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aR REE dai WINDSOR SALT : in Bags and' Barras. : Fak Fa : o of Groceries, od Boots & Shoes 5 wid suffocating smoke." Do you realize ot this means to Colcol pon "Peace on earth, Heaven, 3d She 5 To Babe in Bethlehem's manger, + Guided't by that Wondrous Star. Peace! Peace! Ye warring nations, id yc your. strife and tumult cease; ° Ason that first Natal morning, Reign in Universal Peace. ! Chime! Chimel on Chiistinas morning, Chime your glorious Glory to the New Bor King!" Port Perry, Dezember, 1916 Natal hynin, good will from --ABL. A BAD FIRE On Friday afternoon about four, o'clock the hardware store of Carnegie oS Broa. capght fre accidentally in the cellar. The fire caught in some oil and spread with great rapidity. At, the same time a dense smoke filled! | the store, completely obscuring every- thing. The Fire Brigade did splendid work | and the 'water | was excellent. Had it not been for a facts the | results of the fire would have been | most disastrous. Ten, minutes later and it would haye been beyond | control, and there is but little doubt. [that the building would: have been | totally destroyed. ~~ But the firemen ' were: soon on: band aod continued, their effective. work in spite of the reported danger of [ explosion ahd the In point of fact there was but little danget. of explo- sion because there was no gasoline in the buiding, and the gun- powder in the cartridge boxes was rendered harmless as soon as the water reached it. : The stock was very badly damaged. 'Mr. William Clark, who was work- ing in the tinshop, was in a precarious position for a little while. The smoke drove him out on to the ledge in front of the second storey of the building, and there he had to remain until a ladder was secured so that be could get down. Philip Polito's residence and fruit store were somewhat dawaged by Spoke am water, and some window were burned at the rear of this building, which belongs to Mr Wm Leonard. The imranoe was sl wit Adams Hutchesoon, except $1500 This ve firm bad their Companies Proprenive Sn before the fire was half ex- tinguisted, and the adjusters arrived Jon the 9.11 train the morning after the fire. s This ig exceptionally quick \ ret : Methodist Church "The "Chalk Talks" 'given by the 1p Pastor last Sunday contained a live | TOWN COUNCIL At the Statutory meeting of the Town Council on Friday evening, | December 15, all the members were present except Councillor Jeffrey. The main business of the evening: j was the reception of the Statement of Receipts and Expenditures, a sum- mary of which we give herewith: _ Total Receipts, $23,191.18 Total Expenditures, $22,917.36 Spent on Streets, $2440.33 Spent on Schools, $5,515 Charity, $26.85 County Rate, last year, $1925.11 " this year, $1294.95" "Taxes and IntéTest collected -- - $14,306.60 Unpaid taxes, $1904.84. rh It is worthy of note_ that the last of the old railway debentures was paid off this year, and that of the $11, ate floating debentures, $7500 is assumed | by the Electric Light and Waterworks | The following accounts were order- ed to be paid: Cawker Bros, Street watering, $160 Bell Telephone, $16.92 ' Port Perry Star, printing, $4.50 Municipal World, supplies, $1.89 A J Davis, stationery, $2.50 Disney Bros., mattress, $3.50 The Council adjourned, sine die. REACH COUNCIL At the Statutory meeting of Reach Your surplus earnings i in our _ Savings Department earn inter- 2 "tsTin yATae . est at current rafe. 236 PORT PERRY BRANCH H. G. HUTCHESON, W. U. CARNEGIE wishes to announce that he wil re-open hisstorefor business in the" course of a few days. HARD ok ARE priations and expenditures, salaries of Reeve, Councillors, etc. At the conclusion of the business proceedings, . the Munieipal officials | enjoyed a most appetizing fowl sup- | per A feature of the presentation of a cane to the retiring Reeve, Mr. J. T.| The presentation was made ' by the Clerk, Mr. W. F. Dobson, on' Dobson; behalf of the Councillors and officers, 'Forecasts Deputy-Reeve John Stone has an- Council a number of accounts were nounced his intention of becoming u passed, including some road appro- candidate for the office of Reeve. x os Councillor, Weir will be a candidate {or the office of Deputy-Reéve, Rumor has it that there will be other aspirants for municipal honors, and the names of Messrs. Will Phoe- nix, and W. J. Cook are mentioned. Also Mr. Marshall O'Neill. Good Roads Don't forget that 1t is possible for Ontario County to enter the Good Roads System, and obtain Govern- ment assistance for building bridges and maintaining roads, etc., without spending a single dollar more than is now being spent by the Cotinty. There is no stipulated expenditure re- quired by the Government. 'by the five, residing in Canada, CANADA NATIONAL SERVICE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given under the authority of the "War Measures Act, 1914," that during the first week in January, 1917, an inventory will be made Post Office Authorities, of every male between t Paptmaster, a eRRLS the ages of sixteen and sixty- d envelopes for their. return to Ottawa Spall Pestmasieia for distribution very male person ages 1 and return a card enclosed in an envelope wi in ten days the bed a