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'| as possible. contact with our oad and can therefore with personal and community affairs. d 'appreciates the importance of small { ee to. de Bi to the events as an interlude d is then cast aside as 30 the weekly. Itis a me for leisurely reading is t to last. well as great events, the weekly editor 18 not im- % ipti some | 'heart that is feels its lonelyness and isolation, that he bl ts common task. Canadian rural life. 'and | their father and till the soil. some neighborhood to express its cooperate life to real- Btence, and to feel that it too is a part of the great world A Voice for the Country For the reasons already stated, the weekly press can and does supply a voice to the rural communities of Canada. one who is familiar with rural life knows that it is made up large- ly of ordinary events and 'experiences. thrills and big sensations of the cities, there is little that is spec- tacular and above the commonplace; just the daily round, the But we are much concerned today about the We realize that we must foster agriculture, increase production, encourage immigration of farm labourers, e the sons of farmers to follow in the footsteps of To do this we must brighten rural life and make it appear as more and more worth while. aim at building up contented, happy and prosperous rural com- {| munities all over this land. What ever can be done in the way of social betterment and stimulus of rural life must be done as soon The glamour that the cities have for rural youths must be corrected by giving the actual facts of the case; and in "of this wo "of no agency at all comparable to y rura "If rural youths only realizé the fate i] that awaits them by following the lure of the city and also had a true vision of the possibilities that are wrapped up in quiet rural ife many of our youths who are drawn from the rural life would | be content to stay on the old homestead or be fired with an am- bition to build up such an one for themselves in the country. More 'and more the congestion and distractions of modern city life makes appropriate the placing over the gateway to the city for the benefit of the rural youth who hopes to find therein the count- Every- There are none of the We must 4 | 'erpart of the home he has left behind in the country, only under in continue ng business in 'We have advertised Cut Prives of Is our time was short pers, 80 have. : : tinue with 209% Off on anything in our. ror 2 Balance of this Month. Thanking our.N { Customers for their.p: ein the past, : ing to be favoured with a continuance of the --~ same in the future. Bring us Your Watch for Repair : We Guarantee Satisfaction Before taking stock, we 'are offer our customers some real Below are some of them. More to low next week. 8 bars Palm Olive Soap for 496, 'Limited RMmOURt 0 Ibs. Bee Hive Syrup, § ing LR own pail. ] hh ers, [worth $3.70 (vorth 606.) for 49. Ib. improved conditions, Dante's immortal line :--"All hope abandon, fie who enter here." | exodus of country people to the city, what, think you, would be If we are sometimes concerned about the Ihe' achun situation 'today had not the rural weeklies-been doing work, Is it not worth while, think The 'New Seed Catalog The man who wants a garden fair, "Or small or very big, With flowers growing here and there Must bend his back and dig. Y T---- . We Don't, Either --An exchange says: A man told us the othr day we did not publish all the things that happened. We should say we 'don't. 'In the fifst lace we have others who depend up- on us for a living. If we published all' that happened we should soon be the angels. In order to please | ple we must print only the nice GT them and leave the res ossips. Yes, its a fact, we we ir work of fostering the community spirit in the country and : Bork of "somewhat the quiet undesigned but inevitable in- | fluence of the city dailies upon rural life? least swhere the farmer is not-yet either-a./* and that place is the office of the rural weekly. There he meets and chats with a man of parts who is in full sympathy with him, his outlook upon life and the environment in which he does his An intimate relationship is built up, and consequently when he finds his own best thought expressed by him in his home- town paper's editoral column, when he sees his own achievements | recorded or his doings and movements noted in its news columns, he feels that he is a man of at least some importance and his | local weekly has been of real help to him. here is one place at you, to have an institution that 'can thus cheer and stimulate isolated lives, that can help to de- the social consciousness of millions of eur Canadian fellow citizens, that can render, articulate and intelligible the more or less elementary thinking in which they aré engaged and make 'them feel the dignity and importance of even the ordinary and commonplace experience of their life? that Mission which falls to the weekly press. This is no small part of School Supplies at Cost The children of the Oshawa Public Schools will receive their school sup- plies at 'cost hereafter, according to the action taken 'by the Board of Education last night. The manage- ment committee brought in a report recommending free supplies but after consideration this was amended, and until further action is taken by the Board will suply at cost, the normal requirements of the pupils in secrib- blers, pencils, rubber tips, crayons pens, and pen-holders, drawing books, and writing books, and that these be purchased "in wholesale quantities, and that principals and supervisors be held responsible for "proper "dis- | tribution: in their respective schools, and that records be so kept that com- parison of the consumption 70f these ; 'each school ean be made. © = --Reformer items, local news of every| knows that somewhere he is cheer- ub' er a-*hayseed,"4 Port Perry Branch, - iin of this Bak STANDARD SERVICE wid Prducsivs Progress STANDABD BANK, TOTAL ASSETS OVER EIGHTY-THREE MILLIONS : : 2 over with the local H. G. Hutcheson, Manager Seventh-Day Adventist clergymen from Montreal, Toronto, Hamilton, Quebec City, Winnipeg, Vancouver, and other parts of Canada will attend a ten-day convention in Oshawa from Fervary 27 to March 7. . THE NEW MOTOR LAW IN ONTARIO Not so Severe as Expected--No Further Increase in License Fees Examination of All Drivers not to be Undertaken. Following are the principal fea- tures of the consolidated motor ve- hicles act, which, under the official guise of "Bill No. 72, an act to re- gulate travel on highways, and the speed, operation and load of vehi- cles thereon," is now before the Ontario Legislature, and which is expected to go into effect practi- cally as it stands, except for some minor amendments. Prohibit Revolving Spotlights The redrafted regulations in re- spect of lamps provides for two white lights forward and one rear light astern, and no motor vehicle is 'permitted to carry on the front more than three lighted lamps of over four candle power. Any addi- tional lights displayed on commercial vehicles to distinguish the width or class of such vehicle shall be of green color. Th clause governing the use of parking lights "is 'ds follows: "A motor vehicle may show one light carried on the left sidé in such manner as to be clearly visible to the front and rear for a distance of at least 200 feét, and to show white to the front and fed to the rear provided that such light shall not be displayed while the vehicle is in motion. The new penalties provide for car owners or drivers who operate ma- chines on which the brakes are not in good order are, from $10. to $560. for the first offense, and from $20. to $100 for the second offense, and from $50. to $200. for a third offense. The license of a second offender may be suspended for thirty days. One who offends three or more times may have his license suspended for six months, "and may also be condemned to jail for 30 days. = For failure to have and use a warning signal penalties of $56 to $10, and $10 to $25 are provided for first, second and third offenses, respectively, and in addition the license of an offender for the third time may be suspended for 30 days. The amended section governing speeds in cities , towns and villages provides a limit of 20 miles per hour, ten miles per hour when approaching an intersecting road in an urban municipality and 1214 miles when approaching an intersecting road, curve or blind section. Penalties for Speeding * The following penalties are pro- vided for infringements of the speed laws: $5. to $50. fine for the first offense, $10. to $76. for the second offense; and $25. to $100, with im- | prisonment up to thirty days for a third offense. dense of an "offender of the second In addition, the li- "|time may be suspended for thirty {days and that of 'a party guilty of a| third offense may be sus; for six months. On highways without 3 'municipal lights rescribed. a speed of 25 miles Where the rate of ve » a ie A Few Specials Tomatoes, large can 16¢ Corn Syrup, 5 Ib can 40c Corn Syrup, 2 1b can 25¢ Strawberry Jam, 41% 1b can Tbe Comfort Soap, 3 bars 23¢ Dutch Cleanser, 2 for 26¢ Star Ammonia, 3 for 26¢ D. CORBMAN out imprisonment, up to 30 days for a third offense. It is also provided that for second offense a license may be suspended for 30 days, and on a third offense for six months. Where the rate of speed is in excess of 40 miles per hour the penalty is: $25 to $100 fine with or withont imprison- ment, up to six months, and for sus- pension of license for a period up to one year, Penalties provided for violation of rules of the road are: $6 to $10 for first offense, $10 to, $20 for offense, and $25 to $60 for a third offense. On a third offense a license may be suspended for not more than sixty days. The onus of proof still rests upon the motorist under this revised act. That is to say he has to provide that he was not responsible for an ac- cident instead of the plaintiff being required to prove that the motorist was responsible. REACH COUNCIL Met at Manhester on Monday the i 12th inst. All members present ex- cept Mr. Till. Minutes of last meet- ing read and adopted. Mr. Wesley Rusnell appeared ask- ing for a grant to gravel swamp road opposite lot 3 and 4, con. 11, stating the winter was the only time the gravel could be secured as the same had to be drawn through a swamp. He was granted permission to ex- pend $60.00. The collector for 1922 returned his roll with statement showing all taxes for said year collected except the sum of $17.67, which amount will be returned to the County Treasurer for collection. The same was received and the collector relieved of further - responsibility. The Clerk was instructed to netify ' Mr. A. H. Hammond that the Council : granted him permission to cut certain - trees on road 11, opposite lot 28. Mr. A. J. Doucette applied for a refund of money paid for statute = labor in 1921, stating that the same . b was alsa performed, and the Clerk ? ty 2 was instructed to notify him that > of when a proper certificate from the pathmaster was received ¢ x that the same was performed, ua would be granted.