Sherbrooke daily record, 26 avril 1927, mardi 26 avril 1927

[" ,ï,îeMIEI?theatre A13 V.Sherbrooke Daily Record SHERBROOKE, QUE., TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1927.Thirty-First Y cat WORKING DESPERATELY TO CHECK FLOOD WATERS Have Fair\u2014Views On Power Development Will Flood Spreading Today-Increased Number Homeless BE CONTINUED, RUMORS STATE NO CHANGE IN MILK EMBARGO AS FAR AS QUEBEC CONCERNED Concerned Over Threats to Communities Not as Yet Reached by Record Crest of Water, Relief Forces Moved to Establish Advanced Outposts So that Any New Emergency Might Be Met Speedily and Efficiently.ESTIMATED THAT FROM 200 TO 500 LOST LIVES st- While Boats and Aircraft Scoured Flooded Districts for Marooned Persons, Other Vessels and * \t.j.'** ?> HON.J.N.FRANCOEUR TO * * BE A MINING COMMIS- ?*\u2022\tSIGNER.\t?1 Although No Official Statement Has Been Made, Well-Founded Rumors Are that With Greater Economy in Every Department Sherbrooke\u2019s Exhibition Will Be Continued.*\tQUEBEC, April 26.\u2014If re- ?*\tports cun-ent are confirmed, ?\u2019** Hon.J.N.Francoeur, Speaker * *\u2022* of the last Provincial Legisla- ?*»* ture, which has just been dis- ?> *î* solved, and one of the promi- * *\tpointment is expected soon.* v Several names had previously **\u2022* been mentioned in connection *$\u2022 *\u2022* with the post, but it is said * Planes Sped to Concentration £ offered6 Sp®aker\u2019 who nad been * Centres and Stricken Towns * Upper either a seat in.the * __________ _ ______ .House, or the Mining * With Food, Clothing and Medi- %\tlitterEhip\u2019 has acccpt't cmes.Memphis, Tenn., April 26.\u2014The Mississippi river and its tributaries today flooded new territory in Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana, rendering thousands homeless.Concerned over threats to communities not yet reached by the record crest of water, relief forces, centralized in the organization of the American Red Cross, moved to establish advanced outposts so that any new emergency might be met speedily and efficiently.With the known death list steadily climbing above the one hundred mark and varying estimates of from two hundred tc five hundred dead in the whole stricken area, every precaution was being taken to prevent additional casualties from disease, hunger and exposure.\u2022 &-& Food, Clothes and Medicine Rushed by Planes.ed the latter.\t*5.v It is not expected as a result * v that Hon.Mr.Francoeur will \u2019!\u2022 *\tagain go before his electors in * *\tLotbiniere.The post of Mining * *\tCommissioner allows its holder * to continue to practice his * *\tprofession.\ta -> v * * \u2022> *;\u2022\t-j., v ¦ v *** *1* ?;* PRINCES BEING TAKEN ON SIGHTSEEING TRIPS Visited Many Homes in Spain, in Each of Which \u201cFiestas\u201d Were in Full Swine.CAsscriatcd Press Despatch) ©EVliLLE, Spain, April, 36 -____.Tiré Princè of Wales and his brother, Prince George, who are visiting- Spain, are being taken on sightseeing trips to various districts.The two princes, accompanied bv Queen Victoria, visited the Provincial Fair on Sunday afternoon and were greeted cordially.They visited many of the local homes in each of which \u201cfiestas\u201d were in full swing, made up largely of popular dances.Arriving at\t' .\t, ,\t\u201e one of the prin- ,\t.\t, .\t\u201e\tcipal clubs, the Queen first danced While boats and aircrfat scoured with the Prince of Wales, then with the flooded districts for marooned | Prince George Both Princes later persons, other vessels and planes took senoritas as partners sped to concentration centres and The Royal party also 'went to stricken towns with food and cloth- i\u2019ie home of the \u2018Duke of Alba tag, medicines and assurance ' acre thev witnessed a présenta\u2019 continued relief.\tI tion of folk lore songs and dance- Refugees from newly inundated towns and communities in the three states, swelled the ranks of the homeless, which already had been estimated lit 150,000.With urgent warnings issued on nearly every hand, men labored to reinforce the main Mississippi levees from Vicksburg to New Orleans, where the raging torrent has been held in check through continued vigilance.Every precaution was was taken against possible dynamiting of levees and in New Orleans plans were laid for the flood crest crisis.i Great Menace to New ;\tOrleans.fc?\u2014;-£ With the crest of the flood past Memphis and the belief that the main Mississippi levees for a good distance south are in rapidly diminishing danger, Secretary of Commerce Hoover and Major General Jadwin, chief of the Army Engineers, have expressed concern for what may happen When the highest water reaches the lower delta.General Jadwin asserted that the great menace to New Orleans will be the joining of the Red River with the Mississippi and the full danger of the resultant flood can only be gauged then.Advices from Greenville indicate that the situation there has improved steadily.# \u2014 ^ - $ Clothing Donations Contain | Although no offiical announcement has been made, it is stated on good authority that arrangements have been completed whereby Sher-brook\u2019g annual exhibition will be continued.The future prospecta of the exhibition were for a time very doubtful, and it appeared as if this annual event might b© discontinued after almost half a century .of activity.The officials of the exhibition or of tho Eastern Townships Agricultural Association, under whose auspices and administration the exhibition i,s held, placed their cards on the table and publicly stated that they could not possibly carry on without financial help and that if this was not forthcoming the exhibition would be discontinued.A request for aid was then made to the City Council and to the Provincial Government.The City Council, realizing the advantages to be derived from the exhibition, did not wish to see it discontinued.The result was that many meetings of the Council in committee were held, when the -Mermen were waited upon by the directors of the E.T.A.A., and the situation fully discussed.The proposition of the E.T.A.A.was explained to the city and also the request which was to be submitted to tile Provincial Government.The city, after carefully studying the matter, agreed to help tbe E.T.A.A.providing the Provincial' Government\u2019 also rendered' assistance.No decision has been given by the government as yet.Tte directors of the E.T.A.A.met several days a^o and, although nothing official has been divulged, rumors, coming from good authority, have been heard, which give the impression that Sherbrooke will not be deprived of its exhibition.These rumors \u2018state, however, that while the exhibition will be continued, a decided decrease in expenses will be made and that every department will be carried on with greater economy.It is quite likely that an official announcement regarding the decision of the directors\u2019 meeting will be announced within a short time.Ban Placed by United States Authorities on Milk and Cream Shipped from Eastern Ontario Milk District Has Been Lifted.IMPOSED FIVE^WEEKS AGO «S- Eastern Townships Farmers Continue to Suffer\u2014Decrease in; Typhoid Cases at Montreal.(Afttocsated Prena Dematdh.) WASHINGTON, April 26.\u2014The embargo placed by the United States on milk shipped from the Eastern Ontario milk district, has been lifted.The embargo was imposed five weeks ago because of a typhoid epidemic in Montreal.The embargo area at that time was set as within a radius of two hundred miles from the city of Montreal.Diminution of the epidemiq and isolation of the source of infection induced the authorities tef remove the ban from that part of Ontario affected yesterday.No change is made insofar a the Province of Quebec is co cerned for the present.ubIaBagSn NAME MR.NICOL IN COMPTON CO.AUTO FATALITY \u2022 NEAR GRANBY LAST EVENING Joseph Pow, Seventeen Years Old, Killed and J.Deslauriers Critically Injured When Car in Which They Were Driving Met Head-On With Ontario Automobile\u2014Verdict of \u201cAccidental Death\u201d Rendered hy Coroner\u2019s Jury at Inquest Held Last Night. GIANT PLANE\tCITIZENS DECIDE\tIF CRASHED: NOTED $500,000 WILL BE EXPENDED FOR AIRMEN i WESTBURY POWER DEVELOPMENT Commander Noel Davis, Who ; poUs to Remain Open from Nine in the Morning Until Fivo Was Preparing for New York-Paris Transatlantic Flight, and Lieut.Wooster, Alternative Pilot, Victims of Accident Today.MACHINE BADLY SMASHED (Special to the.Record) GRANBY, Que., April, 26.\u2014 Joseph Pow, seventeen years old, was killed, and J.Deslauriers, twenty years old, critically injured, in the first automobile fatality of this district during the present season, when the car in which they were driving crashed head on with a motor car in charge of an Ontario driver about two miles from this place on the main highway to Montreal at about 7.30 o\u2019clock last night.According to accounts of the accident, the young men were progressing in the direction of Montreal at a good rate of speed in a Ford touring ear.For some unknown reason they were on the left hand side of the road and, on the approach of the Ontario car, remained on the same side, apparently becoming confused between the right and left.The two cars met head on and the lighter Ford was practically smashed to bits.The r .\u2022 u'ij In v .j occupants of the larger car were Lonvenhon Held at Bury lester- uninjured, and they at once went dav \u2014.Provincial Treasurer help and soon Dr.C.P.Verd-on, aay rrovmaai ireasurer of Granby, was at the scene of the accident.An examination showed that Pow was suffering from a frac- Plane Apparently Developed Mo tor Trouble, Became Unman- \"\"T OMORROW the ratepayers .ageable and Fell Several 1 Hundred Feet to Ground.in Afternoon\u2014Two By-Laws to Be Submitted\u2014One Provides for Transfer of Loans and Other for Development of 5,000 H.P.atWestbury Basin, Involving Expen-iture of $500,000\u2014Alderman Newton, Chairman of Electric Department, Gives His Views on Citizen\u2019s Letter\u2014Mayor Also Comments on By-Law\u2014Quebec Central, Although Interested, Has No Statement to Make.NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Apr.26.\u2014Commander Noel Davis, who was preparing for a New York-Paris trans-Atlantic flight-, and Lieutenant Wooster, his alternate pilot, were killed today when their giant aeroplane, the American Legion, crashed near Messick, Va.Reports received at Langley of Sherbrooke will be called upon to adopt or reject two city by-laws, which have been passed by the City Council and now await public approval before becoming law.The first by-law is number 474, which provides for the renewal of loans, and is likely to be adopted without difficulty.By-law 476, known as the Westbury Basin By-Law, is, however, the important one.By this by-law the city intend to provide Discussed Water Power Development.ture of the skull.He passed away twenty minutes later.Desiauriers, who was suffering from a fracture of the right leg and internal injuries was taken to his home in Granby, where he is at present lying in a very critical condition.The inquest was held last night at Granby and was presided over by Dr, C.P.Yerdon.coroner of the district.A verdict of \u201caccidental death\u201d was returned by the jury.Two Thousand Northern Chinese Reported To Have Been Drowned When Batteries Of Cantonese Sank Their Boats In Yangtse Two Launches, Towing a Dozen Boats Full of Northern Troops, Attempted to Reach Southern Shore on Yane- Î by the speaker, who pointed tse River Near Nanking Forts Last Night-Searchlight \" ^ ^ T \" T of0\u201d\"\u2019-Revealed Their Approach, Eighty Shells Were Fired and All Boats Sunk.Popular Movement for at Least ïïtst\tï''OïinkiT* EX-RESIDENT ous Border Points, It Is Intimated.Varied Arlicles.W- -# Clothing donations received by the Red Cross relief agency here contain piany and varied articles.Some of the thousand bundles unpacked ami re-sorted included among other items flimsy evening gowns, \u201cpostage stamps\u201d tea aprons, negligees, golf cloth hats and pocket books.One benefactor sent a bandsman\u2019s gaudy uniform.Another contributed a lone golden slipper which caused a relief worker to remark that \u201cCinderella is not a victim of the flood.\u201d A faded confederate army uniform was found in a package which also contained a gay plaid skirt with a long train.LOS ANGELES, April, 26.\u2014 Earl Williams, film actor, died yesterday of double pneumonia, Williams was born in Sacramento, Calif., and become a loading man for the Vitagraph Picture Company in the early days of motion jdeturea.(Associated Press Despatch) SHANGHAI, April, 26.\u2014 Two thousand Northern- Chinese soldiers are reported to have been drowned when shells from the Cantonese batteries at Nanking sank their boats in the Yangtse river.Two launches, towing a dozen boats full of Northern troops, attempted to reach the southern shore of the Yangtse near the Nanking forts last night, the despatches this morning said.A searchlight revealed their approach, eighty shells were fired by the Cantonese, and all the boats were sunk.CANTONESE MANIFESTO WAS PUBLISHED TODAY (Associated Press Despatch) SHANGHAI, April, 26.The vernacular newspapers published an official Kuoniintang (Cantonese political organization) manifesto to the world today stating that the British minister at Peking proposes to prepare for the occupation of Shanghai and Nanking in the event that the Chinese government should reject the demands made by the powers growing out.of the Nanking disorders of March 24.NURSE HAS BEEN RELEASED BY CHINESE BANDITS (Associated Press Despatch) SHANGHAI, April 26.\u2014Mias Mary 1.Craig, of Philadelphia, nuit-e, [recently kidnapped by bandits in Yimninan province, lias boon irelcasod.United! States Consul General Gauss was advised from Aunninan Fu, capital of Yimninan (province, today that Misfe Craig was free and well.Mis?Craig, a medical missionary of the China inland mission, was captured near Yunnan Fu more than a week ego, while she and a number of other missionaries were trying to make their wav to safety from the interior.The Rev.Morris Slichter, of Toronto.Ont., and his 8 year old daughter were killed bv the bandits.Mrs.Slichter and their 5 year old son were taken prisoners with Miss Craig.Official advices to the Canadian government last Saturday said Mrs.Slichter was at Shihtsuiig, Yunnan province, wounded.No details were given and there was no mention of her young son.u.s.vessel\"fTred on YESTERDAY BY CHINESE ( Associated Press Despatch) SHiANGHAI, April 26.\u2014The United States auxiliary vessel Penguin was fired on heavily yester-d-ay in the Pangtse river with rifles, machine guns and field pieces.Sev.oral of the Penguin\u2019s men were injured, one of them badly.A GREAT MANY CANADIANS WILL PROBABLY DEMAND ONLY EXECUTION OF THREE OF FIRST NOTE REQUESTS (Associated Press Despatch) SHANGHAI, April, 26.\u2014A message from semi-official Japanese sources at Peking indicates that, \u201cin view of American opposition to (Continued on page 10> (Special to the Record) BURY, Que., April\t26.\u2014Hon.Jacob Nicol, Provincial Treasurer, will again represent the Liberals of Compton County in the coming provincial elections as the result of a large and enhusiastic Liberal convention held here yesterday afternoon, at which Hon.Mr.Nicol was unanimously chosen as Liberal candidate.When Hon.Mr.Nicol rose to address the assembled gathering he was greeted in such an enthusiastic manner by the assembled delegates that it was some tsne before he could be heard.Mr.Nicol, in opening his address, thanked his supporters for the honor that they had bestowed upon him by again appointing him Lib-eral candidate of the County of Compton, and told them that he would do his best, as in te-h past four years, to look after the interests of the county.The political history of the county was then briefly\u2018 touched upon out that Mr.J.E.Letellier, M.P., had, jurm DTT! cc will A CFFPT at the Federal elections, won by a ntYV\tATPELI majority of over 2,060 votes.Mr.Nicol pointed out the difference between 1204 and the present day.In those days the county wa5 solid Conservative, but sacrifices made by the Liberals and the work they had accomplished had produced the present day results, Liberal pcli-tics at present being the determining factor in this progressive coun- ty.The present administration was highly praised by Mr.Nicol, who stated that those who wished to study the question would clearly see that the p oliey oC tho Liberal Government of the province of Quo is the best that could be satisfactorily operated under the present day circumstances.Glowing tribuet was paid to Hon.L.A.Taschereau by the speaker, who stressed the importance of liquor control by the government, which had been worked out by the Premier and operated on a business basis, so that the Provincial Governments at.present realizes a profit of $6,000,000 a year, This money >s not all taken from the people of this province, explained Mir.Nicol, who pointed out that tourists were, the largest buyers.It was by me;ns of tins money that tlie roads have been improved and colonization helped along.Water Power in Province Development of electric power was next touched upon by Mr.Nicol, who pointed out that the policy of the government was to encourage this important work, and that tho Premier was one of the biggest supporters of hydraulic power deevlopment in tho country.Sherbrooke 1ms at present seven or eight thousand horse power, said the speaker, who added that he would (Continued on page 10) Held said that the machine ap- adciitianai ejectric power b de.parently developed engine trou-1 velopment of the Westbury ble became unmanageable and; basin.The amount involved ' fed several hundred feet to the tbis by-law is $500,000.ground.\t.\tThis by-law has been given much It was carrying a load or more than thirteen thousand pounds.Telephone messages said the machine was badly smashed.Neither airmen had time to jump.The machine left Langley Field early this morning for a cross-country flight, the last of the tests Commander Davis planned to make before taking his machine back to New York to prepare for his attempted nonstop* hop from New York to Paris.The bodies of the two officers were removed from the wreckage soon after the accident and were taken to the naval hospital at Portsmouth.Information at the naval base indicated that the plane crashed in about four feet of water and that both fliers were drowned.Officers at Langley Field were informed that Commander Davis was attempting a forced landing when the big craft became unmanageable.Mrs.Davis has been visiting (Continued on page 10) m thought and study by tbe City Council, while on Thursday evening last the citizens were given an ! opportunity of getting all information on the matter when a public meeting was held at the city hall.Alderman S.R.Newton, chairman of the electric department and father of the by-law, on that occasion explained the whole situation.Unfortunately there were very few citizens present at the meeting.^ The polls will be opened at nine o\u2019clock tomorrow morning and will close at five o\u2019clock.Five polls, one in each ward, will be opened and will be situated as follows: East Ward, Mrs.P.McGee, 19 Windsor Street.South Ward, Uormidas Morin, 83'a Alexander Street, West Ward, Joseph.Bergeron, 148 Alexander Street.* * & » * » » * « & * * «s * & * * » ENGINEERING\u2019S FUTURE IN DOMINIONS, SAYS L.E.MATHER LONDON, April, 26.\u2014 Employers joined with employed in an interesting private conference of the Manchester Engineering Council.L.E, Mather, chairman of the well-known Platt and Mather firm, said he hoped the conference had proved that the employers were not as black as they were painted.Every delegate took away the feeling of good fellowship.That the future of engineering lay in the Dominions was the main point made when the conference dit-cussed the future of engineering, Mr.Mather saicT.It was believed that a greater industrial development overseas must be looked for.«s \u2022ft & # «4 «h «4 «4 «4 «4 «4 «4 «4.«4 «4 «4 » » «4 * being drawn into heavy law suits as the result of the flooding of land at Westbury.The Quebec Central Railway, it was pointed out, might! claim heavy damages and might suffer seriously by the washing out of culverts or bridges.Mr.Roy, after listening to the different discussions as they affected his company, in a few wards explained the stand taken by the Quebec Central Railway.This Company, he said, was thoroughly in accord with the city\u2019s development.1 r-:.rr -, rrr, H, , , \u2018 r: in p i uoi i L, but its first thought was Pn-rion Street^\u2019\t^ai \u2019\teF j to protect itself.Therefore should North Ward, Dufferin Avenue.«4- Brooks Block, 26 Plan Concerted Action To Lessen Rigidity Of U.S.Immigration Regulations Resolutions Adopted on Canadian Side Will Be Directed to Dominion Government, While U.S.Organizations Will Be Asked to Communicate Directly With American Department of La* bor.OF KNOSITON DEAD AT BOSTON Rev.'Simon Biinn Blunt Passed Av/ay Last Night After a Long Illness.Mayor Confident of Unanimous ! Approval.#T\u2014-» In commenting upon the by-law His Worship Mayor J.K.Edwards this morning said tq the Record: \u201cI feel confident that the by-law wall meet with the unanimous approval of the citizens.For years past the City aldermen have been approached for having so much surplus electric power going to waste over the falls of our different plants, and nobody felt this unfortunate condition of affairs the city be responsible in any way for damages to the Quebec Central Railway, the company would expect the city to pay all the expenses and damages involved.This viewpoint was thought to be a very just one in the opinion of Alderman Newton, who remarked that every company should first of all protect its,If and secondly that the city should be ready to stand responsible for any damages which it might cause.»-» #- No Comment From Board of Trade.¦«4 Mr.E.W.Parwell, president of ,,\t|\tthe Sherbrooke Board of Trade, more than the individual aldermen.] was asked what he thought of tho Today conditions are changed.| by-law.Speaking as president of through careful and skilful man-1 the Board of Trade, he remarked age ment, Sherbrooke\u2019s electric de-, that the Westbury matter had partment has become a very valu-[never been publicly discussed and able asset and is now the bset pay-; therefore he could not express the ing investment we have.The high- ' opinion of the Board, and 'as a pri- est ambitions of tho , ____ __ _ pri- 1'cspeetcd [ vate citizen he was not in a posi-fathers of municipal ownership have ! tion to make any comment either been realized.We are fully con-, for or against tlie'matter.Ho added vinced that our city plants can do j however, that he expected some more for the industrial progress attention and discussion would be and prosperity of Sherbrooke than [given to the question when ttm any private company; that this city 1 members of the Board met this ; evening.BOSTON, April, 26.\u2014-Rev.Simon Blinn Blunt, rector of All Saints Church (Episcopal) in the Ashmont section of Dorchester, died last night after a long illness.He was fifty-eight years old.A native of Knowlton, Que., he was educated at McGill University.can continue to pnjoy the reputation of being one of the best lighted j cities in Canada without expense to the tax-payers; and that we can supply the comforts and conveniences for the home more fully and at a lower cost than a private com- ! pany.The citizens may rest assured ! Olivier, a local citizen, relative to the Aid.Newton Answers Citizen\u2019s Letter.*-i In reply to a letter recently published in the Record from Mr.C.F.(Associated Press Despatch) UFFALO, N.Y., April 26.Concerted action by civic,- T t , ., ,\t., J .i mont of Labor, which has junsdic-orgamzations on both sides (j0n over the American situation of the international border in the Although the new regulations will vicinity of the more populated ;Ufoct hundreds of Canadians along centres, aimed at lessening the\tin this\tthere was .i \u2022 \u2019 r i\t.\t, o | no anxiety apparent in Niagara Falls rigidity of the new United States; iast night.May0r Harry P.Step- immigration regulations, is in ! hen.of Niagara Falls, Ontario, sum-prospect, the Associated Press! made up the Canadian attitude with was informed today.\t! *^le statement that \u201cafter all, every c, .\t.,\t^\t^ J country has the right to govern it- Starting with a mass meeting at, se]f ns best it mav \u201e He expressed Niagara Falls, Ont., last night,1 regret, however, that the hitherto the popular movement for at frec PassaKe Canadians, both na-least partial repeal of the régula- tive born and naturalized,- across the lions will be guided around vari-| b°r^rim.ght_be_ hindered.____ ous border points, it was intimated.At last night's meetingf held under Chamber of Commerce auspices, a resolution was adopted asking that the Canadian government attempt to seek relief from the ruling for thousands of its citizens who are at present employed in the United States.that there is nothing a private com- : Westbury development, Alderman S.pany can do for Sherbrooke that the city cannot do for itself better and at a lower cost.\u201cWe cannot possibly rest upon our oars at this time.We must have more power, and as far as Westbury is concerned, the Quebec Government has given its ultimatum.We must proceed with its development at once or forfeit our claim j to the bed of the river, which is the crux of the whole scheme.\" » Queb< No *- ay Statement To Make.?\t^\tO \u2022\t-I.\t.y ; THE WEATHER ^ *\t* SHOWERC Tlie depression which was over Manitoba yesterday has moved southeastward to the Lake, region, causing showers over Western On-Similar resolutions, loaders at the ; tario.Showers have also occurred in meeting declared, will he sought many sections of the West, while from other points.Resolutions from the Ottawa Valley eastward adopted on the Canadian side will the weather has been fair hp directed to the Dominion government.while United States organizations will be asked to communicate directly with\" United States Depart- Forecast: Fresh to strong winds with showers.Wednesday: Partly cloudy, not much change in temperature.\u201cWe have no statement to make regarding the Westbury matter\", was the answer given to the Record this morning by Mr.J.H.Walsh, when asked to explain the stand taken by the Quebec Central Railway in connection with the Westbury by-law, which is to be voted upon tomorrow.Although Mr.Walsh, the general manager of the company, declined to make any comment, it is believed that the statement made by Mr.Roy, attorney for tho Quebec\" Central Railway, explains the stand taken by the company.At the public meeting which was called hy Alderman Newton, father of the by-law, and which was held at the City Hall on Thursday evening last, the name of the Quebec Central Railway was mentioned on several occasions.The fact was brought before the meeting that there was a possibility of the city R.Newton, who, as chairman of the electric department, is fostering the Westbury by-law, repliçs to Mr.Olivier\u2019s letter.Alderman Newton says : Mr.Olivier apparently does not read either of the two local daily papers or ha would have noted that a public meeting was announced for Thursday night, the twenty-first, j at our last council meeting and fur-$ j thermore notices of this meeting | j were published for everyone\u2019s in-! , formation., Unfortunately Mr.Olivier after making known his views on this important subject did not take sufficient interest to be present at the meeting last Thursday night, when the whole proposition was outlined in detail for the benefit of the proprietors who will be called upon to vote on this subject next Wednesday, the 27th.Tire statement is made by Mr.Olivier that the Two Miles Falls dedevelopment cost twice $1,500,000.I am afraid that again Mr.Olivier lacks authentic information.The total coat of the Two Miles Falls or Weed on development, including the line to Sherbrooke and over $100,000.00 spent last year in increasing the capacity of the Weed-on Plant, was $987,647.70 up to December 31.1926, less than one-third of what Mr.Olivier would have us believe.In connection with the Continued on uage 10 ^ 06 PAGE WO SHERBROOKE DAILY RECORD, TUESDAY, APRIL 26, l V27 St.Francis District News ! Dying of Catarrh By Slow Degrees BRIEFLETCAND GENERAL NOTES Although not aw^re of it, thousands are slowly dying of Catarrh.First it attacks the nose and throat, then it spreads through the system.This awful disease can be nipped in the bud.if you use CATARRHO-ZONE.Every breath from the inhaler carries healing essences to all parts of the breathing organs.The throat and nose are cleared of foul discharges, headaches, coughing and sneezing no longer are a worry.For all winter ills CATARRHOZOXE is a wonderful preventive.No medicine to take\u2014a simple inhaler does it all.Sold everywhere.YOUNG PEOPLE\u2019S SOCIETY MEET Personals and Interesting Items ^n2rvTTr,rri_T fro™ Coalicook and District\u2014- INDUCTION OF Fire Brigade Called Out to Fight Bush Fire.REV.S.G.BROWN AT Interesting Debate Held\u2014Home of Mr.William Leadbeater Destroyed by Fire\u2014Personals and Interesting Notes.LNYSRiNESS.Que., April 26.\u2014 St.Andrew\u2019s Y.P.S.closed down for a few weeks on the night of April 13th.as it was felt that the pupils of the Academy would not be able to spare the time to attend the meetings in view of the near approach of the June examinations.The closing meeting was both interesting and enjoyable.After the business had been disposed of a debate took place, the subject being that, \"Love at first sight and an Lack That A QUEER BED of knowledge \u2019tis, makes a thing see any dear, m odd or quevr.-Mother West Wind.It was just by chance that Peter Rabbit finally discovered the outrance to the home of Rattles the Kingfisher.Peter had crossed the Laughing Brook up in the Green Forest and had gone down on the other side of the Smiling Pool.After a visit there, he had kept on down the bank of the Laughing Brook where it makes its way from the Smiling Pool to the Big River.HUNTING VILLE The Junior Red Cross members entertained on Thursday afternoon In the church hall, putting on a short programme of recitations, also piano solos by Norman Bowers.Afternoon tea was served to about forty, the proceeds being most satisfactory.Miss Olive McCrea was the guest of Miss Bernice Hunting and Miss Hodgson over the week-end.Mrs.R.Dewing spent Easter Day et the home of her parents, Mr.and Mrs.E.Bowen, East Angus, returning on Monday, April 18, accompanied by her young brother, Donald.Recent visitors at Mrs.Harry\t- Aldrich\u2019s were her mother, Mrs.Iva rn.TTrr>nK-\t4nril26 \u2014 a».- *»\u2022 «.Wilson.\tMrs.Frank Hicks and Miss Grace Mr.and Mrs.Harry Aldrich visu- Geor?.e^ o{ c0iefcir00L N.H., were el friends in Compuon and Coati-|receiit g.uests at the home of Mr.cook on Sunday.\tand Mrs.Wm.Welch.Miss Beatrice Jackson was the Miss Beu!ah Grady, of Waterloo, guest of Miss Bernice Hunting thejis a\tpf her grandparents.Mr.) past week.\t.\tand Mrs.Jas.Grady.Miss Gertrude Hunting was home jlr.J.H.Cairnie has leased one1 for the Easter holidays.\t:0f his residences to Mr.and Mrs.Mr.and Mrs.Chauncey Symons B(jwar(j MacXamara, who will take.\t_____ were recent guests of Mrs.C.H.immediate possession of the same, i RICHMOND, Que., April 26\u2014 .The fire brigade was ca.,e T0;There took place Thursday evening.,\t-\t,\t, , ,\t-\t,\t.\t, \u2014- \u2014 \u2014.- - \u2014 - North Coaticook on Sunday morn-i A il 21st in Chalmerg United :these ,Pr