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TA 8 Wo Toe Ontario Reformer (Established in 1871) An independent newspaper: pub- lished every other day (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons) at Oshawa, Canada, by The Reformer Printing and Publishing Company Limited, Charles M, Mundy, Presi- dent, Managing Direetor and TEN urer; A. R, Alloway, Assistant' Man- 'nger, ' t A GEO. A. MARTIN Editor SURSCRIPTION RATES; Delivered by Carrier in Oshawa or by mail anywhere in Canada $8.00 a4 year, United States subscriptions, $1.60 extra to cover postage. Bingle coples 6 cents, OSHAWA, TUESDAY, FEB. 14TH. 1S HE LAST OF THE VIKINGS? Sir Ernest Shackleton, whose un- | timely death at the early age of for | ty-seven has heen so widély and: generally deplored, belonged to EDITORIAL COMMENT A hold-up that failed: A hroken suspender, ' Never ask a mat' if he comes from Brazil, You know, that's ~ where the nuts come from, ! If everybody was as bad off as they think they are, they Would he worse off than they are. The decision of the Dominion gov. ernment to amalgamate the four de- partments of police and defence, vig. naval, militia, mounted police and air 'force, seems 10 bé based on common sense, With these various departments under different ministers' there was bound to be ove erlapping, not only in the outside work, but in the office staffs as well, Call 'a gif) "kitten" And sbe'll purr contentedly; 'call her a "cat" and she'll show her claws, Call a , OSHAWA "WATER RATES Bl Dr. Kaiser Addresses Several Questions to Measure Before 0 Legislature | oF FR Editor of Reformer: T . Deap Bir,--I observe that the Cor- poration of the Town of Oshawa is ahout to seek, hy special legislation, certain powers from the Parliament ot' Ontario, which are remarkable, noval, radical and revolutionary, 1 jam amaged that such {ghould be ventured upon without | public discussion and without detail- Led explanation to the people of { Oshawa. The council is asking power {to assess ull water mains to he con- |eteneted in the futnre, a frontage tax of 7% cents per lineal foot; It ia | recently constructed at cost, with- jout legal authority, other than the} a! maid "chicken" and she won't ob-! will of the corporation, a similar type of men that for centuries lias. ject; call her a "hen" and she'll lay | frontage tax, and wonderful to re- been more freely produced in the! British Isles than elsewhere, He was of the heritage of the adventut-' ous Elizabethans and of the end-! less succession of explorers and ad- venturers who found their only real. happiness in faring forth into the unknown, Descended from an old Yorkshire family which settled in ireland almost two centuries ago, his more immediate ancestors had: 80 intermarried with Irish blood of the older stock (hat he cap only be' classed as an Irishman, having hime self been born at Kilkee, a coast | wwa of County Clare, on February. 11, 1874, the son of Henry Shack-! leton, M.D., and Emily 'Mary Dor. man. At the age of twelve he was sent to Dulwich College, but, like other boys of roving bent, aud des- tined to be men of action, he gain. od no scholarly distinction, but was} fegtionately described by his form | master as a boy of energy and char-! acter and a lively and very pleasant! fellow, as, being Irish, he could not well be otherwise. Leaving Dulwich' i 29 he entered the merchant circumnavigated the world! imes, and during the South! an war took part in the traans- tom of Hritish troops by sea wo Town In 1801 opportunity knocked at his door when he was sclected as third lieutenant in the Antarctic expedition which sailed southward that year under Captain; R. F. Scott. So impressed was Cap tain With his roung licuten-; determination and parsigue he was elected as one of the 0 with the leader carried ish flag nearer South Scott au £ w) in Y Brit the 1d 12 ¥ 3 ad been reached by aay earlier ex-: plorer. Pent style, one would think there was | Shackleton suffered greatly during! this expedition, despite irou | frame, having been stricken snow blindness, causing exeruciating ! pain, and his gemeral health giving way for some dars so completely that he had to be drawn on a sledge by Lis companions. Returning howe in 4, he acoepted the appointment of Tolary to the Scottish Geograph- al Society, but resigned two years 2lor 10 contest the constituency of Dundee in the Unionist interest, bat failed to convert that Radical city.! in 1907, after overcoming every: kind of difficulty, he succeeded iw. reanizing the famous expedition to! Antartic that was later written! 18 8 ihe for you---with a club. Spring is coming and it would be an advanced step if the Council had u building by-law enacted in time to govern this year's building pro-| Efforts to revise this hy-law | gram. were made Jast year, but the (ask wag never completed, although it is generally admitted such a by-law is urgently required. An exchange last week ran an ar- ticle appealing to its readers to pay! amount: owing the paper promptiy, | mentioning the fact that accounts were being sent out. Immediately below this appeal was an invitation to readers to contribute "to this column all items of a personal vas! ture." tor who will find it necessary to bar- ricade himself iu 'Wis office. ' WHAT OTHERS SAY The Rule of Force Chicago News: Russia is But do the Cheka's firing continge to account for that domin- stion? It is important that the self- governing nations should know he- Jore they accept Lenine as the yeice of the Russian people Sage Advice To Fair Sex Aylmer Express: Some newspa- pers are overdoing their criticism of ladies skirts. Sowe of them way be a trifle short, but even at that, they are greatly to be preferred to the old-style affairs that trailed wave become accustomed to the free- dom and comfort found in the pres- little chance of their going back to the trailers. Now, if they womid with regard #0 heir footwear aud discard the high heels that mak. them walk as though they were cpip- ples, it would be another move in the right direction. The National Railways Winnipeg Free Press: There miil be probably forty or fifty Liberal members of Parliament. including several cabinet ministers, with no more faith in public ownership of the National railways than that shown by the Vancouver World. It will be all the more necessary. on that account, for the government to demonstrate that it i= giving the Na- If readers comply with the! i request, particularly with reference to "'dumners," we know of one edi-, stilk | dominated by the communist party. squads , the Wdewalks, sweeping up the dirt, 6'- cle by some hundreds of miles thoy "2 and gers. Now that the fair seX | parkabie bill; and why | late, it is seeking power to fix n {frontage tax of 7% cents per foot (for twenty years upon the mains {which have been laid down sefen- gen years ago and since, Now, let us look for a moment at the enor- mity of this proposal. There are }7 miles of water mains within the corporation, with properties abyt- iting in either side, giving a front- luge tax assessment of 54 miles at 714 cents per lingal foot per annum for 20 years. In addition to the taxes already levied npon the town, this ingenious proposal, would place upon us a further burden of $21,381 per annum, and spread over 20 years {wonld raise the handsoie sum of 1 3827,680. { simple notice that such come . before Parliament, most vital financial question with : which we are confronted, and before { ! a bill is to (we give it sistance we are entitled to certain very pertinent information, and to this end 1 desire to ask a few gues- { tions: (a) Is it possible that this town must raise annually $21,384 by ad- ditional taxation in order to keep afloat? Over 3 mills on the dollar; Lor 19 per cent one sweep? (hb) If so, is this frontage tax an i raising the money? (ec) When the original water sys- lem was installed the people voted upon an agreement that water pates { "hould carry the system, and deficits ts) i should be made up from general tax- | ation {ty of the town. Will Parliament per- mit the corporation now to break {faith with the people? | Parliament for power frontage tax for the The street has (0 assess a street itself? heen there 100 years, and the water mains 17 years. (d) Who is the father of this re has he not {given wk his reasons for this mpuni- icipal mounstroecity? { Ae) Is this device designed to cover jap another list of blunders? If so be honest, and add a Mpecial "blun- witit| Only show the same common Sense jor gohedule on owr tax bills. and doz everybody know that this one is only 3 mills on the dollar. F. B. KAISER. { Fshawa, Feb. 23, 1922. - ee = proposals | tasking power to assess other mains | Innocent as may look the it is the a passive or active re- of pur total taxes at equitable, fair and just method of n upon all the assessable proper- Why not ask | Pa RY "4 EL whet A | FUSE "w of ONTARIO, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1922 ini BOWMANVILLE WON'T |SHOULD HAVE SEEN HAVE WELFARE NURSE. MEMBER OF FIRM Miss M. Heelgy of the Provincial! = An article appearing in Saturday's 'Health Department, at the request of | jggne of The Reformer regarding a the Public School Hosta Sen thiee | motor ear which had heen left in the 8 demons . . om etl ny a community | EATAES of Jackson Motor Company NUPEE, = | stated that a police officer had been At the Town Councll session last w the guestion of engaging =n permanent health nurse drew a cap- geity growl of citizens of all classes, Principal H, J. Morrison, B, A. ofthe high school, headed p large de- tation representing the Womeoen's padian Club, Women's Institute, : War Veterans' Association, ool Boards and other local OvB-{.,v ovent he should have searched anjzations, roguesting the Council 01 ino going floor personally without pt a community nurse for the |, ccepting any person's word, Chief algnce of this year, promising to] priang gaye The Reformer this state K, a JBXponice Sie? {33 her! ment for publication in justice to Wair'o roximately $1,500, {Jackson Motop Company. Mr. Jack- «+ This proposition was ably support: | oo) 41014 The Reformer to-day that py Dr. B, J, Hagelwood, Metical | (pe officer, who visited the garage Mth Officer; J. H. H. Jury, Dru hat time, questioned a man who , (C. Bonnycastle; W. J. BPagg|way a former employee of the firm {MLA and Mrs. E. R. Bounsall|),¢ was not working there then, and others, Only John Grigg, an| fr Jackson states that this man in- gx-councillor, opposed the appoint- formed the officer that he did not | floor of the building when investiga- ting the case, but later it was found lon, the premises, Chief of Police Fplend, who issued these statements to The Reformer, wishes to explain that providing the officer had re- celved this information he should have questioned an official of the company and not an employee or in | told the car was not on the second | IN travelling, a reserve fund must be carried to meet emergencies. Cash may be lost or stolen. Our Tra- veller's Cheques, issued in various amounts to fill your requirements, are safe and convenient, Try them, THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE PAID-UP CAPITAL $15,000,000 RESERVE. FUND $15,000,000 OSHAWA BRANCH, H, E. Tylor, Manager. | > Monthly Audit -- isn great care In awarding priess | 10 the proper parties. After all had | ndulged in dancing for a short time, ml when Mayor H. L, Quinn BOVE | (hink there were any cars on the Wy, one of the audience an oppor: | gocond floor. wnity to speak against the appoint. ment. The vote was taken, and re- sulted in the recommendation being defeated, the vote being: Nuys---Elltott, Thickson, Hallman, Milmins. Yeas--Rehder, Yates and Jamess | -------- 'Enjoyable Valentine | Social At AY.P.A. Merritt, | aan tine socials ever held by the Angli- san Young People's Association took place in the Parish Hall, Centre St. mst evening, at which about one | oundred and fifty members and their 1d Bd Toi Auxiliary Class vientis were present. This event (Continued from page 1) wok the form of a heria carriers last year. This condi- | shout fifty being in costume. The ion is duc chiefly to the preventa- | beautiful and spacious hall looked ive measures taken last year. The | particularly attractive on this oe- ceport was received and filed. " iy coved his or herself. Suitable prizes A report from the school dentist, ©¥ 4 Mh PH Dr. Phillips, showing that during | Jere Eben to (hoes scaring the neon J EO 31 child ing" the schools i 'lest costumes and the judges. Mrs. anuary, 31 children from the schools |r gpngeorg, Mrs. W. R. Gelkie and Mr. had been given various kinds of @ Ww Cowan, were forced to exer- dental treatment, was also received | LJ -- One of the most snecessful Valeh-! masquerade, | | tasion apd every one thoroughly en-! she Sra) Naren as held, followed | (Continued from page 1) \ e prizes wer oe, > av {awarded as follows: 1st Indios hid of all aesuunis should be available A hor of chocolates wes pu Wy ze, | and 'that accounts should be placed DANKE, Who Wie droen rs Mai in the hands «f the sommittee more of the Roses; 2nd ladies' prize, Miss | promptly for payment. Nina Gough, dressed as a Fairy | Last night's decision of the Board ; Queen; ladies eomie prize, Mrs. B. (| 8 in accordance with a verbal report !(folpus as Somebody's Valentine: | made by Chairman Thompson of the | 1st genys' prize, Mr. Roy Graham, as! special committee, and adopted by he Knave of Dlamonds; gents' com-| the Board of 1921 on January 19th, {¢ prize, Mr. Bryant, us the Blonde! in whieh it was recommended that Lady. a monthly audit of all accounts be made and monthly statements be " § 1 Tw i : Why B jvinm Vi gil Shuk furnished to the chairmen of all com- afanist of the evening. The numbers ii ok 10 Shale them to keep with. ucluded prize waltz, Pubbles| i" their estimates. valtz, and Home waltz The com-| The Board decided io hold a spec- mittee 'In charge of the agrange- | ial meeting in a few days to con- sider the estimates for the year. | ments,are 10 he congratulated on the | "Consider the Squifrel."--Giobe | sueeess of this social, the proceeds | {amounting to $40 which will go to-| Aeading. AN right. But don't drink it.--Kincardine Review. | wards paying for the new piano re-| i cently purchased for the Association. | {and fited. SR T------ A recommendation of the manage \ ment committee that L. W. Copp be engaged as teacher in Mary Street School, to take the place of Miss Ross, was adopted. The Board decided to pay all! amounts incurred over the allowance to Home and School Clubs to provide | lumber for open air rinks om the school grounds. The amount allowed by the Board for each rink was 850, but owing to heavy expense incurred' 'his amount had been exceeded by 2 few dollars by some of the clubs The trustees took the view that the lumber would become the property Queen's Hotel Block WE ARE OPEN EVENINGS D. A. Tait's Music Store A complete assortment of up-to-date Records always kept in stock Come 1n any day and hear any of the Records you like: Red Seal Records are Our Specialty. i k Simcoe St. North »f the Board and that the rinks had ~ erved a very good purpose | High School Report ! Principal Althouse. of the High 3chool, reported am enrolment for fapuary of 305, of which 242 are 'rom Oshawa, 53 from Ontario coun- ty and 13 from other counties. The werage daily attendance was 28§, aw A2 per cent. of the warolment. * This is a lower percentage tham in the poevious mouths, and is due to iy prevalonee of illness in the homes of the town. During the month five ew pupils were admitted and six' left school. Of these five were placed in positions and one left through iness. The principal reported that ihe dust shoot condemned by the fire marthal had been removed { | | | "JAC By OOUNDESS BARCYNSEA Author of "ROSE O° THE SEA" KIE" oe - - Paul Whiteman Sassoni, now dancing with tary, } delicate sensitiveness that made her! changed his tone. He, too, thoeaten-| heart stand still and a cold hand' ed. He cursed his dispoiler. Me] lutcon at its strings. She had 3 dire | spat venom at him. : and His Orchestra This organization is the most famous dance arches Jarge in the pages of history. His!tiomal railways a "fair and homest ship was the Nimrod, a tiny whaler, | tr Ang the public will be Justi. ; : ' BN ra in the . i ¥ i Lory A a veteran of the scas and splendidly fed in watching matters nory alas equipped for its purpose, his experi- ence under Scott having been turn- ed to good account. Bearing a silken flaz presented by Queen Alexandra. Shackieton effected a landing at « ape Rord carly in 1908, and after a long record of work, mith three compan- ions he started on his dash for the Pole. Although their food was care- Iuily husbanded, it only carried them 1 2 point uinety-sewen geographicai miles from their goal. Before them' io the south strotched a plain. and it must have been with a sore heart that. the loader turned his back with-+ in gras) ol success. So exactly had their rations been measured thar time and again they ram out just as. their depots were reachod. The ve: cord of this expedition. placea' Shackleton on 2 pinnacle of fame' as an explorer of deterfination and" mesomrce. His next venture, arzang- od before the war and cavried owt] between 1914-16, was jess fortunate | Caught and crushed in the ice, they! were forced to abandon their ship) and seek refuge on the imhaspitable Elephant Island, whence Shackleton: made his memorable voyage in am! open boat to South Georgia. Later. after repeated attempts, he return od to Elephant Island in te rescue the twenty-two men whe nag! been marooned. Now, at the opes-| ing of a third great adventure, he' has passed for ever from the of Ms struggles, his triamphs and' One wonders what, in| he | A Bit 0" Verse i speed; it's daring Mlithely the field of chance While making labek_a hrave po] mance: y Ir becamse of the efforts that will! doubtiess be made to influénce the government 10 abandon the task which i= admittedly difficult bat which is believed to be possible of achievement if undertaken fim the right spirit. SUCCESS it's doing our jub the best you cam And being just 10 your fellowman: I's making money. but" holding friends. And staying true to your aims and ends: it's figuring how and learning why, And lookangz forward and thinking it's keeping always in closest teach With what is finest in word and deed it's being thorough, yet making U2 Zeing onward despite defeat Avs boing | is playing | him a push. It was meant to be a slight one, bat it sent him sprawling. He picked himsel up, and muatier- ing imprecations movell slowly off, realizing the witter futility of aosw- ment against a man of Bowman's strength and bulk. At the gorner of the street there was a public house. Sassoni turned in. ordered gin, and sat in the window sipping it and watching the stage-door with fervety, Zleaming eves. : After a hile he sas Bowman emerge and saunter don the street, Sassoni swallowed the rest of his gin and followed. Bowman pursned Ris ay to the station. There he took a, ticker tp London Sassoni had his vetuon hall. . He got inte the same compartment as the hated one. He made no farther demands. He did mot even speak. Me simply sar opposite the hig man ho, for his part, seemed as indifferent to the dtalian's presence as he was to the { ! Al London Rridee Bowman got at. So dd Sassomi. Bowman get inte a taxi, directed. » driver 10 2 third-rate theatrical Sassoni "clean and Ws langhing Nightly at Dame Do- Spain; ts looking up At the stars above, And dvipking deeply of Me. amc, love; its stonggling on with the ~ill 10 wale Bowman gave fecling, sainingin stoength every | minute, that Beany--a cold and spee- tral Beany---was standing beside aor, not ving in bed. .that she would! never again hear his voice... . Her eyes asked the dread question which she could mot bring te her lips to frame. in answer to it the m slow mod. . "He died at five she said sororwinlly world. urse gave a this morning." 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