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PAGE TWO THE CANADIAN STATESMAN. BOWMAN1TIT.T.WJ TT-TTTP~flAV PWRP.TTAP.V 99 i Q24 Established 1854 A Weekiy Newspaper devoted ta the Interests of the town of flowmanvilie and surrounding country, issued at King Street, Bowmariulle, every Thursday, by M. A. James bons, owners and publishers. The Canadian Statesmari la a member of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association, aisa the Class "A" Weekiies of Canada. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Anywhere ln Canada, $2.00 a year; In the United States, 82.50 a year, payable in advance. Single copies, 5 cents. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1934 Emergency Relief Measure A resolution passed iat the last meeting of town council is well worth consideration and we belleve that the council did the riglit thing by endorsing the measure. The resolution suggested that. all indus- ries enjoying special tax exemptions be assessed a special sum towards the payment of relief measures. Many factories both in Bowmanville and elsewhere pay only school taxes and are exempt from aU others. It seems only reasonable then to expect these pro- tected industries to do their sha.re in an emergency sucli as exists when the town is required to keep over 60 families on relief. In a statement issued by the Goodyear Tire & Rub- ber Co. on February l4th, it was reported that the profits of this cornpany in 1933 showed an increase of 92%7. Other companies throughout the country are also reporting better business. I such is the case, and if these industries can and are paying 7% ýcin- terest on their bonds, they should do their share ta look a! ter the unemployed in the municipalities wliere they funiction. We feel sure that the Goodyear Company, Bow- manville's largest industry, wiUl be giad to co-operate with the town in this manner. For a number of years the ratepayers of Bowmanvile have borne over $6000 annually of the company's taxation by per- mitting tax exemptions. When the taxpayers axe in a tiglit place, witfl a 50 miii tax rate and so much unemployment, the industries thus enjoying these benefits should be willing to do their share -ta allev- iate the dstress. Served His Church and Community Well Members of ail denomninations will join in express- ing regret at the intended departure f rom our. midst of Rev. W. J. Todd, who has resigned as minister of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Churcli after several years of faithful and efficient service, nat oniy to bis own church and denomina.tion but tc, the town at large. Mr. Todd has shown himself a splendid citizen, and lias been a ready and willing worker for the better causes in the town. As president of the Ministenia.l Association lie gave a wise and thoughtful leadership to this important organization. Perhaps lis great- est asset was his happy faculty of mixing with other denominations in a most agreeabie manner. The congregation of St. Andrew's Church in Bow- manville and the Newtonville Presbytenian congrega- tion are going to miss Mr. Todd, but the cammunity at large will aiso miss a public spirited citizen and Clirstian gentleman. In the near future Mr. Todd will returu ta lis homela.nd, Ireland, and there carry on his pastoral work. We join with his hast of friends in wishing liim continued success in the ministry of lis church, that lis inspired life may benefit others as it has benefitted this community. Mr. To>dd was lionored in lis appointment as Mod- erator of the Peterboro Presbytery of lis dhurci, and lie will be a distinct loss ta the Presbyterian Church in Canada. Some ivic Offices Are Obsolete Tradition is a wanderfui thing in life, but even tradition rnay bc canied ta ratier absurd conclusions. Because it was traditional ta wear sackclath and asli- es in Biblical days wlen one observed a period o! fasting on repentance, is no reason why we shouid do the sanie today. We learn mudli even in a decade, and we discard mudi today that was useful ten years ago, but whie we are discarding some things wby not go the whole length and discard ail useless things. The ivic appointments each year o! fenceviewers and poundkeepers in Bowrnanvilie is a sublime ab- surdity. About a yean ago the Ratary Club made a humorous presentation ta, Rotanian Hanny Aluin who lad served 25 yeaxs as a fenceviewer. It was remrak- ed at that time that he lad neyer been called upon to perform any duties. The sarne thing applies to a poundkeeper, tie local appointee accepting the dub- Ious honor more as a joke than as a seiaus duty. We hear mudi about tities in tiese days and pen- laps tiese empty lome-town tities migit be abolisi- ed witb othens that have became obsolete. It seems ta us a waste o! time ta keep embodying tbem in tle bylaws. We are sure that Hanry Allun and ls twa fellow fencevlewers would not mis.s thc honion. At least il is not a matter o! "uneasy lies tic hcad that wears a cnawnm." Bowmanvillc ns an urban munîcipality. Fence- viewens and poundkeepers anc a relie o! tic past, wben cows nan the streets and nesidences wene hem- mcd in by fendesý. Thene is no neason xhy these ap- pointmcntas sould continue ta be made frarn yean ta yean. la It Your Fault People Shop Elsewhere? The Editon and Publishen, an outstanding trade magazine, published in New York, carias an inter- esting stony as a Canadian adiievement. It reports that the T. Eaton Co. and tic Robt. Simpson Ca. a! Toronto use more newspapen advcrtising annualîr than aur otben store on the continent. Tic two campanies betwcen tiem iused 12.428,529 lines in tic four Toronto newspapcrs in anc rýeax, their daily av- enage in tic evcning papers alane being 3 %/_ full pages for ecd stane for evcny publication day in the year. The article also comments an the facitiat tic two Toronto evcning papers recentîr issued a full 16-page section for one o! tiese stores, tic langest advcrtisc- ment published by any anc store in any daily news- paper in tic United States or Canada. Ta tic man wla does nat believe it pays ta adver- tise tuis rust seem a colossal waste a! maney, but daes thene realîr exist suci a man? It seems quite apparent that tic luge and success!ul businesýs car- ried on by tiese two stores is duc ta ilein liheiai and consistent use o! advetising space. In tic figures quoted there is a lesson for tic man who is sitting on the sidelines waiting for business ta came ta himn. People buy uow where tier are invitcd to buy. Tic meroliant wlio does not ask tlem ta bur at lis store by advertlsing In hUs local ncwspaper should lave na crltlcism ta make o! those who shop clsewlene. Open Discussion Good for the Soul One of the moôt interesting sessions an tawn topics of recent date was the Municipal Meeting of the Ro- tary Club leld on Friday when membens of tlie var- ious administrative bodies of the town were guests of the club. Contentious subjects were openly discussed and thie resuit was a great variance of opinions. Any one subject found a lialf a dozen different opinions as to its solution, and while the members of the various bodies represented will probably have to carefuliy think over tlie several arguments and solutions ad- vanced they wiil at least liave a wide field for careful thouglit. To those wlio were not membens of any civic body it gave an opportunity to appreciate just wliat the council, welfare board, scliool boards, and other civic bodies have to face in their work. These problems are constantly before them, and their task is far f rom pleasant in endeavourrng to meet the problerns in a manner tliat will give general satisfaction. Mayor Strike is ta be commended on the manner in which le aroused discussion and the method lie took to let members of these boards know wliat other citizens thouglit of the ways and means of solving their problems. When Drearns Corne True ! What appeared a short tirne ago to be a possible white elephant ta BowmaxnvlUe, the McGill Building in Washington, will probabiy be paying worthwhile dividends ta the tawn before many more months have passed. The announcement is made that the United States Govemnment lias leased a large portion of this building and that rentais will amount ta approxi- rntely $10.000 per annurn. Citizens however should not become duir excited and expect immediate re- tumns. It should be remembered that the McGill Building is not a modern structure and that the gov- ernrnent requires up-ta-date offices. The boan camp- any managing this estate wil be required ta spend severai thousand dollars on modernizing the build- ing and redecorating, and thus a goody portion o! the first yean's incarne wiil be eaten up. Bowrnanvilie can only hope that in a short time the Fedenal Gov- ernent of the U.S.A. will deem tic purchase of this building necessary and that Bowmanville will receive a sum. whidli when properly invested. wili act as a sinking fund for the retirement a! debentures. thus bringing about a rnuch needed neduction in thc miii rate. Practising the Golden Rule in Business Membens of the Rotary Club who were privileged two weeks ago ta hear an address br Mr. Ernest Reid of Whitby on the 'Application of the Golden Rule in Business" have had much food for thought in the ensuing days. The magnificent example of what inigit be accomplislcd by the application o! the Gol- den Rule could not but set one thinking of the great possibilities for a world brotherhaod that could corne by practising the Golden Rule. If one stops but a f ew moments and thinks out tic great import of do- ing unto othens as they wouid have done unto tbern. they cannot but realize that this would be a bettex wonld. If every debtor would pay up his debts as le would like othens ta pay him a debt, if eveny citizen was ta speak o! othens as le would like others ta speak of him, and if every citizen would be as lionest and stnaigltfonwaxd witli othens as lie would like otiers ta be witi him. what a wondenful old warld this would be. Af ter al l e Golden Rule is only tle exemplification o! Clristianity in one sentence. If the Golden Rule is not being appiied in aur business, social or eveny day 1f e, tien tiose wlo prafess ta be Cînistians. are peniaps just a little hypocnitical. whether we like ta believe that or not. Blackguarding Fellow Citizens Editor DaVid Williams of the Collingwood Enter- prise-Bulletin, who is also Mayor of lis town, pub- lishes an article on 'Blackguarding Fellow Citizens,"' in which he rightly attacks tic cowardice and mean- ness of the pçrson who. under caver, and with malic- bous intent, blackguands fellow citizens who are en- deavouning to faithfully disdlarge public duties. It las ever been the expenience o! those who endeavour ta make sacrifices for tic public good, ta meet dis- cauragements, and o! times calumnies of the meanest character. He who deiiberately villifles public spirit- cd men, whose onîr reward for service is thc con- sciousness of having done something in7 the interest of their fellow citizens. is ta be classed arnong the world's most contemptible. Villification is not criti- cisrn; seldomlias the villifler the courage to show lis lead in honest criticism: le is too cowandly ta corne out in the apen. His type write anonymous letters ta the press on carnies on whispering propaganda against public spirited itizens. Editorial Notes Perhaps tle most outstanding thing about the late J. A. McClelan was lis unobtrusiveness and his abil- ity ta be a useful and beloved citizen withaut any ac- campanying public ballyloo. This type of citizen is becaming vcry rare, and tiase wlo lave lad the pnivilege of being associated witi Mn. McClellan wil nemnemben hlm mo.st for this truir great trait in lis chanacter. Few people realize the actual covenage o! even the mosi modest weekly newspaper. Not long ago an ad- vertising expert stated that careful research lad as- cetained tiat city ncwspapens are read. on an aven- age, fan the space of twenty minutes, whiie the aven- age home town weekly newspapen las a 'reading life" af three houns ta its cnedit. It is kept around the bouse fan a week. That is something for bath subscriben and advcntisen to think about. Mn. John W. Dafae, Editor o! the Winnipeg Free Press, and necognized as one o! Canada's autstand- ing journialisîs, in addnessing Toronto Canadian Club recentîr. made tuLs striking comment: "The worid is nearing the point where it las gat ta make up its mind whther it will dut out wax or go ahead with it. And if it goes ahead with it, evenything I say ta you, and evcrything anybody sars to you about na- tional palicies-policics o! recoveny and pnspeity- rau can tlrow overboard because we will aIl be in thc cari heading fan some destination nobody can pen- ceive. We cannaI do mudi in Canada but we can get in tic rîgit attitude o! mmid. We can help. Canada is na negligible country. In assisting to fur- then the cause o! peace, in trying ta introduce a more national vicw in international relations we can make our contribution.' Thie Editor's Mail Mrs. Geo. C. Warren, Swif t Cur- rent, Sask. writes: Please find en- closed' postal note for my subscrip- tion. We axe having very fine wea- ther liere at tlie present tirne. We liave lad some weeks of wonderf ul weather for this tîme 0f the year. Sorry to hear Ontario lias lad sucli severe weather this winter and hope it will soon be warmner. Dr. Norman Ailin, 502 McLeod Building, Edmonton, Aberta. writes: Dear Sir: Please enclosed find my subscription. Without your newsy weekiy letter I would soon develop hornesickness. I amn always lnterest- ed in news not oniy tof the goo fl 0k at home, but of those wlo during the years liave made liomes else- wlere and arn very pleased ta lear of their success fnom time to time. Recently a change was made in the management 0f the choir of Me- Daugaîl Churdli. the largest churcli in Edmonton, and a former attend- ant of Bowma.nville Higli School is now organist and choirmaster. I ne- fer ta Mr. Percy Hook. It has been a surprise ta lear o! the severity of tlie weather in Eastern Canada of late. Since the newv year our weath- er lias been very fine, making poor ice for skating and curling. I wisli you continued success. I amn pleas- ed ta report a good recovery f rom an iliness which I had during Dec- ember and Januany. Mapie Grove, Feb. 19th, 1934 Editor "Canadian Statesman": Dear Sir:-I wsh ta d.naw your a.t- tention ta the article you published in your valuabie paper of Tlursday. Feb. 15 inst, re Mapie Grove Youths Stage Midwinter Mator Trip ta East- ern City. The persan who contrib- uted the news has not been acquaint- ed witli the causes that led the Young men ta take the trip ta Mor- treal. To those who know the fact.s of the case, twa errons are at once noticeable in the story. irst-six of the boys did not make the round trip; second, the impression that the trip was simpiy a pleasure jaunt. The following is a condensed out- line of what neally took place. Four of those boys, two o! them Young business men, and ail four o! themn o! sterling characten and well known lin Darlington township, decided ta- iether ta make a visit ta Engiand. he other two Young men offered ta take them to Montreal by car in- stead of by train. The two drivers twlom you mention, after bidding good-bye to the boys at Mantreai, made no delay in commencing the return trip. The difliculties created by the storrny weathen which aver- took tlem. the coldness o! the Frendli-Canadian people. the nepairs ta their car, and their days without sleep. was not the expenience a! the sextette, but were the experiences o! the two drivers. With these facts befane you, dear Editar. I wouid esteem it a great favor if you would pubiish the above corrections, for I verily believe that no such trip would have been made on that day or any other Sunday during the winter. in the spirit of a pleasure jaunt. The case in hand, as I have alre>g,ý' stated. was a ques- tion of necessary -transport. the boys accepting the offen o! travelling by car. I amr espectfuily yours. I ar A. Lai- HE WASN'T READY (Kincardine Review-Reporter) Callecting newspapen accounta may be listed among the harder tasks witi wbidh man mnust dope. Up in Powassan the editar o! tie News had been pressing for payment o! aven- due accounts. According ta reporta anc hardy backwoodsman replied: 'Dean Sir: I got youn bill what I owed yau. I ain't forgot you; please wait. Wien some othen fuies pay me I pay you. If this wuz judgrncnt day and rau wuz no more prepared ta meet rour maker as I arn ta par this account, rau sure wauld go to bell. Hoping you will do this, I ne- main youns truly."' Cr Sof luick - LJ JT à fi Pa ; P. Change of Water Rates EFFective January 1, 1934 The Public Utilities Commission has decided to bill water consumers every two months insteaci of every three mnonths, thereby making a saving iii the cost of meter reading and postage. General Rate for Residence and Business Places' Minimum gross charge every two months will be $1.66 with a consumption ailowed in the minimum charge of 600 cu. f. For the next 4000 cu. ft. consumption - 15e per' hundred cu. ft. For ail remaining consumption - 5e per hundred cu. ft. Business and Residence Combined Any place used as business and residence combined and served by one water service and meter, and occupied by the same party, the rates xviii be as follows: Minimum gross charge every two months mwiil be $2.50 with a consumption ailowed in the minimum charge of 1200 cu. ft. Further consumption xviii be chargeci foir as iisted above. Ail above rates are iess 10'<'pr'ompt payment discount. Mlanufacturers' ]Rates Minimum gross charge evei'y two months -- -- ----$1.66 Consumption ailowed in minimum charge - - - - 600 cu. ft. For next 8000 cu. ft. consumption - - 15e per hundred cu. ft. Foi' ail remaining consumption - - - 5e per hunclred eu. ft. Above rates are iess N"(' prompt i)ayment discount. Sprinkler System Rate Manufactuî'ers having sprinkler' system conneeted to the town water sui)ly a charge is macle of 10e per sprinkler' per year, net. It is hoped the public will give 100% co-operation to, these new rates as the change is made for the benefit of the citi- zens in general. BOWIVANVILLE PUBLIC U-TILIJIES COMMISSION reani of Banley-dchoice o! break- f oods---contains lot oa! mon. ft corns and wanta are ugîr, Iul and irritating. Remove them klr and surely with Douglas' ýtian Liniment. IN THE DIM and DISTANT PAST FIFTY YEARS AGO 1 From The Statesman, Feb. 22, 18841 Enniskillcn: Mn. A. Dean met with quite a bass by the bunning a!f S steam saw-mill in Cartwright last week, wiici was purcîr acdidental. Loss between five and six hundned dollars Tuesday aftennaon anc o! aur old residents. Mn. I. Tole, while' out in tic barnyard, slipped on some ice, and in !allhng fractured bis leg ai. tic ankie. As tle old gentleman is about 90 reans o! age le is not cxpected ta make good recoveny. Died: Mrison-In Bowrnanville on thc l6th inst., Eunice Huldah, wîf e o! David Mornison, and young- est daugliten o! tic late Henry Orn, aged 34 yeans. Tic annual report a! St. Paul's Churci las been printed. and cmr- culated among tic members. Tic report shows receipts f nom pew renta a! $116039; ordinary collections,i $546.50; for pon. $23.55; S. S. pur- 11 poses, $23.92; Missions, $53.02; total o! ail receipts, $2290.24. Cauncil meeting was hld on Mon- day nigit. Membens present wene, Mayor Loscombe, Reeve W. P. Prow- en, Deputy Reeve George Plggott,i Councillons Morris, Harsey, Field,1 Bounsal, Cawker, Cornisi. Yellaw-, lees, Nosworthy and Galbraith. j Cartwright: Mn. George Bradbunn, an aid and estecrned resident. quiet- ly and peacefulîr passcd away fnomk carl last Saturday. For île last( twa ycans Mr. Bradburn served oni the township caundil. Enfleld: Tîrce Durham yearlingsi owncd by ex-Councillon Dyrnhavef gaincd 360 lbs. in two montîs on anf average o! aven 2 lbs. caci per day. I Mn. W. L. Mason a! Sunnybrook ( necentîr lost a valuabie hanse f nomt an unknawn cause Mn. and Mns.s James Gilbert and Miss Drer have returned f rom visiting fniends in Co- bourg:t Pnices on Bowmanvllle market arc:P Butter 16e lb; lard 13c lb; cggs 22e doz: potatoes 55e bushel; f ail wheata 95e bushel; oata 30c ta 40e bushel.11 1TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO From The Statesman, Fcb. 25, 1909 Mn. James Beiti las been fonced to, give up his studies aiticheachool a! science. Toronto, awing ta 111 icaiti, and las returned home. Mn. Chas. P. Blair, o! thc legal firnm o! Simpson & Blair, las been appointed a solicitor in tic Customs Departmeni ai Ottawa. Mn. Blair bas nesided in this iawn for tle past seventeen yeans, seven o! which bas been in partnership witi D. Burke Simpson, K. C. Mayor J. J. Mason will give an address aitich Laymen's banquet at Pickering, Friday. Mn. Alick J. Lyle, teller at the Royal Bank, lias been tnansferred ta tic Cornwall branci. Mn. Mar- kus Roenigk lias been appointed junior here. It la reported ihat thc Whitby el- evatars and land owued by John Mc- Clellan, Bowmanville, and David Galbraith, Whiiby, have been pur- dhased by tic Dominion Govern- ment as a harbor o! refuge for $15.000. Fine alarm was turned in Satur- day nigit ta cxtinguish a fine in Mn. Bert Boddam's bouse in tic souti ward. A !ew pails o! water was su!- ficienitat put tic blaze oui. Mn. W. F. Allen, J. P. has been ne- elected Vice Presideni o! île veny successful and subsiantial monctany concern. tic Ontario Loan & Sav- ings Ca. a! Oshawa. We undenstand that Mns. H. Btrk is likelr ta become tle oawner o! tic fine brick nesidence on Centre St., for maur yeans occupied by Chie! Rd. Jarvis. i belongs to tic esiate o! lthe late Roland H. Turner and by tic provisians a! lis will is to be sold. Married: Wcrry-Honey-By Rev. T. W. Jolliffe, ai îhe nesidence o! thc bride's parents, Februany iTth, Mn. Wesley Gordon Wcnry and Miss Aima May, eldest daughten o! Mn. and Mrs. Steplien J. Honey, bath o! Darllngtan. Do not dare to live without some Take winter as you find him, and dlean intention taward which your lie turns out to be a thoroughly lion- living shall be bent. Mean to be est f eliow with no nonsense ini hlm, something with ail your might. and tolerating none in you, whlch i s -Phillips Brooks a great comfort in the long run. WHEN you suddenly realize les, her birthday . . . and you can't tell her you forgeott -/1 m_0BA aand you're miles apart Get to a telephone ... a Long Distance Cali wiII maite both of you fappy. * For fongetful husbands, and anybody le the telephone is always ready. A Long Distance cal! now ia as simple and easy as talking across the street. Look in the front of your directory and see how low the rates itre-l00 miles or sa for as little as 30 cents, J'a %.a 'l PAGE TWO THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVnLE. TTUJMDAY. FIEBRUARY 22. 1934