thursday april 3rd 106 the acton free press acton ontario page bevkn farmers produce ailtime record ontario furmnri lu 10 bo produced the latgeat volume of msrieulturtf pmduetrth groan value in hlatory agriculture mlnurtsr thoniaa i konnody report total value of agriculture product la placed kt s12747bm or almoat lflo million mors than in ibm in which year agriculture production wma valued at ummlt00 production of hog wan valued at 1m million compared with 1b8 million in 1030 cattle and calve were valued at 10o million com pared with 10 million poultry and eafji liud a valut of 1m mil- lion an increase of 1 million over 1dm and meld crop were valued at w1 million compared with t33 million in 1050 tobacco production t eatlmatcd at ts3 million an increaae of s mil lion over loflo honey and wax roae to msooooo from 3sseoo fial p jtomuiitui orvomrrsirt 72 st georges square gueipii complete eyesight service creepy alfalfa to spook pastures a new alfalfa variety with a true creeping- root system has been de veloped at th swift currant sta tion in collaboration with th dom- infon borage crop laboratory at sankatoon the plant u drought- reautant and judging from prelhn- inary tests promliia lo be hardy enough to maintain lurlf on weetern pastures even if heavily grakod the cretolngroot alfalfa will be seeded next spring on is agricul tural sfatlona in western canada including stations in the yukon and northweitt frruorlwi the objrcl u to eatablhth mlvpd par- manrnt pastures of alfalfa and created wheat grass or brome grass thut pe under wvppf g inu dry weuther and avvere winter conditions this development will introduce th find perennial forage legume to meet the stringent retirements nf the drier prnlrln area provided nf course the plant lives up to the lillth oyprclatinus held lv scientists who arc mast enthusiastic over its unique creepingroot system and preliminary performance the history of assessment and municipal taxation in ontario third in a merui tf mlpht article by george w jaklks hcntlnu bee hive in the spring hiih not proved advantageous ut sly anno dc lu pnratlere experi mental station qui- where the vcur average yield or honey i r colony from spring heated hive h u been 107 pounds as compared wlih 135 pninds per hive with unhent d colonics auto biographies -of- acton people and acton places through many years in if 172 the symnnn business enow elliott bros was pur- rluifted tiv d d christie and dnvid henderaon of milton and continued in the family with occasional charges for 45 years dur ing that time various firm namesprevalled christie and hender son nelson mcttae and co hcndcnton and mcrae and henderson und co when mill kt was widened ever fariy years a- the messrs hendaraon rebuilt and tmpraved the premises it was rutted by fire from burning rubbish in the yard thirty yejura a and rebuilt again in 1017 conway und mcleun purchased the business mr conway retired and mr c muu took his interest and messrs mr- li wm unci mills conducted the buslnen until mr mills death when malcolm mclean continued until his death it was then purchased by messrs elliott brot of comber who still conduct a general store on the site to be caw unaail another first for chryauh now you can an joy ay rf driv ing with soux tinud wlndshlald and window guu drop in for datalls an ataorfmant of good claan utad cars pricad to tall macswain motors chrysler and plymouth sales and service l 253 qum st pkona 85 lilt now is tha mm to think of that eavestroughing job buy tha material mad up and sava monoy by installing yourself 4 trough for most houses 16 cents per foot 28 gauge 5 trough for most barns 1 8 cents per foot 28 gauge 3 conductor pipe for most houses 18 cents per foot 4 conductor pipe for most barns 24 cents per foot 4 trough ends 9 conts each 5 trough ends 17 cents each 3 trough outlets each 35 cents 4 trough outlets each 41 cents trough tubes per 100 240 3- conductor elbows 56 cents each 4 conductor elbows 98 cents each 4- mitres 90 cents each bring your maasuramanh or call us for a rroa asiimato as to cost installed bilt0n and perry limited main street north acton ont prion 464 nights sundays and holidays phone 541 w or 269w if wt live in a municipality in southern ontario which la paft of a county setup for ad minis i nation purpoattts we are charged on our local tax bills for auch items a county tutea high school dist ricts tounithlp school areas etc if we liva in a municipality in northern ontario we are some- tlme chargi for the last two it ems und in addition for the maln- tenance of itu district home for i he aucd now the amount we pay for thete thlnii is bused on the asieu- tttentnf trnpetty the tntslr aiuesumcnt of our municipality la supposed to be equalised wlh the atsesxment of the other munclp- nifties whic s such servicer ui roads schoibi health units etc with us in other words if our corporation tue touni f arfori bylaw no 961 acton oj fi- cortornfioit o tin- toum 1 a ron to jicoililf or i fie clnniuv tillfiiu virtnin hours of retail uasount siriice bttttutns piijtoliiii pumiui and oultefx in fir refuif jaonne ten ire liufnifry na ttrf- ined in thr inifuff rutl sttttnlnnlm act wiikjikas pursuant lo the facl- nrv shop und office nullditifl act an uppllcauon has ben presented to the council of thr corporation of the town of acton proving for tin luitslnit of a hvlaw rcqiilrma the loslni on certain day of the week durinu certain hour ai here- nnfter in this bylaw mor pn-tic- ulirh set forth of itetall gnnollne service stations oiwollnr pumps and outlets in the ttetall oistillnc service industry as defined in the indtihtrlal standards act and wheiieas the council la satisfied that such application is sinned bv not ics than three- fourths in number of thr occupiers of retail gasoline service stit- 10ns gatollnc pumps and outlets in the retail gasoline service in dustry os defined in v indus nul slnndartb act to which inch application relates therepone the council nf the corporation of thr town of ac ton enacts the follows 1 ttvlnw no 043 li hereby re pealed 2 nv luu no 0l it hereby n pealed 3 save ils hereinafter in this rvhtv otherwlie provided all retail gasoline service stations gionne pump and outlets with in the whole of the town of acton in the retail gasoline service in dustry an defined in the indust rial standards act shall b cloicd nnn remain closed between the houh of seven of the clocc in the afternoon of each monday tues day wednesday thnrsdsv and friday and seven of the clock in the forenoon of the next follow ing dav during the whoh of the year i save as hereinafter in hli rvlaw otherwise provided all retail gasoline service stations gisoline pumps nnd outlets wlth- 1 1 the whole of the town of acton in the retail gasoline service in- dustrv as defined in the industml standards act shall be closed and remain cosid between the hours of ten of the clock in the after noon of each saturday and sven of the clock in the forenoon of the next following monday notwithstanding the provision nf sections 1 and 4 hereof the town cltrk mn after app rival thereof bv the council lsi pert mils authonring tht retail gasoline sen ice station gasoline pump or outlet as so defined for which it is issued to he inri remain open nnl- u ittlstanding the bvliw dm ing thr part or parts nf thr dav or dis speritied in the permi c u permils lssued pursuant to the provision of section here of shall not exceed in jiumbr for an particular calendar week one of the aggregate number of retail gasoline service stations rimilinc pumps or outlets as so defined ac cording to license records nf hc town clerk such permits shall bj lssued for one week in regular rot ation i b evitv such permit shall be for remaining open between the hours of seven of the clock in he atcrnoon of each monday to fri- daj inclusive and seven of the clock in the forenoon ohe n xt follow mg day and between the httur ten of the cloct in the next afternoon of saturday and se en of the clock in thr forenoon of the next following monday 7 save as otherwise provided ih the factory shop and office building act the occupirr shall be responsible for nnv breach nf the pt visions of this blaw 8 an person convicted of a beach of the provisions if this b law shall forfeit and pav at he discretion of the convicting magis trate a penaltv no exceeding ex clusive of costs thr sum of fiftv dollars for each offence and in default of pavment of the said penal t nnd coats forthwith the said penalty and costs or costs on- 1 ma be levied by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the offender and in case of ther bi irg no distress found out of hich sich penaltv can be irvid the convicting magistrate mav commit the offender to the common gaol of the countv of halton with or u ithotit hard labour for an er- lod not exceeding twentvon davs unless the said penaltv and costs uf anv including the cos of he said distress and of the etvnmltisl and convevance of thr o to the said gaol are sooner piid 9 this hylaw shall take ef fect on and from thp twelfth day of april ad 1052 read a first time this 19th dav of february ios2 read a second and third time and passed this 1st day of april ad 1052 b d rachln manr i j mcgeachle clerlc munklpality in hwulna for iv per etnt of the value of the prop erty and the other municipalities are only assessln for tw per nt or ho per cent of the value of their i roperty we are avlng to piy too hli taxs as our ahare of the coat of providing thftse aervlce in an endeavor to quallxo auch charges which are based on a- aiswment the assessment is entsl- ued among the different municip alities by the county district o- school authorities appoint valuator prior to an amendment to the ashessment act in 1041 if the county council could no arrive at a proper equalisation of assessment themselves they were required to appoint valuators every five years to value s per rent to fl p cent nf thr properties n eachmjinlrlp- iilltv tliese vahitis were then re duced lo a common rallo eg wi wr cent of value at4 this deter mined the wjijjfllynlion of osejs- nient for county rates or u hool pui pnhes where such s hintt arean invered more than one munleip- ititv r parts of more th tn one munlclpalitv tins vjitem did not prove nalls- i h torv nt the munlclpnlitliw oper- uted on different niettinds of val uation generally on a fuess methiul and the percentage valued uis oily a small fraction of thr total number of properties and thenfore in many instance quite rqlfileadlnif to overcome this and to inuttlule u standard sybtrm nf valuation in the countv ihe united counties of slormont dundas and glengarv in 1043 made thr first appointment of a county assessor under th aiithnrllv of the 1040 legislation siiire that time 23 other county a wsejwors have leen appoint tvo nf them commencing their duties this leaves 12 counties which have not ils yet made appointments while legislation was enacted 10v to permit thr municipalities which comprise the territorial dis tricts in northern ontorio to pass hvluws requesting the appointment of district assessors so far no ap pointments have been made outlet of annemtar the duties of a county assessor art to supervise thr work of the varloius assessors in his county and to standardize the methods of prepiritlnn nf the assessment rolls he makes a report by june 1st of each vear to his county council ind this report forms the basis of the equalization of assessment as set bv that council this report is of nccrsjlty only ih basis and may be amended m iri way or rejected part cf the figure shown in the report are taken from the aasessmrnt rolls prepared by the municipal assou- nrs in the previous year ntt the recommended figures for the pur- pose of equalization may hav little or no similarity to the local assess ors totals while the county council prepare their equalization bvlaw lynmedlatcly following the county assrssors report the coun tv rates or levies bawd on these figures do not appear in the local tax lulls until the following year a lape of two years is thus found between the time your local assess or vlsils our property and the time on pa couny rate based on such isscssm en t jlrajjctjinent a chora ii is found that the countv as- m lor requires from three tn five ears to complete his work of re- a cessment in a countv thi per iwl u determined by the number of municipalities in the county tind the coaperatlon given by tht local municipalities the weakness of the countv as sessment system being the highest form of supervised assessment lies in the fact that high achool dfstticis ind township school areas overlap in many cases into adjoining coun ties with different mcthodftoi val uations possibly the solution u supe by the provincial gov ernment in an endeavor to instit ute a common basis of valuation and assessment in next weeks article you will be told of the provisions of the as sessment act which govern i the basis of your own asessment new sweet clover takes to moisture a new rasilygernilriminu variety of awmt clover has imhh developed at the saskatoon forage crop lah- nndorksn which will make farmers less henllant in seeding larger areas with this forage crop the new variety produces seeds whfreh are euhlly petmeahle to moisture and will therefore completely germinate in the vear of planting thiib elim inating the hlthnrto inevitable sweet clover infestation that per- jluls for many yfars in fields plan- led with utdi crop ta large tvercentage of the seeds of the currentlygrown awet lover varieties is hard ond not oslly ermealilp to mniutun as u result no more thnn about 10 per rr ln nnv one vear the bulk of thr seeds remains in thr ground to ger minate in wiri esslve stages over nn indefinite numlver of vrnm no that an area once needed with iweet clover never will ithm omr quite fiee nf this t rnp its presence und r these conditions nnmoie drulrnnle than that of a weed becomes a double hradiii he when thr farmer plans to seed the sweet clover in fested area w llh ertlfledseed leldlng iilfdfa for instunce l i ilmritnilis in weston ciinaila are vwlng taxed to th ihllll of apliitv testing gtaln fot ed particularly us to moisture ntent j tough and lasting union mads overalls mohct you on thi jo ctv mmj mmm so yk cm4mh vm ph kv tm ov aril tfclm w i a uki duoaid wltl to full ul lc ftmtstf tm tj imadus cvivtatj j tftho mtwf muiii ilikud taam imlallr tmfo0j el viinl frault d povanl liotuq utt ptkl nll lilmmmoi urvfm mfliu when yh iluiiii oiihmll ytmj fkvm ctxioilit i lni nvinl vnlu raaionably sjp too b d rachlin iron curtain secret in east berlin thevje telling abiut premier stalin s efforts to find out what the man-on-the- street rcallv thinks about htm carefulk disguimd suihn went in to a moscow saloon and struck up a com ersaiion with a russian worker after a few drinks he cnsualu aked the worker how he reallv felt about premier stalin the w orker looked around the room fearfnll then bsrkoned his arinking partner to follow him out of the saloon and down the street when thev were out of sight and earshot of eavesdroppers th work er looked around once more to be 1 sure no one was listening then whispertd koftlv into stalins ear j i m in favor of him the read- ers digest x just arrived 1952 wallpaper samples latatt datigns and colors for all thou rooms thai will naad radocorallng this sprlnr see us now and avoid the spring rush free estimates moore rocher painting and decorating contractors phons 275w or 299w acton thank you acton and district for the warm welcome we received on the opening of the acton meat mar ket las week we sincerely ap preciate your patronage and regret that we were unable to fill ill the orders you can be assur ed that this week we will have a complete stock on hand con grifulations too to mrs e mas ters 27 park ave the winnor ol the delicious 15 pound turkey the winning ticket was drawn by miss janet brennan r r 4 rock- wood ktuloin wing tbome i lht grade steak or roast 85c lb butter lb 66c pokk neck bones 9c lb fkehil pork hocks 25c lb hun i margarine 29c lb hcuneidebu bacon squares 23c lb hlgak cured side bacon 37c lb ad meat market 81 mill street telephone 541 satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded quality price art corke proprietor service