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The Ontario Reformer : 45 "Established in 1871) dent newspaper published every other day (A deri nt be and RE anitay afternoons) at Osh. 'awa, Canada, by The Reformer Printing and Publish. ips Company Limited. '+J, 0. -Rosg "» = = = «President and Editor. J. Bwart MacKay Vice-President and Treasurer. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ' Delivered by Carrier In Oshawa or by mail anywhere in Canada $3.00 @& year. United States subscription to cover postage, Single copies Sc. | {Member Audit Bureau of Circulations) -- OSHAWA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1922 mi BUSINESS-LIKE COUNCIL. NEEDED Apart from urging its readers to select the very hest men possible for the various offices and then go out and vote, The Reformer has no election advice to-give. The management, have only been here a few short months, and consequently are not familiar with the men seeking office. They have not had time nor opportunity to get the proper perspective of the municipal situation, and until they get that they feel that it would be presumptious to make a selection, . The one observation we have to make is that Oshawa needs husiness men to administer its affairs, Wherever possible a man should be supported who has made a comspienous success in his own business, A man who succeeds in his own work is very likely to make a success of the town's affairs. Oshawa needs men of that type in 1923, The suggestion made on nomination night that the town should sell part of the old Pedlar property for business purposes and develop the ravine as a park site is worthy of consideration. It is true that property on Simcoe street south is beeoming too valuable for park purposes. Now that Cedar Dale has been annexed and a harbor is being considered, it is only natural to assume that Osh- awa's business district will gradually spread south- ward. It is a certainty that the present business area--a block or so east, west, north and south from the 'Four Corners" will not do much longer. Stores and offices and other business blocks are bound to be added in the comparatively near future, The town could sell the front of the Pedlar property and retain the rear as a breathing space in the heart of the town. They could then develop the ravine and make it into an ideal park. Other towns and cities have utilized their rivers or creeks for park purposes. "Stratford has a beautiful park alongside the river Avon. Woodstock, Galt, Paris and other places have utilized their river banks for park purposes. - In Oshawa the Golf Club have utilized a portion of the ravine north of King street, making it into a very pretty adjunet to their course. The town should do the same with the ravine south of King street. Show your interest in the town's welfare--and your. own--by voting. The new Council should evolve a plan for the towp. A building, a life or a city is the better for having a plan. About the time we stop worrying about the coal situation, we will be confronted with the usual ice erop shortage. The mayoralty contest in Toronto is arousing a good deal of interest throughout the Province. R. J. Fleming was the best mayor Toronto ever had and C. Alfred Maguire about the poorest. FROM OUR EXCHANGES Winter (The Youth's Companion) "J could enjoy 'summer if I did not always have to worry about the next winter," remarked a harassed citizen. "In July, a fellow always has to begin to save up for December." Indéed, for those who live in the northern half of the country winter is the expensive sea- louse, the store, the office, serious burdens of life, not greatly relieved by the diminishing size of the iceman's bill. Winter clothing costs more than summer clothing be- cafige there has to be more of it. Most families pe ingenuity and the strength of character that have brought about civilization. When Agriculture Suffers. (Meaford Mirror) One reason why all retail storess of the U.F. 0., are to be closed is probably the deplorable condition of the industry, which has suffered from an. adverse combination of fluctuating pro- duction, low prices and boom-bought farms. Where men bought farms at the crest of the past-war boom at high prices, they have in ever 80 many cases found their resources taxed to the limit. They have been of necessity very care- ful buyers and the pennies have been watched carefully indeed. The U.F.0., stores were basically handicapped All right in theory from the standpoint of the promoters, they were also fatally vulnerable. When the shareholders of U.F.0., members found they could buy brooms cheaper elsewhere they were forced by circumstances, not of their own chooSing, to buy there--and the sale of brooms fell off in their own store. When ans other store cut sugar prices, then sugaft stayed on the shelves of their own store--and so it went. The lesson to the shareholders of the U.F.O., Co-operative (of which we are one) is that far- mers are at their best farming, and co-opera- tive buying is all right in its place, but co-oper- ative theories are worthy of close, unbiassed scrutiny hefore being swallowed-"holus bolus." University Presidents. (Detroit News.) More and more the president's chair in the university is coming' to be occupied by a man who has a lively interest in and sympathetic understanding of the world beyond the college campus, who sees in the student body merely the representatives of a much larger group which must in some way be brought under the influence of the educational process. Univer- sity extension courses have put within reach of practically every living citizen, though he may live hundreds of miles from the nearest centre of learning, the educational advantages form- erly offered only to those on the college campus. A LITTLE NONSENSE Wine, women and song! The wine is gone. That naturally ended the singing. And our Agneses are in politics.-- Kitchener Record. \s LJ - An Ottawa hen laid an egg daily for 107 days. Three's a saying in every hen-house that an egz a day keeps the hatchet away.--Judge. Ld » » "I know there's a Santa Claus."' "How do youn know it?"' You'd never catch my Pa giving all this stuff away." --Detroit Free Press. A BIT OF VERSE CHUMMING . (Chicago News) My dad, he says. "Come on with me," when there's a hollerday, An' gits some cheese an' erackers we ean eat while we're away. : 2 An' he cuts us some bully poles an' helps me dig the bait, An' we start for the fishin' holes before our break- fast's ate. - He lets me pull in the first fish--he had one on his line Last Fourth, an' he let her swish till 1 got one on mine ! Before he yanked her out, an', then, mine was the biggest, too! : An' he said; "Gee, there ain't no men ean vank out fish like you!"' An' he takes off his shoes an' we wade through the waters thin. An' last Fourth he jest said to me: "What: Ain't you goin' in An' have a swim?' An' in I goes jest like a frog-- kerblim ! An next thing he takes off his elothes an' shows me how to swim! An' every hollerday's like that between my dad and me; An' one time mother went and sat beside a ellum tree An' done some faney work an' read a hook till we | come out, never have attained. the impulse to thrift, the || Thirty Years Ago From the Reformer . At Uxbridge Christmas Fair, tur-| key sold at 12¢ per Ib., geese at 8c | and ducks at 300 to $1.00 per pair. | LJ | The Pedlar Metal Roofing Com- | pany have a large number of men | engaged re-building their premises | under the direction of Mr. Glidden, | The Pedlar Metal® Roofing Com] pany have secured from the Minis- ter of Militia, Ottawa, the contract | for covering the drill shed here with their celebrated metal shingling. * LJ Mr. George Masson, a well-known | manufacturer of this place in for- mer years died in Tyron, North Caro- | lina on Friday last. His son-in-law, | My. J. F. Grierson went there on Saturday. * * * Mayor Campbell of Whithy js not going to run again, and Reeve' Rut- ledge is indifferent as to advance- ment. Deputy Reeve King will likely step on a pace into the Reeve- ship. * L * East Whithy Council met today with all the members present, the Reeve in the chair. A communica- tion was read from Jas. O'Dea, Constable in Cedar Dale asking the Council to increase his salary to $75 per annum. LJ] * The closing exercises took place at 2 o'clock yesterday at the High School. The Principal, Mr. Smith took the chair and announced a very interesting program. At his re- quest the Chairman of the Board of Education distributed the numer- ous certificates and diplomas to the recipients, * LJ The Christmas Tree entertainment at the Mission Sunday School of the Baptist Church, Cedar Dale passed off most successfully in the Tem- perance Hall last night. James Ro- | berts, Superintendent presided and | was supported by Pastor Scott. F. L.. Fowke, Superintendent of the town school spoke words of encour- | agement to the officers and teachers. | LJ - % | The annual meeting of the South | Ontario Farmers' Institute was held on Friday last. The chair was oc-| cupied by the President, Mr. Elmer | Lick. The Secretary Treasurer Mr Elgin Annis submitted his report which showed a membership of 101 and a balance in hand of $28.1% The election of officers resulted as follows: President, Elmer Lick, Vice President, John Sinclair, Secre- tary-Treasurer, A. E. Annis, Direc- tors, Messrs, Calder, Coxworth, 8. P Brown, W. Ormiston, Davey and R.| Deverell. Delegates to C.F. I.| Messrs. C. E. Mobray, G. R. Smith. ADVERTISING PAYS (Johannesburg Times) Some of the shortsighted politi- cians who are a ecvrse to South] Africa have snarled" at the money the Union has spent on advertising| itself overseas. But the results have] justified the expenditure; and even now the full results are not visible, | because advertising a 'country does | not bring settlers in ten minutes. | People with a certain amount of money to invest in a. new land do not make up their mind in a hurry. Men will come out a year hence as a result of South Africa's publicity campaign. But, as it iS, it is esti- mated that every 2 1-2d spent in ad-| vertising has brought in one pound | of new capital. In the nineteen months up to the end of last. July, the pewcomers who came. in with] the intention of settling in the Un-| fon, brought in capital totalling at least 2,600,000 pounds. Probably | the aggregate is a good dea] bigger, because each settler is only credited | with having the 2,000 the union government deems necessary, where- | as many of them had more. | Dreams | Alliston Herald: "Dreams never | cause me a moment's thought," said | a townsman to some friends while | standing inside a store. 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Home Office, Newark, N.J. DAVID MORRIS, Asst. Supt. LLO.OF. Bick, 8 King St. W., Oshawa RY An' had the lunch undone and spread --enough for five about. Dad photographed us sittin' there, her leanin' by a tree, = One hand a-foolin' with my hair, an' smilin' round at me." My hands was in the pockets of my pants, jest this- a-way ; An' dad said: "'I tell you, I love, to have this kind of day!" Tad Ellersly--our house ain't half as big as their barn is-- ; But one time with a kind of laigh he said to mé: "Gee, whiz! You bet I wisht that I was you, to fish an' swim an' elimb With my dad! My dad loves me, too, but he ean't git the time." Wool Suits 'in Browns and Greys Checks ind Pinstripes Worth $25 Anywhere---Closing Out the Line at $10.00 L. R. STEEL|CO,, Ltd. _25 SIMCOE ST. S. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SPECIALS : OSHAWA, ONT.