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f fef tin until 01earttm3frpiirjfiifl till al hin i i i ulll str pnrt- u f cliaruni slat rl a lir jl i advi kflsin wll i lay adv lr 0 u a tem 1ik n1s eit mxl a lll ism wliy not a tax kctuttly 11 dclcintion from the jtctinl mcrcliiult ai nuntioii waited upon the dominion government i ml iitkiil for relief from the inroads of the hi nil oidu house rditorinlly in eonniieiitiiijj on this i he renfrew mercury loncludt so hir ns tnxc iiil loiilli iilii the gove nment forces its demand on the people ienqrnlly when it wants money and it is haul to see why n collcctionof individunh in company or concern mich iti a mail order business cannot he made to pny tux the burdens on munifci palities ire increasing every year and tboe whodo luisiness pay heavily in taxes while nf the iiidl time the volume of hu iintst is deerenstni whether the government sees it or not there is a very j-rnve- problem con fronting every town and village the suggestion of the rltoilers asociffriort mtfydo tie thtrdtirrmn stirciythcslnnrrfmtsvnrrhyttf rttl- eonstderation of the government and should not be lightly et aside as has been suggested by the newspaper reports of three ministers of the gov cinnvciii which the mercury has quoted thk sunday school lesson ron ttundav rconuanv a l murk 3 ijb 3 i ti tt cm imii tlitie jl twenty veatiu ago the lanim of tha trtid pv of thursday jonuary 30 tooo thursday i vinlng i lbruaky 2 l2h editorial sound senic a man in un eastern city died r leaving an estate of nearly s 000 000 tion of his money made no sensation a paragraph to his children in his will oi long ago the disposi rut he wrote hich contains more sound sense and is more important to those who will read it and think about- it than the mere ftmttrfntg3ntrrrtfht hesa i d- bc f tirvnrrh your means always love respect and assist one another remember your best friend is your purse and when that is tmpty friendship is but a name as a result of my knowledge 1 admonish you that your mother is the heart string of the family con tinue to cherish and love her she shares your every joy and sorrow wliijt micro think 1 he american bunkers magazine in the follow mg no uncertain terms outlines the duties of the business men of every town to its newspaper it says no business mini in any town should allow a newspaper published it his town to go without his name and business being mentioned somewhere in its columns this npplics to nil kinds of business and professional men this does not mean you should have a whole half or even quarter page ad m each issue of the paper but your name and business should be mentioned if you do not use more than a two line space a mranger picking up a newspaper should be able to tell what business is represented in a town by looking at a paper this is the best possible town advertiser the man who s not advertise his business does an injustice to himself and the town the man who insists on sharing the business which comes to town but re fuses lo jidvertim hit own is not a valuable addition to ins town 1 lie life of a town is dependent upon the live wide awake and liberal advertising busi ness nuin n lnliiy irn nit mm k l lllnmi if- tin y ti ulilil illltiin i it tllj r imi tnt iii in aii ii ill un mini uf mr jilin ii n nuiilt ijuiki somo poopio still uso bulk ton thoy tkiink it cheaper it isnt for thoy aro paying for dust and sittings and for waning flavour thoy havo not discovered salada oustfree fresh full- flavoured scaled in motal uala time tables at acton lniki uf thin uurmntit iii t lxihul a immt for itn married iui i in litnttll vl vll dpi n tii tilt in i it form till iii lll h l it r in llci ia un in tin olil huulxthuli in mi ntlonetl in r tlit itillliitlnt ii of ikron 2 ig thf niinit un i l l i i 11 iii 1 itl lift 1 nf knl if hi i rl of ai mi in 1i ii ihlivln of si nt manti rwf hit a clit m miukrik that tin crt t li num in tin turn it form it ttifi for itolf forget the leaiin rnklnnarlnr auto xlnclianln 1iotiti cml ivnlilnn lltu ry or waldlny kiparti htm n wtrlnr llrlrb ami 1 lulnrlnr lw llarlmirlnir wul ijuum earn 0 lo 910 per day vow wtuilta rruiiilriv lo innm uxiwl jtiifmckin i nutlctl now tor lilnor vj mnrl lrlsll fulum wrllof rail l itucul oiler anil kim hoobi lumpliji tri scliool i uln nirtuit woit vomiho blues i i linnet tlint in tht et of hit htu nf clulllr itrj tin vljliiuo of nun- hit in iitf r matttiru h til in hr ory ho tela for trance it should be encouraging to all who realize the baneful effects of the trallie in intoxicating liquors that an enterprising plan is on foot m trance to build and operate dry hotels there this is not made as a prohibition move but strietly as u business proposi tion nothing howeer eould more clearly and forcefully demonstrate the growth of prohibition sentnjient in france than this enterprise dry hotels in a country where people from canada and the united states havo been led to believe thnt every body drinks wine and other beverages the foundei of the enterprise above referred to bays trench men arc using less and less alcohol people in tranee who a few years ago always took wine with their mcolo now drink mineral water the greatest eon sumcrs of spirit are foreigners and it is they who keep up the liquor consumption figures in franee their bigkcat afwet down nt tweed they have a covered rink tweed has a population of 1400 and itwurtfiti tonal in the tweed news last week here ts whut the editor has to say about the rink- in that town the best answer to the adverse criticism sometimes heard is n visit to the rink any evening when there is a hockey match in progress on friday night last between 100 and 500 people witnessed a hockey match in eomfort wi a regula blizzard raging out jjiidtt f oruivt conditions this game would have been postponed with the loss of the gute receipts ind also the dis appointment of hundreds of funs to whom these events appeal go there some night when the lee is good and watch the children and grown ups gliding over its glassy surface getting the exercise that brightens the eye and brings color to the cheeks and- is a better health restorer than any medicine a doctor can prescribe if you do this you can only arrive at one conclusion and that is that no matter what the cust our covered skating rink is one of our biggest assets in most places where a covered rink is in operation it seems to asset to the town onsidered n big a uuty that ih plain in the hn a i report of the royal urn mission on customs und i xcise iurlianicni has before it the result of a detailed and determined investigation which it ordered and which eontinuud foi months and covered the entiie country the commission left u n done nothing which it could accomplish to get the facts it has supplemented ind completed the work undertaken by the special tarliameiitiiry committee the commission has made suggestions based on their hnllings toi guarding the govern ments greatest souice of collections i he report and investigation has been of considerable expense ilieir findings point the way 1ai liaineii t should net to effectively clean up the uiung doing ihut has existed id this branch if the functions at the opening of iailiaineni cxpicsscd hy ilcmiei king and the leadei of the opposition hon li li hen nett mean anything mm e than incic words both parties uill settle down to the task and make short work of reorganizing the seivice for the highest efficiency the most dijstic pioposul made by life commission is that all ix rt jiouses be put out of business and hat this end of the traffic be handled by provincial governments and manufacture s wt arc convinced the report states that tilt cxpoit houses aie established in pr ucticiilly evi ry ease lor the sole puipose of ellmg liquor lo be smuggled into the united states and that tluy exist foi no legitimate purpose whatever i lie commission he iievej that its recommendations on this point would prevent the necessity of n vising the treaty with the states the icpori i in the hands of pallia iiient and undoubtedly will he bundled fejilcssly and without favor i he countiy demands such action und as u ink governing hodie eudeiivm to satisfy healthy demands one wheel too many in an editorial head are we overgavetrnjerp jthiclginf hneijir tlitiqlrai comyiuxd uivtlumpti tjiflli mniitir hilnn lilmiiclf- dummfloirt pouuimjcmarks will tho tunc won commiii county councils will be done away with what wipon practicul use are they anyway could not all they do be divided between the provincial government und the municipal courrcils would not it tend to bring out the better men to net on our municipal councils and would it not bring the provincial government in closer touch with the needs and re iuh ili jminh quirements of the rurul sections we are over governed as it is and there is too much waste mny the day come wlen even municipalities will be gov erned by commissioners who will receive proper pay foi their work and give all their time to looking iiftei then particular districts in fergus much comment has been made and a plan sort of formu lated for that towns withdrawal from the county council in our own county there were many threats inst year of towns withdrawing from county government in numerous other circles the same thingb are discussed quite frequently and why is ir that such comment seems general where the work of the ctiuuty council is considered g the reason is simple enough the county councils have out lived their usefulness they have been expensive hi their upkeep and much of the work done by them could be better dealt with by the local municipal bodies who are- closer in touch with matters now dealt with by he county councils they hnve been given too much scope of activity the more enquiry there is into their activities the more will be the demand for the curbing of their powers or the abolition of the body entirely lvery municipality iiiit n of jomiiti in this c ouuty i grouning under the weight of taxation imposed by the county council how much longer will they be allowed to continue with the ever increasing burden p thtir n h o lllx o jtkl thamvi fijltitnir i tliliptjjit iv mow hulf lilltlrt hit tilt udruni no mlhm will inn t yon put t lltlli mnivwhittinr paradise for presidents th m o unit ht vt ml ii m um t11 hu hi i u hi hill 1 ifufnsh for further dn th mult limit h 1 t1i i j mb f i ii th i nu ml h in it i 1 int ihi t t ik n ii lilltti f ttiutht tin minimi of inl u not i vl h h d i mn llhii tint it mil t ifa h aivlh un nth pun i mi- m1 lilj im lo t i i t tolkii j lv him llin li imc lij lhli filth that tiny editorial notes a recent coiiiydation made by the canadian government burenunf statistics places the aggre gate value of all canadian field crops in 1027 at 1114 000000 in lj2u the value of field crops amounted to 1 km 83 100 the total urcu produc nig the crops was 5b 000 000 acres with the issue last week the newmarket era completed its 75th year and it has been forty four years under the guidance of mr l g jackson it completed the year past inore vigorous und prosper uk than uvei newmarket nnd north york have a plendid champion in the era and mr jackson air h h hull he genial and tneless secretary of the a i be i ta prohibition association a former trm bo h trip wn spuiktrrg m edmonton recently said that he had not felt so hopeful over the temper e situation lor a long lime signs are showing that a re uction against so called liquor control is eping into people s minds 1 lint iiiicntal conditions in the dominion of unada i idicate that general business in 1 2ti wilt exceed tl ai ol 027 and while in the united states the llcim will he slightly downward in canada ii is loi to he upward anudii is today in a position ullullulll un indepuiideik piotpunty thlough cm is the expussum of a gieat aiiuneau tiuatict i limn lation lo anada for the inst nine mouths ul lli uneiil tiseal ycui eliding december it 1027 tailed 1 2s l2h an increase over the corresponding pel lod in itjo of 1 1 hm or 1 1 per cent in the mm mou hs tiudci evievk u 722 canildiiins returned hw iii canada horn the united states where they hid gone with the declared intention of resuliilj theic pel iiiaiieutlv i his later fact is especially giuiilyiiij r i he in it is coming and soon iwhcn the province i going to meet ail insistent demand from the inun icipalities loi a share of the icvenue fi om motor cms i very town city and county in ontario bus hud to is ume a tremendous debenture bin den to iniike the- stieets and roads lit foi motoi ear tniltie ami the ratepacis of the si municipalities facing in well huge t vp udituiis for other improvements aie in need of relief xlilm t to 1 oilui ilicn ttu fix 1 tlmli nil unit miirj othtr iilmnit hcnllt a jcuun vviin mumctliliw utruiun about tht tull aliimlalil iiiu jilt t hln prftt i ootlrieuu thty km w hut thr mnrvrlloin rlrcumatdnccp o hln hlrtli her- iibacuftsl by tioint tlilrlj ypiiru of norniiil vtrthiy v lit dluturhml b hln tmluct und uluilliuit or lllr poootbic coiucijuuiictlb tli j i i 1 ihut lit wim nuniiilly un liilniicid mil ousht fur hln own pro tret ton to in hupprcohcrt secondly dii ikijiu of hln own town nuiiiruh wool 1 no atl t him an unythlnie nut ihut tlulr own ft how tm rm in in iv hum tlnty had known hiu ul hlluiaud litre uuu ttit younr 111 1 lh1 iii r hhlhuult til nl for t i otih llu rltt joia lib j hl vvliule fiimlly wem ttnttwn i4mrnlrr loivtti iiiiit iiiiythln ihiiu u f i i of matritl it in n la fill orllli lllllll j illllr of 111 hail htionn a ct rt lint un toward llu y in i in hud cvi nib i hi in h th kahhl i indliil vvim iiiivvllllim ih o lull 11cua t i mil oiipob jul jod4 liilicy iiiu after strenuous exercise a hard days work a long motor trip or any hard physical effort try a mus tard bath just drop three table spoonfuls of keens mustard into the hot water swirl uround and then yet in and souk you will bo surprised at the new vigor which will result d aching swollen feet money hack if mmmes umernld oil ikitwitt lo aa willi h surenthh swelling uiul dmtrekh in 21 mount golfiu wtk siinda i il 11 11 tern mill x it iiii 1 11 7 ii in 1 ill xi sinid io u it m niij 1 xi ijil htimriy j j p m iui pt un iiy going cot ii 09 it m slud i t 7 oh p m illl xi 1 i siinli 7 oh a in mn- xi nil t x 1 1 surid t prttfi m 1ii 1 xi x sun ii i 17 i m lill lit siinl k 13 m canadjarj national clcctnic railwavo s p m p m i p m j cadesky of tononto eyesight specialist wlll no at a t imowna nuuo h ronu acton monday february 6 cjf i foi hr nlinuld ii i ni lit opintrtunlty of dinnultlnii tliln eyiiilirlit nnorlitllnt allljfilnt mtrits may be miitlo with mr a t iliown drum lot conhuitation 1 ilcu oftica hour 0 a tji till 4 p m an eay bank of monthe al token founded bcfbrecanada had any currency of its own the bank of montreal early obtained authorization from the government to is sue copper tokens for small change reproduced herewith are die two sides of the bouquet token one of the earliest corns issued by the bank the inter mingling of the rose shamrock and thisde indicates the three branches of the british people the english scotch and insh while the use of english on one aide of the coin and french on the other is signmcant of the mingling of the two races in this country trade and agriculture indicates the early connection of the bank with both urbaji and rural life in canada throughout its long history the bank of montreal has always been active in serving the financial needs of all the people bank of montreal established i8l7 totn acsci in cxucm of sb30 000000 acton brunch i b si iori muim r tihn j 37 n 11 37n 1 37 p 3 37 ji 5 37 i 7 37 j toronto terminal koala otredt und st clair avon i rrlirlit tlfllvind by v uiil t w r travel mi ho s savage opticial service is complete m hu fill ii iv ii r a milfiiiontim r l nl t m h1 ill i i i iiml kill 1 i 111 i y i 1 ih ir i f tin in ni r in 11 ml 111 jll it in tit 1 ill 11 uf ili h ii ik n v s ir tiiiinttl i iul 1 qi 1 1 i nil ii jour i tit it- l- imm s n u 1 is 1 mi nt a d savage optomotrsti and monuf jcturno i optician i siimiei hulllii ouolph i ean ci em up- ur h1w lull i t kelly aiken l i itmsj ini i i ll i l 1 iilli ohanqevtllfc guolph owon sound children- cry savage company jewellers china silverware nwir ndluni sl rtunu r7i llu- old and lmuiblr ruailc and mirhlo utirlui a un iiuinufu tun i iui1 tllrnst iir all kin in f mummiontaj 1 hi ulitinc uurl null dlmot iirluc vim lt i motirpre fletchers castona is pltamiit innnlesi substi- tute for a st or rtil pirconc ttetlmij orop uii sikitlimi syrups prepared for infants in arms un clnldrtn ill tc3 ntlltn li i i i tho lx 1 it ujiill un in unl th luiiil iii lir 1 1 mini ii who i n i ii mn 4th li 1 i itiijit rlj- i in 1 1 r i ii i fi mi luititlriwla ii it mi r in i i in n tu ii ml itltr nil i tliti li no to havo luw oniir ti tull wo havo tho an i in nt uccm k f uraulto in nlnliin or uui inn any thr oft in tin t jirt iojiki il in ii i mplu l aittnto to avoid imitations always itxik fur llir miuture of cj y7ljuu lhyjruiu cvtrywlicrc rccomiucntl it 1 ut ii onn nolli it- ttamiiron son qullph out