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l riiminrii the home of member canadian weekly newspaper association member selected town weeklies of oalsno the acton free press is published ererj thursday morning at the free press building mlut street acton ontario the subscription price is fioo per year in advance postage is charged additional to offices in the united states the date to which subscriptions are pad is indicated on the address label advertising rates- transient advertise ments xo cents per line agate measure for first insertion and 5 cents per line for each sttbse quent insertion contract display advertise- unents for 50 inches or more per i 18 cents per inch each insertion advertisements with out specific directions wall be inserted till forbid and ensrged sccordtnaly h p moore president and editor c a- dills manager and assistant eduds telephones- editorial and business ofsce xiw residence of president sij residence of manager 131 cabinet mlntateib by acclamation it is evidently quite satisfactory to the people of canada generally that fifteen of the seventeen cab- ipetministers of the dominion government were elected last week jjy acclamation in most cases through canada the constituencies represented by cabinet ministers esteemed it an honor to be so re presented and are unwilling to have any part in put ting the minister to the turmoil of reelection jhcse ministers can now proceed to administer their re spective departments and thereby advance the busi ness of the country the othor two ministers were also elected by acclamation on tuesday neighborhood news fcl- thursday morning november 11 1926 editorial the election in halton the liquor policy advanced by premier ferguson promises to make a very unusual election fight in halton county on december 1 for while halton for many years has been a traditional stronghold it is also a strong temperance county as was evidenced in the vote of 1924 when the ontario temperance act was sustained by an overwhelming majority every rural and urban municipality recording a dry majority which enmassed totalled in all 2928 votes judging by street talk a most unusual precedent will be established when men and women forgetting party affiliations will vote according to the dictates of their own minds on the liquor question leading tories admit that many wilt- desert their party on this issue- oakville record church courts strong for o t a from all sections of the province come reports of resolutions passed unanimously for the retention and strengthening of the ontario temperance act these boards are composed of members of the con servative the liberal the progressive and the labor parties irrespective of their political inclinations these christian workers put principle before party and for the benefit of the community unite in voting tc reduce rather than increase the sale of intoxi cating liquor it surely requires little observation to ascertain that the people of ontario generally who are most active in promulgating christian ac tivities are now most active ih their opposition to the proposal to make the sale of strong beer and spirituous liquors more general and easily obtain able the menace of oneheadlight cars one of the factors that contribute to the increase of motor accidents which is frequently overlooked by both motorists and traffic regulators is the preva lence of oneeyed cars the next time you are motoring after dark count the number of approach ing cars that have but one lamp burning the num ber will astonish you needless to assume there are as many such cars travelling in your direction that you cannot see this onelamp practice is very confusing to drivers and frequently causes serious accidents and loss of life realizing this- magis trate douglas davidson torontohamilton highway magistrate presiding in police court recently fined six motorists 750 and costs each for driving with one light police authorities throughout the do minion should follow tbe example of this and impose stiff fines on all delinquents the highway traffic magistrate act fixes penalties at from 500 to 2000 and costs crew80n8 corners mr alex crlppn who hue been ih poor jhoullh for sovornl months has decided to rotlro ffom funning und will liolslo dispersion aulo on thurs day 25th mat the fur in la offered for sale and if not sold piovlously will be offaicd on day of bale the township council aomo weeks ago improved the roadway immotur ittely under the ciinudlnn notional ltallwny subway here but ovldontly forgot the approaches therell a mutl- holo at ench end qf the improved sec tion hulf n doxoia loads of gravel would complete tho job satisfactorily a wilding iib sold his farm the wellknown dackray pluce to harold smart joseph parker has sold ills place on the town lino to mr avardlaw of nor- val mr prank day in a very brief let ter to the turonto btar tho othor evenlnb answered very effectively tho arguments of premier kerguaon against tho ontario tcmpciaitco act mr day has had wldo experience on both aides of tho atlantic and tie knows and la not afraid to soy that whore theres drink theres danger and ho showed nulte conclusively uiat mr fergu sons ponltion inimitably means more di nk a nbw ilbmint limehou8b a basaar and pancake ipper will bo held at tho parsonage llmehouso under the auspices ot the ladles aid of tho united church on wednes day november mth isaac newton aged 72 years who spent bis boyhood and young man hood here one of tbe oldest active- acton hydro electric commission business men of sarnla was found dead in hla atoro on front street or that town on saturday morning lotbj ult having apparently suffered from it solsure late friday night wnn ho had been working at the store he bad been in business there 11 years and was one of the founders of tho sarnla woollen mills store which he operated at the time or his death in conjunction with his nephews jack and james newton tbe former being the wellknown former queens rugby coach mr newton was a bachelor he was chairman of tho city parks board and only the week before his death officially turned over the new athletic rrounds to tbe imperial club he was also a member of the board of education and very active in all matters peruunlng to the welfare of the schools mr newton was born in llmchouse a brother john m new ton sarnla and a sister mrs w s nlokell sarnla survive village of acton a bylaw to eaubllsh a public utilities commission for the village of acton wiiuiihah by bylaw number tat passed on tho twentyninth day of november 1920 according to sub section 1 of section 34 nt tho public utilities act it s d 1du cllitp 304 as enacted by 7 uenrgo v chap 47 sec 2 thero wus established in the municipality of the vlllago of i acton the aclon hydro klectrla commission for the purpose of controlling and managing tho hydro electric system within tho snld municipality and whbrba8 said sec 34 pro vides that tho contiol and manage ment of other public utilities within the municipality may wltli tho as sent of tho electors bo dalogutcd to a cominlsalon similar to thrst already established along with the control and management of tho supply of hydro electric power and whereas it is deemed to bo in tho best interests of the munici pality that the control and manage ment of the municipal waterworks system bo delegated to a commission da it therefore enacted by the municipal council of the village of acton as follows 1 completo control and manager ment of the municipal waterworks system of the village of acton shall be and is hereby delegated to the tllo lonelier wan pllollum nlrimf irs mono nl sollit liiiiimli nn r iii wtrly lessons in the teatlmnk wlml were flio turn elemnnls slit asked into wliloli out melftitn di vided nil natunrt iijccim wllllilm you may iirmwni lourlh lieftnti william slowly iciuth lunl mid nil litnniw hofe was eat lit mid nil null water null and well well nnlil the unflior brink ly what ciiunns morn m clilxntn flitin anything else automobiles cried wllllrsm very giatoful for tha teachcrn hoip sh iif fiitont eesemw eeute utmh emit wufn wtm tun wemmavouv amurisl fovesme trnttn iswafeev bsffinfc some who oppose the proposed government sale of liquor some of the opposition against government sale of intoxicating liquor comes from many of the most intelligent- working men who are thankful that the ontario temperance act has made it possible for them to own their own homes to ride in their own motor cars and to be engaged at steady employment three hundred days a year other opposition comes from grateful employers who bear tetsimony from one end of the province to the other of the in creased efficiency and regularity of labor the larger- power of production in their shops the lessened amount of injured material and broken machinery that results from sober workmen further opposi tion comes from the banks and financial institutions which appreciate that tremendous increase in the sayings of the people which has resulted from the overthrow of the licensed liquor traffic under the ontario temperance act many oppose free gov ernment sale because they believe the o t a has saved their lives they mean by this that in our fortymileanhour age in an automobile world if given free liquor again many a man at the wheel would be so intoxicated as to be a menace to all other drivers and accidents would be tragically mul tiplied the liquor traffic belongs to a lower slower period of human history than ours of today if yon wish to vote help yourself at every election there are always those who complain that their names are not on the voters lists and to help out that situation those who think their flames are not on the list and who wish to vote at the coming election have it in their own hands to be put on if they are entitled to vote they must go the the municipal clerks office on oil wbere is perfection before the date advertised and file their complaint with mr h n fanner the town clerk if they do so and are entitled to- vote there is no reason at all why they should not have their names on the list it may require a little effort to go and find out but by doing so a great deal of annoyance may be prevented on election day and a good deal of satisfaction felt that the opportunity to vote was given and exercised the law provides all possible machinery to facilitate the recording of the vote of every man and woman wno i a british subject twentyone years of age or over georgetown the following very logical argument respecting province fe ewj qur flwn unyjc the influence of the ontario temperance act and the measure of success accomplished in its opera tion appeared last week in the- columns of the al monte gazette this view is quite in accord with fe that held by thefree press and is commended to our readers for careful perusal and thoughtful con sideration unthinking people have confessed to themselves and complained to others that the on- tario temperance act has been a failure because bootlegging is still going on and because occasion ally an intoxicated person may still be seen upon the street concluding that the o ta on that ac count has been a failure they would do away with it and capitulate themselves to the liquor interests has the ot a been a failure will any man with a memory of previous conditions in his own locality say that there is so much drinking as there used to be will he try to claim that so much unhappiness and poverty and crime exists as there was under the open sale of liquor surely not there is no doubt about it at all we live in a far better age everv employer of labor every banker every storekeeper cveryxdoctor will at once say that things are better than- they used to be we dont point today to the drunkards home and pity the drunkards chil dren the old phraseology even has gone the cases are so rare that we have come to view them with horror rather than with just pity occasionally a man may be errant but the steady downward pro gress of the vlnebjbber of the saloon is gone the qtta hat done that it has not been an absolute cure there were bootleggers before the ot a came into force and there will always be bootleggers they have more of them today in wet quebec nan we have in dry ontario in the old daya we called them smugglers and the crime dij not seem so bad because the name was not so oonoxouc the politician and tho man on the street who try to argue that the o t a- has been a failure is talk ing for a purpose he is a propagandist and is run- ning a campaign have the laws against stealing eliminated theft no but would you therefore abolish these laws haa the iawagaimt speeding by motor cars eliminated speeding no uluvyou si i therefore abolish the traced laws wlttlwflptfitf fej0sjj4 abolition qfthe ontnfo fehjpewceact thafotjmdon f ahe drinking psjrwiarstf ganger to tfwvjtofrjfc wtimmp uwti v fmri v lift t iu ft w f lib total prohibition is uie only solution this paper quite fully concurs in the following statement of the orillia packet and times and our conclusions have been reached after a similar ex perience of half a centurys duration while we are not blind to the difficulties connected with the ontario temperance act and while we do not chal lenge the good faith of those who think other wise we should not be true to the convictions of a lifetime and to the journalistic traditions of half a century if we did not express regret that after a long period of steady advance lv temperance legis lation the prime minister should have decided on what we cannot but consider a retrograde step that he should venture to repudiate the o t a indi cates bis belief that the temperance sentiment of the tion is that prohibition forms the only final and permanent solution of the liquor problem and we feel that any retrocession from that policy is only going to mean so much ground to be regained and the consequent prolonging of the struggle a meeting- in tho interests of temp erance waa held in the baptist church on tuesday evening dr c v whiama haa oen ap pointed medical health officer for the municipality of georgetown at a sal ary of one hundred dollars per an num all barber shops in town close now at 6 oclock on monday 8 oclock on tuesday thursday and friday and 11 oclock on wednesday and satur day mr t a- young of chicago attend ed the funeral of mrs oh young of acton jind spent a couple of days with his bisters in town miss hettle juiwson attended the meeting of the executive committee of the national council of women of canada at st thomas last week the ministerial association of kitchener gait and guelph met on monday novomber 1st in the y m c a ktlchener and after the fifty ministers who were present had din ner together rev dr dickie george town read a scholarly paper on biblical dimcuiaes on wednesday evening of last week tbe presbyterian young people guild met at the aozne of mr and mrs a c robinson to bid farewell to mr and mrs macintosh wno were then leaving for their new homo in hamil ton herald which shall hereafter be called and be known as the acton public utllltlos commission the members of the said commission to be elected and to con tinue in office which they now hold in accordance with the provisions of by law 601 hereinbefore mentioned i 2 all the provisions in said bylaw number soi with regard to officers keeping of mtnutea banking issuing of cheques and every other matter shall apply to the public utilities commission in the control and man agement of the hydro electric system and waterworks system j- the votes of the electors of the said village of acton shall toe taken on the above mentioned proposed by law on monday the sixth day of de cember 1926 at the same time in the same places and in the sme manner as the vote in the annual municipal elections 4 on friday the third day of de cember 1926 the reeve will attend at the council chamber in the town hall in the village of acton at 10 oclock in the forenoon to appoint in writing signed by him two persons to attend at the final summing up of the votes and one person to attend at each voting place on behalf of the persons interested in end desirous of passing the said bylaw and also the same number of persons on behalf of the persons desirous of opposing the said bylaw 6 the clerk of the municipal coun cil of the vniage of acton shall at tend at tho town hall acton at 5 30 pm on the shfth day of december 1926 to sum up the number of votes slven for and against the said bylaw passed provisionally the twenty- eighth day of september 1926 a jjason reeve h n farmer clork seal bubinem directory otltc aft1 kedffne c6nr afeaa and mgifi 0efef vhffnk tin aefarv of4ny leo ac czdoa all wool oinderweairfe soil ihrfftj and thlcjv it pr an even comfortable varmth next to ttosranu dodsknit underwear caakwour dealer aihe sure goasee the tabezon the underwear youbuy vhfittx ytr ii fs f vrt ttt hakomj nam pafflhpk m a oiutal dr m bell f t s dtrti ld a honor orsdrat f tftrtmta pal i sal i iw th lat nntrtlc tnskf it dealrwj and frederick streets t cvrner of jaftv miscellaneous francis nunan bookbinder account books of svll kinds mads ta order periodicals ot every descrlptisss carefully bound baling neauy sasf promptly done wrodbsm strssc anetph oat orer williams store notorial notes with the return of liquor stores and stronge beer the provincial and county highways wilt not be a bit too wide chesley enterprise but will they be safe think you even at that hon w f nickle lafe attorneygeneral sees de feat for the ferguson liquor policy in a letter to a friend j moffat ross of ottawa he says if the electors of ontario will rise above party politics and seriously consider the effect of the ferguson liquor policy there is no doubt of its defeat we see quite a few weekly newspapers and it appears from the tone of their editorials that if the voting in the coming election was left entirely in their hands premier ferguson would not get enough followers to form a cabinet at ordinary elections many of these editors are neutral and a large number of the weekly papers ace independent in party politics but in this case it seems to be different fergus newsrecord the proposal to adopt government control is in fact to adopt a measure to make it just as easy to obtain a permit to purchase intoxicating liquor at any time and place and in such quantities is the purchaser desires as ii is now to obtain a license to run a motor car and buy gasoline at any time and place and iq such quantity as the purchaser desires the liquor and the gasoline would make a very dangerous combination coblr tax rate this year is 81 mills for public school supporters and 77 mills for separate school supporters in south porcupine the rate is 77trinis the porcupine advance says the people are not ali6ganyfusnabout tho rate they realize that t dptiwja jh be rifiade uptodate and convenient vjeinftijbi money and taxes will lie a j yjgyjsejjn njgh and are insb be thank- erin hon duncan marshall and mrs marshall were weekend visitors with dr and mrs abbott the erin continuation school held theannual- commencement- exercise in the town hall erin last friday evening november sth a splendid programme was presented the revising officers will sit in erin village and at hlllsbarr for the township of ertn on the 11th of no vember to hear appeals and completo tho lists the list off 192g whether as printed or already revised by the judge will be used s tbe opninr of the new united church at hluaburg will oe bold on sunday- november 14th supper and concert will be given in the church on monday evening the new road over the caledon mountain was opened tor trafllo re cently care ore now travelling over the cut on which work was commenc ed in 132 ibstead of following the u curve of the old road with which all motorists who had occasion to use that highway are ao familiar the united church was reopened after the recent renovation on the reg ular anniversary day always observed thanksgiving day rev alfred oandler ix d principal of knox c6l- fege toronto preached able anniver sary eermons morning and evening the usual fowl supper and concert were held on thanksgiving ovenlng advocate notice notice la hereby given that if the assent of tho electors is obtained thereto the above bylaw will be tak en into consideration by tho munici pal council of tbe village of acton after one monthvfrom the fourth day of november 1926 being the date of the first publication of this notice h n farmer clerk of the village of acton dated at acton ont nov 4th 1920 193 subecrptions for all magazines taken at free press office tax notice1926 mcnicipality of acton k j kerr auctioneer and seal estate 20 tears experience list tour property with me acton ontario tho second instalment of taxes falls due on tuesday november 16 a change of place of payment has been made and tuples are payable at the acton hydroelectric shop i second instalment november 16 the second instalment must be paid on or before that date failure to comply with this arrangement entails extra expense and trouble an addition of five per cent- au1 be made to every tax rate or assessment remaining unpaid fourteen diys after the said 16th dnj of november for the second instalment and it will be the dutj ot the collector immediately after the baldsevccuidajfl appolntodfoivpay ment to collect at once by distresa or otherwise under the provisions of the statute in that behalf all such taxes or instalment of taxes please take vootf tax notice with when making payment you r j mcpherson collector a- e nickun insurance agent life the mutual life assurance j co of canada fire waterloo mutual insurance company eagle star and rltlb dorolnion insurance fco limited- auto accident health burglary insurance etc- employees 14- ablwty assurance corporations the dominion of canada guar antee and accidents insurance company money to loan on farm proper ty government and municipal bonds trustee forbstate3 col- lections see me for all kinds of insurance box 444 bower ave acton burlington rev c h- lowery of brldgeburff has received a call to st pauls pres byterian church tansley and knox church sixteen mr h ll swayie of los angles has returned ome after a two months visit with her daughter geo doane of the government air service in northern ontario was re newing acquaintances in town lost week the second of a series or sacred re citals will be rendered by the bur lington cltlrtenv band on sunday november 7 th at 830 in trinity united church br and mre a h sneers and their dtatuahtcr marjorie have arrived home from an extended trip through the rockies to british columbia seattle and the moat important places in cali fornia an orgnlzation meeting of the la dles of burlington in the interests of h m petti t candidate in the pro vincial election will be beld in tho oddfellows ball on thursday after noon at two oclock j h walker h a walker bill khatt norman walker and koss prea- cott left on the 3rd inst for ft two weeks hunting- trip orth allen davidson and austin tufford joined them on saturday on wednesday mr d k blanfthard presented the gasette with an apple which measured 12h inches around on way and 13 inches the other it was of the baxter variety and a per fect specimen jtfesssrs colin and laurie smith have again brought honor and fame to this district and halton county as fruitgrowing section with their ex hibits at the imperial fruit show london england word has been re ceived by the iorolnlon- ooverrimcnt that tneyhavetfeen successful in win ning a gold snedal for kings and a silver medal onkhelr display of green- laat apples fla r- ever notice this did you ever ausein a post office long enougb to take a squint at the floor shortly after a number of people have re ceived their mail if you have you were probably struck by the number of circu lars and hand bills that littered it up in fact you doubtless were struck with the fact that many of them had been thrown in the basket as soon as they were remov ed from the envelope the recipient never even taking the trouble to give them a second glance but did you also notice that you didnt see anyone throwing the newspapers and especially the home town newspapers in the waste basket or on the ifloor did you notice that newspapers are always carried away instead of tossed away well right there is a mighty good argument in favor of advertising in the newspaper the circular letter aostly form of advertising goes hito the waste basket the home town paper goes into the home remember this and spend your advertising money accordingly the acton free press the person who has a headache as the result- of eyestrain can usually see clearly it is the strain of getting clear vision by overcoming tho defect that is present that causes the head ache there is only one way to get permanent relief have your eyes examined and wear tho proper glasses wo specialize on thorough ex aminations of tho eye a d savage optometrist mffl opticrsn right at tho posoibco savago buildlos guolph tho ardent acoustique for deaf ears standardise 17c 5tube radiol 3 coast to coast no idle boast d jc engineering and sales co limited 20 bloor stw i toronto phone llmtv k mk ft fitfk school teacher takes on 6 job ajloe is only twentyone tet ebo already ha a pro tea a l on and a career ana left both belilna her from now an her principal business lav to tisht hard for life and when the footlna does become a little less precarious jslfs w uo other kind o a i ml l jt not be teaohlnst what the doctors als rfor thy hard work she wetft through hbd juat one result they placed her here on a oot in toe muskoka boapftai for consumptives itlsf- wiv or when she la told she is only a youngster and says her immediate mr job la to mspond wonderfully syrnpathotlo tfeat- k ln from trie nurses and dootora wher are trying- to undo has wrouitlit in several years taisi kip y will assfct the hog- slisii brtarlqsr alice and other hoalth contributions may be sent to hon st hmlton president 313 collere street toronto a ontario 4 the old and reliable granite and marblp works wo ore manufacturors and direct importers of all kinds of monumental and headstone work we sail direct to our ouotomors at wholosalo prices thua savins our customers 40 par oent wo have tho boat appliances and the only mechanics in the dominion who can- operate pnairmatio fools properly we can sire references from himareds ot our outtomers inotoronto sujdrother plaoa wtttij 9rer hwe to iwlbiw wir wfcrniii jhs ufer- bf t stock ot oronlm in tht wttlnlon or more than ainy three sbft lh- the west tfls are lerttl- ti njl1no htf tnrt annoy or post onstomers outlstnorant scents squolt- ws employ only machanlos tlo wtjm