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-â- ?7's?;- *"â- ' •", tmm mt-m '* IWMWiiy Wednesday, June "25th, 1924 THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE REPORTS PRESENTED AT COUNTY COUNCIL W. H. THl KSTON, F^ditor THK I'OSTAL STRIKE New Bridges To Be Built In The County This Year The strike of postal clerks and em- ployes, which started last week has Eucceeded in blockiiijf mail transpor- ti'tion in only a couple of centres. Toronto i.nd Windsor appear to be the only cities with anythinff like a complete tie-up of mail matter. Toronto hn.s an enormous amount of out-tfoinK mail and the strike has probably hit the districts servetl from Toronto harder than any other point in the Dominion. The Globes of Fri- day last did not arrive until Monday and few letters have been delivered. Still, conditions have been improving and will soon be normal a^ain. As to the wisdom or ripht of the .strikers in their demands, the country is pretty well of the opinion that they deserve to lo.«e the fififht. There are few businesses to-day that are more than paying their way, and many are actually losing money. These say that othcr.s will have to help bear the burden of deflation along with them. The public also says that the strikers hold steady government positions that they were anxious to secure, and got them in most cases through political pull, and they should be content or resign and let others have a chance, thousands of whom are only too anx- ious to step into their shoes. The Government has ,Tiven the strikers every chance to ho'd their situations by promising to take them back up to Saturday last. Those who failed to comply are now on the lock-out list and there is little hope of them ever recoyering their sine- cures. We believe the country is thorough- ly behind the government in the stand they have taken. But â€" a big "but" â€" the country would also like to see a reduction in all the salaries of offic- ials at Ottawa, from the Premier down to the humble member, with all their secretaries and commissioners. There is a certain amount of unfair- ness in singling out one class for re- ductions without including all classes of civil servants. I The first report of the Road and ; Bridge committee was presented by : Reeve John T. Miller of Euphrasia. â-  The report dealt with the visit of jthe Warden and Reeve Lenibke of Sullivan, accompanied by a similar committee from Bruce county, to the I inspection of a bridge on the county ' line of Grey and Bruce in Sullivan township opposite lot 17, and it was found to be past repair, and it was decided to call for tenders for the [concrete and steel work. Tenders ! were opened at Owen Sound on June ! 0th and the contract was awarded to 'J. A. McKinnon, Paisley, concrete, Sl,732; Alex. Hill, Mount Forest, I steel, $2,577, a total of $4,309, and I they recommended that their action â- be approved. ' The committee recommended that ; the Warden, Reeve Buchanan and I the chairman be a committee to I examine two bridges on the town line iof Euphrasia and Collingwood, with power to repair or to replace the bridges if necessary. , With respect to the McNulty brid- ge on the town line of Artemesia and Proton the County Solicitor was of the opinion that the county does not , have to build a new bridge unless the 1 Railway and Municipal Board de- ' mands it. I Before the report was adopted : Reeve W. W. Smith, Chairman of the Finance Committee, warned the other I chairmen of committees that they \ should keep within their appropria- ' tions. He noticed by their report that they had already spent the greater part of the money allowed them, and they were asking for more bridges. Reeve Miller, the Chairman, stated that the bridges of the county must be made safe for traffic, and if bridges went down they must be re- built, even if they did not have the money. It was better in his opinion to stop road construction than to neg- lect the bridges. The report was adopted. r= EDITORIAL NOTES There is much injustice wrought through the exigincies of politics. "All is fair in love and war" should be amended by adding "Politics." The question of adding Hydro to this pernicous trio is debatable. • « * • Two burglars entered a Meaford store and stole S2,000 worth of cloth- ing.while three or four people watch- ed them doing it. The Collingwood police were notified but instead of barricading the road they evidently stood behind buiWings and shot at the passing car with pistols, without causing it to pause. A few years ago the Collingwood police were con- sidered very expert at holding up speeding cars, but they seem to have lost the knack of it. Better Late Than Never The followng from the Durham Re- view is to the point, but imagine Bro. Ramage saying such things a couple of years ago when it was most needed The united board of trade of Col- lingwood, Meaford and Thornbury, have adopted a resolution, calling upon the Ontario Gov't to cancel the order making the Hydro pond at Eu- genia a trout preserve and excluding people from fishing there. The local feeling is that Hydro officials, finding the trout fishing good, decided to hog it for themselves, and have invaded the rights of people long resident in the neighborhood. If this preserve were even made use of to re-stock local streams, of which hydro em- ployees and visitors have done much to empty of trout, local feeling would to some extent be allayed. County Roads Reeve W. L. Taylor of Osprey pre- sented two reports from the County Rpads committee. The first clause re- lated to the steps which had been taken with regard to having the road from Walkerton to Singhampton tak- en over as a provincial highway in- stead of a County Provincial High- way but that as they had not yet met the Minister of Highways they had nothing to report. The County Engineer had been giv- en instructions to advertise for tend- ers for three bridges in the township of Normanby and for the cutting down of the Glen in Glenelg. These tenders were awarded, the bridges to Jos. Schjckler of Mlldmay and the hill cutting to J. GafTney of West Monc- ton. The contract for the two bridges in St. Vincent was let to D. L. Weber, Kimberley, the county to supply all steel and cement for all bridges at the nearest railway station. The second report dealt entirely with a tour of inspection made by the committee over the roads in various parts of the country on June 4th. They met in Hanover and took two days to make the trip. They first drove to Durham, thence to Price- ville, and then through Flesherton on through Osprey to the county boundary line between Grey and Duf- ferin, and here they found the con- necting link between the two county road systems in a very bad condition, and it was agreed to repair this road at once. From here the committee went to the county boundary line between Grey and Simcoe. Between Singhampton and Maple Valley, six miles, which is being built by the j county of Simcoe, and which is al- ( most completed, and found that the money was well spent. They then went to Collingwood and Thornbury, and on the following day went over ' the Collingwood - Thornbury road, which has been made with crushed shale, and is a fine road. As an ex- periment they decided to build a piece of road using the lake shore shale, and if found satisfactory to continue using it to avoid the ex- pense of crushing and thus build a less expensive road. The Hemlock bridge in Colling- wood township, built by the Corbett Foundry and Machine Co., -Ltd., of Owen Sound, was found to be com- pleted with the exception of some painting, and from there they went over tile Meaford road to Bayview and found it to be in much better condition than they jvere led to be- FREE FREE COMING Friday Eve., June 27th at 8.30 Ford Travelling Moving Picture Exhibit Featuring Fqrd Manufacturing and Production Methods from the Raw Material through the various Manufacturing Phases to the Finished Product. Many other film's of travel and scenic beauty at home and abroad. SPECIAL PICTURE FOR THE FARMER on Scientific Preparation of the Seed Bed and Seed Germination, graphically illustrated in Moving Pictures. COMEDIES FOR THE CHILDREN SOMETHING OF INTEREST FOR EVERYONE The entertainment will be held out of doors in Flesherton Memorial Park Seats will be provided for those in attendance. COME EARLY .\ND BRING YOUR FAMILY Everybody cordially invited to attend. Special Music for the Occasion. H. DOWN & SONS authorized Ford Dealers, EESHERTON. lieve from complaints heard at Mea ford. Coming on to Owen Sound they went through Sarawak to Kemble and ordered the worlc continued from Kemble on to Wiarton. , Reeve Calder of Durham was in an inquisitive frame of mind and he had a number of questions to ask in connection with the work on the county roads and the bridges, all of which were answered in a satisfac- tory manner. He referred to the fact that it was costing the county at the rate of $1000 a mile for the spray- ing of the roads and questioned whether it would r>ot be better in the long run to construct a concrete road and thus end any further expendi- ture. The money was going very fast and it did not take long to spend $17,000 or $18,000. Reeve Caldipr also complained that the roads in the northern section of the county were being given the preference over those in the southern section, but this statement was denied and the report was finally allowed to pass. Rutledgeâ€" Walker Kimberley Examinations On Lower School Work The following are the Jcgsults of the Lower School examinations in Kim- The marriage of Irma Mary, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Walker of Mc- Leod, Alta.,i to Melville Rutledge, son of Mrs. A. Rutledge, Ceylon, Ont., on Monday, June 16th, at Lethbridge, Alta., Rev. W. E. McNiven, of Wesley Methodist church, officiating. The bride was attended by Miss Winifred Symond?, and the groom was support- ed by h:3 brother, Mr. Roy Ru'Jedge. After the ceremony the young couple left on the afternoon train for Cal- gary iind Banff. Mr. and Mrs. Rutledp-j will make their home at McLeod, Alta. f, lacArthur â€" Voysey At the Methodist Parsonag;, Stet- ler, on Wednesday, June 11th, Gordon Campb:.'!! MacArthur and Mis:; Bertha May Voysey, both of Botha, Alta., were united in marriage by Rev. A. A. Kyle. The happy couple were assisted by Mr. and Mrs. Douglas berley Public School, 50 p.c. is pass Voysey. They will reside on the (groom's farm near Botha. PICTURE SHOW TOWN HALL FLESHERTON THURSDAY, JUNE 26th The Great Pola Negri in "The Cheat'^ With Jack Holt supported by Chas. De Roche THE CHEAT IS THE GREATEST DRAMATIC STORY EVER WRITTEN FOR THE SCREEN AND PROVIDES POLA NEGRI, WORLD-FAMED STAR, WITH THE FINEST AND MOST SAT- ISFYING ROLE OF HER SCREEN CAREER. UON'i MISS SEEING THE WONDERFUL POLA IN "THE CHEAT" COMIC-" Room 23" SHOW STARTS AT 8.15 P.M. Admission:â€" . 30 and 1 Sets. C. J. STEVENSON. MANA(;KR Pidgeon â€" Lever Married at Sarnia by Rev. J. E. iMillyard, Methodist minister, on 'Thursday, June 12.th, 1924, Ruby i Delia, daughtetr of the late W. J. standing: â€" 2nd Year Pupils EDDIE CORNFIELDâ€" Zoology 71, Geography 74, Arithmetic C3, Gram- mar 52, av. per cent. 65. VILLA WARDâ€" Zoology 03, Geo- graphy Gl, Grammar 61, av. per cent. 62.25. Ist Year Pupils VINA WILEYâ€" Canadian History , ^,_ , „,.„, .„ „, „_, u,.^„>:„i, 80, Physiography 91, Boteny 87, Art ^^^ ^\<- ^ever, to Thomas Fixderick 68, av. per cent. 81.5 (honors). Peacock, son of J. A. and Mrs. ALMEDA WEBERâ€" Canadian His- Peacock, Owen Souna; toi-y 68, Physiography 62, Botany 72, \ ~""~ Art 69, av. per cent. 67.75. i RHODA SOULâ€" Canadian History 1 SHELDON MYERS 56, Physiography 02, Botany 72, Art . Builder and Contractor 67, av. per cent. 65.75. Duuoer ano^oniracior • ^U^^^"L"p^u^^'°^^K~fi^T'l' SHINGLES AND FLOORING LAID lan History 65, Physiography 6J, Bot- , any 61, Art 63, av. per cent. 6J. j HAZEL HAMMOND â€" Canadian 1 History 66, Physiography 57, Botany j 67, Art 72, av. per cent. 62.75. 1 â€" S. A. GOFF, Principal.' @ @ Good Values MEN'S WORK SHIRTS worth $175 for ~- $L25 FANCY SHIRTS worth $3.00 for $2.00 PEA BODY SMOCKS worth $2.75 for $1.95 PEABODY OVERALLS $2.00 Fleet Foot shoes worth $ 1 .75 for $ 1 .25 MISSES Fleet Foot worth $3.00 for $2.00 Smart Step worth$4.00 for $2.00 m m Royal Purple chick feed 5 cts. per pound M Royal Purple calf meal 25 lbs. for $1.35 ^ W.L. Wright, Flesherton Ont. § Durham Street opposite Clayton's shoe store ^ ALL KINDS OF REPAIR WORK Flesherton, Ont B. H. WALDEN Reduced Prices licensed auctioneer FOR ' Horseshoeing No. shoes. Is and ?fl, 43c.; 3s and 4s, 50c.; 5s, 6s and up, 60c. Jacob Williams, Eugenia FOR THE COUNTY OF GREY FIFTEEN YEARS' EXPERIENCE All sales promptly attended to and satisfacion guaranteed. CHARGES MODERATE Phone 66 MARKDALE Or arrange at The Advance office. Finishing Touches For Spring Housecleaning 0-"â€"â€" <- That New Cong oleum Rug Oilcloth 2 yards wide Brown Leatherette at Chintz, nice variety $1.10 per yard 75 cts. at 35 cts. to 50 cts. A. E. HAW General Store Cash Cream Station CEYLON Store closes every Tuea. and Frt. ev*.