we >» .7%. Prompt delivery. Come in and Subscription Rate $2.00 a Year in Advance, Otherwise $2.50 THE LISIOWEL BANNER, ‘Thursday, May Sth, 1921. Council Had Busy Night, Receiying Delegations Time Monday DECIDE ON PURCHASE OF PLANE AND GRADER FOR PUTTING TOWN STREETS IN GOOD SHAPE, The council was waited upon Mof- day night by an unusual number of delegations. Messrs. R. A. Climie and M. K. Becker, representing the MHorticul- tural society, asked for financial as- sistance, and were voted a grant of $50.0 : F Mr. F. W. Hay, M. P., and Mr. J C. Hay, acting for jthe committee In charge of the planned old boys’ re- union, asked the privilege of rop- ing off the business section of Main and Wallace streets, to-permit hold- ing a big street carnival on the night of August 4th. hey further asked the privilege of collecting all street licenses, ete., during the time of re- union, and permission to erect arch- es and put up other decorations. ‘They asked also for adequate police protection. The council agreed to comely. with is requests over, manager of the “Listowel "Flax Mill bbe dis- 2 *| Listowel, from cussed the possibilities of . securing | 43 the aid vi his industry, a loan of 10,000. purposes later present- ing a propesition of a more definite nature. A substantial depreciation in the market price of Max had something to do, Mr, Hoover pointed out, with cone Aig Sad financial embarass-| assets though, were $20, 000 chee of liabilities. Condit favorable, Mr. Hoover sta that it was the plan of his firm to manufacture linen in a loan, as sug of five or ten years, would be an ad- vantage to this end. The land in this locality, he contended, would { grow flax that would compare favor- - ably with any. Messrs. A. W. Zurbrigg, James Moorehead, and others, asked for a system of drainage on Elma street, which was reported in bad condi- tion. There was also a request for the drainage of surface water on matters were referred to a commit-; tee to investigate. Mr, J. C,,Hay, a member of the -local Housing commission, poin out that the town had gone secu EVERYBODY'S COLUMN Ten cents a line for first in- sertion, with minimum ¢ e of 50c’ Subsequent insertions five cents a line with minimum charge 25c. : as ample Bion gal for the {ence to two residences recently ri to the extent of approximately $40,- 000, ‘for the erection of dwellings un- der the Housing Act, a ked the passing of a by-law that would pro- wn’'s rests. He made particular refer- erected on Sarah ‘street, the risk on which, he stated, had ‘been ‘increased by the erection of a a garage ay a- . WANTED Nurse maid. Malcolm. np FOR SALE . PEt 3 Horse, motor truck and bicycie.; , Apply Harry Youn, Listowel. timp | LIBERAL REWARD For return of roll of nine ten dol- lar bills, lost in_ Listowel Sat night: Wm. Fullarton, Listowel. itl, TO PAY UP “alt-persons owing J.,H. McDonald, | , will please call at his office at the trom head of the Music Hall stairway. tfnp FOR SALE ; ' Good pure bred pigs, Yorkshires. Reasonable prices. Apply Howard Mitghell, R, R. No. 1, Listowel. itp FOR RENT’ '! Residence three miles from Lis- towel, in Elma township with pas- ture field for cow. Apply Mrs. Prets- well, route two, Listowel. itp REWARD For return of small round seal- skin muff, lost probably a year ago, but not missed ‘till recently. Finder ‘kindly leave at this office. 2tnp : FOR SALE Seven room house and acre and -quarter of land; just outside corpor- ation on Mitchell gravel. For quick -snle will take $1300, with $400 down, §. Feldman, phone 102J tfnp EGGS FOR HATCHING White Wyandottes. Good laying wstrain. Settings from well mated pen of spa type of bird. Call and see them. Two dollars for fifteen. Apply Editor The Banner. GUNN'S “SHUR GAIN" FERTIL- IZER The best fertilizer at the lowest price. Now is the time to place your order. For sale by Geo. E, Harron, office phone 146. tfap ; FOR SALE Chevrolet, 490, 1917 model, re- finished this spring and in good running order. No reasonable offer refused, as owner is leaving for Eng- land. Apply 8S. Greenslade, Lis- towel. tfinp NOTICE Prof. E. Katz, the well known eye- sight specialist, who has been doing good work in this locality for many years, will be at the Arlington botel, Listowel, on Monday, May 9th, "till 8 p.m., to examine eyes by the meth- od that never falls. 1tnp IMPORTANT Dominion, Provincial and Munici- pal Bonds for gale, yielding up to see how well we can supply your re- quirements. J. W. Scott or "T: L. Hamilton, office over Bank of "Mont- real, Listowel, TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE For the next thirty days I am pre- pared to receive offers for the sale of Lot 4, situated across from the High School, comprising, about % acre, and at present occupied by Mr. David Lennor. Terms cash. Address all communications to Harry E. Koch, Midale, Sask. For information Apply Mrs. Andrew ing ‘ se ttup| Worth ‘phone. bout two feet away. This ted | was In favor of eats -| ing the taking out vocal before! new pees: lad allo The matter hands of a v pemnalitee peusenlors Sangster, ee and Mc-| fnap left in the prised a C. F. ine, who ows speaking for | his ho owns the Grand for a new walk ince ‘}the east ‘eked Min street. This was al- sid ane to committee. r. a spring at the old ome emmtcrs: Mr. J. R. Richard ee complaint ser in his neighborhood. These ‘Matters “with others, the Tver promised to have investigated. he statement of the treasurer| showed a balance of $28,531.50 ow- ing the bank. On motion of Reeve Ringler and Councillor McDonald, the following see named on the Court of Revis- ‘Councillors Donaldson, Halli- res Kemp, Sangster and Zurbrigg. Following some little discussion, it was decided to purchase through the county, a Rawlings plane and grader, for use on the Listowel streets, From @ recent demonstration, most of the council received a very favorable im- pression of its work. They felt that it got over the ground quickly and did a good job.. With a tractor, as much work could be done in one day as with horses in three, it was stat- ed. The purchase of “the new ma- chine the mayor said, would permit putting the back streets in the con- entitled to. Call 87 and ak for our prices on mee und eggs, John McDonald, ry Goods Merchant. A Reputable Citizen— From an article published in the Milverton Sun and Listowel Stand- ard, we learn that the man knocked down in oe by the preacher was J. W. Barr, V. 8., who gives a different story of the fight, says he Was attacked by a man his junior in years, and produces a list of names 2 prove that he is a reputable. cit- zen. WOOD FOR SALE "The Andrew Malcolm Furniture Company. 4tnp CEMENT Just arrived! — car of Cement. R. T. Kemp &€ S$ FOR SALE | Limited supply of Irish Cobbler Potatoes, earliest variety. Apply O. R. Richards, Listowel. 2tp SEED POTATOES Limited quantity of good seed po- tatoes for sale, grown from Early Eureka variety, O. A. C., Guelph. Price $1.50 a bag. H. Howe, Moles- tfup A egret SPINE Health of so-callet d diseases are due| to some Spinal-trouble. We remove the tause. Consultation F- gE. O. WALKLEY., D. C. Wallace York street, back of Wallace. These} th ted| consideration of Mr. Kolbenstetter, | ty| who wasn’t grateful enough to ap- | of news in them, for most people are of} thori of coe Listowel in| mute Te FUNERAL OF MR. D. J. Didn’t Appreciate Our Politeness MR. KOLBENSTETTER USES ‘THE STANDARD TO GIVE LIE TO ARTICLE IN THE BANNER. In The Banner of April 2lst we published an article stating that Mr. C. .M. Kolbenstetter ad severed his connection as office manager with the Canadian Perfect Wheels, Limi In The Standard of the week fol- lowing, Mr. Kolbenstetter had a let- ter over own signature, claiming that- the tement was that it was made without authority from him Naturally one would have expect- ed that Mr. Kolbenstetter would have asked publication of his denial in the paper hat. alleged mistake. Instea: he made The Standard the “‘goat,"’ in a crude at- tempt to camouflage a’ situation that was hopeless, for when the artiele appeared in Standard, stating The Banner was wrong in saying that he had severed his connection as office manager, there were scores in town who knew it to be a fact, e editor of The Standard quite) probably included. made was in being too courteous in, preciate our polite way of breaking: the news instead of statimg the plain truth that he had been “‘fired.”” As for publishing news without authority, that’s our specialty. We're at it all the time. The ignorance of Mr. Kolbenstetter in thinking that we must get his or anybody else's permission to publish the facts, is caocuaine. When papers are com- pelled to do that there won't be much human like Mr. Kolbenstetter, and ot like to see an article in print t reflects on them. In closing, we are again going to risk publishing without getting au- ty from Mr. Kolbenstetter, the news that he and his family, bag and baggage, left Listowel! for parts un- known, on Tuesday last. Now f article in next week's Standard d ing it. + Man Dies In Ottawa McMINN HELD HERE FRIDAY FROM RESIDENCE OF BROTHER. ' Mr. D. J. McMinn, a former !Lis- towel resident, and brother of Mr. John McMinn, town, died Wednes- day, April 27th, at Ottawa, from pneumonia, in his 62nd year. He was sick only four days. : The remains were brought to Lis- towel and the funeral was held Fri- day, April 29th, from the brother's residence, Main street east, to Fair- view cemetery. The late Mr. McMinn learned the milling trade in Listowel with the Moyer & Myers Milling Co. After “oor The only mistake The Banner; Convention Here W. M. 8. SOCIETIES OF LONDON METHODIST CONFERENCE TO CONVENE IN LISTOWEL. The Women's Missionary society of the Methodist church has started preparations for the big annual con- vention of the Women's Missionary societies of the entire Londen con- ference, which is to be held here on the 25th, 26th and 27th of this month. it is expected that there will be 2650 or more delegates and arrange- ments for billetting them all are well in progr The delegates are to be in the homes for bed and break- fast and dinner and supper will be served each day at the church. Mrs. Gordon Wright, the very cap- able president of the London con- ference societies, will preside, and the speakers will include leading W. M. S. workers and probably a num- ber of returned missionaries. will be night sessions for the generat public. Assessment Is Over Million And Half LISTOWEL'S POPULATION 2576 AND NUMBER OF VOTERS 1,- 675. : According to the assessor's roll, presented at Monday night's meeting of the council, but not in shape for acceptance, the total assessment for this year is given as $1,519,255, as compared with $1,459,058 last year, an increase of $60,197. The population also shows a slight increase, and is given as‘\2576. The total number of voters is 1675. The assessment, population ‘and number of voters, according to wards, were given as follows: Ward Assess. Pop. Voters Lansdowne 368,448 428 279 Victoria 315,600 409 274 Bismark 347,260 648 386 Gladstone 261,086 6557 347 Dufferin 236,861 634 389 Mr. Grant, the assessor, states that there are sixty in Listowel, be- Ptween the ages of fourteen-and six- Pteen years, who are affected by the flew Adolescent Act regarding school attendance. {WINGHAM'S ASSESSMENT (Wingham Times) The assessment roll for the town of Wingham was returned on Satur- day last by Assessor McLean to town clerk Galbraith. The total assess- ment for this year is $1,421,245, compared with $1,042,865 -for last year, being an Increase of $378,380. The assessment for this vear is made up as follows: Value of lands $ Value of buildings Business assessment 103,976 Income assessment 27,890 The number of persons between 5 and 16 years is 463 jand ‘between -5 243,960 1,043,420 leaving Listowel, he took a position as travelling salesman for the Scran- ton International Correspondence School, and was in Detroit, Bay City, Ottawa, Stratford and Owen Sound for different periods. Mr. McMinn served overseas with the 238th Battalion and returned in July of 1918. He was a member of Arch Masons, the St. Andrew's s0-| ciety, and in religion a Presbyterian, | Being a dog fancier of some prom-| inence, Mr. McMinn held at various times, the offices of president and} secretary of the Ottawa Kennel Club.: He is survived by three sons, Clar-! ence of Seattle, James of Ottawa, ! Lloyd of Owen Sound; also two bro-| thers and ore sister: James of Mon- itor, Alta., John of Listowel and | Mrs. James B. Shearer of Elma. | Women's Institute Meeting— ! The regular monthly meeting af! the Listowel West Branch Women's; Institute will be beld on Thursday, May 12th, at the home of Mrs. James) Nichol. Roll call: Paying the Fees..| Visitors welcome. ltnp | | FOR SALE Dining-room suite, fumed, quarter-| oak. ; | Bed-room suite, walnut with large! vanity dresser. Chiflonier, quartered oak. Singlé bea and mattress. Bed couch. Large rocker, oak, upholstered. Range. Coal heater. Pictures, water colours gravings. Sewing machine, Singer's. Fine china. | All highest grade. goods only used | a few months. Owner leaving town, will sell at once for cash at lowest possible pricés. Sale closes Baturday May 14th. No -Auction. and en- St. across from Presbyterian Manse. Office hours 2 to 5, 7 to 8 p.m. Phone apply to F. Zilliax, Listowel. 3tnp 247W. Apply to L. £E- > aa ean over) United Farmers’’Stor prelelhec Coarse Stp McDonald & Riggs. For ithe past! municipalities being -| register Legislative v i dition the resident ratepayers ware tg years he has resided in Ot reb. 4 e votes the Carleton Chapter of the Royal! to place a few accounts for arrearag- oe Ps daa 8 and 21 years is 579. The popula- tion is 2454, compared with 2240 a year ago, an increase of 214. The number of extra names gathered by the @ssessor on account of the local compelled to is nearly We Need The Money— The Banner is finding it necessary es on subscription, in division court for collection. There's a limit. Can't Fool The Public All The Time Advertising is today one of the most effective trade stimu- lants in existence. The business man who can afford to neglect advertising Is the one who hasn't anything to ‘sell. The kind of advertising “any reputable publication is better without is that of the merchant whose stand is unpopular be- cause he won't back up his ad- vertising with good value and service, The Banner is the paper Most people in the community read and we guarantee that the messages It contains go to thousands of prospective buy- ers. It is our part to deliver the mess#ge. It ig the part of the merchant to write appealing advertisements and to back up his advertising with efficient service and good goods at fair prices. The kind of merchant who isn't prepared to do this is wasting money on advertising. You can't fool the public all the ‘ime. They soon get wise to the methods of the dishon- est advertiser and tm messages ho longer continue to interest them. ~ |Estimate For School Needs This Year Placed At $19,200 Is INCREASE OF §4,000 OVER, LAST DICTATES EDUCATIONAL POL- ICY INSTEAD OF GOVERN. MENT. The costs of education are fast mounting in these times, as is indi- cated by the estimates this year of the, board of education, which were fixed at Tuesday night's meeting, at $19,200, an increase of $4,000 over last year's figure. Among other things, the increase is necessary to take care of salary advances to the teaching staffs and | a deficit from last year of $2428 The sum which the board of edu-; cation is asking, represents consid- erable more than a third of the total}! taxes collectable. | stimates for public school re- quirements were placed at $11.155.' and for the high school, the upkeep! of which is still higher, $5,617. the! balance necessary been made up by; government and county grants, and! fees. ] With the expenditures increasing: and the. attendance at the high| school, partially due to a continu ation school being started at Mil-! vers. having dropped from 180 to| 133, the cost of education per pupil | pees much higher than it did aj few years ago. Aside from striking the estimates. and passing accounts, the time at Tuesday night's session of the board was principally oceupied in receiv-; ing the reports of Dr. Foster and Mr. . M. Smith, delegates to the recent convention in Toronto; and listen- ing to short addresses by the two school principals, Messrs. Archibald. and McDonald, who were also at the convention. Among other things the address of Dr. Foster Pp of the great need for the Is Your Assessment Up Fifty Per Cent? If Assessor Grant has been passing out to the citizens gen- erally this year, lemons of the variety handed the editor of The Banner, there is likely to be something doing at the court of revision. A fifty per cent. jump, all in one slap, after having in- creased it the year previous, is the assessment he has placed on our humble domocile, though no alterations or im- provements were made. A coat of paint would likely have made it a hundred, It pleased us to know that our house has increased so rap- idly in value since we moved into it, but fifty per cent. in one year is surely tacking it on too fast. Will some dne please tell us what we ever did to John R. Grant to merit this? When did we even have his name in the paper? It wouldn't be so bad —tf everybody was getting the same “dose” and there was any chance for a drop in the rate, but that isn’t the case, for though the assessor has kind- ly valued our property fifty per cent. higher, he has thoughtfully left his own at last year's figure. Hands up! everybody whose aasessment ‘was jumped ififty per cent. We want to know if he hos singled out any others for special honors. change in the educational eae | The present system, it was pointed out, catered principally to those en- tering the various professions. The doctor referred to the great dearth | of apprentices In the various trades and commented on the seriousness | of the situation. He commended the! work of the technical schools and! favored an arrangement whereby Its advantages could in some way be| extended to the high schools. Mr.) A. M, Smith regretted that the man-| ual training course at the public) school was not getting better atten-| tion, | Principal Archibald’s remarks | were further emphasis of the urgent | need for a change in the curriculum. which catered, he said, to fifteen per, cent. of the pupils to the detriment | “*ary’’ ‘Official Figures Of Temperance Vote “DRY" MAJORITY OF 2256 IN NORTH PERTH—ELMA MADE FINE SHOWING, Official figures received this morn- ing by Mr. T. L. Hamilton, county president of the temperance forces, | places the “dry majority for North Perth at 2256. : Of the votes cast, and 4547 “wet.” The figures for Listowel, given by The Banner following the election, 6803 were of the eighty five per cent. who do) were correct, the “dry majority be- not enter the professions. |ing 645. Touching on university demands Of the other localities the town- for full matriculation: Principal) ship of Elma made a wonderfully fine Archibald made the criticism that] showing. the “dry majority being the educational policy of this coun-! 783. try was dictated by Toronto univer- Complete figures for North Perth sity. Dr. Foster made the comment) are as follows: that he preferred this to having it “Dry” “Wet" dictated by the U. O. govern-! Stratford ........... 2843 2620 ment. FallaCe, vs cwicawaewe. 565 184 Principal McDonald of the public, North. East Hope ..... 345 1738 school, expressed regret that the! Listowel ............ 861 216 commercial department at the high| Milverton ........... 228 148 school had been allowed to fail, He) Ellice ...........00. 313 516 had been hopeful that it was the moraington fs, Sane 543 358 right thing and that the two year' Elma .............. 1105 322 course prescribed was the kind that) aoe should make competent stenogra-| 6803 4547 phers. Plan Extension. For | Sunday School Quarters | Listowel Piisbyterinie have given| up the idea of placing a basement| under the church. ! Instead it is now the intention to! provide modern Sunday School quart-; ers above ground, by -using the old) church as a nucléus, and making an| extension in an easterly direction. This course was recently decided, upon as the more preferable and the| other day a committee, consisting of! Messrs. Melrose. Wanzer and Ellis, in company with Mr. Horne, con- tractor, motored to London to get: pointers from Sunday School quart- ers in the churches of that city. wdesdenfeeeeesbecdecdesfeeleePetendesdeslesdeebeedesiecdedndefesteedeel Da HOSPITAL NOTES + + einitiebivivivinivicbbiel ihr | Owing to reports around town and| country, dlleging extravagances on the part of the Hospital Auxiliary, in purchases of linen, it bas been thought advisable in answer to these false statements, to publish the fol- lowing, which is a list of wll the purchases of linen since the hospital was organized: 1 table cloth, $11. 00; 1 table cloth, $8.50; 1 doz. table nap-, kins, $5.88; 1 doz. table napkins,’ $9.50. itnp| Those who have flowers, who} would like to make glad the patients! at the hospital. Mrs. J. W. Sangster. | Coarse salt, 7ic a hundred, from, McDonald & Riggs. | ' Malcolm factory will kindly phone, | evidence. | Chautauqua Dates— The local committee has been ad- vised that the dates for this year's Chautauqua will be from June 16th to 22nd. Case Dismissed— Miss loerger was complainant in an action Saturday against a neigh- bor. which was dismissed by Magis- tgate Hamilton, on both paying costs. Sale Of House— Mr. Dowd put through the gale this week of Mr. Bert Jones’ house near the water tower park, to Mr. Albert Dustow, recently back from near Saskatoon. The price was $2300 | Fined for Theft of Panels— Found guilty of the theft from ghe of panels used in grafonola construction, Herbert Hall- man, an employee, was fined $25.00 and costs by Magistrate Hamilton on Saturday. There was much inter- est in the case and a large crowd was present at the hearing. Ralph Thompson Fined— For slapping Mrs. Angeli Verhuye, a Belgian neighbor, in connection with line fence trouble. Ralph Thompson of Elma was fined $20.60 and costs by Magistrate Hamilton on Friday. Two other cases heard at the same time, were dismissed. One was a charge of assault preferred by the!woman’s husband, Cyril Ver- huye. against Ralph Thompson,. and the other by Mrss Verhuye against Roy Thompson, who was accused with calling her vile names, In thesa wo cases there was contradictory Barrister Sinclalr of Brussels acted for the defense and Barrister Terhune of Listowe! for the plainti®f? \