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bern a great favorite with them, PAGE TWO 1931 LOVE'S PRISONER by Barbara Webb 4 * * INSTARLMENT NO. XXXIX The Barrier Beth, of course, knew nothing of th® tempest that had raged around the matter of her going to Phil's house to work. Nor had Phil men- tioned thesbreaking of his enpage- rn. to bis mother, He still did not think Caroline meant it, al- though she had not been back to see him since that afternoon, To his mother he had explained Caro- 'line's absence by saying that she 'was very busy with a Junior League bazaar, and that he wanted all his time to think of the work in hand. Beth approached the imposing brown stone house that Monday morning with a feeling of real plea- sure, She had gone back to wearing 'her Blue office dress, feeling ob- scurely that Philip would prefer her to look just as she always looked when she worked for him. She knew that the Danes had lived "in this same house for three gen- erations and that it was filled with 'rare old furniture and tokens of the past glories of a family that had long distinguished {tselt in American life, The butler who ogined the door to her had silver hair and a court- Ip, mapner, He wore a dull sreen livery and asked Beth her name fn a respectful tone, "Miss Shannon?" oh, ves, "Mr, Philip is expecting you, miss, Will you come this way, miss? You can lay your wraps in here," and he showed her into a spacious ground- floor coat-room lined with mirrors. Phil's Study "Now this way, mies," he said when she came out, and led the way up a broad curving staircase with a fine-carved balustraae. "They've made a good many chang- 8s in Mr. Philip's sitting room against your coming this morn- ing," he remarked as he opened a door at the top of the stairs ana ushered Beth in, Phil, with his left leg stretched stiffly out before him in a plaster ¢ast, was sitting in a wheeled ehaly with the efficlent Miss Jones hovering over him in the backe ground. "Good morning, Miss Shannon," he greeted her. "What do you think of my office at home? Pret- ty life-like, eh?" Beth caught her hreath as she looked around. This was Phil's sit- ting room ordinarily, but it had been equipped now as an otfice. Ohairs and sofas had been carried away and in their bdlace files, a hig flat topped desks, a smaller desk for herself, a typewriting table, all the paraphernalia of business had been brought in. A fire crackled in the grate, for the morning was cool although it was late May. There were flowers on the mantel beneath an ofl portrait of Phil's grandfather. "Think you can work in here?" Phil asked. "I'm sure I can," she sail, smijl- ing. "I've asked Nelson to come in this. morning for a conference," he | y said, "and after we've seitled all éthe detalis we'll be able to go sahead swimmingly. Now we'll - "make a start on these letters that 1 have accumulated in my absvuce." + He began to dittate and Beth's # peneil flew over her pad. f "It's nice to work .in here," she « said when she had finished, 'quiet i and pleasant. Are you sure my ' typing won't bother you?" Bears Xot at all, but first I'm going) have Miss Jones take me back to ed. I'm more tired than T thought would be from doing even that ttle bit. 1'll have to have a bed- pide consultation with Nelson." and ® was wheeled into his adjoining Aroom, A This was the first of a series of png, quiet mornings that Beth ent working with Philip. 8he * game to look forward to the mo- sent when she. arrived at the go Granville, the . butler, a: ays had a pleasant word for her; © Miss Jones, who confided that this se wag a veach for a hard-work- ns nurse, liked to come in dor a © fow minute's chat. sreolding her tient ~~ good-naturedly hought fie was overdoing, © 1 "people Like You' © Twice Mrs. Dane came in at oon and asked Beth to stay to ¢h and the gir! really thrilled the beauty of the long Alsing om they passed through fato the formal =un_ room where »he melied with Philip's mother, Bath never dreamed a hig house 1d run so effortlessly. Things ere always in order, the food she was delicous. Most of the ants were old and had been th the family a long time. {hey e openly devoted to thelr mis- and Mrs, Dane told Beth that when they redched a cer- in age they were persioned and go found no reason to want to make changes, 1¢ wae altozether the most well-' gmcions of homes and. soothed and refreshed hv f . with it. Occasionally er would eome in talking in his hearty voice, He was i#afinn lawyer and reeretts 12. she saw no sign of Cafoline name was never mention. now Ahat the en- f ] and i fough - neither Mr, nor ie ne ever referred fo it, they 5 were grieved, for Coarnlire had After the first week the wore 'an 8t A more leisurely pace, : 4 a L Bat Tour's th hefore she went Bu Bid, office, One morning he # book ving on his *® what you think of it when youl finish it." : That was the beginning of nu-' merous. discussions between them, for he gave Beth othér books, and they talked about them and about the subjects they suggested, Phil was stubbornly old-fashioned in: many of his views, and Beth liked! to argue with him, He was curious' about her viewpoint. "For, after all, there are a great many more people like you who have to work for a living than there are like me," he told her, And always, even in the friend- llest moments, there was that une spoken barrier between them, a barrier of caste and background that showed Beth how clearly her position in the household was de-' fined. : "I'm a little lower than Phil's parents and a little higher than the servants," she told Arnold once, and he nodded assent. Phil genuinely liked her, she knew that. His parents were kind to her and liked her, ton. But fit never dawned on any of them that the quiet girl who came in to work for Phillip might be passionately in love with him. No Hope "The only thing that ever de- stroys those barriers of caste," Arnold had told her on the occa sion when she had so shrewdly de~| fined her position, "Is a kind of consuming love that burns all' those artificial barriers away." ! Beth felt that this was true, and,' as the weeks lengthened into monthe, she realized that here, at least, was one time when those walls were likely never to come down. Phil enjoyed having her with him, and it ended there. The first hint she had of a breach between him and Caroline was when she read in the morn- ing paper in the society news that Caroline had sailed to spend -the summer abroad. 1 She asked Arnold about it. | "Yer, she's gone," he admlted.| "I've known for some time that! the engagement was off. But J didn't say anything, because Ph' was convinted that Caroline did- n't mean it when she gave him back his ring." "There was a time," sald Heth, almost sadly, "when I would have thought such a thing meant hope for me, But I know now that it doesn't. I'm sorry--truly sourty-- for they were handsome couple.' of her," "He was; but not fond enough to give up his career. Sometimes I think no one today knows the meaning of real love. They're all to take with both hands, but not to give." he was thinking of--that wife of hie, whom hs would always lovh| hopelessly, In silent sympathy Beth put her hand in his, HK knew waat he felt--%knew better now than ever before. One Aime the would have believed that to spend two and three hours daly alone with Phil would surely have brought the fulfillment' of her dreams. And. now, ironically, when she had just that, she knew most cers tainty that such dreams were vain. BE 1 To Be Continued Tomorrow Council Resigns Peterboro.--Members of the Town- ship Council of Belmont and Meth- uen have decided to resign and thus avoid the unnecessary expense of a protracted court trail. The five mem- bers have decided to offer themselves for re-election. : Rub BAUME BENGUE (pronounced Ben-Gay) well into the forehead and temples. The head throb and discome fort will disappear almost immediate! To clear the head mix a quarter te spoon of "Ben-Gay" in & cup of boiling water and inhale the vapors. You wil breathe freely at once, Head colds are usual the start for chest colds so use Ben<Gay" the moment the cold starts, Prescribed by physicians for over 30 years, . 'Béh=Gay Neuritis- Lumbago 'Sciatica You ean expect and get instant re- lef when you rub in Joint. Ease . One man wrote a letter and in it he stated: *Joint-Ease knocked out my lumbago over night." Yes! Joint-Ease is Ike that ---- it has knocked out thousands of Jum- bagoes over night--it has brought speedy relief to tens of thousands otigine people who have suffered Selatiea and Neuritis. { Joint-Ease {is something splen. did to always have in the House | Great for backache, sirained or sore musclos, lameness, stiff So | sore, fuflamed fect, chest colds and swollen knuckles. And of course everybody knows that for joint troubles such is stiff, swollen. - painful, creaky Ye ils on voud i , Pretty gHROY NEF hear, "Take it along and tell me | oh ER joints, its Influence for. good is marvellous, % oh: But rab it in good--Joint-Easo | is made in Canada and sold by all stores that sell good medicines } sn generous gube $9 conts, He sighed, and Beth knew what | and I think Phil was really fond | too absorbed in what they want | themselves, as individuals, willing | | hath redness of eyes? THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, | Ontario and Durham County News | NEWCASTLE MAN SUFFERS INJURY Frank Gibson Had His Hand Injured in Box Factory (Mes. J. Brown, Correspondent) Newcastle, Feb, 22.--Frank Gibson met with a painful accident when his thumb on the left hand got caught in a saw while repair- Ing the staves of a washing. mach- ine in Smith's Box Factory on Sat- urday afternoon. His thumb was cut lengthwise causing him to lose the nail and part of the bone. He was attended to by Dr. J. A. But- er. Miss Ruth Honey who is quar- antined with scarlet fever is im- proving and hopes to be out again within the, next two weeks also the Bonathan children, Buddie and Charlie are doing fine, these being Mrs. D. Shaw and daughter, the only cases in town, Muriel, left Sunday to week in Toronto, Mr, and Mrs, L. Anderson and Mr. and Mrs. F. Webber, Bowman- ville, were guests of Mr, and Mrs. H. Allin on Thursday, Mr, L. Gibson, Toronto, spent the week-end home with his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Gibson. Miss N. Orchard spent the week- end home with her parents at Port Perry. Miss C, Caswell, Toronto, spent the week-end home, Mrs. H. Toms and son, Artie have returned home from Toronto for a few days, Artie is much im- proved from his treatments and is able to walk without the use of his crutches. Miss Kthel Webber, Trenton, spent the week-end with her sis- ter, Mrs. Harold Allin, Mr. Floyd Butler, Toronto, spent the week-end home with Kis family, Mr. E. Pear¢ce, Toronto, spent the week-end home with his par- ents, YOUNG PEOPLE MET AT HAMPTON Interesting Address on Bri- tish Isles Was Feature of League Meeting spend a (Miss L. Horn, Correspondent) Hampton, Feb, 23.--~The Young People's League meeting on Fri- day night, proved to be avery in- teresting one with Wilfred Green- away, third vice-president in the chair, The meeting opened by singing "A Call to Loyal Soldiers", followed the Lord's Prayer. Ray- mond Burns, read the Bible Les- | son and G. A. Barron, had charge of the Devotional period,, speaking on the "Talents". The Epworth League hymn, was sung and Mr. Groat, spoke very interestingly as well as instructively, on the British Isle, speaking on the Atlantic cable and many other valuable facts. The president, in charge gave a short talk on the Unjon Jack and the meeting closed with the singing of God Saye the King. A hort recreational period was also engaged im. Next Friday evening's meeting will take the form of a social even- ing, when Tyrone League {s ex- pected to be present, A hearty wel come awidits all who are interested in this gathering. Fred Billett, Toronto Univer. sity, spent the week-end at home. Mr. and Mrs. Herb, Stainton [ visited Toronto friends recently. The Sunday services were well attended there being an attend- ance of one hundred and forty- elght at the Sunday School session. The Sons of Temperance, Society of Solina, took charge of the even- Ing service. A number of them oc- cupying the choir gallery, Rev. J. R. Bick spoke on the words of Proverbs 23rd chapter, verses 29-31, Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who hath conten- tions? Who hath babbling? Who hath wounds without cause? Who They that tarry long at the wins, they that 30 to seek mixed wine, Look not upon the win when iit |. 1 red, when it giveth his colour n the cup, when it moveth {tself aright, - At last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth llke an adder, B. G. Stevenson, Solina, also spoke at length on the Temper. ance question, Arthur Pascoe, So- | 1ina, also occupied a chalr on the pulpit platform taking a part in Mrs. John Phker, Solina, while N. Horn, occupied her usual place at the organ The newly elected church offici- als will be installed at next Sun- day evening's service, Congratulations Js extended Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Rowe, who on Monday of last week, celebrated their fiftieth anniversary of their wedding day. About fifty friends and relatives, from Hampton, To- ronto and Port Hope, gathered at thelr home in the evening to cele- brate with them this pleasant event, : A presentation of two living room chairs was made during the evening and a social time spent. efreshments being served at the close. Fine weather has been in our favour following the dull and stormy weather of last week. ENNISKILLEN NEWS (C. A. Stainton, Corresp ) Enniskillen, Feb, 21.--~Mrs, Wm. Griffin is spending a few days with her daughter, Mrs, Walter Rahm, Burketon. Some from here attended the Council meeting held in Hampton on Thursday. Mr, T. M. Slemon had his wood sawed by Mr. Alymer Beech's saw- ing machine. Sorry Mr, Albert Oke met with an accident while hauling wood. The load upset and pinning Albert down and hurting his leg badly. Mr .H. Stevens spent a week at his brother's, Mr, Bert Stevens cutting wood, Chicken pox is around our village. Mr. J. A. Werry has Mr. Rus- sell Larmer, Burketon, engaged as carpenter doing some remodelling to his new home which he pur- chased from Mr. D. Burgmaster. Miss McKinnon, Toronto, Is spending a few days at Mr, Gor- don Werry's. : Mr. and Mrs, W. H. Moore, Mrs. H. Stevens spent Friday with their sister, Mrs. H. W, Smith, Mr, Walter Oke lost a valuable cow last week. Mr. 8. Page, Enfield, spent Sun- day with his daughter-in-law, Mrs. F. Page. Mr. and Mrs, J. Rundle, Solina, visited Mr. and Mrs. Levi Brunt on Saturday. Congratulations to Mr. Charlie Stainton and Miss Marjorie Mar- tin on their recent marriage, Miss Gladys Wotten spent the week-end with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Herring. Miss Maud Ashton, Toronto, Mr. ira Travail, Oshawa, spent the week-end with the former's par- ents, Mr, and Mrs. E. C. Ashton, Mr. J. Slemon, Mr. Frank Dor- land, Mr. Adam Sharpe, Mr. Rus- sell McLaughlin, Mr. R. Price went to Toronto on Saturday and seen the hockey game. Mr, and Mrs. J. A. Werry spent Sunday with thelr daughter, Mrs. Harvey McGiIL Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Smith and familly, Oshawa, visited the form- er's parents, Mr, and Mrs, F. W. Smith on Sunday. Miss Grace Hastings, Hampton, Sundayed with Miss Muriel Moore. CLAREMONT MAN RETIRES FROM POST AT GUELPH People of Community In- terested in Record of Ser- vice of Daird Young Claremont, Feb. 23.--~The Guelph Mercury of Jeb. 10, con- tained an interesting article on David Young, who has tendered his resignation as Supervising Prin- cipal of the Public Schools of that city, after forty-five years of ser- vice. Mr, Young is known to sev- eral people here as he was born on a farm near Claremont, and his sister, Miss Young is a resident of this village. He commenced his teaching career in this vicinity, leaving later to continue his stud- jes in Hamilton, After graduating from the College of Education at Hamilton in 1886, he accepted a position on the staff of the Collegi- still hanging | ate Institute at Guelph, Two years later he was appointed principal of the Public Schools of that city, This position he has continued to hold until the present time, Since 1020 he has been acting Inspector in addition to Nis duties as Buper- vising Principal. During his teach- ing career Mr. Young has been prominent in educational circles, In 1902 he induced the Board of Education to introduce manual training and domestic science in the Public Schools. From 1911 to 1914 he had charge of a Provincial Model School in Guelph in'addition to his other duties. He is a past presi- dent of the Ontario Educational Association, and is the author and joint author of several text books used in our Public Schools. His Claremont friends. hope that he may long be spared to . enjoy the tfuits of his many years of faith- ful service. Bowling Club Social Many are looking forward to o happy social evening on Friday, Feb. 27th, when the Claremont Bowling Club will give a box so- cial and concert in the Community Hall. An attractive program has been arranged consisting of selec- tions by Bert Harvey, comedian of Brougham; ° violin selections, by M. J. Wilker, of Toronto; read- ings, by Mr. Goddard; a comic sketch by Miss June Forsyth and Ted Tomlinson; Highland Fling dance, by Miss Katy Beaton, and selections by the Claremont Or- chestra, the Harmonica Band and the Pickering Male Quartette, Two prizes will be given for. the best decorated boxes, one for single ladies and one for the married ladles, The single ladies' boxes will be auctioned off at 8.15. Tickets to concert 25 cents. Each ticket will be numbered and the person with the lucky number will receive a Sonora radio, Program begins at 8 o'clock. Factory To Open The members of the Claremont Canning Co., are busy these days getting things in preparation for the opening of their factory at the commencement of the canning sea- son. The old 'elevator at the sta- tion, which was purchased for the purpose, is undergoing suitable al- terations. Two weeks ago some blasting was done in erder to dig a well of suitable capacity to supply water for the factory. H. G, McIntyre who returned home about two weeks ago," con- tinues to have his arm in a cast. The fracture of the upper arm has healed, but the fracture of the rad- fus, was of such a serious nature that union has been very slow. He has been assured, however, that the use of hig arm will be re- stored. He has to return to the hospital for further treatment in the near future as the cords of his wrist were badly injured in the accident. Pay of Prayer The World's Day of Prayer was observed by the women of this community on Friday afternoon last. Their meeting was held in the school room of the United Church. The splendid attendance bore evi- dence that many realize the re- sponsibility of professing Christ- fans in this present age, When there are, so many anti-Christ at work to destroy both home and na- tion. A sleigh load from here went to Stouffville on Friday, Feb. 20, to attend the Choral Concert given under the seadership of Dr. Flet- cher. They report a full house and a fine program, Almost Suffocatdd Sterling --Mr, - and Mrs, George Keegan were almost suffocated by coal gas at their home, north of Gore street, one morning recently. About 3 o'clock they were awakened by cries from the baby. Mrs, Keegan arose and collapsed, bruising her head badly in the fall, INDIANS ADVANCE Acton, Feb, 24,--In the local hockey classic of the geason Acton {intermediates won from the Strat- ford Indians here last night by a acore of 2 to 1, but lost the O.H.A. round, 4 to 3. ! S.W. RATEPAYERS HEAR SPEECHES ON GAS PROPOSAL (Continued from page 1) for cheaper gas is to make Oshawa part of a system taking in an area that will consume millions of cubic feet of gas per day instead of 75,000 to 100,000 cubic feet that Oshawa consumes." As a support of his ar- gument that the higher consumption of gas from any plant brought about reduced rates, Mr. Canant mentioned Port Hope and Cobourg, both con- suming less than Oshawa, where the rates were $2.50 and $2.20 per thous- and cubic feet, respectively, and Tor- onto, where the rate was 9% ctnts per thousand feet. . Best Offer of Purchase Referring to the purchasers who were offering to buy the Oshawa plant, Mr, Conant declared: "lI can say without fear of con- tradiction that, out of the whole of the efforts put forth by the Public Utilities Commission to find a pur- chaser for the system, the group with which we are dealing today is the best and strongest, They can and will spend an amount edual fo half of their purchase price within the first year of their operation of the plant in extensions. 1 can assure you that 1 am satisfied that they are not interested in the Oshawa system except as part of a larger system. )shawa will be the headquarters for the production and distribution of gas and coke for the area east of where the Consumers' Gas Co, of Toronto leaves off, right through to Kingston." The establishment of this plant here would mean the locating of a new, progressive, wealthy industry in this aty. As far as the actual deal was concerned, it was very fav- otrable, for the *city would actually receive more than it paid the HEP. C. for the plant, and would as well receive taxes on an assessment of $84,000 which were lost to the city treasury before, As soon as sale was completed, the Commission would be able to hand back to the city $15,000 which could be used to lop approx- imately one mill from the tax rate, Mr. Conant declared. The speaker further pointed out that the placing of the gas system under public ownership would im- mediately establish a competition as as between the electric and gas sys- tems. The gas, company would have to put down ith rates immediately to cope with the reduced electric rates to go into effect shortly in the city, and the consumers would bengfit ma- terially. Mayor Marks "The gas plant has been up for sale for nearly two years, and this is the best offer we have yet received," said | Mayor Marks in his address to the ratepayers. The Prospective buyers were part of one of the biggest utility corporations in the United States, worth $500,000,000. It was very important for the fut- ure of Oshawa that this proposition be given full consideration, the mayor declared. He pointed out that Oshawa labor wouid be used whenever obtainable, in the construction and extensions to however, was that which said that, whenever the company built a coking plant to serve customers within a radius of 100 miles of Oshawa, the plant must be located with in the Oshawa city limits. A 16-oven coking plant would cost in the neighborhood of $16,000,000, which would provide much work for citizens of this city, 'and would bring in outside capital which was greatly needed in Canada just now. "We have had another offer, but it from a financial house, not a public utility company. The only interest a financial house could have in it would be either to sell stock to local people to buy their own gas plant, or to sell it to some utility company at a profit. We are selling directly to a utility company that has had experi- ence, and that we know is sound." he declared. Govt. To Provide Dockage Mayor Marks stated that, on his recent visit to Ottawa, he had inter- viewed Hon. H, A. Stewart, minister of public works. Mr. Stewart told him, Mayor Marks said, that the company negotiating for the Oshawa s plant had already made applica- tion for 500 feet of dockage space at the barbor, which indicated, he thought, that they meant real busi- ness. "Mr, Stewart told me that we need not worry about the, provision of the docking space or turther dred- ging to provide for the needs of the new coking plant. He said that the government would not stand in the way of any industry of that size, but would keep just one jump ahead of its regirements," the mayor declared. "For the sake of Oshawa, my con- vigtions tell me to tell you, on my honor as a new industry and a new ratepayer to this city. Let us assist it is every way to become establish- ed," was the mayor's closing appeal, F. L. Mason The operation of a gas plant was a highly technical matter that was too intricate for a layman to master, and the consumption from the Oshawa plant was altogether too small to make it worth while to employ a highly paid, technical engineer, said F. L. Mason. The plant was showing a deficit now, and there were only two alternatives if the bylaw to sell the plant was defeated. One was to go to the people for the raising of $150,000 or $175,000 in debentures to bring the plant up to date, with only a problematical chance of making it pay even then, or going to the city council every year for money to cov- er the deficit on the plant. And even then, there was no hope of getting as low a rate as would be possible with a coking plant. The first $25000 of the $100,000 which the company agreed to spend during the first year of its operation of the plant would be for a new gen- erator at the local plant, to take care of the city's requirements until such time as they could' get their much larger system operating. The $75,000 would be spent in main extensions, both within the city, and perhaps to some neighboring towns. Then, when the consumption had reached a point sufficient to warrant it, a coking plant would be built, Mr. Mason said. Other Offers The Public Utilities Commission had been working on the gas plant problem for some time, and had had five different propositions presented to it, Mr. Mason said in answer to a question as to what other offers had been received for the plant. The first one was from a group headed by the Hon. E. C. Drury, which was to build a coking plant and sell gas to the city at a definte wholesale price, the city to distribute it as it did with the electricity. Ne- gotiations were proceeding favorably on this, when last July the prospec- tive purchasers suddenly dropped out of the picture end no more has been heard from them. The second proposition was from an English firm making" gas manu- fatcuring equipment which it wanted the cify to buy, but which the Util ities Commission refused to consider. A third proposition was from a New York party that proved to be entirely unable to handle the pur- chase, The fourth was the one in which vote on March 21. est Bid On February 5, five days after Ben E. Tate and his associates: had sub- mitted a proposition in writing to the Public Utilities Commission, and two days after they Commission and the city council in a point meeting had decided to accept the offer, with cers tain changes, another proposition was received, This was from a certain securities corporation, dealing in "in- vestment sccuritied," that Mr, Mason said he had never even heard of. They declared that the proposed sale of the plant had only just been brought to their attention, and off- ered to make a ah payment of $20,- 000 and assume the remainder of the city's debenture liability on the plant, The corporation said that it wished to "organize a new company," pro- viding a 30-year franchise from the city could be obtained, and that it would reduce the price of gas ten cents per od within three months, and a further ten cents with- in a vear, "These people make no mention whatever of establishing a coking plant in Oshawa, and it is the loca- tion of the new coking industry here that is, in my opinion, the biggest inducement in the offer we are to vote upon, said Mr. Mason. "The "The company says it was not aware of the negotiations until a few days ago, when to my own knowledge one of the men that brought its repesent- atives to this city has been trying for six months to get the Utilities Com- mission to support some kind of a scheme to 'manufacture gas by elec- tric cells from water and some other mixture, I claim that the statement in their letter is not in accordance with the facts," Mr Mason pointed out. He 'said that the financial houses offer, in several ways, was right along the lines of that which the city council and the Utilities Commission had al- Heady promised to submit to the peo- ple. In answer to a question regarding the provision in the proposed fran- chise for the gas distribution system, to the company for a central steam heating plant, Mr. Mason said that the rates quoted were approximately the same as those charged by a sim- ilar plant at Winnipeg. If this cen- tral steam heating plant were estab- lished as part of the gas company's business it would naturally use gas for heating: this would raise the con- sumption of gas to a considerable de- gree and weylid tend to lower the price of gas to the Oshawa consume ers. J. L. WILSON SEES BRIGHT FUTURE IN HORTICULTURE (Continued from page 1) reasons whica he cowd not explain, the organization had gone out of existence and funds which it had on hand, totalling $140, were. forward- ed to himself and were of Becessity, according to law, turned into the revenues of the province. "But Oshawa should have a hor: ticultural society," he sald, "and now you seem to have made a splendid start, Seldom have I seen a more intelligent group of people than that which is gathered here tonight and I am confident that having failed once, you shall not fail again. Alm high, there is no reason why you should not have at least 1,000 mem- bers. The system by which the provin- cial government makes grants to horticultural societies was explain- ed by Mr. Wilson. The maximum grant was $1,000 he said. "By all means get the children in- terested," he continued. "Every school teacher in the city should be a member of your society as they have close contact with the children. By garden contests, essay contests and other means you may direct the attention of school pupils to the the ratepapers will A The Lat beauty found In flowers and the de- URNS Dodd pt 1 hd INTMEN In a jor like the finest face creams. Price S0¢ Bottles y 98¢ In 5 different colors At Karn's Drug Store Next P.O. Phone 378 | lights which are afforded by garden: ing as a hobby." Apart from the aesthetic value, which could not be measured in mere dollars and cents, a city of beautiful lawns, gardens and boulevards pos- sesses tangible assets in these things, They are an attraction for tourists and tourists mean revenue. One can perform a real service for is city, town or village, by join- ing the horticultural society and seeking to beautify it, the speaker stated. After all it is but a short span between the cradle and the grave and we are judged by what we put into life--by our service to our fellow men. Making one's home and community really attractive is one way of making life worth while. Through their horticultural socie- ties, other cities in Ontario have be come noted for their beauty and Mr. Wilson cited Kitchener, St. Thomas and St. Catharines as among the most attractive municipalities in Ontario. "If you try," he concluded, "you can make Oshawa the most beautl: ful city in the province." Mr. Wilson was accorded a hearty vote of thanks for his encouraging and timely remarks, ------------------ Form Veterans Club Omemee.--~The war veterans of Omemee and vicinity: met in the Farmers' Club Rooms, with the ob- ject of either joining with the Cana- dian Legion or forming a local club, but after considerable debate it was decided to form a local club. The following officers were elected: Pre- sident, William O'Neill; Secretary, Dr. McPhee; Treasurer, Wm. Brock- ley. ' No Probe Necessary Kingston.--As the Board of Health refused to rescind their regulation to have all students vaccinated 'before being allowed to attend school, the Board of Education asked the De- partment of Education to make an investigation into conditions here, A reply has been received from A. H. U. i Mowe: Fon advising the board that the situation $s not warrant an in- vestigation by department, Lacroix, assistant of Domestic Science, ing School, will come in you're entertaining. TEA MENU Fruit Cocktail Saled Marguerite rec is absolutely dependable, is always uniform, You sesults every time you use it." the plant. th The biggest point in the agreement, This delightful tea menu suggested by Madame R; director at the Provincial School outstanding Montreal Cook- very handy next time Keep it for reference. Hot Cheese Biscuits® Assorted Tea Cakes Pineapple Ice Cream Chase & Sanbom's Tea or Coffee Madame Lacroi "F it, | always use me Music Heung Powder beaunie it Its high leavening power get the same satisfactory ® Look for this mark on ting it is @ guarantee that Magic Baking Powder does not cone tain oh or any harmful ingres dient. eere------------ for *HOT 114 cups flour Sift flour, baking cut with a round Try Madame Lacroix's recipe 4 teaspoons Magic Baking Powder 2 tablespoons butter powder and salt. With two knives, thoroughly mix flour, mixture with milk to make a soft dough. Roll quickly and lightly to one-half inch thickness and cach biscuit 8 cheese and bake in oven at 400° F. More than 200 interesting, CHEESE BISCUITS 25 cup milk 34 cup grated cheese 1 teaspoon salt butter and cheese. Dilute the biscuit cutter, Place on top of cube, one-half inch thick, | about 12 or 15 minutes. tested recipes are con- tained in the New Free Magic Cook Book. 1 you bake sthome, send for a copy. Write to Standard Brands Limited, Fraser Avenue, Toronto,