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fpoit ie im Wednesday, October 1, 1924. Chips off : the Old Block BUILDING LOTS on easy terms. â€" Buy now and save money, $ 25.00 down and $5 per month. This is the â€"way to become your own landlord. . When your lot is paid for, see me about building your home, according to your own plan. . TO RENTâ€"S5â€"roomed bungalow, 3â€"piece bathroom, furâ€" nace, all convenience, $23.00 per month ; immediate possession ; 42 Fairview Road, Lakeview Gardens. $ x C k t & Ne ca C 6 Praio C o oys Ay t s g en # o oo aaial a # PoU o o ieian e on t J iBAE o s y it ho aed 0 NRA NS c t B + S ie c hotnl ueroafe 6999 c on toch i s Nes P on mec o "e h 2 ie ao at Lo se en t on 4 eP .‘:fiag‘"{ â€" NF""'H ~r,"'» MFREPSC 7 %‘e‘ # ’ -*»‘;g Tv.véq ._:x_i;‘ A:.lx,:‘rl xC3 ..; ‘;._,"_ By uo Mhais SW aalc onl o e h Poturth , C I | es L2 f ;fiq«":»k-; +â€" uE83 MX i on rgade sc A 4 Pevied oifar o 2o & â€" 4 9 w64 x PX : WE oo Cp. C Przlh aA1 es 14. l *./ t 3 { h f ' ] h &‘ &z \ y t by m 9 A Pube F4 y , L4 DON‘T HAVE THIS HANGING OVER YOUR HEAD! HeadNoisesanaDeafness relleves both Deafness and Head Noises,. Just rub it back of the ears,in . seri in nostrils and follow directions of Dr. J. B,. Bergeson for "Care of Hearing," enclosed in each package. Leonard Ear Oil is for sale‘everywhere ‘ Interesting descriptive folder ‘ A 0. sent upon request A. o Vof kl'e""lrd.lnc.flo SthAve..NeW*~"" _ Frequently go together. Some people only suffer from Head Noises. BILIOUSNESSâ€"â€"SICK HEADACHE, call for an RR Tablet, (a vegetable aperient) to tone and strengthen the organs of digestion‘ and elimiâ€" nation. Improveg Appetite, Relieves Constipation. E‘EOX 7 a §#7 d or 5es oy ears M JU N I OR S â€"â€"Little Ms Oneâ€"third the regular dose. Made of same ingredients, then candy coated. For children and adults. 32 MAIN STREET EAST fhos i 6 LEONARD EAR OIL Insurance Deliciously Different Y ou Can and Should Own a Home of Your Own on THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE y oantog~ f fosriky x "‘24&.‘;’3"":{3" z. 5> sn t s eatans. A,{j‘_;; ae i xd o l tke to t Sab ts e mmfi s s l o. Cl 4y & 15. off Oe e h W o .. $s ons } d‘ C .v:,j‘\,\._;_ AEH “;‘ :‘Y ) !,-.‘:- “\ I:“g:v"" \ â€"] _~ ‘ '/ 5 r ‘ R hss k C PB P & s : M * *J K \_ ')\ & 0 gy P & Sturme :v;' w â€" ‘.QY P > > s a0€ Grimsby Branch allersom‘s Expensive Economy with which is amalgamated the BANK OF HAMILTON Capital Paid Up $20,000,000 Reserve Fund $20,000,000 ] ‘TDODROMVMTDO d a Bank of Hamilton Branch ~Jatterson Candy at Lowest Rate in Old British Companies. E. ARMSTRONG :onbvfi‘c' oN THOSE who keep their securities n d atlaan" ss=lisnhklans: \ar lmnaAamim * and other valuables at home, rather than place them under the protection afforded by our Safety Deposit Boxes, are running great risks of total loss by fire or theft. The annual rental of these boxes is small. Let us show them to you. C6 Phone Regent 2140 Jat? TUOROGNTO "so good you can‘t resist them" Young Rice is an English lad by hirth but has made his home in Canâ€" ada since he was,very young. His ability as a boy. "vocalist was early recognized and at the age of eleven he was singing in Grace Church, New York. He is now eighteen, though he looks but fourteen or fifteen, and his voice still retains all the rich beauty and bellâ€"like clarity of tone, it never having changed but having rounded out and gained power in an extraâ€" ordinary degree. f ; A rare treéeat is promised in Master Rice‘s forthcoming recital. CYRIL RICE,; BOY CONTRALTO, COMING HERE IN RECITAL Local music lovers will welcome the news that the noted boy contralto, Cyril Rice, soloist at probably the best known and best loved church on this continent, "The Little Church Around the Corner," New York City, will give a recital here on Tuesday evening, October 7 at Moore‘s Theatre, under the auspices ‘of St. Andrews church choir. uC i The jury.~ in ‘ their" verdict, ;. exâ€" pressed the opinion ~that no blame could be attached to the driver of the car, â€" James McDonald. Evidence showed the care and brakes to have been in good wofking order, and that it had been stopped in a distance of 13 feet frm a.speed of 13 miles an hour. *3 5 TOTS MUST REMAIN OUT QF By juries, but~still gcidents occiur. I think it is véty essential that pedesâ€" trians should be educated as to the necessity of ‘@bserving due care in the crossing o%fi};‘eets and also that drivâ€" ers should e fully educated as to the manner jin~which their cars should be handled. (I think it is the intention of the government to require all motorâ€" ists to pass an examination, a measure which, I hope, will be approved. E. W. L. Mitchell, Manager J. A. Campbell, Manager (Continued from pa"" Limited HAMILTON e One) \__ WEDNESDAYâ€"October 22nd â€"I | will sell by public auction on the [premises of W. H. Brand, Jordan Staâ€" tion, on this date, a quantity of tools, dies, machinery, etc., at one o‘clock Termsâ€"CASH. Jas. A. Livingston, Auctioneer. TriegraPh Auction Litest AUCTION SALE DATES SATURDAYâ€"October lithâ€"I will sell by public auction at the home of Mr. Holmes, 166 Main street west, Grimsby, a quantity of household fu‘niture on â€"this date, at 1:30.. pm. Termsâ€"CASH. Jas. A. Livingston, Auctioneer. a glut season whether the commission men could get rid of it or not. Today, about six feet from where the old pump stood there is a most modern gas pump Bun«byâ€"theâ€"Grimsby Garage. Shades of Noah Phelps and Manley Benson! Think of that. old town pump that supplied water for the horses drawing the dollars to Grimsby Park, and then <think of the modern gas buggies that stop at the same old spot; get gas, andâ€"well, Grimsby Park is no more; there is no pay gate at Grimsby Beach; and ninetyâ€"nine per cent. of the cars that get gas at this "town pump‘" do not stop anyâ€" where between the Grimsby Ga#age and Niagara Fallsâ€"except of course About 1912 a garage was opened in the east wing of the building that John H. Grout & Co. had built in 1880 â€"now perhaps better known as The Independent block. In 1913 Brock Snyder bought in with Watson and they ‘put in the first gasoline pump at this place. It was not the first in town but it was the first to replace the old foundry pump. Before auction teélegraph was inâ€" novated across the line the system was worked much on Ithe same prinâ€" ciple as it is done. here now. The dealers would take a chance on sendâ€" ing their plus fruit to some market where they thought the price would be good the next day. In nine cases out of ten the price would be below their expectations, it was often a question in fact (Continued from page one) ied three=â€"cars of No. 1 peaches ready at Grimsby.: The bidding would. comâ€" mence, the wire would give the inâ€" formation that Ottawa was bidding 75¢c, Montreal 80, Toronto or London might gecure a car at 85. At the same time the buyers and growers at the producing end would be daily kept in touch with the prices of produce in Ottawa or Montreal. A percentage is deducted by the Auction company from all amounts they sell, the balance beâ€" ing returned to the dealers or growerâ€" ers as the case may be. Before auction telegraph was inâ€" novated across the line the system local buvers made in 5¢, 10c and=â€"very seldomâ€"25c tips for unchecking, watering and reâ€" checking the thirsty horses. o s As can well be imagined many thousands of gallons of water would be taken from the well, but it never failed. / Who actually dug the well I do not remember, but can distinctly remember the toughâ€"chunks of blue clay that were sent to the surface and eventually used â€" as a_ revetment around the well. : 3 ol This well served its. purposeâ€"a most useful one,â€"for which it is In the early eighties the Grimsby Methodist Camp ground was a great moneyâ€"making institution. The Rev. T. DeWitt Talmaje, Dr. Spurgeon, Bam Jones, J. W. Bengough, Miss Schumaker, and many other notables were big attractions, and as there were no automokbiles those days the old Q. & G. road through Grimsby was literally crowded with horses on Sunâ€" days when any of these, attractions were advertised to apear. The kids around town (I was one of them) used. to come early to the "foundry pump‘"‘ with one, two or three "horse pails" to water the horses of those going to "camp meetâ€" ing". . And many a dollar. the . boys$s" made in bc. 10c and=â€"=vyery seldomâ€"25e I do not think anyone with a . hazel switch was invited into the conferâ€" enceâ€"Mr. Grout did not believe in siich flummery,â€"and to those who knew him it is needless to say that he located the spot for the well. Intuiâ€" tion or study matters not the why. It proved a wonderful ~well as future use showed. The council of that dry year were (to be facetious) rather inclined to be dry too; John H. Grout, reeve, Wm. Forbes, EHugene Udell, C. J. Bates, J. W. Duval; and Mr. Grout made (as an individual) a proposition that if the council would put up $40, the firm of John H. Grout & Co. would pay the balance to dig a we_y,f and. _put in a pump. ? 111q n lake SU p 1NEAYC m SeOTSROvOurrame~1 be«burning. of the ~Millward pril,.1906=was‘the first fire s illage waterworks had been W INDEPENDENT ADS PAY QLD TOWN PUMP WAS REAL Mountain iecca illin illw w C (Continued 11 protects command pumps. need of v need of water was almost apâ€" ; six families were using the rd well; everybody on John and several on Depot and Vicâ€" e‘e using the John V. VanDyke the George VanDyke well on in street was. a_. veritable and | Tallman Colée hauled many barrels of water from the THE INDEPENDENT, GRIMSBY, ONTARIO om Page One) re‘ town by having et of highâ€"pressure \PFACH ORCHARO BRILLIANTLY "Even on datrk nights I have found that the moths and other bugs are thicker at some hours than at others. Eleven q‘clock seems to be the â€" beâ€" witching hour for moths. Earlier and later, ~they are not so numerous. When I‘ve visied the lights at 11 I have found the moths swarming about the lights, while at two in the mornâ€" ing there is hardly a=~pug fluttering about." Albert Jones the 13â€"yearâ€"old the Rev. Sam Jones . of Bea Disciple church had his leg on Thursday last while coastin the hill at the west of that tc his bicyvcle. / / 4 <I16 Drare a@paTCiubi@ore not WOTk and the lad turned out around a car parked on the side, and ran into one coming in the opposite direction. The driver picked the boy up and, Dr. Stallwood took him to St. Catharines G. and M. hospital. f Now, as a â€"result, the Weatherby farm near Swedesbofio, N. J., / boasts the only electrically lightéd_ orchard in the country, being illuminated at night with 125 electric lights, and at a l‘ttle distance looks like a pleasant park. ~The lights are hung about four feet : from the ground. Thus they shed a very bright light over a limited area, lighting up the adjacent trees and foliage and luring the moths from Mr. Weatherby‘s peach trees inâ€" to the deadly keronsene pans béneath the lights. OT INDEPENDENT ADS PAY (Continued fro«n BOYV‘S LEG BROKE The O.T.A. The poor, battered, bedraggl: men and womenâ€"God‘s chiidren ers and sisters, every one of thea The vice, th debauchery, inc good citizens. brought imineasurabie imyp enness has decreased. Crim: Homes are happier. Th given a better chance. | posits have increased. A PROGRESS has been writt of Oid Ontario! OFFICIAL RECORDS PF The staggering, cursing, drunken m jostled us on the streets and on the particularly on holidays or at public © strationsâ€"and who flled our faus: The destitution, misei squalor, filth and disorder that might. and shouid, havy Contrast those conditions witl today. The Ontarice Temwor: The oldâ€"time Barâ€"Room and Liquor Shons, with their disgusting sights and sounds aud smells; > Progress o Reaction 3 48% e 8E tesL L T oronto Street, Toronto Ontario Electors Must Choose Do You Rememiber? ’I'HE issue of the Plebiscite of October 23rd is: Shall the sale of intoxicating liquor as a beverage continue to be prohibited, or the traffic be reâ€"established and conducted by the Government? (Since September 16th, 1916, the legalized sale of liquor for beverage purposes has been prohibited. During eight years The Ontario Temperance Act has wrought a moral, social and economic transformation, gradual but real. ° A new generaâ€" tion knows nothing of the evils of the liquor traffic before the O. T. A. came into force. Older generations may have forgotten. 5[ Think of it There is not a man or woman 29 years of age who has legally seen the inside of a barâ€"room or liquor shop in the Province of Ontario. [ Booze is banned! It is a discredited and dishonored outlaw. Now, it wants to come back. It seeks not only reâ€"inststement, but that the Government itself shall be an active partner. * Page ce CBh fac fDgascher S trBRE teosl that town on mmcited One) wih C son of msville broken zc down ntins morail R ce on arapeas mt ies . hi ooo c o9p 7. All legislation and regulations enacted or issued by Dominian, proâ€" vincial or municipal authorities dealâ€" ing with fire prevention be given pubâ€" licity by the municipal officials and that by public meetings or otherwise as may to them seem most fit, they enâ€" deavor to impress upon the citizens the national importance of safeguardâ€" ing life and property from loss by fire. / Twentyâ€"three parties had a place on the ballot in the German election. Now what chance has the third party man in a country like that? 5. Special instruction on the subâ€" ject of fire prevention be given by the teacners and by municipal offiâ€" cials in the schools and that such apâ€" propriate literature as may be made available be distributed to the pupils. 6. Boy Scout leaders give instrucâ€" tions to the troops under their conâ€" trol as to the best means of coâ€"operatâ€" ing with municipal fire departments in the prevention and extinguishment of fires and especially as to the desirâ€" abilityâ€" of qualifying for the Fireman‘s badge. â€" in .4. Fire drills be held for the chilâ€" dren in all schools, for the inmates of all institutions and for the employees in all large stores and factories in orâ€" der that a greater degree of safety may be ensured by acquainting the ocâ€" cupants with the best and most ~exâ€" peditious mode of exit in time of danger. 3. All hotels, theatres, asylums, hospitals and other institutional bu.ldâ€" ings be inspected and provision made for all changes necessary to ‘protect the occupants from danger in the event of ite. .: 2. ‘All public â€" buildings, stores, warehouses and factories be inspected and cleaned of rubbish in order to reâ€" duce fire hazards and maintain health and safety. $48,000,000, and that in each year 350 people lose their lives by fire. The proclamation then recommends that: 1. All dwellings and their surâ€" roundings be carefully inspected by their occupants and all conditions likely to cause or promote the spread of fires removed. The proclamation goes on to state that the average annual loss of inâ€" surable property in Canada is over (Coftinued from page 1) duty of the newcomers to bring the matter to the attention of the people. % J. GROVE SMITH, C i FIRE PREVENTION WEEK Oi en wito Dominion Fire Commissioner 0 3 for ie 0 /4 £3 i GeaD 4 o Tona o e oo 4 J «c MmMseite Committee m mereiinemmncineng fiwmm‘!w Smoked and enjoyed for over thirtyâ€"five years HC QOPINION OF OUR AMUBACITURERS, ~~* * 128 Retrl h oo enb Vecansreiot A48% of foc ion, under the O. T. A., cormfortable homes and [E food and clothing for n NO r 0 hob on ol o+ mbctt BROWN & BAYDEN Grimsby. Hrgs wad o 23 d 36 MAIN ST. WEST Bettsr come in today or tomorrow. This offer is for a limited~time only. Use the coupon now so that when you refinish floors, furniture or woodwork you can japalac with genuine Japâ€"aâ€"lae. Tear out and fill in the coupon below and present it at our store. It entitles you to a can of Japâ€"aâ€"lac for the astonishing price of 6 cents. e M potron Ns e SU "u":i’, i 2t CR ade is P Te e MH B c NA + ta 4 i m ( % $ ; C N S ut fap 5 id o f Pepast td Miy : /o eS o p «930 Nx 3y <ch pout s & i f s L0 tay 9 6 w i oo s ho S & ‘ o o\ h aly j f , liks f No ltfi ols / hita : . id Atoart y Pnd nosl it P chisia mt es t x > C & THAT IT HAS BEEN SOLD Foa. NEARLY FIFTY YEARS AND IS TOâ€"DAY A GREATER LLER THAN _ EVER BEFORE IS A TESTIMONIAL THAT SPEAKS FOR iT3 NUMEROUS CURATIVE QUALITIES. But You Must Act Quickly It has the PEP that satisfies~ Better than ever â€"~ p& thomas‘ ECLECTRIC OIL m9o g)faw2 """_ "Eue d «/ â€"HOUSEHOLD FINISHES rmemenrr vermmnipmy on mmnromeramme en emeeincommpogem en n mos ssm A Can of Genuine Internal and External Pains are promptly relieved by d tnued and imncreasing prosperity and the bhappiness of its people to VOTE FOR THE LAW that has accomplished immeasurable good, and not for a return of the traffic that has wrought such havoc in the past, and would do it again. / drumk and disorderly cases in the first five months under Government Sale, as compared with the corresponding five months of the previous year under Prohibition. Phone 21 for 6 cents G. B. Nicholson, Chairman The Ontario Plebiscits Committee, uniting temperance forces of Ontario, calls upon who love their Province and wish its conâ€" ued and increasing prosperity and the a majority vote for "Saile", it means the tablishment of the old, discredited Liquor Aic, in the guise of respectability under a n that makes the Government the barâ€" er and every citizen a partner, acting as ageut for the brewers and distillers and ing profit for them out of the destruction fe and happiness. i{OF1 V 58 «9 t A Coupon Worth Money for "continuance‘‘, it ve a better law more with â€" correspondingly Government, through as definitely pledged the Act and "give it occement". old the Line d THREE