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the acton free press acton ontario ihuhmjay alllll li4 ll civics lesson at municipal level would lead to enlightened citizen easy to start thta it tho tooton ol the ycfli when nuich ol the accumulalion of winter gt cteii toyed with n bonfire 11 a lime when often the dead giati l burned so that the new growth t gel n these spring firot have a plate in keeping things tidy they can to be a real menace to the safely cf othoi property if you start to bum a pile ol rubbioi it a wtsc precaution to ho it at a afe ditaiiie tiom other buildings it i best to mail a lire on i aim day and to only fite a small amount it any time of course no one vioud lv so aielen us to leave a bonfire unattended and not take the pre notion to see that it was completely out when loft a grass fire is something that nn easily gel out of control there reill doe sn t seem ninth reason for starling one but then they do break out along the railways and small boys have been known to get a kick out of such a fire fires in spring are very easy to star but get out of hand so quickly don i give the fire bnqade any more calls than you can help by being careful with spring fires this can be a very dangerous time of year its news most every one who pays taxes is dissatisfied with the amount of the levy it doesn t matter whether it is federal provincial or municipal taxes most all who are called up to meet them agree that they are too much of course those who are ministers of finance and are called upon to make the levies to meet expenditure usually have a bet ter understanding of why taxes arc necessary it was newsworthy therefore to note that in walkerton the assessor had tendered his resigns tion because the council of that town had raised the tax rate at the same time as the new assess ment had been introduced it seems too that the man who held this post was considered quite an effi public servant and had been in office for eight years of course we don t know the back ground of the case referred to but so often the wrong fellow gets blamed for raising taxes that tl may be that the walkerton assessor was making public protest on his part in in municipal tax in crease it s a rather old newspaper example to say that if a dog bites a man such is not news but if a man bites a dog that is news resignation of an assessor on account of high tax rate is news worthy our great winter sport now that the hockoy season has ended tho lepotts are coming out on the emit of keeping the mml goiini the snmla arena commission had a debit of j 14 lu on the season roth the senior a mid unior team didn t meet expenes the watei loo arena operated with a deficit of 13252 the ontario muniopal lioaid would be doing a lervice to mum ipali lien if a stalemrnl wi mvle avail able lor all oun u on the fminumi of mum pal ihete w a time when tho number of arenas mlh rtilfi ml ue wiv very limiled ml ihnse hav inq suih faolities did veiy well with municipal pioietts those were the days loo when many who played hockey did not have to he pud to every game and there were teams in many towiu whuh tould lay claim to being amnleurs and fans who would go through any kind of weather to get to a hockey game maybe the decline of canada s great winter spoil is owing to the lack of these two very necessary ingredients in the small cities and towns it does seem a bit unfair to put the burden on the municipal tax rate real estate should not be called upon to bear any more burden hockey as a sport seems to require too much equipment for the average town it may be thai television is having an effect even on the gate receipts in the big cities and lh whole situation may have to be reviewed a challenge to youth perhaps we are taking our reading too serious ly or it may be our age that makes things seem so unreal an advertisement the other night wanted a man who was thoroughly experienced in all phases of the pnntinq business presses compo sition and even book binding bul he must not be ever 35 years of age an executive of a new york firm cannot get a ob m canada because he s ever 40 examination of mr abbott s budget reveals that old age pensions cost a grand total of 338 8 millions or 22 65 from every man woman and child m canada for old age pensions last year the financial post says we paid out an amount equal to more than s quarter of all we collected in personal income tax or more than a quarter o all we collected m corporation mcome fax or almost half of what was taken m general ales tax old age pennon last year cost canad an taxpayers almost as muth as the babv bonus more than three times as much as we speni on public wevks and almost a t fth as muc as ve tpent on national defense what bevsildeis us s hcv oua men are qo ng tc get thoroughly expe e ted i al phases cf any business before ihp are t vhei thev fn co o school unt i hes are c- ea s of aae t edd o the be idement ho s ao iq o pn e income ax to support the pens oners when obs are hard tc get bv men over 40 th s s erta n y a qreai aoe for th ouna e ct canada c so what thev ca dc we ie t hode e measure tpc he r co e tor the fi or 20 years ftoxuflng bofwn th unt canadas expansion the annual reports that are published these days are not ust the dull columns of figures that were m vogue until recent yeais a very fine example of the present trend is that of imperial crl limited which came lo our desk lasl week in spile of the fact that we don t own a single share of slock in this company we found it most in leresling it didn t rely on statistics alone bul was profusely illustrated and the story of the com pany s year of business was most interestingly told as well as the statistical information given we learned that of the 245 holes driven in western canada t6 were oil wells 1 1 gas wells and 38 dry holes the results of the company s exploration work m ontario was not so good nineteen holes were dulled oul of which three ililbtil li tin the good old days may have seemed better back in 1934 run i ho imii at iii frrs lra of ihurwtny april 18 ibm llii mm back in 1904 in iii imur ill in tr rrcm of lliuru april xi im4 limited ninny m lti itv u ri llldllul itul 111 ii wi don i millon ihiihlink sn stuitlh- i i llh nuh hi nllll ii- m llllll a iii to lb hi vst north e ast wist s ouih yw i i hiiik w lt ill li 1 a w lllik it lul 1 wluii mm mil ih ixkie iiniltilxiiiiutih ovmiii in ivoiy n h 1 unit id r i 1 nili hi l ly ll 1m i hi hut a n itiihlit wiui 1 kll 111 ui ii hoiin tu ihtt ihn- wilrin miib mm kin i i nil for ll i vulllk liitlili- rniilot imniy riim iul otlii to vatr u miliiik l authority us whuh lu mllnn th i sl itltlk thi 1 mil 111 i dil v ill v utl ipartomrn hhaw tkvlll mi illmlkt tl hohplui iii hurllnclun i inn wmlisliiyh i he m i ii iln v ii k ium1i fhjy mil niitim a j mikln- iih w mutk ijidy an tin lluvill mm mm mtmiil mrs nty mrh s smith irl mii a ii i vltt i mn j c wihtim i w j mill it m intosh mutt 111 fn ilf lay ii if n i ttiin nr ik ii in iiiyn in i i of ui will 1 kll ullllllm o lh hiund t llx i unt ik ntirleh t hi hi hi wirilt it ihh it hii ilv on ilk ii u liy tuk i tlml willi 1 lllll with tlll 1ht k li iii hllli nf mi j ji mi ki profes directory and travellers guide broughl in oil four developed gas and 12 were dry holes the company paid 60662 324 in laxes which was an increase over the previous year in spite of the reduction m federal lax last year the per centage of canadian crude oil run was 56 and the previous yer was 50 earnings retained during this year and used in the business wi 7a 106 733 these figures are merely given to show the pan played m the development of canada by one of the big companies they are indicative ot the story behind the scenes in the areat expansion of canada many annual reports of 1953 will corroborate the one we have quoted i official order mde wt k th ilimpkin of 111 2 71 11 iii to wi if mlltin nun nrdir i mi ni lil hohii moot mrrtlnt in mlllon kimmimi mmrd 1 ii linn of miller ml iiid fin inu i hit lovrn rial thtatt ami inmjranc f t itt ii nri il list v r r irk ri liiinu hdro s ilullil- w is ki n ih il tmvi f i wright w r bracken dr w g c kfnney fbytlrlan and hurfron tffn i m poefs corner april iiappinfsh atm in bronlr other papers say delorame man t mes we contend thai when members and adherents of the several religions reach a certain state of christian perfection ihere j vkould be no need of putt ng on teas dinners nd i bazaars to make sure the parson receives his wage the coal s pa d tor and ihe other odds and ends are not charged it v it be the advent of the i nutlen urn when th s stage m chr st an proaress s reached canada s a ped i me c san country and t s a great inn c i oji soc a a id pol ical te that cano be qnored comments the s mcoe i on reforrne regreal t s qu e rue that w th a arce r u tr c can 1 rt tn ac t te c lhi st ar- 5 a aa ie read neiee i s- f a k iur vnqo h riiood ue e- ict cr- caada tv a i leans dec ires f ac a pes there s work va a c e icne v- a- evv c es we a ave c vc a e a der vve a ict be abe f r a ocse is e ae tseen c ig ne ocf- oe o ce e ar btf th s country was b e vxc were nof ara d c go ae icbs i canct h tc ont nue to prosper and e s cod or- on me rarets of tie cr d f i e s ck ao j t for the obs o conie tc us l mix in tun i i hh1 1 1 k a ii wihnlon rat r i p en imrik tix in i 1 th r tlmrr nri nn c1i v ro h p las klow w id b jr at the uotrcms fjtihtls in si jour projjirly r f bean limited omplrtr inimrancr srrlr 83 mill st acton i hone wi mih illaneol8 victor rumlfty son funeral home f antral tlomr lfratd ambll ihum jo nikhl or day srvinii iht tornmunity for i olive m lampard a t c m r m t teach rr gf piano stodlo t nltrd cbnrrh tbondaja park ae guellh 4ja mill si oftlrr phone id rnldrnr- iis hurcb st i phone 1m dr d a garreit phyilclan and mnrgpon jrrir of willow unri hi r a j huchanatj drnlal hurjfon i itlunun lilock mill st llior dam lo m x hay th hhonf 14n dr h leib mrnul hnrfrot tm hhont lit i to p m ac tjn ftfrinaby phoi 296 presbyterian church in canada knox chrrch 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