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fllg in li1liiiltljjni lw 5 2 plppspissrrs m bfflgffgp v ft fiftyeighth year no 10 acton ontario thursday sjeptember 8 ts2 eight homeprint pages rfive cents a selection of news litems 1 acton prodnoto at exhibition at the exhibit of the a r wiluams machinery co in the electrical building at the canadian national exhibition the new inclinable punch press manufactur ed by the blow press co in acton is on exhibition this machine was designed by mr p s blow of the acton jlatbtoe shops and is now being manufactured by his plant in a variety of sizes chautauqua coming to acton arrangements are under way for the canadian chautauqua programme that will come to acton at the end of this month this year there will be seven concerts on the programme and an ad vance list of these sent out shows that they will toe of a very high class and entertaining two plays a lecture and musical programme will make the chau tauqua an outstanding event favored for moderator the name of rev dr t albert moore of toronto a native of acton is being prominently mentioned in connection with ths office of moderator of the united church in canada and he has been endorsed by hamilton presbytery the election will take place atf the gen eral council sessions to be held at first united church in hamiltont late this month farm boose on dundas highway burned a spark from a chimney is blamed jor a arewhich caused1000u damage o the old cordingley farm house south of the dundas highway late tuesday the spark set the roof on fire and the building was destroyed the bronze fire brigade answered the call but was handicapped by lack of water after it had emptied three large wells a call was sent for oakvllle brigade and by linking the hose of the two brigades a line was stretched to twelve mile creek by that time however the jjlaze had u firm hold and only some of the furniture was saved the house was owned by e a orr of oakvllle and was occupied by a hired man pnslinch tax rate struck the tax rate for the year was struck at the regular meeting of puslinch town ship council the county rate was fixed at 8 510 mills and the township rate at four mills the general school rate is 3 410 mills and the various school sections as follows no 12 mills no 2 2 mills no 3 3 110 mills no 4 2 mills no 6 mill no 6 2 mlus no 7 1 mill no 8 2 610 mills no 9 1 710 nulla no 10 2 mills no 11 2 310 mills no 12 2 mills in the absence of reeve haines through illness neil black was chairman the tax col lector was instructed to have all arrears- of taxes collected by september 30v accounts amounting to 98115 were passed big fire at orangeville breaking out in d a hoggs stables sixty feet east of the c p r station at orangevllle about 1130 saturday night fire destroyed ihe stables scorched the station wiped out a 75foot wooden gjata elevator containing two carloads of coke and defied the efforts of all the men of the town to extinguish it for more than 36 hours practically every man in town turned out to aid the fire department in the fight to keep the flames from spread ing for some hours the blaze threaten ed to extend to the tanks of several oil companies not far away and would un doubtedly have caused much more damage- bar1s on beatty farm destroyed spark from threshing outfit plunges fine steel barn into mass of flames and a complete loss results on wednesday morning the fine steel barn on the dr beatty farm on the second line about four miles south of acton was completely destroyed by fire threshing operations were tn progress at the time and a sheet of flame seemed to shoot from out the separator blower- arid in an instant the entire loft of the barn was in flames there was not even sufficient time to remove the separator and this machine owned by mr harlan wilson of nas- sagaweya was lost in the fire the tractor was backed away from the build ing and was not damaged the barn with all the seasons crop and some implements lies a smouldering mass no live stock was in the barn at the time as it is always the practise of mr turner the manager of the farm to have all the animals out of the building during the threshing operations this fine steel barn was built about twelve years ago it was modernly equip ped with the best of steel stanchions and farm equipment and lighted by electric lights the steel girders and frame now lie a heap of twisted metal the loss is partially covered by insurance and some insurance is carried on the threshing outfit which was destroyed all the other buildings about the farm are ofsteel structure and rather widely separated these two factors confined the fire to the one building although many neighbors gathered to render as sistance nothing coujd be done to check the blaze about 1600 actons share to make up on provincial hydro interest payments owing on exchange rates on new york borrowings at the meeting of the public utilities commission on tuesday evening com missioners r j kerr l g king and reeve e thetsford were present the secretary was upon motion order ed to pay the following account hydro account moffats limited repairs 450 canadian line materials ltd supplies 4719 james r kearney corporation supplies 2474 st lawrence transport express 40 7te8 waterworks account hydro- department power at spring 3557 a leter from the ontario commission recommended that the local comniission arrange for the proper testing of the grounding of the system it was deemed advisable to secure the equipment for this work and the necessary equipment was ordered to be secured it was felt necessary in order to protect the public and the workmen another letter from the ontario com mission informed the commission hat the power rate would be the same as last year and the rates to consumers would therefore be the same as formerly a further communication from the provincial commission informed the commission that owing to the exchange on canadian funds in new york on the interest on borrowings it would be neces sary to increase the rate charged for power by approximately- 215 per h p the total amount of exchange on bond interest payable by thecimmisslon to the government on account of capital investmentrln the nlagarasystenttutrlnsr actoifteam are dominion champions won again at exhibition in the tug-6f- war have jwon honor for dominion four times the beardmore leathers tugofwar team again carried off the dominion championship at the athletic events at the canadian national exhibition on saturday and also won the industrial championship group they won in two straight pulls from- each team they met this is the sixth time the acton team has won the canadian manufacturers trophy and the fourth time they have captured the dominion championship at the exhibition the first pull was won from the down town division of the canadian packers team the second eventtwent to acton when they defeated the muchpraised pietros bread co team neither of the efforts against this latter team lasted a minute the final contest was with the canadian wire and cable co team and they also were defeated in two straight pulls there were seven teams in the contest this year the shield for thedominlon cham pionship and the cup for the manufac turers championship will return again to acton after they have been engraved each man on the team will also receive gold medals for the dominion honors and silver medals for the manufacturers honors the team was organized by mr j m mcdonald and comprised the following members and officials a moieizzie h thompson g mcfadden w eccleshall g lazenby r denny f lawson h ritchie j scriven s braida and j marzack acton citizens congratulate the team on the honors they have won and again bringing these championships back to acton presentation to miss marjorie nickell at the home of mr wilbert darby in nassagayreya on wednesday evening on wednesday evening a- number of friends of miss marjorle nickell gathered at the home of mr wilbert darby nas sagaweya to spend a social evening with her prior to her entering st josephs hospital at guelph to train for a nurse during the evening the following address was read and miss nickell was made the reciplcntof a memento marking the cw- news of acton and the district celebrate ninetieth birthday mrs john thomas celebrated her nintieth birthday on wednesday at the home of her soninlaw mr howard masales mill street mrs thomas is in excellent health and except for her eye sight enjoys all her faculties at this advanced age during the day several friends called to wish this nonogenarian birthday greetings and spend a social call with her mrs thomas has been a resident of acton for over forty years pageant in the park thursday next a gorgeous pageant entitled out of the shadows will be presented in acton park on thursday evening september 15 by a group from ststephens church hornby assisted by artists from toronto the pageant presents the indian era the pioneer era the victorian era and the labor day baseball games acton won from hespeler but lost to georgetown- acton ladies won gamed while the labor day programme put on by the acton baseball club did npt draw a big crowd the boys provided a real good brand of baseball on this oc casion which pleased the fans and made a good holiday tor actonfans counter attractions in other nearby centres no doubt drew from the usual big crowd that patronize these events in acton the boys are however to be commended for their effort to provide local sport in the first- game when acton met hespeler it proved a shutout for the visitors chalmers who twirled this game for the locals seemed to have hespeler batters at his mercy all the time i it was a nineinning fixture and hespeler boys proved good sports in defeat- and concludes with a grdnd finale and bril- i p u a same struggle for the decision liant spectacle in the event of unsult- tjle following box score gives the sum- able weather the programme will jbe mar of the same presented in the arena acton citizens band will render a musical programmer dave tarzweu won at c n e d tarzweu arkell took first honors in the c n e oldtime fiddlers conteet for persons over 65 years of age mr tarzweu has been playing since he was 14 years of age hes now 68 he took the first prize with john mcneils reel mr tarzweu was for- a number of years a resident of acton and each year usually takes part hi the fiddlers contest at acton fall fair its to be hoped dave wiu be on hand this year to show how lie won at the big fair another resident of this district mr john nickell of limehouse came second in the class fur those 50 to 65 years mr nickeu often takes part in the acton event and it will be quite an honor to have two c n e winners at acton this year niiinnfaj resident reaches century mark mrs agnes young balllnafad woe last friday celebrated her 100th birthday was congratulaied by 100 guests from tor onto brampton georgetown milton llnwood grand valley allandale and other centres mrs young greeted her guests on the porch of her home and later presided at the- luncheon held in her honor a more formal reception was held in the balllnafcd united church under the supervision of rev geo aitkin and rev n waddell among the birth day gifts were a wicker rocking chair from her grandsons and two bouquets faue c stark 3b h sprung ss c sprung p cf hespeler ab r h po a e 4 0 0 ll 2 0 0 johnson cf p 4 nightengale 2b 4 ball if 3 courtney lb 3 0 hiuis rf 3 zeigler 1 33 0 5 24 6 batted for bau acton ab r h po a e huffman 3b 5 11110 holloway lb 4 2 2 4 0 0 waterhouse of 421 2 0 0 walters 2b 5 14 2 10 tyler if 5 0 0 0 0 0 white ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 leishman rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 carmlchael rf 3 0 2 2 0 0 gibbons c 4 1 2 16 00 chalmers p 401020 on friday afternoon fire at the home of mr wm norton on mill street com pletely gutted two rooms and destroyed the furnishings as well as damaging the contents considerably throughout the whole house the fire was discovered about 130 on friday mr norton and the boys had been home during the noon hour and had left the house and every thing had appeared all right the fire was first noticed by mrs g w benton whoseresidence adjoins and had gained considerable headway before the alarm was given the- fire brigademade a splendid run and confined the blaze to the two front rooms and had the fire under control in a short time the entire furniture of the living room including a piano radio and living room suite were completely burned the floor and ceilings of the wood work of these two rooms are com pletely ruined with fire and water the remainder of the house is badly damaged by the smoke and water the furniture cf the other rooms of the residence was net seriously damaged the loss is partiauy covered by insurance repairs were stajted immediately to get the residence back into livable con dition again considering the headway that the fire had secured before it was detected the fire brigade may well be complimented on the salvage of the property that was made after their arrival all regret the loss and incon venience mr norton has sustained through this conflagration 38 7 14 27 4 0 summary home run walters 3 base hits h sprung johnson 2 base hits walters stolen bases holloway waterhouse gib- bens bases on balls off chalmers 1 off sprung 2 struck out by chalmers 16 by johnson 2 by sprung 9 balk chalmers passed bau faue left on bases acton 9 hespeler 7 losing pitch ersprung the score by innings r h e hespeler 000 000 000 0 5 3 acton 201- 000 31 7 14 0 with the first victory tucked away the georgetown heavy hitters were the next to challenge the winners neu gibbons took up the mound duties and his left hand slants didnt prove so easy for the georgetown batters in the first three innings georgetown piled up a lead of four uns in the fourth innings acton batters got next to walters for three runs and collected another three in the following innings it looked as if acton had found walters number and he was taken out and mcnally substituted in the last half of the sixth innings the georgetown team moved one jp when they scored three runs this was only a seveninning fixture and acton could not register in their last innings here is the story as told hi the box score georgetown ab r h po a e ritchie 2b 412121 actohf residence badly burned home of mr w b norton and contents badly damaged by fire last friday afternoon various items of local interest forgot tor stop when a touring car with license no f7756 came off john street onto the m1u street highway without stopping or apparently looking it crashed into the rear end cf mr archie kentners car which was going west on mill street the bumpers of both cais caught and the end of the bumper on one car was broken off and the rear left fender of mr keneners car was damaged both car were able to drive away and the damage seemed trivial the mishap occurred about 830 last evening a beauharnois plan approved final details are settled for dominion to take over section for navigation au obstacles in the way of fhe fulfil ment of the beauharnols power corpora tions power contract with the ontario hydro commission were removed yes terday when it was announced that the dominion government had sanc plans for the general orl5 of the gigantic power organization official announcement was made at ottawa yesterday that approval had been given the construction otf the beauharnols canal between lake st louis and lake st francis on the st lawrence 28 miles west of montreal this canal which will shortly be conveyed by deed of ownership from the beauharnols company to the another erin barn destroyed the fire menace continues at erin fire last friday destroyed the farm buildings of norman barbour this is the fourth adjoining farm on which fire has cccurred in the last two months the fire at the barbour farm started in a stack of grain sheaves at the back of the barn erin fire brigade responded under captain w e bush and were successful in releasing all uve stock except seven pups the loss is partially covered by insurance the entire seasons crop was lost depnty minister of agriculture to open acton fan- word has been received by secretary f lwright of acton fair that deputy minister of agriculture hon j b falr- baln will be present and off iclally open acton fair on wednesday afternoon september 21 hon t l kennedy the minister qf agriculture for the province is unable to be present and the deputy minister has kindly consented to fulfil the duties of opening acton fair of 1932 the directors are delighted at this honor that has been conferred on acton fair this year acton womens institute meeting the monthly meeting of the womens institute was held in the parish hall on friday afternoon last with the president mrs j e gamble presiding after the business mrs dr mcniven gave the ladles a very inspiring address on home and country your vote and mine which was very much appreciated com munity singing and a social time brought the meeting to a close mrs wilson presented mrs mcniven with a beautiful bouquet of flowers it was decided to have a booth open on fall fair day as usual i m pi had not saturday nights heavy rain checked it in time- however the coke- filled elevator built of heavy planks continued to burn until about noon on monday the elevator was valued at 10000 the total loss is placed at over 15000 the mcdonald clan gathering the mcdonald clan 250 strong gathered at stanley park erin for its f fifth annual reunion those present are descendants of jilmmcdonald and mar garet gibson who came from scotland to settle on lot one on the sixth con cession of caledon in 1820 alter making full use of the facilities of the park a programme of- sports was run off and the prize winners were girls six and under ruth mcdonald creemore jean mc- donald i belwood boys six and under donald smith saskatoon austin mc donald belwcod girls 12 years and under lavlna mcdonald belwood muriel powley brampton boys 12 and under bui watson grand valley ken- neh smith mount forest ladles gum drop contest mrs stewart scott bel- fountain ladles time race mrs sam brock belfsuntaln mens coat race geo brock belfountain mens race 45 and over hugh mcdonald inglewood m recent ma la mr the present year to supply municipalities will be approximately 101675400- the amount extra that acton will be called upon to contribute to this shortage will be between 1400 artdl600 this year the contractor was requested to meet the commission regarding the painting of the water tower teem in which she was held by her friends in the community in which she resides to miss marjorle nickell dear marjorle your many friends in the church and neighborhood assemble tonight to offer pur share of goodwiu and honor which is due you as a member of our community while we are sorry you are leaving us we also rejoice that you have found it possible to enter a field of service which calls for efficiency and self sacrifice in the welfare of the suffering ones for whom you will labo- we have appreciated your wllung- ne to assist in sunday school choir and young peoples- work when you were invited to take part may you ever keep in mind the great physician whose life may be an inspiration to you in the sphere you have chosen do not forget the friends you are leaving behind and to assure you of our good wishes please accept this jglftas a reminder ofthe d you have spent with ebenezer friends general interest news value of dairy products among the products of farms of can ada dafcy products couectively consti tutes an important item the value of all products of dairy factories in the daminionin 1931 was 104639650 of which 225802635 pounds cf creamery butter accounts for 50186738 over 113700000 pounds of factory cheese 12796616 concentrated milk products 7067481 and miscellaneous dairy fac tory products such as whey butter but termilk whey cream and ice cream mix 34806816tthere were 2696 dairy fac tories in operation at the end of 1931 of which 1344 were creameries 1142 were cheese factories 184 combined but ter and cheesafactories and 26 were con centrated milk plants during the year under review canada exported dairy products to the value of 15775208 of which 10594917 is credited to cheese and 2329853 to butter xhequantity gnelph radial deficit for the first nine months of the fiscal year the deficit on the hydrooperated guelph radial railway is 2862662 ac cording to information contained in the operating report receivecvby city officials total expenses for the period were 5830710 while revenue was only 50i 59294 an operating deficit qf 771416 added to this afe various amounts for taxes bond interest and other items which go to make up the larger deficit injured hockey player improving carl cully dunbrook who starred at jthe centre ice position with the twin city grecnstiirts kitchener last season in the o h a race spent a fair night at st marys hospital in that city where he lies critically injured he is suffering from a broken left shoulder concussion of the brain and possibly a fractured skull the injuries were sustained in an automobile accident dunbrook has playi cd several- times in acton and is weu known among the hockey fans here from the erin presbyterian church con gregation and the womens missionary society of balllnafad united church captured drunken driver assisted by a passing motorist v h swackhamer of albany new york pur sued thomas jones belfountain down the third line west on friday night last and held him until jones was taken into custody by traffic officer donald huff man of brampton on a charge of driving while intoxicated jones according to police report failed to stop at the inter section of the third line west and no 7 provincial highway swackhamer driv ing a car owned by miss relia diefen- thal houis long island new york crashed into the rear of the truck knock ing off part of a load of wood jones did nbt pause when his truck was struck but went on south on the third line ran into a ditch and out again and was final ly overhauled by swackhamer barn in nichol township burned when a lantern exploded while mem bers of the family were turning over gran a fire resulted which completely estroyed a fine barn and its contents on the farm cf william hoshooley eighth concession of nichol township the barn was completely burned to the ground the contents included over half of this seasons crop several pigs and a few chickens but today it was impossible to estimate the damage accurately the building was partially covered by insur ance but the contents were not protect ed a large quantity of grain stiu in the yard which had just been threshed on tuesday was also destroyeu the flames it is believed that fumes from the grain in the barn caused the lantern to ex plode efforts were made to fight the fire but it spreadrapldly from the start the allan pearen wedding an lnt resting wedding took place on saturday sep ember 3 at maplewood farm the home of mr and mrs j e pearen acton when their second daugh ter lillian beatrice became the bride of rcss auan toronto son bf mrs allan ana the late john allan acon rev a c stewart pastor of chalmers church toronto conducted the cere mony the bride wore a dress of white dotted net over ivory taffeta her yeu of embroidered silk tulle was arranged hi cap effect being held in place by a coronet of orange blossoms she carried ward c hepburn if t- 4 x 3 11 1 0 3 0 0 10 0 dominion government is 14 miles long 3000 feet wide and 27 feet deep when it is conveyed to the dominion it will be governed by the department of rail ways and canals under hon dr r j manlon eventually the beauharnols according to contract will supply 250000 horse power to the ontario hydro commission this power is to be raised in quantity over a period of five years when the maximum will be reached it is expected that very shortly the federal government and the beauhar nois people will sign an agreement trans ferring the canal for navigation purposes from the company to the government it will then be as far as navigation is concerned a publiclyowned can the same as the weuand the company wul retain the power end of lt this transfer is in accordance with the agreement made some time ago after the negotiations between premier bennett and the owners of the beauharnols pro ject these negotiations followed the sensational investigation into the canals financing and were authorized by a statute jmssedtowards jheend of the 1931 session of parliament beaumont rf 22 j 0 0 0 blackburn lb ss 3 0 0310 mcmann 3b 3 1 2 2 1 0 mcnally ss p 3 1 2 0 1 0 tuck cf 3 0 0 10 0 walters p lb 3 112 0 0 28 7 11 21 6 1 acton ab r h po a e leishman rf 2 11110 huffman 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 holloway u 3 2 2 8 10 waterhouse cf 4 12 10 0 walters 2b 3b 4 1114 0 carmlchael rf 2b 3 0 ovl 1 0 tyler if 2 0 1 0 0 0 white ss 3 0 0 110 f gibbons c 2 0 0 5 1 0 n gibbons p 3 110 2 0 l 28 6 8 18 11 1 summary 2 base hits leishman walters base on balls off mcnally 3 off gibbons 1 struck out by gibbons 4 by walters 7 by mcnally 4 stolen bases houoway waterhouse ward hepburn double play blackburne to ritchie to walters left on bases acton 4 georgetown 4 winning pitcher mcnally under that agreement the terms of which were announced some months ago no compensation will be psxa the com pany for the canal othef the servi tudes easements and other rights grant ed in authorizing telle company to divert 53072 cubic feet per second of water into its power plant the land and works of the canal necessary to its operation as a navigation project will also be transferred to the dominion government the fall fad1s dates in which many of oar readers wiu be interested acton fair september 20 and 21 this year acton september 2021 arthur september 2728 brampton september 2728 burlington september 2324 oatedon- rroe- september 2334 cooksville september 30october 1 erin october 67 fergus j september 1617 georgetown october 45 grand vauey sept 30oct 1 london uwestem fair sept 1217 milton october 14 and 15 orangevllle september 1516 sims greater shows at orangevllle orangevllle fair is very fortunate this year in securing the sims greater shows for their fall exhibition en friday the 16th these shows have just completed a circuit of prescott gananoque belleville napanee and oshawa fairs and come very highly commended they require a special train of eight large baggage cars and they employ over 200 helpers all of whom are canadian they are a very complete and weu managed company with a large variety of amusements suitable for fall fair holidays consisting in part of the ferris wheel the whip the mixup the merrygoround and about fourteen paid attractions more barn buildings destroyed a large harn silo driving shed and henhouse along with a thresher and large quantities of crops were destroyed on tuesday on the farm of norman story in one of the most disastrous farm fires in the belfountain district for several years james bass and rev h l harri son suffered painful burns fighting the fire although threshing operations were in progress the blaze had its origin in a metalclad buudingcloeedlit the jume only the efforts of brat fire brigade and neighbors who assisted the threshers saved the farm house mr story lost 60 loads of hay 60 loads of grain andso bags of alslke which were in the barn the thresher uninsured was owned by his fatherinlaw william bass the story buildings are slightly covered by insurance this was the second heavy i fire loss suffered by story another barn having been destroyed by lightning on june 3 acton winners with hones the results of the judging at the canadian national exhibition have given many awards to breeders of acton dis trict of hackney and carriage hones robert kerr and son won second tor threeyearold hackney stallion third and fourth for two animals progeny of ohemarje first for threeyearold gelding or fluy third fqr oneyear old stallion j and reserve for best carriage morel any age- n g lindsay worn third for two- year old stallion first for brood mare with her foal first far foal of 1932 and second for three animals get of one sire w o moffat won first for- one- 0 yearold stallion first for oneyear old filly third for brood mare with foali- m second for foal of 1982 for threitl animals get of one sire and first- fotf clfs junior- best mare mark given tjjrss house won second- tor afo9kj ally third for oneyesavold fluy jttipr j breeders of the district have serjalnjr 3 made a good showing bldoubtediyr win an participate wlthuuiie animals atscton m wi sinclair of howard rhode island larg- est family fred mcdonald belwood oldest person on the grounds jas kirk- wood officers elected were president j f mcdonald belfountain vice- president miles mcdonald gores land ing secretarytreasurer g mcdonald i toronto committees programme john adams and family london sports w j watson ralph mcdonald grand vauey a- pf butter exported last year increased by 805 per cent compared with the exports in 1930 the increase in cheese exports was six per cent the value of imports was 1329126 dairying is engaged in throughout canada on a commercial scale except to he far northern parts of the dominion the provinces of ontario and quebec are the principal centres of the industry the evening meal dige8teb do you want gas asked the dentist as he placed the patient in the chair yes said the absentminded profes sor about five gallons arid take a look at the ou a bouquet of roses orchids and lily-of- thevalley immediately after the cere mony a wedding luncheon was served ifrhejxniple lef fqr a motor trip to montreal quebec and other eastern points for travellingthe bride wore a dress of bue silk velvet a navy wool crepe- coat with fox trimmings and smart vetour hat on their return mr and mrs allan wul reside in toronto k h jk georgetown i 013 003 7 11 1 acton 000 330 06 8 1 mills team of georgetown by the score of 54 ohils games acton ladles beat the smith st stone team of georgetown in the first game by the score of 109 in the second game the acton ladles t were winners over the alliance paper r 1 the dance in the evening was held in the town hall instead of on a the street it too was only fairly wen patronized but an enjoyable time la reported by those attending of weeks i4 ll i-j- t ljt jii