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Tiie.r rlo no.t, r:ce1v.e t.his ki1id. exist,: it is far froni pr-0~, , 1• 1 1 g1:owth of i;he- vil.la.ge 1 whtclJ;; we! m_one.y, direcH;;r from the village, I gressive . ·, Even oil;e 'of the .pi·eserit qftJt~ve a .. wat~r :;~ystem. ,;w\ll b~ f:b,ut'i,nr}irectly, mid that, of c<jnrse,: Council made ~•. threat to mention'. la1igP;1y: .instrurq~ntal .in bringi;ng 1 q,,lter;:; tbc> case. . . , J his, n;J;me .in«thel paper, for the) qut,;n_ and we do. ln10w to?ayl . : .-·-·- - . . . . Isi~nple. 1'easo~ we. ~id not agree'.. t.~e···.re a1'.e many goo..d, ,r~spomnblpl ..Tli1t.. F'auv1eV1.r. Lai. id..· Cou.1pany 1·w1:h f~ls.y~ihhc op_nHOI!i A m~.·D;ioT, c1ttzens, present mem ben; of the. are noJ; tax-d.odgt~rs. Thev only. tlus kmci 1s not'..fit for public o·f,. l,}Qard of Tra[i~,' ~~}~o wrrnlcLr~ot: wlwt the; tol,~1 tlre D_oct~or ancl ! fice. Any citizen .or a11y ta;x.payer st~nJ for this .kiri.cl c;f dope now . . :iYir. Sherk and.. the- otheu ~dlpws i bas a perfect .right .to discuss or . '~ __ : . ~.~ . . .. .. yr~a1:8 ago not t.<? do. .lfyou do 1 publish hi~ o,ri:flio.u: in any muni1 ,• I.Jl ·r.:t'lgat·"·d . tr.>, tbe ..platform· :forl nr;.t lrnlicve. it,.·a·s·k· , the fellow who e.ipality in a civilized country:··-.,.r-~t~<~:re•el<'C'tion ~f :t~~ so-eal:l:d· ~:X:-j ~ttern~r;d th:. last C.o,urt ,of, ~evi:"-1. · ._ . .·. E.eexc-.-,-the .saving of $400 .m ther' 10n, oui. retu.eq Asscss<H, Q1llw1 L, It was said years ago ·tbat ;,the do. ",.- r' d011strriction ,,~(.sidewalk~. Ce~, Iso~cpJLed "Old Guard'> t:Q~:ght t_ain1y the ~sid~yvalks ;were.: w~llJ • Ahem! :an. electric fire·· S~'~tt'tn I themselves, to be. the only. QJ1e$ paid. for ...Ev.ery eitizen by ·this, we "vould like to say that 11 we i ,f'apa ble of han.frlmg the v1l1age t}rn.e knows. tlrnt H;e. s-ame side-·! had a gt'neral ala;JJm . bell cas:~s j business, :but the pr!):sent ~oun"cil I. ''fit.~ks,. :a~~ ,· i11f'e;:i;i·o· i:· structed by . . -.-,-. : · . · tp ,.. an.;v. c. ~n-J like the Flemming .an.. ~. the Gil_- s'.;erns ·i,o ·. be ·affected with the pr<'Vl(?HS Co~mmls .., beri I3alrnry · S.hop ftre would .l srrnH~ d1s~;;tlijf'. · I -~"""''' �FOR'l' ERIE EYE OPENER. electPrl t here will be- n o tno1:e I man i~ off d n ty. It lias oecu t' t'(·d 1 pe0l'l0 'rnnt the old Council money wasted on fake gravel; t o some peo ple 's minds t hat I1\1l't elt>ctr<l badly. tli f' J oug-d emand ed. c han ~e in the 1 Erie sho.t1l.d La ve nig ht, protec1ioH T(J1nt Clerk's offi ce will be a aHcl sat 1sf:ictory rnauag em enf of ~li;1kP !1 ;.r n d ::;, Lew! You 'r~ a · g sys t.em. 1·f good s port, <1n.1' way. b11 t, Oli yot.l . h tm fad ; l11,~ l<'ort Erie Grove pcop l e ti'le s (.n !e t· l 1g . will get their sidewalk; lights will both j ol>s were in eliarge of a spc- Ree ve! S d 'e m up,}~il ly ! be pu t through Amigari; every- cially-appointed man, t his mau - - - -- - - thing done by the Council will be could also look af ter tlie Town REMEMBER, MR. VOTER, above board, and things suggest- Hall, aud then th e r oadmastcr REMEMBER! c~d by the Board of Trade will be could puy a ttention t o roa ds, et c., 'J'lie Hnsinefls- lVfen- and Ta xpay taken into consideration the same and get some sleep occasionall.. •. ers' Association Gandidates for as those suggested by the Busi- 1'her e 1.:an be no dou bt t hat much mnniei pal hon ors areno~ runn.ing ness l\Ien and 'I'axpayers' Asso- money is spent for labor tliat fol' office just to get into the limeciation. In air respects these gen- could be made to cover more and light. Th ere is HlOi'e than one tlemen will do their utmost to better "·o rk if the r oadmas t er !tad good reason not o'n ly t o satisfy ~atisfy the people, foster a better more ti me to g ive t o road nrnt- tbe s<:>ntinrnn t of the ,p eopl e 1wd spirit and try to llllite both par- t ers. th1 • d('man d foe a .change, but to ties. "[ . ,, t - -d. l ' · i · r . . 1 1 "' r . 'os er au us ioc1yguarc lect men " ·ho are not only abl · e. · t ' .' t I ; t o f ill the bill but who live up to 1 b ce e rn t etl nomma .10n mg 1i as . , In writ ing the abov e articles it usna l. . (Bar tender ) . _ t·lw ll' p ro mises. . . isn 't oui iritention to insult or try - -- I . . . to d estroy any one 's character. It is to be ex p eded t hat the I This edition is np,\,~()'r' ~a,l ~_. ·. It We are sorry to state that ,_our P,re- pr_esen t Com~cil will publ~sh plat- ' h.~ s been .secured . by ·membe1~s of vious edit.~r let ·h is love · fo~ 'liis £9rms and promises as in years th e B usiness lHen and Taxpayc,rs' home village run away with his past. "What about past promises, Associa tion t o . be dist1·ibuted head and published stuff ·w hich· etc. 1 How .many timP,s must we :u nong citizen s interest ed ju tiiis insul ted citizens. We certainly be stnn g- before w e wake up ? vill age. .. ... ~ · know that it was not Mr. Fergn- The, e is a rumor of one· of their son 's intentiol'l:, so .to do. He cer- pronuses r egarding · t he 'l'ow:n tainly tried to do his best in be- Clerk just uow. Bat have we not , SORROW AND PAIN. · . ' half of this village. In all our already seen how a man who proH owevf!r well and hapoy ~nd dealings, p ersonally, we always fesstos to be out of politics seems successf11I we may be, sorrow a'n d pain are never ~ar away, and the found Mr. Mathews fair and to hold a certain bunch of officworld pain is everywhere, and there square, but we do not b elieve th;i,t ials in th e palm of his hand? It is no peace or joy for us at any time . . ~ny public office in a free conn- is n ecessary that a new bunch of if we cannot fe el that in and through · t~y should be made a life job. In men should be put in charge of and over all the . sick.ness, sorrow, ., . comparing the two t ickets. we do } ort Erie matteFs- m en whom pain and lofs and shame and sin . _ believe that our can<lidates are th e old rn ariagers cannot control. there is the ' ~tern.al goodness. fully as able, if not more so, to fill That is what the t o"\vn n eeds, and John W. Chadwich. ·, . . th e offices, a,s the present Ooun- n eeds badly. cil. Th ey are respectable citizens ' . Cruel. • and. they certainly deserve a It looks darned queer that a "Wby do yon euc·onrnire .four bn~ .d; an!!~· firm would make a .survey fq,r a band ro d r illk so rrrn«h ('offee:" ··I t'il .th"' o.ua~.hiruUha 1. wil 1,_.l,•'i;Q)~\ q~ " sewer system. free ,or charge;, · r.e-:- ·,.~~w~.k~ ·· hi.i.thts:' ~'rnd · 'H:iiit•S:: ·'rile. ;,·i:J·1t ~ · Now that Fort Erie has. had a lying upon getting 't he · cq,tilj:oot .~cb11~(:e· 1 µ-et to tetrbi m wbut l rea lly genuine , c&se of safe-blowing, it their remun~ra-tion. Just be- _think of' him!" -,t:!t;v~t11·nd/~l11fo Dea 1er. seems like a good. time to suggest fore that calile, to light we w e: · W ith· or · Without. that the town. could make good g'iven a tip that it ~s already cut ''UOf'.S slle !4J11g- ?" .. use of an able night watchman. and dried that .the same firm ·ar e, ·"'li+-s'·'•. · Most of the drunken brawls and r eally billed to , get the contract ::with or wilho1it,?'.' . . . ' .. · , :.. ·"Wlth or witho1Ji ".:'~;·tici't~ tier · m11!;1!~ r• other undesirable happenings oc- anyway. It's fun n y . It :µmy b~ 1'\o·. Wfrh· ·or. w1fbout ~con :i:ing.''.cur at an hour . when the police- J that this explains why. cert~in Oettoit l"re~ I' rf!:?!~. , :.. for 0 . ------ --- ·------·------·--------------·-- ......._. ·--·-·----·- "'-··-~ ' I -··-...-·-..·---·--·- ----·----!..............._ _~ �FORT ERIE EYE OPENER. •• i•.: Once more we would like to call / 'l'he Eye Opener can never J proud of your young men in this your attention to the latest/ ~peak ill of Reev~ Douglas, fo~ he/ vi~lage; e~ucate them to municipPower Company stunt, and would/ 1s a very old fr1end and enJoys ahty affairs, and the more young like to state that the majority of the good-will of all who know m.en you can elect in your Counthe present Council were in favor him, but the unhappy fact re- cil the more prosperity it means of the Power Company's pro- mains that his year of administra- for the village. posal. Had it been possible. to tion has been a failure. An adpass it without a by-law, the ministration can only ask for a Power Company would certamly renewal of public confidence on . Fort Erie is hard up. For what have got what they were looking the ground of success, and the is it hard up 1 Not for grafters. for. \Vhere, then, would the m- present administration cannot There are none in the town-the terests of the village come in 1 make that plea. emigration inspector keeps a good eye on them. If there is any one, Speaking in behalf of the pros''Running for office'' is too he has to come from the race perity of this village, we would mild a term. The candidates are trac.r, Ridgeway or somewhere like to say that our present Coun- stampeding for offioo, else. Fore Erie is. hard up ! For .· eil are all good, reliable citizens, what? A new tax collector. Sixty but their ability for public office 'l'he reason . The Eye Opener dollars a year given to an employe i~··c:ertainly not No. 1. does not publish more b~~dei's of the MichiganJJ~l!tl'.~l, fo:i,: wl}i!it, ... made by our .recent adm1mstra-, the Sterling Bank could have It really does appear that these tion is because it is only a small done for nothing. Great country r gentlemen are not to blame for paper. Is it? No. They tell you it is half that was stated in the preAnothei· reciprocity JE.an 's head progress. vious, <:ts well as the present edi- has fallen in the basket The tion, of 'I'he Eye Opener. Outside downfall of Laurier and Taft is In case L. Douglass should reinfluence seems to be the cause . followed by the resignation of sign we ~!11 ~,be· without a fire Ambassador Bryce. For him, reci- chief and .sheriff. The general .They are talking about a sewer procity was the peril of great blacksmith, of course, will resystem now. We all know the Bryce. (Bartender). mam. And if our honorable promises given 'regarding our Town Clerk should join in tlfis waterworks, and the sewer system If you ask any of the Council 1 resignation, this great Fort Erie will cost about twice the amount, how they like the job, they al- Village machinery will stand still. and it certainly will take capable ways say they do not like it. Mr. Buffalo will have to go somemen to handle this proposition. Why? "There is nothing in it but where else to perform one of those The citizens of this village ·plain- abuse." It always seems strange quick marriages. We could. not ly showed their opinion of the to us to be a town's father and get expect that our idle gentleman present Council by defeating the no salary, not even one inch of woul~ decide to get down to work last by-law. How can the very graft. 'I'herefore, every one of and fol1ow the footsteps of his same men expect to pass a sewer the previous Councill will tell you great ancestor. by-law? Why not hands up and/I the same. Why, then, hang on to withdraw like men? /it? Why fight for it? Js it sport? We often thought if we could Is it jealousy? Or is it only to get anyone to work for us for There is no truth in the report beat the other fellow out of it? that C.. E. Harris intends to pre- It hardly can be to the benefit of nothing, and a clerk for about a hundred dollars per year who sent Reeve Douglas' goat to the this village. Conditions of this would hang on to the job like a Fort Erie Library. Mr. Harris .Kind are absurd. Why not unite, bulldog, we would certainly have will not be so unkind as to rub and be Progressive, and carry out an automobile in no time, a motor it in. the real meaning of the word boat, a fur coat and a wise-look"Progress?'~ Don't have a ing face. That is about all that A man is no sooner elected to , grudge against the other fellow is required to keep some respectoffice than he begins kicking be-/ if he is of a different opinion able citizens in this village out cause it isn't more remunerative. about municipality business. Be of your reach. �F ORT ER.IE EYE OPENER. ===-=::=::=::=:============:=;===============-:======~I=============-========-~ A f ew more r emarks about the waterworks: It was claimed that after t he installation of t he w aterworks the popula tion of our village, inside of a year or two, would be increased to 2,000. Where are those tvvo t housand? People are movin g away instead of moving into the town. Men and 'l'axp ayers' Association of t:h t! Town of F'ort Erie. 'r bis association is est.ahlishcd on a sound basis and its affai rs are conducted by business men on business principles. For R eev e: MR. J . SHERK, Farmer. For Council : MR. W. REY NOLDS, Super int endent B eaver Co. MR. JiJD LAPERE, Carpenter . i\lR. J. MANN, Carpenter. MR. C. E. HARRIS, Tinsmith. du ct ed himse lf like a gen tl eillan, arid told t li e t ruth. 'I' her e is n o doubt rn our mind as t o the fa ct that the present aclministra ti on have had time antl mon ey enough during the last four y ears to give the Fort Erie Grov e p eople their well-descrv etl sidewa lk. About $200 a year, or even ha lf what was spent for yellow sand, would have paid for one. There are only a few prosperous men in this town. Mr. Herbert Smith, whose houses are certainly an ornament to the village, lHr. Mabee has mad e several is one of them. Speaking about r emarks about the m en working the Old Guard, there is no doubt : PUBLISHER'S COMMENTS on t he other side not being as in our mind but that "Old AND NOMINATION REMARKS suita bl e for office as men stay Teddy, " Old Dick F ergy and Old A ccording to Mr. Foster's argu- ing in Fort Erie all thetime. We J. R. have made some mistakes ments- T. cannot call it a sp eech w ould like to know, Mr. Mabee, wh en running this village, but -in d efe ns e of the present adrnin- how many d ays of the year you they never built a sidewalk of the istra ti on, would like to say the are in Fort Erie 1 .Mr. l\Iabee held . kin'd which now runs through statement mad e that the opposi - the office of School Trustee for Idlewild. They might have been t.iou 's object was only to beat the years. This kind of nomination too conservative, and we in no present administration is false. rema r ks do more than contradict way defend the administration of Now, Mr. Foster knows hette1'. , t hemse lv es. The average nominathe above men. We don't want 'l'h ese kind of arguments do not ' ti on r emark in behalf of the presthem in the Council now. We want unite th e two bodies; they onl y ! cn t Council for re-election was a young Council and young blo od, mak e bad matters worse. His re- more th~ 1i' !1~t-footed. but we do believe that any large mark that only th e presrnt Cou1tproperty-holder in this village cil are a bl e to handle matters un - , Tt is all rigl1t for the Board of Shoul (l ha ve mGre or less to say c1 er cons1·a erat10n · 1s· a 1so f a l se. · 'J' r ::i d e rneu t o t.u in · out i·n b1'g abou t municipality affairs, and 'l'hese r emarks are not only sel- , majority, hut it doesn 't scare the there is no reason whatever for fish, hut they are full of egotism. ' memb ern of th e For t FJrie Busiour present administration hav- Words of this kind might affect ! uess l\Ien and 'l'axpayers' Assoing a grudge or showing any kind an average man, but not a broad- ciation. Talking about qualificaof party feeling against these old minded citizen. tio n, iu comparing the two tickcitizens. Therefore, once more ets, it is a sure thing that every we say-Unite and work together. Always r emember, Mr. Foster, man on the Business Men 's ticket you 're not the only one who can qualify for Reev e if necesAbout the little fellow: Pros- lmow::; it all. Mr. Fite knows a sary. But, take the old ticket, perity seems to be with him, and little bit. 'I'he Eye Opener cer- their men will have to look out. Billy seems to be anxious to get a tainly gives credit to l\fr. Dougall 'I'h er e might something happen. new voter on our voters' list. for his well-worded speech and It seems to us that it takes more - .- -· Keep it up . Happy New Year. the way he conducted the chair- t o qua lify for membership in the manship. F ort Erie Business Men and 'l'axMR. VOTER!!! payers ' Association th an for In order to fost er a spirit of R equ ested by the chairman not Council. harmony in the community, and, to be, personal, our ex-Reeve cerTn r egard to the Business Men by united effort to aid meritori- tainly showed some class by inous pubLlc enterprises and eradi- terrupting the speech of a, rate - an d Taxpay ers' Asso ciat ion cancate public strife, vote for candi- payer and asking him if his prop- didates, The Eye Opener has dates of the Fort E,rie Business erty was paid for. Mr. Fite cou· learned that if the full t ick et is --- -------- ·-~· ·-·-···--.-·- ---,-··---~~ ····-----·-··· = ·• - ·---------·--·.. ·-· ------· . --------·-----·----~-~--·· �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Louis McDermott Collection Subject The topic of the resource Local history, Fort Erie and surrounding area. Description An account of the resource A collection of historical documents, photos, news clippings, letters, and writings, assembled by local historian, Louis McDermott, and donated to the Fort Erie Public Library. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Louis McDermott Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived FEPL-LH -Louis McDermott Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Included in this collection are writings, historical documents, news clippings, images, maps, and more. They were written and compiled by Louis McDermott into a series of binders. The digital collection has been scanned from these physical copies. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Fort Erie Public Library and Louis McDermott Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Fort Erie Eye Opener: Election Extra Description An account of the resource Listed here is an article from January 4, 1913 in the Fort Erie Eye Opener regarding that years election. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Louis McDermott Collection 1910s Fort Erie Louis Mcdermott Collection