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WE? As a business enterprise of great importanceis to be laid before a meeting of the Board of Trade and those of our citizens who have the best interests of, the town at heart. on Friday evening of this week, I have thought it desirable to give a few facts in order that we may be better able to understand our true position, All will agree with me in saying that in the past ten years we have seen the greatest expansion of Lindsay's trade of any ten years in its history. and more especially the last half of that period. In 1895, and for some few years there- after, there were many vacant stores along our front street ; vacant dwellings were plentiful, some of our finest houses being occupied by ten- ants who were only asked to pay taxes and keep them in repair. 'Dur- ing the past five years this state of .afiairs had entirely changed, every. house became occupied and rents were advanced fully twenty to twen- ty-five .per cent., new houses were. built on every street, and no sooner e had a man started to build than he t was besieged by prospective tenants. The house question is a pretty fair barometer of the state of trade in any village, town or city. I would suggest to your readers who are in- terested in our tosz prosperity to take a walk over our town as I have done in the past week or two and they will find that empty houses are becoming. I regret to say, plentiful. and it is not, the shat-kc Jun! 1110 To the Editor of the Watchmanâ€"{:25 Warder: THE BOARD OF TRADE SEE J) THE AID 0F CITIZENS T0 CULMINATE A GREAT FRO- JEC'I‘. THE PAST AND FUTURE DECADES “Luau 15 what will we do with our present stock of forty thousand ($40,000.00) dollars? We have decided to inaugurate Fortunately for us the building changes owners on March 1st, 1907, and we have secured a new lease from that date for a term of veam. Sn Ann’f, munngnmhd .-- uuw uumauas possessmn by that date as you will see by the “notice to vacate”served on us by his solicitors, a copy of which we reproduce here: ' ‘ . our town as I past. Week or two that empty houses regret to say, ; not the shackshy It means that we are placed in a very peculiar pos- ition. Our lease expires on Sept. lst next, and our pres- ent Landlord has leased the building to another tenant for six months, Sept. lst, 1906, to March, lst, 1907. He new demands possession by that date as you will see by We are not leaving town but just selling out the present stack to be in readiness to vacate. The Lindsay public is pretty familiar mth the full meaning of this announcement. But the questibn which concerns a term of years. So don’t; misunderstand us‘ ’me boyd mills at Bobcaygeon which shipped all their product through ourfltown ; this item alone“ including the men engaged in the towing, made no small addition to the wage earners of our town. Now, all these foregoing changes have been causing what we migh call an abnormal Annâ€"A:L--â€"â€" -- "“‘"‘D v. vllv C.P.R. branch that found its Way into Lindsay trade amounted to, I am credibly informed, over $200000, ' and the county house «of refuge f caused an outlay of say $30,000. ' .This gives us an expenditure of very " nearly $100,000 per annuni for the ' past five years, which we cannot exâ€" pect to see repeated in the future,â€" ‘ except the one item of railway building. During the past decade we have] witnessed and been benefitted b ' a highly profitable lumber and, shingle trade. The shingle trade during the first half-of the term under consider- ation reached high water mark, both as to value and demand, the United States taking all the shingles our mills could produce. This latter trade. and in fact the timber to pro- duce it, has become a thing of the past. Mr. Park-in has handed me his wage list for shingle cutting for the last six years his mill was running, and it totals $47,156. Our lumber trade had an unprecedented increase in values, and the output is slowly bUt surelv nagging: an".-. m- L,‘ r' “‘AAâ€"‘-â€"- any means, but amongst them are brick dwellings which any citizen might occupy without discredit to his social position. In looking for a ‘ reason for the past prosperity, for ’ there must be a. reason, I think I‘ ) have found one that pretty nearly . explains it. I first went to our town; clerk, and he very courteously gax'rc me for inspection the by-laws passed for local improvements; that is. for sewers and cement sidewalks, and our new fire hall, and I found they amounted for the past five years to the tidy sum of $1r45,000,â€"no won- der our taxes have gone up. I next called on the clerk of the water conH missionei's, and he assured me that their extra expenditure for the past five years, would exceed $15,000 ;; that is, expenditure in excess of their usual annual outlay. We have had the Ross Memorial HOSpital erected 'at an outlay of $60,000, not consid- ering equipment; the Carnegie Lib- rary at a cost of $10,000, leaving $3,000 for equipment; the defunct gas. plant laid twelve miles of piping which cost, with buildings and gas- ometer, piping etc., $35,000. The cash expended in the building of the r‘ v I) .__-_-., ‘- 3mmfin-4._.. Wrist Bags Small wares Men’s Hats Shirts Collars N eckwear Underwear Braces Half Hose Linens Cottons Tickings Prints us now most is ‘ .. ‘uwwwwwmmflflmmmwmmxw%fi D! Foncfifii FORCED! YACATE OUR STORE. ' the, amount of $30,000 be taken up here. It is ‘an industry that runs the whole year, and will commence with a list of fifty employees and it is fully expected that this number will be increased to at least one hundred in the course of a. year. With fifty employees the .pay roll will amount to $30,000 anually, or in lather Words the amount of stock taken will come back into the town in the first year. It will be abso- lutely necessary for our merchants! and leading citizens to take hold "0! this matter in a. whole heartfi; mane: mnâ€" -â€"_I L Muslims Ginghams Shirtings F lannelettes Sheetings Pillow Cottons Doilies Pillow Shams Lace Curtains Carpets Linoleums Oilcloths Window Shades Lawns 7-3â€" v u..- an excess of that claimedâ€"1;):- it gy its owner. To bring this industry to Lindsay will require that stock to v Out Loud» LU] financial positign. w9:1.1d the gentle- men asked to value the plant have reported its value at 9. flight. sum in nun-\n_ -A‘ AI. , A H untrue, but unfortunately Lindsay igreat praise is due to the Light. it does not possess any number of very ! Heat _P°W‘;‘ (0-; :hg halve 3‘13““: m... on... . $.zzznisg..:.:;.:::..:..:. 33;... .2. " using his available capital in his re- as favorable terms as ofTered by P». d :fieitniv bulfufss. I regret to ‘33" terboro. I must apologize for taking (1 a e a 9 some ew men 0 up so much of yourxvalua'blo space. have made the" money amongst us but the importance of the subject is who do not feel that the‘interests of the onl excuse I have to ofler the town have any just demands y ‘ upon their means. When we have Respectfully Yours. made our money here it seems to me H, J, LYTLE. that any worthy enterprise to as- sist the town should meet with as- ' sistance from these gentlemen. It is B 0 0 K R B v I E w pretty generally conceded now that it is impossible for us\to get manu- facturers of ample means to locate "KARL GRIER." here, and that any industry that We: The novel, "Karl Grier: the may secure must have local assist- . strange story 0! a man with a sixth! ance in some manner. A fortni t ,. . . . ’ ago a few of our citizens were ghet'scnse. ’5 ”St published by McLeod by a. manufacturer who is looking 5‘ Allen. Toronto. It is b." Louis for a. location where he could have Tracey. author of "The Wings of the i I V improved shipping. facilities for a Morning." "The Great Mogul." and 1 business that has been established other stories. The writer is a (lose I! for a number of years. and that has. figment 0f PSD’ChOIOKS. tdeenomy and c [under its present management, been klfidmd subjects. He makes one 0! fl eminently successful. A smau comâ€" the characters of thebook present mittee was appointed to look into the 50110qu progressive theses: the proposition, and visited the “(8) Human Inventiveness is bounded works, taking with them two men only by the zoneot human intelli- able to'put a proper valuation on 88008: (b) the capocfly of the brain A the plant. The books were placed extends {81' beyond our present scaen- i‘or my inspection and I have no hes- tine camellflon : (c) every new itation in saying that the present discovery is, therefore. a mere quick- business is in a very satisfactory ening into acthty of some Shem-l - 6nnnn€nl â€"---'.A_'-_ [311 , north of Kent Street in the said and having a frontage on said Kent Street of twentyâ€"four feet, and being the store and premises lately occupied by Messrs. R. B. Allan Co. You will kindly govern yourself‘acoordin gly upon the date above mentioned. Dear Sir, AMOS J. FORD, Esq,, Merchant, JOHN McSWEYN. McSWEYN a. sum. BARRISTERS, arc. any just demands 1 When we have are it. seems to me ‘nterprise to as- uld meet with as- gentlemen. It is needed now that. “Stto get manu- lncans to locate industry that we, have local assist- Lner. A fortnight _ itizens were met!“ '1‘ who is lookingf5t SI BISSELI.’ 3 mum STEEL noun Ready-to~wear Garments Muslin Underwear ‘ VVaists Skirts Wrappers Sateen Under-skirts Silk Underskirts Raincoats Spring Coats Children’s Dresses Winter Cloth Coats Fur Coats ‘for men and women Wome_n’s and Children’s to v urn-u; "(I Wlt‘V aflects adult manhood in a far less degree than gducation. “If it were possible to leavean infant. born of civilized parents, wholly to its own devices, it would possess nn articu- ’ucpeu Dy Mr. James Lovell, your Landlord, to notify require possession upon the thirty-first. day of the premises now occupied by you, namely, that. The novel, ”Karl Grier: the strange story of a man with a sixthl sense." is just published by McLeod in (L A 'lnn man‘sâ€"b . râ€"vâ€"â€"v.‘ any Ill “USU. L to light. audwu'o see how my it is to deceive the common five senses. Mr. Grier takes his readers quite to romapco. His style is pleasimz. . E. SMITH. Bu Draught Bucket xiv! low down bitch and removing m neck we ht. Soul Pres-ed steel loads or nun-cm than. in an the Drum I‘l-o lam Ann-Inca.- lollcn used in Bonanza. No centre bearing to cut. not! or grind. None fonnino without t a name “BISBELL” nquiro of your Agent or Addmu T. E. BISSELL, ELOHA, ON‘I’. Write {or Booklet “ E.” Lindsay. Strictly Cash Dealers. Yours truly, Think twice before you miss this them so they will dry up with a smooth. compact surface. The fol- lowing description of the device is reprinted from the Farmer? ‘ Advocate : The two halves of a split log, ten to twelve inches .thick. am set on edge thirty inches apart, both flat sides to the front. The cross bars A CHEAP DEVICE FOR LEVEL ING COUNTRY ROADS. D. Ward King, of Missouri. bu. th‘ credit of inventing an inexpensiw implement to be used on muddy roads, the idea helm to midi-"4 meansot‘ universal communication is dawning upon the world. transcend- ing by far thq unreliable flights of clairvoyance or telegnomy. There is no doubt that the education of to- day neglects the cultivation of the imagination. perhaps not intention- ally. but the emphasis placed upon the commercial side of life shuts Out largely the finer arts of the mind, and the soul that communes with the muses is placed away darn the scale. On the other hand the «air' .normal development of imaginative powers; fosters superstition and sus- piciousness. I! the i gimtion could only be trained to im gine the truth. then it could he put to utility.‘ Many people believe in second 4 sight. (mt the mm: of the practical 4 mind is much shaken in regard to it! . when the tricks of the exponents of 1 this so-called faculty are brought't 9n lhâ€"Lo _..‘- __ _7 gmt flights of imagination. ”in tiot Plowing in the middle' reader will hope that such a state run is a rol‘u: of the oh ‘0! education as ho suggcsls will not scraper days. prevail. and that at loast \‘ory‘ {ow What do vou do when tl mortals shall over posu-ss the sixth drop .ruls in tlw road ? sense. for the world will he hnppivr‘ Drag them. If vou drag wl without. it. The Creator has nin-ly surface is quite 15030 and so! limited human nature. and in the Will be surprised how soon tl possibllivios opening up in the var- disappear. ious resources of mom discovery. at II..." A- LINDSAY, Jan. {Slst 1906 ‘.“ ‘.-.-“uv-u‘. a universal communivmion is .' an inexpensiw P. “Pm 10:. ten‘ 1”. bag the inexpensive on muddy to puddlei um UV; "I "c a tendency to slip over the bumps. Don't you grade up the 'roqd first ? No. Elbe (ruling is done with the drag. gradually. By so doing, the road in Solid all the time, and is built on a Iolid toundation. What does it cost. to drag a mild I How do you got the dir middle of the road 1‘ By hauling the drag slantu the end that is toward the c the road a little to the rear other end. But suppose the road horrow ? Drag them. If you drag surface is quite 10030 and will be surprised how soon disappear. Don’t you want Bgm 5 Ir kitChen? Roof them Paterson’ 5 “Wire E Ready Roofing Reductions of 5 per cent. to 50 per cent. will lit made, the cuts going deepest where stocks are the ln-av- iest. It will be the opportunity of the year to buy guml goods cheap. No regular prices will be quoted, the n:- duced prices will be in plain figures so look for the New price marks. L_E 5? - ED -- C ‘- R- 0.1 L .F.“ 353’ _______ ”‘1'- -- Tuesday, 24th, and Wednesday, 25th, to mark down prices, and will Cheaper than you got the dirt to the the road 1* Mark the date well and wait for it. Re-open for the Great Forced Sale on Thursday 26th, at 9 a..m. until the stock is reduced to the lowest possible point .%%%%%%%%%%m you do when more are The store will be closed and to sell, sell and sell drag slant wise with you drag whm tho Opposite Post Office, LINDSAY and so“ , you middle of flu the old dump- center of r of the A GREAT is too Pi -, - numb" out, who narrowly escaped death recently in mking a descent, now says he Will try to make an air 1m» trip to Chicago from New York in a race for a prize of 83,000, Two TI‘P- MGM/3th“ o! the New York Aom Club .callod on him Thursday and he signed a contract. «a proceeded to New York. ' â€""-v' V ”VIN". U! I tain it a long- time, To this catechim I would following “Don'ts” : non' too fat. Don‘t walk: get drag and ride. Don't be p about material - “mm. -_.. do. H“. v. I'IAI I‘ll'k gravel road. Will a drag help a sand rand " A sand road is a very difiora’m proposition {mm the black soil, clay or gumbo. An entirely dim‘ru-nl method must be adopted. Time things may be done to a sand road to make it. better: First, keep it wot ;' second. haul 'clay on to it c third, sprinkle it 'with crude oil. as they do in California and some parts of Southern Kansas and. Texas. The drug will be beneficial in kWP‘ ing the and road perfectly flat. so that it will absorb moisture and re- 4_:,, l1 BALLOON RACE FOR PRIZE. Vin. lottery. the Chicago aeron- t. who narrqwly escaped death -_A‘,r - Will the dram-d road stand hauling ‘2 “mug-"g around sndewisc ? By not loading it too hcavib, H a drag. dodges around lho Part h YOU are moving. it. is because it is mor- loaded. 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