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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1928 i PAGE THREE Hydro Heads Recommend Purchase Gas and Electrical Plans United Church Leads Twenty Eight Faiths of Oshawa in City Religious Census Shows The United Chureh of Canada con- tinues to maintain its popularity in Oshawa, as the annual church census Penomination United Church . Anglican Roman Catholic Greek Catholic ... Presbyterian ...... Baptist salvation Army .... JEW ..iiiinnannn Greek Orthodox Advents Lutheran Penticostal ..... Brethren ..... Gospel Hall .... Mission ...iannn Christian Seience ., Bible Student Alliance Quaker Congregational ..... EERE ed Lee ERE RY [EEE RERERRTY Reform ....is savas Christidelphine .... Athiest ... Unity ... Believer ....c.veeaes Methodist Episcopal. Chinese ....siesnvee . . 2lllal ll] lel Re Ward Ward 1-8.W. 28E. 3549 2021 lellelwal » - just compiled from the Ward 4+N.E. 3418 1203 630 2 466 238 31 20 "Ward NW. 1659 937 Ward Total §C. 498--10896 [lee] Frlef hat ao ] ellalllll!anx RRRRERAR THINKS OSHAWA CANT MAKE GA CHEAP ENOUGH Toronto Man Says Group System the Oply Way to Produce Revenue Dear Sir,-- I read with great interest an art- {cle respecting the purchase of the Oshawa gas and electric systems for operation under municipal con- trol. No doubt at this time it might be well to give this matter the study necessary before finally de- ciding on such a purchase, as far as the gas system is concerned. The electric system should, by all means be. purchased and operated as an adjunct to water by the City of Oshawa, but the gas system pre- sents numerous in.eresting view- points, Small town gas plants, restricted to local territory only, 'snd especially plants which pro- duce gas with old type apparatus, does not and will not pay a single municipality, Present day methods necessitate producing gas with modern producing apparatus such as vertical retorts which result in a greater yield from the raw ma- terials. Needs Modern Plant When consideration is given to small gas system purchasing, i. is well worth while to consider the extra cost, plus purchase price, to modernize the plant and equipment. While it is possible to continue un- der present conditions it is well '0 remember that raw materials pur- chased in small quantities, and by- products sold in small quantities, an increase and not a decrease in producing costs will result. In Belleville several years' ex- perience has resulted in not only high gas costs to the users of gas, but now the city has found it neces sary to replace practically the en- tire plant with modern apparatus, St. Thomas Situation While the producing of gas will be lowered, rates cannot be ex- pected to drop, in view of the tre- mendous expenditure by the city for .the new apparatus, etc, The city- of 'St. Thomas has owned the local gas plant for some years ana is now negotiating with a private company for the sale of the local plant, Under the.new owners thé city of St. Thomas will evidently be one of a group of municipal- Too Late to Classify WANTED -- ENGINEER WITH second class papefs. Apply Scho- field Woollen Company. (130b) FOR RENT--3 ROOMED FLAT, bath, heat, light and water. 5 minutes to G.M.C. Rent reason- able, Phoue 3112J, (1302) ites supplied from a central point. Such a system would be practical in Oshawa, and other nearby towns such as Whitby, Bowmanville, Port Hope, Cobourg, etc. Such a system would result in lower costs to gas users of Oshawa with no expenditure by taxpayers. I am writing this article and know for a fact, that at least three private organizations would consider the Oshawa gas plant and system purchase, only in view as a possible municipality to be in- cluded in the group system referred to, Otherwise individual plant operation cannot be expected to yield a great revenue to the city, or lower costs to the gas users, The Hydro Electric group sys- tem is an indication of comparative costs, Otherwise local ° electric production in - any municipality would result in a decided increase, and higher rates to the - users of electrical energy. Yours very respectfully, : I. Deising. Toronto, Dec. 3, 1928, CHILDREN, LITTLE AND BIG HOVER OVER THE TOYS Santa Claus at the Arcade Has Every Kind of Youthful Contraption Santa Claus' Oshawa headquar- ters is at the Arcade. A new and splendid Toy Town hs been built on the second floor and during the day many children make this place a haven of retreat, pondering over the toys they would like to have, and seeing mechanical mannikins perform all sorts of queer antics. Toys are demonstrated to children, so that when Santa does appear on Christmas eve perhaps they will be able to operate the ones he brings to them. Infallible Signs / As each day flies by, and the Christmas holidays approach, more children are to be found frequent. ing these "Toy B8hops." Little tots hardly big enough to see over the counters stand by big boys whose fancies have 'passed away from a tin "Charlie Chaplin" and are now centred on' an electrical train or flying' airplane. The Christmas season is drawing near- & There, are many infallible Bns. In an experimental way United States government scientists have succeeded in operating internal com- bustion engines with explosions of a mixture of corn dust and air. > ; i Visual signals employing numbers used ina code have been invented to. send messages by radio to air- planes to save the wearing of head telephones constantly by aviators. An attempt will be made to prove BRICK GARAGE TO RENT, 556 Simcoe St. N, Phone 2415. (120¢) TOR SALE--CHOICE OF THREE lots, Rose Hill $900. Terms. Mac- kenzie, 2 King St. E, (130b) LOST--LADY"S BLACK PURSE, on Saturday afternoon between Al- ber. and Huron St. Finder please Phone 239 r 5. Reward. (129d) the co cial sound of the ex- traction of oil in large quantities from British coal by the low tem- perature carbonization process. Ladies and gentlemen amuse them- selves by trying to do what they have seen Miss Gladys Cooper and Sir Gerald du Mayrier do. They get up dramatic performances and give the profits if any, to some charity to ex- cuse a weakness of which they are slightly ashamed.--George Bernard Shaw on Amateurs. of | Carl. "|ly doubled, (Supplied by Stoble, Forlong & Co.) STOCKS High Low 12.30 47 47 166 166 73 4 50 3% 85 32 45% 31 11% 1% 51 Stock Abitibi . 47 Bell Tel. 166 Braz. .. T4% Br. Am, 50 Bromp. 37% F.N. Burt 86 « 3234 Cn. In. Al 46% Cn. Malt, 31 Imp. Tob. 11% mp. Oil° 92 Int. Pet 52 It. Neck. nw 36% Ms. Hr. 92 Me. Frt. 34% Md. Nekl BX Nrth. Bak. 48% 901s. 'Station 53% Sh. Wht. 76% Hr, Wal, 8} Kelvin, 12 Amulet Abana Amity .. Br. Hol. Bath. .. Bedford Bidgood Cn. Mn. Ch, Hg. Cs. Cop. 60 + Dome 876 Howey ..102 Holl. ., 810 Hd. Bay 2000 Jk. Mn. 24 Kd. Lake 135 Kt. Fir. . 21 Lv, Que. 91; Mandy . 137 McDoug, 41 Meln 2100 Malar. ., 91 Mn, Cor. 410 Nipis, 315 Noran. .6300 Pion. .... 34 Pd. Ore. 1125 Prem. ...230 Sn, An, 22 Sd. Bs, 850 Sh, Gr. 670 Tk. Hg. 850 Tow. ... 360 Wr, Hr. 202 307 349 31 30 38 40 34% 80 8 195 NEW YORK STOCKS High Low Amer, Can, 108 1055 Atchison. ..200 199% Balt & Ohlo 124% 122% Briggs Mfg. 53% 51% Can, Pac, ..239% 236 Cn. Dry ... 79 78% Chrysler .,.132 127y% Congoleum 27% 26% Cur, Aero ,,154% 150% Erie ...,.. 69% 6814 Fam. Ply, , 55% 56% Gn. 'Mt, New 86% 86% Gn, Mt, Old 212 200% Gra, Pa. ..., 52% Gold Dust 142 Hudson .., 88% Hupp. ..... 81 Int. Comb, 76% Int, Nekl, 2123 Mt, Wrd. .,420 Mar, Oil 47 Mck, Trek, 104 Phil, Pet, ., 503% Pan. Am, ,, 547% Packard ,,.142% Radio ,....408 Srs, Rbck., ,187% Sin, Oil .., 44% Stand. Oil , 57% Studebaker 78%; Stromberg ,,94% Simmons ,, 94% U.S, Rubber 40% 0.8. Steel ,.166% U.S, Leather 35 Wiys, Ovid, 30 Woolworth 216% Wr. Aero ..274 Vie. Talk, 138% Yellow Cab 43% Stock 2 pm, 106% 199, 122% 531% 237 78% 131% 27 152 685 66% 861% 211 50% 140% 88% 9% 76% 211 418% 46% 103 49% b4 141% 403 185% 433% 5744 77% 94 93% 404; 1641 36 28% 215% 2691, 1381 42% 102% 49 53% 139 376% 182% 43 56% 76 93 92% 40% 163 31% 2834 215% 268 134% 41% POPULATION OF ONTARIO IS NEAR THREE MILLIONS Net Gain for the Last Ten Years is Estimated at 406,000 Toronto, Dec. 4.--Population of Ontario ,as of 1927, is placed at 2,966,465, a net gain of only 406,- 000 in ten years. Assessment, set at $2,862,920,062, has grown in about' the same proportion, while municipal taxation has almost dou- bled in the period and school taxes have more than doubled, The former is $71,075,291, as compar- ed with $38,134,017 in 1917, and school taxes amount to $35,000, 668 compared with $14,825,802 ten years previous. The munici- pal debenture debt has also near- being $£434,464,056 as compared with $226,754,890. These statistics, summarized from a recent bulletin of the Mu- nicipal Bureau, are presented in the current issue of the Ontario Gazette, and comprise the first gen- eral article to appear in that pub- lication since early in the Summer, Distribution There are now about 1,000 or- ganized municipalities in Ontario. including 37 counties, 26 cities, 146 towns, 156 villages and 563 townships, in addition to 11 dis- tricts without county oreanizations. Distribution of nopulation as be- tween urban and rural inhabitants is ziven as follows: Cities. 1,296.- 967; towns and villages, 586,627; townships, 1,082,871, CITY NEWS - MILITARY BALL TheMilitary Ball will be held in the Armouries on Friday night, next, as planned unless grave complica- tion should develop in connection with the illness of King George. At the present time His Majesty is low recovery. NEW SHOWCASES INSTALLED W. H. Karn, druggist, King street east, has installed a number of very fine new showcases of the most modern design, adding great- 1y to the appearance of the interior of his store. ---- GAS PLANT APPRAISAL In an editorial in this issue an error occurred in stating that the Oshawa gas plant had been apprais- ed at $234,000. The actual appraisal figite was $307,000. The smaller figure represented the book value of the plant. MARCH OF PROGRESS A large frame house situatedr at the corner of King street west and Gladstone Ave. will soon be replac- ed by an oil station according to recent report. It has been proposed to move the house to the rear of the lot upon which it is now situated, CASH IN HAND Did anybody say that "times were bad," or that "money is tight?" Don't believe him! Horton and French, local real estate merchants, yesterday completed a ° transaction whereby a $5,500 house on Warren avenue changed hands, and the whole $5,500 was paid down, spot cash. This is said to be, something rare in present day real estate busi- ness. NEW LAW FIRMS It has been announced by A. W. S. Greer and R .D. Humphreys, who were formrely associated with the law firm of Parkhill & Greer, that they have formed a new partnership and will continue business under the name Greer & Humphreys. - A. J. Parkhill has been joined by A, C. H. Field, and this firm will continue under the name Parkhill & Field. LETTERS TO SANTA CLAUS Letters are piling into the Post Officc and the Arcade Toy Town addressed to Santa Claus. Stacks are being taken care of by the clerks in charge and every letter will no doubt be read by old Saint Nicholas so that by the time Christmas Eve comes around, the little man. will have many toys in his pack ready for his last trip to this city. So many children place their faith in this Christmas saint that should anything go wrong with his riding equipment on that night of nights, many chil- dren would be wrought with grief, In fact one little «girl "in her letter wished Santa a fine night for his long journey. RUMORS WERE RIFE Oshawa, in common other municipalities, Dominion, was rife with reports, yesterday concerning the condition of King George in his present ill- ness, The Times received many in- quiries from persons anxious to as- certain the true state of His Maj- csty's health, ' It was even stated in certain circles that the King had died or was rapidly sinking and The Times was pleased to be able to deny these rumors, However, Osh- awa was not deceived like Montreal where two minutes of 'silence was observed in the Supreme Court on the reception of a false report brought in by a lawyer, The anxiety which has been ielt during the course of His Majesty's illness has clearly indicated the favor with which he is held by his Canadian subjects. NEAR DISASTER A ncar disaster was averted last night when fire, caused by matches in the hands of a nine-year-old' girl, set bed-clothes aflame at 94 Buck- ingham Avenue, There was nobody in the house at the time except the young girl and two children, the girl being a neighbor. Mrs. J. F, Gra- ham, mother of the children, was absent from the home at the time the fire occurred, It appeared that a trinket of some sort dropped down behind a divan- cette and the older child. Jit some matches to try and locate the article, One match fell, however, and set the clothes on fire, The department re- sponded ard put the blaze out be- fore much damage was done, al- though scrious results might have taken place had the fire gained much more headway before the fire. men arrived at the scene. Damage was estimated to $10, There was no insuranée, with many across the NEW SIGN Anderson's clothing store has erected a fine new gold letter sign across the front of the building on Simcoe street south. ROSES AND SUNSHINE : Miss F. Carswell, who is spending the winter at Beaufort, S. Carolina, in writing to The Times about her subscription, says, "we are enjoying roses sunshine and found paved roads from Oshawa to Charleston." MR. CANNON IMPROVES C. F, Cannon, supervising princi- pal of the Oshawa public schools, who recently underwent an opera- tion at the Oshawa General Hospi- tal, is reported to be convaiescing favorably at his home; Mr. Cannon was discharged from the hospital Saturday afternoon. COLDER TOMORROW The weatherman says colder weather is due in Oshawa on Wed- nesday, and snowsqualls will be in evidence. Pressure remains rela- tively low to the northward over Ontario and high pressure and dc- cidedly cold weather prevails to the westward. of the great lakes. The weather has been mild in eastern Canada with rain and snow in most districts, VITAL STATISTICS Vital statistics for Oshawa show that in November the birth rate dropped considerably. Marriages were more numerous than in Octo- ber, however, but deaths also in- creased. There were 37 births in November, compared with 61 in Oc- tober. Marriages numbered 26 in November, compared with 19 in Oc- tober, and deaths totalled 27 last month, compared with 17 in the pre- vious month, DR. VANZANT RETIRES The resignation of Dr. H. Vanzant from the position of Veterinary and Food Inspector for this city, under the local Board of Health, was an- nounced yesterday afternoon, Ap- plications for the position have al- rcady been asked for by the Board, duties to commence January 2. Dr. Vanzant is retiring from his position here due to ill health, He has been veterinary and food in- spector for four years, succeeding Dr. A. Wannan on the death of the latter, in 1924. Dr. Vanzant was previously well known in this city, having carried on the practice of a veterinary surgeon here, For many years prior to his removal to this city he had been on the editorial staff of the Farmer's Advocate and the Canadian Countryman. MUSICAL NIGHT The North Simcoe United Church Young People's League enjoyed a musical night last evening, which was arranged by Mrs. R, G. Fair and class of young ladies, ond was conducted by Mr. A. Durie, presi- dent. of the league. Interesting papers on the lives of noted com- posers, such as Handel and Carrie Jacobs Bond, were given by mem- bers of the class and musical com- positions of these same composers were rendered hy Mrs, Ayling, vi- olinist, Mrs, Maybee, soloist, and Mr, Taylor, cellist. A piano duet was given by Misses Helen Dunford and Rena Hall, while a novelty number on a musical saw by Miss VanDusen and two vocal solos by Mr, Toaze were heartily applauded. The entire gathering, which was more than one hundred members, took part in a musical contest, which concluded the program, POSTAL INSTRUCTION Attention is called to a habit some people have of mailing bundles of letters in post hoxes or at the post office not being tied in bundles, There is a compulsory statute re- quiring the tieing of letters in bun- dles, when such letters are mailed by one person, or are the out-going mail from business institutions, Every letter of an ordinary business size or correspondence shape is run through a machine which automati- cally stamps the envelopes, and con: siderable time is lost when the let. ters have to he sorted, turned ad- dress-side foremost, and finally ar- ranged. in bundles, Now, when Christmas is drawing near, and time at the local office is becoming more valuable, every assistance should be given to the clerks who handle the incoming mail. Circulars which must be distributed - before. Christmas, calendars or other advertising mat- ter should be placed on the mailing list as early as possible. All first class mail is treated before the cir- culars. arc sent out to the city resi- dences so that those who mail carly will be ensured of an eatlier delivery, U. S. ARMY WENT ROUND WITH THE HAT FOR THE FIRST AIRPLANE Washington, D, C.,, Dec. 4, -- There is a well-worn path leading up the hill to the grave of Floyd Bennett in Arlington cemetery. The feet nf vieiting thousands have trod den smooth the ground around the sithple white stone which marks the resting place of the pilot who first flew over the North Pole with Commander Byrd. | B:nnett's grave has become a national shrine, The steady stream of people which for years has flow- ed past the tomb of the Unknown Soldiar Las been partially deflected to the spot where two great ex- plorers -- Bennett and Admiral Peary--now lie. It is a high place, such as men who conquered fey peaks to place a flag on top of the world, would prefer. Iyy twines around the marble globe, which surmounts Peary's grave. Severe military simplicity characterizes the grave of Bennett, Supt. R, R. Dye, of Arlingtcn ¢onsiders the prolonged public in- terest in Floyd Bennet unusual, Of- ten before he has seen heroes low- ered to their last sleep to the im- pressive accompaniment of military salutes and bugle calls, For a while, the public would remember with visits and tributes of flowers. But by the time the grass began to grow over the grave, the moon and the stars andthe shimmering oak leaves would be keeping lonely vig- ir, It is different with Floyd Ben- nett. Almost six months have gone by since he arose from a sick bed to fly to the aid of the crew of the Bremen in Quebec, yet more people are visiting his grave to-day than immediately after his funeral. } WEATHERMAN Pale litte snowflake where have you n All through the long Summer , That now when winds are frosty go. ¢ You h lon, ou hurry alo g our way? Old man Winter has sent his chal- lenge over Western Canada and his icy breath is now breezing down the Great Lakes to Oshawa. Edmonton reports a temperature of 24 below zero, Prince Albert 10 be- low, Moose Jaw 6 below, Saskatoon 8 below and Winnipeg 2 below. And its still decidedly cold on the prairies and the Weatherman there hasnt said anything about milder weather. An area of low pressure is over the lake region today, but Boreas, the North Wind, is active there to- day, too, and the chances are that the minious of Old Man Winter will disperse this today and set up, in its stead, the kingdom of young J. Frost: There'll be some snow flurries to- night as Boreas creeps in and gives some financial aid to the garage men and the dispensers of anti-freeze. As far as anti-freeze is concerned, "those that haven't done it will do it bye and bye." . * The leaves have flitted from each bough, The flivver wears a blanket now; The hot dog stand seeks parts un- known, And all the geese but us have flown. » LJ Several of the city alder.nen were scen today getting a shoeshine, which would indicate that they are thinking of running for something. From population figures issued by the assessment offices, it would ap- pear that the fellows who get the support of the United church would win by a large majority. Christmas 1s just three weeks a- way. In preparation for the glad Yule- tide which is scheduled to arrive then, our Mr. Drayton has notified the managers of several filling sta- tions to keep open dates in the p.m. so that the townsfolk may obtain sui- ficient moral fortitude to play Santa Claus and etc, Social doings are on a small scale here now due to most of the women folk being at rummage sales and bazaars and doing Christthas shop- ping, of which, it might be pointed out, there are only 17 more days for doing same, Along with many of our noblest citizenry The Weatherman will a- bide by the old convention buy his Christmas card at 10.59 on Christmas Eve. The military ball is the "piece de resistance" of this week, The ladies will wear evening dress and the gents will likely be attired in black, some with long tails to their coats and some with sawed-oft dinner coats, It is rumored that the orchestra will play several jazz selections dur- ing the evening and that the punch will be "a la lemonade," EEE Love that makes a social hop A sacred feast for must of us, Bursts into flagic without a drop Of alcoholic "stimulus, And love that grows on lemonade Can never fade. * The football season is over mow and the college boys haven't a darn thing to do but hang around and get an education. Mecanwhile--cloudy and mild, Southeasterly winds, Wednesday will see colder winds with some snow flurries or rain flur- ries and a little lower temperature, The cold weather is coming, but its held up on the way, Which is good and welcome news. -------------- BURGLARS ENTER PORT PERRY STORE, STEAL CLOTHING Thieves Steal Tools in a Blacksmith Shop to Effect Entrance (By Staff Reporter) Port Perry, Dec, 4,--Thieves en- tered the store of Alex Gilboard, Queen street, at a late hour last night and stole $400 worth of men's clothing, overcoats, caps, sweater coats and shoes, The theft was discovered this morning at 8 o'clock when Mr, Gilboard arrived at his store to open up for the day. He found the lock on the front door broken while the back door was left open, showing that the robbers had retreated through the rear entrance with their ill-gotten gains. Empty spaces on the shel- ves and clothes racks indicated where the stock had been plunder- ed. : Stole Tools In conversatiof with The Times today, Mr. Gilboard stated that the culprits had first entered an ad- joining blacksmith shop to obtain a file before they attempted to break the lock on his store door. Apparently they had managed to enter the store unseen by anyone and found little difficulty in slin- ping away with the stolen merch- andise. Mr. Gilboard carries no theft insurance. Port Perry is without a night watchman and the task of the burglars would thus ba rendered less diffievlt than in 2 lareer com- munity, Jt is suspected that they conveyed th» goods sawav in a ear or truck, The provincial police were notified of the robbery and Provincial Constable T. Mitchell arrived in town this morning from Oshawa. Chairman M agrath and Chief Engineer Gaby Address Meeting Here Ritepayers Comsider Pron posal That Oshawa Enter Hydro Partnership--Local Plants Show Good Earn- ings --Reduction in Elec. tric Rate Might Be Con- fidently Expected -- Gas Plant Needs Some Renew- als and Extensions Declaring emphatically that, in their opinion it would be in the best interests of Oshawa for this city to purchase its own local electrical and gas distribution systems, Chairman C. A. Magrath of the Hydro Electric Power Commission of Ontario and Chief Engineer F. A. Gaby, last even- ing addressed a large assembly of citizens in Rotary Hall with refer- ence to this question. The meeting was called by the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce, who had arranged with Chairman Ma- grath to address the meeting, giving the viewpoint of the Hydro Commis- sion on the proposed purchase by the city of its local electrical and gas distribution systems. The ad- dresses of both Mr, Magrath and En- gineer Gaby dealt thoroughly with the matter, and Mr. Gaby answered numerous questions which were pre- sented by citizens at the meeting. It appeared from the remarks of rate- payers present and the volume of ap- plause, that the meeting was strong. ly of the opinion that it would be in the interests of the city to purchase the local distribution plants, Earning Surpluses Both speakers stressed the large surpluses which both the electrical and gas distribution plants in Osh- awa have accrued for the benefit of the Central Ontario Power System during the last few years. These surpluses have accumulated to the credit of the Central Ontario Power System as a whole, whereas if "Osh- awa purchased its local distribution system, this city would in future have the full benefit of this surplus and would be able to use it in re ducing electrical and gas rates. G. W. McLaughlin, president of the Chamber of Commerce, expressed his pleasure at welcoming Mr, Ma- grath whom he described as one of the best industrialists in Ontario, who has in the administration of his office difficulties that the ordinary man does not have to contend with, Chairman Magrath Mr. Magrath opened his remarks by saying that Hydro is an outstand- ing organization rendering a magni- ficent service to the people of On- tario. In connection with Oshawa's Hydro problem, that of purchasing (Continued on Page 12) PARENTS AND FOUR CHILDREN WAGE STRUGGLE TO LIVE Hope of a Cheerful Christ mas Gone--Liabilities Mounting A pitiable story of two parents struggling to meet the liabilities of life and of four children with no hope of a cheerful Christmas was brought before the Christmas Cheer Committee yesterday. This little family lives in a home which they are trying to pay for, but with no work available, the father must use what 1fttle income he has to buy food and clothing Yor his fam- fly, It is a tale of woe. Many such tales of woe in the city come to our attention as Christmas ap- proaches, What are we going to do about them? There is only one thing, Give the children a merry Christmas, and the parents a day's rest from the anxieties of life, We can do that by subscribing to the Christmas Cheer Fund, Christmas falls precisely three weeks from today, There are 3 weeks left in which to show that you are alive to the gonditions around you, For those who are in- cognizant of these conditions, the Christmas Cheer Committee is hard at work delving into the corners of the city in an attempt to fina those unfortunuates who are in less better circumstances than we, As days go on, more names will appear on the Christmas Cheer list, and as names appear there must be financial assistance to take care of them, so the outcome Is entirely up to the citizens of Osh- awa. Give! f ---------------- South Africa may become 'a pro- ducer of raw rubber as the result of chemical experiments with the sap of the euphorbia tree, which grows in that country by the millions, A machine has been invented by a resident of Portland, Ore. to auto- matically measure out pancake bat- ter, cook a cake on both sides and deliver it, ready to be served. Dams and embankments will be built on three Japanese rivers for the reclamation of 19,000 acres of rich alluvial lands and "the nrotection of 129,000 acres from floods. An inventor has formed the sta- tionary jaw of an adjustable pipe wrench like a hammer handle, in- cluding jaws, so that it also ean be used for driving or drawing nails. BUILDING SHOWS DECLINE DURING NOVENBER HONTH Total for Eleven Months Reaches Almost Two and a Half Millions Building authorized in Oshawa during November shows a consider able decrease, both in comparison with October of this year and Nov- ember, 1927. There were 45 permits issued last month for a total of $78,225, as compared with 92 in Ictober for $364,133 and 146 in No- vember last year, for a total of $361,635. . Dwellings Fourteen dwellings were author- ized during the month, for an es- timated total cost of $51,000, This is compared with 34 permits in October for $105,700 and 82 dwell- ings authorized last November total- ling $307,500. There were also authorized 19 garages at a cost of $2,835; 6 alterations to cost $10,- 150; 3 business places at a cost of $14,000, 2 electric sign: at $140, and 1 moving permit for $100, Total Construction The total construction authoriz- ed in Oshawa to date 1s 12,490,334, covering 888 permits. Of this to- tal, 406 ar efor dwellings costing $1,371,750; 15 are for apartments costing $258,100; 26 are for busi- ness places costing $222,820, and 13 for factories costing $273,000 During the first eleven months of 1927, 1,175 permits had been is- sued, i $4,976,313, This included 679% dwellings cos:ing $2, 206,150; 7 apartments costing $192,000, 20 business places cost- ing $90,000, and 22 factories cost- ing $2,156,000, | Recent Deaths " DONALD CARR ji Donald Carr, infant son of Mr, and Mrs. Harold Carr, 319 Divi- sion street, died at the residence of his parents, on Sunday, Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, Rev, R. B, Patter- son officiating, Interment took place in Union Cemetery, Died fh CARR--In Oshawa, December 1928, Donald, son of Mr, and Mrs. Harold Carr, 319 Division St, age 13 days. Funeral service at 2.30 p.m, Tuesday, from family residence, Interment in Union Cemetery, (130a) 2 ard of Thanks Mrs, E, V. Grigg, 14 Yonge St., desires to thank the woman wha carried her little girl to Fox Hard- ware Store on Saturday when she fainted in the erowd watching for Sania Claus, also Mr, Fox for his kind attention, (130a) {n Memoriam PRESCOTT-- In fond and loving memory of William Charles Prescott, who passed fhto rest, December 4, 1927, Sadly missed by family, (130a) Coming Events 8 Cents per word each ine sertion, Minimum charge for each insertion, 35c, I. 0. F. EUCHRE PARTY INK, I', Hall, Tuesday, December 4, Tic- kets 25c. Refreshments, (129h) MADAME NEVADA, PALMIST, Ross' Corners, Phone appoint- ments 2804, . (129¢) MADAME ROUSE, PALMIST, AL 21 Maple St. Phone 2372F, Hours 2) T.T.8, OLD TIME DANCE WINTER Garden each Wednesday, under same management as dance over Arcade last winter, Four pieces old time orchestra, (Tues, Nov, 23) YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND an exhibition of Original Water Colors, by George Chavignaud, now on view at the Commercial Hotel, Oshawa, Mr, Chavignaud will be in personal attendance from 3 to 6 and 7.30 to 9 p.m. each day and evening. (130h) EUCHRE UNDER AUSPICES OSH- awa Club, Club Rooms, Wed- nesday, December 5, Everybody welcome, (130a) EUCHRE AND DANCE CEDAR- dale School, Thursday, December 6. Tickets 25 cents, Refresh- ments, (130b) RUMMAGE SALE WILL BE held in basement King St. Church, Saturday, Dee. 8, =f 1.30. As the proceeds are being devoted entirely to charity it is requested that any who have dis- carded clothing of .any kind please phone 1203W and a car will call for it before Saturday | moon (1502)