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PAGE TWO ~ OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1922 A Chicago doetor says an average' of 150 = THYDRO M ATT ERS * BEING CONSIDERED" The Ontario Reformer An independent wewspaper published every other day | (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons) at Osh. AWS, , by The Reformer Printing emd Publish. Jug Gampany Limited. ode 0, Rom J. Bwart MacKay . 'Ben. A Martin SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by Capper in @shaws gerhy mall anywhere in Canada $1.00 a year, United States subscription $1.50 extra to cover postage, Single eopies 5c, President Treasurer Raitor LE a a i a UI OSHAWA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1922, TE TRE THE DARDANELLES This is by no means the first time that the Dar- danelles has been in the limelight, This, narrow straight separating Europe and Asia is perhaps better. known: as the: Hellespant, It. in. forty-five miles in length and from one to five miles in width, i»: dbeross. its narrowest part. Xerxes threw his bridge of :heats in the year 480 B.C. Fifty years later, Alexander The Great duplicated the feat when he; started on his tour of world conquest, Persians' and Greeks, Macedonians and Turks have crossed and re.erossed from Europe to Asia op. vice versa, Leknder was accustomed to swim the straits. in order to visit Hero Helen of Troy and her exploits eentre |, around 'the narrow straits, Hellespant in 1810, : FELT .- Britain has played a part in the history of the famous waterway. In 1807 a British squadren under Admiral Duckworth forced its Way shrongh to Constantinople but since 1817 the Dardanelles has been. closed by treaty, no war vessels. being 'al- Lord Byron swam. the lowed to pass throught without, the consent of Turkey. This agreement was re-affirmed in 1871 and in 1878, In the Great War the British tried to force the Straits by an attack on Gallipoli but the attempt was unsuceessful, However, at the close of the war the Straits were thrown open to the World, and the management of the famous passageway was placed under the League of Nations, It is to put an end to this eontrol by outsiders that is causing the Turks to throw down the gauntlet to Great Britain, LOOK FORWARD TO BETTER TIMES An authority. on retail eonditions, and therefore one whose opinion carries weight when we are on the eve of another winter, is Mr. E. M. Trowern, Secretary of the Retail Merchants' Association of Canada, He is in close touch with retail business eireles not only in Ontario, but throughout the Dom- inion, and he assures us that good times are speedily eoming to Canada again, and that business generally is picking up to an extraordinary extent, He be- lieves thet the hard times have gone hy, and that the worst of the business depression in Canada has passed. In the eourse.of an interview, Mr. Trowern said there was no doubt that the buying of Canadian are going insane weekly in' Chicage as against 70 or 80 wepkly prior to prohibition, Isn't it enly a dif 'ference in name? Hefore the passing of the Vol stead Act people who went temporarily off their more than the small boy to fear this year, The home-birew brigade in Sarnia have found pumpkins may be used in their business, Now that the secret in out their promises to be fewer pumpkin pies, During the month of September there were 31 deaths by violence in the city of Toronto, During ithe. same month the city's fire loss. was over $206, 000, And yet there are people who want to live in Toronto! . : ; There must he more Beotch blood in Canadians than. has. been: heretofore known, judging hy the wlagrity with which: the Dominion Loan. was taken up-hy holders of expiring Vietory Bonds, The increase of sixteen millions in ('anada's customs; and excise revenues for ithe first half of ithe present fiscal year 'is gratifying, It tends; to show that business is better; For the second quarter of 1922 (April-June) the fire lows in Ontario County was $21,407, 'The total for the Proevinee was $3,154,460, These losses are altogether too: high, All fires are the same size at the start, Moral don't let 'em start, BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY WITHHOLD NOT GOOD :--Withhold not good from 'them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.-- Proverbs 3; 27. A LITTLE NONSENSE --t-- i ai A } '" Ave you sure you have shown me all the prinei- pal parts of this ear?" asked the fair prospective purchaser, **Yes, madam, all the main ones,"' dealer. . '"Well, then, where is the depreciation? Tom told me that was one of the biggest things about a car." ~The Argonaut (San Franeiseo). replied the Once a friend of Mark Twain's was conversing with him regarding a terrible affliction of a person known to them both. The friend said: . "Can you imagine anything worse than having diphtheria and scarlet fever at the same time?" | "Yes," replied Mark; *" I can easily imagine some things worse thap that--for instance, rheumatism Half Dozen Councillors Repre- senting Oshawa at Port Hope: To-day fo) g-- Mayor Stacey, Reeve Morris, Depu- ty Reeve Mason, and Councillors Trick, Moffat and Burus are 1 com- mittee of the town council, appointed by His Worship at the meeting last night, to Td meeting being hel at Port Hope to-day of Hydro muni cipalities in the midland district This meeting is an aftermath of the meeting held at Port Hope two weeks ago. It is hoped to form a Midland Hydro Municipal Association, and also to draft up requests to he made to the Gregory Hydro Investigating Commission, Mr. T. H. Stinson, of Lindsay, sec- retary of the first meeting wrote a letter to the Council asking that delegates be appointed to attend to day's gathering. It will he vecplled that one suggestion approved at the first meeting, with the Oshawa dele gates Messrs. Mason and Trick dis- senting, was thgt municipalities pur- chase the Central Ontario System and have the Hydro Commission op erate as the trustees of the muni cipalities, . Last night Dep. Reeve Mason ex plained the reasons for his stand. to' get more power in the past snd thing the municipalities know littic about, He did not feel the proposi- tion was a good husiness deal, *) don't think any person has any qnar- rel with the Hydro Commission to the way they are managing this system in Central Ontario," declared Deputy Reeve Mason. Hydro Commission is handling that system as efficiently as any utility commission could handle and probably a lot betier." If at the end of 30 years the Hydro advised the Government they had paid for the system, how could any government Say to the mamecipalities, this system has cost us $5,200,000 and and St. Vitus's danee."'--Everybody's Magazine. | $0 we want that much for it trom you, when it is alreadr paid for, asked the speaker. That could not be done, he contended, because the consumers of power of the whole | district would have paid for (hat system, although he cpined he didn't | think the system would be paid for in 30 years. *'I believe it is in the interest of this municipality and every municipality in this district to leave that system as it is to-day, and let the Hydro handle it for us as trustees," he declared. The committee above was then named They left this morning by motor car for Port Hope Invites Councillors to ' Attend Meeting When council, opening of Mechanic Street, camera for the Police Department, Instructed the Town tahles. Amended the Town Property phone and hydro poles, me te mp What Council Did At Late Session _ a | J SPIRO | Received notice from Provincial Fuel Controller that he would fix price of U.S. anthracite coal in any municipality dn request of the Received a notice of motion from Dep. Reeve F. I, Mason that he will introduce a by-law looking to the elenting of councillors by the town as a whole, abolishing the present ward system. Adopted the report of a special committee recommending the Authorized the Finance Committee to purchase a finger print Referred Chief Constable Friend's request for a police motor car to the Finance Committee for report, Decided to pave Front Street, from Albany to First Avenue with concrete instead of asphaltic as provided for in the engineer's report, rk to report if proper notice had heen given by the hospital in several cases where bills for indigent patients were forwarded to Council for payment, Referred to the Manufacturers' Committee a letter from a com- pany considering locating in Oshawa, Decided to make no change in the present license fee for pool Committee's report so as to have a bylaw prepared prohibiting bills and posters heing placed on tele- Adopted the Town Property Committee's report providing for 108 additional electric street lights, Appointed delegation to attend hydro meeting of Central Ontario municipalities at Port Hope today. Couneil adjourned at 1.30 o'clock this morning, on October 12, of the Salvation Army, at which Colonel Unsworth, of Lon- don, England, will be the guest of honor and the principal speaker. Com- ing as he does as the personal repre- sentative of General Booth no Salva tionist ean afford to he ahsent from the meeting, In fact, those of other denominations will find it decidedly This district had been endeavoring | Mr. Brown. as! "I believe the! pubiie | it | mentioned | Real Good Soap Col. Unsworth Comes worth their while to be on hand, said Coming from Australia, | Councillor Brown stated, Colonel Uns- not endeavoring to purchase some- | worth will visit officially | Canadian cities, but three That Oshawa had been chosen as one of the stopping places was indeed a signal honor. Colonel Unsworth is a bright and breezy Colonial and is one of the old est and foremost exponents of Salva- tionism. A fiuent and forceful speak jer he has travelled practically arouna | the world and is thoroughly conver- {sant with matters pertaining to the army. On numerous occasions he has heen entrusted with missions of im- portance for the General. Known per- sonally to practically all the Cabinet Ministers of Great Britain he was at one time a parliamentary secretary. As the representative of International Headquarters, London, England, he has visited many countries. In addi- tion to having conducted a wonderful work in times of peace the Colonel algo saw special service with the fighting forces of the Empire during the European conflict. FOR YOUR FALL HUNT Hundreds of sportsmen in Canada take hunting They are now getting their The is the all their vacation in the eason. qquipment ready for the chase. juestion "where to go" A Big Bar of Good Soap--Bright, solid soap with fine lathering and cleansin for the family wash and househo qualities use, a wt absorbing one, 4 region easily aces sible that insures real sport and game in plenty is the objective. Let the Canadian National Railways in- troduce to you the "New North," that vast area in Northern Ontario and Quebec traversed hy the Trans- continental Line between Winnipeg and Quebec City, It is virgin coun- try for the hunter, and Moose parti- cularly are plentiful, Apply to any Agent of the Canadian. National- Grand Trunk Railways, or write C. K, Howard, General Tourist Agent, Toronto, for illustrated hooklet "Where to Hunt, Fish and Paddle in the 'New North," it gives com- plete information. Has This Happened To You? William Cameron, age 28, insured with us in 1889 on a Participating Policy, This is what happened to Rim: Policy No. 407. Tesued 1889, SSBB ERRBRIRR! am, for eruél and inhuman treatment. Lawyer--*'I think I ean get you a divoree, mad- | But do you On behalf of the Salvation Army in | Oshawa, Councillor Brown last night | extended an invitation to the Mayor | For use in washing machines shave or slice 2 portion of the " SURPRISE' bar direct to the machine It will do fine work. SEIT SSSEEe Dw PREC NET A8RLASBNERS828S B| wows - ~ Maturi Fao Value of Poles $1,000.00 Last Distribution of 18.61-41,018.61 Net Payment 582.77 Return for each $100 Paid... 174.79 For every $100 paid the Insured he ey received ae od in addition he has had protection for 32 years. London Life Policies "Good as Gold" HEAD OFFICE--LONDON, ONT. Agencies in all principal cities. District Representative : , Pot E. HUBBARD ' made goods would greatly help to bring industrial think your busband will fight. the suit 1 and Council to attend a meeting here | prosperity to the country, and, provided thet all things were equal, such a movement should be en- couraged. - It ought to be encouraged. Every pur- chaser of goods should try to buy the Canadian- made article, so long as the quality and priee are the equal of imports. It is unreasonable, of eourse, to expeet the public to buy goods simply because they are made in Canada, if they are not of the same guality as others made in other countries. The retailer is in business just as long as he ean satisfy his eustomers and give them value for their money. . As sood as he cannot do that he might as well get out of the business. Nothing will sell Can- adian manufactured goods like putting the quality' into them and making them the equal of the best that are produced anywhere, says Mr. Trowern with FIRE PROOF SCHOOL BUILDINGS _ At a time when the people of the North American continent are giving consideration to the best ways and means of preventing. fires, it is perhaps unfor- tunate that the Oshawa School Board should decide to erect buildings which are mot absolutely fire proof. No doubt the Board are actuated by a desive to be economical. They do mot want to spend teo much of the people's money and honestly believe that a saving is warranted even if done at the ex- pense of safety. In our opinion it is a penny wise, pound foolish policy. An absolute fie proof building is essential for schools and hospitals. Fire drill may be all that it is elaimed to be but parents would rather have their little tots housed in a five-proof structure than have tiem depend on fire drill as a means of escape from Further; the less rapid depreciation of fire proof structupes make this type of building much cheaper in the end. Apart altogether from the guestion of cost is the paramount ene of safety. The life of a little child. is worth much more than that of many buildings. Safety Kirst in buildings pays. Although the south east. ward school is not to be Settlement of the Turkish toouble at a oconfer- | ences, mather than by war, will mean the dollar will go further this winter than if hostilities break out. Aleady wholesslons re mary bout giving | quotations on articles for the futuve. Prices at present ave decidedly subject. to change if fighting begins. ! Woman --*' Fight! Why, man, the little shrimp ean't even come into a room where I am!"--Chie- ago Herald. Tad Lewis says the mosquitoes are terrible up in the 8t. Joe. vieinity this summer. They have formed a trust with the lightning bugs and work in pairs. The lightning bug lights up the place and the mos- quito makes the exeavation.-- Exchange. Jonah's whale had a streak of luck and pulled in a eustomer without publieity, but it is recorded thet he eouldn't hold the trade. THE LAKE I know a fair lake im the merthern land, That is girdled round with a forest green And its shores are paved with the whitest sand, That throws back the sun with a silver sheen ; And the hills that rise in this fair lake's view, «Are not more still than its waters at rest; And the sky of mid-June is not more blue Ere the sun has pierced thro' the woodland glooms, Or touched the hills with his sandals of gold, While the dusk still clings to the dark fir plumes, And the fields lie draped in a misty fold ; Like a bride that smiles thro' her bridal weil, But the light of whese smiles lies half-withdrawn, So the face of this lake shows thro' the pale Soft pearl-grey light of the breaking dawn. Would you see this lake at its loveliest, You must stand by might in its shady bars, When blossoms of moonlight spangle its hpeast, And the silver sonceries of the stars, In a play of guirering glooms and gleams, Theat shift and shimmer, and dance in the eyes, Freak the placid face of the lake that dreams, In its darkest depths, of the morning skies. So still and remote from the world's loud moods, Like a shrine that nature has set apart, And walled with the civele of these green woods, Where she might commune with her own deep heant. Wheve only the silence answers to song, Wo the flurry of wings and winds that break Only the shadows that silently theong The silvery masge of this lonely. lake. ~Ka-Lama, (Hono- | --4. C. M. Bunean. | = 1 22V5 Simcoe 35. South, Oshawa IMPERIAL TOBACCO COMPANY or CANADA. LIMITED.