Vimy Ridge or Whist S\ and Dance, Pulp Mill Hall, April Canadian Legion, B.E.S.L.., Dryden branch. Tth, under auspices More details next week. VOL. XI. DRYDEN, ONTA THE COLUMNIST Ear] Hutchinson's Speech In Ontario Legislature Delivered in House March 9th. There is one thing that econ-| tinually amuses me--the apathy of people. Amd in that amuse- ment, I condemn myself. I should not treat such tragi-comedy with levity. Some weeks ago, I tried to fire the heather with the danger or jeopardy to this electoral seat. A member cut off from the Province is itself not so bad. because certainly the Ontario Legislature could stand a lessen- ed House and still function. But I thought, and still think. Why pick on us? We have a small population, but a large area, that is net served by connecting railways. We have something like one Euclid's definitions, 1 which; anyhow, the one about straight lines, that go on and on. and never meet each other. Iorget I tried to forsee the member travelling around the country visiting his constituents. I awakened a little interest, 'because a handful of people spoke of it to me. To be frank. not all agreed with my views. some said, proving my opening remark: "What does it matter to us?" Others thought that the Parliament should be smaller, and why should we expect privi- lege. In all T heard, no one visualised the diffieulty and trouble to the member, and when this was brought to their attention, condemned the whole] thing to Hades. An effort was made by one of | the Boards of Trade, to get all} of these bodies situated in the] Constituency fo take up the matter, but 1 am concluding that nothing will happen there. As one Board of Trade said, "We try and keep out of poli- ties." There is no one to ring the toesin, or send around the fiery cross. A year or so from now, there will be a lot of grumbling; just mow, a cosmic apathy. (Please Mr. Printer, do not spell this "comic."') The mouthpiece of one res- ponsible body, said something like this, "Why bother the Govern- ment, it knows better than we | the province do? It will be a wonderful privilege to serve such a glorious! constituency. There is our mag-| nificent air equipment, and dis-| tance is nothing any more." With the slightest encourage-| ment, I might have made 2a somewhat stronger effort to en- list public: opinion, but this] takes money, and I have none, and anyhow, there was no gush- ing spring of pure water to tap, the flood was muddy at its source. Apathy and indifference are expensive things to combat. I think we are all tired. We have spent our money on so many futile things; money with which we might have paid our debts, and not be penniless in our old So we are not able to age. fight the inconvenience, the suffering, the inefficiency, that will be caused us by' the Redis- tribution Bill. Anyhow, what the odds, we are all on Relief anyway, or else 'so near it, because Relief ac- counts are not being paid in a 'business way. Yesterday, I saw a March cheque for an October account, according to the man for whom I cashed it, and who was mighty glad to get it. So. why bother? We shall have the kind of | this country lies member we deserve. Possibly a Mr. Speaker: At the outset, I desire to ex- tend to you, sir, my congratu- lations and good wishes as the presicing authority in the House for another session. While not always agreeing with your rul- ings, I at least am happy to abide by them thus far and trust that the usual harmony will continue to prevail. 2 I regret the absence, through illness, of the Premier and the Treasurer as I personally regard them chief ranking officers in administration. 1t has said that, in addition to bee n as the the arduous duties that the pos- itions they oecupy eall for, that unjust eriticism has added an r burden. All public men >» fit subjects for criticism and | to | few relish it, yet, I venture say, nothing in this world is so sustaining to good morals as critieism. for the those at criticism then whom such is leveled will become | stronger in the eyes of the pub- lie. On the other hand. grounds do exist, then criticism only warns of approaching dis- aster or danger. While on the subject of eab-| inet overwork and anxiety let me point out that if such exists, | several, at least, of the ministers] may easily reduce their work] by resigning from directorships| they hold now other concerns. are time service. least, co-operate with the honourable member from Brant (Nixon). I desire to thank the Minister of Education for the assistance and sympathetic attention that has been given by that Depart- ment to certain very distressing conditions which prevailed in some sections of my district. I fear for the future, however, should a policy of rigid economy and cuts in annual grants be applied to all requests and trust that the same special attention may be given in the future as| | in the past, where such becomes i necessary through economic con-| ditions. It must be remembered | that the hope for the future of in its school | population and those children's education bows only to the need for proper nourishment and care in the building of healthy bodies. | As a matter of fact, I feel those | three conditions march, hand in| hand, as a first need. Too often, we are prone to] forget these things which have] been accomplished and overlook | them in our haste to get on to the conquering of present and future needs. In this regard, I well off man, that will make a!. spectacular pre-nomination trip in an airship, and then another one, just before election. He will have no difficulty once elected, because never seeing him, and knowing him, we can find no fault. Of I offer the alternative of a man that can travel around hy railway pass, but who will have to billet wherever he goes. like the old Methodist preacher. He will do this once a year, and his popularity will depend upon his appetite. And T see signs and portents of an Election this year. BE SURE AND SEE OUR SELECTION OF Moderately. FROM 5c to $1.00 The Hates | Phone 69 DRUGS --- PRESCRIPTIONS Films Toilet Goods -------- EASTER NOVELTIES | Made from the finest quality chocolate and priced so 0) SI) E- ) EE )ED) SE) SH) SE SS) SN OS. ( Drug Store -- Stationery -- Etec. | years the density of traffic will If there is no ground! if} | three years that I feel a new in industrial or| The people of] paying full] In this point at| 1 can entirely agree and| am reminded of an epoc-making eévent for the Kenora district, namely the opening of the Mani- toba-Ontario section of the Trans-Canada Highway. That event was celebrated on July 1st and attended by appropriate ceremonies. The splendid isola- tion of the ages has been broken and the people are thankful True, much work remains to be done on the Ontario end of the road in re-alignment and redue- tion of grades but, never-the-less, much auto traffic came into Kenora and very greatly aided certain businesses. I am sure that the visions of those who first advocated the road will be turned to realities and in a few equal that which prevails on many of our eastern highways: provided, of course, that the threatened financial collapse is not of long duration. The people of Kenora district wish to thank those responsible in the Govern- ment for this improvement to our transportation system. The word "depression" has been used so much in the past expession should be used. We have been told so often that good times were just around the corner that I have come to the conclusion those who used the phrase thought we were all living in a round house. But when one recalls the promises made in 1930 by all of those who supported the Tory effort at that time, I suggest that we should in all fairness call these economic conditions "Bennett Prosperity."' Was he, Premier Bennett, not going to end unnemployment? By "red blooded Canadianism" we were going to establish our- selves before all the world as the conqueror of economics, blast our way into the markets of the world, but someone must have stolen the dynamite as happens occasionally on the N. D. B. road work. To my mind the Dominion Government (and this Govern- ment must accept an equal res- ponsibility as they all aided in the election of 1930) has pre- ceeded in the wrong direction. They have blundered along on a partly mapped course, starting with wage cutting and tariff rising (which means increased taxes) the ignoring of existing | fair wage acts and every move | | made has resulted in decreased | purchasing power. That, in! turn has lessened the demand] for farm products and lowered] the prices of them, but those in| control of distribution of farm produce, recognizing the inevit-{ able result of lowered purchas-| ing power, namely, less buying, ! cut prices to the growers in all! lines very early in the game and | have continued to do so until | now farmers are receiving less | for wheat, hogs, beef, ete., than] ever before. In many lines of farm produce, no market seems | to exist at all. As remarked tu: me by a very prominent grain man some three weeks ago, when | showing me a telegram that had] just come in, "one tries to be | optimistic but when you are] feeling fair, along comes another | jolt. like this.". The telegram | showed the weeks world wheat | shipments to have been approxi- mately thirteen million bushels] of which Australia sent nearly] seven million, Argentina three | million and less than three mil-| lion from all of North America | where the large surplus exists. | Bennett's 'Blasting' has ap-| parently back-fired. Prohibitive tariff walls, such | fin be Lm The Guild of St. Lukes will hold a Rummage Sale on Satur- day, April 22nd, in the Pulp Mill Hall. Sale opens at 2.30 p.m. : No. 12. LITARY ACTIVIT'S "OLD DRILL HALL Pacifists may mean tl League of S but the milit populace is stimulated by a Military Whist. curious that deservedly fa enterprise and eonvi a not have known the thrills an laughter pert i producing game | Friday, March 171 was offered : of those attendi tainment organized by the | PC. and the C though its arrival here is la it has come as a wonderful re- viver of the flag in life. Its warlk and martial and thrill to the well-won game of W i w thoroughly appreciated combatants. Very shortly after eight cach of the twenty-f with their clearly indicate provided, was 3 army of fouy determined tarists prepared i honour of their adopts to the last di----eard. Eo appointed its ecaptair captain, as the whis stle the "Advance,' ¥ of two with their flag flying to invade the country i his Secret Service list most vulnerable, only to himself invaded by an attae force from another country, and the first battle of the bloodless war commenced. The sounded the retreat. four armies returned to their own land, some to place before their captain the flags of the country they had vanquished others to report that, notwith- standing their heroic efforts, the 10or asec Aided rot asped dew eK Ei.a nis countrie nam d on the stand occupia 3 10 sent an indice as ford nag kin g #&.omy's resistance had - proved sufficient to withstand their on- slaught and that they had been unable to escape defeat, return- ing without their highly-prized banner. But, when a captain was able to display the trophies captured by him and his garri- son and at the same time, the] invaders handed him] the flags they had captured, the| | victorious returning army celebrated the event with riotous Again the 'advance' was heard above the shouts of the victors and the groans of the vanquish- ed, and again the invaders set out, this time to a different country, more determined than ever to capture the coveted standards. Thus the war was carried on until the ""cease fire" was sounded, when it was found that Mr. and Mrs. Gus Hohn, Mrs. Hadley and Cyril Wright, who had been defending Greece, had the highest number of pen- nants (Catholies please pardon) | to their credit and were award-| more substantial prizes | of two tapestry runners and two | The unluckiest | ed the cigarette boxes. | country represented was Bel. | ginm, defended by Miss Sfreddo, | Miss Bowen, F. Colliss and Carl Christensen, who received the consolation prizes. It was quite amusing to notice the struggle of the contestants | before the war commenced to] occupy seats at the table rep- resenting their native land. There was only one casualty noticed by our observer when| John Benson erashed to the! | floor, having been let down hy | his support. The latter appear- ed to have the greater claim to be listed as a casualty as John was able to go into action again | immediately with another chair. The hostilities recounted above; as exist in Canada now, must| oo under the able direction lead to decreasing traffic on the | railroads. Our railways are] quipped to handle freight tonnage | in very large quantities but dve! mainly to the setting up of trade | barriers in the form of high! tariffs, we have now little ex-| port business to haul, with the result that we have less men em-| ployed on the railways than for | lowers purchasing power. Let me digress for a moment (Continued on Page 2) to answer an attack made last§ session on wages paid railway|g of Mr. J. Ernewein who had | made the name stands, the whole | certainly reflecting to his credit. Upon truce being concluded | Claire Ernewein in attire of ap- propriate color, appeared on the stage to announce the various | items of a programme which was so good that each one is | deserving of separate mention if many years which in turn, again | the worthy editor has sufficient Withrow, dressed in tolleen's costume first vith nimble feet an inued on Page 3) J | ness and burial of their beloved | whistle | Twenty- | "CONFIRMATION AT ST. LUKES March 19th, the Keewatin confirmed candidates at our ning Service. The following ; nfirmed : . ssdan mes M. The monthly meeting of the W. I. will be held on Friday, March 31st. : : * * #* Last Sunday, I sishop urieen Mrs. Howes and Miss Reid will hold a joint recital in the basement of the United church on Mareh 25th a:'2 'pm. A cordial invitation is extended to of Brisson, M. E. everyone interested to attend. Sherwood, Jessie Hodgkinson | ®, mon E. I. Petch, Misses Isabelle Nor-| Easter Lily Rebekah Todge gate, Margaret Ray, Lilian A | will hold their Annual Whist hella Alice Rose Batchelor. | Drive and Dance on Monday, Messrs C. Petch, Frank Olsen, | April 17th, in the Pulp Mill C.P Junior), Herbert Watt. Hall. Proceeds in aid of Dryden 'es Browne and Frank G.|Red Cross Hospital. S. : * * * Ihe care of the lady confirm- Two rinks of local curlers are es was given to Mrs. W. D.: planning to play Keewatin Sat- Maunse nd Mrs. Gibson. This | urday on Kenora ice. ma akes a total of | Rh = seventy under my three years Mrs. H. Foulis, D.D.GM. of nistry. the Order of Easter Star, paid shop Dewdney, preached an official visit to the Chapters both services to al at the Head of the Lakes last vas full to capacity. | week. Rev. W. M. Clarke, KENORA MUSICAL FESTIV AL SUT REE Mrs. Martin has returned from Montreal where she was sum- moned on account of the illness ph 2 of her mother who later passed Teng x F tes... 8 th Renota) away. The sympathy of every- - rN stiyal fave "now sect ione is extended to Mrs. Martin BY sth, 25th and 26th, | jy; her sad bereavement. Mr. Bernard Naylor oi] Winnipeg will adjudicate. The -losing date for entries has i. POLICE COURT NEWS been extended to April 15th | Mike Slatto of Ignace appear- Entry forms may be obtained] ed before Magistrate Pronger rom the Seeretary, Mrs. N. w. |! Saturday charged with having liquor in his possession which was not obtained from the Liquor Control Board. He was found guilty and fined $300 and sentenced to three months in Kenora. Card of Thanks Ado Gummeson and family aerson, wish to express the heartfelt] ;25) and in default of payment gratitude for the friendly sym-|,, additional three months | pathy, service and flowers re- ceived by them during the ill-| DALMORE Hotel MAIN STREET--KENORA European and American Plan. A quiet hotel for quiet people. Everything of the best at moderate charges. Managed by the Owner. wife and mother Helen Gumme- son. Mr. R. Johnston returned Saturday from Brandon, Man, where he took in the Fair and | fat stock sale. /. a) MATINEE 2 pm. Saturday 15e¢ - 25¢ Friday and Saturday This Week JOE E. BROWN in hilarity. | "FIREMAN SAVE MY CHILD" One of the best comedy pictures we have ever shown. Don't fail to see it. Added--Cartoon Comedy and two reel Musical Number. Prices 25¢ & 35¢ Evenings Monday and Tuesday Next Week BRITISH PICTURES ALL WEEK A NIGHT in a LONDON MUSIC HALL Singing, dancing and everything. 'Tons of Money," an extra good British feature comedy. Prices 15¢ & 25¢ Evenings SPECIAL- Three days--Thursday, Friday and Saturday "SUNSHINE SUSIE" The greatest musical comedy ever made, positively don't miss this picture. SPECIAL--First Mickey Mouse Cartoon in color. Will you tell us how you like "Flowers and Trees' and "Babes in the Woods." Prices 25¢ and 35¢ Evenings. COMING-- 'CAVALCADE" May 11th, 12th, and 13th. # 0) OEE GEE (ER OEE OED O GE OTE WED) EE () EER (CWE (en CHECKER CHOCOLATES BY PICARDY 1 pound for 50c | | | And FREE--A CHECKER PUZZLE 16 pieces -- average time 3 hours. "It's a dandy." : ; Although the new tax of 10% on Toilet Preparations is in effect now, No increase will be made by us at present. This will be your opportunity to stock up at the low prices. Dryden Pharmacy Ltd. Prescription Specialists TELEPHONE 3 DRYDEN, ONT. OS O_O O_O (GO SOS (SO G_ -S_D OS_( x Ts aw a ama A OEE (ER (SEED (6S (GED ON (EER (GED (GED (GDS ED OEE (J