THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1918. PAGE FIVE en fre mre "Out of the High Rent District," O'Connor's Ladies' Exclusive Saturday Bargains Are the best values we have yet offered to the public. "The Last Day Of our very successful sale. Don't Miss It A real genuine clearance of every garment of summer wear, regardless of cost. Come and Get our Prices. T.J. O'Connor 260 Princess St. Telephone 800 Higher up street but always lower in price. Fruit ! The rush is now to the "UNITED GROCERY for all kinds of the best FRESH FRUIT Customers go away dally ad- vertising our business. What Is Need ? Many people buy lux- uries today and put off buying necessities. There is no greater need than good eye- sight. If your vision is poor we can give you 188 Princess St. good glasses to improve BEN LEE, Mgr. ------ i -- 2. J. Stewart Opt.D. Opp. Post Oilice. Kingston, Ont. Bm , The United States War Depart. ment has enlarged its military pro- gramme, including the extension of the draft in both directions. The bill will be introduced in the Con- 'gress next week, Irma Mh dd db £1 0 Jb 2 hd WY VY TY RIS > CHASE THOSE -- SARGENT WILE TELL YOU HOW Cor, Princess and Montreal Streets, Phone 41. Sargent's Batisfactory Bervice. AA AA aa aig a | AN Str. Britannic Order Your Montreal Freight By the Independent and send your shipments & for ulont Line: Brockville, Cornwall, Montreal, and intermediate ports to the ee Dock. Telephone 2195. Speck. ~ 300 -- PAIRS 300 -- WOMEN'S PATENT PUMPS AND STRAP SLIPPERS, REGULAR $4.00 | Belleville. '0UR HOUSING CONDITIONS ARE STILL VERY FAR FROM SAT- ISFACTORY. Two Houses Arve Being Built As Samples--The Real Estate Agents Ends. He g till spring the conditions in the city are from satisfactory. In the problem was found to be serious than anyone, including estate agents, had antici- But little building has since started and the season is al ready well advanced so that much disappointment and embarrassment ire bound to be met with again in the fall. A real effort to meet the demand for houses was made by a few citi- zens who were alive to the great need, by bringing to the city a re- precentative of McEachren & Sons, house builders, of Toronto, Hejmet some members of the Board of Trade and explained his proposals, but the meeting was not well attended and through lack of interest it looked as if the scheme would fall - through. Since. then, however, a few citizens have taken the matter up with the result that two houses dre being hiilt as samples. One is situated on York street and the other on Fron- tenac street, and both of them will be completed in the next four weeks, They will then be completely furnish- ed and opened to the inspection of the public. There are limits to what may be done hy one or two persons. Mere buiMiing should have been started and well under way by now. Inquiry of our real estate offices eli- cited the information that there hye been a' constant demand for ho ull summer and they could not be filled. | One man stated that he could sell thirty houses at a moderate figure, say from $2,000 to $3,500, His statement was confirmed by oth- er dealers. During the months of March and April all of them were placed at their wits' end by the flood of house- hunters that besieged their offices; within the next three months the situation, 'it is stated, will be just as acute. In certain areas on the out- skirts of the city two and three roomed shacks are being built, and in others people are living in tents! This kind of thing cannot go on with- yut very seriéud injury to the growth | of the city, and a decline in the phy-! sical well-being of a considerable aumber of people. We all know, or| it all events have theard of what! shacktown was in Toronto and of the! listress and suffering endured in in houses that were not fit for human abode. There is no reason why such con- litions showM obtain a foothold here, when real estate values have ilways been good. At a recent meet-| ing of the Board of Trade I. Cohen stated that he never had a real estate ieal in Kingston in which he did not make money. The thing that injures; 'eal estate values is neglect of the property and allowing it to fall into 1 state of disrepair, The late Pro- *essor NF. Dupuis, of Queen's, when wked his opinion on investments, nce answered immediately: "If you have any money not required for use, put it into stone, bricks and mortar, this is the only investment I can recommend." The professor, was not + man who would recommend a rourse he was not prepared to take himself, and his mathematical pre- :ision did not allow him to deviate, lar from the safe and proper course, The housing problem in Kingston sroves that he yas right, and as all! :itizens, business men in particular, wre deeply eoncernéd in the growth ind welfare of the city, they cannot more the real nated heen juent loss of population and business! without misgivings, for -it 'hat what is a loss to Kingston is a orresponding gain to another city, ind surely this need not occur if it 'an be prevented by the exercise of of foresight and enterprise. Second Battalion nted. The Royal 2nd Canadian Battalion vas well represented at the G.W.V.A, ;onvention in Toronto, This bat- 'alion has been engaged in many ma- jor operations and specially distin- uished itself at Mouquet Farm, jomme, and at Vimy Ridge, where a @apture of seventeen Boche guns was 'he feature of its activities, : The delegates who representated this battalion were Comrades O'- Plynn, Ponton, Goodwin, Dan Doug- 'as, and Charlie Wilcox. Col. O'Flynn and Major Ponton wre both well-known business men of Major Goodwin was on the staff of Queen's University, Kingston, and at the time war was leclared was an acknowledged expert' in explosives. Both Dan Douglas and "harlie Wilcox are well known in af hawa. Sale Jo of Real Esta Real Estate. The Rods dwelling and one acre . No. 2 College street, owned by Drummond estate, to Mrs. No also frame dwelling, 38 Charles street, owned by ® HM Peters, to Otto Knott, by E. w. ee] lin Son i Have Been Put to Their Wits] | The steamer view the housing problem and conse-, means | CONDITIONS ARE INPROVED' -- MARINERS SAY WHIG WAS IN- STRUMENTAL IN BETTERMENT. The Loading of ( { Coll At Oswego in Future Will Be tp Boats In Turn-- Warning From Washington May Have Bren Re As an aftermath to the disclosures] and charges made about alleged dis-| crimination in lozding coal boats at! Oswego, N.Y., local mariners state that the matte or appears to have been adjusted, and that satisfaction is be-| ing given to all who seek coal at the, port. Capt. J. 8. McQueen, who was one of the most vehement masters in his protests against the alleged favor-{ itism, stated that Capt. Mann, who is' in charge of the trestle, had promised to fill the boats in turn as had*been' requested, Capt. McQueen, who is' master of the steamer City of Dres- den, also stated that in conversation | with many of those who were dissat-| isfied with their treatment they had| reiterated his opinion that the Bri- tish Whig had done a great service in first bringing before the public no-| tice the situation that prevailed at! Oswego, No official word has been received by Col. F. 8. 8. Johnson, American | Consul, regarding the action that was taken at Washington following the, receipt of the charges of discrimin- | ation instituted by coal dealers on ake and river ports, but it is under- sand that a message was despatched | to tho Ogdensburg Coal and Tow-| ing Co., from the American Govern- meat, stating that unless conditions' improved the United States Fuel Ad-| ministration would be obliged to as- sume control of the trestle. It is be- lHeved that this warning was suffi-| cient to improve the situation as the' mariners now declare it to be. It would also seem to substantiate the; claims made by the dedlers that fa-| voritism did exist at the time the, charges were laid. IN MARINE CIRCLES. Movements bf Vessels if and About | Kingston Harbor. Bickerdike passed | down trom Port Colborne to Montreal | at 4.50 p.m. on Thursday. | The steamer Toiler passed up from 'Montreal to Lake Erie at 2.20 a.m. on Friday. ! The steamer Kingston passed down from Toronto to Prescott at 5.45 a.m. | on Friday. | M.T. Co's bulletin: The tug Laura Grace is due to-day 'with two coal | barges from Oswego, and will clear with the barges Davie and Muskoka | for Oswego; the tug Thomson is due, 'to arrive to-day, with four light | barges from Montreal, and will clear with two coal barges for Montreal. | Was , Well K Known Here. Mrs, Millen, who died in Ottawa on | W ednesdpy, was well known in King- ston owing to her frequent visits at the home of her grandmother, Mrs. Henry Hubbell, Bagot - street. De- ceased had accompanied her husband, Lieut.-Col. Lionel Millen, Hamilton, to England, and while she was there, her brother, Ernest Hubbell, was wounded in France. She yndertook to nurse him, but the'effort proved too much for her strength, and she contracted tuberculosis, returning to Canada several months ago, A Fine Record. Miss Dorothy Wilson. the super- visor at the vocational play school at Macdonald school, reports that the school was open for ten days during July and in that time the attendance aggregated 2,252 pupils, And the lit- tle folks were interested for every minute. Miss Wilson has two excel- lent aids, Misses Conley and English, of Victoria school. They enjoy the school as much as the little tots. Remained On Duty. Norman Switzer, who enlisted at Kingston two years ago, and went to France last summer with the 53rd Battery, was burned on the face and arms with gas, but remained on duty. ¥ In the recent Toronto Conservatory of Music examinations, Miss Helen A. Saunders, 503 Princess street, pupil of Miss Norma ° Telgmann, passed' with honors in elementary violin, The restaurant keepers in Kings- ton are rigidly adhering to the regu- lations of the Canada Food Board. Despite the fact that press despatches brought the information that the ban on- pork had been lifted, the restau- rant men would not serve it until they received official word from the Canada Fogd Board. The housewife, who is almost al- (ways the "business manager' of the home, is learning the utility and con- venience of a checking account. More and more the housewife is adopting a budget-system for her expenditures, and thus making the management of the home a business matter. A check- ing account at the bank enables her to keep indisputable records of all pavments. The height of the summer season finds many autoists and tourists vis- iting the St. Lawrence rive Lawrence river, re] 25 YEARE AGO. a Tame black raspberries sold on the market to-day for 15 cents per box: jie thimble berries 60c to T0c por pai i F.J. Pope, M.A., bse been appoint. ed science master at the Stratford Oellogiate Institute, o line from Kingston ivedy | a -- -------- A. Special Shoe Bargains for 2 | Off | All our Ladies' Pan- amas and Children's Straw Hats 4 Off - All our Men's Straw Hats and Panamas CAMPBELL BROS. Mn s Largest Hat Dealers. SS Hot Weather Ladies' Oxfords and Pumps White Canvas Pumps-- Children's Strap Slippers-- Men's Oxfords-- Clearing at Special Prices. Aberneth "Where the ly 's Shoe Store retty Shoes Come From." IWe Can Save You By buying during our big Midsummer Furniture Sale A rare chance to furnish a home either for pres- ent or future use, during our big sale. Comfort for everyone. Economy for all. JAMES REID Phone 747. + The Busy Store With the Large Stock. | Specialties Grape Juice, 10¢, 30c and 55c. Lime Juice 25¢ and 45¢ Neilson's Ice Cream Bricks, 35¢ The hot season will soon be over, so relieve your thirst and do not suffer. PROUSE'S Drug Store Opposite St. Andrew's Church. ¢ Phone 823. a Ti ENN Nis HER ro. RAEIQN NLA Sms LEADING CHEMISTS. PRICK Ih Juotann.3e DE Rens iD Aron es ne TRA! nan WOR o PACKETS S------ SERVICE PINS A very appropri- ate symbol for those who are doing their bit overseas. _ Sterling silver, en- ameled, with one to four leaves, 50. Cents. Saute in gilt metal 25 Cents. Food License No. 8-768. Wm.ClarkLtd, Will demonstrate their famous line of _ Food Delicacies In our store every day this week. You are invited to call in and sample these high class goods. A booklet on the preparation of the W. Clark Ltd products, given away free, . - Henderson's Grocery Phone 279. 59-61 Brock St. A square house to deal with. a [FR TO INVESTORS CITY of CALGARY 1% Gold Debentures Due ist June, 1938 Interest Jarable ist Jume and December meee Preserving Kettles & Summer Hardware winicnminssinsiisiisssssisisind ] 12 quart Alaminam Preserving. Ketties, $3.25. 12 quart Enamel Preserving Kets tles, $1.00, Other sizes. Canning Racks, double wire, hold pint and quart sealers, 00c each. Spons--15¢ and 25¢ each. Boilers----Heavy tinned copper bottom, $3.75 each. Gas Stoves -- $16.30, $21.75, © $26.75.