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CEMENT WORK-All kinds of ce- ment work, such as privatewalks and kerbing cement floors, foundations, etc. “The county constable system is powerless in meeting such conditions. It affords no protection against the miscreants before they have committed their crimes. When the community is shocked by an outrage there is an eager pursuit, but there is no sys- tematic direction and no method of communication for intercepting a guilty fugitive. A bad feature of the fee system develops, for the constable whose only remuneration is a fee for an arrest cannot be expected to de- vote his working days to the uncertain pursuit of a criminal. Our rural dis- tricts are virtually without defense against a serious and growing dan- ger. Immunity has been due to the fact that the men are well able to de- fend themselves.‘their families, and their property. But we must not allow a condition to develop in which it would be unsafe for a man to leave his household unprotected. All must realize that the rural police system fails hopelessly under existing condi- tions. In seeking a remedy we must avoid the worse evil of a force of trouble-breeding idlers. But what- ever scheme may be adopted, rural communication must be accorded such official supervision as is necessary to defend them from this yearly criminal invasion. en in England and Canada which must have a great effect upon the tug ture of both countries. In Englanl the bill for giving old age pensions to all persons requiring the same, who have reached the age of seventy years and are neither paupers nor crimin- als, has passed through all its stages in the House of Commons, and ap- pears certain to find its way into the statute books. CARPENTER WORK â€" Shingliz-g and and all kinds of repair work. Country jobs a specialty. SEWERS AND DRAWSâ€"All des- criptions of sewer laterals, water- works and tile drainage. ' ADDRESS 55 DUKE-81, LINDSAY 01' Free Press Printing Office. “Could the number of more or less outlaws now sojourning in rural 0n- tario be ascertained it would fill the unprotected inhabitants with alarm. These wanderers soon develop an an- tagonistic, anti-social spirit that makes them delight in depredations. The burning of barns, the maiming of cattle, and shocking crimes of per- sonal violence are the results of the new invasion. The present we-gk has been marked by two steps ins )cial econnm cs tak- In Canada the Government has launched a less ambitions scheme, but one founded on the right lines. These lines are cheapness of admin- istration, Government security and safety from seizure. When this bill becomes an Act any Canadian who wishes will be able to purchase for himself an annuity. If he starts In our issue of May 14th last The Free Press advocated the formation of a force of Provincial police, urging in support ‘of the' step the well-known fact that in many cases criminals were allowed to slip through the hands of the county police owing to the fact that the latter, being paid by fees, are not at all anxious to incur ex- pense when there seems to be no pro- spect of being recouped. Yesterday’s Globe, in an article headed, “No Pro- tection Against- Tramps,” voices sev- eral of the objections we them advanc- ed in our article. It says: young enough he can make provision for his old age cheaply 'and with the certainty that no misfortune can de- prive him of the fruits of his indus- try. In case of death the funds paid in will be returnable. The annuities go as high as $600 per annum, and will enable many careful workers to make provision for themselves with confidence that their efiorts will not be thrown away. In Canada the age limit is fixed at fifty-five, which gives workers a chance of enjoying a few THE LINDSAY Publihsed in Lindsay, Ont, by The Free Press Printing Co., Limited. .R. J. MOORE, Bus. Manager J. V. McNAULTY, Editor. Telephone 271. Subscription Rates. The Daily Free Pressâ€"Delivered by carrier or by mail to town subscrib- ers, 25¢. per month. By mail to out- side points in Canada or the British 5.1} EDWARD McMAHAN. PAGE FOUR. ”(the free nbrees PROVINCIAL POLICE FORCE. THURSDAY, JULY 23rd, l908. LOCAL CONTRACTOR. SOCIAL ECONOMICS. "FREE PRESS WEEKLY EDITION. change in public opinion on these points which has marked the last few years. Governments are giving the workers new opportunities. In Canada the Government will help all workers who help themselvesâ€"the best possible term in which help can be given. To the young man of twen- ty, old age seems a long way off and the necessity of providing for it not at all pressing. The chance will be there, however, if he wishes to make use of it, and we may hope, as the scheme is put into actual working, that it will prove beneficial enough to induce large numbers to take advan- tage of it. If the payments are be- gun in youth they .will not press heavily at any time, and very little self-denial will be needed to secure great advantages. The success of the scheme depends upon the extent to which the workers use it and it is to be hoped that in large numbers they will purchase Government anuities with the advantages attached to Life Saving Society of Great Britain in 1891, very little was done to pro- mote the essential feature of theart of swimming, that of rescuing per- CHAMPLAIN AND THE CITY HE FOUNDED. sons in danger of drowning, by swim- ming to their reliei, and at the pre- sent time the society is the only body which exists solely for the purpose of providing instruction in the art of human salvage. In an empire which prides itself on its strength upon the waters, there should not be a person ignorant of these things, and yet it may be safely said that comparative- ly few have the skill to undertake a rescue in deep water, or the know- ledge of how to restore suspended an- imation. them .â€"' SPLENDID ARTICLE WRITTEN, FOR THE FREE PRESS BY MR. T. SHEFFIELD, OF THE BRITISH ROYAL LIFE SAVING SOCIETY. The safety of a person who cannot swim may be imperilled at any mo- ment when he ventures in, upon, or near the water. It may be safely said that there is no art in which it is easier to arrive at a moderate fa- cility than. the art of swimming. There is none which is cheaper, and the pursuit of which conduces to much to health or confers more plea- sure. A very little scientific teach- ing acquaints the pupil with the all- important tact that the body is buoy- ----r, _ _ -“7 ant in water, and that nobody need drown except as a consequence of a panic, exhaustion or ignorance. A knowledge of swimming will prevent those ugly clutches through which scores of peoplehave gone down, and through which even the strongest swimmer may be fataly submerged if he does not know how to free him- self. This self-control and knowledge will never come to one as a result of theory alone. The confidence and ability which are necessary, can only -v-__-., be instilled into the human being by practice and experience. It is earn- estly to be hoped that it will soon be publicly recognized that- it is a duty be taught the art of- swimming and life-saving before leaving school. The method or system whereby this know- ledge may be easily and profitably imparted, is in existence, and, hav- ing regard to the wants of the rising generation, no educational body should leave it unemployed. should leave it unemployed. Everybody knows that man is not a swimmer by nature, but he may be- Here is an admitted evil, the grav- ity of which is forced upon us in hun- dreds of cases every year. If only those who have learned by sad expe- rience what it is to see a person struggling in the water, and unable to help him, could _be moved to assist a natiofial Venterprise for the saving of life, this evil would soon disappear from our midst. ' honor oh rthe'part of those who are charged with the education of the young to see to it that every boy and git} Until the formation of the Royal iioodstock $entinel-Review. come an excellent swimmer by prac- tice, and may be yet, with the most admirable intentions and the utmost courage, unable to render efficient service to a drowning man. He may be clutched by the person whom he desires to rescue, and the pair may drown together. There are hun- dreds of abortive efforts at rescue ev- ery year, and there are many in which a 'single tragedy is made into a double one through the absence of a simple little'k‘nowledge on the part of the intending helper. Even a pow- erful swimmer takes a great risk up- on himself when he approaches in the water a. person who has fallen in- After reading the article written by Mr. Sheffield one cannot help but feel impressed with the loving message that the writer intends to convey to his fellowmen; The work that this noted swimmer has accomplished in the Dominion for the organizing of a Canadian Life Saving Society was very favoribly commented upon in the To- ronto Globe, the leading Canadian newspaper, and in fact all the news- papers of that city are assisting Mr. Shefield in his noble work. Mr. James “It wouldshorten the voyage to the! -â€"â€"Mrs. R. 8, Graham, of Fenelon South Sea BY more than 1500 leagues,” Falls, returned home last week after he .8835» and from Panama to the spending a month visiting her daugh- strait of Magellan would be an island ter, Mrs. (Rev. ) W. T. Roberts, of Wa1-- and from Panama to the new lands vlaceburg. (terres neufves) another island.” ,9 â€"Messrs Alex Freirburg and Mr English, French,.Spanlsh or Ameri- Oslerman, of Rochester, have return- can, we can all 30m in praise of the ed after a few days’ fishing u the sweeping foresight that could conceive 1 Scu 0 river and are re istergd at such a project in the days when al- 'th ngn n house 3 most everyone else believed that Am-i e e so . ' . erica was merely the eastern coast of; â€"Mrs. and MISS de_ la Ronde, Wife Asia and its territory was the habita- ‘ and daughter Of‘ M81“ 8'. 1.5' de 18" tion of dragons, demons and mythical 3'13011139,}?nfi(]3tt§:;%2rarfn:§;ttglgWM? 1, o 7 ,s , r . . monsters. L. Hughes, the Inspector of public schools for that city, who is always interested in any scheme that will be a benefit to the youth of the nation, has taken up this work and is a strong advocater of the formation of the society. Commissioner Harris has also become interested, and the Toronto Swimming Club are pushing forward the movement very efiectively. When one considers that up to the present date seventy-nine iatsliti-es have occurred in the Province of On- tario this season from drowning, they are appalled by the astounding figures UAAV V'I-Irv- _ r to that natural state of panic which so generally overcomes those who are in danger of drowning. unless he knows his business, in which case the whole thing becomes safe and com- paratively easy. The person who has been trained, undertakes the work of rescue with as complete im- munity from danger as if he were dis- porting himself in the water for his own amusement. He has no fear of the drowning man’s clutch, which has ben fatal in so many instances, for he has his guard, just as a prac- ticad \vrestler has, against a possible contingency, and he has this advant- age over the wrestler, that he is at home in the element in which the other person is in deadly danger. The drowning man is altogether at his mercy, and the wildest flurry and the most desperate embrace have no perils for the trained life saver. The main objects of the society are: 1. To promote technical education in life saving and resusciation of the apparently drowned. 2. To obtain public support in fa- vor of adopting swimming and life saving as a branch of instruction in government schools, colleges and in- stitutions throughout the Dominion. 3. To encourage and improve the general knowledge of swimming, «liv- ing and plunging and learn the act and correct method of saving life. 4. Promoting public lectures, dem- onstrations and competitions in life saving to form classes of instructions, and issue printed circulars of the principles underlying the art of nata- tion. VMv-w my ___.__,-, for the immediate formation of this society, whose chief aim would be to educate all in the art of natation and life saving methods, and thus mini- mize the terrible loss of life that is always taking place in the great lakes and waterways of the Dominion. 5. To give lessons in throwing out life buoys. 6. To collect donations, bequests and subscriptions for the society. There is no part of the empire which offers so many advantages as Canada and 'téel uni something whom be done immediately. EDITORIAL NOTES. LIFE SAVING. guest of friends in â€"-Mr. E. C. Rutherford. of Sturgeon Point, spent Sunday in mnemee. -â€"Miss Ferris is the guest of friends at Sturgeon Point for a few days. â€"Our talented yound friends, the Pepper twins, are home again for their holidays. -â€"Mr. W. H. Crandell, of Toronto, who last season was proprietor of the Rockland house, Bobcaygeon, visited the village on Monday and enjoyed a day’s fishing, catching some fine â€"M{es Allen, Victoria 3%., left for a few weeks’ vacation at Muskoka. -â€"Mrs. Allin and children, Victoria ave., are enjoying a holiday in Mus. â€"Mrs. and Miss de la Ronde, wife and daughter oi‘Major S. E. de la Ronde, of Ottawa, are visiting Mrs. de la Ronde’s father, Inspector W. J. Cairns, Glenelg-st. â€"Mr. Geo. H. Newton, proprietor of the North Bay Despatch, is in town, the guest of relatives. Mr. N. is an old Lindsay boy, and generally spends part of his vacation here. â€"Mrs. L. Thompson, of Toronto, is at present the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eli Worsley, of Fene- lon Falls, after spending some time down east at Kingston and the Thou- sand Islands. â€"The engagement is announced 0! Miss May Foster, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Foster, Canning- ton, Ont., to Dr. James B. Dough- erty, New Berlin, Ohio. The mar- riage will take place in August. â€"-Miss Agnes Meehan is at present the guest of her cousin, Miss Mollie Gilliece. â€"Mr. Sam. Carew, Township Coun- cillor of Somerville, was in town on Wednesday. â€"Ven. Archdeacon Casey returned Saturday evening last from Caledonia Springs. He still has a few twinge to remind him of his old enemy, rheuma- tism, but his three weeks’ stay at the Springs has benefitted him greatly. â€"Miss Cora Emerson from a pleasant visit ‘ friends. â€"Messrs. Alex, Freirburg, and Mr. Oslerman, of Rochester, have return- ed after a few days’ fishing up the Scugog river, and are registered at the Benson house. mom Ewmusmns wno PASSED muons â€"Mt. Wilbert Hunter, formerly of town, is spending a few days’ vaca- tion with friends. -â€"Miss Estelle Porter, of,Lindsay, is the guest of Miss Winnifred Dobbin, George-st.â€"â€"Examiner. â€"Mrs. Leigh R. Knight has return- ed from Huntsville after an exceed- ingly pleasant visit. â€"Mr. Hugh Jerne, of Lansing. Mich., is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Jeme. ' â€"Rev. Dr. Sherry, M.A., P.D., of Ottawa University, is the guest of Rev. Father Collins. â€"Mrs. A. B. Gordon and children, of Sudbury, are the guests of Dr. and Mrs. Burrows, Sussex-st. â€"Miss Curtin, the popular cashier at Dundas Flavelle’s, is enjoying her vacation at present. â€"-Mr. K. Brooks, late of the local staff of the Bank of Montreal, is the guest of Mr. Boyd Sylvester. -Mr. H. Shaw, Custom House In- spector, arirved Wednesday to look over Lindsay’s custom house. â€"Mrs. C. Deyman and Miss Della Deyman, of Fenelon Falls, were in town on Tuesda yo ntheir way home after a. visit with friends in Peterbo- 1'0. REFLECTS CREDIT UPON THE TEACHER. MISS LILLIAN WIL- SON OF A.T.C.M. â€"Miss Madge Gilliece, of King’s Wharf, is visiting her cousin, Miss Kathleen Meehan, of North Ops. -â€"Miss Whytall, of Toronto, passed through town Tuesday on her way to Fenelon Falls to visit her parents, â€"Mr. Wm. 3m; formerly of the Ontario Bank, town, but. now with the Dominion Bank, Winnipeg, was in town Saturday. â€"-Mrs. C. Deyman andflMiss Del_la. â€"Mrs. 'H. A. Brown has returned to the city, after a pleasant visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Watson. â€"Mr. J. Conway, of the firm of Con- way Bros., general merchants, Bob- caygeon ,was in town lately on busi- BESS. â€"Mr. Percy Moynes, of the Dun- das Flavelle stafi, is away enjoy- ing holidays at Kirkfield and Victo- ria Road. of Rochester, is aerson has returned visit with Manvers returned Mr. McLean’s new gasoline yacht blew up at the Fenelon Falls up'per wharf Tuesday night about 11 o'clock. Mr. McLean, Mr. and Mrs. A. Mc- Intyre and Miss Mae Heard, had just returned from a trip across Cameron Lake and had tied up the boat along- side of Mr. Thos. Robson's yacht. W115; had just been turned' 01!, when a terrific explosion occurred, the noise of which was heard all over town. Many peeple got up out of their beds to see what the trouble was, and visions of bank robbers were conjured UNPLEASANT TERMINATION TO PLEASURE PARTY OF FENELON FALLS YOUNG l up. in Shelbume .1 with her brother. i 1 g: I rs. Snddnby spent Bun- ray ‘ Eldridge and Inn Le- t Sunday gt Pancho E dny E: s; and son Clarke, 0! Orillia. are visit- ing relatives md old acquaintances Kiss Armstron- Burnt River, July 8Lâ€"Mn. Nichols Noble returned to 119; home BURNT RIVER. a. week'a visi ELON FALLS YOUNG PEOPLE â€"â€" CAUSE OF ACCIDENT UNKNOWN. {1‘ The boat took fire after the explosion and considerable damage was done. Great difficulty was experienced in getting the fire extinguished, and also preventing it from catching onto Mr. Robeon’t yacht. The occupants of the , AL- mvwâ€" â€" J .v..,. . boat escaped serious injury, with the exception of Miss Heard, who was rather badly burned. Mr. Jesse Perrin .0! Lindsay, was up and made some repairs to the boat yesterday. as the machinery had not been working prOperly. The cause of the explosion has not been definitely ascertained. but it is supposed that it was due to a leak in the pipe teed- ingthegasoline. Mr. Britnell entertained a number of friends to a delightful sail in his gasoline launch ‘Hildn’ on Sunday. Among the party we noticed Mr. Britnell's amen daughter. Miss Ger- tie, Mr. and Mn. '1'. Biabon. Mr. and Mrs. Adkins and young son Benson. The party visited at Dliey Bank, and while their elders were resting them- selves, the children, luster Lloyd Wilton. Benson and Gertie Towns- end want on u for u Mitchell’s W.butnotbeinxusedtoagas- dine engine. they had to peddle hibiwithepieoeotbmkenoenend that lots of had work. they reached net-y Bunk. vhere they were con- mmé mv until-the restotthe TRIP TAKEN BY A JOTTINGS FROM FENELON FALLS FAST GASOLINE YACHT FROM YANKEEVILLE CLIPS OFF l6 MILES AN HOUR. Fenelon Falls, July 22.â€" Robson is spending a few the Teroentenary Exhibition "13L D. Gould left Monday morning for Quebec to view the Tercenwnan' Exhibition. Mr. Herb. Puley is home from the west, and we believe we are about to lose one of our popular young ladwfi as we do not think Herb. intends to return to the west alone. Miss Hamilton, Miss Hall and Mr- Ford, of Peterboro, who have be”l spending a. few weeks at Rosedalo and Penelon, left on Monday for home. A "hop" was given at Rosedale i‘ the cottage 01 Mr. Wardrobe 11" week. end a. most enjoyable even!“ was spent. A large number fro“ Fendon went up on the Kewartha 8" other‘boete end tripped the light” tutic til! well on in the morniw Wu wen served on the In“ and everyone reported e most p16” ant evening. Hull-v-“vâ€"w Mr. Will. J unkin, a former Fexmlon Falls boy, now of the Bank of Non» real at Winnipeg. is spending a few days ‘in town. Mr. Clifi Scott, of New York, is here again for the summer. Clifl brougm over his motor boat and you ought to flee her go. She does sixteen miles an hour when opened out, and will 5110' her heels to anything on the lake!» It is all 03 with the fast ones from Lindsay now, as any of them will find out when they go up against_hcr. "fligiabel fiendérso'n, of Lindsay. and Mr. Hopkins, spent Sunday m munsoav. JULY m, Ontario. g erClO: remisv e we: , E 'I"L , 7 amount. hm exceed the 1 llars, and m pare the m a pose. â€"Carrie ‘5', seconded 1 . Wilson. that A gravel pit lea; " ed to the sq ~ 2 : on execu Clerk be at; draft said 1 ' as possibl‘ We to time. . t the curn- unicipality, :1 nt. per annun 4n applicati‘ 1e Trustees 01 pr one hundn acount of tea: O'Donnell, fa art on east Q] m McConnell In 4th canoes: In J. Switzerl In 6th concest Ige Franks, east Loop Irwin, for a Loop lim ell, fa :Witure C loved by Con '. seconded l Wilson, Tha‘ Treasurer fa 8 Kerr, approvl met