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tt O:O)-(I-U-I iiiijiljisIvE TRUCKS WITH HEAVY LOADS, MUST BE STOPPED USING ROADS tn THIRTY-EIGHT H YEA‘IE ' Can the people of Ontario afford to build and maintain roads for the use of big heavy trucks hauling enormous loads, is a question that is causing a lot of discussion among road builders and munici- pal officials all over the province. Each year the trucks have been getting bigger in'sizeand their loads have grown in proportion until now they are» drawing over our roads freight and materials that by rights' should be hauled by the railways. the railways were built for this purpose and should be used for this purpose. It is impos- sible to maintain a road in good repair that is subject to daily abuse from the mammoth trucks and their loads. A five-ton truck when loaded weighs anywhere from ten to twelve tons. This is a mighty heavy load for any road to stand up under, and the expense of maintaining a road that has hundreds of 'these heavrloads going over it daily is almost prohibitive. _ At the last meeting of the town council a motion was passed asking Provincial authorities to limit-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-c the Weight of truck-loads that go over: asking Provincial authorities to 11mm the Weight of truek-loads that go over' the roads to three tons. Even then the weight of the truck and the load would be six tons, and if anything that is too heavy a weight to be con- tinually travelling over the highways. We clip the following from the Toronto Mail and Empire of last Wed- nesday and it shows that other sec- tiom of the province are taking the truck question into serious considera- tion: BOOST ii'. C GRIMSBY _'-!.' The DE roads in Highway Highway Prohibition of motor trucks on l the county roads for several weeks ' III the spring while the frost is 1 coming out and the roads settling was advocated by some speakers l as one of the greatest things that l could be done for rural highways. The best constructed and most solid roads in Ontario are the Provincial Highways and the Department ot gighwayshas seen tittlils fall to take steps to stop the overloading ‘of Gnustrs.i Now, if the Provincial Highways will not 'stand the gaff of the heavy loads, what chance has a macadam, tarvia or gravel road in the rural municipalities to stand up under it. The farmers ot Ontario cannot afford to build roads tor this kind of traffic and they should not be expected to do ISO. The people of Ontario as a whole cannot be ex- pected to build expensive Provincial Highways for this kind of hauling, nor can they be expected to spend millions every year to maintain the highWays so that gasoline trucks can N, a” “mm, of steam or electric do the work of steam or railways. In the State of Iowa there in force that prohibits the sa state of any truck that has a capacity of over three tom rauways. In the State of Iowa there is a law in force that prohibits the sale in that state of any truck that has a carrying capacity of over three tons. Other states have similar laws, and Ontario) should have one too. ‘ No truck concern or agent should be allowed to sell in Ontario a truck that has a carrying capacity of over three tons at the most, and two tons would be better, and moreover the overloading law should be strictly en- forced. Of course the man who wants to haul anywhere trom five to fifteen tons at a crack over the roads would put up a holler, because he would be deprived from making a lot of money out of freight hauling at little or no expense so tar as his share of keeping the roads in shape is concerned. He pays a licnse fee to run his truck and in nine cases out of ten that is all he does pay towards the building or maintaining ot the roads that his truck 020.0.0-0“"mm_(_)-0.(m_0.0.0.0.0.0.0.(0:0 Barrie, Ont., Oct. 17.--Very strenuous objection to the manner in which heavy freight trucks are allowed to tear the county roads to pieces in the spring was regise tered at the sitting of the special committee on motor vehicle trat- tie which was held here today. BLIND BRITISH VETERAN COMES FOR CONVENTION, Impossibility to Build and Maintain Roads That Will Stand Up Under the"Traffic----Law Should Prohibit Sale of a Truck That Carries Over Three Tons-Let Railroads Carry the Freight. Capt. William Appleby, a m convention of the Inter-Allied arrived on the Lorraine with (Continued on page 6) r-()-().O-‘ .0-(_0-n.0 .. ppleby, a member of the British delegation to the Inter-Allied Veterans' Association at New Orleans, rraine with his daughter, Miss Olga Appleby. 17 .--Very |.0 Eo SUNNY SOUTH t HAS A RIVAL Niagara Fruit Belt Can Now Pro- duce Sweet Potatoes in Paying . Quantities-Grown With' No More Trouble Than Tomatoes --Much Sunshine Needed. C [ That the potatoes are grown with no more trouble than tomatoes, was the assurance given, by Mr. Bertram. They need a warm, sandy soil and plenty of sunshine, he said, but do not require a very great deal ot cul- tivation. Mr. Carpenter grew the potatoes by the following method: Plant a tuber in hot-bed, early in the spring. From this will spring num- erous small plants, which should be transplanted into the open as are the tomato and melon plants. The young plants need enough water to keep them slightly moist, and should be hilled up and weeded as are ordinary Irish potatoes. The foliage grows Very rapidly, and soon the ground is covered with the vines which re- semble somewhat cucumber or melon vines. Once ‘the potatoes reach this stage, no further cultiva- tion is required. They are remark- ably tree from pests, and so do not require much attention. They should bat dug before the frost has a chance to penetrate' the ground in the fall. The production is on a basis ot about half a bushel to a vine. ', l ' x F l V _ , e - ME E MMI, a . '. . RN 1%? 95: . 34 a - '* l t , M . " . ' _ - , _ . w E rr T " RP, ' rr , ' is . F . f MI - " _ _ w" ' te, . __-...-------------- Method of Cultivation (Mfllllifliill IN MI l]F Ills [IWN Illjllll) Charles Livingstone Bradley, of Wellandport, Found' Dead by Neighbors-Died of Hemor- rhage--Body Clothed Only in Shirts. _ Charles Livingstone Bradley, a farmer, living on Lot 18, Con. 1, of the township of Gainsboro, three miles east of Wellandport, was found dead in his home, about six o'clock in the morning, on Wednesday last, October 18th. Bradley was a widower seventy- two years of age and lived alone on his farm.. He was found by Sidney Heaslip and Wm. Schoo't, two neigh- bors and when found the body was clothed only with his shirts, lying flat on his face in a shallow dish full of blood. There was-also a pool of blood on the floor. His legs and knees were in a cramped position be- tween a small table and a low cup- board. His mouth and nose were immersed in his own blood sufficient to smother him. i On Tuesday evening about nine‘ o’clock Heaslip had visited the farm) and tapped on the bedroom window of the deceased but receiving no an- swer went on to his own home be- lieving that the old man had retired for the night. On Wednesday morn- ing about six o'clock he again visited the farm and again tapped on the bedroom window but received no answer. Thinking something was wrong he went for a neighbor, Wm. Schoot and together they went to in- vestigate. They found the front door partly open and went in. They found things as described about and im- mediately notified County Constable Robbins who called in Dr. Jordan of Wellandport who in turn notified Coroner Dr. R, A. Alexander ot Grimsby, who immediately went to the farm accompanied by Chief ot Police Konkle of Grimsby. One of Bradley's daughters said that he had complained of notfeeling well for some days past. Deceased was not exactly a popular man in the district but friends and neighbors scouted the idea of! there being any foul play and there was no evidence of any kind to show that there had been. The sum of $4.84 was found lying on top of the low cupboard. Coroner Alexander deeid- ed that an inquest was unnecessary as examination of the body showed that Bradley hairdied from; “mar; "rh-ag'e." , qT w" “"r c-2i92'iiAlittif?r':iii BROMLEY'S GANG There's a man named Bromley in our town, A civil engineer, Who builds bridges, piers, lays water mains, Yet he's no Chanticleer Who stands upon his dignity And crews so folks can hear. He's a modest sort of man, . Well liked by all his men, For he's not afraid to lend a hand, Or prove himself their friend. Last fall the young bloods of our town Were clamoring for a rink Where they could skate in safety, (Twas not so on lake’s brink.) The idea, catching like a song, Became a sort of Christmas carol; The public played up to the tune, Led on by one Les Farrell. 'il'lll"fcF""r'Tii'i": "iyTiiri"it"i'.'r.i'!.i-.illll.l Directed by the late Reeve Marsh, The building soon was ripe; And the call went forth for Bromley' gang To come and lay the pipe. It was not all plain sailing, In fact, 'twas sometimes roughy, But Charlie cheered them every night With sandwiches and coffee. If orou've read The Independent, T Chronicler of Grimsby's fame, You’ll have noticed that it mentioned Brownlee's gang, gave it a name. Now, you citizens of'Grimsby If you wish your water pure, And your creeks less foul and filthy You must have a first class sewer Then your town will grow and pros- per, . Flourish as a green bay tree; What, with good roads, water, drain- age, None more desirable could be. , Never mind the knockers croaking About the rates and the receivers, And when about the work you’re talking, Don't forget 'bout Bromley's Beavers. "N. Mean for week.... . Maximum (Monday). . Minimum (Saturday). Rain PAID UP HST J. M. Hilts, R. R. 1, Grimsby Oct. 1l23 R. J, Cartner, Grimsby Sept. 7I23 Week Ending 21 Out, 1922 TEMPERATURE PRECIPITATION f'WORK1NGMAN." Sept. 7123 street, a sc GRIMSBY, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1922. Fahr. . .47.6 . .68 . .26 Nil (JANA WOMAN LIVE AttqlllD MAINTAIN TWO CHILDREN Olq SUN1 OF $168 PER YEAR? f-o-o-o----'"""" JAIL BREAKER Ir; IN TTIE TOILS AGAIN BANK ROBBERS VISIT JORDAN Attempt Made to Blow Safe in Sterling Bank-Burglar Alarm Afouses Villagers-Rin" the Safety Deposit Boxes. St. Catharines, Ont.,. Oct. 19.---The response to a bank burglary alarm, which aroused the village of Jordan at an early hour this morning saved the Sterling Bank tronf; a consider- able loss. An attempt Was made to haul the bank safe to a distance and secure the contents. The mistake, ot three men, believed to have taken part in the job, in rifling the contents of the safety' deposit boxes, from which they took $40, before attempt- ing to get away with the bank safe, led to their discovery in the premises. The Jordan station truck, with tools removed from the Grand Trunk, in- cluding crowbars and sledge, were found at the bank. - ., ‘-U-()‘0-0-0-0-0-0‘ The bank manager roused the vil- lage and one villager, armed with a, pitehtork, succeeded in' halting one of the trio, who dashed away, howev.er,, when he saw that his pursuer carried no firearms. . _ A Entrance to the bank was gained through a rear window and a ratchet drill was used on the .vault. High Constable R. E. Boyle, who was called to the Scene this morning, found a badly damaged vault, with the lock broken beyond repair. He characterized the job as an amateur one. .Vi’llagers declare that they "hail noticed three suspicious characters during the early part of the night, and have provided ttie police with descriptions. i ' . Ngiiii"tj-ii't"jc)j1i _i'tiir1rt f ELL INSPECTED If the concrete base De1ru; 1am uu Main street is not a perfect iob when finished it certainly will not be for the lack of enough inspectors over- seeing the work. Every since the big mixer came down town its pro- gress has been followed by a crowd of interested citizens that at times re- sembled a mob of kids following a brass band. All the concrete base for the H. G. & B. tracks has been laid to the top ot Andeison's hill, while the base on the north side of the road is laid as far as the fire hall. F The concrete curbing on the eastl end of the' road from the town limits west to Robinson street has been put in and the big mixer/is now pouring base on that portion of the road. A Real Roadway i It took many hours of labor, cuss- ing and a few shots ot dynamite to tear up a thirty foot section of the Mountain street pavement in order to make a gradual grade off this street on to Main street. When Engineer Bromley laid this cement pavement he said it would last a life time, but Supt. Fuelling of the Auto-Road Con- struction Co. is of the opinion that it will last a half a dozen life times. The cement was so well laid and so hard that dynamite had hardly any effect on it at all, while the steam shovel could only pick away at it like a sparrow at a frozen potato. Sev- eral windows in the office of Dr. Clarke and the nerves of several citi- zens were badly shaken when one ot ithe dynamite blasts went off. i Oak street has been dug out for a distance of about one hundred feet horn, frnm Main street in order to Oak street has been dug out tor a distance of about one hundred feet back from Main street in order to slope the grade down onto the new roadway The connection of the new ten inch water main on Elizabeth street was cut in on the six inch Main street main on Tuesday morning. This con- nection had to be made before the permanent road was finished or it would have meant the tearing up of the new pavement. In loving memory of Jacob Brooks who died Oct. 27, 1921. On Earth-LI" Heaven He went from earth to realms above, And two were left without his love, But in the Father's mansions fair Others rejoiced his coming there. The two on l years, That love whi But those in i To see his tat --Sadly misse CHiVERS---On Mr. and Mrs concrete base being laid on set is not a perfect job when New Main _ Cut in IN MEMORIAM which quieted their fears. in Heaven had waited long face an1Aear his song. On Tuesday, Oct. 17th to Irs. A. JrChtyers, Murray Ed by Wife and Daughter earth had known tor BORN :m)do-o-(ozo vil-. Nelson Maracl, Who Twice Es- ‘caped From County Gaol, Cap- _tured In Hagersville -...,..Also Broke Out of Grimsby Cells-- To Be Tried By Judges. Nelson Maracl, Indian jail breaker of renown, is Rnce more confined to the Lincoln County jail, being Contin- ed there waiting trial on a charge of jail breaking by force or violence. Maracl was returned to St Cathar- ines Wednesday evening from Cayuga by Police Chief Green and High Cori- stable Boyle. He was held in the police cells over night and in the morning when brought before the Magistrate decided that he preferred to be tried by the County Judge. He was therefore formally committed for trial. t On April 24th, 1920, Maracl es- caped a second time trom the jail, on this occasion with a man named Pritchard. Pritchard assaulted Turnkey Robert Phipps, caus- ing serious injuries to the turnkey, and the two prisoners made their escape over the jail wall. The as- sault occurred in the morning when the turnkey went "Into the corridor to let cells. Marael's decision to be tried by the County Judge is looked ,upou by the local police officers as another hope of escape. However extra pre- cautions are being taken at the jjail to ensure that the prisoner remains there. Governor Bush will include among his precautions, refusal to permit the prisoner in the jail yard. Leg Irons Used The Indian jail breaker was given no opportunitly to escape from cus- tody Friday morning when he was brought before Judge Campbell to enter his plea on the several charges against him. Maracl was ha pered by leg irons as he made the vi it be- fore the Judge. _ _ Five charged were read against the prisoner, two being for escapes from jail, to Whicsh he tleaded guil- ty, and the other three being for theft. During the month ot July, 1919, Maracl is charged with having stolen a gold filled and a silver filled watch, a braach, an Ansco camera, a safety razor, a a brush and a photo- graph. To the last three charges he pleaded not guilty. The defendant requested a lawyer be assigned to his case and the Judge stated that this would be done. The prisoner was remanded to jail until Thursday at 10 a.m., when his trial will proceed on the theft charges' and when he will be sentenc- ed on the escape charges. Several Italian residents ot the lake section of Clinton township were nabbed by a deputy game war- den on Sunday morning last, shoot- ing at pheasants. Their guns were confiscated and the owners will ap- pear before the local magistrate to answer the charges ot shooting game in closed season. _ The gun clubs and game wardens are making a determined effort to stop illegal killing of pheasants and other game throughout the district and no favors will be shown to any shooters caught in the act or with the goods on them. ",,,.oa-,.o--o--oa-o--o-"? I We print o. K. B. Stationery. ' I V " , " I 1 i . 's N I. GUNS CONFISCATED the prisoners out of their Mothers' Allowance Commission Appar- ently Believe That She Can-Cut Off Pension of Grimsby Woman, Over _ Sixty-six Years Old, Who Badly Needs It-Somebody Is Going to Do Some Explaining. There came to our desk last. week a most voluminous report of the work of The Mothers' Allowance Commission for the year 1920 and 1921. We have perused this report most faithfully but fail to find anywhere in its pages any reference as to why this Commis- sion refused to grant a pension to a Grimsby woman, who was and Still is badly in need of it, but rather expect her to live and maintain three other persons on the munificent sum of $168 a'year. It reports all through cities many cases of the good done to women in different ways throughout the province by the placing of them on a pension. But it does not record the harm and hard labor that it is causing an aged Grimsby woman by their refusal to place her on the pension list On the third page of the report we find the following: MARSHALL ON In a Speech in Russell County Lincoln's Member Flays Drury Cabinet Unmercifu11y--Claims Ministers Are Inexperienced. >-0-0-0-0.0.0-0-( )-0-H-0-0-(.z. At a'special meeting held in Russell County last week in the interests ot A. Govlet, Liberal candidate in the by-electibn to be held in that con- stituency, Thos. Marshall, M.P.P. of Lincoln condemned the Drury ad- ministration as being composed of inexperienced ministers. Mr. Marshall severely censured the deed of the Farmer Government. The. provincial treasurer, he contended, was not qualified tor the position. This was shown by the heavy price Ontario had paid for recent bond is- sues. The department of mines, he said, was under the direction of a man taken from the locomotive cab. The department of natural resources was being directed by a man who rarely spoke in the legislature, even in defense of his own department. The department of education was presided over by a Farmer who was not trained for the position in any way. Other departments, he said, were in like situations. J. Daw, Beamsville Dec. Mrs. M. Wilcox, Grimsby East Sept. F. A. Wilcox, Grimsby June J. McKelvey, Grimsby Oct. P. W. Farlie, Pipestone, Man. Mrs. M. VanDyke, Grimsby Oct. G. E. Hildreth, Grimsby Oct. Mrs. R. M. Orchard, Toronto Oct A. E. Howard, Grimsby Oct, J. H. Beamer, R. R. 1, Grimsby f-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-"'" PRESIDENT MILLERAND AND GOOD WILL DELEGATE To His Honour Henry Cockshutt, Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Ontario. May it Please Your Honour: Ihave the pleasure to present herewith the Annual Report of the Mothers' Allowances. Commission for the vears 1920-1921. THE HUSTINGS The French President was in a jolly mood during the recent visit of the delegates sent over by'the American Committeedor devasted France. He showed the visitors around the grounds at the Chateau Rambouillet most informally. PAID UP LIST Respectfully submitted, May $2.00 Per Year-li Cents a Copy Nov. 1124 31123 19:23 15 23 15122 15’23 21 23 13‘23 12 23 13123 We wonder it it would PLEASE the Lieutenant-Governor of the Province ot Ontario as much as the Minister of Labor hopes it does, if he knew of! the Commission's action in regard to the Grimsby woman. Last January this woman, who is sixty-six years of age, a widow, came to the Independent and elicited the aid of its Editor to try and secure for her a pension from the Mothers' Allow- ances Commission. In accord with her request The Independent investi- gated her case and found that she was worthy of the pension and in fact was badly in need of it, and as time went on would be more and more in need ot it. Application was made to the local board for Lincdln and induce; time the proper papers were sent for- ward. They were filled out in the proper manner and sent on to Toron- to. Then the red tape began to un- wind itself. First came an investigator from the local board. Then came an investi- gator from headquarters. Then she came a second and a third time. Fin- ally the Commission granted the re- quest for the pension and the woman received it for two or three months, then it suddenly stopped and the wo-. man again appealed to The Independ- ent. In the meantime it seemed to be an impossibility to pound it into the heads of the officials in charge of this pension fund why this woman was un- able to support herself, an invalid daughter to dress, feed and educate two husky growing children on the munificient sum ot $168 a year, this sum of money being the amount that is paid to the woman annually by the Official Guardian of Ontario from a trust fund that he held tor the child- ren until they are twenty-one years of age, they being orphans and the wo- man their grandmother. After the pension was stopped The Independent took the matter up with the Commission officials and in due course_of time was notified that the Commission could not continue to W. R. ROLLO, Minister of Labor (Continued on page 6) good done to the placing of and hard labor 0.0.0.0}.