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slte artoti 3ttt fjreins t1iiiuhiay i j the will rmiiihiuy apkiij ao lfeio tlinroa annuithl uh aitow irani laaa la iutluil nvnry tliuvluy nimnl i r b iiiif ut oio fax wu bulldtn will hirxit aofon to ml in lliarlo tim wutwiohlitloit urloa jn 1 60 por year in twill fclvu yoiumn 1 oau in ohuritd additional ii ilunea in uio or id hl htutfill o data to wlilcih ubaomlona aro paid 1m aril nl iiiul4il on llio luldnwa lbl uhoul ll7 atwmltlfllno uatih tvauaieit advortianmoiit 10 ikotil lm rnf uuto mniut limine tit for flrat linwrtlon and c wliut m tltn r ubipiuiiil lnrtlon clint rant tin ii liluy j ivi rllm nu ntu for 100 inchon or nwro pnr nnhutp tliut wliur mntu x r hull luili lnrtln alwrtlaimml without way j urtnuoih will lx iniuirtad ml forbid ami chard u ii p uoohlfl icdtlor ami puhuahm whhfth1a 1mion1 h itut thini mjtii rt1 jiiibiii w- olhfl 11m lib tin i i editorial ylfi united states wil decline llio mnndnto fur artncnin onllliu ground flint the 11 too tar from the iccnc how much usurer lo armenia 1- canada- mil mid rmjurc 4 further bvidtnce of the nnlttll ntjed of increasing llourjpricc is llic nnort of tfy in ft tnlllmj concern which huvo recently pmd a tjuartcrly dividcnt of to 3 per cent on thew stock t parmcri sun 1 public memorials n canadian tovnh jwtial 6huuld constitute a civil in cm or jul to tho men who fought in the trcaf war und to those who died for uritiili and canadian i deal u r wo often hoar tho oxprctsion that he roc need no memorials of br4s or marble that tliiur deedt will live in hmtory hut a tangible memorial ik ndvinnblo throughout i uropo are tattict anil nrfclic 1 cojninoinorutiu tho valor of national heroes of marly generations and the so memorials are truty nn inspiration to all who ijaio upon tlicni and cailada necdi more of then public memorial t which 1 imild nerve n- an liipir utiou to the yon iij a 1 much at docs our cotintryi lluft i bo onimitlco of bivo has decided that tho form o acton memorial nhall be q monument and that it khali bo loeuted in our public park 1 ot us all loyally support the- movement with financial aid and moral commendation monday may 1 lias been sot apart an memorial fund day for acton every citizen of he co mm un ity who really desires to honor tho memory of our sdldler hoi oca will be ready with their contributions when culled upon that day the post office department at ottawa seeks y to lecure greater revenue by increasing the postal rato on newspapers by 400 per cent this would mean financial ruin to many papers why not eliminate the franking privilege to members of parliament now so great a burden to tho country and give tho newspapers a fair ahow kingston whig the hill introduced by tho attorney general to e thomorntorlum on july 1 gives ample notice to all mortgagors tho two and a half months notice to mortgagors now protected by the act against foreclosure is ample and the bill is not likely to bo opposed to any quarter tlio moratorium was a war measure and is not now necessary many public school examinations are unueccs- cary and even harmful is the opinion of dean cole man of queens university there will ha many to agree with him and others go further tho system of university examinations is more harmful than that of tho public school in some respects results should depend more on tho term work and much less on tho tost at tho end of a school year the monthly bank statement for last month is sued by tho finance department last week shows ft small increase in tho bank note circulation over the previous month with a large increase in deposit in the central gold reserve saving deposits increas ed during the month by approximately ten million dollars some of the- people of canada ovidentlv have a healthy dcslro to save their surplus cash the burden of proving that a federal referendum on the question of forbidding tho importation of jntoxicatlng liquor is the best method of improving tbp operations of tho ontario temperance act almost necessarily fell upon hon mr raney tho attornoy- oonerah hven his severest critic must admit that mr ratioy carried out his task with distinct success the issue in tho house more than ever is one bo tween tho wets and the drya star arguments which satisfactorily justify thotoois ion of the government not to make tho referendum resolution a government measure have been exccoh ingly scarce tho strongest argument advanced by premier drury during tho debate for not assuming it m a government measure was that nothing should be done that would make tho vote by tho people on the question of the fmportation of liquor a party matter m m macbrlde mayor of brant ford and ono of the leading labor members of tho legislature in the debate on the referendum bill took high ground for tho labor interests labor ho said had made more real progress for itself and tho country since qtrong drink was taken away than it had before the labor members knew 41s everybody else knew ltbat liquor had been a curse to the country he was prepared to go the limit under provincial power to atop tho liquor traffic r arbor day and ltd llenefiui arbor day has becomd a recognized and lined event in the calendar of nearly overy provinco and state in north america and its value is appreciated in many other parts of tho world tho chief places of observance in tho public schools in which theru are often appropriate exercises as welt as the work of planting trees and shrubs and flowers different dayanrroftxed for the celebration of thd day owing to tho difference of climatic conditions in this province- tho rfrstyrlday of may ban for years been recognized as arbor day tho inllucnco of the day has been attended with practical results in acton nearly all tho fine maples which lino our streets were planted on arbor dayrf when tho late w h storey was rcovd tho council frequently arranged to have a large supply of maplesprovided at a central point for the convenience of citizens in planting recs on arbor day thero is a bylaw on the municipal tatuto books granting tho sum of fifty cents for each tree planted by cltixonswhlclaiavb lived for three seasons from date of planting many trees havo been planted but very few citizens havo claimed tho reward qjlcmby thcucomcj peonje generally consider tho beautiful sugar maples growing on the t strcots adjacent to their property as giving an in trinsic value far in excess of tho cosv pf timo and troublo of ptantjngv it is hopod that the significance 0t arbor day will this year appeal to all lovers of nature and that through its uplifting influenco tho number of those who delight in tho brotherhood of vanerablo trees will be considerably increased canadah llich place in tho old tand canada is evidently growing in popularity hi trcatbrtfa tiia ifdtitirop cnnd mvr- wna jrtttinc- which moans much to tho futura of the country harry n mdara i option correspondent of tho tor onto star says while siuio the pence conference the united stafck lias been steadily iflmtif ground in puropcan opinion canada by hu willmiiicn- to her full thorc in the prohlcmi of world rcconutruc lion as kiiowh by her advaucmgcrtdiu to impovt r bed european untc titailds high throughout the continent t american travcllcn ire turning from i uropc speak enviously of tho reputation 1orne by canada m compared with the united stales monday may soldiers memorial duy hie revival of the intercut 111 the acton soldiers memorial gratifying to this community dr gray tho convenor of the committee of vive in accepting of ice said wo will endeavor o sot the heather on ire at once thi characteristic scottltli term meant much when acted upon and dr gray and hu committee havp promptly sot to work a committee of interested citizens woro appointed to make a thorough can vans for furidf woo is the objective fixed s memorial will take the permanent form of a monument this committee at a meeting last thursday evening decided to bet apart monday may 3 as memorial day for acton when an effort will bo made to call upon every citizen for his contribution to this worthy object the committee will appreciate the help very much if all citizens aro ready with thoir subscriptions on this special memorial day mon day may 3 catfcy on for ikmocracy and preedokn in a very trite and interesting article on tho topic carry oju in tho current inotitrrtssih6or fho- veteran tho editor says this war was not fought for empire but for civilization not for law but for tho rights of man it was a battler between autocracy and democracy botwoen might and right between bondage and freedom tho result in tho abstract has been attained htiiow remains to apply theno principles consecrated by the lives of cana dians as a living force in canada it is our duty to establish tho principles of democracy of freedom of right of duty of sacrifice in all tho varied spheres of canadian life in politics in society in education in the church 111 business in industry mutters aro not as they should bo and it belioovcs us to carry on the fight and to hold up to this country tho idcnls of unity and co oporatiou tho real heroes of war should also bo tho real heroes of peace haw lower prlceu will como a toronto banker recently in discusning tho bust nets and industrial situation in canada stated that ha was optimistic about tho ultimate outcome of cana dian conditions but a little anxious over what must take place before normal conditions return in part of his statement he sounded n word of warning us to the results which might occur if effort a to increase production woro not mado to tho extent that thoy should be tho words referred to are as follows my ono fear is that production is not what hi should be bticauso tho people of this country have not yot got back to solid work if this slackened effort con tinues there will be much less disposition by muuu rncturcrs to keep on producing and instead of over production bringing dull times and lower prices i think we will have underproduction leading to shut downs followed by greater willingness to work and after that bettor work and then lower prices provision for tajtefl on land only thq drury government will give local option in taxation to ontario tho necessary measure was in troduced in tho legislature on friday by the pnmo minister -and- givenfirst reading tho provisions of the bill a explained to tho hpuso by mr drury show that tho government bpraparcd to havo muni cipalities go the limit in removing taxes on im provements incomo and business if tho ratepayers so decide but it will provide safeguards by allowing reductions only on a graded scale the initiative is placed in tho hands of tho ratepayers themselves if the ton per cent of those who voted at the pre vious mumcipaveleotion petition for a vote on tho question it must bo submitted to tho people and if approved by a majority of those voting tho council must pass the bylaw demanded tho act permitd a reduction of ten per cent but not moro than 25 per cent he llrst year and similar amounts each succeeding year until thq whole of the assessed value on tho improvement incomo or business is exempt iti other words until tho whole of tho municipal tax burden is upon the land amendliig of actons peace and safety ityinwh for some time it has boon very ovidoilt to t whose duty it is to administer municipal and statu tory law that it would bo of great advantage to tho municipality if tho bylaws for tho preservation of tho public peace and sufety were revised a number of tho by laws which appear in tho last list published btjo now obsolete others require to bo umeudod to be consistent wjth present day conditions and now bylavs which the statute empowers tho municipal authorities to enact should bcddded to those now 1 use tho advantago is obyipus lho work of con stables and magistrates would boslmpfiflod squiu penalties in cases of convictions which ate jiow re quired to bo forwaided to the crown attorney or the attorney general ould bo payablo into tho munici pal treasury and tliero would be additional incentives toward law enforcement tho council might with advantage appoint a committee very properly com posed of tltb municipal solicitor and tho acting mag istrates of the municipality to mnko such revision and additiops tho work otsu6h a committee would of course bo submitted to tho council when com pleted for ratification by that body u flour chuam of thk wlust ihlluttf vivv kohki the popular 1 loun hin vllva always on iianft jot our phcch of urautl scd turnip nnd mniufcl heed fleforo huylng eluowluro anotheil cait oc no 1 oats ixii ctki to av pkomim dplivrijy op olidfrs acton electric flour and feed mill 1 h ltndsay proprietor war jbond interest coupons and cheques cashed free tho merchants bimlc will cnah nil wur loan ooupoiim or niloicf i olioquou when lup on pre ontntlon yithout mukhitf any clinrtfo wl au or for tho lior icu if you havo not asuvinpfi awnnnl why not uiio your intoront money to opon ono with 6 iliiii itank v th mcrchant5 bank hdommii of canaba acton branch georgetown branch acton creamery full markoj price paid for butter fat any small amount of cream will receive our ijim attention we will also pay spo cash for eggs open friday and saturday evenings best cwjamuty buttklt nkw jiaii egcs and mteflll nuitrrmimc wirx now bk suppijed at tina cituaminty iviiy day acton creamery co watson wftesr-proprietor- lhoa quay m c m mcqlll 1 b gimow mrmthfhrltuti mofll- 1 nal awmralntloil business directory oino krwl rl u h out dr j a mcnlvcn phyaloifn and biluon ohlo nlfil kiwulo tiro 1 orin r llar j kviiiua ami i itflu hiroih hit rmld- i rifnj fiimw rty imiciiiilml hy ii m haty lcroii a i- ton oik 1 1 liunn no 31 hattou ash farmer ma darflwarr anltptttn noti corwonyncr elo pcnnvfcian plocic- acton ont moniy tfit oan v iluurw u3u li mi u g pi conveyancing ixcllti miirtitiim vfiiu t il jjwoh atmtruiu if tiuoh fumlh 1 worm lurofulli mid 1 i illy iiiiihi llnum if t in uf u u in ut f lil in u 1 rlvtt room h h wan8drough unk dental i l d i unlvi dr j m dull d o i honor nrutimtn t ity tl xtmf dalrwv mibcdllaneoi matlrlage tlccnbes h p moor uur- marrua tlorf ivltu oin me julrthl ikmuihi at rmtldvnoo n veiilnj onio arjuii pranci8 nunan nnlblil aoootllit hla of all klndu js r lflouobu of v ry dacrp lion carnf titty bound uulln ix neatly and promiitly do mi wyndhom hlnwit on libnl ovr wlltiimi- huir r j kerr llonaad auotlom tfr th countlom of hullim wollln tan vn and iunrln and tha i 1 0ty ut aualfli jvj acton ontfpvli tlalaa tnuy m arrani ml by ii i at raaldunoa at aoton iir at tha ttm takm olllco anton tha unrtiury onion uuolpb tha mnwa luwxird viruuu of with w j uordnn llnrnona uaj illlllxira hall nlruti to tt j lrf aolva uttulltlnii rniil iliitn of lllltlk t t mill i hit mitir hmioh v 1th trfl inca bqwai- avbhus nll ot my xh j e cueeveri book dindch quu 8t caat oulphj all work promptly tout d alfix niven r tnortmitmia hilrvayu for arthlu llutldoraf anil municipal oun iralnaa hoiort utlmtiim a molean building doualaai qulqipli jtiono 10r4 c choice jrocene and provisior ilave you tned mc- for fresh groceriel frenli frulta at illk pricea tho old and holl i uranito and harblev i and ilojwlbtouo work to our ouatnmarm ut wholil thujt uavlim our ouatornora j v hnn tliu laat wppllj itiy manhanloa 11 ttm a ran opurutu puauntutln wo run toivo rtifurtmi ij of our oiihlonicra in ronii liio whtiru nlhortt hnvwf aulta la onlor tv uilumu iarnut it ml boat atock c tho dominion or moro trj 1inln in tliu woal g mmtu daalorx ami mijf and do not annoy or c by aandlnir out lmirunv in ordora wn amployu and dafy competition hamblftom x3or norwloh woolt 1 m jj a