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Warning has been given the growers from time to time that the Company would cease operations unless it secured contracts assuring it q control of the crop. This warning"‘”""’"""-"-""'"-‘_"" had not been heeded, and many of the directors and members of the exeeu- WEST END tive were in, favor ot immediately . f P. ceasing operations. au,ar," “has Thei00mpany has had excellent re- WATER, S suits in pressing' its claims against -" those who defaulted last year, col- lecting 10 per cent. of the sales made "r'-'----'-"--"" outside the (,t,1,ytgt,/1tiec1f111,1lti. 28 Out of 36 Own, ers totalled about 3 of e mem- . bers ot the Company. Many of those .North Grinisby Cot: who were first listed as defaulters mg and Shooting P have roven to the satisfaction ot the _ - - -.- Compgny that all their yield went By law “Contract through the Company, a shortage in works LLXtenSlon their crop oausing their returns to a?-l Elmira Firm. pear that they had sold some of their crop outside. __,.----.------------ In 1922 there was considerable ap-| North Grimsby reside prehension among the members of theI the town have at least t Company that the account of the', talked about step of sec National Fruit and Wine Company ofl' works system for that Toronto, totalling some $60,000, would: the meeting of the tow1 not be met. This concern went into', on Saturday last a petit liquidation but it has now been placed' 28 of the 36 owners betv on a paying basis and returns to the limits and A. F'. Hawk, grape Company are being made regu-I sented and backed up 1 larly. The directors of the grape' the signers. There was Company are confident that the full tion to the scheme how, amount of the bill will be paid. I sufficient to block it. According to Secretary w. C. Thompson. many of the members of the Company have dropped out since March lst. including members who defaulted last year and sold their grapes outside the Company, and other members who feel they can secure a higher price for their grapes by selling direct. The defaulters, in most cases, secured a slightly high- er price for their yield than was Secured by the Company, and this fact has caused dissatisfaction in the ranks and a decision on the part of others to get the larger price, forgetting, according to the secretary. that without the Company in existence, the price will be shattered. Company must have a clear majority of the grape yield of the district in order to carry on successfully. .-At present the Company has only 65 per cent. of the acreage of the District under contract and this is deemed by the Directors as, insufficient to stabilize the market. Another 20 per cent. must be forthcoming within the next two weeks or the growers will be, left to shift for them- selves, selling their grapes as best they can. The Niagara District Grape Growers, Ltd., the sell- ing organization of the Gfape Growers will cease to CN- i.st after Saturday, April 19th, unless the growers of the district contract their yield to the Company. This de- cision has been reached by the Directors of the Company, who, with the members of the executive of the Niagara District Grape Growers' Association, decided that the Grape Growers Selling Organization May May Come to End April 19--Directors Come to This Decision-l-any Must Have Clear Majority of Grape Yield-----) Sixty-five of Acreage Under Contract-lost Have Another Twenty Per Cent.---iefaulters Have Paid Up. Contracts with sales organizations are waiting the decision of the direc- tors at their meeting on Saturday, April 19th. If at that time the Direc- tors decide to cease operations no contracitwil be made. Following the decision of the directors, if it be to cease operations, the members of the Company can re-organize a new direc- torate and endeavor to carry on. Neighboring Municipalities Will be Charged $1tran Hour for Use of Fire Truck-Will Buy New Hose . FIX PRICES FOR . OUTSIDE CALLS THIRTY-NINTH YEAR At a meeting of the joint fire com- mittee of Grimsby. and North Grimsby held last week Deputy Reeve Stewart, of North Grimsby was elected chair- man and Ald. Burgoyne secretary of the nmnmittee for the year'. Fire chief Talbot asked that some new nozzles and five hundred feet ot new hose be purchased. Prices on short rubber nozzles and for 200 feet of hose will be asked for. New pulleys and ropes for the hosei drying tower were ordered. i, A resolution fixing the charges for! fire calls answered outside of! Grimsby and North Grimsby was; passed and these were fixed at} $10.00 an hour tor the truck and; $1.00 per hour for each man in at-; tendance at the fire. These charges! to be effective from the time the truck) leaves the hall until it returns. Thei truck is not to be taken to any tire'! outside the two municipalities unless) on the order of -Mayor Livingston,) Reeve Hewson, or Ald. Burgoyne. E A building is to be secured' at Grimsby East and the hook and lad- der wagon and one hand drawn hose reel with five hundred feet of hose are to be placed there. A nethattery tor the fire truck was ordered purchased, as the old one is worn out. NI Ml)l'T'8My'f'b",",.lll0 BUSINESS WE DO GOOD PRINTING 'lnlhilllf? INDEPENDENT . _ 0.6)-1)-<)-n-<)-4)‘11-0-0-u-(v-0-0-o-o-u-0-0-1p-0-0-0-0-u-0- N’-("0-0-0.'0-"-“.9~ _ 0“ I 1" v' 28 Out of 36 Owners Petition North Grimsby Council-Hunt- ing and Shooting Prohibited by J3y-1aiv---Contract for Water- works Extension Awarded to Elmira Firm. WEST END RESIDENTS WANT WATER SYSTEM CONSTRUCTED North Grimsby residents west of the town have at least taken the long talked about step of securing a water works system tor that section. At the meeting of the township council on Saturday last a petition signed by 28 of the 36 owners between the town limits and A. F. Hawke's was pre- sented and backed up by several of the signers. There was some opposi- tion to the scheme however, but not sufficient to block it. The petitioners ask that a six inch main be laid. The estimated cost of this work a year ago was $38,471, but construction costs have dropped con- siderably since then and it is pos- sible that the job can be done for about $30,000., There are several very fine springs on the brow of the mountain at Stewart Walker's and it is possible that they may be utilized and a gravity system installed, and not have the system supplied by the town water system as is the case with the Grimsby East system. This system will he constructed on the local improvement plan, in the same manner as the eastern sys- tem was built. . FIRST BALL GAME AT HOME, MAY 3rd The first baseball game of the sea- son will be held on May third when Grimsby opens the season at home with its old time rivals Beamsville. The Beamsville team. led by "Pud" Reid, are a whole lot stronger aggre- gation than a lot of ball critics give it credit for being and it will make Wheeler's heavy clouters step to town to pull out a victory. It was definitely settled last week that Grimsby and Beamsville would not amalgamate and as a conse- quence each club has entered a team in the Niagara District group of the intermediate o. B. A. The exact teams that compose this group are not known definitely as yet, as there is liable to be some changes made be- fore opening day. At the last week meeting Edw. Todd was elected president of the local club in the stead of H. H. Farrell, who declined the honor conferred upon him a week previous. Manager Wheeler has a host ot classy material to mold a strong team out of and confidently believes that Grimsby'will have the team that will cop the group championship. CARD OT? THANKS Mrs. Robert Swackhammer wishes to thank the many friends and citizens for their kindness and assistance. dur- ing the illness of her, husband and at her bereavement. tcontinued on Page Three) 0:6)-0-()-0-l)-U-O-()-()-(1-0-0-0-K1-0-0-0m0-u-0-0-0”"..0C-0..0-‘ THE MAGIC CREATURES WHO BRING GIFTS TO THE CHILDREN ON EASTER. o:..-.-...|-u-‘ CHICKENS AND V CATS DO DAMAGE Dogs Are Not the Only Pest That Residents Have to Contend With -Flower Beds Torn to Pieces by Roaming Felines Dogs are not the only nuisance that are allowed to run at large in Grimsby, judging from the complaints that The Independent has received during the past week from residents and flower lovers in all parts of the town. The dogs, so far as the householder on the residental streets is concern- ed, are the least troublesome of the lot, it is the cats and chickens that are doing the most damage. One resident on Robinson street states that he had only nicely got his two large beds of tulip bulbs planted Jvherralong came the neighborhood chicken troop and tore them all up, being ably backed in the work of de- struction by all the cats in that sec- tion ot the town. Complaints of a like nature have been received from other sections and some of the residents are pretty well "fed up" on it and have about reach- ed the point where the law is going to be invoked in order to protect their property. As one man very indignantly stated, "What is the use of trying to beautify our lawns and yards and make our homes a bower of beauty for visitors to gaze upon if our work is to be de- stroyed and our money thrawl away because some other resident refuses to keep his chickens at home and his cat in the kitchen." There is a law against any person allowing his chickens or animals of any kind to run at large and do dam- age to other peoples' property and it is about time that an example was made of some of these careless own- ers. One court case and a stiff fine would settle all this trouble in all parts of the town for years to come. NURSERY STOCK SEASON IS HERE The movement ot nursery stock in this district commenced last week, when E. D. Smith & Sons, Limited, Helderleigh, made their first deliveries for the 1924 season and when the planting of several new orchards w a s undertaken. A t the firm's nursery department it was learned that present orders, par- ticularly those for shipment. outside the peninsula, were tar in excess of any previous year, and that they in- cluded all varieties ot young trees, such as peach, plum, apple, cherry and pear. It may be ot interest to the residents to know that nursery stock grown in Winona is shipped to all parts of the Dominion from -Hali- tax, N. S., to Vancouver, B.C., and that one consignment this year will be sent to England. r-1 - - - - »-u‘0.n GRIMSBY, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1924 ',:.,-,. CLEAN-UP TIME WANDERER AWAY;100-M1LR TOUR OVER ROADS FRclll1ll)?ME 'i, OF COUNW MADEBY COUNCIL stable Konkle After a 24-hour 5 ' Search-Suffering From Ner.. .F_ vous Breakdown. ':, Miss Kate McInerey who wandered away from her home at Burlington Beach on Friday morning last was located on Saturday night by County Constable Konkle at the home of Peter Graham, Cline's sideroad, west of Grimsby. Constable Konkle and several as- sistants had spent thmbeist part of Friday night and all day Saturday looking for the woman, but she al- ways seemed to be about "three jumps ahead" of them. She was first seen in Grimsby about tive- thirty on Friday night by Engineer Dipper, at the water works pump house, having walked along the shore of the lake all the way from Burlington. She spent Friday night in a vacant house on Fairview Road and was seen again at the Paton street bridge over the C. N. R. tracks about twelve o'clock on Saturday. Diligent searching failed to locate her until about nine o'clock on 'Sa01r- day night when Konkle was notified that she was at the home of Graham. She was taken back to Hamilton and is now in the hospital suffering from fatigue and a nervous breakdown. There should be no necessity in a modern community tor legal enact- ments, which' require the citizens to effect an annual spring clean-up of backyards, lanes and vacant spaces. Every habitation of man should be 'made to harmonize with nature which at this season puts on her best and newest garb, and mere self preserva- tion should be sufficient incentive to do so. It is to the direct interest of every citizen to eliminate every dang- er to public health in the form of filth and disorder. A few clean and orderly homes in a select residential district can never safeguard the entire community. A single filthy home, dirty backyard or a stagnant pool may easily become the source of an epidemic of fatal dis- eases that will sweep' I/tity.. A trash pile may start a t)fe'i0'rh)j),1pTnaflratfiaosnn. Every thrifty housewife knows the need and the joy of household clean- liness. She has a general house- cleaning twice a year, when she changes her furnishings, but she keeps her home immaculate all the time, No semi-annual or annual bath for her home. Every individual should be as proud of his town and his habitation and its environments as the most immaculate housekeeper is proud of her home. C. Camps, Winona Dec. 31, H. L. Gibson, Grimsby Dec. 31, F. P. Macklem, Grimsby Nov. 1, J. Gowland, Grimsby March 25, J. D. Book, Grimsby East Dec. 31, T. Walker, Grimsby, April 1, Robert Douglas, Grimsby Dec. 1, Mrs. J. Hunter, Grimsby East Nov. 1, " HI) UF' LIST WILL ADVERTISE FOR POLIGEMAN "--o-o-"""-'"- .0.( l-().( *“().(‘.().(l.( )-()-(1-0-0-0-0-0“)-()-0.(‘-U-0-0-0-(.v. . v , ‘”()-(‘-<)-()-0-0-0-()-0-’(I-U-U-U-()-(I-U-(i-(i-0-(l-l -n-(o.o. 1924 1924 1924 1925 1924 1925 1924 1924 FIGHTING, FIRE FOR 60 YEARS Grimsby Hook and Ladder Wagon Was Here in 1865-1s to be Moved to Grimsby East For Duty ._ One of Grimsby's mute, but most faithful servants for over half a cen- tury, is to be moved to a new home at Grimsby East. Such was the decision arrived at by the joint fire commit- tee of Grimsby and North Grimsby at its meeting last week when it was decided to move the Grimsby hook and ladder wagon to Grimsby East for further duty in that section. The wagon will be accompanied by one of the hand drawn hose reels with five hundred feet of hose. The two vehi- (-les will be housed in a building yet to be selected. The first record that can be found of the hook and ladder wagon being on duty in Grimsby is gleaned from an old minute book of the Grimsby Hook and Ladder Company. This company held a meeting in Randall's hotel on evening of December 19th, 1865, when the following officers were elected: Captain, A. J. McKay; lst Lieut, J. H. Grout: 2nd Lieut. W. A. Cole; En- ineer, W. N. Gurney; Secretary, N. E. Nelles. How longthe wagon had been in Grimsby before this meeting of near- ly sixty years ago, will probably never be known, as no previous min- ute book of a tire company in Grims- by can be found. Where the wagon was housed in 1865 is not known. but at a meeting of the company held at Randall's hotel on Monday evening, November 2nd, 1868, it was decided to move the wagon to the drill shed. This drill shed stood at that time on the west side of the present property occupied by the Carnegie Library and faced on Adelaide street. The late Wm. Forbes was captain of the company and Mr. Nelson J. Teeter, still hale and hearty and residing on Robinson street south, was first Lieutenant. Probably he can give us a little information of the earlier his- tory of this wagon. In later years the wagon was mov- ed into the present fire hall on Main street and now iris to go to Grimsby East for the protection of property in that district. Lincoln County Council will spend no money this year on roadway con- struction, but will appropriate $103,- 393 for maintenance and repairs, of which it will raise $41,638 by deben- tures and $61,755 by taxation. On the face of it this looks like bad finan- cing. Debentures should be issued only tor improvements which will last at least during the term tor which the bonds are issued.---;) Gazette.. “ abumnmzrn-m a-o-m-o-o-e' LOOKS LIKE BAD FINANCING Weather Conditions During Win- , ‘ter. Were Very Unfavorable to Roads-Travel 'Now Possible From Niagara-on-the-Lake to Wentworth Boundary on Im- proved Surfaces. t The roads throughout the western portion of the County are in excellent condition, a fact ascertained by the members of the Lincoln County Coun- cil in a tour of inspection made on Wednesday afternoon. The Council- lors were surprised and pleased with the condition in which they found the roads, numerous reports having been received that they were full of ruts and quite impassable. However, on the one-hundred-mile tour made by the Council they failed to find one road impassable and were well satis- fied with the manner in which the roads stood up after the severe win- ter test. The weather conditions this year were most severe on roads, the ab- sence of snow early in the year per- mitting the frost to get a good hold on the roads, resulting in breaks in many cases. 'None of these were noticed on the tour of inspection. Travel is now possible from Nia- gara-on-the-Lake to the Wentworth boundry line on improved County roads; one can also spend an entire day motoring over the country roads without fear of being mired. The tour on Wednesday covered roads of concrete, sixteen-foot macadam, 10- foot macadam, adopted to give service to points in the County which could not have been reached for years under a system of higher class roads; tar penetration. tar and asphalt treated, macadam and clay. Even the clay roads were found to be quite passable, and the day of the trip was rather wet. These clay roads when dry are as good as any surface treated road in the County, being exceptionally smooth when kept well graded. LineoIn's Road Best The condition of the County roads permits the residents of the outlying sections to reach St. Catharines, the or-o-o-r-o-o-r-r-o-ir-o-rr-t - - - - - - 3.0.! ‘-U-(9:‘O MANITOBA BARS YANKEE FRUIT For weeks ahead 03 Ontario and British Columbia, consumers in Winnipeg and the prairies are regaled with carloads of California fruit. and by the time Canadian fruit reaches the market the appetite has been fairly well satisfied. Now the luxury tax has been imposed. by which the cost of early Minnesota or Illinois apples or early Cali- fornia peaches, plums, apricots or any other variety of fruit grown in any province of Canada are to be shut out, except with an extra $100 a car to be added regular duty. which is high enough now. The effort of British Columbia growers to have the dumping act :'pply also to early California vegetables, such as celery, lettuce, caylr, flower, spinach and southern states' tomatoes, was defeated and these will come in as usual. The dumping act also applies to small Fruits. It will mean greatly reduced sales of U. S. fruit on Canadian prairies. 9, T l Winnipeg, April 1l.-Vanadahas started to retaliate on the United States for shutting her products out of the market. The government issued an order yesterday that the dumping act shall ap- ply to all importations of fruit from California after April 15. (Continued on Page Three) Town Fathers Surprised When Ald. Man- nell States That Town's Portion of 1923 Fines Would be $800 or Over--. Queen's Lawn Cemetery Shows Deficet Every Year----))':; Paid Another $250 on Account---.-?) Sidewalk to be Built on Lakeview Road-mill Present- ed for Medical Attention to Cope. The much debated question of a town constable came up again for discussion at last Wednesday night's ses- sion of the town council. It was brought about when a motion was presented to advertisiin several papers for tenders for the position. Part of the council contended that Grimsby could not afford to pay a high class man the salary he would demand for this job, as his duties were so light that he could not possibly earn his money; Others of the council argued that there was plenty of work to keep a constable busy all the time, and that he would earn nearly his whole salary in fines, besides "cleaning up” the town. Ald. Mannell surprised the council when he told them that during 1923 Constable Morgan had been responsible for over $800 in fines being returned to the town coffers. Ald. Fonger. chairman of the finance committee could not say what Grimsby's por- tion of the 1923 fines would be as Magistrate Kidd's re- turns would not be completed and ready to present to the council until April 19th. _ Reeve Hewson--"l don't think the town can afford to pay a man to be constable and truant officer only." Mannell-"Last year the town got $800 in fines alone. That was nearly as much as the constable got for all his jobs. Our tax collecting only cost us $160." Mayor Livingston---'" would like to see the fines. All the big fines went to the government. I don't be- lieve in hiring a man to have people fined in order to pay his salarv." Mannelr---"The fines are there. from speeding motor- - ists and other sources." $2.00 Per Year-d Cents a Copy .e. “\--.-.’nI-il-u-l~-II-U.u-m 0:01 Hewson---"We have two constables here and what have they done in the last three weeks?" Mayor Livingston---") position of constable is one that should not cost us a large salami. I am against pay- mg a man to stand on a street corner and i1tapothing." 7 s-,' That the matter of engaging a town constable be left over for one week and that the Mayor, Reeve and Bur- goyne be a committee to deal with this, with the idea of securing the services of a local man to perform this duty at a nominal salary. Vote: Yeas-He-n, Fonger, Mayor; Nays -uMannell, Merritt, Wedge and Bur- goyne. Amendment lost. _ Motion-uMar1nell---Burgoyne -.. That an advertisement be placed in the fol- lowing papers: Grimsby Independent, Hamilton Spectator, Toronto Globe and St. Csitharines Standard, for the position of constable for the town of Grimsby. Applications should be ac- companied by references: also state salary. Applications to be in by April 19th. Motion carried on the same vote that the amendment was lost on. Mayor Livingston reported that County Engineer Rutherford had in-. spected the drains on Livingston avenue and promised to fix same at an early date. Many complaints were received by council regarding ditches, water courses, driveway approaches, etc, These matters will all be investigated. The following communication from Canadian National Railways was re- ceived re the proposed Murray street bridge:--- Every person resident in Ontario for the past nine months and resident in the municipality at the time the assessor makes the assessment, is en- titled to be on the voters' list this year' providing he or she is 21 years of age and a British Subject. It is not neces- sary for a man or woman to own pro- perty, to be a tenant, or have an in- come, or pay taxes, in order to have his or her name entered on the voters' list as a parliamentary voter. If you expect to vote when an election comes see that your name is on the asses- sor’s lists as the basis pt all municipal and parliamentary lists is the asses- sor's rolls. Amend-meats-ak GET YOUR NAME ON VOTERS' LIST Pages 1 to 8 (Continued on page 7) {Di - ILr219 th .9 6