-the difficulty; in obtaining teach-

‘. ppeedly reputable newspaper In a ‘ iviiized couutp’. alidilld even inbali made himself clear on the

1- """~."'a":-'..*......

LLIulnfll-lilnosalllhbllalol- 550d!

It Illltor.

only (fouled lee-ti m. In!‘ you (DIIIQI) In advance

per. yen (jellvenl) ll Canada all

SATURDAYyAUGUST 26, 1922.

" WILFUL tlllalieeaessnrA-rlou

Through the columila or the Pat riot and the mouths of tlle Libe- hl candidates it has been per- liltently circulated that when the Bell government came into power there were 100 vacant schools in it was alleged. were due to tlle faulty administration of

this province. The vacancies.

the l\rscii.tul1 government and tile fact tiiat they have all been iiiled- since is sup- posed to he placed to thc credit of the wise and fatherly care of the Bell government.

Of all the misrepresentations made on behalf ol lll? lit-Ii govern- melnt there is probably only onc other that can pllrltllcl till.» one as a downright and foundltliouitss perversion of fact. lll1\ll.'<‘|h"a'!iltt' _ment that the into gow-liinicilt ill-

, curred a dent - of $272000 dln- tic

the last eight months o: it's tcrlrl.,

They are bolhlfalse Zlilll ilrilllont zl fragment of fttllllrlilllfift.

As to thc vrlcant schools. in tiic fPDort of tiil- zi/‘llng Fitiel Supt-r- intenlit-nt of illlilclllion. .\1r. ll.

lShaw. for the your t-rnlin: Lil-cent- bet‘ 31. 1918. page 1T. we find the following:

“Prl-vintls lo the {llilntizll nll-r-t- 1115s in Juno we .1't‘lll a lcttcr to the Secretary oi each district urg- 1118 the neccssily- for larger sun- plemellts. in response liicrc was a very gent-rolls incrczlsc, ill thc

amount of supplement votcii by

‘i many distrwvt The mm] iuvrells“,HIUJHIOlJIlPS. pious, barrows. road

u:

I the face of inevitable defeat. tr)‘ lo excuse the sins of it's party ll:

falsehoods t0 refute Whifh l! l5

only necessary‘ to refer to the gov-

ernliienrs own official reports. if {our Liberal Etills campaign on the assumption

;lhat the electors are all gullible {enough

friends are running

to swallow everything ‘that is thrown at thcln by design- ‘ing politicians. they

are taking

tlic right course blit we ztre quit-t ‘sure lilo)’ will find that thl- Plci“ tors are not as ignorant as they believe they are.

—-i<o>———- SOME ROADS

l l .__L l On the eve of the bye-elections and no doubt as a sop to the cloc- tors. some road projects have been undertaken this ‘which the government hall decid-

cli lo pllt off for a more or less t'llll\‘tlllit'lll 598501].

Om‘

ol these projects is the

.1-».-vl-ii mile road between Kell- sitlutou and Blalpequc. a link il

t thc Third District of Prince in

which two seats are at sink" The project u-az-l tindcrraken hast". ly and Willltlilhlllfli tluc licllborli 111011 wiiicil the Hell gilverntnl-ilt l5 ‘wont to givt- to it s big untiertzlk-

ssity was so ur-

illlcs but the llec

‘K011i. thc bye-elections could not

witit. Wlicthcr it contract was

‘it\'\'2ll'flt'll regularly or irregularly llllis not hccn rcvcaleti hilt for l

some wrecks past men. horses

was $11,111,435, m, {m p” (Tm ‘lvpriillillflilflflS and stumping machines

l . . . . . numbcr of tlistricls lliliVt-VDI’, math» WHPM “Mk h“

no approclllblt- incrczise iii

three of

tlHJSf‘ districts, riflQy.‘ r ‘ 1 I v iSl-hools in operation 406 461 1.10115 1101111115 111 her 15113111111 hqvw 1111-1161111 11-11111 T910111" wards at special meetings. incrcas-‘m’ “Mk m“ '5 “P1115 do"? l5 Dcparllnent 591i 590 111 111111111 1119111 111-9 111111115 ffQ|Jllllly on a visit home. ‘WUl'$t‘ than useless so far as tllP,1\1,-,1,. 1-1.111;11@1.1; 1113 111-11 ! ed their sunlonll-nts uffic'c ti'l - . ' mow ruiris of 1hr world. H s ‘n llmaklng of a road is IIUUCUPIIEUUFFIIIZIK‘ Tcaciiers 491 SSl 3 1|, ,|, 1|, to enable thcm to rio so. Ncvtr-L. . , 1 ~ - t the road is so narrow and sollmllm ellroned 17MB‘ 17-5101 At the ‘Fennis Courts this alter theless at thc null of December‘ '

there were still 25.1 vacant schools.‘

Sn mllcil for 191$‘. in thl- report.’ of the (Thief Supcriiiiciltlcnt of

Education, Mr. it.

- I . , -‘ I m]. 1919' page 15‘ w“ rmul: “Minot pass elitb other at .ill willy: [he m“? M. "In prpgnm wrmngiollt title or both sliding 111111 1111,

ebdut 50 schools lire lllllllllt! obtain tout-hers of any itinli." Moreovcr the

lll/filly show that ill tlic. former year. the last flill year ilnllcr Con- servative ruic. and a vozlr also Email)‘ lillllllfhed by the war and

the flu epidemic tiicre were more

teachers employed. more schools in operation and more pupils in attendance than in 1921 after‘ lbc two full years under tho xvi-se- and fatherly rule of tlle Boll gov- ernmelit.

1t is well illill for

many months alter thc unfortun-

rcmcmbercd

etc quarrel between thc Bl-il gov- ernment and the Prince of Wales teaching staff. n l1uarrcl and strike brought about by lilo por- sisicnt refusal of the Bell znvorn- merit to llnplcniout it's pronilst-s t0 the college [caching staff, tho teachers oi thc provlncn became so tiisgusted the government's

und dlscournnoti by

treatment oi their follow tellcIit-rs tinu ninny of them quit the profession entirely while many (illlcrs dctritlctl await tho sottlcniclll they were assured thc Bcll lztivcrnnlclit would Ilegcnmpcllctl to llflllflh-flflll

l0 Wlll!'li

which cvcniually tin-y wcrc colli- pelicd to make. This accounts for ere in i920 when. tovrltrds the close oi" the yeiir there were ac- tually nearly 100 schools vacant.

it remained for thc Patriot to place the blame for "IP50. ‘I00 va- cant schools at the door of the “Conservative party. it was a down right ‘falsehood. deliberately in- vented and deliberately circulat- ed. it is really too bud that a sup-

the sulllilcmeilt and as a l-oilscltur-nctilUH“ is lll-int! polllt-‘tl lllt" lll!’ lll5'l-'""l 3*‘ll"’l'llll@llllt‘l1 failed to obtain teliciicrs. Thirtv-vmm’ excenem m [he nunlbur of; BUT!

lcollclll ill

tlle nliioullt of

imen and horses employed. ‘l

II advance l0 U. l1. A.

llccti dollc. eg-f

money, 111.111

lly The wly 1

Who has not heal-a proclaimed

lll the msislwue o" "l8 PW" lic platforms by "If-BIN" "l w“

Government or llll-‘l! filllllflrler“ and in 'i'tie Patriot newspaper. the statement that when the 59" Government came ioto 9'9"" there were over 100 schools vac- ant in this Province? ls that state inent true? it is not true!

Happenings '"0f”"_l‘hé - '- Week

BEAUTY

Roses are Beauty. but l 61111110! see Those blood drops from burning heart of June Glowing like Thought upon ' living tree “litliuut a Dity that they die SD SOLD. Die into petalaf like those roses old. To 1,11,", 111111 11 111 111,1 gruslwe, Those women who were sum- quole from the Chief S-lperinteulh. lllel‘ ill 1119113 0911115 11111-5 1911.111 r111- 4119 1-0," 91111.11 Before the smile upon the Sphinx net-hither s1. i919. page 15:‘ At lw-is cold. - the date 0f the present writing, 0r sand had hid 0w firrlall about 5° "1101," w", unable t; and his arts. tbtairi teachers of any kitid and ‘

the

the

‘myriad dust of Beauty,

0 that .i large number 0| children are do‘ H“ mick “Wed m the opportumly o’ at“ Fnder our feet that not a lending school." To make out a I '1 . ' case for themselves the Bell Snge gram

But Iivcd and stirred in Beauty, and was quick For one foiief hour. and died. nor lived again. Uurtller we are told in the same But’ when the uwo“ W59- ieptlrt ‘by Superintendent (‘amp-l “w” ‘he gmss~ bcil: "The number nf schools lll Pasmre '0 ‘Wm; beauty" Lu” operafion during the school year. ‘ha’ “a5

Government allu its advocates doll biel the number oi’ vlicart sclioolsf

lay

“d; till; lii tlle districts or 'l‘r,\'- -_"hh" Maspflehh Oi‘ West, Wiimot, - Hayfield, Oc~ o . , erin View and Grand Perl: Pointl n l5 “M generally klmx“ m“

sunlmerlthe schools were closed but thrill-hr Excellency Llmy ‘BN5 is an botanist trip 1466 school] in opcratlon. aboutmnnss (‘anada s"? m“ "m miss 15° vacant bu‘ m “V: o‘ theulnn opportunity of pursuing her the chndu" were ‘aknn m schoolafillifililt)‘, and the result is that the

' fillnlilge car oi tlle Governor-Gen-

chlldren were conveyed lu Jteiqit- pnummastw amateur‘ zboring scrtoois." Thus (Tare Were and gardumr‘ During her

nearby. That leaves about 45 reli- I crzl '5

Supcrintentlcrlt (‘unipbeiis rvpgrt vicinity of the itocky Mountains. lllcllllrills one, which we all lnclilber. it. tclls that "A widejAlpine speciilicns spread and exceedingly severe Cpl‘ "Qt lllwlllilllsly

which shr- ililfl seen.

schools for varying periods doubtless lessened the -anl.-e of puPlis."

andlnt‘ B31311)‘ of the University atgcndm-liritish (‘tiltuiibia was invited 1lakc luncheon with Lady , ‘on thc GOV-film'- GCnPFlIhS train.

Such were therontlitions ulidcr wllicii about 45 schools ivere vac- lcctcli. A ViSil.

|l.oillp:irliii\'c statcillcnt l-"cllools cninpill-ll t'aiil|iboli's

l'ilill't‘l‘illilg.l‘fll (bit-lions -iii Point tirey Irolii Sllpcriiitcnlllynlg has collcctcu munyflof .

report (1919,) in-rrlcs

from 1921: 1919

11, vacuum triin ilzis a collection of N .\ll‘s. McLaggan anri cilild- - l root specimens oi‘ cactus. orchids ren. are visiting in the city. Alln|itling 111.111 11110111 45 51.110015 (llili other sllvlvy ‘Wild flowers. guests oi ills Honor Lieutenant were ‘Wiilllllii tczlcliers in i919 -~ “'llll‘ll Her Excellency gathered Governor alld lilirs. Mltciiinnoii, mostly snlail schools of from 5 to"" hi‘ “allslllilllwil "t 091‘ lllllm» ' ° ° ‘ I0 1Jll|'1ilS—— was 111111-11 11.11 11'in Essex. England Un nor nrrl- ‘Rev. Dr ilcKinlioii, principal of chiral», anti tlilit beyond the >pnwcr'lall in British Columbia, Lady Pine llili College, llaliizix, was or llnfv gotvornnteiit to prevent’! Urn: lilndt» scvcral trips in the obliged to cttnccl his sevci-al en-

1e_|\vllrrl- sllc obtltillt-d u nuiiilicr Q1‘

Professor demic of influenza closed all tliglJoiiil Davidson, of tlle Department

of to Byng

null to identify’ thc specimens col- was paid a1ter-‘1-11F, 11-111 _ , , v v 1 anbtiic full 0t 1919. We strbj lll .- -\\'llrd.< to the Univcrsit Botani- 1)_ the V018 01- m? pwvinlls 3mm Aiilaw bl-t-n at work and some er " ' y ' r

to.

Supcriritcntlcilfs‘ ii -z ' l ' l‘ - . reports [or “H8 m“ 19:1 Hxspec) it tutlftiiy wlllflOllltftl, polished ill

[rounded up that evcn in dry whet

liter two automobiles can

1 not pass each

H} (Hunphpnicxcept with great care anti c.lll|

lllltch in wet vreathel‘! l The portion of has been

, completed has been

11am. and while a carriage 0r auto

when an auto or carriage is nlcl. one or both will the ditch.

This is regrettable. The haste to complete the road before thc

t‘lt‘.t‘ll0ll no doubt accounts for it. blit

be forced

it is a lamentable waste oi’ uloncy". Before a year passes this road must be rebuilt or reiiillin a nleiluce to thc travelling public. No sci-respecting inspector can 1111215 illlsl collslrtlction as a public Ilighlvay- anti the people of the dis yll‘it,'i should not stand llll‘ it.

THE GOVERNMENT LOAN

l-loiticrs of Victory loan bonds duo, next December cannot do bct- the.

lcr than take advantage of

conversion oflor being tnatie by

tlle Unvcriitiieiii. 'l'rlle. the new bonds arc only it short little. {iv-- or tcn ycttrs. blit lii par with Iinunll of

it one month's intcrt-st they compare fzivnrubhv with thi- oiltstnntling taxable bonds as list- cd oil thc cxchtinge. Thu 5 1L‘ per cent bonds tiuc 1924 are now soli- ing at around 99.50 und those title i934 at 100.25. Allowing Ior tlic lntcrcst bontlil. the cost of

the new bonds will he 99.51.

a rnun ti

.>r considerably below what it would coat to buy 1934 bonds at present price—-Monctary Times. ———--<-o>—--- EDITORIAL NOTES

At least one of the candidates

can be kept on the top of thel rounded construction ,/ever_vtiling l5 lovely but. as already stated,

in“)

_|Average attendance 10,908 11.441

Tllwe ligurcs from tlle oitil-izil 111111.1--l9l>0rts SllOW>tl1ZIi in 1919———fll.~t Year after thc war and during the: , “flu” epidemic_ them we" mend Lzilly Lliznbcth rind Lady Bynz! were anlong the guests invited to

l

cnza epidemic. .

the Government and its

a continuation of the 1111131111011

b)’ which they obtained power} In 1919.

"f b)‘ the Bell Government 115 1f l! ‘"9"’ n thin: of their own cron- llon. It is nothing or tiil- sol-t: 11 was eitabilsbed at the instance of the Mciphen Government to Jake "llvlllll-‘lge of the Technical Edu- "illlllll grant provided Iivnls 11111.. crnnlcnt. What the Bell Govern- ment did was to 11¢; up 111, 1,1511 tlllllni- uilwiciliv and expensive

“Mtmfl- ilbWt $7990 per student ltl|' a

five iiiontus‘ Course

scssional indemnity question. Mr. Glllis. the Prflllrcsslve candidate

for Alnrray Harbor told his licar-

yrs lliilt he was going after 111111

$500. It is highly cumlllendllblo to have a licfitiite aim when entering thc 1iolitical au-na. ‘The aini may or may not be n worthy one but

it is’ something to look forward to

his ambition.‘ Five‘ hundred (lol- lars is not tn lie sneezed at those days.

.__j40->__.__. UAQUHART HEADS BOARD FOR C.P.R. CLERK'S DISPUTE O'I‘TA\\’A, Aug 2-5. — .»\ board oi‘ conciliation between the (LP. R. and its clerical Plllfllfiyflfiri has lwt-n tippolntcti by the minister 0f lllbor, Tlic chairman is D Urqu- hart. of Toronto, wliilc J. T. Arun- llcl, or fllikvlile‘. is acting lnr the company, and .1. G. U-Donoghue, 'i‘nrmiio, for the employees , Tilt. lllsputc relates to walies and con

in the forthcoming bye-elections

tlltions, anti includes clerks on

Schools and more departments In‘ llflPflliltlll. rimro IPHUIIFFS employed and, a larger enrolment of pupils the road that ma" in m2” The averlige “m” dance was less. owing to (l1; 1111111

Such are the They 5pc 11", stated becauee a prose and out. rageotls attempt is being made by

advo- cates to deceive the pcople 111 1-3.

93'“ 1° "16 Public schools. It is

The Tecbiiiclll School is ‘boasted

and will no doubt bu a spur to’

I Dr,

W. T. Vvellller.

Mrs, l »~

0 o . ‘

Ithc tlzfilrc given by the Chilean ‘Ministl-r" and Mutiaiiie Edwards, London, which was honored by

Viscount Lascelles, and Prince Georgc, Lady Elizabeth and Lndy Mary Byng spoilt. last lwinter at Government House, EIIOSlS ol‘ their Exceiiencies the Governor- Gelieral and Lady Bynl- I I I -

The Marquis and illlarchionese of llhrtington, son and daughter- in-iaw of the Duke and Duchess ot Devonshire, were among the guests invited to meet l-lis Royal Highness. the Prince 01' Wales, at ll llinllcr followed by a dance, giv- en recently lii London by the Duke and Duchess of Rtitland.

I I I

Dr. and Mrs. Judson F. Clark. and lilluglitcr, Miss Freda, oi’ Pas» setiena, Calif, together with Miss Martini and Dr. Zcila (‘lurk are spending-a few llzlylrvisitlng their old linine and relatives on tile In- land. They are at present with their ‘brother, Supcrintcnllcnt J..~\.

Clark, at the Experimental Stu- llOli. I I I Many plcnlt; parties arranged

for the early part of the lwcck. were postponed or ltanccllod ow- ing to tlle heavy rain. Tile htst fow (lays, however, have ilccli bcziulifuliy fine and are being

tilorongilly enjoyed.

At the Golf [links this afternoon the tea hostesses Will be l-irs. -.\‘lc~ inlyrc. Miss Newlberry and 1111s.; Polrieroy.

‘Miss (‘him E. Bridges, sister Oi Bridges. Superintendent oi Elinrotioil in New Brunswick who mado such a wonderful success of the educational work with which she was associated in Pretoria, South Africa, during the past twenty years, received before Icav lug for (‘amide in June a beauti- ful diamond brooch accompanied by an illuminated address, on be- half of tlle parents of past anti present pupils. ‘Mas J. C. Sffililfl. wile of the Premier made the pre-

both the waster nan-i western di- visicns 0f the railway.

FCIIIBUOII. In’ the long article tn-

ilnoon tPll will lbe served by Missimng h" film” Dr James Wm‘ 1M’ Ayyrs‘ an“ u Hutuheson anlbiiilrtliii this week. ilirs. Vi/aiiburton

lthe prcscizcc of Princess Mary alid

Ottawa,‘

‘Juafifi, cuts in the educational life of ,Pi'=i toria have caused more sill‘ "1811 the projected departure of Miss (‘lat-a a. bridges. prlnolwl for ll" past twenty greats of the Sunny- side School."

Judge n. 1'. ihtJilie. st. John.

visit 011 the continent and Ire- land where. at the latter Dulce, lll! spent live delightful days witii Sir Thomas Griitton-Esuionde .ll:l Lady Esiliolide on their magnifi- cent 11511111, 111 County Wexford.

I I I

The unveiling of the beautiful monument in memory of thc sol~ oiers of the community killed in the Great war look 11111139 "ll-l week at the Lot 16 Methodist (‘hutch and was a most inspiring ceremony. The monument is a handsome one honsisting of ii granite base surmounted lbw a round gnlllite shaft ni_rie feet in height.

I

.\ir. and Mrs. (‘arl Currie’ (nee Olive Blnnsl of Bostonnliiass. are visiting in ‘Hunter ltiver, tlle guests of Air. and Mrs. Ambrose. Silliphant. Mr. Currie is one of Uncle lSailrs successful business men. being a broker ‘in rt large concern =n State Street. This is Mr. (‘urrll-‘s first visit to tlle is- lllnrl and he is highly impressed ‘WHILUIB 1iictllrl-sque scenery and nllturlll Ilclluty of our lsiiind pro- vince. o

t I I

lMr. t". E. lilcLltggan. hianriger

0i’ the ‘Royal Bank. New Glasgow,

o o

galgcnieuis licrc owing to‘his ‘bo- ilig cullcli to Sydney to help sot- tlc the Strike among the miners. \Vbiie.iil the city. Dr. MacKinuon. was tin- gut-st ~11‘ Mrs. Enron (Iain- cron, ilrigiitttn. il- 0 0

has ‘returned home alter a lengthy .

i The Plllllitl Fol-um -

_ Title column to open for the - discussion by eenupotilq, onto a quutlonl of later- ut- The Clllrllttltotnn Guardian deco not moose, arily endorse the opltilotil expressed by Ito one»

_ pendent.

n

i illrrslttlticlz I

Sin-The Patriot in it's report of the Murray. iver meeting says Mr. McLean s ted that the Lib- erals increased the taxes twoilid one bait times-anti that Mr. Lea‘ plit biln right by showing‘ that the amount of land tax» collected in, 1918 was664,000 and in 1921 it was 8114.000 or only, half as much again Now, Sir. the amount 0f taxes col- lected‘ rid the amount levied ale two different things. Tile rate under the Conwrvatives was one fifth of one per cont, or twenty cents on every one hundred dol- lars of valuation.

Under the Liberals the rate is one-half per cent or fifty cents on the hundred. .

Including - the war-l tax the amount payable lln 19t8.by u per- son owning a farm valued at $1500 was as followe:—¢Land talc $3.1M, war tax $1.00, total $4.00..

In 1921 the name person was taxed as foflowu-J-and tax $7.50 poll tax $3.00, total $10.50, or a lit- tle over two and one half times the amount taxed In 1918.

it looks as it lMr. McLean was not far astray. lMr. Lea forgot tlilit soine of us paid our taxes for each of these yoam.‘ l-lis static‘ nicnt only 1irovos that thc taxes were better collected in 1918 than in 1921. ‘

l am, Sir. etc, RATEPAYEII.

OUR POPULATION

Slr,'»Ai a mcctinu of the As socintcli Boards of Trade, held at Souris a short time ago, lily tit- tontioli Wfltl called to the stiliject of the dcpopuiatioii, brought be- fore the Board by Mr. Hyridmail, for discussion as to thc census conditions of our province.

it is lo his credit, that he brought this subject before a board of intelligent men, who are

Among the visitors to the ls- iand this week is .\ir. A. Black- nlore. o1 the Bank of Montreal. who i: tlic Iillilghter of Jzilncs Warburtou, city, is

Liltlyisptrndilig the summer with her tlle- father.

of British (‘uluiifbiu trees:

t ltogers report liilll shrubs, and sccd pods of lIOF-f l-lcr friends fbltcwlus plants, ivilich will in nliefllslllni 1MI3$ Mary Hnszlirll. 11311811-

lllzllcourse be trnnsplantcd in tlle spa‘

I I I ':ire pleased tn sse

last Satur~

I II I . Mrs. Ar_tiiur Warburton. accom-

fiplililPll by hcr two children is vis-

nrivetl in the city last Saturday».- froin Slpnin. . I I I Rev. Dr. John W. Wadman, one 1dr Prince Etiward Island's (111.1. 1llnguishen sons who spent the palst thirty three Year; in mission- liry- work in Japan and Hawaii is visiting his relatives and friends iii this province. He will remain