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PARK BAYS A LAKES EAKE Prices Paid Dduce th. B. lucher IVE TRIPS 'H‘P'b-i-HW days at $40 per ed. If you need we Mve only a ‘ 0“"? "t this 03" 57‘1"" 1 Mills [1211] Profits »++++++++++++ Tickets now on in Ontario at with liberal ground feed i? I") 0 411.1.ng at $40 per RIVER .xl >V’ANCE lg‘ht 3.00 ll infor- ; Ticket 13;. Dist- Ry. Sys- Mr Mrs. Charles H. Mofl‘at is serious- ly ill at the home of her mother. Mrs. D. Greenwood, in town. 11‘ Mr. Cecil Young was in town over Sunday. as guest of his uncle, Mr. C. P. Kinnee. Mrs. Alex. Graham and. two child- mm, of Winnipeg. are visiting her sister, Mrs. C. P. Kinnee. “ Toronto Exhibition opens on the 25th of this month, and closes on the 10th of September. Durham Fall Fair will be held on September 20th and leti Keep the date in mind, and come. Mr. and Mrs. F. Lenahan, and Mr. 1nd Mrs. John Smith, were at Euâ€" :enia on Sunday. Man with scythe wanted for a nuple of days’ \\ ork. Apply at this rfllce Dr. and Mrs. Grant of Walkerton re visiting their parents here. Mr. John Hanlan, of Toronto, is spending a week With his father- inâ€"law \lr. Hugh McLean. \11. Herbert Ball of Winnipeg, is \isiting his 1311rents-in-1aVV3Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Brown. \-Iiss A. C. \IacKenzie left a few days ago on a motoring trip to Ni- agara Falls and Bufialo. F. A. Graham, eyesight specialist. At the Central Drug Store. 531 The weather has been very warm 1nd dry. and the rain last night was 1 welceme change. )811 Misses Jessie and Mamie Munro, ‘ Buffalo, are visiting friends here. Mrs. Jenkins tish Columbia ter, Mrs. \\ es. Mrs. J. S. Drysdale and son, Douglas of Hamilton, are guests of VII‘S. Peter Gagnon. Mists. Susie Pettigr‘ew and sister, Hvl‘mu. of Hamilton, are visiting their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. ‘E. Mrs. Cooper, of Ripley, and Mr‘. Comm. of St. Marys, accompanied by their children, are visiting their :iither, Mr. H. N. Burnett. it 11F We. are pleased to see so many of our former citizens returning to town, and we extend them one and, all a. most hearty welcome. Don‘t yorry over “chain letters”, even if they do say you will go to the demnition how-wows if you don‘t. do as they advise. We regret to learn that Rev. Tirl. l'arr.’ of Kincardine, has been ~‘iuno_.~\\‘11at indisposed for the past DV‘ NEWS AROUND TOWN 311‘. and Mrs. E. A. Hay and (3mm- ’11 visited his mother in Elora on mdny last. They were accompan- d UV Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Irwin. A farmer who understauua nun“... nature said: "If you want your boy to stay at home, don’t hear too hard oh the grindstone when he turns! the crank. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Patterson and daughter, Miss Edna, have return- ed to town and taken up their res- idence here. Mr. Patterson is the superintendent of the cement plant. Morton. Leslie Wilson, 21 years of age. myloyed in the Hanover cement. nut-l5. sustained a fracture of the aft. leg while acting temporarily n the marl train. 31155113111121 Limin r1 :tc- Monday, after vaszmt holiday at me here. The Hanover Band went out Of business a short time ago, but has again reorganized and is doing bus- iness as usual. The new leader_ is Mr. Herman Miltz. Baum er has had a good band for years, and it. would be a pity to have them drop out. O V'f L W. Mchly of London, re« Saturday, after a fortnight's th Mr. and Mrs. J. McNally. or four week ‘ b. who understands human : "If you want your boy .ome, don’t hear too hard ndstone when he turns and children, of Briâ€" are visiting her sis- Arnett. ‘ imin returned to Tor- , after spending :1 av at the parental Hay and child- The least you can do is to attend the Red Cross garden party on the school grounds Tuesday evening. Mr. Thompson Crew, recent own- er of The Barrie Advance, has been appointed postmaster of that town bx the Dominion Government. The salary, after paying assistants, will be< ,, 2,500 to $3, 000 a year. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Lang and three children, who have been in St. Marys for the past two years, re~ turned to town Monday. Mr. Lang has a position as burner in the ce- ment works. Mrs. L. McLean of the Rocky,‘en- Lertained a number of her friends on Tuesday evening in honor of her sister, Mrs. W. B. Poucher, and daughter. Miss Marjorie Poucher; of Edmonton. Mrs. W. B. Poucher and daughter, Miss Marjorie, left Monday and will visit in Allandale, Toronto and BelleVille, before returning to Edâ€" monton VVhere she expects to ar- riVe about the first of September The young people of the South Line, Bentinck, will hold a patriotic garden party on James McRonald’s laVVn on Thursday evening, August 16th. Refreshments and program. Admission 150. and 100. c2 Mr. John Legate of Dresden, but a resident of Durham eight or ten years ago, is spending a week or two with friends in Durham, the Rocky, and about the old home- stead at Dromore. ‘ Mr. and Mrs. M. K. Heddle, and little daughter of Hamilton, motor- ed to town last week, and are vis- iting With Miss A. L. Mackenzie. and other friends in town and vi- cinity. Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Mahan and daughter, Donalda, of Regina, are visiting Mrs. Mahan’sflparents. The Dr. will return west in a few days: but Mrs. Mahan and daughter will remain for a month or so. Mr. Douglas Munro, of Eyebrow,’x Sask., has been in town for the pasti week. visiting his many friends. Mrs. Munro and little son have been here for some time visiting her mother, Mrs. J. W. Crawford. Editor Wright and daughter, of the Mount Forest Confederate, and Mr. H, Somerset. Winchester, 01' I the Ottawa teaching staff, were in‘ town Saturday and gave us a pleas- l‘dllt hour of their company. i Mr. J. P. Telford, Misses Davidson and Park, of the Registry Office, and Ye Editor and daughter, went to Flesherton Sunday afternoon to see Mr. M. K. Richardson, who is slowly recovering from his recent illness. Next Monday will be observed as Civic Holiday, when business places will be closed generally. The first, Monday in August was fixed by by- law years ago as the annual civic holiday. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Greenwooa and children, accompanied by her par-- ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Bryon.‘ took a motor trip Sunday and called on' friends at Proton Station, Flesher- ton. Eugenia and Markdale. Wantedâ€"Maid for general house- work, family, two adults, no child- ren; every convenience; references lrequired; fare paid. Apply by let- |ter to Mrs. Burke, 15 Spadina Road, Toronto. 2 A Walkerton merchant has found' hard-boiled eggs on three different occasions amongst his egg purchasâ€" es. They are thought to be from the family breakfast of some farmer or farmers, who took this method of disposing of the left-overs. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Kinnee, one son and three daughters, from St. Catharines, visited over Sunday with the former’s brother, Mr. C. P. Kinnee. The son, Elmer, is re- maining for a week; the others re-~ turned on Monday. Boy wantedeâ€"Good wide-awake boy for light duties around shop. Will be given an opportunity to learn the printing trade if he so desires. A fair. education necesâ€" sary. Apply at once at The Chronâ€" icle office. . tf A. J. Greenwood and Mr. S. T. Chapman is nursing a: sore hand for the past couple of; weeks. He got a slix er in it at the; furniture factom, and afterwards! got it bruised, “hen a felon startedx‘l The condition is bad, and he will; likely ham :1 iorced holida} for a! few weeks longer. ' Mr. John Merice of NOI‘IDRDth'dS purchased Rural Route No. 3, Dur- ham, south by way of Orchard. from Mr. W. J. Atkinson, and commenced on his new duties yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Morice and family of four children intend moving to town. We welcome them as citizens. Mr. Robert Torry has returned from Kitchener, and is again at “ork in the cement mill. With higher rents and higher charges for food and other commodities, the increased earnings are of little benefit. With the re-opening of the cement works, we hope to see the population restored soon. Mrs ..T C. Morton receix ed a tole- gram on Monday from the Director of Records Ottaxma stating as fol- l«;1\Vs:â€"â€"“Cab1e receixed from Eng- land states Pte. Wesley Ernesr. Morton, military hospital, Edmon- ton, condition only fair. Further information, when received, will be sent you.” Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Latimer intend' leaving for Toronto about the mid- dle of the month. They have been in Durham for the past seventeen or eighteen years and have proved themselves good citizens. We hate to lose them, but hope the change may be a betterment of conditions. The roar of the heavy artillery in Flanders is so intense that citizensl of London, 120 miles distant, de- iclare they hear the sound when thel city traffic subsides at night. The; ireverbations are said to make that houses tremble as from the shocks loi’ a far-distant earthquake. ‘ An auction sale of household goods, comprising kitchen, dining- room, parlor and bedâ€"room furni- ture. carpets, rugs, etc., etc., will be held on Saturday afternoon, Auâ€" gust 11th, at the residence of the proprietor, John Latimer, Upper Town. See bills. R. Brigham. I Auctioneer. served. A good program is beingn prepared. Band in attendance. Ad-il mission 100. If the weather shouldé prove unfavorable, the party will be} held in the Armory. l W e had scorching weather for a, few days lately, and some peopie l l Eare complaining of the heat. Onlyi a short time ago they were com-E plaining of the daily and hourlyE rains, and the cold of the spring; was another source of complaintg The crops are looking well, how-' ever, and we have the happy pleas-E ure of looking forward to an abun-; dant harvest. It seems foolish to; grumble about things we cannot? remedy. A party of lautoists coming up thc' second of Egremont from Holstein , took the ditch at Allan’s school and: i had to have their car overhauled} l[before they were able to proceed. ‘ The road is sandy and narrow at ' this point, and when the car came ; to this spot, it skidded and ran off ‘ the road. A deep ditch took care of '1 the rest of the proceedings until the repair man arrived. Everything considered,\ the party were luck.v p. that no one was injured. Rev. Mr. Moyer, and the Red Cross Society, Durham; Adam Douglas, Normanby; John McDoue gall, Alex. Milne, and Geo. Bye, 0f Egremont, are recent purchasers of Ford cars. The total number sold by C. Smith Sons since August last is 48 new, and seven remodel- 'ed Fords, making in all 55 cars. The firm desires to express their gratitude to purchasers in Durham and vicinity for exercising their good judgment in buying Ford cars. DURHAM, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1917. “Ontario will have he biggest oat crop in the history of the province" declared Dr. G. G. Creelman, corn.- missioner of agriculture, at Toronto on Tuesday. “We will have a 125,- 000,000-bushe1 oat crop, more, per- haps, as compared to the average crop of 100,000,000 bushels. In evâ€" ery quarter of the province the crop is certainly Wonderful. We want. no harvest.” Constable Adams is moving round carefully with a sore leg, the result of an ugly bite on Mon- day, by a dog belonging to Edward Walsh. Mr. Adams says there was 10 provocation, and the attack was made without warning. Mr. Walsh places considerable value on the dog, but as a safeguard to others being similarly attacked, he will be forced to keep him chained up or consign him to the bone yard. Lieut.-Col. Dave McKenzie, of Fort Frances, who was the chief 'actor in getting up the Bull Moose; Battalion at Port Arthur, has re- turned from his trip overseas, and fiwas in town a short time Monday and called on Dr. Jamieson. He was accompanied by Capt. George, a lawyer, of Port Arthur, who was also overseas, and is relieved from service. We understand they wiil 'both continue their military 3.0th- ‘ ities. red more rain until after the MAWAMMAMAO @ALAMAWAMA Women’s Pumps, Oxfords Ties and Straps These shoes sold regularly at from $2.50 to $3.50, and are ex- ceptional bargains while they last. With the present high cost of shoes, this stock will not last long, and when done, cannot be replaced. Get your require- ments while the selection is good. J. 6: J. HUNTER $1.98 $1.00 PER YEAR.