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of? tinue 0. ae 1 and con ao ‘The resolution was put in * motion ‘by Councilor Anderson and was seconded-by Councilor Ashbury. 7 Called purposely for the consider- af ation of the 1926 estimates, the council session threatened to be of such length owing to the press of ‘business that 4 special meeting was . called for this evening (Thursday) to confer on same. A communication was received from E. T. Lightbbourn calling the attention of ne egquncil to the un- : med* treed | lining uvenues ~ east of Dunn and south of King streets. The communication was re- ii ile one FEES pa - «* f) e STE ae . ferred to the streets and sidewalks’ Eo committee. on \ - Cl Va Mayor Thomas Foster, of Toron- Px to, wrote the council inviting repre- ot sen .to a conference of the municipalities of Ontario, to be held in the City Hall, Toronto, on Tues- a ing‘a supply of Alberta next winter. The letter was filed; an response to a conimunication Captain Ellis, full permission oe ziven to the Salvation Army. to — “Tag Day on Saturday, May ry B®, a ae Sreraing Cotaeaisteee -report- ee ed as follows =r a, "> abet > 4 46-75 . ‘Streets and’ sid einis cme 284,85 Police and Public Order ... ~~ 80:89 : Fire, Water and Light ........ 20.30 i a ane teens > 1.00 il Sees Ee “Total... sree onsen SARS BO Copies of ‘communications between | P® » + Abe -Minister-ot npn Srhari ache - “frig the deepening and the harbour basin accompanied Sith requests from the Company and the Yacht Works urging the council to petition the Government to take ac- tion, were read. The Marlatt Com- pany are very, anxious to have the accumulated silt removed to allow the admittance of coal barges and shipping vessels drawing from twelve to fourteen feet of water, whereas according to official soundings the water between the piers nowhere ex- ceeds ten and one-half feet. Au- thorizéd by resolution the following petition was drafted to be forward- ed to the Minister of Public Works: “We, your petitioners, beg to re- quest that an amount sufficient for the dredging of the harbour of Oak- ville to a depth of fourteeu feet. . be placed in the supplementary es- * timates at the present session sf par- liament for work to be done cn the | harbour this year. “], As Oakville is the only har- bour of refuge between Toronto and Hamilton. “2. That manufacturers thereby can obtain a supply of steam coal by water, lessening the ultimate cost of the manufactured product, there- by encouraging the export trade. . _“3. That transportation by water ' be encouraged both for freight and “ Bieenaer traffic. “4. That the manufacture and re- pair of sailing vessels and boats be encouraged. * “5, Your petitioners state that the present low water on Lake Ontario makes it netessary to have the dredging dont as soon as: possible.” It was moved that the Clerk write the secretary of the Dominion Rail- way Board asking the date on which the Board sits so as to send dele- gates to bring up the matter of the seventh line railway gates. Installed prior to the time that the seventh line was taken over by the County, Oakville was forcedjto bear one- third of the cost of maintenance and has continued to do so since the change was It is hoped that the system can be revised and that The maintenance cost can ee levied on the County, In the interests of the iowa, it was deemed advisable to take action regarding the overdue taxes of the Royal Oak Tire Company and a re- ‘solution was drafted authorizing the Clerk to write to the Company ad- ~“yising them that the council decrees’ that they are no longer exempt from —_-._ paying-taxes-owing-to-the-breach-of contract with the town, and that — steps will be taken to ‘collect the ¥ taxes of this present The next ls is meeting of the Countil is uled for May 2rd, at o'clock, Daylight-saving time. Ue, to at 2 am. at Passed a reiton ie - the enforcement of Daylight- ~ fag) Ses =F nage Gave Salvation Army per “ mission to hold 3 Tag Dey oe a May 15. i= Terminated cpeaebpes! with F.C. Clarke, any agreement. ‘Moved a measure uted ‘the " government to deepen the har- bour between Took steps towards collect- ing back taxes fram the Oak he and peabber sisal 4, i coun AND MR. F CLARKE FAIL Off When He Asks for a Cash Perea 3 4" Unable to reach any sa terms of agreement,’ the Cow dro } () of money asked by Mr. Clarke- meeting on Monday night. Mr. Clarke’s reduedd from $500 flat to $250 in advance, plus a $500 commissiop for every located industry with a final reduetioh. of $50 on the advance money, did not ia prove sufficiently lucrative to cause | the Mayor to affix his signature. an Oakville dire, the cost of: mailing and the cost of wrapping the circu- lars (which were intended for distri- bution to industrial concerns), be- phe other “small incidentary ex- mses, and upon an industry es- tablishing themselves within the pre- cints of Oakville, to. r the $500 “Corkil 3 mect each other's tigi; both of the contracting parties called off nego- tiations, = Mayor Robinson gave details of an interview with the head of a firm engaged in the manufacture of cioth- ing, who is desirous of changing his location and intimated that Oakville appealed to him, providing suitable arrangements could be made regard- ing the transfer. The plant employs approximately sixty girls and ten men. BASEBALL MINSTREL SHOW BIG SUCCESS Capacity Houses on Thursday and Friday Nights Greet Second Annual Entertainment Playing to capacity houses on Thursday and Friday nights, the se- cond annual show presented by the Oakville Baseball Minstrels, was a splendid success. Chorus and solo work gave little or no room for des- tructive comment and Ernie Mairs, as musical director, deserves special mention for the manner in which he contributed to the production. One of the principal ingredients that go to the making up of a show of this type is action, and action in plenty was supplied by the six end- men — Ollie Johnson, Hiram Wil- liams, Len Cornwall, Jack Arm- strong, Benny Lanquay and Mac McCallum. Supporting the interlo- cutor, Dr. F. M. Deans, in a series of repartee and jokes, spicily flav- ored on the whole with local color, the end caste kept the andience con- vulsed with laughter ironenbut the performance. Solo numbers were given by Os- sie Farmer, Hiram Williams, John- nie, Wagstaffe, -Willard Skooy, Ollie Johnson, Charlie Dickinson, Len Cherrington, Frank Havell, Benny Lanquay, Albert Quint, Mac McCal- lum, Charlie Johnson, C. P. Tuck, Len Cornwall and Al Austin and the remainder of the chorus was nea posed of R. Dick, F. Anderson, J Hashek, R. Hillmer, M. Conder, C. Kent, W. Storkey, J. Johnson, W. Mcllveen and M. Felan. During the interval between the first and second parts, Don Davis presented a big laugh in a mono, logue and by request repeated his hit of last year's show, “Somebody Else, Not Me.” Mrs. Williams sang a solo and supported by Dr. F.-M: Deans, presented-a very clever sketch in one ae: ‘ The song and dance numbers wert’ accompanied by Mrs. H. Williams hestra music was played llegians.”” and ore by “Kootie’s Ko hogan ‘tailing to’ come to“ }f~ AIL TOAGKEE, Deal With Toronto Man Is Called! ¢; ; Doty or at the Parsonage. the Council 7 Called into a committee of the whole! or discussion, the Council oullined {1m ae offering to cover the ‘cost of the a ng matter, printed by} “|ruined in a few trips by careless ing, the youthful adveaturer fuund |gesulted in Mr, Maxwell having the state said . *. ‘e ir or * - ; ; * ° z ‘a betas wiclans mac yesterday, the Bre eriz's : ¢ was called out to ex- Mejores ge sh a grass fire in the creek eng te eee threatening the One of the brightest of James Barker at the north season will be held tom “street. fire when the 6 at home ‘to the « Toronto and Burlington. Bie eee 3p. £5 Sake Church will hold a .< e on § noon, April 24. Any with She poured - apavere | it along, with t rst forth, ani mr mind prevented spreading and catch. LJ "ed : ab are holding a Tor- Lakeshore nun‘ry ril- 3th. It is facored Pe Min stréls which $ tribute, kindly phone Eliswo Morden telephone i 304 ft 3, or. rt. pa imgeeees ° hand from the levy of 1925 amount- WESijing to $9,500. ‘| by the clerk of that period and was --only recovered to the High School Mspoke of the prospects for the year *| financial outlook. PN! School, including government gran |and fees, are estimated at $20,903.- ; ure of ea 34, leaving a net levy saving of nearly 7 mills on on the High School rate, it haying been redu from an excess 18 to 6.72, and one of 3% mills on the Public Schools. Such a cut in- the school rate is made possible from the surplus on| A further sum of $8,955.17 is brought to the use of this year’s Board from the town treasury. This amount, the balance of, the 1924 county grant, was er- roneously accredited to the town, grant by the audit of this year’s ooks, Meeting in session on Tuesday evening, the Board immediately} went into a committee of the whole for the consideration of estima with trustee W. B. Shipley in the chair. Previous to calling chairman Forster of the finance committee to give-his report, trustee Shipley, striking a keynote of rigid économy, and expressed great optimism in the The report, as follows, was adopted: The total receipts for the High its 43. The disbursements réach a fig- es rnany ratereating impress. sions of the methods of procedure By he first of May, officers of|! salle aioe ponceggecee A Ace 4 the local company of the Tlalion e | Rifles, hope to be able to advance panded earecal; Cater fuailitary activities in this distrcit. . * . vi ; 4 rt A Lion's nieht progracs was piven {With the recent leasing of armour by Wilson Masonic Lodge, Toronte, |). ha Degen Oekie ea tet a the government has suppMed a long were eiitertathed. ‘Acadomabur Fran felt want and it is possible for the the Oakville Lodge No. 400 AF. und Oakville company to work out from A.M. were also ch atte sndancs ‘under the handicap enforced by the ry Wilkinson and. Wor, Bro, Dr. J ‘|burning of the headquarters i:..the C. Duff held‘ offices in the work put} former Niele hi — . Navy strect, forward. ker & Son garage on Dundas sirect, The annual meeting of the Tra- ‘Over forty. fen oe a made appli- | falgar Agricultural Society, for the éation for work with the Canadian | Purpose of presenting the financ’al WNaticval Railways which is placing | statement and for the election of of- a large quantity of rock ballast’ on|ficers, will be held in the Council the right-of-way between Burlington | Chamber on Tuesday evening, April and Port Credit, reports Mayor W. | 27, at 8.15 o'clock. The. meeting was N. Robinson. Any further appiica- Called originally for Wednesday, ies and a drill hull over the Whita-| > tions may be reteived from W. B. | January 20, but had to be postponed | Shipley, C.N.R. Agent. The work | When unable to muster a quorum, will commence on Monday, May 3. | None of the chief officers, Hon. 5 . * * ; sident A. S. Forster, President J.-E If you have not yet found out Flavelle, Ist. Vice-President EL. F.! what a “Mollusc” is, or ai! abour | Osler, and 2nd. Vice-President W. “The Monkey’s Paw’, co to the Gee-| Harland Smith were in attendance. gory Theatre on Friday evening, | = . April 30, at 8 o’clock, where the; There was hard hitting on the mystery will be solved by the Apple-| Lakeshore highway east on Friday by Schoo] Dramatic Club. General) morning when two lineal descen- admission will be fifty cents, 1e-|dants of Abraham, giving Toronto served seats seventy-five cents, Tne| addresses, joint owners of «a ight plan will be at Grinham's Book Sh op,| truck in which they were ridine, be- - od ba ; ‘came involved in heavy alterca*ion. | Losing complete control of the ve- hicle at an unphsycological moment, the truck clesred the ditch and smiting a nearby stone wall of pre- vious unimpeachable: strengta, icvel- led a quantity before lapsing into a broken wonder. Both of the oc- tupants.escaped without serious in- jury. The attempt on the part of “the department of reforestration to plant tree growth on the creek bank by Central School, has not met with any marked degree of succesa. Of the hundreds of Scotch fir seedling + set out, but-a-—very few have sur- vived and it is opinioned that !f larger and more vigorous growtu had been selected, the results woul have been more encouraging. Nine-year-old Murray Vellata, 736 ne avenue, Toronto, inspired by Don’t atin dep off your plowing tales of adventure and with neighbor's lawn and don't cut corn-) the wanderlust in his blood, set out ers during this soft spring weather. Tuesday afternoon along the Dun- A lawn which has required a fall das highway with the intention of summer's labor to level and infinite’ wajking to New York tovvisit his patience to-coax out the crass muy be brother. Although his spirit was will- his legsgwere woefully weak, al- ASE EA though they carried him aime the Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Maxwell of | Dundas Highway nearly. to Trafal- Burlington had a narrow escape; gar. He declares he walked the from serious injury in an automobile: whole way, a trek of neurer 30 miies accident in Hamilton on Tuesday | than 20 miles.Then a kind Samaritan| afternoon. They were procecding’ in an automobile, Mrs. (Rev.) De- along’Barton street, when they were | wart of Trafalgar, offered the feot- struck by a truck’ owned by the c-| sore and .weary -youth—a-lift. —-Drs- Vicér Transport ‘company of Well-| nading him of his intentions, she and. The impact of the collision | brought him-to the Oakville police ' station, where blue coated official- ligaments of his shoulder torn, and| dom soon sent assuring word to dis- other minor injuries, while Mrs, Mux-| tracted parents. Murray was sent well ped with a shaking up. The back to Toronto on a late bus in the trespassing. coupe, was considerable ok guardian hands of the driver. of the Public Schools {926 ti are"$10,- ed « The death occurred it). Setroit | | pier last night, Wedné/day, Apri! 21, of Mrs. Wyvern Taylor, daught- er in law of Mr. and Mrs. KE. O, Taylor, Sumner ave. The deceased is a deughter of Mrs. Elizabeth and the late Francis} Bird, of Hamilton. Besides her hus-| band there is surviving, a babe, nih e! days old, and two children, one and! five. The remains will be brought to Hamilton for interment. JOHN J. WEIR John J. Weir a former resident of Oakville died on Friday, April 16, at his home in Utica, N. Y., from the; effects of a stroke, in his 76th year. The deceased was born near Milton and for many years engaged in a coal and wood business here. He was indentified with the Roman Catho- liz Church. One son and two daughters ser- vive. The remains were brought ta} Toronto for interment. The services were held at St. Michael's Cathedral! CRAIGIE T. MACKIE Craigie Thompson Mackie, four-year-old son of Mr .and Mrs. the his home on Saturday afternoon, following a four-days’ iilness. The deceased, who was born in Oakville, is the eldest son. Besides his parents, one sister and a brother survive. The funeral wus he'd from the house to St. Jude's Cemetery on Monday afternoon. KIRK CLUB ENTERTAINS Knox Hall was throned almost to capacity last Monday night when the Kirk Club entertained St. John’s United Church Y. P. S. and Si. Jude's A. .«¥. P. A. President Dorothy. MeNeil deliver- ed an address of weleome to the | visiting societies, which was respond-;: ed to by Miss Blanche Hillmer and} Lorne Lyon, presidents of the other’ organizations. A lengthy prograin of | songs, instrumental numbers and; tableaux was given. A series of per- sonified songs rendered in striking, tableaux effects by the aid of color- ed lights was especially good. CRICKET GAME SATURDAY The Cricket season at the Apvicby grounds will be ushered in when the Oakville Cricket Club will play the first of their annual. games with A pleby School‘on Saturday April 24th, The following Oakville players are .be on the trounds at C. Armstrong, Stewart brown, C. Cox, A. Coles; O. . T. me Hale, R. lin, Marshall, Money, F. Shaw, H. Witten, (Gapt.). ; years ee Pog ary roxi-|_ Ivan Hardy, Pa ul Reid, Ken Chis- a} holm, Jean Smith, Mary idateng Helen Aikman, d! share that. is fields will” hel A : ‘| ship, are Salvation 'T. Mackie, Deane Avenue, died at Tarner, ‘Dan Gracey, Jessie A ced| Dora Ryan, Sybil-Lillie, Alice. Rivaz, . Hutchinson, Vernon Belyea And Gwendolyn Nelson. The Pitman’s general proficwney diplomas in commercial were pre- sented to Fred Kerr, Miss Lyster, Marjorie Hartley, Gladys Locksley, May Riley, Emily Richardson, ier-- man Brawn, Muriel Mathias, Mar- garet Anderson, May Riley, Freda Steed, Anna Louise, Victor Holm- stead, Paul Mottier and Anna Doyle, The, exercises were broucht to-a close with a dance, -Kootie's Kollc- gians furnished the music and re- freshments were aurea during the be tata bole SALVATION ARMY ELF-DENIAL WEEK To Bo Observed May 9th to 16th; Fund Used for Work Both at Home and Abroad The annual) Self-Deniul. + week of the “Salvation Army will soon be with us and every citizen In Gakville is asked to give generously jin this worthy object. Operating in’ 81 countzies and colonies and fioclaim- ing Gospel in 54 lanzuages and dia e Salvation Army ie now carrying its méssage and its Socis) Work to the peoples of all parts of the earth. The- Self- Denial Fund is used for work both at hoine and abroad. ‘The sent ints the forcign Pp comrades who “are kept ot home will in the fif\ncinz of those - ‘or-the Sfeial Work amons ‘women and childnjn which are hav- ing the most difficult time meeting their budget requirements. His Majesty King George V has expressed deep sympathy with the object and,has said, “I admire the Salvation Army and its pecple be- cause whenever and whatever J hear of you, you are doing good.” | Lord Byneg, Governor- General of Canada, in support states, ‘The Si!- vetiom Army puts humanity into its religion as well as into its work.’ The Right Hon W. C. Mackenzie King has written saying, “lhe tes: of the worth of any society, found- ed on Christian principles, is Yo be séen in its redemption of waste hu- munity and the re-making of men: to this test The Salvation Army is i lly rest ling. Canada iz distinctly the better fer its bene- ficent mission and in further tribute the Right Hon. Arthur Meight i« quoted to have said, “To coramend the aims of The Salvation Army, is 7 duty and a pleasure. iiomes briht- ened, shadows dispelled, burdens lightened, erring and broken lives mended and fitted for petter citizen Army contribu- tions to the community. These and countless other tributes speak ini no uncertain terms of the high state of opinion earned by this Christian organization . It'is naw up to-every citizen to help in the good work so that some little child or Some poor heart-broken mother will benifit by your money. You cannot put money to more practical and helpful ‘use than. by giving to the work of The Salvation Army. . GOLF COURSE RAPIDLY COMING INTO SHAPE ~The rolling=fairways of the Ouk- ville Golf and,Country Club will be ready within the next two weeks [or the opening event, it is expected. Already golf is being played on the temporary greens, but it has been deemed advisable on the part cf the executive to keep the fairways clear- ‘ed until the turf has made some fur- ther progress and become firmer. . The fairways and greens have wintered well and are in almost per- fect shape, smooth and springy un- erfoot, and dried almost to the point of mid-summer conditions A few minor improvements have been made on the course and there has p-| been considerabje _ #iteration — and work in progress on the club house itself. : BORN «” BENTLEY—On Thursday, “April A.’ 15, 1926, at Milton, to Mr. ana Mrs. W. A. Bentley, a daughter. oe