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inken on at nato w 'rmnuuuhmnfln.dl loes, Ont, Both are Y M.0,A, seeretar les « Special Session of Council was a ‘"Very Harmontous" one, Till Coun, Hilliet Hurled a "Bomb,, Into its Midst Orgders for Spray Placed and Municip1 * Spray Waggon Will do the Work for the Ratepayers if they so Desire it yayer who wishes the town coancil “-w"i#.""“" can have same tone by Sinx at once to Mr. Sromley. Supt. of Works Carried AILLIER ADVISES COUN CiL T0 FORGET The sudden domisc of ons of the «own‘s newly nequired horzes a woek ago eaused a special session of the town council to be called on Wednesâ€" duy night last, when another "Very Harmontous" session was held. ... Thirtyâ€"second Year. lone by appffing at on Sromley. Supt. of Works . The qaestion of raluing or ‘ots in Queen‘s Law ame up for diseusslon w ame up fo: h Council adjourned â€" "Jesus shall be our comâ€" mander, and he bas von Hinâ€" denbure beaten to a frazzle," "Jesuz, you‘re sure taking a lot of back talk from the Kulxâ€" er. 1 wish, Lord, you‘d tell America to wipe Gormany off the map, even as you commandâ€" ed Israel to destroy the corrupt and ‘Idolatrous Cannaanites. "And I‘ll turn that New York tubernacle into a â€" recruiting station If congress‘ll only #ay the word. Billy Sunday, speaking in Bulfalo, had this wuch to say about Germany and the war: CEMETERY RATES BILLY SUNDAY KAISER AG GANADIAN SURVIVORS OF LACONIA THE INDEPENDENT MAST Lh rates metery ve finâ€" CO8BYâ€"At hi Ont., on Sunday, . Cosby, in his TARVIA ROAD _ CosT $10,.000 PER MILE bwnolnlun‘dhdfh«hl P8®®008®"® * . " pone, of 8t .lnmumu'.'ru--lu-uhum,u.m-lu lnolutimnnrln-olll'uuhnnwmhm Torvia road is nothing . more than a inixture of stone and tar, mixed . thoroaghly in the right proportions and jaid. much after the fashion of cement but it has not nearly the woaring qualities or the stobility that cement has, At $10,000 a mile Lincoln Counâ€" ty could have laid a permanent coment roadway, for but very litâ€" tle more money. Supt. Bromley laid close to s third of a mile of coment pavement in GRIMBBY ut the rate of less than $10,000 a mile and we cannot see why Linâ€" coln eannot do the same, without wasting their money at the same ratlo for a much more inferior article. ontalde, Mr. ernment Kn Tarvia road w mille, whl fncturers o ut $7.500. vi «Whie p the work of constructing the mew road commenced Peter Robertson, now superintendent of the Q) & G,, then chuir of the Q. & G. (CWMuittce, 1 sonal -'MrA of@the work was under :Ir superyisio®n t the row oullt, and o*not !Il what the r d mn- jw'. e yory best of biifly . e o to coft, stab maintenunce . ers possessed The road in quostion was built on that portion of the Q. & G. Road across 21, 22 and 23 Conâ€" cexston 4, Louth Township and Lots 1 and 3 Concession 5, Clinâ€" ton ‘Township When it was cecided by the County Council and the Q. & G. Committoe last spring to build a plece of Tarvia roud a« an exâ€" pertment. several members of the Connell with Engineers and Mr. MeLean _ the Government Road Engincer spent three days _ inâ€" specting roads of the same kind in New York state. While on this trip they were in charge of New York Stute Road_engineers and were given all the information as to coft, stability, building and maintenunce that the New Yorkâ€" hfln en-r(‘:: couh-'u;wtlon of this of . which was an exâ€" perimenth! project was 19,732.04. Roughly speaking $20,000 and was tiado up as foiows: Curb and gutter.........$1045 25 Wite dtuin...... ........ 1815,10 Spreading, rolling, ctc... 2120.¢2 Mauling und Labor. ... . . 3369.98 Culverts.:..}..... ...... Mb , EWw York Sta is ="llo l::::'u prosented _ last week to the County Council, as the cost of building the two miles of Tarvia road in Clinton and Louth Townships last fall by the Queenston and GRIMSBY Stone Road Committee _ . oo seteamment Total his home at iy, March 25, is 55th year M DIED TK . k cust of $19,732.04 Winslow, 1917. Eh GRIMSBY, WEDNESDAY MARCH 28th, 1917 [MERRITTON IsSUES A N _ INJUNCTION;COUNâ€" y COUNCI_}_, WILL | FIGH Monéa counclis count Â¥yi socording to traffic, e was passed by the co and is oniw in â€" the h Meutenantâ€"Givernor in ¢ ing approval, siving ground of the Uuder the programme as . dectdcd436t P@eently framed vpon by the iast seasion of the Counâ€" | Depal me and un ty Council, Lincoln was in inangarâ€"| @unlQlpalities are p ato a system of Improved trunk high» egallty of ~t! ways totaling 127 miles, wlibout t Adncoin County Grimaby and Queenston . stone rowds? Claus! ing in : whicy adds some 33 niles, more.| IGWink ection of . These highways wore to : be bullt in | w ‘; «which ‘the C all part« of the county at a cost vary / f of @nod Ing from $5,000 to $10,000 ner mteal l [ 0 occording to traffic, etc. A byâ€"law [ AMSH for . the was passed by . the . county counei4 EMDM® Highways. It and is niw in . the hands of . thel OHmopbor 1 !"fl Our large stock Includes all stzes of both bleached and unbleached maâ€" druca sponges, Our retail prices are below present wholesale quotations, und it will pay you to buy at ‘once, Also sponges . sultable for . washing antos and for household use. Parke & Parke. Market Square, Hamilton. in issulng a writ againss the Coust> ty of Lincoin to restrain the Count§; from proceéding with its zood romds programme, . Merritton _ nas . opened mp an interesting feature in . muni« elpal mattors. The writ was . sorved on Warden . Claus on Moaday, but news of the matter did not -M around till Tuesday afternoon. Mer ritton holds . the byâ€"law is Mezar and ultra vires. Ingersol and Kings stone are ncting for Merritton and A, W. Marquis is solicitor for the Coun» on as penod i Peidi Owing Qucen Marie of . Roumania rlur of: considerable gbility ounty‘s New CGood Roads System and Building manent Cement | Iiuhm&rfnfl Suit Eastern Officials~â€"Recent Good c ?-luw is the Su the Assault. f nt ywas hold, es of the big : ang the bashs by the Deputy ryilins NADRCCA BATH SPONGES z_ over the (chureh cemetory d to the managemoht und exre e Towiship Council _J. 8. Norton and daughtor, Loute were gueats of . Mr. and Edward Penfold, recently. . â€"‘ int to the . Inclement weathor lday evening lnst, " the Tapley» Literary Socicty did not, hold gilar mecting. infor BAPLEVTOW N Fri . Melean vomod to be Issuance of the . whote e «inestion a joint . meeting .« . Catharines awnd ta v tiin Cathar« roth Marc I CT OmE CTmR MV TTE C dE h clor are being protected, if the fruit growera peraist. In bringing 200 fair (oâ€"Eds here to pick truit."â€""Banty" Culp, Bachelor Extraordinary. u_ e0 6000@ ® "The people have wither got t0 spray their trees Of else cut. them down. Law is law and 1 am on the warâ€"path,."â€"â€"San Jost Scale‘ Inspector i Groce. Ts ‘ COd _A0E is 4 ‘ |_Under the programme as . decided upon by the last session of the County Couneil, Lincoln was to innugurate a system of improved trunk . highways totaling 127 miles, without the GRIMS BY and Queenston stone road, which adds some 33 miles more. These highâ€" ways were to be buiit in all parts of the country at a cost varying from ©$5,000 to $10,000 per mile, according | to traific, otc. A byâ€"law was passed by ‘the county council and is now in the { hands of the Licutenantâ€"Governor in | Council awaiting approval. . w . Cl o u. " ~ poge The eontdene om ths . The warden exprossed| con that the County would win | the which wil; be heard in the | local %( House. The writ is to ree | strain . County _ from | proceeding m? gooi roads programme, Merâ€" ng that the byâ€"law is iMeâ€" wal ultra vires. The question that wants setiled is whether| Councils are entitled to unâ€"} such programnes under |l|-,-[ act ty framed by the iTighways | ment and under which other| muni¢lpalities are proceeding. | The Jegallty of the proceedings of the 14ncoln County Council, Warden | "Just watch how / streets are going to â€"â€"Ald. â€" Marsh, . Ch# Works. "I am some little nccount collector, uint 17 20 year old accounts are Pi¢ for me."â€"Wm. Farrow, Patnter and (Clazer, P EC s o a ‘ "Everybody should see Pictures‘ . in _ _Moore‘® â€" 7 Thursday . night, and _ {} themselves _ accordingly." ander, M.OM. _ â€"â€"_>_ ; "I sold the town that set of brass mounted barness for the new team, How do you like It? Pretty swell, ch what ?"â€"Col. Jimmy Upsdell of the Harness Brigade Main 8t. and N INDEPENDENT. INTERVIE W S) "I don‘t with prominent people We need es _not Suit Eastern Village s Byâ€"law is the Subject of maintains is snown by the folâ€" f:_gt_!u__or the Highway Aci en Claus was interviewed Sutâ€"| vorning in connection with the | med by . Alerriiton upon the} in connection with their Good | ONE MINUTE Ill(! Building of Perâ€" ed a Traitic Byâ€"Law for and need it badly."â€"Editor think my rights as a bachâ€" & e e e * ® h how clean GRIMSBY‘S Aw: waiiace RO8d 41370 Wailace Ontario L6L av2 QabÂ¥ill@: OMDL C sep access sySTEMS LTD Wi_uasa Road should see the ‘Health Moore‘® . Theatre, . on t, and then govern cordinety."â€"Dr. Alex= E707 tds s x to be this sunmer, ‘Chairman â€" Board 9 ""* . a96.1 16 Phone 825â€"1166 Comnty formed it d rence. ‘A'I’. BMn mM ECC P ntoad ton Ladies Liberal Assoctation . wilt coâ€"operate In having the ladies in at> ‘The Liberals of the counMQ® . 0f Brant, Haldimand, Lincoln, Norfolh, Oxford, Welland and Went worth, wl hold a Conference In the city of Ha 1 ilton, _ on _ Monday, and . Thesia$. Apr. 9th and 10th, 1817. The . _Hamiâ€" P00 CCTOD OS Canadartans with tendance LIBERAL CONFERENCE JX MAN« 1LTON TRAFFIC CONUG£eSâ€" TION ARRIVES WITH SPRI~G The fact that Depot 8t. only PuD® as far us Main St, and not right neross Main 8t, and on toâ€" wards the mountain _ makes the Depot and Main 8t, corner a very dangerous one +1 the summer months. A _ bad corner at the bost, but when you get a bunch of Figs and automobiles, motor» cycles . and a ;rlu-hn’ed ‘wpeod flend or twoâ€"all mixed up togethâ€" er and all going in â€"different dirâ€" t this Interseetion n . oug Ind ooo ha For over two years now the INDEPENDENT has been agitat« Ing for a trafile byâ€"law to reguâ€" late the trafic on Main 8t., but up to the present time our worthy town fathers linve. not sean fit to put such an ~riinanes Into operation, badly as it was neede; This byâ€"law is a necessity in GRIMSBY now and we hope that the gentlemen | representing . the ratepayers of this thriving. town around the council table will see the. light of day and pass wuch "n ordinanee â€"without© any â€"further delay. Traifie congestion on Main 8t. during the Spring, Summer and Fall months is very bad and hus been gotting worse every . year l.: still no metion has ever been B d e e If Councilior Hillier had spent as much time during the past winter in promoting a traffic byâ€" law for GIIMSBY as he did in boosting â€" hi« freakish, â€" unworkâ€" uble snow byâ€"law he would have been _ doing _ something . worth while. ‘If<the town council had spent as much time and energy in discussing a proper traffic byâ€"law for Main 8t. during the past two months as they did in discussing HilHer‘s _ Country _ Crossroads snow byâ€"law they would have earned the . umdying . thanks * of every pedestrian in this district and would have moved their town one. _ step further upwards â€" toâ€" wards the Big Town class. matancal oo 200C "an cver been taken by any body of men who have filled the seats wround our Conncil board. Summer will soon be here and with its arrival will come the grcat muss o( frait drays rushlng hither and thither in all directions, on all sldes of the street and menaeing the life and limb of the poor lowly pedesâ€" trian. _ Now is the time for the Town Council to tnxe action and romedy this state 07 affairs hand~ : down from the "Rube Village"® ys. Spring is here once more and »o is the traffic congestion on Main 8t. and in unother month {t will be worse still. S °02 _ Crve and wander alt over the street in n hapleas, shapelens manuer‘anc 2s a conâ€" sequence‘a pedestrinn has a hard thnc making bis or her way back und forth across the stroet. The fruit growers and rarmers and antomobile driersy nre to blame to a certain extens, out the town fathers are more to . blame and the have never mado an efort in any way to remedy thin state of allairs. Horses tled nlong the street is another nulsance that . must . be remedied, Parmers _ and | fruit growers . drive into town, te up on the wrong side ‘of the street to begin with and in the next place leave their rigs standing on an angle with the back end sthcicing right out into the middle of the road. It was only Thursday of lust woek that a farmer thed hifs toam up in frout of x Main 8t. store and wont away aad left his wagon projecting out into . the street to stich an â€" extent that there was only n clearance . beâ€" tween the hack end of his hay rack and the street car track of two feet four and oneâ€"half inches, HMad this farmer done the same trick in Hamilton ae would have been hauled into court and made pay a fine, and rightly so, We do not blame the farmer all togeth» er, because he knew nothing of traffic laws and cared less and there was nobody to tell him. When he tied hiz team up _ he never thought for a moment that he was in GRIMSBY "The bigâ€" gest town in Lincoln County" where there was heavy . traffic traveling in all directions and that his wagon was blocking the roadway, The man simply tied his team up and went away on busiâ€" ness and never gave the matter any more thought than if he had done the same thing . in Beamsâ€" ville or Smithville instead of on the busy, traffic congested, Main 8t. of GRIMSBY. Drivers" drive A.l the present time the * not‘a that Depot 8t. only P us Main Bt. and not s Mzin 8t. and on toâ€" mountain . makes â€" the Main 8t, corner a very one «n the summer _bad corner at the and in the next place rigs standing on an the back end sticking Into the middle of the war only Thursday of that a farmer thed hi« the â€" counales . of Jay A new stuble and wagon shed is to bebailt on the town‘s Orehard Lane property. The new ouilding will be a frame and metal lath structure, cover» d with stucco and will cost in the neighborhood of $1,000, Caretaker 124. Downs bas started his Spring work in Queen‘s Lawn Cemetery and is very busily engaged trimming the trees and rose bushes, Work at the lake on the new sedtâ€" mfll':“m basin wiit be Anished this week. a IM Town Teamster Poter Felker has christencd his new team with very apâ€" propriate names _ The one horse is called "Frank" after Ald, Randall, and the other one "Charfey" after Reeve Farrell and Supt. sromley. "Henry." he died, being named after Aldermen Hillter and Marsh, Lt.â€"Col. S. W. Hewetson, who Spent his Boyhood Days in Grimeby, Lays Down his Life in France | _ RIMMERâ€"At â€" the City _ Hospital, | 8t. Catharines, on â€" Thursday, â€" March | 22, 1917, Annie, beloved wife of Alfred | Rimmer of CRIMSDY, in her 59th | year. | J. W. Howetson, spertt his boyhood | days in GRIMSBY and afterwards roâ€" turned here often to visit with his uncle, the late Thomas Rome, After completing his education <he went west and lived at Pincher Croek and Calgary. A western newspaper has the fallowing to say of the death of Lieut.â€"Col. Samuc! Newetson: |_ "The death of: Lieut.â€"Col. 8. W. Hewetson is announced in the last casually â€" lst : bssued uy,ou.-{‘-u « this is confirmed by a telegram that ./ has been. received by his rietor, Mrz. * AN OLD GRIMGBY BOY MAKES THE SUPREME Conneilior Randall and Supt. Bromâ€" ley. were in Toronto last Thursday buying a new horse for the town, to take the place of the one that "kicked in" last week. A‘ter Leaving Grimsby he Took up his Residence in Pincher Crecek, Alta, and Practiced Medicine The new town team hitched to _ a yellowâ€"geared dump wagon with Peter Felker as pllot, made Its first appearâ€" wnce on the stroets Monday morning. Licut.â€"Col, 8. W, Hewetson, _ who spent his boyhood days m GRIMSBY. has made the supreme sacrifice, hayâ€" ing been killed in #rance some tm« ago. Muny of the citizens of the present GRIMSBY will not remember ‘Samâ€" uel Hewetson but all the older ones will remember both him and > his. futher, The family resided on a farm which thirtyâ€"five years ago was conâ€" #ldered one of the most perfectly kept and cultivated fruit farms in the town ship of North GRIMSBY, situated about a mile east of the village. The property afterwards passed to George F. Morphy, lator to W. W. Beamer, and still later to Stirling Cook, a porâ€" tion of it is still owned by the Cook family. The April meeting of GRIMSBY Union will be held at the home of Mrs. Atkinson, Adelaide. St â€" N., on Tuesday, April 3, at 5 pam. c: ors. /51 the members are earnestly urged :o attond. Come and bring a friend. "The colonel, who was ubout 48 Yoars of age, was an extremely popuâ€" lar officer, und his death will be reâ€" .nn-lu-d by a large circle of friends both . i Creek." i Th +000 ib llh AAnie ts d 1 )A fes«lonally in Pincher Creok, "It was reported wome little time awo that after severa; months in the firing line that the deceasad colonel was suffering from « neryous breakâ€" down and sholl shock, but the wad news of his death was entirely unexâ€" pected, and has been receilved with the deepest sorrow at local military Ladanadiucs down and : news of his pected, and the deepest bndquarters d Melg Ambdiants " fober" 10 Mn 1 to In 1908, alnce 1905 had beey prominently attached to the medical section, being appointed | in 1906 A.D. MS., in Milltary., District No. 13. Previously he practiced proâ€" sasotanatts l Cendt usnn 1 A .D. M. S. OF DIST. 13 Bmiouel In Calgary and at Pinther UNlCIPALl OVEMENTS | Hewetson, a son of the late There DIED in t /n