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/ PAGE THREE Bowmanville Fall THE OSHAWA VAILY |IMES, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1930 Work Started This Morning ~ On Extensive Alterations to Bank of Montreal Building Former Bank of Commerce Site at 20 Simcoe Street North Being Enlarged and Renovated for New Own. ers CONTRACT HELD BY BATHE & McLELLAN Size of Banking Room Being Doubled and New Vaults Provided--Cost of Work Work was started this morning on the: remodelling of the former Canadian Bank of Commerce Rulld-. ing at 20 Simcoe street north, for the Bank of Montreal, which re- cently acquired the property on the merging of the two local offices of the Canadian Bank of Commerce. The work which is being done on the ground floor of the bullding It is estimated, will mean an expendl- ture of $16,000 and the contract has been let to Bathe and McLellan of this city with C, C. Stenhouse soting as the supervising architect, All of the alterations are heing made on the ground floor of the building. The size of the banking room is being doubled and iis equipment being entirely moderniz- od. Modern safety deposit vaults are to installed, and the whole of the eo facilities béing re- modelled with a view to establish- ing an up-to-date modern home for the office of the Bank of Mon- treal in this city. It is expected that the altera- tions .will be completed, and the new home of the bank of which R. 8. Morphy is the local manager will be ready for occupation by January 1, 1931, when the present office at the dorner of Bond and Simcoe Streets will be vacated, DECORATION DAY WILL BE HELD BY CANADIAN LEGION - Commemolating the sncrihces of those who gave their lives in the great war which began sixteen vears ago this week, and those who have died since their return from service in the war, the Oshawa Branch of the Canadian Legion will on Sunday hold its Decortion Day service the first to be held by the Legion inde- randently of any other organization, the main service, to be held in the Union Cemetery, will follow a parade of war veierans from the market building to the cemetery, headed by the band of the Ontario Regiment, and by the pipe band of the Legion Considerable interest is added 10 ' ¢ by the announcement that it will be conducted by Captain Ar- thur Easey, of the Church Army, who is himself a war veteran with a distinguished ' service record, having served in the English infantry in France, Salonika and Egypt from October, 1914, to January, 1919, He is taking the service at All Saints' Anglican Church, Whitby, on Sunday and has consented to conduct the memorial service for the Oshawa Legion in the afternoon, : The parade of the Legion, in which all returned soldiers and sailors in the city are cordially invited to join will leave the Market Building at 2 o'clock on Sunday afternoon, and wil march to the Civic War Memor- jal, where wreaths will be deposited in the "Garden of the Unforgotten, From there, the parade will march to the Union Cemetery, where graves of ex-service men will be decorated, and the Decoration Day service held, It is expected that the parade will be the largest assembly of war vet- crams ascenthled here in many years. The members of the Ladies' Auxliary of the Legion are also planning to take part, and will be present in farge numbers, It is particulafly stressed 'that all veterans in the city, whetheer members of Legion or not, "are asked to join in the parade, so as to make it as impressive as possibles ---------------- Born SOLLITT--At the Oshawa General Hospital, on Sunday, August 3, 1930, to Mr. and Mrs, Cyril Sol itt, a son. (311a) ---- Died BOLLITT--AL the Oshawa Genera! Hospital, on Wodnesday, Aug- ust 6, 1930, Evelyn Annie Jef: ery, boloved wife of Cyril A. Sollitt, in her twentieth year, Funeral from 15% Tylor Cros cent, Friday, at 2 p.m, to Union Cemetery. (31a) DANCE AT BUNSET PAVILION, every Friday night, Admission, ape. (30e) MADAME NEVADA, PALMIST, Ross' Corners, Phone pf 8) BYLAW TO LICENSE ELECTRICAL MEN AGAIN SHELVED Council Adopts Bylaw Al- lowing Bank of Montreal to Encroach on Street A bylaw for the licensing of eloctrical contractors and journey- men, presented to the city council Monday night, was shelved for fur- ther study after determined opposi- tionto the principle of the bylaw had been voiced by Alderman Petar MeDonald, Alderman McDonald claimed that the bylaw would serve tp establish a dangerous principle, which might conceivably lead to the licensing and regulating of every trade rep- resented In the city, He further stated that the petition from the electrical workers of the city which had requested the passing of the bylaw was not sufficiently repre- sentative, and also questioned the validity of a bylaw which did not Include all classes of electricians in the city, "It would be of no benefit to the people", he decared. "It would benefit only the electrical contrac- tors. The people are sufclently protected by the Hydro Inspectors," Alderman Boddy stated that similar bylaw is in force in every other city of the same size in West. ern Ontario, and that its passage would protect the local electricians against unlicensed outsiders in the same line, First reading was given %0 a hy- law providing for the laying of a gas main on Roxborough streot, from Richmond to Alice, dehen- tures for $4,000 to be issued to cover the cost, A bylaw authorizing the con- struction of sewers on certain streets was given {ts second and third readings and finally passed The sewers covered in this bylaw have nearly all heen completed, and the bylaw was designed chiefly to consolidate a number of previous enactments, A bylaw was pissed ratifying the agreement with the Bank of Montreal, relating to the bank's property on Bond street, which en- oroaches from elght to fifteon inches on the city street. The agrees ment in essence provides that the bank building shall be allowed to remain In {ts present position for 80 long as it shall remain In its present condition, In the event of fire, or other damage to the build- mg, it would have to ha moved back to conform with the surveyor's lines, OBITUARY MRS. CYRIL SOLLITT A unfortunath death occurred yesterday afternoon in the passing of Mrs. Cyril Sollitt, aged twenty of 283 Willlam street east at the Oshawa Hospital, 7 The deceased war formerly Evelyn Annie Jeffery, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jeffery, of 162 Tylor Crescent, Oshawa, The late Mrs, Sollitt was well known in the community, being a former em- ployee of Jury and Lovell's Drug Store. She was a member of King St. United Church and had residea in ths city for the last fifteen years, Besides her sorrowing husband, Cyril Sollitt, she is survived by her parents, five sisters, Flossie, Verna, Gladys Norma and Beryl, two brotherg Morley, and Ralph and an infant son, The funeral will be held to-mor- row afternoon at 2.00 o'clock from the residence of her parents, 152 Tylor Crescent, Rev, J. 8. 1, Wil son will be in charge of the ser- vice and interment will made in the Union Cemetery, MRS. T. N. COLGAN After an illness which confined her to her bed for the past year, Mrs, T. N, Colgan died at her home, 55 Robina street, Toronto, this morning. Mrs, Colgan is the mother of Mrs, Roy Kirby, form. orly of Oshawa, The funeral will be held from 65 Robina street Friday afternoon. J rned his Lesson Wite: "You don't love me any more. When you see me crying now you don't ask why." Husband: "I'm awfully sorry my «dear, but these questions have al. ready cost me such a lot of money." CITY NEWS| LEGION TO HOLD CONCERT 'The Oshawa Branch of the Cana- dian Legion is this evening branch. ing out into a new field of activity with the holding of a concert, un- der the auspices o fthe sports com- mittee, in Rotary Hall, at eight o'clock. It is reoorted that tickets have been selling well, snd thers are expectations of a substantial addition to the huilding fund of the branch, FINE PROGRAM FOR GENERAL MOTORS PICNIC ARRANGED RACES, SOFTBALL AND MANY OTHER FEATURES New Attractions Include Contests for Best Clown Band From Counties Plans for the monster General Motors Pienle to be held at Lake- view Park on Saturday, August 16th are practically completed and the program arranged will be found one of the finest ever at- tempted at the annual event, The picnic will commence with the preliminary ball games at nine o'clock in the morning and will be followed by the horse shoe piteh- ing at 10 o'clock, the tug-of-war, heavy weight at 10.15 and the lightweight at 10.46. In the afternoon a big program of races for the kiddies will com- mence sharp at a quarter to two with a babies under three years old race of 20 yards. At half past two the races for the men and thelr wives will commence and will be followed at four o'clock by the swimming events, the tug-of-war finals, executives' roftbhall game and the girls softball gagme at seven o'clock. All these events will be open to employees and their Im- mediate families only. Prizes for the 27 events on the race program will be presented from the car stand at eieht o'clock, There will be special contests for the best clown band of five or more Instruments from Ontario or Durham counties, the best clown over 14 years of age, best boy clown under 14 years of age, Hest comic costume for girls under 14 years, All these are new attrac. tions for the 1930 plenie, Other features will include pro- grams by both the 34th Regiment band and the Oshawa Citizens Nand, aPunch and 'Judy show funny clowns, fireworks, ferris wheel and merry go round, and to wind up a splendid plenic the pre- sentation of the ear to the lueky winner. This latter event will take place at gix o'clock, Children under fourteen will re- ceive a free ride on the merry-go- round and ferris wheel, four fice. cream cones one chocolate bar, ons box of popcorn and one sou- venir cap. . A field hospital under competant nurees will eare for any sickness or injuries, a mothers' rest tent "will assist In any way possible and a lost children ten will take care of all lost children, Hpecial street car service will bo in operation for those attending the pienie and a bus services by CGleneral Motors wil] supplement the streat car service. Rut service will also operate to Whitby, Bowmanville and Harmony, Cars will be parked on the sports field and all attending are asked to keep behind the ropes during the races and to observe all traf- fic rules, CLUB TO SEF HOW New Member Received by Kiwanians Here Tuesday Greetings were extended to a new member in the person of John Ross, at Tuesday's luncheon meeting of Oshawa Kiwanis, The charge to the incoming member was delivered hy Kiwanian Bill Hare, who explained in eloquent fashion the principles of ger- vice and brotherhood upon which Ki- wanis is founded, "The underlying principles of Ki- wanis are to me firmly imbedded in the concrete foundations of our con- victions," declared Kiwanian Hare, "Kiwanis helieves in the idea of help- ing the other fellow." "Kiwanis does not stand for sym. pathy, but for action; it is not passive, but active; our aim and method is not talking, but doing." The club emblem was pinned on the new member by President Bob Smith, and hearty applause marked the ac- ceptance of the newest recruit to the ranks of Oshawa's service clubs, It was announced during the meet- ing that an honorary membership has' been conferred on Maynard, ("Rob- bie"), Robinson, who has just com- pleted a splendid piece of work as dir- cctor of the Kiwanis Boys' Camp. An interesting guest at the lunch- econ was Kiwanian John Preston, of Lowell, Massachusetts, He addressed the club briefly complimenting them warmly on the work they are doing for underprivileged youth through the medium of their boys' camp, and of- fering suggestions for the carrying out of Kiwanis' objectives, from his own experience in his home elub in Lowell, Kiwanian Jack Burns announced that the program at next week's lun- cheon will be featured by a demostra- tion and explanation of the methods employed in the shooting and devel. oping of talking films; accompanied by a talking-picture presentation in the club's luncheon room, nf) ------ His Own Answer Teacher: Willlam, what are the dors? William: Masculine and feminine The feminines are divided into frigid and torrid, the makculine into temperate and intemperate, -- Tit-Bits, . TALKIES ARE MADE} Five Infantile Cases Have Been Reported From Oshawa and District Paralysis Three cases of infantile paraly- sis in the City of Oshawa have Leen reported to the City Health Depart- ment since Tuesday of this week, none of which, according to the health department, are of a serious nature, Two cases in the Worth Oshawa section of Fast Whitby Township have also heen roported to the township medical officer of health and while one of these is serious the other has passed the critical stage and is recuperating. When the first case in Oshawa was found by the Board on Tues- day, D. A, Hubbell, sanitary juspsc- tor made a rush trip to West Hill where he was met by a messougsr from the Provincial Laboratories carrying a supply of a peal serum, This serum wis used in the treatment of all patients, Every precaution is being made by the Board of Health of both the city and the township to prevent the spread of this highly Infectious Jdis- ease, Immediately upon notifica- tion of a case the patient is treated with this serum and the house in which the patients lives is quar. antined, A member of the Board of Health in conversation with The Times this morning stated that he did not belleve that it was '10 start of an epidemic. The outbreak, he felt sure, was not serious and with every precaution being taken he predicted that there would be little spread of the dread disease, The cases in East Whitby have been noticed for a longer period than those in Oshawo and one case has been successfully treated as to be in a stage of convalesance. The other case a more recent one Iu quite serious but is being carefully watched for further complications. Oshawa and the surrounding rown- ships are as a rule almost free from this disease and while a faw cases occur in the course of each year the district is more generally im- mune than most places In Ontaiio, With both city and townsh!ps hav. ing the health of the citizans well cared for there is little chance of an epidemic of diseans taking seri- ous strides, OSHAWA HARBOR (Continued from Page 1) the extent which is forecast, ad- ditional customs staff will be ne- cessary to handle the volume of onsuing business, The customs department announced that it is prepared 'o cooperate to the fullest possible extont to facilitate the movement of cargoes coming in and out the harbour The masters of all incoming vessels will report to the customs office herd, and btain ther claro office here and obtain their clear. ance out of the port of Oshawa tn their next dostination, This ap- plies to both coastwise trade and cargoes from foreign countries, Consignments for shipment from Oshawa to foreign countries will also have to be cleared through the customs office. A check will be made on the nature, quantity, method of packing, ete, of each outgoing cargo, and the details placed on record In the, Oshawa Customs office, The local collector of Customs announced this morning that he will be at the harbour this after- noon to receive tho report of the master of the Arst ship at the dock, and give his clearance papers on the spot, Not Complete I'roject The dredging work which has had its culmination in the opon- ing of the Oshawa Harbor this af- ternoon by no means represents the completed project, although it is sufficient to onable the use of Oshawa ax a lake pert, The complete project calls for a much larger harbour area, with docking slips and warohouse facilities, cov ering a wide territory to the north and west of the present harbor basin. The Basin and Channel The harbor basin, as now con- stituted, Is roughly triangular ip shape, and is 550 feet wide at its greatest width by 480 feet long. The whole has been dredged te a depth of fifteon feet, ax also had the channel out to the open lake. The channel Itself provides a pas- sageway 185 foet wide and 13% feot deep, running about 700 feet out into the lake. This channel runs betweon the two old break- waters which were built seven or eight years ago to replace those of the days when ships used to ply in and out of "Oshawa, but whieh are totally inadequate for the type of freight traffic that will be- come A regular feature of Osh- awa's trade now that the harbor Is open for business. On the south side of the harbor basin is a con- crote dock at which the freighters arriving today will be tied up to take on their cargoes, It is ans ticipated that the warehouse and freight shed accommodation for immediate noeds will be centered around this dock and that, as traf. fic develops and the needs of the harbor _ increases, this docking space, now over 300 foet in length, will be extended. The harbor it- self is sufficiently large to be used As a turning basin by the type of vos in common use on the runs between lake ports, and, being al- most entirely enclosed, provides an ideal shelter for boats in time of rough weather, Oreeks Diverted The Oshawa Harbor is some- what unusual fn that it has no stream of water running into it. Before the dredgihg was started last fall, there were two creoks runnng into what is now the har« bor basin, On the:west side, the Oshawa Creek omptied into it and on the east side the Wilson's creek flowed into the present channel, Departmental enginecrs, in mak- ing their plans for the Oshawa harbor, provided for the diversion of both of these creeks, The Osh- Awa Creek was cut off near the bridge over Simcoo street south, and diverted in an easterly direc. tion fo empty into Wilson's Creek, which in turn, was diverted so as to run straight south into Lake Ontario, some distance east of the harbor channel. Bites For Industries This engineering feat is of im-, has | of | portance to the harbor, since it | means that there will be coming down from these $0.10 up ihe harbor channel, and the water kept clear and blue like the lake itself. Another import ant change which was brought about by the dredging is that (he old swamp area, lying west of the no silt creeks basin and will be that In CEDARDALE BODY OPPOSES BYLAWS FOR THE PRESENT Believes Footbridge at Lake- view Gardens of More importance The Cedardale Ratepayer's Asso- ciation, at a well attended meeting last night, agreed on a resolution opposing construction of municipal buildings until the much mooted question of a footbridge to Lakeview Gardens has 'been settled hy the building of a shitable t1outhridie The resolution was worded as fol lows: "That this Association go on re cord as being opposed to any move in regard to the erection of muni. | cipal buildings, until such time positive action shall have been tak | en towards the erection of a foot bridge to Lakeview Gardens," The bylaws which will be submit- ted to the ratepayers on August, 28th, providing for a new municipal office building and a police station, received thorough discussion during the meeting, Strong arguments were presented on hoth sides of the but the unaniomus feeling was that the matter of prime the people of Cedaredale Ward the oft reiterated need for a Lake view Gardens footbridge It was announced that the execu tive Association are in communica tion with the Minister of Education for the provinee, and that some ac as | case, importance to Oshawa Creek's old channel, has been completely filled In by the | material taken from the harbor | basin by the dredges, making about ten acros of solid ground | adjacent to the harbor, land which is to be taken over hy the city for | development as an industrial area | for inustries requiring sites close | to water transportaton | Changes of the Future, | The openine of the harbor is ex pected to bring about many changes in Oshawa's industria) | situation, not only as rogards tho | methods of transportation used | by the present industries, but algo | with regard to the future Indust rial development, Tho establish. | ment of distributing centres hy | large ofl refining companies Is ox pected to bho one of the develop- ments of the mmediate future, Coal Industry Likely Another important wvelopment is lkoly to take place in the coal business of the city, With har hor facilities, .it is quite likely that Oshawa will become Import ant as a coal distributing centre for the whole area around and to the north of the city. Up to the present Oshawa's coal supply has had to be transportod exclusively by rail, byt with the cheaper water freight rates now available, It 1s more than likely, that most of the supply in. the future, will be brought In. by boat. It is even mooted in some circles that ship. ments of Welsh. coal may he brought from Wales to Oshawa dl. rect by water to compote with the United States product in the be- lief that, with the cheapor water rates, for shipmont, the British mining companies will be able to compete on at least an even basis with the United States producors, Some Historical' Facts The arrival of the City of King- ston this afternoon' marked the the first steamer arrival in this city for about twonty years. In the qarly days of the city a dock was built at the waterfront and was known as Sydenham's Whar!" used to a large extent by the lake stoamers, only the smaller types of vessels making Oshawa a call ing point, In fact, the Oshawa dock, in the early days, was not regardéd with much favor by ship- ping men, because of the shallow water around and off tho dock. Then, for a period of about fifteen Yyedrs, boats ceased calling at Osh- awa. During that period, the old dock was completely carried away by storms, and it was not unt) some seven or eight years ago that the present breakwaters wore built, Use of the harbor, how- ever, was still impossible, .owing to the shallow water, and it is only by roason of the extensive dredging done during the last year that Oshawa's harbor has at last come into its own, and Is now being used as a port of call by lake transportation companies. LIQUOR CASES ARE REMANDED Two oases of illegal possession of liquor comprised the docket in eity police court this morning. Both cases were remanded on bail. Tony Wenglars, 706 Douglas street was released on bail of $2,600, supply- ing $600 himself. The rest was put up by Philip Drus. Sebastien aldensburg was granted a further remand of one week Personal ball of $1,000, and surety in the amount of $5,000 WAS renewed, - RETIRES ON PENSION After 48 years and four months service with the Canadian Nation- al Railways, more than 25 years of which was spent as freight and general agent at Cornwall, F, A, Larke has retired on pension, He Joined the service at Port Perry. ------ "Do you believe in daylight. saving time, Mhs, Rages, "No, I don't, Mrs, lagas: we saved a lot of it last summer an' tion from his department may be ex- pected dn the matter Aldermen Harman, E Jackson were meeting, Waterous, and present at the Fair To Be Discontinued, Assets Are Sold Bowmanville Fair Abandoned. Sale of Grounds Approved By Association Last Night | FINAL ACTION IS | number pass their entrance, TAKEN TO WIDEN | SIMCOE STREET Property Purchased to Im- plement Offer Made by G. D. Conant Final action to implement the wid ening of Simcoe street south from Wolte street to Lakeview Park, was taken by the city council Monday Council approved of the payment of several sums (0 property owners nlong this street, fer strips of land 14 feet wide to complete the widen ing+to 80 feet The council also finally accepled the offer.of G. D. Conant for a strip 14 feet wide from Wentworth street to Ritson Road on the east side of the street, and on the west side from Ritson road south tn the Mackie property. This is additional to a 14 foot strip of land he had previously given from Wolfe street to Went: worth street on the east side The street, although it is 80 feet wide from .Cedardale school to the lake, will thus have a small jog at the Ritson Road intersection, The clause in the city property committee's report dealing with this question, which was adopted by the council without amendment or de bate, was! "That the Mackie estate be paid the sum of $1,000; Mrs. Dickie the sum of $100; and Charles Robson the sum of $67; these amounts will com. plete the purchase of land required for the widening of Simcoe street south 'and your commitiee recom mends that the offer of G, DD. Conant for a strip of land 14 ft, wide from Wentworth street (0 Ritson Road on the east side of Simcoe street and on the west side of Simcoe street from A point about opposite the Ritson Rend intersection south te the Mac kis property, also 14 ft, wide, be nc. cepied, This will complete the wid ening of Simcoe street from Wolfe street to the north boundary of Lake view Park." - BENNETT T0 TAKE OVER OFFIGE TODAY (Continued from Page 1) Roady to Hapd Over Ottawa, Aug, 6.---Tha govern. ment is now ready to turn over the responsibilities of ofMce to the in- coming administration, declared the Prime Minister, Rh, Hon, W, L, MacKenzie King, following a meet. ing of the cabinet here yesterday. The premier intimated, that he would see the governor-general within the next 24 hours and tend. er the resignation of the govern- ment. Mr, MacKenzie King recall od that it was eleven years ngo to! morrow that he was appointed leader of the Liberal party, and declared that it .would he a co- incidence If the date of his sur- rendering the reins of government synchroniged with that r.universary, Confers with Premiers Ottawa, Aug. T7.--Premlor-olect R, B. Bennett conferred with the three prairie province vnremiers here to-day and received from them assurance of co-operation in every way possihle to relieve the unemployment situation. Witnin the next two or three doys a furth. er conference will be licld to draft some definite programme which Mr Bennett may present to the speia' sosson of parliament to he called in September to deal with the pro- where has it gone to?" blem, FIND INFANTILE PARALYSIS CASE AT NORTH OSHAWA Serum Rushed by Air Mail and Case Is Considered Serious North Oshawa, Aug. 7. Little Marie Harnott ig 111 with Infantile Paralysis. Both Drs, Archer and Hazelwood are. in attendance As the case is thought to be serious serum was rushed from Toronto yesterday by mall, Miss Marjorie Whitney and Miss Joint, of Toronto, visited their Miss Noreen Hoaslip re- here air M. cousin, cently little Margaret proving nicely after ness similar to tha Hartnett Several from here attended the dance at Gene's Hall, Courtice on Friday evening More are plan- ning to gn when the weather gets cooler, The entrance class and members of the Home and School Club went to the home of their teacher, Mr, Jesse Arnott on Friday evening to give Mr, and Mrs, Arnott smal! gifts as a mark of appreciation of his efforts in helping such a large The presented Mr, Arnott with pen knife and gold chain Arnott with a bedspread and scarf to match, Mr, and Mrs, Arnott. were both surprised and Mr. Arnott made a suitable reply, A happy time was spent with games and music with refresh. ments of sandwiches, cakes and lee cream served later in the even ing. Arthur Phillips, with his bass-viol, accompanied by Miss Muriel at the plano, rendered some very pleasing numbers which wore well received, Messrs, Jack Beckett 'and Ed. Fiee have purchased the threshing outht of Gordon Lageer and start. ed their scason on Tuesday, The final game of the softball season was played here Tuesday evening between the Bell Tele. phone and North Oshawa, the Bell boys being the victors with a score fi-4 Mrs. W. J. Barrett has returned home after spending a month at Muskoka, Kirby Is im- a perious 1+ of Marie pupils a gold and Mrs DONATE $35 FOR CITY RELIEF WORK A cheque for $35 will be handed to city social service worker Miss Farncomb, to he used in relieving distress in the city as a result of the generosity the course on Bagot street, Thumb nounced, donated take on Saturday morning and af- ternoon to the relief work of the city, and the sum of $35 was rea- of the Tom Thumb management of miniature golf The Tom Af previously an- their entire In- people, lized for this purpose, 3 Well Known T never have admired Shakes. peare,'" sald the old lady; "he was such a plagiarist!" "A plagiarist, "Indeed he was, Why--t" His plays are simply filled with quotations." ita start in the year 1868 when a soclety known as the West Durham Horticultural Society was formed with David Fisher as president. Later the society became the first West Durham Agricultural Soclety And a success was made of the fair for many years, It is no reflection on the present executive of the executives of the past few years that the fair has not heen a success, Times have changed and things are far from what they used to be, The automobile has perhaps been the main cause of the failure of a num- her of local fairs, The greatest falr in Cdnada may be seen now with a short run in a car and this falr includes everything that Is in- corporated in a local fair and much more besides, However the West Durham Agri. cultural Society will continue to function and the annual field crop competition will still be held and if the society sees its way clear at any time to start again a new start will be made, Meahwhile Bowman. ville and district people will have quite | | By Vote of 13 to 6 Members of Agricultural Society Decide to Sell Grounds to H. C. Downham Nursery of Strathroy PROCEEDS WILL COVER DEFICIT General Opinion Was Tha! It Would Be Impossible to Continue Operating With. out Incurring Further Loss Bowmanville, Aug. 7,~Bowman- ville Fair is no more. The annua! exposition of the West Durham Agricultural Soclety is a thing of the past, By a vote of thirteen to #ix the members of the society de- cided last night to uphold the re- commendation of the executive made recently that tHe assets cf the society which Include the fair grounds should be sold, The grounds of fourteen acres were sold last night subject to the ascer~ talnment of the legalty of the sale to H, C, Downham, president of the H, C, Downham Nursery Com- pany of Strathroy, for the um of three thousand dollars cash The meeting which started an hour after schedule was presided over hy the president George Annis and only a small number of tha members were present despite the notices for the past two weeks in the press ' The case for the executive wag clearly explained hy Colonel Lorne T McLaughlin who told of the struggle which had been made in the past few years to keep above water, To show that Bowmanville was not the only fall fair which was dropping off he stated the cases of Pleton, Bellev!lle, Kingston and Oshawa, all larger centers than Bowmanville, which could not make ends meet, Mayor Elliott, another member of the execulivs spokns of the price which he considared was small, However ,the buildings he consider ed were in such an antiquated con- dition that they wera wractically worthless, He thought that ne further attempt should be made to carry on, as each year 'he soclety was going further in the hole, The fair, he said, has heen a success in avery way but financially and after careful thought he urged the mem- bers to accept the offor, The secre. tary gave convincing figures to il. lustrate the situation, With a most optimistic view of the expenses paid out and with a guess of many more than would likely attend the fair this vear it was shown that it was practically certain that the society would go a further $200 in debt this year, Col, McLaughlin stated that in all the society was In debt $2,800 while the only assets wera the grounds and a grant which was coming from the provinelal govern. ment for last fall fair, With the $3,000 which would be received in cash for the sale of the property the Soclety would ba able to pay all labilities which would reliave the directors of the responalpility of the notes in the bank, The most ardent opponent B the sale was Charles: Allin, gon, of the directors, He coniaer £4 not a good time to make a seff. "We are not worthy of our fore~ fathers who started this fair if we throw it up," he sald, 'and fit would not be in the imterests of agriculture to do so," He suggest. ed cutting down the prize list and many other expenses to make it a success, A, Ayre, sheep breeder, of Hampton, consdered the salary of the secretary,, $175 per year, wat excessive, the property was worth a great deal more and stated that he would give more than that for it on specu. lation, However, when he was ap- proached to make this offer he did not make it on the grounds that he could not get a clear title as the government owned a quarter acre in one corner, Considerable argument both pre and con preceeded the vote, The motion was put by Col, McLaugh lin and seconded by Wes, Cawker, that the offer of $3,000 cash made by Mr, Downham he accepted sub- ject to the legality of the sale be- ing proved. The result of this vote was 183 for the sale and & against, On a motion of George Stevens seconded by Leslie Snow- den, it was decidea to have ne fair in Bowmanville this year, The meeting was unanimous on this subject, : The Bowmanville Fair really had For Quick Sale) PROPERTY §4 Albert Street Owner in city for three days. Must be sold at once. East. Apply 160 Brock Street Bargain. He also thought that