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I DURHAM CHRIJNIBLE - ’AGE TWO SAVE ONTARIO’S FORESTS It is appalling: to learn of our an- grievance none the less to know that much of it is the result of careless- â€"â€"_ ness. Never a season- passes but we! D p learn of destruction of our timber) areas, in which millions of dollars 3' worth of property are destroyed. The 01 careless camper who leaves a few w smouldering embers needs only the assistance of a breeze to set the for- est aflame. A few minutes at the proper time would avert the calam- ity and save millions for the benefit of the peeple, and 0f posterity. A lighted match, a cigar stub, or a cigarette stub may cause an equal loss and in each case the loss is the result of carelessness. The loss of private property through carelessness or any other ‘ cause falls heaviest upon the owners: or the insurance companies that may perchance have assumed the risk. 1 The national loss, however. is none 1 the less. and the country as a whole , will be the poorer. Every block of 1 public land denuded of its timber by ‘ fire makes the sum total of our timâ€" ‘ her that much the less. and being : scarcer. it will necessarily become dearer to those who have to buy. The destruction of our national tim- ber wealth is a loss to all individ- ually and it. therefore behooves us all to use every means in our power to avert a public waste by fire or by any other cause. A year ago the writer passed through a long stretch of New On- tario and for hour after hour saw nothing on either side but. burned timber areas. The loss was incal- culable. and this through careless- ness, will be augmented from year to year. The Government, through adverw tising. is warning the public to be careful and to avert further destrucâ€" tion to life and property. Individual carelessness is often the result. of individual losses, and care and fore- thought in each is equally neces« sary . w“- ." By reading the advertisements now appearing in The Chronicle, timely hints will be found that will save the timber areas that we look. upon as such a valuable asset. They are ours, and should be protected against loss through carelessness or neglect. Read in last week’s adverâ€" tisement the timely “Donts” and obâ€" serve them. Read also the “typical cases picked at. random from last year’s Fire Rangers Reports.” If all exercise the care. they should, mil- lions of dollars will be saved annuâ€" all from destruction of our forests by fires carelessly started. W Im.mud?flvflm BBAUTIPYING WALKERTON We were in Walkerton Sunday to ; attend the Decoration ceremony by '. the Odd Fellows, and a word about the appearance of the Bruce County Capital will not be amiss. Up to reâ€" cently. the main street. was not in keeping with the residential parts but the paving last. year has given it a decidedly improved appearance. From this side of the railway. cross- ing the business street is paved to the show ground, a distance of about a mile, and no town or city we know of can boast of a better street- This year the paving program will be extended and the contract is let to add'about another mile in connect- ing the Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific stations. What has already been done. together with this year‘s addition, will place Walkerton on the map and make pe0ple sit up and talk about it. Another pleasing feature, one that struck us very forcibly, is the hundreds of beautiful shade trees, with which the streets are lined in all the residential parts. They are mostly maple. large and thrifty, and provide a delightful shade for ped- estrians on the sidewalks as well as vehicles on the centre of the streets. We commend the citizens for their taste and think other towns might learn. a lesson from Walkerton. Though the streets generally are beautiful because of their many shade trees. we saw nothing to equal the beauty of our own Bruce 'street. and only wish, as we have often preached, that Durham would become more interested in the plant- ing of shade treés. Nature has done. much for us int-giving us the hills, the valleys and the water, but much remains for us to do in completing the work and increasing the beauty. of the place by planting more trees. Thursday, July 6.1922- Over twenty years ago The Chron- icle first appeared as an all-home print. newspaper. At the time, and D1 m‘ngm'jeal‘s later, me had the THE ALL-HOME PRINT WEEKLY private property loss 01' any other Pst upon the Owner m.“ | 1 outside of Owen sound. We knew it] ’ full control of our own sheet put us in a position to give better service not to or readers, as well as to our ad- “ vertisers. At times, and especially during the war when help was hard = to get, we felt it would be a matter of rs economy to go back to the patent in- side, but “going back” looked like 3. es the retrogade step, and we couldn’t hear the thought of retrogression. More- 'W that over, while we referred to toe paper; reless- frequently as an all-home produc-. t we tion, we never heard an exchange timberlpumng forth a plea of superiority iollars’ on the ground of carrying a "patent” in31de. We stayed with the job, and Bd-The of late we find others in the trail a few we blazed'over twenty years ago. 11y the Though occasional changes to all- home print papers have been made of late. yet only one other in. the county, outside of Owen Sound, has taken the advanced step. he forâ€" at the calam- L. _.__‘ ”‘1‘ While excavating for the new‘ stores, a mountain ash tree on the boundary between Mr. Mockler’s and Mrs. Hunter's was undermined and fell into the excavation. Mr. Mock- ler claimed $50 for the tree, but as Mr. Hunter thought this too high, the matter was left to arbitration and fixed at $30, each paying half costs. The total cost to Mr. Hunter was $41. , The Methodist Church is being cleaned and beautificd by Mr. C. E!- vidge. The Mount Forest Confederate has again changed hands, Mr. kWI'ight, formerly of Turnbull Wright, of Guelph, having purchased it from the. Kennedy Bros. A very pretty wedding took place on July 2 at 4.30 p.m., at Bonnie View. the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Byers, Hampden, when their} yullngll‘St daughter, Amelia H., was united in marriage with Mr. James G. Collinso’n, of Hamilton. The cere- mony was performed by the Rev. Mr. l‘Fart‘mharson in the presence of I about titty guests. A very sad happening occurred here on Sunday afternoon in the R. drowning of two brothers, John and ti George Gregson, young Englishmen al in the neighborhood, of twenty-two 01 to twenty-five years of age. The 36- t\ cident occurred in what is known as tl “Motl‘at‘s Hole,” a treacherous porâ€" ti tion of the river just in the rear 'of the «agricultural grounds, receiving 0 its name from the fact that a man i] named Moll‘at was drowned in the same place about 45 years ago. t: Thirtyâ€"eight years ago last 24th of a May, according to our ‘information, 0 Lachlan McKinnon, brother of Mr. Allan McKinnon of Upper Town, and t a young man named Knowles, were I upset from a boat and drowned in t the same place. The drowning of a the Gregson brothers may be briefly S told as follows: A number of young 1 men and boys were in bathing or t l l l m swimming Sunday afternoon, the unfortunate men being mere onlook: ers. It is said that neither of the . two could swim, though some say one of them could swim a little. The , truth will remain a mystery, as there 1‘ was no one present and nothing was , known till Sunday evening, when 1 the two suits were found on the river bank. Search was made all Sunday night, all day Monday, and not till j 11 o’clock Tuesday forenoon had the . search party met with any success. : About half-past eleven the body of " Jack, the younger brother, was ) brought to the surface and taken ; ashore. The fire engine was brought '. over and a heavy stream forced into ’8 the river, but without success till :1 about 6 o’clock, when the second (1 body . was secured. Undertakers hress and Lenahan took charge of the bodies and preparations were made to give them a decent burial. .e Interment in Durham cemetery took 5’ place Thursday, when Revs. Ryan. n Farquharson, Smith and McGregor e took part in the service. Much sym- ‘d pathy is felt for the sorrowing relaâ€" 1' tives in England, whose location is ’5 known only from a letter from a ,S° sister in one. of the young men’s 1r pockets. Willie Lavelle was the first “t to discover a body in the bottom of n. the river. ' it From The Chronicle Pile of July ‘10, 1902. 20 YEARS AGO My 0 - ~" " :' THE DURHAM CHfiONICLE. ' . . - Eamon-r COUNCIL Council met June 27, members a‘ll present; minutes adopted. The re: ports given in detail by the Commis- si’oners re the amount of money ex- pended in their respective divisions for road improvement showed that Comr. Groat expendeded $257.55, fees $5.00; Comr. Allan $495.,48 fees and work $18.;00 Comr. Wilson, $666 .27, fees $12.;OO Comr. McDougald, $576.05 fees and work $21.00. Allanâ€"McDougaldâ€"That four road drags be purchased from the Canada Ingot Iron Company, Guelph, at a cost of $19.50 each.â€"â€"Carried. rM‘cDougaldâ€"Wilsonâ€"t'l‘hat. an or- der be drawn on the Treasurer in favor of John McMurdo, Street Com- missioner, Drom‘ore, amounting to $46.00, beingxcommutation money for 22.‘~â€"Car1 ied. Dr. G. M. Lceson, M.P.P., Waited upon the Council in reference to the extra indemnity granted him as a member of Parliament, stating that he was milling to gch the Council a cheque for the amount this muni- cipality \\ as entitled to. Groatâ€".~\llan-fl‘hat owing to the high cost of living and the many calls made on‘ our representatives in Par- liament, we C‘.‘DSilf101‘ it not advisable to accept any portion of the extra imlemnity granted to our member, Dr. Leeson.â€"â€"Carried. \Vilsonâ€"-â€"McD0ugald ~â€" T‘hat the County Treasurer be instructed to erase from his books the taxes ap- pear! mg 3;, uinst Pt. Lot 25 Con. 18, also PI. Lot 25 Con 17 .QCarricd. MChongaldâ€"JVilsonâ€"Jl‘hat in refâ€" erence to the communication lo the Cliatham City Council to tho Ado”:- cscont School Attendance Acl, that. this Council take. no action in the maltmxâ€"Carried. ' The following names were added to the Assessment, R011: Eliza Evans and Charles Evans, tenants PL. LUL 22, Con. 3; Cecil Atâ€" chison, farmer’s son, Lot 16, Con. 17; J. 0. Harrison, tenant, Lot '10, Con. 22; Thomas Harrison, J12, farmer’s son, Pt. '14, Con. 22; May Moore. owner. Lot. NH. Con. 20; Agnes Marshall. owner, Lot 3, (Jon. 2. McDougaldâ€"Wilson â€" That. the Court, of Revisitm now close and that. the Assessment PM] as now ,I'CViSCd be finally passedâ€"Carried. WilsohéMcDougaldâ€"That Deputy Reeve Allan and the Clerk wait upon the Council of Normanby Township at their next meeting for the purpose of adjusting accounts between the two townships, the Clerk to notify the Clerk of Normanby Township to this effectrrCarried. Allanâ€"McDougaldâ€"That a grant. of $100 be given for the purpose 01' improvil g Gillies’ hill, which is con- sidered to be in a dangerous condi- tion for public travel, Comr. Groat agreeing to supplement the grant out, of his appropriation.â€"â€":Carried. McDougaldâ€"Groatâ€"In reference to the road known as the Cement Road, that a grant of $100 be given to Dr. Jamieson on the condition that an agreement be drawn up and duly signed to the etl‘ect that the read he kept open for public travel, also that the township assumes no responsi- bility whatever in connection with the maintenance of said road or of any accidents that might happen thereon.â€"~Carried. Greatâ€"Wilsonâ€"That. the fees 0wâ€" ing to the witnesses attending in the suit Filshie vs Township of Egre- mont be paidâ€"Carried. .Wilsonâ€"McDougaldâ€"«That the folâ€" lowing accounts he paid: Municipal Wlorld, for dog tags, $15.45; J. Noble. repairs to grader, 900.; A. McInnes’, buring dead ani- mal, 500.; Reeve, delivering Rolls, $8.00, postage, telephoning, and com- mission work, $5.30; Treasurer, half year’s salary, $75.00, postage, ex- change and orde1s. $4.;98 Clerk, half years salary, $200.00, postage and telephoning, $14.09. delix ering Rolls, '$4.00; B. Gibson, use of room, $2. 00; members of Council, attendance and mileage, $18.90.-â€"Garried. Couucil adjourned to meet Monday July 17, for general business. --David Allan, Clerk. An airman when buying a para- chute to jump from an airplane, Sevâ€" eral thousand feet up in the air, askâ€" ed: “Will you guarantee this para- chute to open instantly?” Salesmanâ€"“Absolutely. If it does not, come back and'we will refund your money.” (our own correspondent.) From Friday evening to Saturday afternoon we had 17 hours of rain, coming down quietly, but steadily, and giving the earth a good soaking. A considerable quantity of Sweet clbver has been cup and harvested for fodder, in good condition in this neighborhood. Quite a lot of shovellers had to withdraw last week from the County road work in order to get the hay crOp saved. The directors of the new public cemetery hope to see as many as possible of the plotholders and oth- ers interested” in the cemetery at- tend the meeting called for Friday evening, July 7, in the Presbyterian Church basement. George Rutherford, Esq., and Mr. and Mrs. D. Hetherington of Shel- burne, motored up on Saturday. ev- ening of last week, made a short call on friends and returned home. Dr. R. :Watson and Wife of Yonge and St. Clair ‘ streets, also Harold Watson of the Bank of Commerce, and his wife, all of Toronto, motored up‘ Saturday and remained with friends over the week-end. Rev. B. J. Brl‘cCurtexn-lnoved out of the Parsonage on Thursday of last week. 011 the cvenit g previous :1 :argc delegation from the Women’s Institute, and other friends, gathered at the Parsonage. Mr. William Mather was placed in the chair. Mrs. D. McLachl-an spoke for a few mo- ments, expressing the less They fell 1 at the remox'al 01‘ such an active and beloved member as. Mrs. Mcq’l'irten had been, and also, the pastor had been active in every good move and had endeared himself to a host, of peeple in both the church congregaâ€" tions here. The chairman read a nicely worded address and the we- men presented the Worthy pair with a nice conch hammock. The reply was full of love and good feeling for the people of Priceville and Vicinity. DON’T DON'T take any chances with fire in On- tario's forests. DON’T throw away cig- arette or cigar butts. pipe “heels” 01' burnt matches until you are dead sure they are out. DON'T neglect to drown ! out your fire with lots of water. DON’T build your camp fire against a imtten Build it in a for- mer fireplace, or on a flat rock, or on a spot clegred down to the true soil below. or by the edge of the water. DON’T forget that theup- ‘ per layer of ground in the forest consists of partially rotted wood which will burn. log or' stung): nor on windy points; nor The address will likely be published in some of the local papers. A physician says we should eat little during the summer. Well, if gasoline keeps going up, we probably Will. - Annual Sale Exceeds 30. Million Packets: â€"-â€"BLACK.‘ MIXED or GREEN-â€" Steadfastly Refuse All Substituteo. IVER DRIVERS, shanty men, pulp loggers, and all men who work in the lumber woods, on the river or at the millâ€"get this: Your job depends on keeping forest fires from burning up the bush. Every time you leave a camp fire or a smudge burning you are taking chances on a forest fire that will do you out of a job. Every time you throw away a burning match or a cigarette, or drop the “heel” of your pipe on the ground, you are taking a chance. In summer time, moss, dead wood, dry leaves or the regular wood-fibre soil of the forest are all ready to burn. Millions of feet of timber and pulp are being burnt up that way every year. Ontario’s forests are not growing fast enough to keep up. Forest fires A will do you out of a job if they keep A on a few years more. Watch yourself. on the Safietg 06 5W P Some people don‘t know what to name the new baby and some, people have a relative who is rich. The porch Vines should now be dense enough to conceal the ham- mock from the street. light to the corner. Thnriday, 31111 6, 1922. //_