|g . few days that I would write have been going er, to press the five day week, ® tical, he pays no attention to me. THE NEWSPAPER SERVICE OF THE DRYDEN DISTRICT | E, COVERING THE TERRITORY BETWEEN FORT WILLIAM ! AND KENORA. VOL. X. DRYDEN, ONTARIO, JULY 29th, 1933, THE COLUMNIST I have been thinking the past seriously this week, and if I g around pre oceupiedly, with shoulders hump: ed, and cutting my best friends, it is because of weighty cogita- tions a 1 KENORA, July 25--Now that My wife asked me at break. the new highway to Winnipeg fast yesterday morning, what I 1s open for traffie, and an un- should like for dinner, and I ending stream of tourist-laden' said most absent mindedly,; aid business driven autos are "Bennett." | passing steadily in both direc- oy : tions, other changes incidental You have guessed it, my ) ? ehang to the situation have occurred. The prineipal one, so far as Dryden and district is concerned : is that a number of camps have The newspaper columns are heen closed down and their crews full of it, the 'air has it, and are being rapidly transferred to editorial writers by the score,|the sections east of Kenora, and pass varied opinions. Mainly are resuming work in the direc- there is guarded optimism, no'tign of Vermilion Bay. one lets loose with prophecy, and] While the important. highway all the most confirméd pessimist from the Lake of the Woods t can say, is that things will be Fort Franeis is by no means be- bad, if nothing comes of the ing neglected, it will be wel- Conference. 2 come news to your readers that Users of theme is: The Imperial Conference, # % flowery Empire are gathered at Ottawa. ada as far east as Dryden (ag IT am afraid I am not a herg reported in the Observer a few worshipper. 1 have, from time weeks ago) is being energeti- to time, met some of these best cally given effect to, and no brains, and seen them badly effort is being spared to hasten rains, v n Iy : ! fuddled 'Piddle-de-died,"' ig' construction of this section as an expression of one of my dear fast as circumstances will per-! old Scotch friends. mit. re | I read that some three thous: Undue optimism, however must! and farmer members, were re.| Pe tempered with some apprec- | fined an interview oh wag)lation of the immensity of the I é ¥ 3 } : V ald Xs a tactless, and I notice that Cana- i - Insane dian Labour per so, has no veal{ 2272 han hilly miles of ogn. er RL Re Cl hioh | Struction between Vermilion Bay] or official representation, which Sn thal Bier wh he Py! is indicative of one sidedness. : apt pom ore 1m Lag Apparently, the two pallia- Francis highway branches off! a ih aid through country made somewhat Tor aa bn ara J difficult by innumerable lakes pression will be adjustment of a 2 : Ca tariffs, and a common Empire} great stretches of rock, the CONSTRUCTION CAMPS GATHER ON HIGHWAY TO DRYDEN Road Through to Kenora, and Winnipeg May Be Expected in Little Over a Year. 'language the promise of Hon. Wm. Fin. say that the best braing of the laysonto extend the trans-Can- take time for its accomplishment. Considerable stretches of the: 'right-of-way were cleared and partly built under the unemploy- "ment relief plan of last winter; but the real heart of the prob- 'lem rests in the financial diffi-' | culties that all governments are facing these days. No enginesr-! iing question now remains to be! lsolved; the necessary equipment! iis on hand; and all the ! power needed is available in un-! paralleled measure. And yet the' 'administrative courage required to go ahead with the undertak-! ing is considerable. But we face the future with 'h ihope in our hearts and in a spirit approaching optimism. For the eyes of Canada and the world the these days centred on Ottawa, where history iz in the making and a new dispensation for this Dominion and the Brit. ish Empire is being evolved, When that opening chapter has been written across the pages of time, a new period of prosperity and progress will open for this country, out of which ¥ developments now in econtempla. tion will take definite shape, bringing to every Canadian com- munity its share of the general benefit. The extension of the trans-Canada to, and even he.| yond Dryden will thereby be ex. pedited, and the expectatio riding in our own cars fo Ken. ora and Winnipeg by the fall of 1933 no longer seems to he an of vets. Twi thie mach ie building of this highway will extravagant one. hoped. . SN Tixeuse a seeming irrelevant SUCCESSFUL MUSIC| ANNOUN CEMENTS digression, but official labor of the United States, has asked an interview with President Hoov- POPS | | M. V. Bartlett passed sucecess- fully in the Toronto Congerva-' tory Examinations, held recently in Dryden: and six hours work a day. I hope I am wrong, and have missed it, but I see no hint of this kind of discussion on the agenda of the Empire Confer- Ti Mary J. Humphreys Ist C. ence. If I am right, I cannot Honours; Barbara Humphreys bring thig into my article, I rule Honours; Eileen Wigle Honours; myself out of order, and so 1€88Y Armstrong Honou Iu must talk of tariff and money, 18Y B, Wood Honours; Alice and because I never had any Arete Honours; Marylyn' money, to tall of, am left with Wilson Honours; Joyce Winter- Saritt , bottom Honours; Dorothy Grif-| Now, I do not suppose you fith Pass; Vivian Wiece Pass; care a hoot for my opinion, but Mona Proudfoot Pass. I think tariffs, are unethical ! ] Bal» i unchristian, and unmannerly. Prior to Mrs. Bartlett's depar- They should never have existed, ture for the coast, a number of but they.do. I stippose we must her pupils gathered at the home recognize them on the principle of Mrs. Hellem and held a sur. that if my neighbour slugs me Drize in honour of Mus, Bartlett. in the eye, I must try to kick In bidding her farewell, Miss him in the slats. Janet Reid on behalf of those The following pupils "of Moet "Silver--Star Chapter ~will hold) Legion Picnic Thurs, Aug. 4. . % = a» a family basket picnic at River-on Thursday, August llth. Cars will leave the Masonic Hall from 1.30 until 2 o'clock. ¥ % % under A Dance and Supper the auspices of Dryden R.B.P, No. 1222, and Britton L.O.L., No. 3121, will be held at Britton Hall on Friday Evening, August 12th. Everybody come. Admis- sion 4be, tax be, Keep August 5th open. Spend the afternoon and evening at the Garden Party on the Cathe. lic Church Grounds. » & eo The Snappy Five Orchestra will hold a dance in Dryden on Friday, August 5th, # * # Therefore, the! British Empire assembled, presented Mrs. Bart- is to pull itself together, by an lett with a beautiful gift of table adjustment of tariffs within it- linen. ; self, and winking audibly, the Conference sincerely hopes this | A Garden Fete will he held in the Sehool Grounds at Minnitaki August 4th" from 2.30 pum, Games, sideshows, stalls of fau- cy work, home-cooking, 'green will not be détrimental to the rest of the world. Said British, he Empire does néarly one-third ni' gn the earth's busidess,. The Unit- who loaned their ears fop the ed. States. manages well as one geeasion. : hurgday thanks to the folks boys started their camp' vegetables, ete. Tea, cake. and sandwiches, 'also coffee and hot dogs served 'at any time. Dance in the evening. ® ® ® territorial entity! with one-eighth. Deeg the United States wigh th the Conference to be a failure? 3 Ask your Grandmother! Her reply might be more diplomatic 31g than mine. ; e camp at any time during the peirod of camp, July 28th August 13th, Sunday, July t and Sunday, August 7Tth, !will be visiting days for anyone But cynicism apart. Why "ho care to see the scouts should not the British Empire iy ar oi I : ril intertrade customs free from' Thmsioy, Suamy 10, oil Rhodesia to the Irish Free State, be the day set apart for visitors just as California and the State © the cubs. of New York? : It is hoped that all members "There are no tariff barriers Of the committee will endeavour in the Union, why should therejto be present at the Scout" be in the Empire? Service to be held at 3 pa I hinted to Ottawa that I,Sunday, August 7th. Owing t¢ should speak at the Conference,| Various reasons, there are not 80 so far, IT have no reply. | many boys attending camp thig If Premier Bennett has any Year but it is not too late for fault, it is that he is so egotis. those who - could spend part | time, Soha ; * Notwithstanding this, with all! Seouting is a great event and > of you I wish the Conference 211 good scouts should take in annual camp if it can be naged. The cubs will leave camp on Monday, August 24847 stuceess. : I trust that co-operation and 22 good-will will bring temporary for betterment. So far, I like the Sth. spirit of approach. jmmsiend later. Mr. W. Moore- I hazard the guess, that Ben- house will be in charge and see nett in history will come out of that they reach their destination this, as' MacDonald and Laurier. | Safely. His is the opportunity of. des- tiny. Desperate conditions make ert amelioration of the condition nations amenable, and it is of the rank and file of mankind, therefore, his hour. will- come from tariffs. The 1: said temporary betterment,' connection of labor with. mach. because 1 meant it. No firme tnt is the sole solution, | the Whilst the committee can vigit Time of leaving will be! Dr. Alexander, Eye, Ear, Noge and Throat Specialist will be in Dryden Wednesday, August 10, Anyone wishing to make an ap pointment may do so at Drs 'Dingwall and Morison's office. TORONTO CONSER- VATORY OF MUSIC Mid-Summer Examination Results The following pupils of Mrs. J. W. Howes passed the examin- ations: Robert Foote, Elementary Piano, Honours 70; Emma Flem- 'ing, Introductory Piano, Honours 17; Gertrude Fleming, Introdue- tory Piano, Honour 74; Helen Nelson, Introductory Piano, Hon- tours 70; Marjorie Brown (Ignace {Ont.) Introductory Piano, Hon- ours 70. Normal School Results Dryden is justly proud that the five students who entered North Bay Normal School last year: have graduated and . are now ready tg enter the teaghing profession. The successful "can- didates are: Mildred Dean, Grace Gough, Nona Reany, Kathleen Wilkinson and Ronald J 'don't like it. TRANSCONA PLAYS AT DRYDEN | Spr. vil Bageball fans were two splendid games when Transcona, Champions of W bs Dryden and played th stars. The first game st with a nice erowd witness the éncoun went to the mound and Anderson did th Buss pitched good ball fo den and. would have game except for two er the outfield and a coupie of plays in the infield was on the mound 2 and pitched nie pretty it end. of the last i was 8-7 for Tran * good @ The second game began at o'clock and the fans turned in plenty to give their sv Woodsworth went to for Dryden did the receivin great ball and behind him. hurling for Goodman tl score was tie } € th eighth and Umpire Warren eall ed the game on account of dark- ness. The fang went home well pleased. Comments on the Game Andersen played good ball be. hind the bat, but do a little more talking -Piny. Barber pitched nice, hut we think he left this game at home, nice work Buss, Er We have seen Clemyp better ball, not at f the bat. 3 dR = > ¢ son play EL but at Better luck next time Red, The surprise of the day was the old war horse, Miller, on second. Niece work Joe. Sfreddo has played better ball. Don't say anything to the other right behind him, Upton pla Count old boy. je good but had tough luck when he got his eye cut open. Can't say he got it from the wife anyway, eh Milo. Elliott wa pt gout of hig place in the field and had tough luck with a couple of flies, tough tuck Eddie. good ball in I down at the bat. ie centre hut Keep trying Sfreddo played nice hall same as your brother. Nie Yarvoski played his first yea: Keep it u The fang e work Louie, nice ball for nior company. at first. Pep up Bert old boy. but the bo; -| Morison, | were Dresent at a special meet- fellow when he. misses, but get| in | left field, but take a little tip|[8 Berry has been in better form |] Woodworth pitched nice ball B got too big a lead|Z on him. Good work Bob. chasing him 'Feet do yo stuff. (Good geing Lorne. Manager Adair handled the teams very well. He was pl» ing ball when he went into bai for Kerney in the first game but he ecouldn't coms through, Toug luck Hughie, next game, when you have = outside team, so pep up the old game and move fast and I will give you the breaks. --Your very best supporter. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Parr wish to sincerely thank everyone for the generous assistance given them since their recent fire. I A Fh = 7 op afford fo neglect your or Yaa J. E. GIBSON, Agent C Whiteley. |. 8 li 4 i 4 Whiting made a nice hit when £8 he went in for Sfreddo, but as ES the coon said when the lion was fi Well boys I will be in for th SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING Mayor Pitt presided and Councillors Wilson, Bridgewater, Willard and Wright ing of the Council called last o.| Wednesday evening to set the ""itax rate for the Town for the year 1932. ; It is gratifying to learn. that , | in spite of the difficult year > Just passed, Dryden tax oi. has not increased, in fact the rate school rate has been reduced one and a half mills, The rates were set as follows: General rate 12 mills Dryden, School Rate 151% mills Wain- wri 10 ght, School Rate 191% mills. In view of no reduction being made in the general tax rate. it was 'decided to proceed with ix Water works extensions on Duke ui] Street and Myrtle avenue. rt | meeting then adjourned. The STRAND ATI INTRODUCES A FAMILY NIGHT For the benefit of large fami- iles, Manager Bailey of the Strand has arranged to have every Wednesday night "Family Night" at the show. On this evening every person attending the theatre will be admitted for twenty-five cents. This is only an experiment and whether or not this offer will be continued depends on' the response to dur- ing the next few weeks, OXDRIFT W. 1. The Oxdrift W. I. held their monthly meeting July 21st at the home of Mrs. Findlay, where a very pleasant time: was spent. Two interesting papers were read by Mrs. Browning and Mrs j- W. McTavish, also a demonstra- tion by Mrs. Coutts. . The meet- ing closed with the Institute Anthem, after which: the hostess served lunch. The next meeting' will be held August 18th at the home of Mrs. Devoe. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN I, WM. C. DAY do hereby state that my wife, MRS. IDA DAY has left me and been gone for several years and that IT do not know if she is dead or alive. I hereby advertise in the Dryden Observer that unless she writes to me within the next 30 days, I will consider she is dead. Dated at Upsala, Ont., July 23rd, 1932--Wm. C. Day. Mr. Robert Wachman and son Sam of New York arrived last week to spend some time out the Wabigoon Contact Bay Min- ing property. Capt. I. BE. Haight, ME, owner of producing mines in Idaho accompanied Mr. Wach- man to look over the Dryden area. Some preliminary work has already been started at the company's property here, Mu. Wachman states, and hopes to start work on a larger scale be- fore the summer ig over. A canoe party of six young men headed by Mr. Kirkland of Chicago arrived in Dryden Wed- nesday from Fort Francis via the Manitou and Dinorwie. From Dryden they were truc' ed and driven to Vermilion Bay whence they will return by the west route to Fort Francis. A son of Capt. A. D. George ci Fort Francis was in the party. Municipality of Machin All non residents of the Muni. cipality of Machin are hereby warned that unless weeds on their property are cut immediate. ly, said weeds will be cut and cost of same charged against the property. Signed John Murdick, : Weed Inspector, Municipality of Machin. SHORT SHRIFT The bandits who sacked a Mexican train are all adorning new graves to the number of more than twenty. © Lawyers obstructive demurrers don't get much of a break south of the i Rio Grande. | STR ch Playing Thurs., Fri. THEATRE & Sat CHARLES BICKFORD in "EAST OF BORNEO" A thriller of the south seas. 3 SHOWS SATURDAY _230--15¢ & 25¢. 745 & 9.15--Prices 25¢ & 40¢ tax included. Jomedy--* 'Out of Step': , MON, TUES. & WED. "X MARKS THE SPOT" A thrilling detective story that you will enjoy. Comedy and Variety. night so that everybody in . NOTICE-We are going to put on a special b able to see one of the greatest inventions of the age. ANY SEAT WEDNESDAY NIGHT ONLY 25c. argaln the town and district will be COMING "Society Girl' See this one. | COMING "The Unexpected Father" A belly laugher LAMBERT'S HAIR - GROTH A scientific, non-irritant germicide and Tonic FOR THE SCALP ERADICATES DANDRUFF STOPS FALLING HAIR PREVENTS BALDNESS 3 5 Dryden Pharmacy Ltd.