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OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1922 \ PACE 3x The Week at the (BY IAN DUNELM). (Special Correspondence of The Re- former,) Ottawa July 1---The early hours of Wednesday morning brought to a close the first session of the new Parliament and incidentally brought relief to a lot of suffering members of Parliament, who, having had a foretaste of the hot nights which Ottawa can produce dur- ing the summer months, were eager to get back to the hushes. Though there appeared to be little on the agenda when the House met, a lot more of less important legislat- ion was put through before proroga- tion, The government emerged, if anything a little stronger than it entered the session, and that with a strong feeling of rapprochement among a certain section of the Pro- gressives. The final vote of the ses- sion found the Progressives lined up as usual, with the government and against the Conservatives, and the result was a majority for Mr. King of 1256 on one of the biggest problems of the session, The Progressives have gone home happy; and why shouldn't 'they? They got their wheat board (of a kind anyway) and they got the Crow's Nest rates on grain and flour, Those were the two main planks in the Westerners' platform and the government took Hobson's choice and met them a little better than half way. There was, of course the element of necessity about it, since without the Progressive support on some of the legislation, the govern- ment would have been in a sorry hole, Capital but still Mr. King and his ministers came out of a session far stronger than they went into it The railway committee report was gall and wormwood to the C.P.R. forces in the House; there was no doubt of that, and the Progressive strength earned the credit for being able to put across the reductions which are to be made as a result of it. The C.P.R. following in the Liberal ranks --and there are some members there to whom the C.P.R, is a little god-- hated to vote for that agreement, but they stood up like little men to do so, i ' Incidentally, while there is the usual amount of talk at times as to who leads the Liberal party in the House, it was interesting to note that the railway legislation further suspending the Crow's Nest agree- ment, but giving back the old rates on grain and flour, was brought in and put through by the Prime Minis- ter himself, A few of the insurg- ents had shown a tendency in com- mittee to kick over the traces, hut that idea was all dead when the re- port came to the House, And it did not require any particular insight into conditions to know that the re- port as it passed the House did not have the hearty support of either Sir Lomer Gouin or any of the other supposed strong men with leanings toward big business, A judgment bringing down the rates on grain and flour and carry- ing out the other terms of the reso- lution and report of the committee to the extent of a 7%% reduction r INDIGESTION Hours maybe consumed inde- scribing the suffering, mental- ly and physically, from this distressing ailment which has baffled the skilled specialists for years. Probably the most helpful remedy you are likely to find is Tanlac, which has proven that, through its nat- ural influence on the digestive organs, it is an ideal agent for overcoming this most d.caded diso: der. Tanlac is sold by all good druggists Its famous Hi you to tramp the ly to its appearance. town and let us talk it over. Farm Equipment too. Let I'll Show You A Silo that will boost your farm earnings ' My Toronto Silo will put dollars in your It will boost the vate of your farm. Its double -tongued-and- grooved selected Spruce makes the Toronto Silo absolutely air tight, which keeps the ensilage in perfect condition. Roof allows nsilage to the top of the staves--and adds great- Drop in next time you're in I have other lines of Toronto me show you their dependability and GA Ea TR MEL Hu 1 HALL RELL [hh PERE TRE i+ IAEA "MORE MILES PER GALLON" is not a phrase but a fact as you will find if you use IMPERIAL PREMIER GASOLINE and check its cost against your mileage. IMPERIAL was, jssued from the yallway com- mission today. The Prime Minister latd down his policy at the opening of diseussion on the Crow's Nest problem. It was in brief, that unless it could be shown that it was in the public interest to continue the suspension of the Crow's Nest agreement that suspension would end on July 6. In other werds, Mr. King put the matter up to the railways to prove their hardships under the Orow's Nest agreement and the railways falled to make out their case before the committee. So when the report came down it met with the Premier's support and went through the House with little diffi- culty, The final days of the session saw what for a time threatened to be the first outbreak of real violence in the sacred halls for many years. Messers Baxter and Caldwell, both from New Brunswick, had been stag- ing a more or less interesting battle about, ' the work of the returning officer in the latter's riding for a week or so, first one and then the other rising to say something on the matter. Then just before proroga- tion Caldwell got up and talked of false statements concerning himself having been made. Afterwards he said he had not accused Mr, Baxter of falsehood but of reading a letter con- taining a false statement, Mr. Bax- ter declined to accept that as a re- traction and intimated that had Mr, Caldwell said the same things out- side as in the House, he (Mr. Baxter) would have objected much more violently, That led to retorts in kind from Mr, Caldwell and then Baxter rushed into the .lobby fal- lowed by Caldwell and half the House. The Speaker ordered the Deputy Sergent at Arms, who stands about five feet four, to see that the two six-footers caused no disorder, but his services were not needed, But far a lot more loud talking the incident was ended, and the two members came back looking very much ashamed of themselves after- wards, ' The closing scenes of Parliament were wilder than have been witness- ed for many years. With several hours to wait while the Senate and Commons managers were dickering over amendments whieh the Senate insfsted upon making, the members turned to horse play to pass their time. While pages ran with arm- fuls of ammunition, the members on one side of the House hombarded those on the other with papers and blue books, and then all turned on the Press gallery. It was an exeiting night in spots, for members of Parlia- ment, once rules are relaxed, are like a bunch of school boys about to get home on a holiday. They sing and dance and play games and forget their sessiomal dignity and because they are just as human as anyone else, the country is the better for it, Now they are away home for a long holiday, expecting to return in Jan- uary for a redistribution session with the possibility of some cabinet shuf- fles before and possibly an election afterwards. But a' lot of water will run under the bridges before that time, and probably the leaders of all three parties will be out doing "missionary work" to prepare their fpllowers in the country for the eventualities. PITFALLS FOR LECTURERS Woodstock Sentinel-Review: A temperance lecturer in the United States on his way to deliver a lec- ture -on "the pitfalls of rum" was arrested for being intoxicated while in charge of a car which ran down and killed a woman. His exper- ience should enable him to greatly indrease the force of his lecture. There is a story told about a temp- erance lecturer who came to Wood- stock a good many years ago. Be- fore the hour set for one of his ap- pearances he was "overcome" by a combination of heat and something else, but he insisted on going on with the engagemet, declaring that the spectacle he presented as a "hor- rible example" would be more ef- fective than any words he could use. And perhaps he was right. ORILLIA IS HIGHER Oshawa' pays $28,458 as County rates in the adjoining County of On- tario. Orillia's contribution to the County of Simcoe is about$27,000, which relatively is higher, since Osh- awa has nearly 50 per cent. larger population than Orillia. Yet a few years ago Oshawa was talking of sep- aration from the County because of high taxation. Orillia pays the high- est county rate among the municipali- ties of Simcoe, whereas in Ontario the Township of Pickering pays mearly $2,000 more than Oshawa.--Orillia 'North - - | (Continuefi 'from page 2x) marks, graven deep in Hazel's recol- lection, uprose to claim her atten- tion. And one evening at sunset they rode up to the little cabin, all forlorn in {ts clearing. Inside, a gray film of dust had ac- cumulated on everything, and the rooms were oppressive with the musty odors that gather in a closed, untenanted house. But apart from that it stood as they had left it thir- teen months before, No foot had crossed the threshold. The pile of wood and kindling lay beside the fireplace as Bill had placed it the morning they left, "Be it ever so humble," Bill left the line of the old song unfinished, but his tone was full of jubilation, Between them they threw wide every door and window, The cool evening wind filled the place with sweet, pine- scented air. Then Bill started a blaze roaring in the black-mouthed fireplace --ta make it look natural, he sgid-- and went out to hebble his horses for the night, In the morning they began to un- pack their household goods, Rugs and bearskins found each its accustomed place upon the floor, His books went back on the shelves, With magical swiftness the cabin resumed its old- home atmosphere, And that night Bill stretched himself on the grizzly hide before the fireplace, and kept his nose in a book until Hazel, who was in no humor ta read, fretted herself into something approaching a temper, "You're about as sociable as a clam," she broke into his absorption at last, He looked up in surprise, then chucked the volume carelessly aside, and twisted himself around till his head rested in her lap, "Vot 8s?" he asked cheerfully, "Lonesome? Bored with yourself? Ain't TI here? Surely you don't feel yourself neglected because I happen to have my nose stuck in a book," "Of course not!" she denied vigor: ously, The childish absurdity of her attitude struck her with sudden force, "Still, I'd like you to talk to me once in a while," Bill's eyes narrowed a trifle, but he still smiled, And suddenly he stepped around behind her chair, put both hands under her chin, and tilted her head backward. "Ah, you're plumb sick and tired to death of everything, aren't you," he sald soberly. "You've been up here too long. Yom sure meed a change, I'll have to take you out and give you the freedom of the cities, let you dis- sipate and pink-tea, and rub elbows with the mob for a while, Then you'll be glad to drift back to this woodsy hiding place of ours. When do you want to start?" "Why Bill!" she protested. But she realized in a flash that Bill could read her better than she could read herself. Few of her emotions could remain long hidden from that keenly observing and mercilessly log- ical mind. She knew that he guessed where she stood, and by what paths she had gotten there. Trust him to know. And it made her very tender toward him that he was so quick to understand. Most men would have resented. "I want to stack a few tons of hay," he went on, disregarding her exclama. tion. "I'll need it in the spring, if not this winter. Soon as that's done we'll hit the high spots. We'll take three or four thousand dollars, and while it lasts we'll be a couple of--of high- class tramps. Huh? Does it sound good?" She nodded vigorously. "Perk up, then," he wheedled. "Bill-boy," she murmured, mustn't take me too seriously." "I took you for better or for worse," he answered, with a kiss. "I don't want it to turn out worse. I want you to be contented and happy here, where I've planned to make our home. I know you love me quite a lot, little person. Nature fitted us in a good many ways to be mates. But you've gone through a pretty drastic siege of isolation in this rather grim country, and I guess it doesn't seem such an alluring place as it did at first. I don't want you to nurse that feeling until it becomes chronic. Then we would be out of tune, and it would be good-by-happiness. But I think I "you iy | h of a Het / : J J i i § ii i URLALURN RL LEAR LDH LR ER oh i i iI i i ! ] i i I LALIT DRL LLB BR RL LLL Hm #2 King St. W., Tarante, Ont. vsa, St, Buffalo, N.Y." a MSA know the cure for your malady." In the morning he began his hay cutting. About eleven o'clock he threw down his scythe and stalked to the house, "Put on your hat, and let's go inves- tigate a mystery," said he. "I heard a cow bawl in the woods a minute ago. A regular barnyard bellow." "A cow bawling?' she echoed, "Sure? What would cattle be doing away up here?" "That's what I want to know?" Bill laughed. "I've never seen a cow north of Fraser--not this side the Rockies anyway." They saddled their horses, and rode out in the direction from whence had arisen the bovine complaint, The sound was not repeated, and Hazel had begun to chaff Bill about a too- vivid imagination when within a half mile of the clearing he pulled his horse up short in the middle of a| little meadow. A | "Look!" . : The track of a broad-tired wagon had freshly crushed the thick grass, Bill squinted at the trail, then his gaze swept the timber beyond. "Somebody has heen cutting timber over there," he enlightened, "I can see the fresh ax work, Looks like they'd been hauling poles, Let's fol- low this track a ways," The tiny meadow was fringed on the north by a grove of populars, Be- yond that lay another clear space of level land, perhaps forty acres in ex-| tent, They broke through the belt of | poplars--and pulled up again, On one side of the meadow stood a cabin, the fresh-peeled log walls glaring yel- low in the sun, and lifting an earth- covered roof to the autumn sky. Bill whistled softly. Along the west side of the meadow ran a brown streak of sod, and down one side of this a man guided the han- dles of a plow drawn by the strangest yokemates Hazel's eyes had seen for | many a day. If you tire --easily If your Blood --is poor Ifyour Nerves --are shaky "For claimed, "That's the true pipneer spirit for you," 'Bill spoke ahsently. "He has buried his way into the heart of a virgin, country, and he's breaking sod with a mule and a cow, That's adap- tation to environment with a venge- apnce--and grit." "There's a woman, too, Bill. see, she's carrying a baby?" pointed excitedly, "Oh, Bill!" The man halted his strangely assort- ed team to watch them come, The woman stood a step outside the door, a baby in her arms, another toddler holding fast to her skirt. A thick- bodied, short, square-shouldered man was this newcomer, with a round, pleasant face, "Hello, neighbor!" Bill greeted, The plowman lifted his old felt hat courteously, His face lit up. "Ach!" sald he, "Neighbor, Dot iss a goot word in diss country vere dere iss no neighbor, But I am glat to meet you, Vill you come do der house und rest a v'ile?" "Sure!" Bill responded, goodness' sake!" she And Hazel "But we're ex: neighbors, all right, Did you notice a cabin about half a mile 'west of here? That's our place--when we're at home," "S80? The word escaped with the peculiar rising inflection of the Teu- ton, "I half saw dot cabin ven ve come here, But I dink it vass aban- don, Vell, let us to der house go. Id vill rest der mule--und Gretchen, der cow. Hah!" He rolled a blue eye o nhis incon- gruous team, and grinned widely, "Come," he invited; "mine vife be glat." They found her a matron of thirty- odd; fresh-cheeked, round-faced like her husband, typically German, with- out his accent of the Fatherland, Ha- zel at once appropriated the baby, It lay peacefully in her arms, staring wide-eyed, making soft, gurgly sounds, "The little dear!" Hazel murmured, "Lauer, our name iss," the man said casually, when they were seated, TO BE CONTINUED O00 010A If Machinery Breaks Order a New Part by Long Distance Every day's delay when men and horses are ready to get on with the work will make the crops cost more, A new part ordered in the morning by Long Distance can reach you by Rural Mail the same day. The progressive farmer starts the day right, on the telephone--gives his orders on which others work while he is in the fields, Take a leaf out of his book. Telephone your orders and save delays, Every Bell Telephone is a Long Distance Station Still the most for the money.