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Gil ganer WILL BRING SMILES AT HOUSE CLEANING TIME-- The powerful suction of this Vacuum Cleaner will bring dirt, while its motor driven brush ded out all the imbed- will reruove all the tracked in mud. Your spring house cleaning will be Letter From 'heen a perfect flood of petitions laid upon the table recently, from churches and other or- ganizations, relative to the proposed Temperance Act Amendments. A com- mon form has been the reques that the government "make no change in the Act except such as will strengthen Br to judge, now that the bill hag been introduced, but the Government is con- vineed, and most people will agree, that the numerous provisions of the measure brought down by Hon. W. F. Queen's Park TORONTO, March 21--There has) of the Legislature! It is for the House and Public' sive Leader, unexpectedly and in viola- tion of an arrangement between the leaders, introduced on Tuesday an amendment to the budget motion, he not prepared for. the debate goes over until next week. | The immediate outcome was to bring: down upon Mr Reaney's head the first real attack to which his group has been subjected this session. Thing have been going pretty smoothly. The con- servatives had refrained from mention- the Peter Smith case, and it re- mained for his former colleague to re- vive the 'whole controversy centering about the Home Bank secret commis- sions. Mr Reaney in his amendment 'ook the remarkable course of moving ing started something, he probably was: One result is thai: A Word of Cheer|G¢t Ready For From Tietsin, China - Spring Work We have a full line of Farm Machinery Implements, Etc. The DE LAVAL Cream Separator will prove a money- Will you please accept my the favours you have extended thanks for many to me in the past which I can assure you I have deep- ly appreciated. If at any * * time it lies in my power to advance the interest of your company, you may rest assured that I shall have great pleasure in doing so. |g shortened by many hours, as well as Hidtle oh Thursday will 20/2 long way | censure upon the Public Accounts Com dl Id | moler In your Dairy : : toward removing some of the farical mittee of last year for "failure to male : , being more thorough as the Vacuum features of the Act and restoring re- adequate investigation" of the commis- i ---- ll HY, S00 2 . / spect for law and order. In moving | sion. It must be remembered that Mv f . pug . Cleaner z ets the dirt you do not see. @rst reading of the bill, the Attorney- Reaney himself was a member of the The Mutual Life A COAL OIL STOVE > General said: i but Sty oo Assurance Co of Canada|has become a summer =~ "Broadly speaking, the principles 2 1 > = i - ee > od District Agent. . t £ a i undarlaying the measure are these, Manning Doherty, B. iH. Hemp, ane FRANK M. necessIvy, 0) its con- +. 4 A. G. RIPLEY'S 1 The Government thinks the time ha: other members of the U.F.O. group did take an active part in the com- ae «| Venience, cleanliness & come when we should get away fromj = PIER ed . @ DRYDEN. = 2.0% + =» = ONTARIO mere theoretical principles and meet i os Ri A efficiency. : EE BSI eS RS TR amiss ~ ase. cic ont this problem as a practical problem in Topor > we a 0 i iy ES 5 sound, common-sense way. In the} ouse on ihe clogng tay 0 ant som sion. So obviously was the amend- Necessary at Spring Time: Canned Peas, Corn, Spinach, Cabbage, and Sauerkraut are not only appetizing foods that debate on the Address I said the pre- sent limitation in the O.T.A. was arti- ficial, onerous znd certainly not scien tific. The Government feels that in- creasing the alcoholic content from 2% proof spirits. to 2% absolute alcohol by volume is in the general interest ous occasions, the Government has of temperance, and as I said on previ- meat a political move, that even Beniah Bewman and Leslie Oke, U.F.O. mem- bers, rose on Thursday and declared they would vote against it. Mr Oke, who is member for East Lambton said: "1 cannot feel that all the blame can be attached to one administration and Come and see our lines SPRINGS and MATTRESSES The product of The Globe Bedding Coy. I3UILD A FIOME| THIS YEAR This is a safe and sure investment We have a full stock of LUMBER AND ' J * Kk Xx» . 11 to lbeen filled with alarm at the rapid let the other go scot-free. Any sus- BUILDERS' SUPPLIES are easily prepared for the table, but their ! Pwr oy extension of whiskey and alcohol drink picion naving arisen, Mr Drury shouid{ x; : : Therefore, while tha have been on the alert. This amend- We can compete with any E $ A. KLO KE mineral salts have a true medicinal value that cleanses the system of many of its impurities. Phone No. 49 ing in Ontario. Government respects the principle of the Act in sale, making it an offence aleohol in beer does not make the the Government takes the responsibil ity of submitting an amendment to the Act to permit regularity of such sale. "Wy desire much is to get away #rom of the hypocrisy that has to sell liquor that is intoxicating, the, Government is of opinion that 2%. beverage intoxicating, and therefore ment would relieve the treasurer of the late government of all responsibility. 1 was a member of the public accounts committee and sat through all the ses- sions, and I know of no instance where anything was held up or not gone into. (Applause). Thea mendment is more for political purposes than to get to the bottom of what has happened. an Upon the same evening, E. Proulx " (Lib., Prescott) said he did not see how he could vote for the amendment, unless it exhibited some real desire to MAIL ORDER HOUSE WITH BETTER GOODS We handle only the best lines. Boe > Dry Goods Groceries Boots and Shoes Hardware and Farm Produce Frost & Wood and Cockshutt impiements Vancouver, B.C. : CANADA CEMENT | A List of a Few of our Agencys' M. J. CROSIER Indian Lake Lumber Company Manitoba Gypsum Co'y., Ltd. Inter-provincial Lumber Co., Ltd.! General - Merchant, Osaquan, Oatario. / (Plaster) § OXDRIFT, ONTARIO he characterized the administration of Beaver Board Company, Ltd. : : s , {temperance legislation, not only in this Fe-0Pen the investigation and bring§ : ; , , Tax Pool Roo Is Live Stock Tr ain province but in other countries. You new evidence before the committee. fi Rubberoid Roofing Co y- Ld. . 1 3 ORONO, TS 21s Thing A { trac ting Crow ds nat Leash the Ude beck with » Personally, he was a member of the Dryden DE Limited ANDERSON & il ARRIS cussion of minor bills in the legisla- : broom, but sometimes, if you can somite and . thought its work - {Dui ding Paper 3 - ture, Premier Ferguson announced that | First six stops average nearly 1,000 |catch the tide at the ebb, you may 0 finished, Hartford Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. F UNER AL 0 | RECTORS it was hoped that by next session the cachi--Ahead of 1924. an extent control it as it rolls in; and | Me Reaney's speech had been care- BETTER BUILDINGS Taw Revision Commission would have | Toronto Globe--Judeing from the first} I believe to-day, i we have wise: fully prepared and typed. There was i o Law Revision C a ~Fuiy 2 Vy: 2 ; y 2 avs ay or Night Calls Promptly " completed its work and that sugges- week's results, it liiks as if the present temperance legislation and the co-op Just one thing overlooked. After be- Attended to tons would be received from rauni- |run of the Better Live Stock Train will | eration of the province in the admin-§ ing forced by the Speaker to withdraw : : " ' cipalities on the Municipal and Assess- be .the most successful of three we istration of this law, we will obtan a on objectional phrase used in regard J, 11 or 0 0 PCHONE-- . ment Act. : have started through Ontario." Letter temperance spirit than prevails to Hon. Mr Price, provincial treasurer, "Jay, 62 R 2: Night. 62 : ; re. al . Ontarir," stated to-day when coercion and compulsory { Mr Reaney naturally omitted sore Dryden, Ontario. : 2 4 gag, R4 The Premier also - announced the (have started through Ontarir," state ny : i od to : i a Hove nnrent iil bat alow munlelpsl $ 5x W. Wade of the Live Stock Branch abstinence have mad, in many coun- ipnguage of the same kind he hadf _. ee ue : = fos fo Som rivets Tartuiation in the "But, of course," he continued, "it | tries where the people are against the jj farther along in the prepared speech, - ROBT SWE ENEY : ; ee pa his is the best]!aw, almost a rebellion against law and hut forgot of inform his newspaper H ° ouise of public bills: ought to be, because this is the 2 ; : \ j $ ih ii special we have sent out yet, and the j order in the broad acceptance of thejorgan in Toronto, and that faithfulf¥ A.J 0G ARDINER Bi "General Blacksmith a i a Gh pant reas, srees, something new, are attracting term." newspaper reproduced the full text, > i IL I Vs snd 201 ot cme, Sale of the so-called 4.4 beer is to| including tome interesting passages General Merchant, {| Agents For- vineial taxation of pool and billiavd§_ =. o. . be more restricted th forcasted. | not uttered in the H A striking § 3 PA : , TEN TD : : Csi ; Y i "15,900 Visiters-- & more restricted than was forcasted. | not uttered in tne rouse. striking { i i AG LE RIV 1D it. Lis . ee ad Ho hi or ng: the During the first six stops between It will be sold on a dual permit system { feature of the debate was that William § % ' Massey Ha ris < privilege of taxing t:2m Lo e muni- : 'ho 1 rd to the indi idualit £8 Dinle ~ Fast Si \ y q Agent for > Pe - ¢ wi Cobourg and Picton, 5900 people having regard to the individuality of § Finlayson, (Lon, Las Simcoe), who{¥ @ @ sipoliffes, visited the train, roe idng to Mr|the applicant and the nature of the{had been away attending the funeral i Trost & Wood IMPLEMENTS. § | Imple ments The Premier: introduced a hill A Wade, with the biggest crowd, about [| premises. Its sale will be permitted, } of Senator, dropped into the House COCKSHUTT PLOW COY. £8. L arb on R em d provide for the appointment ot ai; r500 coming on at Picton. This is?in the words of the Attorney-General, | mn time to hear part of Mr Reaney's "ox nA ; ove Deputy Minister 0 Ith and another , much better showing than that made in standard hotels and well - conducted § speech. At its close, he immed ately §/# Sharple's Cream Separators, i from C lip d e g to provide that ou municipaiities | 1upine the first week of last year's restaurants and cafeterles, for con-{ "ook the floor and without preparation, RAW FURS BOUGHT & SOLD. § | : y rs - assist neighboring municipalities Mm op ang it looks as if the record at-] sumption on the premises and by genu- except for the fact that he-was chair-| i ay Jo ri aS | by education costs when children go 108 .nqance of 53,000 during the whole | ine grocery stores for delivery. It§man of the public accounts committee | B22 EE = : A q : the school of a nearby place. 1924 tour, will be beaten. will not be sold to those under 18-years | last yar, began a smashing reply which / rcety ene Burning A ; of age. As had been anticipated, the | was not concluded until adjournment {immediately prior to an clection, and? === Zuma nam Se number of prescriptions for liquor for jof the debale Wednesday afternoon.jmoney handed over to a Liberal whom Ne asi EE which a doctor may issue without com- | Mr Finlayson carried the war into} he appointed to office as registrar in § 3 ing under review by the license boa.l Africa by pointing out that while Mrj this city. I suggest when these mat- Dick T ri St is to be reduced from 50 to 60. In} Raney specifically condemned asfgiers are heard and the House and addition, the board may prohibit any "improvident?" the Ridout transaction country are satisfied as to these facts, i de : druggist from supplying liquor on the of 1923, in which $100,000 was wasted | then perhaps the late attorney-general i rvden Liver y Transfer 4 prescription of any physician named. 1 in the placing of Treasury Bills in New § may come back and we may forget the an d Wholesale druggists in future must; York, the ex-attorney-general was him- § 'naccuracies he has been guilty of. I ; obtain this supplies from the license |self responsible for that very deal. Hef apologize to the House for bringing in Exchan ge Barn board direct. Among the drastic pro-| recalled that D. K. Ridout was a} the names of Mr Curry _and Peter visions of the bill is one setting a fine i Toronto insurance man, not a broker, Smith, but neither of these were men- B FE d of $5,000 in the case of a brewer con- Lut a close friend of the late J. Walter § tioned until Mr Raney attempted to A DRYDEN - ONT. 4 usy A a ¥Y wa re victed infringing the Act, and he may Curry; who though a Liberal had been § hide behind his late colleague." A : : : be required to give a bond of $10,000. {ending valuable support to Mr Raney There has been a curious tendency, ee Nes OG SHRRE Saat If a permit-holdren, orther than a in the Legislature. He came to the not so much in the House as on the i > i : brewer, offends, he is to be subject to Parliament Buildings and made an part of Liberal newspapers, to criticize | : : ; » | fine or imprisonment, without alter- offer, which was accepted, for $10,000- the Government because commercial | Sewing Machines ; : ! native, for a first or subsequent offence €00 of six-months Treasury Bills; concerns with which Geo. Ecclestone' G h x SiC ATES d 3 O OTS and upon a second offence his pre- placed the within a day or two, and (Muskoka) and Hon. James Lyons, ramop ones i - vat con ; mises may be closed for three monthz | rocketed $100,000. © - Mr Finlayson (Sault Ste. Marie) are connected, sold ; and 7 : 3 and placarded. On the other hand, a gested that somebody in New York goods to certain departments, as. : Il ess than Cost relaxation in the present law "which | ¢! ared another $100,000, while the shown by last year's public accounts. | Bicycles Repaired ELE CTRI C iL AM P S brought "Hear, hear!" from members ; Ty of Montreal was accustomed to The ole matter arose ciilefly by rea-. wo Stock-- = : of the House when it was explianed, is; handle such business for 164th of one son of Premier Ferguson's decision to SPRINGS & PARTS for POPULA to reduce from $200 to $50. the mini- percent. Mr Raney, the records shaw, ask all members to refrain from hav- MAKES OF GRAMOPH mum fine for "having or drinking" presided at the meeting of Cabinet ing business relations with the Govt.} = ONES. liquor in a public place. There have council which approved the deal, and; They are in on danger of disqualifi- § Largest Stock in the District of undoubtedly been cases of severe hard-- personally signed the order. Evidence ; cation under the law, thanks to an. BICYCLE PARTS AND SUPPLIES ship because magistrates had no op- l efore the public accounts committee , amendment to the Legislative Assemb- i Live a j tion in cases of technical or unwitting loter showed that Ridout had lent{yl Act which was passed, not under SOLDERING, BRAZING, WELDING § | infractions. Another change to avoid 1 alter Curry $3,000 in legal tender, Conservative Government but in 1879. j and 40 and 60-watt 29c. each _ Furniture . SIMMONS BEDS, SPRINGS bill, and Premier Ferguson has promis- 6! ed to give ample notice of the date. otot xehjoel,,a and them thme tthin' When W. E. Reaney, K.C., Progres- s toll-gate and see what has became REPAIR DEPARTMENT ¢ the $200,000, and explain to the ot ' avoid'ng "appearance of evil" in future and they have agreed, although in one case it is quite a serious commercially. discrimination against those who have vithout security. Mr Finlayson closed ! This exempts members who hold shares LIGHT MACHINE WORK. ittle means is found in extension of {lis part of his speech in these words: in incorporated companied. What has an Ee and M ATTRESSES : the time allowed for appeal from a «The Ridout transaction was father- happened now is that the Prime og mpg SH ARPEN = : magistrate's judgment in an O. T. Ac} and authorized by the late attorney- § Minister has called upon members, not- § ED-- action, from 10 to 20 days. Debate neral, and he must be responsible withstanding the protection of the Act, | --nind--= & VY 13 e YS will come upon second reading of the it. Tt is up to him to investigate | o observe the intended spirit of it by Send Your Work to ; none. Durance Hardware it tt ONTARIO Tiouse and Govt. why this money was thrown away and this fund created