Volume V. Dryden, Oat. October 12th 1923 Number 19 Pianos AND J Remington Typewriters mA AINANS Sold by:-- Douglas Lane (Post Office Building) HENRI LARSEN PHOTOGRAPHER * kk First Class Photographic Work PORTRAITS Artistically Coloured Pictures 24-hour service on amateur devel- oping and printing. DRYDEN ONTARIO C. B. CAFE: {Opposite C.P.R. Station) Lunch Counter and Dining Room Meals served at any hour Cooking and Service unexcelled a) Clealiness & Quality Guaranteed 'COBACCOS, SOFT DRINKS CONFECTIONS CHAN BING Proprietor ater Bylaw Carry? EE Ew Brief Explanation to the Ratepayers about the contemplated Water Works FOR fourteen years, more or less, water works have been talked in the Town of Dryden, and now, for the first time, the ratepayers will be given an opportunity to vote upon them. 1t is impossible in this brief article to cover completely the arguments pro and con regarding water works; but the chief purpose is to stimuldte interest in the public meeting to be held Wednesday the 17th inst, where the fullest opportunity will be given to consider the whole matter. Improvements of any nature, progress of any kind, are always subject to criticism. Sometimes this criticism is well taken: and again, sometimes, the originators of any plan gain by the advice of their fellow citizens. In a properly ordered community all differences of opinion should be friendly. : Is the Council of the Town of Dryden well advised in its purpose to launch a scheme of water works at this stage: or, despite the admitted necessity, would the burden be too great for the Town to carry. There is no fire protéction in Town worthy the name; sanitation is getting desperate; the school and hospital are © without adequate fiushing. Should all this be allowed to drift, or should it be faced. As usual the air is filled with rumour, some baseless, and much of it ill-informed. = The meeting of Wednesday will attempt finally to clear this up. The electric light, the tele- phone, the public school, each in turn met with opposition. : Who would be without them today! This scheme, like the electric light and the telephone, will be self-sustaining. It is but one more stepping-stone in the Town's progress towards better living conditions, and all loyal citizens should rally to its support. : ALFRED ok ok ok kk PITT, Mayor | Editorial Note--The above article is a tnanimous expression of the minds of the Members of the Town Council. They are wholly agreed as to the advantages of the water scheme, and desire that it be given {full consideration as they believe it practical, and the best that can be devised. In your own interests attend Wednesday's meeting and get all the facts. Ask questions, and give your opinion. Here is an opportunity. Come and learn the reason why this scheme deserves your approval. ! Be a Sport! Lovers of birds as well as sportsmen © are asked to unite for the protection of | the small flock of English ring-necked pheasants to be seen down Barclay way. 1 Those birds, of wheh there are but a dozen or so, were hatched from a set- : ting of eggs sent by the government to Mr D. Frejd, for the purpose of stocking the country with this useful } game bird. Until they increse in num- bers sufficiently to permit of shooting,' they are the property of the govern- ment and are under specia protection. The penalties for shooting them are severe. For a couple of years or so, they should be allowed to multiply unmo- ested, fter which they will furnish sport as well as a rave table delicacy for all who can get a bag. The pheasants are about the size of a prairie chicken, the hens being of very simimlay grey plumage and hone to distinguish. The amle bird is vari- coloured, chiefly a rich brown on he! back, the under parts being of copper hue, with ever so any other colours showing. At present they are very tame and easily approached and would be easy marks for the unscrupulous gun man. But surely this appeal to common sense and fair' play should protect them, since they are intemnded for future sport, and a few shots now would wipe them out. | Be a sport. : ii i h Mrs S. B. Black, after a ore of about twenty-four years in Dryden, quietly sold her household goods, and left for the east Thursday morning to join her husband and family. 'They wil mamke their home on a farm close to Toronto for the future. A. J. Lock has gone down to Fort William to meet his wife on her return form England. 4) MORE TROUBLE ! Mary had a flivver, Twas one her brother gave her; Brother got the car from dad, Same old Ford that Grandpa had. When Mary climbed in her machine, ; She fed old Liz. the gasoline; Down the road a mile a minute-- Barney Oldfield wasn't in it. One day Mary disappeared, The whole durn neighborhood got skeered, They hunted low, they hunted high, They seached the earth, they searched the sky. They dragged the river to locate her: Do you s'pose the radi-ator? | pm to Mrs O. McCarthy, Eagle River, took i 20th at 5 a iid ; AE A AE RE Ea EO SUNDAY IN THE UNION CHURCH | NEW WORK OF SOLDIER SETTLEMENT A BOARD "The Soldier Settlement Board has now been placed under the Depart- ment of Immigration with the Hon. 11,06 a.m.--Public Worship. Sermon subject: "We build "pn the foundation." Children's Story: "How! i to do all things." Mr Robb as Minister. 2.30 p.m.--The Sunday School. Having now been recognized by the 7.00 p.m.--Evening Service. Sermon Minister of Immigration as the agency for directing settlement, the Board will no doubt be used as practically the only colonization agency in Can- ada. One of the first new duties of the Settlement Board is that of assisting to secure winter employment on farms. for upwards of 2000 of the British Immigrants who came to Canada this year to work in the harvest fields of western Canada. The field staff of the Board have been instructed to get in touch with farmers and others in their districts to find openings for their men, a great many of whom are experienced farm hands and excellent stockmen. Amn meets next Sunday afternoon at 3.30 opportunity is afforded farmers of in the church basement. At the|Securing a man for next year by hir- annual meeting of the class on Wed- ing him now, even though they may nesday evening, plans were laid to have little work to do throughout the widen out aleng the the Winter months. National Young People's Anyone requiring help should apply Movement. | at the office of the Agricultural Rep- On Sunday, the 14th, the topic for resentatice or communicate with Mr study will be "Israel, a Missionary E. A. Western of Port Arthur. subject: "The Circle." The people of Dryden must be com- mended' for their punctuality at the church services. The members of the Sunday School show the same disposi- tion to be on time, some of them com- ing regularly quite half an hour ahead of the opening time. The extra few minutes means much for the composing of one's self for the quiet of the period of worship; or the more active duties of the officer or teacher in the Church School. THE PLEASANT HOUR The Union Church Adult Class lines of Forward | Nation." See Exodus XIX 1-6; \ Fm Isaiah XLIII 9--11; XLV 20-22. FARMERS OF ONTARIO. SECURE YOUR FARM HELP ¥or Next Year! Should Jewish Rabbis and Christian Ontario Farmers may solve their ministers co-operate in religious work. | labour problems for next year by pro- Why has the Jew such a facination | viding work for one, of these men for many authors in our English lit- "during the winter months as general Was Israel ever poslly a, missionary people ? erature, for example: Shakespear, farm hand; as chore man; or at such Scott, Dickens, Browning and George special work as woodcutting, temming Elliot? ete. --=s | 11,000 * British Harvesters .came to M ARRI AGE : Canada this year to assist in harvest- ling our crops. Many of those men The wedding of Mr Alfred Rois, {oq 10. Toma i opportunities of winter employment are offered. For further information write or apply t to--ERIC A. WESTERN, Field Supervisor, Soldier Settlement Board of Canada. Address--Port Arthur, Ont., C.P.R. Roadmaster, Winnipeg, Man, place at Winnipeg on Thursday, Sept. o'clock in the afternoon. BIRTHS Jack King is back from the west. 0. Levinson, Kenora, was in town yesterday. E. F. Griffiths from Oxdrift spent a day in Dryden this week. end in Winnipeg. T. W. Thomson, Ignace, was here on business Friday. Mrs T. W. Thomson, of Ignace, is spending a few days in Winnipeg, Mrs Wilson, Osaquan, was a visitor to Kenora last week. Rev. S. N. Dixon spent Tuesday in Kenora. Miss Luella Crosier, Oxdrift, was in town Wednesday. Miss Alma Anderson was from Eagle River the other day. Hans Kellberg, Waidhof, is making great progress with fox farming. S. Taylor, Kenora, spent a couple of days in Dryden. Mr P. Rutter was down 5m Wald- hof, Tuesday. Miss Gertrude - Gangloff, Vermillion Bay, was shopping in town Saturday. Magistrate Kinney was down, from Kenora for a day last week. E. A. Brad, Wabigoon, was in Dry- den Tuesday. Mrs G. M. Gangloff, Vermillion Bay, was among Friday's visitors. Mrs Robt. Foote returned from her eastern holiday Sunday. F. M. Offer spent two days in Win- nipeg on business last week. Mrs Pitt returned Monday after a week spent at the head of the lakes. Miss Karn, from Eagle River, was shopping in town Monday. Miss May Spreng has left Waldbof for Ignace. Mr and Mrs Chas, Smith spent a few days of last week in Winnipeg. Bob and Bud Thomson are visiting their cousin Gordon Mackey. EF. Beverley Linden was in the city for a few days last week. Mr Grant Fowler is back from a long vacation spent in the east. \ J. 0. Gough made a husiness trip to Winnipeg last week. Harold and Miss Cora . Silver 'de- parted for the west, Wednesday. Mrs W. F. Kerney and daughter have gone east to reside. Mrs Tom Scott returned home on Sunday from a long holiday spent at her old home down east. down Mrs W. L. Thomson, Ignace, was the guest of Mrs Dan Wash for a few days. Miss Ethel Farr is back in the Busy Store, after a month's visit with her folks back home in the east. Miss Thea Jetmundson has returned to her home in Dyment, after visiting the "Misses Anderson. i Miss Clara Self has returned home from an enjoyable vist to Fort Wil- liam. Mrs Walter Turner returned home Sunday, after an extended visit in the west, and into the United States. Miss Bertha Neil left for Ignace, Tuesday, after spending a couple of months in Dryden. Mrs Dargavel, Fort William, was the guest of her sister, Mrs John Hardie, for a couple of days last week. P. J. Schoonenberg and his little girl spent a happy Monday seeing the} sights of Dryden. i Miss Jeanne Peterson has returned to Ignace from Fort William where she spent the last few months. Duty took provincial constable Hake 'down to Fort William, Saturday, to bring back a couple of delinquents. Frank Whitely has been put in { charge of Wainwright power plant, tand has moved with his family into, ithe new house the Company has huilt.} F. H. Sangster, Solicitor, etc., has taken up residence in Dryden, for the. practice of law. He will open up his: office within a few days. The Ladies Aid of the Union Church} announce an old-fashioned supper to. October, on the tenth anniversary of Church Union in Dryden. Mrs Walker, Barclay met the after- Magistrate Pronger spent the week | Pure Psychology | A Harvester Writes First impressions of an Englishman BE RE KENORA, October 8, 1923 The alluring announcement of 'high wages," and 'no experience necessary' which appeared in the English press did not mislead me. I have written advertisements myself. Canada want- ed harvesters and, incidentally, other large employers of labour wanted men also, and a well-written advertisement has worked the oracle, but the results wll be disastorous for many an am- bitous harvester and for those authori- ties who find them on their hands dl- most destitute. Grit and determination will help many in the Dominion to succeed and send others back te the Old Country with dollars in their grips. Personally I came in search of dollars, knowledge and adventure, and so far I have succeeded in all these issues and I have no shadow of griev- ance. Farmers I met in "Winnipeg smiled at the mention of high wages and acting on the advice of men of long experience, very reluctantly I decided not to attempt the harvest, much as I longed to see the vast wheatfields and mountain scenery of the west. I have seen wolves and wild horned cattle, and taken part in a bear hunt, ridden on a freight train and worked as a section man, all in one month, while the monotony of the bush was relieved by a little jour- nalism for home and the "Observer." I have seen practically nothing of Canadian city life and thus cannot dis- cuss it, but careful observation of life in a small town amazes and pleases me beyond measure. Where do you keep your ragged urchins, little folk made in the image of their Creator? I have asked the little ones that I have met if they have ever seen poor hungry children and they indicate the negative with a shake of their pretty masses of curls. This community has the appearance of an English mid- dle class district. In Spitalfields (London) Market I have seen two little fellows searching for half rotten apples. I saw a working man throw his lunch away and it was immediately pounced upon by a small crowd of boys who shaved it between them- selves with satisfaction / written on their pinched faces, this in the sum- mer. I have seen at Millwall, a little fellow suffering with hip disease, hobbling on crutches. He told me he had not seen a blade of grass in a field for five years. His story was horribly true and he came from a miserably poor but scrupulously clean home and by the kindness of a few friends we sent him to the sea for a month. I have seen also the hunger line of those who are waiting for a free meal of cocoa, bread and margar- ine. Make no mistake, this condition of affairs is not general, at the other end of the same city it cost a society woman a dollar in wages to alight from her car and pass to her drawing room, while another reports to the police the loss of a piece of jewellry that cost her $200.00 a week to wear. It'is a notorious fact that where pov- erty and destitution are, there the largest number of public houses exist and flourish, and while liquor may not be the sole cause of these scourges, it is a most important factor. Every social worker with whom I have come in contact agrees on this. England with Scotland and Ireland spends, just now, five million dollars daily on drink and quite recently a brewer told his shareholders that they would not have done so well hand not the unemployed spent much of their money on beer. This scarcely touches the fringe of the story of the housing of the poor, birth rate and infant mortality which I may deal on another accasion. Let me re- 'be held in the Church on Monday, 29th : | the world over. 'turn to scenes more pleasant, I have written of your prosperity and I look for that which is, the world over, the cause of poverty and privation; it is "not here. You are 'dry' and that by { the unmistakable voice of the people. ' None but crimnals can handle liquor j for beverage purposes. For years we have watched you from afar and that with wistful eyes. It has been my pleasure for years to tell thousands in the open air in London, of the , struggle against liquor in Ontario and Advance Canada! : Turn not back nor sheath your sword At Sunderland England, on Sept. | 21st, to Rew. and Mrs R. Wilson, a daughter. At Dryden, Ont., on Friday Septem- IF. iH. SANGSTER, ni Li Club, it is rumoured, has ber 28th, to Mr and Mrs Dan Wright, a daughter. At Dryden, Ont, on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 1923, to Mr and Mrs Ralph Hadley 'a/ daughter. clo Department of Agriculture. | SAA AAA Age i i BARRISTER, SOLICITOR NOTARY, etc. Inquire at:-- i i | DRYDEN HOTEL noon train from Kenora Saturday, to' till the liquor interest lies, an impo- take care of her daughter, Dora, who yo foe, at your feet, thus shall your i i upon in the hospital bonny children grow to a race of I sturdy men and women, and you will be waking the collossal struggle against the mighty forces of liquor and vested interest a little easier for us who are engaged in it in the "Old Country"'---George Fiddyment, Kingston on Thames, England taken the initiative in calling a meet- jing of U.F.O. Clubs in the district to : discuss the pulpwood situation. They will meet in the Central Hotel on | Thursday, October 18th. New Telephone Card-- Telephone users will be glad to know that a new Directory, bringing the numbers up to date, has ben issu- ed. The new card is the neatest and most convenient yet designed, with names alphabetically arranged and m= numbers in big, easily-read figure . Telephone users can get one gratis kb» applying to the office of A. Pitt, at the Square P Store. Beauty in Common Things-- The. west window of Dryden Phar- macy is an object lesson in what can be accompished with the simples materials. Against a background royal purple crepe paper with tas fully-draped cheese-cloth hangi.._ the goods on sale are given the most artistic possible display. Take = 1 =» at it from across the street, either . daylight or in he evening. -- The damage resulting from the chimney fire last week in the residence of D. Hutchison, has already been ad- justed for insurance, and prompt pay- ment made by the agent, Mr D. Lane. DRYDEN PHARMAC! We Expect Them This Week ! ! WHAT? Keep a close tab on our windows this week and next. Tie THEY WILL ANSWER THE QUESTION ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW QUALITY SERVICT in everything. to all COURTESY always dispensed. Dress Shoes ~ Boots Work Boots sk kK HORSE BLANKETS to suit all ve- quirements, from waterproof to stable Blankets. It will pay you to come in and look them over. Prices right! GLOVES, PULLOVERS, ETC H. WILLARD, Boot & Harness Repairer A ok kok full supply of Dr. 5:01 a Remedies always on hand A Ready FOR THE COLD SNAP * Rox Order Your vercoart now. All the latest Patterns and Styles - sreumrane--. COATS from $25.00 up * ok ok ok T. PROUDFOOT Tailor and Gent's Furnisher Get your Masquerade costume frou Tom Proudfoot or C. A. Burgess. Meantime don't forget there is an Orchestra Dance tomorrow night at © o'clock.