—oonnnernnge erent jou Or it. He offered ‘to do s For ; Sapcot akin the ehaie. Mr. Kemp at Bubscription ad a Year in A dvance, Otherwise $2.56 - Mr. Grant Assessor, With Twice The H Third’s Last Year’s Pay Work At Two WAS SLIPPED AN EXTRA $100, But Mr. Dowd's appointinent didn’t MR. E. D. BOLTON ah LAST YEAR , ‘OUT THE| please everybody. There were some- WEEK GETTING MATT RS ‘G BEFORE: THE) thing like.eighty appeals the lest; s7RAIGHTENED UP, reel y COUNCLL — DOWD,» PREVIOUS; time he made the assessment and ee Set Sa UNANIMOUS GHOICE, TURNED) all but five or six were sustained. ee i : Mr. E. D. Bolton,, acting under di- DOWN. SZ This didn't make him more popular. rection of the finani rd Can you beat it boys? John Grant is to be towh assessor for 1921. It’s one ofithe funniest yet, but it’s a fact. 6 If you wart the explanation just ask, the fellows on the council who “flopped. " They're the chaps who put the thing across. Yes, sure thing, John “most decid- edly’ refused the job at the old money. His name went down when the bylaw was put through, but he showed up at the next meeting and told the council he couldn’t do it for $200. There was twice as much work this year and he wanted $100 more. But the council wouldn't give it. They started to talk business with Mr. W. J. Dowd. Personal Feeling Mr. Dowd. assessed Listowel once! ~pefore and according to reports, made ny event, somebody got busy and “discovered” a technical error in the council's procedure. Though a motion was passed substituting Mr. Dowd’s name for that of Mr. Grant's, the action was considered illegal be- cause there ey not a motion to a- mend the byl So this ase. something to work on. lopped" for Grant But the big surprise came Monday | * night. The vote for Dowd having ‘been unanimous, it would naturally be expected that the error would) simply have been rectified by amend-| ing*the bylaw by a two-third’s vote. ‘Instead of this the mayor led the van by “talking Grant” and advised letting the bylaw stand. “He feels he ic ontitlod t more money, Dut is will- _-ing-to-go-on and: teave it in Leal cian brought in a report at. ‘condighon of ‘ing of the council on thé ot affairs relative to local opera un der the Ontario It appears from his report fis investigation was needed, tor : were far from being in proper! Shepe and'in some cases, the town, “which has gone.security for amounts total- he upwards of $30,000, wae ‘mot mply protected. Since the investigation bern ad- ditional insurance has been ‘placed s App reels of the the work at the old price, $200. So Councillor Sangster moved and Coun- cillor Donaldson seconded the motion in favor of his appointment, The motion was passed up to Mayor Mal- colm, but his worship wasn’t in any hurry to put it. From the discussion that followed, it was evident that there was some personal feeling be- tween the mayor and the man pro- posed as assessor, for*° some warm words were spoken and at one time Mr. Dowd was about to vane up his chances for getting the job Whatever else there might have been, the incident back as related by the mayor, has something Do to do with two houses which his wor- ship claiméd were unfairly assessed for like amounts by Mr. Dowd. "Their " exterior was somewhat similar, but the attic in one was finished, while that of the other house, occupied by an employee of Mr. Malcolm, was not. Wouldn't Visit Attic . Mr. Malcolm’s criticism was that »~he “got-a curt refusal” when re- questing the assessor to go up and{ . I 5s joUk at the attic. And as mayor off: the town, he was opposed to appoint- » ing a man of that kind. in answer, Mr. Dowd stated that at $200 he couldn't afford to visit people's attics. He would simply take a man’s word for it. The discussion was continuing along this line and the motion ‘still lay on the table, when the mayor was call- ea into another room, and on leav- ing asked Mr. csi to také the chair. wd once put the motion, and it carried unanimously. When the mayor re- turned in a few minutes, “it was all over."" Mr. Dowd was the new as- sessor. Other business was then pro- ceeded with. oy ay witk ts: eae oa) bea adding that. ‘thefe ozen or more “prominent tient at his house while he was sick, urging Mr. Grant’s re-appoint-| mi es Sangster Changes Councillor Sangster, who at the favor of Mr. Dowd's appointment, now came out for Grant. His story} sa was similar to that of the mayor. Many citizens, he said, had come to hi rand told him that they weren't in favor of a change. ,A further state- ment which he mad ng on he previous council meeting, at the ‘tae the mayor was in another room.} @ Mr. Kemp, who had the chair when the motion in favor Lite Mr. Dowd, was passed, termed the whole procedure! exc He. was in Pole of dropping he who thing without any and letting Mr, Grant's appoint-| ment gan alliday ae See ay Don- dson secomded the eee made by eee Sangster in favor of Mr. and remarked that he wasn't in the habit of “swallo himself.” Grant was a friend of his and he was in favor of his re-appoint- ment. “He had every chance on earth, but refused to act unless we came across with another $100, so I voted for Mr. Dowd,” said Mr. Don- aldson. Reeve Ringler wasn't. particularly pronounced one way.or the other, but argued.that it would be necessary t have Mr. Grant's resignation in ae ing, as he was now the iegally ap- pointed assessor. in. Dog-in-the Manger Attitude Strong protests against allowing a ' | EVERYBODY'S COLUMN i —_ Ten cents a line for first in- sertion, with minimum charge of €0c. Subsequent insertions five cents a line with minimum charge 25c. FOR SALE . Goog Cutter. Apply R. B. White. tf FOR SALE . Chevrolet standard equipment lenses. Apply Wm. Stricker & Son. 2t LOST Brown dog, long tail, answers to name of Rover. Reward. W. Fore- man, R. R. No. 2, Listowel. itp ‘TIME TO PAY UP All persons owing J. H. McDonald, ; will please call at his office at the bead of the Music Hali stairway. tfnp FOR SALE ? A good farm for sale, if not sold will rent. All fall plowing done. J. R. Code, Trowbridge. 3tnp IMPORTANT! Provincial and municipal bonds, prompt delivery, yielding interest up to. 7%. Seeus at once. J. W. Scott or T. L. Hamilton. tinp FOR SALE Choice Durham cow, extra well bred, 5 years old, freshens early in March. Rev. T. W. Hazlewood, Leb- anon, Phone 614-R5. 3tnp WANTED Responsible men to sell Rawleigh’ s' Good Health Products. An opportun-! ity to get into business for yourself, at an occupation that is pleasant, profitable and permanent. Must be able to furnish acceptable Contract secured by two sureties, and to pro- Mr. Grant's name to stand were made by Councillors McDonald, Halliday and -Zurbrigg, who took exception to the principle of the. thing. -Mr. Grant, they pointed out, had positive- ly refused to do the work at the old money, and now that Mr. Dowd had been chosen he had taken a dog-in- the-manager attitude, and changed his mind. Slip $100 Extra Mr. McDonald appeared to have some “inside information” and want- ed to know if Mr. Grant’s name were allowed to stand what reason there was to believe Mr...Grant wouldn’t, bring in a bill for extras, as he did last year. This brought to light the fact that though the assessor’s salary last year was fixed at $200, he actual- ly received $300. is was “news” to the old mem- bers of the council present, with the exception of the reeve, who stated that the matter of giving Mr. Grant an extra $100, never came before the council. The first he knew of it was after the financial statement was out. Town Treasurer Binning admitted issuing the check, but though the matter didn’t come before the coun- cil, the order calling for payment of the extra $100, was signed he said. by. the mayor and Mr. Hacking, as chairman of finance. » “Ss Work” For a time the discussion was live- ly. The mayor and Mr. Sangster were much on the aggressive in favor of Mr. Grant. -Mr. John McDonald was disgusted with the attempt to go back on Dowd. “It looks like sneaky work,” he remarked. But for some reason or other, those sypporting Mr. Dowd, though in the majority, fafl- ed to introduce a motion in faygr of amending the bylaw and before they ~~ the thing was Trough, the ‘mayor whispering to ‘Keun to move an ad- journment. There was no vote but the meeting broke up and the ‘bylaw remained unchanged. If a motion to amend the bylaw and vide — and wagon or auto. In- é@ us, capable men secure large, ~yatorns for their efforts.. Largest and | sta best known list of Made in Canada | household necessities ed terms to meet your business require-j ment. Address The W. T. Rawleigh| Co. Ltd., Dept. 128 London, tario. ¢ substitute "Mr. Dowd’s name for Mr. Grant’s, had been put, Reeve Ringler tated after the meeting that he would have third’s vote required. But it was all over then.- The minorf previous meeting, made the motion in} 1} motion will be struck out. iis. Until recently Mr. Halliday igo a ut nto coh ta * 7? = Clash B anes Town Council And Delegation From The Library Board o{ gation from the library ‘board, con- r ast year the library board receiv- J ern Ontdrio —— ‘Big Insurance Co. 4) i. HENRY HEMSWORTH 1S PRE- SIDENT OF Bi nestonigg DOING At the annual I miestine of the West- Weather insurance Com- on ‘Thursday of son, Listowel; and Mr. W. R. David- son, Britton. There -was a large attendance of Officers and policy holders from all parts of western Ontario and the re- ports read were most satisfactory. The loss claims paid by the com- pany during the year totalled $125,- 000, of which amount $100,000 was paid out in losses incurred as a re- suit of the big gale of November 23th, The eee ig has a busts of over $25.00 having ~ written mately $15,000,000. “rie reports showed a substantial] surplus on hand. on certain of the honses and M Bolton has tnvestigated the abstracts, titles, etc., and procured most:6f the insurance ‘policies. It took a week's time, he said, to'get matters stieight- ened up. This work of searching the Hee etc, the council felt. shonld bay: pone hefore t loge) bn: mission approved the various, op Oca. and*the advi ven council recently by Mr. 7 might gracefully have been accepted | by the commission, Mr. Sangster era Hag “The only criticism that cbuld be made of us.is that we sinned 7 bos who didn’t do their duty,” nepete. The investigation however, | sulted in getting the matters Put ae satisfactory shape. ~ Councillor James Donalisos was named a member of the Housing Commission, to take the placé of Mr. Petch, but at Monday's meeting of the council- it was mentionéd -that the appointment was illegal and the eg eae for his election to be protest- that account, though this is hardly likely. The “Women's Hosplepl Auxiliary” will hold a sale of ae Bak- and evening, — ee UR. HENRY, ‘HEMSWORTH DEMAND FOR $200 INCREASE IN GRANT WAS CAUSE OF TROU- _BLE— COMPROMISE FINALLY ARRANGED. fa There was a clash Friday night be- tween the town council and a dele- sisting of Messrs. E. G. mebonels. Cc. A. fLee and the secretary, Mr. B. H. Bloodsworth, who was the onilie- man. ed a grant of $500, but there have been some changes in the Act which| — the aemestion to ask for Mr. Bloodsworth pointed out that according to the new law:relating to libraries, the board could claim a grant of 60c per capita, which would amount in the neighborhood of $1,- 200, instead of $700. In accordance with the require- ments of the act, the secretary also presented a statement to the council. showing how it was intended to ex- pend the money asked. One item to which particular exception was tak- en, was that of an increase from $320 to $400, for the librarian. Mr. Kemp thought the present an inopportune time ‘for raising salaries and he was in opposition to yoting money for any such purpose. Coun- cillor Donaldson spoke the same way. He thought the librarian was doing well as it was, and spoke of girls in "til not getting more than she. ‘‘The pub- lic are looking to us to exercise econ- omy and at this time I’m opposed to any salary increases,” said Mr. Don- aldson The discussion was continuing a- long this line when Mr. Lee inter- rupted and remarked that the council had nothing to say whatever as to what salary the librarian should re- ceive. That was the library board's business. The Act, he went on, speci- fied what the library board could de- mand of the council and if the ne- cessity — they could be forced to pay $120 Mie a Bloodsworth also stated that the building, the basement of which was used by the conncil, was deeded in the name of the library board and that rent could be charged by the board for the use of same. The council] could also be asked to vacate. There were one or two of the coun- cil who ventured the opinion that the council would be as far ahead to pay the whole $1200 in cash and let the library board provide everything. The equivalent of $1200 already. dition to the grant of $500, the ty had won the day. Mr. Grant is the town as- ip come Use Gunns" Beef building was being heated, lighted, cleaned and repaired. Considerable! money was spent last year on repairs to the council chamber, now the fur- naces needed renewing, the exterior of the building painted, and so on. ‘A considerable sum, it was pointed out, would be entailed. A motion in favor of paying the $700 asked and continuing the ar- rangement whereby the council had use of the basement, was made by Councillors Sangster and) McDonald before the discussion réached the most interesting point. Later Coun- ciller Kemp moved in” amendment! that the grant be $500, the same as last year. “Don’t be hasty gentlemen. The board won’t accept it,’’ said Mr. Lee. “Well, the sooner we have a show- down the better,’”’ was Mr. Kemp's reply. With the town over $20,000 in debt, he was opposed to any in- creased expenditure that could possi- ly be avoided. The librarian, he thought, was well paid. There were plenty of girls in town, with as much education, laboring long hours at no more moéney, who would make good librarians, he claimed. In this connection Mr. Bloodsworth referred to the present librarian’s special qualifications for the position and the advantage of long years of experience. Mr. Sangster said something about arbitrary legislation. He saw clearly that the library board was in a posi- tion to dqamand what they asked, and it was bis opinion that the council would do more wisely to’ co-operate than ‘move out. He hoped that the library board would exercise the same spirjt that had forced the council to stringent methods of economy. Final solution of the matter was reached by compromise. The amount in the motion of Messrs. Sangster and McDonald, was changed to $600, and it went through without any trouble. Other business in this connection was the re-appointment of Mr. R. C. Bamford to the library board for an- other three year term. Not Fit Fo A Dog— Mayor Malcolm wasn’t at Friday’s meeting of the cougcil, when condi- tions at the lock-up and fire hall were up for discussion, but at Monday night’s meeting he got onto the sub- ject and described the k-up as no fit place for a dog. The c@lis were reguiar dungeons, he claimed. The matter is in the hands of the property committee, but it was the mayor’s opinion that the begt plan would be to purchase two steel cages, open all around, which could be readily mov- ed about, closer to or farther from the heat, as desired. The avopren on the south of Main Street are reputed to be the best bak- scrap to make your hens lay. For gale by G. BE. Har- ron, Listowel. _° cre in town. “Bay ie” ast “ey i Suiting & the Deets Cee ci i ee ee policies cached ‘i year of approxi-| To Refagmatory Fer’ Stealing ¢ EDWIN HAYES GETS EIGHTEEN MONTHS FOR TAKING AUTOMO-: BILE OF J. W. SANGSTER—TWO ‘OTHERS SAID TO BE IMPLICAT- ED—THREE CASES DISMISSED. Found guilty of thes “theft of | motor car belonging to Councillor J.! W. Sangster of Listowel; Edwin Hayes, twenty, son of “Mr. George | Hayes, a respected farmer of the! eighth of Wallace, was sentenced by! Magistrate Hamilton this afternoon! to eighteen months in the Ontario! reformatory. The charges against three others of six young fellows alleged-to be impli- cated, James Blais, Avril Mitchell and Thomas Lockeridge, were dismissed. A fifth party, Roy Cadwell, has not been located, and the Seren rit Lawless, is ill in bed with " shicale irOiln tne aoc; tor, to thisseffect, was Ereegntad in| Fue 3 taal ‘ston, who with» ‘Barrister Vanstone! of Wingham, defended the boys. i Crown Attorney McPherson of Strat-} fard prosecuted. | Though the criminal code fixed the, sentence for the charge to which| | young Hayes pleaded guilty at not! * less than one year in jail and not | more than two, the witness lost any sympathy he might have had with the court. by telling a'stary that was) absolutely unbelievable. Though not implicated in the thef! of the car in any way, the three chaps’ whose cases were dismissed, received | the censure of the court for concral- ing all knowledge of the crime. The six young fellows were in Lis- towel Saturday night, October 25th, | the date when Mr. Sangster’s car was stolen. All with the exception of Lawless came over from Palmerston, in a car driven by Hayes and belong-) © ing to his father. It:was about buneh | = thirty when they arrived. The bunch separated with an Freier, sige toi 7 meet for the home trip afttr eleven in front of the Arlington. Lawless, according to the evidence, had come over from Palmerston w a party in a big, American touring car, and joined Hayes after arriving. Hayes parked his car alongside the, Arlington, between the big Ameri- can car and Sangster’s Chevrolet. Hayes, in his evidence, told of hav-| ing two drinks with Lawless from a bottle taken from the American gre | and this stuff so affected him, so he | oe fe - if | last drink, somewhere around} "till the small hours of, the nine o'clock, the morning, during which time the car was stolen, dismantied and the big part of the loot hfd in a fleld. | his mind was an absolute. blank.’ All he knew about stealing the car, | driving it to the home of Ezra Welsh} on the eighth concession, then taking it down the road with Lawless and Cadwell, stripping it, and later bury- ing the stuff in the field of a farmer near ‘Palmerston by the name of Mat Burns, was told him later by the other fellows. All this was done while he was in “a state of coma. He had positively no recollection of it. He only ‘‘came too” after the loot had been buried and he was returning from Welsh’s to Palmerston with the five others. But despite his claim that the crime was committed while he was under the influence of liquor, the other chaps testified that Hayes was not so badly intoxicated that they feared to ride with him from Welsh’‘s to Palmerston. Iit-was brought out in the evidence that Mitchell drove Hayes’ car to Welsh’s, in company with Blair, Lockeridge, and Cadwell. This was at the request of Hayes, so Mitchell stated. The party. he claimed thought nothing of it, presumed the other two were chancing it, and the’ arrangement was that they should meet at the home of Mr! Welsh. They hadn't the slightest ink-' ling of what the two were apparent-| ly contemplating. But before they) left town they had been informed of Mr. Sangster’s car having been stolen. They also promised to notify the chief that they would inform him if they got any trace of it on returning to Paimerston. The car driven by Mitchell was the first to arrive at the Welsh home. Mr. Welsh arrived home from Pal- merston five minutes later. Another five minutes or so and Hayes and Lawless drove in with the stolen car. Welsh wanted it off the place. There was no gas left. It was hitched on behind Hayes’ car, taken down to, the fourth concession and stripped of tires, tools, windshield, clock, etc. According to evidence Hayes was as- sisted in this by Lawless and Cadwell. The pther three refused to go along or have ‘anything to do with it. They remained at the Welsh home until in a half an hour or so, the trio re- turned with the loot. Hayes then fook them to town. Ali six were a- long. and on the way the car was stopped while Hayes, Cadwell and Lawless got out, dug a hole in the field with a shovel they had taken with them, and buried all but cértain tires, two of which were kept by water Acai ct : pinta Hayes and two by Lawless. Mr. Munro, lawyer for the defense, ‘Hayes had. fe alee oe le ate ee oe te ahs fe ote ole ole ote oe ole te a * ~e + - a “~ - told the court, that from the time of; * presented evidence to testify to the a5 i MIE Te ci iar ood character of ‘Blair, among the. witnesses being. Mr. 5. merchant of Palmerston; Webber, a neighbor. ‘cases dismissed, this was the only one gone on with. 4 ¥ Thongh not implicated in the: crime, the three whose.cases were dis- missed, also Welsh, received the con demnation of the magistrate and crown attorney for seeing what was -| going on and mot informing. : Mr. Gangster has been sparing - neither time or money ‘in order to locate the guilty parties who took his” car, and his efforts have been satis- factorily rewarded. Visiting the | ao os farm Friday, in company with ° constable, Mr. Sangster first se- cured the two tires which young They were then on his — war. And it was at this time that § the father received his first intima- — lion ol what the boy had done. Restitution Ma the extent of two. unread Uoliafs~Gacn, Nas already ~ -been made by Hayes and Lawless. The other cases, against Cadwell and Lawless, are expected to come up within the course of a few wReks. Pseefocforfordecfeckeconincfocionfontenzeofeeleclocfonfectorfoolocte de afe + NEW COUNCIL MAY - ~ BUY ANOTHER TEAM + + eee +- * ote The town (cami was ihe - “> greatest cause of dissensionin + ‘ last year’s council, and the + splendid animals were finally + sold at a sacrifice to suit the + * os . whims of certain members of the board, who unfairly term- ed them a bill of expense. - Now it looks as theugh the new council is likely to turn a- round and purchase another team In bringing in his report as chairman of the fire. water and light-committee, Council- lor Kemp, recommended cer- tain changes at the fire hall and said he was in favor of purehasing another team right ay. TBhe reeve’s remark was “hear! hear!” But no “definite action was taken. Mr. Kemp's idea was to sta- tion the horses at the fire hall, also put in a ceiling and on the second floor provide certain accommodation for the fire company. One man, he + thought, might sleep there. * Yt PEEEEEE EEE EC EE *. he . ~ ote . * be > + cad oO - + -: + + sfeoteetesbeclecfestesteafend sdenbocfeclntentenfenbeslesendesfecteefoelete Lockup And Fire Hall In Bad Shape NEW COUNCIL FINDS PLACES |'HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED. ' THESE SADLY The property committee, of which Mr. Hygh Halliday is chairman, btought in a report at Friday's meet- ing of the council, condemning the town lockup as being unsafe and in a filthy condition. The cells were not in a fit condition for receiving a prisoner and criminals would have no trouble to escape, Mr. Halliday claimed. He also point- ed out that the cells weren’t heated. Mr. R. T. Kemp, chairman-of the fire, water and light committee, also had something to say about conditions at the fire hall and lockup and de- scribed them as deplorable. The filth, he said, was horrible, the blood that Teddy Ryan spilled in his attempt to commit suicide, was there yet on the floor and chair. On motion of Councilors Donald- son and Kemp, the property commit- tee was instructed to have the place made sanitary and the lockup put in a proper and safe condition. Mr. Kemp also reported regarding the fire department, that the alarm was in bad condition, the belli at the fire hall was also out of order, one of the ladders had been borrowed and broken, the lamps were so blackened with smoke as to be useless, axes were missing and conditions general- ly about the hall were indication of lack of system and .order. If a representative of the underwriters happened along just now, it would mean a pretty serious report he thought. Regarding the habit of persons helping themselves or borrowing fire hall equipment, Mr. Kemp announc- ed his intention to put a stop to it altogether. As the hall is supposed to be locked, Councillor McDonald in- quired who was responsible for equip- ment being taken. ‘‘We couldn't find out from the chief;"" Mr. Kemp re- marked. But hereafter no fire ap- paratus should be removed, he said, unless in case of fire. : In regard to the hydrants, Mr. Kemp stated that four were covered with earth and twelve to fifteen of them were too low. A recommendation in favor of remedying conditions and also requir- ing the fire company to ng in a report to the council every two mon- ths, was passed by the council. 75 will bay young horse, cutter t , Avot > . .