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From a Government publicatlon on altitudes in Ontario we gave the elevation above the sea level ol the ntationa between Dundalk and Walkerton, a lew weeks ago and also pointed out that Mt. For- at was some 200 leet higher than Durham. We’ll venture to lav that u any Durham resident WOre asked .to tell whether the Grand Trunk etetlon ll higher or lower than -the C. P. 8. his answer would be The snow is all gone and the wintEr’s accumulations oi dirt are to be seen on all sides. The clean- ing-up process will be soon in order and a little eflort will ef- fect a wonderful transformation in places. It’s a pity the whole town couldn’t be thoroughly renâ€" ovated and remove the unsightly scenes that were never disturbed since the beginning of time. I! all could pull together in the direc- tion of a general clean-up,‘ the esthetie appearance would be Med and it would be better h the heali- 0! i339 eonq‘unity. a mere gucu and an liable to be urn-on: as right. In the publicauon mentioned the altitude. are given: C. P. R, 1,135 Met, 6. '1‘. R. 1,111 lest. Th0 C. P. B. in higher by 15 test. A movement in on loot to have an excursion to Owen Sound about the an 01 May. to see the 147:; Battalion at it: be“ before leaving [at mobilisation camp. The inten- tion. it carried out, is to have ex- cursion trains on the C. P. R. trom Durham and Dnndalk to Owen Sound, and mo on the Grand Trunk from Hanover, trains to reach Owen Sound at 10 o’clock and leave on the return trip tne name evening about 8 o’clock. A movement is under consider- ation to take 2,000 aliens from the New Ontario camps to assist the farmers in the west, as .000 as the available lint in the camp at Brandon is exhausted. Transporta- tion may be borne by the federal government‘ and farmers using the labor will be required to take each man for a period of seven months. Mr. Matthew Davis of Poplar, Manitoulin. will accept thanks for remittance in advance. He is al- ways up to time. right on the dot. Bow happy all owners 0! local newspapers would be if all their subscribers were as prompt as Mr. Davis. The label will be chang- ed in due time. AP?“ 14 and 15- coming I” .m": The patriotic society had ameet- Harm." Hour theatre FM“ F‘m-f ing Tuesday night, when 14 claims SubiPctSI Burning 0‘ Parliament on the patriotic fund were consid- Buildingfl- Ottawa; Niagara Fal‘sgered and appropriations fixed. in Winter. with other lefldim’gThe claims under consideration events in Canada. lamounted to a monthly call of W» thzmk Mr. Robt. Aljoe forgflb‘mt $200. renewal subscription. It Will hei In consequence of .the shortage remembered that Mr. A1309 was,“ paper in England the daily seriously injured “St DeCemberi newspapers are asked to be in an elevator at SQSR‘WOO" and; ready to make a reduction of 40 has been in the “WWW“ ""“"‘per cent. in their pre-war size. Sine". HP 9313963 to be out in a l Smaller type is used in sympathy CONN“ 0' weeks. ,With the reduced size whm'p rp- April 14 and 15. Coming to the Happy Hour theatre, Ford Film. Subiects: Burning of Parliament Buildings. Ottawa; Niagara Falls in Winter, with other leading events in Canada. A little Durham girl with a tov soldier that marched when wound up, saw a real soldier come home with her big sister one night. and asked her to “wind him up” so that she could see him go. Marriage licenses are now up to (ivv dollars instead of two. This reminds us that procrastination in the thie! of time, plus an extra thrvv dollars. For Rentâ€"The Commercial Ho- tel, Priceviile, is offered for rent. Immediate possession can be givâ€" en. For particulars, apply to the proprietor, Joseph Black. 463p Ontario doesn’t~go dry till Sep- tember 16. Let us see. That’ll give us a chance to get a swig at the time o! the exhibition Call and see our clover need be- lore buying elsewhere.â€"Mn. A. Begga Son. Mr. T. N Walpole and family have moved to the house on Gar- alraxa street, recently vacated bv Mr. J. H Harding. Far SI!¢.-*N0. 1 clover and tim- othy seed-Mrs. A. Begga Son. Mr. All. O’Neil of Glenelg pur- chased the first Chevrolet car sold in Durham by N. McIntyre. VOL. 49â€"N0. 2564 NEWS AROUND TOWN renide in tho neighborhobd. ~. On Tuesday afternoon at (our o’clock an interesting ceremony took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry McCaslin, in Bent- inch, when their daughter, Clara. was united in wedlock to Mr. Thomas .1. Hopkins, 0! the same township. The ceremony was per- fomed by Rev. B. S. Mayer, in the presence of a goodly number of relatives and friends. Congrat- ulations over, a sumptuous wed- ding dinner was enjoyed and a happy hour was spent around the festive board. The young cou- ple are on a short honeymoon to Bamilton, Burlington and other points, and on their return will Rev. Mr. Morris of Trinity} church hit the nail on the head inl his sermon on Sunday evening when he said that the average! church member and professing:I Christian was altogether too: apathetic. He said that their ideal of Christianity was, when they: came to die, to “send for the, minister, have him say a few words, and away they go.” We are sure he couldn’t have meant ~ to include anyone connected wi h this great clarion of truth a d morality in the above statement. ‘ Miss Edith Lloyd. 3 professional nurse. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Lloyd of thié place, accomâ€" panied by a lady friend from Harriston, also a trained nurse, is now reported to be “somewhere in Egypt.” A picture of the two young ladies appeared in a re- cent issue of The London Adver- tiser, but both were reported to be from Harriston. The underwriters’ inspect-3r was here yesterday, when the fire- men were called out to giVe an exhibition. From the first sound of the fire-bell it was just 17 minutes till steam was up and a stream was deliveredOt‘rom the tank near the site of the old skating rink. From leaving the fire hall, the stream was on in 10 minutes, we are told. Prices for print shop supplies are still soaring upward. On a small order we received this week an increase of 25 per cent. is made on one small article and may be further advanced without notice. It seems the only thing to be done is to take our medicine. and await the cure. A full choir of lady singers ren- dered the musical service in the Methodist church on Sunday ev- ening. The ladies contributing were not regular members of the choir. but from the audience, the service was appreciated. Miss Black received word Mon- day of the death of a sister in Toronto. Death occurred Saturday at the Western hospital, and the remains were interred on Monday afternoon. We regret to learn that Mrs. Ben Williams is in poor health, and left yesterday for Fergus hosâ€" pital, where she may have ’20 un- dergo an operation. Mr. Mike O’Neil o! Deliale, Sank, sold his 320-acre farm for 812,000. The purchaser was one of his neighbors. Wanted.-100 bags of good pota- toes, {or which we will pay the highest price.-â€"Mrs. A Beggs The French and British aviators are reported to have brought down 42 German aeroplanes dur- ing the month of March." Wantedâ€"Two lady boarders. or lady roomers; comlortable rooms. Apply to Mrs. T. N Walpole. 20 1!: iLine transformeésg.1m: iMetrea. etc...... ' We overlooked mentioning in our last issue the sale of the butcher business conducted here for the past five or six years bv Mr. W. J. Firth, who is retiring on account of ill health. Mr. Jamieson Vollett is the new proprietor. and as he has been in the employ of Mr. Firth for the past two or three years, will be able to take hold of and conduct the. business without delay. outlay. The plant is now complete, out of course the installation of new services, and the upkeep and re- pair): will always be a\ source of Miscellaneous...... ...... The Old Plant...;... Our total outlay for the Hydro is $17,582.77. This includes the 33‘800 paid for the McIntyre sys- tem. The people don’t know; in fact, some of the council don’t know, and if we were to listen to both sides, we wouldn’t know either. We made it our business to find out, and here’s a statement from the Hydro Commission, which to us seems plain enough. The following are the items of cost up to March 31‘ 1916: Sub-station equipment ...... $584 88 Distribution system, over- ers in this part of the country and their strong faith in the fu- ture. The popularity of the local agent, and the popularity of the class of machinery he handles, make the selling end of the busi- M Mr. A. B. McLellan was the chief cause of the big stir in town on Tuesday. He is agent here for the Massey-Harris (30.. and'this was a day of general delivery. About 30 teams were lined up at the station where the purchases. consisting of .‘hinders. spreaders, drills. culti- vators. hay-rakes. etc.. were. quickly loaded. Dinner was served at the Hahn House to about 50 guests, While the streets were lined outside with the several Dur- chases of agricultural machinery. Messrs. McGee and Stewart of the Massey-Harris CO. Were present. and assisted the local agent. The display gives evidence of the prosperous condition of the farmâ€" A Wingham despatch says that Crow nAttorney Seager of that place has ordered an investigation of the death there of R. W. Walk- er of Mt. Forest, and the removal 01 the body to Athens, Mich., for interment on Friday was not al- lowed until an autOpsy had been performed. Walker, it is said, died suddenly While undergoing treat- ment for abscess of the brain from his brother-in-laW, Dr. J. A Fox. a Wingham chiropractor. The in- quest Will be held this Thursday. The Ontario Medical Council sent Dr. Silverthorn, an expert pathol- ogist, to Wingham for the post- mortem. WHAT THE HYDRO COST US Tot‘al...... head ...... DURHAM, ONT. THURSDAY. APRIL 13. l0l6 817582 77 10792 38 243 36 999 11 476 03 3800 00 Jc‘ODuring (the thunder storm last (night the residence of Mr. James {Gibsom apposite the cement .plant, was struck by lightning 3and considerable damage done. )The bolt seems to have struck the chimney, passed along the ‘1'09f, tearing up some of the tshmgles, and then passed down {the partitions to the cellar. where s loist was split into kindling z'wood. A small hole through the 'stone wall at the front door, and 'the disturbance of the soil. seems i to indicate that the current reach- ied, the ground at that point. i’l‘hongh some of the inmates were isleeping just below where a dceilinfi was broken it was fortun- late t at no harm_resulted. The } During the day. from turning 'the street lights off in the morn- ?ing‘ till they are turned on at might, we are using a very light "load, but the town has to pay for gthe peak for the highest 20 min- [utes a_s indicated on the chart. building is insured in the Grefi 8: Bruce Mutual. If as was the case in February. with a peak load of 69 horse power, the town could sell the current to private users for all. :under-peak hours, the cost to the [town would not be increased. and iat the same time the cost of cur- !rent so used would be a source :of revenue to the town; and fur- ;ther, it would be a cheap power :to the constant consumer. | It would be economical also. as 'far as possible, not to use the :town hall, the churches or other ipublic buildings during possible 'peak periods. In discussing the Ematter, we are not knocking the :Hydro, which we have favored firm the first. What we want to ido is to get as much current as HOUSE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING We hope these hints are plain enough and that all users, for the sake of economy, will act on them at all times when a heavy load is being delivered to the town. The peak load (or February was 09 ‘horse-power, and the cost for current $195.32, or nearly 83 per horse-power for the month. Keep down the peak. We need at as low a cost as pos- sible. We paid for 69 horse power in February, but during the whole month we used the 69 horse power for only 20 minutes. To explain further, we might iust mention that twenty 40-watt lamps Will consume more than one horse power of current. and if these 20 lamps were turn‘Sd off say from 7 to 10 p.m. on Saturdav nights, a reduction to the town of the cost of one horse power for the month would be effected in this way: that is a reduction of $2.83. Well, what about it? Just this. It will be seen that so far the peak loads have occurred on Sat- urday evenings, or the evening before a public holiday, when the stores were all open, and the town as a whole has to pay [or that peak. The stores. to do busi- ness, must have light, and plenty of it. Theirxunited load incurs an extra cost by increasing the peak. To offset this extra cast. private users should be as eco- nomical as possible on Saturday nights and nights before public holidays, and, to keep down the peak, electric irons, toasters. sweepers and other electrical ap- pliances should not be used at that time. Use of current during- the day costs the town nothlng. and costs the consumers nothing more. than cost of service charges. :DfiDD’D55DDE D D:PD?§D>O ob ’DtfifiEDDDgififi’D‘D’ D ’D If»!!! +++++++++++++++++++++++++.++++++++++t++o++++++++++++ Curtains and Curtain Nets Splendid Floor Coverings A Full Program of Bargains J3; Spring Home-Furishing J. 6: J. HUNTER 40c yd. Curtain Muslin with border, 150. Special Guru!!! Sc_rlm_in cream, with color- V'VV 'V'V‘ ed border, fast colon-(15; White Enamelled Curtain Poles, 2 for 25¢. Curtain Neth in presm and ecru, 25c and Lace Curtains, 500 to $3.50 pr. Linoleums, Block and Floral Designs, in 2, 3 and 4 yds. wide. Floor Oilcloth. new patterns, in l, 11/; and 2 yds. 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