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PAGE Foon THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1928 The Oshawa Daily Times 1s a member of the Canas dian Press, the Canadian Daily Newspapers' As sociation, The Ontario Provincial Dailies and the Audit Bureau of Circulations, TES Delivered by carvier: ¥0c a week, By mall (emt side Oshawa cartier delivery limits): in the Counties of Ontario, Durham and Nerthumber- land, $3.00 a year: elsewhere in Canada, $4.00 a year; United States, $5.00 a year, TORONTO OFFICR 407 Bond Ruilding, 44 Temperance Street, Tele phone Adelaide 0107, H, D, Tresiddev, repre. sentative. REPRESENTATIVES IN US. Powers and Stone, Inc, New York and Chicage, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1928 rE 'AN EXCELLENT APPOINTMENT City council made a wise decision last night in appointing Miss Dorothy Farncombe to take charge of the new department of So- cial Welfare, The Finance Committee had gone into the matter very thoroughly, ob- taining the advice of Judge Harkness, of the Social Service Council of Canada, and the Committee was unanimously in favour of the establishment of such a department and also of placing Miss Farncombe in charge of it. From hoth the standpoints of humanitar. ian interests and civic efficiency a depart~ ment devoted to social and family welfare is much needed and should provide a really worth-while service, The new department will provide a clear. ing house for all existing agencies, such as Children's Aid Red Cro==. Rotary, Public Health, Churches, and many others that now have an interest in social welfare work, Of course, the problem of "relief" in needy cases will also be dealt with, but the main object will be to find the source of trouble and cor- rect it, rather than merely deal with the re. sult, In Miss Farncombe, we believe the city has secured a very competent official, one with experience that should prove extremely valuable in the work here, and we sincerely hope she will receive the hearty co-operation of all concerned, HYDRO AND GAS We see no reason why the ratepayers of Oshawa should not welcome the opportunity to vote on a proposal to purchase the Osh- awa electric distribution plant and also the local gas .plant from the Hydro Electric Power Commission. At last night's council meeting it was decided to submit a by-law for the purchase of these plants, This by- law may be submitted at the time of the municipal election or at some later date, A special committee has been working on this matter since early in the year and has gathered a great mass of information which will doubtless be available to the city coun- cil and eventuglly to the ratepayers before the proposed vote is taken,. In the meantime the special committee has submitted a brief report to council, the high- lights of which are as follows; 1, The Hydro Commission places a value on the gas plant of about $225,000, An in- dependent valuable has been made by a rec- ognized authority and the plant valued at $307,000, 2. The gas plant showed an operating sur- plus in 1927 of $33,707, 8. The Hydro Commission values the local electric system at $270,000, 4, The operating surplus of the electric system for 1927 was $88,431, The above figures are not final, but it will be seen that the investment contemplated to handle the two systems is somewhere in the neighbourhood of half a million dollars This amount capitalized at 5 per cent. would vequire $25,000 to pay annual interest charges, Thus a surplus of nearly $100,000 would be available for replacements and sinking fund from the combined operating profit of $122,138, Many other towns and cities in Ontario have found it profitable to own their own electric distribution plants and there is no reason why Oshawa should not have an equally good report to make, In fact it is not too much to hope that the plant could A o R be paid for entirely out of earnings within a remarkably few years. With regard to the gas plant the Hydro has determined upon a policy of getting rid of all non-Hydro utilities, so it is partly a case of self-defence, If the city does not buy the gas plant some private corporation may do so and our last state may be worse than our first, Of course, it would appear from the figures given that the gas plant purchase would be a sound business proposition, However, the whole matter is one requir« ing the most careful thought and investiga- tion and it is to be hoped that the special committee will make a much more complete report of its investigations at an early date. 1,000 MILES AN HOUR Years must elapse before the rocket prin. ciple of propulsion, which enabled Fritz von Opel to attain a speed of over two miks a minute and which an automobile racer in England hopes will establish a new record of 200 miles an hour, has been so far devel. oped that it can compete with pistons driven by expanding steam or explosive gas, Yet who can suppress admiration at the imagina- tion, technical ability and physical daring the rocket experimenters have displayed? Out of Max Valier's dream of rocketing from star to' star comes this entirely new automobile and the promise of experimental railway cars and planes capable of making speed well over 400 miles an hour, Practis cal business men that they are, Opel and his contemporaries keep their feet on the ground and let others romance about inter- stellar voyages, They see a definite com- mercial future for the rocket principle, New York to Berlin between breakfast and lunch- eon at a speed of 1,000 miles an hour--such is the possibility that fascinates them, The experiments made ten years ago by Professor R. H, Goddard at Clark University with rockets intended to hit the moon show- ed that nozzle velocities of 8,000 feet a sec ond are readily attained with available com- bustiles, such as smokeless powder, and this with remarkably high efficiencies, What a tale the Columbus of the upper atmosphere will have to tell if he returns alive--a tale of stars and sun blazing in an inky sky, of auroras, waving like diaphanous, shimmering curtains, of strange electrical manifestations, of a cold that approaches ab- solute zero, For it is part of the theory of rocket transportation that flight will be at an altitude of fifty miles! EDITORIAL NOTES Middle-age is that indefinite period when another pain doesn't mean anything in par- ticular, A modern man can't hide hehind his wife's skirts, but he can let her do the talking to the traffic cop, This age, for some reason, seems to be more interested in the cave man than in the man of the future, Another good test of personality is to say you lost your job and then ask your girl to MArry you anyway. The news comes from London that Sir Harry Lauder is contemplating a farewell tour of America, In the sentence, "A movie star's salary is a good thing while it lasts," emphasis should properly be laid on the closing words, Bit of Verse A PRAYER God, give each true, good woman Her own small house to keep-- No heart should ache with longing-- No hurt should go too deep-- Grant her age-old desire; A house to love and sweep, Give her a man beside her, A kind man--and a true, And let them work together, And love, a lifetime through, And let her mother children, As gentle women do, Give her a shelf for dishes, And a shining box for bread, A white cloth for her table, And a white spread for her bed, A shaded lamp at nightfall, And a row of books, much read. God, let her work with laughter, And let her rest with sleep; No life can truly offer Appeal more sure and deep, God, give each true, good woman Her own small house to keep. ~Grace Noll Crowell, i. Motorist--How do you figure that five gallons of gas at 20 cents a gal- fon make $106} Filling station attendant--The price went up to 22 cents before I put in the last three gallons, BL BAN is still baloney. an story There was Ja cow. This cow had two horns as all good cows should have. It also was a contented cow, one that gave two shots of milk daily, one in the eye, and the other in the pail, and the pail on the ground. Now a cow such as this cow has just as much right to live as Tommy Arkensaw's bhind pig, at any rate, we think so. So it lived its younger days in peace, learning how to brew milk for the benefit of its friends, although it never gave any away to outsiders, because that would be against the decrees of the L.C.A. (Lazy Cow Act), One day, however, when the owner of the cow went to do his milking he found his cow sore sick in the stum- mick; and so sick was it that in a very short period, that cow died. Thus went to its happy pasture grounds one contented cow, who spent her life trying to give milk to her mas- ter. But there was a clue. Close by the field where this moth- erly cow pastured, there dwelt a stream, and this stream was clear as crystal, But it was polluted. Not only being polluted, the stream al- lowed itself to be drunk by cows, and when our hero drank its fill of that polluted water, it just laid down and died, contented to the last. That was the sad end of a sad cow. But not the end of the owner, for 'come next meeting of the council that owner writ a letter to the Town Fa- thers saying that his cow was a con- contented cow, and worth its weight in milk. It cost $60. The Town Fathers were beseeched to allow him the price of his cow. The matter will receive every consideration of the aldermen, and meanwhile the cow will be used most probably for soup (or soap), . 4 ! "None but the brave deserve the Mere words! But the fellow who said 'em, ; Was right, for no doubt he was quite aware What heroes the men are who wed 'em, . v8 Doctors make their money, not so much by skill, as by patients, (Being a concise and truthful account to date of the standing of the principals in the contest for sclection of chief rat-catcher for the new combined police and fire building to be erected in this city), : * 0» We are indeed pleased to inform the public of Oshawa that Peter Quiggly-Quoggly, while not trying to monopolize the rat-catching district of the city, was able to lay hands on five new pelts yesterday and in such a manner that he blessed them per- manently, thus bringing his total num- ber of pelts up to 203. Hess Appletop, however, has not been so successful, and had he not been fortunate, would have been in the zero class again. But he run into a streak of luck, or a streak of rat, have it whatever way you will. On his way home from the Convention of the Little Yellow Dog yesterday, Mr, Appleton stepped on what he thought was a collection of leaves, and imagine to his surprise when he heard a loud squeak and to his glee found he had stepped on a fair sized rat, which he had mercilessly killed underfoot, He captured the prize and today boasts his first pelt, Hespeler Forkhandle, the eminent manufac- turer, sponsor of the great Apple Crate Center to points east flight, which gradually petered out for var- ious reasons known to residents of that community, has no pelts to his credit whatever, but he is in hopes of landing at least one rat, having engaged the services of Aunt Jem- ima's pet Tom Cat. The two have been out in thebarn all day, and apart from catching a sever cold, and the return of the rheumatism, the suc- cess has been very poor. : To date the standing therefore in this widely interesting contest stands at: Peter Guiggly-Guoggly +». 5 Hess Appletop 1 Hespeler Forkhandle ...,....000 FF "Tis the end, Alphonse, 'tis the end-- x» Renrut. OTTAWA TO SAINT JOHN IN 5 HOURS 45 MINUTES Ottawa, Oct. 15.--Flyipg from Rockliffe Aerodrome here to Saint John, N.B., Squadron Leader J. H. Tudhope, Controller of Airways, reached his destination in five hours and forty-five minutes flying time, covering a distance of over 600 miles. 4 The flight was 2 preliminary to important air mail test flights which will be made between Saint John and Halifax, and between Halifax and Montreal, with a view to finding the fastest and safest route over which mail may be flown. THE JUST MAN---The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most up- right, dost weigh the path of the just. ---18a, 2 PRAYER--Show us Thy ways, O Lord, teach us Thy paths, INDIANS TO APPEAL T0 PRIVY COUNCIL Would Fish and Hunt Out of Grant Special Rights Belleville, Oct, of the Tyendinaga Reserve, near Belleville have decided to carry to the Imperial Privy Council their claims to a right to hunt and fish on the borders of their lands wheth- er in or out of season, They rely on treaties and agreements made with Governor Simcoe and other representatives of the Crown, in the old days, arguing that these over- ride provision of the Fish and Game Act passed by the Legisla- ture, Indians of this reserve have been brought to court for fishing out of season in Bay of Quinte waters, and for other breaches of the Fish and Game laws. Their contention is that for self-preservation, and protect ed by the ancient agreements, In- dians have a right to fish and hunt at any time, E. J. Butler, K. C. of Bellevile, is to conduct their case, but it will be months before there is any development, as leave to appeal has yet to be obtained, Will Take Appeal Appeal is to be taken, Mr, Butler explained from decision of Mr. Justice Riddell in the case of Sero versus Gault, about four years ago, at Osgoode Hall, when the rights of the province were upheld, "The Indians have now deter- mined to have a final test," counsel sald, "and earry it to the Privy Council. The Attorney General's Department will have to join in." Edward Bayly, K. C. Deputy At- torney General, who represented the Department when the Sero case was argued was somewhat surpris- ed at the move, "The Indians have certain rights an the reserve guaranteed by the Indian Act, a Dominion statute," he said, *but that does not give them the right to hunt and fish elsewhere without respect to pro- vinecial laws, At the time of the Sero case, A. G, Chisholm of London, presented a most elaborate argu- ment on behalf of the Indians, bas- ed on the old treaties, and I cannot imagine a man as well up in the matter as he is overlooking any- thing important. Mr. Riddel read- ily disposed of the case, SIX INJURED AS GAR HITS BUS Kitch-ner Family in Hospital After Hamilton Accident Hamilton, Oct, 16.--8ix persons 16.--Indians | Cc Head Office; TORONTO The careful saving and investment of your money means independence inthe years to come. ESTABLISHED 1834 CEN CANADA. 23 SIMCOE STREET NORTH, OSHAWA Branch Offices. OSHAWA a CANADA GROWS FINE TOBACCO French Mayor Praises Ex- cellence of Ontario Brand --Superior to American Toronto, Ont., Oct. 16.--Canada produces as fine tobacco as can be bought anywhere, declared Mayor Jules C. Mermet, of Saint Claude, France, the centre of the world's brier pipe trade, on a recent visit to Toronto. Mayor Mermet is in Canada #3 representative of the Official Briar Control Bureau, in the interests of all the pipe manu- facturers of Saint Claude. One of the chief purposes of the visit is to endeavor to secure the use of a hallmark in the mranufac- ture of pipes, so as to insure a stan- dardization of quality, It is claimed that thousands of inferior pipes are annually sold at exorbitant prices through lack of such protection, Essex Product Mayor Mermet said he had never found anywhere a finer tobacco than that grown in Esséx County, Ontario, and stated that the Can- adian tobacco was about half the price of the popular United States Virginia brands, which are really vastly inferior, "You are like the Frenchmen who insists on 'buying foreign tex- tiles when equally as good and cheaper materials are made in France, added Rene Af. Hertig, don't appreciate your home pro- JEALOUS EAGLES ATTACK AIRMEN les jealous of airmen? Carter Guest, chief pilot instructor of the Toron- to flying club, thinks they are as a result of his own experiences. He says that when an aircraft soars aloft from Leaside two eagles may be seen flying swiftly from the east, from the direction of Scarboro Beach, and they follow and circle around the aeroplane while it is in the air, The Eagles have not attack- ed the pilots as yet, but they act as if they resented the airmen"s in- trusion in their sphere and would like to discourage them. "We often noticed these two eag- les coming from Scarboro way, fly- ing around our planes when they go up," Mr. Guest said. "They have made no attempt to attack us as yet but they follow and fly around us." However, when flying for the Ontario forest patrol in the Nipi- gon district some time ago Mr. Guest was attacked by eagles and on one occasion he was forced down Toronto, Ont., Oct. 16.--Are eag- | = because of their evident antagon- ism. The eacles did no damage but they seemed determined to get at the pilot and as there was danger of an accident the birdmen came down. "One time when one of our boys was flying to Sioux Lookout, in the Port Arthur-Thunder Bay distriet," Mr. Guest said, "two eagles follows ed him for a distance of 120 miles, Fortunately they did not do him any injury. MONSTER EAGLE SHOT IN CAPR BRETON Glace Bay, N. 8, Oct. 16. -- A huge white-headed eagle, with a wing spread of ten feet, four inch= es, was killed recently in Homes ville, Cape Breton, The "King of the Air" had swooped down on a farm owned by Thomas Mcleod and was about to take a hen from the coop when a thoroughbred Airdale, which was on guard, attacked it, Mr, McLeod hearing the noise of the conflict, shot the bird, just in time to save the dog from being literally torn to ---- -- who accompanied the mayor, "You ! of Kitchener were injured Sunday at the intersection of Dundas street * land the Guelph Highway, near the Clappison Cut, when their automo- bile is said to have crashed into the side of a Pathfinder bus, Those injured were. Max and Mrs. Joseph, Letty Jos- eph, Oscar Joseph, Isaac Joseph and Mrs, Garson Summers. Oscar Joseph was injured the most seriously, it is said, he hay- ing suffered concussion of the brain. They were attended by Dr. D. A. Hopper and Dr. R. Milne of Waterdown, and were removed in the ambulance Patricia to St, Jos- eph's Hospital, The Joseph car crashed Into the side of the bus with such violence that the family and Mrs. Summers were thrown out when the car re- bounded. The hus was driven by Cecil Cowley, and contained two passenger. No one in the bus was hurt, and the vehicle, though dam- aged badly on one side, did not leave the road. Fred Mather, head of the Path- finder Bus Lines, stated that the bus had the right of way, and fits driver was held blameless by a traffic officer who investigated the accident, YOUTHFUL AVIATOR KILLED WHEN FLAMES ENVELOP PLANE Chicago, Oct. 16,--Ray Ott, stu- dent aviator from Prophetstown, Ill., was killed when his aeroplane crashed to the ground at a street intersection in Cicero, a suburb, Ott, who was 19 years old had been learning to fly at the muniei- pal aeroplane port and had 35 hours of solo flight to his eredit, To-day he went up in a swallow biplane and apparently was expect- ing no trouble, when the plane sud- denly went into a tail spin. He was unable to right it, When it struck the ground in a vacant lot, the plane burst into flames, burn- ing Ott's body beyond recognition. The accident was witnessed by hundreds of motorists driving to and from the numerous aeroplane ficlds on the west side, MONARCHS OF INDIA CONFER WITH BRITAIN London, Oct. 16.--Rich and pow- erful Indian Maharajahs assembled bere Monday at one of the most im- portant Anglo-Indian conferences in history. Out of it all may come a federat- ed India, a United States of India. While the Simon Commission is in India studying the problem of Indian self-government, these pic- turesque Indian potentates, have come to London to confer on ques- tions of deep importance to the Bri- tish Empire, the relationship of their almost independent monarch- Jies to the British Crown, ) StoBIE FORLONG 80 STOCKS GRAIN BONDS od Si §. F. EVERSON, Local Manager Private Wire System 11 King Street East, Oshawa ~~ Above C.P.R, Office , Phones 143 and 144 AR TAs isis. 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