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I'J’e ing ‘ce, he ie Kes- And :0 m?" .>,' E.“ . er t- of mo ‘r’fll- Cfe A.D., V1906. at‘zten o’clock in the forenooh‘ '61" so“ soon mereaxter as thoicofizicilflcan‘beheld to pass: a. byâ€"law establishing 'ano openihg tfie following road or highway or some} parts ,thereot as the council may‘ deem advisable ‘so to do. .that is to say : 'That part of ‘the former high- way ingtho said Township known as the Qmemee road'whid: glies bjetween‘ the highm‘ or conomion line be- twee'n lune math and eighth con- cesaioaélof the said Township of 0115.39de highway or concession- is hereby given that. the Municipal Corporation (at the TOwnship of Ops intends: at a Imeeting oi the said Council tb be holden at the case of Walter F. O’BOyle. Esqyire, the clerk of the said Township in the Academy of Music Block on Lindsay street in the Town of Lindsay 0n E. 13W MCGaffey Black and white Wool Shep- herds Plaids, smart for Shirt ngst Suits,Regular 60c, In- Eheggkl Lustcrs in black and w ite, u‘e greehs and red Regular 43c, Sale ......... 350 Priestly’s Colored Bri-lliantine. in grey, green.cream, navy and brown, Rc vular 62c, Sale ............ °. ................. 500 French Crepe de Chime, ' Regular 65c, Sale ......... 52‘: Harris’ Homespuns, new grey 51nd qver check pgtigems, 0.9“ Priestly's Black Tafleta Cloth and Mohair Brilliantine, regular 85c, Sale ............ 60° ' Priestley’s Navy, Green and Grey Maretta, Regular $1.00, Sale ..................... 800 ClPriestly’ls) Black Wfigol Satin oth,l:rig tlustrous- - ish, regular 65c, Sale ...... 503‘ é; URUL CU,1C5HIG1 ;, Sale............ :A}éa .g iii$>$~§éfim<§afi "’”’ 6563 :E‘ SaleCIIIOOOOOIOO O.......I. ’.av ”William 9th Day of April. BUGS, CLRPETS and LINOLE U MS )5 P‘ v I " f, 83“ cccccccc .- ooooooooooooo 00“ <3 ”: 34 inch Feather :‘ s: T 1ckmg,reg 25c, sale 200 <3 Public Notice :9 TABLE LINEN :; I: AND TICKING 3 if 62 inch Unbleached Table <3 *. Linen, regular 60c, RR:- 4 5 Tapestry Floor Rugs, newlSale $1, regfi'lar 75E,Salé Smart New Spring Jackets $7.50, $8.50 and $10.00. did‘vnot miss the best sale yet. ”Dress Goods and House Furnishings suits have had a large sale. You are practically interested. If you come Friday and Saturday, Bargain Days, M§¥Ch"30th and 3lst, you’ll be glad you Paper Needles 1c. Pepe:I Pins 1c. Bunch Tape in. , ? ”Hh’rris Home~Spuns’ for shirt-waist \Ve want to make sure that we impress youwith this sale. 4 We started out the first of. March with the largest and choic- est assortment of ”Priestley’s” Dress F'a’Bncs' Our sale af these materials and House Furnishings Dress Goods fg~j§dy§flilersa and. mu“: nnd Sun-on“ SALE OF W. H. Jackson -â€"nu>â€" Irhighway or coucession line between :the ninth and tenth concessions o! the said Township, and which iiee upon or across lots ‘numbers eleven. twelve and thirteen in the ninth con- cession a: {he said Township of Ops. the said road. so to be opened up lies upon and along that portion of the highway in the said Township of Ops known as the Omemee Road, stopped up and » closed by byâ€"law Number 635 0! the said Township of Ops passed on' the 15th day of Dec- ex'nher, A.D., 1905. Dataedthis3rd day of ephone service. ’ ’ Mr. McKay was then asked to speak. "I have no proposition to make." he said, “and you can’t give us an exclusive franchise if you want to. Our interests lie in. Lindsay not granting an exclusive franchise to any company. If the board thinks this the tine, I am prepared' to spak of the nature of the machine system and the benefits of competitive telâ€" Being asked to‘ speak further he said that he would not go into details“. in regard. to his system, for should the town'decide March, to allow competition it would doqbb- JAS. H. HOPKINS, Reeve. Lace Curtain Manufactfirers. Our prices are fully 20 per cent. gelow last year’ s. 100 prs Lace attains, regular $1. 50p Sale 31 regular 75c, Sale 490 W; F. O'BOYLE. Cla'k of the said Township of Ops 3 only, ‘il‘apestry Rugs, size 3:} x 4-, Re ~ lat. 15.00, Sale ..... .g? ...... f ......... 1 1.65 designs and clorin gs, size 3 x $313??? 333:9? 1o .25 t> Boy’ 3' 2-piece Tweed Suitsj )> ,‘x/i ngreys and browns, sizes 2‘: if? 22 to 28, regular 3* If :33. 25, Sale .......... 2.35 j: i: Men’s and Youth’s Tweed <Â¥ K Suits, all new, very special, 5* '0 V» "f regular $6 00', ...... Sale ...................... â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" Jr ”v “w, u...- to 33 gular " $450,821}? 3.65 5‘ .......... Boy’s 3â€"piece Suits, new and nqbby twecds, sizes 27 0.0-0. .0... .vonoonnouo. u to o yo no. “w v- ""r â€"r 7 list and Choirdnuter. ‘ advent of competitive lines in 1 act Methodist Church. United States. brought in an era .. .._.__....2. a...“ enormous increase in the’ use of t less wish to select the very best SSSP Mayor \rooman expressed the opinâ€" um there is, and then the machine ion that it is not wise to tie up the companv Would invite the closest in- town. It would be u dnngu'ous vestigltion oflits system. thing to "do." Alderman launder "As regards exclusive franchise.’.' spoke inJike words. filderman Eym he said. "it is wrong in prineiple. thought tint . i! the Bel! company the people are out toâ€"day to shake would give 8400 3nd seven teiophones of! monopolies in every line a! but and on meat was entered into iness. 'Ihe monopob? in tékphone {or thine yen”. stipulating upto- service renders a municipality hell: date mice and allowing runl lesstokeepupmththertinle‘a mm-mmmuuz;mmum speak further he said that he would not go into detailsfin regard to his system, for should the town decide to allow competition it would 60gb!» ’3 Chairman O’Reilly then said it Would be in order for Mr. Smithhon behalf of the Bell company to reply to the letter. Mr. Eyres contended that both this and the matter of franchise for the competitive com- pany were referred, but the motion of council proved only to embody the Bell company affair. Mr; Smith being called then said: “I did not wish to give a proposi- tion, and then have it used as a handle for them to prepare a better: one. The Bell company is prepared to treat Lindsay the same as other towns, and the offer must be on the same basis, which would make the terms for Lindsay 3300, partly in cash and partly in,servicc, say $200 cash and three telephones." “When your reply is received I shall place it in the hands of coun- civl, that council and citizens may be in touch with the whole scheme." "This is merely a versonal sugges- tion. You will have to rleal with the whole council. I would suggest to the council some clear-cut restric- tions, such as protection against unjust discrimination either in local or long distance privileges: also re- garding rural lines, that they should have access to your lines by most direct route or at most convenient point, and on equitable terms. w “A few years previous I contested the giv,ng of’an exclusive franchise to your company as conflicting wibh {the interests and development of the ‘\'ictoria Telephone Co. ., of which I was then president. This was to se- cure and hold the country privileges. which we now enjoy; I believe at present no other.company is contest- ing this privilege, and in View of the $300 or $400 revenue to be derived by the town, it your ofier still holds good, I will at our next regular meeting introduce a ‘by-law accepting the proposal. providing nothing in- tervenes in the meantime to change my vioWS. We have, I think, seven telephones to be included in the pro- pose]. Alderman Eyres asked to have his letter road. which is as follows : \ Lindsay. Ont, Feb. 13, 1906. T. J. Tilley, EQQL, Town. "Dear Sir: I note by the minutes of a councilimeetin-g in 1904 .that your company.made prqpqsals for a five year franchise in the town. Both the telephone representatives then made offers to withdraw so [.hac each might be heard separately, but they were asked to remain.- in the Council Chamber. "Mr. Smith is asking to tie up the town,” said Mayor Vrooman, and suggested the offer of "seven free telephones and $500 a year" as a basis for argument. Chairmafi O'R‘émy then asked Mr. McKay to address the board. He said that. he would like to be heard before the town agreed to grant. an exclusive franchise: As things are at present, the Bell company can do business here without the town’s permission, and another company cannot. Therefore a franchise from the Machine company must first be for a franchise. to allow its lines to come in. He would like to hear the Bell proposition before discussing. the subject at all. Mr. Smith being called upon said he would submit the propomtion of his company if desired" but he did not wish to enter into competition with the machine company. His proposition would be only for. ex- clusive franchise. D. McKay, of Toronto, was ‘th’ere in the interests of the Machine Tel- ephone- Company. The committee's discussion culmin- ated in the adoption of a. motion re- jecting the ofl'er. :The members of the board were all present, and Mr. A. T. Dmith, of Toronto. more- seated the Ben company, and Mr. F. The subject was Brought up some yeérs ago ' and the Bell Company was refused an exclusive hanghise, but recently was renewed at the sug- gestion of Aid. Eyres in a- letter to Company. Mprfiucipal business beforé the 5131':th committee meeting on Mon- rla§t._g8'ening was the questionégtfix- elusive telephone franchise, matched to' it. by council. Representatives of the Bell and Machine Telephone Gompanies address the Finance Boardâ€"A Lively Discussion on the lenopoly Question ~. N0 TIE-UP FOB LINDSAY is not so 2. But. W! LINDSAY; ONT., THURSDAY, MARCH 29th. 1906 one T: J. 'l‘illey, of the Bell BY TELEPHONE FRANCHISE After some discussion of the points alreub' touched upon. and the ex- change of inlomation by members of the bodrd on the question. Alder- man Beg; moved "Not to great an exclusive franchise to the Bell tele- phone company." men withdrl'w and leave the board to delibente in private. ‘ had not intentiooany misstated facts 'in regard to his comparisons in Brantford and Rtmgh, as Mr. Smith thought he had; the figures were near enough accurate for the sake of argument. In answer to Hr. Lytle. Alderman Eyres said that he had been careful not. to make his letter committal against fair competition. If the people ' wanted competition he was3 for it. 'too. Mayor . Vrooman expressed his pleasure at the remarks 0! the repre- sentatives of the telephone compan- ies. and suggested that the geoth- ‘ “If you find a butcher who has made money in Lindsay for the last ten gears. put him in a. glass case 9 or i! you find a baker-.11) furnish the glass case for him." he replied. Returning to the subject. he said. “If you simply want to reduce your taxes, it would be better to wait until the Ben company odors 81000 for a {maniseflfl Mr. McKay trace to any tint he‘ “I was one of the men." said: Mr. Lytle, “who opposed granting ex- clusive franchise before....I was in- terested in the rural line, but I wanted competition. I would not favor the granting of a. franchise for five years, nor even {or thirty minutes, for even in that short time the city might miss some great op- portunity. . If the Electric Light company had a franchise, it wouldbp impossible to entertain Mr. Culver- wen’s proposition. or if the Gas ‘mmpaw had a franchise it would preclude the possibility 0! making use of the natural gas for light, heat and fuelâ€"tor it was only to-day that I met a man who told me that it is -a [act that valuable discoveries of natural gas and coal deposits have occurred within a short distance of Bindsay. I would give nob‘ody a monopoly iranchise." "How' about the butchers a)" in- quired Mr. Maunder. - It In the discussion thgt‘ followed. Mr. Geo. Lytlc, with permission of the chair, spoke o! the difficulties of obtaining proper facilities for doing business while the Bell telephone company has no opposition. and re- pudiated the idea that for a paltry $200 or $300 the tovm should bind itself to endure a monopoly “I bow Have in competition." said he “lot. the best man win. He will anyway." flue expressed surprise that Mr. Eyres had taken the initiative in bringing up the proposition for exclusive franchise, 'when before he had op- posed it; but now his selfish inter- ests are out o! the way. he would invite again the proposition of mon- 'opoly.“ Mr. Smith said he di’d not wish to open up a discussion with Mr. Mc- Kay, but he had made some mistakes in his statements. ”If any com~ piaints are to be made about the Bell service. they should be urged upon the company. There would be no change in rates should an ex- clusive franchise be granted. The company is equipping the plant with the latest improvements as fast as possible. The men are at work now in Kingston and Brantford and Lindsay Would get its turn.” Mr. Eyresâ€""If you had a trunk. line, how would the long distance business be attended to ? Would the machine do it ?" Mr. McKayâ€""It would require an operator to look after the toll bus~ "11' Lindsay should give an ex- clusive franchise and the com- peting Company, having connections throughout. the country should, wish to put in an Instrument here‘to isom- plete its trunk line, vou \\ ould want it. " “The machine telephone gives a secret service. ’Ihcre is no one. at central to choke you 0!! or say "line busy." but the connection is made by a mechanical device which is More accurate than the human hand. was sécohded by Alderman lic- Cases were cited to prme the dif- ficulty of getting just. dealing! from a compam having monopoly: and also to show that two telephones “in more than double the number of users, 'and that. While the 'nicrchaut. has to have two instruments. he is connected with more than twice as man} homes and competition makes the price of service lower. and in? character upâ€"toâ€"date. The nothings‘ o! the two systems in Brantford and Peterborough were given as examples. o‘er a year ago the benelhs of free- dom were so well demoaktrated that the subject of exclusive franchise could never come up aggm.’ Another question was the pmtioc of civil 93"qu in work outside their civil duties. no prem- ier condemned this and said the rule of almost all the deparuneuts was Several matters in connection with the departments which seemed to re- quire looking into haVe come up in the House. The Deputy Minister of Public >Works has been acting on boards of arbitration in connection with questions relating to his de- partment. and has been paid for theSe services. The Opposition critics dwelt upon the danger of the mat? tice. which had been the source of the old trouble in the wire service. aw held that it was better to pay him a good salary. Hon. Wm. Pat- erson so far from delending it said that at one time the same obtained in the customs branch, but when cal-1 at!“ had been raised he stopped these, 3 The Sunday observance bill of Mr. ' Fitzpatrick still engages attention. 1 Petitions alter petitions are still _ coming in in favor of it. and practi- cally nothing against it though the '1’“th of Montreal declare that ship- _ ping interests will sufler, and make , a good Presbyterian argument out of r it by remarking that Noah had a _ sewn days' spell at the Ark. In an out of the way place the oth- 1 or day was a motion by the Hon. , N. A. Belcourt calling {or copies of > all documents and papers relating to the establishment of an imperial in- telligence service. Little notice of the matter has been taken, but the representative of the Watchman-Ward- er had a chat with Mr. Belcourt on the subject, who stated that behind it was a proposal of great interest, to all concerned in the Imperial idea and who are working for the closer connection 0 the various parts of the l-hupire. t is really one of Sir Sandtord F‘laning's great schema. and it‘is worthyolnoto that. a. French-vanadian has subscribed. him- oel! so boldly to it. It includes the round the world cable idea and an- other proposal is to have establish- ed an imperial intelligence . bureau somewhat along the lines laid down by Sir Frederick Pollock when he Was visiting this country some months ago. Sir Sandlord Flaning has been ‘ in correspondence with those interests ed in the various parts of the Ram ‘ pine. and has now a practical scheme formulated for the pumoee. I ipcreased demand for ' The forces of both Liberals and Conservatives are now marshalled. and the Hon. Wm. Tanplenmn is in his place. It uns noticeable when he was introduced into the Housd that he was cheered by both sides. He is reckoned a strong man. and his looks are imposing. He is another addi- tion to the long list of good news- papermen in the House. vv-â€".~~â€". â€"â€".w- -1.7’Ivuvu puny-Au: . , on loans under 8500. and when ‘uo ‘~ and atmmtes. Parlmmfl“ has {0" ment has been obtained for debt, ii the most part been «aged. and if terest drops. to 6 per cent. per an- the 'pi‘esent. is, any criterion for the num. “than?” mom'imerest ‘5 a tut w‘the . . Mgraw. in 'ctabe 0601108. and when or flaw”? :n°.;";?f°‘1~‘§«'i°§”2m has been Proved that a high" We spirit to be observed not always seen. has be”: drawn the surplus money on It is ‘ spirit of Kim: on d take. There the order of the court ml! be restor- is much more harmony than of yore ed to the borrowers. between the two Darth. a common A surprise division was sprung by desire to legislfle without selfish i the Opposition over the resolutions paw. wd to mt we views of of Ir. .‘nm' Brode!‘ in favor of ”’9‘“ sides of the House as (a, as the special recognition of South Af-1 Soulble. _ rlcan Veterans who had incurred to- l The premier has entered upon $0.1m! disability. Special reference was session with a newer vitality. Be is ‘ m“ h the case 0‘ Trooper Malloy lookix well. A year 88‘0 it “a“ who had lost. his eyesight. The mo-l common talk that. he was ill and tion was out Voted by the'Govern- worn and thin, ”d his face had a meat on the ground that Canada had drawn upmncm hm this 3w his had her own troubles in this respect. cm“ are More mm“. his whole as witness the Fenfan Raid. etc.. and “M is better. his W WW. couid not consistently do anything ”If. he looks yearn younger. toward _those who had gone to the looking Well. A year ago it. was common talk that. he was iii and worn and thin, and his face had a drawn appearance. but. this year his forced to meet that (From our own correspondent.) Ottawa. Hitch 27,â€"With routine and atimates, Parliament has for Insumw Commission after lo- KMe luluâ€"lo Pensions for Red River Voyageursâ€"- lewsy Paragraphs from Ottawa. high grade CJothing EFLS RANGE NB LINDSAY Owing to the demand. WC WBI’B lWevhad to do it M'Efi . Another bill which Mr. Lancaster has introduced into thelfiouse has an important bearing on railways. It deals with the procedure when a rail- way takes land by arbitration. As matters stand now the railway may foll‘er a man a price for his property, {and if it is not acrepted the company may pay into court such a sum as {the judge deems. proper and take im- ‘mediate possession of the property. The company may then wait until it sees fit to ask the court to appoint arbitrators. the land owners being left helpless in the meantime because the court can't appoint arbitrators on his application alone. Mr. Lan- cers, while they themselves cannot serve ,on American vessels, unless they for~swear their nationality. Mr. Lan- caster is usually unfortunate with his bills but the government seems to look favorably on this one. Some of the terms of Mr. G. A. Lancaster's bill regarding master mariners and mates of inland vessels are of a patriotic nature. These of- ficers must be British subjects. 'At present our Canadian sailors have to stand the competition of 17.5. om- The customs estimates provided a field day for-Aha opposition and Mr. Paterson lost his temper once or twice, which was just what they wanted. The Minister of Customs is well liked but he does not pretend to the patience of Job, and the opposi- (ion members dearly love to "have him on.” The government members like it none the less. He announced that there was a reduction of 12H per cent. in the rate of duty now pay-l able by the Canadian consumer. His argument. was: whereas $18.28 per $100 of imports was formerly paid, now only $16.04 was paid. duties having been removed from such art- icles as coal. The opposition resent- ed this argument and mustered all the tenets of Adam Smith against it. ‘They held that the duty was the! same so long as there was no charge on individual imports and that ad- ditional revenues such as on tobacco and whiskies had not been consider- ed. The House was in an uproar or merriment as Nr. Patty-son stood to the defence and shot after shot .was hurled at him. The premier was con- vulsed and ‘both parties enjoyed the alter-noon immensely. 1to note that Trooper nlloy 5 ‘studying for the church. Col. Sam. Hughes elicited the in- formation that the Voyageurs ol‘ the Red River Expedition of 1870 were on the some level as the teamsters employed. They were ciViIiams and except for high pay at the time, Were not entitled to medals or scrip. m under contract with7 the British government. and not. with the Can- adian goVernment. It. is ‘ippgresting the: no civil set-vent should engage in work outside of his immediate duty. A bill tar-radius in its en‘ect. ano ‘ctlculated to undo a great deal of ‘harm that hes been done is the: res- Pecting “money leaders. The bill will not apply to the Yukon, where the banks charge 2 per cent perj month, nor will it afiect reg~i istened pawn brokers. It is designed( to place a limit on the inure-III} chargeable. The limit of interest iS‘ Placed at 12 per cent. per annum! Trqopq‘ Halley i; this spring we have the most up- -to- date line 0f clothing in the trade. ‘ The public appreciate our ”one priceland a square deal for every man” policy so m! Barred Plymoth Rock par excel- lence. exhibition matings for pallets and cockercls. 3888 $2 per 15. Also utility yard of very large and healthy birds, eggs $4 per 100. W.- STALKER. Lindsayâ€"94!. - “I tmst the Postmaster-General will see his way clear to give that: settlement a semi-weekly if not a tri- weekly mail. A great many com- munities in the Northwest have semi- weekly and tri-week'ly mails where there are not so many people to serve. I do not complain of that, for I believe in giving an emcienti mail service to every part of Can- ada. I ask the Postmaster General to give his serious consideration to an improvement in the mail service to Wicksteed." In the Dominion House this week Col. Sam. Hughes, in enquiring about! the petition in reference to the mail service in Wicksteed in this riding, said : It. was stated in the House on Mon- day in a reply to a question by Col. Sam. Hughes that the gOVemmenG was considering the question of es- tablishing a rifle range at Lindsay this your {or the use of the 45th Vio‘ Lorie. Rest. uad Rifle Association. The Hon. J. Israel Tarte is in his place again on the Press Gallery; There is no more delightful conirere than the ex-minister and it is typi- cal of his good nature and his jour-t nalistic spirit. to see him explain a' knotty point to one of the young hands. Mr. Foster .has made a few sly references to him since the ses- sion opened, which Mr. Tarte ' has greatly enjoyed. There was some anticipation as to what party the labor member from Maisonneuve would give his support» Io. looks as if he would vote for the most part for the government. ashe attended a liberal caucus the other; day. I The examinations for the most part! ‘so far have been intended to deter- ;mine the position of the government :in the matter. Littie seems to have been done in the way of control, and apparently there was vast need of the inquiry. From the point of View of the companies it is abundantly evi- dent that they haw been for the mosfl part too limited as to the scope 0! their investments. They have been confined too much to Canadian secura ities. The. commission will go to T9- ronto from Ottawa. I Again. the firm of Pellatt and Pel- Hatt were the company's brokers. Sir ‘H. M. Pellatt, then Col. Pellatt was ‘a member of it. The firm had bought: a block of a thousand C.P.R..shares for the Manufacturers' Life. had lay- potheoated this to a bank and (when the time came for delivery $101,000 was owing upon it. In addition there was a lien upon Col. Penna“! stock in the Manufactumrs' and the com- pain had paid both, amounts upon 0. mortgage given by Col. Pellatt upon real estate worth only $46,000. It: was startling. Some mentions! evidcnoe‘has been given before the Insurance Commis- sion. It seems tint Iessrs. Mack» zic Mann. of railroad fame. have been directors of the lanufecwrers' Life Company. as we“ as Sir H. M. Pellau. Hon. G. W. Ross and other lpromincm men. The Mnnufactm-er'e 11.1‘1'9 had given logns to Mackenzie A: [Mann on securityfihich the Canadmn law does not a; w, incxuding some of its stock. we loans were sea cured 1)" stock which apparemlv was owned bv Nackénzie and Mann .nd asMr.G..FShepk-,\said; ”hsdi- rectors oi the compam thev loaned to themselves money which thev re- cei\ed as borrowers." castcr's bill win do nway with‘this injustice and will allow the court to appoint grbimtors on the applica- tion of either party. WICKSI'EED MAIL SERVICE. Eggs for Hatching Number 13 4300