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Acts quickly = day and' a night) is tasteless and checks a cold dt once if taken promptly. For a chronic cough or cold, loss of voice, hoarness, bronchitis and other iaflamed con- ditions of the lungs and air passages, take Nyal's Cherry Cough Syrup ORVAL BYER Druggist and Optician; Port Perry JUST ARRIVED A Carload of WINDSOR SALT in Bags and Barrels. Eis full dine «of Groceries, and Boats. & Shoes. always on hand. J. F. McCLINTOCK SIE oR MOTTO "Service and Quality" gL When you need meat, you need choice meat. Do you realize what this means to you? Cal and convince yourself or phone : Bel 29. the final stages n in France, and may : Br a a does not apply to | messages ah ay be sent at the | special non-minimum W eek-end Let- ter rate to soldiers, sailors, and nurses serving with the Canadian Forces in France, Such messages, which should be fully addressed in all cases, are forwarded by post from England by the Telegraph Company, and should not, therefore, be directed in care of | the War Office, London. County Council STANDING COMMITTEES The committees appointed were as follows: -- Finance and assessment--] H Dow- Foster, McNabb, Rowe. Roads and Bridges--R R Mow- bray, Chairman; Messrs Mulvahill, Vickery, Madill, Stone Education--C O Doble, Chairman, Messrs Forgie, Goode, Gerow, Dear- born. County Property -- F T Rowe, Chairman; Messrs Downey, Rundle, Flintoff, Heavener. Legislation and Memorials -- J. D.|* Mulvahill; Chairman; Messrs Wagg, Roach, Doble, Will Agriculture-- Geo Wil, Chairman; Messrs Glover, Treleaven, Jackson, McNabb. Mileage and Per Diem -- William Foster, Chairman; Mesgrs Treleaven, Flintoff, Forgie, Stone. Printing--E L Vickery, Chaitin; Messrs Foster, Madill, Rundle, and |] Heavener. On- Wednesday a deputation was present representing Oshawa Hos- pital, to ask for a grant for the insti- tution. The statement was made that the Hospital was the County of Ontario Hospital, and therefore a grant ought to be made This is prob- ably the first time since its establish- ment that it has been called anything but "Oshawa" Hospital, but the name is apparently changeable for purposes of seeking a grant. The deputation representing the Messrs. C D Conant, | D Storie, Mrs R. S.. McLaughlin and Miss Mc- Williams. County to the hospi-al large propositions before them this money was involved was the Patriotic Fund for 1917. $70,000 is the sum ; being asked for this purpose this year. The matter was discussed by the Finance Cammittee. Elsewhere in this issue will be found the rate - of assessment which the County Council decided to levy for Patriotic purposes. COUNTY SEPARATION COMMITTEE The Committée from the County Council to deal with Oshawa's propo- n sition to separate from the County, was appointed. 'and is constituted as ney, Chairman; Messrs Mackinnon, |. Oshawa Hospital Board, consisted of A grant of $600 was made by the The County Council has had some week. One in which a large sum of : ® rank of Sergea 4 Oshawa Reformer © 'The new Warden was botn in Cart- . Tah Toast, Durham County, in Though his family moved to "| within a short distance of Oshawa, it | was not until 24 years ago he came| of Twenty-three years of} that time was spent with the Pedlar 'to live. People, 'where he has climbed, through and efficient service, to one of the highest positions in the employ of this great concern, that of sales man- ager. It was not until 1911 that he entered municipai life, when he be- came a member of the Oshawa School Board. In M13 he was elected to. a seat in the Town Council, andin 1914 he was re-elected as a councillor for his owe ward. In 1915 he ran against Mr J. P. Hennessey for the Deputy Reeveship, and won out by a large majority. In 1916 he was re- turned Reeve by acclamation. In tne 1917 contest he received a large ma- jority. Since entering municipal life, he bas been an able servant, entitled to all the honors so far won, He should make one of the best Wardens the County has had. Why They Continue The war 1s going on, and the Allied Countries, under the leadership of Great Britain and France, are not considering the indefinite peace pro- posale of Germany, bgiefly because they do not trust her, for the following reasons: 1 Belgium has been ravaged, and her people enslaved, many of them | being deported. 2 A million Armenians have been massacred ani Germany has found it expedient to permit this wholesale slaughter, if not to encourage it. 8 Serbia and Poland have been desolated. 4 The Lusitama and other ships marine warfare, with the consequent loss of thousands of innocent lives. 6 Jews and Syrians in Palestine have been deliberately starved. "8° Attempts have been made by Germany to stir up a "holy war" by inciting the Moslems to fight against | the Christians. And for all these atrocities there is no guarantee that Germany would not repeat them, if she considered it ex- pedient in her plan of expansion. Unul Germany says "enough" it will be useless to talk of peace. President Wilson has seen fit to put all the belligerent nations on the same footing as regards the righteous- ness of their cause. Probably he has been reading George Bernard Shaw and Karl Graves, and has judged the heart of the British peope by the in- trigues of the secret service. ~ One might as well try to judge the morals of a nation by reading the annals of the detective force, or calling to the witness stand the superintendent of an insane asylum and expect him to give unprejudiced estimate of fthe wholesomeness of the people. There ure dark pages in diplomacy which we do not pretend to under- stand, but we know that hundreds of thousands of British subjects have voluntarily gone to fight what they believed to be a war against oppres- sion. There is no dout about the neces- sity of continuing the war at present ifa lasting peace is to be made. Red Gross Social A social in the interests of our Red Cross Society, will be held at "Verda Vista," the home of Mr. Ernest Holt- by, Manchester, on Friday evening, ' February 9th. Supper will be served and will be followed by a good pro- gram from Port Perry and local talent. Admission -- Adults 25c; children 15¢c. Mrs, E. Holtby, Sec'y | Port Perry people will be pleased to'hear that W. H. Andrus, who left | here as a private with the Second ' Contingent, has been promoted to the ' nt. He hassent us a photo of himself in his new uniform. He was wounded at the battle of Ypres, and has been convalescent for foe some time in Kent, Eng. ' He says: j * "The English people are always very courteous in every way. I know they use me like a prince, stead of a common 'Tommy : 1 have been sunk by Germany's sub-! 1873 H. G. HUTCHESON, | | . to take an active part in his After an illness of a lew days, Mr. in Port Perry, on Sunday, January 8, OF HEAD OFFICE - TORONTO TRUST FUNDS Our Savings Department gives you a guarantee of absolute security and interest at current rate, PORT PERRY BRANCH THE LATE JoserH BIGELOW Joseph Bigelow Joseph Bigelow died at his home 1917, in his 89th year. Mr. Bigelow was a twin son of Hiram and Mary (Armstrong) Bige- low, was born in Tecumseh, Ontario, November, 1828, and. was taught father's st excellent education opened a general store in Port Perry, ( bought out his brother's interest In master, which position he held for seventeen years. | store, he bad acquired a sawmill, a pla mill and tannery, which he carried on active business in 1887, the Royal Canadian Bank, and was Whitby and Port Perry Railway. Perry, in 1872, 1873, 1874, years. Detroit, Mich. having surveyed the roadway and give cost: With this information at hand, and the town council, In 1850, in company with his brother Joel, Three children survive Mr Bigelow. Perry; Charles Albert Bigelow, and Thomas Dryden Bigelow, both of Perhaps the outstanding contributi well being of Port Perry would be his work in connection with building the roadway that joins Scugog Island to Castwright Township. He worked in conjunction with Mr W E Yarnold, the latter gentleman re, and accordingly acquired an they Jutario, and four years later he 1852, he was appoineted Post- In addition to his ving mill, a stave factory, carding for many years. He retired from From 1862 to 1868 he was manager of the Port Perry branch of the first President of the Port He was elected Reeve of Port 1879. In 1877 he and was appointed Justice of the Peace; 4 position he held for a number of In 1881 he was candidate for the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, only failing of election by three votes. He married May 4, 1854, Elizabeth Paxton, daughter of William and Elizabeth ~ (Liddell) Paxton, who died in July of 1914. Mrs W H McCaw, of Port on which Mr Bigelow made to the n an estimate upon the probable Mr Bigelow approached the Gov- ernment, the Grand Trunk Railway, the County and township Councils Sufficient money was raised to form a company to build the road and the work was put through as a private enterprise After the road was completed there was considerable difficulty in indue- ing the County Councils to assume the new roadway. Mr Bigelow had great faith in Port Perry, and sought to further the town's interest in many ways; but like many another public spirited man, he did nat always receive the hearty support of his fellow citizens. Port Perry loses a good citizen in the death ot Mr Bigelow --a man whose active lije was a pattern to any who would combine personal success with work that would count for the benefit of the community. What We Lost Even in a year when the "strictest economy" was observed regarding road construction in Ontario County, we lost nearly $3000 by not being on ye the County Good Roads System, and we shall always be losing money until Casualties Tne following casualties have been ported of soldiers from this locality: Pte. Hervey "mith, of High Point, we take our share of the Government Wounded funds to which we are entitled for the building and upkeep of our leading; County roads. ° et ras Pte. Robert Wilson, of Sonyakilled action, but cannot A bray: man may fall, Mr Stanley Shier of Zelandia, Sask 1 yield, A bride Miss a Bunt Sr Or; 3 ediogy plans 'afresh to. Fok