WEDNuDAY, vinnzanY o, 10m : ~ at THE DAILY BRITISH .WHIG -- = IKINGSTON'S: ASSESSMENT - sims eer xe tors Mothers Should Mot : o | CROWN LIFE INSURANCE In the Bables ~ | | dave Something ee WS rem Never Mind igure how-- | { al F gures Sho {Splendid Progress Reported |... vere from thé attack but took ox @ City Assessor's Figures Con= | for Last Year and Future { it again. several months Tuer, and on Good {account of the severity I was aimos . i sidered Most Fair. | Prospects Are . | panic-stricken to know what to do| ° { {for him. My mother advised me to] | When interviewed with regard to Ihe annual meeting of the Crown [try Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup, | e as she had used it for several years | ie ' i I Life Insurance Company was held on his qualifications as assessor of King- | with splendid results. 1 { Monday, Feb. 4th, at the head office | | ston Welng questioned by Prof. Johs | In Toronto. The president, G. T.| I got a bottle, and after I had used | Buy a Winter Overcoat, Tweed or Wor- Maeslllivray, Edwin Mootm . Wasi 8 te immu. |] 20ta boule, 3nd alter I had vend ; . -~ . or . | greatly amused and remarked tha: | Pi was read by the pon lin him; after several bottles he was Let our OVERSHOES keep your 3 i vl ' 1 ~ ak | . | \ sted Suit at our 20% Discount January DS.1y hon sats to Sivives Bis visval manager, H. R. Stephenson. A Som aletely reievat. te al feet Wom : 3 . r. { laations i .| My boy is now two years old, . ) Sale. You will save something worth while | others should be asked as to his fit- ee six oiiste dur. he has never "had an attack of d ' ness to assess Kingston. He did re- | Ss a.rivE a : | bronchitis since. [ adies' WwW. : | crease of nearly 60 per cent. over the | | 1es arm Line ershoes-- and have the comfort of being prepared for | mark that he supposed Prof. Mas- |) evious year. PoNties wore fssged Asa other, raising » temily, If 50 d 5 this re 1 wi t v the gillivray's statements were made be- | to the amount of $13,840.920 and an Xs Y gran doy hat el $4. an $ .00 a Inter wea r. / cause of his recent appeal to the |p. total insurance in force at Dec. and bronchitis, as it lifts care and | ' court of revision and afterwards to | 31g¢ last was $42,175,180, being an |anxiety from an anxious mother's | Men S Overshoes-- | Judge Madden, both of which AP | Increase of $7,715,136 (more than |shoulders." | $3 50 to $5 00 , ' George VanHorne S peals he lost as the two appeal] gp per cent.) during the twelve Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup is courts held that his assessment was | months. 35c. a bottle; the large family size 213 Princess Street. Phone 362w. fair. Mr. Mooers has been assessor| The assets totalled $5,472,666.94, | 60¢:5-put up only by The T. Milburn of this éity for eight years and the of which first mortgages on real | Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. i ° J | @ppeals against his land and build- | estate amounted to. $2,527,695.21, | nn ) kati l oots ing assessment are very few. So far | and on this large amount only $7,-| HANDLING PULPWOOD. | | | | | i a | Ll : ) as can be ascertained no appeals to 311.94 of interest was outstanding. : the judge on his land and building | Government and municipal bonds M 2 f | : . ° Most of the Farmers Are Drawing to | r When You Have Dominion figures have succeeded. His basis of | amounted to $1,337,253.07. Sidings. 3 All prices for Men, Ladies and Boy S. assessment is the figure at which a The cash premium income was $1,- Oso Station, Feb. 4.--Most of the | plece of land or a propery would sell | 362,378.31 and the cash interest in- farmers are glad to see the snow! At rolls rrr nas .$3.50 to $6.50. Difficulty In Seeing Meat Store if placed right on the market. So|come $337,462.02. The average rate | coming again as the roads have been | SKI BOOTS Seen $8.00 and $8.50 long as he assesses under that figure | of interest eaves as 7.02 per cent |, )ittle slippery. A large number | YOU CAN BE SURE your eyes . Y.M.CA. " v6. there is no ground for complaint on| The sum of $554,098 was added to | o¢ people around here attended the | need some sort of attention. Just Upp. YMCA Phone 1579 the part of an owner. Some owners | the policyholders' reserve fund Tn at Joseph R. Bourk"s on | SNOW SHOES Sats ns $3.50 what kind they need and just are of the opinion that they are as- | Which now amounts to $4,697,973 in Wednesday evening and all report a | how badly they need it is what [||| ' . sessed high, while their neighbors | addition to $76,381.20 of allotted good time. Mr. and Mrs. Frank] my service determines. Don't T Is are not assessed enough. Courts of | Surplus. Unallotted surplus stands |gwain, Glenvale, have returned home | make the mistake of believing i Omorrow s appeal are not permitted to take | at $470,277.43. Dividends paid to after spending some time with | ' Shat home ipatarions Jay Pure Lard 18¢c. ||| these comparisons into considera- | Policyholders were hh friends around here. Most of the ene y S oe tore Let me give you the benefit of Lard (3-1b. pails) tion. If an owner thinks his neigh- d The Suttle of policylioiders' divi: farmers are busy drawing and load- | | bor is assessed low, he has the privi- | 9ends has again been raised, the ing their pulpwood. the latest Meas in Optometry. | large) 24c. 8 dvance bei d 3 , { | Red Salmon (large ; lege of entering an appeal and de-| Same advan ng made as was Miss Agness Vinkle has returned | Bacon (by the piece) 28¢. ||! manding that his neighbor's assess-| made a year ago. Profits paid in home after visiting with her sister, | W D GRAHAM, RO ill Bacon (sliced) B0c. Hoy be yadsed Mr. MNeisere eyerom | 1024 a arsine de = Jer Mrs. David Webster. ee Warren ---------------- . . . | . . : of assessing is considered the best | : " : "(spent a few days w riends a s ' . . Stcoessor to il Pork sausages cee Be be tormulated. He har DOSE | egponding policies 1n 1932. BE Lo ee roy 2 Kingston's Biggest Home Furnishers Side Pork .. . {a most careful study into the as- oa oviis nae Linption of ihe ve: gone to work at Perth. David Dodds ° ® ® : 'ickled Tongues ........18c. ||| sessment act and he is in close touch : » nv v| unloaded a car of flour and feed on B Mid WwW t Packed . | with the assessors of the large cities | PAT: OUT company is growing very | myyrgday at Oso. Mrs, David Web- Our 18 - in er a e Hamburg Steak ......... [of the provinde, Who Tegara Kin rapidly, the net increase of insur- ster had a few of her neighbors Pickled Pork 1 a ", ee E ow ee ance placed on our books during the drawing hay on Friday. a man 8s its commissioner. past five years exceeds by almost 50 | nies Bernice Pratt spent Sunday Regiowcieu Uptometrist 'R | It 1s an absolutely erroneous | hoy cr that of the years 1901 tog john F. Bourk's; Cecil Kimber- 140 Wellinston St Opp. Post Off PHONE 1876-1877 | ot yo OU8| 1918 combined. Our expense ratio, ley, Sharbot Lake, spent Sunday a ans statement that Kingston's assess- Which in recent years has been quite leg, 3 WH OE es Inca) SEE = rr wr. | ment and tax rate' are higher than Jow, has again declined and is in fact ya ag Sprit nay A those of other places of approximate |'one of the lowest. We are confident mbers speni Sunday evening ; Joseph Warren's; James Warren - CHATEAU dee On the Sonerity, the Segesktsiy of continuing during 1924 the splen- ay Ea Eo at Joho Fr : . . ol | and rate of Kingston are among tha | diq progress reflected in this report. ' . : Dr. Waugh Taxi Service S800 lowest in the province. Two years Bourky. Zvestune is ad $0 oow ago the Whig published an official 9 DENTIST Phone statement showing that in the year \ urd Jove Nom le ohio ve 106 Wellington St. © Phone 256. WE NEVER CLOSE 1920 Kingston and Woodstock had : : PWR Live ar Dead Storage the lowest tax rate per capita of any GANANOQUE 3 Me, ' Jae Towhsend spent | Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi the Other Places in Outarie. In 1321 gg oa gone to Ottawa, 7 ' Kingston stood sisth lowest perl pei, g.tion. Dr. Cody, Toronto, | marry, Cantrell spent Sunday at E. Drs Nash & R enton =e Navonalist leader, bas VOOR | qupite fn regard 10 smemment (50%) nore nd oe rs GORY, I Ye boil oa Cal A rare chance to furnish for present or future use. . | released from prison unconditionally tax rate) out of twenty-four cities by order of the government. Gandhi ing thelr guest at the dinner given . . . . . . on March 18th, 1922, was sentenced | |» Ontario, according to a report| a the Provincial hotel on Monday THE GREAT WEST LIFE. Good Furniture in your home is a paying invest made by the assessment commission 0 : . . . to six years' imprisonment for sedi- . evening. This was Dr. Cody's first ment. It msures comfort satisfa t1 - DENTISTS ; er of Toronto. In that year King- visit to Gananoque, and his address |A Progressive Company--Big Busi- i ction and happi tion. , KE wb a . . . . . . The Rhodesian Railway has paid | 55 PT CaDHa assessment was|op the building up of Ontario, with .mess Done in 1923. ness. Satisfied with price, satisfied with quality, 183 PRINCESS ST., KINGSTON £1,500 to George Graves, the come- $730.79. The figures for ot g special reference ito his trip last aut- The annual reports of Canada's . OFFICE HOURS: 9 am. to 6 Pa. gion as compensation for an injury | P/aces of about Kingston's a5 umn through Northern Ontario, was | large life insurance companies are when you buy here, and have the added comfort mn Evenings by appointment. ; were: Brantford $839.93; Kitchen- , 1 ed with i b - : . =, to one of his fingers, received at Vic- igo without doubt one of the finest and | always scann with interest by peo GAS--X RAY. 10.0% of Nia Singers. er $827.62; Poterboro $774.75; St. | most eloquent aur that the |Dle of all classes. since ail se io. | knowing that you are protected from inferior goods. --- Catharines $918.58; Fort William Club has had the privilege of listen- | terested in the development of this »-| $1,169.58; St. | Thomas $876.60; ing to. A hearty vote of thanks was | MOst useful form of family protec- HANAN EERE ER Stratforc $758.69; Port Arthur $1,. . | tion and saving, proposed by J. C: Linklater and sec ® TH Ml | 254.72. The figures to-day would be onded by W. B. Carroll, K.C. W. J. One of the most progressive and TO CLEAR OUT THIS proportionately about the same, for Wilson, president of the Club pre. best known of these is the Great Phone 147 for Repairing and Upholstering. stance Dr. Cody spoke on "The Brit- *ee4 | chase its supplie f tt =f + interest earned on investments en- pples of cotton from WOMEN: DYE ish Empire." Mrs. J. Arthur Jack- sures to policyholders a continua- Brief but Important Lessons in Australia, this would go a long way wm X Kingston's assessment during the sided. Dr. Cody was introduced by West Life, whose report for 1923 ap- ¥ x We are making a special price of - son, president, welcomed him, and Finance, Markets, Stocks, Bonds toward rectifying the trade balance : = Soa I rr ' tion of the splendid profits for which 'and Investments bet h » tri d mak : " e vote © anks was moved by |p company is so favorably known. - etween the two countries and make Wm Eo ; wo = nm u m W = % 5 wm . =m R m ou i sued during the year exceeded that of 1922 by over ten million dollars. A reduction in mortality and in ex- AT WORK pense coupled with the high rate of Vancouver, B.C., Feb. 6.--"Aus- | tralia was desirous of selling cotton | to Canada, and if Canada would pur- tinguished speaker in the afternoon when he addressed a capacity at- tendance in the town hall. In this in- past three years has been raised but the Rev. F. L. Barber, rector of | Pears in these columns. In all de- very ie on the whole. The busi-| oprist Church, whose guest he was | PArtments the company has made * Australian Would Sell ness and down-town sections are as-| po" Ganay notable progress and is in an excel- oque. The I. 0. D. E, Cotton Output to Canada sessed probably to the mit at pres- 'had the privilege of hearing this dis- lent position. The new business is- MONEY ent. It is likely that atention will Mrs. J. A. Bulloch, seconded by Mrs. The assets are now over $56,000,- the development of reciprocal trade $ OLD THIN NEW W..J. Wilson: After the address 000 and the income nearly $15,000,.- THE SAFEST MurB Jacl uy Drover B. C. a the regular monthly meeting was | go. The investments are conserva- wy oie, ot the windy qu ony é& - ; held, when several new membera tively valued and are found to be BONDS ARE land, who ¥) ove 549 ay for the Sweaters Waists Draperies jotyed, Taye yore about Sweive Hew in a thoroughly sound condition. The Tent es orator he at a . Skirts Dresses Ginghams members joine: e Canadian Club | reserves and other funds for the pro- XX ™ Nc : Regular $30.00. 8 ETIMES ing its cotton production to the point It is called the ORLEANS, and is made by MEAKINS, one of the best English makers. next be given the west end where Monday evening also, and this so- tection of policy-holders have grown EXTRAORDINARY VALUE. Don't property values have increased Coats Kimonos Stockings ciety is becoming one of the most |, impressive proportions, and from FOUND AT There me EHpES wolld be Mdepue active. Principal Taylor of Queen's | every point of view the company is dent of foreign supplies, ! neglect to see this set in the window. will be the next speaker at the Ca-|to be congratulated on the splendid Dr. Kenneth MacRianon. Rem ; » nadian Club meeting. The dinner | results of the year's operations, Diamond furnished by Mine Host McCarney frew, has ealled to join his parents at Hamilton, Bermuda, for a short was up to the usual standard of ex- Fill the Dungeons 'With Coal, cellency of that popular hostelry. Toronto Globe: The statement that atay, Each 15-cent package of,"Diamond Miss Gillian Sampson left yes. |one of the prisoners at the Ports- A man who has not learned to Dyes" contains directions so simple terday for Alberquerque, New Mex- | mouth penitentiary had been immur- say "No" will be a weak and wretch- ed man till he dies--and after, any woman can dye or tint any old. worn, faded thing new, even if she| .¢0: Where she will spend the next ed in a dungeon is contradicted by a. w h ever dyed before. Choose any few weeks with Miss Louise Mat- | despatch from Kingston saying that . . oa, ney Aids store. thew. Mrs. Sampson accompanied | none of the dungeons have been used Enjoy Eating »| her as far as Chicago. since the time of the Fenian Raid a! 4: 3 Dy : For the Cough J. Arthur Jackson. is spending a |and most of them had not been un- | Without spepsia couple of days in Toronto. locked for thirty years. That is in| -- That Sticks Miss Carpenter's many friends ars | One geepect good news, but could not} Eat What You Like, Avoid or Stop glad to know that she is well en-| these dungeons be transformed into Sour Risings, Gassiness and Such Robertson's Limited 73 Princess St. lebrate the fiftieth anniversary of g hy te Rarer! BIST LAXATIVE |e REL AFR RJ OR OR Bo om oon ik Their union has been blessed with Liberty Bonds are one of the ted children, all of whom are living, Cheap and Best and practically all of them residents y standards of safety, yet the price fell : E FOR BOWELS | to about $85 In 1920. The reason | ough to resume her duties again a:- | coal cellars so that we may be sure : Distress -- Stuart's Dyspepsia . ¥ they never will be used again? Price alone is 'no indication of Tablets Make Your Stom- safety in a bond. Even Liberty ach Comfortable. bonds, which are one of the stand- Common Cough Syrups Won't | ter a week's illness. Mr. and Mrs. Severa Dorey will " Help--You've Got To Make of this town. | tor the drop would cause a decline ; For any kind of a cough, but es- W. T. Sampson has been advised | A y pecially 2 stubborn one Jat par. that the Assoclation Des Marchands {in cotton or any other commodity. | ( : : sists and keeps you awake nig d'Articles de Carrosserie de la Pro- ili ick. | : J this home-made cough mixture will | vino ao Quebec has again ector If Headachy, Bilious, Sick, Did any one think in 1920 that uickly loosen the phlegm, allay the : the government of the United States De pematon and stop the cough. him a; honorary president, an hon- Constipated was less stable, powerful, sound, Men's Gunmetal and Mahogany Brown You can make it yourself at home| OF Which has come to Mr. Sampson honest, or solvent than it was in . in two minutes by following these in- | for several years. 1918, or than it 1s to-day? Bluchers and Bals, with Rubber Heels. Ex- structions: a; a Test ution is Sobdelance was , No. The only change was in the : . rom; any druggist one ounce| P y a stan vote of the Ca- : vi ceptional value. of Parmint (double strength) --to | nadian Club Monday evening in con- Siiate ae iE int this add a little granulated sugar and | nection with the death of the late . f bonds in 1918 preferred luxuries or : Snow Sh Wile; 10 uke Sue hat pint Dean Kehoe, who was one of the § something else in 1920. When the : ren like it. ie most valued members of the Club. yield was attractive emough to make . + Like a soothing, healing poultice; Mrs. C. Sine entertained a num- ns ' |investors forsake luxuries for Lib- one costly substance in this home-| ber of her friends last evening. " Tr erty Bonds, the price started up made mixture spreads itself com- CL ------ again, b In the days battle with all sorts of : 4 an I=. pletely over the membrane of the . » > : There are timés when even the business com lexision many a a ¢ ; throat. This causes the most stub- Says Prohibition Will Stay. AE ws : : wa t o tress but me; y GOLOSHES--OVERSHOES born hang-on cough to cease almost Montreal, Feb. 6.--Prohibition in ah) 5 5 best Duds soll at low prices. Mn iy on it eS his ForM : instantly. No ordinary slow-acting | the United States has come to stay, ale ing Stuart's Dyspbpeta Tablets he w or Men, Women and Children. ugh syrup this e| and the ultimate destruction of the : (Copyright, 1924, Associated Edi- | °F sleep . ingredient. world's liquor trafic is, in this re- tors) pyright, ' 8: - 1 i It's a mighty fine remedy for chest | morseless era of accelerated action, No ripi 'ehlsnce Deen on. ALLAN. M. REID [| mms sl Samii prin sre t t re t - 3 * » Tempe a Ee ab iver the conclusions of R. N. Holsaple, The trap-door spider constructs a prepare the food for nomrishment. t gone by morn- luable ald who. work Stats swberlstendent of the Anti. irapdoor whith closes by gravita- & viiuable aid ts thoss who work . bound to be of benefit to those who ing. Most harm 1 ; SHOE STORE - are troubled with head noises and| Saloon Leagme of Michigan, who ng. and Titan laxative fot Men, tion, the edge being specially welght- | 100d. Get 'a $0-cent box of Stuart's A Z catarrhal deafness. 3 «| spoke before a luncheon of the Que-| 4150 25¢. and 50c. sizes, any drug| ed to close the door automatically | Dyspepsia Tablets at any druggist and ; Get Parmint and get better. bec Prohibition Federation. tore. " i fortity yourselt in the batties of when the spider goes in or out. world. rx ¥ Ee