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f Continuation Schoal Report. :., Below is given the report of the Elâ€" #Mira Continuation School for the Fall term. The pupils are grouped in ‘@lasses, gheir names appearing in orâ€" M of merit 4n their particular class. /A includes aff those with 40 per cent #â€"each subjéct, and 75 per cont. on tH6 total. Clkss B, 40 per ceni _ on subject and 60 per cent. on t!» . Class C 60 per cent. on th> toi bht below 40 per cent. on on thâ€" Class D., 40 per cent. on ~ach , but below 60 per von! on ine Wm. Rahn was a business visitor to Waterloo, Kitchener and Galt en Thursday. ~‘Mieg Margaret Abel fet; for her home at Fergus, to spend the Chriscâ€" mas holidays with her mother. As to the present fiscal year at the ©ustoms, it is gratifying to know that the figures are ahead of lasi year. Mr. Zilliax is a capable and. genial official. Teachers anm Holidays. §. D. Rendall, Principal Continuaâ€" tion School, left for his home at Plattsville, to spend the Christmas holidays . with *is paronts. Miss Cora Hammer left for her home at Wallesley to spend her Christmas holidays with her parents, Personis. & Mrs. George Hehn ind daughter Tabitha, were visitors to Kitchener. Before the war, large quantities of free goods were imported for manuâ€" facturing purposes, but the bulk of these now bear the special war tax. Mr. Zilliax declares that the customs office is serving a good purpose, and that the business men of the town could not get along â€" satisfactorily without it. imported at Elmira, on which $17,â€" 991.72 duties were paid, and of free goods $61,175. Ritchener or engage a broker to clear their goods. This meant a deiry of seâ€" weral days as well as on extra @xpeuse of 50c to $1.00 per clearance. A pleasing factor is that the opening ef m customs office here has been Justified. A few figures will be found fiteresting. During the first fiscal year when the port was opened there Were $32,346.28 werth of dutiable g008s entered, on which $7,938.15 duty was paid. There were also $113,001 worth of free goods entering. In the year ending Marlh 31, 1919, there were $112,35%2 worth of dutiable goods Harry ZilHax, the Customs Officer for EJmira and districts surrounding, and whose office is at the Elmira Post Office building. has given out the foflowing: An outpost of the County town. Port. #as established in Elâ€" @airain 1912. Jt â€" was | anteceJ »ily Réecessary for importers to jou ney to The “'i‘dl?son Bros. | Ch. tu Thomas, or Toronto, who hive weer buying Lorsds in this viefmity sor ;/ past few weeks, shipped to Tu:outo Priday _ afteérnoon, 18 goou sized ltorses, which averaged in â€" w»_>; about 1600 bl’ Some of the lorses 4 woighed as high as 1725 it« I‘h highest price paid was $230., «n the lowest price.paid was $45. . Cacts fom Gustoms Officer. + @itasts," Dec. 18.â€"Sir Robert Borâ€" ‘Uh‘(“",' d at six q‘clock to night é =Be° would withdraw almost imâ€" mediate rom active participation in public : remaining, however, the aitt id of the Government at the earver n‘m of his colleagues unâ€" * "'fi,u seen whether or not a projongeAt‘rest will make him . well enough to résume later on. ~. The statement which he issued says Xhat Sir Robert‘s own feeling is that Elmira Curlers Reâ€"organize. The Elmira Curling Club, which Lad such a successful season last year kave on Tuesday reâ€"organized for the season of 1919 and 1920. The followâ€" ing officers were elected:â€" Wm. O. Robertson, President Oscar Ruppel, Vice President. A. E. Herman, Sec‘y. and Treas. Rrecutive Committee, Mesei~ \\~ U. Robertson, Oscar Ruppel, _\ E. Elerman, W. W. Cleghorn, 0. H. Vozt, and Henry Weichel. Shipped Carload of Horses to ~~:~ not . dis the views urged on bim 8. usly by his Ministers. â€"~ Me states that he considers it esâ€" sputla}, however, that his Pariamenâ€" tary supporters "should approve of the arrangement which his colleagues have urged and which he has accepâ€" x Wants Politics Discussed We reminds the public that _ on October 2nd lact he submitted to a Wnionist caucus, his proposals as to the policies for which he thought the OUR BUSY NEIGHBORS A T. Class A.â€"Ida Sci ol ~ be <limmon, Lanra K‘in« el. 0| Clara Rahn, A.chie slitâ€" me«t Miller. 2 B B â€"Elsie Schierholtz. n u.h , Tom MeFaddin, Norman K~â€" fanche Wray, Leanor ®~= .0 Schroer, John Klin~~ Â¥inla :. Elmore â€" Ritter, [ io>=â€" Noah Brubacher, M.#au C~â€"Marle Grubber. _ Floyd . Rima. Shante, Grace Nubn. â€"WILl TAKE ANOTHER REST ELMIRA Withdraw Immediately From Work, Reâ€" 5 Ounly Fitular H ead of Governmentâ€"Wantsa ters to Approve of This Arrangement. Jackson, Adeline ift, Yerna Woodâ€" +T ELLING OF CONDITIQOK new weli dug at the local cheese facâ€" torv ~ is a anccess and water was finâ€" ati+ uck at 35 ft. on Saturday afterâ€" oun at 3.00 p.m. (‘werations are under way at the time of writing to clean it out and when comp‘cied will add to the worth of the factors f Rateps® voys don‘t forget theâ€">»Union Sehool meciing. Wilmot and Welles. ley school seotion No. 19 on Wednesâ€" Mr. Abraham Steinman removed his stock, implements, and household efâ€" fects last Wednesday to his farm at Wellesley which he bought from Mr. David Roth tast spring. Mr. Hosert 8. Swan, our teacher, ° "t on Sa ‘rday to spend his holidays over Xmas« and New Years in _ Mitâ€" Mr. David Hammer and Miss Tillie Hammer from Wellesley paid a visit on Sunday to relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Lfcktt visitéd on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J, F. Lichti. Mr. Theadore Hammer from Kiftchâ€" ener is spending a few weeks heré at home. Miss Lmian: Ehyder from _ Indiana is spending her Xmas holidays with hef_ parents and relatives here. Reception Party. On ‘Thursday afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lorch gave a reception at their home in honor of the marriage of their daughter Marie, to Mr. Alvip Dreisinger. The guests were served with a dainty lunch, after which folâ€" lowed music and dancing. There were many present, among them were many out of town visitors. _ Jt was voted a good time by all. & Elmira Teachers on Holidays. j . The following public school teachâ€" ers left for their homes to spend lhelrl Christmas holidays with _ relatives. Miss Mae Smith for Clinton, _ Miss Veitch for Winterbourne, and Miss Atâ€" chison for Bluevale, Items of Interest. I Bought Four Lots in Town. Mr. Gerge Forwell of Hawkesville has bought four lots from Mr. Edward ‘liller, a the southâ€"eastern part _ of swn. ‘fr. Forwell will pull down the Hawkesville Hotel and with the mat« erial uild houses on the lots _ he bouzh\ in town in spring, most likely. 1 _ Attend Funeral at New Hamburg. Air. and Mrs. Wm. Cathrea, attendâ€" ed the funeral of the late Henry Heimâ€" .hecker at Now Hamburg on Sunday afternoon _ \irg. Cathrea is a sister of the «iccoused. ' Form III. Class A.â€"George Klinck, Nellie Crookshanks. Class B.â€"Olive Devitt, Alice Reid. Class C.â€"Victor MacLennan, la Musselman, Milton Steinke, Vila Musâ€" sellman. Class â€" F.â€"Margaret McFaddin, | Clarence Soehner, Lulu MacLennan, | John Harper, Jean Beaton, Mildred ; Ogram, Lawrence Brenner. | D. S. RENDALL, Principle. Etection Chips. Woolwich Township will be _ the scene of a great election conflict, the UF.Q. will have their men in the runâ€" ning. Reports are being _ circulated that Reeve Koch will have an opposiâ€" tion in Norman Snider for Reeve. Johr Brox will be opposed by _ Mr. Spies. And then again, it is said that Joe Woods, will be in the field again.‘ These reports seem to be out of harâ€" mony, because the present Woolwich Council have harmoniously labored together, have made great strides in improving the ‘Pownship, especially in building good roads. That this Counâ€" cil be as it is and complete the good work they had started should be the slogan of the electors. Miss Barber on the Sick List. Miss Winifred Barber of the local public school teachers, has been suffâ€" ering from tonsilitis, and other throat troubles for some time. We hope Miss Barber will speedily regain her health, that she may enjoy her Christâ€" mas holidays with her â€" parents . at ‘Tara. . Class B.â€"Edythe Winn, Cecilia Beckford, Kathleen Reuter, Harold Dreisinger, Gertrude Mattusch, Robâ€" ert Otto, Walter Stumpt. Class D.â€"Myrtle Stumpt. Class _E.â€"Alice Keyes, Harvey Hehn, Chalmers Moffat, Agnes Metz, Eva Ballard, George Knox, _ Morley Switzer, Florence Rutherford. Government should stand the lifetime ofâ€"the present At a caucus to be held next * ators and members are to make sugâ€" gestions, with regard to his proposals, and he believes that these proposals as finally accepted should be presenâ€" ted to Parliament and to the people. Sir Robert has still a good color, and during a limited period each day his capacity for work is undiminishâ€" ed. But in using up the small store of nervous ntrenx& remaining to him in the stremuous work which falls to a Premier he is using up the vitality which may permit him n the days to Form II, Class A.â€"Elmore Schutz, Marie Zilliax, Meta Schierholtz, Clyde Mahood. come to ropair the ravages made on his constitution by the strenuous years of war and the more wearing tasks of reconstruction. Sir Robert will not leave Ottawa immediately, as there are a few perâ€" sonal arrangements which he must make before leaving for the south, but his departure will not be long deâ€" layed. 11 BERLETS CORNER pleased to report that report that the local cheese facâ€" ®â€"| pay p rlw.;w. refund of sta Atj tax â€" 0 @rton Stricker, refund of dog digging ditch _ _ _ Jas. McKeo, rep. culvert etc W. 8. Freeborn, work on road etc 5 00 Geo. Albrecht, cleaning ditch ul D. Hanley, teams on grader hait Emanuel Diebold, refund of doc. tax 1 Thos. Birmingham, refund of dog Wvg. Golbeck, to pay others for G. A. Rennie, teaming water for t. machine Victor Diebold, retund of dog tax Mike Waechter, refund of dog chine 7 06 Jacob Reichert, opening ditch 3 60 Peter Lather, rep. r. machine 2 75 J. Scheffner, 3 rep, r. machine 19 05 Albert Brenner, refund of dog and putting sewers _ _ § 00 J. E. Ratz and Co., plank ac. 108 44 R. Tnmbul), putting in sewers, etc., half pay _ _ s G. H. Heuhn, posts for railing Dan Lebold, tractor on r. ma ters â€" 5 25 John 8. Reid, gravel to pathâ€" masters, half pay 58 00 Sam Hieronimus, gravel to pathâ€" master, balance 1 70 J. E. Stwbbs, bal. of account 2 00 Chas. Hackbart, use of team Henry Steffier, Rravel to pathâ€" masters 4 Henry Hohl, gravel to pathâ€" masters 1 John Millet, gravel to pathmas ters, etc. 1 Geo. Tilt, gravel to pathmasâ€" ters 1 Aaron Gingerich, gravel to pathâ€" masters 2 Jacob Bricker, gravel to pathâ€" masters 1 Menno F. Martin, gravel to pathâ€" masters â€" f Sol. B. Martin, gravel to pathâ€" mastera f Wm. Harrow, gravel to pathmasâ€" ters * I Elias Brubacher, gravel to pathâ€" masters, 1 Bills and accounts were received and after being read, it was moved by W. H. Knight, seconded by J. T. Petch that orders be issued in payâ€" ment of the following, viz:â€" Mark Kyle, refund of dogâ€"tax $2 00 W .H. Schaner, refund of Counâ€" ‘ tyâ€"road statute igbor 13 50 J. K. Forwell, refund of County road statute labor 3 00 David Kropf, refund of County _ _road statute labor 6 75 John Jutzi, refund of County road statute labor 11 25 Dan Erb, refund of Countyâ€"road statute labor 12 75 Geo. Wray, refund of County road statute labor 4 5Q Con. Hahn, refund of Countyâ€" ‘ road statute labor 3 00 Alex. Crawford, refund of Counâ€" | tyâ€"road statute labor 13 50 John A. Beggs, refund of Counâ€" ty road statute l@bor, Road Division No. 69 47 25 John A. Beggs, refund of Counâ€" tyâ€"road statute labor, Road Division No. 69 9 75 W. J. Sattler, work on Townâ€" line full pay . 43 00 H. W. Kauffman, printing acâ€" count, (extra work) 5 50 Milton Giebe, for stone. nart All the Members: were present, John Reidel, the Reeve occupied the chafr. . The minutes of the previous meetâ€" ing.!ere read and passed. The Municipal Council, â€" of â€" the Township of Wellesley, held \ their last session for the year 1919, at the Township Hall, Crosshill, Monday, the 15th day of December, 10 o‘clock A. The Messrs. C. F. Ottman, Henry Neeb and Rev. H. Battenberg made a tew short calls with friends in Tavisâ€" tock last Friday. MINUTES OF WELLESLEY Townâ€" SHIP COUNCIL sEssiON HELD DEC. 15TH, 1919 All the different churches are makâ€" ing vast preparations for Christmas tree programes which will be held on Christmas eve. Auctiqnegr Duering gave‘us a short call today. Mrs. L. Becker and daughter M‘ Preston are spending their Xmas holiâ€". days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. Koehler. Mr. Edwin Koehler and Miss Alice Miller spent today with friends in Kitchener. him with a sharpened spoon. When Chief Turnkey Arthur Awtry and othâ€" ers sprang upen the powerful prisâ€" oner and forced him into his cell. Awâ€" try was so badly injured by Kowalâ€" ski that he died shortly afterwards. We wish all our readers a Merry Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fubr and son Theodore were visiting at the home of P. Schmidt. _ mal "“,,,""' "'“ ghort, refuall of stagute _« f -.tl. !, caretaker‘s aal «& â€" uy E $ 16 (o Te i ©"â€"Arm 3 anadian Bervice) * Gerer Pt::l' %&u’“m s g‘ x 14 4 W x2 msuthhmmnm'!:.k ""’"“"mu the murder of a fellowâ€"countryimabh fimw refund" of lign, tnbe: Awaiing the‘ cevthipn af f 11 the sentence for the Tremiuk -u: (,.".‘l' .“"“"‘- retund of w." death -..2&'3‘.:.». A..(‘: Jaseph Lenhardt, refund of statâ€" Our Public School â€" teaching . staff left last Friday for their respective homes for their Christmas holidays, Geier, gravel to pathmasâ€" WELLESLEY for stone, part w 19 05 21 39 11 10 41 05 15 75 11 55 15 30 15 00 3 25 2 40 5 40 5 25 7 82 Mrs. Walter Proudfoot (f Galt, agâ€" ed 79, was Instantly killed in a fail downstairs. She leaves one _ son, John, of Guelph, three brothers and a sister. . Vaccination evidently does not meet with public favor in Galt. For â€" the past three days the Board of Health has offered to vaccinate citizens free of charge, but only about twenty took advantage of the offer, and they were mostly children. It was announced this afternoon that the service would No Lure to Galt People. __ The Wilson Packing Company, Chatham, is now in full swing, emâ€" ploying about two hundred men, mostâ€" ly of that district, except the foremen of the different departments, who came from other plants of the company in the U. 8. This hew concern promises to be a great acquisition to Chatham‘s industries. They are now kiling about twentyâ€"two hundred hogs a week, which is considered an exce}â€" lent showing for a plant of this size. The company jntend: enlarging the plant in the near future, when they start killing cattle and sheep. ‘ Killed in Fall Downstaire. Sergt. Gordon Thistle of" . Stratford bas received the Military Medal, awâ€" arded him for gallant service . at the battle of Ameins, July 8, 1918. He was serving with the 2nd Division Maâ€" chine Gun Battalion in France. He went overseas with the 110th Battaâ€" lion. Killing z:goo Hogs Weekly. Chief Justice Falconbridge, in Osâ€" goode Hall, in the case of Bingham vs Trenton, has awarded the plaintiff $800 compensation. The case arose out of the poor condition of a _ sideâ€" walk in Trenton, _ and _ consequent damage to plaintiff‘s property. Medal For Sergt. Thistle. Major A. E. Melvor, a Canadian from Listowel, Ontario, and who had an enviable record with the R. A. F. overseas, has been appointed Comâ€" mander of the famous Mineola airâ€" drome at a salary of $10,800 a year The appointment was made on the recâ€" ommendation of the British Governâ€" ment, in respons to a request .rom the United States authorities to name a man for the position. Major Mc Ivor has accepted the appointment. Bad Walk Costs Town $800. __ Every member of the present Galt City Council is out for reâ€"election, and while it is confidently expected. Maâ€" yor A. W. Mercer will go in by acâ€" clamation there will be contests for Aldermen in every ward. The G.W. V.A. has made public its slate, in which it m:rse- the candidature of Mayor M T and Aldermen W. S. McKay, S. E. Charlton and S. L. Clarke, and will put up S. Law for Alâ€" derman in Ward Three, A. Shoesmith, L. Evans and J. McGinnis for school trustees, and J. Girling for Public Utiiâ€" ‘ ities Commissioner. ‘ U.S. Appoints Canadian. Struek by a Lake Erie & Northern Railway car at the Kilkison street levâ€" el crossing in Rrantford George Mcâ€" ‘Mullen, milk driver for the Hygienic Dairy Company, was instantly killed. The body was dragged for some disâ€" tance and z30 badly mangled that it was necessary to jack up the car to get it out. ‘ , Galt Candidates. Cash Bonus. A cash bonus of 10 per cent. to the entire staff recelving annual salaries up to $5,000, and 5 per cent. to those receiving $5,000 and upwards, with a minimum of $500, has been declared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce. Also a general increase in salaries of 10 per cent. has been granted, exâ€" cepting to highest salaried officers. Killed By Radial. Owing to delay in completing the new Victory School in Guelph, the Board of Education is notifying the contractors, Schultz Bros., of Brantâ€" ford, that the limit for completion of the work having passed, this board intends to claim such damages as it shall be entitled to. School Damages Ciaim. To be concluded in next week‘s isâ€" sue ary Tp 3 icob Lich\ P Sroig a% . ute labot Carried. Total _ $1806.61 St. Clements, Dec. 18th, 1919. PETER F. SCHUMMER, Clerk. Local News Notes 165.00 11 26 15 15 12 16 $0.00 Moved by Byron Letson and Nor man Snyder: That Byâ€"Law No. 678 to remunerate the several Township Officers for the year 1920, be read a first and seâ€" Mived by Byron Letson and Norâ€" man Suyder. _ , | That Byâ€"Law No. 677 to fix a placo for the nomination of candidates for the dffice of Reeve and Counciliors, and to appoint Deputy Returning Ofâ€" ficers and Poll Clerks for the several polling subâ€"divisions in the Township of Woolwich for the year 1920, and to appoint the hour of said nomination. be read a first and second time.â€"Carâ€" ried. TheMunicipal Council of the Townâ€" ship of Woolwich met at Conestogo. on Monday the 15th day of December, 1919, pursuant to adjournment from last session. The minutes of the previous session were read and adopted. Dublin, Dec. 19.â€" An atâ€"; tempt was made at one, o‘clock this afternon to asâ€"; sassinate Viscount French,) Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.l ’Lord French was drivingl near the Viceregal Lodge,; when a shot was fired which instantly killed a eivili:mf nearby. A policcman was} wounded. 1 All the members present. _ The Reeve in the chair. WOOLWICH TOWNSHIP COUNCIL ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE Teete t t esn c ow ie n ce m n ore n e m o se en on en i rerea 0 en on n e e l0 0e i s n nc us snn e en t e c e w td BrickerGermannCo.L gr wwerce > Happy Christm [anc [reacy C 2% Kitchener Dec. 24th 1919 That you and yours may en joy a bright and most happj _ Christmas is<the wish of the to All our ... Patrons and Friends Christmas 5 Greetings ompany:and Staff of Greéeetings oK & _ h 44z eR * r 4 wvOiert bee dith * > § ° on Catinnet m haws e _R Co w _2 2 CS (eltctarn _ _ i 1 ol Jnt " HEO n . *Â¥ tmz n Moved by Byron Letson and Alex S. Forbes: That Mr. C. D. Bowman, Engineer, be instructed according to the prayer of the petition to this Council by Jas. Causland and others, to prepare a report, plans, specifications and esâ€" timates of the drainage work and to make an assessment of the lands inâ€" volved under the Municipal Drainage Act.â€"Carried. Moved by John Brox and Byron Letâ€" son : That the Treasurer be and is hereâ€" by instructed to pay to the Trustees of the. various school sections _ and unions sections in the Township of Woolwich, the school taxes as proviâ€" ed by Byâ€"Law No. 674. â€"Carried. â€" That the Treasurer be and is hereâ€" by authorized to pay to the Treasurâ€" er of the County of Waterloo the sum of $26.881.17 on behaif of Counâ€" ty road work done in the Township including $2440.74 done in the Police Village of St. Jacobs.â€"Carried. â€" That the interest accrued from the Clergy Reserve Fund be divided as follows:â€"$30.00 to each school secâ€" tion, and $15.00 to Union S. S. No. 4 Woolwich and Elmira, Nos. 11 and 14, Wellesley and Woolwich, and Nos. 10, 21 and 28, Waterloo and Woolwich, and that the Reeve grant his orders for the same.â€"Carried. Moved by Byron Letson and Alex S. Forbes: Moved by Norman Snyder and Al ex. S. Forbes: That the Treasurer be and is hereâ€" by instructed to pay to the Trustees of the Police Village of St. Jacobs the sum of $1603.72, being amount due them as per agreement, together with a levy of 4 mills on the assess> ment of the said village.â€"Carried. Moved by John Brox and Norman Snyder: Moved by Norman Snyder and John Brox : .j time.â€"Carried. oved by Norman Snyder and John Brox : [ That the Assessors be paid $150 each for attending the Voter‘s List Appeal Court.â€"Carried. ~â€"4~ © a F. k â€" 4 29 ‘That the thanks of t tendered to th: Ree Treasurer for the effic teous manner in which charged their respectiv ried. Moved by Alex.;F man Snyder: a spikes y Leon Wagner, gravel ( Angus Weber, gravel 2 Edw. Snyder, gravel ‘k Harvey Melitzer, gravel } Ben Millard, gravel ; > Albert Fries, gravel ds Sam Letson, gravel 8 Noah Reist, gravel \"3 Solo Bender, gravel _ _.*~ Chas. Scheifele, gravel .. Paul Kurtz, gravel w Chas. Schuett, contract Qflx W a â€" (nd gravel e a C. A. Mansfield, bolts Wm. Jacobi bal. on coi M. Hemmerich, bolts .~ Klinck Bros., spikes and. A. J. Ruggle, spikes E Sa1a Umbach, herd Inspé James Bracey, cluni‘% H. C. Hackborn, repaffs Allan Good, caretaker ; ; Graves Sngg, work .ag’ C. D. Bowman, engin. k Board of Health, sahrfi W. J. Snider, postage, an stationery Henty Hamilton, coal L. S. Lichty, bridge p That the following @ paid and that the Reeve ders for the same:â€" Addison Reitzel, tax refu Gus. Brobman, contract & gravel . Jos. Scherrer, gravel and Harvey Schmidt, gravel ried Moved by Norman S. Forbes: The Council then That Byâ€"laws No. 671 ad a third time and â€" a 45 Total A6}