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Shop In Oshawa i Help Build P VOLUME 51--No. 43 STOVE GOAL CANNOT 'BE BOUGHT LOCALLY BECAUSE OF STRIKE Small Quantity of Pea Sizes Are Available NO HARD COAL COMING Bituminous Grade is Abundant --Consumers Showing Signs of Uneasiness E i "Things are going fine and a great deal depends on the newspapers not ' aa. BT EH om---- na J i Fe ro VY Rn The Ontario Reformer Pubiiaba 3 Gumaia, Oot, 'Canad All the News While It Is News OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1922 Sanitary Inspector F, C, Palmer and A, W, Brown, chairman of the Sani: tary and Relief Committee, on their tours of inspection throughout the town encounter some unique features in the mode of living of some families, Recently, when visiting the extreme eastern section of the town, their at- tention was directed to a small shack constructed of mud and brush, mixed possibly with some cement and lime, The house, which is situated just on the corporation limit some distance south of King Street Bast, is owned by Mike Pushkedra, It contains only one room, having a single window about two by three inches in a sheet of iron metal, Co uently the room is quite dark even throughout the day, The roof is made of thatch and brush together with sheets of iron metal, The building was constructed FIND FOREIGNER"S DWELLING CONSTRUCTED OF MUD AND BRUSH within the past few months, and is the only structure of its kind in Osh- awa, So unique was its appearance that Inspector Palmer had a few snapshots taken of it, At the present time there is no building by-law placing restrictions on this type of structure and the owner apparently was one of the few who had attempted to overcome the heavy expense of erecting a modern dwelling, After the uprights had been put in place the openings had been filled in with the brush and mud, together with some other element covering it to complete the walls, Whether or not other citizens of Oshawa, hearing of this new method of home building, will follow Mr, Pushkedra's example is a question, but it seemingly answers the purposg for which it was intended, starting a panic, If they start urging the people to stock up for the winter| the public will begin chasing around, and when the public gets excited that is when they pay for a thing," stated an Oshawa coal dealer, when inter- viewed regarding the local coal situa- tion. Not a car of anthracite coal has entered the town since the coal strike started last April and at the present time it is impossible to purchase stove coal In Oshawa, The Reformer was told. " "Local people have just started to realize the effect of the strike," stated another coal merchant, "and in the past ten days we have been cleaned out of what little anthracite coal we had on' hand from last winter. This went at $16 a ton, which was the price last winter," Soft Coal Plentiful There is absolutely no shortage of soft coal anywhere, as the coal strike affects only the hard coal union fields. The non-union mines in the states are producing about 4,000,000 tons of soft coal per week. Locally the factories, which use soft coal almost entirely, have supplies sufficient to tide them over the next two or three months, but they are not doing any worrying over the matter as they can obtain that there is a little nut and pea coal on hand and some egg, but that stove coal camnot be procured. The coal business at the present time is very quiet, although some people are start- ing to get uneasy about their next winter's supply and many enquiries are handled daily regarding the situa- -| unemployed The exchange om Canadian funds has been practically wiped off and freight rates are lower and unless the Canadian dealers are "held up" across the border, this local dealer doesa't (Continued on page 6) 5, SCHOOL PICNIC GREATLY ENJOYED | 41 1 fe i } | 8 L 3 i 1 Jn TH I fl ! i Hl ! i 14 f 3 i ; LE] i it 4 gs i | | | : I il i E ! | ! I : Pe | i ! | | f | tif i i Hi 3 : he h g J x HL ! i fir | | | | ] | I ih | | roposed ~| hike of the "Jobless Army." now led | Show Cars Made Locally at Motor Shows in Europe 'A business tour oi England, Scotland, France and Belgium is being undertaken by Mr. J. B, Thompson, Export Executive of the General Motors Corporation, who sails on Tuesday on Mauretania for Europe. Mr. Thompson will be gone for about seven or eight weeks, During his trip he will deal with matters connected with the expansion of the export trade of the General Motors Corparation, He will also make arrange. ments while in Europe for the displaying of all the various pro- ducts of the local plant at the kig motor shows which are being held in France, England and elsewhere during the fall of this * year. Mr, Thompson will return to again in the fall in time to visit these big yade fairs. LER REGEPTION FOR JOBLESS ARMY If They March Again, Opinion of Several Towns--Oshawa Did Duty Before "I think the town did its duty when it entertained the first army of veterans who were marching to Ottawa, and while I have nothing against the returned men geting all possible chances to present their cases, before the gov- ernment I don't see why they should have to repeat their trek. They have been given one oportunity already," stated Mayor John Stacey this morn- ing relative to a p HOSPITAL HAS FROWN RAPIDLY First Sod Turned in 1906--Be- quests and Donations Have Assisted It was in 1906 that a band of Osh- awa women with a vision, first met in the Presbyterian Church and by con- tinuous effort, overcoming all obstacles finally saw the first sod turned for an Oshawa Hospital in 1909. To-morrow evening at 6.45 o'clock, Mrs. Robert McLaughlin will lay the corner stone of the New McLaughlin Memorial Ma- ternity Wing and when this is com- pleted, the realized vision of 1906 -- Oshawa's General Hospital--will have accommodation for 58 patients. The original hospital was started in October, 1909, and completed in June of 1910, at a cost of $12,000, the contractor being Robert H. James, at the present time, Town Assessor. The hospital stands on about five acres of property purchased from the late Wil- liam Bowden, and while the name of the street at the time of the land transfer was Helena, after a member of the Gibbs family, this was changed to Alma street. The new name is de rived from the initials of Mrs. R. S. McLaughlin, whose Christian names are Adelaide Louise, and the first two letters of the given name of Mrs. hospital since its inception. Added A Laundry Following the completion of the or- iginal building the next big addition was an electric laundry added in 1911, an extension which was followed later by the original Nurses' Home on Alexandra Street. The Nurses' Home in turn was enlarged last year to al- most double its previous capacity, a need resulting from the growth of the hospital. At the present time it has by "General" Riley but then under the leadership of "General" McDon- ald. His Worship, commenting on the ally as they did on their first trip through this town. I ght Ess i i if | Hy i ] ! : ¢ 4 ] . ! k 2d | | | 4 bs f 4 i i hi | | 2 1H 1H if eke of hit | dation for about thirty In 1918 the fine new Pedlar Surgical £ ! ke i ] t : | HW; i i i fii) I fi ge i i : | ot | ! i i | is br bl ih I » | proposed -lachool it is probable that half the 3 3rBeil Ess iit sid vofeil {i J == Yearly Subscription $3.00 Single Coples § Cents TWELVE PAGES SOUTH-EAST WARD SCHOOL WILL BE AFINE STRUCTURE Expected To Cost About $60,000 -- Will Be Fireproof -- OF RUG RED BRICK Will Be So Built As To Enable It To Be Extended Easily A decidedly pleasing addition tc the public buildings of Oshawa wil! be the fine public school which is to be erected this summer and fall, in the South East Ward. This edifice will be of rug red brick, which wil) not present the monotonous appear ance of pressed brick. It will bh trimmed with stone work while the main entrance and the two side doors will be in keeping wih the imposing appearance of the whole The building, which will cost ab- out $60,000, will be an eight roomed schoo) capable of being extended at either end. While only two floors will have class rooms when the school is thrown open, the basement can be made to contain classes also, as the play rooms of the boys and the girls can be converted into class rooms with but a little renovation. Fireproof Structure, The eight rooms will be 24 by 32 feet while the corridors will be twelve feet wide. The building will be fire proof and the floors of the corridors and the rooms covered with a patented flooring, which will deaden the sound of footsteps. The main entrance, which will have a semi-Gothic appearance, will have steps leading up to it while inside the outer door will be other steps, at the top of which will be another set of doors. The principal's office will be immediately across the ball from the main door. At either end of the corridor on the first floor will be two steel stairways, one lead ing up to the upper floor and the other leading down to the basement Access may also be gained to the playgrounds through doors at both ends of the hall. These steel stair: will be of such a construction as to give a soft and easy tread for the foot. Extend Ballding Easily. There are no windows at either end of the building and additional rooms can be conveniently added. If additions are made the stairways at each end will be moved also and the corridors simply extended. The specifications for the building wil' be presented to the Building Com- mittee of the Board of Education at a meeting 10 be. held probably next week. When work is started on the new 14 roomed Centre street building will be erected at t this as yet, however, that this line of pursued. £ 3 l £ I 4 § ® % ' i : : | i ; f J 2 8 » i i i ] i | 8% > i if : : iii i ji H ; | Ii 1 i [ : i J | i 2 i I | kh - i : i LICENSED Home brew permits numbering twenty-five have been issued from the Oshawa Customs and Excise office since the first of January, Customs of- ficials reported yesterday. These per- mits have been taken out hy residents of the town for the most part, al though some Cedar Dale and East Whitby citizens also have a thirst that they have taken steps to quench, In the sections of the act governing the issuing of these permits, officials yesterday failed to find where the al coholic content was limited to any definite percentage, Chief of Police Friend, when spoken to hy The Re- former yesterday, stated that under these permits home brew beer chiefly made, There is no stated per- centage regarding the alcoholic was OSHAWA HAS TWENTY.FIVE AMATEUR BREWERS strength and they make it as high as they like, the Chief remarked, Under these permits a man can only manufacture the drinks, but cannot sell it. He may treat a man in his own home but if any of the stuff, with a stronger kick than that allowed by the O. T. A, is carried away, the car- rier is liable to arrest if found with the goods on him, Chief of Police Friend stated that the permit does not prevent the police raiding a place if they suspect that the brew is be- Ing made to sell. These home brew permits are Issued only to people who live in private homes and cannot be taken out by people who live in what, under the law, are termed "public places." OSHAWN'S BAND BRET AT LINDSAY Many local Orangemen and Ladies Took Part in "Walk" After being in existence only six weeks the Fife and Drum Band of L. O. L. 686, Oshawa, captured the first prize for the best band present at the mammoth demonstration held in Lindsay yesterday, in commemora tion of the Battle of the Boyne. Ap- proximately 15,000 people were in Lindsay observing the "Immortal Twelfth," and of this number over 7,000 took part in the parade. Oshawa was represented by be- tween 500 and 600 Orangemen and Ladies Orange, most of whom went up in the special train, which left Newtonville early yesterday morn- ing and reached Oshawa shortly after eight o'clock in the morning. Scores of other Orangemen, however, motored to the scene of the walk. Oshawa sent three bands to Lind- say, Lodges 686 and 2167 and the loyal True Blues sending their drummers and fife players. In the competition there were 18 bands in the parade and four im the grand stand competition. L.O.L. band looked natty in white trousers and boots with scarlet stripes down their trouser legs. Their blouses were scarlet with blue trimmings and each white hat carried a scarlet plume. The band is thirty strong, | twenty three of the members being | fiters. The drum major is H. E.| Green and the Bandmaster A. Towns. | The drummer, the most important | member of the band, was William | Fairthorn while twelve year old Morton Petrie, who was playing a his playing. The special train, returning, reach- ed Oshawa shortly after eight and those who were not too tired staged a small walk in Oshawa on their way from the G.T.R. station to the lodge rooms. Oshawa is making a strong bid for the annual celebration to be held here next summer and the local Orangemen are starting now to see that this is an accomplished fact by the time 1923 rolls around. $16,000 Of Water : Rates Are Due Water rate bills totalling about $16.- 000 are due for payment at the Town the factories having mot yet beem brought in. The s Conpora- proportion. 686s | around $2.-| HUMBLEST BOY AND GIRL MUST GET A FAIR START IN LIFE One of Nation's Responsibili- ties to Provide National Educational Program AVERS Dr. G. W, KERLEY Conservation of Child Life Also a Great Problem, Says Chautauqua Speaker The Chautauqua program which d a week ago with a splendid Wes | Rundle and Figary » | Both Running For | Reeve at Pt. Perry P-- Nominations were held at Port Perry on Monday last to choose canditates for Reeve of the Vil- lage, . The vacancy was caused by the resignation of Reeve C, A, Rundle, because of a technical violation of the. law, he having, as an individual, done business with the corporation while an of- fice holder. There are two candidates in the field, former Reeve Rundle, and former Councillor Philip Figary, who drew attention to the violation of the law by Mr. Rundle. .No one qualified for Councillor on Monday, so that af- ter the election on Monday anoth- er nomination meeting will have to be held. SECTION MAN HURT AT NEWTONVILLE Ernest Bouden Struck im Neck With Large Piece of Steel LJ | | | | | Ernest Bouden, a sectionman on the C.P.R. at Newtonville, met with a very serious and painful accident Tuesday afternoon. With a number of other men Bouden was engaged driving spikes, when one of the men missed the spike and struck the ham- mer in the hand of his fellow em- ployee. A large piece of the steel | snapped off and it flew up with great fife attracted much atemntion with | force, striking Bopden in the front of {the neck. The steel was deeply im- bedded in the flesh and severed one of the large branches of the corotid artery.* Blood gushed from the | wound and it was only the presence | of mind Mr. Charles Adamson, of | Port Hope who is engaged on the | section, that Bowden did mot bleed | to death. Making a paste of water {and flour, Mr. Adamson plugged the | wound and was successful in stopp- | ing the flow of blood. Dr. McKinley | was soon on the scene and after | rendering first aid had his patient | taken down to Port Hope by train | and taken to the hospital. | When the mixture of the paste was | removed from the wound ,the blood | gushed out again and the doctor was {obliged to make a long incision in | order to remove the steel and tie the { Mr. Bouden is wery weak {from the loss of blood but the doc- | tor says he will recover. . y Last year Boaden had his foot bad- py cut through am accident on a {hand car and was confined to the hospital for mine months. Following are the mames of the of- ficers of the Oshawa Young Men's . | Christian Association for the ensuing afternoon and evening session closed last night with what has been acclaim- ed on all sides as the finest lecture delivered at Chautauqua this year, the speaker of the evening being Dr, George W. Kerby, president of Mount Royal College, . Dr. Kerby, who is an uncle of Mrs. Roy Kerby, Simcoe Street North, took as his sub- ject "The Tasks of a Nation," and after pointing out the already wom- derful development of the unknown resources of this Dominion of Canada, referred in detail to some of the re- sponsibilities of a nation such as this. Nation's Responsibilities A 'national program of education to provide the humblest boy and girl with a fair start in life was emphasiz- ed. "We have prided ourselves upon our wouderful system of education, and it is a wonderful system, but the illiteracy of the people of this country costs it yearly over seventy-five mil- lions in cold cash. We have invited the foreigner to come here, but we must go in for raising red-blooded Canedians when they do come. We do not expect them to forget the land of their fathers, but when they come here to better themselves and up their families, they should be ing to bear their full and fair of the responsibilities of citizenship." "We believe that Canada tory and traditions that preserving, and we think should be more of Canadian comnstitu- i and history and geography taught in the schools, there should be a love inculcated in the children for Canadian art and literature and music, so that we will stop going for these things to Piccadilly in London or to Broadway in New York™ "Do you kmow that ome million babies have died in Canada since Con- federation from preventable causes? The conservation of its child life is one of the greatest problems of the world today." The responsibility of the teachers has are that lin the schools, is "that they w ! think of their school as educational machine that in the morning and leaves the afternoon, but rather where is formed the fu character and destiny of the mation. The responsibility of the ees: "for better tr meant (Continued on page 5) RADIALS HELP THE COUNTRY MOST Toronto Will Wish New Scheme Success, Says Tondnte Thursday might. "Should the municipalities Toronto establish an electric tween Toronto and out the aid of this A wish them nothing "The Toronto Eastern, radial between Bow) vonto which has cause of the repealing Hydro radial law, had dominating partner. HL felis ill , ; | Fy | 4 : li 1] i i i i t HI ik J :