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PAGE TWO The Ontario Reformer (Established in 1871) An independent newspaper published every other day (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons) at Osh- Awa, @anada, by The Reformer Printing and Publish ing Company Limited, J. C. Ross 1. 'Bwart MacKay Geo, A. Martin SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 1 § Delivered by Carrier in Oshawa or by mail anywhere in Canada $3.00 a year. United States subscription $1.80 extra te cover postage, Single copies 5c. OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, OCT, 17, 1922 President Treasurer Editor MORE DISPATCH NEEDED At, one of the first sessions of this year's Council the auggestion was advanced that an effort should be made to have the business of the Council con- 'ducted with more dispatch, The inference, of 'course, was' that Council meetings in the past had been prolonged affairs, and that length had not been conducive to good government. Unfortunately, 'however, while there seemed to be general agreement that the suggestion was sound, it has not been car- ried out. Midnight sessions of Council are all right when there is some important matter under consideration, but they are not necessary under ordinary circum- stances, There are few men, who, while they may be willing to give their time to serve their fellow- ratepayers, have any desire to hang around the Council chamber until midnight or after. There have been instances in the past where capable men refused to enter public life because of the dilatory manner in which Council does its work. Parliamentary procedure is not adhered to by Oshawa Town Fathers. In theory there is a certain form in which business is taken up, but in practice it is usually forgotten, Members of Council are quick to blame Mayor Stacey for this state of affairs, While as presiding officer he undoubtedly has much to do with it, some of the very men who are most critical of His Worship are offenders themselves against the commonest rules of procedure. It is true that the presiding officer is not supposed to make speeches, being permitted to vacate the chair in someone else's favor if he desires to make a speech ; it is likewise true that a member is not al- lowed to speak more than once on a question, unless in eommittee of the whole. Both these rules are violated at every meeting of Council, two or three members being worse offendors than gthers. When men are honored by their fellow-ratepayers and elected to Council one of the first things they should do is secure a copy of rules of procedure and study them, if they are not already familiar with the rules, | While close adherence to the rules of procedure | will speed up the meetings, another saving of time could be made in the handling of correspondence. In some cities such a saving is achieved by making a list of correspondence, with a brief explanatory sentence of each letter. When this list is read by the clerk any member may ask that a particular letter be read in full. This obviates the reading of many routine communications. The Reformer believes that much time could be 2 saved in the ways mentioned, and that the town | would benefit thereby. Russia is said to have 1,600,000 men under arms. There is obviously work for the Moscow disarma- ment conference. Lloyd George becomes more efficient at scattering and confounding his enemies with every attack made | on his administration. Found --a lump of eoal! It is now stored in our safe but the owner can have this valuable bit of property by paying storage and the cost of this notiee. Traffic policemen at The Hague are now equipped with eleetrie lights. Thirsty souls yill envy them their ability to get "'lit up" nightly, and still keep within the law. The longer this open weather continues, the bet- ter it will be for the general public. The coal men dre the only people who can find fault with these perfeet October days. : It is eertainly a sign of the times whei a prominent organization like the Rotary Club listens to the ad- dresses of men and women devoted to the education of their children. Money spent in educational work is money well spent. A score or two of busy business men of the town are to devote the next two or three days to a can- vass for members for the Y.M.C.A. The "Y." is a worth while institution or these men would not give up their time unselfishly to furthering its interests. Longfellow deseribed this period as follows: "The melancholy days have come, . The saddest of the year." He surely was not familiar with the Canadian woods in Autumn or he would not have penned those lines. 'A few days ago a man sentenced to pay the death penalty at Woodstock, N.B., had to be hanged twice, the first fall not killing him. The eleetric ehair or gas would surely be more humane than the hang- man's noose, if capital punishment is to be eontinued. _ Lioyd George is the one man in public life who Bas survived the war ordeal and the re-adjustment period following that titanie struggle. The little Welsh wizard seems to have an uncanny faeulty for OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1922 A lighting on his feet. Crisis after crisis arises but he emerges smiling and apparently stronger than ever, -- The State of Massachusetts passed a "blue sky" law which has now been in effect slighlty more than a year. Since May 20 of this year, according to The Christian Science Monitor, a ban has been placed on tha selling of the securities of 17 companies in that state. This clearly demonstrates that such a law to protect the public is feasible. It is hoped that the Drury Government will be able to have similar legislation enacted in Ontario at the next, session, BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TODAY JOY FOR WEEPING :--His anger endureth but a moment : in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but a joy cometh in the morning, -- Psalm 30: 5. FROM OUR EXCHANGES THE LAND FIT FOR HEROES (London Morning Post) The ex-Service men are in every town and village, and in the hearts of too many dwells the aching thought that their labor and pain are little regarded or altogether forgotten, Thousands of fit men can- not get work. It is no fault of theirs, nor do they want to live on Government doles. Many of them know by bitter experiences that for the very reason that they served in the war employers will not take them. These things ought not to be. Nor need they be if the publie, despite hard times and taxa- tion and all other troubles, will put their hands in their pockets. A million is not much to ask for the men who gave themselves. Must Lord Haig next year again ask, " Ave they to suffer still?' Surely that is an intolerable reproach. NOT QUITE THE SAME (New York Morning Telegraph) We are entertained to hear of the Kaiser-like BROKEN, TIS SAID Correspondent Alleges Some Sportsmen Were Out Before Sunrise The Oshawa Reformer: Gentlemen: Ontario Game Laws apparently do not apply to privileged syndicate sportsmen, i It would seem that certain would-! be sportsmen or members of the syn- dicate controlling hunting and shooting privileges on the second and third marshes at the lake have gome special permit or else have overlooked one of Ontario's import- ant game laws, viz, The prohibition of migratory wild fowl shooting be fore sunrise and after sunset." Many of the residents at the lake were awakened from slumber this morning by the echoing reports of pump-guns in action in the vicinity of the second amd third marshes | and which shooting took place bhe- tween 5.40 a.m, and 6.15 a.m., and be- fore the sun had risen off the water, | We note in yesterday's Globe the] sun rising at 6.26 a.m, standard time, There was also a heavy mist lying over the marshes and lake, naturally obstructing the vision of incoming ducks as everything on the water and heach would be practically invis- ible. With the use of live caller decoys and the atmospheric conditions of the daybreak this morning, a school- hoy might slaughter ducks as they dropped in to feed. We wonder why throughout Ontario will not hold faith with the Ontario game law laid down and give a duck a sport Ing chance. It's mighty good sport getting the broad-bill as he swoops over the de- coys with whirring wings in day- light and in his own element, hu sportsmen language of Mustapha Kemal. Ie says he depends | Fighting on his own ground he beat an invading | army of Greeks and captured or drove away his foes, | Still relying on Divine Will, Kemal says he expects | to occupy Adrianople in two weeks, and this would | mean a Turkish move on Constantinople. Britons say he cannot take Constantinople. If they | clash, Kemal will learn that fighting an English | army is not the same thing as fighting a badly- commanded Greek force, A LITTLE NONSENSE The notice in the rooms of hotels 'which reads, | '"Have you left anything?" should be changed to | "Have you anything left ?"-- Detroit Motorist. {in Country Policeman (on guard at the scene of the murder) --*'I tell 'e, ye can't coom in 'ere."' Reporter--*"But I'm a journalist ; I've been sent to 'do' the murder." | Constable--** You're too late. The murder's heen | done." | | -- London Opinion. Mrs. Green was entertaining some of her son's | little friends. "Willie," she said, addressing a six-year-old who | was enjoying a plate of eold beef, "are you sure you can eut your own meat?' {through | on the Lord and gained his victories by Divine Will. |seducive quacks of the live caller |decoys, But. the | wild fowl, and at the merely slaughter as they drop the morning mists to One cannot help admire the meas ures taken by the American Sports men Game Protective Association in doing away with private reserves, the laying aside of vast areas of swamp and marsh land as game and bird sanctuaries, and then to the public shooting areas which are open | to the average sportiman who may have his occasional day's sport well as the multi-millionaire who can shoot every day if he so wills The present bag limit of 25 duck per day or 200 in a season is quite satisfactory but how many of average sportsmen would not quite satisfied if he got 25 season. Its really up to the sportsmen of Ontario and Canada to study this important problem of re taining our game and wild fowl well as official game wardens, order to adjust laws governing shooting conditions that will in crease and prolong the breeding of same time ford every sportsman his fair share of clean, healthy outdoor sport. E. J. WADSWORTH. Oshawa, Oct, 13, 1922. a ete. [H GAMELAWS ARE I In | the | | | | | | | The Robert Phone 1280 e Serve Oshawa in Oshawa. 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He widow, 2 brother, Fred, nue, Detroit, , fridge motorcycle turn to In order to avoid him I rolled 1 the at a ditch to avoid motoreyele avenue, three Mich. ras with her into h a Gratiot ter turned his car to one side. the stat 2 Sian Elal Funeral services he the residence 3.50 o'clock Chicago, Ill. were Sunday Interment 16 machine into ditch 1 d up. thrown When his wite Clemens, Mrs nd finally ett right side was Hunter and his wife were husband, a scratch on the out on to the road. noved of a local survived Tuxedo Avenue, 2550 Ferry Park Ave- 11 afternoon his a fractured skull side, Hunter was dead | reached JOIN THE was &n old Oshawa from and other in- "y"» The child who was making desperate efforts with | his knife and fork, replied: *"Yes, thanks; I've * often had it as tough as this at home. A BIT OF VERSE TRAINING I'd like to give up all my time To teachin' little chaps to elimb, An' showin' 'em the places where The birds are nestin' high up there; I'd like to find my fellowship In laughin' eye an' sauey, lip, An' freckled cheeks an' stone-bruised feet, For that's a eomradeship that's sweet An' free from taint o' strife an' hate An' envy of the rich an' great -- There everything that's ever done, Is in the glorious name of fun. I've seen em open wide their eyes When they were battin' fungo flies, To see me catch 'em high or low, The way I used to long ago. There's grown-ups here that have forgot Their baseball on a vacant lot, An' underneath a solemn poise They hide the fact that they've been boys, An' many a youngster must he told His father wasn't always old -- He'd never giiess from what he sees His dad once elimbed the tallest trees, To teach a boy, you've got to show That what he knows, you also know. The sermons that the graybeards preach, The ears of youngsters never reach; To prate of honor merely irks-- You've got to show "em how it works. If you would have 'em fair in play, Get out an' teach 'em day by day, An' let 'em see you take defeat Rather than break the rules or cheat Who'd bring his boy to fame some day, Must take his hand an' lead the way. --Edgar A. Guest. QUALITY CIGARETTE IMPERIAL TOBACCO COMPANY or CANADA. LIMITED.