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CIRCULATION GUARANTEED 10 EXCEED 2800 VOLUME 50--No. 114 "4 do mer All the News While It Is News '0SHAW), ONTARIO; THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1921 Yearly Subse; Single Copiers Conte ~ EIGHT PAGES MORE BIRTHS AND FENER DEATHS AID GROWTH OF TOWN Stork Has Busy Year Locally in 1921 Infantile Reduced WORK OF Nurses SHOWS Cupid's" Arrow ow Pierced Fewer 'Hearts in 1921 Than in "Previous Year Oshawa's birth rate is in the as- cendancy and the Stork is doing his share to increase the town's popula- tion. Vital statistics for 1921, just compiled, show an increase in the number of births of 39 over the pre- vious year, while a most encouraging feature is that the .infant mortality rate has been considerably reduced. A decrease in the number of visits from the Grim Reaper is also shown, as the number of deaths was 34 les: than in 1920. Cupid, however, had an inactive year, as there fewer marriages last year, ! tistics for the 2 'mont lows: -- PELE Month uary ... ¥ebruary .. March .. April .. .. May .. .. June .. .. July. ..:. 0; August .... ., 1 September ., .. 3: October November .. 36 11 446 109 The Nr figures show" that the greatest number of curred in September, the gest number of marriages In June, the month of roses, while June and Oc- tober were equal in the number of births, (Continued on page 4) Vow OOUN.-ELECT D. HUBBELL For the North West Ward CONDEMNS SUNDAY HOCKEY PLAYING Visiting Pastor at South Oshawa Says World Faces Spiritual Drought Speaking from the text "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness; for they shall be filled," Rev. James Beckel, of Bethel, delighted and impressed his audience on Sunday evening last in the South Oshawa Methodist Church. "We are face to face with a problem of spiritual drought, following the war" said the speaker. James Doug- --~ INJRANGER ATES JALLY T00'LOW lias Not Been Recon- sidered as Yet PUN P | Firemen elpless That not anxj Oshawa, § provement supply ap keeping the stat er yestep ertson, o writers' was called ance hito faise their ji were anxious th e made in the gociation. 0 the telephone in nection wila local Tumor to thle feet that {frther increage was made fort fMth'in the niercantile charge rag witleh is now 25¢., orn 8 Some Months. LARGE INCREASE IN CUSTOMS RETURNS y A large increase in customs re. ceipts in Oshawa has been recorded during the month of Décember over the previous myth, the figures shows ing them to'tid $236,080.83 ns against $176,678.27 in November. This ap- parently shows that businesd in Ofh- awa is much better and moe active than for many 'months past, With Industrial conditions growing stead- fer and continuing to Improve, it 'reabbnable to expect fhat Tthe re- former records of two i dgo. oe- | For the North West Ward cause the rat@payers had defeated the fire equipment by-law on Mon- dav... Mr. Bobertsob stated that so far as he knew:no such step was im- mediately contemplated, although Saas in thesjora! ae lnogtod oe mupths ago by ,a title insurance companies. These AH Ea companies, Mr. Robertson added. realized that the insurance rates jn Oshawa on the whole were already too low, and that improvements would Buve to be made in the matter of fire equipment in keeping with "the amount of mopey invested in buildings, fo say nothing of the increasiyg danger to human las says "England has no time for God. The war has left us with a shattered world." Mr. Beckel went ou to say we are feeling this drought in our own country, in our own vic- inities. Right in your own city, this er supply. life because of the town's woywiation. down Mr. Robertson stated phat made water mains weve if | ply were not it a wi sup- te. Jt was not a little The _ | auestion of pressure hat Ste of wat- Pumper. vation over sin. the Bible. (4) (3) A knowledge of A knowledge of to save souls." a is so in ur oe against improving their fing | fighting equipment. "Insorance Fates : win 3 aad Tie Adele Watts the $15.900 Whoo whieh the ratepayers . turned Deputy-Fire Marshal Lewis, 'whe # | down. addressed the electors 2 week ago in Oshawa, when called on the phone by The Reformer, said that he learn- ed with much surprise that the fire equipment by-law had been turned "I am extremely sorry for the people of Oshawa, as they will fhe taxed more heavily now for fire tion than they would have had they voted to buy the truck fire alarm boxes." Oshawa, the puty-fire marshal added, was in 2 pitiable condition in so far as the protection of life and property was concerned. It was only wonderfully COUNELECT A. W. BROWN For the South i Ward [OSTS TONN OVER | i and &. J. Wilcox . i upéerintendent of the Omtario Ament . Employitent ; Bureau, Toronto toda representing an & conferen¢d between the ence was sent fately got in the Department of Labor ced Park becayse he believed that Oshawa as an imdustrial centre with quite a number of unemployed men shop be represented. The re- sult was that Mr. Wiltox was invited to come mp, and bring the mayor with bim. The Drury Gevernment apparently is prepared le supplement the finan- cial assistance promised for munici- pal works mndertaken to provide employment, by making grants un- der certain conditigks toward emer- gency relief. A tenjative decision to that effect was made by Council Last year the town received ner 1800 from the provincial and fed- as a third of the ceipts each month will oon equal the | made FEELING tO 1 wl I COUN.-ELEOT 0. R. HALL For the South West Ward > de x -.- New Council To | onday The. newly elected Town Council willl meet for the first time next Monday forenoon at 11 o'clock to take the oath of office and name a striking com- mittee, i The custom in the past has been to strike the committees in the forenpon and adjourn until eight o'clock in the ev- | ening when the mayor presents his insugural address and re- || gular business is transacted. Present indi€ations are that there will be a heavy docket for the opening session. ml That a disas cur in the Baptis us fire did not oc- Church on Tuesday evening wis 4 y to the ef- forts of Mp. P. Adams, a resident .C.T.U. ANNUAL CONSECRATION MEST. n Jan. 3rd the VLC TU held thdir Annual Consecration Meethg President. The program ' of several suitable readings sical numbers, contributed undy, Mrs. E. Everson, . Mi Was nist interesting. 'Harlo read 'the Scripture lessons "8 poem, by Mrs, Even) nd A "concise of the 'Teiations To outline in a clear manner the routine busi Board, making clear th vetween the secretary and and the various committe: next door and to the guick response ent. Fer! » gilcloth mat which covered the registor in the au- ditorium of the chureh for the pur- pose of keeping down the dust. a fire placed in the furnace by Mr. Howard. the caretaker, about five o'clock in the afternoon caused it to ignite gud burst inte fiame about two hours ja- ter. The olicloth had evidently been burning for several minutes before veing detected by Me. Adams who was passing the church, as smoke was pouring in volumes out through the windows and a small flame could be seen inside the building. Scarcely had a minute elapsed af- ter the alarm had been sent in be- fore the fire truck appeared on the scene and it did not take the firemen very long to locate the source of the fire. One line of hose was laid in the basement from the rear of the church while another was rum in thréugh The fromt dof and turned on the flames. The damage was not great and the loss which was fully covered by insurance was estimated at about $760. The emds of two seats were scofched amd the floor and oileloth around the register burn- ed badly. The furnace was sligntly damaged, it being necessary to tear away the pipes which comnected it with the register in onder to check the fire. However it will only be a matter of a few days before repairs have been completed. No windows were broken and apart from the place where the fire actually occurred, the building is in the same good condi-' tion as before. 1 FLOODED MUSIC STORE A water pipe in the Crystal The- bursting some time during last night resulted im the floor of the the- atre being flooded and the basement of Mr. G. A. Harris' Music Store next door being filled with water. The sound of the water attracted the at- | The portrait: of Mr. Alger is not reproduced in this space be- cause, after promising to fur- 'mish The Reformer with a pic- ture of himself, from which to have a cut made, Mr. Alger wrote this paper as follows: "I have decided not to permit print of my (Signed) "0. M. Alger." The Reformer makes this ex- planation in justice to itself lest any readers might supposp oS mei ing Alger's portrait because of his with another Oshawa 1 {Continued on page 8) A Board. 2 sub-committee of & no and Chappell was n Board of Education at ting on Friday evening, mittee lo report at the next The placing of the affairs a Board on a more businesslike basis was brought up by Trustee mk Chappell for the second time i the vear, the first time beimg w Board first took office earl ruary. Trustee Chappell contengod that each committee should Wow | from month to month how mueh they were expendiag and how they the | the | ASKS §13,000 EAND DAMAGES RESULT STREET EXTENSION Scott Brothers Claim Property and Business Has Been Injured ' ARBITRATION ON. BOARD SITS Value Land Costing $60 Acre in 1902 at $2,500 Acre Now Arbitration proceedings to deter- pe the amount of conpensation to paid to Scott brothers, owners of p twenty-aere farm on Mary Street north, for lund taken from them by the Town of Oshawa by expropria- tion to allow. the extension of Mary Street, and for damages to adjoining lands, are in progress at Town Hall today. The arbitrators are Louis F, Richardson, Whitby, for the Scott brothers, L, Drew, for the Town of Oshawa, and D. H. Chisholm, K.C. ol Port. Hope, as chairman' of the Board. The town's legal representa- a COUN-ELECT 0. R. BURNS For the South East Ward tives are T. M.P.P. G. W. Ma- son, K.C.. of Toronto, is aeting for Scott brothers. on Tuesday, and may not get through until Friday. History of Case The arbitration proceedings were instituted by Alex. and John Scott in { July 1920, when the proposal to ex- 'tend Mary Street was first made. The town carried the case to the Ontario Railway and Municipal Board. which | body allowed thé town to proceed with the extension by expropriating swod with regard to their yearly estimate. There was also need for more co-operation ou tae part of the various committees with the treas- | wrer and the finance committee so that an accurate record of all monies" spent and for what purpose could (Continued on page 8) . COUN.-ELECT K. Creighton and W, E. AN. Sinclair, K.C., 4 The Board bigenr ti ims- SEATS |, LIFT SEX VEIL AND PREVENT TRAGEDIES - AMONG OUR YOUTH Attraction of the Sexes is Prob- lem Old as the World MORALITY NOT REPRESSION Dr. \ Withrow Viger Sax Education xX: By Parents and Teachers "Is it a horrible, wicked thing for two people to love each other, to make a home together and to rear their family? No! Not by any means. It is a most charming and beautiful thing. Why then the m tery, the hush and secrecy In conn tion with it? Why avoid discus it as though it 'were ugly wrong?" » In just such a striking and for ful way, Dr. Oswald C. J. Withrow, of Toronto; addressed his audi at the Re "Mheatre yesterda; ternoon. Was the annual uw of the eofabined Home and School Clubs) ough all parents ang tea Frog ipvited, too few accepted 40 hear such a worth; he on ha yorthy subject as "Moral Wo sb sud 'worry about al or sex anion of the why not talk about it?" asked Withrow when he had been duced to his hearers by the cha man, Mrs. MeLapghlin, "TT! traction of the sexes is as old a world, the proper knowledge « so important to the world' and the nations' greatness, yet n ers are bringing up their daught« in ignorance of the position for wh they were created and father bringing up their sons without 1 edge of their potential fatherhood. "We send our children to school to learn to read and to write and to (Continued on page 6) young, hap COUN-ELECT W. J. TRICK For the South East Ward SKATES HERE FROY WHITBY IN20 MIX. Roads and Sidewalks Like Glass Following ithe Ran Wednesday ---- it was easier skate to than walk 4 or drive either with horse OOUN.-ELECT W. B. ROWE For the South East Ward whatever land was necessary for Same. The arbitration has been hang- ing fire since that time until now. In October, 1926. the Town Ceuncil passed a phy-law authorizing the con- Mary Shreet extension to serve a number of houses built in the north end of the gown. The sewer was built and is now in use. Negotiations for asbitration were carried out between Scott brothers but no Drive at G. W. VD day evening next at 8 \o'cleck 'Splendid prizes. Retrofments. Admission 25 cents. : THE CHOIR OF THE jan Church will render their past- Christmas Music at EE fa song service vet Sunday oven. another 114-4 ing. See programme in column. DR. MACKBCHNIE, SPECIALIST, of Toronto, who has been in the West Indies for several months, will 1 his prof i 1 wi to Oshawa. fice over next Saturday from /11 to 4 pam. 114-a -- ALL FOUNG CADET NOTICE fellows wishing to join Oshawa Ca- det Corps No. 275, apply at Arm- ories Tuesday night, January between 7 and 9. 1a4-d He will be at his of Jury & Lovell's stom] hape. Wt one tinie the sum of $1. 000 was talked of af a settlement, but this was not taken up. and, as already noted the proceedings dragged until some months age the Council ap- pointed Mr. L. Drew as arbitrator to represent the Jovi. with the under- sanding that Mr. Scott was to make | is appointments ang arrange for a x | Whitby in 29 minutes, struction 1 a sanitary sewer on the | town and the and the cars were dela ,] evening and for a whiie to Oshawa oO th storn mobile from Whitby the prowincial highway ing, owing to the ice hit this section ost Wilson. of Bailes' hardw n | found the skating good on the way this morning, coming over I passing ho and auto drivers creeping along The road was one solid sheet of ice Mr. Wilson told the Reformer, far worse than the paved streets in Osh- awa--and they are bad enough. Ile expects to skate back to the County town tonight, Yesterday rain fell practical; ail day and towards evening it -- ) to freeze, leaving the streets and side walks in a treacherous condition, a s and motorists that they were mot cleaned off nnd no sand applied. Not 4 few pers both last night and this mor were seen to fall and it will be Io: tunate if no serious accidents occur betore the day is out. The Hydro Electric Power Com- mission and the Bell Telephone Ct report that their wires were act damaged by the ice, as the ice thawed shortly after it formed. The Oshawa Railway. Company last night operated their cars with much difficulty owing te the forma tion of ice om their iYolley wire All Mmorn~ ing street pedestrians withessed « very fine pyrotechnic display as the cars moved along. the trolleys cow ing in contact with the ice. There was no interruption of the partic today and ne trouble Ww, D fenced with ice on the.