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"4. ther opinion of members "be that it would be--it is fikely free books will be provided next Septem- | ih CIRCUL ATID 10 EXCEED i 2800 FENIAN AAI St os rR M4 The Ontario rr Reformer All the News While It Is News Gy' JOLUME 50--No, 143 Published at Oshawa, Ont,, Canada Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1922 Yearly Suhseription $3.00 ngle Coples § Cents he EIGHT PAGES "Board of Education To Secure Full Data Re Cost Free School Supplies May Furnish Box Books Without Cost to Children Next Term -- Second School Dentist Appointed For Part Time Work--Round- ing Up Delinquent Chil- dren . APPOINT ADVISORY COMMERCIAL BODY Lop $7,000 Off Estimates and This Amount Will Be Se- cured By Debentures-- ps houses, making the program for which tax rate is based. Appointed Coun. A. W. Health Act to protect the town's sent to hospitals. * Voted to grant a pool and bi turned soldier and old resident. higher and prohibitive in order to be considered at next meeting. t Suggest Much Note Tak- ing Has Caused High | School Students' Writing | To Get Worse Public school children soon may be furnished with text books, serib- | blers, pencils, ete, free by the Board of Edueation. Last night the Board instructed | the Management Committee to se eure prices on supplies from various sources, and asked Secretary A. Garbutt to report at the next meet ing as to the cost of furnishing frec supplies in other munigipalities, where this system is in vogue. It is expected these reports will be] available at the next regular meet-| fng. If the cost is rea able--and | med to ber, or perhaps after Easter The subject came before the Board in the report of Supervising rineipal Garbutt, who had been in- strueted to present last might's meeting. stated: Principal Garbutt's Views information at | His repor: | { | "In regard to supplying the chil- | dren in our schools with free bocks ete. In some schools there are tea- chers who have great difficulty in getting their pupils to procure sup- plies owing to the fact that their parents are unable to do so. "In all schools there are many pu- pils who have to wait until pay day before being able to get the neces- sary book or pencil. "However, the biggest problem is we have children using pencils which it is almost impossible to make a mark; the seribblers also very poor quality and yet pu- r to be paying high prices for these articles. "If some system could be devised by ha these supplies could be in large quantities 1 believe | it would be good business. All pu- pils would .them have uniform sup- plies, of good quality and when needed at a very low cost. This would eliminate waste of time since pupils do not always procure their supplies promptly. "I have samples of exercise books, ete... at a very low cost if any mem- her would care to look them over. "I might add that.the Rotary Club and Red Cross Society have helped to provide some children with books It the past Tew months." Following the reading of this re- port Trustee Chappe? woved that the Management Committee be au- thorized to secure estimates as to the cost of furnishing the supplies, and that the secertary be instructed to ascertain the cost in other places us- ing this system. The motion was seconded by Trustee Thompson. Trustee Drew remarked that it seeemed to be like going three steps at a time, but when it was explained that the proposal was that the com- mittee only secure information and report back, and mot buy the sup- plies, he was satisfied. The resolution carried without op- position. Another School Dentist Dr. Phillips, school dentist, report- od for the month: Pupils treated, 34; extractions, 11: arsenic treat- ment, 4; roots treated, 16. roots hundred dollars filled, 16: abscessed teeth, 22: (Continued on page 3) May Build Two Schools This Year -- RE. Instead of building a 16 roomed school on Centre St. to relieve the congestion im the schools of Oshawa, as has been proposed, it is probable that two schools will be ereci- ed. If this plan is carried out a 12 roomed school will be built on the Centre St. site and a smaller school will be erect- ed in an outlying district. Trustee Smith, veporting to the Board of Education last might on a conference held by a special committee with the Finance Committee of the Council, said that this sugges- tion had made by the Council. Members of the Board who were present, he believed, received the smzges- tion favorably. it was pointed out that the demands being made on school accommodation were increas- ing doubly fast mow that the Adolescent Act is in force. Move of this proposition like- iy will be heard at the next meeting of the Board. : -l ibkERP WHAT COUNCIL DID MONDAY NIGHT Instructed the Oshawa Housing Commission to erect 10 additional this year twenty. Struck the tax rate for 1922 at 45 mills, the same as last year. Heavy debenture interest and school expenditures are the hig items. Passed the estimate of receipls and expenditures for the year on Also passed several by-laws. Fixed the poll tax at $5 this year, payable May 1st, and appointed "hief Friend as collector at commission of 10 per cent, Brown as relief officer under the Public interests in the matter of indigents lliard license to A. L. Bouckley, re- Refused application of Geo. Lakas for permission to transfer pool room from Bond to King Street. Discussed amendment to transient traders' by-law making the fees o protect local merchants. By-law Received and filed a resolution passed at meeting of citizens last Friday night asking that the people be consulted on waterworks hy- law before it went to the Legislature. Voted to appoint W. C. all toss engineering work, jointly by gineer McDonald was accepted. Referred to Fire and Water Smit! at a salary of $333 a month, Council and Water Commission. ), of Toronto, engineer in charge of to he paid En- The resignation of ' Committee request from Fire Chief A. C. Cameron for a thorough investigation into all facts as to how the firemen handled the Thornton leged: unfair and incorrect publish Rubber factory fire, in view of al- ed statements. Preston Charges Works 4 Board Runni ing Council; Trick Enters A Denial - i COL. G. R. PEARKES, V.C., D.S.O. Former commander of the 116th Bat- talion who met all friends in Osh- awa over the week-end FIRE DAMAGES A NASSAU ST. HOME owe Children in Hones Occupied by Allison's When Blaze Started Damage tae extent of was done dwelling situated at 2 Nassua St. | this morning when fre occurred adAlthough the house was not com pletely destroyed. the upstairs and roof were badly burned while the! large quantity of water which firemen were forced to throw on the flames caused considerable to the floors and walls The house was occupied by Mr and Mrs. William Allison and family and was owned by Mr. 155 Huron Cresent The loss it is thought will greatly exceed $1000 and it is understood that it is partially covered by insurance. Mr. and Mrs. Alliston have just recently returned to Oshawa after a year's absence. during which they were in Hamilton and Boston doing Salva- tion Army work. They had started up house keeping about two weeks ago and were just getting settled comfortably. Just how the fire originated is not known but it first started upstairs near the roof. It is thought that either the chimney must have caught fire or that the electric wiring must have been defective. The rooms downstairs were mot burned at all to several a frame | John Stoven, but fire broke through the walls out side from betwen various points. ment arrived just the petitions at The fire depart- a few minutes {after the alarm was given and it was not long before ing away at work. Only a small portion of the furn- des- | the neighbors assisting an iture and other contents was troyod. (Continued on page 3) The Town Council last might passed a bylaw appointing Coun. A. W. Brown, chairman of the Sanitary and Relief Committee, relief officer under the Public Health Act, to protect the inter- ests of the town in the matter ot indigents sent to hospitals at the town's expense. The appointment made at the suggestion of Dr. T. W. G. McKay, Medical Health Of- ficer, to facilitate the handling of this class of people, and at the same time save the town money, carries mo salary with it. Coun. Brown has been looking after sev- eral indigent cases this year al- ready, and has in the past month or two saved not a few dollars for the town. ol tae] tended that damage | MM the flames were | checked. The two little girls were jalone in the house at the time, Mr. and Mrs. Alliston and their son be-| -- T Councillor Desires Commit-| tee Had Changed Wages! of Westmount Sewer Workmen and Appointed Timekeeper Without Con-| sulting Council -- Chair-| man Explains A charge that the Boara of Works was running the Council because cer- ! tain men had been engaged and the | wages of the men on the Westmount sewer changed without the Council being consulted and reports being presented, was made by Coun. Pres- ton at the Council meeting last night. In suppori of his charge Coun. Preston said that the Board had en- redged a timekeeper in the engineer's | office on Which there was no report The scale of wages on the West- | mount sewer, some of the men re- | ceiving a eut. had been changed | without the Council' being consulted. | Coun. Preston wok the stand that business should not be done in this | | way. as the Council was entitled to know how the town's affairs were be- | ing conducted. Coun. Trick, Board of Works | chairman, explained with regard to { the change in wage scale that the | engineer was having trouble in get- | ting men to work at the bottom of the sewer. Last Saturday the situa- tion was considered when the Board | authorized the engineer 10 pay the { men on the bottom 45c. an hour and the men on the top 35c. He con- had a right | the Board not only to do this but to engage a | | timekeeper, as there was no time to call a Council meeting to get ap- | proval of everything that came up. | Coun. Trick said that personally he had nothing to hide, and the he had | | invited all the members of the Council several times to attend the meetings of the Board Deputy-Reeve Mason concurred with Coun. Trick's views. The wage question was one of the worst that could be brought up at this time, while he did not thing that was should receive publicity. If any member of the Council wanted to know the real facts in connection with the wage adjustment they could get same from Coun. Trick. He did not think that the Board should cil to buy some shovels or other | small matters arising from time 10! time, as time in many cases would not permit. WC ontinned on on gage TAX RATE FIXED BY TOWN COUNCIL | Pass Bylaw Confirming Finance 53 Committee's Report of 40 Mills A by-law fixing the tax rate for 1922 at 49 mills on the dollar was passed by the Town Council last night. The rate is the same as last year, and is divided as follows: -- To meet debentures and intevest, 3-10 mills. For High School purposes, mills. For Pablic School purposes, mills. For Separate School purposes, ntills. For general purposes mills. Some of the large expenditures to be provided for include $74,868.86 for debentures and interest; $26.- | 880.23 for High School, general pur- poses and interest on debentures; Public School general purpose, and | debenture interest, $54 694.10: Sep- arate School purposes, $2,989.64. 11 2 6-20 a2 12 12 1-29 i » PLE SE {of having town and waterworks en- | | gineers as at present, | complished fact last night when the | pointment of W. |onto, at a salary of $333 a month. | | resident engineer on the Westmount | sewer {per month, {the town, | services | obtained yesterday | five o'clock at the Four Corners, dur- | ing an unoffical think that every- | 3 s aspect | done in this resy i corper have to get the sanction of the Coun- | | with four , or an average of 50 pounds in the | business section. | going at COUNCIL NAMES W. C. SMITH AS TOWN ENGINEER All Civic Engineering Under One Head--Salary to Be $333 a Month CONSIDERABLE OPPOSITION Some Think It a Mistake to Allow Engineer McDonald to Quit The plan on foot for some time to place under one head all the en- gineering work of the town, instead hecame an ac- | Council voted to confirm the ap- C. Smith, of Tor- He starts work March 23rd. A town to retain N. G. motion engineer, the present McDonald, a» was defeated after a lengthy | discussion, while a motion to accept | Mr. McDonald's resignation, to take | effect April 1st, was carried. ' The recommendation to make the new appointment met with consider- able opposition on the ground that a grave mistake was being made in permitting Mr. McDonald, consider- od by several of the Councillors to be thoroughly competent to handie | {the combined positions, to leave | Oshawa. Mayor Stacey led the fore- | es in opposition to the report of the! Board of Works recommending Mi {Smith's appointment, taking the] view that instead of economizing in | the shake up more expense was be-| ing piled up, while it was a mistake | 10 let Mr. MeDonald go. The Board of Works report accepted by the| Council, debated at length. Read At a joint meeting of the Board ot | Works, and the Water Commission- ers, it was agreed that we engage! Mr. Wm. Chester Smith, of the city! of Toronto, as Town and Water works engineer for all engineering | work of the tcwn, at a salary of $332 to be paid jointly by the Board of Water Commissioners ana his services to commence the 23rd day of March, 1922. it is "understocd that Mr. Smita remain an employee of the Town of Oshawa for one year, providing hig are satisfactory If his services are not satisfactory, the! town can dismiss him by giving one! imonths® notice, and the mayor and | | | | | | | | {clerk be authorized to sign an agree- ment accordingly (Continued on page 2 WATER PRESSURE 5 78 POUNDS AT THE FOUR CORNERS With Seven Streams Playing, When Test Made Monday Afterncon y ley go 78 pounds, and an | the nozzle, with] and the old steam and | A pressure of average of 45 at tank shut off, | new electrically driven pump at the | pumping station in operation, was | | afternoon about i test made of the water pressure and new pump at the request of Prof. R. W. Angus, con- ! sulting engineer for the Board of | Water Commissioners From the box at the Royal 'Bank an alarm was turned in at | 4.15 o'clock by Fire Chief Cameron, | and a very quick response was made | | by the fire brigade, the motor truck | with hose arriving at the post office | in less than two minutes. With four lines laid in the busi-| ness section, and tank valve closed, a pressure of 57 pounds was obtain- od at the Four Corners, and the noz- | zle 40 pounds. With the standpipe valve closed a pressure of 80 pounds, streams, was nvegistered, With six streams the Four Corners the pres- sure was 78 at the hydrant and 45 at the nozzle. With seven streams 78 pounds was registered at the hy- drant and an average of 45 pounds at the nozzle. The combined pumps threw 2.000 gallons per minute during the test which lasted over an hour a total of 120000 gallons was sent up. The new fire team, receatly pur- chased at Lindsay, appeared for the first time hauling the heavy ladder truck, and various opinions were ex- pressed on their initial performance. The team is well matched but not so high as the old team which did ser- vice for sO many years. When broken in Fire Chief Cameron bel- jeves they will be all right for the work. The test was not intended as one demonstrative of speed to show how quickly the brigade could respond and lay hose, but simply to test the water pressure. The seven lines of hose were laid from hydrants in the immediate vicinity of the Four "Corn- ors, just the same as be done if the inspector for the iters asked for a test. Professor Angus remained at the pumping station to [air half | was not opposed to Mr. MR. AND MRS. Of Port Perry, who on Saturday « of their e_------ Housing Commission Is Authorized iTo Build ety Houses This Year TAMES E. LENT :lebrated the sixtieth anniversary marriage. Town Council License For Decision of Month Ago to! Grant No Further Li- censes Not Rescinded -- Transfer of lLakas Pool | Room From Bond to King Street West Is Refused by | Town Fathers Notwithstanding the a few pool decision '" weeks ago to 'grant no further and billiard licenses in Osh- awa, the Town Council last night voted to grant a license to A. L Bouckley, a returned soldier and resident of Oshawa for many years, 10 open a place on King Street west An application from George Lakas for permission to transfer his business from Bond Street to Street west was turned down recommendation of the License and Printing Committee, and without discussion, although the Council lis- tened representations made by G Conant on Mr. Lakas' be Lo D The application of A. lL. Bouckley | whie h a week ago was referred to the License and Printing Cotten for a report, was referred back by the Committee to the Council in view of the resolution placed on the books that no further licenses were to he granted Defends As seconder the mot by Deputy-Reeve Mason Boucklex's application be granted. Coun. Moffatt said that Mr. Bouck was.an exceptional applicgnt. Hq was a man with a fine war record was a citizen of the town for many years, owned his own home and had also two brothers who were citizens here Referring to the the Council that no further licenses be granted. Coun. Burns pointed out that even if the request of the ap-| plicant from Kingston had been granted, it would have been illegal, as the by-law strictly provided that | licenses would only be granted to bona fide residents of the town. He Action of won made that Mr. getting a license, and thought the Council's recent decision wa intended 10 effect outsiders who -- sired to come in here. Coun. Rowe was heartily in accord with Mr. Bouckley getting a license, as he was a returned soldier who had left the town to fight for his coun try and was a good, reliable citizen If such privileges were 10 be grant- ed he believed that they should go to returned men (Continued on page HERE TONIGHT ONLY. SCIENT)- fic Palmist. Central Hotel. Room 6. Terms $1.00. 142 NEW ARRIVALS DAILY AT BRIU- COLDEN LINK REBEKAH LODGE Peterboro hepe March 15. Al members attend sharp. 142-b MR. PETLEY OLD BOY'S SEORE tary of ¥. M. €. A. will address Albert St. Home and Schoal Club next Wednesday March 13th. from 4 1 5 in school. 142-a SCIEXTIFIC PALMEST ---- HAS read the hands of hundreds of dis tinguished people. Hepe till Satur- day might only. Central Hotel, Room 6. Hours, 10 4p 5. Terms $1.00. COME T0 THE TIE SOCIAL TO BE held in the schoolroom of Albert St. Church on Thursday, March 16th at 8 p. m. Good program | watch the operation of the pumps | there. Town Engineer N. | (Continued on page 8) GC. Me- | and social evening. Ladies bring box containing lunch for twe per- sons, Gentlemen may bay boxes at Soc each. Rw fis motion passed by | Bouckley | wa Lodge at Spam. | 142 | Grants A Pool Room To Local War Vetera $= Demand Increases For Houses Locally te in Oshawa dis the move, and some prices are heing obt properties not in the ithe town The Win. Jones of dence on outside teal esta on good ained for centre of sale by Mr his brick resi- Masson Street, to az party moving to Osh- awa, is reported, the price be- ing $8,500. The house is of brick with a good lot and has all modern conveninces. Many inquiries are being made to local agents, both for houses to rent and to bay, al- x he former are in the A shortage of houses will be more of reality this sfiring than ever The Reformer learns on good ithority COL, PEARKES MET OLD COMRADES Former Officer 116th Battalion Spent Week- end in Oshawa major in Oshawa . Pearkes, V.C.. M.C., Croix de Guerre, Hon. A.D .( {to His Excellency, Lord Bygn of Vimy, arrived at the C.P.R. station, Oshawa, Sunday, March 12th, and | Was met by His Worship, Mayor John Stacey, Mr Fred J. Bailes, President of the Oshawa Rotary {| Club, Major A. ¥. Hind, Police {2 istrate nent citizens. During bis scjourn in Oshawa, he stayed with Major A. ". Hind, and was entertained Ly Mr. Fred J 'Bailes, and the Rotary Club. Col. Pearkes was the officer com- mandin £ the 116th Ontario Conny Col. G. R D.S.0O., | baek from France. Capt. F.C. | Palmer and a number of the old boys who served with ithe Colonel in France, met the Colonel at 3 o'clock {on Monday afternoon. The Colonel | expressed himself as having a fine {visit and very pleased with this part of Ontario. He left Oshawa dy mo- tor with Mr. Fred J. Bailes to be in {Toronto at 6.30 p. m., where he>wiil be entertained by the officers of the 116th Battalion, who sre residing in Toronto | Col. Pearkes leaves Toronto on | | Tuesday night for Calgary to resume {his duties as General Staff Officer of | Military District No. 13 | Men without push ave alwaps look- ing for pull. -- Kingston Standard. ton's Shoe Store, 12 Simcoe St. NX | 143-a =z Fire Chief Alex. C. Cameron has asked the Town Council to in- stitute. a thorough investigation inte all the facts in connection with the fighting of the Thornton Rubber Company fire a few weeks age by the fire brigade. in a letter to the Council read last might, the Fire Chief allegea that statements cvedited to the waterworks engineer and mem- bers of the Water Commission in The Reformer of March Sth weve incorrect and unfair to men who had risked their lives in a fire, two of them still sick blood poisoning Without discussion the letter was referred to the Fire and Wat- ar Committee for a veport Mag- 1 and a number of other prom- ~ hen Had Been Agreed to Previously -- Second Not Sanctioned at Special 'Meeting of Town Council On Monday Evening-- Four New Homes Already Sold COUN. PRESTON OPPOSES SCHEME |Poll Tax For This Year Again Fixed at $5, Pay- able on May 1 -- Chief Friend Appointed to Col- lect It -- Put Crossing at Hillcroft School Oshawa Housing Commission this | year will erect twenty houses instead {of ten as originaily Intended, with a | view to partiaiiy soiving Oshawa's | housing problem, which Las become acute during tue paz! few weeks. Last night the Town Council at | special meeting granted the request {of the Commission, made in a let- ter, and supported in person by Com- misioner T. H. Everson, tc be 2l- lowed to erect 10 additional houses. | A month ago permission was grant- ed to build a similar number. The letter pointed out that of these ten now started four have heen sold, { while many inquiries had been re- {ceived for others which the Commis- | sien believed could be sold. The Commission's Policy Mr. T. H. Everson, a member of | the Housing Commission, addressing the Council in support of the re- Iquest, pointed out that today there {existed in Oshawa a need for many | houses not yet erected, and with Mr- {tle hope of being ereeted. The Com- mission was filling a need in Osh- awa that could not otherwise be sat- iefied. The originators of the scheme md two purposes in v.ew, improving the home econditiors of {the wage earner and stabilizing con- ditions in Industrial centres The {Commission was not building for the { man who could build for himself, or { who was able to buy friom the ave- rage builder. Mr. Everson said that {there had never been a time in Osh- {awa's history, except & year of great |depression, when. . there were {enough houses to meet the demand, | yet there was always a desiré fof a {larger Oshawa and inducements | were held out to manufacturers to {locate here. In addition the towam (had invited families to come here, even from foreign countries. Thera were scores of people seeking houses in Oshawa today who were umzble to find them. Mr. Everson pointed- {iy emphasized that the Commis sion's scheme was only levelled against the man who was building Pouse to rent, in order that a mam might be able to. own his home. The own owed to wage earns a counsid- eration that had never been gives them, because while it never bonus {a family but the industry it worked for The Housing Commissions scheme enabled a man to buy a home for less money than he could rem an inferior home. Mr. Everson sala {the idea of ownership when cousid- {ered by the Council must make them { Hoel that after all the scheme Was worth while, even if it cost the 1o%wm {a little money. But the latter waa {not the case as the Commission was {not impairing the town's credit one dollar. Personally he would be glad to get rid of the duties of Commis- sioner, carried on for three years without hope of reward. The pleas- | wre enjoyed by him in seeing 2 man given a chance to own his own home amply repaid him for any services | he had rendered. Mr. Everson pointed out that the Commission was end of its resources now, and had uo desire whatever to {carry on as long as the builders of Oshawa would come forward abe | meet the need for houses for weork- ing men. (Continued on page 5)