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Page Four THE COLBORNE EXPRESS 'i HURSDAY, AUGUST 18th, 1921 IRRITATED AND ANNOYED Are you irritated and annoyed by trifles ?--Just one pr two doses of DR. MILES' NERVINE--$1.20 will soothe tho irritated and over-strained nerves. Guaranteed Safe and Sure. Sold in Colborne by W. F. GRIFFIS, Druggist The Rexall Store Hardwood Flooring "BEAVER" BRAND Hardwood Flooring Laid and Finished For Sale By E. J. TURPIN Shoe Repairing The undersigned is prepared to do all kinds of repairing of boots and shoes at his new shop in the Ireland Block, King Street, Colborne. CHAS. BUGG STOLEN Mr. Lee Hong of Brighton, \ appeared before P. M. Floyd sc lime ago on a charge of B.OT and was fined $200 and costs, pealed to the Commission for a fund of fine and liquor--3 cases gin. as the breach was purely technical one. The commission considered the case and it was ordered that the liquor be returned, provided Mr. Hong could get a legal place to keep the liquor. Accordingly the liquor was expres-rd to Brighton in Mr. Goodrich's ine, but on Wednesday word came to Cobourg that the gin, or part of least, had been stolen. Mr. Goodrich left for Brighton yester-investigate.-- Cohourg World. STREET I AWAY of the n.ut three feet square iy repaired Tarvi-i pavement on l Street Picton just in front of the Bank of Montreal, caved in under weight of M'\ Clare Hubbs car, which was left sti uliiig there for a minutes. The car was not damaged and on investigation it was found that an old cistern had been lcia'ed there for fire purposes with . cedar poles but these s . . had been loosened under the weigh of the- road roller while the road was under repair, finally givin.; away tin der the car. The old cistern, the existence of which had been almost forgotten except by the olde: dents, will be filled and the repaired. - STATIONERY - To Lovers of Good Stationery : We have a fine assortment always on hand, in dainty colors and designs, which will surely please our customers who are looking for something new and up-to-date GOULD'S DRUG STORE Apple Growers and Buyers, ATTENTION 1 Kindly see the good qualities of my packages, bojth.in APPLE BOXES AND APPLE BARRELS We are prepared to supply you a first-class standard si^- or eight-hecp barrel at a very reasonable figure. We have drum sawed staves only--known to make the best store barrel on the market. We manufacture in the late JoBn Coyle's storage, near the G. T. R. My coopers are first-class mechanics. IRA EDWARDS NOTICE! Owirg to the close margin upon which we are compelled to sell our goods and the ' heavy overhead expense in connection with our business, we find it necessary to adopt the CASH SYSTEM On f nd after Mondav, July 18th. 1921, our •Terms will be Strictly Cash. Soliciting a continuance of the liberal patronage of the pa?t. Yours respectfully, CLARKE & DUDLEY CHEVROLET GARAGE -- COLBORNE THE HYDRO-RADIAL REPORT Toronto Globe The majority report of the Commission to which the Ontario Government relegated the question of Hydroelectric radials is unqualified adverse to the general railway scheme of the Hydroelectric Commission. Its alternative suggestions are restricted to a purely local plan, based on the city of Toronto. The policy of Provincial guarantees of municipal bonds for electric railway construct-is rejected absolutely. Even in case of the Port Credit-St. Cath »s division, for which bonds i issued by the Hydro-electric mission with a Provincial guar-s, and upon which $1,254,241 been spent to date, it is recommended, that' the rights-of-way and iterial purchased by the Hydro-«tric Commission be sold, unless ; municipalities decide to go on with the road at thetr own risk and The Commission of Inquiry prof-ses to deduce from a mass of evince that the proposed railways uld not be self-supporting. It (Is that, as competitors to the Nat--ual Bailways, the electric lines 3u!d "stitke a serious blow at the ccess of Government ownership"; that the Province wouid not be justified in endorsing them financially until the Chippawa po-ft-er project had become self-supporting; that a Provincial bond guarantee tor one locality would prompt similar demands from other localities, and might result in the Province being drawn into serious financial liabilities; that electric railway construction should until the effect of the ictil: i of l i the red Provincial highways became clearly apparent, and that the rapidly increasing debts and financial commitments of the Dominion, the Frovince and the municipalities "have aroused well-founded apprehensions in the minds ot thoughtful citizens and are a cogent reason against the embarkation at this time in the construction of the contemplated electric railways." The Commission has intruded on the domain of public policy and expressed gratuitous opinions on questions which it was the business of Ontario Government to determine for itself, but the Government chose to shirk its duty and take shelter b.^iind the findings of a body conveniently oralco for the purpose. The cost of the inquiry, amounting to the! staggering sum of $469,754, is the price paid by the taxpayers of Ontario for the Government's evasion of responsibility. The sum of $38,000 Roes to the "anti-Hydro forces", so-called, whose identity has not been revealed. The public Is entitled to know what interests are behind this attack on the railway projects of th Hydro Electric Commission. The main features of the alterna ice oroposals of the Commission c Inquiry are the acquisition of th throe privately-owned Toronto sul urban lines, north, east c mbraced in the so-called Mackenzie "clean-up"; thcfii' conjunct!! Toro,nto Suburban Rail Q0E ODE 3d FENTON & SMITH August Sale of White Goods > date VOILE BLOUSES-- White Voile Blouses in up styles trimmed in lace and < cry, all sizes, regular prices $2.00, $2.25, and $2.50, Special Sale Price.. .. $1.69 WHITE WASH SKIRTS- VOILE DRESSES-- Regular price 15.00. Special Sale Pri GOWNS-- White gowns, fine quality nainsook, lace trimmed, slip over style with ki-mona sleeve, sizes 56, 58 and 60. Reaular price $2.25. Sclle Price...... .. $1.50 PRINCESS SLIPS-- Princess Slips, in ladies sizes, 36 to 4C, made up in nainsook, trimmed in embroidery. ' Regular price $1.75. Special Sale Price .... $1.00 CAMISOLES-- up in nainsook and with lace, also cor-cover style with lace trimming, ; 36-46, regular price 75c. FENTON & SMITH Phone 47 Wednesday After Colborne, Ont. Half Holiday. Store Open Tuesday Evt whole financial responsibility would in any event have been borne by themselves. Only in the impossible contingency of default on their bonds would the Province have become liable. There is every probability that the municipalities between Toronto and the Niagara frontier will choose to take the matter into their own hands, in the belief that the proposed rapidtransit electric service is an economic necessity, and that their development is being retarded grievously by the present inadequate facilities. WHERE THE $36,000 GOES The Toronto Telegram C'.rows light upon the dispersal of the S'tG.f00 ifj, the anti-radial forces, as foll.iws' '•Having done its bit toward the destruction of Hydro radials, the ILV.ro Radial Information Association 1 as •wjldcntly gone out of business • Arthur Hawkes, who was prominently associated with its forimi'i):;. stated to-day that he did not know anything about its present status. |"Try J.. M. Elson. the secretary", h« said, adding that Mr. Elson would probably be' found at U.F.O. head- quarters. Mr. Hawkes added that he was personally not an officer cf the association. At the U.F.O. headquarters The Telegram was told that Mr. Elson was out of town. WHERE MONEY GOES • Mr. Hawkes, who, according to Attorney-General Raney, was "ap-poir'ed to dig" in connection with facts for presentation at the radial inquiry, receives $4,900 and travelling expenses from the Government for his digging operations. Mr. Elson gets $1750. Both b'll r S. Rol sel who acted for the ra-Ir... ;in.u ii j alities. Mr. Robertson rendered: his :ic-cuiut to the Governm : it for sir-vices at. $36,915.67, which includes l-l.OOii paid to him personally on ac-coant; $4,315 still due, and the following expenses: Rent of offices $1,227.21; stenographers, $2,626, supplies, $745.85; travelling expenses of Arthur Hawkes and J. M. Elson, $301.15; witness fees and expenses $237.00; Arthur Hawkes $4,-900: $1,750 for J. M. Elson up to end of March, when his services ended; $5,822.82 for Mr. Varcoe for services and expenses; $11,158 to White Engineering Co.; $678 to R. M. I-eustal for expert investigation, an 1 fi ~U, t, L. A. a *d«, expert. BREEZE NEIGHBORHOOD Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Weegar and two daughters of Cleveland, Ohio, are visiting Mrs. Weegar's sister, Mrs. Cory Scriver, and brother' Ed. Harden. Death visited our neighborhood last week, taking one of our oldest residents, Mr. Thomas S. Harvie, aged 78 years. The funeral service was conducted at the house by the Rev. P. Delve and the interment took place in Carman cemetery. Smokers arc still up to their old careless tricks. A few days ago a cigar butt dropped along the roadside set fire to Wm. Lear's fence, and before the fire could be ertinguished, about thirty rods of fence were burned. Mr. Lear is very grateful to the neighbors who turned out and helped save his fence. ing r ) its i h'( ■ Valif if the I Sui ; the extension oi the M*.n •n of the York Radials from >edit to Oakville, connecting kville With Hamilton; t part of the Toronto Eastern ted within the city, about in length, out as tar as the Don crossing, to be operated either iydro road or part of the city ',: and a connecting line turn-£ from the Metropolitan near Mills, running in the vicinity of the Don River and joining the pper end of the Toronto Eastern oute. In outlining this limited (•heme the Comimsslon says the whole Hydro-rauiaX project res about the city of Toronto", ssumrt.ion which will be denied ehemently by the ipaliries which have been foremost i pressing for Hydro-radials in theii wn interest. The Commission re uces the entire undertaking to i urely local problem, to be worked Toronto and adjacent In the Niagara Peninsula, espec-illy, the suggestion that there is no tmcei n over Hydro-radials outside he city of Toronto wlil arouse torm of protest. An electric 1 roviding a fast and frequent i enger and express service between he Peninsula and Toronto is a cry-tig, need which will not be met by be patchwork plan of the Com-lission. The proposed Toronto-[amilion line, to be completed by uilding the missing link betw 'ori Credit and Oakville, would ii improvement on present condi-;ons. and locally convenient, but it rculd be too slow to attract passen-tr traffic between Toronto and 'aniilton, or to be an advantage i rods in mdling less- Grafton West End Garage We have Secured a First-Class Mechanic 7 from the City for Repairing Cars Agents for Gray-Dori and Ford TIRES OILS We also handle EHctric Light Plaftt for Farmers SABINS & MIKEL Phone 49 Grafton, Ont than-ci.r-load freight shipment is essential that the great fruit-raising districts of the Province be brought into closer touch with the vast consuming popuration in and around 'Toronto. Between this city an<i the Niagara frontier lies the most densely populated part of Canada, traversed now by the tracks of only one through railway system, the ,.pioneer road. The Commission's report also leaves suspended in the air that portion of the Hydro-elect r!c scheme which would Lave linked til$ tfjw'ns of Bowmanville, OshliWf!, Whitby and the intermediate- townships with Toronto, western Ontario and Niagara by the acquisition of the Toronto ciEastern, upon which a large amount was expended by the C.N.R. before it became national property. From these districts, too, there will be vigorous representations. The municipalities can now look for no aid from the present Government, and must consider whether they should proceed without it. A Provincial guarantee would have j enabled them to raise money on j somewhat easier terms, but chef jT'OUR co-operation--the co-operation of all the citi-zens of Ontario--is the biggest need in Ontario Forestry to-day. History shows that impoverishment and national decline follows Irom the destruction of a country's forests. Most of the area of this Province is non-agricultural, suited by Nature only for growing trees. This land remains yours but the Government sells the trees. l«^rVUminer !n 0ntE,rio an average area of 425,000 acres of forest .1 his yearly desolation at the hands of her own people is gradually turning the northern part of the Province into a rocky desert On thousands of acres, even the soil has been destroyed by fire! Save Ontario's Forests They're ybwrs The average yearly number of forest fires in Ontario is about 1,275. The vigilance of the Fire Rangers keep two-thirds of Ontario's forest fires down to an average size of less than five acres. But the others are big enough to raise the total average to 350 acres. Forest fires in Ontario are destroying provincial assets of timber and pulp wood upon which the Province relies to help pay her share of Canada's War Debt. Forest fires destroy fish and game, decrease the regularity of stream flow, cause spring floods, land erosion and the crippling of water powers; turn revenue-producing areas into rock deserts. Out of every 100 fires in Ontario's forests only three are caused by lightning, while ninety or more are due to man's care- lessness. One thousand men scattered over 100,000,000 acres, have little chance of preventing fires. All they can hope to do is to see the smoke in time to check them and put them out before they spread beyond control. The problem of adequate protection of Ontario's Forests from fire is almost entirely a moral one involving the whole public of Ontario. The vast majority of forest fires are caused by human carelessness due to lack of civic responsibility. The tendency is to leave all the responsibility to the Government for protecting the forests from fire. The Government cannot protect the forests belonging to the people of Ontario unless the people of Ontario cooperate. Forestry needs your patriotism, your public spirit, your regard for the general welfare of Canada. Ontario Forestry Branch, Parliament Buildings, Toronto, Ont.