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The Ontario Reformer (Established in 1871) An indépendent newspaper published every other day (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons) at Osh. awa, Canada, by The Reformer Printing and Publish. ing Company Limited, J. C. Ross - . J. Ewart MacKay Geo, A, Martin SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by Carrier in Oshawa or by mail anywhere in Canada 33,00 a year, United States subscription $1.50 extra to cover postage, Single copies 5c. OSHAWA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER'Y, 1922 President Treasurer Editor AN INDUSTRIAL COMMISSIONER FOR OSHAWA In the opinion of The Reformer it is time that Oshawa employed an Industrial Commissioner and Publicity Manager. In making this suggestion it is not our desire to start a "boom" in Oshawa where fictitious real estate values would be created and the cost of living increased. We believe, however, that Oshawa should make known her claims as an attractive industrial and residental centre. Other towns and cities which do not enjoy nearly the advantages possessed by Oshawa are forging to the front because they have adopted a "Go Ahead | Policy". They have engaged the services of an Industrial Commissioner or Publicity Manager who makes it his business to see that the claims of his particular city are kept well to the front. It is a well known fact that many American | manufacturers are desirious of locating in Canada. Hundreds of these have come into the Dominion in the last few years and hundreds of others would come if satisfactory arrangements could be made, | This is especially true since there is more or less of | a tariff war between the two countries. Our tarift | necessitates American manuficturers locating here | if they are to reap the benefit of the Canadian | market, The Reformer does not for a moment suggest that this town should bonus incoming manufacturers, | but simply that it should adopt the policy of telling prospective locaters that Oshawa is ideally situated. | The Industrial Commissioner could point out the fact that we are located on three lines of railway. that we are near enough to a Metropolitan City to enjoy many of the benefits which its size confers on the community and yet are far enough outside | to avoid the disadvantages of location in sueh a centre. In this article it is not necessary to point out all | the things that can be said and done to induce pro- | spective manufacturers to locate here. That would be the work of the Industrial Commissioner backed up by the business men already here. Neither is it necessary to point out all the advantages of an increase in the population of the town under nor- | mal conditions of growth. More people in the town will mean more business for the merchants, and in | many other ways would increase the prosperity of the community. the careful comsideration of the Board of Trade, | the Town Council and other bodies who are or. cerned with the groadh and development of Oshawa. We commend the suggestion to AN AMATEUR ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION NEEDED All real lovers of ciean amateur sport will be | pleased to know that another effort is to be made to | get an Amateur Athletic Association firmly esta- blished in Oshawa. Previous efforts have been made sinee the first association proved a failure, but to date these have proved abortive. If is expected a meeting will be called for some- time next week to give all those interested in de- | veloping sports, and keeping them on a high level, | a chance to get the new organization going. The best minds connected with the various games in Oshawa are anxious to have all sports under the control of an O.A.A.A. They realize that it will ultimately result in the sporting activities being put on a firm foundation, and that the younger genera- tion will be developed and directed. : There have been many well wishers in the past who have privately expressed the hope that an O0.A.A.A. would take hold of sports. Next week they will be given their chance to give a helping hand. The Reformer hopes they will avail them- selves of it. There are only 38 more shopping days until Christmas. Why delay? Thanksgiving coming on Monday gives people a | good chanee to travel. The day has become a re- | cognized visiting day. | It would be better for Ontario to have fifty cities | of ten thousand each than ome big eity of a half | illion. : | The apple erop now being gathered will mean | eonsiderable ready cash to many farmers in the | district east of Oshawa. | The number of auto accidents on the highways i makes careful driving an absolute necessity. Eter- | nal earefulness is the price of safety. ! The' Weather Man has not been in league with | the eoal men this fall --for which we are all duly | thankful. We are to have a Book Week the end of this month. It this business of naming special days and weeks keeps up we will soon have the year looking | like a sectional bookease. A big flag flew all day Thanksgiving from the General Motors plant, It would be a good thing | home, OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1922 if more of us adopted the practice of flying the! flag on holidays. The Toronto papers want a net work of radials riinning into that city so that the surrounding country and the small towns adjacent to the capital will be drained of their people and trade. Everyone admits that we have too many rail roads in Canada, Then why make matters worse hy building a net work of radials to compete with lines which cannot pay their why to-day. mE In 1920 when the vote was taken on the Bowman- ville Radial it stood 21,378 for and 2,356 against. In 1922 the vote stood 15,872 for and 14,080 against, The opposition is growing stronger all the time, Port Hope advertises itself as "The Prettiest Town in Canada."" Now if the Port Hope girls were as pretty as those in Oshawa the eastern town might have something about which to boast, The passing of the late Rev, Dr, Wm, Briggs, for forty years Steward of the Methodist Bookroom, is. a matter of regret, The genial Doctor built up the largest printing business in Canada and only re- tired from its active management four ycars ago. He was in his 87 year. Statistics show that there is much less live stock in Ontario- to-day than was the case last year or any year for the past four, For example there are now nearly 100,000 fewer cattle than there were in 1919, Sheep and hogs also show a decline. Low prices and adverse tariffs probably made farmers quit raising stock. The Reformer is in receipt of copies of The Muni- cipal Review of Canada which is published in Montreal by Mr. Harry Bragg, one of the best known Municipal experts in Canada. The Review has absorbed the Canadian Municipal Journal and starts off like a winner. The Reformer wishes it every success, Mr, Geo. A. Martin who is severing his connee- tion with editorial work to enter the more lucrative field: of advertising has taken a position as secre- tary of the Canadian Association of Advertising Agencies, It is with sincere regret that we have | to chronicle his departure as he was a most effiei- cnt worker, The farm family, because of its comparative re- moteness from the turmoil and distractions of the city, has wonderful opportunities to make a real Among these opportunities is i... of beaut fying the farmstead so that it may be more attract- ive to the occupants. This will tend to make both young and old more contented, will add materially | to the enjoyment of those who pass by, and 'inei- dentally to the selling value of the farm. FROM OUR EXCHANGES SUCCESS OF THE T. AND N.O. (Ottawa Journal) The Timiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway furnishes another vindication of public ownership. The Ontario Government railway has done well sinee its-eerfstruction, although having to overcome many handicaps. This year it is turning over : surplus of $350,000 to the Government, and this would have been upwards of $500,000 but for the recent fire which cut into its net profits. The rail- way is a eredit to the Provinee of Ontario. | "My dad's a piteher. He gets $15,000 a year.' | "My dad's an actor. He makes $50,000 a year.' "Tac ain't nothin'. My dad's a preacher and | ii takes twelve men to take up the colleetion."' | It's easy {0 meet expenses these days. You run on | to them every time you turn around.-- Western | Christian Advocate (Cincinnati). |. "Wake up, my dear," said the Irish nurse; "it's | time and more that you should ba taking your sleep- | ing draught."' | ff A BIT OF VERS% MOTHER LOVE One day, when mother was away, She left a lunch for me; ] The fresh-laid eloth was white as froth Upon a silver sea. ; A vase of flowers was at my place, "And under every dish A note was laid whose words conveyed A tender mother-wish. The air, although she was not there, Still seemed to hold her smile: A faint perfume was in the room. As though she passed the while. Today, they say she is away And never may come back, Yet shall I gloom her sunny room And pall my mind in black? Has she not left her words to me On every table spread? © Does not her love still rest above And bless my daily bread? The bloom of every flowers perfume TI R ad " PLATE EO Ea aney 22 a eh A... a a gro brid non GLOBE WONDERS AT DRURY'S STAND Declares Dep. Reeve Mason Is Out To Smash Hydro Radial | Apropos of fhe visit of the dele-| gation which waited on C.N.R. offi- | cials relative to the giving of radial | service east of Toronto through Oshawa, The Toronto Globe published | the following editorial on Saturday | last: -- | DOES MR, DRURY BACK THIS? The Premier of Ontario attended a private conference recently between representatives of a number of muni- cipalities east of Toronto and officials of the National Railway at which Vice-President Hungerford promised to recommend electrification of the Canadian Northern line from Cobourg to Orono and the completion of the Toronto Eastern, a partially built elec tric railway now under option to the Hydro-electric Commission as agent for the municipalities. The Globe is glad to learn that the Premier is interested in the problem of substituting electric traction for steam power in the suburban area, but must confess to a feeling of amaze ment that he should give tacit appro val to the memorial read by Mr. F. L. Mason of Oshawa, which was not merely a plea for the electrification of the lines east of Toronto, but also a declaration of war upon the muni- cipalities that propose to provide Ra- dial Railway service for themselves in | other parts of the Province. Mr, | Mason is reported as having said: "We have unanimously come to the | conclusion that .the creating of a sub- iurban service around Toronto by the { municipalities can only be established by taking away the feeders of the Canadian National , and also by build {ing a trunk line from Port Hove {through Toronto and Hamilton to I Niagara, to the detriment of the Can |adian National Railway, and resulting lin keen competition with the | Canadian National by the municipal ities ,and of incalculable value to the | Canadian Pacific Railway. Further, | it would of necessity leave many im | portant districts without direet con- nection with the 22,000 miles of Can-| adian National Railway. This can| {only be very injurious to the Canadian | | National and the district. In the! | carrying out of the policy of co-ordin- | ation the Canadian National create and give the suburban service at many millions of dollars less than said can The Mr. and Mrs. Oshawa Are Now Shopping in Toronto Simpson's Oshawa Branch Wins Their Highest Approval Mr. and Mrs. Oshawa are now patronizing the big Simpson Store, six days a week. It is simple enough, paper exactly what is going on in the 'big Simpson Store. Mr. and Mrg. Oshawa from their The page learn fairly teem with seasonable wanted goods at saving prices, Heretofore, awa Branch has changed their order to the local office the next day. Simpson's Oshawa Office offers further service. customers -who wish to call for them any time within several days after the goods shopping in Toronto involved travel and expense, all that. Mr. and Mrs. Oshawa may (Nunmber 1280) and await now Purchases will be reach Oshawa from Toronto. Robert SIMIPSO OSHAWA BRANCH TELEPHONE, 1280. They do not visit the big store in person, but nevertheless their shopping is accomplished here Toronto advertisements Simpson's Osh- telephone delivery of the goods held for Company Limited news- | the municipalities." Are we to understand that Mr. | Drury now stands for the policy {constructing and 'operating all Radial | Railways in and about Toronto as | branches of the National Railway in ad of as lines owned, controlled and | | operated by and on behalf of the muni- cipalities? Are the people of St. (C'ath- arines, Niagara I'alls, and other cities whose main thoroughfares, are now occupied by street railways owned and operated by the National Railway to give up for all time the hope of oper- ol ( Me of Thanksgiving Shower At Methodist Church n Tuesday evening Rev. Mullen and Mrs the South Oshawa McMullen pastor Methodist Church and his wife were surprised | at- their home by Class Cirra. surprise took the form of a Th¥Fnks- | | giving Shower, and many useful ar- Cirra. ticles were among the gifts. The | The following address was read by Mr. | the past Samson | ciated. The Mr. McMullen.-- We realize We, members of Class Cirra, have gathered here this eve- ning for the purpose of presenting | ! you and McMullen with a Thanksgiving offering from Class | J. 8 Rev. to he Mrs Class The services have rendered by you iw been greatly appre the untold difficulties | we have to face, and trust that you may be able to remain in our mids: of further assistance to th Class Eirra. ating their own sireet cars and inter-| urban lines? Mr. Mason's meaning is not to he | mistaken. He out to smash the] Hydro-radial project from end to end. | Is the Premier of Ontario a consenting | party to the plan? | | VOTE OF ELECTORS 1S UNNECESSARY Procedure Re Annexation Set Forth in Consolidated Municipal Act { is A heading on an article in Satur- day's paper reporting a meeting held the previous evening to discuss the annexation of Cedar Dalée wrongly stated that "Cedar Dale residents to vote on annexation issue at the muni- cipal election." The procedure to bring about an- nexation as set forth in the Consol- idated Municipal Act, 1922, section 21, is as follows: The town passes a resolution that it is expedient that part of the ad- jacent township should be annexed to the town, The majority of 'the municipal electors in the part to be annexed petition the Ontario Railway and Municipal Board to add such part to the town. Notice #f the resolution and peti- tion are then given by the Council of Oshawa to the Council of the Township of East Whitby. The petition is then presented to | the Ontario Railway and Municipal Board which may annex the part of the township to the town on the | terms and conditions that have been | agreed upon or as may be determin- | ed by the Board. If, however, the Board does not approve of the terms agreed upon, either of the parties; can withdraw from the proposed an- | nexation. i Instead of making an order to an-| nex the district to the town without | vite fortuer, the Board may di-| rect th..? vote be takem to ascer- | [tain whethéFs the majority of the! | municipal electolg in the part to be] [annexed are in fMNpr of being an-| | nexed. | It may have taken} years to think | of dropping anilindd dve in. water and selling it as viol! ink; but it is a fairly safe guess Bhat the man ; who first thought of ruler heals did | not have to think long. | Brings back her constant smile, And on my brow, aye, even now, Her soft lips touch the while! Edmund Vance Cooke 5 2 PETS, SY Wi Do YOU Require Any FOOTWEAR Our regular daily Bargain Trays offer many opportunities to the thrifty to save the odd dollar or two. These trays are partly comprised of high grade broken lines and special clearing lots. But most- $2.98 This Ladies' Low Shoe and Slipper interest. Stylish and good fitting Oxfords may be had in Patent, Brown and Black Kid Leathers in all sizes--Medium Tray is creating great ly, the lines offered are the result of very ad- vantageous purchases on our part, and generally there are all sizes in each kind. Any Shoe placed on our daily Bargain Tables assures our customers that it is unusual value. $2.98 Growing Girls' Patent Leather Boots that are made on a smart Medium Heeled, full fitting last. Are clearing at this price. All sizes. $3.50 This tray contains the following: or Flat Heeled Patent or Kid Slip- pers, either buckled or buttoned, may also be had in all sizes. The balance of the Tray consists of various sizes in all types of low shoes and very fortunate is the wearer they happen to fit. Sizes 214 to 8. A strong out door Boot which we can well recommend is made by one of the most reputable Shoe Manufacturers in Canada. We offer it at a: price generally asked for greatly inferior makes and quality. It is high grade solid leather throughout. The uppers are of pliable, close grain, dark Brown leather. The soles are both specially sewn and standard screwed. Men's Sizes 6to 1 | Boys Sizes | to 5 Youth'sSizes 11 to 13 . EVERYTHING IN HOSIERY SEE«OUR WINDOWS Stout, full toed, flat heeled school boots for the growing girls. Medium heeled, Black Kid Boots on a very dressy last. Oxfords, an excellent fitter. Patent 1 buckle and two strap slippers with medium or flat heels, and a miscel- laneous collection of Broken lines. All sizes 21% to 7. Brown Sport Walking he Burns Co., Lid. Main Four Corners, OSHAWA