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ST. JACOBS.â€"There was a drop in milk and cheese in St. Jacobs on Saturday morning, when Jon Bowâ€" anan of (Elmira, hit the Riverside Dairy delivery wagon, standing at the top af the St. Jacobs hiHl, sendâ€" ing the horse to his knees, and slidâ€" ing to the ‘bottom of the grade, the waight of the load preventing him trom rising to his four feet. The drop in cheese occurred up the highâ€" way when Freeman Gingrich upset his cheese delivery truck into the ditch, smashing a window. Mr. Gingâ€" rich escaped with a bump on his head.. The milk delivery horse esâ€" caped with a few \bruises and the cargo suffered a dozen or two of troken myilk bottles. ST. JACOBS.â€"Mr. Herbert E. Schmidt was reâ€"elected president of the â€" Independent _ Rural â€" Hockey Leagu at their annual meeting at St. Clements on Thursday evening. The voting delegates from St. Jacobs were: Messrs. Clare McLeod and Linâ€" coln Good. Others from ‘St. Jacobs present were: iRoy Schwindt, Eldon Miler, Harold ‘Cresse, Harry Henrich, Harold Hoelscher and Earl Steiner. Cheese and Milk A scrapâ€"iron â€" collector‘s loaded truck was noticed standing on three wheels and a jack on the cutâ€"off at Wagner‘s corner on Saturday mornâ€" ng, ndicating an accident of some Mr. Isaac Hurst ‘bought a piece of land immediately south of I. G. Schmidt‘s tile yard and digging out the foundation for a dwelling which he expects to erect this fall. kind. ‘The Evangelical Sunday School has chosen Sunday evening, Decemâ€" ber 20th as the date to present their Christ festival program now under preparation. Injured in Fall. § ‘Miss Edna Habermehl will be conâ€" fined to her home for some time nursing an injury received to one of her legs in a fall on her way to work on Thursday. Baptismal Service. PAGE FOUR H. E. Schmidt Heads Rural Hockey Loop A baptiomal service was held in the Mennonite Church on Sunday morning when nine candidates were baptized and received into church membership. GOLOSHES . . Children‘s .......... Men‘s, 1 Buckle .. ... Boys‘, 1 Buckle ... .. Youths‘, 1 Buckle ... Women‘s ...... That Will Keep You Warn and Dry In Any Weather Heavy Drop Here ED. HOUSE Shoe Store 64 King St. S. â€" Phone 941 WATERLOO See our window display of the latest in Winter Footwear for Men, Women and Children. We Call For Expert Shoe Repairing ST. JACOBS $1.35 $1.25 $1.20 $1.95 $1.75 $1.45 NEW GAS EQUIPMENT * MAY REDUCE CoOST Data improved type of equipment for the manufacture of artificial gas for domestci consumption is ‘being Obtained ‘by both Waterloo and Kitchâ€" ener Public Utilities Commissions. Telegrapher Thru After 6MA Years "The H.E.P.C. is very definitely got reneging on the contracts," said Chairman Wm. Henderson. A letter was also read from the Commssion announcing a change in the billing of water heater costs. Manager Manager Gtorge Grosz told the commissioners that the change in billing system was in accordance with requests from Waterloo and other centres, asking that water heaters be billed separately and not be included in the power bill, so that the local commission would know exactly what the heaters were costâ€" ing and whether the heaters were being installed and operated at a profit. _ Doug Brown Resigus Recreation Council KITCHENBR. â€" ‘Douglas _ Brown Friday resigned as director of the Community ‘Recreation Council at a meeting of the executive members. He‘was apointed in July, and since then more than 150 young unemâ€" ployed men have joined the council. ‘The council was organized to work with the youth of Kitchener, who found time heavily on their hands. Hobby classes, cultural _ groups, hockey, ‘baseball, basketball and track teams were organized and leagues formed. A number of the young men are attending night school and approximately oneâ€"third has found employment, either by their own efforts or through those of the council. ST. JACOBS.â€"Mr. W. H. ‘Winkler baving served as telegrapher of the village for 64 years, has resigned and the office will ‘be moved to the C.N:R. station where in future Staâ€" tion Master Jack Buchanan .will atâ€" tend to the needs of the St. Jacobs Public in this service. Censure of the executive of the Ontario Municipal Electric Associaâ€" tion for a circular letter which stated that the Ontario Hydro Elecâ€" tric Power Commission had canâ€" celled contracts with municipal comâ€" missions for water heaters, was voiced by members of the Waterloo Public Utilities Commission in sesâ€" sion Friday. _ _ o Director of Group Found Work for Jobless Youths. Not Reneging on Hydro Contracts P.U.C. Believes O.M.E.A. Should Not Criticizse Ontario Commission. Power revenue from _ water heaters amounts to over $6,000 annualy. C. R. Gies maintained that the O.M.E.A. letter was a misâ€" understanding and moved that no action be taken on it, but that the H.E.P.C. be written to more clearly define their statements. A demonstration was provided in Kitchener on ‘Thursday by manufacâ€" turers of the new equipment, which, it is claimed, will reduce the cost and hence the selling price of artifiâ€" cial gas. On the executive are members of the four service clubs, of the Y.M.C.A. and ‘Chief of Police Wilâ€" lam (Hodgson. FALL KILLS MINER PORT ARTHUR.â€"David Johnson, 31, miner at the Northern Empire near Beardmore, 125 miles east of here, was killed by falling rock at the mine Saturday. He is survived by his widow and fourâ€"monthsâ€"old daughter. MENTOR, The Man in the Turban F. W. Stull, H. 1 9.45 a.m. CKCR 6.1§5 p.m. F. R. Freudeman THE WATERLOO CHRONICLE Commenting on the financial statement for the first ten months, Mr. Henderson pointed out that the commission‘s products are sold to the consumers at the lowest posâ€" Isible price, the increased consumpâ€" |tion lowering the overhead, enâ€" abling the Commission to show a surplus. By 1939, the chairman 'said, he expected to have Waterloo‘s !rates the lowest in the Province. Report For October Water pumped in October, 15,590,â€" 000 gls.. an increase over ‘September ot 440,000 gas. Average daily pumpâ€" ing in October, 502,903 gls. Maximum pumped in one day was on Oct. 5th, 560,000 gls. Minimum pumped on Oct. 14th, 320,000 gis. Pumps were operated 207.17 hours. Current conâ€" sumed for pumpng 33,300 k.w.h. There .was a fire alarm on Oct. 28th, at 1.01 p.m. from box 25. Kennedy, W. G. Taylor, Jack Wilâ€" son, Mayor Harry Mahoney. Counâ€" cil (11 to be elected) : Gordon Rife, ‘A. J. Brydges, C. W. Dempsey, Mrs. Burcombe, F. A. Graesser, A. J. Frank, T. Green, R. Kenyon, M. C. MacGowan, A. C. McLaughlin, A. Paterson, W. P. Poole, James IRobertson, C. Robinson, Dr. M. J. Rudell, W. P. Smith, R. W. Stratton, F. W. Stull, H. Woods, Ben Drew, P.U. C. Agaim reduction of hydro rates of the Public Utilities Commission which goes inte effect today. This was deâ€" cided by the Commission at its meeting on Friday afternoon when the new schedule of rates as enâ€" dorsed by the Hydro Electric Power Commission of Ontario was unaniâ€" mously adopted. _ _ 80 A saving of over tlo,ooo,zwly to consumers will be effected by the All members of the Commission‘ were present, including Chairman Wm. Henderson, Sr., C. R. Gies, W. P. Kress, Sam Schaab, Mayor Ratz and Manager George Grosz. Excellent Position. . ' Chairman Wm. Henderson, Sr., as he later stated at the nomination meetin{, pointed out that the revâ€"‘ enue from the three departments = exceeded $150,000 annually, with the Electric department being the E largest. "The Commission is in the 5 hlgpy position of not having sold a & debenture for 11 years, and by 1942 & will have all debentures paid off. The ; Commission could today pay off its & remaining debentures from its surâ€" & plus, but prefers to reduce the rates & instead, passing the savings on to = the consumers." = Mr. Henderson estimated that the rate reduction would save conâ€" sumers $12,000 annually. He anticiâ€" pated a further reduction within six months. "The Waterloo P.U.C. has one of the best standings of commissions in the Province," Mr. Henderson said. Reddction Means Annual Savâ€" ing of $10,000 to Waterloo Peak load for the month of iOct. was on the 20th of October at 5.44 p.m., 2946.4 h.p., at 91659 Power Factor, compared with September of 3054.9 h.p., a decrease of 108.5 h.p. Cost of power for October, $6629.40. The new reduced rates for Domesâ€" tic, Commercial and Power, which will go into effect on the December billing, payable in January, will be The results of qualifications of candidates for next Monday‘s elecâ€" tions were as folows: â€" Dr. W. . McKay, R. F. Skelly, S. KITOHENERâ€"Mrs. Hilda Bach, Lunenfeld, Dr. E. E. Foster, D. Kitchener, pleaded guilty Monday Fletcher, G. Himes, Dr. J. N. Macâ€" before Justice of the Peace Leyes to Rae, Rev. H. B. Storey, J. Campbell, reckless driving and failing to return J. H. Brewer, and W. Anderson. to the scene of an accident. She paid School Board: C. K. Jansen, Lang $25 and costs for the latter offence Gourlay, H. Groves, and N. Mcâ€" and $10 and costs for the former. Leod (accl.). Yirs. (Bach ran over the sidewalk on GUELPH â€" Mayor: Ald. D. E. King street, opposite the city hall, Kennedy, W. G. Taylor, Jack Wilâ€" knocking over a parking sign which son, Mayor Harry Mahoney. Counâ€" injured James George when it fell cil (11 to be elected) : Gordon Rife, on his leg. Gas purchased for the month of October 2, 121,500 cu. ft., campared with the month of September of 2, 311,100 cu. ft., a decrease of 189,600 cu. ft. GALTâ€"Mayor: Mayor R. K. Serâ€" viss (accl.). Council (five to be elected) : 0. Cromwell; W. A. Smith, a saving to the consumers of over $10,000 a year. Galt, Guelph Elections Edward Harrington, 35, Ennismore township, alleged driver of the autoâ€" mobile, said he was driving into the city to a church social and as he passed an automobile driven by Clarâ€" ence Davis of Bridgenorth, he felt the car strike something. PETERBORO.â€"Billie McKane, 10â€" yearâ€"old ‘Peterboro lad, was killed inâ€" stantly and his playâ€"mate, Francis Burke, 12, died in Hospital of inâ€" juries Friday after they were struck by an automobile on highway numâ€" ber seven at the northwest limits of the city. LAD KILLED WHEN TORONTO.â€"Patricia Volo, owned by Earl E. Foster of Galt, was one of three horses stabbed by a needle fiend at the Royal Winter Fair here on Wednesday. Two of the horses suffered serious after effects | L WLN | | CITY | | LAUNDRY | FINE KITCHENER WOMAN Phone GALT HORSE STABBED Her Ciothes Takes only a few minutes of each londa{ morning. No clothes to With laundry out of the way and her housework done, the afterâ€" noon is open for socials. J. Enter' tains at Home KIT. 2372 â€"fresh and clean again. Her bundle is called for by a courteous driver who â€" takes her every laundry her clothes were sent to the launâ€" dry they‘re back "4, All Put AwayClean care. PUT YOURSELEF IN HER POSITION Laundry & Gathers »"Calls up or STRUCK BY CAR after or Continuing, Winkler said Thoms approached him a few days later, and said that unless iHahn had about $1,000 his wages would be garnished. (Continued from Page 1) pair. He said he gave her the money, going into the postoffice to get it. Next evening Hahn and another man appeared, he said, and accused him of having molested the girls, and demanded $50 as hush money. One $50 Led to Another "My wife, who has since died, was ill at the time," testified ‘Winkler, "and I didn‘t ‘want to make a fuss. So 4 gave him the $50 he demanded." "I didn‘t have the money then, but I did give him $60," stated Winkler. "Still later, Thoms came round for $500 and he told me to ‘look out‘ if he didn‘t get it. This time I paid in bills." On Tuesday, he testified, Thoms came to him and told him he had seen him hand over the money to Hahn. "He said he had been looking through the window and said Hahn wouldn‘t split with him, and he deâ€" manded $50," continued the postâ€" master. "So I gave him $50." Next a letter came, unsigned, datâ€" ed June 26, signed "Your Friend, Mr. X." demanding $750 be placed in an envelpoe and dropped at the "second tree on the library lawn, by Saturâ€" day night when you close up." Found Guilty Drops $750 On Lawn