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Shop In Oshawa and Help Build Up the Town The Ontario Reformer EI All the News While it Is. News VOLUME 51--No. 66 4 L atl Osh , Ont, C Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1922 Yearly Subscription $3.00 Single Coples 5 Cents TWELVE PAGES New Water Rates Bill Will Become Effective Jan. 1 Council Decides FEL EIA By-law Invoking Act Passed At Last Session of Legisla- ture Given Three Readings At: Council Meeting On Tuesday Night--Two Vote Against NEW ASSESSMENT ROLL NECESSARY A by-law to alter the system of as- sessing the cost of water mains in Oshawa, which invokes the special act recently passed by the Provincial Le- gislature on the request of Oshawa, was passed by the local town coancil in regular session on Tuesday night, It was 11.29 p.m. when Councillor R. D, Preston moved, seconded by Dep. Reeve J. V. Hill, that as the by- law had been fixed so that it would not become effective until January 1, 1923, that it be considered at this meeting, The by-law was given its three readings and will come into ef- fect next year, Opposition to the measure was volie- ed in a strong speech by Councillor R, Moffatt, while Mayor John Stacey ar- gued for the passing of the measure, Councillor Moffatt stated that in order to catch the popular fancy this was called a by-law for the "equalization FORMER FAIRS T0 BE SURPASSED BY Ae Forty-Three Building Permits in August Despite the near approach of fall and winter the month of August established among the summer months a record for building, During the past month forty-three building permits, with a total value of $93,580, were taken out at the Town Hall as compared with twegty-three permits in July, In June the permits totalled $41,216 and mn July $29,150, The biggest permit in August was for $12,000 to cover the fine new house being erected on King Street East by Mr. W, A, Luke, Mr. W, J. Trick took out a per- mit to cover a $7,500 house on Masson Street, Two $6,000 houses are also being erected, one hy Mr, A, V, Swalil, on Sim- coe Street North, and one by Mr. Schofield Irwin at the cor- ner of Centre and Quebec Streets, Growth, Including Exhibits and Amusements WILL OPEN MONDAY ing Will Be a Big Feature RRR week for three days, promises to eclipse all previous fairs held in Oshawa. Every department will show a decided increase in growth, including all exhibits and amuse- | ment attractions, Each year some new feature is added but the new features which will he presented to the exhibition visitors next week will | be entirely new and more numerous. Probably the most interesting or of the three days' program will be the night show on the second Sud A varied program will be given which | should appeal to everyone. Light | Local Police Arrest Wm. Nuttall Here For Campbellford Police of water rates" and remarked tha while this was a mighty nice sounding | phrase one should also consider the revenue end of the question. He remarked that just what would happen once the act was invoked was not clear | to many. He declared that equaliza- tion and revenue must be considered together and pointed out that when | the agitation for this new act was started it was on the revenue cry, but now support for the act comes from those crying for "equalization," Equalization a Fine Thing Equalization, he said, 1s a fine thing and has got to come but one must con- sider the revenue end of the matter, "By invoking the act as it stands now, we are practically wiping out any ex- | tra money we are now getting under | Jocal improvement." 'The loss that may be incurred will have to be made | up either by increasing the water rates or increasing the general tax, and the water rates cannot be increased be- | yond reason. He was against invoking | the act as he can see nothing but big- | ger losses, | Mayor Stacey pointed out that there | are thousands of feet on empty lots not paying any water rates which will have to pay seven and a half cents a foot under the mew act. 'This will | mean an additional revenue which the | town did not get before and will mean (Continued on Page 2) WM. B. COX DIES RESULT OF FALL Sustained Broken Back Two | Weeks Ago--Funeral | Held This Afternoon | William B. Cox, 227 Dearborn Ave. | one of Gshawa's best known residents, died in the Oshawa Hospital early Tuesday morning. A little more than | two weeks ago, Mr. Cox sustained a broken back and also an injury te the | spine when he fell a distance of sev- eral feet from a pear tree. Since that time he had been confined to the Hos- | pital and very little hope had been held for his recovery. For several days he retained his strength but his | body was completely paralyzed below | where the injury occurred. For three | or four days prior to his death de-| ceased grew steadily weaker. | Born jim Oxfordshire, England, in 1868 deceased came to Canada with his parents when seven years of age, set- tling in Newcastle, two years later moving to Bowmanville. He was married while in Bowmanville to Char- lotte Plumer and shortly after came | from 'army revolver belonging to the local |agent, Major Bygott. {estimated for the Board of Education Wanted on charges of having broken into two offices in Campbellford on the night of July 1, 1921, William Nut- tall was arrested by the Oshawa police on Friday night. Nuttall was employ- {ed at the Fittings, Limited, and was going under the name of Brown. Chief Constable Duncalfe, of Campbellford, came to Oshawa on Saturday and took the prisoner back with him, It is alle- {ged that in company with Wm. Ellis, {of whose whereabouts Chief Duncalfe has also received encouraging informa- tion, Nuttall stole a sum of money from the Trent Valley Creamery, and the Grand Trunk station the (Continued on page 6) big acts of vaudeville have been book- ty numbers, which mong the best procurable, The vaudeville acts will also be given | events. These will from the new actors stand, the grandstand. A Large Midway In addition to these fair grounds will be open to the pub- lie, Lagg's Great Empire Shows hay- ing been booked, Among the fea- wheel, whip and merry-go-round, gether with six big shows. They will also bring from fifteen to twenty concessions consisting of all kinds of games. There will be Kewple dolls in abundance. The shows will remain in Oshawa for the entire (Continued on page 3) to- Outside Accommodation Urgently Required For Public On Tuesday 2,030 Children] Registered -- Number In- creasing -- Another Port- able Building One Sugges- tion Advanced -- Thirteen New Teachers On Staff AN EXTRA CLASS AT HIGH SCHODL ATTENDANCE STILL GROW - ING. Exactly 2.294 pupils are atten- ding the Public and Separate schools of Oshawa this term. Supervising principal, A. E. Gar- butt of the Public Schools, re- ported this aftermoon that 'here are 2041 pupils enrolled in the Public Schools, besiides. which there are 13 in the Auxiliary. The expected has happened. Oshawa Officials are much agitated at pre- sent to find temporary accommodation for this overflow, pending the com- pletion of the mew schools. Supervising Principal A. E. Garbutt two months ago that the attendance id reach 2/000 when the schools re- to Oshawa, taking up resid on El gin Street West. A few years later he purchased a residence at Dearborn Avenue and Elgin Streets, and since then has erected a ber of h the children finished registering it was found 2030 were enrolled. More are expected to register within the on Dearborn Avenue. When first com- ing to Oshawa he was employed with the old McLaughlin Carriage Company prior to the fire and also worked with the C y in G it was stationed temporarily. He was later employed at the Williams Piano Company where he continued work until the time of the accident. Early this year, he and his youmger som opened a garage on King Street West, knowi as the Auto Liv- mext few days. Principal Garbutt at first felt that they might be able to get along with only three classes housed outside, but he mow thinks that four classes will have to be accommeo- dated outside the regular The situation Jn the southeast ward is mot s0 bad. There the placing of a class in St. George's Hall has relieved the situation. Indications at present are that ome class will have to be ery but Mr. Cox still continued work at the Piano Works, his son managing the garage. Mr. Cox was a staunch of 2. transferred from both King and Mary es. Where outside accommodation will King Street Methodist Church, having always been active in church werk and for many years was leader of the Sun- day School orchestra. Years ago he was bandmaster of the Christian Workers Band. In recent years was 2 member of Oshawa Citizens' Band. Mr. Cox, through his kindly disposi- tion, had gained the respect of a host of friends. (Continued on page 3) Ny d is mot yet known. Erection portable building ted the forty-eight hours. (Continued on page 6) opened this month. On Tuesday when | street schools. These in all probabil- ity will be third or founth book class- is one sug- - {could be bought it would be mneces- 'There have been thirteen new pedago- sues engaged. Most of them are al- {ready on the job, but two or three will mot be here until next Monday. having been only engaged within the last School Classes New Class Opened At Separate School So great has been the increase in the number of pupils at St. Gregory's School that it has been found necessary to open another room and engage au- other teacher. The attendance this year is about 240 which is approximately 35 more than the attendance figures of last year. The mewly appointed teacher is Miss Gilliyn, of Oshawa, who is one of the two lay teachers on the staff at St. Gregory's. The school building is able to accom- modate all the classes. Miss Gilliyn has a second grade class. THIS YEAR'S SHOW Every Department Will Show Night Show of Second Even- The annual exhibition of the South | Ontario Agricultural Society, which of nearhourne Ave., will open here on Monday of next ed in addition to a grand display of! fireworks, comprising more than six- | is numbered a-| during the afternoons of the second | and third days between the racing | be presented ! just in- | side the racecourse and in front of | attractions, | the largest midway ever on Oshawa's | tures they will bring will he a ferris | DIES RESULT FALL LATE WM. B, COX BUILDING BYLAW LIKELY WILL BE REDRAFTED SOON cil Pointing to Need Board of Health Writes Coun- |,' of Revision PRINT PRESENT BYLAW Present Regulations Are Use: less Opinion Freely Voiced | | | | By Members From the discussion of the hy-law win was buried Which took place at the regular meet- this afternoon, He died early Tues- | Ing of the Oshawa Town Council day morning, the result of injuries Tuesday evening sustained about two weeks ago, when he fell from a pear tree, LEAVES FOR SCHOOL; NOT SEEN SINGE: | Vernatta Irish, ? Avo 14, Miss- ing Since Wednesday Morning - Although sent to sehool yesterday Morning fourteen year old Vernatta Irish, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Irish, 14 A'hol Street, West, ney- er reached the school and her where- abouts at the present time are un- | known. The family has asked the | police to help in locating the and all efforts are heing put forth to see that the family is re-united. Speaking to The Reformer this morning Mrs. Irish stated that the girl is big for her age and has al- ways had an aversion to school. She is a pupil at the Centre Street insti- | tution and left yesterday morning | to attend her class, brown jumper, brown blouse, white oxfords and white stockings. She was wearing neither hat or coat when she left shortly be- fore nine o'clock. When a relative! was sent to the school at noon with | an umbrella, as it was raining, the family received the information that | the girl had not been at school ye 8- | terday. Mrs. [Irish this morning, asked if she thought the girl would endeavour to reach Toronto, stated that Vernetta knows no one in that | city. that the girl was on the bridge about nine-oclock and an-| other man had stated that he thought he saw the girl in Whitby later in the day, but he wouldn't say for certain. The girl would pass for 18 and the police state would most likely endeavor to secure a position. VVernetta is a dark complexioned | girl with dark eyes and black hair, | which is done up. At the time of | her 'departure for school she was | wearing on the left side of her head | a pin set with brilliants She weighs | about 120 pounds and stands 5 ft.! v 3% in. tall. | | when | King Street NEWS HELD OVER With no paper published onyTues- day, because of the Labor Day holi- day, The Reformer jis deluged with news today. Much matter has, as a result, beem of necessity held over, and will be in Sakidngs C] | issue. This includes corre: from mearby villages, 'e BY-LAW AUTHORIZING TOWN FUEL YARD PASSED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL; NOW GOES TO ONT. RAILWAY BOARD A by-law was passed at the meet- 'ng of the Towm Council held on Tuesday might, which as soon as it receives the assents of the Ontario Railway, and municipal Board and the Lieut. Governor in Council, will anable the Town of Oshawa to run a municipal fuel yard. This bylaw, once jit is approved, will allow the council to handle coal and wood. which may be sold to the residents and dealers of the towm, at a price sufficient to pay all costs and charges. At the last meeting of the coun- cil the special fuel committee report- ed that it had ordered tem cars of American Amthracite coal and om Tuesday might Mayor Stacey pointed out that it would be mecessary -to pass this bydaw before the Fuel Committee could pay for these tem Toronto under this new bydaw, which, among other things, gives the town authority to issue debentures to cover financial operations in con. nection with the scheme. Five or six letters were before the clerk, having been received from various fuel concerns, one relating |, to Welsh coal, being read through in its entirety. The other five mis- sives were referred to the fuel com- | mittee without being read to the council as a whole. The fuel Com- mittee had no report to present at this meeting. When Councillor Pres- ton suggested such a thing Chair- man W. J. Trick of the committee came back quickly with, "we were told at the last meeting that we couldn't do anything anyway." During the council meeting a mo- tion was passed which' gave the fuel car loads of coal. C illor R. D. Preston wanted to know what would be done about these tem car leads of coal showld the by-law not be passed, Chairman Toick assuring him then that he would take the shipment himself, an action which he had promised to follow out some time ago, when the fuel commitee was being criticized during a council meeting. Councillor BR. Moffatt, upon learn- ing that before the ten car loads sary to pass this bylaw, thought that the council would be going into the business pretty deeply if it took advantage of all the powers this by- law would confer on them. One 4 councillor remarked that the town ittee of the Council full power in connection with the purchase and distribution of fuel. li 3 gr ¥ pid -E { would he able 10 buy out half of it would appear that Oshawa's building by- law is to [receive a general overhauling during {the coming winter, A letter was {read from the Oshawa Board of {Health pointing out the absolute ne- |cessity of A Building by-law in the of wa, one which would jowp © Bodin living in unsanitary shacks, which not only detract from |the appearance of other nearby domi- |ciles hut in most cases are not con- structed on engineering principles The Board complained that people were building these shacks in the [town and instead of looking on them as {regular house was heing built, temporary residences while the were using them as permanent habitations, | connection with No definite action was taken in the matter hut as every member of the council is to he provided with a copy of the pre- sent by-law it is expected that in- structions will shortly be issued to the Town Engineer to offer sugges- tions regarding improving 'the pre- girl' Councillor A. W. sent by-law. should be Only Temporary Upon the reading of the letier, Brown pointed out that the Board of Healtn had no ob- jection to a man putting a roof over his head but they thougzht that these shacks should only be occupied for a limited length proper house of was time while a heing put up. a | dressed in a|Councillor Brown then cited a local tricolette | case where an Oshawa man bad lived in a shack while building a home and then, as soon as he moved into the (Continued on page 3) Building By-law Does ) Not Support Mayor During the discussion of the local building by-law in Council on Tuesday night Mayor Stacey took occasion to say, with refer- ence to an article which appear- ed in The Reformer of August 3, relating to the by-law that "the man who edited that story didn't know the facts," The ar- ticle, after pointing out that Mike Pushkedra's mud, brush and junk tin shack complied with the existing by-law, went on to say. that "the by-law does not compel a man to use 4 in, x 2 in. studs in building a house and there are houses standing in Oshawa to-day which are built with 2 in. x 3% in, studs. Prac- tically every other town in Can- ada calls for 4 in, x 2 in, studs," The Mayor said that the build- ing by-law now calls for 2 in, x 4 in, studs, The Reformer ac- cepts as official the copy of the by-law in possession of the Town Engineer, on which there is no clause that even refers to stud- ding. Council Authorizes The Paving of Front Street, Albany St.-First Ave. L S---- Pound of Works . Reported Against Plan But Clause Is Amended in Committee-- Transfer O. Miller to En. gineer's Department From Town Clerk's Office GET ACCOUNTANT FOR TOWN'S STAFF A rough and stormy passage was given the report of the Board of Works, as presented at the Council meeting on Tuesday night, when two out of the three clauses were heavily attacked, The first section, which re- commended that Front Street be not paved from Albany Street to First Avenue was finally amended and it was decided to pave this section of road, The recommendation that Mr, 0, Miller be transferred from the Town Clerk's Department to the Town Epn- gineer's Department at the Town Hall was upheld after a lengthy verbal battle. Council went into committee of the whole on the report, Councillor T. Hawkes being in the chair, The W. E. Phillips Company now oe- Sportsmen Generally Pleased at Prospect of New Curling Rink Editor Reformer, Dear Sir: -- At the Bowling tournament in To- ronto on Saturday, nearly every man I met, bowler or spectator, said to me, when introduced, "So you come from Oshawa, eh! 1 see you are going to build a new curling rink. That was a great gift of Sam McLaughlin's; he must be a fine fellow." Why are so many people interested in a curling rink? Simply because, unconsciously, (Continued on page 3) Perjury Charge Against A. R. Alloway Pe ood: It had been reported to her| - Breeders Do Well Ontario County carried off a large share of the honors in the Clydesdale classes at the Cana- dian National Exhibition at Tor- onto. Among the prize winners were the following from this dis- trict: -- Graham Bros, Claremont: -- First in the stallion class, four years and over; second in the three year stallion class; third in the two year old filly class; second in the 1922 foal class; first in best string of five; first for best stallion and first for best mare. W. F. Batty, of Brooklin, took first place in the class for three f DONATIONS OF PIE, CAKE, PIC- year old fillies and second for two year old fillies. STALTER YY GETTING READY At the monthly meeting of the Stalter Y held at the home of Mrs. A. Stalter, King Street, on Tuesday evening, plans for the provincial convention of the W. C. T. UU., which will be held in the Simcoe Street Methodist Church from October 9 to October 13 were discussed. Mrs. C. Saddler, Charles Street, was ap- pointed the delegate to the Con- vention. COMING EVENTS SIMOOE ST. METHODIST CHOIR will resume Choir Practice on Fri- day evening. at 8 o'clock. New Anthems. 66-a ROLLER RINK OPEN EVERY Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday evenings. Also Saturday after- noon. )66-t.1.) 15th, Mickey's Orchestra holds their first dance in Oshawa at Engel's Assembly Hall. Dancing from 9 p.m. Admission $1 per couple. 66-c kles, meat. potatoes, bread, butter etc, will be asked for this week for the Hospital Tent at the Fair. Will you help the Hospital Aux- iliary by giving as generously as OWN. have in the past. 65-d College in Oshawa begins T Any ambitious young Lengthy Case Concluded Dropped -- Evidence Given At Preliminary Hearing Largely Repeated AFFIDAVIT MADE IN GOOD FAITH After two adjournments in the County Town following two hearings held in Oshawa in the preliminary trial, which came after eight adjourn- ments, Judge Ruddy, in Whitby on Tuesday, dismissed the charge of per- | jury against A. R._ Alloway, of Oshawa, which had been launched on informa- tion laid by Allan Grauel, who has | been connected with Feldspar Glass. Limited, Oshawa. The trial last- ed all day. Mr. Alloway was sec- retary of The Reformer Printing & | cupies the premises on Front Strest which formerly housed the Thornton Rubber Company and the permanent (roadway will be of the most use to them. Another matter which entered into the question was the fact that when the Thornton Rubber Company came to Oshawa the town agreed to bonus them in cash and it is now maintained that the town is entitled to about $3,300 from the Provincial Government, to whom three» bonuses had been paid under the agreement. There were only three clauses in the Board of Works' report but every one came under fire and discussion on none of them was short. The Board's report was as follows: -- (1) "We have considered the report of the Manufacturers' Committee, dat- ed May 1st, 1922, dealing with propos- ed pavement of Front Street from Al- bany . Street to First Avepaue, end | yould recommend that no action be | taken. "We also recomend that the Town Clerk be authorized to request the Pro- vincial Treasurer to refund to the Town, the money in his possession un- der the agreement between the Town and the Thornton Rubber Co. (2) "On reconsideration of Petition for pavement on Court Street, dated May 22nd, 1922, we would recommend that Court Street be paved with asph- altic concrete pavement, 24° wid: and that this be added to the Standard (Continued on page 3) T0 USE TOWN HALL FOR CLASS ROOMS? | Council Committee Given Power to Act--Oili ing Streets Again Prominent among the mass of small items considered at the meeting of the Oshawa Town Council on Tuesday was (the request from Supervising Principal A. E. Garbutt, of the Oshawa Public | Schools, for permission to use the Publishing Company before it changed | Town Hall for school purposes. The hands on the first of this month and . matter was referred to the Property it was while hé occupied that position | with p to act. Coun- that the charge was laid. cillor T. Hawkes drew the attention of During the winter the Feldspar the council to the matter when he Glass Company instituted a libel action |stated that Mr. Garbutt had asked if against The Reformer for the publica- |the town hall'could be put to such use tion of an article in The Reformer. Ia |until the new school in the south east Frey connection with this action The Refor- mer made an application for security for costs, as the defendant may do, in case the plaintiff lost the libel ac- | tion and an affidavit was signed by | Mr. Alloway in support of the re- quest. The libel action was subse- quently dropped but the charge of perjury against Mr. Alloway was laid, the clauses in the affidavit on which the charge was based being as follows: -- briefly that the plaintiff was not Po of sufficient propenty to answer the costs. This was subse- quently mot found to be the case. in Public Iatopest. Judge Ruddy in dismissing the case stated that there appeared to have been no motive but a publisher's inter- est on behalf of the public in enquiring into the company's business. He be lieved that The Reformer's manage: (Mr. Alloway) was in doubt as to the executable assets of the company and had discussed the matter with various people. If there had been plenty of assets why would Mr. Alloway haye made the application? It was unfor- tunate that not more enquiries had been made, as it would have been bet ter for all concenned if there had been more investigating carried on. It tarns out, stated the judge, that the offending clause was not true. The .| evidence brought out showed that Mr. Conant, the solictor for The Re- tion about their branch at Oshawa. A position is assured every gradu- " A Ate. seg former, had drawn up the afidawvit for Mr. ©. M. Mundy, president of (Continned on page 6) ward is ready for occupancy. It was pointed out that the Town Hall is used for both Oshawa's Police Court and Division Court, while Councillor Hawkes remarked that the old Crystal theatre was being considered in con- nection, with the overcrowding of the schools. Councillor Preston stated that the Board of Education had only themsel- ves to blame for the present situation, maintaining that they had dilly-dallied away the whole summer. Councillor A. W. Brown presented the report of the Sanitary and Relief Committee which has appointed Mr. Walter Lundy, of Burke Street, to act as town scavenger. Mr. Lundy will ve- move all night soil and other rubbish that citizens may want carted away, . the work to be done at the expense of the citizen or citizens concerned. CONDITION UNCHANGED The condition' of Orville Grills, the Darlington boy who was injured by a G. T. R., train recently and who was subsequently removed to the Oshawa General Hospital, fs still critical. His right leg amputated at the knee following admission to the local institution and as his left foot was badly crush- ed it is feared that it may have to be removed also. The hospital re- ported this morning that it was im- possible to say at present whether the foot would be retained or not J |