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4 ' ®ntarig Reformer al (Established in 1871) An independent newspaper published every other day (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons) at Osh. awg, peda, by The Reformer Printing and Publish- ing Company Limited, J. C. Ross - =. =. "J. Ewart MacKay - Geo. A. Martin - =~ ? SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by: Carrier in Oshawa or by mall anywhere in Canada. 33.00. a year, United States subscription $1.50 extra to cover postage. Single copies 8c. OSHAWA, ONT. SATURDAY, NOV. 4, 1922. President Treasurer Editor THANKSGIVING DAY AND WHAT IT MEANS "As long as the world shall last seed time and haivest, summer and winter shall not fail."' Once dgain this thousand year old prophecy has been fulfilled. Canada in common with many other countries in the world has gathered into her barns and storehouses a bountiful harvest for man and beast. . ! There is greed that the world pause in its mad rush to give thanks. Canada in particular has much for which she should be thankful. She has not been devastated by pestilence or famine or flood. War with its scourge and menace has been far removed from her shores. Racial discord and religious strife have been absent from her council meetings: ,On the other hand we have been blessed with a bounti- ful harvest, Barns are full to over-flowing. Peace and. prosperity have been our portion during the past year. To most of us Thanksgiving calls up visions of the . old home. and the festive board loaded with good things. But we also go back in memory to the Puri- tans of New England, who first instituted a day of Thanksgiving. It is a far ery from those perilous days to our peaceful ones. They faced savage men, battled with inclement weather, Shepiies of markets, with insect pests, poor soil and otHer trying condi- tions. But they always gave thanks when the sea- son's crop was gathered into the barns and prepara- tions had been completed for the long winter months, Thanksgiving was a religious feast to them. During the last years our Thanksgiving day falls in Armistice Week. It is fitting, therefore, while we are giving thanks for our many blessings, that we should not forget the freedom of thought, the liberty of speech and the civil and religious rights we enjoy as a result of the self-sacrifice of our sons and Brothers, member the spirit which breathed in those brave Canadian soldiers, the undying flame which made | them willing to sacrifice life itself on the blood- | stained fields of France and Flanders in order that we might enjoy our freedom. Our Thanksgiving spirit should, therefore, carry with it a large meas- | ure of appreciation of the men who made the su- | preme saerifice in order that Canada might remain a free country among the brotherhood of nations within the Empire. > NAME YOUR FARM When driving through pressed with the faet that too few farmers name their farms. In the olden days people only travell- ed short distances, owing to the faet that the horse drawn vehiele was limited in its range of aetivities. This meant that the traveller knew pretty well every- body in his neighborhood. Today with the automobile not only do the farmers themselves travel long distances, but the people from towns and eities and from other eountries, journey to and fro over the land. It is always grat- ifying to a traveller to see the name of a farm dis- played on the gate or fence by the roadside. This is particularly true when the farm is of attraetive appearanee, with neatly kept fences, buildings, well tilled fields, and other evidences of being properly cared for. In giving a name to a farm, eare should be taken to use something distinetive or eharacteristic of the place or surroundings. For example, "Oak Ridge' or "The Maples"' sounds better than "Smith's Farm" or "'Brown's Place'. Naming a farm gives a certain status to the place and makes a special appeal to the young people. Now-a-days when so many boys and girls are leaving the farm at the first opportunity, anything whieh will tend to in- crease their love of the country or pride in their occupation is well worth eonsideration. Naming a farm and then farming in sueh a way as to be a credit to the community are steps in the right firegtion.. . : THE TORRENS SYSTEM OF LAND TITLES At the last session of the Ontario Legislature steps were taken towards the introduetion of the Torrens system of land titles. The Gregory Com- mission recommended that this be adopted in certain parts of New Ontario. It is hoped that it will be ed into all parts of the Province as quickly as possible. : -.. Under our present system, no person can safely pupchase. a piece of land without employing legal experts to look up all the records in the Registry Office. This search must be carried back right to the dawn of Camadian civilization, lest there he a flaw in the title and he does not secure the land he pays for. Tt is hard to imagine anything more wasteful or annoying than this system of searching titles. It is a sheer waste of time and money. If a town lot or a farm changes hands year after year the same old process of search must be repeated. The lawyer or his glerk plods through the same pile of documents that another lawyer or clerk fingered over last year and still another the previous year, and so back to "** OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1922 the first transaction. The lawyer sends in a bill to the purchaser who pays. No one profits by this wasteful method of searching titles, unless it be the lawyer, In many parts of the world the Torrens system is in use and it is found that it works smoothly and harmoniously. Under this system the regristrar guarantees the title which is a perfectly simple thing for him to do once the title has been searched and established. The Torrens system of land registration was in- stituted in South Australia away back in 1857, by Sir Robert Torrens, the collector of customs for that State. The system introduced the principle which consists of registration and certificate in- stead of deed. Australia has used the system with every satisfaction. Our own Western Provinces found it to be most satisfactory, As a matter of fact wherever the system has been tried it has been approved. There is no doubt but that some day we will come to our senses and adopt this simple method instead of the present cumbersome system. It pos- sesses the merits of cheapness, directness, simplicity and security. Why continue riding in an ox-cart when you have a fast express train or an up-to-date automobile at your disposal? FROM, OUR EXCHANGES BESTING THE TAILOR (De Kalb, Mo., County Herald) Mike Probst has a suit of clothes that has lasted right well. He was in town on business the other day and somebody complimented him on being all dressed up. He then told of having bought the suit he wore when he was 16 for $16. As he is now 62 years old that means he has had it for forty-six years, and when a man wears a suit for forty-six years it must be a compliment to the man, to the suit and to the fellow that sold him the suit. '""A SCRAP OF PAPER" (The Apcode) When you come to think of it, pretty nearly as much can be accomplished to-day with a sheet of So while giving thanks let us re- | the country one is im- | plain white paper, as the magician of old could | encompass with all his charms and amulets and | touchstones | | For a scrap of paper can be made into a check which will convey a fortune half around the world. It can be made into a deed which will transfer the possession of an enormous property. Upon it a warrant of arrest can be written; or a pardon, | The musician may compose upon it a song that will cheer the hearts®of millions. Or the poet, a verse that will be passed on to future generations. Yet withal, there is such an abundance of this commodity that it may be freely used not only for the rarer purposes of commerce and art, but for the universal dissemination of the day's news and for the widespread selling of a multitude of goods. Truly, paper is a magic carpet and an Aladdin's lamp and a fairy scepter all rolled into one. SALESMANSHIP AND ADVERTISING (The Satwrday Evening Post) Salesmanship and advertising have beeome very important in recent years, and many thousands of bright young men have entered these oecupations. None can perform a greater serviee than they. To a large extent the great task of cutting the marketing overhead must lie in their hands. The salesman or advertising solicitor who merely gets rid of goods is not only a middleman in the worst sense of the word ; he is an economie parasite and waste. Sueh, for example, is the youth who has taken one of these ten-day intensive eourses in high- speed salesmanship for the purpose of marketing dubious stoeks. He is about as far from the trained marketing specialist who studies the real needs of consumers, and approaches them with only such goods as they need, as the course or institute which he attends is removed from one of our great unversi- One is a four-flusher; the other is doing his trained and specialized best to bring supply and demand together. A LITTLE NONSENSE Farmer (to lad put to plowing for the first time) ~ "" What on earth be you at, messin' about all over the place like this?" Farm Lad--*"Wull, you told I to logk at summat an' go strait to it, an' I bin tryin' to foller that ther cow till I be tired, an' mow I be waitin' for 'er to lie down!' ties. - An airman, when buying a parachute to jump from an airplane several thousand feet mp in the air, asked: "Will you guarantee this parachute to open instantly." Salesman : "" Absolutely. If it doesn't come back and we will refund your money." A BARE FACT Two ladies gay met a boy one day. His legs were briar scratched. His clothes were blue, but 2 nut brown hue Marked the place where his pants were patched. They bubbled with joy at the blue-clad bey With his spot of nut brown hue; Why didn't you pateh with a color to match They chuckled, "Why not in blue?" "Come, don't be coy, my blue brown bey, Speak out," and they laughed with glee: And he blushed rese-red while he bashfully said : "That ain't no patch: that's me!" ron _-- "Heavy Docket (Continued from page 1) The list of civil cases is made up of the following: i Cormack v. King (non jury) Uhrynowitch v. Town of Whitby (non jury). Brooks v. Wilson (jury). Township of Pickering v. Crocker, (non jury), Pickering v. McDonald (non jury). Bulezad v, Kalenka (jury). Corner v. Scott (non jury). i Cormack v, King Bros, is an ac-| tion brought by Miss McCormick of| Whitby, claiming $10,000 damages; for the nuisance caused by the tan-| nery owned by King Bros. to her, property, and claiming an injunc-| tion restraining the defendant from continuing the nuisance. The plain- tiff contends that her property is de- preciating in value on aceount of the defendant's negligence, the smoke from the tannery and the| dumping of general refuse about the factory, The plaintiff claims that her health also has been in-| jured. In this action W. H. Ken- nedy appears for the plaintiff and; King and King, of Toronto, for the | defendants. i Uhrynowiteh v, Town of Whithy is | an action for $3,000 damages against | the Town of Whithy and the Public| Utility Commission on account of the water in the creek running) through his property being, he al-| leges, contaminated through the ne- glect of the defendants in allowing sewage to run into the creek, 'Thel damage consists wholly of stock and | fowl which died, on account (plain-| tiff claims), of drinking the water, W. H. Kennedy appears ior the] plaintiff and A. E. Christain for the] town. . | The case of Brooks v. Wilson is] an action for malicious prosecution. In April, 1922, the defendant swore out information against the plaintiff, charging him with removing a dike situated in the creek south of Brook- lin at the C.N.R. subway, There being no evidence against him at the trial the plaintiff was honorably discharged, without 'being even ask- ed to give evidence on his own be- balf. The plaintiff then brought ac- | tion. W. H. Kennedy is acting for i Brooks and A. E. Christian for Wil- | son. { Bulczak v. Kalenka is an action for libel. The plaintiff claims that the defendant wrote a letter to her, husband charging her with infidelity and immoral offences. W. H. Ken- nedy acts for the plaintiff and Grier- son and Creighton, of Oshawa, for the defendant. | Pickering v. Crocker, is an action by a man named Pickering against | one Crocker for damages in connec- tion with an auto accident. J Pickering Township vs. McDonald { is an action regarding a right of wey at Fairport (Frenchman's Bay). Coal In Cellar (Continued from pace i) | the eoal is being used, heats the cen-| tre section of the old Queen's Hotel Block, owned by Mr. R. N. Bassett, | Whithy. Throughout the night, the gas from the coal was almost suffocating and the watchman was obliged to open the doors on numerous occa- sions to allow it to escape. Some of the larger chunks of coal when broken open were found to be al- most redhot showing that in a short time the coal would have been in| flames. The facet that the coal was thoroughly drenched with water, does not prevent it from again be-! coming sufficiently hot as to cause; fire and until the coal is removed | every precaution will be taken to see that nothing serious develops. Boys' Club Laid Continued from page 1) | one of the largest stores in the town. Over the store there were two large rooms and it was in one of these| rooms that the boys' class and club met. The outstanding characteris-| tic of the man's life was his devo-| tion to the growing boy. He realized | the advantages to a Young man in having proper facilities for the de- | velopment of the mental and physi-| cal as well as moral attributes. In| this room he talked with the youns wen and prepared them for meeting | the temptations and trials of life. John Steele, in establishing this] club really set the foundation of the| | first Y.M.C.A. here which was estab- | lished a short time later. Mr. Steele] | became the first President. He had | worked quietly among the boys, but surely, against a strong force of ob-| | jection from some quarters. Few of those men who were pres- ent at the ceremony knew of these facts and of how he in his quiet, un- assuming way, set the earliest activi- ties for that establishment in mo- tion . The reception last evenigg was hwhat it was intended to be, a great | success. The Y.M.C.A., owing to the | recent campaign, is enjoying the larg- est membership in its history and the welcome extended to the members) tation present, was of such a mature las to impress them that the insti- tution is endeavoring to render a real sefvice to boys, young men and men of the town. In the course of his remarks Mr. Hall expressed of whom-there was a good represen-| T---- world. Oshawa. I The Robert From World Markets To Oshawa There is scarcely a month in the course of the year when Simpson buyers may not be found in the great merchandise markets of the Linens from Ireland, china and woollen fabrics from Eng- land, silks from France and Switzerland, millinery and gowns of great charm and beauty from Paris, the fountain of all fashion inspiration. Regularly all these sources of supply are tapped by Simpson buyers and the best produgts they have to show are brought home to Canada for the use and convenience of thousands in Toronto--and To shop in Toronto simply telephone your order to number 1280 and Simpson's Oshawa Branch will do the rest. PHONE 1280 SIMPSON tized | | " | Y Pig i the "hope that the members would | instructor, meets in King Street | children of 8.8. No. 2, East Whitby | use every facility contained in the | school Tuesday and Friday evenings | Township. building, at the same time them to play the part of missionaries in inducing others to take an active part in the work, Building Thrown Open The building was then thrown open to members, all games including | and Friday evenings iz Simcoe Street | bowling alleys, billiards, etc., being at their disposal free of charge. the gymnasium, Mr. Howard Ellis, physical director, had arranged a game of volley ball also basketball for the benefit of members. King's orchestra of Whitby was in attend- ance throughout the evening, while from 9 to 10 o'clock light refresh- ments were served by a committee composed of Mrs. W. A. Dewland, Mrs. J. C. Young and Mrs. F. E. Hare. Their efforts were much ap- preciated. The members had the opportunity of becoming acquainted with the members of the staff and with an at- tractive program such as has been prepared in all departments an ac- tive as well as pleasant season's ac- tivity is anticipated. 120 Young People (Continued from page 1) Public School. The instructors of tae different classes and where they meet are: Mechanical Drawing and Shop Mathematics--J. Davies and Albert Wilson, instructors, meet in King Street school Monday and Thurs- day evenings 7.30 to 2.30. Motor Mechanics Fred instructor, meets in King Street school Tuesday and Friday evenings 730 to 9.30. Bookkeeping and Accounting Miss M. Cummer. instructor, meeis in High School Tuesday and Thurs- day evenings 7.30 to 9.30. Home Nursing Miss E. M. Seiling, asking | On | Pawson, | 7.30 to 9.30. | Arithmetic and English--Miss L. | R. Moffatt, instrucgor, meets at King | Street school 7.30 to 9.30, English for Beginners | Annand, instructor, Miss G. L. | school 7.30 to 9.30. | Dressmaking-- Mrs. G.. Hicks, in- | structor, meets at King Street school Tuesday and Friday evenings 7.30 to 9.30. v oe Shorthand and typewriting--Miss | Quisn. instructor, meets {and Thursday evenings | School 7.30 to 9.30, | The charge for a course in motor { mechanics is #5 while for the other courses the fee is $2 excepting aritn- { metic. and home nursing,' for which | the charge is $1. Principal Gagbuit {or members of the Committee will | be pleased to receive inquiries from | all students desirous of taking ad- | vantage of the classes. The com- | mittee is composed of F. Chappell, |. | W. Moyse, Rev. Father Bench, W. P. Knight, W. H. Hall, 8S. Storie, W. Ii. Ross, D. B. Carlyle and Principal A. E. Garbutt. Cedar Dale (Continued from page 1) annexation. Later he averred that he was merely trying to uphold the interests of Kast Whitby, while per- sonally favoring the scheme of an- nexation. After much discussion it was de- cided to try and have the matter placed in the hands of the council for discussion at its iext meeting | on Wednesday night of next week. As at former meetings the chief problem that the annexationists en- deavored to.seolve was that of pre- viding school accomodation fer the meets Tuesday : Tuesday | in High kn an effort to have this | matter cleared up R. A. Hutchisop. echool inspector, was invited to the meeting to express his views. Inspector's Solution | Mr. Hutchison explained that, ac- {cording to law, the town could not {come to any agreement of a legal nature, with the residents who were desirous of school accomodation for their children, until after annexa- tion. He proposed, however, that the council of Oshawa give a "'gen- tleman's" promise that these child- ren would he taken care of from an educational standpoint. He express- ed the opinion that Oshawa could afford to treat them generously. "The municipal board would not." said Mr. Hutchinson, "permit the materialization of annexation until some method of taking care of these children was provided: He would be willing as a schopl official to regard such a promise as an agreement. Other matters discussed were the boundaries of the territory to be an- nexed; the fixed assessment propos- al: the assumption of the township debt to the village of Cedar Dale: and the creation of new wards, and its representation on the council should annexation become a reality. Those who attended the meeting were: Reeve F. French, Councillor W. Ormiston, Councillor Dr. A. A. Farewell, and Paul Purvis, township clerk, all of East Whitby; Col. J. F. Grierson, solicitor for Oshawa; Deputy' Reeve Hill, of Oshawa: G. D. Conant, of Oshawa; R. A. Hutch- inson, county school inspector aud Messrs. C. Robson, Jackson and Hol- der, representing Cedar Dale. D. J. E. Hett, Labor-Farmer can- didate for North Waterloo in the last Dominion election, is build- ing three houses equipped with ra- dio receiving apparatus. OLD VIRGINIA for pipe smokers who per 3 | RRR. SN