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COUNTY COUNCIL
WILL NOT TAKE UP POWER DE-
VELOPMENT SCHEME.
Hon. Adam Beck Promises that Govern-
ment Will Undertake Development
of Maitland River —Other Matters
Before the Council -Presentation
to Warden Geiger.
As already reported in these col-
umns, the outstanding feature of the
December meetingof the county
council was the adress of Hon. Adam
Beck on the power question.
Mr. Beck spoke at some length on
the work of the Hydro -electric Com-
mission since its inception and told of
the extensloo of the power liner, from
Niagara to different part. of the
Province. He referred to the agita-
tion for a "fiat rate" and declared that
it was "humbug." The flat rate was
impracticable, he said. If the Com-
mission raised the rate in the Niagara
disti ict, the private power co rations
would get the business and the whole
scheme would be wrecked. "If you
can get get ver from the Maitland at VW.
you don't want a at rate at $96, do
you r he asked.
The Commission was not ready to
submit • report on Maitland River
power, but Mr. Beck remarked: "We
are justified in saying that cyou have •
very great asset of power.' The en-
gineers commenced taking readings
last May. and it having been an unus-
ually dry summer the estimates
which would be made from these read-
ings for low water power should he re-
liable. They would continue taking
the readings until next April, when a
full year's figures would be available
on which to base estimates of the
amount of power which could bedevel-
oped. The lowest reading for any day
indicated RJO b. p., and lowest for any
pealed 11100 h. p. Mr. Beck exprained
that when there would be'a low-water
ppeeriod on the Maitland River the
Niagara system would have a low -load
period, so that any deficiency here
could be supplied from Niagara. It
was estimated that the amount of
power required by the towns and vil-
lages in Huron, Bruce and Grey
would be in the neighborhood of 7,700
h p. Besides the Maitland, it was
proposed to develnp the Saugeen and
Beaver Rivers. In in der to determine
how wstreeineieapdishis intended to
take power, they we're being asked
to pass bylaws for the taking of a ref-
erendum at the January municipal
elections. This would nut hind the
municipalities, but would simply give
the municipal councils authority
to made contracts with the Commis-
sion.
Mr. Beck stated that so far the Com-
mission had been unable to come to
terms with J. W. Moyes with refer-
ence to the power site controlled by
the latter. Mr. Beck declared that
Mr. Moyes' demands were out of rea-
eon and if they could not come to an
agreement the Commission would ex-
ercise its right of expropriation.
Mr. Beck stated further that if the
county would not shoulder the project
the Government would undertake it in
behalf of the municipalities that would
make contFacts with the Commission.
The council at a subsequent session
passed a resolution on the subject.
In his remarks at the opening of the
session Warden Geiger made fitting
reference to the lamented death of
Reeve Sweitzer, of Stephen township.
The council passed the following
resolution : That the members of this
council regret the death of Mr. Samuel
Mweitzer, who was considered a most
valuable member of the council, and
that the clerk be instructed to send a
letter of eondoldhce to Mrs. Sweitzer
fully expressing the sympathy of all
the mers of this council.
At the Wedneaday morning session
plans and specifications for an addi-
tion to the jail were placed before the
council and sent on to the county
property committee.
At the afternoon session the report
of the county jailer was received and
sent to committee. The jailer re-
ported eight prisoners in custody—
two for lerceny, four for vagrancy,
one for insanity and one for indecent
assault.
D. Patterson, county engineer, sub-
mitted his report.. The following
bridges have been erected this season:
Kintail and Garvey's bridges on the
Lake road, Ashfield township ; Otis -
ham's bridge, Colborne township ;
Turner's bridge, over the Btyfleld
Rivet : McQueen's bridge, on the
boundary of i.Ishorne and Hihhert
township;; also the bridge over the
Aux Sanhle River on the boundary of
Huron, Middlesex and l.etubton.
The bridges reported on the boundary
of Hullett and McKillop have not
been erected hut will have to be
erected next season. 9'he engineer
recommended that new flooring and
joists be got for the Maitland bridge.
Prom June itb to December 9th the
engineer issued orders aggregating $1),-
lO9.Ri.
J. Torrance, inspector of the house
of refuge, repotted eighty-eight in-
mates in the house on December 1e.
Of those admitted during the past
s•earthe townships sent Ave anti the
towns and villages eight. The aver-
age weekly expenditure for the sup-
port of each inmate was f11 til.
Dr. Whew. physician of the hou.e of
refuge, reported six deaths during the
year, at the avenge age of eighty
sears. The youngest of the six was
sixty-nine yearn and the oldest ninety-
two.
Reeve Leckie, chairman of the
tower committee of the council, made
an oral report on the work of the com-
mittee up to the jest/Bent time. Mem-
bers of the council expressed their ap-
proval of the action of the atmmittee
and their belief in the benefits to he
derived from the seeming of cheaper
power in this count
it was moved by Messrs. Leckie and
Govenlnrk that, while we approve of
the scheme of hydro -electric power,
the count of Huron as a corporation
is rehI.reiof taking further action in
connection with the Maitland power
wheelie. u the Ontario Hydro -electric
tioesmieeion ha. roneltided to go on
with the scheme and deal Merrily
with ;h. townshipspohee villages. In•
rerpnrntmd village. and towns.- in the
txwnty. .
Mewed In ansesulesent by !Messy.Taylor .
the tauthdroalectefeies to
bast t the R
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mission has taken up t . scbetue of
developing power on the Maitland
River, this council is in favor of leas.
Ing the whole question in the hands of
the Commission.
The motion carried.
A motion by Mears. Munniugs and
Kerolghan, that a tight hoard Tenon,
about siz feet high, be built at the
west end of the Maitland bridge to the
haul, a distance of about sixty fret,
was sent to the road and bridge com-
wtttee,
Mr. Taylor called attention to the
matter of ars' licenses, which was
to be considered at this meeting. Mr.
Bailie stated that the merchants were
not ready to meet the council,
A detestation composed of Messrs.
Johnston, Tiger, Tom and Field
welted on the council In connection
with the movement taken by the
West Huron Teacbets' Association for
the improvement of the general ap-
pearance of the county, in the way of
planting trees, keeping the highways
in good condition, and setting aside
lands for parks in urban municipali-
ties. After thereentlemen had
spoken, a general discussion took
place and Messrs. Glen, Slathers,
Sanders and Kernighan were coostl-
tuted a special ccwmittee to report on
the matter.
On Thursday morning Mr. Mitchell
addressed the council on the work of
the Children's Aid Society.
Mr. Taylor asked if the agreement
wade between the county and the
elecuic railway company regarding
certain bridges oo the late shore had
been completed. The count) solicitor
was req twilled to report oo the matter.
The special committee respecting
improveroent of rods, etc., reported
that, while the committee war
strongly in favor of the work under-
taken by the Teacher+' Association of
West Huron, it was recommended
that the matter be laid over uotil the
various municipal councils in the
county act, and that the plans be
further elaborated, showing under
whose supervision the work will be
carried out. Finally, the committee
recooemend.d that "the municipalities
be strongly urged to return this com-
mittee by acclamation to further take
up Dos good work."
The rrp .rt was adopted. Whether
the final recommendation will be car-
ried out remains fur tate decision of
the electors of *he municipalities con-
ned.
The report of the county property
committee contained a recommends -
thin that the use of the court room be
granted for the bolding -of meetings
during the local option campaign in
Goderich. The request was made by
representatives of he Goderich Local
Option League. The council, how-
ever, struck out this clause and passed
a motion decla.ing that "it is consid-
ered this room is not a public hall for
meetings outside the regular work of
the county."
At the afternoon session the report
of the house of refuge corumittee was
considered. The committee recom-
mended that the services of Mrs.
Siuipenn se assistant matron of the
house be dispensed with,' he dut ie sof the
position having become too heavy for
a woman of her age, and that the clerk
advertise for applicants for the filling
of the position. The committee
Net -
posed a grant of $100 to Mr. and Mrs.
Match, keeper and matron of the
house. in consideration of their good
work.
The report was adopted.
The solicitor mat the council in ref-
erence to the agreement between the
county and the °kettle railway com-
pany. The agreement had passed out
of his bands and he could not discover
where it was, and did not know
whether it was signed by the company
or not. The solicitor was asked to re-
port fnrther"at the January meeting.
The road and bridge committee
gave a review of the matter@ which
had come under its supervision. It
was recommended that tenders be
naked for the bridges between McKil-
lop and Hallett mentioned in the en-
gineer's report and also for one be-
tween Morris and McKillop. In ref-
erence to the pr• l for the erection
of a tight board fence at. the foot of
the Mauttand bridge hill at tiodetich,
the committee considered that this
would have* tendency to hold snow
in the winter. It was advised that
the fence be repaired and seised, and
that the roadway on the southeast
side he raised at once. The report
was adopted.
Later the committee reported on a
motion by Messrs. Bailie and ytothors
that the bridge known a. the Tort truce
bridge on the boundary of West Wa-
wa.osh and Bruce county be assumed
by the county. It was decided to
have the engineer examine this bridge
and report at the January meeting.
At the Friday morning session the
question was raised whether the jail
surgeon had authority to call in a
specialist to perform an operation up-
on an inmate of the jail. The council
considered that he bad no such
authority without consulting with
the Warden or the council. The
finance committee declined to pass an
account presented to the council for
such an operation, and the council up-
held the committee's action.
A memorial sent In from the county
of Halton, petitioning the Legislature
to amend the law so that railway corn -
panics shall he liable for a fair pro-
portion of the costs of investigating
accidents occurring on their lines, was
endorsed by the council.
Messrs. Reid and Livingstone were
appointed as the representetls-ea of
this county on a deputation which is
to wait upon Premier Borden at Ot-
tawa in reference to Government aid
towards highway improvement in On-
tario
The council adopted a resolution of
condolence with Reeve Bailie in his
bereavement by the rectnt death of
his wife.
Before the ornrnell concluded its
sittinga a teenlution was placed on
record expressing the high esteem of
the member/ for Warden Geiger and
wishing hull "I, ug life, • meter
Ohri.tmes and a happy New Year.
The Warden was presented with •
handsome Boll -headed cane as a
memento of his term as presiding offi-
cer of the council. Reeve atothees
making the presents! ion snot Reeve
Taylor reading an address which was
'Opted by the members of the rcuncil.
The roumMllore then went over to the
pho to,grapher's and had their picture
•'took."
Foe every $r you spend in Tiunb.r's
Cott have a gems om the die-
re787 in the window, for east or
produce Give hies a oalL
(THIS MATTER K IPP ED BY THE LOCAL OPTION COMMITTEE-)
Local Option the Best for
Cioderich
Local Option Does Its Work
Have You Heard of Awful Owen
Sound?
Vote Local Option
The Devil's "Want Ad."
"Johnson, the drunkard, is dying
today,
With traces .if sin on his face.
He'll be missed at the club, at the bar,
at the play.
Wanted ---a ix,y for the place.
•'fiia•ons, the gambler, was killed to a
tight,
He died without pardon or grace.
Someone must train for his burden
and blight.
Wanted a boy for his place.
•• Wanted. for every lost servant of
mine,
Someone to live without grace.
Someone to die without pardon
divine—
Have youja boy for the place?"
Awful Owen bound,
Ooce again the perennial accompan-
irnent ntt local option campaigns has
made Reappearance and the "Liquor
Liar" I. busy. Owen Sound seems to
be the favorite place to concentrate
eneragainst, and for the friends of
the liquor interests to slander in a
most shameful fashion. Over and
over again have the charges been re-
futed. Denial atter denial baa been
made. but still the charges ere re
petted. Over the signature of Hr. H.
U. Tucker, who is the legal advisee of
the liquor forces of Owen Sound, fig-
ures have been publiabed
to show "Owen Sound'. ase ul rico
and "the bitter fruit of local option."
These figures were examined side by
side with the records of the police
court clerk, Mr. Geo. Massie*, whish
he gave in els repir to Mr. Job.
Armstrong. the clerk of the peace.
WANTED!
A Bright Boy to Take This Man's Place
A SAMPLE LIQUOR TESTIMONIAL.
A number of papers are publishing a letter from Omemee signed Ely Dan-
ery, rattle dealer, in which strong statements are made about the failure of
local option. This letter may be taken as a sample of many such "testimon-
ials" that are used by the liquor men.
Enquiry elicits the fact that there is no such person known in Omemee of
Denary. There is a reran named Ely Dance, whose reputation, however is
not such as to inspire much confidence in his statement.
Mr. R. J. Milligan, a prominent mer,•hant and Reeve of the village for a
number of yeas, was telephoned to regal ding the statements made by this
person. Danery's letter and R save Milligan s statermmnt regarding it we give
in parallel columns.
The Fiction.
In reference to local option, I can
say that it has been a had change for
our villsge. There has been more
drinking since it rause in force two
years ago then ever, and drunken men
are to be seen here especially on Sat-
urday night and Sundays. Business
has not been nearly as good as it was
before this law came into force. It
works about the same as the Scott
Act. Fanners that used to come here
to sell ar.d buy goods now go to Lind-
say and Peterboro, and this is not
nearly as good a town to live in or to
do business as it used to be. It seems
about as sad as a funeral—lots of blue
days in Ometnee.
There used to be lots of grain and
produce sold here ; but it all goes to
Lindsay now.
Instead of local option saving the
boys, it is a curse to them, as he s are
using liquor now who never could get
it under tits old law. This would be a
good place for a junk man, as lots of
empty bottles and flasks are to be
f mnd. People who used to come here
now avoid the place entirely ; thereby
we lose business. Yours truly,
ELY DAsgRY.
Omemee. Cattle Dealer.
The Fact.
Thera is not mere drinking in Oat-
ainee since local option came into
force. in my opinion there is not one
drunken man to be seen now for every
ten that there used to be.
I have heard that the hotel -keeper
says that hteOn• es i/ not as good as be-
fore local option came into force, but
all other business in town. except one.
have said that it is better.
i do not find that farmers who used
to come here to sell and buy goods
now go eisewheue, and I do not know
of other business men who find it that
way. Most of our merchants say it is
better.
There may he Rome "blue days" for
the people that want liquor, and they
may be as "sad as a funeral." There
is no place in Omemee that I know of
where a person can buy a drink of
whiskey.
The statement about lots of grain
and produce that used to be sold here
going to Lindsay now is about as true
as the others.
Regarding the boys. Some lied to
get it before under license, and that is
how they learned to drink, and why
they drink now. 1 expect. i do not
know of one Noy who has started to
drink since local option came into
force in Omemee. As to Omemee be-
ing a good place for a junk man, i
would say that there ate certainly not
neatly so many "ragged soldiers'
standing around the fences as there
used to he.
The feeling in sown today is
stronger for local option than when
the measure Stas carried. A petition
asking for a repeal vote was submit-
ted to the council, but the members
were confident that such a proceeding
would be utter is- useless, or they
would have suheahted a bylaw.
iocal Option is certainly a success
in ()meaner.
Rowr. J. Miuroais,
Reeve.
BANISH THE BAR -ROOM
And Destroy the Treating System --Ballots Marked
like This Will Do It.
For Local Option X
Against Local Option
How shall I Vote -?
By Marking Your Ballot as the foregoing.
Appended we ha . the numbers of
convictions axon log to these two
sees.
Mr. Menzies
For Me, convictions 115.
•• 19W " 106.
" 1910
Mr, Tucker's
Fur 19(»(, costrtotlone 124.
1909 " 906.
1910 " *19.
Which Sures are true sod which
are false? If there is any garbling of
statistics, if any falsifying of figures,
who has done it, the police Dour t clerk
or the legal adviser of the liquor men?
In all fairness to the public, for the
publi- is to settle this question, it
ought to be known that Mr. Tucker
was convicted last year of the must
flagrant misrepresentations, yet bas
the audacity to repeat the lying state-
ments which have already been
proved to be false. The Rev. Mr.
Woodside, of Owen Sound, has time
wad time again issued a challenge to
meet on any public platform any of
these men who so grissly miti epte-
sent Owen Sound. As yet no one has
accepted the challenge. If the state -
meats are true which the friends of
the liquor business are waking why
are they ashamed to meet Mr. Wood-
side in the open
Practical Experience with Local Option.
is Local Option workable? Does it
actually restrict the sale of liquors and
lessen the consumption of intoxicants
where it operates? These questions
are asked and have a right to be
a.swercd. In the light of fact, both
i• observation and experience we em-
phatically affirm that Local Optic
does work and that under
Option not only is there less drinking
but that doinestie, stxdal and indus-
trial c,ndit1ons are vastly improved.
It seam* tie otherwise, True, like
mast' other laws it may be evaded by
some But its Invariable effect is to
restrict and to suppress the liquor
traffic in a markeded gree. The ma-
chinery for enforcing the law is
SlIsquate. The strong public senti-
ment necessary to adopt the law in•
stens upon its eeforcesnent ; and
whatever adopted, while it easy not
ha ideal, Local Option is Admitted by
all uapeejridiced minds to be the most
restrictive mesons* to the debasing
testae the community has known." The
determined opposition of the liquor
interests to Local Option is one of the
Mrnrgeet arguments that it doer
work.
Statements ate sent broadcast in
many quarters to the effect that such
a law is a failure. These are mani-
festly untrue. Local Option may not
bring about an ideal condition of life.
No mere law ever will. But the longer
it is in force the greater the improve -
went of the community in every way.
Many of its strongest advocates today
are the men who were openly opposed
to its adoption, or at first gave it only
a lukewarm support.
fake Owen Sound for instance.,
Notwithstanding what its opponents
prophesied as to its unworkability
there, the fact remains that today
after nearly four years' experience
Local Option io Owen Sound is recog-
nized as most effective and its enemies
know full well they child not repeal
it it they tried.
The town of Orillia is most enthusi-
astic in its r. cognition of the power of
Local Option there for good. When
the question first came up for discus
sion it was argued strongly that it
would seriously interfere with the
business of the town; that the farm-
ers would not conic there to do their
t.iarketing ; that commercial travel-
lers would absent themselves; that
the law could not be enforced ; and
that the result would be the existence
on every band of "blind pigs" and low
dives. But none of these evils have
appeared. The sigoature of every
merchant, manufacturer and em-
ployer of labor in Orillia can easily be
secured today to verify these state-
ments. There has been no difficulty
in enforcing the law and the busine-s
of the town was never so good as it is
now.
The town of Goderich presents very
favorable conditions for rendering the
Local Option law effective. Our
geographical situation favors it. No
rcednse town is sufficiently near from
which liquors could he peoctr'tri with
ease. The abuse of the license law and
the havoc and disgrace to our com-
munity open to the eyes of all, especial-
ly during recent months, have aroused
public opinion as Geyer before. By
passing Loral Option we shall be
adopting a law thoroughly workable,
conditions in every way may be ex-
pected to improve, and we shall be
able to pride ourselves in having not
only the MOST HtAtrrtvt; t., but ale,
the cLgaxg rr town in Ontario.
"Daddy's Girl."
Are you one of the hundreds who
have written to The Globe for a copy
of "Daddy's Girl"? This is probably,
without a single exception, the most
popular pi",ture ever published in Can-
ada.
A few years ago The• Christmas
Globe published a limited number of
them. The demand was so great that
every copy was ordered before it was
put on the market.
A sample copy of this picture, which
is from a photograph of a child with
the sweetest and most expreeeire face
that can be imagined. may be seen at
this office.
To ser it is to want it.
This beautiful picture will he given
free with each new subscription os- re-
newal sent in for The Weekly Globe
and Canada Farmer before December
:i1, 1911.
Remember the edition o?f this pic•
ture is limited• and the first rome the
first sewed.
Larger than Ever.
The Central Rushes. (kslle a of
Sttetfoed la one of the leading schools
of its kind I. ()•nada. The manage.
meet were obliged to enlarge their
quarters to areorom.,date those who
will enter after the New Year. The
Stretford school otoes mors for Its stat -
dents than sin other similar *chock,
and givee scorers whir+ are match be-
yond those of the ordinary business
college it has an up-to-date tele
graphy department, am well aa rom-
aserdai, shorthand and typewriting
departsu enta. The winter borei opens
on January 2nd. and those interested
in basins.* renege work should write
the Oolisge foe its free eataingna. it
w0! be a wwpriar to the majority of
our feeders when they learn what the
+t Business College of Stratford
M
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There is a personality attachingto • Gift of "Something to
use" which recalls pleasant recollectons of the donor, making the
year a constant renewal cf Christmas. We have a splendid selea-
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must appeal to the wostaiscriminating buyer.
VASSAR Shoes for Women
HA RTT Shoes for Men
There libel are without question leaders in style and quality,
and make a most handsome Christmas Gift.
Slippers
Nell colors, shapes and sizes. Just what will please any mem-
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.Buckskin and Oil Ten MOCCASINS for enowshoeing.
HOCKEY BOOTS for the boys.
TRUNKS, GRIPS. CLUB BAGS, SUIT CASES and
LADIES' HAND BAGS.
Never before has our stock been rowel! tilled in this line. Don't
fail to see our CLUB BAGS. They make a beautiful present for
ladies or gentlemen. Our TOY TRUNKS are jest the thing to
please the children. In fact, we have something to please everyone
in the home.
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Durabilit
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every year.
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