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LADIES'BLOUSES in Flanet. Silk and Net Frrom 75c to $8.50 at CAMPBELL BROS. .14 ts* Cr- £/'V "/ <A THE ISLAN (\. Y VISIT CAiMPBELL'S STOIlEo„\SA TURD A Y and sec. the Display of Tiros Goods and Blouses OAMPBELL BROS. Nu '.'4 THE COUNCIL MEETS AT USI MIEVILLE CO. THR rsf.ANDKH, ('UMHKIILAND, K.C, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1910. WITH THE Quorum on Hand Mon day Night, and Hold Meeting After an interval uf nearly five weoki, during which it whs impossible to aecun a quorum, the Mayor nnd Alderniei Stoddurt, McLeod, Stewart, Hornal ami Brown met at the Council Chamber u Monday night Mr. Sinclair, the successfitl tended r for work uf iiuUtling a neweraue syntein wrote, fttanng that the cost ot pipe had advanced 25 per cent, and cement recently, and that it would uuw cost thi city at least fifteen per cunt, additional to install the system. Dr. Spencer wrote the Council asking them to endorse the following : 1, An amendment giving puwer to ai j Municipal Council to reduce the nmubei of liquor licenses by bylaw. 1. That the action of the License Com missiuuers in any municipality and tin action of the Superintendent of Provit oial Police in timirganiz d district! should be subj. ct to review by a Coun ty Court judge, and the decision of thi County Ci»urt judge subject to review bj the Court of Appeal. 3. That all License Commissioners ii all municipalities should be olected b; the municipal voters. 4. That all Police Cmimsaioiiirs in al. municipalities should alsu be elected b the municipal voters. Also a second list of reforms as follows: 1. To suppress the White Slave traff ie and the market for its victims, vi/.: the Red Light District. 2. That licentiousuess ought to be in offence under the criminal code, am those having in their possession immor* literature and pictures ahould be punish Will Open in Cumber- Mayoralty Candidates land Hall, Wednes- Set Forth their day Night Views Mtniger McNeil of the Cumberland iiill has completed arrangements with he Dreamland Vaudeville Co, which ma just competed a Iti wtek engage- nmit at Albany Oregon, to show for thi joining live weeks iu the Cumberland Hall. The Dreamland Vaudeville Co. which lonsists of 8 artists, comes most highly ecommeiided and the patrons of McNeil •how may rest assured that s-uiiethiog »xtia special is in store for them in thn entertainment line. The moving pictures will be continued is a part of each evenings entertainment md next weekwillshowatgreatexpeuse, •ictures of the World's Champion Base mil series, Philidelphia Americans vs Chicago Nationals. The players as they appear in action viil be depicted on a quarter of a mile ol tilm, aud uo lover of baseball should fail witness these pictures of the game an jlayed by the must skillful exponential tbe world. | Correspondence. "'Vi^'.hmih . Tonn.-Lruui,, 3. That moving picture shows be pre Tented from showing fights and ac:s oj crime tending to corrupt the morals ol the city, aud that children under sixtei i yeara of age be prohibited from attend ing any show excupt with their parent or gardiani. 4, That the provincial Oovernment b< asked to provide for an injunction lav penalizing owners nf property used foi immoral purposes. Alderman Stoddart moved that thi communication be consigned to the wasn paper basket; this was not seconded, aw it waa laid on the table on motion of Al derman Stewart, seconded by Aldurmai. McLeod. Constable Gray's report was submittal as follows: Scavenger $11-1.50 Night Watchman 69.80 Road Tax 14.00 Sumple Room 3.00 Scales 1.25 Buckets 60 Hull Rent 25.00 LVi the Kilitur Islander. No doubt our medical men do theii est tu issue a Stn'ot quarantine of tin u'arlet Fever, I feel sure tliey imprest upon the (junruiitined thu necessity til he greatest care ImcuuiBeof tine puldic ic'iltli. Tliey can't do more unless ihey establish an outside yuan), which »V0UId be un extra expense. I h«v< ii'itrd considerable coinpla'nt tlmi quarantine is very loosely kept, jiihI lmvo seen onfl quarantined clatkl ieaningover the garden g;ite onto thc idewalk whore anyone passing might •asiiy unthinkingly brush against nioijj ilso naw a motherly looking person Wtli a baby in her arms foolishly in near proximity to the mother of tha •oluttxl family, apparently condoling with her. I am ti'Id tlmt (lie Mayor j>nt the police unreservedly at ihe service ol the Vjlttors to specially watch quar intined houses; perhaps if they wan sent to hnvo glasses fitted, so thnt they could see more, they might iiotici a hat so mnny see, if tliey go not- PltBVBNTION BETTEU THAN CVltl The municipal election pot ia beguiling to boil merrily, and already three candidates have declared theniselvee in the field, and it is rumored that a fourth is about to euter the lists, ao that the electors will have a wide range ot material to choose from. Mayor MacDonald has decided to become a candidate for a third term. Seen by our reporter he stated he had not in tended to be a Mayoralty candidate, but oonsiderablu pressure had been brought to bear upon him, and he was again lithe tield. The Citizen's League he said 'ud stolen his platform and he claimec to be a pioneer in the reforms laid dowi 'herein, and for which he had been atriv- ng for the last two years. .Ex AldiMiimn Bate, tbe Citizens' Lea- ;ue nominee, said that he thought that ■he platform was good enough to appeal co all classes of the community that hat he welfare of the city at heart. Person- illy, he would do his best to bave eitcl plank in the platform carried out sue cessfully. He also wanted to see Dune- nuir Avenue properly giavelied, ai •t i wets in the city properly opened uj, -tnd a butter lighting of the city street; it night. He stood for a clean, progressive and business administration of tin jiry'a aflairs. Alderman Stoddnrt, also announces hi* intention of being in the tight for thi Mayor's seat. He haa beeu requested ti become a candidate by a large number o: oitiaena. He is not prepared at present to itate hia viows at any length, but the cit- zens will be made fully acquainted with iis stand upon municipal questions be fore election day. It is stated that tlm Local Option Le... ,'Uu will alao huve a candidate in the tieio tod it is in ire tli m |>rub,'tble tlmt the en lunation will be given to one of ttie can* I uiat es already in the tield. Holy Trinity Church Workers' Annual Sale on Tuesday THE POLICE Whnl promises to be • very successful! [Biuwu being nrranged by tbe Laiiat Guild of the Holy Trinity church, to be held in Ihe Cumberland H».ll on Tueaday next. There will be a good diaplay of plain ind fancy work for sale and afternoon toa will be aerved. A number of potted plana are being offered and theae phnuld meet with ready aula aa th sy have been carefully tended for aome- weeka paa liy auoh expert, aa Mra. Jaa Stewart and Hrs Peacey and are all in h »rdy condition. The auppor iaan annual affair and will consist of oold meata unshed pi.tat.ipa baked beans, aalada, jellies and other lelioaciea and all for the emnofSwo and ihildren 25o There will be a program of songs, iuatruinental muaio and recitation. Police Commissioners Havo Matter Under Consideration THE MIDNIGHT PHILOSO- PHEll'Si MUSINGS $227.86 Accounts tu the amount of $70 70 wen approved by the Finance Committee. Alderman Ntoddart moved that a funnel vote ot the Council raising hall rent to £15.(10 be acted upon. This waa rejected Tenders for clearing (lie l\ul were ie ceived from Meaara Allen and Hunden for (140 per acre, Laid on the table. Alderman Htoddarl g.ve notice of a b) law to exact a $1100 license from trans lent real estate agenta. lie alao aaked for a further extensile of time to Htibiuii hia amendment at< the I. ijuor License lly-Law, whioh mat granted. The C uncil (lien adjnumed. Owing to i lie prevalence of scarlet fe vor in town and cuinp, parenta and giro- iaos are hereby notilied to prevent theii children of tell yeara of age and undet from attending moving picture allows1 Sunday school or ohildrena1 asaembliea ot any kii'd, until further notice. tito K. MauNavuiiton M. D. Medical ll.altli Officer Cumberland, II 0, Nor, llth. 1910. • Tickets arc soiling rapidly at Peacey'- Drug Store fm- "Twelfth Night" which will l.o pul on nl tiie Cuinlierliiiiii Hall tonight liy ilie talented Walker Lyceum Co, under the auspices ol the Maccaliecs of thu World, anil in aiilof the local hospital. Press notices speak highly of this conipanys preforinaiici and those IV'll fail io intond tonight will miss a tr.at. To tho Eilitor Islander. Yet another outbreak of scarlet fev- in our midst. On Monday anotltei uousewith that ominous notice "Scar iet Fever Here." What nn nd. f„r Cumberland, nml a •iintiniioiis one, this, coupled with thai large notice that wns put up nl the Mov ing I'iot ure Show by order of the Board of healthi."In consequence of (he large niiinber of soarlet fever oiuos,noohlldroi under 16 will bendmitted/to suy notli ing of the closing of the public Kohool.iipparantly for ton short a lithe, should produce an irrosistable deter ininatlonon the part of every voltiral the ooming election that no suppori slmll he given to any candidal,,, that' took the I.KAST paiit In voting down ihu sewerage by-law, Thero is no doubt at all thai if sun itiiry conditions prevailed, Cumberland would be one of t|,e healthiest cities In the province, instead of being a hotbed for fever. Vou in your pup,.,-, pleaded hard for it, and the present Mayor „n,j Council did their part by bringing in the by. law, Our doctor supported it, and warned us. Dr. Fagan said «a„yihinP might happen at Cumberland undei ts present sanitary conditions," Tho Rovertne.,t generously vole,! I WOO to help us to remedy tho dnngei yet we have citizens who actively aud unsoruplously strained every nerve to defeat it, with the result that our uhildreti's lives are endnngcred, tbeir mothers given C weeks worry, anxiety iiul isolation, with all its discomfort, ibe bread winner deprived of bis home comforts, besides being fined by having to pay an extra board bill. Surely tbis will lead us to oppose in every way tbose who were, and are, responsible for it. 1 fear this is rather long but hop< you will find room for it, if only for the sake of the children. Yours again, DlSIIBAH'i'KNBIl I'o the Kditor Islander: Dear Sir:—May 1 reply through youi coluinus to the numerous enquiries I havo had aa to "what ia doing" about ihe Hithi cluh? 1 have been told by Commander Vivian, It. N. to apply to ■lie Piovincial (Invernuient for pernds sion to use the range. In reply to my application the Landa Department refor- ,id me back to the Admiralty. We hall probably have to worry through hales of red tape, hut I havo no doubt that the necessary premiaaion will be torth coming. 1 want to havo a good lis' of nainea ready hy that time and ahould liko to see thnn coining from Cumberland. Thank ing you for tho hoapitality of your column.. 1 am yours etc. il. Llewellyn Wood Here goes for another spasm, 'alking about spasms when I heard of lie doings of tbe Citi tens' League and "eir ticket, (which oir ;ht to be punch- id innboutai places li.ke a meal ticket) I had about 16 fits in as many join 'ites. The Galaxy of local lionor aspirants is a strange eoisglomumtion of ohoraotefs, and certainly has a Manhattan cocktail beat to a. pulp. When the ripples of laughter hnd died away f began some sorious thinking.nn d the lirst conclusion 1 onme tt. was tbe Jieed of the city to order n Iront or scow hut* if grape nuts, olso that the city insttillsi- j gttlvanio battery, and have the Coun- oil sit in a circle holding hands, forming a oiroular current of energy to be instilled inlo that- body by th»| battery in event of tbeir lapsing into lethergy. It would he a good Idea to have the battery worked by the Citizens' League, this would ba -string" enough and beat the one there was suggested at the meeting. Few of the Aldermen of this year can say with Wolsey "If I had served my God as faithfully m_ have ,,„„, th(J I'ing he would not have left me in my old age." The plaiform of the candidates, is "11 'ight hut the foundation of it riMfe ought to rest on gold bullion, ami I A meeting of the PoJico Commission- waa held laat Tueaday night. Considerable time waa spent discussing various complaints,™ matters,thatthough he clear duty of the polioe to attend to and which they had oi ders to carry out, were stated to have btie>n neglected, aome 'f which were bicycle- Tiding ou the side *alka, young boys ■ pit. oping horaea on them, young drunks aa well as old ones singing and awearing - iu tlui streets; also it was decided that c irpenteri g and pa perhanging so extensi rely carried on by rhe Chief must cease. The City Clerk was aj ;ain ins'-ructed to notify them that tbe bj laws of t<ie cily muat he enforced, and 3t was decided to have a private meeting «.t an early d 'we to which the. force would be summoned. -io that they would hairs i no excuse i hey failed to do their dut y to the citiz ens that paid them, after which, if tht service waa unsatisfactory iheir dismis- al would be taken into consideration. Subscription price $1.50 per year. THOS. E. BATE FOR MAYOR The Citizens' League Has Ticket in the Field. if human beings. Jn a prize fight a man has little chance, of losing liis life and a big chance for ths bigger share of the purse. In the battles of history he had little or no char.ee of saving his life and absolutely no guarantee of dying outside of the worl. house. In South Africa we Slt'w little 1'ommy Atkins going to war to the tune of "hi diildle-diddle" and when he got home be had the comfort tli knowing tbe "Money Power," like i be dish, bad run nil'witb (lie golden spoHJii," and be po'jr fool was uot even allowed at the time, to work in tin mines of those who employed him to pull IJisir chestnuts oul of the lire The press and the church, like "the little dog, laughed to see sucb fun" as they have ever dono. When we see sucb think* go by thc board and nothing iid or done, by the way ofl protest, and then see some of them] yelp tbciir beads off at prize lights, and ,he exhibition thereof, it is amusing in tlio ex treiue. I can scarcely refrain fron i entering further into this subject, but space will not nllow uie. 'ems to be an inclination oi For Mayor, T. E. BaU. For Aldermen, aouth ward, Meaara Ht Leod and Stewart. ^^^ ^^^^ Middle ward, Messrs Reid and Dallot. North ward, Messrs Harwood and Brown. The above are the gentlemen selected is the candidates of the Citiz n's League 'net Friday evening for the forthcoming election for Mayor and Aldermen, and uledged to auppirt the platform of the League as follows: ^^^^^^^^^^ 1. The installation of a modern and unitary sewerage system in the city. 2. The abolitiou of taxation upon improvements and the levying of all .rates a^ainat land values only. 3. The abolition of the ward system. i. The enforcement of the pound bylaw. ii. The enforcement of regulations ,, iking to the cleanliness of the city. (j The consolidation and revision of all iy-la. t upon the civic statute books. 7. Ce. "no"1 sidewalks for Dunsmuir Avenue. 8. Park I'liprovetnent The firat ».'x planks of this platforni are tbe same aa those laid down in our editorial columiia laat week, the same having been adopted by the League with- ■ut amendment. Mr. Bate, upon being tendered the nomination, thanked the members in * few graceful words for having chosen him as tbeir nominee and promised, if ,'lected, to do everything in his power ,\.o merit a continuance of the confidence hey saw fit to repose in him, as well M 1] it of the citizens generally, L*j> waa in hearty sympathy witb ererjr plank in the platform just laid down ud with the co-operation of hia colleagues at the council board promised to cany them into effect. Messrs Reid, McLeod and Dallos also spoke briefly, accepting nomination and approving of the platform. A motion which provoked a great deal of discussion was then submitted to the meeting as follows: "That the League candidates he required to deposit with he executive of the Citizen's League There «« - , „ ^^^™ -n -—,»™ 4. .the part of «• mo good .Mentioned ''e,iKn,"io'' «• members of the City Coun- fear the «aid platform will „ave toi people in Cumbeiland to pester tho oil'»"d ">»''n the ovent of them failing rest on fog, or other snino sucl, mat-1 life out of the manager nnd supet in- '"fullil tlloir pre-election promises, that iho aaid reaignations be banded in to the Council, auch action to be taken only after a majority vote nf the League approving at three consecutive meetings of the League " The motion was finally withdrawn. erial ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ There has been a great, hue nnd cry throughout the continent, headed first and fonnost by the "Unca txuid," ngninst the moving picture exhibition* "f tho Johnson-Jeffinies light. Tho ol'J,o*"indeeent,"«brutt,l,""dogfading," l»v» beet, hurled ag„in,t mlch life out of the manager nnd superin dent of the (Collieries Compnny with their little p. fc.'y enquiries about things thntdon't eon ce M tbem. The world is full of people with as little brains ns an aver-ige si74 I jack rabbits who rush al> mt ami into things head lirst,among which niv chiefly traps and ,.... „ -o — "..^-i-stiares, tlmtend oiiiiV '>''I"''1''i'11"''» xhibitlotts Now I «„, ,,ot going d significant squeaki«g?k ™. It b " letonrt prize fights nor their exhibit- bo Imped this ..ill str,9 m the Oomp. tons, but am going ,„show that tlmre any will tell them what th e authoriti. h a worse thing whiol, „,,„„,,, ,|ftve' taken up the attention „f theae reformers, in the same dlreetion. The men and women who „pp„s(, prjM ^ and their ropr duct, ns, would not hesitate for a seeond to gloat over, and allow their children to revel in, » plot lold Martin Luther wh !» "'' I1"!"'! bis noie into things liey nd bis sphere i■«» "go nr.'.l drink bet tho girls," ami "forget it- d .lance ..ith If you want Two of Ihe tickets in Salmons Cam- grldegeshire sweep which were sold here proved n fortunate investment for tho buyers, Mrs E, Jack, tick-1- "'■■ber 13160 drew a starter in Huoholors Double and is now $91 richer iu conseq ice. Another local ticket-1019 was sold ton man giving Ids name as Jobn s,„,arK) all(j |,JH postal address, as Corllelds P.O. Tbis ticket drew _ non-starter in Bronzing and is g I for »58, bul as yet the owner 1ms foiled to put iu a olalm,, This bo should do by apply ,ngto Mr Brueoof this olty, . got Something see that, it i" goo'l and know first what you sre « ">ing to rlo wilh it. uro of ii battle where bn,.«l Z* '"
seem hardly to belong tu the modern history. One expects to find models of thom in historical museums laboled
No; he's hunting for a motor garage, I believe,
Yes; I was in hopes he would contribute $100 iu cash.
Tho proprietor will take it as a personal affront if any
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