JCA | |wara and made manifest in the tu-| snort time be made Pp by the sav-| | ing of the money op in liquor. The Commission is a small one, and | tmp ett t {it lacks the élement which is so essen- | An alderman has estimated that {tial to its success, the element which | the monthiy collections "of accounts in| was supplied in the late dombstic | connection with the power, light «ad committee. It was composed of wo- | water departments medns an addi- men who had a particular qualifica: | tiona} expense of $4,000: 4 year, The! tion for the duties which were assign- | Commission will look into this mat-| ed to them. | ter and get at the facts. There must Rr AR Ree Io S01 fscalculations somewhere. NEARING AN AGREEMENT. | 0 A The Utilities Commission and the. The Personal Liberty leagu. {Street Railway Company have got a wants tie interésts of the individual [step nearer on the power question. jto harmonize with the interesis of {They are dealing with an issue which | the masses. As a matter of fact the jcannot be jacked-up, as it were, to a interests of the individual cannot be {lane where a perfect agreement can separate from of the {he reached, There is harmony on ma Whont does the reps tall points now save one. It refers to! rosént anyway? "The wasses or the the purchase and gwne rship of a!clasges? > |trinsformer. It as valued at the| {outset of the cofifroversy at $10,000. ed It is now. said that the nece 'eekly TISH WHIG PUBLISHING CO, LIMITED, . . G. Ellott . man A. Gulla | the. interests League Lord Northcliffe will not hecome of Government wich defensive - ~ -- Published Dally and Semi-W, HEE BRI a member the is oh offensive dictator, suit 'him hamniered. it \ ssary arti installed {1 ace of the cle ean be purchased and th In place ¢ Seen Hor about $6,500 Director | Could ie as a great ange tl noj ¢ Government. io Fhe Company proposed {Commission purchase the ier with money. raised by debenture . [on capital account, and it would pay |#tion with current interest on the outlay. The pomething {Commission has made a counter offer ot that the transform- 1a8 eit I'he fact that he partial recoancili- 3 certainly m2 SUBSCRIPTION RATES . (Dally Edition) ® year, delivered in city e Year, pald In advance ® Year, or mall to rural offices . One year, to United States ...... (Bemi- Weekly Edition) Dae year, by 'mall, cash Complaints been mah n Engl 1 ai 1 he number ol that I'he ie 00 {It is that the Company take power for and becau His ten years at 1 20, whether it is gener- 3 3.00 ated by steal or water, and the Coni- mission wil] put transformer One year, if not paid in advance $1.50 aNd supply the power while One Bana ed States 1.80 [the Company is laying its plans for a Attached is one of the, Printing offices In Canad TORONTO REPRES ENTATIVE B ao Iplece 32 Church St 8. REPRESENTATIVE flaw York Office 225 Fifth Ave. Tribune Bldg. a R. Noithrap: Manager, ani R. Northrup, Manager. ed national ieties are pos t people complain! ada The how t vit upon in the engine has been heard Goverpments new This . Xie + Job means that tire ®ompany will remove its plant from the to and fmproved service i; best are making ap patrioti 50 necessary as ex- plant It to effect a complete unde rstanding between the |Commission and the Company, - but COSTLY GARBAGE SYSTEM. [they are getitug there, and the sobner It is well that an explanation hasithe better in view of the changes been made respecting the cost of col- [which Jeting the garbage . The estimated fore £éxpenses in collecting \i for 1916 $13,000, and the Council has a right to ask the of the ten amd surprising increase from tlie | stimated amount reply is that the n included attended for the Ww power house the Commission's fering with each other make room of the for clear the ected are : moneys tension being applied Lili it tet tt det dee dont ane ee ne an ES | PUBLIC OPINION | etree Test will take some time sm taetanh the Company Advertising. the contemplate be- For busy season sets in. t woman ¢ doe t is.| SCRAPPING THE GENERALS. The men as what is cause sud i war has led to many changes Ayerus long, who command a ell as i the machinery they A Britis publicist implies by an articl J | howsand Daily ) in well as in munit ail Phe chairma eighteen the reason that the men w barracks ot use Deen | recru were be were not in places the) when the Com- its estimate to written to the press with s lies try Not theft hat in succe war in existence mittee made contribution ithe Young men "The energy Faugy. a . ecessarily men They {iplor 1 young € to the oung hav se places incinerator jer! i 1 " . the dash anc 1 e rom the of five tons of Ty liplo: and acy depended Pp Wolseley and dom of « wing with the Co veleran leadershi JAhis poses, Mucil in regard sanitary pun sake the public health, aud for thé health of the men who are in the barracks, the garbage must be segnlarly Temoved, but cording {to the conditions which embodied in the by-law why the seldiers, should be absolutely City Gives His Or Her Mite. the war. For many years figure, thee smaller feats of { Buller followed, the man of many ac leomplishmentd. But in South Afri ca encountered new methods warfare and had to be helped out of his difficultiés by the of Kandahar, Roberts nw to matter For , was 3 I 1 for the R Counci t will v the. conspicuous in Bran i ited Patriotic miil ird"s $1 fund to the will « City has Canadian add one taxation this year, also give every taxpayer an opportunity to <on "ot her mite to a mrost wor of rea Ve to This of L000 many arms he of ac- i are he of Thete is! less exe nipt Roberts ro ause no reason any Roberts, he and Kitchener War, the Contingencies Of Me Fle majority war do. pot f vist majority of wounded recover 1 is proved -by statistics covering the present war up to this time. A better realization of than from a the citizens, when ont to take an he had the £pi ried him into France, and there, per result of over-exertion, in Britain duty which net was too old present ai if the in real Ma ) aetivg part 1 who broke but Hen to and the who are Fy garbage system is to be it; rit which « 1 battle, n tl ar made a success haps as a he died Kitchener the great organizer, and to his Skill and mastery -of-detail is due the product army which ha surprised its efficiency THE BLESSED TARVIA, » Will the Legislature lend its which will enable remain sanc- tion to any scheme : " the Council to go back over the work of the last couple of vears and collect | from the $2,-1 000, which cannot be collected at pres- ent? ° Ona doubts it tors may say to the aldermen say it with emphasis-- Why" did not settle all your legal details before | this work and ion of an the world by and property owngrs about RANDOM "Of Shoes and Ships, and' Sealln KY > - LEAP YEAR. Leap year is an act of Providence, which is intended 10 reduce the visi- ble supply of old maids. Providence has" performed many kind and help ful acts, but when she freed woman from the thralldom of being obliged to accept the first bench-legged suitor who presented himself or go unwed- ded to the grave; she rose to majestic heights . Prior to the institution of fear woman was whollf at the capacity of man She was wooed with a club Ad * aud given in marriage in exchange work. ffor a pair of long-horned oxen these Strange as it "may seem, there were the (husbands in those days who became. dissatisfied» with their bargain, and 'offered to trade back, no questions being asked on either side. Society to-day would spurn "a man who bought a sprightly wife with natural teeth 'for two milch cows and then irfed to exchange her for an equity her rap dnd Mg has 'been as to their chang rot been®'s( Britain ha been generals She ping" them, for incongurous term signing The legigla- | 8 ? has that She them and you a harsh new experi ing some of befitting has the res posi you 'wernt into the money? There silreets upon plan, There 1% ing of tarvia over cause-authorities spent | Lions, more a . : : and sho been | adv because for-the-eoting--of. the Bnee, local improvement no law for the spread- highways differed as to it the by tw the is of ilkance distinguished them other foi | which they have selves The King of Belgium is a the he- appreciative of his men as any rule and yet told heé five out of six of his general has had nearly a complete chang r, havi we are has changed qualities of tarvia cannot | this city the be definition ~ solicitor France called 'an oll; and by way procure d the after' the Council had; gone! ahead assuming certain things and results and discovering later "that was laboring under a delusion. The Council will petition the Legis-| lature to pass an Act which will legal-| ize a couple of by-laws now said to} he of no effect, and give the city the| power to collect a couple of thousand | dollars which the people in the mean- | pheavals Some of the most bril- . time refuse to pay. The Local House | "Phe! in a second-hand runabout. Socie lear to act UPOD this] liant men have disappeared from the-is willing to trade wives for tit roale ° Jiy soe M3 Nay lea it SPL not. | command of divisions and have been on Yaws the line at live stock, aehie h x pose ( Ww ow adv request. ut suppose Freplaced by others who possess the hows how fast civilization is advance a What then? , = ing in this country. ei | special qualifications for which the Leap year is a living terror to old {gervice calls. Some "WCRI { t the old men bachelors who have heen eating up NEW CIVIC COMMISSION. q | sti \ > angel's food cake and electric I The institution which has boen | Stil remain in the lime-light, Von [BLE cake and electric light von Roen, Von 0 of leap was MEFey generals, the war incapacity of some, and the of othiers who took up their Ae But, Everyman points out, retirements not 'caused by | defects of ago so much as by-the de | fects in experience. The situation | has been making and anmaking gen | erats: Even'Germany haw had its pilitary having proveh the as are | pertaps can sepms to us that hey judgment eight or ten degrees below par, where v as if leap year came about twice a! output of a brewery, an aid to intelligent matrimony, but such practical facts; on the part of parents especially, would make th work of recruiting easier. High Speed. (Hamilton Times) 7 A possibility in aviating in Eeg-| land, at the rate of 200 miles an hour, is that the machine might shoot: right across it into the North Sea before it could be stopped. Peel's Election, { Windsor Record * i is not a mere party 'fight in 'the! Peel by-éleetion. A big principle is iivolvel .in the issue---whether or not parliamentary representatives should collect 'commissions and rake-off in the purchase of army horses KINGSTON EVENTS 25 YEARS ACO eae. Chicken thieve Hue in the city First Cengre gational badly damaged by fire Kihgston's rats was 1.42 per thousand Rev, M. Macdgillivray missionary meeting at \ a taeted ire working over Church January death for addressed Perth, CONSERVATIVE PRESS) Wake p. a Canada, About six n placed ard.r Locom Con Ont, could 4 Rus Canad King n Ry ago lie nths with pany loctomoti bought the an tive at iIty ves SSA locomotives United States more easily and, eaphy, The offi ian Government who had stated that » busi inada Can by offering 11 ions, to Britain and relations will ba ue to Canada a rever LIBERAL PRESS. Light have $6 nth Y 1 i clals of the the matter iuXxiou bel to do ¥ Ce was ada a cont cement relations h The with 1 ine n Let In been country the othe to Canada, less that this shou beyond all doubt Government be and single-minded ix . there will be no oj r part to. th 1f,. howev themselve in a-course inimi of Canada and ,.then they will possibly take mi 1g stand that thie to the Canadian through this committee, s Great Britain's and not Canada's, no business of Canada how it pent. ommitt wed ee re the wtriotie re ) 3 light of r with they ied toe \ nterests the 3 as trusted Government, wa it wi money is i COMMERCIAL PRESS. -- Pariinme nt House. BP working out of" ue odation will Houses of that though New al oft hr the w plan be pro Parliament {roy be MIR the has been des ed, beautiful it was, and its day in REELS L Wax, of Cabbages and Kings." i ] current at-the home of some I air dam- sel for twelye or fifteen years, wi out: geting down 16 thie real ey of the meeting: ">There is no sweet er display of Fighteous relribution in this vale of tears than torsee a reluc tant bachelor with a glistening dome led to the altar by elect whose affections and grapho- phone records have been toyed with for years without practical results The period" of courtship is a sacred era, but when it becomes an dige and then graduates into an aeon, it- is time for the imperious will of woman to assert itself and yank a faltering. swain to his knees 5 Leap year is tame fn one respect It comes only once in four Years, sometimes it skips over eight. causes a long, painful. hiatu$, during which. woman has to take what she get. We admire and respect woman, bit there are times when it is month; she would be able to pick a better.and more lasting grade of hus band, one who would not run out: nights and try to drink the weekly it is too long -hétween leaps. and the Home for Aged, Infirm, [Vou Mackensen, Von Bissing, et al .Friendless People, will henceforth be !-Age does not dim -their vision, mor »managed by a commission of three, { daunt their courage, Without thei | and theses members of : the present' the German Emperor, th€ great war | Board. The Homo is now. a wuniei-{ lord. would in _ this great _conffict | called in turn the House of Industry [Gols, Hintenburg, Ri i : a ty g Rhymes pal institution sin reality becapse its | have boen lost : 7 revenues" (excepting 'ihe fees of the! WORKERS =~ a! well adapted fer its purpose, | a ai, ae ea a Aa Sani a relentless bride- | and" past This! 1 leap year is, | | i bys ' H 4 . IAA A A AAA AA AAA AAA NN MANN INNA lt tat Pi AAA PAN Na il § i i i © Nobby Ulsters The Manitoba ¢ was / Phere's no Overcont more suitable for syweather than one of our Manitoba Ulsters. Made of Heavy Scoteh Cheviots, Chinehillas and Meltons oll vo-Wayv Collars, ete. Prices $12.50, Taw ceeds. Shawl ( WS, LEN $15.00, $18.00. STORM REEFER COATS f 3 { ZOS collar; $4.75. Slicep skin ned with fin special WINTER CAPS HEAVY MITTS AND GLOVES SEE OUR 50¢c WOOL LINED MITT SEE OUR 50c DENT"S KNITTED GLOVES Vaan, BO BibBys I -- A A AAA AA A GA tt rr -------- er ---------- Ar A A pre Maclaren's Products | % : Cold Weather| Footwear This is the time to have your feet warm and com- fortable. being den monstrated in our store Imperi: 11 Jelly Powder Imperial Peanut Butter Imperial Cream Cheese Imperial Prepared Mustard Everybody welcome. Jas. Redden & Co. Phones 20 and 990. AA eA A Mi le ed and erected for the old Peovinee of Canada before Conféder | ation In some Trespects--especially in the Commons chamber itself--the needs of-the nation had outgrown the a mmodation" provided Soon no | gouln Canada will have again a state- Parliament House, no less beauti- than the one now lost, and bet- adapt, as respects. aceommo- lation and safety, the require- ments of mtry, : .$2.00 and $2.50 $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00 $1.50 and $2.00 $2.00 and $2.50 $1.50 and $2.00 MEN'S FELT BOOTS MEN'S OVERSHOES MEN'S MOCCASINS WOMEN'S OVERSHOES 'WOMEN'S FELT BOOTS WOMEN'S MOCCASINS CHILDREN'S MOCCASINS wa ign { fru ter to the © A PATRIOTIC RAFFLE yas STARTED A A LIVELY AT SARNIA, APA AI PIN PN J.H. Sutherland & Bro. THE HOME OF GOOD SHOES. ISSUE Alinnce Opposed T Drawing For Racing Mare--Afraid Custom Will Prevail After War. Sarnia, Feb. 1 ly at stake Loodison Thresher Company will be allowed to raffle off the handsome standard-bred. racing mare, Irene Baron for the benefit of the 149th Battalion. The firm some time has felt thé nec of assist nz the boys, but were undecided as to "what measure they would adops. Ministerial Goodison Ther a to whether b e live thi: is issue as England's Roman Amphitheater. Dorchester possesses -the best pre- served Roman amphitheater in Eng. land, in which over 10,000 people gath- { It was finally-agreed that they would eped In 1705 to witness the burning of have a drawing, the prize to be the| 5; woman who had murdered. Ler hus- Lracing Inare Tt Reis whi Se ) band. Derchester was a place of fm- i ACEC 1 ° nas o { - te a Place a, Ss sale and portance uy ently 25"the Rowan oeruet attend to everything in connection pation, and at a later date it had an with the plan. = Preparations are be unenviable associagon with Judge Jef- ing made and ah the, work necessary freys and his bloody assizé. for the handhgg of" the affair will - proceed as rapidly as possible. In this way a considérable avioum of' mousy soul ve rated 1-hOTe WEEE oe ot of money tu wy. time. The But it-is said that the Minister-| (rouble was that 1 didn't know enough JaliMliance will take a hand in the| fo hang on to it. Could you let me ala pid yi do ii utnt 10 pet havea dollar?" : : an end to the proceedings an aT an on oy will priori One| 'No, my friend," replied: the stran- | member of the Ministerial Alliance] get. "I couldn't after the lesson you've committee expresyed himself that if just taught me tv bang en to ine.' -- Ttheseé thin were allowed 10 go On| : i during the r that after the trouble was over the habit for these things for ssity . Yipverdid His Plea. "Yes, sir". said the tramp, "I've Aristocratic Coal It has the "blue blood" of qual- and worth, * 8 It hus the record of zood cheer. and deépendablengss. men and women who have qualified for places on the Board of Directors) | are derivéd from the city of Kingston, | thé County of Frontenac, and the! Counties of. Lennox and Addington, No reason has been assigned tor] the change in the management of the! bat it wndessiod that the, Commission may be in a position to} deal more effectually with the munici- palities w hich are interested in it and in its efficiency. In making the change irom a board of citizens and aldermen it will be felf that the direc- "tors who lave put so much of their] 'life and energy into the management will be missed, and that the institu- "tion will be fortunate if the spirit of the retiring directors is carried or. LE, s EDITORIAL NOTES. Capt. Haha, Canada's chief intelli gencer officer, has, at the front, and, with the Allies, won a military cross) for valor: Perhaps he will be allow- ed to Serve Canada unchailenged af- ter that. ¥ ' It's. good to work, with miglt and main, the workday ends; it's good to work, in sun or --but do net work your friends. The toiler's worthy bf his hire, wherever he may be, though he be pun- .ishing a lyre Or chopping down a tree; though he be furrowing the loam, that harvests may abound, 'tis labor brings the bacon home, and makes the wheels g0 round. - Renown for toiling with a vim the distinction lends; =o work until the ----but do.not work your friends. er seldom sees the lean wolf at his door: wienerwurst amd cheese and. other grub in store Men's admiration he commniands, no matter Where he wends; he does his work with beth his hands, but does not work his friends. * Theré is no sadder, pun- - . ker sight, in apy néighborhood, than 'is the husky, A JALT MASON, > J lazy wight who's cut out work for good, We all! have seen his maudlin tear, have heard his whining tonds; a guilder there, | a kroner here, from all of us he bones. To gain-a dime this shameless shirk to lowest depths descends; for when a4 ma usefy starts to work his triends. : B Winn Py until | Sata as "We 'want to go to school," says {the Ottawa kids who Bave refused te attend any but bilingual classes. The Commission's schools are open to them, apd the sooner they are Tore- ed to attend them the bettpp:- EE he has his Prof. Cudmore, of Toronto, esti- mates that §500,000,000 a year could be saved -in Britain and Canada by the abolition of the liquor traffic. The Wohey Ymed bn war Would in & Ba 7 true without them. ight grows dit day papers the theatres opened and! The willing Work-iother forms of amusement are now, would lie so strong that 'they would; be just the same as the Sunday pap-| burdened with, It will be remember ed, that these papers were started ,at the time of the Civil, War and that afterwards it was claimed that it would not be possible to get atong! Following the San-! deses rating the holiness of the Sab-| bath.' The same, stand is' being taken by the Alliance in regarding to the holding of patriotic meetings in the| theatres and showing war films. It} was the intention here to hold such] meetings but the proprietors of the theatres have been threatened with: ork, he arrest and a heavy fine if they ape | .up on Sunday without a permit is- ae by the SUHOHte at Toron- ia Egyptian Maxims. An Egyptian papyrus which dates AIP ors that the American people are now back to about 4000 B. C. has the fol- lowing injunctions: "Calumules 'should never be repedted." "Guard thy speech before all things, for a MiN's ruin les | in his tongue." The Wise men of the | race early learned good semse. ---- / Nailed by the Ears. During the prosecution of a London east end shopkeeper for adulteration': recently the magistrate remarked that | indays gone by tradesmen convicted of offenses similar to this were punished "It has the "crest" of character, | cleanness and satistaetion. It is not besmirched with dirt or Sinkery. 'CRAWFORD, PHONE 9. 'Foot of 'Queen Street. : " i | own doorposts." be ---------- He that' will not reason is a %e that cannot reason is a: fool. and be that dares. not reason is a slave--Sir W. Drimmond, ni me bps. a tm a by, being naijed by the ears to thew The-vacancy in the House of Commogs staff caused by the death: of gh J. B. R. Laplante, assis Cler! 4 ' the House, will be. filled, it' is u NN stood, by the appointment, of A | Beauchesne of /the Department. of Justice, i