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PAGE TVO THE CANADIAIN STATESMAIN. BOWMANVILLE. ONTARIO. PTURSAV AuGTrTT1' h. 1935 %Ibce imbîian hdeimin Established 1854 A Weekly Newspap e r- devorte to the interests of the Sown of Botvrnoanville and surrounding country. issued at K inrg Str.jet. Bowrnanvalle, ever-y Thursday, by M. A. Jalmes & Sons. ownlers andS pubishers. The Caniad'ian Statesmran s a mernber of the Canadiani Week ly News- papers Assocation. also the Class "A" Weeklies of Canada. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Aniywhre in Canada, $200 a year: in the United States, $2.50 a year, payable in advance. Single copies, 5 cents. THURSDAY. AUGUST 8th, 1935 Durham Should Seek Separation From Northumberland To those wlo are conversant wth municipal aff airs. tle judgmenî landed down by His Honor, Mr. Justice Hope in the &Spreme Court, relative to the legality off the 1905 Act respecting bridges in the United Counties off Northumberland and Durham. did not corne as a surprise. Many. 10w- ever. have become so accustomed to laving the County off Northumberland dominate counties af- faira by their unfair voting advantage, that they expectecd anythîng. In the ful1 judgment publ'Shed in this issuse His Honor carefulty goes over tle whote situatJosi. and quite fairly places the stamp off legality on the netlods adopted by the Northumberland suia- jossty vote 10 force the County off Durham to pay more uhan ts fais' shase of bridge expenditnu'e.s in these Unitedt Counties. Froin earlie.st times it seeins that Durhamn nîesbers realized they were partners in a totally unequal partnershîp. They represented a county off average dimensions and average conditions. Tley were lsnked by law to a neighborîng county whicl lad an unusual number off waterways whicl necessitate long and exoensive bridges. Durham s'îghtfuliy objected to burdening the ratepayers off this county witl the expense off bridges in Nor- thumberland and therefore in 1905 aslted for sep- aration to conduct its own affaira. In lieu off this separaton île act respectsng bridges waa drawn up, and Norhumberland was required to pay 75', off île cost off ils own bridges, and Durham 75'; off île cost off bridges in this county. This seem- ed at île urne, and sitl is tle mozt reasonabte basis on whicl a seutlement could have been reacled and continue tle uniosn. Durham was satisfied 10 tet maîterz continue in this way. but thie high landed and grasping attitude off Nor- humberland members brouglit about a total re- pudiation off the Act and ulie consequent legal ure- course taken and succesfully fought by Durinm. Having won île battle uhuis far by establishingj the legalsuy off tle Ac,. Durhamn Cunty shouid now take imimediate stepus t1 have tle amounts owsng ît frons 1928 until uhus year pasd back. Off course. this xill require a further ia;vsuit. but $25,000, tle amount involved, ss a lot off roney and la wortl ffi-ghting for. Juat so long as tle County off Northumberland las a greater voîing power in Counties' affairs and continues 10 wield *the big stick, Durhamn will continue t0 suffer as i, lias done in île past. Unless île voting power is equalized Durhamn slould seek sýeparation frorn the corporate body off the United Counties. We ar'e confident, as we have been for many years, tIat Durham will ffnaly lave to talte thîs course. Statistics have revealed that Norhunm- berland County las a preponderance off innmates in île House off Refuge, and in tle County Gaot. in addition t0 a percentage ouI off all reason in île numbe' off people receiving ld Age Pensions. Durham is tlus paysng througli île nose for al these and other thinga. and ita residents are an- nuaily making sacrifices bo lighten the Ioad off Northumberland. Itlias been said that a separation is not feas-t ib1e, and that Durham woutd lave 10 erect new G countie.. buildings. This would flot be requirod at. ail. as tle Counîxes offices in Cobourg are flot ownod by the Counties but by the Town off Co-0 bourg. hti might be added that the îentat paid by ý île Counties would hav-e erected a palatial county0 building. f hti s true tle Counties Gaol and House off Re-h fuge are jountly oivned by tle two counties. but li there la nothing 10 prevent Dur'hamncontînuîng t10 use thein. and paysng on the basîs off tle numiber f of Durhiam p:eople incarcorated in these inzîstu- u t4ons. o The whlole niatter off United Counties adminîs- c tration s auain in tle air, and every Dut halil muinicu;:aity sloutd end 10 Cobourg fox: yearG sîembers pledged t osok for tlie -epasation offhelie iwo couinties if a square dealis il ot foithcomuîng. f Onl-iy nofar as tle Durhsam îinunicipali*nie, work towarcs s is end, wil îhey ighten the near iii- tolerale înd tusfair ioad off counîses taxatiosn they have C, for(ed 10 beas for yearss Wake up Durlasu 's (MS la; e been the sili cow for Nr tliusnl.rlasclin" 1jwenouglih Railways Informing the Public The C'anïicat; nNational Rilwv ha; erasi xle:nceci a. cric-, off advertisemnents %whicl ia.-lîo:sug l'un inise îaîesthIrou 2ho' su Canxa:d a oui Ils n îi the value off the raîlvaYv- nu te cossiîsîusîsity. Suiý-h a inove anci typ)e off ad; ertusing s a .tel) in thle rigît d.recuuon. iii f icu :ong o'.erdue. The aver- age d hci as ceased t î lie loyal 10 tle railway. perlap lîfr nuou lie: uo ii uan 11ev lau ont boen eu .n i*ei;s:iided uw ytushe;- slould le loyal. As il ý oi)îoisns cuit ilire is tardiv a dom- munity in -c v hotu Danuuiion wliit-licansiot. ini some w as t1aec- il îuou'u ., thîe ruilway..There is no dia b:t tiatuth(. e vi:t ucouSd euh lea lbar-son prairie iadiut iso' bec n foui, - îîIro'.îessive s)i-t slowiî by the r awiv.:nd y~et today tle aver- age citizen seoms lui.50 thIe r.iulway.whieievei' possible. Tîcre ss one thing certai. if Casiadiars do siot soon become more con.uderate asid loyal towards Canadian railways then there- '-iii soosi bL- less rai]way facilities. It reminîts iu, off a gross; off citizens from a township flot far froni Bows ais- ville wlo drove to Ottawa to proiesi to the Rail- way Conîmissioners against tle tearing oui off a raiîway lino as an economy measure. Tley stressed their loyalty t0 the road and île dire circum- stances tley would be in if île road was discon- tinuxed, luit wheîî aslted by an officiaI how they had arrived ai Ottawa, tley blushingly told île comxissioneî's they lad driven in their autos. Jusi so soon as citizens, merchants, manuffact- urers and farmers return to the railways with a tot greater share off their patronage, will the prob-1 thel lem of debt-burdened railways be solved. The YO R V U1LoaciMUN railways themselves have economized to a greater (oyih)po eYtent than any business or organization in Can- <Coyriht ada, and wvith these economnies made, they stil BY JOHN C. KIRKWOOD 0 stand readv ro fîirther oit- in the ,fei,,,,,,men* ,of ------ this young country. which as yet has only wi nessed the dam-n off its development and progre! Beverage Rooms Not Wanted HerE While local liotet keepers have denied the rurr ours that beverage rooma are soon to openi Bowmanville, there are some who betieve that th Ontario Government lias power to force these u: iwelcome and disgusting beer parlours on the tow irepctive off the wishes off tle people. Bowmanville was one off the first towns in On tari0t vote under the Local Option privitege. and for over quarter off a century lias remaini4 a -"dry" town, althougl iti is common tatk tlia beer is obtainable. (if not sold). in certain place judging from the number of frequenters. Howevei', there is no reason to believe that th trend off opinion lias changed to any extent.I those wlho thinlt it lias dhanged wisli, tley asi entitled undex' the aci to secure a petition anc ask for a vote. Under the pr'ovisions off the act if tliey can mustes' a 601, majority the town re- verts to its pre local option state. and the gov- ernmiient by the will off the people may open bey- erage rooms ina the town. Ai the present tirne however the Government lias no power to break its own lawVs. It can. it is true. aniend or i'epeal the act in the Legislature, but we doubt whether any government would dare to take from tle people tle rugît that us theirs to decide whetlier or flot their own municipality shall be wet or dry. We do not betieve that the people off Bowman- ville, as a whoie. would relish having beverage rooms opened in this town. The temperance forces have flot diminisled, but rather increased. It iss rise that there are some people wlo viexw this matter differentty and wlo would lilete 1 set the beer partours opened. They have a riglit te their own opinions and they have the opportun- ity off testîng the feelings off the community by an appeal to the electorate. The fact that after a year's operation off tle beverage rooms in On- tario. no outwvard effort hms been made to open tlem lore. would suggest that those who desire tliem realize that Bowmanville may be classed in no uncertain manner as a "dry" town. We Ail Make Mistakes The merdhant. on checltîng lis cash register at tle close of île day's busness, rarely finds that île total off tle cash in tle drawei' tatlies with that on tle recording tape. Someone in lis ens- Iîioy-- ometime. tle nuerclant himself-has given a customer île wrong change. He can recaîl a dozen instances in eacl day's business wlen cust- 1omers have complained about getting tle wrong goods, or being overclarged, or being compeiled 10 await tardy deliveries. Housewiu es malte mistakes, Tley forget the salt foi' tle potatoes, the soda for the biscuits, the extract for the lemon pie. Everybody maltes mistakes. Doctors, lawyers. p'.unbers, taîlos's. leadhers, sailors, soîctiers, rnilk- moen. dontîsîs. grocers, laborers. There is no such thsng as a perfect humain being, But almost, everyone can gel away with little slips wstliout tle general public finding oui about tlem. The mesclants put down their misialetoo profit and bass. and no one is the wiser. The housewif e dumps tle spoiled biscuits in the gar- bage can. and no one ltnoxws about her mistalte but tle garbage collector. Doctors bury their mis- taltes under six feet off eartl, and lawyers hide ileirs under 600 or 6,000 words off legal termin- ology. But the poor newspaperman just can't get away witl il. His mistaltes stand oui like a sore llumb on the middle off île front page or in tle opening .entence off lis clerisled editoriai. And aIl the other foîlts wlo malte mistaltes point accusîng fînruers at the poor newspaperman, with an 'Ah, haIt We caugît you butchersng tle King's Eng- l.sh!- attitude that maltes it alle more un- ba'aabie. It i. ilion we wisl xve lad fotlowed our fatler., adice and însproved Our education by a university course. But away back in those days Our amnbition tuas 10 le a policeman, a street car conduueior, or a furensan. Little dsd we realize we wert- destined 10 le edito' off Durham County's C3reau Fanîiiy Journal or we woutd lave absorbed oodies off education and ltnowledge in preparationi for our lire. cs.t labos off love in île editor's sanc- um. Dear reader, xve deserve your sympatly and tleran ce. Mirror of Opinion The right.,off property lave been tle most hughly pied ps'iviteges off manltind, next only, peula; . t.o personai liberty."-Jouett Shouse. "I don't betieve thai we slould talte away tle srofît xmotive. I do believe tlat we slould put r.osre nto wages and less mb opr-ofits."-Wiitiami lien White. It us floti'estorsng t1e price level that wsll save lie %vorld: wlat i., reqUsired is confidence, tle re- val off ixnternational trade, andl tle re-emptoy-: ont off île populatSon."-Prof. T. E. Gregory. It s noitIth fast tempo off modes-n hife that j Ils. but tle boredom, a tact off stx'ong intÀereat f, id failure 10 grow that destroy. Il is île feel- c- g that nothing is worîl while that maltes mone nlappy."-Dr. Harold Willis Dodds.r "An age. lite a mais, can have an infferiority mpiex, or inLstead off leeping to uts pail off duty t id service can be introspective and even mor- ily ffidgety about ils lealil. We do a lot off ei ulling ourselves up by île roots to see 10w we re growing."--,ii' Josial Stamp. i eý "Democracy is not likety to aldicate its func- bý ons. It is stiUl less Iikely to le coerced by île ix . fi ve't acta off conspirators. But it may commit fi icîde llrougl popujar exasperation over tle m hure off governnîent to meet île expectatiosis e5 fthose m-lo lave exaggerated and alsurd Ideas is whatithe state can and should do for tlem."-d In W. Dafoe. a h AI kil i un col ar bici ov( sui fai off off Jol '-n l' our~ it- take "Contentment," says a friend if, the work performed wvas small, 1sc ýss. in a letter to me. "is life's onty we must remember that hie had ers. goal." This f riend is '74yashs very material to discover. for q his I 0k. He is a baclielor, and lives the metal he worked in lay hid last, e by himself in a hlîside cabin in1 under the desert moor where no succ jNorthi Carolina. When lie was a1 eye but his had guessed its ex- four young man lie taught school. istence. ImpeIled by the ex- to u ni- travelled witli a circus, was a pansive movement of his own ir- and in tramp, worked in the lumber responsible soul. hie struggled for- done ,he woods, and liomesteaded. Then ward into the general view. Alas. es ir in- e went to England wliere lie re- lits sun shone as through a trop- have mained for 20 years. There lie ical tornado, and the pale shad- cord Vfl wau engaged in newspaper work. 0w off deatii etched it at noon him He built himself two homes in (Burns died in his 37tli year). teac] n- the vicinity off Gloucester. He Slirouded, in sucli baleful vap- one ehas read deeply if flot widely, and ours the genjus off Burns was whie is a polished writer. He is the neyer seen in clear azure spien- into edauthor off two books. Now, in his dour, enlightening the world.; but and ýat old age lie las settted down in some beams fromt it did, by f its, PIE es his native country, and is active break through, and it tinted lock in a variety off ways. He likes those cloudz with rainbow and disqu best to be indolent-to smoke and orient colours, into a glory of He r he reflect. He takes long walks - stern grandeur whicli men sil- >n r If as much as 25 miles. Last spring 1 ently gazed on with wonder and is a -e he laid out an old English gar- tears." iastih d den for a man who was making J C K elabn hmefa home. I s letter to All my readers know enougli of book t, e le aystha h dos ni he tor o Bunsto know that Wtl c-n'uch now, preferring to be l-ie was a discontented man. AI- Tri flective, and lie says that "con- ways there was lis wistful and -nt tentment is life's oniy goal." even fierce striving for self-ex-ha J C K Pression - a ,triving against it Shortly before my friend's let- baffling obstacles and against the t ter' came. I had been busy on an repressions of poves'ty and hi, is article whose theme was "the own unruly temperament. Yet elworld belongs to the discontent- Burns rose to the heights off poet- -eed." I was trying to say that ai ic achievemnent. even as the eagle G edivine discontent is the right soars against the wind. sir V idea, and I meant to illustrate my The discontent ,vhich iz div- ,ypseachment with a number off lit- me is possessable by everyone off tic pic tures of great men who had my readers. I, is tha! inner attained greatness by being dis- force which pushes the mtnd and A contente.5 I am dliallenging the %vll toward svorthy goals and A e My friendSMcFall's statement ideal.s. It isý a force greater than Enj e about content being life's true that 0f one s own inclinations to 1. goal. be_ lazy and stothful. rnentally. Take John the Baptist, by way and physically. It keeps one from off example - a man who went settking down to enjoy corrupt- eint.o all the country about Jordan ing plenty,. peace and ease. preaching the baptism off repent- Divine discontent does flot malteA anice for the remission off sins. one bitter, or esuel, os' ruthless. He was a flaming torcli - a rest- os evil. It is a force which drives less man - a man witli a great us forward and uipward. with an 1mission. He was beheaded to unquendliable zeal for higli at- Sgratify the passions off a pair off tainiment. ilustful loyers. yet his name liveth. If any among you would biejSct& There is Charlemagne - Char- great in this wos'ld and woud' les tle Great (742-814 AD) - a mnalte is name to live. let him king who at the begisaning poS- cuttivate divine discontent. essed nothing but his titte, and a (Another article next week - house-not a palace-to live in. _______________ Wlien hie went abroad lie rode in a cart. flot in a coachi, drawn g - by oxen and driven by a plougli- I ho I ito M i msan. He acquired tle descript- IO'SN ai son -The Gr'eat" because off lis labours for his people. He xvas a man of many visions and off 16 HoIL St., Wrexhim tremendous f orcefulness. He could Nosrth WVales have been gross and slotîful. but Editor -Canadian S[attusmaIi- his energy off mind and body i Bovmanville: mnade him a great leader and ai We do not forget our Boiv- great servant off lis people. He ni anville friend<. atthougli îhey loarned several languages; lie wa- apparently have forgoîten us. or a patron off the arts and off lit- do not know what. our addressr is, erature: lie xvas forward in suc- Death, I see. lias been busy this year in Bowmanville. The, coring the poor. His supreme ambition was to re-establish the. naines off Holg-ate. Bickeli, Groves.' ancient autliority off the city off and now Miss Eleanor Taylor, Rome. He corrected tle victous wlll not soon be forgotten in the and unjust laws off lis time. He olgate or 'Mr" iell stf "Mr." beautified lis kingdom. In the Hlaeo M. ikl:i a very targest measure lie lad tlie always Tom or George. This quality off divine discontent. slowed liow they were looked up- J C K on in the towzi; not as unap- proachable deities, bu-, as what Columbus was another discon- they were. genuine open hearted t.ented man. His father was men. The town will not seem wealtly, but the son did not at- tle samne witlout them. low tle affluence off lits father I arn gîad to note that condi- said off him that hie was one off1 mend in the town feven The those wlo always pass beyond Statesman Block lias lad a new tle boundary at whicli the coin- coat off Paint), but conditions wil mon run off people stop and cry nfot stabîlize until the questson off '*Enougli!" At 14 lie knew aIl war is definitely settled one way that was tauglit in schools about or another. No country is going geometry, geograply, astronomny, to Plan aliead whi]e the sword off astrotogy and navigation. He Damocies is hanging over the' sailed for several years in trad- world's peace. StilI, the comsng ing slips and slips off war. Be- mnonîlis slould bring these mat- tween voyages and expeditions lie ters to a head, if Italy atta2ks studied earnestly to satisf y lis Abyssinia. ceraving for more knowledge off Over lere. econoinic conditios geograpliy and navigation, are tîkewîse impsong.îbit 0ont There is no need to carry on slowty. Too nmuch t nceetainty aý the story off Columbus. Neyer-- -- - was lie contented. Always the unattained lured him. and in tle end lie discovered America and released forces which re-made the world. J CK Let Us took at Robert Burns tîssough the eyes off Thomas Car- lyle. "Burns first came upon the world." wrote Carlyle. '-as a . - . Pi'cdigy. Let il not le objected that lie dsd littIe. He did mucli sf vwe consider wlere andhw By C. Hl. Tuck, Opt. the future acts as a drag on return of prosperity. Per- jally. our* littie shop ss goin9 ht ahead, and has greatlv imi- )ved on last year. but it. needs itant attention. ur youngster, Bobby. wvon a [ryears' scholarship. which e hsiiinto the Secondarr* iol hiere. t-is fo:iner tea.ch- Misses Margaret McGregor .firsît and Leta Br agg lhi1ý P can claimi a share in ths cess. since tlhey provscd the ridations for it. But it is liard underst.and %vhat Miss M1oris 1Principal Johnston have ie to justify the recent. chang-1 in regard to them. One would ,e thought Mr. Johnston's re- din his pupils' exams. stamps ias a thoroughly competent cher. while as to Miss Mor-ris. feels that there is somnething ch needs to be brought out )the open air and sunlight 1exposed f ully. lease congratulate Bert Mort- :upon his very interesting iuisition on St. John's Church. nust have spent quite a while -seai'ch work. and the resuit Lnice readable bit of ecctes- iat history. With a little >rat.ion it should be issued in zform. ivhich 1 feel sure. Id meet. with a ready sale. rusting you and yours are ail tlie Pink,"' and trina tiito fs-or soine Borwmanville ids. I am,. Yours very -incercly, R. W\et ýir- me hone~ laiighe.'- Valtrr Scott.- & Tiireer Ltd.. Newastis.upe.yn, n Dtsxt-bied in Canada by. M@GIiSimy Broe, Uilted, Toronto. 52 WHEN YOU want to raise showy flow- ers you realize the importance of buying the very best bulbs. Experience proves that a few cents saved on quality always resuits in inferior blossoms, often flot any. Likewise in buying your insurance you know that the surest protection can be obtained only by having ail your policies written in those stock insurance companies which have been tested through many years. J. J. MASON & SON INSURANCE AGENTS Phone 50 Bowmanville FARM LABOR IS AVAILABLE SINGLE UNEMPLOYED MEN ARE PREPARED TO TAKE JOBS ON FARMS F AR E SWho Need Harvest Help Should Appy to te Representative or Relief Inspector, or Direct to Public Welfare De- partmcnt, Parliament Buildings, Toronto. Transportation arrangedif necessary Youar Co-operation Is Requested ONTARIO DEPARTMENT 0F PUBLIC WELFARE. ONTARIO DEPARTMENT 0F AGRICULTURE ONTARIO DEPARTMENT 0F LABOR inurtoijax, Auuuoi om. ic.)j