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The Ontario Reformer Tv Sy ry AA i Sather tv Sa ca Ra i a All the News While It Is News EE VOLUME 60 --No. 139 Published at Oshawa, Ont,, Canada Tuesday, Thursday and Salurday OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1922 Yearly Subscription $3.00 Single Coples 5 Cents EIGHT PAGES Ask Legislature To Pass A Bill To Provide For Equalization of Water Rates W . L Town Council So Decides By a Vote of 10 to 5 After Lengthy Discussion : Mon- day Night--Large Num- ber of Residents: Listen to Debate and Frequently Applaud SLIGHT INCREASE IN RATES NECESSARY Amendment to Carry Out Suggested Compromise Reached at Joint Meeting Last Week is Defeated-- Bill Can Be Opposed Be: fore Private Bills Com- mittee By a vote of 10 in favor and five agaipst, the Town Council last nigh' after nearly two hours' debate made the important decision to ap ply to the Legislature at the presen session for an Act enabling the towr to levy a uniform rate of seven anc a half cents per lineal foot frontage on all properties abutting wate mains, old and new, without taking a vote of-the people. The purpose of the equalization of rates is to realize additional revenue of nine or ten thousand dollars in the water / works department to meet largely interest on maturing debentures which the regular revenue from the system as at present will not .pro- vide. The Equalization Plan The enabling Act which the Town will apply for, is for the purposes set out in the following resolution. which was moved by Deputy-Reeve F. L. Mason and seconded by Coun. 0. R. Hall, and carried: To levy a unfirom rate of seven and ome-hsif cents per lineal foot frontage on all prop- erties abutting water . ma ns that have been laid on the Lo- cal Improvement basis, said levy to be collected for a number of years equal to the unexpéred time of the. tures. ry That we charge a uniform rate of seven one one-half cents per lineal foot frontage on all water mains laid im the future, and to cover the cost of con- struction of such mains that de- bentures be issued to be payable in equal, annual instalments covering a period of twenty years. To levy anc collect seven and one-half cents per lineal foot frontage on all water maing laid previous to the adoption of the plan to instal water mains on the Local Improvement bas- is. Said levy and collection to be made for a period covering a term of twenty years. That the Finance Committee, and the Board of Works be authorized to confer with the Board of Water Commissioners, and the Town Solicitor, for the purpose of drafting said Act along the lines as suggested herein, and that the Mayor and Clerk be authorized to sigm a to the Legisiature of the Province of Ontario for said Act. Contentious Amendment Coun. Moffat submitted an amen ment that the resolution passed by the joint meeting of the Citizens' the Councily Finance Committee and the Water Commis- sion, be adopted. The resolution in| question, which was moved by Dep- uty-Reeve Mason and seconded by Dr. Kaiser, contained a proviso that the approval of the ratepayers be | obtained to charging 7%c. per fooi | for old mains, laid at the general expense of the town, before the ad- option of the local improvement ithout A Vote of Electors AGAIN APPOINTED ROAD SUP'T GF TP. East Whitby Council Hears Depu- tation Re Inconvenience of Sewer Construction At the vryegular meeting of East Whitby Township Council Monday afternoon, such business as appoint- ing a road superintendent, road oversers, ponndkeepers and sheep valuators was transacted, while the {printing contract was also awarded. [coun was a fall attendance of the council with Reeve Elling in (5e chair Several tenders {ed for the position ol road superin- tendent and that of Joseph Green tree--was--geeepted--his-salary to pe 45 cents per hour Mr. Greentree JOHN ROLPH acted in the same capacity last year Of Port Perry, a pioneer of this dis- and his &ervices were entirely sat- trict, who on Saturday last eele- |isfactory, brated his ninety-fourth birthday | The other by going to work as usual. A | week previous he and Mrs: Rolph observed their sixty-sixth wed ding anniversary were recely. appointments were selected may decline to aet alterations to the list are necessary, they will be completed at the nexr ress receiving the contract for the | present year. Both tenders beitg (filed for a similar amount, thar oi WILL PAY $500 OF ite i {the matter over for further consider. | N ation, but after some disenszion It | was eventually awarded 5 Wells Are Drained \ deputation New Ruling Re Civic Accounts (3 ny Jackson and James | Operation--Rescind Previous | Police | Motion Were composed of Ka- Commissioners of Cedar Dale, heard Mr. Jackson desired why the Police Village needed a council as that body as- A satisfactory agreement has been | owed the Town of Oshawa to do cer | reached between the Town of Osh-|tain things which should not be per lawa and the Oshawa Railway Com- mitted. tie alluded particularly to | pany regarding the payment by the {the sewer on the Base Line, whiel Juew b of a share of the cost of thelfs in the course of construction, th} know { uwew bridge on" King Street. West and |claring that many of the residents side of "the the new pavement west of the struc-jon the East Whithy wells rained | {boundayy had their | ture whieh will be completed this . deben- At the Council-aneetingdast |on-secountol the depth of the sewerd-was---one of the™ important > M Wg night Coun. Roland Moffatt, chair- {and some of them who had horses man of the Railway Committee re land cows could not obtain water for |ported that as the resutl of, severat [the stock. Mr. Jackson also pointed | meetings between the committee jout that residents in some instances {and officials of the Oshawa Railway (could not get in or out of their prop- | Company, the latter had agreed to [erty with a vehicle. He explainea pay forthwith $500 tewards the that the residents affected were com leost of the bridge. and the sum -of [(idg to him constantly with com- period of 1» plaints. Coun. Dr. Farewell stated { years towards the new pavement. {he had gone down to the sewer with {The company further agreed to re-(Some town officials and made ar- i move its old tracks from Mechanic |rangements for water to be supplied | Street to the entrance to the Oshawa | Reeve Ellins remarked that the town {Canning Company's factory, and re {had agreed to furnish water until {place them after the pavement was | SW hh time as the wells could be used completed, on a proper level, at (again. Coun Farewell thought that | their own expense |as it was a public work, the resi | Coun. Preston asked (he mayor (dents should be willisg to put up {now much it was originally expected [with some inconvenience, 3 but ne {that the railway company would (Continuéa on page 5) |pay towards the cost of the bridge Mayor Stacey replied that the en- Calf Weighed 123 | gineer figured about $1,000. His P. is At Birth | Worship explained, however, that the commilies Nid wade We best! yr Dean Pickell, Lakeside Farm, eal it could : z 4 oo , | believes he has a calf which holds « while the town was losing a {record to weight at the time of {on the bridge, it was getting a pret-| - 0 A ; . n oi 0 ty fair deal with regard to the tak- | birth. It is a Holstein Frisian cal, ing up wad relaving of the tracks. | PorR last week, weighing 122 pounds. iy sakisiied Ce un Preston ant {The average weight of calves of this ir ¢ g particular Kind, is, we understand, about 80 pounds. so that this one is |he seconded a motion made by Coun. Moffatt that the report of the |well above the average. If anyone {ean beat this, which is believed to be $200 annually for a railway committee be adopted' | The following report of the Board ja record, Mr. Pickell will be pleased of Works was adopted: ito hear from them through the col- (Continued on page 5) jumns of The Reformer | WEDDED FIFTY YEARS 1 | system, whereby a frontage tax is| collected. Coun. Moii#tt's amendment was last, and the original carried on the following division. (Continued on page 2) Re Go Vosh | Extend To Park The Oshawa Railway Com- pany has agreed to extend its tracks to Lakeview Park at its own expense, of the Town of Oshawa will provide the right- of-way. The company will al- 50 bear one half the cost of a waiting room at the end of the line. | Conn. Moffatt, chairman of - the Railway Committee, in- cluded this information in extension of the tracks from Simcoe Street to the popular summer breathing space, will prove a waluable aid to the thousands of people who last year became patrons of Lakeview for the first time. ! motion to equalize all rates on all mains was 1 MR. AND MRS. FRED PATE Photo By Campbell Of 85.Ontario St., who on Wednesday last celebrated their golden wedding. They were the recipients of showers of good wishes, beautiful bouquets and a purse of gold. Mrs. Patte was one of those who was a spectator of the wedding procession of the late King Edward. The above picture was taken on the anniversary day. eon 5 Gu {each one will he notified and if any | ¥ | session of the Council | There were only two tenders re- | leeived for the printing, the Alger ) Richards, | ", Canadian Parific leaves Oshawa = ------ "At The Villa Rose" Is The New Serial "The Villa Rose" is the lat- est treat which The Reformer has in stord for its readers in the form of a serial story. It is from the pen of A, E. W. Mason, "Jackie", the last instalment of which apeared on Saturday, was a love story. "The Villa Rose" Is a different type of ser- ial. It is a detective story, but not merely that, [It is full of mystery, and ahounds in thrills of romance, adventure and mysticlsny, 4+ The reader's 'in- terest hegins with the first chapter and increases until the very end is reached, for it is not until the last page that the Se finally unfolded. Read the first instalment to- day, and yi won't miss your copy of The Reformer until "finis' is wiitten to the story. rrr Sa ae CP DAVIS AGAIN TEAS, OF FAIR | Prize Lists Regised--Various Im: | provements Suggested By | Making necessary changes to the prize list and ré-arranging the var- ious committees constituted the | business done at the first meeting | this year of thd directors of the South Ontario Agricultural Society held Saturday afternoon in the Com- mercial Hotel. A large number of directors were on hand, indicating that increased interest is being shown in the s#ecess of South On- tario's big fall eghibition. President Hiram Gifford was in the chair. The Oshawa Fair will { be held on the same dates as last year, September 11, 12 and 13, and the directors are planning many im- provements to make it well in ad- vance of amy of the previous ex- hibitions held here. Secretary Gets Increase According to eustom, the election of the seeretary<dreasurer is always made at the fir§t meeting of the newly appointed=directors and this ftents, Mr. D. M. Tod thought that consid- ering the heavy duties in connection with the seeretary's work, the sal- | ary should be increased. His mo- tion that C. P. Davis be relected as secretary-treasurer at an increased salary, carried unanimously The only communications dealt with were, one from the Central On- tario Fair Association asking the local Society to agaim join them, and one from the Women's Institute | at Whitby, in regard to prize money | offered for fruit and vegetables, al- | (Continued on page 3) The packing trust has bought two more packing houses----presumably with the money they lost last year. Providence Star. COMING EVENTS } | TRISH CONCERT MARCH 17, RE- i gent Theatre Keep tris date | open 138-b | ENGEL'S BARGAIN BASEMENT opens Thursday morning with sen- sational Bargains. 140-a {THE ADANAC ORCHESTRA ARE | holding a dance next Friday night in Engel's Assembly Hall. 140-b BEN HOKEA DANCE, WHITBY, March 8. Grand Trunk trains leave Oshawa 7.29; Whitby 12.12. 803; Whitby 11.54. 138-c APPOINTED SEC'Y- | FINE CONCERT AT For the second tino within a few weeks a local audience has had the pleasure of listening to a musical entertainment given by members of Vietoria College (Hee Club. The program presented last evening in Simcoe Street Methodist Church, un- der the auspices of the Epworth Lea- i gue, attracted a large oi bi . The numbers were varied, consisting | of solos, readings, monologues and A NOTED PREACHER selections by the quartette, while I ---- = i Mr. Clarke, accompanist, gave a short organ recital, Some of the most pleasing num- bers were contributed hy the quars tettn composed of Messrs. Cayley, Brown, Walker and Agnew, who excelled themselves in rendition of the various selections. Each mem ber showed marked ability and the fine qualities of their voices made the concert a most enjoyable one for those present The Epworth League are deserving of much com- mendation for their efforts to fur- nish such a splendid concert and the large number who turned out made the venture a most suceessiul one, EDUCATION BOARD ESTIMATES SHOW | $10,000 INCREASE] x. wns Ei 5, ducting evangelism services in the Baptist Church Dr. Green has made a splendid impression on the congregations who have heard him He will address meetings to-night and to-morrow night Saturday's Special Meeting De- cided to Ask Council for $107,634 CHRISTIANS SHOULD BECOME THE BOND SLAVES OF CHRIST So Declares Dr. Bowley, Green at Baptist Church on Sunday How the expenditure for edunca- tional purposes in Oshawa is soaring from year to year with the rapid growth of the town is shown in the increased estimates for 1922 of the Board of Education, as prepared by the Board at a special meeting Sat- urday afternoon. | A total of $107,634.85 is asked for from the Town Council, which, if expended, will, according 10 the statement of expenditures for 1921, be an increase of $10,711.70. The] financial statement of last year, as tabled at-the meeting, shows that | a total of $70,266.65 for public! school purposes was expended, this amount including two portable schools, the expenditures for which Continuing his special mission in Oshawa, Dr. Bowley Green, eminent vi Baptist clergyman of Moncton, N.B., were extraordinary, or not provided on Sunday addressed large congre- for in the estimates, and for the gations in the Baptist Church, morn- High School $26,556.47, with one ing and evening, and also a gather- portable school. ing of men in the Y.M.C.A. rotunda Teachers' Salaries Soar in the afternoon. The latter meet- In an apalysis of the additional ex- ing, the first of its kind to be held penditure of this year it 18 shown |in the "Y" for a long time, proved that an increase of practically $13. (a great success and may ! ! 000 is needed for teachers' salaries. the inauguration of a regular class Last yoar for this purpose there was for Sunday efteriovhs spent $62,010.31, whereas for 1922 Fhat'it Was POssid 8: Re ul the Board wants $76,000, the actual aceept Christ as th ir Sa¥iox A ' increase being $12,999.68. Towards | tot BREADS (0 yi of al a 3 f las a inc Ss and t ! ar ie 'jose f Just Jon SOs INCERAs0S bon sar should be to become the for people to re { Chris ras the burd- whieh will have to be taken care of Yas Juves of Chris, Nae vp. bard i 'hile : _-- r ap NE 3 1's F lay tile Jeet. wile 3 new suary sched message in the Baptist ( bunch, The ? 3 # ; was based on Christ's into effect OR: JARMALY Jeu o this | cords to His disciple in John 13. 13; yeal; oa a as 4 ore i" Ye call me Master and Lord; Sn ollars ake care ; ad-| Lv fa Sedihgdis . {ve Ww well; for so 1 am. he dition, the Board is asking in this | h related his - personal ex- year's estimates $£2.000 for possible 110 once as a young convert to the salary Jaoreases. M « Christian faith, telling how he never Where the Money Goes fully realizad Christ's rela- The amount required to meet all | io chin to him as His Lord un- | expected expenditures of the year is | j; four years after his conversion. shown in the following Statement. He emphasized that one might get An extra allowance is requested for|azccustomed to calling the Master school dental work, which is rapid- | Lord so often that he would lose the ly increasing. There is also-an in-| deep significance of its meaning. crease in officers' salaries of $1,925.- | Christians had no rights of their 48, or nearly $2,000. A new de-|own, except those inherited in Jesus partment to be provided for this Christ "We are not our own but year is the auxiliary class for back- bought with a price," he said. The ward children, decided upon by the speaker averred that his only wish (Continued on page 5) was to be shown as a bond slave of Jesas," as did the Apostle Paul. Dr. {Green beautifully pointed out that . in the life of every Christian there Celebrated at Whitby was as a writer had said a cross and es a throne We must be willing to took palee in exalt Christ ou the throne amd to allow ourselves to be nailed. to the Levi W. Dudley, on Friday, when, cross, be willing to deny Sursely ee, together with Mr. and Mrs. 8. D and count it an honps and a duty Dudley, two sisters and two broth- [to hecome His hound slave. ers celebrated their silver wedding Recognize Christ as Lord . went ! discourse An unigue event Whitby, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. [SCIENTIFIC PALMIST -- HAS | read the hands of hundreds of dis | tinguished people. Here all this week. Central Hotel, Room 6. | Hours, 10 to 9: Terms, $1.00. | DON'T FORGET THE OYSTER SUP- | per and Euchre Party to be held in the K. P. Hall on March 8, -under | the auspices of the Independent | Order of Foresters. Good prizes | given. Admission 25¢. 140a | REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING of the Stalter "Y" will be held at the home of Mrs. Everson, 171] King St. E., on Tuesday, March| 7. Mrs. Pugsiey, of Toronto, will | address the Y. | UNDER THE AUSPICES OF KING || t Home and School Club, Dr. | Jacks will give a travel talk on Canada at the Regent at 4.15 pam. | Thursday, March 9th. Admission i 0c. In the evening at the Presby- i terian Church on the Empire in! Africa at 8.15. Admission 25¢c. 1 140a i MR. M. M: STEVENSON WILL GIVE | his Annual Pupils' Recital in Sim-! coe "St Methodist Church on Fri-|| day, March 10, at 8 p. m. Invita-|' tions may be had from Messrs R.| N. Johns, Frank Hallitt and Hen- | derson Bros. A collection will be || taken for the Children's Aid Soci- | ety. 140-b| ALBERT ST. HOME AND SCHOOL | Club Social Wednesday evening, | March Sth, held in school room. | Good program and refreshments. || to be drawn for. Parents and friends come and bring a cup and || saucer. ' ceeds for school piano. 189-p! ! points. || of the weddinggbanquet, one of the noi willing to commit themselves to A large number of friends and| The speaker said that one reuson relatives were present from various tho church was accomplishing so About thirty-two partook | little was because its members were attractive features of which was a [the cross, that they were not willing large wedding cake, ornamented in [to deny themselves. There must be silver and tulle. la full recognition of Christ as Lord, Appropriate congratulatory toasts (the preaching emphasized in closing, and speeches were made, the Rev. and a willingness to become His J. T. Priest; acting as toastmaster {humble servant, if the full benefits for the occasion. | (Continued on page §) WHAT TOWN COUNCIL DID AT MONDAY NIGHTS MEETING Decided to apply to Ontario Legislature for an enabling Act to levy a uni- form rate of 7%ec. a foot on all water mains, old and new, within the town, with the object of increasing the waterworks revenue to meet yearly deficits. Authorized mayor and chairman of Railway Conimittee to fix a date for a meeting of Whitby, Oshawa and Bowmanville representatives 10 con- sider joint action on hydro radial question. po Confirmed an agreement made with Oshawa Railway Company, fixing the amount to be paid by the company towards the cost of the new bridge and pavement on King Street West. Referred to Finance Committee request from Oshawa Hospital Board for increase in municipal grant from $600 to $1,000 in order to help meet financial difficulties. | Referred to License Committee one application for new pool table license and another for a transfer of license from one street to another. At a previous meeting it was decided to grant no more licenses. Voted grants of $500 to the Town Planning Commission and $200 to the Salvation Army Citadel Band. Comforter made by sewing girls | Decided to appoint Chairman Brown, of the Sanitary & Relief Committee, as relief officer to determine status of indigents being sent to hospi- tals at the town's expense. | Admision 10 cents. Pro-| Decided to meet again on Monday evening next to strike the tax rate for the year in so as to allow early start on the assessment roll. Oshawa Hospital Seeks An Increased Grant To _ Assist In Meeting Deficit + Town Council Asked to Vote $1,000 Instead of $600 As in Past Years--Planning Commission Gets Grant of $500, and Salvation Army Band $200 on Com- mittee's Recommendation INDIGENTS" REPORT BY RELIEF OFFICER Council Asked for Damages for Flooded lands and Slippery Sidewalks--Pur- | tion, pointed out that | pital affairs. result in| chase New Raincoats and Uniforms for the Members of Police Force--Other Council Business A deputation from Oshawa Hos= pital Board comprising Dr. Henry, H. 8S. Langford and Major Frank | Chappell, waited on the Town Coun- cil last evening asking that the an- nual grant to the hospital be ine creased this year from $600 to $1,- 000. Dr. Henry, heading the deputa- while in the past the hospital had been able to linance without trouble, deficits were {now | pital is your own public 'institution, | and we are your servants," being encountered. 'The hos. said Dr. Henry, who expressed the hope that | the request would be favorably con- sidered. Treasurer H. §S. Lapgford gave some statistical information of Hos- Last year 240 patients were treated who were unable to pay a cent A total of 1,033 pa- tients a number much larger than many larger places quoted. In the past year 115 babies were born at the hospital. Of the patients admit- {ted 790 came from Oshawa and 223 from the county. The hospital had been over 10 years in existence, with | the result that the government grant {would drop considerably from year {to year, the drop this year being | $400. If the Council increased its (grant this amount could be almost imade up. Ar"eompared with To- | ronto, which paid thousands annu- (ally in hospital deficits, Mr. Lang- ford thought that Oshawa got off | fairly easily. | Major Chappell emphasized that every cent in connection with 6 the hospital had been carefully comserv- | ed, but in many things the ipstitg- {tion suffered for lack of funds, and {it had been fortunate in the past to {keep out of debt. He thought the | amount asked for was very mode- irate. | The request was referred to the 'inance Committee to report back to he Couneil. Grant for Town Planning i A grant of $500 towards the work | of the Town Planning Commission {was made by the Council on recom- {mendation of the Finance Commit- tee. The Commission some time ago made application for this amount A grant of $200 was made to- wards the Salvation Army Citadel Band, as requested a few weeks ago. The Library Board estimate of $4,500 for 1922 was accepted. Uniforms and raincoats will ba purchased for the police constables and a uniform for the chief. Let Contract A report of the License and Print- BY) SUIPUIMWOIRI "9 won oy Moss of The Bo Print. ing Company for printing the 1922 Voters' List at 10c. a name, be ace cepted. Chairman Johnston ex- plained that the tender of the Alger Presg was the same, but that the | committee took the view that as the Alger Press had the work last year, it should go this year to The Re- former. The report was adopted. The Council at the next meeting will pass a by-law appointing Coun. Brown, chairman of the Sanitary and Relief Committee, as relief of ficer to determine persons elegible pitals at the town's expense. The suggestion came from Dr. McKay, M.O.H., who pointed out that under (Continued on page 4) ' To Fix Date For Joint Radial Meeting To consider joint action im the matter of hydro radials, a meeting of representatives from Whitby, Oshawa . and Bowmanville, three towns in- terested .in dhe Eastern, as suggested by Whitby Town Council some Jaye ago, may be held short-. y. Last night at the Council meeting the Railway Commit- tee, to whom the Whitby re- quest was referred, submitted a recommendation, which was adopted. that the mayor aud chairman of the committee he authorized to fix a date for the meeting. i qn i Whitby Council. a oR BE -sSA