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_ aHIRTV.SEVENTH YEAR | lt " â€" Advertisig Aceiy in mortgent HOLOs UP . < â€"POLTICAL f2VERTISTNG BY OFFERING LOW PAIGE I-‘hudCudhuWauy Association Have Special MP«W%‘. Which is Justified, But Comâ€" pany Offers Same Merchantsâ€"Then Wants Geod Commission On That. ~ (emmns cmnaminaa iess â€" The Independent is cominual"nd consistently telling the public that advertising paysâ€"the advertiser. And it does. But apart from that it is necessary that it also pays The Independent or it cannot continue. . There is a cofpo_ll'_‘:ou called the CamSun Weekly Newspaper Association of which Independerit is a memâ€" ber. ; This body is for the mutual advancement ‘and protection of its bers. _ Some weeks ago some advertisingâ€"was sent out by a firmy in Montreal and was promptly refused, not only by The Indeâ€" t, but by practically all others as the price offered was too low, The association took the matter ‘ap and the manager has reâ€" ceived many, many scores of letters from publishers saying they would stand by the association and hold out for their regular price for such advertising. . The following is from the Ontario Reformer of Oshawa, on Tuesday, October 18. _ It explains the situation and i Tuesday, UCLIODCL D\ * s"lvs expressed by The ‘The Independent wHYt PHE REFORMER 18 ml PUBIASHING ADVERTISEMENTS °_ or THE CONSERVATIVE | . PARTY ‘ "Readers of The Rotarnr. éspecâ€" ially our Conservative riends, . may possibly wonder why the advertiseâ€" ments of the ‘National Liberal and T PPotemptaist t CC dy oo # ugency to "The Reformer 9 plain that it bas O the cautte of the C or any other party terio Riding by re! Mm‘ colum wlfll,l"m and will ©of Oe EoV CCC CCC terio Riding by refusing to OP advertising . columns for â€" 108 .Mll.llll,l"!r“lll.. but 1 inslet, and will coutinue to ad thag position, that its space is 1 only on the anme, terM# 10 wÂ¥ and that neither its business ar its sense of honesty _rrd EC710 __ Lhanio® cont give out rates or kn amy DefsON Of ; The Reformer .-;u ol ol thabtles H. De# }. & uie case, the loas to the 10â€" Hartlcy H. Dev (Continues trom page 6 "ii"" after iwo fullyâ€" concurs wishes 10 make . it no desire to . injure Conservative . Party v in The gouth Onâ€" apecial conce organization but it does to adhere 19 co is for sale w everyone, ness policies ermit it 10 concessions to open . 1t . jeah bovate in the ‘OwioE TOWn INTO FIRE \ â€" â€"NSPECTION DISTRICTS ‘The third annual meeting . of the Ohtario Fire Prevention League was keld in Toronto on Tuesday, Oct! 18 rnd was umndodzy W. B. Smith, exâ€" chief and Frank E. Russ, acting chief of the GRIMSBY Fire Department. ‘This lergue is provinceâ€"wide and the objects are "for the‘purpose of proâ€" moting the science and _ improving the methods of fire prevention . and fire protection; to obtain and cirâ€" eulate information on these subjects; to assist in securing ~proper safeâ€" gu=rds against loss of life and proâ€" perty by fire; to keep the subject beâ€" fore the people, especially the young and endeavor to Inculcate the Il-t |nht it is a patriotie duty to, preven! res. On their return. Messrs. Russ and Smith reported a. most successful \trlp from at least their, point of view, as the addresses given ‘along fire linâ€" Mare s1 tario every, month. CaTVD EVAE CCC ‘There was no great zeal being disâ€"| ° played, declared Mr. Hewitt, to T6 |, duce this loss, though "he admitted | «bat fice_prevention is making sdfite headway, despite the attmealties" be ing encountered, especiilly from inâ€"|, difference and lack of a proper | PD~|, preciation of ‘the . state of â€" affairs| which exists. f That matches were responsible for 15 per cent. of the fires in , Canada and the United States wos the stateâ€" ment of George F. Lewis. deputy fire marshal of Ontario and that last year ©15,000 people were burned to death in Canada and the United States and 16000 more were 80 badly burned burned that they wuccumbed later. As an effect of what Mr. Russ learned GRIMSBY will be Alvided inâ€" |to four districts and . three firemen {appointed for each district and go 'ovorlmmn!’nlnnflnnfll- \tions ond an effor@ will be made 1(0 |reduce the danger now existent in .\ many parts of the town. N WrF CCC ns | Who is the new leade I.:|".| Opposition in . to| Legislature, _ Me su Maximum for week Minimum for week "|.b.-‘| (Monday) Lowest (Friday an was most lucid and Instructive. Week Ending Saturday 2#nd inst. TEMPERATURE | |_._ t ©1 GETTRE M+ OO uSsd whal of Ontario and that last yeT| " ppo approaches to the bridgo have 00 people were burned to death “‘: ::""m“.“ fo iht 8 ourte lad the United States and| Solrlce io o1 hn mastotbe reverm| .o:".&n':.nuhg hmodm“mn. et lt n at they succum later. choite concrete bridge 4 a an effect of what Mr. Russ u:'n‘::v': and c:nch were governed | rned GRIMSBY will be Alvided inâ€" by the considerations . | four districts and . three firemen| "a" properly wu.'::. concraze| ointed for each district and mmu.m-ulyw A‘ ¢ Thoroughly and report on cORdiâ€"| copcrete bridge is the Only bridge is ond an effor@will be made !0|spa, grows stronger with age, uce the danger now existen; in A.u-..u-.lnlfll"ul‘lfl- ny parts of the town. _ N mnmnlnvhr.n-lnlwd-‘ C eepaihuier cematies en bridges grow weaker, concrete bridges grow . stronger. To bulld a fl eoumAle! is just plain 0"“: enemeenterneens e oatemeeee n pen ce | fNoorre tor | bridites Sit d o oanifs anlzance. / Concrete bridges require views expressed by lay and Saturday) RAINFALL ve new leader of the Lib» osition in the ()nurlol we, â€" Me succeeds Mr. HI, Dewart who has reâ€" ter two years leadership. i# C NEW ELM STREET BRIDGE 1s COMPLETED; _ â€"â€"VEncuLat TRAFFIC MIDDLE oF novemoer ‘The bridge replacing the steel/Or Rired from the immediate viciniiy bridge on Elmâ€" street destroyed by}f the bridge, with sand and gravel the recent unfortunate . accident -rum immediate . locality now completed, and will be open for .'huxcnuu-un-b- vehicular traffic about the 14th of| ¢a! agents, greater part of the next month, that is should the weaâ€"| @XPODse for such a bridge is thus roâ€" ther continue favorable (o the setting! turned to the Town. ‘The money that up of the concrete. ‘In ‘the meanâ€"| (a%payers expend is thus returned to ‘The bridge is of plain design, as the late bridge was deâ€" elmhrlni:{(l_fill,t"dh‘ifl w&.uduu-n:‘mn. panelled paralle! to arch ‘from makers steel . abutment with heavy post} and railâ€"| bridges, and it was found ‘ that the ings and lamp standards at each| CONcrete bridge could be built for a corner. / dil.- uflllrll-fln.n:odm:l“:- ‘The appearance bridge . utruction. _ This been y though of severest mz is pleag.] borne out in the present instance, ing carrying with it an of| and the council is to be congratulatâ€" strength ~and durability. The conâ€"| @f‘On being farseeing enough to seâ€" struction work was commerced"three mflh town a structure of perâ€" weeks azo and has progressed with a| M# ® _ tainst one of shorter weeks ago and has progrested with a good speed record. . _ __ |\> _ > ‘The roadway is . 8 feet in width, sufficient for two to pass with ample room. A | sidewalk is built on elther side of ‘o road, these with posts and railingy. muke up an over all‘ width for the of 26 feet. . . ‘The whole construction is of = forced concrete, monolithic. The abutments of the /old bridge weis not disturbed being in most e ‘ condition, but new footings dug below old footings and skowbs commenced at average water e The slightly lessened. epave| for water travel was compensated (of by deepening the creek and ‘ -:-. ‘hu mnuuo- ard|aeâ€" celerating flow. ns ,bnl taken care of m % tilling concrete of one part * ‘two of sand and four of .coarse . 1gâ€" gregate was used for main mass Wirk largely supplemented.by "plum f dings" gathered from the creek Md. 12 A 1. 2, 3 mix was used for railings. . _ o0 00 _0 0_ _ The reâ€"inforcement used inch square twisted steel | low floor slab they were pMCod M teen inch centres Barton pattern. ‘The Spandrel walls were reâ€"inforg» ; ed at eighteen inch intervals. "In an‘ enulhro-lnro:':-ou '71 well boand } Aogether by soft steel wite. ‘ ‘The sieel was purehii2d‘ ffom "(Me Burlington Steel Co. and bears an, elastic limit strength of 65640 Tbs. to the Inch.and an ultimato strength of 96300 lbs. to the inch, the quantity of uteel used wip close to four tuns. Caneda Portland cement Wa# > used and the total of 930 bags were | reâ€" quired to complete the structure. M P TWS Wadoaichaus nuisance. wre mR Optk . 0005 Oil ) proof and fireâ€"proof. Concrete bridges _ require | neither ‘v-h“‘( nor repair® Concrete bridgâ€" ts are permafent \improvements. ‘A men(p bridge can be widened . at any _ time: without reâ€"building. . A Roncrete bridge once built is buily for all‘ time. 2 DGs brideonare bullt with lnbâ€" ige is absolutely indestrNCUINM /C crete bridge is the only. bridge\ " ay ; grows strouger with age, by a time passes, traffic on Our RIGh*) wook ys grows n-vhr.uudul'“‘“.tld‘ bridges _ grow _ weaker, ©O0CrOD rigure c Erow" â€" atronger‘‘ To buld a| "o) Leader of the I He is a Western GRIMSBY, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26,,ig21 U. F. 0. party« ‘ Canadian proâ€" have LOGAL TELEPHONE RATES TO BE ALTERED BY â€"COMPANY APPLICATION T0 DOMIMON BOMOD > NEW ARENA CALLED For Mr, Candweli of toat firm was in w‘numluu‘ourmphu with the. directors. uwlag o ne quletness in construclion _ work . at mulu work enm ~be ‘rapidly forward and there is every asâ€" Wurance thatâ€"the grand, opening will Aake piace by Dec. av. =‘Une bundred ana tive feey ten inchâ€" e# by 203 feet wiil be the dimensions Iwith an ice surtace of 70x125 feet. "The main entrance will ve ut the a large refreshment booth. have m provided for ,as well as for pubâ€" Jav«tories, . players _lockers and wers. ‘There will be comforiable lon for 3000 people. There Ur"ToWs of seats on each «side of awrena and some in the balâ€" cony| above the dressing _ rooms, there will be standing room at the end of the rink and behind directors are now working on the question and hope to have the ley for this allâ€"importâ€" ant within a few days and so soon §; the roof is on the pipe will be p@ in The front of the building will e stueco, the side ~walls and ant vprk within a few days and s mena U ELst Aoon y nc root is on the pipe _ will @uEY ho Turxes RIGHT Ts =|, be p@ in The front of the building _ @RINsBY I stueco, the side "walls and A great boost for GRIMSBY bustâ€" | of metal sheeting and mn---ummamayu| roof @ wood covered . with m--um-lulmlvhluunll and -uu. All|..||mlhlhtrlflullmr buying fruit. b ard. ith nets .||||...n.msummuny.m.uw.} GRIMSBY. frait ule-uluun.muum-l Alllibe tenders must be .u-munut.nudmm-nu. considâ€" \l’, noon, Oct. 29, and mofllmdmpdelnuu.m week Bhe Independent -muu-nflrwltm-h-huâ€"wm abled dvouhigt:m“.fi,ullhwllpmvu still â€" there. further He had returned to GRIMSBY but he still ‘.m..mmu-thcutel‘ul.uh took not umflumnumammmm ‘The ars wish to impress lmlmnl)ud\hmvmn-fl- | the ie that this is a real lhhdudthelulul-hul.m f umum.nlnpu man was so pleased that he come to ; und the remainder of m'l"holunwl,nl'lllmhfln. And | stock id be taken up at once. better than that to The Independent A mthM(hltolurld of the "utcony mrv Cleaners through The 63. i h end‘ tncing Livingston aveuue will be ten feet wide with ticket he on each side, the passage way S â€"â€" o \CASTOR MA WLLED B1 FOR BUILDiNG ‘ OrNAMITE EXPUOSION the ROVETT D uzes R 41370 Wallace Road akville, Ontario LGL 2Y2 A) Access SvsTEMms LTO pling, Grimsby »iisford, Grimsby STâ€" HAMILTON CANDIDATE PAID UP LIST General S. C. MewDUF | contest, East=klamilton l‘ihorll and Conservative the forthcoming election. Grimaby _ Jan 1} h mmm@mmuwâ€"mmwmu ‘ â€" But Five Dollars‘and Forty Cents Per Yearâ€"Company Claims It Is Not Getting All That Was Awarded, Nor Enough to Im Make Much Called For Extensions. Dec. 31}22] IL Mewburn, !Co. to the Board of Railway Commissioners for Canada. While the increase on business ‘phones would be very slight, only amounting to fortyâ€"five cents a month, no increase at all is asked ‘foronhouu‘phonuqi'oumdpflylhe'pm f If the application is granted, which it very likely will be, the Inew rates will immediately go into efl‘ect,"nt the rate on house \‘phones will remain as it is. wha asme rate that applies ta Business Individual.. .... .... ", "2â€"Party Line:.....~\. Anwillbeucubylhenbon‘mndtbduledma.w ness ‘phones are the only ones ef in Grimsby by the applicaâ€" tion for increase in tolls now being made by The Bell Telephone Private Branch Exchange Trunk.... .. 205 Lesiie Clendening, aged 20 of Calstor Center, was instantly killed Friday . morning 21 at the Lincoln county quarry at Smithville, when an explosive which he struck \With nis pick wont off. â€" Dert _ Travis, who was working beside Clendening, was badly cut in the face but the foreman of the quarry, Jotn _ Miller, "lomltudlunl-onrllmlvln- hind Clendening and a . mumber of On Thursday morning five or 8ix, charges had been laid and touched off by means of an electric. battery. It was thought at the time that all had gone off and Friday morning the men were puy to work digging away ‘the fock. When Clendening struck the blast there w»s a‘loud reâ€" port and he was‘hurled 50 feer in the air, the top of his head being com« the.cu; on his face. 2 ' Dr, Alexander, coroner of GRIMSâ€"; BY, empaneled â€" a â€" jury . immediataly ufter the accident and viewed the reâ€"| mains, after which the | inquest was| luhurnd until Wednesday evening. . : Eon ene se E ‘The decersed was the only son of Marvin Clendening of Caistor Center, ‘The funeral took place on Sundsy af M P onE 2ooo s ternoon, Oct. 23 at 1 o‘clock to Grace Methodist church. ‘This is the first tatal accident since Lincoin County took over the quarry three years ag0. ly blown off and his body badly in the vicinity, escaped @BEMBJCOOOOOOOO Dss a. Indouh!:' In some citles and, towns strenâ€" "loud reâ€" ous opposition is being put forth by er in the ; councils _ and citizens . gencrally ng comâ€"‘"Eainst the increase. In most ot â€" pdy badiy there cases the increase asked for is m"lfi wae| consider»ble and also includes. . an kul.- p (Abla district. we A>e . more.. fortunate jz * |lMlndlmlI1lwlfllltl.hm N ' â€"GRIMSâ€"| prid to the application. & pas Gnenhart stt 2 ty nepr t S PMEA 71 wC POIONE . "1st.â€"That the rates authorized do J not produc» sufficipnt revenue . t0 20 â€" of meet Jts dividend requirements ; and uu.‘th-nbnhlflmmunhmm at the Of the judgthent ond order â€"rendered ithvilie, by_the Board in April last. struck. _ 2nd.â€"That it has found it imposs ‘Travis, sible to obtain the new . money roâ€" rdening. quired to enable it to extend its facilâ€" ut mlu-.wiuhwm Mitler, , 3r4.â€"That _ it has â€" approximately M‘,u_im-pummurmm iber of it cannot supply owing to a ‘ general escaped shortige of equipment, and ; d4thâ€"That unless large . capital or “,':'tu& are u-:wm lml:_l ouched f shortace equipment Lmq.n‘"‘"""""""“"' prolonged hat ali that the public will be seriouuaty morning | handicapped through inability,to \ 6bâ€" Ateein«> tain telephope service. . ____ _ _ «_‘ ho2 0s OCZ OE C OCACCcCIA $2.00 Per Yearâ€"5 Cents a Copy 'guunnv alsoâ€" applies to . Winona, ald Smithville. % ‘The reasons giver by the Bell Co. for asking for this increase are as follows: this district for an individu=1 busiâ€" ness phone is $2.05° a month or $24.60 a year. If the railway Board grants the company‘s appeal the rate will be $2.50 a month or $30 a year, an Increwse of $5.40. ‘The increase on twoâ€"party business Hines ouly amounts to fifteen cents a. month, while on fourâ€"party lines it jumps fortyâ€"six cents _ a month. ‘There are few of these kind of lines in use in _GRIMSBY. _ On° private lbrneh exchanges the rate would inâ€" crease fortyâ€"five cents a . month. ‘There is only one private hrinee switchboard in use in GRIMSBY. â€" It is doubtful if there will be any opposition to the Increase asked . for from GRIMSBY citizens. $30 a year does not seem an unfvir charge for a business Phone that‘is used . to . any great extent and most ‘of. them ore. Now that the Bell Company hag put the wires underground through Main street their upkeep will no doubt be tessened but the cost of burying them was large. xapnnh-uylnnmull- Ing on the service given by GRIMSâ€" BY central. Once and awhile an opâ€" erstor drifts off into the land of mm«u‘m@ch::fi Present Proposed Increase sime