The Clinton New Era, 1914-03-19, Page 1DA
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CLINTON ONTARIO THURSDAY MARCH 19 1914
W. H. Kerr & Son, Editors and Publisher
n Spring Show, Thursday, April 2nd, 1914.
Sale of C.
Remember the Date.
C.P B. land In West Oates Back Over The Teacups
to 1881 ----Charles Whitehead the Purchaser I ---,
From The Toronto Star Weekly
of last Saturday the following item
is hakes) which refers to a former
Clinitonian and an uncle of Mr. W.
D. Pair; -
The remarkableand nnprecedeL t
ed success which has attended the
operations of the natural resources
!department olf thei Canadian Pae
eific Railway in (colonizing and
marketing the vacant lands of the
company, as evidenced by its re-
cord in 'fasts and figures and re-
sults in dollars and cents -the only,
Standard of success accepted in
modeifn commercial 'life -carries
one back in thought to the humble
beginning of these vast operations
thirty-tw'o years ago. Out
of
the original grants and alienations
of land to the C. P. R., thelle re-
mains an area unsold valued at
$200,000,000, while the huge into
' 115,4412,688 has been poured
the treasury of the company
throughthe medium of its land de-
paitment 'dieretly !from the pro-.
needs el sales to say nothing of
the millions contributed indirectly
wa
the railway
a i
Nis the rdv�n' 1e of
thrtough the tonnage added to
the traffic of the country by the
selttlelment and developement Idt-
'fedt.ed. The inauguration of this
colonizing entedprise to people a
Business lien do not want
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"improperly prepared” young men and
I _.. p ..:„ their offices. Attend-
ELLIOTT
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TORONTO, ONT.
A school that has a great reputation
for superior work and for placing
many in choice positions, .Write for
catalogue.
The Molsons Bank
Incorporated Ig155
Capital and Reserve $8;7000,000
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TRAVELLERS 0REQUJJa }ISSUED
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Interest allowed at highest current rate.
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man -hungry wilderness with, land -
hungry homeseekers marked a well
defined era intim developement of
Canada.
This •era actually dates from the
23nd day of September 1881, when•
"Contract No.,1" of the C.P.R. land
depailtment was formally issued to
Charles Whitehead, railway builder
frontiersman, and pioneer of the
city of Bandon, Manitoba. Al-
though Contract No. 1 bears the
date of September 23rd, 1881, it is
said to have not been (olfficiall:y
executed until a month later. The
purchase price as sett forth in the
ageedmeut, now an historic docu-
ment was $1,600, or {$2.50 per acre,
and the land eecuied by Mr.
Whitehead comprised all of Section
3, Township 10, 'Range' 19, Wes: of
the First Principal (Meridian in
the Pilovince of Manitoba.
One Mile South of Brlandon.
Pt is located just one milel'south
of the present city limits of Brand-
on, . and coilnered upon the old
homestead of Hon. J. W. Sifton, for
mealy Provincial • Secretary 'for
Manitoba, and father of Hon. Clif-
ford Sifton• and Hon. Arthur Sif-
ton,Premier of Alberta. Mr, White
head' had as his nearest neighbor
Me. Duncan Shaw, . who prior to
going West with the boom .:rlush
had been teller in the old Metro-
politan Bank, Toronto, and who
was one of the foremost spirits in
rowing aud boxing circles here 35
years ago. He is a brother of Col.
Shaw of this city ;' and it was in
honer tet Ms fai(her that Shaw
street was named. Mr. Shaw home
s'teaded and pre-(emptioned the
west of Section 10,10,' 10, and in
those was one of t his -best meet'ses his ,
aiy
as his beautiful location was cov-
eted by ewesly'. claim -jumper Who
arrived in the Brandon district.
For a time Mr. Shaw's regular
morning exercise -was taken in d'e-
'f•ejnce of .possslssion, and in in-
flicting corporal punishment upon
some injudicious, claim-jumperwho
had squatted on his land during
the pelevious night. He held it
against all -comers, and deeironstrat
ed' euccessfully 'that migght as Well
as right claimed' title there. Mr.
Shaw, like Mr. Whitehead', is still
a resident of the city
of Br n -
on, and is seceeltary e
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the municipality of Cornwallis.
The greater portion of these his-
toric properties has since been
subdivided . into building lots; but
"Section 3,10, 19., W1" must always
remain a distinctive anileepost fn
the affairs of Western Canada.
First House in Branic11011 ,
Mr. Whitehead located at Grand
Valley, as the site of the present
city of Brandon was known to the
Red' River voyageurs and the
plainsmen prior to the advent of
tlae C.P. R., in the spring of 1881,
having taken a cargo of lumber op
the Assiniboine River from Win-
nipeg to that point where it win
assured an lniportant centre of pop
elation must be established. He
unloaded himlumber and built an
r which
unpreltentious
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Our display of Spring Woolens is worth
41 coming to see,
in fabrics or color-
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Everything that's: new
is here.
Let us have your order now, before the
spring
rush starts.
Ifyou don't want your suit for a month—
come in and snake your selection while the
assortment is complete,
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bar office and dwfelling or him
self and his partner, Frank Melee
ere. This was the first re`side'nce
erected) on • the site of the now
flourishing city of Brandon with
21,000 citizens. That Was the year
of the beginning of the great' Red
River boom, bitter memories of
which, with all its wild (specula-
tion, profits, ani( 'losses, excite-
ment, shattered hopes, crumbled
'foritunes, and financial disasters,
still' cling to the old times; and
within afew weeks after Mr. White
head had erected his little shack
n'eaa•'the banks of the Assiniborne ,
population was 'flocking in, and a
mushroom city of tents had arisen
around him.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stewart, of
Seefoifth, were,; in town last week.
Judge Holtwas .in town last
;wok between trains. He had fin
ished his court duties in. the' North
of the County. ,
1vlrjs, Kena'eth Chowen was hos-
tess to her many friends ox 'Wed-
nesday evening.
Mr. John Ranssford made a busi-
ness 'trip; to Simcoe last Friday.
Mrs, W. C. Smith, of Bruesels was
in town last week.
Dr. T. T; McRae, of Brussels, was
in town last Friday. '
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Kerr, of Brus-
sels, arrived in Clinton last Thurs-
day and on Friday Mr. Kerr under
Went a. serious,but successful op-
era ion a s localhospital and
FARMERS ATTENTION
How to make (miming pay bet-
ter is the question 1 Mr. A. C.
Pratt, M. P. P. gave a lecture on the
keynote to this matter to'theClin
ton Club last week, and the ad-
dress was so replete with highly
valuable information, that it was
unanimously cc(needied, (that no
greater benefit could bo given the
rural population, than 'for it to he
re(peiatteld.
Mr. Pratt has very kindly con-
sented, and be will therefore de-
liver hie ledture on "C0e0PERA-
TION" in the Town Hall, Clinton,
Saturday, March 21 at 2 p.m. sharp.
Theafe will be •no charge for ad-
mission for Mr. 'Pratt is only too
glen lb he 18 bdns9.fit to his lel s
low 'farmers. We have too long
nun our 'farms in an old groove,
;too long have we been at the
etelecY of the n%i'd(dlte-ma>'r.. Let
ltheile be a large audience to ,h(alar
Mr. Pratt demonstrate how the
middleeman can be obviated, and
farming sna'de to pay handsomepro
'Remember -Saturday, March
21st, 2 p. neeeTown 'Hall Clinton.
t t i timm he, the patient
L is
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up to preCattle Not Dehorned
;doing as well as can be expected
the.circumstances.
under
a 'the bla 'k-
' r Saunders, whor n
Mr. . s r ,
Taxed Will be $
smith shop now occupied by Mr.
EDITORIAL
Thede ane no tomorrows on the
calendar 'eV (Ilse chap who does.
things.
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A. Binder deserves very hearty
support in his bill to place the ban
on the cigeeette. It is a wide-
dpeeed evil andethe sooner coped
with the better.
Pt is elcpetterl that a generisi
Election will takeplace in Great
Britain . next September,' in which
•Home Rule and Welsh: DiaJestab-
liahment may occupy front stents.
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Have
you put in your application
for that High Commissionership
job yet? The salary is to he$30;000
per annum, hence '(there should be
some' spending money, after expen-
ses .arle met.
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Among items of rotex{est "to the
people who live in the West is. tlihat
of greater 'freedom in the money.
market and lower rates of interest.
Bath of these has' tied up many a
man's affairs perhaps sometime
for the good . of the person so
handicapped.
Jones & Son, is in the Clinton, hos- C What about that Huron Co. Sem-
pital, where he underwent and op- I ator'ship?' Which 018 the three M.
enation some (weeks ago. The
many friends of Mr. Saunders will
be glad' to hear he is on thememd.
Mr. Arthur Deacon, up -',town G.
Stratford, ticket Agent at Str t , call
ed on old friends in town last Fri-
day.
Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Rutledge are
at Windsor this week, visiting their.
daughter Mrs, W. P.' Shillington.
Mr. Shillington leaves for South
Bend, Indiana, to take the office
treasurer of the Studerbaker Auto
Company.
Postmaster A. M. Kay, of Strat-
ford spent a few days in town last
week owing to the fact that his
brother-in-law, W.H. Kerr, under-
went an operation at the hospital
here.
We are pleased to see Postmast
er Scott able to be out onoemore
and able to attend to his duties
once more.
Miss Sharp, of St. Marys, is the
guest of Mrs, John Wiseman.
Mrs. (Dr) Kay, of La Pier, Mich.,
who was visiting her father, Mr.
John Gibbings, 'took suddenly ill
and the Dr. and Miss Bessie were
called here. The Dr. accompained
his wife home on Mon'dlay.
Mr. and Mrs. D.G. McLaughlin
left this morning for their home
in Aberdeen, S.D., after spending
the winter here. •
Mr. Will Hall, who has :been :in
the Molsons 'Bank at Highgate has
been moved to Amherstburg.
Stratford Hearld;--(Miss Bessie
Irwin, deaconess, Old Bowery Mis-
sion, Montreal, and Alia Clara H.
Hanlon, deaconess Norfolk street
church, Guelph, are spending two
days at the home of the latter, 108
Brunswick t. Miss Irwin is 'on her
way home to Clinton, being on
leave of absence cu account 08 111
health.
Rev. David Wren, M. A., of Brus-
sels, will assist Rev. S. J. Ahin next
week at special services.
Mrs. J. Leslie Kerr has been con -
'fined to the hoarse under the doc
tors care.
Miss Bernie Kay, of La Pier,
Mich, visited with relatives and
elriemcjs in town for a few days
this week,
Miss Ellison returned toper home
in Morrisburg, after a two months'
visit with Mrs. H.E. Paul.
Mrs. Lindsay Kyle, [of Wilkie,
Sask., who has been visiting her
parents, Mr. and' Mrs. J. B. Lind-
say for some 'time i etur)>lead to
her home on Saturday, stopping a
week to visit her sister, Mrs. El-
liott, of Toronto.
Mrs, G. David entertained a .num-
ber of her lady friends ,Monday
evening.
Mrs. McNeill
Thomas, Mrs.
Jas. Lee, of Paris,
St. 110ris; and Mrs. Robt.
Flack, of Bluevale. were -welcome
visitors for a few days with Mrs,
H. Rose and Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell.
Barrister Holmes, of Wingham,,
o Saturday.
was in town n
Y.
11r. sae Mee. James . Barr, .of
Blyth, were in town on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Leckie and Master
Montieth, of Gorlerich, called on'
old
friends in town on Monday
John Quirk, of Wingham, who re
eontly • met with an accident by
(Falling heavily 00 some steps, is
etill confined to his bed. His old
Friends in Clinton will wish for a
slpeedly recovery.
.Miss Jessie O'Neil is, spending a
!few days in town at the parental
home, prior toher University ex-
am], after which slue goes to teach
Tor the 'summer near Calgary.
Mr. John 'Hansford attended the
'Hydro Radial meeting at Stratford
on Friday night last.
Miss Grace Cluff has returned
from her visit with her sister at
Welland.
Mrs, l;Dr.) Chas, E. Sales and son,
of Goderich epanit a few hours in
town on Saturday last.
Rev. 81. C. Priest, of Toronto, Sec
retary of the Mission 'Educatio:n
Movement, has just returned from
the Maritime Provinees, where he
has been condeefing a 'series •bf
missionary institutes at Halifax,
Sydney, Nelw Glascow, Yarmouth,
St. John had Frede(rietom Much
in`(drest, *as manifefeted in this
series.'; A similar series( ' is being
cond,ucled in the western roving
under 'sConitract was defier ccs under 'the direction of E. J.
• cd as " 3, 10, 19, ,Wi;' when tike sur- Benton,. Aslkseiate Se(cre(tary; , Mr.
• vey was finally ;complehed! by A.M. Priest is ,al son-in-law of our Well,.
Darling',' D. S., wino dcscrila d et 'townsman Mr. W. Robb,
•.� in his ',`survey no
writtelnear- known
g late A Mr. Beaton
Beaton is 'a son of flys,
• ly in October, 1861; as cod rasa
• I land with some timbe in a dis Rov A K [ilii s pastor of tlie
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destined
was the, one
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far
impoltant part in th
-the young country. This was the
late Hon. T. Mayne Daly, !after-
ior in
wands, Minister of five Interior
the Macdonald govesinmant. Mr.
Daly was :seeking an opelning eo
esltablish a law practice, bu t in
that strenuous birth of a city of-
fices were at a premium. However,
he secured'desk room inthe lam-+.
bar office of Mr. Whitelhlead, and
hung out lids lfii{st shingle over
the door. There bepracticed his
pie:e ssion, and,''there he slept in
a nude hunk nailed sap near the
roof, in their sleeping quarters.It
was in that historic little shack
that he laid the 'foundations of a
career which was` associated'hoo-
the d'evelj ...'ant
o bl with gPe'm
2 nes
'the West for so many years..
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Selection of "3, 10, 19, W.1"
Shortly afterwards Mr. White-
head decided to engage in farming
Re shrewdly and properly estimat-
ed that a city of impoiitance would
arise inthe vicinity of Grand' sad
Val-
ley, and, that adjoining farm land
would ultimately become, eery v
• liable. The 'survey of the country,
• however% had not yet; 'been come
j: plle(bed in that district; but ke..
• was not long deterred from axes
ing his selection by this fact. He
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didnor the • not wait P h g .
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the actual stakes, but took pre(-
i l liminary possession of the land he
I had' selected, and made the neces-
E sally application to safeguard his
4. 'future rights. This location whcih
• he afterwards secured by purchase•'
New Regulation May' go - into
Effect `April 1.
Toronto, March 15. -By a resolu-
tion of the Toronto Live Stock
P's have hold Of the beat string
to pull? Huron should' have a good
claim,. especialily, if we. ane to loss;
one constituency. Is Edward Nor-
man Lewis the victim?
Exchange, passed over a year ago, -o-- -
a regulation will go into effect on. Sir. Mackenzie Bewail, who pas
April 1, docking all cattle wear-' .sed his Doth birthday, is to.be
ing hones $2 per'head. treated to a non-political dinner at
This in a way sounds unreason- Ot:taw(a. 'He is a wonderful old
able, but when it is considered that geltitleman for a man of his years
the slaughteiiers of cattle have to and has retained his sprightlin(ess
dean() annually losses of from a
quarter to half a million dollars on
account of concealed bruises, the
regulation does not seem to be such
a hardship. However, a movement
has been on foot to possibly post-
pone the date this : regulation is
to come into effect, and several
prominent buyers interviewed on
this subject express. themselves as
not being desirous of -working wnat
might be considered a harship ' on
the tamers and drovers by this
regulation.
'Enorm9ns Losses.
At the .same time they point out
the enormous losses which' their
houses have to stand, which is
traceable directly tolaorned cattle.
However, 'there seems to be . a fair
opinion that if some other Method
san be employed to prevent these.
bruises that they would' be agree-
able to , postpone this x;egulation.
One idea tsuggeebed is that the
'farmer or drover procure a' fine-
tooth saw and cut of! •the sharp
tips on the horns before they leave
the 'farm, and at loast before they
are mixed with strange cattle.
Tipping is Painless.
This tipping is absolutely I pain-
less, ,easily done, and prevents the
beast from inflicting piin upon his
(fellows, Only about one inch or
an inch and a half of the hardtip
of the holm 15 sawed' off, carebe-
ing 'taken not to cut into the
quick, and does not set the•cattle
hack.
It is cleanly evident that if theo
Humane Society would see some
the bruised carcases and torn hides
on 'the cattle they would in them-
selves enfoa(ce the tregullation
throughout ver Mair province to
require handlers of livestock to et
least fit the animals in such away
that they would not' damage each
other.
ilo a marked degree. ,•
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One of (the latest victims to ill
ble(alth is the Son. F.D. Monk, of
Jacques Cartier, who has resigned
his, seat in the Commons. He was
a former Minister of Public Works.
Mr. Monk will seek restoration in
Soultheen Europe.
Live program of Temperance leg-
islation is being put . into the
bands of the Legislature and Com-
mons in, the, foam of ,amendments
to the License law and Canada tem
pelrance Aot that will make both
more workable in the (forward
marsh of the temperance cause.
A man bearing the serene name
of Heaven, who lives in Toronto,
strange to state, is •the permanent
liquidator for the 'Williams Shoe
Co, of Brampton. He •shouldmake
a pelacelful and happy �sle,ttljeanent
08 the business affairs of-theeo.
in trouble, ou the principlie that
"Heaven) helps those who bell,)
theknselves."
Telephones ftor section men on
railways is one of ;the latest ap-
plications of this modern invert-.
tion. Byits use tab can be kept
OD all 'ti{sins and thereby better
planningmay he done in work on
roads, bridges, ete. The field for
the telephone is prlactically limit-
less and the more general its use
the grimier its benefit. The gov-
et;nment should own the system.
No matter how hard you are up
against financial embarassment Itis
a ceangeeous role to go into the
business of manufadburang coin in
opposition to the Government. Two
Lindsay men, Burke and Burkhold-
e got 5 -years in Kingston peni-
tentiary for. practicing on $l0 Bank
•ss000u,rB_ pare • use Ge--. of Montreal bills. It may be ter-
() poor you
WITH TRE CHURCHES. ® only get your bo g
ca n e e +E+ e e n n e Ce n n e e s e e n t Government House will cost
about a million dollars when come
Mr.
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iters, M
eN)ed' m
inu rtes
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Bowman, of Bi;uee County, ',went
after the government with a sharp
stick over what Ore termed a great
bungle, Public monies appear to'
go easy but it would be (a differ-
ent Song if the M. P. P. had to
shoulder the expenditure -•,the
strings would be drawn tighter for
eure.
While soave people`•arie very pes-
ramiatie over the' story of race
suicide 'there does not appear to
be much -.necessity for Worrying
over' the State of Tennessee where
Mrjs. Coplinger; a'farmer's • wife
near Flatlwood, has set the pace
for 1914 by presenting' the head of
the house with a quaritette of lit-
tle( Coplingeiis-3 sees and a
daughters. All hailto the fermiers,
they still lead the van.
g • ribly awkward t el p Y
and at ICm stole.
U
'E CHURCH
WESLEY YC
The pastor will preach special
sermons: inGoderich on Sunday.
Me. J. A. Irwin had charge of the
prayer meeting on Wednesday.
The LW.C.T.U. will meet at the
Fri -
home oP Mrs. J. C. Mciliath(on
'day' afbeenoo:n of this week at 3
o'clock.
Rev.' W. K. 'Hager, B. A., of Gode-
rich will preach morning andeven-
ing
even-
ing(rnexe Sunday.
WILLIS CHURCH.
'trio( watered by the Assiniboln0.%' Methodist church Dundas, and well.
• i Signatories to Contract. No,i known in this vicinity,.leaves this
••1 Contract No. 1 was signed on he- 'week on a four -months trip to
A half of the Canadian Pacific Rail- Palestine, having been granted •a
• i, way Co., by John'H. McT'avis'h, the holiday by his congregation. • He
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A snuaY • firsb land commis'saoner of the con- earls with an • American party from
re Deal for Ever lbw
• r Many; and was witnessed by W. D. New York, being the only Cana -
Scott, 'who afte averds became sup
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•t dent of immigration under
• , eirintc'n g
Government a osition
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dian in the company, Mrs. Birks
will visit aniong friendsduring his
absence.
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Rev. T. J. lloherton'13, A. of Milver
ton will occupy the pulpit on Sunday,
BAPTIST CHURCH.
The pastor will occupy the pulpit
both morning and evening next Sun
day.. ;
The Ladies Mission Circle held their
leular monthly ofg aers. Thos. Watts, meetingthe at
when a'h very
profitable meeting was held, the topic.
Indians in the Wesf' was discussed.
Prayer meeting tonight et 8 o'clock
Everybody welcome.
ONTARIO' ST. CHURCH.
The "Junior ;Garden" will be given
this Thursday evening by fifty young
people of the .church.
Special Lvangelestic services begin-
nin on Sunday next, will be held each
evening till Easter. The pastor will
conduct the servieea and will be assist-
ed occasionally by Rev. Messrs. Wren.
Barker Ford and Hager..
Next Monday evuing: and also
Tuesday Ren David Wren, M.A.,
of Brussels, will assist Rev. J. S.
Algin itt special services at Ontario &mi eo, is that wealth should eon
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St. Church. ' There. Mr: Wren is one 'taiibute a larger amount towara
of the rising Methodist Ministers Provincial up -keep. Guesstha
the London Conference old yaz(n' about "stealing fromIlr
Talcum Pe!lccilon
Can now be found at our
store, 1Il the following
six Orders
Yucca
Hamony Violet
Hamony Carnation
Hamony Rose
Trailing Arbutus
Violet Deice
F lssn and White
Also jest received another
shipment of
Itexall Face Cream 25c at
THE REXALL STORE
W.Q.R. Holmes
LENT
�• If you were to ask us for the
loan of our little hatchet, we
would be compelled to tell you
"It is Lent," and we have a full
assortment of Fish, as follows -
Fresh .Herring
Fresh Halibut
Fresh Red Salmon
Fresh White Fish
Fresh Haddock
Fresh Finnan I{addie
Fresh Filletts
W. T. O'NEIL
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affair eelni f elleleeeff eerie 'r
Ontario St. Sunday School
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` urior0arden9
by Ont. St, Junior League
March 19, 1914
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dead" must have been a silly ghost
story.
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Now is the time the electorate
in general should have an eye on
tthel Assessor's roll so that. the
names of legally qualified people:,
should not be omitted Teem their
rightful place neoessitating trouble
and expense at a later date. Coup -
oils would save money also if they
seriutinized the rolls more closet
along the same"line. Thede a;e
municipal:ties that do this and cut
out what might be geievances at
a later stage. Every elector should
take a more active interest in see-
that 'sor her me fid •o
in his ria n r
erg place on the voters list, •P p
We axle sorry to observe that
Rev. Aaron E. Jones, curate of St;
Marks Episcopal church, Toledo,
has accepted (cif the position- of
censor of boxing bouts. The limit
is eight rounds no decision. Few
lines Of so-called sport are as
ritangenous to the youth ' 'as the
avenue 'that leads to ,prize - fights
and disrepute, It : cannot be made
a respectable 'business by putting
a. scone of parsons at the head at
it. Thede are noble ways of lead-
ing the youth but the boxing ring
is not one of them.
"Stealing from the 'dead," as
/some df ' (the then opposition in
the Local Legisl(aturle designate;d
the Succession duties when the Lib-
edal Government enacted elm law,
is no longer )regarded a sin. Al-
though th ieum paid' Tion this
source 'totalled over a million dol-
lars last year it is' said the Statute
, the
will be .amended to increase
rate and nut out some of the
"dodging" done by eoPleofwealth
to cheat the Govodnenieln:t out of
their s:hare. The idea of. the Gov
By the ,signs of the times there
isgoing 'to be
oomethingdoan�g i
A
g
the )artist railway b g
X y uxldin,. The
want of definiteness Will disappear
as the question reaches ,the practi-
cal, stage of what paet tire; County
and municipalities will play in the
way of 'financial (help, Hueon
County should opeln a good tfield.
bull the 'Hydro Electric people
should present their report of the
initial survey.; There's just a dan-
ger that in sele�king to encompass
'too much they May ltheobtle the
.seheim'e by 'making it' too burden-
some. .
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Provincial Treasurer Lucas says
in
Ills budget spelelch, theme is a
suijplus `of $320,296 while the
Opposition. claims a deficit
of $1,800,000. It would bowel!. 'for,
the electos(s of Ontario if one, and
only one, system of book-keeping
wells in vogue so that the correct<
[financial position could be arrived
St(. It would apps{ar as if the
parities -.have reversed. their meth -
ode Of calculation since the polit-
ical positions changed. lOnething
is eentain the( miser is often( trans-
8prsned into a spendthrift when
(the, parity changges from the left
to the right of the Speaker. Nar-
r(owing it down to !the :last analy'
sis wiliiul waste always ends in
woeful want and no one will dis-
pute the fact of langely increased
q'xpendiitutle, ,some of it !necessary
but much of it sheer extravagance.
Although a new German automa-
tic pistol weighs but little more
than two p:ounlds it can fire 100
bullelt9' a minute.
As egaius't 110 aviation( fatalities
in 1912 therle were) 192' last yc(ai 20,
of them olecuiring in•tlse United
States.
Traces of radium have been dis-
covered in 'dile interior oIf' Mad-'
t agasear and a company has been
e formecl -to exploit the deposits,