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bhi ah SE Sh nth ofS og BS SB J HN EYRE Mey. ye YY - &. ee SEVP ENS SYS =- ha LER REFORM» w RRA. SS a7 EO w 'give service to Oakville. PAGE FOUR THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1928 " EA Eh Ohana Bay Times , THE OSHAWA A DALY REFORMER Osha Canada, Printing Company, Limited: Chas, - a ey Figen; | Ar R. Alloway, secretin by carrier; 30¢ @ week. By mail (out , aide Oshawa carrier delivery limits): in the + Counties of Ontario, Durham and Northumber- land, $8.00 a year; elsewhere in Canada, $4.00 a year; United States, $5.00 a yéar. TORONTO OFFICE 407 Bond Building, 56 Tempérance Street, Tele- phone 'Adelaide 0107. H. D. 'Fresidder, repre. ,. uentative. REPRESENTATIVES IN U.S. '| Powers and Stone, Iinc., New York and Chicago. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1928 > TEE DELAY JUSTIFIED ' The City Council has very wisely delayed . submitting to the electors the question of purchasing the local electric distribution -, system and gas plant and mains from the * Hydro Electric Power Commission of On- +. tario. It is true that a great deal of time has been spent on this matter during the past « year, a special committee of council having " had numerous conferences with the chair- ' man and officials of the Hydro Electric Com- * mission. Recently a public meeting was held here at which the chairman and chief en- ' gineer of the Commission were present and . gave ratepayers certain additional informa- tion which helped to clear the air to some '| extent. The course that should be taken seems : fairly clear with reference to the electric - plant. The electric distribution system is in ' a healthy condition, both physically and fin- + ancially, and it would appear that under the - system of financing agreed to by the Hydro ' Commission the purchase would be fully / justified. . However, there are still some . points which should be cleared up before this proposal is in shape to. submit and re- * commend to the people. ; There is the further reason for delay that the Hydro Commission has so far refused "1.to consider the sale of the electrie utility apart from the gas plant. - We believe the Hydro Commission is open to criticism for having taken this position. . The Commission "has repeatedly stated its policy as being in the direction of selling local distribution ~ plants to municipalities, and just why a non- i electric asset that the Commission happens to own should be included in the deal in this instance is not at all clear. No doubt the Commission would like to have sold the Peterboro street railway to that municipal- ity, but after several attempts they discover- "ed that the people of Peterboro could neither be persuaded nor frightened into buying the trolley line. This did not seem to interfere " with the sale of the hydro distribution plant in that city. We therefore believe the Hydro Commis- * sion should be willing to have the two public : utilities which they own in this city treated "as separate units, and should permit the 'electors to consider ea¢h on its own merits. There is certainly a great deal more rea- son for hesitation with regard to the pur- chase of the gas plant and mains than there is with reference to the hydro electric distri- bution system. The record of the local gas : plant in the past has not been highly satis- * factory. It has made no substantial gain in number of customers despite a doubling and trebling of population. Its earnings, while 'consistent, do not begin to compare with those of the electric system despite the fact that rates are as high as any in Ontario. The present plant is undoubtedly in need ° 'of extensive replacements. It may be that the gas business in Osh- . awa could be better handled by a private company that would extend the service to {other nearby communities, making this a 'centre for the gas business and possibly de- veloping some allied industries; Or it might be possible and advisable to interest the 'Consumers' Gas Company of Toronto to ex- "tend its service to Oshawa in the same man- 'ner 2s has now been decided upon by a com- pany in Hamilton that has undertaken to 'In that case the Jocal distribution service might be handled by the city or by the company as might be zrranged. These are only some of the angles of the gas situation that should be considered be- fore the electors are asked to pass judgnient, - upon the purchase proposal that has been discussed with the Hydro Commission. It is clear that the council has acted wisely in authorizing the special committee to con- tinue its investigation and to employ an in- dependent expert to make a complete sur- 'vey of the whole situation, and until this is done it would seem advisatle to defer judg- ment With respect to the gas plant purchase. AMATEUR DRAMA , Ever since the motion-picture business be- came a great commercial success the old quarrel between movies and theatre has gone largely in favour of the former. This is, of course, to speak of them both with no glance at whatever of art there may be in 'them. Financially and . popularly speaking, the battle has gone steadily to the movies. The * theatrical "road" has turned into a weedy path, overgrown from increasing disuse. The movies are housing themselves in pal- aces. While the town "opery house" grows duller and dustier each year, the village movie surrounds itself with the most sump- tuous architecture. A shift may soon be perceived if a trend now visible continues. In those towns where the cinema is most: firmly 'entrenched the non-professional drama is taking hold. It will be something of a shock to the movies to find real competition in amateur thea- tricals, The secret is that the new brand of ama- teur theatricals is not the old-fashioned so- ciety function known as the "home talent play." Nor is it' what the director of one Little Theatre says it was even ten years ago, "a parking place for wives." Though one cannot get at all the complex reasons for the growing strength of the Lit- tle Theatre: movement; it seems clear that it offers better entertainment than the movies in giving so many an opportunity for personal activity. It is accomplishing some- thing in a truly cultural way by offering first-hand experience in acting, designing, costuming, scene painting, directing, produc- ing and play writing. EDITORIAL NOTES Why fall out with people? Do you cuss an oak tree because it doesn't bear apples? A faint heart never won a fair lady, but otherwise it has no particular advantage. Too many persons are perpetually looking for an opportunity to give their dispositions a tryout. . In the old days they didn't call them "young intellectuals;" they simply said they were untidy. Another instance of powerful memory is ability to recall what every key on the ring belongs to. There's no need to worry when she's out at night if she likes to sit on dad's lap at home. Bit of Verse ONLY DETAILS LACKING In the year --I don't remember what the year was; On a date I find I cannot just recall, In a spot the latitude of which, I fear, was Long forgotten, if I ever knew at all, : Lived a man, or else a woman--time's be- reft me Of precisely which the party was, or who; The particulars, I find, have wholly left me, As particulars, unfortunately, do. She, or he, possessed a mother or a father Or a brother or a comrade or a foe, Or a lover or a sweetheart--what a bother That the facts about the tale elude me so! There was love or there was hate or there was something Which was done or said, I can't remem- ber what, And it either was a glad thing or a glum That whatever happened, happened--was 5 it not? Yet my recollection constantly refuses To remind me of the matters that oc- curred; There was something done by Whatsisname to Whozis, But I cannot tell you what, upon my word. If you want to weave these incidents I men- tion In a story, you are welcome to the same, And I hope you find it worthy your attention, Mr. ---- Pardon me, 1 don't recall your name! By James W . Barton, M.D. THE DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF . HEALING _ Some of our humorists like to get something on the specialist in the story of the man who swallows ed a collar button and wished to have it removed from his stomach. On consulting the specialist and telling him that it was a front co!- lar button, he was politely told that this particular. specialist operated for the back collar button only, Now while. this gives rise to a smile, there are folks who think that only one system of medicine or treatment is correct, and any- thing done by any other system or method must be wrong. Thus we have health systems, food systems, the system of using enemas and high irrigation of the intestine, physical training systems, massage, chiropractic, and oste- pathic. systems, mind cures and various other system, besides the regular system of medicine and surgery. Now what about this? If you thing -for a moment, I be- lieve you'll Agree that every method and every system has its place, and your common sense will just about direct you properly, The cause of cancer 'is unknown, but if cancer be treated early with radium or X-ray, a' certain per- centage can be cured. Surgery is the only other method of getting rid of cancer, and this too only in the early stages, Another condition that causes more illness and death than any- thing else is heart disease. There is only one treatment here and that is rest together with the use | of digitalis, under the careful sup- ervision of the physician. ,Then there are the great number of cases of indigestion even includ- ing ulcer of the stomach. The treat- ment here while medical to sonre extent, can be handled by proper diet, proper period of rest, proper periods between meals and so forth. Accompanying this is constipa- tion and here the proper foods, aid- ed by exercise are indicated. Then there are conditions where the patient is unable or unwilling to exercise and where his whole system including heart needs stimu- lation. Neither medicine or surgery is indicated here, but heat, mas- sage, osteopathy, or other mechan- feal treatment to gtimriate the cells of the body to action. And when the trouble is of the mind or of a mental nature, minis- ters, priests, the nerve specialist. the psychologist, the mental and gpi=itnal healer, can be of help. (Registered in accordance with the Copyright Act.) Grand Duke Nicholas Bzttling for Life With Pneumonia Anthies. France, Dec. 19.--Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia is making a gallant fight for his life here against a particularly severe case of pneumonia. A bulletin issued at 6 o'clock last night said that his condition had slightly improved over that of the day, which was deseribed as "very serious." The crisis is expected tomorrow night. The illness has pursued the regular course. The strong constitution of the old warrior, in spite of his slight physique, is bal- ancing to some extent the effects of his age of more than three score years and ten. The Grand Duke left Paris six weeks ago because the winter cli- mate was deemed too séveré for a man of his age. He became ill last week. Athough he is generally recog- nized as head of the once-powerful Romanoff family, newspapers have recently reported that he has abandoned his last hope of restor- ing the monarchy in Russia. ABANDONMENT OF CELTIC REGARDED AS PROBABLE London, Dec. 19.--The White Star liner Celtic may be abandoned to the rocks and sea which hold her fast near the entrance to the harbor of Cobh, Irish Free State. Superintendent Bartlett of the White Star Line. reported to his office after a thorough inspection yesterday that salvage is not prac- ticable because of the difficulty of reaching the damage to the hull, and that further expense would be unjustifiable. He advised, how- ever, the continued removal of the vessel's cargo. CHRIST FOR ALL~ALL POR CHER, \ CITT = HEAR AND HEED--Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near. --TIsa. 55:6. PRAY ER--Thy face Lord, will I seek. 1at full speed at touching up those on hand and making final altera-: medicine and surgery and will tell: fe The Toy Shop has now finished its collection of toys and is"Working tions to the toys which came in on Monday and 'Tuesday: called in to take care of' the final ished toys is being held in the win- dow of J. H. R. Luke's Store, next to the Regent Theatre, The boys wish to thank all of their helpers, who have given their time, money or. toys for the Shop. At this time the Boy Scouts of Osh- awa unite in wishing' the generous public a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, Joy and sorrow are linked to- gether with the return of Scout Master Wells to his troop, joy at his recovery from his injuries and sorrow at the knowledge of his re- tirement as Scout Master of the Salvation Army troop. His success- or Scout Master McGill has already made his presence felt in local Scout circles by his work at the wish the Salavation Army troop ev- ery manner of success during the new year. With the Christmas season at hand' we would lke to warn all Scout Masters and Scouts that they must be ready for duty when the Christmas heer fund makes its dis- tribution. Final] instructions have not yet been received but will be communicated to the Scout Masters as soon as possible, A small army of experts has been: finishing and a showing of the fin-. Toy Shop and their brother scouts: rer Scouts train A Articles Contributed by the 'Scout .Leaders of wa, Covering the. Activities of the : "Various Troops nL AI Once again we request the Scout Masters to make some endeavor to gether a little information each week and mail it to L. J. Austin, Eng. 'Dept.," General Motors. If the Bcdut Masters would only realize how dishearting it is to endeavor to 'éarry on this columm each week, witheut the aid of all concerned there would be a very deluge of material available for these notes. It would be a very fine New Year's 'resolution for all Scout Troops to see that each week a detailed ac- count of their troop activities be forwarded by Monday noon of each week to Mr. Austin. TROOP NOTICES 1st: Thornton's Corners Troop.-- No meeting on Friday due to the annual Christmas concert at Thorn- ton's Corners Hall. The following Friday however every boy is re- quested to be present as the patrol competition is drawing to a close. 5th Oshawa Troop --Will meet Friday night at 7.30 p.m. at the Y. M.C.A. It is very important that all boys be present in order to boost their patrol total and so win the competition which closes shortly. 6th Oshawa Troop--Will meet Saturday evening to help at the concert to be held in the church, There will be a meeting on Mon- day at 10 a.m. but there will he none on Monday evening, On Wed- nesday they will attend the Min- strel Show practice. FIRE CLAIMS NINE Hotel Is Destroyed at Haz- ard--Several Persons "Missing Hazard, Ky., Dec 19.--Nine per- sons are known to have perished, one is near death and several missing in a fire that razed the Combs Hotel here late Saturday night. The 'bodies of J. E, Pirtle, 33, Mrs. Pirtle, 28, and Emma Sizemore, 18, were identified by pieces of jewelry. The other re- ported dead are B. S Walden, W. A, Wooters, Findlay Taylor, Roy Baker, R B. Morton and a Mr. Stone, first name unknown, Those seriously burned are Dora Size- more, in critical condition, W. J Spencer and Mrs. Phil Gould, thé body and face, Sunday a special detachment 'of Company H-149th Infantry, Ken- tucky National Guard, was search+ ing the smouldering ruins for mis- sing bodies, while more guardsmen patrolled the streets near the scene of the conflagration. Fully 10,000 persons packed the streets watching searching parties going through the crumbling mass of still hot bricks. The Combs Hotel was a five storey structure, containing 129 rooms, At the time of the blaze there were 53 guests registered, of which number 44 have been ac- counted for, Numerous people going in and out of the hostelry may have been trapped in the build- ing, which was without fire es- capes other than a wooden stair- way at the rear, Twenty-five wefe rescued by means of ladders put up to the front windows. Some estimates placed the loss of life at more than a dozen and will not be known until workers can thorough- ly search the ruins, $500,000 Damage Damage to the hotel itself was placed at $600,000 while other neighboring buildings were dam- aged to the extent of about $37,- 000. The fire was under control about 1.30 o'clock yesterday morn- ing after having raged .for seven Wanted~-- A Man to Represent Brokerage House A well - established broker- age house, exchange mem- bers, doing an extemsive business in Ontario, re- quire the services of a man to represent them fin this district, To the right man they will pay a liberal sal- ary and furnisti every ase distance. Only applicants of unques- tioned Financial Advertising Com- pany, 6 Jordan Street, To- ronto, 2, Ont, ~Berton Braley. | Phos 143 and 14 LIVES IN KENTUCKY latter two badly burned about the hours. A special train carrying fire fighting equipment and addi- tional firemen was sent back to 'Lexington after having reached Jackson, Ky, For a time it was feared the en- tire business section. would be wiped out * » Starting in the hotel kitchen the fire spread with such rapidity tha: many were trapped with no chagce to escape, Some of the bodies were burned beyond recognition, PREMIER BALDWIN APPEALS TO WOMEN TO BOOST GOODWILL Toronto, Ont., Dec. 19.--The fol- lowing letter addressed to the Wo- men's Organizations of Toronto has just been received. It says: *"Pre- mier Baldwin has appealed to wo- men. 'The Paris Peace Pact means every woman in every civilized A.L. HUDSON & Co. MEMBERS LJ NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE WINNIPEG GRAIN EXCHANGE STANDARD STOCK and MINING EXCHANGRH NEW YORK PRODUCE EXCHANGE (Ass'te) NEW YORK CURB MARKET (Ass'te) DPR AT i= DIRECT PRIVA WIRE CONNECTIONS TO ALL PRINCIRAL MARKETS THROU! 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