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'PAGE FOUR THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, WeLNEsDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1929 ¥ . Children's Shelter is to be erected, The Oshawa Baily Times Succeeding "THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER amy (Established 1871) An tmdependent newspaper published every moon except Sundays and legal holidays, at Oshawa, Canada, by Mundy Printing Company, Limited; Chas, M. Mundy, President; A. RN. Alloway, Secretary. The Oshawa Daily Times is a member of the Cana dian Press, the Canadian Daily Newspapers' As sociation, The Untario Provincial Dallies and the Audit Bureau of Circulations, SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier: 30c a week. By mail (out side Ushawes carrier delivery limiws); in the Counties -of Ontario, Durham and Northumbesr iand, $8.00 a year; elsewhere in Canada, 84.00 a year; United States, $5.00 a year. TORONTO OFFICR 407 Bond Building, 64 Temperance Street, Tele phone Adelaido 0107, H. D. 'Iresiddev, repre. sentative, REPRESENTATIVES IN U.S. Powers and Stone, Inc, New York and Chicago, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1929 A WORTH-WHILE GIFT Those children who are unfortunate enough to have to come under the care of the Children's Aid Society have found a real friend in J, D, Storie, who has donated the site, on Centre Street, on which a new This munificent gift is one which will long cause Mr, Storie to be temembered with gratitude in the community, and toupled with his name will be those of the other sitizens who have made donations to make the new shelter possible. One of the noblest pieces of community service which ean be undertaken is the salvaging of lives of ittle children who would otherwise have no oppor- winity of growing up to lives of usefulness and self- respect, It is a pity that there are such children, but under modern living conditions, with human na- ture as it is, there will always be the problem of caring for them. In moulding these young lives so that they will develop into young men and women with character and strength, a splendid work is being done, a work that will pay large dividends in better citizenship in future years, By his gift of a site for a centre for this work, Mr, Storie has done much to encourage those officials who are entrusted with carrying it out, and he de- serves the thanks of the entire community for his munificence, HONORING THE PIONEERS The special committee which was formed in Toronto the other day, with Dr, T. E, Kaiser, M.P, as its chairman, to consider ways and means of perpetuat- ing the memory of the pioneers of Ontario, has be- fore it a worthy task, In these days when material things play so large a part in cveryday life, there is a tendency to forget about the trials, hardships and sacrifices of those who went before, who carved out their homes in the fastnesses of what was then a wild country, and who laid the foundations on which the present prosperous and populous province has been built, There are so many, ways in which the memory of the hardy pioneers can be honored that the committee will probably be deluged with suggestions, One of the most necessary things, of course, is the preser- vation of the pionecr cemeteries of the province, the places where the bones of the carly settlers were laid to rest. It is regrettable, but true, that in many places these old cemeteries have been allowed to fall into an abandoned state, instead of being hallowed and revered as places sacred to the memory of those who lie in them. The work of keeping them beauti- ful and honored is one which might well be under- iaken by this generation. The greatest value of honoring the memory of the pioneers lies in the lessons which this might have for the young people of this and future generations, They are so prone to live in the present that they are apt to take no cognizance of the labors of those who made their lives so pleasant and comfortable as they are, Pioneer history is one of the most fascinating of studies, and the memory of the pioneers might well be honored by a method of instilling into the minds of young students in high schools and colleges the great debt they owe to their pioncer forefathers, and the responsibility which that debt carries with it, THE REPARATIONS CONFERENCE The work of the reparations commission which is now meeting in Paris, is of vital importance to .he whole world, since its task is to fix definite- ly the amount to be paid by Germany in settle- . ment of that country's war obligations to the allies, This question involves many other ques- tions of international financing, war debts, re- habilitation of Europe economically, and the future development of peaceful relationships be- tween the countries involved. So far, it has been difficult to reconcile the two viewpoints in the discussion. The Germans, of course, wish to escape as lightly as they can, and are painting the darkest possible picture of their economic position, Their offer is to pay approxi- mately eight billion dollars in full settlement, The other exireme is represented by France and Belgium, which are demanding a sum in the neighborhood of twenty-four billion dollars, There s a vast difference between the two viewpoint: and the likelihood is that a figure somewhere be- ween the two extremes will have to be found. Briiain's position is in the middle of the con- roversy. Britain's chief concern is that the umount paid sball be sufficient to meet her annual war debt payments to the United States, and this is only fair, since Bri ain is the largest debtor of the United Stutes, and, at the same time, is, if overytbing Is taken into account, the largest cred- itor. Many of the debts owing to her, however, will never be paid, such as the financial assiste ance given 10 Kuss In We early yeurs of (ne war, 80 that if Britain is to be given a fair deal In the discussions, she must receive at least enough to meet her payments to the United States, The key to the whole discussion, les in the expert advisers from the United States who are attending the conference, They will have to use wise diplomacy to reconcile the two extremes, but as there is apparently a real desire to have the question settled once and for all, it is likely that they will meet with succees in their efforts. CAMPAIGNS AGAINST WEEDS An extensive campaign for the eradication of the sow thistle from the farms has been launched in Western Ontario under the auspices of the department of agriculture. This menace has be- come so serious that in Figin county alone nearly a month is being spent in meetings for the edu- cation of the farmer on the losses caused by this weed, and methods for getting rid of it, The average farmer does not need anyone fo tell him about the losses caused by weeds in his crops, He knows only too well what it means. Yet it is true, although strange, that in a day's journey in the harvest season one may see count less fields in which the weeds seem to be stapd- ing just as thickly as the crops which the far- mer planted, The extent of the loss caused by this neglect of farm land is tremendous, running into millions of dollars a year, because grain cannot grow where the weeds have taken root, The worst feature is that these weeds and many others spread and multiply by a process of nature that seems almost overwhelming unless strenuous measures are made to check them, It means hard work and proper knowledge to make a farm clean and keep it clean, but it is well worth while. Many farmers are trying to do this, but they are finding their efforts nullified because their neighbors are not of the same mind, and leave their weeds to grow and flour ish, and to send their seeds far and wide. Thus it is that the weed problem has been created, and it will only be by a movement in which all the farmers of any district co-operate in cleaning up that success will be reached in combatting it, EDITORIAL NOTES The House of Commons may have banned titles in Canada, but they cannot stop the American sport writers showering them by the score upon Percy Williams, Newspaper writers have found great pleasure in calling Lindbergh the "lone eagle". But once he is married will they change that to the more appropriate title of the 'double eagle'? Chicago has the repu'ation of having had the highest death rate by automobile accidents of any United States city in 1928, It is comforting that there is some choice in the manner of meeting death in that city, At an auction sale near Milton a few days ago, two cutters, in good condition, were sold at $1.00 each, Still, since some used cars have beén sold for 99 cents, the cutter owners can consider the price a good one, Premier Ferguson's views that Canada should control her own waterways, has won a good deal of support, but if the St. Lawrence Waterway de- velopment has to depend on this country alone, a good many decades will pass before it becomes possible. « Other Editors' Comment | THE IDEAL . (8t, John Telegraph-Journal) Beyond the question the economic Empire is the ideal, not necessarily a free trade Empire, but a mutual encouragement of trade Empire, DEPORT THEM (Lucknow Sentinel) Toronto's very capable Police Chief appears to have overdone it when he forbade the making of gposchios at public gatherings in the Yiddish an" are, What beats us is why these preachers of revolu- tion are allowed to remain in the country, THE KING AND IRELAND (Stephen Gwynn in The Fortnightly (London) There ig s.ill a numerous--though decressing-- party in Ireland which desires complete separa- tion and a Republic, Yet even among those who object to the Throne as an institution I do mot think one could be found to allege anything but helpiu) friendliness shown by King George to Ire- and. how King or man could have given stronger proof of magnanimity than this implies, STAMP COLLECTING (Border Ciiles Star) Most of us have been stamp collectors at one tinie or another, The pastime is an intriguing ogg for small x only to the occasional per- on, however, does the love of th pi e game cling in Nevertheless, there are thousands of adult stamp collectors, and stamps that are worth small fortunes are carefully preserved, many of them in vaults, go rare and costly are they, Many pot- able figures have' made stam file 3 \ Pp collecting their rim Bits of Verse . . | APP TEN YEARS AGO He came today, our whilom foe-- - An enemy ten years ago-- At léast our country's enemy, Even as I was forced to be An enemy of his: he came; And by the hearth we watched the flame Flourish the logs with gold, as we Together talked of poetry, Or sat, each silent in his seat, Rapt in the healing quiet sweet Companionship of kindred minds And human fellowship, that binds The broken spirit and makes whole The horrorlacerated soul, We, who'd been forced by fate to dwell Four years in opposite camps of hell, Were liberated now, and free Of the sweet heaven of poetry, After long years of exile, come To our true native country, home. --Wiltrid Gibson in The London Nation and Athenaeum. And, considering the facts, I do not know: the course of a debate a member said that there were some Irishmen who would not say "Boo" to a goose. ' Thereupon Tim H rose to his feet and quietly said © ol" > See It If find it quite a tussle, a your daily Use your courage and your muscle-- Knock your. p on the Life is hard and life is bitter, But whatever else you do, Don't Jou ever be a quitter-- See it through, Fortune always favors good work And rewards the man. who sticks, Whether what he sticks be woodwork, Envelopes or stamps or bricks, Fill the cracks in your ambition, Bathe yourself in liquid glue! Ask the aid of your optician-- See it through, . » * And it came to pass that on the third day after Jerry had played tru- ant from his institution of learning, the wise professor became suddenly suspicious of his pupil and ordered that the latter give an account of himself Lefore the class. Now Jerry was not altogether a bad lad but be- ing human, decided to wriggle out of the affair as best he might. For fully three minutes did he keep. the class in a state of suspense, while the professor, looking on with a calm but burning glance, silently awaited the words to come, Excuses seemed to flee from our Jerry's mind, and with a ring in his voice like the tap of a book-salesman upon the front- door, Jerry declared that his inability to occupy his respective bench upon that fateful morn three days pre- vious was due to the fact that influ- ences then prevalent throughout the outer world had so made an ef- fect upon his saner intelligence that it was considered futile to carry on a resumption of academical studies in the cducational institution with which he was automatically connected. He further remonstrated with his senior 'that it would be impossible to inflict upon him the customary corporal punishment due to the fact that the administration of such would bear no effect upon his mind since he deemed his actions of the third day previous were justifiable and although no idea of repetition was uppermost in his thought, he fully realized that he had committed an indictable offence against the current ogram being carried out by the school, Believe it or not. % % According to Omar The moving finger writes and having writ moves on; Nor all your piety nor wit can lure it back again To cancel half a line Nor all your tears wash out one word of it, ¥ x 8 Address oll complaints J ou Renrut, - Bits of Humor - ANSWER THAT! The Sheik: Dearest, can't you see my heart's on fire? His Only Hope: Well, do I look like a fire extinguisher ?--Answers. SHINING LIGHTS Lady Glow-worm: "I never want to see you again." Male Glow-worm: "All right, dearie. You glow your way and I'll glow mine." ALL THE SAME Judge--What possible excuse did you fellows have for acquitting that murderer? Juryman--Insanity. Judge--What, the whole twelve of you? CHILDISH WISDOM "What rubbish are you reading there Lucy?' ' Lucy (aged 10)--It is not rub- bish--it is a book on rearing child- ren I am seeing if you have brought me up correctly. JUST LIKE THEM A K. C. strolling along a street one morning, came to a fishmon- ger's shop. He was fascinated by the dead, expressionless eyes of the fish on a slab in the window. "Good lor', that reminds me," he said, suddenly hurrying away. "I've got to address a special jury this afternoon." SEEMS STRANGE A farmer engaged the services of a wanderer who one night applied to him for a night's lodging and some- thing to eat. All went satisfactorily for a week or so, and then the farmer routed out the newly hired man about 3.30 one morning. "What's up, boss ?" hobo, drowsily rubbing his eyes. "Time to get up and go to work." "What's the big idea?" "We're going to reap." "Reap what " ueried' " the "Are they wild oats?" "Wild oats? Of course not. Why?" "Well, if. they ain't wild oats, why do you have to sneak up on 'em like this in the dark ?"--Country Guide. CHRIST FOB ALL~ALL POR SUPPLICATION--Give heed to me, O Lord, and hearken to the voice of them ay contend with me.~ eremiabh 18:19. : 4 PRAYER--Thanks be of God who giveth us the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ. That Body of 48 Pours James W. Barton, M.D. ESKIMOS AND COLDS Perhaps you are inclined to smile at the request of the Medical Officer of Health when he suggests thateif ou have a "cold" that you keep as ar away as Jossible from other people, as the breathing, and parti- ly the coughing can throw the organisms of 'cold" a considerable distance, and other folks become in fected. Drs. P. Heinbecker and E, I. M. Irvine-Jones tell us that "during a trip up the west coast of Greenland they noted: that evely native in a certain settlement had a cold, while in others there wasn't a single native affected. ! , Investigation showed that just previous to the arrival of these phy- sicians and their party, that some of the natives had been mixing with outside folks. In the settlements where there were no colds when the doctors and their party arrived, within from for- i t to seventy-two hours after their arrival all the natives develop- ed a "cold," (an acute respiratory in- fection, as these doctors call it) 'with sneezing, coughing, and spitting, Further north, among the polar Eskimos, where it was certain that no outside contact had been made that year, there was never the slightest evidence of these infections at the time of the arrival of the doctors and party, but within seventy-two hours nearly every Eskimo in the settlement developed an infection, 1 believe that when you cons'der the statements of these physicians, you will agree that it is not the cold weather that causes these colds, but the presence of these "cold" organ- isms in the air the Eskimo had to breathe when the doctors' party ar- rived and lived in the huts w'th them. As you know the indoor life of the Eskimo in this ill ventilated hut, does not cause the "cold" if the or- ganisms are not about, With us in civilized communities the "cold" organisms are alwavs about us and if we get crowded to- gether in a room of 80° F, at which temperature our own protective or- ganisms scems to lose their fighting power, then these "cold" organiems get their chance to develop and a cold results. The lesson is obvious, (Registered in accordance with the Copyright Act.) Fellowship of # Prayer, = Daily © Lenten Devotion )\ V Propared by Rev Clarencell Wilson DD, for Commission on Bangelism of Feder! Council of the Churches of Christ in = America . Copynght1929 OSHAWA BRANCH OFFICE: 23 SIMCOE ST. NORTH Operated Under Government Inspection Were better of F this month than last ? PEN a savings account at this branch. Save for the mortgage payment, insurance premium, new home--save for the rainy day--future prosper- ity and happiness. Even if it is only a few dollars at a time, remember . persistence and regularity plus our Four per cent earning power will soon build up a substantial reserve, and month by month you will experience the pride and sat- isfaction that comes with the knowledge that your financial position is steadily improving. TORONTO 2 KING & VICTORIA STS. TA _SAEFE PLACR ROR, SAVINGS _ I TODAYS LST OF | AUTU AC IDLNTS Topic for the Week "LENT AND MYSELK" Memory Verse for Today "But thou, when thou prayest, en- ter into .hy closet" (Matthew 6.6). (Read: Matthew 6:5-15.) MEDITATION: Private prayer should be the great joy and com- fort of the Christian. And yet very often it is but a hurried task, a part of the day's rou ive, perfunc- tory and feeble, "My words fiy up, my thoughts remain be.ow." So my spiritual life is left unnourished. The trouble is that I do not take prayer seriously enough; my thoughts are not at at ention be- cause I am not properly sensible of my need. I shou.d take more time for my devotiors, It will hel pme ,too, to go back to ancient and tested custom and ligh. my cand.e at the altar of the great devotional utterances in the Bible and elsewhere, Somehow I must realize God's presence and my own peed. PRAYER: Lord teach me to pray. Give me the contri.e heart which thou dost not despite. Let my meditation of Thee be sweet. Quicken me with Thy Spirit that I fail not of the streng.h and com- fort of prayer. Amen. LIFE OF CORONER TWICE THREATENED Activity in Investigating the Chicago Murders Said to Be the Cause Chicago, 1lIs., Feb,:20,--Coroner Herman N. Bundesen revealed yes- terday that his life had been threatened twice in the past three days which he attributed to his ac- tivity in investigating the St, Val- entine's day massacre of seven members of the Moran gang. ONE KILLED, ONE INJURED WHEN TRUCK OVERTURNS Wheatley, Feb, 20.--Peter Hen- dricks was killeld and a companion John Ottoy, was seriously injured at an early hour yesterday morning when the truck in which they were riding skidded and overturned om the icy pavement on the Provincial highway two miles east o1 Wheat- ley. Two other passengers, John Hendricks and Constant Dehaese, were uninjured. Acording to mem- bers of the party they were Bel- gians, living at Blenheim and were d.iving to see a brother of Hen- dricks who is sad tobe fatally ill at Leamington. CONFIDENCE MOTION IS NEXT MOVE IN WINNIPEG SCANDAL Ottawa, Feb. 19.--The reaction of the Seven Sisters Ialls scandal in Winnipeg will take the form of a motion of want of confidence in the government at Ottawa. Certain Liberal members of Mani- toba will move a vote of censure on the Hon. Charles Stewart, minister of interior, who transferred the Seven Sisters Falls power site to the Winnipeg Electric company. . Last session of parliament, Mr, Stewart gave his pledge to parlia- ment and to the Manitoba Liberal members that nothing would be done without the consent of the Manitoba legislature. The legislature was not called to deal with this question, but the Manitoba cabinet recommended that the power site be given to the Winnipeg Electric compagy, and Mr. Stewart, as minister of interior in A. W. Austin C. A. Bogert President Vice-Pres. and Gen. Mgr, C. 8. Blackwell, Chairman of the Bord C. H. Carlisle R. S. McLaughlin Bibi Cor made 13, "Coradai Dokons" W. W. Near Frm, Pose Jusp Toten F. R. Y. Eaton Pres., The T. Eaton Co,, res. rn Co, E. W. Hamber Pres, B.C. Mills Ti od Aol Vie Vancouver "'John M. Mackie Pres., BrintonePcterboro Carpet Co., Ltd., Montreal . Wilmot L. Matthews Pres., Canada Malling Co,, 4id., Toronto Frente? pa | Tong Oshawa Branch T. W. JOYCE, Manager charge of the natural resources of the western provinces, acted on the request of the Manitoba govern- ment. . In the inquiry in progress in Win-' nipeg, two ministers have resigned after confessing to having dealt in the stock of the Winnipeg Electric company while this deal was pend- ing. StosiE-ForLonG & @ adosd Office: Betoed ding S. F. EVERSON, Local Manager Private Wire System 11 King Street East, Oshews = Above CLR. Ofer Phoous 143 and 144 T. A. Ricaarpsox Ewy Mazxs Fear O'Hzanw ~ F. OHEARN & CO. Winnipeg Grain Exchange New York Produce Exchange (Asste) DIRECT T0 PRINCE TH) ROU CANADA 2d UNITED STATES OFFICES AT:~ ATE TORONTO, ONT. NEW YORK, N.Y. OSHAWA, ONT. SARNIA, ONT. OWEN ND, ONT, Genosha Hotel, Oshawa, Phone 2700 Resident Manager, C, N. Henry