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Shop In Oshawa and Help Build Up the Town | The Onfario Reformer All the News While It Is News VOLUME 51--No, 77 Rublished at Oshawa, Ont, Canada uesday, Thursday and Saturday OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1922 Yearly Subscription $3.00 Single Coples 5 Cents SIX PAGES License Fees For Pool Tables Are Not To Be Raised, Council Says Fifty Dollars For First Table and Twenty-Five For Each Additional Table Will Still Be Collected --Pro Was to Collect $35 For Each Table After First COUNCIL HOLDS LATEST SESSION YET ADJOURNMENT AT 1.30 O'CLOCK TODAY "1 desire to hold no brief for the poolrooms of Oshawa," said Coun- cillor Brown, at last night's meet- ing of the council, "for If I had my way I would do away 'with them all. However, during the last few months there has been a vast improvement in the condition of the poolrooms here and they are, in fact, a credit to the town, While there are many applications for permission for the instalment of additional tables | R. D. Preston. The proposal was to the effect that the fee charged .to poolrooms be changed from $50 for the first table, and $25 for each addi- tional table, to $50 for the first table anda $35 for each additional one, High Fee Charged Mr. G. D. Conant, appearing in the interests of the pool room owners of the town said that the proposed 40 r ce rease axation was too in these places few proprietors have | PY cent: increase in tax 4 : ls ad, it 0 4 |great. Indirectly, "he claimed, ! actually plasoy Wore- tables- in their; a tax, Workmen have no other establishments." The remarks appearing above place of amusement and Jeereution, y i . 2 said. ou are going to fasten a Melo voiced duiing a discussion us he sald Y tax go workingmen to the advisability of increasing the |' ¥ license fees on "illiard rey | who are helping to build up Your poolrooms, 4 , town, Mr. Conant then produced a : ; |pateh of telegrams which werz2 re- The suggestion was contained in hatch of 4 es Be Yur the apr Bf ihe License Committee. Por muniel alities throughout On- which In the absence of Councillor | 0 eb replies revealed the | Johnston, was read by Councillor A nat but one city in the prov- | |ince imposed a tax as high as Osh- lawa on poolrooms. No municipal- | ity exceeded the fee charged here. | Councillor Preston suggested that | the fee be allowed to stand as| at present. Councillor Burns then | suggested that the whole thing be | thrown out, | "We have a unique license com- Totalled $430,292 in Septem- mittee," said Councillor Stanton ris- | ing. "One meeting it unanimously | ber--May Reach Seven opposes a measure and at the next Million for Year May Vote to Abolish Present Ward System Deputy Reeve F. L, Mason gave notice just prior to. ad- journment of Council at 1.80 o'- clock this morning, that he would move at the next meet- ing to introduce a by-law to provide for a change in the sys tem of electing the council, Mr, Mason desires to have council lors elected by the town as a whole instead of by the ward system, as at present done In Oshawa, His notice of motion calls for a Mayor, Reeve, deputy reeve and eight councillors. The hy- law, if passed by the Council, will be given two readings hy this year's Town Fathers, and submitted to the ratepayers at the municipal elections, If pass ed by the electors it would be given third reading next year, and would become law for the elections one year hence, CONCRETE PAVING EIGHTEEN FT, WIDE FOR ALBANY STREET Council So Decides By Vote of 514--Pasg By-law Next MALLEABLE OBJECTS Pavement -- Phillips | Co. Pleased To pave or not to pave Front | street, from Albany Street to First | Avenue, was the question which per- | ISE SURPLUS OF HOUSING COM. TO LAY PAVEMENTS f way Company and the Ontario Mal- Recommendation of Board o Works Carried After Heated Discussion REFUSE STORE PERMIT W. J. Holland Sought Permis- sion to Build at Ritson and King The suggestion embodied in the re- plexed members of the Town Coun- | ell for a considerable time at their | regular monthly meeting last night, | The verdict was that it should be paved with 18 foot concrete, with- out curb and gutter. Whether the | pavement will be laid this year is a| question. A hy-law will have to he | drafted and passed by Council be- | fore the Board of Works will start work; and it was mooted at the meeting that if work were started injunctions from the Oshawa Rail- | leable Iron Company | sought to stop the work. Then, too, {it is doubtful if the work can be (completed this year, even if all par- ties are agreeable. The question became {following letters from the W, E {Phillips Co. Ltd. The Oshawa Rail- way Co. and the Ontario Malleable Iron Company, and the presenting of |the local improvement report of En- gineer N. C. Smith. The W. E. Phil lips Company wrote expressing their gratification at seeing by the press that the Council intended to pave the street, adding that the company {had been given to understand, when might be debateable Also Oshawa Ry. Co. Wants! | | MR. GUS MEESE Imperial Prince of the Knights of Kor- assan, of Spokane, Wash., who was a distinguished visitor at the Dokey celebration last night. MR. CHAS. P. DAVIS Of Oshawa, Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of the Knights of Py- thias of Ontario, prominent in last night's Dokey ceremonial. The gathering was a colorful one. DOKEYS HOLD A FINE CEREMONIAL Eighty Toronto Knights of | Khorassan Attend Gala Night Here Provincial W.C.T.U. Convention To Be Held Here Oct. 9-13 Next week will see the Provincial convention of the Women's Christian Temperance Union being held in Osh awa. It is expected between 250 and 300 delegates will be present. Four {hundred attended the convention in | London last year. The convention opens on Monday, the executive meet- | Steps are Taken to Open Mechanic Street, Alma to Alexandra Streets; R. W. Dixon Donates a Large Strip DOKEY CEREMONIAL CHIEFTAINS Splendid Gift Announced At Council Meeting Last Night By Special Committee-- Over Half Land Required Thus Secured--Five Others Own Land Needed GRAVEL FROM CREEK IS ALSO OFFERED Mechanie Street, from Alma to Alexandra, a distance of 2,093 feet, is to he opened by tae town. This much needed development which has been pressing for years has come about through the work of a special committee which has heen cngaged on the problem for several months, of which Councilloy RR Moffat is Chairman, The task of extending this street has been facilitated Ly the splendid offer of Mr. R. W. Dixon who owns more than half the propesty requir- x. - Mr. Dixon has agreed to give this property to the town for the purpose of a street, for the nominal sum of $1. He has aso agreed to )ermit the town to take gravel from the creek where owned by him, su!- ficient for the purpose of making the street, There are six people owning land, including Mr. Dixon, through which the extended street will pass, and 'ouncillor Moffat advisea the council 'ast night that the committee was atisfied the majority of the proper- ies may be purchased reasonably. Terms of Agreement. The terms of Mr. Dixoas' ment are: -- To the Corporation f Oshawa: -- Lgree- of the town "1 the undersigned P. W. f the Town of Oshawa, hereby make the following offer to the said cor- poration. "I offer to sell to the said cor- poration all those certain parcels of land situated, lying and being in he town of (Oshawa and comuosed of parts of lots 11 and 12 in the see- ond concession described as follows: "All that part of the property known as the "mill raceway" owned by William Alchin and George Al- *hin, and sufficient of any additional property owned by me that may be required, and necessary for the pur- pose of extending and connecting a4 proposed street to he built on the said "mill raceway' with Alma Street and Alexandra Street. "All that property known as the 'mill raceway" extending in a south- erly direction one hundred feet from the southerly limit of that part of the said "mill raceway" owned by | W. Cole and extending easterly to the westerly limit of ITechamic Street. "Together with the right for the said corporation to take gravel from | (Continued on page 6) NINE MONTHS' FIRE LOSS IN OSHAWAIS $106,000; LARGEST IN FIVE YEARS Thorntor Rubber Co. Fire Last February Responsible for $100,000 of This Amount-- Thirteen Fires During {thing more despicable than that of {committee supporting a scheme ing that day, and continues until Fri Dixon, day night. a| ' s pre 0 at | port of the Board of Works presented |) ..¢ine here, that the town was i ., | to the Council last evening hy Coun- good to its new industries to the one Jposting 3nd then apologising |, W. J. Trick, to the effect that extent at any providing a for 3 at another, {the surplus funds in the hands of the paved street. They were glad to { see the Council was now making good this intimation. (Continued on page 5) A Ceremonial which in almost | eyery respect equalled that of the | 0 sessi s il P| 1 annual session of the Grand lodge] Three ses: Jon: will be held 20 of the Knights of Pythias here two Tuesday, that in the evening being years ago, was given last night by | featured by a gold medal contest and Achi Baba Temple No. 210, of theid pageant, the latter 10 be Elven by Dramatic Order of the (| the Stalter "Y" or Young Women's it is apologizing. If there is any-| Anyone who doubts that indus- rate of trial conditions are fast returning to normalcy can have this impression dispelled by a glance at the figures released by various government in- stitutions, which always prove an infallible business barometer. "Never know what they are going | Housing Commission be used to lay sessions ELECTED OFFICERS The gathering here included about | eighty Toronto Knights, a few from | Hamilton and representatives from many other towns and cities. The opening function was the street par- ade, ig which the Knights appeared in th#r brilliant regalia. Headed by the Ontario County Regimental Band, the procession passed through the main streets of the town, the guests of honor, Imperial Prince G. Meese and Grand Chancellor C. P. Davis occupying the carriage at the (Continued on page 5) KILLING CHRISTIANS NUST BE STOPPED Oshawa milk producers, about 30 in pumber, met in annual meeting at the Commercial Hotel on Saturday last. | James Stanton was re-elected presi {dent and S. G. Chant, secretary. | ROW OVER STREET to do," agreed the Mayor. asphalt pavements on Glidden Avenue Knights of | 10€ St (Continued on page 6) 'and Clarke, Huron and Taylor streets, | ye i. Khorassan, Toronto. in honor 'of | Christian Temperance branch. Morn- | immediately precipitated a heated dis- R J i " imperial Prince Gus Meese, of Spok- | n& and aftgiops essiobe willbe Je i espatch from 54s {eussion. However, the clause relating ev. J. L. Harton 18 ane, Wash., and C. P. Davis, Oshawa, | Deld on Wednesday e p ing ad Sesput ron Knitting Company to the paving of the streets in ques- President Oshaw [Grand Chancellor of the Knights of }'n& there will be a banquet, received up to the end of September Is Contemplating {tion was not the only item in the re- A " a | Pythias of Ontario. The occasion | Thursday there will be three ses: of this year, as compared to the cor- M Osha | port which proved a bone of conten- Ministerial Ass'n was an official visit of the Imperial sions also, Dr. Margaret Paterson, responding period of last year, show | Coming to Wa tion with which the councillors wres i | Prince who is visiting all Temples |Police Magistrate in Toronto, being a gain of $4,713,256. And the most | --- | tled. Clause 5 which contained the | |in Canada and United States. Among | the speaker that might. Friday will gratifying fact in connection with, Negotiations are now under way |Committee's recommendation that the! At the annual meeting of the Minis- | the most prominent figures present |be the last day, when business will be this announcement is that Oshawa is| between the town and a knitting | Council grant a permit to W. J. Hol- terial Association, held in the Y.M.CA. (at the Ceremonial were Royal | closed up. Already the W.CF.U. work- more than upholding its end. In| company which may result in a new|land to erect a store on the corner oi yesterday morning officers were elect: | princes A. E. Rennie, G. E. Barnes, |ers have secured billets for 300 de- fact. Oshawa's revenue from Customs industry locating in Oshawa. A let. King Street and Ritson Road also gave ed for the ensuing year. Rev. J. L.{A A. McKenna, O. R. Drew and J.|legates, Mrs. A. J. Stalter. president and Excise is altogether out of pro- ter from this company was read at the councillors an opportunity to test Harton was selected to succeed Rev. G. Wilson, all of Toronto and J. 8. of the loc al branch, told The Re- portion to its population as compared the meeting of the Town Council last their oratorical abilities. | George Yule as President, While Ret. | Kyle of Oshawa. | former. to other large centres such as Hamil- night. It was stated that the com- Council went into committee on the |J- He Bain was hg Vics Peal ton. Toronto, Montreal and Winni: pany is only a small one, capitalized | whole of the motion of Councillor W. dent Radha caus an ch: peg. It is doubtful if any of the at $10,000 now but desirous of rais-|J. Trick, chairman of the Board of an b ev. city . "u 3 was X wr smaller cities can even come close ing this to $25,000. Four or five Works, to discuss the adoption of the to the position of sec 3 asyre . to Oshawa as far as revenue from thousand feet of floor space will be report. Councillor Hall took the! It was decided to hold the Union Customs and Excise is concerned. needed if the company comes here, |chair. | Thanksgiving service this year in the The fact must not be forgotten, and it would like to sell some of| Firing the opening gun, Councillor Simcoe Street Methodist Church, the either, that the figures from this its stock locally. Twenty to twenty | Preston queried, "Is that paving cost speaker for this occasion to be Rev. department reveal the condition of five hands would be employed at first. [to be added to the cost of the house?" E. T. Cotten, pastor of ie £ brigian a country's financial condition in a The letter was referred to the "No," replied Councillor Trick. { Church. The program. W ) be handle JContinued on page 6) {Manufacturers Committee. | Should Return Money {by the association. : un ay, r ¥ 22nd, has been set aside, when speak- | "Then it is wrong to use the money |ers will visit Oshawa in connection |of the Commission for paving pur- with the Lord's Day Alliance. There KAISER - poses," said Councillor Preston, "it! will be no financial campaign in con- (Continued on page 39 nection with the services, but they will V RK OVAL ry be followed by a community canvass. TO LE EL PA 1 The speakers who occupy pulpits in ) Oshawa on that date will be Dr. LOSER TO FOOT BILL Hocheser. Rev, DW. Seider and If North End Levelled by Chairman's Method for Less Than Rev. Wesley Spencer. $1,000 Kaiser Will Pay Bill --If It Costs More Henry Should Pay--Kaiser's Hot Editor Reformer:-- Dear Sir: The great question of scratching away a few knolls in Alex- andra Park, with its legal aspects, its comstitutional phases, its engi- neering difficulties and political con- sequences, bids fair to sidetrack in public importance. the threatened war in "The Near East." Dr. F. L Heury, in his epistle of Sept. 30, raises several new and momentous lines of discussion pertaining there- to. Having planted the first shrub, laid out the first cinder path, and thrown tthe first baseba'l for the season of 1906, Dr. Henry is entitled to be regarded as the final authority upon all questions, espeially the best way to level a hill. Every plan or scheme advanced or tried so far by Retort--Henry a Humbug anyone else is pronounced by him to be "a mess", while the one right and proper plan devised by him re- mains locked up in his powerful brain, and will only be divulged un- der the severest pressure, after the work is over. He wants the world to know that he does not approve of the plan agreed upon Wedneesday afternoon, at 5 o'clock. when we all met in the park. With equal em- phasis he wauts the whole world "not to know" of what he does ap- prove. Another Little He may be going to pull off another little scheme of his own such as when he sent Mr. Stacey up to the | park to plant those pegs, without | reference to any member of the com-| mittee, commission, board, council Stacey," ete. at that, mind you! running the grader came upon these pegs they naturally flew into the air. 1 was told by someone that they | were placed there by Mr. Stacey, the| gardener; laying out a cucumber bed. I al-| lowed the matter to pass by without comment. Some time afterwards al bill for $13 from Mr. Stacey explain-| od that these pegs were markers for levelling the ground. This illustrates Dr . Henry's motion of acting with and through am executive: his | | self, and as he scarcely visited the, park during the too late. ed because the morth ground is not level. He pronounces it a "mess." (Continued on Page 3) | AT TWP. COUNCIL Trusts Corporation Disputes Transfer--Coun. Farewell Leaves Meeting Taking action in response to a let- ter received from their solicitor, Mr. G. D. Conant, asking for their final decision in regard to the closing up of Beaver Street im the Village of Harmony, the East Whitby Township Council, in regular session yesterday afternoon, d lution ering Mr. Conant to deal with the for deed for same, providing the action against them was withdrawn. approximately f and as 1 surmised he was T° d land was mot legally turned over to them. Would Open New Street Requests to the effect that certain streets be opened in the Village of scheme was undoubtedly a good one: Harmony led to the question of whe- but it struck the ground as a "dud" ther or not this street should be open- because no one understood it but him- ed. There being no houses on it and the street projecting into the progress of the work, of Mrs. Farewell, the Council have de- no one could explain it until it was cided to dispose of it, if the action dis- Dr. Henry is quite aggriev- puting their claim to it is withdrawn. a hh How this property id be disp | COMING EVENTS i EVERY Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday evenings. Also Saturday after- ROLLER RINK OPEN noo 66-t.£.) COME TO THE PROVINCIAL wW.C. TU. Convention Simcoe St. Meth- odist Church, Oct. ® to 13th. Al sessions open to the public. (77-2) THE HOSPITAL IS IN NEED OF | old soft white material for band- ages for burns and other things, and will be very pleased to receive donations of this kind ar the hos- pital. IT BUSINESS EDUCATION -- THE fall term of the Canadian Busi- ness College in Oshawa begins Tuesday, Sept. Sth. Any ambiti- ous young people desiring a busi- ness education at day school, might school or to the Canadian Business College, by home study, should write today corner Col- lege and ina Aves., Toronto, and receive full information about their branch at Oshawa. A posi- tion fis assured every graduate. War Must Come if Turks Per- sist in Persecution--Must Protect Faith Oshawa Lodge of the Royal Black Knights of America, numbering more than one hundred, observed their an- nual church parade and service Sun- day aftermoon when they attended in a body at the Christian Church. Vis- iting members from Toronto, Peter- boro, and other nearby towns were in- luded in the gathering. The address given by Rev. E. T. Cotten was one of outstanding impertance as it made réference to the Turkish menace, which is confronting the world at the present time. Music was furnished by the church choir, a gquantette compos ed of Mrs. J. Johnston, Mrs. C. Haw- kins and Messrs. L. A. Kock and C. IL. Deguerre, assisting, while Mrs. E. T. Cotten gave am instrumental. After expressing his appreciation of the pre- sence of the Order, their high stand- ards and principles, Rev. Mr. Cotten chose for his subject "No Surrender" and for his text "Stand fast in the faith." . - Sat. COME AND HEAR REV. 5 Westman; a prominent member of the Methodist General Conference and Mission Board, who will preach anniversary services in Albert St. Methodist Church on Sunday, Octo- ber Sth, at 11 am. and 7 p.m. Good music is being prepared by the choir under the leadership of Mr. Hearst. A grand concert and en- tertainment will be given on Mon- of was the basis for a heated discus: (Continued on page 6) Protestantism Saved He gave a brief sketch of the Re- formation in the days of Lather, Wy- oliff, Huss, Zwingli, Melanchthon; the trials of England under James the Second; the tendering of the crown to William, Prince of Orange: the ut- tempt of James to conquer Ireland, and his defeat and the vesult of the noble stand of the Protestants in the city of Londonderry. Continuing he While the total loss through fire in the town of Oshawa for the period covering the first nine months of this year is much larger than during the same period in 1920, 1921 and 1922, had it not been for the dis- astrous conflagration which visited the factory of the Thornton Rubber Company last February, the loss would have been still lower than the record of last year. Since 1917 the amount of loss and the number of fires have steadily decreased but this one fire alone meant a loss of $100.000. The loss sustained from the other fires was $6,000. which is $300 less tham in the previous year. During the first nine months of this year 13 fires have occcured, 5 of which were in the fire limits. In 1921 there were only 10 fires, 3 of which were in the fire limits and the total loss was $6,295. Im 1917, the total loss was compared with that of last year shows a notable decrease has taken place. This has been due largely 10 increased precautions taken to pre- vent fires and points to the necessity for a Fire Prevention campaign, which is mow under way. The port of Fire Chief Cameron, which is given below, contains some in- teresting facts and figures, from which an idea may be obtained as 10 the efliciency of the local Fire De- partment and the steps which are being taken to reduce the annual fire loss to 2a minimum. Five Chief's Report The report of Fire Chief Cameron covering the first nine months of this year and compared with prev- fous years is as follows: -- To the citizens of Oshawa: it affords me a great deal of plea- sure to present to the citizens of Oshawa 2a detailed veport of what has been accomplished along the re- $125000 which as|® parative Period--Fire Prevention Demonstration nine months of 1922 and compare them with the same number of months back to and including 1917. The number of fires and the loss sustained are as follows: Fives ln Five Limits Loss ns iR 19 a0 21 a9 dan. dan. Jan. Jan. Jan. dan. 3 I feel that the above results, which we as citizens have attained, has be- yond all doubt assisted in holding down the fire loss. 1 wish to point out that the Thornton Rubber Com- (Continued on page 3) -------- The tongue is but a few inches long, yet it can kill 2 man six feet FHL ut it Hh lines of Five Prevention for the first