The weekly examiner : covering Mount Royal, Park Extension, St-Laurent and Outremont, 12 décembre 1931, samedi 12 décembre 1931

[" TX Ha PERT PROULX REG'D Fleuriste 5175 Park Ave.PEGGY DRESS SHOP Dress of Distinetion 381 Bernard Ave.Tel.CR.1696 CRes.7141 The Weekly Examiner COATS Violets 25¢ bunch ALL COATS HALF PRICE Narcigsus 1.00 doz Afternoon and Evening Dresses Covering Baby Mums SOc bunch Greatly Reduced d Roses 1.50 doz.up HATS .89c A complete line of Flowers MOUNT ROYAL, PARK EX TENSION, ST.LAURENT AND OUTREMONT 1931 To ~ SATURDAY.DECEMBER 12th, VOL.IL, No.49 PRICE: TWO c ENTS.0EeP00060000000 0 $00900000000000 \u2014r © ST.MADELEINE'S CHLRCH ¢ MEN ASS] À + & BEING REDECORATED ¢ ¢ CHIEF LEFEBVRE TO ° .* + RETURN NEXT WEEK Etre de S MEETING i ; % Redecorating of the inter- @ | + Chief Lefebvre of the Outre- ;Ç &% jor of St.Madeleine\u2019s Church +, + mont Police Department was % on Outremont Avenue is pro- ¢ ® at hothe di this week with a à gressing rapidly, and when + Fairmount-St.\u201cGiles Group|+ touch of ia grippe.% completed will present a very © Plan Extensive Pro- ® His condition up tu this + artistically finished job.+ gramme + time was reported as much im- 8 < The cost of painting the in- % 9 proved, and his physician stat- + % terior of the church will run + + ed that the Chief would be * \u2014 % into several thousand dollars + CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES © able to resume duties by the + ® it was reported, and the time % .% beginning of next week.> Amount of $30 is Cause of Discussion\u2014Ald.Sayer in Favor| taken to complete the work +|Thos.Moffitt Re-elected Pres-|& Deputy Chief Delude was mn |Mayor W.L.King Answers Charges of Business Men's Asso- of Erection of Trees\u2014Many Motorists Fined Duringle was stinated ot shout» # ident of Club 9 chargo of affairs this week +| ciation\u2014Proprietors Had Not Learned to Read Ledgers » month or two.+ © during the Chief's absence.+ Is Claim\u2014 Month.\u2019 > 2 The annus! mating and election of] : Borrowing Power Question.PEPE E ERB Eee d Vicars of the Fairmiount-St.Gilew|* PF 206 HO SPORE « md ed dad REI AT Sh NR TR $s 1 =.PR PE IEP Say = The Outremont Council signified \u201cthumbs down\u2019 on illuminated Christmas trees for the City this year at a meeting held last week.icipality of Outrement bright with years,\u201d was the plea of Ald.Sayer \u201cMake the Mun- lighed Christmas trees, as in past before the Council members.This suggestion was met with strong opposition from fellow members who thought that the corporation should of the poor.divert this expenditure to.the relief More than twenty minutes were devoted to a somewhat heetic dis- cussicn.The amount involved was $30 for the erection, cquipment and maintenance of three sturdy trees to broadcast the annual Yuletide cheer.yet, so divided was the Council in the matter, that Mayor Beaubien was obliged to cast the deciding vote to defeat the project.\u201cIt is true that the price of the trees will not equal the price of a stove-pipe hat,\u201d Ald Charles Bourassa contended, \u201cyet consider the poor people in the community who will think we are dispensing the civic funds on extravagances, when they ave begging for brea Bourassa struck a different note.sponse to Mr.\u201d Ald.Sayer, in re- He said \u201cthe erection of these trees would create a spirit among the people to buy at Christmas time, and in this way not the individual alone would benefit, but the mass.Hungreds of dollars are spent each year through the medium of Christmas spirit, and undoubtedly this would be the case as much this year.The cry of depression must be brightened by some encouragement that all people will not see it too seriously.\u201d City Manager Lacroix told the council that 499 motorists were fined during the month of November for speeding and other infractions of the traffic by-laws.\u201cPolice will not let up in their protection of padestrians,\u201d he said.said.NEW CHURCH TO \u201c7 BE BLESSET BY MGR.&.GAUTHIER St.Germain Edifice Will Be Dedicated Tomorrow =~ Outremont\u2019s new $350,000 St.Uer- main Churdh, corner of Cote Ste.Catherine Road and Bellingham, will be blessed by Mgr.Georges Gauthier, aichbishop co-adjutor of Montreal, tomorrow morning, Father L.A.Desjardins, pastor, announced yesterday.An invitation has been issued to Mayor Joseph Beaubien and members of the council to attend the ceremony which will mark the completion of Outremont\u2019s fourth Catholic Church.The new church is.of Roman gothic style and is equipped with all modern lieved this would be apparatus and up-to-date heating and ventilating systems.This new parish is a subdivision of Ste.Madeleine and St.Viateur French-speaking parishes.May Have School St.Germain will probably have a parish school in the near future it was decided at a meeting of church wardens this week, though no official plans were announced, Owing to the great expense incurred through the building of the church it was not considered likely that anything would be done on the new school before some time.The matter.was contemplated seriously, however, owing to the increased number of school-goers in the parish, and it was further said that something would have to be done in a reasonable time.There was no word of a site to be chosen for the school, but it was de- close to the present church property or across the street.Tiny Passengers Take Long Journey Alone CANDIDATE FOR OI.MICHAEL'S URGES LIBRARY Would Re-Arrange Tax Assessment to Suit Poorer Classes WANTS PLAYGROUNDS B.Witkov Was Chairman at Public Meeting Representation according to taxation, Jos.Arnoff, J.P., seccnd can- yj didate for aldermanic honors in St, Michael's wand in the forthcoming municipal elections, urged in reference to the giving of positions to citizens in the civic administration, His plea was for a fair number of Jewish employees on the city payroll, and he told a large dbody of electors at the Annex Hall Wed.night that he would endeavor to bring about this measure, if returned by them to the important post of alderman for the ward.The meeting was held under the auspices of the Hebrew Political Club.Property taxes should be levied in such a way as not to burden the poorer classes with high rents, he believed, suggesting that a fairer ratio could be devised for districts in which low wage earners lived.Included on his comprehensive programme was This resolve to work for the creation of a public library in the northend \u201cwhere all races and creeds could gather to spend their leisure, time in the company of great minds.\u201d A playground for children was needed urgently in the division, Mr.Aronoff maintained.He also stressed the importance of fostering the idea of sun baths for children.The city could take the initiative in this matter by creating open air public bathing pools, he stated, just as easily as Bound for the home of their grandmother, Mrs.E.Broom, of Lynn, Cheshire, England, Doris Nicholson, aged 10, and her two-year-old sister, Vera, recently boarded the \u201cImperial\u201d at the Canadian Pacific Railway Station in Winnipeg, travelling alone to catch the C.P.R, liner \u201cMontclare,\u201d for Liverpool.Picture shows the beginning of their sojourn with the world\u2019s greatest transportation system, with the explanation of their tickets by A.E.Roberteon, one of the romi\u2019s long-service sleeping car conductors, their Soardian acmoes Bait Yoo Dominion.» 4 CE they provided ponds for ducks in choice localities.Waving a paper-covered note book, Mr.Aronoff said that in it was recorded good deeds perfernied on behalf of hundreds and hundreds of friendless residents of St.Michael's division, who appealed to him for support in getting them out of difficult situations brought about by current economic conditions.\u201cA tailor by trade, I am one of you, knowing your troubles and how best to help you,\u201d he conaluded.N.Rejikoff referred to Mr.Aronoff as \u201ca man of principle, poor in the possession of worldly goods but rich in determination to fight the battles of the underprivileged.\u201d Working hard by day in manual labor, he does not cease his labors on their behalf at be taking edvantage of the brief respite afforded by the luncheon per- od.\u201d B.Witkav was the chairman.Japanese Oranges Arrive In Canada for Yuletide Surest harbingers of a fast approaching Yuletide, more\u201d than two million Japanese oranges were carried across Western Canada in refrigerator cars the Canadian National Railways.first consignment of these golden emblems of Christmas happiness consisted of Japanese oranges trans-shipped from Vancouver.Further consignments of Japanese oranges arrived in Vancouver from the Orient during the first week of December, according to T.P.White, Superintendent of Car Service for the railway company.gatherings % With the holding of a meeting last week between the ®* Metropolitan Commission and + the Mayors or other repre- % sentatives of the various mun- ¢ icipalities on the Island of % Montreal, one more mile- % stone is passed in the progress + of the proposed island boule- % vard toward realization.+ At present, engineers of the ® Commission are in communica- 4 tion with engineers of the ¢ Federal and Provincial Gov- © ernments with regard to the © establishment of estimates of ¢ coste, and a Committee of the ¢ Commission, of which the ¢ chairman, Ald.Gabias and © Mayor Beaubien of Outremont + are members, is in touch with ®* members of the Federal and ¢ Provincial Governments, with ® regard to the contribution to- ® ward the boulevard which \u20ac these Governments are to ¢ make.: + + + ++++440 00060000 SERIOLS DAMAGE 10 THREE STOREY HOUSE BY FIRE Firemen on Scene Three Hours in Extinguishing Blaze FAMILIES HOMELESS Blaze Started in Staircase and Spread to Roof Considerable damage was caused when a fire, so fur of undetermined origin, started in the stiarway of a three-storey dwelling situated at 726 Querbes avenue and left homeless three families who occupied the building.Firemen had a difficult time in preventing the spread of the flames and were on the scene three hours before they succeeded in extinguishing the flames.Fireman Grothe of the Outre- mont Fire brigade, received a severe cut on one of his fingers, but after treatment was able to resume his duties, The fire started in the staircase of the home of A.Kendel, living at 726 Querbes avenue.Upon arrival of firemen under Fire Chief Willis and Capt.Page of the Outremont Five Department, the flames had already spread up the staircase to the roof of the house and threatened to ignite the adjoining dwellings.Two streams of water were used by the firemen before they succeeded in preventing the spread.Fireman Grothe was on a ladder and playing a stream of water into the heart of the fire when he was struck by a piece of flying debris and ona of his fingers was hadly out.Over sulted in extinguishing the outbreak.Damage by fire was done to the buil-]- ing while the interior suffered by smoke and water, families not being able to occupy their homes that night.Other dwellings damaged were occupied by H.Payette at 728 and L.Ber- man at-726a Querbes svenue, two hours of steady work finally re-|.Plage Laval Business Men's Association against the King Administration was made by Mayor W.L.Kirg and n number of confederates at a meeting in the Queen's Hotel last Sunday night.Accused of piling up debls, applying for unlimited borrowing powers and administration of a bill to change the village into a town lent vigor to a hand of lawyers and accountants, who engaged in fiery debate with certain representative members of the audience, In two meetings, the proprietors sot forth their contention that Plage Laval was being sunk into debt, and cited figures as follows: Owing to the Provincial Bark, $12.266, for loans; interest on loans, $302; accounts payable, $9,268; fire pump, $5,000, ete.A rebutted of the remarks of the ote; a club house, always open, with u cavetaker; fire protection.Taxes had not been raised, ho claimed.If the tssessors had raised the valuation of certain properties, that was with reason, and it was a fact that rome properties had boen lowered.No Secreey in Matter Councillor L.V.Chalifoux follow- od the same lines in an address in French.He suggested even more forceful names for the proposed Plage Laval newspaper, and said that 30 far as asking for tho bill without consulting the propricturs, the administration had wel! advertised their intentions, and stressed tho contention that Mayor King had had the people's full support.The meeting was opened by tho chairman, LL.B.Temple, and early sprakers were Councillor L.V.La- To this the administration replied.vortue and James MoLeod.Both read succinetly, that the proprietors had! not learned to read ledgers, and had a chartered accountant tell them that tho total debt is now $4,233, and that for this year the excess of expenditure ($14,846) over revenuo $11,760) is but $2,985.In less cut-and-dried Mayor W.L.King took the floor and made body jabs at what he called the \u201cTaillon faction.\u201d \u201cThey said,\u201d he jecred, \u201cthat they have looked into the books and found Us in tho hole.| haven't seen those figures myself.I can\u2019t even think where they got them.\u201d Vice-president Lomas of the proprietors cut in: \u201cRight in your ledgers! ® \u201cOf course! Your knowledge of accountancy is so perfect that you don\u2019t.know a credit from a debit, an asset from a liability.\u201cAny investigation,\u201d he continued, \u201cwill be gladly supported.Yes, I'll even be ready to help, But I want to give my friends a line or two.\u201d He suggested that the newspaper the proprietors, by their charter, were entitled to bring out in Plage Laval town or village might he entitled \u201cThe Daily Liar.\u201d \u201cIt wasn't your voles that elected us,\u201d he told the packed assembly.\u2018Mr.Taillon way responsible for it.\u201d Then, taking a lower key, the mayor proceeded to enumerate the benefits his administration claimed to have conferred upon Plage Laval.They were: Better roads; forty lights and not all for friends of the council; parking places along the beach; lower licences for peddlers, milk drivers, fushion,: the proprictors\u2019 charter and claimed that it.was they who wielded the tyrants\u2019 hand from which it waa necessary to seek the protection of an urban charter.Gaston Tramblay, who sold the fire pump iv the village and so stirred up frouble because it wus claimed that Ste.Rose bought their pump cheaper, took the floor Lo pay that the full coat of the pump was $6,400, from which ho clipped $400 as a favor to the village.Ste.Rose, which was said by some to huve had ita pump at about $2,600, he said, paid $6,000 at the least, und could not have pur- chused pump and equipment at less than ahout $10,000, I.G.Doughty, auditor and accountant, went at great length ints the accounts to prove, as cited above, that total excess of expenditure over revenue this year had been 82,895.Armand Dion, lawyer for the administration, read the bill for urbanization in extenso and set forth the reasons for taking this step.As a holiday centre, they could not live within villago restrictions, which were made for « famning community, he said.As for their borrowing power it twas, In the bill, though not in the Official Gazette note, set at $26,000, This figure was specified to allow for the needs for a growing community which did not wish to have to make reference to Qudbec again within a few years.As a matter of fact, ha said, the borrowinæ pot®ers of a town were limited to a quarter of its annual revenue, and the borrowing powers o fa village were nil, unless there wus Teference to the people.Rinks and Slide | Now in Order AH public skating rinks in Outre- mont were complete! this week and ready for use according to a report from the City Engineer, Mr.Lacroix, but, owing to weather conditions did not appear favorable to immedigle usage.A Sleigh From Old Montreal If the cold weather continues ice will be in skatable condition on all of the Jour civic rinks as the city has been flooding them frequently in the past week, \u2018Annual tickets will be issued for the big St.Viateur rink ranging at the same prices as last year.Pratt Park and Roskilde rinks were also ready for skating this weck.New Toboggan Slide The new and much faster toboggan slide at Pratt Park only awaits more snow before sliders can use it.With the little snowfall of the past week, men were busy forming banks on the side of the tracks, but there was hardly enough for tobogganners who could easily crash through them, possibly causing injury.Furthermore, the track surface is not sufficiently coated with enaw, but as soon as this is, the slide wil be open to all who like sliding down the grade st forty per minute.Here\u2019s to more snow.- .A generation before Wolfe and Montcalm settled the destiny of Canada on the Plains of Abraham, a French gentleman of Montreal imported what was then the most magnificent sleigh in the New World.It was built in Paris in 1720, and for many years was the pride of early Montreal.The sleigh vanished with the passing of time and eventually came into ths possession of Mrs.C.H.Munro Ferguson, of Assynt, Evanton, Scotland, who, in view of its early associations, presented it to Mr.E.W.Beatty, Chairman and President of the Canadian Pacific Railway.It is now on view at the headquarters of the Art Association of Montreal, The sleigh is typical of the period in which it was built, the tron work being hand wrought and gilded.It is etiracting a great deal of interest, especially among students of early Canadian history. PAGE TWO THE 1:10.10 EX AMINER, : y A + ss = \u2014\u2014- @!byterians in the North End and al! H E EX M 1 | \\ E R soc LA lL 1 CANADIAN MISSION .| other friends.: + L- NOTES R 4 The distinguished preacher is from \u2018 .f , viv- 00 Three speakers wen çheard at the Saskatoon end has the freshness, viv Mrs, Leslio R, Thomson, formerly weekly Sacrament meeting of {hel 8¢ity and vigor of a true Westerner.Miss Harriet Blackstock.of Toronto,| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day] 17 addresses pre eloquent, inspira- .si .A .ional and challenging.received for the first time since hor! Saints in the Rialto Hall, 5711 Park| Mr, Percy M.French will officiate SATU RDAY, DECEMBER 12th, 1931 Published Weekly by The Examiner Publishing Coi Costliness The most up-to-the-mioute\u2014Highest in quality \u2014most t reasonably priced.\u201cWe carry narrow ADVERTISING = EDITORIAL Marriage this week at her residence, avenue, last Sunday evening.\u2018at the organ.HEAD OFFICE 5626 Woodbury avenue, off St.Cath-| - tance\u2018 Branc CRescent CRescent | erine road.The bride, who wore her Elder James McCance, Brauch 5357 PARK AVENUE | | wedding gown of deep egg-shell satin] President, said \u201cMormonism\u201d re! - When a young man discovers he 0157 \u2014 ° 0157 and carried red roses, was assited in [affirmed the doctrine of God as given jean no longer afford to show his girl Priced\u2014 \u2014$8 SATURDAY.DECEMBER 12th, 1931 YELLOW ÿ_ JOURNALISM There is a certain journalist who believes that anything that interests people is legitimate news for their col-{* umns.It duesn't matter whetherj the story is unjust, offensive to fair-minded people.or plaii Cth,