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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1914-01-29, Page 10Established 1865, Vol. 48, No, CLINTON ONTARIO THURSDAY FEBRUARY, •5 1914 Fortunes Have Been Made From Small Things` • • W. I -;-Kerr & Son, Editors and Publisher Use New Era Small `Ads. THE Oval Batik` Workless Men Should go to Manless Land OF CANADA + TIMiSKAMING OFFERS. SOLUTION OF PROBLEM—HONIES AND INDE. ;lead Office, Montreal , PENDENCE IN THE NEW LAND. Capital Authorized..-...... •.$96,000,0110 Oepital Peed -up 11.500,000 Reserve and "undivided. profits 12,500,000 TOTAL. ASSETS 145,000,090 325BRANCHES With world wide connection,. Interest allowed on Deposits General (Banking .hustness trans- acted. R. E. MANNING, ' Mgr. CLINTON BRANCH Baling Powder Always Good Always Fresh Made only with chemically. pure Cream Tartar' and Bicarbonate rof Soda TRY IT - Ask for a ]Free Sample 25e per Pound J. L. I-LOYETV' Dispensing Chemist. 11111010011101 By Gorge S. Shields Timiskaming offers work to the werkiesa, homes to the homeless, and hope to the hopeless. Within a few hundreds of exiles of here axle millions of. acres of the best agricultural land out of doors ready to yield an abundant .reward to all who are ablo and willing to apply their strength' and intellig- ence to its clearing ;and cultivation. HAS BEEN PROVEN TRUE: One hundred and sixty acres and fixture independence is- what the niew`countaty offers to every man possessing the sl'rength, and the williugness to make good. The soil + The snow covered Dome -showing the mouth of the Dome mine, in. New Ontario, covered with snow. This is one of the greatest difnncul . ties the miners have to work under. stmt The Molsons Bank Incorporated 18115 Capital and Reserve $8,7000,000 85 BRANCHES IN CANADA. A GENERAL RANKIAu ,1BUSINESS TRANSACTED. CIRCULAR LETTERS OF CREDIT TRAVELLERS CHEQUE.; ISSUED BANK MONEY O1tI,ZERS• - SAVINGS .D'EPARTMENT. AT ALL BRANCHES . Interest allowed at highest current rate. C F. DOWD/NG, Manager Clinton Branch a•s+•••••••s•a •♦e••••••••• •o®ce•••••••w•o®•s••*®••••• • • i • 'Ordered Ready -to -Wear' • •♦ ClothingClothing o . a 1 s a 0 • : Mieriliion SOIC a: ..• 4, 4. • e Only• 8 Days Mor • • C le Ends Saturday, Jan,2 1St i • 6l' • • • Carpenters and Masons will big store be at work hi our the firs- week hi February During the last week we have had hundreds of satisfied customers. Many of them being mothers who have taken advantage of the • Big Bargains we are offering in our Boys • • Department. We still have thousands of • • dollars worth of winter goods that must be sold during the next eight days. Profits. • will not be considered. Every winter gar- • • ments mustgo It willpayyou well' to buy your next winters supply PP y now. • • •s • • • • •• .• e • •• • •• • • of Timiskaming is no gamble. I11 has proved its worth and is already dl ite d with the homes of h ous- ands of those who .entered the the country but a few yeare since with few possessions save strength and willingness to work. While Timiskaming has' been call - ?ed a '°Poor Man's Country' it • is only "a, poor man's country' in this vense that it offers unequalled op- posftunitaey, to the poor man to cease being poor. 1•70 man in os - session of one hundred and sixty ael;ea of rich agricultural land such as can be secured in Timiskaming almost for the asking can be count- ed other than "well fixed." If such an individual fails to make good, !then he is a poor man indeed and Timiskaming will be better: off with out him. - ST'RENGTH AND WILLINGNESS While there is. no denying the fact that worldly possessions will help smoothen the road to suceess in Timiskaming as,elsee-here, there is possibly no countx(.v that offers so great a chance tothe man lack- ing .theee ac'ing.thtese things to make good. Mr.. J. L. Lingliehar't, chairman of the Tin}isiramiug and Nortbern • On- tario Railway, rsl responsible for the statement that "any Tuan pos- s+ossing a five dollar bill and a good pair of shoulders with a will - in ns, a touse them, an mak g sx , c e good in Timiskaming." What. the commissioner means is that any siroeg, willing men who ;enters the cou'rtl'y with •sufficient, money in bis pocket to carry him over a day or two wilt he able' to secure work either in road build- ing, lumbering or in some other ea parity, is already on the •road to success. Once located he will have an opportunity of choosing a home stead of 160 acres. Having earn - ;ed the $20 necesleatly as a' down payment tied which is one-fourth oft ;hhe total cost of the land for which the Government charges 60 cents an acre, ho may then take pos ,ession of his homestead,' POSSESSING THE LAND, It is not necessary, -however, that bre should leave his employment, at once and go onto the land. Six months is :allowed from the . time of puxtchase,befor•e- this is"heces- nary: In the meantime he can, save. a.sufficient amount to enable him to take possession and set about • the erection of a house, aceordin • g to the agreement of sale whicli calls for a habitable house at least 16 x 20 £eat The material for the building of such a house need cost him practically nothing. 'A com- fortable dwelling may be construct led almost "entirely from m,aterialr found on the land. The log house. of the settlers is no mean 'habita tion. They axie easily *pee:ea,, sstatong, warm and int some cases artistically planned, The house complletted, he can devote the re- mainder of the six months of`-nec- lessary residence on the homestead to the e:nlar;gixg of the clearing, OWNERSHIP MA DE EASY. The state of his treasury will gov ♦ ern his `actions during the next hish n VUTiIr opportunity to six meal*hs;: I1.funds are. low he • 3 will eel: cin to •mens.. If this is • obtainable near at hand so much N tire .better fnot, ". I he ca "Close ti save mine Are ou makn 1 � � �" shop" and' go wherever work isle o •p. be. rad which is suall within a , Y •- easonable disitbr„ce. In this man- In the best of it? � �. t mea he will he able tb keep self ,supplied with funds sufficient. Itlo Tenable him to develop hisfarin a • 4 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • g TERMS OF SALE CASH CES SET-~ 1Lf-►�?CBB BILLS FOR PR1 E hCl Clothing (.� The IYto rr�s 9 A e 'tor EveryMan Square D al . • • • • • :• • • • • • • • • • • • •. • • • >....••••••••••••••••••00 •••••4•••••4••••••••••4+44 'Lo thle stage where it will become pnoci(uciiivle. At the. end of three years, provided the house has been jereded, the necessary ten per cent of the area. has. beencleared and the annual ,payments wiith•eix per cent added have been met, thle, settler will receive a patexit for his land. PROFITS FROM PULPWOOD. Nothing has 1}sen said in the fore going ile'earding the pulpwood or (limner cut from the, land in the process of clearing. This is more or lese valuable, according to loca- tion and quality of the cut. From $3,50 to $1 a cord is paid by the Continued on Page 3: Province Will*Enforce Canada Temperance Act` Counties ' of ' HI:tron,, Peel, and Welland Wili Be Guarded by Provincial Officers, LOCAL OPTION IS SUPERSEDED Remains in g a Background So Long s,. b Dominion Law is in Force PENALTIES ARE LIGHTER Huron Tried It Before, But Act Was Not Success -Lasted . for Three Years. County Council Several Grants Asked.:.F'or'-lt is Likely That a Delegation may go to .Ottawa. Regarding Harbor improvement -Standing Com- mittees Are Selected,' The chief bueineses of ther ount council on Tueed;ry last, the day the opening session was held in the court house, was the appointment of a war- den. Previous to opeeing, as usual; the Conservative members, whose turn it was thls year, met in caucus and de- cided that Mr. David Cantelon, reeve of Clinton, should sit in the warden's chsir this year. The contest was rath- er keen and the three aided combat ( was divided among Wm, Glenn, of Stanley Township. Roht. W. Living stone, of Grey township, and Mr. Cantelon. After the announcement, had been made that Mr. Cantelon had been se- lected, 1 he usual declaration of , office. took piece. The appointment' of warden is made one year from the Conservative ranks and the following year from the Libe- ral. Warden Oantelon opened the meet- ing P end presided all the members were present. The first business which greeted the council was several requests for grants The Salvation Army, the Sick Chil-,i dren's: Hospital in Toronto, and the Prisoner's, Aid association, each asked 1 for gran, s; Their requests were refer', ed,to.the Executive committee. Messrs. Larkin and Lane were ap- pointed :criminal auditors It was moved by Councillors Mcllibbon and Mulvey that Messrs.' R, Vanstone, B. E. Izzard and 0 P. Smith be appoint- ed as representatives on the Wingham, board of education. • Councillors Clerk and Taylor moved a resolution to the effect that Judge Holt_ he re -appointed to the Collegiate Institute boar? 15. R. Long was ap- pointed to the county hoard of examin ers. Councillors Lobb and$udsnn moved that John Stevenson be appointed trustee of Clinton Collegiate Institute board. Mr. Rickee of the Wingham high school was appointed county examiner for the ensuing veal'. WEDNESDAY SESSION. Commit ensumed at 10 o'clock on tM1 edneeday morning and the principle business was the striking of commitees which were as follows: Executive- J. Leckie, W. Glenn, J. A. Stewart, R. Harding, J. W. Me Toronto Star. 13v the vote Thursday last in the 1 counties of Peel, 'Welland and Huron, there are twenty-eight municipalities, containing 104 Ramses, which will go dry immediately the Governor •in-• Council proclaims;the Canada 'Temp- erance Act as coming into lcrce in tboee districts. That is the 'nrmplity os, aired before a r f Dom mo Acb c q n an come into force in the Ptov,ri I, In those three counties tl' :re were Provinnial Local Option by=, w, but already twenty-two muni alities' which had been voted dry t5 der the now, so long as the Canada.,4�`emper- ante Act remains' in fotce,ill tem- perance restriction as providedby. local option will, he suspended. The Dominion Act supersedes the' Provin• tial, both as to restrictions and pen- alties, though if at any seeeeeding vote the Oanada Temperance Act should be repealed°by popular vote, then the original local option would come into force automatically in those. twenty-two municipalities which had asked for it in the first place. In this manner, a portion in the counties are doubly protected. On the other hand it immediately becomes less dangerous to -cause an infraction against the liquor lase in thole twenty two municipalities, under the regula- tion of the Canada Temperhnce Act. than it was formerly when loch] option was the protection provide, This is to be found in the fact that the pen- alties for a break of the Domipiun .Act are much lees severe than they are for a ;reach of the local opt nn lbydaw. Jail Term Pi Ovide, 'Imperative figures show the re- spective dangers of incurring' the dis nleasnre of the law. For a ' st offence under the Local Optiofte,bye 'w, either for selling or keepingfora g s , `the pen alty provided is finof from 5100'to $500, and in default of payment the. term isnot less than three months in jail, For a second and all subsequent offences, the penalty' is not less than Cour months in jell, without Option of. to fine. The Canada Tehiperanoe. Act, on the other hand, lets tate offend - et escape much more easily, In ibis case, for a lirst offence, the penalty is not less than $50, or imprisonment for for one month. For tlxe second infrac Lion, the fine is not less than $100, or imprisonment for two months It is not until the third or subsequet iufrac Lion of the law is made that the mag- istrate has the power to commit to jail. without i ou the option 'of a fine. The e tertu is four months. Local Option Superseded. One steadfast role laid down is that in anydistrict where the CanadaTem- peratce Aot has been voted into force all complaints must be laid under that Act and not under ,the Local Option, even though the same district may have voted for local option previously. By this it would seem that to some ex. , teat the vote to has stripped those twen- ty two municipalities of a little of their prnrcctiou, inasmuch as IL has made it lees dangerous to commit a, breach of the law, and at the same turns the man who wishes tokeep on selling hale it less of a financiaLsetback to be caught in the trade. As to the extent to which .this will affect clubs, the Provincial ofxieicials declare that as yet they can hardly say. Having had so little experience with the Canada Ternperance Act the present Government will have to feel its way through with the enforcement though they declare that every effort will be made to see that the restric- tions as provided by the Dominion Act are rigidly enforced by the Provincial officers. Require Careful Watching. As to this point, ,Me, Ben Spence, of the Dominion Alliance, holds the same view. "There are a lot of things in the Canada Temperance Act enforce- ment," he said, "which will have to be determined by experiment. There, are are a lot of little entanglements about which I do nut care to talk at the pre• sent time and which will have to be settled as the oeeasion arises? As to whether or not. in view of the success scored by the temperance in- terests, the Alliance would try to .win Toronto over under the Canada Tem perance Act instead of by local option` Mr. Spence; would not pass an opinion. There ie a peculiar difficulty, be added, in bringing about a vote on this•Aet in cities on account of the confusion'be- tween the Outario and the. Dominion electionlaws. As yet, the attempt has, never been made in cities. Of the three counties which go into the dry zone, Huron made the same experiment thirty years ago. On Oc- tober 30, 1884, by, a vote of 5,957 to 4,084, Huvon decided in favor of the Canada Temperance Act restrictions, That gave a majority of 1658, which is a thousand lessha ham s t just been: recorded. The experiment,--hocdever proved so uneatisfactory that upou the first opportunity, which was three years later., the county switched over to the ranks of the wet, and on April 0, of. 1885 decided by a vote of 6,006 to 4,695, or, a majority of 1,310, that they wanted liquor again. Oincecthat time various municipalities in the county have voted dry under local option, Governments Conflicted. ftp explained.. by temperance work- ers, the main difficulty with the Can• ala Temperance Act of 1881 was that it was not enforced, and the only all parent result was that the county he - cane t .the seat of liquor dives which the officials made very little effort to root cat. Continued on Page 5 gibbon, Special -J. M. Govenlock, J. Brown, H. Crich, N. Demmerling, 0. Reis, Finance -J. W. Taylor, S. FIngiand 0. cStswert, W. Yearly, D. B. Mur- ray. Education -Dr. Milne, W. R. Elliott Dr. Clark, J. H. Hudson, J. Mulvey. Road and Bridge -R. W. Livingston S. Routley, W. Hunter, G, Lindsay,. L gelbfieiscb, Equalization -Tho whole council, County. Property -S. Bisset, Robert Elliott, W. B. Lobb, N, O..rnrubell, J, Shortreed. House of Refuge -Dr. Clark, J. W. McKibben, J. M. Govenlock, J. Short- reed. Warden's Committee -N, Campbell, G, Stewart, 14. Elliott, W, Glen, Dr. Clark, Appliestions were received fur audi- tors. and at,st, menu regarding main, tenenee the high sch ols at St. Marys. Parkhill and Listowel were read and referred. to their various cam mittees. Two tenders for county printing were received tend referred to the Exe- cutive cutive committee. Mr, . W. D. Saunders, appearing be- fore the council requested • d q Le that the spring stock and seed show at Bruce. field tie transferred to Hensel'. The Exeeulive committee will further look into the matter. Councillors 0,ark and Govenlock introduced a motion, that a delegation be appointed from the council to wait on the Dominion Government 'in: - re- gard to the harbor improvement, That the council grant 51000 each to the hospitals, of Goderiob, Clinton and 1Vinghatn, was a motion of Councillors MoKtbbon and Elliott.: - Councillors Routley and Stewart thought that the usuel grants ought tobe given to the continuation n auction and fifth frm schools and moved a moton to that effect,' It was referred to the Educatiot. committee. The recommendations for several. usual: grants were made and referred to committees. Several officers of the Ohmldren's Aid Society appeared before the council to draw attention to the good work which is being done by that society and would ask for a more literal grant The warden promised to give the mat ter his serious eonsi.deration. Council for Robt. Elliott suggested thatthe grant should be 3300 but the matter was referred to, the Executive commit tee. On motion of Councillors Campbell and Fingland, the matter of having highways narrowed, came up and it was decided to Demoralize the gov eminent not to reduce roads more than five feet on each side of the road' way and that the law be so amended to make it illegal, without permission from the local council, to erect any but wire fences along such roadway. The Road and Bridge committee. In view of the fact that abill is being brought before the House to reduce .the width df highways from 66 to 40 feet, Huron County Council, at its clos ing session. mernoralized the Govern went not to reduce the width more than five feet on each side and asked that the law be amended so as to snake it illegal to erect, without 'per mission, any but wire fence along such highways. A resolution'carried r disapproving the Ontario Government's proposed action to construct a trunk systemof highways tnroiighout •;he province, believing the money veould benefit more people if spent on (weal systems. The salary of Jailer Griffin was in creased to $750; that of County Clerk Lane to 7. 200,and County ant Treasurer $- Holmes to'$1.500. A grant of 2,000. was made io Goderich, Clinton,` See fosth and Wingham High Schools and $1,000 was granted to- the hospitals of Goderich, Clinton and Wingham; to be divided as in former years, Scott Act Majority In Huron Is 2,608 Official Count of the Ballots Con- ducted Before Judge:Holt at Goderich. Goderich, Feb. 2 -The official count of the voting of the Canada Temperance Aet took place to -day bgefore Judge Holt. Peter' ,Scott was present as returning Officer and the temperance people .were ilepresented by J. 13. Milian - and William Campbell. The liquor in- terests had no one to look after, their interests. A total of 12,297 votes registered the largest vote ever polled, in the history of Huron County, 85 ballots. were thrown out as spoiled return- ed, or eturn-•d,'or rejected, The figures give 7,110 for and 4,802 against, the final majority be- ing 2,608. Early Thursday evening the word was received that town after town and village and rural .munici polity had practically all given ma- jorities for the Canada Temperance Act and was there Teat rejoicing g joic' rag among the Temperance Advocates, that Huron County load given such a handsome majority. Before ten( . o'clock the returns' were given from Clinton, ,Gode r•,ieh and Sleaforth soon ;followed and by nin;a-thirty practically the whole County had been heard from. There was • no celebration held in. town, the crowds dispersed quiet- ly as soon as the total figures were given. - • The vote. in Clinton by wards was as follows( ;- 1 2 3 4 'total For OS' 71 58 60 257' Against 44 68 58 55 225 Majority for32 The vote on the Canada .Tem Tem- perance Act last' Thursday gives some interesting figures. There were. 7,467 votes for the act and; 4,924 against, making a total vote of 12,391, and compared with the votest of 1984 show. that 2,000 more a votles were polled in 1914 -,than in 1884, notwithstanding the fact that the population of Huron is now consitieeably smaller. Thie vote also allows that if it had been required to get 60 per cent., thee act would have carried with a margin of 33 votes. There' are at present 32, hotel licenses and two shop licensees in the county, and these will expire on May 1, 1914, an,d from May 1, 19141 to May 1, 1915, Huron will kyle undle "no liceinse," and for the next three' years under the C.T.A. Undler section 146 of the Ontario Liquor Act the same, eoinanessioners and Inspectors hold officewhether under no license of C. T. Act. The temperance forces of'Euron intend to see that the law i's- ef- feetively carried out. Following is the vote polled in Huron County by divistiores'i- A,shfleld Township. Diyision For Against 1 77 27 2:.,. ..... ...... ... :80 27 3 05 `x5 1. 50 40 5,, 22 73 0. 22 41 7 18 23 351 202 ity for- 92 Colborne Township 1 98 19 j. 90 20 4 It 12 291 70 Majority for- 221 Goderich Township �5 1 2o 1212 3 55 85 1 37 20 5 05 20 0 37 18 125 Majo 323 Majority for -201 • • Grey. Township 1 50 2 2 84 17' 6. is i 10 L o ' 4 ..0o 20 0 78 13 7.:._..., ............. :50 45 403 170 Majority for, 323 Howick Township 1 08 . 40 2 88 57 $ 100 4I 4 111 27 5 94 85 6 60 33 T 477 239 Majority for 238:.• Hullett Township 1 e (5 35 2.... ......-`.. :..:73 88 8 : - 21 43 4 5 30 28 6... ..... .. , ..,.. ::.:..49 .,80 7 61 21 375. Majority for -154 Hay Township 1 •27 19 2........ ..32 14' 3 .............': .......,.,.43 97 91 l ........ ,30 i .:... ......::......",...25 46 6:4. 21 47 240 405 Majority against -150 Morris Township 1 . ` 18 44 ......... 62 33 Pointers for Winter Use Itexall Wino of ' Cod Liver Extract l's to protect your health,' -'It's 51;00 and worth more. � r, .. �u I..rr.wu no, Glycerine Soap and Mentholine to protect yourski,. and hands, if you use them you know they ale good, if you have not tried them --Du it know at Titl REXALL STORE W•t,R. Holmes Nell to Swan The demand for White Swan products is sweeping the country and we gladly announce that we are ready with a full, assortment White Swan , Rolled Wheat extra large flakes White Swan Rolled Barley, packages' White Swan • Rolled Peas, in packages White Swan Oorn. Meal White Swan Yeast Cakes White Swan Baking Powder The secret of success in baking is the kind of Baking Powder you use. Try White Swan be. cause it is chemically pure, W, S. Mott "Surity is Purity" T W.O'NEIL THE BUB GROCE(k- Phone .'48' Ontario St. Sunday School Boys' and Father's Day. Boys will take charge of the SueiclaySchaol for the day. aeffigheliegaMERREZEDWASSeentieRWZBe Get r , t.L the Best. It Pays � S Write tar the Catalt►gue o y O+ C1 �fi!i��fJ� �-�% A .TORONTO, OST,' It explains fully the many advaiit- ages offered by this well known school Uollege open all year, Coaimence now' • rimfiviAWINAMI: Local News YAWNWWWAM.6; ,. MINOR LOCALS. Days are stretching out, The New Era Printing pleases: Good Friday ccmles on April 10th' this year. Local news maybe read on in.- side nside pages. A COMPLIMENT Monday's Free Press, London;, gives the following complimentary; remarks about our town. officials,. The Personnel of the Clinton Town. Council changGes almost every year This year, for instance, there is a new mayor and only two of the- six councillors who served in 1513, on tide board of 1914. Reeve Can-• teldn was re-elected for the third' term, and has now been honoreds' by being elected warden of Huron:; County, While' councillors conIe and councillors go the officers. of the town remain the same year af- ter year until removal from town: or something startling takes place, for instance, the officers are all , 9 to lee re-elected on Monday even - 221 ing thlerje being \,(no other appli- cant for the positions. Cleric 1) L. MacPherson has served the town in that capacity for 10 years, suc- ceeding William Coats, who was an, Whleaointl d !count r gisitrar. Chief tle has' been on tie` job -for. WheatleyJ 26years, viii e Night 1Constables Welsh has completd twenty in, the same position. Assessor Cot- tle will again value the Clinton prig pos4y for the 13th' year, the other two town' officials have ,• also salt vied long terms in their respective' poeettionls•;, lErvet the medical hlealLlx officer isi to be re-elected,. although he also holds eeveraT, other positions of honor( in 'the" town, thus ,showing that as long as a man' can hold the confidence of the, public his job in .Clinton is good.Nona of the officers .arer; , paid big salaries,' and that is per �D5 haps one reason wily•others do not. 4gp1y, 367 Contin ea on Page 5