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Shop In Oshawa and Help Build Up the Town i) The Ontario Reformer All the News Whale It Is News L. \YOLUME 51--No. 46 Tuesday, Thursd Published at an Salandex OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1922 Yearly Subscription $3.00 Single Coles 5 (A TEN PAGES S. Ontario Member A Diligent Worker Behind The Scenes At Ottawa Lawson O. Clifford's Voice Almost Unknown to Hansard Reporters of House of Commons-- Member of Four Important Committees, Whose Numerous Sessions He Attended Regularly ADVICE SOUGHT BY MEMBERS OF GOV'T ON AGRICULTURAL MATTERS Variety of Subjects Taken Up With Departmental Officers on Behalf of Constituents--New Members Students of Affairs in House First Session BY IAN DUNELM (Special Correspondence of The Re- former.) OTTAWA, July 20.--Parliament, with over one hundred of its mem- bers absolutely new to the routine of Ottawa, presents more than the or- dinary amount of interest. In tae session just closed so many of the members were new to their work that it is difficult even yet, at the end of the first session, to deal with personalities and say how this or that member showed up in the House. Some of the newcomers, admitting their own unfamiliarity with practice and precedent in the Green Chamber, sat back and held their peace, letting others do the talking while they sought other means of advancing the interests of their constituents. Among the latter class one might well place L. O. Clifford, Liberal member for South Ontario, whose voice the Hansard reporters would hardly recognize, even when the session ended, but whose contribu- tions to the work of various com- mittees of the House during the past session have stamped him as one of the most useful of the new Liberal members of Parliament. On Four Committees Mr. Clifford was seldom heard in the Green Chamber, chiefly for the reason that he was on four commit- tees of the House and two of these | were sitting almost night and day +" while the House was in session. Prob- ably the most difficult work which he had to tackle during the session was that which fell to his lot as a member of the Special Committee on Pensions, Soldiers' Re-establishment and Land Settlement. that committee's work has already been translated into legislation and because the members of that com- mittee went about their work deter- mined to do all in their power to improve the returned soldiers' con- ditions the report they brought in was one of the most comprehensive tabled by the" Pensions Committee since this question became pressing. In addition to the hundreds of in- dividual cases brought before the more than $1,200 on a basis of ten per cent. When this was announced Mr. Clifford sent a message of pro- test to the Prime Minister pointing out that this tax was absolw ely un- | fair as proposed and that unless it was modified he would feel compel- led to vote against it. This telegram was followed by personal representa- tions when Mr. Clifford came to Ot- tawa, and the outcome of these was that the tax, as affecting automobiles costing more than $1,200, applied only to the extent of five per cent. to that amount and then ten per cent. on the cost of over $1,200. This was an important concession made by Hon. W. 8. Fielding, Minister of Finance, chiefly on the representa- tions of the member for South On- tario. Sought His Advice Many times during the sittings of' the Agriculture Committee and alsc when Agriculture estimates were in the hands of committee, one or an: other of the ministers turned to Mr Clifford for advice particularly af- fecting live stock men pnd apple growers in Ontario, and because Mr. |Clifford was able to supply expert advice on these and kindred subjects, his opinions were valued highly. While speaking at Oshawa last fall Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King, confident of the victory which sub- sequently became his, dealt with the farmer movement in Ontario and {asked his audience to remember that in Mr. Clifford, South Ontario had a canditate who did not need mem- | bership in the U.F.0. to classify him {as a farmer. Mr. King recounted a {few of Mr. Clifford's successes as a {grower and exhibitor of live stock. | ance where in the U.F.0. ranks, they |could find a better farmer represen | tative. "When there are question: |affecting the farmers of Ontario tc {be decided," said Mr. King "it is to {such men as Mr. Clifford that the government must turn for practica' | advice." And there have been plenty lof evidences that this course has | been followed by Mr. King since he {became Premier. So that, after all, while he has "GLOBE TROTTER" DEPARTS AFTER Was Suffering From Hemorrhage When Told Different People -- That there are globe trotters and emplified by the experience Oshawa has had within the past week. cently there passed through Oshawa three fair and chic girl hikers, who were on their way from Chicago to New York, but still more recently there visited this town a man who came from no one is sure where, and is on his way to some place unknown. George deJonge is his name, and the Oshawa man who had the most to do with him while he was in this town refers to him "as some bird." Pressed by The Reformer as to what he meant by the term "bird" this gentleman stated that in Canada we have the sparrow, the crow, the blackbird and the lark and in Australia we have the Bird of Paradise and the liar bird. He finished his remark at this point. This George deJonge arrived in Osh- awa on Sunday, July 2, and making his way to the Police Station collapsed in the presence of Chief of Police O. D. Friend. He was suffering from hemorrhage. The chief called Dr. D. R. Cameron to attend to the man, and the physician had him removed to the Oshawa General Hospital. Investiga- tion disclosed the fact that he was suffering from four broken ribs in his right side and that these were press- ing on his lung. Chief of Police Friend also notified Councillor A. W. Brown, who is chair- man of the Council's Sanitary and Re- lief Committee, that the man had been sent to the hospital. The next day Mr. Brown saw Dr. Cameron and the latter stated that the case was a ser- fous one and that it would be neces- sary to operate, but that he wouldn't like to perform the operation until an X-ray examination had been made. The traveller was in the Oshawa Hos- pital until Sunday of this week when he pulled up stakes, and those who were closely in touch with him up till last week, expressed considerable sur- prise when informed by The Reform- The result of and asked the farmers in his audi-| er that the patient had departed. They were not aware that he was thinking of such a step. During the two weeks he was in the hospital he was not operated on, however, but his physical ~onditiopn was rebuilt to normal again. Heading For Ottawa Upon first arriving in this town the traveller gave out the information that he was walking around the world in the interests of the Belgian Govern- Ottawa to see the Belgian Consul. Un- committee for review, the members refrained from burdening the pages der the orders of the Belgian govern- also had to deal with the Maxwell- MacNeil pension board charges, in which they recommended a Royal Commission to investigate. Mr. Clif-| ford, like several other members, bad a number of cases of men in his own constituency to bring before the committee and on these and other matters placed in his hands he work- ed assiduously. Many Committee Sessions The committee sat morning, after- noon and night, and on many occa- sions the sessions lasted until mid- night. Referring to the agricultural problems which came before committee during its sittings one of the chairmen of sub-committees paid a tribute to the member for South Ontario. "When we wanted good sound advice or information on mat- ters regarding agriculture in On- tario particularly, we could always depend on Clifford for if, and besides that he was one of our most diligent workers on different questions com- ing before us." The Agriculture Committee, which had as its chief problem, the crea- tion of the Canadian Wheat Board also claimed Mr. Clifford as a mem- ber. At any time he was free of the Pensions Committee he was a regular attendant at the Agriculture Committee where there were alsc questions involved affecting eastern farmers. The interests of the West were bound up in the Wheat Board proposal, and because of that fact it was necessary that Mr. Clifford and other eastern members keep in touch with developments and safe- guard the interests of the eastern | farmers, millers and others. Departmental Matters. Every member while in Ottawa also has am unlimited number of departmental matters requiring at- the | of Hansard with long-winded speech- es on every subject which came be- fore the House, L. O. Clifford has achieved results during his first ses- sion at Ottawa. Popular among the other members of the House and with the Press Gallery, he is re- garded as a member who works along, quietly and efficiently and lets others do the talking. APARTMENT HOUSE WON'T BE BUILT |Cost of Labor Too High Is | Reason Plan Falls Through | Due to the exorbitant cost of labor in Oshawa at the present time, this | town is being temporarily robbed of | the finest apartment house of which { Oshawa could boast. A prominent | Oshawa man, who owns a choice cor- | mer property within three blocks of | the main corners of the town, has for some Lime been t lating the | | ment he was not allowed to beg or pay for any rides that he might be given, but he could ride if a "lift" were offered to him. He told Oshawa citizens that when he entered Canada at Windsor he was given a "lift" in an automobile and while riding in this car he was mixed up in a motor ac- cident. He did not think his injuries serious, however, and walked to Osh- awa, where he collapsed, due to his injuries. He stated that he had mon- ey at Ottawa at the Belgain Consul's office so a letter was despatched to Ot- tawa by Councillor A. W. Brown and Dr. T. W. G. McKay, asking about the traveller's funds. Up to the present time mo reply has been received to this letter. Asked by The Reformer if the Town of Oshawa would pay for the medical attention received by deJonge while in Oshawa, Councillor Brown stated that the town would not if it (Continued 'on page 9) Enjoyed Travelling Better Than Work; Darkies in Trouble Four dusky colored "genl'men" from the southern States, ran foul of the | |erection of a modern three storey |apartment house on this lot but due {to the high cost of labor he has de- cided to leave the realization of this | project to some future date. The Chevrolet Motor Company have promised this man that if he would build an apartment house on his pro- perty that they could guarantee him this fact of the Canadian law yesterday flyer that goes through Oshawa at 4.44 each morning, at Montreal, and were to have left the train at King- luxurious interior of MAKING REPAIRS Had Four Ribs Broken And AMBLES AWAY SUNDAY Story of Experiences Varies then other globe trotters, is well ex- Re- ment and was then making his way to|' where railway work was await- them. They refused to depart the Doing Good Work MR. L. 0, CLIFFORD Member of Parliament for South 'On- tario, who has made a good impres- sion on fellow during bis first Session at Ottawa, and who has heen an active work- er on committees, DISNEY PURCHASES BLOGK AT KING ST. E. AND CELINA ST Is Now Partly Occupied By J. M. Ashby as Tailor- ing Establishment TO RENOVATE BUILDING Will Be Occupied By Disney Funeral Service -- Took Possession on Saturday Street East and Celina Street, which is now occupied by J. M. Ashby as a chased by Mr. Disney in the interests property has a frontage of .50 feet on King Street East and a depth of 100 feet. Possession was taken by the new owners on Saturday, but Mr. Ash- by will continue to occupy the stand until this fall, when the Disney Fun- eral Service will move to these new quarters. Speaking to The Reformer yester- 000 will be spent on making additions and renovations to the building now the Disney Funeral Service has been established at 14 Bond Street, West. The building now standing on the property was erected about 1904 or 1905 by Mr. T. G. Gale, for the late William Glenney. Mr. Gale, who is now a partner in the contracting firm of Trick & Gale, was at that time in business for himself. The building was occupied by Mr. Glenney up till the time of his death in 1918 and af- ter that was sold to Mr. G. D. Conant. He, in turn, sold the property to the outgoing tenants and for upwards of two years the building has been oc- cupied as a tailoring establishment by Mr. J. M. Ashby. At the time of the erection of the present structure there was a small, old building standing on the property. This was moved at the time to a lot on Celina Street be- tween Athol and King Streets. Ques- tioned by The Reformer Mr. Gale stat- ed that he was not certain just what the cost of building the present struc ture was, but said that it was consid: erably below its present day value. TOURISTS LOOK FOR CAMP SITES Seems Obvious That Oshawa Must Provide Accommo- dation Soon Oshawa's need of parking accommo- dation for motor tourists is so obvious, that it becomes simply a question as to when and by whom the initiative will be taken. Recent experiences with these motor nomads who set out for a holiday in the open and equip themselves to live under the sky, have driven home to Oshawa people the lack of hospitable arrangements for these motor tourists. Daily Oshawa people see scores of motor cars load- ed down with camping equipment pass- ing through this town by way of the Kingston Highway. Parliamentarians Many of these only real apartments in ever, and persisted in travel- the present time being rooms in the farther west. Efforts of the are looking for a suitable place to stop over at might, but due to the OSHAWA TO ELECT ATHIRD DEP. REEVE AT NEXT ELECTION Should Have Another Repre- sentative on County Coun- cil This Year NOT NOTICED IN TIME Number of Voters Over 3,000 and Makes Larger Representa- tion Possible Oshawa is entitled to one more re- presentative at the Ontario County Council Board than she has now, and will have one more representative at the county meetings starting (with {next year, At the present time Osh- lawa is represented at County Coun- cil by a reeve and two deputy reeves. Due to an oversight at the time of the last municipal election it was not noticed that Oshawa is really entitled to elect one more deputy reeve than she has at present. In the case of Governments Wrangle While Plants Crippled By Shortage of Power Auxiliary Power, But Lawns is Banned Local and District Industries Are Using Steam Stocks of Coal Are Not Large--Waterworks Handicapped--Watering of CURTAILED SERVICE UNLIKELY TO IMPROVE BEFORE END OF WEEK Ottawa Blames Hydro Some Factories Are Working Nights--Mayor Stacey Wires Minister of Railways, Sir Adam Beck and Premier Drury-- the throes of an extremely serious towns all reeves and deputy reeves are entitled to sit at the County Council meetings, to one reeve and one deputy reeve. When this number increases to 2,001 it may elect one reeve and two deputy | reeves, and so on. For some time now | Oshawa has been electing a reeve and | two deputies. But investigation dis-| closes the fact that this town has titled to one more deputy reeve than she has at present. In this connec-| tion it must be noted, however, that | when deputy reeveships are being | | vidual" voters only on the lists. Quite | a few Oshawa voters included among | the 3,700 have more than one vote, due to owning property or being ten- in appointing a new deputy | first have to go! steps reeveship, it will tailoring establishment, has been pur-| through the list of 3,700 voters and | pumps are see how many "individual" voters| mate considerably more than three thousand. | The discrepancy in Oshawa's repre-| sentation at thé County Council was] first noticed at the first County Coun- cil meeting held this year. Pickering township sent a new deputy reeve to the board this year and the Oshawa councillors thought that if Pickering day Mr. Disney stated that about $3, | township were entitled to an extra | Another arrangement which has been r was. representative, that possibly Oshawa Investigation showed this to be standing on the lot. This work will be| the case. The matter will be rectified | Pedlars, Rol done this fall. For the past 18 months | previous to the mext municipal elec-| The new deputy reeve will add one more to Oshawa's town eouncil and Oshawa will then have a council of 17, instead of 16 members, The present reeve is George Morris while the first deputy reeve is J. V. Hill The second deputy reeve is F. L. Mason. FARM HANDS ARE ALMOST EXTINCT Farmers Have To Help One Another--Wheat Crop Promisi tions. Reports from the farming commun- ity around Oshawa where harvesting operations are now in full swing, are to the effect that the farm hand has become almost as extinct as the dodo bird. The farmers as a result have to get along as best they can by helping each other out, besides which there are a few "resident" farm hands in the smaller villages scattered through- out the county. Few, if any, experi- enced farm hands are looking for work at the present time, but if they were the farmers could easily accom- modate them. Judging by what farmers in this county say, there is no doubt about there being a large crop of grain with an exceptional wheat yield, and the only thing the farmers are worrying about is the price.\ Some are inclined to think the prices will go to higher levels along with other products and commodities which show a apwasd tendency, but others argue w supply and demand with prices low if crops are good. The farmers will make up in the long run if the market is anyway fair, they contend. The wheat crop is promising and While the Dominion Government and the Ontario Hydro Com- mission are arguing with each other over the responsibility for the serious situation that Central Ontario now finds itself in, Oshawa, along with many other manufacturing centres in this district, is in power shortage. No Oshawa fac- | tories that are dependent on Hydro power are working on regular | schedule" at present, while the work of the Oshawa Waterworks When a town has at least 1,001 vot-| Department is seriously jeopardized by the situation which started ers onthe voters' lists it is entitled| on Monday and which Mr. A. T. Hicks of the Oshawa Hydro Office, states will last at least all this week. : Using Steam Power With the big cut in power as reported in Tuesday's Reformer, the present time from coal. | which occurred on Monday, all local factories using Hydro power | had to make arrangements for working part time or using auxiliary about 3,700 voters on the lists and | steam power. Mr. G. W. McLaughlin told The Reformer yesterday since she has over 3,000 voters is en-| that the G.M.C. has started to use coal, while this morning Mr. Hicks | stated that the General Motors are deriving 759, of their power at The town's pumping station was hit by the power cut on Mon- during the day. At nights they but yesterday the pumping station appointed, that there must be "indi-| day but endeavored to get around the situation by using steam power were able to use electric pumps, was notified that they would have [to use steam power all the time. As a result Town Engineer W. C. ants in more than one ward of the| Smith asks that all water consumers in Oshawa, whether domestic The building and property at King | town. When council is taking the final | industrial, use as little water as possible. The use of water to sprinkle lawns will not be tolerated by the town until the electric again being used. Town Engineer Smith points of the Disney Funeral Service. This| there are. This number will approxi-| has 45 tons of coal on hand now, and that while more may be | cured it is adding to the general running expenses of Oshawa. b Some Factories Working Nights 4 Mr. Hicks pointéd out this morning that no local factories using Hydro | are closed entirely but stated that the | General Motors, Schofield Wool. Mills, | Robson Leather Company and the | Pump House are using steam power. | made to alleviate the situation as | much as possible is that of having n Leather Works, the Fittings, Cenfral Spring Company, Nut Krust, Canadian Watchman Press {and a few other local industries work | at night. The Reformer is also late to-day because of the scarcity of pow- er. Last night the load became so high ! that it was necessary to lower it and between 8.30 and 9.45 p.m. there were | no street lamps glowing in Oshawa. | Questioned this morning regarding the | Ranney Falls power plant, Mr. Hicks | stated that if it were going now the | situation would be greatly improved. | When asked if the power now avail- able at Ranney's Falls would not be sold as soon as the plant were in operation, and in this the plant would not be a reserve supply, Mr. Hicks pointed out that the horse power there has not yet been sold. As soon as it is sold the Hydro Commission immed- jately gets busy and starts a develop- ment somewhere else on the Trent. In this way the Commission endeavors to keep one step ahead of the demand. Mayor Wires Beck { Yesterday Mayor John Stacey sent {telegrams to Hon. W. C. Kennedy, | Minister of Railways at Ottawa, and to Sir Adam Beck, Chairman of the Hydro Commission. ! The telegram to Mr. Kennedy fol- lows: -- "Serious situation in Oshawa. Fac- tories closed down, thousands of men out of employment due to your de- partment not releasing sufficient water on the Trent River for Hydro to sup- ply power. Immediate relief mneces- sary. What may we expect? Wire reply." COMING EVENTS LORNE CAMP, No. 39, SONS OF Scotland will hold their regular monthly meeting in Sons of Eng- land Hall, King St. E, Friday, July 21, at 8 pm. 46-a QUEEN LODGE, NO. 97, L. O. B. A, is bolding a dance (round and semare dancing) in the G. W. V. A. Friday evening, July 21. Light lunch. Admission 50 cents. 45-b ping station only pro- out that the pum The following telegram was despat- ched to Sir Adam Beck: -- "Serious situation in Oshawa. Fac- tories closed down. Thousands of men out of employment due to shortage of power, factories have small supply of coal on hand also water works de- partment. Immediate relief necessary. What may we expect? Wire reply." The followifig reply was received from Hon. Mr. Kennedy, while Sir Adam Beck had not answered up to the time of going to press. Mr. Kennedy's reply: -- "Message received. Flow in Trent river being maintained fully in accord with requirements for power as re quested by Chief Engineer Hydro Elec- tric Commission. Handling of the flow particularly at Healey Falls plant during week July ninth is entirely re- sponsible for any present shortage of power." Wires Drury Also This morning His Worship the May- or forwarded the following telegram to Premier E. C. Drury at Toronto:-- "Oshawa industries and Citizens suf- fering severely account of Hydro shortage. Factories closed, Oshawa Railway crippled and Water Works jeopardized. Newspapers indicate dis- pute between Hydro and Ottawa cause. Minister Railways wires me this mor- ning as follows: 'Flow in Trent Riv- er being maintained fully in accord with requirements for power as re- quested by Chief Engineer Hydro El- ectric Commission. Handling of flow particularly at Healey's Falls Plant during week July ninth is entirely re- sponsible for present shortage. "In view of this statement and this Eastern System being owned by On- tario Government we respectfully re- quest your co-operation as premier for prompt relief. Please reply." Toronto advices state that in order to cope with this power shortage the Ontario Hydro Commission yesterday afternoon got into telegraphic com- munication with the Minister of Rail- ways and Canals in Ottawa in an at- tempt to arrive at some immediate solution of the existing difficulties be- tween the commission and the depart- ment over which the Minister pre- sides. The Hydro Commission offers to ex- ecute a lease for the water at Ram- i tention during the time he is in the Capital for the session. The mem-| Men have already been brought to ber for South Ontario was no excep- | Oshawa from Montreal and T tion to this rule, and in the morning | to look over the situation here in before his committee started work | regard and to make a report on it was not unusual to find him work- | gonstruction of the most modern in one or another of the depart- | of apartment house. Data on the ents adjusting matters at the re-| struction and management of quest of his constituents. | One of the problems which took mp much of his time and effort dur- fing the strenuous budget days, was that of straightening out discre- pancies in the automobile taxes. Be- cause of the importance of the auto- mobile industry in his own constitu- ency there was probably mo taxation of more import to the peo- ple of South Ontarie than was the automobile tax. At first it was pro- posed to tax automobiles | remodelled Queen's Hotel. THE SONS OF ENGLAND WILL hold their annual pienic at Snud- den's Grove om Saturday, July 22nd. The public is invited. Bring your lunch basket. Bus leaves the Lodge King St. E. every half hour commencing 1.30 p.m. Adults 25¢. Return children 10c. Juven- "ile members free. 45-b MEMBERS OSHAWA FIRE DE- partment have the men left at'ogld reception they received here they folled by the obstinacy | have to press on to some spot mear when the train reach-| the road where they will be un- Jodice were sallos to | disturbed. . names of our | 'These people who are receiving such ' Bowel, 8. Ggare, Thom | a reception from Oshawa are coming - - p here in ever-increasing numbers, but at Newcastle, if they were | 00 wa i Bigs low ho x transporta-| ¢; qeq them the conveniénces that! | other cities are supplying, stated one | man deeply interested in motor car touring. "One of these American | tourists who went through Oshawa | recently seemed to have some conmec- tion with the Canadian General Elec- tric Company or some of its subsidiar- gold fish?" ies. He knew the late Senator Nicholls Dutiful Willie -- Yes, Mamma, 1 and other men prominent in the com- fed them to the cat."--*"Topics of | pany's affairs and appeared to be a most imposing buildings in Oshawa. [the Day" Films. (Continued on page 5) J Hi RE = 2 5 g : £ isd will call reasonable terms, it is amti- cipated that the house will be erected. The property is so mear the centre of to erect a dwelling if sk SURVIVAL OF FITTEST Willie, have you fed the RH Mother £ | 2 {15