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1 Bay mare 8 years, H.D. 1 Bay mare 11 years, H.D. 1 Sorrel mare 7 years, G.P. 1 Brown horse 6 years, G.P. 1 Bay horse 12 years G.P. 1 Bay mare 13 years G.P. 1 Iron grey mare, rising 6 years. H.D. 1 Grey gelding, rising 3 years Belgian 1 Black gelding, rising 3 y’s, Percheron 1 Bay filly, rising 2 years, Belgian CATTLE Sale at 12 o’clock. 1 Holstein cow, bred Nov. 17 1 Holstein cow, bred Jan. 13 1 Black cow supposed due March 15. 1 Holstein cow supposed due Mar. 20 1 Holstein cow, bred January 2 1 Holstein cow, Bred January 2 1 Holstein cow, bred November 28 1 Holstein cow, calf by side 1 Holstein cow, bred November 21 1 Holstein cow, full flow 1 Holstein cow, bred September 20 1 Reg. holstein cow, bred December 25 1 Holstein cow, supposed due Mar. 20 1 Holstein cow, bred December 18 1 Holstein cow, bred November 28 1 Jersey cow, bred October lst 1 Durham cow, supposed due Mar 22 1 Holstein cow, supposed due Mar. 15 3 Holstein heifers, bred 1 Holstein heifer, bred October .26 1 Holstein heifer 16 months 1 Holstein heifer, 11 months 1 Fat heifer 1 Jersey heifer, 6 months. 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PHONE 58-W 2 M.-H. binders, in good repair 1 Hoe drill, Deering, 13 hoe, new 1 Mower, Deering, nearly new 1 Manure spreader, John Deere 2 Wheel plows, Fleury No. 12 1 Plow, Wilkinson No. 7 1 Two furrow sulky plow, Perrin 2 Gang plows 1 Stiff tooth'cultivator, M.-H. 1 No horse cultivator 1 Three horse cultivator 1 Land roller, 3 drums 1 Hay tedder, Massey-Harris 1 Horse rake 1 Set harrows, Elliotts 2 Set harrows 1 Set harrows, Fleury’s 1 Seuffler 1 Hand turnip drill 1 Spring wagon, Trench ‘1 Truck wagon 2 Wagon gears ,1 Top buggy 2 Set bob sleighs 1 Wagon box {1 Gravel box 1 Stock rack 2 Hay racks 1 Milk cutter 1 Cutter 1 Milk wagon ll Light wagon 1 Scale, 2000 lbs, Aylmer 1 Bag truck 1 Fanning Mill, Wilson 1 Fanning Mill. Chatham 1 Cutting box, Fleury .1 Root pulper, Masseyâ€"Harris 1 Clipping machine, Stewart 1 Iron kettle 1 Cream separator, Mellotte 1 Cream separator, De Laval 1 Power milking machine, Hinman 1 Gas engine. International, 3 h.-p. 1 Steel split pulley 1 Wooden pulley 3 Belts 1 Oil stove, McClary 1 Tarpaulin 1 Buffalo Robe 40 Bags seed potatoes, Spencers Forks, shovels, rakes and numerous small articles not included. Lunch Provided IMPLEMENTS ETC. House Wiring and Repair Work a Specialty Residential & Store Fixtures POTATOES Prices for Ontario 1 Wagon box Stock rack 1 Milk cutter 1 Milk wagon lic bodies in the village, the “Council,” the “Board of Education,” and the “Board of Health”. The Council and the Board of Education hold their meetings on specified dates set at the beginning of the year and may and do in addition hold special meetings. The Statutes say a local Board of Health shall hold at least four meetings in each year AT A TIME AND PLACE FIXED BY RESOLUTION OF THE In the statements I made to the council and only after I had been queried as to why I did not wish to be re-appointed to the Board of Health I said not one disparaging word in re- gard to the Doctor. I was speaking of the Board as a body of which to this date I am still a member and sharing the responsibilities. Now let me deal with his letter and mark par- ticularly this paragraph. “Lest any reader may be led to believe the state- ments attributed to the retiring mem- ber one cannot allow the statements to pass unchallenged” and he challen- ges my statements by giving an enu- merated list, eighteen in number Whi- ch he states are some of the matters which engaged the attention of the members of the Board in 1927. The others whatever they were, apparent- ly too insignificant to mention, nearly all of which is routine work coming under his personal supervision and forming part of the Medical Officer’s duties. However, let’s take them one at a time and see. No. 1. “Attending five meetings in the secretary’s office where the minutes may be seen by anyone suffiâ€" ciently interested to enquire.” This of course is his challenge to my statement that the Board held only one GENERAL meeting in 1927 and the only one of nine statements he set out to challenge to which he made any reference. This is perhaps where he will score half a point and if I do the scoring, this is about all he is going to get. When I made this statement I had in mind that there are three pub- BOARD and this has never been done by the local Board. A special meet- ing, however, may be called by a member and if a meeting of this de- scription called for a specific purpose and where the minutes of the previous meeting are not read can be called a “meeting” in its general term then I concede to the Doctor five meetings in 1927. Promiscuously calling the members when something or other crops up is not to my mind a business- like procedure. May I say at the outset of my reply to the Medical Officer that he has been my personal physician since he came to the village and no one knows better than himself, the confidence and high esteem in which he is held in my household. Fair criticism, howâ€" ever, is always in order, but unless it can be conclusively proven that the other fellow is lying an inference that he is, because you do not see eye to eye with him is never in order. He says he is not seeking publicity, but he would hand it to me, and one won- ders why he would not anticipate re- taliation to the scathing denunciation of myself thus extending the publicity he is so anxious to avoid. The blow he gave me was somewhat severe and while I did not mind being hit or even knocked down I was up before the count and am not badly marked. I think however, before I am through he will have made a trip to his surg- ery for the healing salve and at least a small chunk of adhesive plaster. No. 2. “Recommending to council the appointment of a veterinary for regular inspection at frequent inter- vals of herds and premises of the milk producers supplying milk for use in the village.” This appointment was made and is recorded. No. 3. “Dealing with complaints on such a variety of subjects as. sep- tic tank overflowing, water lying in street ditch, dead animal on vacant lot, storage of manure, flies coming from neighbors, water in cellars, chil- dren with communicable diseases not reported and not quarantined, sale of milk contrary to by-law, neighbour’s chickens in garden, stamping of horse in stable, odours from the laundry wash water in neighbour’s back yard ETC.” This is best answered by re- ference to the Doctor’s report presentâ€" ed at an inopportune time at a meet- ing called on Saturday afternoon, No- vember 26, when I was unable to be present, and is as accessible to your readers as the minute book for veri- fication and under the printed heading of “nuisances” the report reads as follows; Complaints to the number of Editor Liberal Sir:â€" Retiring Member Board of Health Up Before The Count To Reply To Medical Officer of Healthâ€"Explains Statement and Contends Local Board of Health Never Has and Still Does Not Functionâ€" Suggests Minutes of Board Should Be Published. Letters From The People. THE LIBERAL, RICHMOND BILLAONT. No. 13 “Recommending to council the installation of an up-toâ€"date chlor- inating machine in the water-works plant.” This is recorded in the min- utes but to this date has never been presented to the council. No. 14 “Amending milk by-law to allow sale of certified milk.” This by-law was amended upon the recommendation of t h e M e dâ€" ical Officer, but I have been author- atively advised that being in pos- session of a certificate for a T.B. test and covering general health of the cow or cows, does not constitute certi- fied milk according to the act, and there are other important regulations which must be enforced to permit milk to be sold as certified. No. 15 “Sanitary inspection of schools.” This shows in the Doctor’s report of November 26. No. 16\ “Co-operation with Home and School Club in securing speaker on Medical Inspection in schools.” .The Home & School Club did not at- tend a meeting of the board neither did the Board visit the Home and School Club and who the speaker was and when it took place I have no know- ledge and there is no record. No. 11 “Licensing and sanitary supervision of Baby Boarding Hous- es.” If there were any licenses issu- ed in 1927 the matter did not come be- for the Board. No. 12 “Inspecting dairy and pas- tuerization plant." Part of Medical Officers duties. All the above matters the Doctor says engaged the attention of the Board in 1927 . The Doctor having advised readers to refer to the minute book to verify item No. 1 may I refer the readers to the same source for verification of items No. 2 to No. 18, which in all fairness he should have advised. Or better still publish the business of the Board as recorded in <1927, the whole of which can be read in about ten minutes and I will allow as an outside estimate three hours throughout the year for the length of time occupied in conducting the business which I admit, however, is a wonderful improvement on some of the previous years. V No. 17 “Preparing and present- ing annual report.” The Medical Officer’s report as to Health conditiâ€" ons was presented on November 26 but there is no report of sanitary con- ditions to my knowledge. No. 10 “Accompanying District Officer of Health in investigating- complaints.” This happened on one occasion only when I was present and two places were inspected. If there were any others I as a member of the Board know nothing of them. No. 18 “Vaccinatior‘l of pupils in Public Schools.” Part of Medical Officer’s duties. No. 9 “Communicating and con- sulting- with the Provincial Depart- ment as to improvement of water sup- ply.” This communication or the re- ply thereâ€"to was not brought before the Board to my knowledge. No. 5. “Sending samples to Pro- vincial Laboratories from private wells.” Part of the Medical Officer’s duties. Whose wells they were, how many, and the results thereof were never brought before the Board to my knowledge. . No. 7. “Packing in ice and deliver- ing to Provincial Laboratories sampl- es of milk for test and examination.” Part of Medical Officer’s duties. No. 8 “Inspecting the water area as defined by the Provincial Depart- ment of Health and warning residents agaist pollution of water.” Part of Medical Officer’s duties. No. 4. “Administering regulations as to quarantine.” The sticking of a “measles” ticket on somebody’s door is part of the Medical Officer’s duties. No. 6. “Sending samples frequent- ly to Provincial Laboratories of vill- age water for analysis." Part of Medical Officer’s duties. I agree with the Doctor that the comments of the editor were, perhaps, somewhat unnecessary but it was hardly fair to criticize him for his choice of news and then come along with his beautifully phrased para- graph in regard to the only meeting impressed upon my memory and at which the chief item introduced was the only one in which the Board failed to function. May I dismiss this phase of his letter emphasizing the fact that never at any time was this in my mind as an instance where the Board failed two have been received during the year and action taken in two cases. Keeping horse near house, odours and noise from laundry. How in the world does one reconcile the other? No. 8 “He claimed that there should be a report from the Board to the Council at the end of every year but that report was never brought in, in years.” Another reason I had in mind where the Board failed to func- tion. The report of the sanitary con- dition of the town and a detailed statement of the work of the Board during the year, if it is in existence, should have been presented to the council by December 1st,1927. To this date such report has not been present- ed. This statement was unchalleng- ed and not referred to by the Doctor. to function and from which my state- ments were far removed and entirely foreign. Now take my statements, nine in number quoted from the Liberal re- port and substantially correct and see how many are challenged. No. 1 “Mr. Davies said he did not wish to be re-appointed because the Board did not function.” The Doctor challenges ‘this statement by giving a list as a- fore-mentioned consisting of matters as having been dealt with by the Board but covering mostly his duties as the Medical Officer. No. 9 “He thought that the Board of Health was one of the most import- ant bodies in any municipality but here it was given little thought." This was a general statement to which of course the Doctor made no reference. The Doctor suggested the ratepay- ers should visit the Clerk’s office and refer to the minute book, and if they do they will find this “relic” is an or- dinary ledger containing 400 pages. It was commenced on May 12. 1884 and to this date, February 2, 1928, forty four years intervening, the busi- neSS of the Board of Health as record- ed in this book is now up to page 61. A little figuring will show that at the rate the Board of Healh is holding its 'meetings- it will take about 250 years more to fill it. They should also see the little pile of printed post cards purchased, I do not know when for the purpose of calling the members to a meeting but they bear the stamp of the late King Edward VII and he has been dead about 20 years. Will anyone make a guess as to who the occupant ‘of the throne will be by the time the last one is used. I think this should be proof and substantiates my statement to the effect that little thought has been given to the Board of Health. in mind where the Board failed to function and it is obvious if the Sani- tary Inspector never made an inspect- ion there cannot be a report to pre- sent to the Board. This statement was unchallenged and not referred to by the Doctor. No. 4 “He had advocated a survey of the town but was told the sanitary inspector was too busy.” This was one of the matters I had in mind where the Board failed to funotion. This statement was unchallenged and not referred to by the Doctor. N0. 5 “The Statutes call for four meetings to be held but there was on- ly one GENERAL meeting in 1927.” It is debatable as to what constitutes a “meeting” however, I have conceded the Doctor five meetings. No. 6 “If I’m on the Board I’d like to be one with a little life, said Mr. Davies.” This was a general statement to which of course the Doctor made r\o reference. No. 7 “A sanitary inspector was appointed but he knew of no report ever having been given of his work.” This was another reason which I had No. 2 “He stated when he came on the Board of Health in 1926 the Board had held thirteen meetings in twenty-one years.” This statement was of course not within the Doctor’s province to challenge. No. 3 “The first year he was on the Board eight or nine meetings were held of which six had been called at his request.” This statement also was not within his province to chall- enge; he was not on the Board. Now, Mr. Editor, the Doctor says that the duties of the Board of Health ’are clearly defined in the Act and but for the encroachment upon your space for which I must apologize, While I have lots in reserve may I give on- ly one further instance. If it is the duty of the Board to call its first meeting not later than February 1 ‘and that date is now passed and the kneeting not yet having been held and if the Board functions as the Doctor says it does then the Board should get away from the slip-shod methods of calling promiscuous meetings. The combined so-called meetings of last last year allowing as before mention- ed three hours at the outside as the time occupied is equivalent to one night’s session. There are many things that should engage the atten- tion of the Board of much more im- portance than giving instructions to remove a dead animal (the Doctor did not say whether it was a cat or a Skunk) tacking a measles ticket on somebody’s door, or other such trivial 3matters as mentioned in the Doctor’s [enumerated list. And with every re- THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1928 spect for his or others' opinions I adhere to my statements and the con- tention that the Board of Health as a body never has and still does'Juot function. - says you can’t beat Wool- nough’s Harness come in and see it when in Toronto. BLANKETSâ€"RAIN COVERS AND MITS Mercury No. 98 woll with a little cotton mixture, combination, at $3.50. Heavy weight, extra fine quality, wool with a little cotton mixture, combination, at $4.25. J. J. CLEMENTS PAINTER AND DECORATOR fl‘hornhill â€" â€" â€" â€" â€" Ontario Fleece Lined, in shirts and drawers a good quality at $1.00. Heavy Rubbers, in laced style, from $3.00 to $5.50. Galoshes for men, women, and chil- dren, in different styles and heights. They are the Goodrich Hi-Press rubb- ers. Try them and you will have no other. Holiness Meeting . . . . . . . . . . 11 a Sunday School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 p Salvation meeting . . . . . . . . . '..‘7 p Meetings Held In Lorne Hall. 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(Opposite the Capitol Theatre) Miss Marguerite Boyle Elocutionist Thornhill RICHMOND HILL CORPS LIEUT L.R, ELLISON MEN’S UNDERWEAR VICTORIA SQUARE Telephone 54 R Officer in Charge Sunday Services Phone Ring 33 Yours Very truly The Retiring Member WILLIAM DAVIES RUBBERS