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-15- from the Indian Land Office. In 1883 he married Augusta Urbshott, sister of Fred Urbshott; Augusta was 16 years old and Andrew was 33. Together they raised a family of 13 children, 6 girls and 7 boys. The land was chosen for timber and consisted of loo acres. A log house was built in the 1880's which served the family until 1908 when the present stone house was built. The first barn was made of logs. A small frame barn was built later, which still serves as driving shed, and a larger frame barn was raised in 1901. The first livestock were oxen and horses which were used for timbering and later farming. Reuben told of hitching up a team of oxen and letting them go in the deep snow to break them in. This was great sport for the young boys. He remembers selling one good team of oxen to Cranes for $150.00. Electricity was installed on the farm in 1941. Wma Gillies installed the telephone about 19 Andrew Holler purchased Lot , Con 12. across the road, which he rented to tennants, also a bush lot on Con 11. Reuben rented the farm from his mother after his father's death June 13, 1927, and farmed the land buying it outright after his mother's death Oct. 10, 1949. He continued to live there with his wife, hary McLay, until the spring of 1953 when the farm was sold to Herman Urbshctt, present owner. The orchard was planted by Andrew Holler. HISTORY OF PURPLE VALLEY SCHOOL: By Mr. T. N. Coveney The first school meeting was held Aug 2, 1670 making Thoe. Watchorn chairman and Erwin Johnston secretary, Chas. Watchorn, Edward Rothwell, Jas. H. Parker, trustees. The main business was to authorize and provide for the erection of a school to serve the northern settlement also. The minutes stated: "Also agreed upon that the school house be erected on the southeast corner of Lot 24 Con 12 and that the school house be moved to the 20th sideroad when called upon by the settlers in the north part." HOWever the northern part never called for its removal as they formed a new section (N0. 7) and erected a school house on the northeast corner of