PAGE FOUR, = he Ce THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1008. ---- -- EE ---- -- p-- -- - THE WHIG, 75th YEAR| ; | DAILY BRITISH WHIG, published at 306. | ®F figure than is asked near the mines. | : | 31 ) King street, Kingston, Ontario, at $6 per | Is that not a sufficient proof that al = { yea Latons at 2.50 and | i . ---- ~ WEEKLY BRITISH WHIG, 16 pages, pub i lished in putts on Monda; snd 'Thursday morg- | IA RATEPAYER DEALS WITH mg at $1 3 To Upited States, ch for postage" bat 1a be ndllc $3.8 for Daily: | THE QUESTION. | 50c. for eekly 5 Thal a Probing is Neces- sary--The Whig's Article Dealt Only With Cash Assets and | Liabilities. -- = - Notwithe tay their firey ious salaries Farmers, doctors and lawvers, grits, independents, all harmoniously agmeed without friction or argument. My opinion is the farmers wants fo wake up most is at the con and choose for their repre honest and upright farm they can confide, and not soffie pld rich money grabber. -- LAMBTON COUNTY FARMER. to San Francisco and sold for a low- | this were unreassemably. high. 4 o'clock p.m 14 coal combine exists ? . : J where The proposed new provincial prison | --a criminal"s Mecea--will be modelled i vention that near | Claims Led Cleveland. The provincial secretary is| oy o 3 - | ed is one of the best Job Printing | im Canada; rapid, stylish, and cheap | after ; mime improved presses British Whig Publishing Co EDW. I. B. PENSE, | Managing Director ! I } x D il "Aion Kingston Station, Feb. 6.~(To the aily R Rr Whig fof the street railway and management | pol. ory + 105 Your issue. of February educed | : {of it as a public The | 5th, an article appears, which states stocks and bonds of the company re-| that "The financial position of the CURIOUS PUBLIC PAPER. present an jnvestment of $560,000, | County of Frontenac is all right," That was an extraordinary -- {and also an editorial 'A ¥robing 1s 'ment pasied the council McKay, leader of the opposi- | Needed." 1hese must certainly be in- Friday evening, dealing with distreet railway and the removal sentatives, ers, is the penal farm in whom Semi-Ready - Tailoring ta great admirer of American ideas. | | ---- i i contemplates the purchase | LONG DISTANCE RACE. A Cup For Cruising Yachts Lake Ontario. The Crescent Yacht Club, of Chau- mont, N.Y., has accepted a Rudder cup 'for along distance race for cruis- ing yachts. This is the first long race on Lake Ontario, and will be started rom Hamilton, Ont., to Chaumont Bay, a distance of - about 150 miles The arrangements are in charge of Commodore i. B, Reeves, Watertown, New, York, enterprise, on docu- Mr |tion, forced the local government i which on the of io] Rresting reading to the ratepayers of PH on bring down a measure for law reform: | | 8 Sounty ion Until Mr. McKay took up the issue | and do a little probing slong the line the anti-election promise of the Whits of the county finanves. The first named article states that in, year 1897, the year of the Van- luven defalcation, the county was in debt for $182,000, and in these tea years the debenture debt has been re- duced by $137,000, but it doesn't say anything about the assets for that All Hockey Skates & Sticks -- AT 25 Per Cent. Off. The report ofl the works department gl | was, all the way through, an argu- {ment against the spending of a large g | sum of money in snow cleaning, and ney party had been forgotten. The 'robbery of the dead" (the term applied to the succession duties when the tories were in opposition in in Montreal. But Going On A Trip: Frontenac Business College hockey -- 3 . * i the recommendation which closed the team has made arrangements for two {precious paper was replaced by one Suits and Overcoats Ready-to-Tfy on, finished to - your on A pleasure to show goods and compare prices. Corbett's PURE FOOD INSURES 1Goon Hearn HAGIC von INSURES PURE FOOD. EW.GILLETT Utres LiMiTED TORONTO, ONT. . F. W. BOSCHEN Member Consolidated Stock Exchange of New York. STOCKS, BONDS and GRAIN Bought and Sold for Cash or off Margin, DIRECT PRIVATE WIRETON.Y W. HECTOR E. HUME, Mor. Clarence Chambers. .Phone, 838, + Hn Sees SOFT, GLOSSY HAIR. Jt Can Only Be Had Where There is No Dandruff, Any man or woman who wants soft, glossy hair must be free of dandrafi, which causes falling hair. Since it has become known that dandruff is a germ sliseans, the old hair preparations that wep mostly scalp irritants, have been abandoned, and the public, barbets and doctors, included, have taken to uging Newbro's Herpicide, the only hair preparation that kills the dan El gern ED Dodd] Dickinson," ND, gays: "Herpicide not only cleanses the sealp from dandruff' and prevents the hair falling out, but promotes a sew growth. Herpicide keeps my hair very glossy Sold by leading drag "gists, Send 10¢, in stamps for sample to The Herpicide company, Detroit, Mich. Sold in two sizes, Bc, and $1 GU. W. Mahood, special agent. | make Genend Agents for OAL ComvRIGH TT Biwisdom of a given g | It wants larger powers, and to the ef- \ {fect that it may charige their agree. institutions ; to make this the place of {which did not fit it in any way. A report that set out to show the course could ngt be amended by lopping off the closing putting in its place a complete |a and something that was Haddiction of alt that went before it. | Yet that is' what the conpéil has Iput itself on record ag, trying to do, and it is a very remarkable proceed- rgument con- | ing to say the least of it. RESPECT THE CIVIC RIGHTS. 'The Whitney government will get more sympathy in its clamour for provincial rights, andthe general re- cognition of them, if it respects and has. regard for municipal rights. Its commission has had to do so far only with the reasonable or legal inter- pjetationof agreements which exist between corporations and companies its idea of the a eternal fitness of things, this the once protest. ments according to it Against municipalities The munie- pality has few enough rights at pre- sent. The streets of the city are not should at B wholly under the directjon of the coun- cil, They are trespassed upon continu. of ally and by some company which gets its power' from the provincial or fed- eral parliament, No legislation should be allowed to go which gives any commission the right to set aside agreements, or to amend them, without the: congent of the council, when the matter dealt with is of a municipal 'nature, CLOSE OF PRISON LABOUR. Something had to come of the en- quiry made by a special committee of the legislature in the prison labour question, A contemporary gives the provincial secretary credit for worry- ing over this thing a long way back, but he became more seriously minded when Hamilton elected a labour man as a direct protest against the prison labour deal. "Perhaps," the Telegram, "some credit is due the labour party for its insistance on the abolition of labour as a competitor, for free labour." Aye, and seeing that the labour party had aroused the govern- ment, had conviaced itself of its error in the Central prison contract, it would have een only fair to it, to have a representative on. the prison commission. The committee had quite a jaunt during the summer. It visited many places in the United States. It exam- ined into every system and, selecting the best of each, presents a kind of composite scheme. This is calculat- od to "render historic the name Hon. W. J. Hanna, even as the report assures a place in history for its talented authors." In effect the plan is this: To sell Central prison, in Toronto, and use the proceeds in buying the site of a new prison out in the country, to this a kind of health resort, where men «are to be exercised and de voted 10 ocoupsitions which will bene: fit them and the proviuce; to embark in forestration; to make supplies for the inmates of this and other public says prison ti ti of confinement for first offenders, and. to adopt the indeterminate and parole systems, as far as possible, The new departure involves the use of different cloth (without the stripe), the use of larger cells, the opening of industrial and technical classes, and thewesort to such exercises and calis- thenies as will improve the physical condition of the inmates. | The labour party, which forced a consideration of this question, and to the end that the competition of prison with free labour might cease, Will be congratulated upon the result. The government has been making a great effort to appease the labour' party, but the effert will only count whex it ------------------------ EDITORIAL NOTES. Poor Cockburn, of Ontario bank fame. He lost in bve year $73,000 'and so couldn't stand legal defiances at the rate of $7,500. ; ------ So the old newspaper K.C life. year. of the members. of was noted in single court this morn- ing at Osgoode Hall that there were six K.C.'s seat within the bar was crowded and the room itself almost empty. Ontario) goes the amount collected last year fell be- now the amount expected. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS la uelph Me What i delivering weather to Ontario was originally consigned to the North Pole ? Goldwin Smith. Socialism dream of universal fraternity, to he re- garded with sympathy though utterly impracticable ditions of humanity, Belleville Intelligencer. We obje a Kingston paper that "Ontario has $ to burn." here th there, never minde 7 yatander Thaw is now sworn by paid experts into the lunatic asylum. perts he will presently be sworn out He will then walk the of New York a privileged murderer. Such is the power of wealth. it. Guelph Merauty. Sir William Van Horne says he: has been wrong a great many times in his He has. liam assured all Canada that would touch the $2 figure within Did it? "Probably Sir William considered that $2 as a mere figure of speech, K.C.'s Predominate. Toronto Star. As an John seemed from the effects of a dangerous stroke he had some time ago was, on Sat- urday, overtaken by another bad spell and is now on. on, g STANDARD Splendid Showing As to Piofits The. closing of the Standard Bank of anada's changed from the 31st of May to the Jlst of January, exhibits the follow- ing results for the eight months end- ing the Profits for ¢ight months. $186,097 60 'remium on lance of Profit and Loss Account 31st May, 1907 carried Which has been appropriated as fol- lows -- Dividends the months at the rate of cent. Officers sion Fund Account from Profits Added to Rest Account from um New Stodl Balance ried forward to Profit and Loss Account 61,902 00 $310,907 05 rt deposits amount to $14,613,456. the co cent, per annum. The paid 700, and the reserve fund and undivid- ed profits $1,521,602.60. ---------------- late Edward Smith, Bloomfield, whose house was burned recently, was pre- sented with per an- num... .. .. Contributions to year which to my mind is very unfair and misleading, In dealing with the finances of the county, the debenture debt should not be brought in as there is a special rate provided for it by act of parliament, and has nothing whatever to do with the county rate which is collected to cover the run- |ning expdnses ofthe county. Now, leave out'the debenture debt for the year 1897, which is $176,470, apd also the $125,000 assets which covers the county buildings and grounds and we have a surplus of assets over liabili- Wants Watching. TOUry. s Old Probs up to? Isn't he that Socialism. that makes up, this surplus js the county rate due from the different townships in - the county which is good for 100 cents on the dollar, that in 1897, we had a floating sur- plus almost as good as cash of §51,469 after the big Vanluven steal was tak- en out of it, The article. also states that at thé end of 1907 ten years later, we havea debt of $80,000 that would mean that county in the past ten years has used up the surplus of 51,469, and has incurred g debt of $80,000, which would shew that $131,469 has been expended by the county in the past ten years over and above the regular yearly income (which is the same rate ow as it was in 1897) or in other words, they have been living heyond their means to the extent of, in round proper is a bencvolent under the actual eon- Drop The Subject. ect to the flippant remark of How do we kno will go when--buk Cold to-day, isn't K.C's ve In A Nutshell. in Weekly Sun By paid ex- ties. of.851,469, and the principal jtems , trips in the near future. It will go to Deseronto on February 15th, and to Watertown a few days later, Sporting Notes. "Varsity deleated McG{L in a very much one-sided senior hockey mach by 17 to 2. Foronto has signed Pitcher Kilroy, of the Washington Americans, former- ly of Minneapolis. The chances for an' intercollegiate meeting between United States and British colleges are not very bright Oxford Association. left the decision to Cambridge. At Moutreal, the McGill basketball teem defeated Toronto University team in the return match for the in- tercollegiate hasketball championship, by "a xcore of 38 to 20, : At Colerina, Switzerland; the rink of Canadian curlers captained Sir W. Jardine, N.S, is proving invincible mm the big competition, and it is an ticipated they are bound to prove vi torious. The New York Athletic Club hockey team defeated the New York seven by 5 to 3. The New York papers say it was largely due to the good work of Dr. "Dick" Mills, in goal, that the witiners pulled out a vietory. Milly' work between the posts was sensa- tional ' Battling Nelson and James Britt, of San have signed articles by Francisco; figures, of $13,000 per year. Is it any wonder that Councillor Calvin would do something to draw the ratepayers' attention ? Why was not this state of affairs made known to the ratepayers on nomination day? Ex-Councillor Sproule stated on the hustings at Cataraqui that the trea- surer, David Purdy, positively refused to give any figures or statements re- garding the financial standing of the county. 1 think he overstepped his powers in not doing so. - If the county affairs are not open to the ratepayers they should be,.and when there are secrets to be kept, it looks all the more hecessaty for a thorough pro- bing. ~COUNTRY RATEPAYER. . streets Van In Error. Six years ago Sir Wil- wheat a -- exemplification of the effect wholesale elevation of the legal profession it The Whig's article on the county finances dealt only with the cash as- sets and liabilities, The value of the county buildings was not included. "County Ratepayer'" doesn't give the county credit for its improved jail and court house, its improved bridges and its purchase of the Perth toll road. Leaving out the present de- deventure debt the county indebtedness is: $55,000, which the above mentioned improvements and purchase would cov. er.~FED, in the eourt room. The Vi. Cooper, East Lake, who to be gradually improving in a very critical condi- County Council Meeting. Cataraqui, Feb, 8.--(To the Editor): Your issue of Feb. 3rd contained a letter. from Mountain Grove which con- cluded with this sentence : *"lt-is un- fortunate that the impression has'gone abgpad that the county clerk should have summoned the council a 'week 'earlier than. the authorized Rime." To relieve your, correspondent' mind of anxiety on my account lest a false impression should go. abroad, permit me to say that 1 did not summon the council for their first meetin and have never notified any councilor the first meeting as the date is fixed by the statute. Moreover, I could not summon the council until. 1 knew who was elected, and 1 had no means of knowing officially, who was elected un. til they assembled and presented their credentials, As + your correspondent says in his letter there is an *'autho- rized time" for the first meeting and hence a summons from the county clerk is unnecessary. If your corres pondent had taken the trouble to in- qire of his reeve, ex-Warden Drew, @ would have learned that 1 was in no way responsible for the mistake, which, I may add, 'was made by seve ral councils in the province, as well as by the council of I'rontenae, I think, also, your correspondent would have learned, on enquiry, that no member of the county council was so cowardly as to try to create that "whiortunate impression" which he professes to fear has gone abroad.--J. W. EDWARDS, County Clerk, $400 réised by subsecrip- BANK OF CANADA. and Deposits. fmancial year having been dist ult. new stock 19,280 00 forward... ... .. .. 105,520 45 $310,907 05 for eight 12 per $124,724 45 Peg. on k... car- 19,280 00 ; -- More Farmer M.P's Wanted. Tupperville, Feb, 7.--(To. the Edi tor): Would you * kindly allow me 'space to express my opinion respect. ing an article poticed in your issue of January 16th, entitled, 'Farmers Must Wake Up." The writer of that article went on to say that it was a surprise to many, as it was to him- self, to find that out of 209 members Jn the dominion house, there were only ! twenty representing the farmer. I pre- sume the writer meant hy that there were just twenty farmers in the house. I quite agree with the writer that the " Fhoud have a Zepressntation according population, from fact that the man behind the plough has two-thirds of the financialiexpense of the whole country to bear. Seem- ingly i is in are at the rate of 17.94 per -up capital is now $1559. for a ten-yound fight in Los Angeles, Cal., before the Pacific Athletic Club, Tuesday night, February 25th. 'The weight is to be 133 pounds at six o'clock. Britt concedes Nelson five per cent. bonus of the fighters' share of the money. "Eddie'"" Durnan, the Toronto oars- man, is anxiously awaiting news from New England, 'where 'Iressider and Webb rowed for the world's champion- ship on January 20th. Durnan has forwarded. & challenge to the winner to row him, either in England or in Canada for $1,000 a side, this sum- mer, and he is anxious to know how the contestants regard the proposal, The best track in the vic ity of New York will be opened next April, when the Irish Counties Athletic Union ex- pects to have its new park at Wake. field ready for athletic meets. There will be a 220-yard straightaway, and the track will be three and a half laps to the mile. The stands will ac- commodate tlose to 30,000 people. The Portage la Prairie hockey club threatens to protest last Friday's game which it Tost at the Ardna, Winnipeg, to the Maple Leafs Maple Leafs wou out by 6 to 5, but Portage allege that the ice was "doped," and have asked an investigation. Portage people scraped some of the snow from the ice at hali time and had it analyzed. They now allege that there was salt in it Toque Of Lynx Fur And Velvet. IS ey RE te - 2 A The accompanying cut shows a small fur toque of black lynx trimmed with a draped scarf or Nattier blue panne velvet, and a long curved buckle of cut steel. The velvet is arranged across the front and sules the far showing acrose the back, where it fit. ted closely down on the hair. These small hats and turbans are now being worn to a great extent for street wear in place of the large hats brought for ward early in the season, and especi- ally in fur, such as sable, baby lamb, shinchilla, Iynx and other short pelt urs, Talké To Young Men. A. A. Jorden, principal of the Model school, gave a thoughtful address be. fore the young men of Queen church on Sunday afternoon. theme was "Some Problems for Young Men." He showed that every one had to decide what course be shoul! take in life, and it was important that he should become deeply and sensibly religious in carly years. There were many issues the young man had to face and dispose of, and the solution of them became the easier and more satisfactory when his religious views or relations were correct. The young men thanked Mr. Jorden for his earn. est counsel, and invited Bim at some future time to return and talk io them again. Mr, Jorden el Bea order in fo hours. Come in and take a look $15, 1 It is far better to come here and get the style than to be a few notches below it. SUITS, at the new Styles and Fabrics. Youll be interested, surely. top notch of 8&20. | See Our Silk-Lined Full Dress and Tuxedo Suits. THE H. D. BIBBY GO. SEMI-READY TAILORING, Ladies' at 25c. j La at 35¢ at 1 212 Princess St. Felt Slippers, 40c. Clearing out dies' Felt Slippers, 50c. Clearing out aalies' Felt Slippers, 65¢, Clearing out Ladies' Felt Slippers, heavy wool lining +00. Clearing out at 75c¢. heSawyer Shoe Store 'Phone 159. Fair View Items. Fair View, Feb, 8.--8chool gresang- favorably, under 18 pro the able nee, Lhege were only two days this week on wecount of so much snow. Miss Maggie Lowry is still the sick list. Quite. a number of young people attended the R. E. R Miller's, Switzerville Robert Madden has been friends in Ottawa the weeks. Mr. and Mrs the west, are spending the winter with Mr. and Mrs. 'I. B. Lund, Messrs Chambers and Buden, of the Crown Bank, Bath, gpent Sunday friends on the York Road Mr. a Mrs, George Rooks and John Louk Riverside, were recent guests of Mr and Mrs. E. 8. File Mr. and : Mrs, McDonald, Desmond, visiting at D. Snider's. Miss Florence Briden. of Kingston, is visiting at her uncle's Ce Lowry's, : fhool or the party Mrs for past few with -------- : Are Hard Times Comihg ? Yes, for the man that wears tight boots, but hig corus are relieved quickly by Putnam's Corn Extractor No pain and certain cure, That's "Putnam's"--Use no other. The cackle of the hen dossn't al- wavs instire an egy. Some talk and----that's all. A reguler 35 «guaranteed brash for 15c. at Best's. There's not much sense in an argu- ment that doesn't end with some beneficial results any. times the listen because of convinced. Si cakes oatmeal soap for 15c., at ., people tooth skeptic will not the fear of ER Ee IO and hates to exert himself. Look at if be 'stoops over he gets dimy. Is be sick? Not bad enough te ystem is ol snhealthy mat stomach a Pills, A . The liver all the health is management of Miss Robinson, Napa- | : fupon ¥ at) visiting | T. B. Lund, from | i being | i Do You Know This Man His appetite is voracious. He sats like a hangry lion logged up, his [stomach is bilious to do. Take Dr. Hhmilton's Pills, TO CONFER AT OTTAWA. ! Ambassador Bryce Mission Feb. 10 ambassador, 16th for with on a ® | Washington, he British ebruary his departure {will Ie wy Mr. has the date (Mtawa, where Wilfrid Canadian premier, dominion officials pe {summation of a treaty Britain and United settlement of various international sues between the United States and Canada. The matter of the Newfound land fisheries is not involved this mission as it heen ar lranged., Important questions of the right 8f a province or colony to null} fy a treaty hy legislative will jhe submitted to arbitration before the {Hague tribunal: I settled f on } Laurier other as conler Sir and the betwee re ting On Great ie States for the } in has already action Married At Oswego, N.Y. {Oswego Times { The marriage of Miss Ellen Bernett | Rice, and Samuel Cobean, formerly of | Kingston Ont, at o'clock Thursday evening, at the pat ronage St Paul's church. Hes Father Barry officiated. The bride was gowned in Copenhagen blue and was accompanied hy her cousin, Miss Celia Gordon and Frederick Rice, brother of the bride, was best man Following the ceremony a wedding supper was [served to a number of invited greets {at "the home of the bride's parents { Mr. and Mre. Alfred F. Riec. No. 65 { East Seventh street, where Mr. and | Mrs. Colwan will revide. The LroOom is the well-known pitcher of last seasan's { Oswego Empire League team, and je tat present emploved by the Barnes fiear company aerurred sight of a . - Yet be is lazy glassy and dull, hie eyes--they , are His tongue is coated and furred. When he gets up to walk his bead swims; TL AL Rh] go to hed. but he is « mistipated, 'his and overdaden. Just one hich loosen the bowels and fush ds 1 up, the blood is strengthened Jive assistance. You feel better the guintite you take Di. use they are made ; by to net