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Hn | | | a our i 2 i $ i ] [| | i | M | | l | | se "NOX Bx ¥ For Week of Jan. 14-21 SPECIALS <iving . Musical Box | You have neyer listened to such -throated elody and. such ils and runs as these lovely ters produce and maintain Ong. son, Fa 3 : Siaers Junt 10 nnd-mans of Ta at $5.00 to $10.00 48 German 'Tralued Roller Warb- I y in full song. " lar price from $5.00 to Yorkshire ries, mostly all doep yellow, from 6 to 8 inch. o8 long, Qegular value from $7.00 to $10.0 English Bulifinches somely plumaged singers. Regular $2.48 English and Russ Goldfinehen, handsomely plumaged. Regular $4.00 value, this sale.... Im French Toy ples, very choice, white $ Australian Lovebirds, known as the handsomest of all cage birds. A $10.00 value, a pals 6.0 Imported Hartz Mountain Female Canaries, cach Litrge Breeding Cages with perti- tion and seed guard and four seed and water cups. Regular $3.00 value, for 00 A Laquered metal . value Parrots $8.48 Each. We are in receipt of a ship- ment of 200 MEXICAN DOUBLE YELLOW-HEADED PARROTS, known as the king of the parrot family. These birds are mage nificently plumaged, being of beautiful green color, red and blue feathers appearing in the wings and tail. The forehead is characterized by deep yellow feathers, thus giving the birds their name. Their size is about 15 inches. These birds are gen- erally' held at from $18.00 to ho by stores who do not han- le such great quantities of them as we do. We have decided (o sell these birds at the remark- ably low price of $8.48 each, be- Cause we wish to increase our mail order business by letting our parrots do the talking for us. Write for one early, as we have only 200 of them at that price. Parrot Cages, $2.25 each. We guarantee safe delivery any express office in Canada. ONTARIO BIRD STORE 237 YONGE STREET ARCADE, TORONTO, ONT. piped, hand- and trained price $4.00 Cage, with tipped perches. A $2.00 at ~ $1.09 to 108 ------ 108 is the number of the preserip- | tion once subscribed by a wonderful doctor. i asthma and bronchitis, and is good 1" It stops a cough, relieves for all lung and throat trouble. The we best . cough medicine for children, try it 25¢. per bottle. All drug stores. Mahood's Drug Store. Furniture! - Furniture! 2 wi 15 to 20% off all Xmas and A COLD ia} garding ma'ters under direu-sion: We. greatly. eppreciate the cour tesy of your board in receiving this delegation this evening, and we wili wy and not trespass unduly upon Your valuable time, Let me itipress upon vou; 'in the beginning, that the Napanee River Improvement compeny, is, in no re- pect, a power company, but it may be more properly térmed a conser- vadon company. Ii is composed en- tirely of mill owners operating on le Napanes rive: snd was brought into existeive by i. special act of vaciiament in 1866, having for its . is thom, hay to cut. However, . Hoping for a favorable to this request, I remain, Yours siuce ery, (8gu.) w. D. Biack. . Not a word about the flooding of the roads or the terrible stenca of the stagnant waters, or the mailar- ial germs that were being dissipated throughout the lands and endanger- ing the lives of those wio had mo 1 may say that the 'company gladly = ana cheerfully granted the request af Mr. Black, and would no doubt have continued the favor for 1913 had there been any occasion, but alas, there was nome, the dam having been graciously removed early in the season and long ore the ten- der blades of grass put forth their heads. The second item for consideration is the roads. and, as an evidence that the Petworth dam is not a factor in flooding the roads in Camden and Portland, 'we have but to refer to the years 1887-1893, when the dam was out entirely. In those years the roads were flooded to the same ex- tent as they were previously and since the dams were replaced. The fact is, the roads were constructed object,the acquisition of propertythe 2¢ross the 14,000 acres of swamp, buliding of dams, creating re-ervoirs, Previously referred to and the only and improving and regulating the remedy is to raise the roads. In company, {or thy puspose of carry- Hinchinbrooke, there are only two ing out these saveral objects, have Short pleces affected by our a and these two voluntarily assessed themselves Sum approximately $50,000. From the time the fi dams sections could be ralsed above high water for a sum prove- Not exceeding $300.00, and we pro- ments were undertaken in the early Posed to the reeve of Hinchinbrooke sixtios thers has been more or less in 1912, that if the council friostion hetween the farmers in the last few » years that would con- raise these two sections, the com- tiguous to the river and reservoirs pany would be disposed to make and the company, but it is only with- isberal the same. a the with contribution towards Our offer was treated trouble has assumed acute propornt- silent contempt. ions, brought about in the main by report mad: by A. J. Halford, en- gineer of public works, to the Hon. C. Reaume, minister of works, Ontario, dated Juiy 20th. 191¢. In summing up, Mr. Halfore says: Individually, they suffer from lo8s of most valuable parts of their farms, and, collectively, they suffer through lack of roads, through the breaking uv of schco! districts and through the diseace-breeding con dition of the swamps. "Were this all pubkic |, Question of Disease, The third and last item in the bill; fers to the disease-breeding condition of the swamps. |et me quote Mr. Hal- ford's exaot words, #Alternate flood- Gu Gla al JMOPpOINuLE SeuSLRS renders this swamp a prolific source of malaria." You will note that in this Ceuucouon ne 1ters to it as a swamp, whereas in the proceeding section of His report, he says we back water up- true, it would, indeed, be a most °F and render entirely useless a block pri ang iu Mr, Halford puts it, °f 1and comprising 11,000 acres, and {an intolerable condition of 1 We do not for a moment question haat {, Mr. HaMord's sincerity and honesty '°4 2 d report, [orth stench.and malaria? of purpose in-making this but we do not hesitate to say that affairs. &t another time he refers to it ag the valuable part' of their farms. good land when dried off, give I am informed that Dr Maloney, he obtained his information from an Provincial health officer, confirms this reliab'a and altogether antagonis- Malaria theory. «© source." i Let me then review the - hill 'omplaint in the order charged. As to Loss of Land. Firstly, quoting again from Halford's report, he says: "The Pet- worth dam backs the water | and renders entirely useless a of land comprising some 14,000 | acres, eight twousand acres in tho | township of Portland and six thous- and acres in the township of Cam- den." For the Township of Hinchin- brooke, he does not supply any figures, By reference to the map, here, you will see that this vast area bloek of ©logist at upon vou the I am also told on ¥ood authority, that Dr. Connell, path- Queen's university, says there is not and has not been a case of malaria in this entire district, which should be sufficient to mfute the statements of gentlemen, whose M sole knowledge of the conditions exist. Mr, ing, has been gathered from hearsay sources. In addition, let me read to declaration of two reputable practicioners, well known to many of you who speak from long experience. First, here is the declaration made by Dr. J. H. Oldham, of Yarker i gr: I reside ' in™ the village of Yarker. 1 have practiced my profes- sion in the township of 'Camden in the county of Lennox and Addington and y i >, : > . lies pretty evenly divided upon eith- 'BY township of Portland in the county | purposes of comparison, in a block. Please bear this in mind. | er side of the Napanee river and for °f Frontenac, dung the past twenty solid You US. 2. liam a member of the Board of "In August 1912,-the farmers in !ealth for the township of Camden. [the flooded area, according to ar- '3. My practice has been largely | rangements, made upon their behalf, around the drowned lands in the towne met: fn Verona, fr the purpose of Ships Jen the found them quite immune from malar- re- a or kindred diseases, such as would stating their griavances before commissioners. Mr. Halford, above mentioned and I have presenting the government, Mr. Kir- 2rise from stagnant or dead water. | patrick representing the farmers' as- sociation and Mr. Gibson represent- area in said drowned lands ing the Napanee River Improvement Mud Lake. company. In all there were Mfty- seven farmers including three of the ter, which Hinchinbrook council and one presenting the Pertland cially, complaining divided up as follows: leaving - fitty-three farmers summer months, in my opinion, "4. I am familiar with the large known as A large percentage of the bottom of this lake is of organic mat- in its present condition, re- covered 'with a few inches of water, is council. quite harmless. Camden was not represented, offi- bare by If this area was made drainage, then during the the stench resultant decomposition and Ten from the township of Cam- would constitute a menace to the den. who claimed in the aggregate thickly settled . community surround 650 acres drowned out of 6,000 res admitted drowned. Twenty-six from the township of claiming in the aggregate res out of 8,000. As I said befor« this whole 14,000 acres is in solid block, and only thirty-six farmers claiming 2,073 acres, or less than 15 per cent. of the total area, can be found to come forward and at- tempt to establish any claim, or; right to this large tract of land. 1 appeal to your reason gentle | men, and ask you: Do you not think that if this 14,000 acres could be reclaimed and be converted into arable land. would not more than thirty-six good, live, intelligent far- mers have gone forward and pressed their claims upon the commission at the very earliest opportunity? I can assure you that this fourteen thous- and acres--I do not assume author- ity for the exact acreage--was ai- ways drowned and always will be jr- respective of any act of the Napanee River Improvement company Na- ture made it what it is and not the Petworth dam. Regarding Hinchinbrooke. In referring to the township of Hinehinbrooke, Mr. Halford says: Conditions are not so serious, for the reason that there is not the same ex- tent of flat and low-lying lands. He also sets forth that a large number of the settlers in Hinchinbrooke se- cured title from the Rathbun come pany, the company reserving the mineral rights, the timber, to con- struct dams wherever it chose and to ficod the land for any purpose whatever. aving acquire thess rights from the 'Rathbun company, together with the rights and privi- leges granted us' at incorporation, don't you think that we have an un- doubted and unquestionable right to flood these lands? How have wo ex- ercised these rights? On July 8th, 1912, W. D. Black, M.P.P,, wrote the ry of the Napanee River Improvement com- pany. saying: I have beel requested by a number of the fammers living along the Napane: rider, between drd and 5th Lakes, to write vou ask- ing that water now held in 6th Lake be not let off until said can cut and harvest their: that vicinity. Ist. I may say that a number residents in that vicinity depend largely on these: "for winter their stock, and the { y ¢ marsh hay in This would mean holding it up until @bout Sefer ; of the Portland, conductive to the Public Health, , 1,623 ac- have.the dams of the Napanee River lin the township of | i | Totting. fer ac- ing. "5. Iydo not think that it would be to Improvement company lowered or re moved, ' This is the declaration of Dr. M." 1 Beeman of Newburgh : . 1 was a member of the provincial Board of Health for four years. 5 "2 That 1 have. practised 'medicine Camden, in the county of Lennox and Addington, for the past forty years. For the greater portion of that time, my practice was argely around and upon both sides of the lands known as the drowned lands. My experience has shown me that this area has not furnished any more cases of malaria or diseases due to stagnant water than other parts of the township of Camden or the ad- joining townships: I have an intimate knowledge of the shallow lake known as Mud lake and its surroundings. The bottom of this lake has a large per- centage of orgamic matter, which, in its natural condition, covered by wa- ter, is inoffensive and jpnocuous.' If this area or a portion of it was made bare, by drainage, then during the simmer months in my opinion, the resultant decomposition and stench and the breeding places for mosquitoes thereby furnished would constitute a menace to public health. " y So much for the farmers' side of the question. What the Industries Mean, Now, let us look for a moment, just what the Napanee river means to an- other section of the community. There are, now, twenty-two indus- tries established along the river in a distance of fourteen miles. These twenty-two influstries re nt an in- vestment of over $400,000, for machin- ery. and plant. They generate and utilize 1, horsepower. They furnish employment to skilled mechanics earning from $2 to $4 a day. The ar pay roll of these twenty-taso industries is at least $150,000. In ad- dition to this the employees engaged in the soveral industries own real es. tate worth $100,000, or in excess of that amount, which, ii the mills were © or removed to other locations; would be worthless. This $100,000 re- presents the life savings of a large oo et to he' ri : 1 val along the' river are do- ries, far er jn. A ants. ke Particularly gy in and grist mills in these several vil. 03 "x Lowa 4 , year, to say nothing oi the done with the retailer. The Napanee is even a la the villages . combined, so, it is no stretch of the imagination to say that the mercantile trade of the Na. panee river wvalley is worth to the city of Kingston, on a very conserva- tive estimate, #200,000 per annum. I do not wiean to say, Mr. President and Gentlemen, that in the event of any ealamity befalling these indus- tries that Kingston would suffer to thi full extent of the sales they now enjoy, but' I do'say that if the an- iad pay roll of these industries to the extent of $100,000 or $130,000, Was withdrawn or suspended, that Kingston would suffer very material- ly in consequence, for it is a well known fact that the volume of trade 10 be done 'with any country, state, community: or individual is fa esact ratio to their purchasing power. Mr. President and Gentlemen, we have tried to present this whole ques- tion to you'in a fair, honest and un- viased manner and we submit in con clusion that the declaration of the two medical men that we have pro- duced, clearly eatablishes the health conucion and exonerates the company from charge or responsibility. The geographical condition of the country is responsible for the road conditions during the early sping freshets and the remedy is easily at Wayd of the several municipalities. The claim of the farmers for dame aged and flooded lands is, we be- lieve, imaginary and without merit, but admitting for the sake of argu- ment that a portion of all of these lands, comprising as they themselves estimate, 3,119 aeres, were redeemed, their value, ss estimated by a com- petent engineer, range in price from zero to $10 per acre. Supposing, then, that we take 85 as a fair average, it would represent in dol. lars and cents for this 3,119 acres 815,595, Compare the intrinsie value of this land with the 'vested rights of the Napanee River - Improvement company. Company, expended on dams, lands, maintenance, ete. £50,000; individual mill owners imvestment in plant snd machinery, $400,000; employees in- vested. in real estate, $100,000; total, $550,000, Take this in conjunction = with an annual expenditure of $150,000 for labor and we think we are justified in bringfing this matter to your at- tention amd to the attention of the government and fk that our inter- ests be not only preserved Th their entirety but that they be' protected from further acts of vandalism, in- cendiarism, and dynamiting, as fore- shadowed in the letter of E. N. Parks, under date of December 23rd, 1913, wherein he says: "The Fiith Lake dam and a number of others down the stream have been dynamit- ed a number of times, and it is ex- pected they will be blown out again, if ever rehuilt, * no matter how strongly constructed or fortified.' town "of buyer than A i < ALFRED HEMMING Who comes with Lawrence Brough in "The Rittle Damozel," at the Grand on Saturday, Jan. 17th, matinee and night. STORM FORD MOTOR WORKS 10,000 Seek Employment Profit Sharing 'Scheme Detroit, Mich., Jan. H4.<A crowd of men, estimated pt 10,000, seeking em- ployment at the plant of the Ford Motor company, started serious riot- ing when - they were told, after they had stood in the freezing cold for sev- eral hours, that = work could not be given them. An officer was knocked down, his clothes partially torn off, and bricks and other missiles were hurled through the windows of the factory, After a fire hose had been turned on the crowd the rioters dis- persed. Five arrests were made. The efforts of a policeman to turn the crowd away from the factory doors started the trouble. "We can't stand here and freeze to death," shouted some of the leaders, and a concerted rush was made toward the building entrance. Several = hundred managed to get inside the plant before the trouble makers were u con trol. The thermometer registered nine degrees 'above zero and many of the men had been standing in line since long before daylight. An aunouncement by of 'a 816,000,000. profit-sharing distri- bution amo its employees in 1914 has brought thousands of employment seekers to. the plant during the last week, bui the first serious trouble was experienced yesterday. The fit-shar- Ing plan went into effect Monday. Exaggerated Reports Vancouver, Jan. 14--Sheniffl Eil- beck, of Dawson, formerly * well- known in. Eastern = Canads, come from the north to-day and declares that reports of gold strikes other than the original cnes are false. The better gold bearing ground he Eays is on the Canadian side. Under the company A course in agricultural instruction was started in Woodstock Collegiate Institute. Une tried alway used, White Nose buy irom the people of Kings 'ggur, - re ietangy. Says Col, Sam, Hugbes--Ywiing Out of Aperture Sight is Canada's Chief Objection. Ottawa, Jan. 14.-As foreshadow no Canadian tenin wilt be sent to Big: ley this summer if the war office sits in its attempt to revolutionize the donditions governing the king's rize and other leading competions at Sisley. # As noted sone days ago, the ele ment at the war office which desires te substitute so-called active service tar.| gets for the present bull's-eve variet obtained sutlicient control to regains the National Rifle Association change the conditions of the leadi matches. In part this was to be cf feetod by *'service" target, in part by "the introducion of rapid firing ag certain stages, and in part by the forbidding of the aperture sight. Colonel Hughes, who during 'the holidsys was in 'the west, returned the other day and took stock of the situa: tion. His decision was rapidly reached. Ii the proposals made by the war of fice are insisted upon Canada will not send a team. What particularly attracted the at. tention of the minister was the pro- posal to bar the aperture sight. This seems to be aimed directly at the Canadian servicd weapon, for its de sign is such that the aperture . sight 1s casenial to its use; there is no mid. dle sight and no place for it, the rea sight being an aperture sight. If this sight is forbidden the Canadian rifle cannot be used. Colonel Hughes 'also disapproves heartily of the so-called active service target. As in all bran- ches of knowledge, the teaching of rifle shooting should proceed from the known to the unknown, and individual skill, for the teating of which Bisley eyists,, can best be proved by the bulls-eve target. -------------- Methodist Missionaries 111. Vancouver, B.C., Jan. 14 --Rev. Dr. Thomas Crosby, foremost among the carly Methodist missionaries of Dri- tish Columbia, is lying at the point of death at his Kitsiano home. Within a few blocks of him are also lying ill Rev. A. Green and Dr. Bol ton, both former missionaries of the Methodist church. Dr. Bolton is not expected to recover, but Mr. is convalescent. THE COAT HOUSE OUR STOCK-REDUCING Sl fer Is Now In Full Swing Every article in the store reduced to clearing prices, prior to stock taking, If you are missing many snaps-- COME TO-MORROW You will be surprised how far your dol lars will go here during this Sale. to 121% | MENDELS | Princes St Kingston's only exclusive ladies ready-to-wear store T. J. O'Connor Phone 532 Sales Manager. n Green Schlitz Brown Bottle Claims Authenticated by Dr. Robert Wahl, President of the Wahl- Henius Institute of Fermentology. We reprint from his letter. "Our observations, extending over the last twenty-five years, have convine- ed us beyond a doubt that exposure of beer to hight has a very detrimental in- fluence on its quality generally, but es- pecially upon the flavor of the beer. We have tested beers re eatedly in this direction, placing the fore into direct sunlight, and testing the same after one, two, three and five minutes exposure, found that the beer with three and five minutesexposure became undrinkable,on account of the peculiar odor developed. e detrimental effect of light upon beer can be successfully counteracted by the employment of brown or dark colored glass bottles, and such bottles are therefore recommendable." He quotes famous authorities corroborate his opinion Authorities on the subject of the detrimental influence of light on beer are: : C. Lintner, Lehrbuch der Bierbrauere; 1875, S. 343. Beck, Zeitschrift fiir das gesamte Brauwesen 1882, S. 370. V. Huth, Der Bietbrauer 1876, S. 127. Ney, Allg. Zeitschr. f. Bierbr. u. Malzfabr., 1878, S. 273 Light cannot harm Schlitz in Brown Bottles. It 1s made pure and then kept pure Telephone No. 242 Rigney & Hickey, 136-138 Princess Street, Kingston, Oat. to «©