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Rllph wem 1 Iund, y2 50 25uh of ,. Own- roperty, [e an]- :_ Son- with Contor | Decâ€" lets, on: for Advertise“. Covers Linda‘s .‘..g~§..-§.~§ VOLUME XLIX. The whole winter Without a single case ut‘ chapped lips is assured by a single package of “j g, G-” For that reason alone, isn’t it worth the price? Has plenty of other uses too. Timothy Highest market prices paid ‘ *‘4 “Mm averv day in O E : § UUN 7 for . Greg“? cold Cream 25¢ a. [30“ In tHe true spirit of the Christmas season we Wish our Friends and Patrons We trust that you shall all in a kindly way reâ€" member that we are the same old friends of yes- terday, toâ€"day and foreyer III-55' in bbls. $1.50. A Yery Happy Christmas and a. Glad New Year Yours gratefully, COAL ”J: €52“; Victoria Loan Savings Co. DIVIDEND NOTICE Lindsay, lst Dec. Paid-«p Capital, $10,000,000. N6TICE is hereby given that a dividend at the rate of five per cent. per annum has this day been declared on the paid-up Capital Stock of the Company for the half .year ending 31st December inst, and that the same will be payable at. the office of the Com- pany, Kent-St, Lindsay, on and after 2nd day of January, prox. The ti‘ansfer books will be closed from the 24th to 3lst December, both days inclusive. By order of the board. James Low, HEAD OFFICE. Bank of Montreal ESTABLISHED 1817 SAVINGS BANK DEPARIMINI Deposits of 81 and upwards receiv- ed. Interest allowed at current rates from date of deposits compounded half yearly. This bank gives deposi- tors the strongest financial security of any Canadian Bank. Every depositor will receive courteous service. Standard Bank FARMERB’ BUSINESSâ€"S in] attention given to Farmers, Catt eand Hog Dealers, and to out-of-town ac- counts. Farmers’ notes discounted. Sale notes cashed or taken for col- lection at lowest rates. Blnnk forms free on application. .. .‘ ll\\v Unliblliéed Security to. Depmltors. No delay in drawing your money. In- terest paid or Com unded twice a year. Don’t wait u l mu have «large sum tn deposit. 81 Ml] open an ac- ummb. Begln with us now. Small amlnga mm the lump of large fortnnm Bank of Toronto ‘ble Hood OMoo. Toronto 50 you." in buoinou. Iota. Pun-out“. Oourtoouo to all. noted. Fumm' 0“” cam careful attention. Our Savings Accounts aw increas- ing every day. The small sum of $1 0 km: an account and interest is add- “ twice a year. Open an account for your boy or firl this Christmas. It will teach a them to gnu: and later on give them a start in life. engd at the above point. no a ge- neral banking business will be trun- muted. SBYI_N§8. DEPARTMENT LINDSAY BRANCH joserva Fund, “m OMEMEE BRANCH A neural banking human "-1 Med. Fumm‘ buuueu villi Authorized Capital 31.000000. . ’J, n; WALKER: Manager Cambray twice a. week, Tuesday and Friday. FARMERS LOANS ofCanada KIRKFIELD SAVING: aux . J. LYTLE LINDSAY. F. F. LOOIBMORE. rum, ooinpouiiaed mm FBI-l" MANAGER 14131),“ Genius-pr â€"Theâ€" m: 2 ,_ a. a. L. (330011. ONT., THURSDAY, 27TH DECEMBER, Opponents of Filtering ' By- Law have an Innings any person 9 zit that fine, artesia. wells. wou equate Mn] D. l-‘lavel of the Water 7 ommissiox principal spefiker on bah: law. ( The atten nce was ebme twenty :- thirty b The atten nce Was not large. sbme twenty :- thirty being present. Mr- Jos. St les was chosen. chair- man. but declined to act ; unless he were given a-niopportu'nity to speak: against the dy-law. When assured that he would not be hampered he consented. and discharged his duties with fairness. â€" Mr. Staples, in voicing his reasons against the scheme, expressed the on that 820.000 would not be opini sufficient. to Ihuild the filtration plant. Be alSO thought that the water should be obtained from a. butter sour-cm, The scheme was not fair, he consideml. to three-fourths of the lcitizens ’who had a good supply of Wm IOWCT “In any OU‘EI‘ luau: |0Mario. This was HM. a proper un- ‘awer. It “man put 8100.000 mm ’nhunlmnhe expected to get. A; IN- .mg out of n. We were paying $3.990 for “1th we \In'ed thhe hum «ml trnm M m 50 mar com. Mahor ““0. than tomwrlx. This Imam! \o Mm “kc paying 09 {or a M )ob. "‘th wan. h¢ clntmml. a pmmh-o "it“ when um town teak over !ho phat \hcro .wouldm nrewnue myahio to» \ho town. and that the rates would not. he inureaaud. There haul been "5.- .000 paid tor the plant. 014.000 since. $91385. for water used by the tow“ in six and a ha}! years. and there was Ian overdraft of M. but 09.000. This represented 3119.885. Then there . ,was \he queaflo'n of depreciation name ‘said u. ougmto he 7 percent. unu- "any. 0mm 5. No it n 4. It . meant. 019.500 to be wiped out. and .;yot they want us to put 840.000 or ti8£5.000 in . mudhole. The Watch- Bung-1‘“-o -..‘, _ considered. to three-fourths o: the citizens ‘who had a good supply of their own. Spring wells were quitev numerous in Lindsay. He did not drink much water] probably not a gallon in a year. He could not drink Toronto water. and there were poo-l plc who could not. relish _Scu.g~0g wat- : or no matter how it was filtered. ! m. R. 9!. Bot! stated out by stot- : log that when he had naked the Com- . mlszdonent M. the meeting in the. Council Chhmber why they had rain-l ed the ratoa‘ho you told that thoy were lower than any other place 11‘ nnenrlol This was not a proper nn-l Mr. R. .M. Bell ing that when he misfionelfi l“- th Council Chamber ed the mtea‘he y! .I-vw-â€" . yet they wont. us to put 840,000 or 845,000 in . mudhole. The Watch- man-Wank: had said the opinion of the man on tho street should not be accepted.,- but. declared the- speaker. I! wego into this scheme wd some oth- -5 _“£ ‘I. lllu “I“ vu vâ€"-~ _. accepted.,- but. declared the~ speaker. I! wego into this scheme wd some oth- ers. we my all be on the street. Mr. Weston’s estimate was mule two . n. "I. ”you . Replies by 6R0irman flavelle, Mayor Vrooman, Mr. Thongs Stewart and others Of Canada WOODYILLE AGENCY Account-wh- 0M b the moltvoa’mm 81.00 opens g saving- Bank Donn-uncut EYES TESTED m3 b “tom “19° on Dr. Hodgetts (Mr. Hodgetts, Mr. H Baal Bea! persistedin calling him) disar 38 the igreed with m. Weston as to what the against {POPuhtion 0! Lindsay would be in lo'in' vâ€"v. . been obmku hy ulow nurmon. llmthe weaker quoted from an ar- llt‘lein‘lhe l‘etorbomugh quluor h‘u ! I8 ll“ I we :to the efiect that l‘oterboruugh was no wise in not installing a fllterlu plant. u- 3lmuse tht l! w” ”snorted that It llhere was an increase of typhoid fev- nd at in Philadelphia recently. It “>- 0, lpeored from this article that the poo- :h- ‘ple had depended on filtering and ceased to boil the utter. The 01 be ilailure o! Wpshlngton slow filtration th- Ir. ‘3 tt" aeration“ it was onool the “.0 .flrst mallow. This plant. 11:. Bed lusdxwu not installed till 1905. In =ithis connectiOn be quoted an article .. [tom the Globe commenting on the A Just that after 5990de $3,000,000 n; A‘- lav“. tun, --v_- - (act that after mending $8,000,000; on a filtration plant that the deaths 3 from typhoid in 1906 were u highi “in 1905. and higher than the av-' erase for The Engineering Nemi a. statement. that after tlge filtering plant. was found to 0!: doing its work well, and that there Mr. ,Beal then read some wmments, whether his own or of other people I did not appear very clenrly. to show that the expert! were nlwnys dlspoa~ ed to mom ot‘typhou in other unsanitary conditions than,those of monta- supply rhea them of filtering ”nan. onl.od.in quel- Untied!“ o! W 19,110 M“ W 10!.me Ir. EW- dm to“, manta-d mum ml-‘m MM‘W w! 0! " nofltv'm 19.110 Md run into pumping Mac: from the well instead 01 Illowmg the until-31 flow into the 1906. bank- of a. lake withthe puret wat- er in the Province or prohlbly in the Doninion, he had a letter from the town clerk . stating that they used water tram three Winn wells, 180 feet deep, sumcient for domestic eudtl yother purposes. The water was‘ pumped into a standpipe. There was good evidence, suid‘Mr. Bed, In con- clusion, in favor of artesian wells when towns by the side: 0! a lake or [urge river adopted the wens. Mr. J. ,D.‘ Flavelle, chairmen of the Water CommiSSion, «largely went over, ashe premised, the same ground as he did _a.t the first meeting. There- (ore much of what he said is omitted. Renamed with many of Mr. Bears ‘stetements, but disagreed with that gentleman’s conclqsions. He gave lr. Real credit for always having the courage of his convictions Referring to the chairman's statement that the water was utterly unfit for use, and could not be purified, Mr. Flavelle re- peated a statement made ax. the first meeting that none of us know of our own knowledge whether it can or not. Common opinions are not based on any scientific knowledge to which we must look. and scientists and ex- jperts say the water can be purified. There was no comparison between ;ScUgOg water and Toronto bay wav ler. Dr. Sheard, Medical Fealth om- ;cerof that city, had advised the filt- caring o! the water from Lake Ontar- So. He had 9,130 said athat after 50 per cent. of the bacteria were remov- odby septic tanks 45 per cent. more could be removed by filtration. ed expumtunot 890.000. u mm annual ohm of $9.000. while mm was cumin. 0! ”.mmm m. ‘out at. It wan monwlo to expect an m‘mnod "mus. more no it we could give a [and «won That we were trawlliag on the thin i «he of danger wan ahown My tho tact that out at live samples cont to the Provincial baflorlologlfl at. Toronto for analyail. two were pronounced had. ltm not adUsahle togo on. until we woke up with an epidemic of | typhoid lover. Mr. Weston. Dr. Am-l yet and Dr. Hodge“: all warned ‘Iguinlt thin danger. and all said it 'could be removed by slow filtration. gm. Amyot had stated to the speak: :er that only 65 per cent. of the bac-j iteria could be expellod by rapid mu iStration. such as that at Chatham, while there was no doubt that 95 to §98 percent. could be removed by galowfiltration. The, t‘ommissioners ilelt perfectly safe in coming and ask- llng what was only a guarantee of Icredit. Dr. Hodgettslhad satisfactor. lily explained the cause of failure of '! the Waslrinqton plant. 11 had occur- }redto the speaker. though this Was only a personal opinion, that. as Philadelphia had been one of the most corrupt cities in the United States, outdoing TamInCDS. that in thebuilding of the filtration plant thu‘eWas graft which would easily account for its being improperly built. Almost every, city and town in theold country was using slow sand filter Syntax!!! and we would be fool- lah not to eliminate the dangerous ele- ments from the water i! we could. and 320.000 would not. be needed for tintthe surplus would be used other parpoaes than providing filtra- non. ,It was €39le provided in Why-law tint it could‘not. be used for ”other purpose. It. Staples and if there was any at“ reason for using the town wat- clot drinking pus-Poses. It. mane replied that the Com- In Whomug‘h the City was charg- ed$1.500a year for the water used for sweet. sprinkling while here it mine. Some thought that the You will have no Regrets in after life if. on the first day of January, Nineteen Hundred and Seven, you have n Saving- Lcoount with this Bulk nnd deposit e. portion of your income each rock or month. The rapidity with which it will ‘I'OI will be both a. eurpriee and delight to you. The openin‘ofeneoeonntieeveryeimpie proceeding. on! noun will do it. he Dominion Bank T 0 all our Friends and Gus mmers we send greeting I tomers we send greeting, with our best wishes for their health and prosperity. New Years Days are the mile posts in life’s journey, and as we" pass them year by year, we‘ always See the circle of our friends and patrons greatly enlarged. This is as it should be and the fact affords us pleasure. We weuld, at this time, suggest TWO RESO- LUTIONS. On the part of our FRIENDS we suggest that each and every one reâ€" solve to continue favoring us with their patronage, as evi- dence of their appreciation of our efforts to please. For OUR OWN part, we will re- solve to redouble our energy and strive to deserve that patronage more than ever during the coming year. Both good resolutions, arn’t they? Faithfully yours, missioners/thought so. He didered entirely with Mr. Staples“ to well water. 0! five samples sent by In Douglas. Sanitary Inspector, for en- aJysis, only one, was pronounced fit to drink. The sample from a well which Mr. Douglas regarded as spee- clglly good belore analysis wee pro- nounced entirely bud. Water midst becleer and sparkling and be very impure. There was no truth in the report thnt the Commissioners in- tendodto closeup Wwells They had no power except under the 'Public Act which provided for the dodng o! anypolluted well. Many of them, he When ? Now. The Forbert Forbert Shae Store 52 Kent-8t . Lindsay You can begin your work in this school ct any time. You can. in hot. so M now just a well u if you had started tho first of the term. wieflai'e always up with the m Our reputation and atâ€" tendance 3110' My We‘ hgve noyr vwâ€"vv the largest enrollment for this time o! the you in tho historyot the ochool. If you would like a copy 01 our handsome book, “The Highway to Success," clip this advertisement, mail it to us, and the book will be salt to you free. B. W. Somers Principal Dominion School of Telegraphy DOMINION Pluto- and Orin! and Railroading, 11 Adelaide St... :-: TORONTO. Ediibn Phonogmphs W. H. Roenigk Central Music Store uunuv New Year Frank Forbert- Felix Fox-born From $10.00 to $50.00 A!» Violins. Mouth 011mm no. Shoot Music a.“ all kinds. No heupr inubnmwnu made ur mid in Unnadu. IAIY ‘i‘iii'fifojrfn‘vlln'r. i-hnpm‘l hm'iln‘iled. (Continued on Page Sever) Tim hos! M “w wnrld Circulation 4300 every issue. 4‘5