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| The € Ontario Reformer | (Established in 1871) An independent 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 -President and Editor, J. Bwart 'MacKay: Vice- President and Treasurer, SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 'Delivered by Carrier in Oshawa or by mail anywhere: fn Canada $3.00 a year. United States subscription $1.50 extra to cover postage, Single copies Ge. (Member Audit Bureau of Circulations) OSHAWA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1922. Plant A Tree. Something has been attepmted in the Pro- vince from time to time in regard to reforestra- tion, but much remains to be done. A drive through the country convinces one of the necessity of a.vigorous tree planting policy being adopted, not only by individual farmers, but by communities, townships and. counties. The Provincial Government is doing a good deal to encourage tree planting by co-operating with counties which will set aside a certain tract of land, the Government planting it to seedlings and caring for it for a period of years but much more remains to be done, A great many people think that our forests are inexhaustible and that tree planting is something which does not concern them. As a matter of fact the cutting down of our forests affects every man, woman and child in the coun- try, not only in increased prices for lumber, furniture and fuel, but in its effect upon cli- mate, upon fertility of the soil, upon naviga- tion, and in many other ways. " Every farmer has some broken ground, hill- side or waste places which are not suitable for agriculture, These could profitably be planted out to trees. Unless something like this is done on a pretty extensive scale, old Ontario is going to suffer seriously for want of wood. A good plan to adopt would be the planting of a tree for every one cut down, ! PINS AND "PIN MONEY." 'See a pin and pick it up Then all day you'll have good luck, See a pin and let it lie You will rue you passed it by." Thus goes the old - nursery rhyme probably designed for the purpose of making careful not to waste anything, not even a pin. One of the questions which is more easily asked than answered is, where do all the pins go? There ; are over 200,600,000 produced daily iv the world, but they disappear as if by magic, With this number turned out daily naturally expect to see the whole earth carpeted with pins and people walking warily lest their feet should get filled with these sharp bits of metal. However, a pin does not long survive the elements and soon dissolves into a few grains of rusty metal when exposed to rain or the corroding effects of the earth. Pins, however, they are today. In the 14th century when they were first introduced and for many long years af- ter they were valuable' articles and as such were carefully treasured. As a matter of fact an old law permitted the sale of pins only on two days in the year, the 1st and 2nd of January, and women which was one would and others who required pins had to buy their sup- ply for the entire year on these-two days, of this custom and due to the further fact that pins), were an expensive luxury, the term *'Pin -- M arose. Pins were worth money 500 years ago. ey ' Our municipal eandidates must be very modest, We are on the last lap ow! There are only six more shopping days till Christmas. The sympathy of the entire community goes out to Dr. and Mrs. Cameron in the tragic death of their child. Merchants report that the Christmas shop- ping season has been an extremely satisfactory one. People of Oshawa . have money and are spending it freely. The person who first coined the phrase, "the cold gray dawn of the morning after" must have been thinking of this season of the year. It takes a lot of moral and physical courage to arise from a comfortable bed these dark cold mornings. One by one the war leaders have been defeated "THE ONTARIO REFORMER, SATURDAY, DEC. 16, 1922 Last week was " Education Week" in the United States. A week devoted to this problem is more needed than many "weeks" which we have been observing, : According to Lydiatt's Advertising Book, Oshawa had an industrial pay roll in 1921 of $4,- 196,000, (The figures for 1922 will be greatly in excess of that.) This is a lot of money to be distributed in a community of this size and the wise merchant sees to it that his name is kept before the consuming public all the time. In other words the wise merchant advertises. From a Good Looking Bachelor Editor. (St. Thomas Times-Journal) For many girls, romance is divided in three ! parts: (1) friendship, (2) courtship, (3) hard- ship. Our Automobile Exports (From the Toronto Mail and Empire). The establishment of an export-centre at Oshawa by the General Motors dig having the ef- fect of making Canada one of the , leading auto- mobile exporting countries of the world. A sig- nificant evidence of this was in September, when Canada led the United States in the num- ber and value of motor cars exported to Great Britain. London records show that British im- portations from Canada consisted of 559 cars, and the United States' 426 cars. Considering that the United States has an automobile mark- et far exceeding all the other countries of the world combined, and that annual production there is two million cars, this is an important a- chievement for Canada. It is possible mainly because the British preference of one-sixth on Empire-made manufactures applies to motor cars made in the country, whether by Canadian capital or American capital. Canada is now ex- porting heavily to Australia, and other countries in the Empire, If the Imperial preference were not always as plentiful as | Because | movement leads Australia into a special agree- | ment with Canada, probably the whole of the i Australian field for cheap cars will be limited to Canadian-made cars. When the British Gov- ernment introduced the preference of one-sixth, | on whatever duties were imposed on certain art- | icles, it was believed that Canada would not | benefit materially, because we produce few com- modities taxed by the British tariff. Our ex- US | ports of manufacture to Britain are not large, | except in wood products of certain types, auto- mobiles, and specialities peculiar to this country. i The outside markets for automobiles are barely scratched yet, especially in Asia, Africa, the Orient, and undeveloped sections of the globe. { The mass production methods of this continent enable it to put cars at prices far under Euro- the leader yet in the great business of supplying the world with cheaper cars. Mrs. O'Brein: "My husband never goes out looking for trouble like yours." Mrs. Murphy: "I suppose he gets all he wants at home."--""Topics of the Day" Films. "Mike," said the judge sternly, "the testi- mony shows that you hit this man twice." "I did not, y'r honor," declared the defendant stoutly. "The fur-rst time I hit him I missed him."--American Legion Weekly. The editor of a magazine published by a New York 'bus company offers a prize each month for the best story turned in by an employe on any topic pertaining to company affairs. Here is the one which won this month. "One seat on top and one inside," shouted a "bus conductor at a stopping place. "Sure, now, and you would- n't be after separatin' a daughter from her mother," said the elder of two women on th2 sidewalk. "Right ye are, I would not," said the conductor, starting the bus. "I did that once and I've been regrettin' it ever since." A BIT OF VERSE Fellowship. (James Whitcomb Riley.) When a man ain't got a cent, and he's feeling kind o' blue, An' the clouds hang dark and heavy, an' won't let the sunshine through, It's a great) thing, O my brethren, for a feller just 40 lay His hand upon your shoulder in a friendly sort and replaced by others. There is a feeling abroad in the world that we need strong men with connee- | tions and ideals. | The United States has a bill before the Senate seeking to put an end to Lyneh Law. It has al ready passed Congress and: is expected to become | law before long. The lynching of negroes in the | When his hand is on your shoulder in a friendly U. 8. has become a mational disgrace. The Reformer has an employe who is an in- veterate punster. When Mr. brought in a hen's egg yesterday measuring 9 | inches by 634 inches one of the staff expressed | An' a good God must have made it--Ileastways, doubts about it being a hens egg but the pun- | ster said: "Egg-actly! It couldn't be hen-a- pr 4 thing else id gy oh il aie SEW ir bra a | An' you sort o' feel a flutter in the region of You can't look up an' meet his eyes; you don't i Oh, the world's Earle Moore | With its cares and bitter crosses, When a hand is on my o' way! It makes a man feel curious, it makes the tear- drops start, ' the heart; know what to say sort o' way. . a curious compound, with its honey and its gall, but a good world after all. that is what I say, . shoulder in a friendly [5 District Newsographs - Four names are mentioned as pos- sibilities in the race for the warden- ship of Northumberland and Durham counties. They are Reeve W. T. Wood of Millbrook, George A. Smith of Port Hope, E. C. Rehder of Bow- manville, James McCamus of Cavan and Frank Allin of Clarke. The lat- ter, however, has moved into New- castle from Clark and may not be in the council next year. Cobourg boys have elected their member. for the Boys' Parliament, but did not stage so large an election campaign as did the Oshawa can- didates. Four boys entered the field but only three faced the electors, The three candidates, George Walk- er, Don McCullough and Ronald Harris, addressed a mass meeting of the boy electors, following which a vote was taken. Harris was low man and dropped out, A sccond vote was then taken. McCullough being elect- ed 65 to 53. Whithy War Veterans are work- ing effectively securing funds for war memorial which is to be erect- ed at The Four Corners, A recent dancé added $153.90 to the funds on | hand and a good sum more is hoped to be added by a tag day to be heid on December 23. This being the day of the Winter Fair it is believ- ed that a large amount will be take nl in, The Wellington Consolidated | School is to be formally opened on Wednesday, December 20, by Hou. | R. H. Grant, Minister of Education The affair will take place in the | afternoon, the buildirg being open to the public from two o'clock on, | and will be followed by a public| meeting in the evening, when the | Minister of Education and other prominent men will speak in the As- || sembly Hall of the school. Bt a al "The Acorn Club, assisted by the] Rotary Club, will hand'e Port Hope's! Community Christmas Entertainmet | this year, plans for the event being well under way. A monster tree, gaily decorated, and laden with gifts for all the kiddies. will play a large part in the celebration, "The Cobourg Indusirial League," | a non-partisan and non-sectarian or- ganization, formed for the purpose of promoting the prosperity and growth of the town and contending for clean, capable and progressive administration of town affairs and for the encouragement of the growth of the town and its industrial activi- ties, is the latest association to be! formed in that town. Just what plans the league will follow in achieving the desired ¢nds is not re- ported, ------ Picton was fortunate this week in pean or other competition, and Canada may be | securing a coal cargo which will keep the residents warm for a few days, at least, The good shin Aragon pull- led into harbor there with 2,200 tons {of coal. The Aragon has been in jue grain transport work all sum- ner tem | The till in the Uxbridge G.T R. | | station was emptied of over fifty dol- lars one afternoon last week while the employes were away to supper. The outer doors of the station were | not locked, but the office doors were and that door was forced and the theft committed. No trace of the cul- prits or culprits was' left. Harry Sutcliffe, a young boy liv- ing near Port Perry had his left hand practically blown to pieces by the explosion of a dynamite cap. The caps were found by a chum in an old house. Sutcliffe took one home and began digging into it with al fork. It exploded in his hand, hlow- | ing most of that member away, only | the little finger and a portion of the | ! Give The Kiddies A Happy Christmas Donations of Toys, Candies, Clothing, are asked for by the House Committee, for the Children's Christmas Tree, at the Shelter, These may be sent direct to * The Shelter, in care of Miss A. Henderson, © Matron, at 215 King St. West, or to Mrs. H. E. Morphy (Convenor) King St. West, Oshawa, Ont, The Children's Aid Fruit, money, etc, A VISIT HERE WILL PROVE A of our meats make their appeal to the happy family circle where quality foods are appre- ciated. = Nothing but the best and lots of that is to be found there. Honest weight and sat- isfactory service. Our tele- phone is your friend. HA SUDDARD | PHONE 517 sort ©' way. | buys to resell but hes on occasion | | under false pretences, Three Words it Pays to Remember: "Simpson's Oshawa Branch" The pick and choose of Toronto's merchandise is within arm's reach of every Oshawa family. Simpson's Oshawa Branch extends a shopping service which ishot only unique but unrivalled in the prompt simply make-up and *delivery of orders. To shop in Toronto, telephone your order to Number 1280. And whether you wish a ig J teapot or a washing machine for the home, or apparel for personal use, or any of a thousand Christmas gifts, it will pay you to remember Cn "Simpson's Oshawa Branch." TELEPHONE 1280 *Simpson's efficient motor delivery operates daily between Toronto and Oshawa. Revert SIMIPSO | marries. | all the her mar- Company Limited would ap- she her riage because afterward not be permitted to make | pearance in them. girl must wear until she A Chinese girl gives away umes she wore before palm being left. The boy as well as can be expected the circumstances, Solomon Siegel, bootlegger of Peterborough, pays a good price for the is doing | inder | | cost The Best of Clothes Get out of shape with continual wear, but when they've been cleaned and pressed the modern way they always self-confessed | not ote | | booze lie clear, un- came out | accused | money) lat-) iskey" paid out £004 money for adulterated water THis in court there when Siegel { Reginald Winch of obtaining when ihe ter sold him 42 bottles of "wn for $190. The bottles contained on- ly water Seigel lost his ca look like new. We pay special attention to dyeing and repair work of all kinds and our charges are reasonable. C. E. ALDSWORTH Quality Cleaner and Dyer Nowe » Athol and Celina Streets MARRIAGE A LA MODE In all parts of China color plays | an important part in a woman's life A woman may be married in black, | but not in white, white is the color of mourning Yellow is the favorite color for the wedding gown because it is the national col- or. There are certain colors forbid- | den to a-patron, and others which af | because Corner PHONE 549 « - Hy a 72 Ib. tin 80¢ i