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asz 01g arton 3tefrggfl thursday o 1 1 the prodigal last night tho lioy- cunio buck to mc tho uiugiiliic boy illcrcduloua of goou long loai farwandorou in tho waya of men lo cumo and rouaed me with an otd- en mood lie cumu tiio lover and enthuuluat fcjhook oil iy yearn tind with t i lightened tth 1 smiled at tjho hhadowu that tho world had caat and looked ut life with all tho old surirlhe and i the aluvo of patience took him in gave jiim my heart and bade him 7 wehoinuf tmuil thrilled with inu fir earn a of whal i yet may win ajlurcu again in kolnlcn paths to ruoin and niiw i know llfo has no greater joy than having lived to bo once more a boy peter mcartliur news from overseas acton homo ot interest irom tho pages of tho acton gazetto under tho sciieme for tho inter change of teaenora with the jdonilri- ionn alisa a w hunt of victoriu austrauu will corao to acton in place of miss x m tirovna local teacher tno acton old girls tennla club will hoxd their llnal tennla social of the season tomorrow at the central school commencing at 8 pm admis sion la 6d including rctroaamonts- tho number of acton children re quiring removal of tonsils and aden- olds is 50 more than anticipated and it is hoped to obtain improved terms from the acton hospital for this class of operation i tho death occurred on friday in his seventy eighth year or mr justus hill shaiimar- gardens acton the well- known arum and book illustrator david assertion oaborneroad acton was summoned to acton police court on wednesday for employing live younij persons contrary to tho factory anu woritauoph act a bus a milk barrow a costers cart and a store front all suffered more or less damage in a mishap which oc curred in in uxbrldgeroad acton at 216 on saturday jbreaenck cade x icontroad acton green was tmod fia at kaling police qquct on tuesday xornot having a light on a horaudruwn vattat madetoy houd kallng the acton scientific and literary society will open its eaaon by a lecture on kiplings ttusaex by mr basil liarham of acton sir a t barnca esmond- gardens acton who is a member of the acton chamber of commerce und interested in tho timber trade la about to pay ooo of his periodical visits to tho northern and eastern ports of europe david woodbridgo a laborer of no jjted abode was lined 20s and costs at acton policej2ourt on monday for being drunk and disorderly in- high- street acton and using obscene lan guage by an interesting coincidence thej autumn conference of the diamond jubilee- year of the london baptist association will be held next tuesday in the acton baptist church which is itself in its diamond jubilee year at its meeting on monday tho com mitteo of the acton chamber of com nierco wiu congidcrjheadyablutyqj advocating on hygienic grounds the passing of a borough bylaw to pre vent dogs entering shops acton baths vere crowded to cap acity on wednesday night for the second annual swimming gala of the west london central school sports association much ot tho holiday spirit was re captured at acton parish church on sunday ovcnlng at a special service of thanksgiving for the privilege of holl- days and their pleasant reminiscences a marriage of interest to actqn friends was soemntxod ax alfreton wytuilco congregational church laat wools between mr kustaco 1a h kvans and miss gwen spence only daughter of mr and mrs h t spenco of hall street aifreton mrs b mace gunnerflburylane acton wife of inspector mace acton polico and mrs g hlllerman old oakroad woxo amongst tho 1p2 com- petitors who correctly estimated the number of persons at wembley on fri day week they each received 3 a fine of 20 was imposed by the jbrentford magistrates on monday on george henry northover of ksmondo- road bedford park for dangerously driving a motorcan his license for tho current year was suspended j a barker who was trying rls luclc in ono of tho streets of the acton poets corner got very disgruntled over fiis success with my little gray home in the west the aong wan doleful tho evening dud and drlt- ly and no one took the trouble to come to the door with a copper or two for him provisionally accepted terms for now furniture jinvthet acton schools came tt 226 4s 3d tho acton parish church harvest festival will take place cm wednesday october 7 and the following sunday tho actan central school was very successful at the recent sports of he west xjondon central schools asaocla- lion a landlord complained to the acton police court orrtueaiia7xnaxnewab attacked by his tenant and his wlfo aiker tie objected to his -daughter- courting on the doorstep lato at night tho mayor of acton 1ms presented a trophy for tno junior girls team rnco in the acton and chlswlck bchoolh swimming gala whlclt will tako place at the acton baths a number of musical and ameteur theatrical friends rallied to the aup- lort of the kcv p p boustead at the entertainment which he organised in sldunstana hall east acton on tuesday night to provide funds for tho sunday school outing before a large gathering of friends in tho acton pariah church on mon- dny afternoon the marriage took place of miss dorothea marts- allen church held road to mr arthur henry cecil beake only son of mr and mra a beake churchroad wlllesden there is nothing liko a good aim as willlamtcji said and if tho united friendly and other benevolent socletloh succeed iri raising annually half the x 5000 which in their aim for the acton hospital without lessening revenues from other sources they will obtain the unstinted umnka of tho town and of all interested in tho welfare of our best asset in eplto of thp bad weather on sun day afternoon thero was a largo atten- dance at the acton brotherhood mect- ipkt the acton male voice choir under the condiictorshlp of mr walker robinson were rcsponatblo for the musical part of the aervlco looking backward f granted to mo tho magic power backward to turn times illght one hour this joyous thought my spirit cheers might i- not make it fifty yearfl george a gillespie on dayllslit saving in the ottawa citizen ah yes was ever human yet who saw grey temples in the glass but looked with futile fond regret upon the decades as they pasa and yearned to turn tho clock of time back to tho glories or his prime and some would j yea fifty ycara back to tho land of youth and yore that magic lslo of joys and tears which vanished to return no more no more and yet our memory strays unblddon to those golden dayu neighborhood news town and country oakville burlington lertiii r miss allle bleuiflnger eutertuinod 3 guests at a mlncellanooua shower laat thursday evening at her homo on hagcr avenue in honor of miss june marshall of ash mr and mra 13 burns have returned horuo from a viuit with relatives at wiacpimjlii horticultural society are to be congratulated upon tho ilno lien lty spot they have made to the entrance to tho town opposite the brant inn mr and alra e parsons celobraed their twentieth aiiniveraary of titly wedding at their home locuat stret on momiuy evening about lllty gutata were present tho ltandolphalchoiiald construc tion company of toronto have been awarded the- contract for the exten sion to the revetment wall at tho foot of brant street the companys tender being the lowest luooo will he spent and tho work will bo commenced completed this kail a meeting of all the ladles inter ested in tho election of duncan camp bell liberal candidate for th- county in the coming election will be held ut tho estaminet on thursday after noon at 3 oclock the fire and light committee of the towncouncil held a meeting on monday evutrr4i chief -coates- to idiscusa much needed accessories for llrmllre dejartment the lire brigade put in their annual requisition ut the beginning of the year but the council did not purchuse all the items men tioned in the request when the lire occurred ut tho town hall this spring a numer of accessories were burned but were not all replaced gazette turn back tho clock but would we be ono whit tho kinder better znon would time a nobler you or mo produce if llfo were liyed again or would we stumbling as before reach at last tho selfsame ahoro tho dotard boasts ho would be wibo if ho were young again tis vain tho past has gone the present flies- 1 tho future with its joy or pain j awaits us tla for us to say what kindly deeds shall gruco our day turn back tho clock iudanycburse arid let us too continue on from sun to sun the humblo happy tasks wo do and looking forward with clear eyea vision tho dawn of paradise tammas op tok0nto can you remember i havo just received thr following from my friend john s coleman of stevens point- wis why was for many years a resident of acton and a very reliable local historian bear old man of tho fkek press as he reminiscences running in the fjieh pjikss for several years have re cently arrived at the point of some what of a who can retnombcr de partment with occasional allusions to election incidents and as a dominion election is pending may i contribute somewhat thereto in the daily paper published in the city of my present homo there was yesterday an allusion to stockton oldest voter tjihf bein a town towriaiflpj7 part of which is now in the city this oddest voter voted in 1872 his second voto being in the fall of that year fgr uv s grant as presi dent of tho states the rev j ii mcllaln ii ii don ovan w s snvugc ii ityrlc and ii a ashbury attended conference ii hum- llton laut vlf 1- tho w c t u hold a successful rally in temperance hnll on tuesday evening there was an unununily lare attendance tho hon t a low minister of trade and commercu in the king cabinet addressed a meetlnp of liber al aupporterain victoria mall on mon day evening to largo congregation both morning nnd evening the rov dr willlanrf wallla the new pastor preached his lnnuguial aorrnons hint sunday in kncpc presbyltrliin church the local corps of tho salvation army was honored on sunday when colonel and mrs mllfcr field secre taries or third in command of tho salvation army in canada east visit ed nnd conducted apodal nervlces n the salvation army hall the finance committee presented cpmpleto report regarding the fair riddles where was king crowned ioh hi head alfred the great why are our ears llko jazz bauds because they jjoth have drums if a ntono were thrown into the sea what would ttbltome a whetstone wet atone why la the letter y the most wonder ful in the alphabet ttorause it turns a young lad into o lady what runs upstairs without even a sound a carpet why la a giraffe tho moat forgiving animal because it overlooks everything it was not my church la tattoo tqnhebnnd on tuesday night showing a not balanco of 224- 91 over- hie expenditure involved it la quite evident that tho nfiair was a suc cess in more ways than one at a meeting of tho water and light commission on thursday evening last reports bearing directly or tho water meter installation were given showing a greatly reduced wator consumption and power coat for the inst few months georgetown mr r i creolman left last week on a business trip through the west and british columbia rev dr cline of grimsby was in town on monday attending tho funeral of tho lato miss duyfoot mr and mrs r erwln mr and mrs h goldham and miss mckay visited friends in palermo on sunday mrsr l creelman is visiting with friends at rochester and nev yorlc mrsttatpir rosa is at ttalleybury vlbltlng her daughter mrs c i tuer mr and mrs g t coo iert on sat urday for dotroit whero they will visit friends mr and airs s h ismond motored n nibce mrs w h colo on saturday now in my own easy recollection there was a hotly contested dominion election that year th fact i go back to 18c7 tle year of confederation at july 1 when about in september a twoday election was held as members of tho local legislature were also elected this was an open vote nnd it could easily be known the standing of tho majority by jceoplng watch i am not just now aware wno ran in hal ton us 1 did not llvo therein but can very well recall tho four who were up in the neighboring north wcntworth but oio any of your read ers now living who voted in 1867 the live- years following brought up many important matters and contain ed much political bitterness so that in 1872 the john a macdonald government was strongly supported and hotly oppossed the great now trariscontlnontal railway protection etc wero burning issues this was nearly tho last of the open votlaffi and was only for one day but tho voting epread over several weeks there may be several ft use piiess readers who voted that year- waa it jt john white who was haltono member in the spring of 1873 hon l s htintlngton sprang a sensation in the newly- elected houso by charging the government with h accepted 360000 from sir hugltahan to help carry the elections and so obtain for his company tho charier to build tho new canadian railway after a strch uous time in the house and throughout the country tho government in a fall session of tho same- year resigned and hon alexander mackenzie became the premier this- necessitated a new election which took placo during tho early days of 1874 when tho- npw government of mackenzie blake dor- ion and others were sustained in a simultaneous vote john white be lieve was defeated that year by a small majority by d b chlbhprnocj hamilton as a kind of independent this was the last of the open voting tho ontario government introduced the bullotln ls76und it followed in all subsequent elections messrs mac kenzie and blake had to resign pro vincial membership or leave the cdni- mojis in 1873 through the costlgan act which precluded members hold ing seats in both houncu blake had been premier but was succeeded by oliver mowut mackenzie had been his treosurern now how many car re member with our permission i may follow with some more subsequent and per haps more interesting political rccou lections your j j a miss clara speight graduato nurse of now york city has been spending a couple of weeks with her parents air and mrs t j speight mr ed mcwhirter superintendent of tho paper mill department of the provincial paper mills who under- wont on operation at a toronto hospltr al last friday 18 progressing quite favorably on thursday evening last tho mem bers of georgetown united choir wero entertained at the homo of mr wm gowdy limchouae last saturday morning as william orr mechanic in oneills garage was working under a car a link in the block and tacklo broke and let the body of the car partially down pain fully bruising and cutting mr orr about the face fortunately ho was not seriously injured on tuesday evening october 6th the young liberal club of georgetown vas organized with tho following of- jacorsl elected jresldenk rosacam erm let vicepresident arol oneill nd vicepresident edgar wrlggles- worth executive committee messrs eddlo gibbons clarence walters and cli ester laird herald as compared with those corresponding in previous years miss juliet chlsholm and miss jean gregory sailed last week for paris france miss chlsholm will continue her art work under a french instruc tor and miss gregory will attend the sorbonno university the band will hold a carnival dn hal loween night commencing with a cos- tume parade through town to tho rink whero prizes will bo awarded for the beat costume it wlll bo followed by a danco in victoria hall tho marlatt leather company re ports tho biggest business of its his tory the plant at present la working overtime and is producing and ex porting large quantities of patent leather to england and the united states fire destroyed the plant house and part of the greenhouses of perkins sons- mcdonald road kurtnlght the are started in the plant houso where the heating equipment was installed and was first noticed about 1230 tho prompt action on the part of tho flro- men confined the blazo to ono end of the main bui rcqord lying is a most disgraceful vice it first despises god and then fears men pjutarch what is that which you cannot hold for ten mlnutossand yet is as light aa air your breath what 1h the difference between a dishonest milkman and a swallow one skims the milk and tho other skims the water she wished to make sure why maria exclaimed mr cal kins hurt and indignant as ho saw the fishwagon turning at tho lane whatever havo you gone un ordered fish for today and you putting up my luqch for a days fishing i know bias returned his wife cheerfully and thats juht why when i got my mind set on flsh it just breaks mo all up to have to unset it now if you hadnt mentioned any thing about it and had just come home to supper as if youd beon dig ging potatoes all day why i never should havo miascd em but as tis it didnt seem as if i could let tho flsh man pass too late george come como what was that georgo sprang from his bed at tho sound of his wifes voice raised in earnest entreaty george quickly he scrambled into his clothes she was lnperil not aaecondmu3too lost ho must save her george george- george at last ho is on his way down three stairs at a time to arrive before her breathless in the diningroom ahgeqrgeyflu are too too- mtet too late yes baby had his toe in his mouth and ho looked so funny- why didnt you come whonrj called i thought my church waa narrow that in her service 1 wan denied the joy of life i thought that other folks more fully entered into times rich gain and found great happlnesfi i kqjn not of liut when i stopped to think not narrow was my church but my own sclnstr heart craved things- of fleshy ease it was not my church it wan i i thought my church lacked soci ability that folks both caino and wont and no one seemed t caro la either case t thought that other places of fered so much more joy to strangors but when i stopped to think thero waa no unsociability about my church it camo to mo id hurried homo with out a thought of tho atrange face it was not my church it was i 1 thought my church waa dead i wept at that grave thought that she no longer faced a moving generation with a vital message myfaco was sot with weeping if we could but have a preacher come to raise tho dead to life and fill my church how gracious that would be ri but i was startled as i stopped to think that i was weeping all alone and for myself i found id never lost tho gravo clothes and the napkin utlll did tightly bind my lips that no word to lift the lost had ever passed from my heart i found that i was dead it was not my church it was i rheumatic pains go swollen joints vanish twisted swollen unsightly joints are rapidly freed from pain and brought back to normal with rhouma- lame people walk without aid sleep comes to those who havo been unable to lie in bed hands that wero helpless because of terrible rheuma tism are now ablo to do their shave fortho support othfffamilyr rhouma is a wonderful remedy for rheumatism gout neurltlsv lumbago and neuraglia it is a wonderworker i c never fal ters never gives up until every vestige of poison is expelled irom the body iiheumaactaoa -stomach- liver kidc nova and bladder all at bnco and quickly brings long prayed for com fort to distressed sufferers e j has- sdrd and all good druggists soil it with the guarantee of money back if it isnt satisfactory a token of pleasure the new manager was a 4yrant and before ho had been al the mill a fort night he was generally detested lie wished to know the reason why ho waa disliked and said william how is it that tho hands dont like me at my last placo thoy preabntod me with a silver teapot when i wan leaving only a silver teapot said the old weaver by gum if thall only leavo here i bet tball got a gold kettle bonds stocks and grain private wires to new york chicago winnlp and toronto 1st mortgage real estate bonds t j hannigan phonvm quclm running full time nowtho holiday season is over eye examinations every day except tho wednesday half- holiday if having trouble with your ayaa wrlto in or phone 1091ir for appointment a d savage optomotriit and mfg optjoll right at tbo poet offlca sdvoqo building ouetph suburban customers called by long distance slocked to oti sale best we ever had writes a department store faint heart never won a new customer t- l eearsffc wo but wh p wok can p shl js7 a pre88m problems that now beset our country what everybody says will be well on the way to solution erin jdr and mrs s clayton and mr james clayton of grand valley wer sunday visitors with mr and mrs r t elgle mr- and mrs h frankum and their daughter of harrlston are visiting with the latters parents mr and mrs w hull mr and mrs patef sinclair and miss mcartha smith motored to licamsville drtd spent tho weekend with their flislcr mrs curtis mouse mr john bush is spending his holi days at his homo here he has been removed from hastings to tho leam ington branch of the royal bank mr george rarosdon of grimsby spent the weekend with his parents mcr and mrs george ramsden itov br and mrs hilts of toronto are visiting with the latters parents mr and mra george ramsdens tho rev j h and mrs rogers of woodford grey county were recent visitors with mrs clow jura orralo awrey has returned to winnipeg after spending a holiday with mr and mrs isaiah awreyr jut j c dyer returnod homo from the vcst on saturday evening where ho has beon during harvest what might have been a very ser ious accident happened to mr and mwthartand bllilo of hlllsburg last thursday evening the bolt camo out of the stoering gear and caused the car to turn into the ditch little blllla was the xnost seriously injured get ting his leg badly bruised mr and mrs a w smith ltarmcrs city 111 mrs dr john scott and mra grundy of peoria iii accom panied by mrs g henderson of gudnh motored and nro visiting with the formers father mr thos smith caledonrand other friends advocate 1 what class of immi do we wantt ij- valuable lessons to be learned from past failures heretofore we have always taken it for granted without much careful thought perhaps that it was farmer immigrants we most wanted people who would settle on our vacant land in the west and produce more from the soil and complaints being loud and numerous that farming in canada was not as pro fitable as it should be we have tried to convert an unattractive situation into an attractive one by lowering the tariff on manufactured goods in the hope of thereby lowering farm production costs and so increasing the farmers net has that plan gotten us anywhere in 1924 despite tariff reductions made ostensibl to benefi agriculture there were actually fewer farm immigrants than in 1923 and whevagamstthertotalimrni mxtrvietsmxt milton faith in advertising dorothy hdd beon praying tor a baby sister tho other day nor mother white reading the paper oxclatmort i see mrs smith lina a little daugh ter hdw do you know that dorothy inquired it aayo bo dear boid ltto me- 4p her mother read born on march 2 to mr and mrs firnithwi daughter xorothythought a moment and then juld i know what im going to du do you know how to get h good hot meal without coolclngror using a flume of any sort rm ming to rtn iravliur aria bvfeln nb n is imirobulmo atfvwrmitf wbl at au eat mubtartl and tobub i can remember quite diatinctly tho various political incidents referred to in mr colemans rcmisccnces though had not commenced to voto when condcfcration was established in cun- tho first election by ballot i recall very clearly it wnn a provlncal elec tion in november 875 tho contest- antflln halton wero col clay of ner val conservative nnd w p- xyon mil- ton reformer mr lyon wns elected the doputy iteturning olilcer for acton at this first election by ballol fifty years ago was ii p moore who was then clerk unil treasurer of tho municipality the luto- william gor don was tho dcjiuty itcturnlng olilcer at ilannockburn sheriff macklndsny of milton was the returning officer for tho county this election a hot one dr gow3and left saturday iiighb for t paul minn where ho will at tend tlio thterstate 1ost graduate medical asnembly mlha irene graham elder daughter of mr and mrs e b grahjim left j thursday for buffalo to cqmnlcto her education in ono of tho buffalo schools the members of st paxils united church miltoix tendered a formal re ception to their new minister hev n a uurlburt and his family last fri day oveniriff tjio anniversary services of knox freabytcrian church will bo hold- on bunday tho 18th of october the rev t crawford brown of toronto will occupy tho pulpit at both morning and evonlng services mr aira mrs robert stranaghan palermo announce tho ongagoment of their only daughter lillian bca to mr william pearco bayley of muton son of mr and mrs william bayley chatawbrth the marriage to takfo placo in october ata meeting of members hind ad herents of knox presbyterian church milton on monday evening last the itev james n mcfaul of tottonham waa aclectod as tho minister to whom a call will bo extended reformer mr and mrs john j walker of stroetflville announce tho engage ment of their elder daughter emily belle to gordon mcmurray son of mr and sirs albert mcmurray of oak- villo the marriage to talco- place tho mlddlo of- october mr allan postmaster of grlmhby wnn tho guest of mr w x mcciena- hrtn with whom ho attended tho model school lieio many years ago on monday an irish cobbler potato weighing 2 ibfi 15 osc was exhibited at the champion office it was grown in town by john randu jr ii it13ommc agricultural- rrepra aentatlve is confined to his horns by nn attack of grippe uobcrt nuff formerly of tho second line esauesinff who went to britlnh columbia two years ago arrived hero on tuesday to stay horo until- tfpvlng clibaiiiiwn gration for 1923 and 1924 we offset the total emigration from our towns and cities we find that the country has suffered a net loss i so obviously there is something wrong somewhere rin the plan we have been following either in the assumption that it 13 farmers we most want or in our method of attracting them perhaps its a combin ation of the two population increases should be properly balanced in shaping our policy as above we have certainly overlooked one very important fsoint farmers as a rule dont sell to farmers but to town and city folk so when we try toincteaserfarrn popabonny methods that operate to decrease town and city population we are actually making things worse for the very people we are trying to benefit we are curtailing a domestic market that our farmers can control and we are increasing their de pendence upon an export market over which they have no control an alternative plan that promises better success let us now gp balck to the beginning again and start from the alternative assumption that itsj primarily town and city population we jyant to attract are 63 countries wrong and only canada right while canada has been lowering her tariff these 63 countries have been raising theirs algeria japan argentina latvia australia luxembourg austria madagascar belgium malta bolivia mesopotamia brazil mexico britisheastafrica netherland east dependencies indies britisn guiana newfoundland british honduras new zealand british west nigeria indies norway bulgaria tparaguay chile persia china peru colombia poland czechoslovakia portugal ecuador ronmania egypt russia esthonia samoa finland san salvador france sarawak repub of georgia serb-croat- germany slovene state gold coast seychelles colony sierra leone greece south africa guatemala spain holland sweden honduras switzerland india irish free state italy tunis united states uruguay and now even the united kingdom has begun to protect her home markets 63 countries have been mak- ing it more difficult for canada to sell in their markets whole canada has been making it easier for the whole world to sell in hers i have they all blundered has canada alone shown wisdom obviously the way to attract that clasfl is by switching from a policy of lower duties to one of higher duties the one thing above all others that the immigrant wants is the assurance oi a steady job at good wages give him that and he will come in his thousands yes in his tens of thousands and in a policy of higher tariffs he will have his guarantee that steady work at good wages will be awaits ing him yes you say but what about our farm population we want it to increase too of course we do but with town and city population increasing can farm population do other than increase in pro- portion with more customers for farm produce and with a higher purchasing power per customer due to higher wages isnt it inevitable that a dometudply wntifeforu3corning to meet a domestic deman particularly if we p farm products in the same way that we propose to protect manufactured products a precedent that shows what can be done i we haveitried theplari of lower tariff as a means of attracting farmer immigra tion and we see that it has signally failed and we know the reasons why it has failed why not now try the alternative plan of higher tariffsas a means of attracting urban immigration wjien it seems per fectly clear that it must bring farmer v immigration in its train even if the latter were mere theory that would be no validreason for rejecting it in favor of a policy we have tried and found to be barren of results but we know that it is far beyond the theory stage the united states offers a practical demonstration of its success by the plan of higher tariffs to benefit all classes of population the united states has managed to attract the biggest and longest sustained immigration movement the world hasjever known what better example does canada want for higher tariff and for lower taxation xilmralotoamrvauv vjotory ccnuxjuei mo day omtommot