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PAGE NINE as ly A i , May 13-=While the na- Heap the fleet moves on, To- ght more than one hundred of the tori greatest fresh water fleet are lowing the e8, ecw in the ips, es are throbbing and [rims ha fatripped men are shovel ng tons of coal into the hungry maw Mf the reat jumaces. Water hisses long the ships' sides, and above, ghts from the mast-heads glimmer ong the stars, ' So, until dawn, and from dawn un- i night again, the business of ship~ ng goes on as cargoes from all over e world are borne up the Great fakes a thousand miles, while down om the huge elevators comes a lever-ending stream of golden grain, A hak Make your reservations now while the! choicer Princess cabing are available, Full information from 1! nearesi Canadian Pa chet il, or, + Fullon,' Assislans| |, General Possonger, |i 4 (Agent, Joronlo, ft' | Canadian "= Pacific -- "led to the opposite side, And the passenger ships, thelr multi- fotos { wei ei teed ne the L on' theif way with majesty, It is fair weather sailing now, For- gotten are the storms of former years, and for some months vessels w op: erate on schedule time, feaming their way through the calm, glitterin lakes beneath the sun, But the dre s of fall are not far away, and saflors are hoping that the season of 1930 will be different from that of er years First Catastrophe It is 226 years ago since the first catastrophe was recorded on the in. land seas, In 1679, the Griffin, one of La Salle's exploration ships, start ed from Green Bay, Wisconsin, She has not been heard of since, Recent, ly, examination of an old wreck on the shore of Miss nel Strait, at the western end of Manitoulin Isl. and, gave rise to the belief that she had been caught in one of the suds den storms which sweep Lake Huron, and driven ashore on the Manitoulin, Subsequent tr. hove claimed [] Haggerng total of lives, Last year more than 100 died, and the total loss in tonnage reached 22000, The greatest and most tr loss was the sinking of the sprity Milwau- kee, with 47 men aboard, in Lake Michigan, In the same season, 25 died when the Andaste sank in Lake Michigan, The steamers Senator and Marquette collided, and nine drowned the same number died when the Wisconsin sank, The Kiowa went down and five perished, The losses included Ralph Budd, Maple- court, Sarniadoe, Kiowa, Dover, Frle, 0. E. Parks, Weavercoal, B, I. Pen- nington, Hinckley, Edward Buckley, N. J. Nessen, Milwaukee, Chicago, Wisconsin, Senator, Briton, Burma and State of Ohio, 812 Drowned The greatest disaster, in loss of life, was in 1915, On a brilliant summer afternoon, the steamer Eastland lay at her dock in the Chicago river, She bad been chartered for an excursion and 8 laughing, happy throng were trooping aboard, Suddenly she listed sharply, The thousands on deck rush. Unable to withstand the sudden shifting of weight, the Eastland heeled sharply to starboard and turned on her side, throwing the now screaming moh into the water, Eight hundred and twelve lives were lost' despite the herole efforts of hundreds who lined the pier, The year 1913 saw the greatest storms in the history of the lakes More than 20 ships sank, and 212 people died, The toll of vessels in- cluded the Charles S. Price, Isaac M, Scott, Henry B. Smith, John A. McGean, Argus, Hydrus, James Car- ruthers, Wexford, Regina and Les~ field, The James Carruthers was at AT SACRIFICE 391 MASSON ST. TERMS REASONABLE For Partioulars Phone Owner, 7381 or 1884 The feature work of the season for famous King's Platers was provided by Whale Qil and Vare sity who worked a mile in 1.48 4.0 and the full plate distance in 1.58 25, Varsity finished two lengths in front of Whale Oll. The above the rail), with his mouth wide open and eager to run, while Vart sity Lies on his flank, The latter went to the front when they had gone three-quarters, and led the and helf to the central government, the latter deyoting it to financing '| contemplated old age insurance, pected that Whale Ol was the only hope to beat ¥Freothinker and did not. think that the Thorncliffe people had a better King's Plater in thelr own stable, that time the largest Canadian ves- sel afloat, and sank on its maiden voyage, The Charles S, Price turned completely over near Sarnia, Ontarlo, and for several weeks was known as the "mystery ship" because she could pot be identified, Fortunately, however, the toll of death has been greatly reduced in recent years, especially in single ace cidents, The advent of swireless and other lifesaving aids has been respon sible for that, Before wireless was invented, hundreds died before aid could . be summoned, When the steamer Phoenix burned in. Lake Michigan Nav, 21, 1847, 240 lives were lost. Three years later the Griffin carried 300 to death when she burned in Lake Erle, In 1860, the Lady El. gin, sank in Lake Michigan, and 287 died, COLLECTION SHOWS LONG EVOLUTION OF SURGERY London, , ~~ You can march back through history at St. Bartholomew's Hospital; for to mark the completion of the first new operating theatre and surgical ward--one of six to cost $1,225,000-~there has been form- ed a collection of old surgical in- struments, models and pictures cov ering 2000 years, You can see the first stethoscope--4a footslong wood: en cylinder; an early clinical ther- mometer, also a foot long and half an inch wide; a large curved knife, wh ch, it is pleasantly recorded, could cut off a leg in 40 seconds and bullet extractors of 400 years ago. A fascinating group shows the eyo {ution of the Jancet, while among ofr exhibits are the glass surgical knire and: the Roman lancet of = bronse, Curiously, in some ways the Roman instruments are not very different from those of 2,000 years after---not ably bone forceps. EE py \ LL ~ 90 _ I FASCINATING VARN FOUR 3 W.0s AVI GO AMEL | SCOUT EDITORIAL It has truly been sald that you can only get out of anything what you put into it, This holds true with Scouting, and it is a fact that the boy who most enjoys heing a Beout, is the one who tries hardest to live up to his Scout Laws, It a Seout lives up to his laws, und most of them do, he has a bettey reference and character than anybody could give him on paper, Very often the mere fact that a boy is a 'Scout, has proeyred him a position where other boys have failed to qualify, One of the main reasons for this, is that most Scouts are a living ex- ample of the first Scout law, "a Scout's honor is to be trusted." It is very remarkable how much pleasure can be got out of obey- ing this and the other Scout laws, Pleasure is purely a state of mind, If we go about the most unplean- ant task with the thought that it 4 pleasant to be permitted to per form that duty, it is remarkable how much lighter the burden be- comes. i f The Chief Scobt was very wise when he made it a law among Scouts that "a Seout smiles ana whistles under all difficulties." So it is that if we convince our- selves that it is. a pleasure to look out for the opportunity to do a good turn, and to he courteous at all times, we got a great deal ot enjoyment out of performing tasks that would otherwise be anything but pleasant te perform, SOOUT NOTES In answer "to our request for questions In last week's Scout notes column, we have been asked hy ona Tenderfoot why it Is that the guy ropes on a tent are always tightened at night, The answer is, that they are tightened In case it should rain, In which case one of two things will happen, ' If it in a boll tent, the ropes will shrink and probably pull the can vass down so tightly over the tent Boy Scout Activities News of what the Boy Scouts of Oshawa are doing contributed by the scout lead- ers. Contributions to this column will be welcomed, and should be sent Times office not moming each week. to the later than Tuesday pole that it will eventually cause the pole to break right through the top of the tent, causing it to slip gracefully down around the ears of the occupants, It it is a wall tent, it will prob ably pull all the tent pegs, causing the tent to lop beautifully over to oneide, In either case, the jdea is that the occupants will be automatically notified of the rain storm and will be able to spend thelr time looks ing after their equipment, Our advies is,' however, If you want to sleep safely, and to keep your tents in good condition, loos on the guy ropes at night or in a rain storm, The High School Trolle took a large number of Scouts from thelr meeting on Friday ast, and it tn rather surprising how many Soouts id attending the Colegiate Insti- ute, The Fifth Troop met as usual on Friday last, Owing to the IMigh School Frolle, the ranks were de- pleted somewhat and the evening WAS apent in games, Plans for a wesk-ond camp dur- ing the May 24th holiday week-end were discussed and a number of boys showed thelr eagerness to at- tend, I"urther plans will be discussed next Friday. We noticed some of the Seobnd Troop gathering on the North Sime cos St, School grounds on Friday last and by all appearances the meeting was to be an outside one, We hear that 8. M,, 8, Terry In not satYfied with looking after the #rd, and 6th Oshawa Troops, but has started the reorganization of the, Bowmanville Troop. Wo wish him luck and compli: ment him on his keen work with Seouting, The 6th Troop will meet on Fri. day next in the Y. M,C. A, an usual, This will probably be the last indoor meeting this season, and a full atendance is expected, Court of Honour, 7.00 p.m, Troop Meeting, 7.30 p.m, In full uniform please, and with rubbel shoes and good turn slips, WHALERS READY FOR SPRING TRIPS Seattle~The Whalers are making readv to be away, thei: goal the Ber« ing Sea and the Arctic, Ordinarily the movements of the whalers are leisurely excepting when they sight the giant animals of the ocean, but they will be on their way north by the middle of May at the latest Then the Arctic will be free of ice barriers until November, Seattle's whaling fleet consists of seven "killer" ships. A total of 77 whalers will man the vessels, They will operate from two stations. Twn fand crews totally, 130 men will go to the stations whe.e they will pre. pare oil, fertilizer and whalebone for delivery in the United States, Every man knows how to reduce hix own taxes, Thin is so simple, Put them on the other fellow, Kingston Whig-Standard, A Harley Street dootor is anxious to find a suitable name for his coun try house, I beg to suggest, "Bed- side Manor,"=-The Passing Show, IMPOSE A HEAVY TAX ON SCHNAPPS Swiss Government Passes Law Restricting Liquor Sale Berne, Switzerland, Schnapps, the strong fruit liquor much used in the country, will be harder ta get and cost much more under Switzerland's new legislation, Heavy taxes will he imposed on all alcohol and bran. dies under the referendum adopted April 6, by a two to three majority, Switzerland probably will collect $5, | b 000,000 a year from these taxes, half going to the cantonal ge.ornments Social © teform, however, was, the main argument in favor of the new law, As fruit wrehards were develop- ed here the peasants began distilling their own strong liquor, making schnapps, not always good, for u low price, at almost any farmhouse. Un. & + the new system anyone "1sy brew fils own liquor but only for his own aurcumption, Alcohol of all va:l:ties flow comes under strict government control, Distilleries arg to be licens« ¢d and the sale of i.eir product wil) be under federal supervision at fixed prices, Such control is c¢-pected to reduce the production of alcohols which had become very cheap, lead ing to consumption many consid- ered excessive and harmful, Other liquors largely 11ade from fruits, {ree from control, nevertheless will be taxed from 20 cents upward per liter, Wines and beer remain free industries, Aside from a diminution of heavy drinking, the new plan'is expected to encourage the sale 'of fresh fruits and the use of poor fruit and fruit pulp as animal food, ------------------------ PAYS TRIBUTE T0 NEWSPAPERMAN New York Times Honors Norman He 3 Mr, and Mrs, Roy Heddon, oronto, visited friends here recently," Mri and. Mes, Albert Cilders, Bowmanville, visited his mother, Mrs, Gilders, Mrs, Gilders returned home with them for a visit, Miss Maud Ashton snd Mrs, 5, May, Toronto; Mr, Ira Travelle, Oshawa, spent Sunday at Mr, and Mrs. E. C, Ashton's, Mr, and Mrs, Walter Rahm, Burke- ton, visited with Mr, and Mrs, Wm, Griffin, on Sunday, Mr, and Mrs, Arthur Tamblyn and Mr, Charlie Stainton, Oshawa, visit ed Mr, and Mrs, Wm, Stainton, Miss Violet Rice and Mrs, C, Rice, Long Sault, visited Mr, and Mrs, Wm, Moore, Mr, Frank Spry has purchased a new truck, Mr, and Mrs, 8, Little, Bowman- ville, spent Sunday at the latter's brother's, Mr, J. Shackleton's, Mr, and Mrs, Theo, Slemon ate tended the funeral of the late Mr, H, Argue at Bowmanville, He was a highly respected citizen of our com munity a few years ago, having lived on the farm now occupied by Mr, H, Virtue, Oshawa; Mr, and Mrs, Her- bert Seton, and Miss Greta Slemon, Toronto, visited at Mr, and' Mrs. Sunday, May' 18, will'be our Sun~ day school anniversary, afternoon and evening when Rev, c E, Cragg of King St, Church, Oshawa, will be the speaker, Special singing by Sunday school, On May 24 thers will be the annual tes, sports, with a con- cert put on by the Cuthbert church, Totonto, where Rev, Milton Sander- son is in charge, Mr., Alex Smith and son, Lorne, Oshawa, are spending the summer at Mr, and Mrs, Hoskin Smith's, Mr, and Mrs, Lorne Simpson, Mr, and Mrs, Russell Ormiston visited friends in Trenton on Sunday, CAN'T SUPPLY DEMAND With orders hooked for over 100, 000 chicks hatched under the Hatch» ery Approval policy of the Dominion Department of Agriculture in ap proved hatcheries in Quebec, it looks now as though it will be almost im=- possible to supply the demand which has come from the new Quebec Poultry Club scheme to develop more John Slemon's Sunday, Ferguson, Miss Bryant, Pickering, visited Mr, and Mrs, H, Stevens, Sunday, ton, Mr, Kenneth Lamb, son, Keith, Bowmanville; efficient egg production, The federal and provincial departments of agri- culture are co-operating in the scheme, The surprising feature of the project is the extent to which young women on farms in the Kast. ern Townships and in the area ad- jacent to Quebec City have entered as poultry club members, Miss Luella Stevens, Oshawa, and Mr, and Mrs, Cecil Wilson, Nestle and Miss Mae Bowmanville, visited Mr, ome Lamb's on Sunday, Dr, and Mrs, C. W, Slemon and Miss D. Late Veteran Canadian Journalist New York~The New York Times commenting on the death of John AT, McCready, veteran Canadian journalist and editor of the Daily Charlottetown Guardian of Prince Edward Island, said recently: We all delight to honor Mr, Charles Prestwich Scott, so long the guiding genius of the Manchester Guardian, but, in comparison with some of the Canadian brethren, he is scarcely to be regarded as a vet- eran or an elder journalist. He is in his eighty-fourth year, The Mon treal Gazette records the death at 92 of Mr, John A, B, McCready, editor of the Daily Charlottetown Guardian of Prince Edward Island, He was nearly thirty years older than the British North American Act and the Dominion, He had been in the good old, good young business for sixty. three years: He boxed the com- pass of journalism. He had been all around reporter, parliamentary re porter, editorial writer, editor, pub lisher, He had scen the men and manners of divers places and three generations, He stuck to the shop almost to the end. He was at once 4 remembrances of the Canadian past and a keen in- terpreter of the contemporary world, He pegged away at his daily editor« nls up to the last two months of his life, His long-continued physical and mental strength he attributed to his moderation in everything, This was his philosophy, not for the use of the newspaper tribe alone: Forget all the troubles of yester- day in weal for thy tasks of today, Above all, keep on going on, Me, John R. Dougall, editor of The Montreal Weekly Witness, "is now the sole survivor of pre«Con- federation journalists." He is also the oldest living graduate of McGill University, In his ninetieth year he in still writing most of the editorials in his paper, He too, "keeps on go- ing on." Marking the gifts of these two Canadians for labor and sur. vival, we can hardly help looking on Mr. Scott as a tender juvenal and saying to him: "Wait till you come to ninety years" PAPA MADE MISTAKE, CHANGES ACCOUNT New York~The man who watches these things for the Emigrant In. dustrisl Savings Bank vouches for this one: A young man who a few weeks ago had opened a savings account there tor his infant son came to the bank and announced a little hesitat- ingly that he would like the account transferred to his daughter's name. The teller scanned his books and then offered a suggestion : "Why don't you leave it stand and open another one for the girl?" he offer: ed, The young father blushed, "Well, you see, he sid, "it=it==it wasn't a boy" ENNISKILLEN BRIEFS Enniskillen, May 8.~Mrs, Floyd Page and family are moving into the house owned by Mr, Pantry, and are renting for awhile, We welcome them to-our village. Mr, and Mrs, C. W. Souch, Hamp- ton, 'visited Mra, J. Pye on Sunday, Mri, W, Patterson, Orono, spent Sunday with Mr, and Mrs, Jas, Froe- yo Fred Heddon and son, Ken. neth, and Miss Lois, Mr, and Mrs, ov R ! Win 0 Avenue overlooking Boardwalk and A Hotel | Distinctively Different' L JUST COMPLETED IN ATLANTIC CITY §¥y UNEXCELLED COLONIAL Ui abd Now Ready for "i WEDNESDAY MORNING | SPECIAL! -- 20 only SMART SUITS OF TWEEDS AND TRICOTINES These are quoted at such a ridiculously low, price that our store should hum with busy shoppers. Wednesday morning these are ' offered at 5.95 SUIT 2 DOZEN SPRING AND EARLY SUMMER HATS Special for Wednesday morning at 95C cue THE FAIR SIMCOE ST. SOUTH PHONE 1173 © wa Fox of Gas in the home, and are stocki St. North; R, S, Virtue, Simcoe St, Hardware; Miller & Libby; F. Flintoff & Sons: Adama Furniture Cot W. R. Brown, 201 King St. West; Warden Brown, 21 Church St, consideration for gas service provided a reasonable number of home owners patition for same. Purchase Your Gas Appliances Now-- Hot Weather Soon Here See The Public Utilities Coramission for Further Information re Gas Plans. Free Gas Service Into Your Home gx" DURING MAY and JUNE ONLY "23 PROVIDED GAS MAINS ARE LOCATED IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING Demand For Gas and Gas Appliances Growing Fast LOWER GAS RATES PROVING POPULAR "The following dealers are co-operating in every possible way to develop an interest in the use the latest and best in Gas Appliances orth; Harry D, Homes owra Electric, 'Simcoe ilson, King St: West; Luke Furniture Co.; Cleve located on Streets without gas mains will be given