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'PAGE FOUR The Oshawa Baily Times Succeeding ho ./ THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER SL Ui A Ah AE (Established 1871) An independent paper published every afternoon except Sundays and legal holidays, at Oshawa, Canada, by Mundy Printing Company, Limited; Chas. M. Mundy, President; A. R. Alloway, Sec- retary. ' The Oshawa Daily Times is a member of the Cana. dian Press, the Canadian Daily Newspapers' Ase sociation, The Ontario Provincial Dailies and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier, 10c a week. By mail (outside Oshawa carrier delivery limits), in the Counties of Ontario, Durham and Northumberland, $3.00 a year; elsewhere in Canada, $4.00 a year; United States, $5.00 a year. TORONTO OFFICE 407 Bond Building, $6 Temp Street, Telephone Adelaide 0107. H. D. Tresidder, representative. REPRESENTATIVES IN U. S. : Powers and Stone, Inc, New York and Chicago. TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1929 WHAT CITIZENSHIP MEANS It was a timely topic that was taken by Rev. Dr. George C. Pidgeon, first moderator of the United Church of Canada, speaking in Simcoe Street United Church on Sunday. He issued a call to community service, and this call could be re- peated many times and residents of most com- munities would still be in need of a community alarm clock. Rev. Dr. Pidgeon pointed out that individual members of a community prospered only as the community as a whole prospers. While that seems obviously true, yet to many of us it apparently brings no thought of the responsibility that we have towards the community in which we live We accept the privileges it gives to us, its protec- {ion from fire and lawbreaker, its conveniences of civic works, and grumble because we have tu pay for these things that we demand. But community service consists of much more than simply contributing the amount in taxes that the law requires us to pay. The speaker on Sun- day pointed out. that voluntary service by its citizens was the driving force that impelled cities and nations onward, and here is where. this city, and indeed many another city, falls down. It is becoming harder and harder to pursuade men ol ability to accept public office, and as each elec- tion come around the electors are duly appalled by the small number of aspirants to public office, that might be considered of the proper calibre to fill these posts.-And in other public organizations the situation is the same. There are many reasons, of course, why this should be so, but one of the chief reasons seems to be a tendency to "let George do it," and let the rest of us stay at home and enjoy George's work. There is hardly a branch of community service that is not in need of more men and women who will volunteer their time to help it do its work more efficiently, the clarion call to service will bear heeding. SERVING THE COMMUNITY In conversation with one of Oshawa's merchants the other day, a member of The Oshawa Daily Times: staff was told "I'm glad to see The Times - progressing, for its progress is of material bene- fit to the merchants of this city." Did you ever look at it in that light? Think of the : outside publications coming ino this: city, especially daily newspapers from a neighboring city, They carry page after page of advertising by large firms that are levelled directy at the buying power of Oshawa as well as other places within thelr circulation area. And those advertisements take business away from the merchants of this city, take money from circulation here into the coffers of largé companies that spend little in this community, The Times is a community newspaper that is endeavoring to serve the best interests of this city and the district surrounding it. But, to maintain its improvements in serving this district, it is es- sential that it should have the support of the mer- chants of the city. As this support in- creases, its ability to serve Increases it competes in a better way with outside publica- tions, and the advertising of Oshawa merchants instead of advertising from outside cities is brought before the people of this district. It all works in a cycle that benefits the merchants many fold, and by keeping money in circulation in this city, benefits Oshawa as a whole. Bb CHAIN THEATRES The people of to-day like to be amused. The world is moving at a faster pace than ever before, and the recreative activities of most people find their outlet in the motion picturs houses which are to be found in practically every town, village or city, ; It is not surprising, therefore to find the chain system has been applied to motion picture thea- 'tres as well as to other lines of business. This is demonstrated in a recent report of the activities of the Famous Players Canadian Corporation, which is now entirely controlled in this country. This corporation, operating theatres on the chain system, was organized in 1920, and in.the ninc years since then it has shown remarkable devel- opment. : In 1920, it had 16 theatres; to-day it has 160. When organized, the seating capacity of its theatres was 15,000; to-day in controls houses which can accommodate 170,000 people. The gross: amount paid for admissions in 1920 was approximately $1,000,000, paid by 2,500,000 pat- THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1929 [ rons. Tn 1929, it is estimated, 30,000,000 will pay about $15,000,000 into the ticket offices of theso theatres. This indicates the growth in popularity of the motfon picture theatre, but it also shows as well the great hold which the chain system has secured on amusement in Canada. Of course, this is a business which lends itself to this system, and the result has probably been to raise the standard of " this type of ent ment to much higher levels than would have been possible by a continuance of the old system of absolute independence of theatres all over the country, . HOPE AT LAST The speeches of Hugh Gibson, representing the United States, and Lord Cushendun, repre- sonting Great Britain, concerning the reduction of naval armaments, delivered at Monday's ses- sion of the disarmament conference, provide new hope that at last something definite will result from the years of discussion of naval limitations. In the last naval conference held about eighteen months ago, the conferring countries were un- able to reach any settlement, because of wide differences between the viewpoints of Great Bri- tain and the United States. The utterances of this week lead one to believe that these differ- ences can be straightened out, and an amicable arrangement reached for reducing naval building reat powers. hor 4 an on greatly to be deffired, for naval armaments are costly and cause most of the cxpenditure on war preparedness. It is decidedly in the hands of Britain and the United States to give the rest of the world leadership ip reducing these expenditures, and with a proper spirit of compro- mise prevailing, and these two nations willing to make sacrifices for the general good of the world, a great deal can be accomplished. THE SAME PROBLEM EVERYWHERE In Canada, the slogan "Back to the Land" has been in vogue for a great many years, and intensive efforts have been made to fill up the vacant farm spaces of this country, It has generally been thought that Canada, with its great open spaces and its va- cant prairie lands, had a problem all its own in this respect, and that from the crowded population of Great Britain could be found the people to help solve it. : But Britain has just the same problem, according to Sir: Herbert Samuel, chairman of the British Liberal Party. According to him the trouble in. Bri- tain is the same as it is in many countries, The people are drifting away from the farms, and are settling down in the urban centre, leaving the farm fands deserted. In a striking phrase, Sir Herbert Samuel calls for a policy of colonizing old England as well as the overseas dominions, and, if conditions are as he suggests, and that rural Britain is under- populated rather. than crowded, then it would seem as if it has just exactly the same problem to face as Canada, with the qualification that, instead of trying to attract those who will go on the land, the old country government seems intent on sending out young agriculturists in ever-increasing numbers to fill up the vacant lands of the dominions, to the detri- ment of her own farming communities. EDITORIAL NOTES A rare volume is a book that comes back whole after it has 'been loaned. : The new United States secretary for war should make a success of his job. He comes from Chicago. An ---- begun to improve--for the chewing gum and peanut industries. This is the time of the year when one begins to wonder which of the neighbours borrowed the family rake and digging-fork last fall. ---- About forty per cent of the automobiles tested in Toronto were found to have defective brakes. This is one reason why there are so many automobile accidents in that city. ° Ee --..S ..--.,.,|po A « Other Editors' Comment ~ HISTORY (Saint John Telegraph-Journal) Only histories written by Britons should find place in British schools, and in Canadian schools preferably' histories written by Canadians. One might continue and say, histories written by Mari- timers in Maritime schools. NEARING THE LIMIT (Brooklyn Eagle) ; The latest tariff proposition is to ban "Smyrna figs" with a duty of seven cents a pound, so that certain interests may see in the course of years whether figs can be commercially raised in Cali- fornia, Unborn industries as well as infant in- dustries are held to be entitled to pretection at the expense of all ultimate consumers. FOREST FIRES (Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph) City-dwellers probably do not realize that the period between the melting of the winter's snow and the covering of the trees with their summer's follage is one of great fire risk. At this time a spell of warm, clear weather, drying up moist- ure, turns fallen leaves, twigs and slash into highly inflammable material, FOREIGN CAPITAL Toronto Star Those who seek to alarm us with talk about for- eign loans and investments here are influenced more by sentiment than economic considerations. They do not regard British capital with disfavor and yet capital wherever it comes from has the same habits and behaviour--wants all the profits it can make and repayment of principal. - « Bits of Verse - - USELESS QUESTIONING It is too far a journey for the mind To trace beginnings and to see the ends Of all the ways that brought us here, the trends That takes us hence. It were, perhaps, less kind So to reveal the barren source, the blin And bleak eventual retreat, that friends Of life should estimate the dividends, And know too well what had been half divined. We live like music on a fallihg breath, Awakened from a silence but to tell A single note in some. long madrigal Which may be praise of life or praise of death, Awakened from a silence but to swell A hymn, unmeaning, proud and prodigal. --Henry Bellaman in the New York Times. A The baseball season has opened and business has That Body of . Pours By James W. Barton, M.D. THE GREATEST ADVANCE IN If you were asked what was the most important advance in medicine in the last few years, you would probably say that it was Banting's discovery of insulin, which not only cures diabetes in young folks, but preserves the lives of older folks and enables them to live a normal life. However, if you were asked what was the most important advance in surgery you might be at a loss to give an opinion, That our ancestors were obser- vant is proven time after time if we care to investigate the matter, One of the things they noted was that folks that ate plenty of fish ap- peared to be free from enlargement of the thyroid gland of the neck- goitre, as it is called. They noted also that the use of medicines made with seaweed ap- peared to reduce the size of the goitre, From that came iodine and we know now what an important factor it is in preventing goitre in communi- ties that formerly had very many cases. But perhaps one of the great- est blessings has been its effect on advanced cases of goitre where there is the extreme nervousness, tremor of the body, very rapid heart, and bulg- ing eyes. That an operation for removal of part of the thyroid gland would cor- rect these symptoms to a large ex- tent was proven years ago, but the operation was for many years quite dangerous. However, Dr. Walter E. Sistrunk, Rochester, Minn., tells us that the use of iodine in preparing patients to undergo the operation has de- creased the death rate, lessened the symptoms, lessened also the expense to patients and made the operation easier to perform. It permits pati- ents to resume their duties many months earlier than was possible be- fore this method of preparation was used. These pleasing results have taken away the dread of operations that formerly existed in the minds of cer- tain patients, and have caused them to present themselves for operation much sooner, Dr. Sistrunk says further "I feel that the use of iodine for some time previous to operation may be looked on as being the most important ad- vance that has been made in any branch of surgery since its introduc- tion in 1922. The lesson for us is clear. . While iodine may not be indicated in every case, nevertheless if your doctor wants you to use jodine as a preventive of goitre, or to lessen the symptoms before operation, you can now see his reason therefor. He will tell you that many severe cases have been so improved that an operation became unnecessary. (Registered in Accordance with the Copyright Act.) ANOTHER ATTRACTIVE "ACROSS CANADA" TOUR. All who may be contemplating a trip to the Pacific Coast will be in- terested in another very attractive personally-conducted tour to be operated via the Canadian Natlon- al Railways this coming summer. The tour has been organized by the Well-known Pitman Tours of Mont- real. The party will leave Montreal and Toronto on July 16th, return- ing to those cities on August 7th, and 8th, respectively. The itin- erary, a most comprehensive one, will include stops at Minaki, Win- nipeg, Saskatoon, Calgary, Banff, Lake Louise, Edmonton, Jasper Na- tional Park, Mt. Robson; Prince Rupert, Vancouver and Victoria: Especially attractive features of the tour will be the steamer sail on the Pacific Coast from Prince Rupert to Vancouver, and through the Great Lakes from Sarnia to Port Arthur, also the automobile trips to Mt. Edith Cavell in Jasper National Park, from Calgary to Banff and Lake Louise, and the sight-seeing trips at stopover points. An extension trip to Alaska has also been arranged and those who can spare the additional time nec- essary should net fail to take ad- vantage of this opportunity to see Skagway and enjoy the short ex- cursion into the interior of Alaska, through the White Horse Pass to Lake Bennett. An illustrated descriptive book- let of this tour has been published and copy may be secured, also re- servations arranged, direct through Pitman Tours, Ltd.,, Montreal, or through any Canadian National Agent, MOTORCYCLE VICTIM DIES Toronto, April 23. -- Edward Tasker, of 385 Lumsden avenue, Est York, who received serious in- juries on Sunday afternoon when his motorcycle skidded into an automobile en Woodbine avenue died at the Toronto East End hos- pital shortly after noon yesterday. An inquest has been ordered by Coroner McLean, the date of which has not yet been set. CTT I T= THE LORD KNOWETH--Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work 'evil upon their beds! They covet fields, and take them by vio- lence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house. Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil--Micah 2:1, 2, 3. PRAYER --- We, Lord, would seek first Thy kingdom and Thy righteousness, assured that all else In honour of England and St. George's Day (For Englishmen Overseas) Unite we to-day in a spirit fraternal ' To honour the Spirit, The Spirit of England, Bred in Her sons in the land of tHeir birth, With pride do we cherish our ancient Traditions :-- Justice and Freedom where'er The Flag flies! Greatly to do and dare all things for Duty: To honour our pledges whatever they cost, Traditions like these are The Soul of Old England, Born of great spirits who gave theirs to Her, Whenever we fail to be worthy our heritage, Her Soul is untarnished, the shame is our own, None honour her more, than we who are absent, What know they of love, who have ne'er had to part? The children of England, tho' ocean's leagues sever, Cherish her dearlly, deep, deep in their hearts, Hail then! Oh England! Great Mother of Empire! Hail to St. George! England's own Patron Saint! Here on this festival, in spirit fraternal, We greet thee,~St. George and Old England, --All Hail} England's Saint George: W. J. King. Montreal, P.Q... MYSTERY DISEASE CLAIMS SIXTH LIFE Stratford Woman Dies From Streptococcus Infection EKFRID DANGER OVER Authorities Prepare to Lift Ban on Community Gatherings Torento, April 23.--The same organism that has accounted for 4 lives in Ekfrid is blamed for the death of another victim in Strat- ford last night. Just when the Ek- frid township epidemic seemed over word came from Stratford that Mrs, Cecil Hodgins had died in the iso- lation hospital there from what nhysicians believe dto be a virulent streptococcus haemolyticus infec tion. So far as is known the Stratford victim did not come in contact with any person from the Ekfrid district, The fact that the organism in its virulent form has claimed lives in the last week in Niagara Falls, Ek- frid and Stratford leads doctors to the belief that the organism is more than generally prevalent throughout the province just now. Toronto medical men could give no explana- tion. No one could explain it, they said, any more than the prevalence of a virulent type of influenza some years ago, could be explained. Conditions in Ekfrid were report- ed so much improved last night that a call was issued for a special meeting of the board of health to be held in Melbourne, Tuesday, to consider cancelling of certain emer- gency restrictions and reopening noesibly three of the five closed schools. Edward Sinclair, who has heen hovering between life and death in the Victoria hospital at London. is reported improved. Mrs. Hodgins, the Stratford vie- tim, was taken ill last Tuesday. Yer condition became worse and later in the week she developed a rash over practi~ally her entire body. Anti-streptococcus serum was administered. Toronto doctors believe there is no danger of a general epidemic. ORGE H. ROSS MAY BE NAMED T0 COMMISSION Speculation as to Who Will Succeed Late P. W. Ellis Toronto, April 23.--George H. Ross, former city treasurer, as Tor- onto hydro commissioner, and Con- troller Joseph Gibbons as a mem- ber of the Toronto Transportation commission, were possibilities which loomed yesterday in city hall circles following the death of W. Ellis, chairman of both the hydro and transportation commissions. Should Controller Gibbons be persuaded by an appointment from the city council to resign and take a position on the T.T.C., it would create a vacancy on the hoard of control which would probably be filled by council electing a man to be controller for the rest of the year. It is believed a present mem- ber of the council would be the choice. . With the death of Mr. Ellis and the consequent vacancies on the commissions. it is understood by civic authorities that Mr. Wright, also a member of both commissions, will have to resign from one or the other of the two bodies. Provin- cial legislation passed several years ago forbade any man from holding nositioné on more than one public utility commission, but was am- ended so as to hold the ruling in abeyance pending the death or ree signation of Mr. Ellis and Mr. Wright or of either. Mayor Asks Ross to Act It is considered likely that Mr. Wright will prefer 'to retain his positon on the T.T.C., which would leave Mayor McBride as the only member of the hydro commission, and necessitate two appointments to that hoedy. The mayor has ask- ed Mr. Ross. to consider filling one of the hydro vacancies when Mr, Ross visited the city hall yester- day. It is understood that Mr. Rom will give the mayor his answer within the next day or so. He declined to be interviewed with respect to his possible ap- pointment to one of the vacant commissionerships, remarking; that he was now in private life as man- ager of the Toronto office of a New York brokerage firm. Eye Care and Eye Strain THE RELATION OR DEFECTIVE EYES TO HEALTH By O. H. Tuck, Opt. D, Copyright 1928 Part 20 Any eye defect--uncorrected will register an improper impression through the distorted, indistinct appearance in the vision. In this regard I may say further that many . children are unnecessarily sacrific- ed to ignorance and neglect and when they do survive then future life is handicapped by {impaired health, hereditary weakness and defects commensurate with bad liv- ing conditions and environment, When the eyes are concerned it is essential to have the best ex- amination possible. As in the interests of health, we may say the same laws will have a strong bearing upon the person's vision. Good vision poor vision, in the child's development depend to a very great extent upon proper nourishment, proper rest, proper exercise, and proper care to fol- lowing the laws of nature. Failure in the above in lowering the vital- ity will have a strong bearing upon our vision and where the same is defective the condition will become more effective. This ig noticed in Hyperopic conditions where eye strain is experienced. In myopia by the increase in the error, (To be continued) STRUCK BY RUNAWAY CAR Toronto, April 23.--Struck vy a runaway automobile which coasted down the southerly approach to the Bay street bridge across the railway trackage, John Buchanan, of 2304 Bloor street, 27 years old, sufferel severe bodily injuries yes- terday. The automobile, owned by A, H. Sharks, of 327 Jarvis street, had been parked on the bridge and had coasted away, striking Buchanan at Lake tsreet. No charge has yet been laid against Sharks. - We Offer assistant to Director in HEAD OFFICE: --Vancouver, B.C. 450,000 SHARES NORDON CORPORATION, Limited Incorporated Under the Laws of the Dominion of Canada ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES :--Calgary, Alberta, and Los Angeles, California. CAPITALIZATION Authorized--5,000,000 Shares of no par value, To be presently issued, including, this offering, 2,000,000 Shares, The Company Has no Funded or Other Indebtedness, REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT: Montreal Trust Co., T to, Winnipeg and V DIRECTORS Glen M. Ruby, Calgary, Alberta, President and General Manager; formerly Vice-President and General Manager Hudson's Bay Mar- land Oil Co., Chief Geologist Rocky Mountain Division Empire Gas and Fuel Co., Chiéf Geologist Marland Oil 'Co. of Colorado and Geological Department, United States Geological Survey. C. G. Willis, Los Angeles, California, Managing Director of United States properties; consulting geologist and engineer, formerly chief of Geology and Research of Marland ies, former! logist Associated Oil Co., Director St. Samuel B. Smith, Vancouver, B.C., Vice-President and Assistant , formerly chief of Land Department, NORDON from ; oil op Hudson's Bay Marland Oil Robert S. Moran, Los Angeles, California, Consulting Geologist CORPORATION company, acquiring the property of Nordon Corporation and other valuable oil leases and royalties, deriving substantial present income ing oil fields of the United States, directed by i and practical talent of the highest order, which will largely devote its efforts to development of oil in the fields of Western Canada. Nordon Corporation had its inception early in 1928, to acquire exceptional opportunities in various oil districts of Canada and the United States, under the guidance of Mr. C. G. Willis and associates. PROPERTY HOLDINGS :--Leases on 24,000 acres and royalty under 76,800 acres on seventeen distinct oil areas of the United States, and 10,000 acres in prospecti Western Canada. United States royalty interests include portion of landowner's royalty in one of the finest leases in the Santa Fe Springs field of California. Five wells have here been completed to recently discovered deep and very prolific sands, and thirteen more wells are drilling on the company's royalty acreage. In New Mexico, company owns royalty under 70,000 acres, in the latest producing oil area in the United States. In Texas, the latest major producing field in the United States, company owns leases on 7,500 acres in Midland county, part of which is now being drilled on acreage-divi- sion basis by some of the larger operating companies of the industry ; leases on 2,500 acres in Crockett county, where 2,500 checkerboarded acres, transferred on acreage-division basis, is being drilled by Mar- Jand Oil Co. and W. A. Moncrieff, and where within the past few days one well reached the sands and was bailing at the rate of 288 barrels daily, with prospects that a big producer would be brought in; leases on 960 acres in Pecos county, on the Fort Stockton "high"; and leases on 1,000 acres in Ward county on the Soda Lake structure. In Oklahoma, one-half of royalty under 160 acres on top of a large core-drill structure in the Wilcox sand area, where Marland Oil Co. owns the leases on Nordon royalty acreage. In Kansas, acreage in the vicinity of the recent discovery just north of Wichita, Central . In Ohio leases on 80 acres in eastern part of state, where a well within one mile has just come in with yield of 100 barrels of high-grayvity Pennsylvania crude. Other royalties and leases are under option or negotiation in Santa Fe Springs field and in other fields in Texas and New Mexico, $3.00 PER SHARE, PAYABLE $1. STOBIE, FORLONG & CO., TOR! DISCRETI Co. and Engineer; formerly Geologist Standard Oil Co. of California. B. F. Hake, Calgary, Alberta, formerly Bay Marland Oil Company; formerly Geological Dept, Marland Oil Company of Mexico. Major-General D. M. Hogarth, D.S.0., C.M.G., Toronto, On- tario, Director; Director Sherritt-Gordon Mines, Ltd, Sudbury Basin Mines, Ltd, etc. Col. C. D. H. MacAlpine, Toronto, Ontario, President, Dominion Explorers Limited; Director, Sudbury Basin Mines, Ltd., etc. Mackenzie Williams, B.Se., Toronto, Ontario, Director; invest- ment banker. Assistant G } M. Granby M.E., Toronto Ontario, Director; eT, Chie! Geologist, Hudson's CT Por] formerly Smelting Mining, i and Power Co., General Superintendent United Verde Mining Co. LIMITED is a Canadian technical ive valuable areas in Application will be made for listing on Literature, with halftones and maps, containing further details, gladly furnished upon request. Terms of Subscription 00 WITH APPLICATION AND $2.00 UPON DELIVERY OF CERTIFICATES SUBSCRIPTIONS MAY BE MADE THROUGH ANY OUR BRANCHES AND CORRESPONDENTS OR THROUGH YOUR BOOKS WILL BE OPENED AT THE HEAD OFFICE OF JR OWN BROKER. SUBSCRIPTION , ONTO, ON, BUT IN ANY EVENT AT BRAY AND The statements cowiained herein are based mpom information Believed to be reliable but the essct accuracy of which canes be guereniced. ON TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1929, AND CLOSE THE The right is reserved to reject any and all applications and, in any event, to allot smaller amounts than ave applied for. StoBIE-FORLONG &([@ Head Office PRESENT REVENUES :-- Royalty revenue from five wells in Santa Fe Springs field will presently be at rate of $300,000 per , annum, and rate is expected to reach $500,000 per annum before the end of this year, as thirteen more wells are being drilled on royalty Jeases. Further revenues are expected from Texas and New Mexico fields from wells now drilling. FINANCES :--Upon completion of this present financing the company will have in excess of $1,100,000 in its treasury. INTENSIVE CANADIAN OPERATIONS :--The imme- diate objective of the Corporation is large expansion of its oper ations in the prospective fields of Western Canada, where its staff, in of valuabi logical data, beli some of the most important structures on the continent may be developed. PRINCIPLES OF OPERATIONS :--The principles which have been and will be followed by the Corporation in building opera industry. Leases and royalties will be negotiated over a wide spread, thus minimizing hazard of loss and increasing the chances of big success, regarding the personnel of a Board of Consultants, which will include oil experts of continental and international reputation, Eastern and Western Stock Exchanges. OF 5 MAY BE CLOSED IN THEIR OF BUSINESS ON MAY 1, 1929, we need Thou wilt give to us. wl