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. Ef a 1 mune an Ib UC on Jha o \ PAGE TWO The Ontario Reformer (Rstablished in. 1871) An independent newspaper, pub- lished every other day (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons) at Oshawa, Canada, by The Reform Printing and Publishing Compan! Limited, Charles M. Mundy, Presi. dent, Managing Director and Treas- urer; A, R. Alloway, Assistant Man. ager, GEO. A. MARTIN Rditor SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by Carrier in Oshawa or by mail anywhere in Canada $3.00 a year, United States subscriptions $1.50 extra to cover postage. Single copies 6 cents, OSHAWA, THURSDAY, MARCH 9. PR, TOWN COUNCIL MEETINGS » The Town Council on Monday night did not look with favor on the suggestion that regular meet- jngs should be held on the first and third Mondays of each month, instead of only on the first Mon- day; nor on the suggestion that special meetings to discuss general business should be called only on forty-eight hours' notice. Members of Council are elected by the people to attend to civic busi- ness, and as long as that business is well done, the ratepayers Aare not particularly interested in when the meetings are held. The Re- former likewise has no interest in when the meetings take place, but it nevertheless feels that there was some good in both sug- gestions, which Council might ad- vantageously have adapted. One objection raised to the suggestion was that there might not, particularly in the summer montls, be sufficient business: to warrant two meetings That is probably true. An easy way out of such » situation would be to pass a resolution at the June meet- ing that Council would meet only once a month until perhaps October, That is done in some other munieci- palities. The advantage of the two meetings a month is that all mem- ber: of Council know in advance what nights they will he ¢nhgaged with municipal work. Experience has shown that at least twg meet. ings a month are usually required, and sometimes more. The other suggestion of eight hours' notice of a meeting to transact general business has mer- it. A Councillor might he planning a business trip out of town, -where- ac if he knew a meeting were to be held two days later to discuss general business he would make his plans accordingly. Special emergent meetings are occasionally necessary and when such are called on short notice it seems only fair to mem- bers wheymay be out of town that general business should not be transacted. Members Council, however, must attend the meetings, so, as we remarked at the outset, it is a mat- ter entirely for them to determine. A CIVIC OBSERVATORY first a of Des Moines, lowa, a city of 130,- 000, has a municipal observatory, the building in connection with whieh cost $25,000. The Drake Un- iversity has equipped it with a nine- inch telescope and other instru- ments. The Toronto Star compares Dez Moines with Toronto with its 500,000 people. mercial metropolis of Ontario and the educational ceptre of the entire | Dominion; and yet and the city have no astronomical observatory. For some years ef- forts have been made to obtain ome which will be a credit to the city and the plans for it have actually been drawn. A splendid site has been previded by the city, and it is to be hoped that before long funds will be secured for the erection of the building. EGYPT FOR THE EGYPTIANS the University The terms of self-government for Egypt now offored by the British Prime Minister do not differ essen- tially from those proposed last No- vember. Then they were rejected hy the Egyptian delegation in Londdu. Four months ago, as now, the Brit- ish Government undertook to make an end of the Protectorate ana 'to | Phone 85 laliemby arrived [Cairo Hopeful of an agreeemnt. He particular | month, | forty- [ Toronto is the eom- | --_--_-- vo wd Sr aN Ln "hes a circulation that | exceeds 2800 coples is- sued every other day. Its pages are crammed full of all the latest lo- cal news, Its WANT ADS are read by all and aré sure to bring results. They cost little but ac- complish much, Don't hesitate, It will vou as it has hundreds of others to give The Reformer Want Ads a trial, ' \ The Ontario Reformer tN Ce CM a ttt tll v : foo ane apa wig SAGA. A they refused last year? General in London from returned to his post in Egypt confi- dent that the Egyptians would close with the British offer, The implica- tion is that the putting down cf Lhe violent agitators in Cairo and the deportation of their leader, Zaglul Pasha to Ceylon have convinced the Nationaliste that they cannot succeed by force apd that the terms now at their disposal are the best that can he obtained, Whatever their decision, ono former avenue of agitation is now cut off from them. It will be of no avail for them to ap- peal for the intervention, or even friendly offices, of other aatims, The British Government officially an- nounces that the Egyptian problem is purely one of British concern, and that it will regard as an "urfriend!y act" the interfernece of any other country. This, says the New York Times, ought to cause a feeling of relief in Washington. EDITORIAL COMMENT License Inspector Mason would have his hands full if he visited all the "wet" cellars these days. Have yon started reading "At The Villa Rose" in The Reformer? if not start to-day. Many Conservative candidates and former members of Parliament may well say, in reference to the hyphenated name which has been dropped of "National Liberal and Conservative party" that the hy- phen may be gone, but it never wiil he forgotten. Jim Jeffries, former champion pugilist, who has started preaching. { says a person's conscience should he { one's guide, and that it is no other person's business if one smokes, drinks and swears. The trouble is that some peoples consciences streteh | 80 easily. When U. F. O. members of the Legislature point the finger of scorn at the Hydro Commission for having | exceeded the estimates on great undertakings they should ask them- selves if "Biges' roads" have al- ways been built within the estim- ates. The Coupcil decided mot to re- quire in future that the Finance Committee's report of accounts to he paid shall be typewritten for each member. There can be ao erit- icism of that decision, providing the' members héw strictly to the reso- lution to have all acounts 0.K.'d by | the committee chairmen before be- ing paid. . CRISP COMMENT Home, 10 the small boy. is merely a tilling station.---flantford Times. YWhen it comes (0 exclusion, why does Califormia stop at the J Wall Street Journal. it Our observation is that when 2 flip young girl gets flipper, she be- comes a flapper. Dallas News. The plan thes was, as it is today, to Make a sreaty with the - Fgyptian Government securing British impe- rial interest and virtually placing A Bit o' Verse Whe. in the pines, may hear low raised voices To chant ip suppliant tomes? They. who, in sorrows tranquil eyes, have gazed, : 0O'ercome, endured alone. The joyous whispering of lesser trees Who can interpret this? Awakened souls whose inmest sanc- tities : Know Love's revealing kiss. And lowly wines, the tender clinging things ] That dwell amid the sod? For pillowed ear, a carillon me'er rings, Daless at peace with God. --ALMA F. MeCOLLIM EE i Bas hn i aia ashes tet ci on J 8 ASR BEE VASAT rg A A ¥ OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1922 OR. GREEN CIBSES - HIS MISSION AT "BAPTIST HUROH Warns Aguindl Rejettion' of Sal. Oshawa Baptist: OChuereh was crowded to the daors last evening to hear Rev, Dr. Bowley Green, of Moncton, N,B;, close his special mis gion of a week, during which he has spoken every night in the Raptist Church, has addressed the Rotary and Lions Clubs, the men of the town In ihe Y.M.C.A.,, the High School stndents and men in the fac- toples. Last evening the eminent divine declared that he bad come to Oshawa, not to be entertained, hut to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ, with a view to winning con- verts to His cause and kingdom, and these who bave heard him night af- ter night, or only on one occasion, can. testify how well he has fulfilled that mission, A man of outstanding personality, with a wealth of Chris- tian experience, and a preacher of axeeptional ability, Dr. Green has qe- oomplished much good in his brief rojourn here. He left last night for his home in the eastern province, i Last night's message was directed | to those who had not yet accepten Christ as their personal Saviour, and with great stress the preacher em- phasized the danger of further re- Jection of salvation which he cha:- acterized as a foolish, insane ana unsafe course, Appealing to the nue coved, he sald that he could almost bolieve that in his andience there were some who did not [Lend to give up sin until the twilight of life, un- til they had found that =in had no further delights and they wera ready to seek God at the eleventh hour. Would God aceept the repentance of a man in the last hour? Dr, Green asked. The answer was in thé af- firmative, hecause so wonderful and infinite was the graee of God that He would forgive, even If a man was mean enough to live for self and in sin until he was on his deathbed. But because of life's uneertainty, no man knowing the day or the hour of his death or what a day or boar would bring forth, delay in ancepts ing Christ was dangerous. There was a danger, Dr. Green warned, | that 2 man might so refuse the nf- fer of salvation that there would come a time when he could not re- pent and when there would be no Jonger a desire for the tridth. Would you want to go to Heaven and never open your mouth in Jesus | pame on earth? the preacher asked, emphasizing that without service { they were sick or in need, or through bere there could he no hope of re- MRS. PUGSLEY SPOKE | . TO STALTER "Y" The monthly meeting of the Btalter "Y" was held at the home of Mrs, Bwart Everson, King Street East, on Tuesday evening last. Mrs, R. 8, Virtue, the presidemt, was in charge of the program and opened the meeting with a few remarks, expressing plea. sure on behalf of the Soclety ut have Ing with them Mrs, Pugsley, Provin: cial President of the W.C.T.U, Mr, Pugsjey gave an interesting talk on the work of the W.C,T.U, and alse on the work the "Y" was supposed to fol low, which was very helpful to this new organization, A plano solo hy Miss Grace Lander and a reading by Miss Irene Winters were much enjoyed, Two new mem- bers were enrolled, making the total membership about twenty-five. The Club cordially Invites any young ladies of the town who wish to Join to attend the next meeting, which will be held at the home of Miss Mabel Lander, King Street #ast, on Tuesday evening, April 4th, at 7.15 sharp. KING ST. GIRLS' CLASS BANQUET "Mother and Daughter" Socid! Evening Much Enjoyed Tuesday Evening One of the happiest ¢vents of (he season was the "Mother and Daught-| ar Banquet" held in King St. Meth-| adist Sunday School on Tuesday avening hy the "Stick-to-it Girls' | class.' | AL seven o'clock ahout twenty | girle and their mothers. and other guests sat down to a delicions sup- per, served hy the girls Following the toast to "The King" | Velma Blewett, president of the | class, proposed the toast to "The! Church" which was fittingly respond- | ed to hy the pastor. Rev. A. M. Ir-| win. The young peonle who had| propored this toast, Mr. Irwin said. | were quite influential in the work] of the church. He compared them | with the cob of eorn in its second | gtage. The stage of heanty and ot- | tractiveness, bul also a very im- | portant ona because, should cven| one thread of the beautiful silken! tassel be injured during this stage, of growth, when the matured cob were opened, there wonld he empty | kerpel places, due simply to pre- vious Injury. | At this stage of lle. young people sin because it is theg'fhat they real- ly mould their characier, The next toast to "Tho 8chool," was proposed by Miss Hazel | Wotten, and responded to by the iegdariy | ward yonder. No man could repent when be pleased, because rgpent- ance was brought ahout only through the promtping of the Holy Soirit. At the close of the discourse an In- vitation was extended to all desiring to know the truth to signify in some way, and many took advantage of the invitation. Says Temperance (Continued from page 1) the young life of the country. These things were almost forgotten, she pointed out, but when the remark was beard that conditions were very bad now, it would be well to remem- ber the great reform in the liquor laws. Those who were heard to com- plain about the temperance measures at this time were those who had; their eellars full but who. were afraid | they would not be able to fill them ! again, Mrs. Pugsley averred. i Foreigners were continually com- ing to this country without any mor- al teaching or ideals and it was the duty of Canadians to look after up- building. The speaker's idea was that this work was included in the! program of the W. C. T. U'. and the | proper method of carrying it out was 10 get in touch with the moth- ors by doing them a kindpess when the childrep. The result would be {Canada as it had done elsewhere. 10 better the lives of foreigners and to gradually turs their thoughts from the liguor trafiic. i Mrs. Pugsley spoke briefly of the | old saloons, stating that while they | were in operation there were few of them. which did pot break the law, either in regard to the time of clos- ing or in other respects. The dis- pensdry system was also failing in| she declared, but she was confident that the forces would stand firm for the betterment of Canada and make it ope of nations up to by others, by en- forcing the laws. The address was wmost interesting fuperintendent, Mr. 8. Gummow Mr. Gummow said that he con- sidered the Sunday School, quite necessary to the chureh work, he cause in the Sunday School, mein bers receive the right kina of influ- ence, and were taught from child-! hood, the golden lessons ana wore | thus prepared to take up the work of the church, ! The ioast to "Our Mothers" was! propeed by Miss Nettie Clark and] responded to by Mrs. Irwin. } While the ehurch is necessary to: our country, Mrs. Irwin said. and] the Sunday School is necessary tc the Church, so are the mothers os- | gential to the Sunday School. It} was the advice and influence receiv | ed from mother which often made the foundation of many lives. i The toast "To Our Teachers" pro- | pesed by Mise "Wilma Blakely was rezponded to by Mr. W. H. Wige |! Mr. Wigg considered the Sunday School a very important factor. The work of the Sunday School teacher was not appreciated to the extent ir | should be, and was not always ver: | encouraging. But te 20 to Sundar | School and find a full elass each Sunday, interested in the lesson anc each one doing his part to help the other fellow and the teacher, war: encouraging. Mise May Stevens proposed the toast to "Our Cuests," and Mrs. W H. Wigeg respended. Mrs. Wige, or | behalf of her class, expressed hes pleasure at having for the guest | the mothers | "What's Left" was the toast pre | posed by Miss Dorothy St. Andrew and Mr. Winters in his sable man ner, responded. As the Chureh is essential to the Country, the Sunda School 10 the Church, the mother: to the Sunday School. the teacher to the mothers, and the guests to the | sw ER FIREMEN must guard szainNJrene | oti Sunday | g | sented w that 'held KNOW LOCATION OF ALL THE HYDRANTS So 'Declarés Mayor Stacey-- | Echoes of Thornton Rubber | | Echoes of the recent fire which | destroyed the factory of the Thorn-! ton Rubber Company were heard at a special meeting of the Board of Water Commissioners held Tues- day evening. Several matters com- ing to the attention of the Commis- sion during and sinee the fire in question were discussed, and it ia | probable that in the near future the | Commission will have a heart to heart talk with the Fire & Water] Committee of the Town Council, During the discussion the need for a better knowledge of hydran locations hy the firemen, the neces- | sity of having the steam pumps at | the pumping statjon in for any emergency such g8 arose at! the Thornton fire, and the keeping of the fire alarm system In perfect repair, was stressed, Mayor Stacey told of visiting the cene of the fire while the factory was enveloped in flames, and find- ing only three lines of hose heing used, while in his opinlon several more could have heen attached to hydrants in the neighborhood. One hose wag hrought from a hydrant on Simcoe Street while there were olh- ers closer, and it seemed to him) that the firemen were not acquaint. | ed with hydrant locations Mayor | Stacey thought that it was the duty] of the fire chief to instruct his men | regarding factory locations, and to] gee that when a fire occurred every inch of hose available, where hy-| drants could be found, was used. The delay in getting the pumps into operation when the burned. the wires of the Hydro Elec trie Power Commission and cut oft the power from the pups was discussed | | | \ steam fire! electric Chairman Conant ond Goebel told the meeting that gineer at the pump house had the teschers, then whais the guests Following the toasts, was ¢ program, including an instrumental' by Miss Florence Cox, recitation hy Winters, solo hy Richer; recitation hy Marjorie and a quintette hy the men, ol and games ¢ each mother ith a daffodil the d r such ow *ROruse: was pr it was other pre er gathering may b Well, trusts may solve the worid problems if trust in God |i them Fresno Republican one of MR. YOUNG SINGLE MAN When youn contemplate mat- rimony, will you please yo get a Clarissa? & see GEORGE ARLIRS in "DISRAELI" Regent--Next Mon. & Tues. The Double Track Route Between MONTREAL TORONTO DETROIT . & CHICAGO roront Sheridan. Town Agent Telephone 132 H. Hutchison, Depot Telephone 60 ung, Agent | 8 Mr. up times when a lire alarm was 'in to see if same had heen reveived at the pumping station Engineer Goebel told the Commis. | sion that it | Chief Cameron to keep the fire LL arm system in repair, and that repairs were now necessary Members of the Commission readiness, emphatic that | ealved written Inatrnetions to | averything in readiness | the steam whenever a fire occurred. Fall the Commission decided would mean the dismissal Chalrman up the pump house when alarm was turned in for a 'fire at the Oshawa Telegram ago and learning that no alarm hud | been received at y Co. Fire J { information that a five was in pro- ' gress was the first intima'tiol hat ¥ | the engineer had received, er such was the ease know but it was very essent the wires to the pumping giation, and in fact all ever the firéd alarm ystem, Conant th to exist, and that have | not he allowed A t ; | ¢ a check made. operate | there should he ! uh ice. | Chairman €onant explained that while the fire department did nat come under the jurisdiction of the Clommission but of the Council, yet the Board was concerned and Auter- ested because when a failure in pres- | sure and other deficiencies occurred during a fire the Commission was often blamed. Personally he was not satisfied with existing conditions, Mayor Stacey expressed a desire | for a test.of,the water pressure 'to determine what the town really had in that line. The Commisaion- ers concurred and one may be held about the middle of the month. Present at the meeting were Chairman Conant, Commissioners Mayor Stacey, J C. Young, Fowlds, | Ww. H. Hall. (0 pumps on shor ure to carry out instructions of those responsible, told: of ringing the [ire Conant office some tin the station hi Wheth did not il that | should said pumping be kept that he station in repair had rung | several turned | | e -- FAMILIARITY -- CONTEMPT "Have you ever met your ideal man?" simpered a young maiden. "1 met him two years ago,' return- led the novelist. "And 18 he till your man?" "By no means," returned the novelist. "He's my husband now. 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