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nnf y i i i null i yvi tlfikiiiuly f3 wtpm 3bbvz mob tftb- awflffreeprbss bjflrs0e aootvuuu qmsus bub l me mr aj m- ithljt en u- itm wuuam tahlt mtbywr ufjuatum hi hmu oakurr to latum noway of our dmx my jumuy mlh ims vu eft tlbh mm wd mlsi mom wn pwdjooj uj we last our mabduu mura dtti uollur w lott jou sadly mluad mr fcmuw husband albert- oakley dauthtar ommib and bua ownvtehllilwn oh for tte toueh of anubd hand and out sound of wlo that it still sadly mlawdlv oauafetan pearl oladm jontnlaw bui ocals hie arena has two closed nights this week which to the first sines the season opened betters for our column should reach tarn fan offt not later than monday of aaoh week damage to the extent of 360 was occasioned t fire in the shop of t t hughey in oeorgetown on sunday brampton fair board porvtoar anoe of 40 thli year after meeting u obligations in full this class b u eure sreat etuff may we draw attention to your fkn pins labels prompt renewals will en able us to maintain the present sub scription prloe milton rich school is closed for two weeks to allow for boiler repairs school is being held in the town hall while re pair are being made orangvvtlle won from milton in the junior came in oranaevule on tuesday by the soorrii of 32 the game went into overtime for a decision the ice cutters are busy on psiry mke and a splendid crop u being cut several trucks from outoftown are securing their supply here kenneth dick son of crown attor ney dick was called to the bar at osffoode ball toronto last week he will practise with his father in milton brown star goalie for oalt inter mediates collapsed at his work last week every fan will hope his illness is not serious he played a real game in acton on friday milton juniors play in acton to- ntghc this is the first junior game in over a week for the locals mondays game in fergus was postponed there are only two more junior home games be on hand tonight rev h w avison of high parx united church toronto a former min ister in acton has received an invita tion to become pastor or dominion unit ed church ottawa succeeding rev w u armstrong who will retire in june curtis cole son of mrs bertie cole of toronto was burned about the face hands and feet when fumes from gaso line used in cleaning ignited he was taken to the oeneral hospital for treat ment damage to the house was estim ated at 9600 histottlcal skttfch opokttongivtttly- mltanpmttamoapkamnq orion waaett institute at h recent fttmunf bed presented a very lnureatto hlscorloal skatebm by 14v and axrs tboa dsarinff isv hd lira dearlnf who are a and m year of ag respieeltely ware guests at this meeting mrs v moouteheon acton is a daughter of mr and mrs dearlng the historical value of these sketches contains so much of interest that w publish the papsrs ftren by my and mrs hearing on this sweep sweep sweep oonalderable activity ha been shown during the last week among those who have taken to the game lor the first time this winter and prospects look consider ably brighter for next year both sheets of ice at the arena arc nam in shape and several players from outside points have signified their lnten tlon of curling on acton ice rocka ood has already produced a complete rink for the local ice last years curling club officers are still earning on and for the balance of the season u1 offir oetj facility to those lsh ij to get thd hand in before the ice goes if the older mem bers ho alsh to retire from the game all or so good as to ee ttulr stones at i mr searing caw the following ac count of the school formation the first move in regard to forming new school section was made when few ratepayers metcjbout 1887 qr 1888 and decided to send a deputation to krln and oarafrajta councils and ask them to appoint an arbitrator publicly n a rsed was appointed by the erin council and ja held by the oarafraxa council to be che arbitrators and they with inspector oralf of wellington and inspector gordon of dufferln with judge brew of odelpb as chairman composed the board of arbitration a largely attended meeting was held in thorton ball to discuss the matter borne hot words were spoken by some of the speakers and hotly resented by tho others and some hard feelings caused which was likely to break up the meet ing but judge drew an excellent chair man managed to keep order there was no decision given at this meeting but at a later one it was decided to form new section with parts of 13 and 14 of krln and parts 4 and 8 of oarafrsxa to be known as union school no 3 the first trustees were warren jestln tho bsilentlne and john near the school was opened in 1803 the following is mrs dearlngs ac count previous to the village being formed the land on the oorafraxa side was owned by john clover who lived in a little log house where john watsons harness shop now stands the land on the erin side was owned by john ieson and is still in the leeson name in the latter part of 1870 the opr was built and the first passenger train ran through on february 10th 1880 the engines being fuelled by wood and water gotten from any of the creeks when needed the first store 10x13 feet was built by wm mooney and business thrived so that a larger store was soon built henry utue built the first house several more followed in quick succes sion then a grain house was built by wm mooney it being later unhandy a syndicate from orangevllle built the elevator the hotel was built under the supervision of john near who forsaw the need of it in the community it was first operated by thos hodgln but he soon sold out and several other owners followed the blacksmith shop was built and run by lorensa warden and it re mained in the worden name till about fifteen years ago when it was sold to harry raven the present owner the second store was built by mr cooper and occupied by mckee bros one of them married miss mckcchnle the first teacher who taught in no 3 herbert fitucky was the next storekeeper who in turn sold his business to sidney purves about sixteen years ago wm shaw the present owner bought it at one time for several years there wits another store where j k courtney a barber shop is ever since the village was incorporated j the late john near had agitated for a church to be built so about tlyrar 1900 in the midst of much opposition from the orove methodist church ad herent he made arrarujemens for its erection and putting all his time labor and money into it the church a an cm pleted to his own satisfaction itnd in 1001 the st johns methodist church was opened st johns united now a whole ax was roasted over a huge bon fire and the ox was kept revolving on irons while cooking an admission of ten cents was charged to see it roasted later it was served to a large concourse of people who attended the opening orton was first called little chicago and various names but after the c p r went through it was named orton after dr orton of fergus a prominent physi cian who at that time was member of parliament for south wellington the following list of ministers had charge here edw whin orth s w sheppcr- son j f kayr c cole 1 tbbet ros oe smith jas s hyde a d walt a c stokes iw r douglas supph 1 re nlchol hr summer r a davidson p w spence a i alton voices domtplaint ok m to as pitiful wail of tkt lemur eonfind 4a ati why ihouldnt as aoiisrf with tk awful collar r eant ekw tk ring off kit ttttl the ringtailed remur in the bronx zoo new york is pictured wearing the wooden collar designed to prevent him from gnawing on his sore tall acton wins two more from gait guelph continued from pace one why did the whole wail because it saw the skate skate whats the difference between a bottle of medicine and a rug a rug is taken up and shaken a bottle of medicine 1a shaken up and taken which are the boat nshes to have on a frosty day skates soles and heels when is a purse like two letters of the alphabet when it is m t empty what is it that la always behind time the back of a clock when is a house like a bird when it has wings amateur talent wanted for the second series of good humor amateur tmlent contest apply capitol theatre guelph today auditions each monday afternoon at 4 30 w t patterson ro spoeuum te bye exmmlnsuea orthoptlo tromtmente fi lnlum 11 wyndham bt not to lamav ouklpb phoni 110 quilt aaeunej go 3 on ouaranreed trust certificates a itgsl investment for truit funds unconditionally gusrsntrco thl sterling trusts corporation suslino towtr toronto sextett wasnt any pushs t to the acton team it was juft iitlon how big the lead would be game had only gone two minutes and twentyfive seconds when x mario went right in with norm morton and got the first tally kaiser missed when he was right in action failed in a scramble when shirk was out of the goal at 0 80 l msrso took the puck from a faceoff and banged in another one at 8 38 qemmell took a pass from brill for ouelphs first tally terry went through alone at 8 48 for actons third goal arblo drew a penalty for tripping plpher woods was slow in clearing on kaisers shot ouelph ganged and woodsaved nicely at 13 09 u oemmell got another with the assistance of kaiser and plpher rjdley missed with only woods to beat norm morton was in alone but shirk saved at 10 60 l mono scored after ouelph had been ganged 17 35 was actions next score when b marro soored on a solo and at 18 30 bus bus morton backhanded another in tho net period ended 03 for acton whllu on the ploy acton should havo hnd een more in the second period red oemmell was in the nets far ouelph instead of shirk who went to centre the first score come at 4 57 when e mono put acton up another it was scored on n rebound terry was close on a couple of attempts bus morton and kentncr wem also just close and i morso did the some plpher rushed and woods was down to save kaiser shot wide when he was right in brill was clone but woods saved terry missed with only oemmell to beat norm was close but oemmell saved at 13 55 norm morton scored on an assist from mooney brill came back at 14 bo to score when he was right in at 10 00 plpher got another for ouelph on an assist from oemmell and again at 17 30 oemmell got another with kaiser s assistance ouelph gave their best in this period and the splurge of three goals as the period ended brought the count to 86 for acton there were no penalties in this period scoring in the third period started at 4 00 when bus morton took terry s pass walters was close on a bockhand shot and norm morton and l morso did just the same norm hod only oemmell to beat when right in but red won terry hit the post with only oemmell to beat at 10 30 mooney scored on an assist rrom n morton norm got the next one at 11 11 when he broke with mooney norm hit the post on the next effort kaiser was close when right in bul woods saved terry hit the post again when he was right in oemmell muu a nice save from i marzo the bell went as i marzo banged honu another that dldn t count but rt ally 1 1 5 wan sufficient of a lead to hand to dudi lindsay s outfit i the lineup was ouelph shirk goal and centre brill and kaiser defence l oemmell centre ridley right wing plpher left wing mcparlane wlckham k oemmi1 alter nates arton woods goal gibbons and kentncr defence i marso centre n e e many changes during morton right wing moone left wmg b morton terry e marzo waiters and linwbox to the editor tni actok lhin psms when reading over the editorials of last week i noticed a very interesting item entitled surely something better i sure agree with the title and there is something better although no one seems to be doing anything about it it would save the taxpayer millions annual lyunemployed insurance my sym pathy to the editor who was ihooked-at- so few heads of families on relief being on the corporations inow shovelling scheme did the dltor inquire why were all those concerned notified of the snow shovelling recipients of relief ore not allowed rent water or electric medicine or doctor therefore they must try to moke up those extras somehow some pick up a few odd jobs when and where they con 6ome to tho bush and cut wood pay is not much but every few cents helps did the editor enquire if any of those on relief were working on some odd job or in the bush or were they notified if so what time investigate then pass judgment and why judge oil by a few the editor soys when the men are working they should look forward and save some lor when they are laid off what could a man save on the wages paid in acton everything except wages lias gone up and if need i can quote figures on that if a man is out of work and not on relief he can not get any work under taken by the town so what then answer no relief no work one is practically forced to go on relief r go so far in debt he would never get out of it the rest of his life on acton wages seemingly our editor does not believe in the laborer having any recreation or luxuries in life if he is liable to be laid off at various times and might have to apply for rejlef and anyone working for industries in acton is sure of plenty of slack tune as the past few years have shown the new industry just coming in is it going to help the town as far as relief reclplenita are concerned will it help to ease tho burden of the taxpayer is it right that no one on pay rail of an other firm can get employment with this new concern even though laid off for a few weeks or months of course qux manufacturers must bo protected but what about labor live and let live nord alberta musingh dear psee psess the report of the death of robert scott of kitchener comes oa a sad re minder of the certain severance of as sociations the presence as bearers us given recall with hi days when acton s athletes were well known and greatly admired the present writer recnlu hli prtsenet on the school board that body attended a county trustee i convention at muton along about 13 or 14 and engaging one of john williams teams and a curryall robert handled the ribbons i cannot now recall the entire membership two others were wm williams and nicholas ftorbes and probably c c speight was another as a matter of courtesy they took along the secretary mr moore and the care taker the present writer but the hand i arbic alternates referee o macka hamilton intermediate standing ooals p w l t pr afft pts 0 63 29 20 waterloo acton oalt preston ouelph 10 10 11 8 0 60 2 41 1 36 1 36 16 oamfcs this week acton at oalt preaton friday ouelph monday waterloo at preston wednesday preston al quit at ouelph acton ouelph earns promotion il jrlll jicul g j im am naimw wld a lot toaards l inging the kulwm cakus iinch feature and will help a kx towards game back in acton col gray has klndl n nt 1 to coach brgtnners unj evening thej are able to get on the ice b 7 14 pm a limited number of curling stones will be available but brooms must be uppltrd by curlers themselvrs the ice will be a ail- able for beginners on friday evening ai 7 16 those wishing toeattend should notlf the president mr t j llassard by friday afternoon future dates for coaching games will be announced to meet inodtntal expenses a fee of 10c per night ts being charged rather than the usual membership fee oung fellows from 30 to 40 may join the beginners those older should knpft the game nkabkb than forecast fortune taller i see a great disap pointment for somebody near you client yes thats right tve left my wallet at horn and x cant pay you uioomsiu m mtekari i ulonwouo utnir iwiclrt held thrir regular merlin in the school on tumd e ruing with the president hoba patterson tkcupying the chair th roll tall m uiisuered bj a place i would like to im nd n in mr puutmin tailed on the chairman i ore fulton ho presided a hilo the i folloutiitf program a gten recitation mrs a near speech maiuell nellu miulral number victor white spreh ross paturatm slo leonard tubman accompanied on the piano by alma wat son speech roatoordon song jimmte henderson the program ended aith the singing of the national anthem the remainder of the evening wai spent tn placing progressive euchre with prises going to mrs a near and ross oordoq lunch was served by the host and hostess manseu nellie and mrs t near and a social time was spent aoob we are agents for the years and will soon make moe apart from death time itself make many inevitable changes an anal a la of the fall term report of the high school brings the conviction that in the twenty years absence from acton j there are very few names occurring in which identification of family u possible but day by day and term by term that fine local institution has been preparing the boys and girls so privileged for thtir place in life o responsibilities i we had a very surprising and hurried but very pleasing call a few dus ago from an old time ac toncommunity boy mr richard near born and brought up on the third line in eln but whose route to acton made him very familiar with the original brown pioneer torm the home from which his reverence here went forth lntd the ministry but not only to the cleric but to the writer was his visit of interest for as his early chool dajs were spent at the greenock leauri school it may be well surmised the reminiscences of persons and farm and rt ads floed thick and fast even if he did leme in idoft- thlrt curs ago i am sure there are man fntt pitvt rtadini who ii remember this genllr man ho atrnnr to u dr larei h lit vrr married it transpired i hat hii home up tn central alberta m in ihi h 1 il irui eaat f tin n m w hi h i he ldi n f lh l here tin hi r mi mikm u uill tit ut nr i in nth i thrti nilk u hl h id ur mil win is nti null ir in is lis liml n l il n 11 t id lieltfhjor mr ii hi tn cirri 91 with bun h r ye iri tr shi nside with ner dnikhti r wixwm h i i ukl mr ln rie mli1p w is n f 1 green k i 1 her 1 1 1 j s loihmsn v in it acton free press phone 174 ii i jvuka uliutii ituiuki 1st becomes assistant general pas aenger agent canadian pacific railway with headquarters at montreal mr james is at present district passenger agent for the company jujalnt john nb and brurfga- a wealth of experience earned during bis 23 years cana dian pacific service to his new post ooi prices realized at farm sai f w j ownund oakes erammi held a very successful sale yeturday cuw averaged over 160 young calves as high as 830 horses ss high as 8150 mixed j grain 81 so per 100 the total sale amounted to s3 50 this sole was con- ducted by r j kerr ac loo l i thtjbbday january hth 1898 free extra trouser offer with etch madetomensure suit we will give an extra ptlr of midetomeasure trousers absolutely free the same standard of tailoring and our usual perfect it- ting assured this offer is for a limited time only so- act quickly priced from 2260 for the four pieeea b d rachlin mill street acton opposite yjwca notice lv f g oakes vs will start a veterinary practice in acton on or about february 1st office in residence on knox avenue j cadesky orroimun wax ss m aotdh on monday february 7th anyone suffering from eyestrain defective vision or headache should not miss the opportunity of consulting this eyesight specialist appontmenu may be made with mr a t brown druggist comb rjlt ation ofllea hoars a tn till 4 s as mountie studies gmen methods serffranl robert wood of the royal oaiuuunn mounted pullce i aboio wiu thr centre of all eyes when he joined the united stalea kedrml bureau ol investigation national mice academ at waahlngton lo learn unproved methods of nfhtlng crime bergeanl wund la the nrat torr kn polue force member to be represented at the academy and j eduar hkiit chief of the omen took the opportunity of elcomtruj him the mounile is shoan above studying enlarged linger prints as purl of thr mi c he u taxing scots 5c1 by r j scon dru10fte i qxcfro unions moftr14ftsvf4 nikaia aesuca up iiop m tmal opmt t tsajr mruaa amp ciurtm oh hlll cfkouud aresflu ajas akva svppbamd mem ii 5- com1j ik 5ummi ik ktut zauaw 7msuvas m ctimmaau m ksvw hl omn cmmjffuas wtak art w srwium 004fham j 1