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SrlE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1931 FAGE THREE 'The Whitby Daily Times Advertising, subscriptions and asws will be received at Whitly Branch Office at Gasette and wy be Moisi Fon - After Business Hours-- Phone 358. REPRESENTATIVE--JAMES H. ORMISTON SIREN FOR FIRE "GALLS ASKED BY * FIRE CHIEF SMITH Firemen Do o Not Hear Bell, He Tells Council "The annual report of Fire Chief William Smith, presented to the {Town Council on Monday night, re- commended the purchase of a si- + reen in pace of the present fire bell, pointing out that the latter could not be heard by all of the firemen. This sireen has been recommended for a number of years, as it is felt that the old bell on the town hall has long since ceased to constitute a proper fire alarm. The Fire Chief asked that action along this "line be taken before it was too late. The purchase of one hundred feet of hose, a battery charger for the trucks, and other suplies were also recommended. The report was filed and recommendations referred to the Fire and Light Committee, to report at next meeting. HOLD CONFERENCE ON PASTEURIZATION OF MILK SUPPLY Board of Health Brings Vital | Question Before Council A deputation from the Board of * Health, comprising Dr. Charles F. McGillivray, medical officer of Health, and Chairman E. L. Odlum, waited upon the Council on Mon- day evening to discuss the question of milk pasteurization in the town of Whitby. It was agreed after hearing the deputation that a round table conference of members of the Board and of the Council should be held in the near future to go further into the question, Dr, McGillivray promised to have an expert on milk contamination and pasteurization from the Provincial Department of Health on hand at - the conference. Dr. McGillivray stressed the fact that in this district many herds of cattle were infected with the disease of contagious abortion which pro- duced in humans through milk con- tamination a serious malady known as undulent fever, very similar in action to that of typhoid fever. To make the reality of this danger more real Dr. McGillivray told of a recent case where a local woman was ill for four months and for a time local physicians did not know what was wrong with her. An ex- amination by specialists in Toronto however, who made a study of her case revealed the fact that she was suffering from undulent fever, which was traced to contamination of the mik supply due to the exis- tence of contagious abortion in cows from which this milk was tak- en, This malady was recurrent and often kept the victim suffering for two years. Dr. McGillivray stated that deaths from this malady in this district had been suspected. He also pointed out that in Kirk- land ake, in New Ontario, there were 452 cases of septic soar throat and seven deaths, said to be due to contamination of raw milk supply. In the United States, the M.O.H. stated further, the disease was more prevalent, and deaths had been more numerous. Dr. McGillivray believed that milk pasteurization should be made compulsory in Whitby. The disease was known in Toronto and other places where And Just at That Moment When all ears were intently strained to catch the point of the subject, someone a few seats away took a fit of sneezing. Most embarras- sing--the thread of the story lost, and besides a sneeze is most unsanitary. Doctor says: Septic throat is quite prevalent and very dangerous results might fol- low. A sneeze spreads mil. lions of germs to everyome within range. Keep your nose and throat a septic by the constant use of VAPURE A few drops on your hand. kerchief and inhaled fre quently Is a safe protection when in crowds or gather ings. For head colds, catarrah and hay fever, Vapure is a real blessing. It will stop about the worst case of head cold in a few hours. Play safe: keep a 50c bottle of "Vapure' always at hand. [It's so easy to use and yet so effective. SOLD ONLY AT THE REXALL STORES Jury & Lovell Simcoe St, &. Phone 08 King St. E, Phone 28 only pasteurized milk was sold. The inspection. of pasteurization plans was very necessary and this work was undertaken by the districy medical health officers. E. L. Odlum, chairman of the Board of Health, told the Council that this question had been before the Board for a number of years. Through education seventy-five per cent. of the milk now sold in Whit- by was pasteurized, and while in a few years through the same meth. od the people might learn not to purchase raw milk the Board was not disposed to wait owing to the serious situation outlined by Dr. McGillivray. The Board of Health had to consider the health of the community and while {ts action might offend and inconvenience a few, the Board had its duty to per- form for the benefit of a citizens. Mr. Odum was of the opinion that every pint of raw milk was potenti- ally dangerous and its sale should be prohibited. The Council agreed to a confer. ence as suggested by Dr. McGilliv- ray and Mr. Odlum and the date will be announced as soon as it is arranged. CHICKEN THIEVES BELIEVE CAUGHT BY WHITBY POLICE Chief Quantrill's Suspicions Aroused and Arrests Followed (By Staff Reporter) Whitby, Feb. 17.--Joseph Rob- ertson, and George Perry, who give their address as Peterboro, visited thig town to sell chickens. Now they are staying here to answer to a charge of theft, by conveying stolen goods through the county, their difficulty having arisen out of those self same chickens. The whole trouble was that they offered them for sale at ridiculously low prices, Whitby citizens are as keen for bargains as the citizens of any other community, But when Rob. ertson and Perry drove about the streets in a truck with a 1930 house to house in an endeavor to Manitoba license and called from dispose of chickens. for broiling. roasting, or a la carte at a rate per pound which no butcher could ever hope to emulate, someone got suspicious and stealthily com- municated with Chief of Police Quantrill. Chief Takes Hand Always with a shrewd eye for a bargain the chief was soon on the scene. He didn't haggle with Rob- ertson and Perry over their prices but was inwardly surprised to find 33 barred rock chickens trussed up in bags, seven hens and one roost- er being dead while the rest were all alive and kicking, The chiet was interested. The conversation swung on to chicken farming. Robertson is al- leged to have sald that the chick- ens were his and that he was op- erating a chicken farm near Peter- boro. Chief Quantrjll was remind- ed that there are several men sup- posed to reside in Toronto, who operate chicken farms in Ontario county. All they need is a truck, some bags and the rest is easy. The operating part consists of vis. iting an Ontario county farm at night when chickens and farmers are asleep. The chickens go to market trussed up in bags and that is the last that is heard of them. Wanted in Peterboro 'Detaining the two men in the police station Chief Quantrill com- municated with the Peterboro po- lice, who provided him with some valuable information. Peterboro had never known before that Rob. ertson opreated a chicken farm but they had heard that a farmer named Telford, who resides near Lakefield, had lost forty barred rock hens from his chicken coop. Acting on this, Chief Quantrill placed both Robertson and Perry under arrest and they were brought before Magistrate Willis, who Is incidentally a great chick- en fancier, on the charge of theft by conveying stolen goods. Their trial is scheduled to take place to. morrow afternoon. Hens Identified Since the arrest of the pair, the Lakefield farmer came here and identified the barred rock chickens as those which he claims were stolen from his hen house, Chief Quantrill says that Robertson has practically admitted to him that he stole the chickens. TAKE NO ACTION Counefl voted to take no action on a request from the City of Guelph, asking that the town send representatives to join the deputu- tion from all parts of Ontario which will shortly wait upon the provin- clal highway construction and sub- urban road area comstruction and maintenance. At present the gov. ernment collects from the municip- alities through the counties twenty per cent of the cost of provincial highway construction, while the cities are called upon to pay large sums for the upkeep of suburban road areas. Councl took the stand that the town wag not interested in the latter question while the County Council last week had dealt with the provineial highway question. Council filled a letter from the Intarfo Motor League asking the town to use the annual road book and tourists' guide as an advertls ing medium, A machine represented by the 'agent as capable of doing practic [the Council. GIPSY PROGRAM AT MUSIC STUDY CLUB Interesting Meeting of Club Members Was Held in Rotary Hall Last Night The Oshawa Music Study Club held its regular monthly meeting on Monday evening in Rotary Hall, After a brief business period conducted by Mrs, Roy Bennett, the president, a program of gipsy music was presented. . Miss Jones of the Collegiate staff, gave a very instructive and interesting resume ot gipsy lite and gipsy music, She traced their origin to India, pointing out cer- tain similarities between wnguage and the common dialect of a particular section in India. distorians have it that they are direct descendents of Hagar or posibly of Ham (son of Noah). However this may be, the next ap- peared in the Balkans and it was there that they were subsequently most fortunate, attaining to the position of reecogunized citizens in the year 1860. Elsewhere they were oppressed, sold as serls, leg islated against and generally down trodden. They appear throughout Europe, Asia, and even in parts of American and their migration westward can be traced by means of words added to their own lang- uage fro the speech of countries through which they journeyed. Much more of equal fascination was preseuted by the speaker re- oatding the wandering lite of the gipsy, the world over. The influ- ence upon music of Lese people was then outlined. The.r musicians came from the class that was orig- inally serfs and their music is in- variably influenced by the country in which was the place of their abode. Many of their really fine artists are not readers of music but receive by ear the things which they afterwards play. In this way is developed a high degree of re- ceptivity peculiar to the gipsy players. The works of Sarasate, Dvorak as exponents of gipsy Jones' presentation attractive study, concluding 4 sketch of the life of Dvorak, There followed a varied and appropriate program in which the lirst number was a group of threc litle dances by pupils of Madam Hendrie. The children appeared in effective period frocks in which they were quaint and pretty. Mrs, Hare favoured with two songs, Dvorak's "Songs My Mother faught Me", and 'The Wraggle Toggle Gypsies" an 'English folk song, in both of which she delight- ed her audience, particularly per- haps in her lovely, smooth flowing interpretation of the exquisite first number of her group. Mrs. Kinder, accompanied at the plano by Mrs. Carnell, contributed two violin solos. "Valse Sevillana' by Ivah Tchakoss and "Hungar lan Dance" No. 6 by Brahms, Mr. Robert Holden gave a vocai solo "Gipsy Love Song" from "The Fortune Teller" singing in pleas- ing style despite his serious handi- cap in the form of a cold. Miss Golden, of Whitby College, sang very charmingly, "Time, You Old Gipsy Man" and afterwards appeared in the second part of a piano duet with Miss Lynch, also of Ontario Ladies' College. They played with nice ensemble and ar- tistic colour, "Liszt's "Hungarian Phapsody" No. 2, doing full jus- tice to the selection with the very limited means at their disposal, This was the final number of an enjoyable program, gathering of the club is to be Brahms, Liszt, were mentionen musie, Miss of this very with a of events, when a public concert will be presented in King Street United Church. This event is beinz keenly anticipated by music lovers as it will bring to Oshawa a well and favourably known bang of singers known as the "Madrigal Singers", This chorus is directed by Mrs. Dorothy Allan Park of Peterboro', herself a singer of no little repute. It is confidently ex- pected that a capacity audience will greet these singers on Thurs day, March 16th at King Street Church. BEALL--Entered into rest at the Private Pavillon, General Hos- pital, Toronto, Feb. 16th, 1931, after a Jong and very painful illness, Margaret Montgomery Beall, dearly beloved wife of Ar- thur W, Beall, Whitby, Ontario, and eldest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Montgomery. and sister of Mr. James H. Montgomery and of Miss Alice M. Montgomery of Detroit. Funeral from (he residence, "Salem Lodge," Whithy, at 2.50 p.m, Thursday, Interment Salem Cemetery, Pickering' Township. Funeral private. No flowers please. Kingston and Kitchener pavers kindly copy. (40a) ally all of the town's printing At a much lower cost than now paid to local printers, was demonstrated to The machine, of Eng- lish manufacture, 1s largely used in Canada today. The question of purchase, was referred to the Town Property Committee. NEW WEED INSPECTOR The Applications Committee brought in a bylaw to appoint John Hill weed inspector. Mr. Hill ig at present streets foreman, and takes the place of Herbert Webster, who resigned after his appointment this year, ad adit aaa eo LS kk their, The next | | day | { urday departure from the ordinary course | CITY AND DISTRICT NEWS FIRE ALARM DEMONSTRATED The Firostat, a new and inter- esting device to detect and re- port 'fire in its incipient stages, was demonstrated at the Cleve Fox hardware store yesterday after- noon by A. C. Cameron, local elec- tricilan, and representatives of the manufacturers, * A number of lo- cal citizens, including Fire Chief W. R. Elliott, some of the mem- bers of.the city council and oth- ors, witnessed the demonstration. It is understood that a more com- plete demonstration, to the gen- eral public, will be presented in the city in the near future, SUPPORT FROM ASSOCIATION A letter from the Central Rate- payers' Association, asking the city council to take energetic action to secure further development of the Oshawa Harbor, and pledging the whole-hearted support of the associa- tion in this endeavor, was read at last night's meeting of the city coun- cil, CONVENTION NOTICE The city council last night received a request from the Association of Plumbing and Drain Inspectors that delegates be sent to the annual con- vention of the association, to be held at Welland on March 27 and 28. The letter was referred to the finance commiittee, CALLED AT POLICE STATION F. H. M. Irwin, president of the Whitby Chamber of Commerce, and Chief of Police Quantrill, of Whitby, were business visitors here today. They spent a few minutes in the local police station where Chief Quantrilli renewed ac quaintances with former fellow members of the police department. TO REPLACE FENCE Assurance was given by' the city council last night that the fence to mark the new boundaries on the pro- perty of G. D. Conant on Simcoe Street South would be placed in po- sition as carly as possible in the spring. In transferring the necessary land for widening this street to the city, Mr, Conant did so at no cost, on condition that he himself would have no expense, The replacing of the fence, which was assured by resolu- tion of the council last night, carries out this understanding, STRATFORD TEAM MANAGER MAKES REPLY TO RODDEN Claims He Expected Last Nighi's Game Was To Have Been Played There Stratford, Ont., I'eb. 17.--Some | person has said that there are two ides to every story. Such seems to be the case in the unfortunate situation which arose last night when the Stratford Nationals fail- ed to appear in Oshawa for an ad- vertised Ontario Pro. game. The Stratford management was criti- cized in an article by Mike Rodden, president of the league, 'appearing in a Toronto morning paper today. Certain vital points in the articie by Mr. Rodden do not agree with the circumstances, in case, as told by manager Bob Jones of the Na- tionals this morning. Mr, Jones says: 'Stratford was supposed to play in Oshawa on Saturday night with the return game in Stratford on Monday night. But Oshawa noti- fied the locals that the rink in Oshawa would not be available for Saturday night. Stratford, in the meantime had gone ahead and made arrangements to have the players here on Monday night. Late Saturday morning the local man- agement learned that Oshawa was expecting the Nationals to play in Oshawa, Now, some time previous to this, Secretary Dawson of the league had intimated to the local manager, so he claims, that Osh- awa was not making a financial success of the team, and might drop out of the league at any time, Stratford had already played two cames in Oshawa while the Pats had made but one trip herve. Each team pays its own expenses on road wips, so that tne Stratford team three trips to Oshawa in the event of the Oshawa team dropping out and falling to play its two return encagements., "Phat was one reason why Strat- ford did not want to play in Oshawa on Monday night. The other very good reason was that the locals had already advertised ror the ne which was supposed to be played here on that night. Accordingly Bob Jones, nmnager of the team on Sat- afternoon called 'the secretary league and told him Stratford uld not play in Oshawa on Mon- night. The secretary advised him to call the manager of the O.h- awa team and this he did. The re ply of the Oshawa manager was that the game was already advertised to be played in that city. Manager Jones replied that the game was also advertised to be played in Stratford on the same night. And here the matter rested." Stratford did not go to Oshawa on Monday night, and Mike Rodden had no game to referee. 'The Stratford management did not take kindly to Rodden's comment this morning, and declared that they would certainly be represented at the meeting on Thurs- day, if one is called. of the wi Stock Market Prices I | DOROTHY MILLER KILLED IN GRASH | NEAR MANCHESTER (Continued from page 1) nd they immediately set to work to release the unfortunate girl from the crushing weight of the car, Help was quickly summoned" but although Dr. J. A. Mathers, of Port Perry, arrived at the scene of the accident a few minutes after it occurred nothing could be done to save the girl's life and it was 'vident that her injuries were fatal. She died before she could be removed to the hospital. To Hold Inquest An inquest will be held into the death of Miss Miller, Coroner Dr. Mathers, of Port Perry, stated when interviewed by The Times at noon today, The jury at that time had not as yet been panelled, The car in which the party was driving. was not badly damaged and was last night towed into Ar- cher's garage at Port Perry, Dorothy Miller was a popular student "at the Port Perry High School and her sudden death has cast a feeling of gloom over the while school. News of their daughter's fatality came as a ter- rible shock to Mr, and Mrs. Miller who were hut recently bereaved in the death of a son, CANADA REQUIRES REGISTRATION OF ALL SUGAR-BUSHES Necessary To Obtain License Where Product of Sugar- | Bush or Orchard Sold | Ottawa, Feb, 16.--Under provi- sfon of the Maple Sugar Industry Act, 1930, which became effective this month, all manufacturing or packing plants dealing In maple products require to he registered | with the Department of Agricul- ture at Ottawa and all such plants | selling their product outside the province in which they are locat- ed must obtain a license, the fee for which is $20 annually, Owners of sugar-bush or orch- ards are required to register with the Dominion Fruit Commissioner and obtain a license where the product of the sugar-bush or orch- ard is sold. There is no fee for this license. Under the Act reg- istration and licensing with respect to both plants and bush must he effected by March 1 of this year. Application forms for the purpose will be supplied by the Dominion Fruit Branch. Market 8 y TORONTO Stock High Br, A. Oil 14% Braz. .. 26% Dis. Sgm. 12 Dm. Strs. 19 Gypsum 115 Hr. Wal, 84 Ford .. 27% Int, Nkl. 17% Int, Pet, 143% Imp. Oil 17% Lob. "A". 12% Me. Frt, 20% Mt. Pr. 68 Shaw, 53 8S, Station 331% Close 14% 26% 12 15 119 8% 264, 16% 14% 17 12; Low 14% 26 12 19 11% 8% 26% 16% standard Mines 160 46 155 56 1090 Ajax Amulet De, Ms. 1090 Holl. 840 Hd. Bay 520 Lk. Sh. 2640 Nrnda. 1725 Sh. Grd, 98 Sd. Bs, 65 Tk. Hg. 705 Wr. Hr, 22 2635 97 65 by CL. Press Toronto and New York Stock Quotations Supplied by Biggar and Crawford, Alger Bullding, Oshawa NEW YORK High Low 120% 118% 415 39% 194% 192 22% 21% 57% 228, 63 601% 36% 447; 18% 15 21% 41% 38 491; 131, i) 25 : 5% Stock Am, Am. Am. Tel. "Am. Inter, Anaconda Bendix .... Beth, Steel Byws A.M. Can, Dry .. Can, Pac, Cn. PL. Pr. Co. Fl. Co. Chrysler .. Col. Gas .. Fox Film Gen, Klee, * le Mot. { Int, Tel. Kelvinator Nat. Cash Pl. Rd. Coal Radio .... Radio Kth. Simmons 8t. N.J. U.8. Rubber U.S. Steel Vanadium 73 Yel. Truck 123% Can, Fr. Pr. 11% 191; 1481; 12% THE LEADING LADY YVONNE FINLAY Nine year old Oshawa girl who takes the title role in the Four Act comedy, 'Pollyanna' which is being presented at the Ma- sonic Temple auditorium on Thursday evening. WATER MAINS T0 LAKEFRONT SOUGHT Petition of Citizens of Osh- awa-on-the-Lake Referred to Committee of City Council A petition from residents of Osh- awa-on-the-T.ake asking that the council assist them in securing water mains on Simcoe Street. south of Thomas Street was the cause of quite a discussion at last night's meeting of the council, and it was decided that the letter be referred to the fire protection and city property coms mittee, with the idea that it might appoint a sub-committee to confer with the public utilities commission on the subject. When the letter 'was read, Ald Waterous moved that it be referred to the general purpose committee. These people, hie said, had on several occasions sent petitigns to the public utilities commission, but without re- sult, and he thought they were en- titled to some consideration, There could be no fire protection down there without water, and he felt that a sub- committee of the general purpose committee should discuss the peti- tion with the commission, Ald. Knox said there ought to be a fire hydrant in this section of the city, and moved an amendment that the letter be referred to the city property and fire protection commit- tee. Ald. Waterous then withdrew his motion, and seconded that of Ald. Knox, Ald. MacDonald said he did not see what the commiittee had to do with the matter, and thought it should be referred direct to the utili- ties commission, Ald. Waterous pointed out that it had already been before the com- mission, without success, and that was why he wished to refer it to a committee so that the people down there might get satisfaction, Alderman Edmund Jackson Ald. Jackson also supported this viewpoint, stressing particularly the need of fire protection, and the mo- tion was carried. What Others Say | SCARLET FEVER Port Perry, Feb. 14th, The Oshawa Dally Times, Oshawa, Dear Sirs:-- Re your paper of Feb, 13, page 1, col. 2, -- The case of Scarlet Fever that originated in Port Perry. This case did not originate in Port Perry, as the patient was in Oshawa Hospital 12 days before it was detected. The medical doc- tor here said it would have shown before if the patient had been suf- fering from Scarlet Fever. The patient was admitted in Oshawa Hospital for uncontagious illness. Please have this corrected through your paper and oblige, Yours truly, George S. White, Port Perry, Ont. and RE Ont, 1931. MICE BUILD COSTLY NEST Edmonton, Alta--Mice that feather their nests with $125 provincial sav- | ings certificates have provoked quite a problem at the offices of Deputy Treasurer W. V. Newson, The certi- ficate until recently formed the lin- ing for an Alberta mouse home on the premises of a certain Alberta farmer. Mr. Newson has been requested to trace and redeem the much abused certificate. The paper has been chewed up in- to breakfast food so fine that it will be necessary to examine the whole exhibit microscopically to determine the number of the deceased docu- ment, The deputy treasurer is of the opinion the mice showed remarkably good judgment in picking out a se- curity of unquestionable value. Experimental Fur Farm For Manitoba Winnipeg, Man --Establishiment of an experimental fur farm is urged by the Manitoba Fur Commission in a report to the provincial government, The commissioners assert that gov- crnment controlled farms would mean much in the development of the fur ranching' industry on a large and profitable scale in the province. With the operation of an experiment al farm, it would be possible for ranch- ers to obtain valuable advice in the breeding, care and feeding of musk- Money 1% per cent, rats and other fur bearing animals, 'more, 773 Simcoe Street South. Bowmanville Daily Times Representatives Phone No. 53 IMPRESSIONS OF RECENT INPERIAL CONFERENCE TOLD Woman Journalist Describes Great Meeting of Empire Delegates Miss Lucy Doyle, noted Cana- dian journalist and formerly Cor- nelia, of the Evening Telegram, was the speaker at the regular monthly meeting of the Women's Canadian Club held in the Parish Hall yesterday afternoon. Follow- ing usual business meeting after- noon tea was served. A large number had turned out to hear this interesting speaker, who was the only woman journalist at the Imperial Conference in London. Miss Doyle spoke on 'London dur- ing the Imperial Conference," giv- ing an exceptionally interesting ac- count of the many huge social functions at which men and wom- en from a score of races and coun- tries were represented and mingl- ed as though they had known each other for many years. + As an unofficial observer, Miss Doyle gave her reasons why the conference was not the success that it had been hoped it would . be. She saw in Ramsay MacDone ald and his associates, J. H, Thome as, and Philip Snowden, the stums= bling blocks which caused the fails ure of the conference and blamed . the relationships existing between these men and the Soviet Union of Russia as the chief cause. It had been officially reported and not denied by the British Govern ment that the profits on the dump- ing of Russian wheat in England were being used to swell the funds of Labor. She foresaw in the not far distant future the defeat of the Labor Governmcht and elea- tion of a more stable body of men who would possibly change the policy of the Old Country to meet that of Canada and all of the other Dominions who were in accord at the conference. Miss Doyle spoke for consider ably over an hour and her talk was of exceptional interest. Her dese cription of the gorgeous functions she attended and her stories of the interesting people she had met proved very . interesting 'to her hearers. At the conclusion, Mrs. J. H. H. Jury moved a very hearty vote of thanks which was seconded by Mrs. Rev, D. W. Best. 'POLLYANNA' TO BE REPEATED ON THURSDAY NIGHT Large Audience Again Ex- pected to See Successful Four-Act Comedy Indications are that the success of the presentation of the four act com- "Polyanna" in the Masonic Tem- ple Auditorium on Thursday evening of this week for the second perform- ance. Every person who attended the last presentation was loud in praise of the acting of little Yvonne Finlay, nine-year-old girl who takes the part of Pollyanna with such dis- tinction, Tickets for the second showing on Thursday night are be- ing sold at a great rate, and those who intend going to see this comedy are urged to get into their seats ear- ly, although it is anticipated that in spacious Masonic Temple Auditorium there will be ample accommodation for all who wish to attend. The price of admission is only 25 cents, which in itself is sufficient to ensure a large ¢ attendance, = LETTER NEARLY 100 YEARS OLD Mrs. Georgina Whitmore Has Interesting Link With Old Days edy, 1 An interesting « old letter is in the possession of Mrs. Georgina Whit- This is a letter dated May 20, 1833, and written by her uncle, William S. Sex- ton, from his home at Hope, presuin- ably now Port Hope, to a cousin, Electa Walker, in Cobourg. The let- ter states that he proposes to travel to Cobourg on a raft to visit his cou- sin, and incidentally to see a steam- boat which was quite a novelty at that time. The letter, although near- ly one hundred years old, is remark- ably well preserved, and, as there were no postage stamps in these days it is merely stamped with a seal There is no enveloped, the letter be- ing simply folded up, and the address written on the outside, Mrs, Whit- more, naturally, prizes this old relic very highly. Old Files of "Ontario Reformer" Week of Friday, Feb, 17, 1911 The anniversary services of Medecalf street Methodist Church were held on Sunday, the pastor, Rev. A. R. Sanderson, being in charge. Large congregations were present throughout the day and the need for a much enlarged church building is becoming more and more evident, A pretty wedding was solemn- ized on February 15, when Mary Jane, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Thomas was given in mar- riage to David J. Brown. After a honeymoon trip to Montreal and Boston, Mr. and Mrs. Brown will take up their residence on Quebec street. Mr. Marr, originator of the Buick-Auto engine and inventor of automatic stability in flying ma- ¢hines, #8 a business visitor here this week, While examining a revolver at his home, Delbert Powell, Eldon street, accidentally shot himself in the head, Powell who is fifteen years old and is an employee of the McLaughlin Carriage Co. Is LOCAL LEGION T0 JOIN IN PROTEST (Continued from page 1) the president of the Oshawa | Branch of the Legion this morn- ing, "and it is our job to fight their battles for them. The execu= tive of the branch will meet with in the next. few days and will add its voice to the protests which have already gone forward. This is a matter of importance to the city too," he added, 'since in the case of the pensioner being in need of relief, we make every effort to secure relief fro mthe department, ° thus taking the case off the city relief lists, and saving the city that expenditure." The new scale of relief payment provides that single men will re- ceive $17.50 a month instead of $30; married men with no chil- dren $35 instead of $46; with one child, $37 instead of $57; and with two or more children, $57 instead of $67. These, It should be pointed out, are maximum amounts, the ame * ount of the man's pension being deducted from the total and the balance given in reltef orders for coal, no payments made in cash beyond the amount of the pension. Too Late To Classify GENTLEMAN WANTS ROOM AND board in private family, Central. State terms. Box 146 Times. (40¢c) FOR SALE--NINETY-FIVE LEG- horn pullets and yearling bens, laying good. Apply to 189 Mill St., Oshawa. (40¢) Coming Events MADAME NEVADA, PALMIST, Ross' Corners. Phone 2894. Home till Wednesday, (39¢) SPECIAL ALL ROUND DANCE at Gene Goodell's Hall, Courtice, Tuesday evening, Watson's Or- chestra, Admission 20c. (39b) DANCING TONIGHT, SNOOKER' Dance Hall, corner Brock and Division, Melody Boys' Orches- tra, (390), SPECIAL: LATE DANCE, SNOOK- er. Dance Hall, Brock and Divie sion, tomorrow night, 'from 9 till 2. Admission 35e. Music by Bob Stacey and his High Hat- ters, (40a) VALENTINE EUCHRE, UNDER auspices Chosen Friends, Lodge room, Wednesday 8 p.m. Good prizes. 25c¢. (40a) THE POSTPONED ANNUAL meeting Oshawa Humane So- clety, will be hela in the Do~ minion Bank Rotunda, Tuesday, 17th, 8 p.m. Members and those' interested cordially invited. (40a) Try Magnesia | For Indigestion People who suffer from indigestion usually have tried pepsin, charcoal, drugs and various digestive aids and got little more than slight temporary relief--sometimes not even that. But before giving up to chronie dyspepsia, just try the cffect of a little Bisurated Magnesia--not the ordinary commercial = carbonate, cit« rate of milk, but pure Bisurated Mag~ nesia which you can obtain from practically any druggist in either. powder or tablet form. Take a teaspoonful of the powder: or four tablets with a little water, after your next meal, and see what a difference this makes. It will ine stantl neutralize the dangerops' harmful acid in the stomach which now causes yonr food to ferment, and sour, making gas," wind, flatulence, heartburn and the bloated or heavy lumpy feeling that seems to follow most _cverything you eat. You can enjoy your meals without a fear of now in a critical condition at the hospital food, milk, etc., there being |