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It. seems like_ly that lighting problem win he acute issue between this ; cil and the Gas Compan: good. I’atianoe has be! good. Patience has as large a. virtue as our citizens. over thi ing bus ness They strong definite action t'OUncil, and that. rig] .\lr. loss told the deputation that lvg‘islzuiun restricting the traffic “ould bv brought in at. an early dam: that he must. consult his col- hagues as to that legislation, and lhvrel‘oru could not say at that mo- ment. what it would be. A day or two after the referendum vote. and before the returns were nearly all in, thu premier handed out a. statement. in “hich he said that, the vote up- pom-0d to him to condemn the bar and treating system, and that, future legislation must be directedtoward those. The growth of the favorable vote since that time wfll likely forti-v {y the premier in his opinion ; and hence it, is natural to expect that the legislation he has in mind will dad with the bar and treating sys- tem. The heavy vote polled in favor oil the Liquor Act. makes it clear that the government will have strong support from the country in any legislation it. may direct against the liquor tramc. The Bobcaygeon In- depen‘jcm talks nonsense 'when it says that for the Liquor Act. to be em‘ctive the 200,000 people who vot- ed “595' would have to enforce their wishes against two and a half mil- lions. Thcre is no such case out:- side of our cotcm’s lively imagina- tion. The case is that a test was made among the people who can vote at. elections in Ontario. For every one who voted against the law, two voted for it. That is the case : if we are to surmise the attitude of the part of the population that have no vote, there is no reason for assuming, that it will show a. snake m tage of faVOrable sentiment; and beâ€" cause probably fomfifths‘of the non- voters are women and children, hardly any of whom m favorable to liquor, the millions ii counted u an, should be on the other side. council, and that. right away. From the conversation at Satur- day night’s meeting of the council it seems that some aldermen are inclin- .,d to let sympathy for the Gas Com-j puny interfere with their loyalty to the town’s interests. Others were oppressed by the thought that the gas is "a. very good light" and bet- tcr than the old electric light. These considerations are all right in their Way but they must not stand in the way of the town's demanding and getting all that is coming to it im- der contract. That the toWn is fully safe-guarded t5! the contract is of course taken for granted. Aldermen “ho swerve an inch from demanding its utter fulfillment will have the pear pie to reckon with. While that is- the case, the Gas Company must also have fair play ; and any statement to the effect that it has not provided a public test is unfair to that corporation. It may not be generally known, but it is nevertheless true that Mr. Burgess got a government expert, and ar- ranged with the then chairman of P0- to [w u "vuraunounl." issue. Last wwk u. n‘prcscntative deputa- Hull 01' lt'nlp:*l'nllcc people waited on l’rcmim' Russ, and 05km! ‘hut. in View 0f the reCent vote of about 2””.“1'0 favorable to the Liquor Act on Hm2. he bring in legislation The liquor questiuu is one of the most imtcrvsting problems before the cmvntry 10-day. When throeq‘uar- lice and Lighting, Ald. McDiarmid, for a public test. on a. given night. on the night. agreed upon, .tho chairâ€" man went. out of town on business for the Licensed Victuallers' Associa- tion and although he met Mr. Burâ€" gess and the government. expert at the station wth leaving himself, he deliberately let the town’s business {:0 by default, and the Gas Company’s president had to make the test. with- out having the council as witnesses. Now the town rejects the result, and asks fur a public Lest. ; the company “(mm be qnz'tn justified in refusing ii. and l‘mfiillll'rg thi‘ toWn to make its nu'n test. It muv do so; whether it does or nnt the council must promptly find «in, whether the conâ€" 11'..(': light i:: being supplied, and. act must lCl'S lbs PAGE EIGHT will I) (‘ mu: on it, even Mrf’Whitm-y suspect that it is or is likvly of the voters" list. will go out THE UQUOK QUESTION THE SWEET WIS (‘ lose the ban. Stop treating. Stop the suit: of liquor in between this ymr’s conn- Gas Company. That IS Lian nee has become about virtue as is possible in been easily got. Opinions as ' to what ought to be A “-1! inn-nesting. fared vuth The ma alonev but never treats, is willing to olished, but hows invade one’s home; while ihc not total abstainer is willing, perhaps {anxious to see all sorts of drinking forbidden It. will be necessarlh 058 who make the. that a. ms in and ta it; those houses 81 total abstainer anxious to see a forbidden. It’ though, for thee laW, to be dire siderations than drinking customs. MP; yard is not. possible here now. But the Labor Union will as soon as it can, start a. co-Opcrn- tive wood yard. Citizens will be asked to take stock, and will soon get, their money back in n» ducod prices and better measure- mvnt and mighing." Mr. John Flurey: “We have put the price of cheese up to 15 cents; we paid 6§ cents for it“: DougaJl Sinclair: “McDiau‘mld is go- ing to re-opcn. his case against Chalmers. The boys are putting up the money. He will send Chalmers to pcnetcntiary, and: two of last year’s council to Central: and he is right." Charlie Veitch: “If Mr. Ross keeps his promise, he cannot. close the lion-dollar remission of taxes. J ULES VERNE is reported as saying that the daily paper is to be a. substitute for books of fiction. Readers of the Post can ri‘ndily b0- licvc it. IAI‘AIJ , guy 9-.“ 'Vl's" __._- _ the poor man’s face so easily that we cannot help the poor man much without being beaten by the rogue." . Inspector Knight : “I knew Mi: Thompm-Setoaâ€"Thompson's fa- therâ€"whose death in Toronto you recorded last week. Back in the sixties, he lived On a. farm a. mile ‘ south of where Salem church is now. He built a brick house on it. I think Mr. Jos. Moore lives on it. now; it. was known as the Blackwell farm. Mr. Thompson Mr. Fred, Burke: ”The law does not ullnw the town to go into com- petition with private business concerns, so a. municipal fuel “I was at Petrolia not. long ago,” said Mr. A- J. Ford of Wakely 8:. Ford. “The oil wells there are still productive, but those new ones over near Chatham ~ seem to be going dry." Hr- F, K. Begbie: “Since themaâ€" John Glenay, (Hariposa) :_ “The law regarding the collection 01 debts is made to help the poor man; but the rogue can Pl"â€" 01* was a. good scholar. but did not get along on the farm very well. He was a. friend of S. C. Wood, and I remember hearing him tell Mr. Wood that he could not get along with the hired help. You know the Thompson's had been accustomed to porridge for break- fast and did not realize that the hired help on a. farm could get alang on it very well. That caused the trouble. Mr. Wood advised Mr. Thompson to go to Toronto, where he got into an SUD IN FEW WORDS EDITORlAL NOTES- T0 the Bobcaygcon citizen of that, hung in the sky, in which a. marsh with bull- ics well for his liqpor 10 snakes amcng the who make the. Led by other con- their individual the magistrate of a, by'lflAV be lecides to revise is to be hoped custom inter' I! who drinks Mr. says he cut ofl the Devil’s elbow. He should have taken all his ma- jesty's head." Mr. '1‘- C. Matchett :‘“In the past few days there have been an un- usual number of death messagw going over the wire. A number have came here, but. I hear them passing through from different places very often." Mr. 0. Bigelow: “If Mr. Ross has! been honest in his attempt to find out public sentiment on the liq‘por traffic, he would have had the vote taken at. the municipal elections." Senator Dotison : "I am told that as Hon. Mr. Langley was being shown through the public library he Icoked up at the pictureot Queen Victoria and said 'that. old lady should have died 20 years Like everything else there are g00d seeds and bad seed8. Secds‘ that grow and secdsaxthat don't. grow ; seeds that yield and seeds {hat don't. yield, and a little thought given how to the selection of the seed you'll need, will be found time well spent though realized much better at the harvest if you select the world-famed Perry's Seedsâ€"the kind that. always yield. For nearly half a. century Perry’s Seeds have been known and sown wherever good crops are grown until farmer and gardener alike, have learned to depend upon their wonder- in! reliable growing and yielding qualities, year after year to the ex- clusion of all others. ‘ - Unfortunately the seed business seems to afford a. means for many un- scrupulous people, who aim to blind the unwary to quality, through little- ness of price and boastful claims : who in reality have nothing to sub- stantiate their claims, no reputation at stake, no past record as proof. It is better to pay a. little more for the seed and be assured of a great deal more at the harvest by sowing Ferry Seeds. The 1903‘ Sced~annualwhit5h is sent free, .postpaid. will iw fin‘ll unurually interesting and instructive. W) ye for it twisty. Address” I). M. Ferry '6: 00., Windsor, Ont. John Redmand, 11.19.. the Irish leader, responding to a. Nationalist address presented to him at, Edin- burgh on Saturday night, said hebc~ lieved that. the friend's of Ireland would soon see a measure become law which Would heal the wounds of centuries, and give the Irish people a chance of living in peace and pros- perity on their own soil. If this: chance of settling the Irish lunz‘ question was lost, by‘ the rejection 0* the measure. continued Mr. Red- moml, there would be an overuln-lm tug) justification for such a strong. menacing and dangerous movmnvm in Ireland as he would be sorry to 000. and this ythr the stock‘busineas Iirought into the ranche $800,000. We have five churches. turo schools, :WO hospitals, three dmrtercd bunks, all lim 0! mercantile business repre- sented, and are, in fact, a unique community. 'lhe citizens know how to '2an liieastbey find “.11de fife on the prairie:- and in the prairie towns has on enticing fascination. Then is m unaccountable charm about the tee, opal m- 51:.” Mr. 'l‘m‘te declares that. Canada has reached a. solemn stage in its history. moaning doubtless for him. lidltor Write. That All the Bad Woodie: no“ Not origin“ “on. Fred G. Forster. editor of Thc Hedi-inc Hat News. has written a somewhat long letter to The Chicagp ’lYibuno, defending his to“ Ilsa-hm! the aspersion that. all the bad we;- ther comes from that. place. 11¢ says: "Medicine Hat is a town of 2,500 people, delightfully situated in the Valley of the South Saskatche- wan River. We are 1.000 miles west of Lake Superior, 200 miles east. 0! the "Rockies, and 70 milés north of the Montana boundary between Can- ada and the United States. To be more exact, our latitude is .50 degrees 1 minute north, our longitude 110 degrees 37 minutes west, and our ele- vation above sea level, 2,161 feet. We are in the centre of that district of Western America which is swept by Chinook winds. These winds are the bright influence of our ‘Banana Belt' winters} Continuing. Mr. Forstea remarks that: “111m in a district around Medicine Hat about 200 miles in diameter where the winâ€" ters are short and the temperatures moderate. The district Comprises what is the stock grazing country of the Northwestâ€"which district is at- :ructing attention from stockmen from ever} stock state in the coun- try to the south of us. Thetown is a. growing, progressive plaec.'a raii- road centre, has coal mines, and is a great stock shipping point. The town enjoys the advantages of up to date commercial and business facili- ties. The tOWn owns its water-Works plant and supplies citizens with good water at a moderate rate. The tom owns its natural gas system and gives citizens gas for fuel and light atlessthan20centsperl.000cu- tic feet. Tb Canadian Pacific Rail- Way hflfi l_ My my roll of $250.- have inqtfired into the matter and an] filmed that the report is m saiisfied not justified.” mm Dad Buri'ows: "I am not going on with the suit to disqualify Ald. O'Reilly; I have given the facts to the public; that is enough for me to do.” Good Seeds mi Bad Sxeds Will Ire and KM ? MEDlClNE HAT. . Camden Total he said the anthracite cod scum Itood pro-eminent. Vital principles were at stake which. it defeated. would have give) to the America! abol- movement a shock from which t Would hare required you: to me- ;over. After giving a brie! history of the great strike, ‘Mr. Mitchell conâ€" tinued.- “It would, of course. be‘ improper. at this time tor me to‘ comment upon the investigation n0" being conducted by the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission, more than to say that its members are eminent men, in whose impartiality "and judgment I have full confideme. in my opinion of our ability to de- manstrnte the justice of our cum. I have no fear of the outcome. Strike. Lou Inquest. ; “The fact that strikes are becom- Jing less numerous is due to the opâ€" ieration oi the joint agreements." he continued. Lora! and gonemlstrikes oceur more often in districts where credited ofliCers. Referring to injunctions, 3!. Hit- chell said: ' "Government by injunction is one of the most harassing and aangerous methods resorted to by the enema of wor‘kingmcn to destroy labor or- » _A 4..- ganmtion and to circumvent the constitutional right of trial by jury. The whole system of gavel-um by injunction grows from the distrust of the ultra-capitalists for democrat to institutions. The reasons givai for the issuing of injunctions are 3.1â€" ways misleading and generally false. GoVernment by injunction is not only hostile to organized labor, but it is hostile to constitutional liberty. 11 the American people do not check ...... IA ‘flfls arbit pbwcr it. will result in the ann-ihi uticn of labor unions, and then of all other forms of amo- ciations dislikea by capitalism" Over Two Million- Secretary WiISOn then submitted his report. In the mutter of belie! funds during the strike, he said that "the total amount donated by the different branches of our organlm- tion was $258,844. The amount received from the special anthracite assessment was 81,967,026. making a total of $2,225,370, from the members of the United Mine Work- ers. To this amount must be added $419,954, donated by the trades unâ€" ions and the public, making agrmd Pittsburg, Mam, Jan. 21.-â€"nxclid Madden and J was T. Kelley. tn- dicted for manslaughter in connec- tion with the accident here last Au- mywmimumcm‘m dent Roosevelt's body guard. wu killed, yesterday retracted 3 previous plea. of not guilty, and pleaded guil- ty. Madden was sentenced to at: months in the House of Con-action, mum-19119013500, WI London, Jan. 11. â€" Lady Henry Somerset. in an open letta', publish- ed yesterday, says she regrets the objections raised by ”certain work- ers of the Women's Christian fremper. ance Union of America," against Watts' picture. representing "Love and Life.” in the White House. "As President of the Wodd's Women’s Christian Tampa-anon. Union." conâ€" tinue. Lody Somerset. "1 leel it. should be made clear thnt the objecâ€" tions raised by new woman arenot held by the majority of the great temperate. society." 2.500 of Thom Want to “'0 may Vic-n.- ”Madman-u GARMENT WORKERS SRIKE. Street Cu- Bulk. Broken. Sutdiffes January Inventory éSale l E E 1 Gout-I,“ 1M3“!!! “MIR t maker; liliegukrprioogfio Ilsa fru- ........................ waists. wrapper- or am; coverings. Regain-price- lOto d Fad-dents [Adieu' Fancy >Wool Fudnators, variety olslndes. Regular 2* price-50c.- For ................ CASH NOTICE 'DO CBEDI'DORS. â€"Notice is hereby given pursuant. to the provisions of the Revised Statutes of Ontario. 1897.7 chapter 129- W NOTEâ€"Until April Ist this store will close Saturday evenings at Nine o’clock. all creditors and others haying claims dguinst the estate of Francis Adams, late of the Villnge of Ome- mec. in the County of Victoria. farmer. demand. who died on or about the third day of December. 1902, including the claims of any cneditors having specific'liens on the whole 0! the estate of the add de- ceased, or on any undivided inter- estaesutethereinofany otthe heirs of said amused, ere. ON OR. BEFORE THE 13th DAY OF FEB- RUARY NEXT, 1903. to send by post, prepaid or deliver to W . Adams, esq.. Omanee P. 0.. Ont. the administrator of the estate of ‘”v w_._â€" , the said deceased. their nunes and addresses,“ the full particulars of their claims. a; stem: of their accounts, and the nature of the securities 1i! any) held by them dub verified by summery do- J. Sutcliffe Sons Continuing Until End of the Month. ,3. ”Wm JANUARY an, 1903 notice that LINDSAY Lulla' India-$5.. ”only Lidia’ and midi ill Black and Grow Cheri oooooooooooooooooooooo All these horses aresound, am! will be sold reasonable. Applv to JOHN DAVIDSON. lot 20, con. 5 m Little Britain 1'. 0,â€"4.3; in Blick ma ail-y (vieâ€"view. also Km Pin and thkBeover Cloths I! r-Moun'ufl'flnis semif- ‘2 .hl w . .... “(17%). game“.... ‘5 lda’flflfflflsflfi. [adia‘ Tweed and Homespun Sk’rw s item-d and satin strapped. Reguv Im- prices tiwand 86 ........ Q i: (Mitten 3 Cut 331:. Children’ I three-quarter Coats. in Navy and Fun: Better Cloth. lined “noughout. allthil season’s sty Ia. Wyn-icesupmflmQ. .i75 for ........................ Hal's Par “salami-got“. Hen’lctfidyed Wombat Coats ‘2. for" . if??? 3???? °““ 2515 W Clydesdale Hare “Sips! Queen” (3888) 8 years old in anI. Registered Colt. “Lady Belmont" (3889) 9 months old. Chestnut Hare 3 ream old, road-v ‘lle Belt Fur Buying Opportunities at (he Seno- awau Fur Buyer: :1 this Store. ”v ; part. thereof, to any peso” or pcr‘r 80118 of whose claim notice 15me not have been received by hing at the time of and: distributmm Dated the 18th of January, 190:); [CORE JACKSON, soliciinr‘ for said marlâ€"3- lurwicu‘fiwand‘fln ........ a” for ....................... .... thereto, Horses For Sale 0N E PRICE ma BELLEVILLI Business COLI Believille, Ont-L . out . at {cred ? Send for our circular Anly cost. you a postal can term begins Monday, Jan. 1 II. PRINGLE, Pr Peterboro , ous application customs. ,W. double and sing a: vari M and wntmg, busi 4. Civil service qualii «sins. precis writing English and French ( â€" '7 AA“Afin {Q n Bookkeeper" be supplied- 1y sure of c â€"â€"A chimney on fire calm: men on Sunday night. -Ald. McCrac is building at. the southewst coner 01 THUR WALLL'R, Li -On Saturday Mr cforeman of the Run camp at Goose Luke struck by a falling 1: but it is hoped, not 5 â€"0u Mond meeting 0f ' held. â€"Mr. and Mt-s. “’cll'gtxg‘tun ton Ont. are the guests at ther. from his rig In his ed by some school comer of Kent and terday at noon. â€"â€"Mr cently the icn where â€"â€"Mr. Jus of North I); in Lindsay strong Vicn â€"Lieut. Geo. Luidhm‘, Fort," Balsam Lake. and l Strathoona 1101'50, Soul] alas given his fine collccti than relics and curios to t sch! museum, Toronto. â€"-A n'mnber of townspcop red the Presbyterian tea I Cambr'ay, on Tuesday nig Week. A good program w ed. to which Miss Lillian “town contributed um Song- â€"-l[iss Annie Bowen loft 1:83 on Mondax ox onin Wing a few months in she will_be qualified by ,raidence to take a position :ggloOLteacher which she 11' ‘ â€"â€"Cook and kitchen girl \ once for the Central Hou my. Wages $16 per monk] and $10 for kitchen girl. tanner? hotel with no mt thin 7.80 p.m. JOHN M Monday night. go down. -â€"-()n Saturdu} 6f Mr. Andrew 1 a little east of .‘~ l_v danmm-d by an interest: :Liven at chtirch to-n -â€"Gcorgc. 1h< Mr. Jas. Kent on Monday 1‘ car. The sun brain with tam with 56 selccth for evening onto: made known on â€"The ‘oficiais of the BI Cement Company have 8% «opinion of an expert that We. aament at their ‘0 cuts a barrel, because ~tut-n.1,.ommlitiona are so v1 â€"On Friday ni ty went. out to the PreSbytorian Campbell, Mr. Gill of Lindsay gram. . â€"An excursion to sLarL 1‘ say an the 23rd insL., a ,Ba-lin, is being organ?“ purpose 01 a. visit to the lam-y near that town. U be reached again at night 10.30. Studen? 'y time. Sk“ 1h This college have a first-4 56 seleCtiuns Marilu of the Cheese lh w 1339 ”Us FRITH JEPLFE , more um“ um and Stonesraph few months thl of SI )lkl rice qualmcabu writing. 5‘ French optiO‘ M u mi In “‘1! 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