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3 MCKECHNIE’S WEEKLY NEWS M$«fi%¢«%fifi%fifififi%fififikfififi$w%%%fi%%%w%fikfi%* made on the newest upto-date lasts: is cordially invited. all new and fashionable goods try Squares, Window Curtains, Linoleums and 5 Come to see the Wallpaper, it is a veritable flowe UEN’S CLOTHING v-vuvv the newest designs and in the latest patterns able us to sell at low prices. BOOTS AND SHOES SPRING GOODS :9 Fresh Groceries are continually arriving Granulated Sugar, the best in t] Large Sales The Highest Prices for Butter and Eggs :r, the best in the market, $4.70 per sack Oatmeal, $2.40 per sack BNISHINGS on second floor, is com- posed of Carpets, Tapes- ains, Linoleums and Stair Oilcloth and Wallpaper. ', it is a veritable flower garden Without the perfume. MCKECHNIE 0E5 Our stock is large and varied from the coarsest to the finest, ., in the newest designs. Your. inpsection vvuuu the diffegepp lines of Dry Goods and v Special reductions in prices of Men’s Clothing,0vercoats and Underwear, , the purest and best in the market v v Telescopes Small Profits THE DURHAM CHRONICLE V , violated its traffic Peanut politics seem to flourish on the Intercolonial Railway notwith- standing the fact that the road is now Operated by a Baard of Management. When Sir Wilfred Laurier held his meeting at the Monument Nationale in Montreal last Autumn two things were necessary. One requisite was to fill the hall, not in itself much of a task, and another was to fill it with liberals who would not interrupt the Prime Minister with unpleasant quest- rions. It will he remembered that Mr. ' Bourassa had addressed a monster meeting a short time before and public i feeling in Montreal was running strong 3 against the Government. It was I therefore decided to bring the crowd ' from the crowd from the city of Que ‘ bee and for this purpose an excu rsion train was run on the I. O. R. which! gave a rate of $1.50 for the round trip. ' That this was unbusineselike suffic-l ently appears from the fact thatI neither the O. P. R. nor the Grand ' Trunk attempted to meet the rate. ' These roads, together with the I. O. R. I belong to a traffic association whose rates are under supervision of the Do- minion Railway Commission. The lowest permissible rate for such an ex- eursion would be $2.70 net to the rail- 7 way. Had this rate, or any other us. ual excursion rate been given all three lines would have competed. Messrs. Lake Qu’Apple. Herron Al- berta, and practically all the Man- itoba. Conservatives ranged the mselvas on the side of Dr. Schaffner in favor ofgranting the popular demand for Government operation of terminal and transfer elevators. It was a mel- ancholy picture, the liberal members from the West. rising one after the other to swallow their principles and ; to vote against the interests of their‘ constituents. They were led by H..n, Frank Oliver who has no chance of ever getting back to Ottawa an) how and probably smiled to himself as his unfortunate colleagues followed him to populardisfavor. Itis hard to im- agine anything that a grit member of Parliament will not vote for or a- gainst at the nod of Sir W'ilfred Laur- I ier. vâ€"vâ€"- Western liberals are having a hard time these days voting down the de- mands of their constituents. They squirmed when Mr. Meighen, Portage La prairie, presented his resolution calling for a reduction of the dutv on agricultural implements. They were even more unhappy when Dr. Schaff- ! ner, Souris moved the resolution in favor of the Dominion Government operating terminal and transfer grain elevators. Dr. Schaffner made an ad- mirable presentation of a. question very difficult for Eastern people to understand. His speech was temper-‘ ate and devoid of party politics. He! had his facts well in hand and they were all supported by declarations made in and out of the House by Western liberal members. Mr. Mart- in'nf Regina found the fire too much for him and absentea himself from the Chamber during the greater part of the debate. declared in favour of a tariff against! This led MP- Stanfield, the Conserv- American fruit. He tried to explain , ative member f0I Colchester, N. 13-. to 5 this during Mr. Bur-rell’s speech byi make a few pertinent remarks. It ap-. , saying that 'at that time the United; pears that last summer there was 8big 1 States maintained a tariff against! political picnic held at Truro. N. S. Canadian fruit while under the reci- ’ This town owns a beautiful Perk con- procity arrangment fruit would be on taining the celebrated falls named af- the free list of both countries. In re-. ter Joseph Howe. The meeting W38 ply Mr. Burrell pointed out that the? to be addressed by Mr. R. L- Borden, fruit-growers could not be conjpensat-i and the Conservatives naturally asked ed for the loss of the home market by for an excursion rate on the I. C. R. the removal of the American duty. ' Needlessâ€"to say they did not get the During the past year for example the . astounding rate afforded to the Laur- , Canadian tariff has been higher thani ier meeting, but they were promised the American tariff yet we imported? the usual excursion rate for a large six times as much fruit as we exported. f gathering. On the day Of the meet- Mr. Burrell was especially strong in f i138 people W110 went to the various dealing with the situation of British i stations 810012 the I. C. R- to take Columbia. To deprive the Britishi trains for Truro found that no ex- Columbian fruit-grower of his marketl cursion tickets were to be had. Mr. in the prairie provinces he declared : Stanfield and others in charge 0f the was to destroy his business. What- i TI‘UI'O meeting telegraphed and tele- e'Ver may be said as to other schedules ' phoned the head offices 0f the I. O. R. it is most unlikely that any reply will " at Moncton N. B. The best they could be found to Mr. Burrell’s arraignment ; get was an excursion rate which in- of the gross injustice to Canada per- l vol ved every passanger buying a tick- petrated by the fruit schedule annexed. et for a circus WhiCb happened to be to the reciprocity agreement. i performing at Truro at that time. In Y‘, Mr. Burrell did not view the quest- ion of reciprocity from a purely comm- ercial standpoint. He admitted that his opposition was not entirely based on the injury to the fruit industry. This only made all the stronger the array of facts and figures which he presented to prove that the Fielding- Knox arrangement would deal a death blow to the Canadian fruit industry in the Niagara district and on the Pacific coast. Mr. Patterson. the Minister of customs, learned to his sorrow that Mr. Burrel knew what he was talking about. In 1907 the min- ister from his place in the House had declared in favour of a tariff against American fruit. He tried to explain this during Mr. Burrell’s speech by saying that 'at that time the United States maintained a tariff against Canadian fruit while under the reci- procity arrangment fruit would be on p the free list of both countries. In re-; ply Mr. Burrell pointed out that the; fruit-growers could not be compensat-l' ed for the loss of the home market by the removal of the American duty. During the past year for example the; Canadian tariff has been higher than; the American tariff yet we importedj six times as much fruit as we exported. ; \l'._ DAL- _ I Ottawa.February 18th,â€"-Mr. Martin Barrel, Conservative member for Yale, Cariboo, contributed a valuable and most important speech to the reciproc- ity debate. It is no easy task for any- one to follow Mr. R. L. Borden and Hon. Geo. E. Foster but it may be said 4 without flattery that Mr Burrell’s speech was not surpassed by those ‘which proceeded him. He lacks the scathing invective and vitriolicsar- casm 01' Foster and the flashes of em- quence which characterise Mr. B u-deu at his best. But no member of me house has a better Parliamentary manner than the member for Yale. Oariboo. His speech in the reciprocity debate was followed closely by mm: here on both sides of the house. It was recognized that he would speak on the Fruit-growing Industry with the authority of an eXpert. From 1883 to 1899 Mr. Burrell was a success- ful fruit-grower in the Niagara district: since then, he has been one of the lead. ing men in the rapidly growing fl‘lllt in ustry of British Columbia. He was not to be put off by Sir \Vilfred Laurier’s suggestion that Montreal melongcould be had at Delmontco’s. OUR. OI'TAWA LETTER Th 9 Royal Welsh Durham, Monday: cers. ringWo scesses, rashes‘ abras iniuries and Eists and. st or post :free Tononto. for tmns an am} e_ ~-v-¢x\. 'UuL un- tm my left leg .from knee mo’foot was one mass acif’ sores. I had sev- tn] my left reg: Was one mass :c enteen deep rul could not put ment did not seem mo as ulcer anfte ti] mv Imm- 13.91991. bmke 'O'Uta un- “I have nfound Z liable «for healing sions.whi1e for t irritation it is inv Another famous Buk is Mr. Frank ing .from the Royal Naval Club. Portsmouth, England, Admiral Lloyd says: “I have nfound Zam-Buk most re- liable afor healing‘ cuts and abra- 0';an 11?L:1- AAL Famous British Admiral Tells What Zam Buk Did For Him vâ€"vnuK‘VA' VU UU 11°”. en. One of these. Hon. Sidney Fisher, was carrying on an audible conversat- ion with a liberal member from fhe prnvince of Quebec; the other, Mr. Templeman of British Columbia, in~ dicated his indifference by staring at. the ceiling while busily engaged chew- ing gum. The Laurier Government treats the Fruit-Growers with great contempt. While Mr. Burrell. their. acknowled- ged spokesman and a practical expert, was presenting their case to the House of Commons, only two Ministers of the Crown “tron bleslthemselves to list- __v_â€"-.:.. “'va‘u6. Of course, the blame is now put on some nameless clerk who it is said was punished for not having sent out the cicular authorizing an excursion rate for the Borden meeting. It is signif- icant. however, that the wrong-doing of this alleged clerk made so little im- pression upon the Minister of Rail- ways that he was unable in reply to a trains for Truro found that no ex- cursion tickets were to be had. Mr. Stanfield and others in charge of the Truro meeting telegraphed and tele- phoned the head offices of the I. O. R. at Moncton N. B. The best they could get was an excursion rate which in- vol ved every passanger buying a. tick- et for a circus which happened to be performing at Truro at that time. In short the people who went to Truro ‘ were fairly forced into patronizing a circus which they did not want to see In... 'h%~ .. would be shown at all times to the Lea:d_er of the Opposition._ sâ€"uLug 1s a cure .for piles. ta, cold crackq or chaps, u~1- rmgworm, po-lson, cuts, ab- Send 1°C., name of pa p61 and this ad. for our beautiful Savings B'nk and Child’s Sketch-Book. 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COME AND vâ€" V‘V.‘ Interment took place to the Rocky Saugeen cemetery on Mon- day afterno-om; Rev. Mr. McCaus- land of the Baptist church officiat- ing‘in the absence of his regular pastor. Mrs Smith and :family Wish to express their sincere gratitude to the friends and neighbors who rendered such kindly assistance during their trouble wâ€" ”- gut â€" ham, ‘land in hisqugtialnheaflth, but death came with shocking sudden- ne‘s's onhSaAtyr day in politics Though always in good health, he Was never very rugged, and for the past two or three years gave signs of decreas- ed vitality On the Thursday pre- 111 .I.U,1“U.11LO{ JESSle, teaching at Rock M1118, and :Mabel, at home The deceased was a devoted member of the Presbyterian church, and a moderate Liberal in DOlitiCS Thimxo‘h QIHrnvvc :n On Saturday, February 25th, Mr. J. W. Smith, post master at Aber- deen for the past six years, died very suddenly from heart failure. Born in Paris. Ont, on the 8th of January, 1843, he was only ,a few weeks over 68 years of age. Until 35 years ago, he lived in the vicin- ity of Paris and Guelph. Then he moved to Bentinck, and settled on lot 35, con. 3, where he remained continuously until two months previous to his death, when he ,moved to Aberdeen, where he con- 7tinued to keep the post office. .He was married 34 years ago 10 Janet Clark, eldest daughter of Mr John Clark. The union result- ed in an issue of twelve children. nine of whom survive, James, of Brigden. Go Lambton; John, the youngest, at home; Barbara, Cath- arine, Bessie, Annie and Margaret. in Toronto; Jessie, teaching at R931: Mills, and_:’Mabel, at home .Interment took place on Satur- day last, the remains being taker. from here by the morning C. P. R. train, 2for the home of her child- hood. “ ‘ ed and :for the past year. 3115;, Haws was gradually growing worse, until the end came on Thursday of last week February 23rd. Besides her sorrowing hus‘mmd. and a little boy, three years of age, she leaves three brothers, and two sisters, in Erin township, and two sisters, Mrs. Anthony Turner, and Mrs. J.’ S. Langdon, at Invermay, Sask. She was en es- teemed member of the Methodist church 'We regret to announce the death. of Mrs. H. Haws, after an illness of about a year‘s dura. than. The deceased. whose maiden name was Sax-rah. Nevin, was horn thirty-nine years ago, in the township Otf Erin, and over twelve years ago was married to her now Borrowing husband, Mr. H. Haws. They have been esteemed resi. dents of Durham .for the past eight years. It is about eighteen years since the deceased contracted ca. tarrh of the stomach, which gave her considerable trouble. From its agute stage, consumption develop- -_A ‘Aâ€" LL‘ M_-L Mr. Neil Black, 03' SGDtc-htofi one at Glenelg’s pioneers, dig-d 0’ Saturday last. at the age or? 21%;: 84 years. Interment took ILacevon Tuesday morning to St. Johnas R. C. cemetery, the paIZ-I,,._â€"»arer8 being his five sons, Angus. John. Malcolm. Ronald, Archie, and One grandson, Edfward Sullivan. Mrs Sullivan 04f town, is a daughter' of the c’leceased, and'Mr. Jphn c Black. is a catus'in~ MB. JOHN 'W. SMITH. at one o’clock MRS. 'H. HAWS. om‘rtviiy NEIL BLACK Mar. 2, 1:4] 1 ANNUAL FAIR account of Secure Y0 Hemlock. spruce. wood and cedar lo the rear of the {0' Don’t forget! Sad the last day in the contest. Lists recei‘l A *‘oig snap.â€"Ladi derskirts at $2; ladi' underskirts, a nice At Grant’s. The Lauder prop top of the hill was chased by Mr. McLei April léth. _ Young man, rem men of to-day we: They succeeded. You Will it you a1 Business College. For saleâ€"Mbel‘t very easy terms. payment plan. I write to the C. P. Box 162. Owen Sc VOL. 44â€"9“). 2' H. Sealey‘s Gle! silver watch. Elgi will leave with M this office, and ti tion‘? Have you how many have Mt. Forest Busin planned rtor by a‘ tee of Amos ch: chosen is Friday. wit. wisdom and 1 music may be 10 lar prices. One of the PO] in'gs will he give terian Guild. in the church, on March 17th. whe social will be he served, and a 2 Admission. 15¢. We have a house for saie. terms so easy 1 young man stem «find it very littl (or it. and have own in a few 31 Chronicle office op-ted to take t the market buil ing consideyab among; the cat sorry to think t its wisdom has the expenditure gaining deservc along with the scription list. i: cry other W33" credit to the pu Magazine is a journalism, and patronage clean. WhC moderate night. A gram to the Land. '1 kutions g‘rsmitzg tenance for p: event of zgettin Mr. Carnegie. w ter from s'clicit lower license ‘ pool room, w: plans of the C; Durham EFurnfl endorsed by t} 3. V her of account paympayment 1 count rfmm D. rendered dsuri Mr. ‘Rowe and‘ tertained, and the firemen fa Glazer dire. ll (ate. At the counc The tow visit :from Br 1, eye ear, n1 at the Hahn you sans he hollesc. cost of