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tomers for their continued patronage, and to assure me He reasons for the of public office. Th itie. expensive nui adds nothing to the general welfare, ¢ the constructive service they are ng to) Another reason why there is unwillingness to take public office is that render. fact of must do e burde unwillingness of citizens to of these easy for him to find fault, but he he discourages others from giving the fault-finding 4 for many years there was but little training of citizens for the duties of pnb- lic office. The old debating school has irs at the various 'bees'. sion of public being taugh better. "2. C.GLT,, folk are having go The o 'with Boys' Parliaments .C.A., Boy Scouts, and kindred training for public office. er is that the fault findin d Ppeared, and the sociable discus- 8" is a thing of the past. But it must be remembered that much of this training 'was misleading and unfair, only useful in developing strong partizan. de To-day we are doin Boys' Movement, C.S.E. organizations, our young ] worth floting, too, in this connection, in High School. \. Two facts should be remembered. something to serve his communi ty, as oth engaged in serving him, Older It is blic speaking and debating are One is that every citizen should do members of the community are critic has had far too much consideration given to him. As far as possible he should be ignored. : Refuse to takethe Money Reach Township has voted to retain statute labor, and refuses to take the Government grant of thirty n the township." r cent. of all expenditures on roads 'within he basis of Reach Township's road expenditure of 1924, they refuse a gift of $2250 from the Government rather than give up the opportunity of doing statute labor. Last year, when the Government grant was twenty p. ¢., $1500 was paid to the Township, and this year, with the same expenditure, the grant would have been Many people think that they pay 3 ct taxes are paid 3 er or by his representatives in the Provincial soures of revenue are--Hydro- enforcement fines, and licenses; educational fees; lands and forests; mines; ration taxes; succession fact is that no d ra auto licenses; Federal Government subsidies, co duties, etc. From these and similar sources, the But now it will be nil. 8 to the Province of Ontario. The 'rovince either by the individval )r.county councils. The ic and railway earnings, law vernment derives a rev- enue of $40,500,642.70. It is true that every. Ontario ratepayer is a share- holder in this revenue P ment holds the purse s _ with the conditions impose much money lost. It is refuse for ourselves. roducing plant, but the fact remains that the Govern- ny and we can draw no dividends unless we comply by the Government, Every grant refused is that that much of an advantage we allow to others but - # Reach Towhship will have $1500 earned in 1924 to spend' in 1925, but the present outlook is that there will be nothing in .1926 except the statute labor and the direct taxes levied for road improvement. # Pickering Village Pickering Village Police Trustees are elected by acclamation. They are M. S. Chapman, J. Prouse and W. Cullis. { Brock Township Reeve--John Bott; Deputy Reeve-- Mr. ps; Councillors -- Messrs. Parks, Umphrey and McCully. Road Commissioners--Bob, Shields, Geo. Kay gnd Dave Oliver. ' Reach Township | Reeve--D. McDonald; Deputy--W. F. Thompson; Councillors-- Messrs. Geo. Till, Grant Christie and Wm. H. ELECTIONS ONTARIO MAYORS ELECTED Alliston--J. H. Mitchell ! Aléxandria--J. A. Laurin Aylmer--W. G. Mann Barrie--John F. Craig Blenheim--T. C. Warwick Bracebridge--G. W. Boyer Bridgeburg--Harry Hall Carleton Place--Dr. J. A. McEwen Campbellford--A. J. Meyers Cobourg--Fred J. McArthu® Collingwood--Dr. J. Robbins Arthur Dunnville--David Patterson. Elmira--A Werner, = Englehart--W, 'Weeks. Forest--Robert Cope. . Fort William--Maybor Edmeston. Goderich--H. J. A. MacEwan Gravenhurst--J. D. Vanstone OBHAWA - After a bitter contest, Ald. H. P. Schell was elected Mayor for the.com- ing year. This marks his first term in this capacity, and it was his third attempt for the honor. His majority was 266. The following Alderman were re- turned, Ward one,Geo. Hart, Samuel Jack- son, R. D. Preston; Ward two--O. R. Burns, Russell A. Clarke, Ernest Dixon; Ward three--D. F. Johnston, G. T. Morris, Harry P. Bull; Ward four--O0. M. Alger, E. L. Vickery, W. J. Holland; Ward five--R. C. Henry, Edward Jackson, D. J. Riordon. (Wards two and three were accl) Board of Education--Dr. C. E, Wil- son, G. B. Norris, Dr. D. R. Cameron, T. B. Mitchell, Thos. Stapleton, C. E. McTavish, H S. Smith, Mrs. C. E. Pyers, Rev, Father Bench, W. B. Nott, C. M. Mundy, E. W. Drew, Dr. Di 8. Hoig, C. N. Henry, H. A. Saunders, 'W. P. Knight, Ernest Liddle, 8. J. e. Water Commission--W. H. Ross, G. W. McLaughlin, G. D. Conant and J. Foulds, hs lar installments to a savings account in the Standard Bank. OF CANADA RANCH--H. G. Hutcheson, Branches also at Blackstock, Little Britain, Station, Sugdariand PORT PERRY B