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wat wessler. Their equipment is at fanlt. Old and lnk{"hu. bad joints, brokâ€" en and cracked pipes, and what‘ is more, ols regulators that do not regâ€" ulate, are et fault _ Then, too, we have about four or five different sizes of pipe laid as mains both from the field and about unfl. Mr. Milter, of the Ccmmy. told The Review early jast that this very thing was one of the main causes of our poor service in town, but that it would be remedied befse the cold weather set in and thst Smithville would not have cagse to complain during the winter of 1924â€"25. What is the result? We have had the poorâ€" est service .:-flh:, the present winter that we have since the franchise was extended to the gfl.c:l Oll & Gas Coo We believe Mr. Miller x »ew what he was talking about at the tims it Ainged on page 1 . with the gas we require. . Over heit of the consumers in tows have mther thrown it out ent‘rely or in part, and are bu.cing other fuel, coal, wood or electricity. If the company is gclumll gas from other com hanies for delivery in Smithville, the ..."'""",...,..g“‘ Tee.. T is quver U6 s line. never live d in Smithville and has not been Jelivered since the sdvent of cold n «& midst of busy housewis« a«sting hber midâ€"day eneal, and "hubby" was treated to a hallâ€" eold, halfâ€"cooked or vaked dinuer, or furced to take it cold day after day The Reply In its‘ issue of Thursday, Fcbruary 19th, T‘e Review makes the followâ€" iMg '.1‘1 and comprehensive reply 1o Mr. lll'-:r'uh' "The letter of Presiac» A E. Ratz mho- Phia n in gas consumers Smithville and district and the shortâ€" age was never more acute than it was last week, immediately following the publication of said letter. _ Patrons dlhfinCo.;:d‘ mll)ylih: known if they y) are gere in their uk dm nine new Is to the present flow. The comâ€" has repeatedly .told us that they. ve lapnu-u in the field of some 28 to 32 pounds. _ This pressure has never reached Smithville, and. we figure il‘ in ounces and fractions .:‘l ounces down to a mere not mudlusncmfltlm«h for days with= the past fortnight. HKHIDPMCY incans of cooking were not vailable. Those who were decending on the gas for heat were out of it ent‘â€"z‘v. Does the company expect consumers to provide themselves with twa seis of cookâ€"stoves or heating stoves? _ Mr. Ratz com;!ains that Smithville does not pay trom a diviâ€" dend on the‘r invested capital _ No, shaplh bu.ause they do not supply a ‘ ‘There ha A shortage of. natural gas has been a vexatious quesâ€" and 8 tion in the village of Smithville for a good uuniv months past and" Schoo! : from time to time Editor Michell, of The Smithville Review, has had amount of some very pertinent remarks to make, many of which found their Tok ri way into the columns of The Independent on account of the fact that cloak roon the same company that supplies Smithville with gas will soon be _ Suspicio opérating in Grimsby, lad for se In its issue of February 12th, The Review prints a letter from “‘"‘; ® Mr. A. E. Ratz, who for a long tme has been connected with The fveen yen Chippawa Gas Co., and in his letter he does not seem to be so much some exter put out about The Review‘s remarks about Smithville gas shortage in the act. as he is about the fact that The Independent printed the items and * On Wed thereby informed the residents of Grimsby about the true state of m'{: A affairs in the southern village. . * school w Suzely Mr. Ratz or his confreres are not trying to hide anything ‘discovered from prospective gas users in Grimsâ€" stolen frot sone a public good â€" by / publishing| CUT DOWN GRAPE i inss Me Batt‘s letter to The Review is POSTS FOR WOOD annes®si. as follows: Takes Exception to Article In Smithville Review Because ThthMflmfionm ly a Vexed Questionâ€"Company Fails to Supply Fuel GAS COMPANY wWOULD _ KEEP GRIMSBY IN DARK img is "If yo. cannot do a man ny Qd. g not try to do him L-. 1, for one, am very sorry dor the attitude you have taken in the matter. 1f 1 remember conccllr your l,vh' to me expires in 1925. Please advise if you allow the unexpired time by cancelling . your valuable paper, now, and pay you up to date. Yours truly. Seaforth. Feb. 10, 1925 Dear Sir:â€"1 noticed in your you ga m"" "-:u:“ ve me e . .m up about my resignation from the s Co., and m:iu osoc Seaforth. T. hlimmer‘s name m a tly the Grimaby paper c ‘o‘r write» &h their paper and naturally ra s of Grimsby are not fi to our gas. as they have if you had not put said article in your uE.v. 1 am extremely sorry, Mr. Editor, that for one, |‘ro¢¢h your paper, m been throwing cold water ... our gas field. _ Evidently + u do not realize the amount _. mone we have invested, »24 'h-fi Smithville Revi Smithville, Ont. _ FORTIETH YEAR Poor Equipment, It Is Alleged, Is Largely Responsible For the Cause. The old say» E. RATZ on Tuesday of James Livingston, uncle of Mayor Jas, A. Livingston of Grimâ€" »by, at the age of 88 years. The funâ€" eral will take place tomorrow and Mayor Livingston deft today to attend It. By the time al} this information had been secured and warrants issued Willians had been wised np and flew the coop. KEMP‘S SPEECH IN ONTAIRO HOUSE IN REPLY TO SPEECH FROM THRONE ~evealed the fact that Willisams was the culprit. In the meantime he hag stolen some tools off the Livingston avenue work and it was also learned that during the past month most of his firewood had been secured hy choâ€" pping down grape posts in the graperâ€" les adjoiding his house, which was more or less isolated. Burden of Taxation One of the Big Probilems of the Uay= .. . sesed to Changes in O.T.Aâ€"Not in Favor of Sale o Native Winesâ€" Government Should Continue Expeiments Respecting Transportation of Fruit to Britain WH!izms and bis wife landed in Grt ashy last fall from Windsor and ‘s~« up residence in a new cottage reâ€" cently built on the lower and of Murâ€" ray street. When winter camehe was been. c Last week n resident of Fairview Road took home a bag of potatoes several smaller parcels of groceries, placed them in hi# house and came back up town. When he went home n the evening the potatoes and grocâ€" orles had disappeared. Investigation strl a search of the Williams home the trail of a young married man named Williams for the past week, but so far has falled to locate his whereâ€" wbouts. He is wanted on several chaâ€" g.uo(llcflll‘lll.fll‘l- rge. work. He then gave some figures about the cost of Hydro power to the farmâ€" ers. He â€"..d that be himself used HMydro and thm he was on one of the bost rural »nes in Ontazio. Takâ€" Ing his costs over a period of aix months, he found that he was paying 25 cents a kilowatt hour, while in Toronto the boast was being made that for 330 kilowntt hours the monthly sharge was sbout $245 Was that a fair distribution? he ushed. 1t there was a flat rate over the Province sae average cost of Hyâ€" dro, taksh monthly, wonld be $1.27 or 2 and a half con‘s a kslowatt hour. basing this on 1922 fguzes. Soys Service Charges Vary Mr, Kemp also complained of the $180 service charge to some farme"s, and the stxâ€"cont rate. In the same district he know of a mas who ownâ€" e4 only three scros and had one tran«former, and was charged jus‘ balf for service charge. ‘Then there Mr. Kemp said that the burden of taxat.on was one of the big problems of today, and the Government had not tuached :t In the Speech, nor had it done wuch us respects unempleyâ€" ment excopt to pass on the insk to the municipailtios. He asseried the Governm»nt should have contiued its experiments respecting the tranâ€" sportatio® of fruit to Britain, and sald tha« at present even if the marâ€" ket were available it would be «« uo use to alip fruit because of the tranâ€" sportation 4iffculties. The death occurred in Collingwood Chief Wentworth has been hot on Toolsâ€"Present Whereabouts Is Not Known lflubulhrl..u-unmhm ad amount of petty thieving *al place, sip from the clothes of the pupiis in the cloak room, especially in the girls ‘®t cloak room. be Suspicion has rested on one young lad for some two weeks but nothing m m-ldhmnlhmrmthl: M-umnlpm. This lad is fifteen years old and was watched to ch some extent but he was never caught ge in the act. nd ‘ * On Wednesday morning last this of boy was missed during the morning from the class room and at noon when school was dismissed George Bristol NG ‘discovered that his bicycle had been stolen from the basement. He notifâ€" **" fed Principle Jackson and a search about the school was instituted &b Etlotholmmhwl‘ueo. A recherche luncheon, which was thoroughly enjoyed, was served by the was won by the negative. which was taken by Miss Gladys Tak». and 1. A, Bromfley, while Miss Edith WilHams and Eric Bull upheld the affirmative. A debate, resoived that. "it is better to be greater fool than you appear than to appear a greater fool than you are" The judges were Miss Marsh, the Rev, C. 1. .Poole and Moore Motcalf. As a return for courtesies «>own them the Mothodist young people enâ€" tertained the Presbyterian young peopâ€" le on Monday cvening, the visitors supâ€" plying the program. Miss Jardine sang a solo and others led in community ainging. As the boy is a juvenile a settloment of the case was made by the return of the Bleycle and the Money ard an Oâ€"der that he must report at certain Intervals to the officer. When Mr. Jackson arrived home for dinner Mrs. Jackson asked him "Did you get the money I sent up to you". "What money?" asked Mr, Jackson "Why", said Mrs. Jackson a yourg boy came to the house on a bicycle about eleven o‘clock and said that you had sent him down for two dollars. As 1 did not have any small & I gave him a five dollar bill AAI.N went away." ‘The boy did not show up at school in the afternoon and Mr. Jackson not!â€" tied Chief Wentworth who, upon invesâ€" tigation, found that the lad had checkâ€" ed the wheel and taken the two o‘clock train to Toronto. ‘The Toronto police were comunicated with but failed to, locate the lnd. On ‘Thursday mornâ€" |b.l:y uhu.ri-'d‘hckhm.th-th e was immediately up. by. Chisk Wentharth, "Aip talt the There has been considerable trouble and annoyance caused at the High SLICK GAME PUT OVER BY BOY Told School Teacher‘s Wie He Had Been Sent for Moneyâ€"Decamped , , Add Coftee .« Clve It "Kick" Marshai Vaughan . (Commeryative, Welland) abked If he favorel the sale of sative wines. M, Komp said that slways he had taken the stand that he zever was it favor of that cale. Mr. Kemp said he was inâ€" elined to think that the Attorneyâ€" General was a recont convert to the doctrine he had advanced in his hâ€" his argument seemed to be 5!& liquer was not strong, not Ing, and, if they wanted a kick in %, they would have to put some coffee in it. He amused the House by roferming to the "Marco Polo" travels of the Attorneyâ€"Generâ€" al in his speech, and #=id that no State in the United States. once it had etrengthened the liquor beyond any minimum fixed in that State, ever had found such change nm.- ful. When challetiges by the Attorâ€" neyâ€"General to name the States, he named Connerticot and one of the (Georg ins. ‘lovernment proposals to <aany» the Ontaslo Temporance Act He suppâ€" caed it was like c famity being cho â€" was the persou who resorted toywarâ€" tain subterf gea to gain the lower service chy..ge, and told of how a man rede od his charze from $66 to $33 by » iling part of his farm. t54« ling th Hydro dator be aad sold it ~d by wolves; some thrown .0 the wolves T*a Lincoln member declared t «swly that he was opposed to the KNOX and WESLEY COMYTNGLE o his wnfe With Cash and Bicycle for INDEPENDENT une had GRIMSBY, WEDNESDAY, rEBRUARY 25, 1925 ig, not | * "He cometh (; ted a|* aum‘n:h to put|* setting wt «d the|* hath met arith ‘Marco|* and sontinueth Fonerâ€" | * "Yet, 9 Lord int no!* don on the c« wuvl;' vion thet Bave eyond | * public . busine Stato, |* and administer vâ€"‘ time of trauble orâ€"|*. trouole most .. ea, he! * Rmpovia Gas of the|* # 0o a 6# # o# % » llxx’u‘lln. Overdraft Inan, 8ub, AA4 Administration < B / d s /7A dMH _ ... crgecs Hematry Office Court House .. High School« .. ‘That the tender of : Niagara Advance for printins 8@ n and Awditor‘s Keport for ‘a@ at $1.44 per page, be ualt‘n the lowest tender. That the Chairms» b# authorized to look aftor the rm;' of the celling in the County Crown wt office Finance *. The Committee : mended that the a Recetpts «ad Expet for the current ye> ‘That the reques the General and 8t. Catha*ines, be ‘That the petition «( 8. F. Russ and 23 others, requestin; the lighting of the Mountain Road fuaming south from the Village o Beamsville to Quinif‘s Corner, tb nOt entertained. Printing and Bullding ‘The Committee o1 Printing and Butldingâ€" made the {olowing â€" recomâ€" mendations : T The . Council ance against la County ruads, The board of the Ceneral @ crant of §25,â€" 000 towards the wction of the new wing was to the March meeting.> * t M?. will be 00 ‘ldlli this year a 2 â€" tenance $40,000, éu to |t Ca law approved for this work. The 'o-w\lu permit South Grimsby to ‘rvon arrears of taxes a..4 the «stimates tor ‘t» year totallimg $580.01.73, ‘Thorefore County wou tlom be seci lcensing by And that « mitted for disc ing of the Ont lation. Lineoin County Coun gular mounthly meetins arines, on ‘iuesday of 1 The reports of the Rais, Printing and Building and Finan> Committoos were approved as follo©: ‘The Committee OB County Roads recommended:; Approval o( the insurâ€" ance againet Hability #0 County roads, and U‘ regarding the nature premium be referred : Road Committee, and th to th‘s counell for the the draft policy lines and ma‘ per regulation routing, fares other matter ation. That . estimates / @®pemditure in 1925 on County ros:, @iven by Engâ€" incer Rutherford, be ~delved and adoâ€" FAVOR COUNTY CONTROL OF ALL LINES OF BUSSES Lincoin Council Recommends Securing of LegiSlation to That BUILD ROADWAY TO REGINA WITH LENO "He cometh (~*> m‘ moraâ€" Imug walths Iolrt ho en flg‘h setting of the »= o *aat day t\ hath met svith =«* "~@@rsen sontinueth s ““"'.'fl. ').l':‘w, have oumpase ton on the child.«1 of &- wion thet Bave to> : ¢‘: public . busine« and adminlieter (> ",_&1! e 00 o the public b« :~~* 18 Of tow tuvs and full of "‘"& dents on Roadsâ€"South Grimsâ€" by Permitted to Collect Own Arrears of Taxes. auB wuxiciril. Counen, (Continued 0 PSE® Stx) PH i (C dution be sub t the next meeiâ€" x3 Roads Assocâ€" @fl of Lincoin nd that legislaâ€" ke possible the ie#, of «uch bus tan for the proâ€" to Include fees. \edules and any to such operâ€" Pinanoe recon:â€" hed eattmate of 1te®, be adonted *# 4# 6 a # e «»â€"$ ©42,000,00 | Joe. _ 9.309.00 | a... > ©©,508.90 | 1 held its reâ€" in 8t. Cath» s week. i of dnsurâ€" accidents on e ~_k' and the Special for anty Roads * the insurâ€" coldents on pproval of T dinh int #469.00 #0° .0# 80, this oc 42eE Cnee "|hards each, and a whitewear factory , |for women and girls. Up to.a couple . | of years ago this factory was the only .,nnn in the world of its kind where |bllnd women were operating high poâ€" "\wer sowing machines. ‘The outpit "|¢rom &lind workmanship has increasâ€" I‘lhl from $25,000 to over $500.000 per ‘ |year, while the increase in the numâ€" *|ber of blind people has increase\ but ‘rrry little in proportion showing chat â€"‘the work of the Institute has alded .-'mlfrhlly in making Canada‘s blind â€"| selfâ€"supporting. Figures are not readâ€" lly available as to the number of , |blind in Canada before the war, but _|at present there are approximately '_Itmhm.sl“dihnmh | The work was started by Capt, Bakâ€" loru‘flormmflnm who had been patients at that wonderâ€" | fut institution 8t, Dunstans of London, under the equally famous publisher |8ir Arthur Pearson. Their object "ulhu-nhvwd the C, N. 1. B. 4s partially nowâ€" the amelior ation of Illg, endition of the blind in Canada. At the monthly lHiterary meeting of Lincoin Loyalist chapter, 1. 0. D. E. held in the Village Inn auditoriam on Friday afternoon last G. H. Gustar of l: Canadian xuh-l‘lm: the Blind, gave a most interesting dress on the work and aims of the Institute, _ t aL paper published at headquarters in Toronto and is e*ted by a blind man, W, A. Swift, who necomic@ blind throwch an accident when a boy. went through schoot ood Magill Un‘versity obtaimag his dngroe stter besming bi‘nd. This papyer is pul« <*.ed tem ; months 1 tte yeas and 4s disirfbuted Mr.Gustar in his address told of the start of the Institute, the work it has done, was now doing. and what it hopâ€" o4 to accomplish. It is nation wide in its scope, organized in 1918, prevâ€" tous to which there were but three schools for the blind in Canada; one at Halifax under Sir Frederick Fraser, 8t. Elizabeths at Montreal conducted by the Sisters of Mercy, and the Ontâ€" :|=.|-llmo for the blind at Srantâ€" (7 G. H. Gustar Representing Canadian National Iustitute for the Blind The education of the blind is not the only objective of the Institute, as there are ove 400 homes teachers who go to the different homes of those afflicted. They teach she iblind to read and to become proficient in light handicrafts, but they also look after those who have weak or defective visâ€" lon, instrueting in proper care and lighting; andâ€"advising parents of the advantages the Institute is offering. Where a "sight saving" case is locatâ€" ;.“:hlu nlm::‘lum. req « ute stops in .u-mmz.u-«-mmm child; will take the child to is nearest central place and do what is necessary from providing proper glasses to an operation. In the larzer centres there are dight saving classes. The meoting rooms are specially fitted with lustreâ€" The Instifute is supported by volunâ€" tury public euwbscâ€"ipions to the «xteni of about fifty per cent., whle the other fifty per cont. is made u> of covernment aml muntcipal g.ants "he Braille Courler is a paper published at headquarters in Toronto and is e*ted by a blind loss furutture. specia! lighting. ate.. nwedful io the restoration of ¢./ective LECTURE GIVEN ON BLIND WORK _ How About It? Since then the Institute has estabâ€" i e*~~.*~;.,..Ur*.. Afitln Kingston vs. 6 7â€"2;:â€"05â€"8®®t We w suld resp=~tfully sug gest to the business men of Grimsby that, out of compliment to our brilâ€" liant Hockey Team, they cloxe their places of Business on Saturday Evening, from 8.30 tili after the game. L. 0. D. E. Afternoon JAS. A. LIVINGSTON, Mayor. T. E. MANNELL, Reeve. 62 REBEKAHS The night session was called to order at 7.45 by the worthy president, who was ably assisted by Miss Viotet Pearce, assembly secretary, Toronto; Mrs, Aunie Steveus, assembly chaplain, and Mrs, Taylor, past president. There were 20 candidates ready for the degreo. The degree team from Humilton exempiified this bevutiful degree, after which the dnstalling board from Hamllton took charge and installed the officers in their respectâ€" ive chairs. AUVCTION SALE DATES PRIDAY, FRBRUARY #7th.â€"On this date I will sell the farm stock and implements on the farm of W. J, Pyne, one uie east of Winona stop 113. Sale at one o‘clock. ‘Terms: All sums of ‘Ten Doilars and under, cash; over that amount six months credit: 4 per cent, off for cash. Jas, A. Liv agston, auctioncer which d« to be known as Alexina Rebâ€" ekab dodge, No 267. The afterncon session being over, tea was served to the visitors. ‘The president stated that this lodge was the largest ever instituted, the number being 63. Aftér the business Of the ‘evening was over, 318 menbers from all parts of the district sat at the banquet tabâ€" les, after which Guy O. Luke, grand warden of the grand lodge of Ontario. gave the closing address. That is what H. H. Farreli & Sons are prepared to handle this year since the completion of their new factory buildings in addition to those prevously in use, which gives floor space now available of over 20,000 square feet. _ And, though this is one of the largest of them, when it is re»smbered that there are half a score of these ‘actories in- t'he country, the magnitude of the fruit basket industry is seen to be large Mrs, V. Tuck, treasurer Mr, Gustar‘s addrems vas listened to with undivided attentiou, and a sinâ€" vere vote of appreciation was. passed which support of the Canadian Nationâ€" al Institute for the Blind was assured. After the addruss Mra. David Hunter sanz a solo an‘ afterncon .ca was Enough lumber to cover the town of Grimsby under a dozen layers, or enough to cover a fifth of the township of North Grimasby ; enough tacks and nails, if placed end to end, to reack from Niagara Falls to Winnipeg ; enough leno basket covering to reach in a strip six inches wide from here to Cals.ry. or to cover all the land below the mountain from Hamilton to St. Catharines. % Mrs. Thos, Voigt. noble grand: Mra Robert Hughes, vice grand; Mre. E. V throughout Canada Hundreds of Thousands of Baskets, Millions of ‘The following officers were installed Tacks and Enough Timber Used to Bury Grimsby Under Many Times Overâ€"H. H. Farrell & Sons‘ New Addition to Already Large Plant Gives Extensive Facilitiesâ€"Selected Timber and Double Inspection Give Good $2.00 Per Yearâ€"5 Cents a Copy deplction by unsuitable picces being cast aside, and it is estimated that st least ten per cent. of the veneer is culled out in order to get mw but No. 1 stuffâ€"and it goes to the Hfurnaces * InNI®: ith the fruit growing indusâ€" try of the district J this shor:« be cnaugh to hold all the frait in she country. _ CA h kets is ponent cess is The work of getting out the is commonplace enough, as is ut.- also loading and unlosding; but once at the factory dv‘ they become of more interest. ere they are piled tier om tier, pile after pile covering thoussnds of square feet ofopen space. â€" But it is as raw logs that they see the I»st of the open, for from the time they are taken to the factory the products are under cover. soak for several hours. and then taken to the nearby "pecier" where the work of pecling them into vencer is proceeded with. _ This machine adâ€" mtble to different l:in of log. chucks at cither which are adjusted !oudndoltku edged ":u?'“"“&"m' it sf the e hhuum-dm-flh started. _ As the log ratates this I:'i::c.-.nbâ€"::‘uly comes forward clipping off any protuberances or umu:ol.l:eh..n&dth-di; vanc to t zs vencer mm.'hkh io'.gllfleht-d about 1â€"18 of an inch. As the veneer use saghs im the e twing it t angles to are cu into the requisite widths for the varâ€" ious uses to which it is to be put, and the strips are piled on trucks to bu hauled to other machines to be again |r-_l_ to required lengths. . much 21â€" Catt on paorer lox». but the firm has decided the best only for r:«'r v;oducll as ::i-. the cheapest in the en As the logs are needed they are cut to requisite lengths, and hauled to a large tank of hot water and left to _The process of culling begins st the pecier. the apparent unfit pieces being cast aside, hut as the venser goes past The second machins it agein sahterk After leaving these choupers the veneer goes to the dry kiins. All of the veencer is made in the old buildâ€" ing. . The plant and all the machinery is under the general foremanshinp of {Mm Nunham, who is ably ass‘sted x "Jimmic" Lunkam, Jr., both of whom hnmn up with the basket ‘u-i-‘n-::h u.|l’low ‘d the old build s been altered from work ‘u;o-- to dry kilns which gives plenty koA Prerar itc o L. ic d sns 4 of room to get everything properiy seasoned before n'.i'i'.'{â€"s'o‘ the work bncr- or hlacks viaduct from the gl::fl:o!hm':.aoordt:e' l t @ The maierint diract 19 the hashe) mals S mmm xz m lb‘.lo 600 standard *= s a day, in thi ol 3500 o on en exceps an enclosed fan drawing, in the Toils and forcing it imroogh ie« aay i rge walâ€" amined piges tf be mumbined aroung the romm or checked off at will in the t be witeed Too uiged cntuates. *** _ The baskets are not completed this time of nn":m:‘ -‘n .mi -it:‘ w"n.ars_romged around the outer ss of t m:lul:f as mfi:&u m oo fed on oi e (Continued on Puge Six) y