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5 Whitby wf | NOTICE TO WHITBY SUBSCRIBERS will motify the Whitby office of publication at Oshawa. Town Must Take Care of Approaches to C.N. Bridge Reply to Letter to Railway Board Says No Definite Rul- ing Has Been Made But Practice is to Treat Ap- proaches as Part of High- way, the Upkeep Falling on the Municipality (By Staff Reporter) Whitby, Nov. 9.--From the reply to a letter sent by the Town Solici- tor to the Dominion Railway Board, it appears that the Town will have to assume the responsibility for the maintenance of the approaches to the bridee over the Canadian Na- tional Railway on Brock street south. The letter states that no defi. nite ruling on the point has been given but the practice is to treat the approaches as part of the highway and leave their upkeep to the muni- cipalitv, Until recently, in Whitby at least, the railroads have looked after bridge apnroaches, The Canadian National have lately disclaimed all responsibility for the maintenance of the approaches on Brock St. On Garden St. which wad a short time szo graded and gravelled, the Cana- dian Pacific Railway have put their crossing into proper shape but the Canadian National have so far failed to touch theirs. JUBILEE ACCOUNTS (By Staff Reporter) Whitby, Nov. 9--The matter of some accounts still outstanding from the Jubilee celebration was brought to the notice of the Town Council last night by J. H. Ormiston who was secretary of the Celebration Committee. The Port Whitby Boy Scout Troop was promised $10 for their work in selling badges, and go far the promise has not been kept. J. M. Short also has some ac- counts amounting to about $30 which were accidentally not pre- sented with the other bills. Reeve Jackson moved that these items be brought before the Council at the next meeting. Washes, Carries Coal, Woman Gains 18 Pounds "1 wash, iron and carry coal and don't get tired since taking Vinol. *1so, I have gained 18 pounds Mrs. S. Cortese. Vinol is a delicious compound of cod liver peptone, iron etc. Nerv. ous, easily tired, anemic people are surprised how Vinol gives new pep «ound s'eep nnd a BIG appetite, The very FIRST bottle often adds goveral pounds weight to thin chil- chren or adults. Tastes delicious. Jury & Lovell, Druggists WHITBY COUNCIL TO ATTEND MEMORIAL SERVICE IN BODY (By Staff Reporter) Whithy, Nov. 9.--The Whitby Town Council is to attend in a body the memorial service which will be held next Sunday in the Music Hall, for those of her sons who made the su- preme sacrifice in the late war. © A communication was read from Lieut. Taylor at the Coun. cil meeting last night, asking for the nse of the Hall, On Reeve Jackson's motion, it was decided that the request should be granted and that the Coun- cillors should all attend, The Mavor was also instructed to purchase a wreath, to lay on the monument, SAYS UNSANITARY CONDITION EXISTS M. O. H. Complaihs to the Council of - Sewage Entering Creek (By Staff Reporter) Whitby, Nov., 9.--Dr. McGillivray, M.O.H. for Whitby came before the Council last night to inform them of a very insanitary condition exist- ing in the section north of the C. P. R. tracks. Sewage from two Cess- i tion, having been in less {tedy for eight days, until record in| YOUTH FAGES A CHARGE OF THEFT (By Staff Reporter) Whitby, Nov. 9--A youth of nine- teen, named Stanbury, who has been working in the green-houses of J. C. Fletcher, Palace street, Whithy, was brought before Magistrate Willis yes- terday afternoon on a charge of hav- ing stolen the sum of $2.50 from his employer. The boy was sent out on Saturday to deliver some produce and collected the money on it. He then proceeded to go to Toronto. On Mon- day he returned to Whitby for some of his possessions, bringing back also Fletcher's post office key. After a telephone conversation with his em- ployer he returned to the latter's house where he was afterwards taken into custody. { Stanbury is an English immigrant, | apparently of a rather restless disposi- | than two separated i | years in several widely places in Ontario. He came to Fletcher in August of this year, being sent hy the Victor Mission, Toronto, to which he had gone destitute, asking for work. It was agreed that he was to work for | a time for his board and clothing, and that later some arrangement as to wages would be reached. He said all the moncy he received was an ccca- sional quarter. i The accused was remanded in cus: | other places can he looked up. DIVISION COURT IN WHITBY TODAY | (By Staff Reporter) Whithy, Nov 8.--The time of] Judge Ruddy, sitting this morning! in Division Court was taken up most | ly with judgments and garnishees. Chas. Tel'e Relleville was given judgement for $171.65 against Mike 0"Ball, Toronto, for damages to a, truck| O'Pall struck Bell's truck | while the latter was conveving Amos Hutchison of Trenton to Toronto on August 29 to cnter the Marathon swim, at the Toronto Exhibition. O'. i Ball was convicted of reckless driv- ing in Whithy Police Court. The suit was not defended. pools is draining into a small slug- gish creek which runs through the east part of the town. This stream runs through the pasture on Brad- ley's farm. The ouestien was raised as tn whether the milk from cows drinking from this stréam would be contaminated, * Complaints have heen received that in time of high water the creek hacks up. flooding several of the cellars with sewage. One o° the co™- plaining residents sugested that the course of the creek shonld be deen aned. Town Engineer Pringle said that this wonld imvorove the sitna- sian hut would not eliminate the flooding in the sprine. ' The Board of Health is tn exer- cise their anthority to order the cess-pools cleaned out, and some means of securing the removal of the ce=s-pools and their replacement by septic tanks is being sought. MANY MOTOR MISHAPS OVER THE WEEK-END (By Staff Reporter) Whitby, Ont, Nov 8.--The past week end was the worst, insofar as motor accidents are concerned. thw: has been noted this® year The icy read made trave! very dangerous. Eleven cars came to grief near Whitby, but according to the police, teen mishans war: reported from Boys' Winter Overcoats. Spel... 88.95 Leader Dry Goods Co. 32 Simcoe St, S, Phone 74 Felt Bros. 1 he LEADING JEWELERS Wsrablished 188 12 Simcoe St. South For Better Values DIAMONDS Burns' Jewelry Store 23 SIMCOE 8S. PHONE 889 Cash or Terms Davidson & Samells 33 Simcoe St. N. Phone 227 "For Better Shoe Values" PHONE 705 Kelly's Drug Store 34 King St. W. Prompt Delivery Men's All Wool | Work shirt... 91.39 Dominion Clothing Co. 68 King St. W. Phone 2141 PORT WHITBY NEEDS A NEW FIRE BEL | Work of the Volunteer Fire Fighters Again Praised 'By Council (By Staff Reporter) Whitby, Nov. 9--The need of a new. bell in the Port Whitby Fire Hall was discussed in the Council meeting last night. The bell now in use is cracked and complaints of its faint audibility have been re- ceived. Councillor Mowat advised the purchase of a siren which could be heard in all parts of the town. It was pointed out that this was dis- cussed some time ago and the pro- posal was dropped on account of the prohibitive cost 6f a siren. J. M. Kenny is investigating the cost of a new second-hand bell for the south-end fire station. The work of the volunteer fire- fighters was again praised very highly, in connection with the fire in the Dominion Bank last Satur. day morning. GRAVEL PIT DISPUTE IS FINALLY SETTLED (By Staff Reporter) Whitby, Nov. 9--The "vexed ques- tion of allowing private contractors to secure gravel from the municipal pit has been settled, at least by precedent. R. J. Underwood wrote to the Deputy-Minister of Highways asking for permission to get gravel from the pit which is owned by the Government, and a reply was read ge'nare the Council last night, giving assent, on eonndition that some por- tion of the pit be marked out for pri- vate use so that municipal work wonld not he interefered with. This matter has been up for dis- cussion several times in Council meetings and was the oceacion of a sharon protest from the Council of 4 ) Whithy Township, none were seriously demaged. Thir-| A damage action against A. Har- ris, brought by Frank Hughson was , dismissed because of the failure of' the plaintiff to appear. The case leame up last month and was set forward then for the same reason. The action arouse out of an a~- cident in which the cars of both {parties figured. Harris' counter- claim was dismissed also. PLAN ARMISTICE DAY CELEBRAION Local Units of Ontario Regi- ment to Take Part in | Whitby Function Whitby is celebrating Armistice Day | next Sunday and the headquarters and | two local companies of the Ontario ! Regiment, together with the Oshawa | Post of the Caiadian Legion, have | | been invited to take part in the County Town's solemn services of commems- | oration. | Practically entire strength of the | | Ontario Regiment will be on parade at Whitby, it is expected, as the Osh- awa militia men are to give in their | names at Friday night's drill as volun- teers for the parade. : General arrangements for the cele- bration are in the hands of Whithy I civic authorities, "C" Company and i Whitby veterans. i Both the regimental band and the | Legion pipe ban@ will take part in the exercises, the details of which are yet to be worked out. Part of the exercises will take place | in front of the Whitby War Memorial where, if the weather is favorable, an | open air service will probably be held | { prior to a service in one of the Whitby | , Churches. | | | | SALE OF LAND FOR TAXES (By Staff Reporter) Whitby, Nov 8.--A sale of land for taxes was held this morning in| the Council Chamber of the Town | Hall. Fifteen properties were listed, of which four ewre withdrawn be- fore the sale. The occasion attract-; led little notice from the public and | {only five parcels were disposed of by auction. ACQUITTED ON CHARGE OF TH Harry Graves, Oshawa, Al- * leged to Have Stolen a Suitcase (By Staff Reporter) Whitby, Nov. 9--Harry Graves, Oshawa, facing a charge of theft of a suitcase from John Ledger, also of Oshawa in the County Judg- e's Criminal Cow't yesterday, was | acquitted by His Honor, Judge Rud- dy, because there was no evidence to show intent to steal the article. Graves borrowed the suit-case and failed to return it within a period EASTERN ONTARIO NEWS | BARN AND CROP BURNED A large barn located on Wilfred Williams farm ag Big Island, was destroyed by fire Saturday after- noon. In addition to the barn, two stacks of hay were destroyed. One horse was burned to death and an- other broke loose, but being badly burned had to be shot. HUGE MURPHIES Mr. T. Hagarty, Brudenell, Ren- frew County; is showing remarkably large potatoes. One presented to Rev. Monsignor French, Renfrew, weighed two pounds, three ounces, and was but a sample of the large growth of the crop. SMITH'S FALLS MAN JAILED At the Court House at Brockville Ray Swayne of Smith's Falls appear- ed before his Honor Judge Dowsley, havine previously pleaded guilty to a serious offense against a young gir) from Oshawa. He was sentenced to the Ontario Reformatory for a per. fod of 18 months with » further in- determinate sentence of two years less one day. i THREE SERIOUSLY HURT Mrs H. P. Swackhamer, of Mont- real. lies in the Brockville General Hospital with a broken hin and ser- fous internal ininries; (Mitton Swack- hamer. of the same address, is =n natient 'n the same institution with {a eamnound fracture of the shonld- er hone, and his son, Douglas. has suffered the removal of one of his evea, ae the result of a motor arci. dent which occurred at about a a Fine Watch Repairing Specializing work on ments and sizes, On Oshawa's BASSETT" Main Corner in the finer precision move. small Bracelet o'clock this morning on the Provin- ciall Highway near Mallorytown, when the car in which the party were travelling to (Brantford left the road and plunged into the ditch. Of the three, Mrs. Swackhamer is said to be the most seriously in- Jured. YOUTH SENT TO JAIL John McKinnon, a youth, who stole a horse from Wm. Henderson, of Pittsburg' Township, and was ar- rested at Cornwall, after visiting Montreal, has been sentenced to five months in Kingston jail. Wm, Con- way, for theft of platform scales from J. Miller, Kingston Mills, over a year ago, was found in the city and given a month in jail. ANNUAL MEETING Conservatives of Thurlow town- ship in large numbers assembled at the Orange Hall, Cannifton Village, "or the annual meeting of the Town- ship . Association. Amongst those nresent were W. E, Tummon, M.P, for South Hastings; J. F. Hill, M.P. P. for East Hastings; R. Mitchell, Reeve of the township and, and W. I. Embury, Deputy Reeve of the township. ONLY OX TEAM DOOMED John Craig, of the Township of Darling, Lanark County, a drover, has purchased the only yoke of oxen 'n 'the County of Renfrew, and will | ship them from Calabogie to the stork yards in Toronto, where they {m1 he converted into material for i steaks, roasts and stews, The ani- male are seven years old, have a combined weight of 3,500 pounds {and were sold for $150. | HELD APMISTICE SERVICE Brigadier-Genera Charles H. Mitchell, of Toronto, was the chief (sneaker at the annual Armistice | celebration of the Peterboro branch {of the Canadian Legion. The cere- | monies were in charge of J. H. Abra- | ham, Commander of the Legion, Sev- {eral hundred ex-service men took !part in the services in front of the cenotaph and in the Capitol Theatre, Ea Nn --one lot sample Purses, new de- signs and values in the lot up to $2.50--Wednes- day bargain BNIB B\' (8) (8/3) 1D\/B\ A) = while representatives of the City Council and other organizations were also present, Other speakers were His Honor Judge Huycke, Ald. G. A. MacDonald, and Rev. Captain Paul Costello, WOLVES SCARE CHILDREN Wolves are reported as exception- ally numerous in Carlow Township, North Hastings. Children who have to travel a considerable distance to school are frightened to make the journey. In the vicinity of Boulter and Havergal there appears to be two packs operating. 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