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§E _ County Clerk Robson, of Middlesex County, asking the Council to _ epâ€" «orse petition requesting the Legislaâ€" ture to so amend Section 606 of The Municipal Act as not to impose _ so heavy a burden upon: Municipal corâ€" porations as it does at present. Lands, and Forests, asking the Counll There were some important quésâ€" «il to.chaose the surveyor to makeitions, Wardm Lockhart continued, the survey between part of the Townâ€", that would ¢gme _ up for discussion ghip of Waterloo and Guelph. during the year. . Among them was _James Beattic, C!Trk of Wellington | the Good â€"Roads. matter which was €ounty, also wrote‘ regarding same|left over by last year‘s Council for matter. the Council of 1908 to deal with. In Financial Statement. ~ :)he byâ€"law to' be prc:efted i}t wou_lg ‘ 4 e necessary for each township | an § n:::lc:;“.';gng: a;“::;;::‘ :::d 3’: municipality to Ossignate the . roads penditures for 1967 as follows:â€" to be improved under the system and 4 ~ |as long as these roads are put into Receipts. s good serviceable shape the Governâ€" County rates, $40585.00 | ment will contribute oneâ€"third of the Licenses, 262.00| cost. Each year the Reeve of _ the Schools, 913289 | various municipalities will submit to Registry Office, 1291.72 ) the County Council an estimate â€" of Roads and Bridges, 14240 | the amount to be expended on the Ad. of Justice, 28â€"00 | roads" at the June session and the Magistrate‘s Fines, 2.50| total will be based on the aggregate Division Court, 38.43° estimate. By adopting a good roads County Property, ... 15.00 system no municipality binds itself Miscellancous ‘Grants, 15.00 +o spend any particular sum in imâ€" of land, 5000â€"69 pâ€"oving its roadways. Another imâ€" verdtrawn : account, 5757â€"41" portant matter was the matter of id ~ â€"â€"â€"~â€"â€" erectin@ a consumptive hospital for s $62,270â€"15 the indigent poor of the County. At ul Disbursements. th> present time when an inmate of e s: * 'tho House of Refuge becomes afficted Administration of Justice, $8199.88 : with consumption thereis ~no ‘place oads and Bridges, 200701 to. put the unfortunate person.: At\a llancous Grants 5400.01 | meeting of delegates ftom‘fite various icipal Governinent, 3188.95 | Counties in . Woodstock ‘it was‘ decidâ€" ob purposes, _ 19950.74 ‘ed to send a delegation to wait on stry Office, V 447.15 | the Ontario Government‘ to ask for ol, .. 1948.76 | assistance in having hospitals of this Printing, advt, and postage, 1254.33 , hind erectedin various parts of the t _costs, 33.56 | province. The Warden also referred ntures, 3262.53 | to the matter of establishing an Isoâ€" 523.58 | lation Hospital for the County in use of Refuge, j 12795.78 ) which patients suffering from | conâ€"< inty '!?W. C 14M.74]f.ginus_dim could â€"be ~confin=d iÂ¥ance, heat and light, _ 1651.20 | There were other _matters: which [Jan x 106 "4.% 69.70 , would be brought to the attention‘ of / ;‘ u eaiily o o0 o0 46.83 | the members as they arise. He hoped gxs: . ad y 0( . [o _ _ â€"=â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" | the members: would conduct the busiâ€" e s 5 o. §62,270.15 ness in a harmonious. mannet. f « Dr. R. W. Bruce Smith, Inspector ol Hospitals and Charities, with reâ€" Port on special visit and congratulatâ€" ‘ing the Co@nciA_on‘the success of the improvements at the .House of Reâ€" fuge which has already appeated in these columns. % County rates, Licenses, g:hg:h, try Office, Roads and Bridges, Ad. of Justice, Magistrate‘s Fines, Division Court, County (Property, ... Eflneous Grants, y of land, rdtawn account, * Clerlb Bowman tnen declared _ Dr. Lockhart Warden for the ensuing year and after taking the chair the Warâ€" denâ€"elect thanked the members for the Bonor and briefly outlined the work of the Council for the ensuing year. * Communications. ‘CThe Clerk <« read communications from the following: $ ‘ Aubrcy White, Deputy Minister ‘of Lands, and Forests, asking the Counâ€" gil to . chaose the surveyor to make the survey between part of the Townâ€" ghip of Waterloo and Guelph. ;"Ifllulay ’l'o,â€"-A.}l, Robertson, A _{Wootwich Tp.â€"Adam Mattusch, J. iimm-. 5 Dumfries Tp.â€"Thos. Alison, "Galtâ€"Thos. E. McLelian, Frank S. Scott, Alex. E. Buchanan. > "Whe election of Warden was â€". the first order f business and the Counâ€" cil continue« the practice of following the rotatio system and the choice fell on Dr.li. J. Lockhart, Reeve of Hespeler, on motion _ of Councillors Thos. Allison and JI Cochrane. em, __,.,;‘ of the Counâ€" | ip«© We tioo . UOou for 1008 ‘opened shortly. after two. o‘clock y. The of this year‘s ‘s. Councit is changed somewhat m‘ last year, twelve out of the twentyâ€"three members taking _ their seats around ‘the Council board fof fi."m time, All the Counciliors â€" présent as follows: .\ Berlinâ€"John Cochrane, <C. C. Hahn A. B. Campbell, F. G. . Gardiner. . â€" Waterlooâ€"A.: Weidenhammer, Geo. Suggitt. _. 4 .. Prestonâ€"M. M. Mullin. * Hespelerâ€"R. J. Lockbart, D. . _New Hamburgâ€"3. A. Katzenmeier Aytrâ€"Henry : Gmelin. . Elmira,â€"P. F. Stumpf. Financial Statement. ~ ~The County Treasurer submitted the annual statement of recceipts and exâ€" penditures for 1967 as follows:â€" ‘fw Tp.â€"Henry Zoeller, Samuel lust tetorn of feer, e . fo: $t of MetFomthts register â€"â€"â€" fees therefore, ments : uncopled, ent on Jand a’:"mm.mnt Bank f mortgages register rrolt $40585.00 262.00 9132.89 1291.72 $38,154.75 . | 2018 ... 1386 1504,45 4847 $5.155.35 $7.376:00 $5757.21 $1000.00 3"175.00 878.50 " â€" Vik $981,00 28.00 2.50 38.43 15.00 15.00 5000.00 B41 352.80 $18.95 1408 997 Warden Lockhart:todk the chait and thanked the;tmembérs for the" honor conferred upon him which he: gréatly. appreciated. He hoped that . at_the end of the year they would have no reason to regret their action of toâ€" day: He wguld endegvor to conduct the business.jmpartially and to ‘the best of hs$ aWility. It was the largâ€" est body he had ever presided‘ over and. he hoped that any mistakes he may make will be oveqpoie‘., .n mittect; "yere 1abbonted . atter ) the mittecs | & after Councit lmMmd until _ 10.3% o‘clock this morning as followsâ€" Lieutâ€"Col. Oliver, of the 20th Regiâ€" ment asked for the » usual ~annual grant. .. h o C ‘The County Council got off to a good statt, on Tuesday afternoon by electing Dr. R. J. Lockha s of Hesâ€" peler: Warden for the ensuing year in the short spaceâ€"of fifteen seconds. After the tnembers had signed . the usual declarations. Councillior Thos. Alison, of North Dumiffies, arose â€" and moved that: Dr. Lockhart be Warden for 1908. .This was seconded by Councilior J; Cochrane of Berlin, and no further nominations were submitâ€" ted. Clerk Bowman put‘ the resoluâ€" tion to the Council which was . carâ€" ried unanimously gmid applsulg_.«». $:5$ Gross amount.of fees for year, For previous yeat, a Deputy Registrar for services, } Office help, f Paid® to Mm Tti ! Amount: over. yeare .;:© . Net amount"received U; Regisâ€" trar, ; o 2566.17 Total number. of mortgages,â€"â€". 1285 Total amount of. mortgagâ€" j Secretary C. Tabberner, of the Listowel High Schoo}, submitting #tatement of liability of: County .puâ€" pils unpnntlngito,:lo.la. F & \~House Of _ â€"Counciliors Ali=*" Suggitt, w:um':t ‘ and CamplnéiI *‘ ) c2ry . 33f 4 ) 80 9 P20 Fees therclor Mech.niegs Liens, nds All other T Fees: # A. Werner, Esq., Secretary . of ‘x Trustces‘ Department of the On Education Q’lloq‘tion. asked â€" ‘that representatives be appointed to atâ€" tend .anoua}‘ meetingâ€"in April. _ . J. | Ross. Robértson, of [Foromte, asking for a‘MHttle larger grant this year for the Hospital for Sick: Chilâ€" dren. Amount recéived for other serâ€" ‘vices, â€" . conam Fees â€" earned and not receiy Aiter. the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting.the .Reeves of the variqus muni lities were apâ€" poirted a l'fl&l ittee ‘and an adjournment was made to allow . the appointment of the standing commitâ€" Financeâ€" ‘Counciliors Casdell, Wilâ€" m, McLelian, Mullin, Dammeier, and and Welo‘mh_‘m. > The report of the Striking Commitâ€" tee was adopted as follows:â€" Comg Propertyâ€"Counciliors Hahn Scott, Gardiner, Staufter, Katzenmeiâ€" Finanteâ€"A. Weidenhammert, Water Striking Committees uments r $2,147,806.55 4 “\K‘, t} blend "of ‘Ontario wheat % elist . made betâ€" ser. . "fler bread "hard â€" par $29. 30 | ttnt flour.*‘ "&nd made . . better g pies, cake and pastry â€" than Onfario $1077.54 | "pastry‘ four." This .. is â€" . true beâ€" §414.65] Cause biended fBlours contain‘ the zood 5801.85 | qualities â€" of : both kinds of wheat. is oi ]amet . Fert is pProving: to , the people + at blended flours atre best." It . is 1201.72 | doubtful it : our‘ farmers realize how ' $ much they can help in restoring the 2566.17fprice of Ontario wheat to its old figâ€" 1285 | ure. «What our fammers shoold do is to stop . buying Western fours â€" and ,866.55 | use only Ontario blended flours. ‘I his of the xld create. such a demand for, Ons Ontaricoftario â€" wheat that the price would that J soon go . up, and our farmers : of to atâ€"]course would get all~ the beneft. $3817 *s own | satislgetion : that blended C were. > than â€" flours a madg of .@ :.; .. veriety -‘3 1.00; &hfi" roved, by <repeated 359 | tosts, "tha t ‘ot ‘Ontario wheat 1. 69 | dn @little. wm,w. made betâ€" . _fter bread m&w "hard | par g 3p | tent : flour.‘‘ *&nd s made better Hospital . Representatives . _ John Cochrane, on the B; & W.. Board. and Pr. Lockhart, on the GaRt Board The Countil. adjourned at 12 o‘clock until, 2 00..o!clock . to allow the, ~var : The activity of the fruit division of the Dominign Department of Agriculâ€" ture is almost daily being illustratâ€" ed by the prosecution and fine _ of buyers: and packers in various . Parts of the province. The .department takes the stand that Canada‘s forâ€" ggh trade ‘must be protected _ ant "in oriler to.do this Â¥violation of~ the Fruit Marks _ Acts, â€" such as‘ false btanding ~etc., must be severely punâ€" Board of Examinersâ€"School Inspecâ€" tots Pearce and Sheppard . and Jas. Corrigell, ol Elmira.. A. (HBdd Avditorsâ€"J,.. M. Senlly, F. C A., fnd Fred Holwell. . FFBntX g.%{x'..mm-w. H. Lots, f:‘,{ _ ‘Then, tob, this . ~would help .our Gairymen and stockmen. , The / p£ cause of bran and shorts selling for such ridiculously high prices, has been. that our local mills . were gring@ing little wheat and ‘consequently thote were ‘nome of these feeds for sale at the mills.â€" They had be brought from Manitob& and At&sm. and _ by the time. . the lmi'&h; was> added to ‘the nice proft which the Western milâ€" lers demanded, the price was out "of all proportion to what it should be. By buying ‘blended flours â€" and Keopâ€" ing our. mills running to their full capacity, there will be plenty ‘of brasg and shorts to sell at very _ much less than they cost toâ€"day. All soâ€"called "soothing‘"‘ syrups and most of the powders advertised â€" to cure the ailments of babics and young childten <contain poigonous © opiates, and an overdose may kill the child. Baby‘s Qwn Tablets are absolutely safe. You have the guarantee of < a government analyst to the truth of this statement. Good for the new born babe and the well grown child. The Tablets positively cure such ailâ€" ments as colic, sour ‘stomach, indigâ€" estion, constipation, diarrhoea _ and tecthing troubles. They also _ cute simple fever, break up colds, prevent croup and destroy worms. Every mother who has used Whis medicins praises it highly. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. The County Council transacted conâ€" siderable business â€" at this morning‘s session with all the members present. There was considerable â€" discussion on the question of good roads. . ‘The town representatives were solid in favor of a good roads system for the County, while the township members were somewhat reluctant in commitâ€" tng themselves in the matter until the byâ€"law designating the roads to be improved is introduced. | > sultsâ€"ate due our iliieps: > ‘their Cown | & fries. Propertyâ€"C. C. Hahn, Berlin. Roads and Bridgesâ€"A. Robertson, Wellesley. Authorizing the borrowing of $30,â€" 000 to meet current expenses interost A% &0 ‘exceed five per cent. Establishing Wellesiecy as a police 9 AHais. * 285 13 o5 is 4 t It was. moved by A. B. Campbell, seconded by S. E. Shantz, that this county should share in the _ million dollar grant for the improvement : of public highways and that a special committee be ‘hereby . appointed" to take all necessary steps to introdice a byâ€"law to designate a small system of county roads, said committee to be .composed of the Warden _ and Messrs. Alison; Robertson; ~Shantz, Mattusch, Cassell, +Buchanan _ and Suggitt. 7 > Alts of Board of Auditâ€"Thos, â€" McLelan Galt, and H. J. Bowman, Berlin. The resolution was carricd _ with Councillors Robertson and Dammei¢t voting nay. _ w9 Three byâ€"laws were passed as : folâ€" lows:~â€" Making the following . appointments to the various mfunidipal offices â€" A SAFE MEDICINE FOR: ALL CHILDREN. _ __ ol a Byâ€"laws Passed irst® ..proved * to l0nâ€"that blended ir fium flours hÂ¥ s s & ed, by renflof i of ‘Ontario Wheat â€" _ One .of ~ the _ imporiadt > â€"matters which is to come before the Legislaâ€" ‘ture at the next session is that . of prison réform and prison labo¢ â€"reâ€" form. Last > session a committoe, comprisinzg the following members:â€" J .. B. Downey, «tho chairman, Géorgo Pattinson, J. R. Dargavcl and Finlay G. Macdiarmid, was appointed to in quire into the question, :and theitireâ€" is starien: poome â€" Adrig) oiher t ; opens.: A 0 f ces visited hy this em«.. ..1: search fon this W the it 16 thought that gla”nu l isute tionâ€"will serve as sometBing of~ a pattern : for ~ & pieces of atylish plafd suiting goodP eolors andâ€"patterns, were 75¢ and $Â¥ a yd, fdwel to© BCO 8 pieces of suiting, includiog plain serges and pheviots, in : good zhades of navy, wore 1.00~ a yard, eale price 69¢ 9 only black sateen underskirts, flounce, neatly crimped, finished with frill, full width, good value at 1.00, Sale price 890 8 doz. Ladies Striped Flanellette Night Gowns, Former price 50c., Sale price 39c Regular 30c. vaiue, Sale price The Wog:n people have been waiting forâ€"â€"Thousands of Dollars. worth of sensible M grl:e, mtgrked dm & prioge.-â€"’l'be winter xood: must be moved, there is no power like the powe: ces to move them. 4 ‘ : powe 21 piecea of wgol ‘trews goods, (some in dregs‘ lengths), in‘ fancy black. and plain patterns, also fancy wool materials, suitable tor dresses or skirte. Regulas values 50c, 60¢ and 750, Sale Prico }* 89° 12 pieces of fanéy black silk and wool, in dress lengths; were 90¢, 1.00 and 1,25, Sale Prite _ m / per yard 590 Night Gowns A small lot of ladiss‘ Print and Flannéllette Wrappers, Clearance price, each . 890 Dress Goods 39¢ a‘Yard. No Checks Given During Sale,. [ Underskirts 89c each. THE NEW PMSON SYSTEM 100 pairs Ladies‘ Wool Hose, es T to 10, good quality yarn, Wrappers 69c a yard. Hosiery Ontario. ‘~CASH HERE IS MIGHTY., Everything willâ€"be in readiness, Come early and often to the BIG MARK DOWN SALE 23G For 10 Days Only _ tha wil} be. established, and the contract sysâ€" capita is about $150 a year. tem of ~prison labor abolished. Both ‘The prisoncrs are employed in . ‘orâ€" these things have been dong at Mansâ€" ccting new prison. $, in makâ€" field,_but there the.length of impris ing shoes for them#elye@ wnd â€" other onitmnent depends upon the bebavior of prisoners, and In th «,"' factun‘e ‘6f the prisoner himsell. . Every sentence brooms, harness and tinwate to a is a genetal cne, with no fixed limit limited extent. . The mem are allowâ€" or dutation. With this goc# a parolc ed a portion of their earnings up. to system, though this (dpes nct take 20 per cont. In connection with the efect "until infter . the prisoner~ hat prison is a farm of #50 actes, from #erved : one v At Mrnsfeld a 838 which there was a net profit of . $10, tem: of . matks is In vogue, which are 000 in . 19086. Mcb wore put to work awarded |for pnzfim demeanor, diliâ€" over this. farm without immediate gence "in . study and the 1C | guards and "out of 100 menâ€"omployed sults at <~Ita man‘s record 18 in this way in 1908 only five attempâ€" mé y:.- employment is 86â€" tol to escape. cared" "and he 1s nistored to ‘ M. In ten years at Mansâ€" aninibiemmmanemimentnatge a: #,150 men have been furned out, s and it is said ha at least . three TWe deadlock in Brantlord Council "yn:d,:Ssh price yer yd. Ladies‘ plain and fancy wool Ringâ€" wood Gloves, well worth 25e a pair, price to clear . 1 9° 12 Trimmed Hate, for present wear, regular price $4 to $7 now. 1+ + â€" s i * t 6 5 Ladies‘ and Misses‘ Guuntlets Black and Grey Imitation fur Gauntlets, were 50c. pair. Clearance price * 390 12 trimmed hats for only > = = This season‘s shapes, trimmed to sell\at $3.50 to $5.00 Sale price _ _ â€" â€" & % 1 end moreen aklrfing, former price 40c¢. per yd. Sale pnee25° 1000 dark amber hair pins, 6 on a card, reg. 5¢. card Bale price 18 pins for â€" > : «> Co% C Drawers at 6 yds. of 10c¢. fiannelette, wide width for 10 Cl «e > 4 * c «6 «t Men‘s 500 yards 16 inch linen towelling at 66 ;:chmi bleached table Jinen, floral design, well worth 506. par A~>Ema‘) Lot of Men‘s Rib ldeal Amber Hair Pins Skirting MMAMMAMMMAMMMAAAMAMAAMAAIAALOMRRMMAAMmAMT 5 mileeof CRUM‘S ENGLISH PRINTS, in best patterns, light, mediam and dark colorings, sold in‘ most stores at 15¢. per yard Our price, . f Five Extra Specials . Flannelette Ends. Drawers 12 1â€"2¢ per yard 208 pair MILLINERY 3 Cards 10c¢. The prisoncrs are employed in . ‘etâ€" ccting new prison ; », in makâ€" ing shoes for th ‘“:"‘ i . other prisoners, and In the wa@hifacture of brooms, harncss . ahe bwute . to . a limited extent. . The me® are allowâ€" ed a portion o! their earnings up to 20 per cont. In connection with the prison is a ~farm of £50 actes, from which there was a net profit of . $10, 100 in . 1906." Mcb wore put to work over this. farm without : immediate guards and "out of 100 menâ€"amployed in this way in 1906 only five attempâ€" tel to escape. 50 pairs Men‘s Grey Wool Sox Special 2 pairs for 25° Flannelette Blankets 100 pairs, new laco cirtains 2 1.â€"2 ydé. long. ~Sale price per par _= 25‘ 25 pairs,white and grey flanelette blankets good quality, Sole9 3° price per pair & Lace Wool Sox . Uffelmann. Curtains . 100 a yeat. are employed Cns . hem in In c ' ty â€"_â€" 1,.00 ‘1.00 °180 5¢ yd 36c 7T8C 10¢ 36 inch, Superior quality b cotton, made from Lt var A tickfing cough, trom any causo, | l8 quickly stopped by Dr. Shoop‘® . Cough Cute. And it is so thorough» ly hatmless and safe, that Dr, m.g tells mothers everywhete to give & without hesitation, even ‘to 'M; ;young babes; ‘The wholesome gt %‘QL the Cuikjire ~ ies to 1 v, hoop‘s . . Cough Cure.It calms the cough,and . heals the sore altive bron«â€" chial â€" membtanes. No o Py "lug > chloroform, â€" "nothing ‘harsh, used a injure or â€"suppross. ) a al ous plant extract, that ¢ aching Jungs.. The 8 â€" â€" C shrub which the Doctor uses, ; * Sacted Herb‘‘â€" Always m iSheop‘s ~Coogh, Cureâ€" . » y 6 only 8 piece suits,si2es J 23 to 26, pricelto clear I 5 only, 2 piece suits, extra values at a *4 2 25paiunewlnogn_rh& cial Sale price per pair _ A covton, even weaveâ€"GoO at 8¢ per yardâ€"Sale price Special for sale price per yd +0.00 and $12 00 Over* . coats for % 2 11 only boys‘ Suits in fi sizes, 22, 28, 24, 25, _ Sale price + ce 25 wr’eent discount on child> ren‘s White Bear Skin Coats. : $ 8.50 Oversoats for »Men‘s and Boys‘ Tweed Beaver: Overcoats at Eu’ mean DOLLARS SAYED to 25 pairs; new lace . ot bought special for this sale, per pair s s ts o l $6.00 #9.00 $12.00 $15.00 A DISCOUNT OF 2 %EENT. oN ALL B& AR SUITS during Sale. <This means < â€" ~. all $ 8.00 suits for. . | %0 00 *.:« 35 Sm 1200« ~*®. * 52 .. _4 off on all furs,see whai ing it means to you _ _ $5.00 fur for â€" «iss Bleach 3 Specials in 1 Suits â€" SPECIALâ€"86 inch, fine Overcogats Furs Fur Clothingfiéi DISCOUNT OF 25 1 Cotton: * c6w)