HEAD STUFFED : _ CATARRH OR A COLD Sage Cream Applied in Nostrils oll Air Passages Right Up. veeeee "w v BASAL s o Instant relief--ne waiting. Your é REDUCTION IN POWER RATES clogged nostrils open right up; the |°- alr passages of your head clear and you breathe freely. "No more hawking, snuffling, blowing, head- ache, . dryness. No'-struggling for breath dt night; your cold or catarrh| disappears. can Get a small bottle of Ely's Cream CONDITION Balm from your druggist now. Apply a little of this fragrant antiseptic, | healing cream in your nostrils. penetrates through every air pas- sage of the Head, soothes the inflamed | or swollen mucous membrane and re- | Hydro-Electric Engincer Wil Recommend 8 Decrease of §2. 15 ATTACHED It | THAT cry MUST INSTALL ELEC- TRIC-DRIYEN PUMPS, lief comes instantly. It's just fine. up with a cold or nasty catarrh. Don't stay stuffed- Early Colds Cannot withstand the Hicky- Dover Combination. Dover's Cold. Breakers will quickly break np the worst head-cold and get it out of the system, and a few doses 'of Hickey's Speedy Cure will loos- en up the tightest chest cold or cough, ; The tremendous sale of these splendid remedies testifies as to their wonderful curing pro- perties. 25¢ each, Only at Best's The Popular Drug Sto Open Sundays iy s KEELEY Jr, M. 0. D. 0 OPTOMETRIST AND OPTICIAN, 8 doors above the Opern House Look over all the styles for this season and you'll "| choose one of the crea- tions of FASHION CRAFT for they are creations in 8 the. word. artists, with a view Bika . 1 psiveness paramount |! red by master tail- who consistently ad- Local Commission Seems Disposed to Do This--If This is Done Kings ton Will Get Power at $28 Up to 3,000 Horsepower. Provided the Utilities Commission installs an electric-pumping plant at the waterworks house, Gordon | Kribbs, of the Hydro-Electrie Com- | mission, who discussed with the local | commission Monday night-the Hy- dro's power proposition, will recom jmend to the Provincial Commission | that Kingston be given power at $28 i per horsepower up to 3,000 horse- | power. : | The proposition of the Hydro Com- { mission was as follows 1,000 horse- | power, $30; 2,000 horsepower, $28; 13,000 horsepower, $26; 4,000 horse- | power, $24. ; The Commission contrasted these rates with those offered by the Sey- mour Company, which were, as fol- lows: First 3,000 horsepower, $25; over 2,000 and up to-4000 horse- power, $24; over 4,000 horsepower, $22 a" Explains Difference. Asked to account for the differ ence, Mr. Kribbs:said that the Sey- mour power would in reality cost the than the figure quoted, as it would { have to pay for the stepping-down. Thus, the first three thousand horse- | power would-reglly cost the. .Commis- sion $28 a horsepower, tnstead of $26. The Hydro would do its own stepping-down, thus saving the Com- mission this outlay. Asked further why the Hydro Commission could not supply power to the city as cheaply as the Seymour peaple had proposed to do, Mr. Kribbs replied that it would cost the Commission $30 to generate and de- liver the first 1,000 horsepower. He pointed out that while under a Sey- mour contract the Utilities Commis- sion would have to take power in bloeks and pay for all it contracted for, under the Hydro contract it gould take as much power as it de- #ired, and pay only for what it used. Contract Not Exclusive. Furthermore, the Hydro contract, unlike the Seymour proposal, was not éxclusive, the local Commission having the right to use the Camp- bell power or its own steam plant to take off the peak load and improve the load- factor. This 'was regarded by the Commission as a decidedly ad- vantageous feature, i Mr. Kribbs gave to the Commission the assurance of the Hon. Adam Beck, chairman of the Hydrée Com- mission, that as the cost of produc- ing power decreased the rates would be decreased to Kingston, contract or no contract. 0 The eastern system would be put on the same basis as the western system, and as the op- erating expenses were reduced the raték would he reduced the same as in the west. Mr. Kribbs thought that the cost of producing power could be materi- ally reduced, Since the Hydro had taken over the Seymour system the heavy overhead expenses had been eliminated, and he was confident that as time went on other means could be found for reducing thé cost. _No Capital Investment. Under Hydro., Mr. Kribbs explain- ed the city would be required to make no capital investment, the pro- vince providing * everything. The Hydro engineer asked as to thgiout- look for power consumption, said that he thought that the conmsump- tion would soon go to 2,000. In reply to a question, General Manager Folger stated that from 1,- 000 to 1,100 horse power was now GIRLS! MOISTEN A Save Your Hair! All Dandruff Goes And Hair Stops Coming Surely try a '"Danderine Hair Clone it Ton ish to Jmediatis double uty of your hair. cloth Danderine and Over 3,000 Commission $3 more per horsepower | THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17 1016. being taken, and the Canadian Loeo- motive Company had applied for 200 addtional horse power. Duty of Hydro Commission, 3 Commissioner ©. Y. Chown thought the Hydro in all fairness to Kingston, should give at least as low a Tate as the Seymour Co offered, see- ing that the province had stepped in Just when the city was about to make a contract, with the private concern. He didn't see how they could go be- fore the people and advise them to ratify a contract which would require them to pay more for power,than the Seymout people had asked, especi- to have acquired the Seymour pro- perty for the benefit of the people. "I think," sald Mr. Chown in econ- clusion, "that we should tell Hon. Mr. Ferguson, who negotiated the Seymour deal, that we'll be damned if we'll. pay the Government more than we would have had "to pay the Seymour Co." Chairman Rigney and Commission- er Elliott expressed similar views. New Proposal. Mr. Kribbs frankly admitted that he realized the position the local commission was in, and said that he wouid like to meet the Seymour rate. If the eofnmission would install an electrically driven motor pump or pumps at the waterworks house for the purpose of boosting the load fact- or, he would recommend. to the Hydro Conimission that Kingston be given a rate of $28 for the first 3,000 horse power, which was what it would have had to pay for Seymour power. and up to 4,000 horse power the rate would still remain 26, and over 4,000 horse power it would be $24, the original figure. The engineer said he was hopeful that the Hydro Commission would accept his recommendation, He did not expect the city to pump all its water by electricity, only a part. Mr; Kribbs' proposal was regarded as satisfactory by the. commission, es- pecially in view of the fact that some- thing must be done at once to im- prove the pumping facilities, and he was empowered to make his 'recom- mendation to the Hydro Commission for a reduction. The question of rates being tem- porarily disposed off, the commission went over the rest of the contract with Mr. Kribbs, but nothing was found for controversy. Asked what 25 per cent, leeway mentioned in the contract, meant, Mr. Kribbs explained that if the city.con- tracted for 1,000 horse power, it would be required to t&ke only 750. Mayor Richardson sked when, provided a contract was made, power could be delivered to Kingston, and Mr, Kribbs replied that delivery could be made inside of four months. | SILVER CROSSES FOR MOTHERS. + The suggestion made hy W, # A. Friser, a prominent Canadi- an, . that a specially designed silyer cross be awarded to every mother who has lost a son in the war, is being everywhere eT fon, To the the 'view has 'lately been advanced that this distinction should have more than a Dominion &u- thority--that it should, in fact, have the sanction of the king. The idea has proven a wonder- ful taking one, and will touch the patriotic sentiment of every loyal Canadian, so that it would be a fine stroke for the Govern- ment to adopt the suggestion as quickly as may be, securing, as no doubt could readily be done, the approval of the King. By the adoption of the suggestion the Government will bring credit to itself. The crosses could be awarded by Canada at His Majesty's command, to the mothers whose sons have fallen in action, and these simple de- corations, so rich in meaning, would be worn with honor and treasured in time to come. Ladd a ee rer SREP 22 222294220 P4224 0 20D bbe | | WILD NIGHT ON LAKE; © VESSELS SEEK SHELTER The Wind Blew Regular Hur- ricane All Monday Night. - One of the worst gales of the sea- son raged all Monday night, and ves- sels arriving in port did not venture out again, although 'there were gey- erdl arrivals. The steamer India, with the barge 'Ungava, both grain laden from Port Colborne, arrived in port at 4 o'clock on Tuesday morning, during the time the storm was at its worst, It was so and were forged to rdson's elevator for rough that pach) and were unable ally when the province was supposed | "%| who believed in Tariff Protection, WHICH ARE REGARDED AS REALLY WORTH WHILE. | -- The Sanitary Engineer Compliments the 'Whig for Taking a Reasonable Interest in Plumbing in its Varied] Aspects, The Sanitary ° Engineer, Toronto, republished a Whig editorial entitled, "The Cup and the Platter," the read- ing of 'which it remarked "is certain- ly worth while." It adds: "The Kingston British Whig, in which the article originated, appears! to question the expediency of enfore-| ing owners to cut up their small rooms so as to imstall sanitary piunfb- ing, while at the same time allowing unsanitary plumbing to exist in larg- er houses or buildings in whica there is lots of room to remodel and make sanitary, | "There is some sound though in thé British Whig's query, which; should be given more light. Any in. conipetent person with a little pull and less time can procure positions as | inspectors, and old plumbing even| can be also so-called 'improved' when | oftener-than net the piping under] floor, etc., is left in a filthy state, Re-| pairs are made by the thousand which to not conforth to sanitary plumbing by-laws and little or no ef- fort is made to remedy matters. All plumbing should be inspected every year by competent men and if work has been done between the two per-| fods in which it has been inspected | and that work Is not in accordance with the existing plumbing by-law, those who are respousible for the repairs should be fined heavily, and those doing the work should have their licensés cancelled. "Many a hajhtesm has been re- modelled by dfaving new fixtures in- 'stalled buf like cleaning 'thé outside of the/cup and the platter,' the pip- ing xfid traps are flithy, and not fit to connect up-io-date fixtures fo. "It is refreshing "io See once in a while a daily paper take a reasonable interest-in such matters, and the Kingston British Whig is to be com- plimented in many instances for tak- ing not of things worth while.' WHAT MAKES ' LIVING HIGHER? Canadian Courier, Téronto, Surely the aetion which the Gov- ernment promised the Labour men to take with regard to the high cost of living will not" take the. form of another commission. On the last high cost of living commission there is said to have been a straight division between those members who believed in 'Free Trade and those with the result that the free traders blamed the tariff--but were not al- lowed to say sp owing to the superior numbers of the Protectionists assoc- lated with them. That commission was worthless, and so will any other one be unless it is to do more than report on the mere gen- eralities of the situation. One element which deserves recdg- nition in the study of the problem is the high cost of labor post hoc or proptre hoe. A ridiculous proportion of the people who complain of the high cost of living are themselves part of the cause, In other words, they are middlemen. It is not un- likely that if the activities of our population were analyzed, even in our present war conditions, it would be found that between the farmer-pro- ducer and the factory-prodacer there is an afmy of middle-men as great, possibly greater than the combined numbers of farmers and factory- 'workers. 'We aré over burdened with gentle- folk who toil not, «neither do they spin. They make polite livings by 'acting as intermediary-handlers of traffic, or middle-men between mid- dle-men, or the servants of middle- men. The Government may--though it is difficult to see just where they are going to get the codrage to do} it--take steps to check the charges. of the middle-men. They may in- quire, for example, why milk which is bought in the Ottawa valley for five cents a quart retails to Toronto householders at ten cents a quart. They may be able to drive that price down, .and the prices of other ne- cessaries of 1ifé in like manner. But no lasting good will have been ac- complished 'wntil steps are taken to encourage more producers--of both kinds. That would increase the supply and moderate the demand. This 18 thé real basis of the H. C. of L. TAKING NOTE OF mer Probs: Local snow flurries; Wednesday, and What They Mean to You , _ PAGE THREE cold. ' z= "A REMARKABLE PROFIT-SHARING | Sd ICY THAT COMMENDS ITSELF TO ALL [G8 ECONOMICAL WOMEN." You Save 5% On All Cash Purchases ! BAD COLD? TAKE "CASCARETS" FOR BOWELS TONIGHT They're e! Liven Your Liver . and 'Bowels and Clear Your Head. No Headache, "Sour § Stomach, Cold or Constipation by Morning. Bad Get a 10-cent box. Colds--whether in the head or any part of the body--are quickly over- come by urging the liver to action and keeping the bowels free of poi- son. 'Take Cascarets tonight and you will wake up with a clear head and your cold will be gone. Casecar- ets work. - while you sleep; they cleanse and regulate the stomach, remove the sour, undigested food and foul gases, take the excess bile from the liver and carry off the con- stipated waste matter and poison from the wels. Remember the quickest way to get rid of colds is one or two cascaretsat night to cleanse the system. Get a 10-cent box at any drug store. Don't forget the children. They relish this candy cathartic and it is often all that is needed to drive a cold from their little systems. A AA AA A AAA AAA nade, COUNTY COUNCILLOR DEAD The Late Reeve Hugh McKinnon of : Palmerston. Snow Road, Oct. 16.--There died at his residence, Snow Road, Friday Oct. 6th, Hugh McKinnon a resident well-known and highly esteemed, in his seventieth year. Mr. McKinnon was a remarkably healthy man al- though for the past year his system nad been seen to be wearing out. He died as he lived, quietly. Mr. Mec- Kinnon was born at Balderson in 1846. He was married to Elizabeth Millar in 1870 and in 1878 settled at Snow Road, where he resided for over forty years. He was councillor for a number of years and was reeve of the 'township of Palmerston and Canants this t year. n to mourn his loss his widow, two sisters, Mrs. J. J. Mac- g of Fallbrook, James and Hugh, Kenoma, Ailta.; Mrs. W. J. Richards, Calgary; Mrs. John Lee, Lofield, Alta.; Mrs, Percy W. Johnston, Leduc, Alta.; Mrs. Florence and Edith at home. The funeral took place on Sunday afternoon to the Presbyterian church thence to Crawford's cemetery. Rev. Mr. MacMullen officiated. The pall- bearers were his five nephews Peter and Alexander McDonald, Thomas H. Millar, John D. Millar, James E. Mil lar and one son Chapies of Fallbrook. . Died in Local Hospital. And the manner of saving is simple -- we give you a stamp book, ., and with every cash purchase you make stamps are given these in your book, and you will be surprised how Rly you will be able to fill it, if you concentrate your purchasing here. Once you purchase at the Steacy store you will realize that the "merchandise stamps' are a matter of 5% clear profit for you -- be- cause at Steacy's you get "Better goods for the same money or the same goods for less money than elsewhere.." - . Paste QUALITY FIRST -- ALWAYS © STEACY'S "The Woman's Store of Kingston" Dainty Pork Home Made .. .. .. New England . . .. Sausage 20¢ LitlePig.... , "" 1. "ae $8 ss se sel sun BAKED BEANS hc Plain or with Tomato Sauce ... 2for The Wm Davies Co.Ltd. Phone 597 Harry Glover, Rosedale, B.C., and |}