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2 degree team oi Grand Union of Berlin conferred the . third rée on "four members at the Gerâ€" mania Lodge No. 18i on _ Thursday *Phose subscribers to the Chronicie Telegraph who have recently changed their address to rural route will conâ€" {er a faver by notifving this _ office i order that they may receive the Péper regularly. ©â€" ‘The fumeral of the late Mr. _ .Jobn The Ontario farmer has a _ gooi ftiend and dble exponent of his cause im ;‘The Weekly Sun, Toronto. It is oo# andâ€"profitable reading for the Gughtful farmer, and wil} save him many times the subscription price. ‘Thete is no other paper just like The Fun. You should read it each week dutihe 1914. ~ > Walter, of, <Listowel was held on Wedhesday afternoon at that place. ‘The deceased was wellâ€"known in this town, and a local preacher in . the WEÂ¥rangelical Association. Mrs. Thomas O‘Donnell was. the hostess of a very largely attended and most successful mecting of the gctcrloo Presbyterian Ladies‘ _ Aid Qciety, at her handsome home on ‘Thursday afternoon. These meetings ze looked forward to from time to c by the ladies, and are a strong r in promoting the social welâ€" are of the congregation. _ Refreshâ€" ments were served at the close. bound to succeed. The Weekiy Sun, Toronto, the farmer‘s business papet, can help you. Send the publishers a post card, they will be pleased to furâ€" nish free sample copics. To make the farm pay all it can pay, should be the object of every geod farmer, not to impoverish _ the land, but to handle it as a business proposition. Do this and you are HAD SUCCESSFUL 3 ;RABBIT HUNT "Jat‘ Boston, from whence they HHlbd4 bin Thucsday on the ‘"Canopic‘ o0Â¥ & Six months‘ sojourn in Europe. ?ie Christian Mothers‘ Society of Be St. Louis Catholic Church hbeld ‘According to â€" Several of the local bupters rabbits are very _ plentiful a‘f- season. In conversation with Mr H. Fischezr he stated that in _ comâ€" paky‘ with Messis. O. Latsch, _ R. Schlickli, and C. Roos, they returned om Wednesday evening from a four days‘ hunting expedition in the Walâ€" laceâ€"and â€" @lenalien district. _ They brought with them sixty â€" fine hare. seeuring the majority of them on ‘Minday. Six dogs were used in the hupt. Partridge in that district, Mr. Filgcher said are excecdingly plentiful tHis year, but owing to their being protected by the law _ at present, hfiw are leit unmolested. commssion | . "EEFERS BV LAW * T0 COUNCL :t.;o. He took the necessary deâ€" tion of office. @nders were received for a 4â€"inch 1ift pump of 400,000 gallone capâ€" m‘ evety 24 hours, land that of the Canadian Allis Chalmers â€" Co. _ was The Commission took up the elerâ€" trical inspector byâ€"law and _ referred the byâ€"law to the council. with the mmendation that it be passed. fi‘am department accounts _ were ',L ‘?:l .::n fos . very _ Ed. M. Oovitt ‘%,“4,,..;_. se _ Waterloo. A‘tull) supply of needy articles for sickness or accident purâ€" ry 'QIM'ihb social evening in the on Wednesday evening. sed totalling $691.98%, gas departâ€" it accounts totalling $770.22, and tric‘ départment accounts of $1.â€" l WWe ... MI @11. to Dr. and Mrs. G. in your Wateriloo Town Council was held on Monday evening, andâ€".was the longâ€" esb session heldâ€" . for : :mome months, While one or two more meetings will be heid. before tho New Yeatr‘s elecâ€" tion, the session on Monday cvening was the last meetingâ€"for the, reports, and routine work to be presented. and two byâ€"laws were passed authorâ€" izing the submitting of a byâ€"law to the ratepayers in January to make a grant of $1500 to the, Berlinâ€"Watâ€" erloo Hospital. * TO RAISE â€".$1500 thanks the grant‘of©"the _ toWn with Mr. Schiedel, and he felt _ sure amounting to $50.. _ _ the Mayor had earned his salary. Mr. Requested !;'ay;unt * {Ufielman said he h-mcat' $300 was a . very small amount and ought to ‘be The County Treasurér requested increased, as it was hard earned. that payment of $4908 be made, the: Councilior Bechtel said he did not town‘s share of theâ€"county taxes for think the town was overpaying . the 1913. i)h_vor, as the prewent h(::on:ium 'l'hi:‘ ‘ less than one cent an hour. i Tax. Arteafs Paid. {amount is small, but there is . also cBri j p . ‘the honor of being chief executive ofâ€" McBride and McKenzie, town soliâ€" q i j i fieer. ‘The way that the resent i reats “&"{'::,:“"“‘Mw:"dm‘:' Mayor has attended . to his Tuties hands for collection, general _ taxes NB& No# only been a credit: to himâ€" ; f . self but to the town. He said he amountios to $531â€"61and Poll 12508) grou»t think Waterloo had ever had a 9 $73.80. lbfiner Mayor. Acknowledged with . Thanks. Inâ€" a communication to the Councit the General Treasurer 6f the Lakes‘ McBride and McKenzie, town soliâ€" citors, advised having .collectedâ€" the arrears of taxes â€" Rged4. jn _ their hands for collection, general taxes amounting to $531.61 and poll taxes of $73.80. Informatiog ye&#estâ€"Room. I Mr. John Robi_n% in a lettcr! asked whether the %own would grant a license. to him to open a pool room. ‘The letter Hid beééh discussod previously and réferred ‘ to the soliâ€" citor to learn if it could be properly refused. The opinion of Mr. McBride said that previously it could be done, but since a new law had been passed it is now possible p regulate, _ and limit the number of pool rooms to ‘be situated in any one place, providâ€" ed the byâ€"law ofi the town is changâ€"| [ A N. Weber appeared â€"before â€"the ‘Conncil asking that steps be taken to remedy the fault of allowing water on the streets to flood his land. Reâ€" ferred to the Board of Works. New Polling Subdivisions. A committee composed of Mayor Fischer, Reeve Kaufman, and Deouts Reeve Schiedel wa%winted to /re port on the advisal of having more polling mbdfl_‘jgi\ ; ed the byâ€"law or the fown is CNAUDE | Chairman Kaufman said he _ felt ed. that Mayor Fischer had filled _ the 7 ; > chair as good as anyone conld do. Town Recew@@# A¥¥oportion. There had been difficulties and djiicr License Ins wm of â€" the{ encés which none of the members likâ€" North riding sxm!it his report to|ed to be in, but they had been overâ€" the Council in reference to the seven!come successfully. In conclusion he hotels, one store, and two clubs situâ€"|Wished that Mayor Fischer might en ated in the town. The Council re|iovy continued prosperity â€" for _ many ceived $651.36 for the general |fund, Y°ats. while the goverament receives $§61.36|â€" Mayor, Fischer replied briefly _ to Mr." Paul Bergnian . addressed ‘the|the warim words of praise. He said members of the Council in rcference be had had a great deal of pleasure to tho payment for gravel taken ’in doing the work. and if not in the from the gravel pit during the year Council another year, and he did not 1912, and which had not been _ paid think he would be, he said his heart for despite the fact that this year‘s would always be with te Council in rental had been paid. No action was|carrying on their work. 24 Hospital Byâ€"law. Mr. J. B. Hughes, president of the Berlinâ€"Waterloo Hospital Trust, adâ€" dressed the Council in regard to the byâ€"law which is to»Repsubmitted at New Years, to grant the ©hospital $1500. At present.he.said the trust had a loan from the bank amounting to over $6000, M individual members of the i were held liableâ€"for this amount: Consequently Berlin was being asked for $5000 and Waterloo $1500. The regular fi j M‘(“ the aterioo Town 1 was held on Town Clerk:Haight~drew the attenâ€" tion of the Council to the present system of accounting betwéen _ the Town, and the Water and Light Comâ€" mission, _ and which. he suggested should be remodied next year. At‘ present the town â€"pays debentures and interest as they fail due, and the Water and Light Commission pays the money in a lump sum at the end of the yeat. About threeâ€"quarters of the amount is paid the first half of the yeat, and the town pays interest for the rest of the year. The town must, therefore pay $700 a year on overâ€" idrnfl. and the Commission reap® . the benefit, â€"It was suggested that monthâ€" Iy statéments be rendered by . the Council, as the water and light bills are also paid monthly. . Deputy Reeve Schiedel gave, it as his opinion that the question of proâ€" fits should also be taken up. . Mayor Fischer replied that â€" &he Commission was laying too many services (o have much profit. efs at New Nears A byâ€"law was read authorizing the grant of $1500 to the hospital, _ and that it be submitted to the ratepayâ€" Chairman C. W. Schiedel â€".of _ the Finarnce and Printing Commitice preâ€" Refefred to Board of Works # 4 /% m Change Recommended Finance Bvâ€"laws Read #eek Room. ' Councilior Kutt said the work oi y Ithe Mayor was increasing, and he in _@ _ JettC? "gid not consider him overpaid. Howâ€" wa would grant ecer when Mr. Fischerâ€"steps out of B 7 sonted the bu rv-fn passed. , â€"counts for pÂ¥ _ Reeve J. R. Kaufman . took. the chair, and Mr. C. W. Schiedel moved ‘tht the Mayor‘sâ€"honorarium of $300 be paid. He said that Mr. â€" Fischer had been a most capable mayor and the work had been carried on as well derstood the company kept: the pave ment in repair. Engineer: Moogk said that the accounts were: for work where theunh_dbn:‘:tutt- menty and not . defects the company was bound‘ to repair. 1’ Mayor‘s Honorarium. as anyone could do. the Council he hoped that he would join the Board of Trade and help to boost the town, and not like some of the past mayors, after giving the public years of service step out oi municipal afiairs completely. Mr. A. C. Moyer said ho. agreed with all that had been said, _ and thought that Mayor Fischer _ had been a most capable mayor. were present. and adjournment . was made at 10.45 o‘clock. Councillior Kutt also expressed his thanks to the pressâ€" for the impartial reports of the meetings. All the members of the Council MR. THOS. GOWDY OF GUELPH is Directorof Two WateriooInsurâ€" ance Companies Meets With Unfortunate Accident Twin City frieeds will sincerely re: :) to learn of the setious illness of . Thomas Gowdy of Gueliph, a diâ€" rector of both the Waterloo â€" Mutual Fire Insurance Co. and the Dominion Amwrance Co. + 5 4 Or Friday last Mr. Gowdy, who is over 82 years of age met with am un Rorxtunate â€" accident, while weighing bimself on the scales in the _ cellat of his residence he accidentaily . fell breaking a bone in his hip. He was slone at the time of the mishap. He has _ since been confined to his bed and on account of his advan¢ed . age and his failing health, slight . hopes are held out for is recovefy. On _ Monday evening . Mt. Fri@\ Haight, manager, afd Mr. Gro. Di¢ bold, vicepresident, _ of the Waterioo Mutual Fire Insurance Co. vis‘t‘d Mr. Gowdy at Guelph ; although he had a poor day on Sundav, they were pleased to find him feeling somewhat better â€" yesterday. _ Their tisit was seuch appreciated. % Mr. Gowdy has been a valued méemâ€" War of the Board of Directots of the Watetloo Mutual for over thirty yeats and has also been a director of _ the Pominion Life since its incéption and MRas given many years of faithial in# @Micient service on toth Boards. # _His early restoration to health and streagth is hoped for by his friends. NERNER,* Beriin,‘ Ont. Agonts Wanted ~~~ at i \'“-‘:7 *# of abcounts, PRESENTATION Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Winkler Reâ€" cipients of Gifts from Mutual On Friday evening the Mutual Life Athlegic Association, which includes all the members of the office stalf ol the Mutual Life Association Co., guthered at the offices to enjoy the presence of Mr. J. H. Winkler who reâ€" tires ag the end of this month â€" after thirtyâ€"seven years of faithful service in the employ of the company, and to spend a social evening together. M.-r.‘ (ieo. Wegenast, Managing Director of the company, was the chairman _ of the evening. Oun behalf of the staff he presented Mr. Winkler, who is the: aldest employee of the company, with a costly gold watch chain and loghst. To Mrs. Winkler, who was also presâ€" ent. _ he presented an â€" uphoistered chair. Brief addressos woere delivered ‘by Messrs. â€" Roos, Ruby, _ Hallman, ’Ultsiel'. and Grigg, who _ are the ‘older members of the staff. At the ’_mnclnsion of theâ€"evening‘s programme dainty _ refreshments . were _ served. Among those present was Mi. Wm. Hendry, exâ€"Managing â€" Director of the company, it being the first occaâ€" sion on which he had left his home ‘in the evening for fiiteen years. ; While several factories ate runniaz on short time, Snyder Bros. Upholsâ€" terers, have found it necessary . to lfl’u‘t a latge addition to their Fre sent large factory on King St. Ths | addition will be a whife brick Stric« | ture 80 by 100 feet, and two stories | | in beicht. The foundation was startâ€" |ed on Wednssday last, and will be ‘cnmpleted by Saturday evening. It is expected that the new addition will be completed by Februamy . ist. While the addition will be used . for | storage PurPoses, it will be necessary !Qo emplovy _ more workmen to _ take care of the growing business of . the ‘company. The cost is estimated â€" at | $15,000. Mesars. Reitrel Bros. have the contract for the carpenter wofk, | and Messts. Ellert Bros. the _ mason 8 : +oh c 6 mwmq esseseseescece & U 7 SNYDER BROS ERECT ADDITION Two Storey Building 80x100 Feet, to be Erected at $15000 work. To BCE . on R $ c"fo thil. * * 8 g I 1 £ Men‘s and Boys‘ Overcoatsâ€" Prices ranging from $5, 7.50, $10 to $25 Men‘s Suitsâ€" | : in Tweeds and Serges, $5.50, 7.50 to $15 Boys‘s Suitsâ€"$1.48, 2.00 to 3.50 We make suits to your 1 ure, guaranteed first cla $16 to $25. See our cloth. SPECIAL REDUCTIONS ON ALL MENS AND BOY‘S SWEATERS, RAIN COATS, ‘"The People‘s Store" _â€" WATERLOO, ONT. TIBES, COLLARS, BETC. & back. It‘s up to yu: Pants, also Sox, Tits, and Scaris. This must be news of great importance to all the men and little fellows of Watâ€" eriloo. for we are known 10 have the finest stock of men‘s and boys‘ clothing and fixtugs includad, all the fashionable, «+ * . ‘]{..HANUKERQLIIL@ M Berlin‘s. Board of Education‘ Will be Informed that Waâ€" | terloo Cannot Join High * School District | High School accommodation . proâ€" blem. The communication which Was deferred from the previous meeting Awas again read, epclosing the resoluâ€" tion passed by the joint meeting held in Berlin, â€" which approved of â€" each municipality paying their proportionâ€" ate share of the cost per pupil pet No further headway was made by the Waterloo Town Council on Mor: tdlay evening in disposing of the vexed At the meeting of the Finante and Printing . Committee held on Friday @Â¥ening, Messrs. E. Smyth and J. A. T.ang of the Berlin Board . of Educaâ€" tion‘ asked that Watérloo unite in a High School district. When the discussion opened on Monâ€" day evening, Mayor Fischer said that the _ Berlin â€" Board had appatently abandoned : their former Plans, and now wanted a high school district. Deputy Reeve Schiedel concurred with Mayor Fischer, that as far as Watetloo was concerned Beflin apPatâ€" ently wanted them to join a â€" high schoo! district, and not the othet Mayor Wischer said that if Waterâ€" loo joined _ the bigh school disttict, they would have to withdraw _ from the County. Mr. Schiedel said that Waterloo could withdraw from _ the County without going in with Berâ€" Solicitor +McBride said that if . a town was separated or not, it would have to secure a twoâ€"third vote, and go to the County ('u"lt'il_fi}o become Save Becauseâ€" E. W. Lamprey, Manager. y measâ€" l Nomemame e ome â€" ce Cl to t 4ih class fit. ;l‘ Don‘t Spoil it With Cheap Driedâ€"up Fruits > Thrift brings rewards in money and character. THE BANK OF TORONTO. a district under any considrtratoa. Councilior _ Bricker expressed > his opimion that it would be a physical impossibility to get a twoâ€"third vote on a high school district proposition. Reeve Kaufman suggested â€" voting on the scheme at New Years, to vwhich _ members replied . that there was really nothing to Yote on. o No action was taken and a letter will be forwarded to the Board of Education, advising that it is imPo®â€" sible to get the petition signed now, #eh that the Councii approve$ of the arrangement ard resolution pajssed at Solicitor McBride stated that only a Petition was needed. p the joint meeting in Berlin Embroidered, plain, initial and:â€"coloved border Randkerchicfs, We soll thousands of Handkerchicis during the holiday season. They are always an acceptable gift. Our stock offers ample variety â€" in qsedtayo og; wor} saptend |® to the xfio'l\u“ so far the demand for plain initial WM'W' ular idea. Pretty embroidered iefs, in alarge varitéty*of Dress ~Goods & Silks Reliable Quality â€" Correct Style $12,200 Buys 100 acres, 3 miles from Berlin. 5 $9,000 Buyz 122 acres, 16 miles from Berlin. * $9,500 Buys 141 acres, 12 miles from Berlin. ‘ * $7,500 Buys 100 acres, 10 miles from Berlia. â€" $8,500 Buys 147 acres, 10 miles from Berlin. $9,700 Buys 167 aeres, 12 miles from Betlin. . $5,200 Buys 14 acres, 1 mile from Berlin. © $10,800 Buys 154 acres, 4 miles from Berlin. . $12,000 Buys 124 acres, 2 miles from Berlin. $11,300 Buys 113 acres, good buildings, 3% miles from Berlin. Also 90 Propetties for sale in the City of Batlin, from $2,000 to $12,000. 2 g e J- Go WING & COO’ Berhl\, 0“. In buying at this store you are absolutely sure of _ receiving what is right in style and quality. No matter how low the price may bo you certainly get the best in the, trade at the price. Splenâ€" . did values in Serges, Cheviots, Knop Cloths, Bediord Cords, l’orl lins, Armure, Crepe de chine, Reselda Cloth, Venetians, etc., . is For Men, Women, C. H. Mills & Co. â€" REAL ESTATE Loan, ‘Couveyancing and Insurance Sc, 10c¢c, 15¢, 25c, 50c up 50c¢c, 75¢c, $1.00, 1.25 up Children uT 4 MISSION WORK ° ~ > | IN JAPAN®: The, Methodist pulpit was occupn; on _ Sunday evening by Mr. A. * Mackenzie of Victoria College, To#â€" onto, â€" whose subject . was "Mission Fork in Japan.‘‘ He spoke with a st hand knowledge of the situation, Â¥ing lived in _ that countiy wherg father. dabored ooo thet Awimy topse ty years No. 23 &, qi +9