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Motion Picture
" The Old Nest
bOLDWIN'S Magnificent Tribute to your Childhood home and the
mother and dad you left betintl. when you struck out :`on your own."
Pictured in 8 parts from the story by RUPERT HUGHES.
"The Old Nest" has broken attendance records in every 'Siete in
the Union, and is repeating in Canada.
There are, big spectacular scenes that yhribl, brut they are secondary.
It is the Homely Thence: of -Eternal Mother Love triumphing over the
forgettfullneas of her children that "gets to you."
SETA DATE NOW TO SEE IT.
' We, promise the finest, cleanest bit oi'. dramatic entertainment you
,have ever had the pleasure to see.
March 16, 17 and 18.
Matinees St. Patrick's Day (4 p.m.) and Saturday (3 p.m.) at the
regular prices. Evenings 20c and 15c.
THE PRINCESS
I any lighteningof the burden ,against ion to retain the rocs on effo�
Canada/ his eorts would be generally floor of the tM. side
appreciated. The United 6taa!M has gressives the illtikA00t. The '.Con -
never wiped the 1911 reciprocity eervativea wiiii, ,03.Cliiire, •go to the
agreement o its statute books, so third floor ly pnrti of the
It' is th8ught fn some' circlesthat sixth or 'orient detail's of the
these Might be a chance od malting room accommodstiirii and also the
some sort of reciprocal arrangement seating of the QppOAltieri in the House
with them.;
PARLIAMENTARY LETTER
'March 3rd.—Five days more and
the session will open. That fact
gives an idea of political conditions
in Ottawa at the present time; every-
thing moving along at a hurried pace
in order that preparations for the
opening on Wednesday next may be
completed. (Members and their fam-
ilies are coming in daily from out-
side points and making their more or
less feverish hunt for temporary
homes—and in their spare time look-
ing over the accommodation which
have been provided for them at the
House of Commons, and generally
"getting the lay of the land." The
Chateau Laurier, always a k arometer
of political activity in the capital, is
the busiest place in town as members
come and go, making ready for the
beginning of their legislative duties.
The bye -election nominations in
Fort Kootenay and Argenteuil took
first place in the events of the week.
The expectation that Hon. J. H. King
would be accorded an acclamation in
Fort Kootenay was dispelled a couple
of days before nomination day, when
Mr., Bronsdon annouunced himself as
an independent candidate. From the
information reaching here it is not
expected that Dr.King will have any
hard fight on his hands, but it will
mean delaying 'his return to Ottawa
for a couple of weeks, and also put-
ting the country to the expense of a
by-election.
Sincere thanks to the people of
Argenteuil were expressed by the
Prime Minister when it was learned
that Hon. Charles Stewart had been
given an acclamation there after be-
ing refused a seat in his native prov-
ince of Alberta. The spirit actuating
Argenteuil electors in accepting a
western minister as their representa-
tive was favorably commented upon
by Hon. Mr. King, who spoke of this
as one of the finest evidences of Que-
bec's unselfishness in political mat-
ters, particularly after that province
had been practically isolated by the
last government for years. Hon. Mr.
Stewart may be able to take his place
in the House at the opening as a re-
sult.
* * -
Because the operation of the Ford-
ney Tariff has, cost Canada millions
of dollars v orth of trade with the
United States in the past eight
months or so, with the additional loss
ormillions of dollars on prices through
duties imposed against Canadian
farm products going into the United.
States, the people in all sections of
the country realize what it would
have meant here ton have had reci-
procity accepted in 1911. . Both the
east and the west realize that the
high barriers by the United States
have caused Canadians much incon-
venience and loss, and if, by lighten-
ing the imports against certain nec-
essaries of life coming from the
United States, and thus lessening the
burden for the Canadian consumer,
the Canadian government can also
secure a lessening of the Fordney
tariff burden / on Canadians, that
should prove a step which would bene-
fit all sections of the community. On
this ground alone the trip of Mr.
Fielding may have fan -reaching ef-
fects on every householder and agri-
culturist in the Dominion.
* K D
Although no official statement is
available, the visit of Hon. W. S.
Fielding !to Washington and New
-
York in connection with tariff and
financial matters has caused a crop
of rumours to shoot forth overnight.
The Finance Minister is net back in
Ottawa at the time of writing, so his
statement on the matter has not yet
been obtained. Generally, however,
Pk is understood that 'the purpose of
his trip was to discuss tariff matters
with the White House officials and
also to look into the financial situa-
tion. It is well known that the
Fordney Tariff has been working a
big hardship on the Canadian pro-
ducers of farm products, having re-
duced our exports to the United
States to the extent of millions in
single classes of products alone; so,
if 'Mr. Fielding were able to arrange
•
are being arrant at at • conference
a the three Whip* which takes place
here tomorrow (esturdaY) . The.
choice of official Leader of the Op-
position may have to wait over until
the Progressivemembers; meet here
on Tuesday next and decide whether
they will give way to Mr. 'Meighen
and his followers.
The choice of George W. Kyte, as
Chief Government Whip, has met
with general satisfaction among the
Government •members of the House.
Mr, Kyte- is -recognized as an energet-
ic organizer and one who will keep
tfie members on edge whenever there
is a vote in sight. With conditions
as they are this season, the whip's
job will be no cosy one, for the gov-
ernment members will have to be
kept in touch with every possible vote
in order that a snap decision on some
minor point may not lead to the de-
feat of the government in the cham-
ber. Mr. Kyte has not yet announc-
ed his lieutenants, but will have an
assistant to Iodic after the members
from each of the provinces.
* * *
The legislative programme of the
government is well in hand, although
there must, of course, be allowances
for contingencies which will spring
up detring the session and wil! have to
be met as they arise. Committees
will be struck as soon as possible af-
ter the House opens and from the
reports of these committees the gov-
ernment will have something to work
on in the 'matter of laying down the
course to be followed in =ucii mat-
ters as Soldiers' Re -Establishment.
The committee :to 'handle that prob-
lem may be announced almost im-
mediately after the opening to avoid
loss of time in this important work.
There is a busy session ahe d, and
there will be many interesting spots
in the debates during that session.
Both the Commons and the Senate
will hold their share of the headlines
during the next three months or so
when the members are at work, and
it is likely that this year will see
less waste time at the beginning and
less unseemly haste toward the end
than has characterized the last few
sessions, all of which will undoubted-
ly be a good thing for the nountry,
and will save many errors having to
be corrected later through -f•Multy leg-
islation being rushed through
iheenscots(( to Man, i4 being souses$
/shite and dry. Let J. A. L. tura hie'
fluent pen to a discussion of the crisis
this condition} is brktging sdbaut, -and
I'll agyr Am'ent But, in the meantime,.
let us be circumspect with our criti-
cism of those who are "carrying on."
On the Progressive side the choice
as whip has fallen to Fred Johnston,
of Last Mountain, while W. A. Boys,
of South Simeoe, will handle the
reins for the Conservatives. The
opposition are having some difficul-
ties between themselves deciding whe-
ther the late Government party or
the farmers shall be the official op-
position and who shall have the sal-
ary of Opposition Leader, with all
the perquisites that go therew'i'th.
Present ipdications are that Rt. Hon.
Arthur Meighen will be accorded the
honor, but that is by no means cer-
tain until a day or two before the
House meets.
In order that arrangements for
rooms and seating in the chamber
may not be held up too long, the
Government has announced its decis-
FTFTY-FWTY.
HYDRO SACRIFICES SMALL
MUNICIPALITIES
It is evident that, under the pres-
ent Id�ydro system in Ontario, en-
ormoui power lies in the hands of
the original designer 01 a scheme of
lines, either to favor, or to destry, the
prospects of industrial development
in whole communities. It is also evi-
dent that the system gives cheap
rates to large towns' and towns on
main lines and. rates' two or three
times as high to small towns, espec-
ially if s.rved by branch lines. This
not only forces concentration of pop-
ulation but makes it impossible to
develop industry in small tawns. The
community as a whole, outside of a
few large tewns, must inevitably
stagnate industrially. Since the as-
sumption of power supply by the
government puts an economic pro-
!hibition on new competitive enter-
prise, such conditin must be as
permanent as the r ate -making scheme
itself.
Under the Commissions system of
!allocating charges, the economic lim-
it of extension has already been ap-
proached; a municipality beyond the
end of one of the relatively short
lines being only servable if it assume
not only its proportion of all costs of
power at the point where power now
is, but assume also the total cost of
taking the power farther.
Anyone familiar with power busi-
ness in the United States need only
glance at a map of electric supply in
Ontario to observe that the area now
served by nine systems, only three of
which are interconnected, is of very
modest extent and should he served,
in order to be well served, by a single
unified network of lines, all connected
to Niagara, with local water powers
feeding into the general system, and
with some system of rates that shall
not penalize communities lying a lit-
tle way off from existing lines to such
a point that their service is impos-
sible. Such a system by its inter-
connections would enormously im-
prove service at many points and by
its diversity would result in a con-
siderable economy .of generating ca-
pacity. The immediate drawback is
the difference in frequency—twenty-
five cycles on the Niagara system
and mostly sixty cycles elsewhere.
The improvement in service, however,
and particularly introduction of the
feasibility of complete service—to {ill
points within reasonable distance of
Niagara. would seem to justify the
Province in facing obsolescence frank-
ly, changing over its smaller plants,
building trunk lines, and making such
increases in rates as would meet
the proper costs. It is coming to be
recognized that good service is far
more important than cheap rates.
Ontario as a whole is entitled to good
service at lowest cost frown its great -
nest natural resource. Niagara does
not belong exclusively to Toronto and
cities along the present relatively
short trunk transmission line, and
Toronto is not entitled to benefit so
exclusively from its geographical sib -
nation at the expense of the remain-
der. Equalization 01 rates and unifi-
cation and extension of the system,
while involving heavy increases in
Toronto and elsewhere. would permit
general development of the province.
When it is remembered that in Cali-
fornia general service is transmitted
from 250 to . 500 miles from compar-
atively small plants and is then sold
at low rates, Ontario should not be
content to have Niagara power bene-
fit only- the restricted district close
to the Falls, nor should it be con-
tent with anything less than general
and reliable service over all territory
within at least a 500 mile,radius.
"Hydro" came into being based up-
on cheap Niagara power. Hydro was
enabled to buy a large block of
Niagara power for $9.00 per H. P.
per year, a price amounting to
3.001377 per K. W. H. on 100 per cent.
load factor,—a price lower than any
other of which the present writer has
any knowledge, and, so far as we can
now see, a price which can never
again even be approximated, even at
Niagara.
'Main transmission lines have been
constructed, running east and west
from Toronto to Windsor, being fed
by lines from Niagara to Dundas.
Charges were based, not upon dis-
tance, nor upon an average cost of
power and transmission, --gas practi-
caly all regulating com-missions in the
United States now require, but upon
estimated cost to serve each commun-
ity from the physical structures that
actually were installed. This method
makes cost of power to any town de-
pendent not upon its distance from
Niagara, nor upon the average cost
of power, but upon the physical plant
that the 'A. E. P. C. actually did build,
and which is used to supply power
to that municipality. It follows that
had this Commission adopted some
different scheme of line locations,
municipalities now paying high rates
might enjoy low rates 'and vice versa.
In other words the rate paid by a
municipality is dependent not alone
upon its geographical location relative
to Niagara, but upon the design of
the system of lines by which the com-
mission supplies the Province. As an
instance cif 'unfair rates, the munici-
pality of Zurich about 180 miles in
an air line from Niagara Falls, paid
369.00 in 1919, while. the municipality
of Dutton, 'bore same distance from.
tie Palle, bat on the main tranamie-
ileal. p ' a, n� sirout Anderson es, Olive Anderson 78, Olga-
1)08
lga
1,08• laotpOW in 'an air Knight TS Wash Janes 'Mustard 7
iir*, iiald MOO,..a ; r, 41.0 WS*** Ross as Gordon Harvey
'sir ,WWIBr. III *1H. lymont 55, W.
Idea on the untie Ionia teen lsjseion Lachlan 46, D. Greesia+k 45, *J. An
lie u Windsor but **hoist 80 nig** derson 43. Jr. U . McDonald 69,
closer to the iP1a11s by transmission J. MdLaehlan 50, 'X Kenzie 46.
The town of Drayton, 78 miles in
air line from the ,Falls, bpt ,Served
through (London, paid $60.00. The
town of Georgetown, served through
Guelph, paid 336.09. Were lines dif-
ferently laid out, Drayton might have
been served through Guelph, rate 619
or Kitchener, rate $19.00, in Which
case the Drayton rate probably' .would
have approximated the Georgetown
rate. The town of Arthur is eight
miles from Drayton and paid ;48.00
as against Drayton, 360.00. ''Drayton
has Niagara Power and Arthur has
not, being on the Eugenia system.
Each town is about 90 miles from the
Falls. London, 108 miles away, paid
$19.00.—Financial Post.
CLASS LEGISLATION
No one having replied. to the at-
tack on our Council, published in
The Expositor two weeks ago, the
writer has taken it upon himself to
say a few words which, I trust, will
ha given the same prominence as the
article to which it isintended as a
reply.
As a citizen I cannot understand
why the most hardworking of all our
merchants should be singled out to
share the abuse. The meat retailers'
hours are long, the work laborious,
and disagreeable. If there is anyone
in town who deserves well of the citi-
zenry, he is that man; I'm for him.
He is a useful citizen and I hope his
declining years are free from worry.
On the other hand, there is a cer-
tain class of human who assumes the
right to dictate ,what is or i5 not best
for the other fellow. These are they
among us, who produce nothing, do
nothing. They do not work, they
"own" for a living, and because their
species is multiplying so fast the red
lood in the arteries of the two most
productive nations the Creator ever
Metro's Million -Dollar
Photoplay Masterpiece
A Rex Ingram Production
Visualizes with incredible fidelity the greatest novel by Vicente Blasco Ibanez, the author
acclaimed the foremost literary genius since Victor Hugo.
Produced by the screen's most notable director, Rex Ingram.
At a cost of slightly more than a million dollars; after a year's work, preceded by six
months of preparation.
Enacted by a cast of 12,500, including the 50 principals.
Denominated by the dramatic critics of New York and other big cities as marking the
graduation of the motion picture into the co mpany of the arts. Adapted by' June Mathis.
At the Strand Theatre
Mon., Tues., Wed., March 13-14-15
AFTERNOONS ---3 p.m., 50c,Gallery 75c. EVENINGS -8 p.m., 50c, 75c, Gallery $1.00
Reserved Seat Plan opens Friday at 4 p.m., at Aberhart's Drug Store.
Phone 111.
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less for the k';
Anderson/; fir. 'm, .
enDnt • J'r. I'rI, IMC%luerifll! .
Sr. 1!, Blanche: Muatsrdi 7,l' h
Murdoch. Those. taarked ,(*) Waited
oneor more exams. 'Number 'on';roli
26; average attendenee,'21;8.--.M. Mc-
Nain, Teacher.
Vbdden-fraibut.---A very pretty
wedding was solemnised on Wednes-
day, March :1st, at ghe.:horne of Mr.
and Mrs. W. H, Talbot, Sauble Line,.
Stanley, when their daughter, Minnie
Mee, was ,united in. marriage tO Me.
Ernest Vodden, of Mellom, ,/(,festa.
At twelve• o'clock to the strains of
the wedding march played by the.
bride's sister, Mrs. Will Cameron,
the !vide entered the parlor leaning
on the arm of her father and joined
the groom /under an arch of ever-
greens, where they were united is
marriage by Rev. Capt. Edwards. of
Seaforth, assisted by the Rev. Quinn..
The bride was becomingly gowned in
white canton crepe (heavily beaded
and embroidered. Thr bridal veil
was embroidered with silk and crown-
ed with orange blossoms, and she
carried a bouquet of roses and fern.
Atter congratulations, the guests re-
paired to the dining room and par-
took of a dainty wedding dinner. The
bride was the recipient of many -
beautiful and costly gifts, amour
them being a beautiful cut glass berey..
set given to her by the office in which
she was employed as a stenographer,
and a miscellaneous shower from the.
girls of the Barbara House, Toronto.
The groom's gift to the bride was a:
handsome cabinet of silver. 'Mr. and
Mrs. Vodden will leave for their home -
in 1Iellom, Alberta, about the 15th of*
March.
THE TELEPHONE
The inconvenience caused by the
severe ice storm of last week on the
telephone ;lines, shade trees, apple
orchards, ettc., has been partially re-
lieved by the satisfaction we men of
Tuckersmith get from the fact that
the women talk to us more this week
than formerly.
It's an old-time saying that the
men get too much talking from the
housewife; but there's a great deal
of satisfaction in corning into the
house and finding your wife looking
over Eaton's Catalogue or Ladies'
Home Journal, than to find her quar-
relling over the telephone with her
next door neighbor about her hens, or
telling her how she's going to trim
her last year's hat for the coming
season. Usually, while she talks,
your dinner is burning on the stove.
On the other hand, if she's talking
to you there is -always a chance of
getting an occasional word in and
reminding her of how you like your
dinner.
The women seem to be taking more
interest in our movements this week
than they have in the past. Possibly
its on account of the lines being down.
At any rate they're not telling you
how many times Mrs. So and So was
called to the telephone over that ad.
she put in The Expositor last week,
or what that other person said about
herself over the phone. Instead of
being the third party on the line this
week, she's cooking `taters' and darn-
ing my socks.
Even if they do get the lines up
the following week we will still have
a few weeks to hold the interest of
the women. It will be April, no
doubt, when we get Central connec-
tion again, and the wife will be able
to have a Lengthy talk with her sis-
ter in the next township once more.
I predict smooth weeks ahead if, in
the absence of a telephone operator,
the wife does not turn her volume of
abusive language on me.
There are two good reasons why I
have a whole -hearted respect for the
telephone operator. First, we know
they're pretty, then if the housewife
sees fit to vent her temper on them
it stands to reason they will be wind-
ed when the, men come within speak-
ing range.
The country people are realizing
since the storm the value of the tele-
phone. Formerly many people re-
garded it as a luxury found in the
house because everyone else had one.
The greatest inconvenience is to the
women, especially the Ladies' Aid and
such organizations. Paying so little
attention to the announcements as
they are given out in church, they
find during the week they know very
little, and without the telephone are
at a loss to know the place of the
next meeting. With the usual busi-
ness and accumulated gossip, the next
meeting will resemble, in some re-
spects, the famous Peace Conference
at Washington.
COUNTRY.
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McKILLOP
School Report.—The following is
the report of School Section No. 4,
McKillop, for the month of February.
Names are in order of merit: Sr.
IV.—Lapslie Smith, Walter 1Toegy,.
Donald Eiberhart, Charlie Anstay,.
Pearl ;Webster, Harvey MacLiwain.
Sr. III—Frank Hogg, Helen Kerr,
Dldin Kerr, Alvin Adams, Alex.
Smith. Jr. II—(Beatrice Eberhart,_
Marietta Nash, Robert Eberhart,
Margaret Kerr, Helen Beattie, Cecil
Adams. Senior Printer Tom Nash,
Audrey Webster. Junior Primer—
Olive Stirling, Solomon Shannon.—
Mabel Hogg, Teacher.
Has New Lightning Plant—Mr.
Robert A. Campbell, one of MeKil-
lop's progressive farmers, is now en-
joying the great benefits derived'
from electricity, having recently in-
stalled an "Electrion" power and
lighting plant on his farm. Mr.
Campbell now has all his buildings
and yard lighted, besides being able
to operate his separator, cllurn, fan-
ning mill, etc., with a ofie-quarter
horsepower electric motor. The
"Electrion" is Canadian made, being
manufactured in Woodstock, and goes.
to prove that the Canadians can turn
out as good, if not better, article -
than our friends to the south of us.
Messrs. Reid Bros., of Seaforth, sup-
plied and installed the plant, also the
wiring of buildings, which insures
Mr. Campbell of having a first class-
job.
School Report.—The following is
the report for Union School Section
No. 1, McKillop and Logan, for the
months ollYanuary and February:—
Class IV, Sr.—Andrew Dantizer, Mary
Malone, Nellie O'Rourke, Margn'erttee
Horan, Eileen Mulligan, Esther Ryan,.
James Shea, Harvey Dantzer, James
Kelly, James Shea. Class IV, Jr.
Ruth O'Reilly, Mary Ryan, Joseph
Malone. Class In, Sr.—John Moylan,
Willie Dantzer, Patrick Flannigan,
Annie Ryan, Pearl Horan, Emmett.
Malone, Margaret Mulligent (absent),
John O'Rourke (absent). Class III,
Jr.—Rose Krauskopf, Mary Flanna-
gan, Joseph O'Rourke, Clarence Ma-
lone, Zachariah Ryan, Josef R
Eileen Burns, Florence Kelly, Frank
Maloney, Joseph O'Reilly,Angela
Mulligan, Willie Ryan di
—
Dan O'Rourke, Marie Krauskopt
(equal). 'Class I, Sr. ---,Mary O'Reilly
and Angela Horan (equal), Gertrude
Mulligan, John Shea, Francis Ryan,
Basil Kelly. Class 3, Jr., had no ex-
am,inations during these two months.
—F. E. Reynolds, Teacher.
School Report.—'(The following is
the report of 'School Section No. 7,
McKillop, for January and February,
subjects for senior classes being
Arithmetic, Geography, History,
Composition, Spelling and Reading;
Junior classes, daily work of all xheir
subjects. Sr, ;PV*Lindsay Stewart,
80%. Jr. IV --Harold Tomlinson, 68*;
*Marguerite Balfour, 46*. Sr. Iiir-+
Archie Somerville, 77*; Arthtsr Me.
Gavin, 76%; George Love, 68*; Alex.
Clark, 66*. Jr. III --•Eva Scarlett,
6554; ;Elmia `Hill, 61*; Effie Balfour,
50*. Sr. II—Grace Somerville, 71%; .
Billie '(Timmer, 66*. Jr. 11I Rosa
Driscoll, 88*; Orval Holmes, 82%;
Arthur Balfour, 61*; *Nellie Holmes
55*; Gordon Holmes, 8896; Carl
Holmes, 20*. Sr. Firs-+1)orotky
Driscoll, 76*' Dorothy Somerville,
73%. Sr, Primem--+$elen Somerville,
76*; *Peen McLaughlin 72*. Those
having perfect in Spelling for Janu-
ary, were: lOvs Sea'riebt; for Fsbro-
ary, Eva Setaiett and Archie Sonier-
vi1Ier--Tr. M. Lits, Teacher.
W INTHROP
School Report. -'Phe following lel
the report of School Section No. 10,
McKillop, for the month of February,
based on monthly work and examina-
tions. Those marked with an aster-
isk had perfect attendance for the
month. Those marked (a) missed one
or more examinations: FiMfth—*Wail-
ter Eaton 84. Jr. IV—Margaret
Eaton 70. 'Sr. III—William Hart
77, *'Harold Hart 60, (a) Jean Hol-
land. Jr. III—/Stewart Dolmage 79,
Annie Broome 57. Sr. II—Annie
Hanna 88, Jack Montgomery 81,
(a) Malbel Pethick, ( a ) Margaret Petk-
ick. Jr. I'I—Isabel Eaton 68, *Evelyn
Campbell 52. 'Sr. I. Wilson Little,
Wilson Campbell. Sr. Primer—Mar-
garet Montgomery, Russell Doh -nage,
Harold Petkick, Roy Dolmage, *Willie
Campbell, Willie Dolmage. Number
on roll, 21; average attendance, 17.—
Edna M. Jamieson, Teacher.
STANLEY
School Report.—The following is
the report. of School Section No. 7,
Stanley, for February. The names
are in order of merit. The five who
were absent for the last tests were
not ranked this month: Sr. IV—
Eileen Turner, Walker Carlile, Emma
Love, Mae 'Stelck, Vera Smith. Jr.
IV—Edna Cochrane, Lawrence Reich-
ert, Russell Conaitt, Grace Coleman.
Sr. In --Gladys Stephenson, Earl
(Love, Clarence 'Stephenson. Jr. I.II—
Lettie Love, Elmer Turner, Viola
Stelek. Jr. II—Martha Carlile, Grace
Love, Ralph Turner. Part II—Clar-
ence Reichert. Part I.—Alvin Reich-
ert, Gladys Coleman—Ruby Taylor,
'School Report.—mike following le
the report of School Section No. 14,
Stanley, for Pibruary: Sr. IV—Elva