two pages of a nowspapor i written with a pen on a post card is bo- luved to ijo a world record and is the j achievement of m ivoiit a bank cashier hi nlmoh ivanco thoro aro 303 linos of writing on tliu curd thu previous re cord was 13500 words ejo minute is m prouts writing that few were convinced it was not a photo graphic reproduction of u larger miuiur anrlpt all doubts however wore ui at rent whon the paste ur institute to whloh tho cbrdrwaasuiit7ubi ttflod nftordloso dxamhutloii under a microscope that tho worfcad aotublly been dduewlth ipen s seasons super savings from carrolls wines imohtfd ltd 29 aylmr choc quality tixir choif pitted dates 2 poundi 25c tomatoes 2 v 21 3 f35 shortcake pound mcormicks k oat cakes p 17c animal crackers p 5c ir c q peas 435 st mutur nuts2t cuoictut mutur stiprrb qumiiiv tub figs 2 20 slftd clukr tu raisins a 33 crroll fi a ii ml coffee45 v dr 3lngerale mc rhi atortd jellies 4 p19 cirrolls iarchmenr- wrapped bacon lb 34c crroll mll cil cottage rolls lb 27c crroll old ungluh slyl mincemeat 2 pouri g9 1 tupoa oil bou rfuiwud on xlurn o carrolls crisco spmu i 66c s3 loh stnrrm miltstreet axjtonrqiitar nr-