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County Council whose c_fl-‘ -MMMDM* w-‘_md-..m\ -fl*’“.“’“' ‘,“Ml-.-hlhlhl o who served so faithfully and %o "We as Canndians should be well pleased at the tremendous wheat ©ro9, which is bringing before the people of the world the prosperity of Canada and Canadian (armers, and, coming as l,--\-u-.-cum are more or less whort, it is going to mean a tromendous prosperity for nevded to put the farmers on their teot", wo declared E. C. Graves, ML A., in replying to a toast to "The Legâ€" iInfature" at the banguet of Warden PFred Haynes, held in the Hotel Linâ€" coin last evening. ‘The ovent was attended by the mem» bers of the County Council, Count; bodics and other friends of the Warâ€" den. After full justice had been done to a delicious menu, County Treasurerâ€" Olerk Camby Wismer was elevated to ‘his usual position of Toastmaster, a position which he filled with dignity. ‘The guests first drank with their host the hbeaith of "The King", following which the toast to "The Legisiature" was proposed. Mr. Graves, in his address, also reâ€" County Councile, owing to the differâ€" ence of conditions prevailing in the ‘The outstanding question in the next election, be said, would Mkely be that of the . Ontaric Temperance Act. He thoughi‘this too was an act that had a different effect under different conâ€" vehicies, which had been referred by WARDEN‘S DINNER HELD THURSDAY pressed the opinion that we have too much government, that there was no more reason why Lincoln should have two men in the Provincial House than be well plegsed with Ontario‘s finanâ€" clal stunding, expressing the opinion that we should get on an even kee! Exâ€"Warden Robort Kemp, MLA., tor the riding of Lincoin told of his stand on rural Hydro and *4s fight to wecure better rates and c inditions for Retiring Warden Fred Haynes Says Lincoin Has Best Road the time *n the did parties would no Joryor exist and when men would * . sent to the Legisiature to legisiate CanaJda from going bankrupt. "He paid high credit to the farmer a# the man who has stood bead and shoulder above all others in keeping uation in the world who produced as much as Conada with an equal number of furmers and that there was not anâ€" the 1 a s m- _._..*. m where the men and woâ€" men were tilling such large acreag6s. if # had not been for those men he said, we would not have been able to -c-mu-.num the evnort of farm produce that terned -p;.-y-nhvb'-h-u-h felt, was immigration, doclaring that if the burden is to keop increasing more people must be brought in to whare the load, and the could see noâ€" thing that would stop the steady inâ€" crease in <axes. In conclusion he Lwssited the formation of an Es Warden‘s Asgociation. F. R. Parneli, former member, gave a brief eummary of olden times in this district, how it was settled in 1786 by Rutiers and the Queen‘s Rangers with tho Provinclel Parliament meeting at Old Nisgara in 1792. He pafd a ttiâ€" Li__d . ..,.‘qnn‘m-lndnlv-d by Wm. Milchei, otf Grbesiy, D. . Mover. of OHnton, A. H. Trapsell ard To Reeve Fieming fell the honet of m«king the presentition of . the evening, a club bas with vhich went the best of wiches of the Council in Warden Haynes. Reeve Fleming also -.m...m--uu _.-.nldfll..oflllfi'h 4 shofentiat citine? / had réieen from $30,000 to $120,000, H In conclusion be deciared we should ,’.‘”qqymuul (umpbeil, N. J. M. Lock® MunPFhse, Wagara; R. H. » padd a txiâ€" tives of the Allan Young, Glady» Sangster, Gwenâ€" dolyn Woolverton, ‘Winston Morrison, Ruby Patterson, Phylic Norton, Agaes Mewson. _ Bolow 60 per centâ€" Isobel Scott, E.ri Swayze, lda Mabey, Ivy Banmptou, Andy Hand. Below 50 per centâ€"Clifford Schwab, Roy Hurst, these thoroughly." The names listed below are in order of merit. Mury Soott, Russel Wilcox. _ Not graded â€"June Walker, Form 1 B; Honorsâ€" Ricaard Bertâ€" ram, Violet Roife,. Below 75 per cent. â€"Ina Hildreth, Helen Lothian, Helen Orr, Madeline OCroft, Roy Saxby, Holen ‘nlln.r.mm.lhnld Knox, Douglas Scott, Mabel York, Evelyn Hand. Below 60 per cent.â€" James Unsworth, Julla Russ, Douglas McConnchie, Orval Eickmeler,. Eva Haws, _ Dore _ Lounsbury, _ Hiton Swayze, _ Bolow 50 per cent.â€" Leaile Pord, Erma Reinke, Robert Griffith, Gorald Léddle, Har:ict Reinke. Unâ€" gradedâ€"Marion Marsh, Kate Fanahey Form 11: Honorsâ€"â€" Bernard Page, L. Denison, C. Macklem, 1. Stewurt, D. Saxby. Below 75 per cent.â€" H. Kelson, M. Hoshal, N. Mersitt, C. Gorâ€" don, R. Smith, It. Colebrook, E. Mason, B. Lowis, W. Stephen, L. Well, H. Clattenburg, J. Tennant, L. Rummery, P. Bernardo, D. Fufrell. Below 60 per cent®â€"A. Beere, L. Gilmore, A. Hummel, M. McPherson,. M. Cole, G. Kelson, I Metcalfe, #. Norton,°M. Henâ€" ‘Iv.l. Cullingford. Below 50 per cent.â€"F. McDonald, P. Pettit, R. Gibâ€" son, D. Biggar, L. Theal, J. Globe, 8 Hayder, F. Burgoyne, F. McCallam, T Orabbe. Not rankedâ€"1 Anderson, V Morrow. Commercial : Monors â€" _ Olivine Phipps, Catharine . Geddes, . Phyllis Roberts, . Muricl _ Ofield, Margaret Thomes, Mcry ihipps. Below 75 per cent. â€"May ~Crittendon, Jeunle Mc: Arthir, Hazse! Carrigan, . Gwenelce Durham, Marion Louk», Dorothy en« dell, Evelyn Carrigan, Guilford Martin, Douglas Acres, Mury Tiibot, Gertrude \Nu.nuu McNinch, Bert Phipps, SCHOOL ‘REPORT Camps, Oladys Barnim, Edith Phipps, Robt. Ockenden, Hugh Huff, Elizabeth Oraham. Below 50 per cent.â€"Arthur Smith, Joasic Gibb, Clifford McCartâ€" Glen Gilmore, Viclet Waiters, Marguerite Stuart, Robt. Hillier, Not 1. Woolvarton, M. Metoalfo, H. Burgoyne, W. Pool. Porm 1/!: Honorsâ€" N. Burdick. Below 76 per cent.â€"F. Blair, M. Smith, J. Grabam, R. Bull, Evelyn Moote, Baâ€" low 60 per centâ€"D. HilMer, J. Mcâ€" Conachie, J. Milien, H. Martin, M. Wolker, G. Waiters, J. Wells, Edna Moots. Below 50 per cont.â€" F. Laing, L» Marshall, M. Eickmeler, R. Mersitt, E. Buil, G. Smith. ' ‘ Form 1Vâ€"@mma Bourne, Winnifre] HMearn, Dorothy Robertson, | Dorothy Bowslaugh, Jean McConachic, Helen Bourne, Betty Farrell, Stanley Globe, Bertram â€" Farrell, William Stewart. Below 60 per cent.â€"Edyth Williams, Raiph Farrell, Allan Mackid, Douglas Clark, Besste Goulding, AMan Mackid, Albert Reinke, Norria Whewell, Har old Hewltson. ‘Below 50 per cent.â€"â€" George Poole, Eiste Dunkin. _ Not M.â€"'i oi ‘/'m w‘-. Form \‘â€" Mary â€" Pattison, Margery George, Fred Swayze, Lorha MewWL, Cameron Dunkin. Delow 60 per cont. M rgaret Kelson, Ene Hawke, WyH# ‘Theal, Alice Kay. Below 50 por cent. \-u-u Glbson, MarJorie Offeid. sot rankedâ€"Irene Hope. PALL TERNM 1984 The regular monthly report will be Lambert, arge Vdell 423. senlor . thi~!: = Cook, #12; Larne Morningst . 76., ! 71.¢; James Bizebr Goorge . Ross, 592 Port Palhogste: George MObMMBO3,| ‘Thon shalt not hear falee wiroom® (Grantham: and Lewls Ootlard, lb-!wmn thy nelghbor. ehaar on m |â€" Pulschood travele fast and far 4; Kas Btowart, H6ke MMW NS ums, 343; Witiem Hunter, 40.6; ordon Hunter (absont). * No.‘ on the roilâ€"28. PÂ¥ Average “-“T' * â€"Giâ€"dys E. Talbat, teacher Intermediate oomâ€" * Junior third: Honoreâ€"Aubrey witâ€" PARK SCHOOL December Revort WilHs _ Soutaward, Hon W !Nam .. Stuart, st%: Billy Wiâ€" Kisie Huncer, Trelow Douglas Udel!, 61.4.. Below passâ€" Jock Qriffith, 59.6; Aleck Huston, 51.6 Doris Lambert, 49.4. 68.8; Fred Hunter, 67; Bernard Churâ€" cher, 55.4; Margaret Gunn, 40.8 (abâ€" sent for Geography); Phyllis Stewart, 33.6 (absent for% subjects); Gerald Luey (absent). ‘ No. on the woilâ€"28. Average attendanceâ€"26.8. â€" cox, §7; Arthur" Ashton, $2. Passâ€" Jack Hoshal, 74.2; Donald Scott, 74.4; 68; Marjorie Walters, 65.0; Molly Wiâ€" Hams, ¢24; Edwin Gadsby, 614; Ponton, $6.2; Carman Hurst, 76.4; len B. Murdoch, 76. Pass#â€"Beatrice Fitzâ€" gerald, 74.8; KathJeen Williame, 73; Primary Roomâ€" First classâ€" Jean Boyd, 85; Allce Hunter, $4; Marjorie Greenwood, 82: Phyllis Evans, 79; Verna Walters, 79; Nanoy Wiliame, 76; Howard 8cott,75; Molly Londers, 75; Owen Patterson, §9; Lorne Walters, 59; Blake Marlowe 51; Rarl Luey, 47; Norman Gadsby (absent). Sentor Prime?â€"(in order of merlt) â€"Roxena Stuart, Oharlie Williams, Reginald Coleman, Kenneth Lambert, Juniorâ€" Goorge Stewart, Stanley Walters, Marjorie Huston. Class "B"â€"â€" Tommy Jarvis, Ambrose Waiters, Herbort WiHams, Maurice Marlowe, Dennis Charlwood, W_‘: Smith, Earl Wilcox, LAvingston Fomer and Calvin Jones (absent). ' Class "A"â€" Douglas Bayliss, Helen Boyd, Muricl Bayliss. No. on the rollâ€"33 Average attendance â€"27. ~* Huston, Dominion Fruit Commissioner G. E. Mcintosh is distinctly an optimist. In a recently delivered address he réâ€" marvea " thet "yhite we trai orote were somewhat fllm-Ail had prevailed and prospects were §004 tor further advancement. ‘This alont he suggested was cause for optiniam. im spring froes and other troubles growers bave unbounded FRUIT GROWERS POSPECTS GO0D taith in the industry end know “V undar wise munagement the future of*, Council were entertained at luncheon on Thureday by the Board of th¢ General Hospital, the event being held in the handsome new Leonard Nurse«‘ Home. The mombers of the . council were amazed with the fine now real> Ruse.s 46 a and pleasure at the fine furnishings and the .general outley of. the osity of Col. and Mrs. Leonard in mak« ing the gift. ‘They noted with pleasure the ample facilities for training with class rooms and other necessities. They jearned that the nursing staff now includes weven seniors, ten intermediates and six juniors, and ten: probationers withd that a few vacancies exist for the class to open on Pebruary let. quarters provided and of the generâ€" CoUnNnTyYy COUNCIL AT NURSES‘ HOM After the luncheon the membere of the council were shown through the new home for nurses and they were “h.m.-.dm-l-l From the hozs the members of the coun M *â€" taken to the bospital, "atte «. . .. # #urprise awaited them in the efacicucy of the institution. At the hospitul they again exprecedi their trAibute"to the mwanner in which the bullding is kept end in the care wiven to the patients. sach fioor of the hoopital was visited nnd a peok taken at the babies and into the w«.rds. ‘The council left voicing their high upinion of the hoapital and its capacâ€" ity for caring for the needs o the community, f The memvers of the comncll in atâ€" tendance . wern: MWardan _ Huy>o8, \ Counciilors MacPhee, Woodruft, Rich« ardsu.., . Jobneton, Stewart (FA), Lambert Measbyrser (8.0.). Honaborâ€" ger (M.); Tutford, Peamovite; Ol\=04 Grimsby Floming National Exhibition at Toronto. {a% desued n Christmas greoting card in kwoping with all clse connected with ‘00 exhibitton. . It is an ougraved c@7d in gold, black, and colore worthy of u place on the wali of any oftice THE INDEPENDENT, GRIMSBY ONTARIO ‘The members of the Lincoln County C.N.E. CHRISTMAS GREETING CARX The management of The Cans M 4 tesou :_â€"J:l_vfi: \nderson, toacher. Shiclde, @trong, Coneland, i. Stewart (Win Li), Notik ; Musnéi, Grimsby town. and North Orbasty :‘“':;T; The profits of the Grimsby system will run over $15,000 _ mis seem i) per year. But does the town get any benefit from that profit? yess taq|No! The Cataract Power Company swallows the whole thing! me«r »*«|â€"lock, stock and barrel, and Grimsby is not setting aside as P â€"A~ rrpc?“asOneDollarpermrasaftmdtbqurd\aseaphntm s and other ture. :.':.."".:./?e Under the present system the Cataract Power Company‘s e * i s lders get the PROFITS, under the Hydro system the ‘ HOME The following is the result of what some of the smaller . â€"â€" m« o. |municipalities have done in a tenâ€"year period or less. alters, 79; 1 Soott,75; Efl\ a l.hvol my p ia Gads?| geryj 1 VC And get Low Rates for Light and Power C 2 of Paragraph 12 of the proposed Cataract Power Com s contract reads as follows: "Domestic serviceâ€"Five Cents (§c) per kilowatt hour less 10 per cent for prompt payâ€" ment, with a minimum chargenet of fifty cents per month." pare that with the Hydro price for domestic service of Three Cents per kilowatt hour for the first 60 hours and one and a half cents per hour thereafter. use 4 of Paragraph 12 of the Cataract Power Comâ€" pany‘s proposed contract offers to supply current for domestic service, when desired, at a controlled flat rate, but the obligaâ€" tion to make a contract of this kind may be withdrawn or canâ€" cell«d at any time the Company may deem advisable. Read the clause and see the joker in it! ; ie c (gn * Wtas There are no taxes collected in connection with the Hydro system in a town. The system is entirely self sustaining. _The gross receipts pay for the current supplied by the Ontario Commissionâ€"pay all running expensesâ€"pay off the annual debenture and interest and leaves a substantial surplusâ€"as for instance, Hagersville‘s net surplus $20,652.59, Waterford‘s net surplus $16,401.91, Simcoe‘s net surplus $20,084.98 and Dnndas $38,438.68, and besides this all of these towns have set aside large sums for depreciation. These surpluses are applied to lowering the rate for light and power to the people. |___ _ _ Waterford . Waterdown St. George . AT THE END OF TEN YEARS, WHICH IS THE LIFE OF ‘THE PROPOSED FRANCHISE, WHERE WILL GRIMS BY BE? With an old dilapidated system, higher rates and the Company in pomeifn of the surplus, sinking fund, equity and depreciation reserves. 25 The Cataract Power Company is buying 10,000 horse power per year from the C. N. Co. and selling it over again to the people. Grimsby should buy direct from the Hydro and distribu:e to the people and make the big profits that the SCataract Company is now making! F _ Five years from now all the available Hydro power in the Niagara District will be taken up and Grimsby will have lost forever its charxce to swn its own plant. _ _ ___ _ _ If Grimsby votes for the Cataract byâ€"law it will be giving away for nothing a most valuable franchise, Because this franâ€" chise will pay a dividend of 15 per cent on a capital investment of $100,000. Itis now paying over 40 per cent profit. on the capital invested. & % } VOTE FOR HYDRO {râ€"â€"=~.â€"~. ~xp.o=SN _BLANT! AND COLLECT YOUR OWN PROFTTsS, IiNs1C8AD OÂ¥ Â¥Fa+â€": INCG THEM AWAY TO WEALTHY STOCKHOLDERS iN HAMILTON, MONTREAL AND NEW YORK. GRIMSBY HYDRO COMMITTEE SEM $ 1,238.39* $35,501.04 709.76* 12,044.65 4,22840 32,183.90 10,612.28 1 1,941.00 1:'.34.11 11,005.09 _ 40,451.27 12,225.81 . 39,156.93 27,729.05 106,068.96 1.881.37* 18,948.79 wee das s tniss Lo ib sfi