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PAGE TWO The Ontario 'Reforme *® { is SFetpbiphed in 1871) Fi An independent newspaper published every other day (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons) at Osh. i Qanada, by The Reformer Printing and Publish. ©Sompany Limited, 3. °0. Ross CRE . J. RBwirt MacKay - = - Treasurer Geo. A, Martin Editor : A acRirHion RATES: Delivered by rier in Oshawa or by mall anywhere in Canada 99.00 \ year, nites States subscription $1.50 extra to cover postage, Single coples bc. { x 3 President OSHAWA, TUESDAY, boots 2s Fru di fk 1 i MUST NOT DELAY RE-ORGANIZATION AT i + MUNICIPAL OFFICES : The 1922 Town Council deserves the thanks of citizens for having the Government audit made of OCTOBER 31, 1922 J . J the books of the municipality. None ean deny, after | reading the findings of the auditor, as given in | Saturday's Reformer, that the probe was Justified, When the audit was proposed there were some who, favored a "hnsh, hush" policy, fearing that the town's eredit would he injured by the revealing of conditions which it was felt existed, It js well that this plan was not followed, The quickest way | to remedy evils which had grown np from the time Oshawa was a police village was the one followed. | There is no reason now why the mistakes wade in the past should not he correcied, If this is done, | the town's eredit will he improved, instead of | injured. The stocktaking was long overdue, There is no justificat'»n for anyone picking out one or two officials and loading all the blame on their shoulders, Members of past Councils must shape - responsibility for the chaotic, condition which has been revealed, The mistake of officials was that they did not demand long ago that additional help should be furnished so that the ever-increasing dutjes could be attended to, That they did not do this may be due to the mistaken idea of some members of Council in the past, who, unacenstomed to business methods, opined that the Town Hall was oyerstaffed, | rather than undermanned. Councillors of former years, however, if they were alert, should have seen that the work was not being done in the proper way, and. taken steps to remedy the condition, ['nfortu- nately, the policy of drift was allowed to continue, resulting in the town losing considerable revenue, Having secured the auditor's report, this year's | Couneil is not yet out of the woods, Its next duty | is to see that a start at least is made in putting the municipal house in order by carrying out recom- mendations made by Mr, Pettit, The most important | of these is to separate the offices of clerk and | treasurer. If a thoroughly competent man is seenred | for the treasurership, he will be able, if given the | sympathetic eo-operation of the Council, to carry | out many of the suggestions made in the report. The clerk, too, then relieved of much responsibility, will have sufficient time to keep his records up to | date. | Proerastination is an offence of many individuals and public bodies. This year's Council must not | become vietims of it. Aetion is what the ratepayers | demand. New Year's is fast approaching, and the | people who foot the bills will know how to deal with any members who stand in the way of progress. . This is one of the nights of the year for youngsters, While having a joyous time there is no valid reason why they should be destruetive. Turkeys, geese, ducks and chickens will be losing their heads this week. They cannot be blamed for | not appreciating the thanksgiving spirit. { Mrs. W. I. Felton, an old lady of 87, has been | appointed a United States Senator from Georgia. | She is breaking into the political game somewhat | late in life. : The Port Perry authorities warn the boys and | young men of that place about Hallowe'en pranks. Too often boys forget where fun ends and mischief | A rebel parliament has been established in Ireland, | which will funetion through a Council of thirteen. Here is a splendid chance for "thirteen" to show us how much ill-luek it can eall down upon the heads of the de Valera erew. i The convention of New York City Federation of | Women's Clubs has unanimouslly decided that its members shall not wear skirts longer than seven inches from the ground. Manufacturers of faney hose no doubt will be relieved at the decision. The fishermen 's race between the Canadian "* Blue- nose' and the United States ""Henry Ford' eer- tainly did not deyelop good will between the twd countries. It did show, however, what good sports Ugsigned leftess continpe to come to The Reformer. These are consigned to the waste paper bagket. Letter writers must sign their names as evidence of good faith. If they want their names withheld, their wishes will be respected, but the Editor must know who the writer is. The consumption of cigarettes was greatly stimu- lated by the war, and ever since there has been 2 steady imerease in the mumber of "'fags" smoked. A recent investigation made im a typical Ontario ! plan and a remote completed purpose. | well be that some humble builder has mot with his | straight up to eur bedrooms.' OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1922 centre. showed a per capita cigapettes, conswmption af. 29 ) Councillor Burns. declares that freight rates on coal coming in by hoat are higher than by- rail, If that be so, then can he or the coal men of the town explain why coal is higher here than in any town along the lake front? Surely there is a reason for conl being higher here, What is the reason? \ i a's Im Ha During the last few years debating and public speaking have heen on the increase, partienlarly in the rural districts, The need for guidangg in the directing of such clubs has heen, felt, The Ontario Agrienltural College, Guelph, desirous of heing of assistance, has issued a bulletin, No, 200, on *' The Rural Litevary and Debating Society,"' The _ppmphlet should prove a real help to thousands, BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY SEEK ETERNAL THINGS :-- We look not at the |, things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the thipgs which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen ave efernal.--2. Corinthians 4: 18, : ; : ! FROM OUR EXCHANGES BRAINS AND BREAKFASTS ; (London Sunday Pictprial) A Majority of American dpetors have subseribed to the opinion that big breakfasts are good for us. May I remind. them that an American who enjoyed the friendship of Ralph Waldo Emerson declared that the habit of eating *' pig for breakfast" was un- questionably the canse of the premature decay of that eminent philosopher 's mental powers? BUILDING "TOGETHER (Presbyterian, Witness) To build is not simply to put one stone upon an- | other anyhow, To, build is to put one stome on another and alongside of a third, and so on, but all in harmony with, and suboydinate to, a controlling It may very own eyes seen the very plan. It may be that be poor man, eould not understand such a complicated affair, even if it were put into his hands, = But, the humblest builder knows that there is a plan some- | where, that somebody has thought out the whole | thing, and that, unless the world has gone crazy, | he is not being asked to move blocks of stone or brick or wood for the sake of giving them a little change of air; that, on the eontrary, the little thing which he is being asked to do is related to the little thing whieh his fellow-laborer is doing, and that to other laborers in ever-widening eireles, until some- thing whieh shall nnite and consummate. all. those individual tasks shall have been enaeted in this world. A LITTLE NONSENSE DE Better Walkers. 'Yankee Visitor--'"Yes, siree, in Amurrica our hotels have elevators to earry us Sandy --*"But you'll no need these eontraptions noo, wi' prohibeetion." Lady (to mew milkman) --*'Now, Mr. Jones, | hope I ean rely on the purity of your milk, I had to give up Mr. Smith because his milk, I'm sure, was two-thirds water,' Mr. Jones--'You can rely on this milk, mum. it's bin paralysed by the public anarchist." If all who hate would love us, And all our loves were true, The stars that swing above us Would, brighten in the blue; If the eruel words were kisses, And every scowl a smile, A better world than this is Would hardly be worth while; If purses would not tighten Fees: Housing Com. - (Contifhled from page 1) 1 Payment of taxes should be made b the Housing Commission as each-sale is effected and the information ahove referred to also supplied to the Col- Wetor for immediate record. 13." Legal Fees, if collected in ad-{ vance from Purchasers, Yor the cost of obtaining 'Peeds, ete, when loan ave retired, shoukl he accounted £0! geparately and he credited to Lega) edount; later the Solicitor's charges 'in this connection 'would: he charged against this account, 14." Bales of Lang, It Is noted that the Commission sold land which was purchased for the erection of Houses! thereon amounting to $3,340.00. Thig money 18 still in "the hands 'of the Commission, Approval should he ob- tained from the Director of the Bu- reay of Municipal Affairs of thel Sales and for retaining this eash,| the details of the transactions heing! fully reported. 15. Expenses, such ns Office' Bal-| aries; Rent, 'etc, are to he horne hy the Town, and should he paid over to the: Commission. The halance due as at 31 December, 1921, was $958.80. } 16, Tusurance Policies, when first! examined, were found in a very un. | satiefactory condition, viz. :-- i (n) Several Policies were taken' out in the name of the Housing Com- miseion, logs, if © any, being payable: to the Commission. Houses wer spld under an agreements of Sale, hut the Insurance Compan- ies' were not advised of the sale in order that the policies might be en- dosed protecting the purchasers' in- terests. (b) Lot numbers, on several Pol icies, did not agree with Lot numbers on the Sale:Agreements. (¢) Additional concurrent Insur- ance was being carried in a few cases without authority. Upon being notified of these irreg- nlarities, the Commission Treasurer at once took steps to have these Pol- icies. put in order. Before complet: ing the investigation, the majority of these Policies were re-examined apd it was .then found that in a number of cases the Commission has assigned its entite interest in they Houses affected to the purchasers, although the leans on the Houses, would not become due for several; years. The endorsements in these! irregular policies must, of course,i be further amended. i It will be noted that the Commis- sion passed from not protecting the! purchaser at all, to sacrificing the | Commission's own interests in his Ad favor. ' 17. Construction and Loans Ad-| vanced $55.012.55. This is a com-' posite account including Land Un- sold, Work in Progress and Loans to) Purchasers erecting their own houses. It will he necessary for the Commission, at a date when con- struction of definite blocks of houses are completed, to analyze this ac-/ count and separate it into its com-| ponent parts, viz.,, Land, Work inj Progress and loans. These should! thereafter be carried in separate acy counts, and the House Costs could be more readily ascertained. Should permission be received to retain! €ash from Sales of Land, Land ac' count would be credited. £ 18. Rents received, $484.00 have not) been disposed of, pending instruc: tions from the Director of the Bu reau of Municipal Affairs. The Hous- ing Act does mot give definite direc- tion as to whether this money is re-| turnable to the Provineial Govern- ment or not. * It may be used to off- set the interest: chargeable by the! Government over the rental period, before interest can he oollected in purchasers, Instructions { General Ledger will contain a! Controlling Aecount for the Sale Agreement: Ledger Accounts, as kept by the Treasurer of the Commission. | Total cash received and credited to the. several agreement accounts for the mouth will he shown in one col- wma in the Cash Book. The total ot! this column for the month will be eredited to Sale Agreement Ledger 3 Toroute St., Toronto, Canatda Bridges, Pavements, Waterworks. | Sewerage Systems, Incinevators, Schools, Public Halls, Housings, Fac- | 3 tories, Axbitrations. | 'saally. paid amt of the money we save our clients. | Ta meet a brother's need, The load we bear would brighten Above the grave of greed. If those who whine would whistle, And those who lapguish laugh, The rose would vont the thistle, ~The grain outrun the chaff ; If hearts were only jolly, If grieving were forgot, And tears of melancholy © Were things that now are not ; Then love would kneel to duty, And all the world would seem A bridal bower of beauty, A dream within a dream. 7 If men would cease to worry, And women eease to sigh, And all be glad to bury Whatever has to die; If meighbor spake to neiglibor As Jove demands of all, The rust would eat the sabre, The spear stay on the avall. Then every day would glisten, And every eye would shine, And God would pause te listen, And life would be divine. -- -- ------ rh -- remember--- "Simpson's Oshawa Branc 3 ent. A 3 words it pays to | } al 1 ! j EE R,, '% The pick and choice of Toronto's mer- chandise is within arm's reach . of. ever Oshawa family. Simpson's Oshawa Barr) extends a shopping service which is not only unique but unrivalled in the prompt make-up and delivery of orders. To shop in Toronte, "phone your order to Rises 1280. her you wish a teapot or a washing r. the home, or apparel for personal | pay you to remember 'Simpson's Jranch", ; TELEPHONE 1280 's efficient motor delivery operates daily be- o ond Oshawa. Company Limited: Construction 'harged with the payments advanced o Contractors, ete. When House is sold and price set, this account will ibe credited with the selling price (and debited to Sale Agreement Led- ger Control Account. \ Respectfully submitted, HOLLAND PETTIT, Chartered Accountant. Cash on hand ... ...... Cash in Bank . 13,536.91 Sale Agreement Accounts 349,093.44 Special Agreement Accts. 1,079.97 Insurance Prepaid 421.50 Town .of Oshawa ... 958.89 Construction Advanced 8.99 and Loans 55,012.55 The trial balance as at December J, 192), showed: (Continued on page 6) 1x AR ¥ - : 3 2 > R ' BW Al \ ny FOF tender. melting) eT py or Surkes, you must roast it in a SMP are 9% Pearl are roaster. This roaster rogsts as if by magi bp " Np t