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by, and é gather- f a man and 8. out his- by the and the be had owning IZRDCSS nerves, 11 pro- tint tot ,:t went “Lute thought ’ Brace In and Iggist feebly. well go win- ses of the with- now for mud win. up by brown treat- at per- hor- as he COR- 1 tter cap- did lost ” fifib‘fifi Mu’nChofice-tflow‘ode.‘ Flor-l Daughter-flow... In. mummpwbqvmm [uniâ€"heed manage-Wann- [00.000Iooe'l'teelhbiooiio “WM. “-4790 wants $7.85; reg. $10.50, sale $58.90; reg. ~$13.50, sale ............ . l‘wrsian Drivers. reg. $8.00, for $6.20; reg. $11.25, sale ............ $8.88 Astrachan or Seal Drivers. reg. $5.00. sale 33,95 ; reg. $6.00, sale $4.85 Astrachan Jackets, Western Sable trimmed, reg. $52.00, $39.85, reg. $60.00, sale .................. ‘ ....................... . Plain Astrachan Jackets, reg. $35.00, sale $27.85; reg. $47.00, " "’ reg. $55.00, sale $44.00; Persian, $36.00 for $28.65 sale $34.40; Some specially large sized Plain Astrachan Jackets, bust 44, 46, 48. Men's Coon Coats, reg. $54.00, sale! $42.00; reg. $62.00, sale $48.00; reg. $65.00, sale .............. .._.. . ...................... . ...... Handsome Persian Lamb Jackets, mink revers and cufl’s, reg. $175.00, sale $140.00; reg. $105.00, sale ..... . .................. . sale $40.85 $80.00 $9.90; reg. $14.00, sale $11.60; rug. watch-JV, Ladios’ Persian Lamb Gauntlets, reg. $11.00, sale $9.50. sale ................................................... T.adi(~s' Seal Gauntlets, reg. $5.50. sale $4.50; reg. Ladics‘ Astrachan Gauntlets reg. $5.50, sale $4.38 u..~..- salo ................................................... 'Il'o'y Lamb Gauntlets. reg. $54.50, sale $3.65; '11 Mc-n's Astracha-n Gauntlets, reg. $5.00. sale ........ Mt-n’s German Otter Collars, reg. $6.00, sale Herman Otter Caps. reg. $3.75, sale ................ Persian Lamb “'0de Caps, reg. $5.25. sale $4.36 Largo Long Black Thibct Boas, reg. $128.00,»sa11e........... .-.......... Grey Lamb Caporines, reg. $20.00, sale $15.00; reg. $18.00» 'saie Black and Pure White Thibet Mufis, reg. $7.25, sale ............ 7 '1 ........ large Natural Bear Mufl‘s. reg. $12.00. sale .......-.-.. ........... Alaska Sable Bluffs, reg. $11.00, sale $8.88; reg. $12.25, sale $9.90; reg. $14.00, sale $11.35; reg. $15.50, sale ....I ...... E. E. W. McGaffey “’cstéern Sable Rufis, mm back, 6 tails, reg. $5.00, 58.18 ............... $3.75 Alaska Sable Rufis. 72 "inches; trimmed and 6 tails, reg. $15.00 ;~ sale $9.90; meg. $13.75 for $8.90 ; reg. $12.50, sale ......... $8.00 I... $12.65 Black Martin "Roslyn" Rufi', reg. $15.50, sale ........................ Black ()ppossum Rufls, reg. $11.00, salc.$8.88; reg. $8.50, sale... $6.88 wavy Full Sable Ruffs. reg. $18, sale-$15.20; reg. $23.00. suit: $18.15; reg. $26.00, sale $20.75; reg. $28.50, sale ......... $22.78 Natural Martin and Seal Caperines, reg. $15.00, sale ......... ......... $12.90 Seal and Black Oppossum Caperines, reg. $11.50, saie ......... ...-.-. $8.98 ‘Sa‘nlo and Seal Cape-fines, reg. 25.50, sale $20.20; reg.§5~00., Grand Sale of Furs The host medium for Advertisers. payers Lindsay and Surrounding DistrictW Volume X LIX I. DEYELL Make This Your Special Opportunity. 'Sa'lc ....... They must go, and quickly, if your needs and cut prices will help them to move. Look this list over, as an investment it will pay 50 per cent. At recent fur sales of raw material we noticed an advance 'of from 20 to :25 per cent over present prices. Think this over and visit us during the next 12 days. .-.-o..-o-n:-O u -.-u.s.~. ..... bushels of wheat oats and barley were harvested from . or c. B. Foster. D. 1’. A., Tomxfio. Facts and fig'mgs of practice: interest to the nrospectnve settler are and in “Western Canada” “Settlers’ Guide” tree upon application to MANITOBA. ALBERTA and SASKATCHEWAE 166,5 70,000 sale $4.35 ;.reg. $9.50, sale reg. $13.50, sale ............ $11.00 5, 884, 800 acres o.. .o '- .o $4.75, sale... ; reg, $4.25, ....... $3.48 $4.65 $3.88 $4.85 $2.98 $9.85 13.90 $0.00 $9.88 'LINDSAY,'ONT., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15th. 1906 Lx en social system has its period of birth development and maturity. Ex en state of society that outlives its usefulness prepares the people for the coming of a better one. The new 'principle is being enthroned, not \et understood by the great body of the people. It seems strange, but it is nevertheless true that mankind have always found their conquerors and oppressorsâ€"thev have always crucified their %a\ nun Two thou- sand years ago. almost there was one appeared on the earth who had a reVOlutionaz-y message for the children of men.‘ It was he who said, “Bear ve one anothers b‘urd- ens,” it was He who said "Love vour brother men” ; it was He who Said “Let He who is‘ greet among yombe betheservant 01a]! meted.” He had no desire to aluminum! He knew that tunale5 were Am Mr. EUGENE V. DEBS Mr. Debs, who was much applaud- ed rising ‘said “Ladiles and Gentle- menâ€"It's a wonderful age in which we live, an age of mechanical mir- acles, of revelations in science, mar- vellous industrial developments and world wide social unrest. The his- tory of the human race consists of a. long struggle of class struggles through all the centuries of the past the few have ruled, the many have served. The great mass of the peOple have patiently borne the burdens of the race, and for the most part, have died in despair. The central and controlling fact is the evolution of industry. There is no argument in abuse. no logic in contradiction. I shall address my remarks to your reason. It is labor that smltm at the locked door ,of. earth’s treasure chambers. , _ Shall not labor come to it5§ own ? Who shall doubt it ? Mr. Debs is. the greatest platform speaker in America. (Applause). I had an American traveller Ain the store the other _day. He said he hadn't heard Debs, but the reputa- tion he had in the United Stats was second to Abraham Lincoln. I feel. proud to have the honor of in- troducing such a man to 3 Lindsay audience, not because he is an Am- erican orator, but because hé has a purpose in life and that is “the up- lifting of his fellow-men.” I take great pleasure in introducing is Debs." and I informed him that Mr. Debs was the'socialistic candi- date for the presidency of the United States. He said: “That thing’s al- ready dead in Lindsay from the gang that ;.helongs‘ to it.” (Oh, oh) I am not acQuainted with all -who profess to be socialists, continued Mr. Cinnamon. I said to that man, surely you would not condemn the church, -by its members, neither would you condemn Christianity be- cause of the. inconsistencies of some professing Christians. . I believe that true Christianity and Socialism are auout the same thing, and I told him I believed the same that he did. We have a great many people who profess Christianity! who do not know what Christianity means. No wonder there may be a few people who profess to be socialists, who really do not know what Socialism means " Theie are many who will agree with me, when I say that ‘I am willing and ready to receive with open arms, any system or organiza- tion that has for! its fundamental principles the uplifting of mankind that advocates and-believes in:' the Fatherhood of God and the Brother- hood oi’ Manand that practices and preaches the Golden “Rule That's what the world wants, whether it be socialism or any other name. Mr. T). Cinnamon wholintroduced Mr. Debs to the audience.spoke as follow:s “I assure you that I am pleased to see such a representalthc audience of the citizens of Lindsay present to hear Mr. .De'bs deliver his celebrated lecture upon the social Questions of the day, and I feel sat- isfied that, very many of you win go home from this place having dif- ferent opinions and ideas concerning this question than when you came. 1 met a good Presbyterian the. other day and on speaking to him aab'out Debs, he asked the question, “ Who Mr. Debs has a rough and ready eloquence partly natural, partly in- duced by a. wide acquaintance with the ills which afl’lict the working classes, and partly from a pretty wide reading not only of socialistic authors, but of philosophers. sages and poets. His word painting is vivid. his language strong. but neN- er violent, and‘his intense earnest- ness commandsmot only respect but a. certain amount of conviction. as was evidenced by the frequent and hearty applause which punctuated his address. ‘y~~â€" the whirlwind but the stfll small voice which after all makes the pest propaganda . But says one who knew him then ‘he is great'ly changed now. He is just as tall, just as large, just. as forceful. But he has the added gravâ€" ity of them hard. years. What he has lost in violence he has made up in quiet intensity. Perhaps. hays a writer to the News, those dms in gaol, of which he is in no wise as- hamed, g \e hmtime to ponder and decide “5*;- mtflm fire, liar the \vhiriwmd. but the still small Eloquent Lecture by Eugene V. Debs, the Socialistie Candidate for the United States Presidencyâ€"The Labor Leader urges fidelity to Socialistic Principle; Eugene V Dells, the socialistic candidate for the presidency of the l'nited States, addressed a most at-, tentive audience at the Academy of Music last _week. Mr. Debs .was the head and front of the socialistio movement in America and for the time leader of the great railroad strike in Chicago in 1904. CAPITAL VERSUS LABOR: ‘" ,. A SOCIALISTIC PROBLEM "héfiiét V ’o:' the 000 thieves. gamblers and burglars. and 80. 000 fallen women. These are the fruits of an Ouija-awn social sys- tem. They appeal with over-increas- ing force to avg? ‘thqughtful mu! It is impossible to wrong our fel- lowmen without injuring ourselves. You cannot save yourself at the ex- pense of your brother. Wealth should not be the'end, but the means of an end. We insist that the campet- itive age in which we live has in a. large\ measure run its own course. Competition that was natural ; one hundred years ago now resolves itâ€" self into most barbarous warfare. and the great ! army 0! workers are compelled to fight each other for ex- istence. Here is your country you are relatively prosperous to-day. Sooner or later you are bound to have ova-production which together ‘with under-consumption is certain to :help hing about the desired end. fwhitch will be but the harbinger 0‘ peace on earth and1good will to- :wards men. (Applause). . Why havelwe an army of tramps toâ€"day and not a century ago ? There has been an industrial revolu- tion because a great deal more has been produced, than can be absorbed. Here's a man out of work ; the tim- es have become hard and he is dis- missed; there is no longer any use for his labor power. He goes to. Some other place and the next. and l the next looking for work. After a time, his last penny gone. he Wands his way to the post o'flice. There is a letter for him ;.it :is‘from the Cottage home he had left behind him. Thu rent is due, it cannot be paid ; his family are crying for food. This is not an isolated .case. There are thousands of them in all gut citiee‘when periods 0! depression sets in. His seisibilities become blunder. ed. his sell-respect deserts him. he becomes the. enemyyof his fellowmen As is a tramp. ' It is sometimes my a few steps into crime. ’In the name States wehu'e about": mil. lion»! the-ewes. than 69°.- ‘we can only discharge that obliga- -’ tion by doing something in the in- ~ terests of those who are to-come af- I tor us. Whether a man be a Social- iist or not, it is impossible {or him ’to be satisfied with conditions as ‘they are. In so much wealth. in so much poverty, in so much misery, the world is not yet civilized. The revolutionary forcw are still in op- lemtion. Let us trace it. A century ago when your great-grandfather lived,.this was a new country. Ag- riculture was the Chief pursuit. 'Ben- jamin Franklin understood the value {of the .toolk when he said that mu {was a tool-using animal. Be it understood. he continued. so long as the‘working man is in bon- dage, the capitalist himself is not free. If you inspect the two ends of a chain you will nm: the other end of the chain is fastened to the mas- ter. Is there anyone fool enough to imagine that the Czar of Russia is a free man ? He has transgressed the moral law. Boa anyone imagine that John D. Rockerfeller is q truly free or happy man ? Far from it. It is true hevhas materialuvealth in abundance. It is also true that, in its accumulation helhas transgressed the moral law.. There is one Judge that all of his wealth cannot bribe. He does not mingle freely with his fellowmen; he does not tknow the meaning of human brotherhood. He will be reduced to the democracy of the dust. What will he wealth avail him- in his last hour ? Molutely nething. Shrouds have no pockets, we leave this world Qrecisely as we came into it. In discussing ~tho mining question, Mr. Debs renmrked. "In America. there are about $50,000 miners. They work hard and faithfully.- They are producers of wealth” They ought to have all the comforts and priviltxw of wealth. ~I have not been satisfied to enjoy my own fireside, I have gone down to see these men work and have said to myself, “These miners are life convicts. there is no hope for them. they are “orking’like gallex slaves the\ ham no homes in the proper senSc of the tel-111.15 it possible for love and abject poverty to dwell benmth the same roof.” A pathetic description of the sor- rows of a miner's wife and home was then given by Mr. Debs. The object of Socialism is to ehe tribute the wealth equally among the people. The 70.000 men at. Car- negie's mills produce by their labprs thousands upon thousands of tons of steel, and yet. do not own a single ounce of it. He amasses a stupen- dous fortune, while the men thatxlo the work remain in poverty. A large numver of our people are in ,a state o!.poverty, their life is a continuous struggle. It takes a working man gt. a do]- lar and a.‘ half'a day. just. seventy- three years to get what Rockefeller gets per hour for doing nothing. We Socialists object to a system which enables a man to accumulate more than he can use, whilst the majority have nothing. Tell me by what. mode a union feeds itsdlf, ‘1“:ng will tellyou its history, social‘wnditions and what. it registers On the thermometer. of civilization. Work has been sub-di vided undispeciaiized. While the tool and production has been.social- ist. the ownership is still vested in the individual. John D. Rockerfell- or is a fully deVeloped capitalist. of a billion dollars. His income in $33,000 per. hour. (Voice, “Just. half of what I am worlh."I. ter conditions for the human race. We are under obfigation to them and It ANANARDER. w‘c- -n, room for the horses. and every place was packed full.‘ The proceeds amounted to upwards of $52. the basketS-aVeg-ag'inp: $1.30 etch. Sup. per was provided for those who did not purchase baskets for 25¢. The auctioneer. Ir. J. H. Wilson, at the 14th could not be surpassed; we think he should retire Iran the lam tadflttke out t “09000. a he in Mt at out for the busing-I. mu Cal- .A“ I- L..- nn-I-I The Canddian Order or Foresters. of Fleetwdod, held a very pleasant and profitable bas'sket social at the residence of Mr. J. L. Harte On Fri- day evening, Feb. 2nd. Despite the cold weather. with the thermometer hOVering around 20 degrees below zero. the social was a huge success. Hr. Harte opened up his'stables and turned out a" his cattle to provide The Bethany band have revived again and we are expecting some g-ood concerts. ~ , Miss Myra Brereton has organized a choral class. not. likely mover. Dr. Hawk) is spmding a few“ days in Lindsay and the Queen City. Mrs. Morrow. a retumed mission- ary from British Coiumbia, “lectures in the Methodist church Thursday night. Miss Emma Staples is spending a few days in Peterboro. filliss Sing spent. Sunday in Port Hope. liiss Winnie Lewes is studying mu- sic in Peterboro. BETHANY Mr. Lowes spent the week end in Toronto. day afternoon and preached a very instructive sermon to his hearers. The; weather here has Keen very favorable and at. present writing tim- ber is the order of the day. Miss Short is visiting Mrs. W. R. Curn of Essonville. Miss E. Johnson is stopping with Miss Blakiey. You operate. the mails. why not operate the railroads. You would not transfer the mails Jor if you did you would never be able to send a letter across the continent for two cents. You can operate the tele- graph, telephone and express just as the mail. In conclusion Mr. Debs said that his. audience might say it was all right in theory. one that it was a beautiful dream. but they must‘ re member that StephensOn and Colum- Mr. J. H. Anderson and family, have moved from their house above the store where they gtpect.to spend the winter. Rcv. A. R. ‘Maunders occupied the pulpit of the Methodist. c_hurch Sun- Master Aliner Stephens is stopping with his brother for the winter. Mrs. Geo. Basking from Toronto, is visiting her sister, Mrs." W. Boyce of Tory Hill. Mmrs. Dodge . Doolittle have cut a. stick of spruce timber 60 feet. long. 8 inches at. the top; Hope you get. lots of_th§m,_w_es. Mr. have Stephens ’has arrived in Tory Hill whom he expects to spend the winter with his brother. Mr. Arthur Boyce has gone to the camp for the winter. lard. when she first took up the tem- perance work said. "Drika is the cause of much poverty." In after years. having‘taken a social view of the Question she mid. "I am convin- ced that a great deal of drunkcness is caused through poverpy." bus were We are being paid up for our thaw. Lots of snow now and cold weather, but. good gleighing. Miss Alice Boyce has returned from. Norland after a “co weeks’ visit] among friends in that part. "Miss Aggie Back. is visiting her sister-{firs Joseph Nor-thy of Stone order, it is real civilization. Do you not think. it is a beautiful world ? Isn't the human 3 social being. It is because we ignore the social char. actor of the human being that we are amicted with so many ills. Pro- viding profit is more important to- day than human life. Socialism is the pith am- marrow of the gospel of Jesus Christ, Francis E. Wil- Take business men themselves. is it not a [act that those virtues of hu- ;mm nature that should/win success, bring failure on modern competition. The capitalist Whether he will or not is compelled to reduce wages. Business men in competition are compelled to resort to gel-y question- able dealing to keep their heads above water. Take two Christian business men. they are in.competi- tion. Each is trying to understand the other. One sees the downfall of his opponent. Does he mourn ? Not a bit, he isglad o! it. We are now merging from competition, into aco- operative.bas1's.~ An honest business man is a contradiction of terms. On! economic relations determine in a lungs measure our feelings toward each other. I would not it I could check the centralization of capital,1 [or it is the beginning of the end 1 men in‘thesedays do? m1 love each Other. It. is so diflicult to ‘ lave e'ach, Other. “3'15“” dimoult to love the man you have been trying all week to defeat. .(Applaune). Socialism is diametrically opposite to Anarchism.; Socialism is the per- fection of government. government for and by and through the people. It is pure democracy. it is social A few men on our ruin-cad. tele- gmph, telephone W. fleets, oil- fieldo. gnu fields. coal mines. etc. '-All means of wealth in this country are centralizing steadily into, the hands of the few without ‘regtrd to the great mass of the people. It has been reduced to figures that if the railmds were owned and operated by the people. one could ride across the country for merely one'oollar. FLEBTWOOD TORY BILL ill will Quite a large number of members of the 1.0.0.1”. lodge of Manilla, visv iwd tinc'Lindsay iodge on Feb 1211: to In“ degmes nonterred. the near future 3'“ __ 7. Mr. and Mrs. George James and family purpose moving to Camhray 4;, itXur liufird's land's, ioad, They succeeded in killing all but one oop- per snakq. _ _ 4. .- _A-_I While Mr. Robert Cockburn and Mr. Andrew Dickson were busily en- gaged digging a skunk 7mm its hiding place they came across a. nest or reptiles comprising eighteen snak- Mr. tam; Mrs. Mcolm McLean and daughter ham: 1. amed to' their home in Manitoba. after enjoying a pleasant visit amooég their many relatives and friends here and else- where. ' Miss Emily ”King who has been re» siding in Toronto for some time is home on a prolonged visit. Hr; Haywérd or‘ Saintfie-ld. is vis- iting Mr. Dick_ CW for a. few days. Messrs. Robt. and Joseph White sine are keeping “thchelors hell" in Mr. Guy Tripp’s house. They are busy taking out sawlogs, ties, fence posts and firewood and judging by the vacancy in the bush they are hus- tlers to work'. Mr. Herb. Brown is busy taking out wood and timber for fencing purposes, and by the looks of things he is going- in for improvements. Mr. James M. Wylie is holding an extensiVe sale on Monday.a!ternoon from amongst us, and go to the Feb. 19, as he is afloat. to. remove west. We hope to see a large crowd of well wishers at the sale. Slfi Qpetitiqn of Mr. :0303. an rs. Thompson 'for a grunolithic walk on the south Side of Queen-st from a point 198 feet of St. Paul-st. to a point 128 feet east was read. andpn motion the clerk was instructed to infonn the peti- ‘tioners .that it would be necessary to furnish a new petition for-the rmâ€" tirc walk from St. Paul-st. to hp {our feet wide. The petition and re- port. were filed. Mr. James H. Staples is making great preparations this winter for a bouncing summer with hogs, as he has purchased the whey of the Fleet- wood cheese factory for the coming three years. He recently unloaded a car of bran and chop. James is a hustler and no doubt will make the enterprise pay well. _ ly brought down the douse, while Sex-gt. Kitchen sang several songs in the good old Emish style which de- lighted the audience. Mr. Robert as he is a very high Mdder, and Whiteside of Franklin helped along kept the prices oleaskets around kept the prices ofglaskets around the ‘doilar mark. We extend our best wishes: to Mr. and Mrs. Harte for their part in the social and hope to. be able to record other pleasing events under the same roof. Mr. O. R. Stacey. our popular merchant and postmaster is doing a rushing business. this winter. We noticed Mr. Vansickler in our village recently, looking as though Lindsay and married life agrad with him. The statutory declaration of Mt! H. A. Rider. as to the number of hands‘ employed and wages paid by; the Rider Kitchener (30.. in com-l pliwce with the agreement between; the company and corporation, was read and on motion was approved, and the clerk instructed to wipe out the taxe" of Messrs. Rider Kitch- ener as 'per agreement. A _- ‘ The communication from Mr. G. S. Houston, Manager Lindsay Busi- ness College complaining of the tax- ation of the rooms occupied by them as a. business college and asking for a remission of the taxes upon same, was duly considered and afterwards was referred to the Court, of nevi: sion. The request of Mr. C. Oryell for the remission of his 1905 taxes Was also relerred to the Court. of Revi- The communication from Mr. .I- E- Weldon on balm}! of Mr. W. 11. Bob- son, claiming 8325 damages caused through the defective‘scwer was; filed as ex-Ald'. Robson had denied put- ting in any claim whatever. The Communication from Mr. J. P. ! Reid, secretary of the Y.M.C.A. coma pluining 0! over assessment of $300. on the YJQCA. building was an { motion wa: referred to the Court of , Revision. l Lion ed the to'wnship of Ops expend a similar amount, was notmentertain- The request of Mr. J. H. Hopkins that council expend 40 or 50 dollars on the corporation .poundary, provid- fume Dumor predicts a wedding The petition from Isaac Dona" and others objecting to the final ocost of the grunolithic sidewalk on the west side of Adelnide-st from Rent to Bond, wns‘on motipn, filed. The Town Solicitor By-law will go Back to Council, Although ~ Strongly Opposed by AM. O’Reilly. COUNCIL COMMITTEES MEET AN INTERESTING SESSION A number 0! accounts were on vav The report of Town Commissioner , CAMBRAY. m Suklofl has opened a gem we in chic vnhge. He will .. ml! line a! clothing. gents' up, boot: and shoes. grocer- . Prices will be found nu; MANILLA FINANCE an On motion the secretawâ€"trm : of of the Sylvester band will be asked Mr, by the clerk to render an account of their financial standing at the pres- ' Mof ent date. Saving: Bank Department. WWdtimdnp-udg. [atomâ€"stat curl-ant an odd“ Fendon Falls Branch is no: upon for a. (anal-1.1 Bulking Bacillus. K. c. l. G. Yiooâ€"Pnddont and Gonna] Inn- aflorâ€"E. 8. Clan-ton. Sta-ulna“ Haunt Royal, G.C.I.G. Pmidnnt-vSir 6.0. A. Drummond, Bank of Montreal The Edmond's Concert Company are playing for three nights this week to crowded houses. The train ’men have had very little trouble this winter up toxtbc pres- ent. No drifts to contend with as, in past winters. Rev. Mr. Blarry has just closed a: very successful revival in the Methoâ€" dist church. Several new members have joined and there has been a. great awakening of interest in ev- erything connected with the church. work. Mr. Balfour-,9! Saskatchewan, who» has been visiting for some time at. the home of Mr. Leibh, has returned. to his tar western home. ing industry in other districts wane not felt so 'much hem. as there was - enough snowleft in the woods for- good sleiyzing. The mercurx dropped ,1 to about 40 below zero last week. and consequently the wmter roads Our lumber men are busily engaged in getting out their timber for the summer '5 cut. They are also ship- ping large quantities of bark. The open winter and recent thaw that: interfered so much with the lumberâ€" , We are having the finest winter ever seen by even the oldest settler. We have just enough snow for good sleighing and the roads are all that. could be desired. low as the lowest, with ~a firstâ€"class upâ€"toâ€"daw stock to choose from. The highest prices paid for farmers’ pro- ducc ; skins. Aid. Maundnr. Rea and McFadden tigate tho condition of the dumping were appointed a committee to inves- ground and the advisability of con- tinuing the services of the caretaker. The by-law re the appointment of a town solicitor was strontrly oppos- ed by Aid. O’Reifly who said that the council had no right to remove, the solicitor unless there was some charge of misdemeanor, dishonesty, Mayor Vrooman said the council had a. perfect. right to do as they pleased. A man can be removed by: a vote of council. Aid. O’Reilly and the Mayor had' quite a discussion, the former accusâ€" ing the latter of acting th‘e Czar ov- er the members of council. The dis- cussion and objection of Aid. 0'â€" Reilly had no eflect on the former opinion of council for on motion 0!: Messrs. Begg and Fisher the byâ€"law appointing a town solicitor was re-~ (erred hack to the council {or its fill-:â€" a! ‘reading . Mayor Vrooman thought Ald. 0" Reilly was mistaken. but the latter was positive. and he asked Clerk Knowlson to fetch the document- Mr. Knowlson did not make any at- uunpt to do so. and on lxfing asked why he did not get them, explain-- ed that there was neither by-Iaw or agreement. A form ofagreement had bt-en dmwn up. but as the re¢1isite~ signatures were not attached it was not valid. Ma. O’Rcilly said it was. and mm: a try-law or agreement to that eflect had been made last year. The town physician and media! health officer will be asked to sub- mit. an annual report to council for last year. . When the question of the grant for- the Sylvester Band came upthe lay.- or said he supposed the grant was. a regular one. The statement prepared by‘ .the- town clerk of the coming year '5 er» penditure was gone into carefully: and numerous reductions were made? in the same The auditms' report for 1905, at. tackled to the annual statement, of receipts and expenditures. etc was read clause by clause and adopted. R. was ”HILTON . GASTORIA. a. .m mu You m ”135 W Capital $ 1 4,400,000 Rat ‘ 1 0,000,000 Vprioes paid for farmers’ pro- also wool. hidCSsand sheep; Number HALIBUR'I‘ON. 4300 every issue.