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PAGE TWO THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, THURSDAY, MAY 3rd. 1934 Established 1854 A Weekly Newspaper devoted to the interests of the town of Bowmanville and surrounding country, issued at King Street, Bowmanvill, evvry Thursday, by M. A. James & Sons, owners and publishers. The Canadian Statesman is a member of the Canadian Weekly Newpapers Association, aiso the Class "A" Weeklies of Canada. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Anywhere in Canada, $200 a year; in the United States, $250 a year, payable in advance. Single copies, 5 cents. THUTRSDAY, MAY 3rd, 1934 Cut Out Issuing Debentures It was the policy of the Mayor and Council of 1932 and 1933 and is the policy of the present Mayor andi Council that the debenture debt of Bowman- ville must not be increased. Taxpayers, and more particularly tbose who are always favoring somne ex- pensive projeet, paid by debentures, will realize that Bowmanville's ability to reduce its tax rate two mailis, when other municipalities ail over the province are being forced to raise the rate, is due in no small part to the councils determination to keep away f rom furtber debenture ciebt. Too many people thinik that If a new pavement is required iV is an easy malter to seil debentures and pay for it Ôver a long term of years. Few, bowever, realize that $100.000 spent in paved streets actually costs -the taxpayers $200,000 before they are paid for in full when debentures are issued for 20 years. If this fact is borne in mind, citizens will keep as f ar as possible away from debenture investments. Some tmes debentures are necessary and many limes they are helpful to a community, but because the debent- ure way is an easy way o! taking care of new capital expenditure it is flot wi.se to load the municipaiity Up with more than it can bear. The inability of many to pay taxes in the past few years bas been due in no smail part to the overoading o! the tax burden through buge debenture debts. It must be remembered also that it does not mal- ter bow efficient a town council, it can do littie In the way o! reducing taxes when the grealer part of its expendilures are absorbed in debenture principal and interest. Refunding municipal debentures and permitling them o be issued at a lower rate of interest is legis- lation electors would appreciate and benefit by much more than throwing wide open the sale and flood gales of beer and wine-but polilicians don't do things that way. Toronto IS a Great City If the Toronto Centennial dioes nothing more, the city newspapers are producing some most attractive special One Hundredth Anniversary editions. The Mail & Empire is the latest to blossom forth with an inleresting hjstorical edition of a 22 page Cen- tennial supplernel.t wbich was a worthy contribution to the centenniaa celebration. The edilion is profusely illustrated and among ils most iluninating articles is one on architecture, past and present, by E. R.. Arthur, B. Arch., in wbich he dlaims f rom 1834 to 1854 architecture was like a mnan gradually losng bis faculties, and f rom 1854 for a period of 46 years until 1900 architecture wexit quite insane wvith only occasional flashes of intelligence. Personally we bave always adnlred Toronto's city bail, but t.his wrter states that in an architect's Utopia a disposition to arson would be one of the great virtues, if a building like the city hall was erected. However, architecture is only a small part of the edfition. sports, industry, merchandising, growtb, and transportation are ail pictured in the cycle of one hundred years during which Toronto bas passed wth ils titie of -~City.- By the lime aIl the centennary splashes of public- lty via press, pulpit. radio and music have done their bit to informn the universe, we "tourists" and "imini- grants" who live lust outside the Queen City nill realize there is actually more to Toronto than the C.N.E. Park, Maple Leaf Gardens, Royal York Hotel, Eaton's Store, the University, and Mayor Stewart. Toronto IS a great city and we'il continue Vo like Il so long as we don'l bave Vo live in it. Crime on Decrease in Ontario Whoever'originateci the pertinent phrase 'Money b is the root o! all evil" seeTns to bave struck a note i of trutb. In the sixty-sixlh annual report o! the i Inspector o! Prisons o! the Province of Ontario there M are figures wnich tend to prove this phrase very true. f In 1933, a total of 14,538 persons were sentenced to prison in Ontario, while in 1929 andi 1930, boomn years when inoney seemeci available in more or lessa generous mariner. the record of imprisoriments was h 17,626 and 21,421. Y The 1933 record is just a little lower than tbat of b 1914 and il is inleresting to note that in 1917 the C number sentenced la, prison reached ils lowesl figure of 7,867. This of course was due to abnormal condi- tions. Thousands were out o! Canada and thokse wbo There is a growing feeling, especially among men M who have made a study o! the malter, that a psycbol ft ogLst is more required than a gaoler, and that man so firgat offenders by careful trealment may be helped wl ta resumne their places in ýocety inslead o! becom- e ing a burden on the province as habituai crimninals. C. F. Neeiands, Deputy Provincial Secretary, in sumrning Up the report ta Hon. Ueo. H. Chales, gives seven reasons for the improved attitude as re- S flected in the figures quoled whicbh le bas classifled 9 as !ollows: L 1. The economic conditions 0f many homes, there- by bringing parents and children dloser together with resultant discipline and mutual benefit. 2. More sober and serious tbinking by the whole population. "~In limes of sore need people turn Vo 3. Acceleration in the intensive study o! the in- dividual prisoner, making the punisbinent, fit the criminal rather than making it fit the crime. 4. Increased efficiency and alertness of our police forces. 5. A grealer sense o! the brotherbood of man and responsibilty 10 help others. 6. The efficient work o! auvenile courts, probation officers and the work of the social service organiza- tions. 7. A greater effort in specific assistance Vo re- establisb ex-prisoners. Witb Vbe continuai appication of these endeavours there is no reason wby the rate of imprisoinent should noV be reduced. No Excuse Now for Buying Out of Town One of the most feeble, yet popular, excuses for shopping ou. o! town bas been the lack o! chaice and variety. WiVh the opening of several new stores in Bowmanville in the past f ew weeks this excuse wiil no longer be available, for ample opportunity is now provided for selection in practically every klnd o! merchandise. At the present time there are six or seven stores catering to the ladies' ready-Vo-wear trade, surely enough for even the most fas iious f ashion plate and style leader ta make bier choice. There are several stores handiing men's wear, and there should be no excuse for men buying out of town either. In f act in every line of business, f rom candy 10, radios or automobiles, tbere's variety, selection and choice enough for any reasonabie person. Either the babil o! buying out o! town wili bave Vo be over- ctlme or those who do il find some new reason for seeking the distant green fields. One merchant expressed the opinion tbat s0 many stores will prevenl any one store getting a f air busi- ness, but most of us realize that tbousands of dollars are spent annually out 0f town and that if more Bowýmanville merchants wiil modernize their business methods, improve their stores, stock up-to-date mer- chandise, andi do some consistent advertising, tbey can hold Vhis trade in town and there wvill be plenty 1of business for aIl. While we are on the subject o! buying out of town, we might remind some merchants that if Vhey wish 10 benefit by people buying at home Vhey must set the example and buy at home themselves. People buying in Oshawa or Toronto and seeing our town mierchanîs andi their wives doing the same cannot be persuaded that il is right 10 paîronize home town merchants.- Dilinger and I-is Body Guards Headlines of ciby dailies have blazed the name o! John Dillinger, United States Public Enemy No. 1,1 robber, bandit, and killer, throughoul the land in the past few weeks, andi there are few who are flotc acquainted witb the escapades of this super-criminal. The amazing part of the wbole lhing bas been the police's apparent inability Vo, capture the desperado. IV seems Vo have become a feature o! United States a life Ihat a man o! Ibis type. and the Capone type, should bave as big a body guard as the President of bbc United States hîmself. Il seems quite apparent aiso thal it, wauld be mucb easier Vo arrest the Pres- tj idient Ihan il is Vo bring Dillinger 10 justice. le Perhaps another reason for the inabiiity 10 make a capture is the insane sympathy the otherwise nor- P mai citizens have for the bunted criminal. Many t( amuslng thlngs have been done by our neighbors to aý the South, but o! aIl the intermittent stages o!f fren- i iPl zied delirium through wbich ils cilizens bave passed r( none seem quile so absoluteiy ridiculous as the draw- ui ing up lasIt veek o! a pelition asking amnnesty to John Dillinger, suggestlng that he be permlitted Va H relurn to live in peace and quietness in bis native T town, and perbaps became a policeman, because he l "is siarter Iban rnost policemen." B We suppose the million andi a hall dollars that he f bas coet the Unitedi States governiment, the trail of ye bloot ie heasl le! t in bis wake, the scores o! robber- of les lie bas committed should go unavenged. Dillinger- is flot the type o! criminal a psychoiogist coulti reason with. He is the bardened type with. ulter disregard for public rights or even life. In Canada or England Diulinger wouid probably bave been caugbt in the police dragnet long ago, and writs 0f habeas corpus, legal tecbnicalilies would not- bave provided him vrith a trial lasting two or tbree years. Dillinger wouid bave paid wlth bis life or wouid be paying wvilb life imprisonmient for the scores o!f crimes he bas committed against society. One o! the greatest difficuities o! the present day is bow can the delivery boys. anci othertbutes ,eience of your home. Able and reliable f irmas want *our bu.siness. They can give you finer and bettei. ork now at, far less cosl Ihan wiIl preval a few .onlhs bence. Take ativanlage of Ibese splendid ben- its--spruce up the bouse and garden for a new sea- on-andi also belp prosperity's returri. These pages ,ili accjualnl you witb firms best able to f ili your eeds aI the price you want Vo pay. IN THE DIM anc FIFI'Y YEARS AGO From West Durham News, May 2nd, 1884 Bethesda: The dwelling bouse owned by F. Runcile and occupied by George O'Hara was destroyed b fire on Wednesday. The fire wben it flrst starteci was seen by the neighbours but as they had a long distance to go it was impossible bo save the buildings or the furniture. The loss was light on both sides. Hamnpton: Death has again enter- ed our midst, .taking for its prey, Bessie, reliet of Ambrose Elford. Her remains were entered in Eldad bury- ing ground. .While playing at school on Thursday, Albert H. Allin accidentally received a severe blow above the eye with a club. Last week C4ias. Wilmotof New- castle deoitèd in the lake here some half million young salmon and whiteflsh. On Sunday morning Willianm Hambly died very suddenly. He buried bis wlfe about a month ago. He had arranged a head stone for her grave at Bounsall's Marble Works on Saturday. We regret to announce that Byron iVanstone, whose illness we noted at Winnipeg last week, bas passed away. His bereaved father is ex- pec ted here today wilh the remains and interment will be madie to- morrow. Bowmanrviile B. C. Church will be re-opened on Sunday and Monday, June lst and 2nd. At a meetintg called for tbis pur- pose a branch of. the Church of Englanci Temperance Society was formed In St. John's Church andc the following officers were appointed: President-Rev. Dr. MacNabb; Vice P re . - W W . T a m b l y n;S e e - W b Manr;Treas.-R. S. Manning, Cornmittee-R. P. Field, W. Scott, J. C. Norsworthy, S. Chesterfield, V. McCullough, T. Spry. V. Hutchison, Mrs. Murnie. Misses Roach, Hender- son4 Dustan, Corbett. Wilson and Hutchison. Born: In Bowmanville, on April 26th. to the wife of Mr. A. Gal- braith, a son. Crowds do not abate a bit at the Salvation Army meetings here. APPOINTMENT 0F C.A.S. INSPECTOR APPROVED BY GOVT. Application of K. J. Hodgert, Port Hope, Also Approved by Child- ren's Aid Society The application of Kenneth J. Hodgert, Hope Street, Port Hlope. to succeeci the late, Rev. Dr. James T. Daley, as superinlendent of the C!Ildren's Aid Society of the, United Counties of Durham and Northumn- berland, was approved at, a meeting ýo the C.A.S. execulive which was held at the Shelter Building at Port Hope. The appoinîment has also been sanctionéS by the Departmnent of the Provincial Government at Toronto. Harold Fulford, the president. was in charge of the meeting and 19 out of the 23 members were in attend- ance. Some weeks ago, a committee of three, consisting of Messrs. H. Ful- lerton, Fred Rosevear and H. Fui- *ord took charge of the malter, rela- tive to the appoinîment o! a Sup- erintendent and interviewed the ,<ini.ster of Public Welfare aI Tor- onto. On Thursday. H. Fullerton presented the report of the commit- tee and stated that the twenty-flve applications had been carefully con- sidered. The result was that the ap- pointment of Ken. J. Hodgert was recommended and this move was ýnanimously endorsed by the meet- ing. Before official confirmation of Mr. [odgert's appointment came f rom roronto, O. M. Alger of Oshawa was 1e acting superintendent. Mr. Hodgert is well known in Rowmanville as a Rotarlan and a ormer district traveller for Good- ssrs tires. Mrs. Hodgerl is a niece )fMrs. Ueo. B. Bîckle, Liberty St. FORSYTH LOCAL DEALER Se Go CHARTRAN BOWI!,ANILUE Announcing the NEW 1934 CE UOLIET TRUCKS IN 1933, Ohevrolet sold more trucks than any other manufacturer. W. predict 'even greater success for these new, 1934 Chevrolet Trucks, on display today in aur showroomns! And here's why: Chevrolet offers you five new, imnproved truckt chsis ... with bigger, sma.rter, sturdier Chevralet-buit badies. These new trucks are pawered by an advanced riew design of Chevrolet's famaous truck engine ... giving more tarque, mare power, mare speed, with even greater ecanamny. Frarnes and axes- transmissions, clutches and brakes -are truck- buit and greatly improved. And the Chevralet ca.bs are roamnier and more convenient. See these new, 1934 Chevralet Trucks -leamr the typically law Chevrolet prices -taday! You will agree that here is samnething new in the truck field. . . a bigger, sturdier low-priced truck-handsame, fast -and a recard-breaker f or econmnyl1 rIVE EW CHSS 'AI oncpc0 I .0RBOIE s o FOR ECONOMICAL TRANSPORTATION ROY NICHOLS BOWMANVILLE and COURTICE --ji I DISTANT PAST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO , From The Statesman, May 6. 1909 Mrs. John R. Cole, an early set- - ie lIer of Darlinglon, died at Bethesda ,d recently. She was a daugbter o! ýY Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tamblyn, an Il officer f tbe Excise under the Brit- r to 9 R.ev. T. W. Jolliffe conducted the o> funeral. t e F r e F., No. 66, was honored with a visit 7,Grand Encampment officers in theirT NG TeCndaBak f onr Wedmeedae deveingpfdromfthe ag 1 newly renovat-ed lodge rooms in the .4Cm ec eeoe om0 SBieakley Block. Grand Patriarch co-operative banking service. Hacli James C. Spence and a phaianx of grand lodge officers together witb lo- branch was to be a "community cal members fiiled the hall Vo ca- bn" osrefrti h neet pacity. bn" osrefrti h neet Lieut. F. H. Morris stands ifi!tb h olc in tbe Bisley team for 1909. They ofth district, and, secondly, t lc sali for Engiand on the Alan S. S. its customers in contact with a nation- ,Corinthian from Montreai on June wd n ol-iesrie el9th. wd n ol-iesrie Born: In Bowmanville, May 3rd, Ti oefrrahn akn V o Mr. and Mrs. W. Blake McMur-Thsmdrf -ea in nkg try, a daughter. service is of the ulmost value to every Died: Kersake-In Hampton, on April 30tb, Mary Boulton, relict o! progressive farmer. the iate John Kerslake. in ber 77th year. InTHEreCANADIAN BANKl Cemetery, May 2nd. TE COMMERCEBAN Bowmanville Oddfellows over 100 0 strong attended st. Paul's Presby-OF C M E E terian Cb-urch on Sunday morning. Rev. Hugh Munroe, B. A., Preacbed with which is amalgamated a practical and appropriate sermon. TESADR AK0 AAA 17 The choir, assisted by Mr. and Mrs.TH SAN RDB KOFC AA E. S. Senkier, rendered some choice music. Miss Tamblyn preslded at BOWMANVELLE BRANCH: A. J. WHALEN, MANAGER the organ and Wilbert Hoar acted as marshail. Haydon: Deatb occurred April 29. in Haydon, of an old an*d respected M resident. Dorothy Campbell, in ber 791h year. Rev. H. S. SPence and f uneral. You mnay feel nervous, irritable and de- Enniskillen: Newly elected officers pressedi, you may suifer from indigestion and of the EPworth League are: Hon. headaches; but the most marked symptom la Pres.-Rev. J. A. Jewell; pres.-Miss sleeplessness. The trcatmnent indicated is Dr. Sybil Jewell; lst Vice Pres.-James Chase's Nerve Food because it reatores health Arthur Werry; 2nd Vice Pres.-Miss and vigor to the nervous systemn. Pearl Ranton; 3rd Vice Pr >s.-Mrs. H. J. Werry; 4th Vice Pres.-Miss Annie Plowrlgh.t; Sec'y.-Miss Flor- CA E S ' ence P. Trewin; Cor. Sec'y.-Miss C. r C A ; P Sanderson: Treas.-Miss Florence Pye; Organists-Misses Ina Herring [and Grace Slemon. PAGE TWO THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, THUP.SDAY, MAY 3rd, 1934 à