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Sbheppard,, during . the â€" afterâ€" ‘mo n‘g .proceedings,â€"made \ a . strong ‘appeal to the membérs to sink all difâ€" ‘ferences that may. have existed hefore "Abe election and work togcther in harâ€" ‘Whony for. the best interests of Ber-I ‘ The business of the meeting . conâ€" Bted! of organizing the. committees, receis . an offer for the settlement of the exâ€"Town Treasurer‘s â€" alleged ghort 2 , appointing the various muâ€" eipal officers and other matters . of %‘!fiumal address of Mayor ty was treceived with applause T ‘he following communications were resented and read by the Clork:â€" ifr. Simeon Brubacher respecting a B Aup I.I‘l..'!...'..\nflhflfl'.AA’.~MW,W"V"'"'""""""'"' / 25 /‘»»"Lfi'>=;:"’."’f‘:’ ;'Nw WW“", yVÂ¥ eVe$ * % 7 n WMMWWNM 17929174 §~, M A #4%6¢e 00900000090000 0060000060000000000000 #0000000000000060§0006000 > > 37" i Ad o 4. 8 n ioh aeoint | #W000000000000000000090000040060% es0°¥ iAcAAandc ue dA ts nc .l "1Av n o 0 0S es 0 eeetentne © eopprriege * = o ie _ . __ * 74 §‘&‘ 4 o-c.:pm«- for absolute reliability will make this the biggest clothing sale ever held in this country. W price, your money back if you want it. Remember these tremendous reductions will only be for the &;%’m ”‘ P * Commencing on Tuesday morning, January l4th, we are going to give a': will be remembgred in this city and section for years to come. _\ge l:la;(e ta" made clothing that was ever gathered together in Canada. On the ltt tct’he we intend to give you a chance to come and get whatever you want at the ~___There wili be absolutely no reserve except plain black and blue suits sold exactly as advertised. _ â€" ; in > ALL CLOTHING 1â€"3 OFF..33 1 3 Al An All All AlM All AM An All All All AB AH AM AB All R N Alt :uâ€"“mm e e l R.:E.:Bush wrofe claiming that he «mittée was adopled WithoUS.._UISCUSâ€" pOCVCG and CHa@ BOM ADDiWRE Mertepne l cg m dn Cl of "Eee ies o aet e h enith c 6 n M ts L wl Sm t & A 6 6 mep® io * P T + . s j ai+: mc WAAMAIAIIIIALIIAOLAOLONE on iess apctBe WAWW\WWW 3 Wl h o. ol h t n e APALPLLDPLPIPPNLPLLS PPNIVLOLPLLPLDPDLDLPLLOESLPLLAN ; us » fls o nonin cpese ud y y PVE FFVP V V PR 7A â€"3 Off All Clothing‘, 1iâ€"4 Off All Ha tsand‘Caps, 15 or 20 percent. of All Fupnishinis : â€"HERE IS WHAT THESE REDUCTIONS MEAN, |___ e us t 11 CLOTHINC 13 OFP 334 3 s 2o 1 _ ALL HATS AND CAPS £4 OFF.. 25 8B | ~ ALL FURNISHINGS 15 OFF.. 20. "%, . Communications, $8.00 Overtoats at .. $10,00 Overcoats at lrii.oo Overcoats at $15.00 Overcoats at $18.00 Overcoats at $20.00 Overcoats at $5.00 Suits at ....... $6.00 Suits at ... $8.00 Suits at ....... i2.00 Suits at ... il’g.w ?flfi at \.i.. .00 ~Buits at ... od“g’m 1â€"3 off. $4.00 Pants at ..... $2.00 ‘I;M RB . is r Panté at ... s ” M"t y.-:...‘ #o the ORESâ€"â€"Stratford, _ Guelph, â€" Chatham, _ Berlin FAVTORY es .. jon.. «_ PEODd&Y r,l'n‘etdhu were o(i‘ throughout . Porâ€" mgu the is existing < in displayed by the ':HBI ap waNts DiEEERENCES or 1908 Monday ol his THORNTON & DOUGLAS, Limuted Y Ssd if appointed. . Mr. ‘Graham Jackson resigned as member of the Sewer Commission. ...[. Ross Robertson, of Toronto, ap» plied for the. usdal grart to the Sick Children‘s Haspital. Last year 1093 patients were treated, of . which. 70 per cent. wore free patients and :‘ the deficit: on maintenance has. run up to $35,000 Fifteen ‘South Ward residents _ apâ€" plicd * for '&n @lectric light on. ‘Albert stÂ¥eet,. between Church and â€" Courtâ€" fand avenuc. ue y ~ Miss A. F.‘Lowes :rpm'd for re fund\on busincss taxâ€"of 1906.â€" > J, A. Scellen, Secretary <of ‘. the Board ofâ€" Trade, wrote ‘stating that the Board would appreciate it it the Council‘s committee meetings : could be arranged So as not. to clash with the mectings of the Board of Trade. ‘< Secretary Scelien also â€" intimated that Méessrs.~Jobhn 8. Anthes, Geo. M. DeBus and Edw. Smyth were. apâ€" pbinted as the Board‘s representaâ€" tive gn the Industrial Committec. _ The Gas & Electric . Power Co. asked whether ‘specifications . for. .exâ€" tending the street.railway and â€" cleeâ€" tric light plants would be calledfor. Frank Wagatha asked for a refund of frontage tax amounting to $2.98. Messrs. Eukér & Norman â€" applicd {ot the position.of Town Auditors. August Prass applied for a refund of taxes pard on the first instalment of taxes which had been. paid twice last year. Messrs. Simon Reid and J. . H. Fehrenbach applied for the positions of Town assessors at a salary . of $750. R f ; ¥°.[. Financeâ€" Gardiner, chaivman, and thfi:’dwstq‘:&.; dmi:{:r}?; lotl?l:'d vafin: _ Simon Reid and J._ H. all the members of the Council. for himself; . He ‘was willing / to " do ch applied for the positions A\ old \tin i Oe lo;“i‘the C it no. matter assessors at a» salary o‘f prointing the Ohui nuen Chat It was. mo"m‘”bm o t'egl-‘hy y The report of: the Striking Comâ€"‘a much larger vole than he hadâ€" cxâ€" Bush wrofe claiming that he ~mittee was adopted without discusâ€" pected and amm thi%~ that he db- wn‘ expressed his in as membet of for / another term Al PER CENT. PS _ Cemeteryâ€"Clemont, chairman, Hatrâ€" CC rison, Dunke, Deitrich, Martin. © Financeâ€" Gardiner, chaivman, and Hâ€" all the members of the Council. m,pau $40 instalments #wz year | was <only. QW HaÂ¥ing paid ane. .. >) * "Gexslh on ?m Mabn and . Campbell _ wore the movers of a resolution that the mover,. seconder© and â€"Alds,. Cochrane, Gardioer, . Harrison, Asmusscn _ and Deitrich be the Sttiking Committeo. The name of <Ald. Sheppard«.., was added to the committee at. the ©sugâ€" gestion of Ald. Harrison. C Mr. Fred Rohleder applied for, the position of m assessor. ©," _/ â€" ~A similar Application â€" was received from Mr. J. (é. Buchhaupt.* “ * IN COUNCIL . The resolution appointing the sprik ing committee was. then passed. ; .. 6.60 $8.00 $10.00 $12.00 $13.33 Ths\ Striking Commitieo . was â€" in session forty minutes and: when. . the Council resumed, Ald, Sheppard / reâ€" ported® as ‘Tollows:â€" / // s l $5.34 $6.67 $8.00 $10.00 $13.00 $13.33 $3.33 $4.00 . $5.33 Fire and Lightâ€"FHahn, . chairman, CGardiner,; Sheppard, Asmussen, Marâ€" tin. n td ts o jola l Board of Worksâ€" Camphell, chairâ€" man, Gardiner, Shcppard, ‘Asmussen, Martin. # { * Marketâ€" Gross, chairman,; Asmusâ€" sen, Campbell, Dunke, . Clement. Sprinklingâ€" ‘Deitrich, / thgrman, Hatrison, Dunkc, Martin, Gies. 4 Seavenger â€" Gardiner, . chairman Cochrane,. Gross, Sheppard, ~ Harri SOn. $2.67 $2.00 $1.38 $1.00 Committec®" for 1908 Striking Committect CLOTHING MANUFACTURERS AH $8.00 Hats at ....usueas‘s. All $2.50 Hats at ... ..« All $2.00 Hats at ... . Alt $1.50 Hats at ... ;i....... Ail $1.00 Hats and Caps at Al ?5¢ Caps at .........} ..w% Al 500. Cap$ &b ..;.\;~..s.. :. All 25¢ Togques and Caps at All Ԥ$1.00 Pants at ,........... . All $1.00 Overalls at ......... All 75e Overall6 at ............. All 50c Overalls at .......... All $1.00 Knickers at ............ All 15e Kniehkers.at\.......s... . All Boys‘ Suits 1â€"3 of. AIl HBoys‘ Overcoats 1â€"3 off. AH Fancy Vosts 1â€"3 off. All House Coats 1â€"3 off. ng sale ever held in this country. _ The same principles that aliuys go;crn this business will prevail during this sale» Cn%- reductions will only be for the dates advertised, January 14th to 3ist, and we would advige your being here on the morning of t o accepting nship ?ominfled Reeve: mm:,‘ but: the atter refused .and the ‘Aformer . was elected. 2 Ald. Harrison was dffered the chairâ€" manship of the Cemetery. Committee but declined on the ground that . he could not speak Germian" which _ the duties of the office will require. There was ‘considerable afgtment, â€" during which Ald. : Clement. zg nominated and the ‘accepted . the‘ in ordet to stop further argumont." « ‘The chiel competitipn â€"took. place for <the clu!munfllcfii w Committec, . â€"Ald."_ ardg â€"â€" was named ‘and Reeve.G a "also placed in nomina The: ve alâ€" lowed> a majority in [favor © of. . the latter, he being s ted by. . Alds. Hahn, â€" Campbell, in, Deitrich, Grogs and Dune: *& s Reeve Cochrane drew the â€" attention of the Mayor that Ald, Sheppard did not vote while Reéve Cardiner voted for himself. } s Reeve Gardiner ‘replicd ~ that _ he did not vote for 1 but left it to the good judement! of the Council. Ald..Gross said he fvoted for Reeve Cardiner because h6 &new him better than Ald. Sheppard. ! i he we are going to give a sale that will be a sale, one that to come. We have a store full of the handsomest, best mnada. On the 14th of danuary and for 15 days following Atover vau want at the following big reductions. _ . _ , which will be sold at a 20 per .““‘W" nformed the â€"> that % t and se no glique or ns 409C Bs Reeve Gardiner w t u’i bers . for W mfl!:% * fiu’ him by electing him as chairman . of an importtant.committee and * asked for the coâ€"operation ‘of allâ€"the . â€"memâ€" bers. : He desired to rétire from ‘the chairmanship of the Scavenger. Comâ€" mittes, ‘but ‘the members refused : to uccept his resignation. tg A longthy d m ensued regardâ€" ing the nignnmu © tor â€" â€" the various. committees. â€"An effort â€"â€" was made to comply with the request ‘of the Board of Trade but Ald. Asmusâ€" sen was of the opinion that the Counâ€" cil "was the. most important. ‘~ body and the ‘Board of Trade shouldâ€"change its night of meeting if it wants the members of the Council to attcrd. Roeve ‘Gardiner (did not: m that the‘ Council should be i io eera ins. Cotemage as the . ~ofTrade, Jons or School Boards. e eenetines It was finally decided ~that. the goud ol Works, Pire: & . Light: and emetery ’?)mmif.hu meetâ€" on Thursâ€" day evenitig, and the Market, Scay~ enger, _ Sprinkling ~and â€" Finance . on Friday" cvening préceding «the regular Council meeting. a eC .. The resignation of Mr. _ Graham Jackson as . member of the Sewer Commission was accepted. _ * It was decided to refer the matter of. filling ‘the vacancies on the Sewer Commission to a special â€" committee composed of the Mayor, Reeve Gardâ€" iner and . Sheppard.. The committee will also secure the opinion‘ of ‘the Meetings Arranged Sewer Commission $2.25 $1.88 $1.50 $1.13 38¢ 19¢ :6tc bie 50c Mc o e :ik o % â€" C3 ton. oe ( s F -‘f?":"?‘g veca e a p3 & y H i : *=, * Td + 94 Clrxd K Cad C us R T m M is & eS ~+** ) cover 0 ) rroun Nast‘ vear. memâ€"| . ‘Alds. j wd~and Clement expres: in . of of Berlin would be more actorâ€" M}flr performed.by one: man. gg.‘qu. e o rlaane in e ieap i " a Ya not Comâ€"{azo taxes therefore ‘he .fiufi b’mfi d towsndal&htgherzitzoh s‘ propâ€" . < | exty would be abandoned, F All $2.00, Underwear at . All $1.00 Shirts at ... All}50¢ Tigs at ... > All 50c Braces at «.......... KA 250 SOK Bb «smecpevceng propenivdenernendy AH 250 â€"THOS BE ..1..1... ; Ni cracey . Frrive All 3. for 50¢. Collars, 3 fOF wmame> All 2 for 25¢. Collars, 2 for ............ AH $2.00 GHOVO$ AU .....coma sns AIl $1.50° GHO0VGS &b p.u..cu, symeu.s All $1.00 Gloves at .._.us. ces All $1.00 Muffiers at ...# shes.. All Jéewelry 20â€" per cent. off. = â€" All \'otklr;f Shirts 20 per cent. off. All $1.00 Night Shirt8 at Qisuzmsucacs. AlH $2.00 Sweaters at ... ... All $1.00 SWeaters ab.,.s...0.., sw All Umbrellas 20 per cent. off. All Handkerchiels 20 per cent. off. _ All Pyjamas 20 per cent. off, t as follows:~ f . Poundkcepersâ€" P. K: Wober, Kurchinski, ‘Weoi. Zinger and Fenceâ€"viewersâ€"Mases Betzner, |;J. Luft, J; Bhets; _ :.) 80403 4. ~B. C. I. representative (8 years)â€" Oscar â€" Rumpel. . _/ *4 Public Library (8 years)~ H. W. Brown. wid Roard | ‘of : Healthâ€" Wm. | Beilstein and A.: Henhoeffer.. / S â€" There were no " applications for ‘the position of Medical Health Officer and Dr.. N. B. Buchanan‘s name ‘ Was inserted. in the )Y'hiv. ~ Oswald Leyes wasâ€" appointed . page at 50 cents per meeting,. ... â€" Court of Revision for L provementsâ€"P. Gies, H. M Cochrane, F. W. Sheppard, Clement. VITAL STATISTICS. The vital statistics for 1 year ending December® Sist are as follows:â€"Births 167; 4T; deaths 91. * - f’:x:i: '!.!oa.rd-xul Muciier and, Geo cent. reduction. â€" Everything will be anssnel . Weviase for the ‘â€" halfâ€" 31st in ‘Berlin ©107; marriages Local : < Imâ€" Martin, J. were "The Ch am f3ar only is a bright nowsy pape aad contains the most» m Canada and other coâ€"nbries as woll. s the follesk we: counts : "of > happ ,Lé,n throughout the éduntrys .. : Farmers. s i93 will find in the Chron» icle-TBw & ' 1’:« list of all Auction Silesand the latest <and .bost stock reports. es i AHandsome SE t e C &:”‘?;‘ will be given to all subâ€" . scribets in arrears who) ay _ to Jap. 1st, é“('«;, wiirn orDERING BÂ¥ MATL pleas : enclose 10 cents _ to cover postage on preimiing, * ONE $1.60 W 300 $1.50 $1.60 $1.20 40c 40c Atc 20c E-‘S{.f % * *4