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ol, hingins tp and then ar bit of road. - Don't "fix it," good drainage is essential to telligently used can' be much avel badly placed and poorly UA stitch ownship many dollars in this Beighbors, and increase the e appointed you to your posi- - uential man in your commuity your good example," Because of the fecent Phan Contest, a large number of changes have been made in the mailing lists of the PORT PERRY STAR. We are anxious that the list shall be correct, and we ask you to look at the label in this spuce to see that the date is correct. If it reads "Jan. 17" that means that you are paid up to January 1917. The figures stand forthe year to which your subseription i is paid, . Be careful to look this matter up. We want to be correct, ce the break of the war, the Great Russian Empire with its 165 200000 inhabitants, has adopted total prohibition, not only for the duration of the wat, but for all time. France has rid herself forever of _absintl genecally admitted to be her greater curse. Great Britain has © restricted the hours of sale throughout the entire kingdom, and put cer- : tain areas ander complete 'prohibition, and in GREATER LONDON, in- oa Pickeri 1 That. Be Goverment prohibit the sale of liquor i in the Province, 2. In case the Government is not . prepared to take such action without consulting the electorate, to submit a prohibitory law to a vote of the people for their approval. The committee will seek, by all pos- sible means, to secure a favourable vote upon such referendum. 3 © The committee pledges itself to conduct its work and prosecute. its campaign on a strictly non-partisan basis, At the head is the Committee of One Hundred, with Headquarters in Toronto. 'Each County will have a Committee of Fifty; each Muni- cipality, Committee of Ten; and each Polling Sub-division, a Convassing Team of Five, one of whom will be Captain. Itis intended that every voter in the Province will have a chance to sign the Petition in favour of of Protubition. When the Petitions bave been signed they will be pre- sented to the Government during the firs week of the scssion of the Legislature by representative citizens, who will urge the Government to take immediate and favourable action in accordance with these Petitions The following men in Port Perry have volunteered for this service and have divided themselves among the three Polling Sub-divisions as follows: Nol -- E. H. Purdy, Captain; S. Jeffrey, Rev. Mr. Rogers. No 2--H. Nasmith, Captain; Morley Campbell, Dr. Totten, Rev Ford. No 3--]Jas Wadell, Captain; S Farmer, | Stonehouse, Rev Mr West. Two or three more are desired for each sub-division, so that a thor ough canvas of the town can be made in a short time, and an other men: willing to help should speak to the captain of the sub-division in which. they desire to work. It is the purpose of the Committee that petitions should be signed by (1) all qualified voters for the Legislature, (2) all boys between the ages of 18 to 21, and all women not qualified voters. Committees have been appointed for Reach and Scugog Townships and these municipalities will be canvassed in the same manner. *okox oa a Sha ryt hr sion "The following is a list of members appoinied for the committee in Reach Township. J M Real, chairman; R M Holtby, Secretary; of committees Representatives in each sub-division: Utica, No 1 R W Walker;Epsom No 2--Rev E C Hunter; Marsh Hill, No 3--]no Howsam; Greenbank, No 4--Wm Phoenix; Seagrave, No 5--Thos Watson; Prince Albert, No 6--Rev ] W Totten; Cedar Creek, No 7--G K Robertson; Manchester, 'No 8--W F Thompson; Saintfield, No.9--Dr Henders. County Committee--C Honey; Rev Mr Rowland, John Mark, Isaac Beare, Allan Moore, Blake Cregg, W F Dobson, Edwin Christie, Albert Dobson, Leslie Beare, and the chairman and secretary. Judge's Decision re County Assessment His Honour Judge McIntyre hashanded down his decision in regard "to the equalization of the Outario County Assessment. It will be re- membered that the County Valurtors made their report to the County' Council which taxed Oshawa and Whitby and some other municipalities too low. The County Council raised Whitby and Oshawa asssessment much higher at the June session after a hot fight in which Lt.-Col. Sam Sharpe acted for a number of municipalities as against Whitby and Oshawa. By a mistake, the committee in finally adjusting the figures for Uxbridge, included certain exemptions which should not have been included. Whitby and Oshawa 'appealed against their amounts, and Uxbridge appealed in respect to the exemptions. Lient.-Col. Sharpe represented Uxbridge and other municipalities, and Lt.-Col. J. F. Grier- son and GD. Conant represented Oshawa and Whitby. There were two days for hearing the argument and presenting the case. His Honor Judge McIntyre bad several additional sittings, had the assessors bring their rolls before him, and he made searches in the Registry Office as to sales of land in the various municipalities; and he thus arrived at the equalization values for the whole County. Although the County Valuators fixed the whole value of the County property at $21,851,000, His Hononr fixed the value at $29,220,000. The assessment of. Uxbridge was lowered $10,000, and that of Cannington $48,000. Oshawa had its assessment raised $2,311,000,and Whitby Town by $630,000. The amount to be raised this year for County purposes is said to be $61,000. If this estimate is correct, according to His Honor's judgment Oshawa bas to pay $3,382 more taxes, and Whitby $699 more taxes. : Other increases are: Thorah $109, Uxbridge Township $106, Mara $46, and Rama $291. - Those municipalities whose taxes will be lowered are Uxbridge $405, Port Perry $65, Beaverton $86, Cannington $666, West. Whitby $50, East Whitby $923, Reach 220, Brock $592, Scott $502. These figures are only ely correct, and are subject to change according to the sum for Ontario Times. $790, : oak