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HOUSE PAINTER, Glazier, Grainer and Paper- Hanger. RESIDENCE RICHMOND HILL RICHMOND HILL. THORNHILL AND UNIONVILLE MANAGER VILLAGE AND FARM PROPERTY AL\VAYS 0N HAND. Calls by phone nr BARRISTER. SOLICITOR, NOTARY ETC Toronto Office, Richmond Buildings, 33 Richmond Street, \Vest. Richmond Hill Office (‘ Libel-31‘ Office), every Thursday forenoon. Maple, Thursday afternoon. \Voodbridae, Saturday forenoon. Money to Loan at Current Rates J0.H_N_B_-._C;AMPBELL. W. HEWISON 415 Balliol St" Toronto. Phone Belmont, 1347 LICENSED AUCTIONEER FOR COUNTY OF YORK AND ONTARIO Special attmntion given to sales or every description. Farms and farm stock sales a. specialty. Farms bought, and sold on commission. All sales at- tended to on shortest notice. and con- ducted by the Innsbapproved methods. Patronage solicited. Barristers, Solictors. &c )IANNING ARt‘Ai.E. 24 KING ST. WEST. TORONTO, CANADA Frank Dentnn. K. C. John Irwin vam- Arthur A. Macdonnld A large stock of Funeral Ful‘ni Kept M the above places PIANO TUNING Denton, Grover 8: Macdonald 'l‘rlephmw Residt-nce Elgin Milk Main 2777 Residence thu- “.4 .T. H. Naughton BARRISTER SOLICITOR NOTARY (Lumsdeu Bldg, 6 Adelaide 5L. Ofiices { East. 'l‘m'nnln. [Nunszhtnn Block, Aurora. , . I , ['I‘hv- van of Aurm-a 501ml“)! fl" 1.]. .\I. \anton. Aurora 300 BERESFORU A \' 12.. \VEST TORONTO Phone Junction 72. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS’ EXPERIENCE A” mail orders will receive prompt, attention. REAL ESTATE Maple King Licensed Auctioneprs fur the Uunntynf York. Sales ntlondt-d to «m shortest, notice. and at reasonable rates. Patronage snlicited I? tho ’el. M. 3631 Underxakers . gar-gm}; __MgpNaughton J.- T. SAIGEON Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. OFFICEâ€"SUITE 3!. TORONTO DAILY STAR BLDG.. 18 KING STREET \VEST VOL. XL. {/2 home or muil messages promptly attended to. PHONE 1421 VETERINARY SURGEON; Thornhil]. RICHMOND HILL JOHN T. ANDERSON mm TUNER inn 0 an (1 ‘Toioe gofin :7. 9avidson Organs Repaxred. 5er}: Work . SANDERSON. V. S. WRIGHT BROS WILLIAM COOK 50 per annum, in advance.) â€"AGE N C Y‘ THORNHILL ne nr otherwise promptly responded to'. TEACHER . Prentice k Enlhnlluors. C. WALKINGTON Macdonnld Han-y D. Anger l)(3v0r sh n2 In 1794 Yonge Street and Duudus Street; were partly opened as military I loads, the survey being carried out by Augustus Jones. whn had sub-divided [he Townships of Scarier and York. I Yonge Street. was opened Ill a dirwc linen-um York tn Pine Fm t. and nnw {constitutes the main :u-Lery fuuu Tn- : ruum Lu Holland [nudiug :url [ha I northern parts of the Unllllly. The land abutting ml Yungv Stx-vet ; was allowed to settlers. put of Lhemm- ditiuns being that they weie t0 vleur. lstumpnnd grade LhuL pnl'Liun of the loud adjacent. tu [huil‘ respective pm- peI-Ly.» taken. And about the same time the Lake Shore Road was surveyed and laid out as a trail towards Hamilton. It wnuld appear that any of these roads were little better tl‘an trails, as we read of settlers mutating that on going f.Iom Newmurxet to York they had to lower their wagons dilwn the grades by ropes passed mound saplings and haul them up the other side in a. similar manner. And further we read that the traffic on Yonge Street dmâ€" ing the war nf 1812. almost mined the highway. But after this the main roads began to show improvement. and in 1813 stage coat-hes were runâ€" ning on the Kingston Road. In 1833 the Government under the Home District Administration insli« tuted a system of toll gates 01) what was known as the York Roads. This method of raising l'OVenne for road maintenance was continued fox sixtyâ€" three years up to 1896, when these roads were finally haudud over to the minor municipalities. But while the toll gate system was instituted con- siderable Government money was granted for the improvement of these main roads. In 183%. the year the toll system was instituted. £i.000 was spent on Yonge Stiect, £23,000 on the improve the grades on the highway. In 1799 Dunda: Sheet was cleared us far as the Etuhicoke River. and in the same yezu‘ Work was started on lh; Kingston Road and was also opened this ymu' by Asa Dunfm-Lh. from Ymk to Smith’s Cleek in Durham (funny, :1 distance of :llwut (59 miles. T1101)“: Mills Road was sun‘evvd in 179.9 lml [111793. the Justices of theI Pence were highway cuuunissioners, and had pnwcrto warn nut the l‘tsidcnts Lndo their annual lubnr in much the same nizumei as the path-masters under the Municipal Act ut the present, day. This system proved 0f cunsidexahle :1dvantngv, and many sections can show good results nhtained under It. due largely to the public spirit of the people and the pride. they took in iheir work. But it had its weaknesses, which soon showed win-n the peuple lustinterest and became careless and selfish. In 1777 GPnel'al Sir Guy Carlton ap- pointed Militzuy Gan-mu-s. whusr’ work was the basis of lhu milime x'vads. instituted by Sir John Simcoe in 1791. it was not RICHMOND HILL, ONT.. THURSDAY \H Shore R< ut as u t) mid app; I Road and w by Asa Dunfu ’s Cleek in D1 e of about 69 u ul was survey It till 1821 that. ,(ensive unuu': And about the York County Roads 'as surveyed in 1799, hm; 1821 that impr‘wenu-uts "we uzulu-e \vme under- ubout the same time the :{oud was surveys-d and trail tnwnlds Hamilton. war that any nf these “In Essentials, Unity; in {I [S also opened th. from Ynlk u-hmn Cuunty. LilL‘S. Tht‘l)lrll Kingston Road, and £1,500 on Dundus street. and four years later after Tn. rontn hnd hecmne 'L city. £100,000 \vns setupurt for the roads in the home district, which included the present Counties of Peel. York and Ontario. It was during this period that these rmlds received their present grndus, whinh Show evidence of a desire to make these good. efficient highways. A few years later we learn that the \Vrstun Road was nmcadamized,uud in 1847 the Yolk and Vaughan Road was built; as n. plank mad. Them2 items are of interest as they give evi- dence of the growth of the country, “The Military Service Act does not deal with the subject of the exemption of persons engaged in the agri- cultural industry; and the question which it is my duty to decide is whether the applicant being and having been, as above mentioned, habitually and effectively en- gaged in agriculture and in labor essential to the carry- ing on of agricultural production, ought to be exempted under the provisions of the Military Service Act. “These two propositions are indisputable : “(1) in order that the military power of the allies may be adequately sustained, it is essential that in this country and under the present conditions, there should be no diminution in agricultural production. “(2) The supp‘ly of competent labor available f£ the purpose of agricultural production is not abundan but actually is deficient. “The proper conclusion appears to be that the ap- plicant, a competent'person, who had been habitually and effectively engaged in labor essential to such pro- duction, ought not to be withdrawn from it. “It is perhaps unnecessary to say that such exemp- tions are not granted as concessions on account of per- sonal hardship, still less as a favor to a class. The sole ground of them is that the national interest is the better served by keeping these men at home. The supreme necessity (upon the existence of which, as its preamble shows, this policy of the Military Service Act is found- ed) that leads the State to take men by compulsion and put them in the fighting line requires that men shall be kept at home who are engaged in work essential to en- able the State to maintain the full efficiency of the com- batant forces, and whose places cannot be taken by others not within the class called out.” (Published by authority of Director of Public Information, Ottawa.) Hon. Mr. Justice Duff gave judgment on December 6th, in the first test case brought before him, as Central Appeal Judge (the final court of appeal), for the exemp- tion of a farmer. The appeal was made by W. H. Rown- tree in respect of his son, W. J. Rowntree, from the decision of Local Tribunal, Ontario, No. 421, which refused a claim for exemption. The son was stated to be an experienced farm band, who had been working on the farm continuously for the past seven years, and ever since leaving school. He lives and works with his father, who owns a farm of 150 acres near Weston, Ontario. With the exception of a younger brother, he is the only male help of the father on the farm. The father is a man of advanced years. In granting the man exem tion “until he ceases to p be employed in agricultura‘l labor,” Mr. Justice Dufl: said: Final Appeal Judge Gives Ruliné (m Exemption of Farmers Mr. Justice Duff (the Final Court of Appeal) De- clares it is Essential that there shall be No Diminution in Agricultural Production. Ottawa, Dec. 8, 1917. Non-Essentials, Liberty; in all things, Charity." hmeL an] justify us in snying that as our pnpulnlinn increases and weath a: cumulntes We may look for improve- m 'nt. in all our highways. (to be continued) Shaw. President. You should I'Pgistel‘ at one of Shaw‘s B minvss Schmll-e, annntn. and enjoy the best possible training for a. good b'lsim‘ss position. Free Catalogue explain: courses fully. Write W. H. DECEMBER 24). 1917 ON WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2nd PO. Box 436 Newmarket Granite Works G. W. LUESBY Teacher of Piano-Playing at the Tornnto Conservatory Hf Music Organist and Chninnnster St. Paul's Presbyterian Church. Tux-unto Conductor Ym'k Chum] Society \Vill accept :1 limited number of pupils at his Home studio. Richumnd Hill Mr. Frank Converse Smith TEACHER OF THE VIOLIN \Vill he in Hiclnnnnd Hill on Thlusduys :«ftm' Seplwnller ]. 1916 Address Nurdvimer Building '- ZZU Yonge St. TUI'ODU,‘ NOTARY PUBLIC CCMM‘SSIONER. CONVEYAN"ER. ETC. Real Estate and Insurance Refiidence address Vic-Lona Square Richmono. Hill CROWNS AND BRIDGES A SPECIALTY Office located in Standard Bank Build. ing. Office hours 9.30u.m. to 5 p.m< .T. K. DICICKV'en at Son Licensed Auctimwms fur Toronto and the Ununtnes nt Ym k, Peel and Simooa Phone 950 \Vuod bridge King, ()nt. Phone No. 23. Hnn. Graduate Royal Cnllpgu of DPnLulSnrgPuns.Tm‘rmtu. will be at Richmond Hill evvry Tuesday and Fx-iduv. Dr. C. Richmond Hill A. J. IiUBIE Dealer and importer of Foreign and Domestic Granites and Marbles Building Stone out to order THORNHILL Commissioner. Cnnveyancer etc Insurance, and Real Estate Issuer of Marriage Licenses. J. EARLE N EVVTON PIANIS’I‘ RICHMONb "'HiLL LICENSED AUCTIONEER FOR THE (‘UUNTY ()F YORK Pntx'nnnqpund influence respectfully solicited PHONE 1534 NOTARY PUBLié Box 23 - MAPLE, ONT ISSUER 0F ‘ MARRIAGE LICENSES PRACTICAL PLUMBER AND STEAM FITTER ._ A. N ICHOLLS EDWARD FRANCIS OFFICE AND RESIDENCE NOTARY P UBLIC S. SHEPHERD . PINKERTDN. V.S. CON VEYANCING North Ynnge Strvet [Single copies, 3 cts. PAINTER PAPERH ANG ER GRAINER. ETC. La. Verne Pattison . LASHER Phunc NU 14 3? () 1‘ P. 0. address Gm mley. R.R. Residence Phone 183 23' 44 12