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Police !~abing Ritter Death, [‘House per in County Jail Vol. 80, No. 42 Walter Ritter, Woolwich T Died Sept. 24 of "Influenza". â€"Body Exhumed and Analysis Being Made. HIRED MAN NEAR DEATH; SIX OTHERS AFFECTED ‘The strange malady which took the life of Walter Ritter, prosperous Woolwich township farmer, . and caused sickness to six others who had been at the same farm, is under irvestigation by police, who have called in Dr. E. R. Frankish, Toronto medicoâ€"legal expert in an effort to solve Ritter‘s death. Ritter died at St. Mary‘s Hospital on September 24, the same day on which he was admitted suffering from what was diagnosed as acute influenza. Since that time six others have been ill, and John Deering, hired man on the Ritter farm, is in the K.â€"W. hospital in a state of al most complete paralysis, in a very cricital condition. Meanwhile _ a _ 38â€"yearâ€"old _ wo man, sald to have been the houseâ€" keeper on the Ritter farm for over six years and who recently, according to an Elmira pbysician, suffered a mental disorder, is lodged in the Wa:â€" terloo County jail. Her name is being withheld for the present, Crown â€" Attorney _ W. P. Cléement states. It is learned that all the men who became sick were on the Ritter farm last month for a "corn cutting bee". Shortly afterwards Ritter became vioâ€" lently ill and was removed to hospital where he died. Dr. Frankish was in Elmira Fri day and euperintended the exhuming of Ritter‘s body at the Elmira cemeâ€" tery. An autopsy was performed at the K.â€"W. morgue Friday night, and Dr. Frankish took with him to Toâ€" ronto certain organis of the stomach for analysis. iHis report is being awaited before any action is taken. Charles Ritter, who owns an adâ€" joining farm, but lives with his bachâ€" elor brother, and Franz ‘Michiels, anâ€" other hired man, suffered i1 effects hbut have since racovered. ‘Three neighboring farmers were also afflictâ€" ed. Near Completion | Highway Work Elimination _ of _ Dangerous . Curves on Waterlooâ€"Elmira Highway Almost Finished. s Great progress has been made on the improvements to the Waterlooâ€" Elmira highway by the Ontario Department of Highways this sumâ€" mer, it is evidenced by a trip made by the Chronicle recently over the kighway _ _ oc cs Lk 3 db dnb d t io c i tdnt Aoiifie suaiiatenr s 2 mer, it is evidenced by a trip made 38°0â€" by the Chronicle recently over the! The car which allegedly caused kighway ‘the crash escaped entirely. Royce The sharp "death curve" south of Clarke, said to have been driving Elmira has been eliminated, the towards Kitchener came upon a car posts moved and new fences built driven by Arthur Bald of Sebringâ€" and the new graduated curve is now ville and which is said to have been in use, and will be paved next year. without lights. Clarke pulled out Additional filling is necessary at the sharply and struck a car driven by bridge over the small stream on the Walter Lunn of Toronto, both cars new curve. The Albert street road, almost going into the ditch. a township road, will be curved, it oonnrnmnnnnr mm nz is expected, to meet the new r0@d. 127 + _1 nuasn Car 30 (C AP NCPR Y OM OUAMER M CS LERCARORS O Correction of the sharp turn at Martin‘s Corners near Waterloo is almost completed. The new roadway has been hgid out, new fences built and gradiftg is now in progress. According to Mr. N. Asmussen, M.L.A. for North Waterloo, the Elâ€" mira highway will be widened from 16 to 22 feet next year and reâ€" surfaced, and probably connected with provincial highways farther Too Late To Plan Town Hockey Rink north. Ald. Welker Reports Citizens Interested But Feel Too Late To Do Anything. Ald. J. Welker, reporting to the council last week at the market committee meeting, _ stated that citizens he had queried had felt that the season was too far advanced to proceed with plans for an ice arena for the town. â€" He quoted figures showing that the town of Cornwall had almost completed a new rink this summer and fall at a cost of $60,000, $35,000 of which was spent on the building alone. The amount in the castern city was raised by public subscription. â€" _ _ _A suitable rink for Waterloo would cost about $25,000 to $30,000 he estimated, without an artificial ice plant Four Twin City motorists settled out of court this week fines of $1 each after they had been charged with parking in prohibited zones at Waterloo market Saturday. Hen Goes on Sight Seeing Tour; . _ Travels 3 Miles on Axle of Car Wallenstein.â€"A Wallenstein hen which tired of the monotony of sitting on a roost, decided to use a trailer axle instead. One night reâ€" cently the owner made a business trip to a farm three miles distant. While â€" there _ he notleed _ "biddy" perched calmly on the axle. He did not disturh her, allowing her to ride home the same way she had come. The next morning she was with the reat of the flock, none the worse of her experiance, FINED FOR MARKET PARKING (By Chronicle Correspondent ) One horse and wagon, three cars, four vendors and a handful of buyâ€" ers was the sum total of the attendâ€" ance at the midâ€"weed market yesterâ€" day which will doubtless be the last of the season. Small Turnout at Midâ€"Week Market ‘The vendors stated that practically all that was sold was six dozen egg* and some cream. Five buyers who turned out came only for their cream. Eggs rose higher frotm the Saturâ€" day mark, bringing 38 to 45¢ a dozen. Some pullet eggs were offered, but it is stated that the early pullets are beginning to moult. One farmer preâ€" dicted that the egg prices were up to stay for some time. Year old chickens brought 20 to 22¢, butter 26c, and a small supply of fruits and vegetables the same prices Plank Platform At Local Market as Saturday Will Be Erected At Once To Provide Additional Space for Vendors at Rear of Building. A plank platform 80â€"feet in length and 14 feet width will be erected at the rear of the Waterloo market to provide additional space for vendors. This was decided by the market comâ€" mittee meeting in special session last week. Reeve Wes. ‘McKersie and Ald. W. W. Frickey opposed the plank platform, favoring concrete construcâ€" tion. ‘The platform will be 14 feet wide, with tables along the sides allowing ten feet for buyers to walk down the centre. Hucksters will be able to back their trucks up to the raised platâ€" form. Construction will commence at once. _"The total cost will be about $250. A concrete structure would cost $375 for concrete alone. e The doors at the rear of the marâ€" ket building will be kept closed, as in former years, and the doors on the southâ€"west corner will be open as formerly. Three Car Mixâ€"up Near Petersburg (By Chronicle Correspondent) Petersburg.â€"Three cars were inâ€" volved in a smashup two miles east of here near Kitchener on Saturday night, in which no one was seriously injured hpt two cars were badly damâ€" Kitchener Car Kills Sarnia Man Sarnia.â€"A car driven by Robert Kleinschmidt of Kitchener is said to have been the car which struck and almost instantly killed John Dolan a farmer of néar Watford, near here, on Saturday night. According to police reports the Kitchener car was unable to stop beâ€" hind a wagon driven by Dolan, strikâ€" ing it, and throwing the farmer to the pavement, striking on his head. Dominion Life Gets $2,700,000 Policy The Dominion Life Assurance Comâ€" pany announces that they have re ceived the contract from the governâ€" ment of the Province of Quebec for a group insurance policy covering all the employees of its civil service. President Ford S. Kumpft states that 2300 employees of the Quebec government will be insured with the local company for a total amount of $2,700,000. The awarding of the conâ€" tract to the local company saves the Quebec government a total yearly of $37,000, according to Premier Mauâ€" rice Duplessis. FINED FOR OPERATING WITHOUT P.C.V. LICENSE Preston.â€"For operating a truck without a P.C.V. li¢ense John Dorscht of RJR. 9, Waterloo, was aseessed $20.75 in police court here. Edward Newlands, Galt taxi driver, was â€"freed on $10,000 bail after charges of eriminal negligence were read against him. Newlands is said by police to have been the driver of a car which wase involved jin a crash on the Shantz hill here in which three persons were serionsly injured. WALTER DEETON FINED FOR RECKLESS DRIVING Kitchener.â€"«Walter Deeton, RR. 2. Waterloo. was aeseased $10 and costs in police court here on a reckless driving charge and his permit canâ€" celled for one month, Deeton was involved in a car crash on Wellington street when his car and one driven by R. Hainsworth colâ€" lided almost head on. $250 North Basthope.â€"A body found hanging from a tree in the dense bush on the Edward Lants farm hore on Monday by a party of young Kitchâ€" ener hunters is expected to be idenâ€" tiffled as that of Edward Schlotphauâ€" er, 60, of Stratford, who has been missing over three months. _ Man Found Dead N. Easthope Bush Believed to Have Been Missing Stratford Man.â€"Found by Hunters. Roy Schmidt, one of the party who were out shooting Monday came on the gruesome spectacle in a dense thickets. He summoned police Offf cers from Kitchenerâ€" and Stratford, with the latter taking charge since the find was. made in Perth county. ‘The body, showing evidence of hayâ€" ing been dead for two months, was removed to Stratford where an inâ€" quest has been ordered. Schlotzhauer worked the greater part of the summer on the Clayton Falk farm, and was m“:llng in July when a police officer de a call at the farm to see him. Park Board on Inspection Tour Decide To Enlarge New Wading Pool at Bathing Beach. ‘The Waterloo Park Board will conâ€" sider erection of a permanent addiâ€" tion to the Shell bandstand next spring, the (Board decided on an inâ€" spection tour of the park last week. A temporary extension has been used this summer for massed band concerts, but it is felt that a perman, ent addition should be built. â€" ‘The Board‘ decided to fll in the old wading pool at the north west corner of the park lake, and to build flower beds on it. The newly formed wading pool west of the dressing paâ€" vilion will be enlarged for next year. Relief Officers on School Duty Starting on Tuesday last, four Waterloo reliefees too{ over their new duties as special police officers at intersections in town where school children cross.. Do l Under the direction of Chief Constable E. Moreau, the men will be stationed at King and Church streets for Central School }mpilz. at Park and William streets for Alexâ€" andra School, at Mooré Avenue and John street for Elizabeth Ziegler School, and at King and Allan for St. Louis pupils. |__ _ 2o full authority of the special offeers daily from 11.30 to 12.30 at noon, and 3.30 to 4.30 in the afternoons. Hear Well Known Educationâ€" ists at Waterloo Sessions. County School Teachers At Annual Convention Creativeness in the child is toâ€" day being thwarted and throttled because there is no place for it in the school curriculum, Dr. D. J. Wilson of the University of Western Ontario, told the 350 teachers who attended the joint session of the North and South Waterloo Teachers‘ Institute convention here last Thursâ€" day. Dr. Wilson spoke on "Educaâ€" tional Alibis." S During the morning the teachers were addressed by T. Mustard of the Toronto Normal School; Miss Mabel Dunham, Kitchener librarian, and Miss E. Smye, Galt, who taught school in Scotland in an exchange. "Every bit of creativeness disâ€" covered in the class room should be fostered,‘" declared Dr. Wilson. "We have had enough on imitation. The truth of this is apparent by the fact that most adults can‘t figure out how much 7Â¥lpel' is needed for the walls af a room. And yet you are teaching perimetry every dgy." . He stressed the thought that character building is the important thing, because social problems are increasing, and it is of more value to a child to be able to live in peace and harmony with his fellowâ€" beings than it is to be able to do arithmetic. s "When my daughter goes to school, I‘m not particularly interâ€" ested in that fact that she can spell a word that is difficult," he comâ€" mented. "I‘m interested in knowing what her reactions are to her felâ€" low scholars." _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Elections were held by both sec-‘ tions and Miss M. Zilliax, Elmira, and H. Thompson, Ayr, were elected presidents of the north and south institutes respectively. Other north division officers elected were: Viceâ€" president, Clare McLeod, St. Jacobs; secretaryâ€"treasurer, N. A. MacEachâ€" ern, Waterloo; auditors, I. A. Hunsâ€" berger and M. D. McLennan; execuâ€" tive committee, Inspectors Elborn and Walsh; promot_ior) commjttee, The crossings will be under the C. J. MacGregor, chairman, Sister Edwardine, Wardle Hill and the secretaryâ€"treasurer. . e South division officers are: Viceâ€" president, Mr» McCorquodale, Presâ€" ton; secretaryâ€"treasurer, Miss Glen Thomson, Galt; executive commitâ€" tee, Norman Hill, Baden, Miss E. Smye, Galt, Mrs. B. Archer, Hesâ€" peler; gromotion committee, Miss E. Goforth, Hespeler; Sister Edwardâ€" ine, Preston, J. W. Kaenig, Gailt, J. L. Daniels, Galt, and Miss G. Cook, Galt. e Musical numbers were provided by a choir from the Wnter?oo pubâ€" lic schools at the afternoon session, conducted by Harry Hill, superâ€" visor of music in the Waterloo schools On Friday the teachers visited schools in Hamilton and Toronto, in lieu of a second day of convention. In Toronto they visited the parliament buildings, the Royal Ontario Museum, and the Grange Art Gallery. ELECT 1936 OFFICERS Pastor of Emmakgel Evangelical Church, St. Jacobs,‘who last week celebrated his 75th ; y at his home. _ Rev. has . served Kitchener and Wa pastorates among others in many years in the Evangelica! ¢hurch -in{-try. Y. M. Club Plans South Ward Rink Will Be Erected jon Charles St. to Provide S:thg and Ice accomodatio! of the South and ing planned by th Men‘s Club, it is retary Fred F. Hug The ice will known as the Charles â€" street and will be planned to accom the children of Alexandra and §t. Louis Schools. All boys making of the rink will be divided into teéms so that each boy will be playingâ€"brganized hockey. ‘The Young Men‘® Club is raffling a chair donated by Snyder‘s Limited valued at $35. members and boys who will use $he Charles street rink and the mem! of the newly organized Sisken Wkating Club are selling tickets on the chair. Crashed Into Block, Pays $10 and Costs College President Speaks at Biennial ‘Columbus, O.â€"Rev. Dr. Frederick P. Clausen, President of Waterloo College and Seminary at Waterlo0, Ontario, on Monday night addressed an assembly of delegates to the 10th Biennial iConvention of the United Lutheran Church of America in ses «lon here . Mr. John Ziegler and Rev. C. 8. Roberts of St. John‘s Church, Waterloo, and Rev. John Schmieder and â€"Mr. P. H. Shants of Bt. Matthew‘s Church, Kitchener, are among the delegates. Local Citizens Visit Old Church Board of Trade To Hear Speaker Dr. F. G. Hughes and George Moogk Attended Services at Indian Church Saturday. Waterloo Board of Trade tonight will hear an address by A. M. Wise man of Toronto, Trade Commissioner oft the United Kingdom to Canada. Vr. Wiseman was a guest of the local body at their [May meeting. A very brilliant and enlightening adâ€" dress is promised. ‘The meeting tonight is the first evening meefing of the year, noon luncheons with local speakera havâ€" ing been held during the spring and early fall months. Two Waterloo citizens who visited the ancient church on Mohawk Indian Reserve near Brantford on Sunday returned home full of glowing accounts of the lore surrounding the old Indian worship centre. _ FINED FOR AS8AULT Kitchener. â€"The aftermath of a fight on the Weber and Victoria streets corner a week ago war heard in police court here when Magistrate Blake fined Leon Art $1 and costs and bound him over to keep the peace after he had been convicted of asmault on RudoliBh Gulick. According> to Mr. George Moogk and Dr. Fred G. Hughes, the church was well attended on Sunday, and is still in good condition. It was built in 1745, and in almost two centuries of life has been the scene of many interesting events. 2 The two men also toured the centuriesâ€"old adjoining cemeâ€" tery, wherein are buried many chiefs of the Mohawk tribe, as well as several famous Indian personalities, and a memorial to Pauline Johnson. BUILT IN 1745 r the children t wards is beâ€" ‘aterloo Young unced by secâ€" _ ‘Willlam Gemmel!, RR. No. 2, Ayr F:hudlnhuthehumwy.u- der 18 years, while Alex Harrison, MR. No 7, Gait, and Foster Snider, 'Kuchour were sixth and seventh respectively in the class which was open to those who had never won in a @rstâ€"class, or first or second in this class at the International match ‘Three Waterloo County competé tors in the International matches of the Ontario Plowmen‘s Association being held at Cornwall jast week were successful in placing among the prize winners in the second day‘s contests . The meet opened Tuesday and closed Friday afternoon. Foster Snider and William Gemâ€" mel together with Perry Wby of Bresâ€" lau comprise the Waterloo County plowing team which competed on Friâ€" day in the Intercounty plowing comâ€" petition. Perty Eby of Bresiau was seventh in Class 11 which was open to those who had not plowed at an interna tional match prior to 1986, while Wil liam Gemmell of Ayr was ninth in class 10, an under 18 years section of the competion. ‘Hon. Duncan Marshall, Ontario minister of agriculture, was on hand and attended the closing banquet Friâ€" day night. E. I. McLoughry, agricul tural representative for Waterloo county, accompanied the iWaterloo county team to the fourâ€"day competiâ€" Waterloo Tp. _ â€" _ Approves Grants tion Council Passes Accounts 'l‘éul- ling $1,211.51 for Reli ‘ for September. ‘The Municipal ‘Telephone comâ€" pany of Waterloo township was auâ€" thorized, at the tenth session of the Waterloo township council held at Centreville, Saturday to purchase equipment from the ‘Beli Telephone company valued at $150. _ _ Routine business was discussed and accounts amounting to $4,453.03 were passed. Relief accounts totalled $1,211.51 ‘while general accounts amounted to $3,241.52. $50 Grant â€" A â€" delegation â€" representing | the Plowmen‘s Association appeared beâ€" fore the council soliciting patronage s A match which is to be e io o. ce is 4e councif Reeve S. Kinsie and Deputy Reeve L. B. Weber were appointed a comâ€" mittee to attend the township public liability and property damage insuarâ€" ance policy, This committee was given power to reâ€"insure. held in the near future . Te council voted a grant of $50 to the associaâ€" tion. A motion was passed guaranteeâ€" ing the payment of hydro arrears on the (Henry +«Lindsay property near Sunnyeide and a grant of $50 was made to the WaterlOo Chronicle for their 80th anniversary editton. Present at the meeting were: ‘Reeve S. Kinsie, Deputyâ€"Reeve L. B. Weber, Councillors J. W. Abra, J. Steckle and C. Ellis, Treasurer A. Shirk, Clerk P. A. Snider, Road Supâ€" erintendent D. E. Shants and Relief Officer M. Latch. Win At Cornwall Largest School Empties Quickly Waterloo â€" Public schools were cleared quickly of students last week when Fire Chief Geo. Karges conâ€" ducted his annual safety drill in conâ€" nection with fire prevention week. ‘St. Louis RJC. School, with 428 stuâ€" dents, cleared in 31 seconds, far ahead of the other schools. Other times were: Alexandra, 360 pupiis, 40 secondes; Central, 290 students, 39 seconds; Elizabeth Ziegler, 367 stuâ€" dents, 41 seconds. International Plowing Match Side Glances Cornwall, Oct. 9.â€"One big eixâ€"footâ€" er was lowing in the doubleâ€"furrow clase. He was taking a lot of goodâ€" natured chaffing about the plow he was using. Some of his fellow plowâ€" men had dubbed it the "Râ€"100". It was an unorthodox plow in many reâ€" spects, and was considerably longer than the other plows in use in the class. But there was genuine admiâ€" ration in the voice of a fellowâ€"comâ€" petftor who told the reporter: "We call it the Râ€"100 because it is a great plow. He made it himself from the parts of three or four other plows and a few parts he designed himself. He‘ll make us all sweat today." and Foster Snider Pliace And he did! ‘The man with the Râ€"100 wae well up to the top of the list when the day‘s results came out, and the fellowâ€"competitor who spoke so highly of his homeâ€"assembled plow was out of the money entirely, Yet he was every bit as proud of the achievement of the Râ€"100‘a owner. Tractor Comes 466 Miles One of the tractors at the match, of the trubberâ€"tired type, was brought from Sarnia to Cornwall under its own power. completing the 466â€"mile trip at noon yeaterday. The machine travelled over the highway at 30 to 35 milea per hour Interesting Exhibit An â€" exhibit featured a â€" tractor mounted on four empty pint bottles. The hottles, of the ordinary "pop" variety, supported the heavy tracâ€" tor a foot above the ground. The maâ€" chine wae in operation, coupled to a cornâ€"cutter, and the vibratiop failed to ahake it free from Iuoglender foundations. Ontario Government Approves GrandRiverConservationPlans Buckets Conquer Threatening Fire Guelph. â€" A south wind drove sparks and billowing clouds of black smoke out across the countryside and away from the barns and buildâ€" ings of l A. Hales, Gul&obutch‘r, saving him at least $12, in liveâ€" stock, crops and equipment, he estiâ€" and sheet metal tallow rendcfin’ plant on Hales farm a mile east 0 the cit? on the Hamilton hizhn{, razed it to the ground last week, in spite of efforts of Guelph firemen who rushed to the scene with a pumper and chemical e?uipmont. and, and neighbors who formed a bucket line. _ _ _ Several barrels of tallow, a steam boiler, and a large quantity of fireâ€" wood stored in the building were destroyed. Orillia Police ‘_Arrest Fugitive Edward Oakley, Who Escaped Kitchener Jail 16 Months Ago, Is Caught. Kitchener. â€" Edward Onkle{,‘ wanted here for breaking jail in July, 1935, and who was arrested at Orillia Saturday, was the first man: to escape from the Waterloo county institution, according to available records. § _ He had been sentenced to two years less one day definite and one \yw indeterminate on a charge of stealing a car at Galt belonging to stealing a car at Galt belonging to Allan Thackeray, and was awaiting transfer to the Ontario Reform.toliy at Guelph when he disappeared. It was his fourth offence, according to pol_it_:e r.gord.' a% in wl ce c a k: for a pail of water. From that time until his arrest, police repeatedly reâ€" _ The 23â€"yearâ€"old youth effected his escape by scaling a high wall by means of a wooden door when sent trace him. . nliet Gesston Held Convention ahzlebastopol Church, Monday.â€"Kitchener Man New President. _ Tavistock.â€"Stanley Dusky of St. Peter‘s Lutheran Church, Kitchener, was named president of the Kitchâ€" ener district Luther Leaguers in anâ€" nual seesion on Monday at Trinity Lutheran church at Sebastopol, near here. Mr. Dusky succeeds Paul Eydt also of Kitchener. Other officers elected were: viceâ€"president, Garfield Rayâ€" mond, St. John‘s Waterloo; secreâ€" tary, Marie Dukoba, St. Peter‘s Kitchâ€" erer; treasurer, Florence Zimmerâ€" man, St. J(;?;\'s. Waterloo; executive Rev. L. H. Kalbfleisch, Elmira; Ralph ‘Buschert, St. Matthew‘s, Kitcherfer. Among those who spoke and preâ€" sented reports were Rev. 0. T. Stockâ€" man, pastor of the church, Rev. A. W. Lotz . of â€"Ottawa, Rev. John Schmieder of Kitchener, Rev. Henry Leinweber of South Easthope and reâ€" tiring president, Paul Eydt. Fire which broke out in the wood Tavistock Man Wins at U.S. Poultry Show Gordon L. Ratz Scores Outstanding Success at American Exhibition. Tavistock.â€"â€"Word has been reâ€" ceiced here that Gordon L. Ratz, 10â€" cal poultry fancier and breeder had scored an outstanding success at the American Cattle and Poultry Conâ€" gress Exhibition at Waterloo, lowa. Mr. Ratz had forty entries in the competitions for Anconas and in the eingle comb classes he was awarded: ‘mcks, 1â€"234â€"5; hens, 1 and 2; pulâ€" dets, 1 and 2; cockerels, 1â€"2â€"3â€"4â€"5â€"6â€" 7â€"$4â€"10. He was awarded first prize for the old trio, also first for the young trio. He was also awarded a silver cup for the best display of single comb Anconas, silver cup for the best cock, hen, cockerel and pulâ€" let, and a silver cup for the champion Ancona of the show. In the Rose Comb classes he was awarded for cocks, 1â€"2â€"3; hens, 1; cockerels, 1â€"23; pullets, 1â€"2. He also won first prize for the ‘best display of the show and | first prize for the best young trio. "The Waterloo" is New Theatre‘s Name Waterloo‘s new theatre, now unâ€" der construction, will be known as "The Waterloo", and will open to the public with its first program shortly after the new year, accordâ€" ing to a statement made to the Chronicle by Manager Jack Allan of the Lyric Theatre at Kitchener yeste The old Mutual Fire block formâ€" erly on the new lll::hro site has been completely razed, and the contractors will commence excavatâ€" ing this week. The site has been boarded in on the front for safety to the public. _ The Waterloo Mutual Fire Inâ€" surance Company‘s large modern garage, which pro}oeh: onto the property sold to the theatre inâ€" terests, has also been torm down, and will probably be rebyfft closer Cabinet Members and Municipal Representatives Discuss Grand Valley Toronto. â€" The Ontario governâ€" ment today promised its aid in the &hn to conserve the waters of the rand river. The government, with Acting Premier Hon. lh}'rylflixn: as its spokesman, stated that it would coâ€"operate with the municiâ€" M one n e se one Anete palities concerned and .I’l‘llfid to appoint a committee to go into the actual plans for the dams at the headwaters of the river, and to apâ€" portion the costs to the varoius municipalities. Agrees to Committoo. Although Hon. Harry Nixon, actâ€" ing premier, refused in Premier Hepburn‘s absence to commit the government to definite action, he agreed to the appointment of a comâ€" mittee to discuss with municipalities and with the federal government the apportionment of the cost of the $700,000 Waldemar dam, first link in the project. The committee which will study the cost and aproach the federal government to contribute a share will be composed of a representative of the Ontario government (probâ€" ably Hon.: Norman Hipel, speaker of the legislature), a representative engineer from the conservation comâ€" mission, Mayor J. A. Smith of Kitchener, Reeve Adam Amnrofi of Fergus, Warden Donald Gear Dufferin county, and Mayor M. M. McBride of Brantford. It was indicated the federal government will contribute 50 per cent. of the cost of the initial stage of the project which would eventu‘.ll{' cost about $300,000, the provincial government . and â€" the municipalities _ concerned _ would divide the remainder of the cost. Disease and floods are becoming an increasing menace to the m palities of the Grand River valley, M. M. McBride, legislative member and mayor of Brantford, told memâ€" bers of the cabinet. es ".'l-"h;-deâ€"fob'fic;;ééinpoud of memâ€" bers of the commission and repreâ€" sentatives of Galt, Kitchener, Brantâ€" received by Hon. Harry Nixon, proâ€" vincial secretary, in the absence of Premier Hepburn. With Mr. Nixon were Hon. Peter Heenan, Hon. Paul Leduc, Hon. David Croll, and a number of senior officials of the civil service. Pleads For Action. lllvhfl::.the government to take some defi action: to correst a serious situation, Mr. McBride deâ€" clared that unless something was done within the next two or three years, "we face the danger of floods and the menace of disease." _ _ In the spring the Grand river usually was in dangerous flood and for the rest of the year, he said, "it becomes just a trickling stream, a "crick" into which the sewage of several municpalities is dumped. "At some seasons the water is so distasteful that even the cattle won‘t drink it. w _ "Sooner or later an epidemic will endanger the lives of our people," Mr. McBride said. Wls t NCs He explained that the National Employment Commission had recog: nized the plan as "a necessary pul lie work" and had ruled that sufâ€" ficient labor would be employed in the project to warrant its inclusion in a "relief works program". |_ _ William Phillips, chairman of the conservation commission, declared the danger of an epidemic arising from the scanty flow of water was excessive. The river was the mainâ€" stay as far as a surply of water was concerned, he explained. _ oz The situation was serious, he said, for Kitchener has a new well, which has been found to drain the netlgh- boring countryside, while other centres were experiencing similar consequences. _ "We‘ll go to our water taps one day and find nothing there, and then it will be too late," he explained. The proposed Waldemar dam logicâ€" ally would be the first link in the project. "How would you 'froportion the costs?" asked Hon. Harry Nixon. It was explained the federal government was sympathetic and the commissioners would like the Ontario officials to look on the proâ€" ject as a necessary undertaking. When study of the proposition had revealed its importance, the apporâ€" tionment of costs could be discussed, the commissioners held. _ _ TO APPORTION COS8ST "But don‘t we decide on the necessity of an undertaking by the cost?" queried Hon. David CroÂ¥l, Both Mr. Nixon and Mr. Croll pressed the delegates for some estiâ€" mate as to what the municipalities affected were willing to contribute and to what extent the federal government would aid) No Likelihood Milk Price Rise Local â€" Farmers _ Have _ Not Presented Request to Association. Kitchener.â€"There is no immediâ€" ate posaibility of an increase in milk prices in Kitdhener and Waterloo and district, according to an,officer of the Twin «City Milk Producera‘ Associaâ€" tion. L While Stratford prnd!loflrg'nnd disâ€" tributors met recently to consider and advance in their diatrict, the loca} officer atatea that the Stratford diatrict‘ producers are getting one cent less per quart than local farâ€" mers. Unjeas local farmers make a strong request for consideration of an adâ€" vance here, no action will be taken by the Twin City body Price 5 Cents