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fiAGE POUR lwvo â€"__ dropped in to get a capy to see how much we were “blackguarding” him. We have. no desire to blackguard anybody, and the worst we have to say about Mr. Calder in the present contest is our regret that be ignored his agreement with Mr. Catton. Our opinion is he should have stuck to it and not treat it as a “scrap of which says. in etl‘ect, the uniform “’1000‘ as shown in the last column. denotes “gross pollution" from in- testinal Origin. We had faith in the telliciency of the Provincial Board of Health, and their ability to give a correct analysis. When the report said “99 of the 125 wells examined showed gross pollution," we assumed it to be correct and did not allow the figures to cause us further worry. What is the use of the Provincial Board of Health if inefficient and unreliable in their reports? There will be doubters who thoughtlessly or ignorantly refuse to believe the report if not in ac- cordance with their own opinions. There was a rumor circulated that two samples of water taken from the same well showed a different analy- sis and some were led to believe it, but investigatiOn showed that the two samples were taken from two different wells, one having .a cement top and the other a wooden top. THE TOW‘N WELLS REPORT In our report on the town wells in last week‘s issue we were unable to explain positively the figures in the different columns as indicated by the analysis made by the Provincial Board of Health. Since then, Dr. Hutton. the local Medical Health Of: liner, has written for information, In referring to this question at the nomination Mr. Calder endeavored to scare the electors by talking of a 70-min rate. He said it would re- quire about 15 mills to retire the waterworks by-law in thirty years, but he never hinted at the fact that. the waterworks would become a revenue producer from the start and pay half its own costs. As the ser- vices are extended the revenue will continue to grow and it would soon pay its own way and probably yield a surplus. SIX HIUUBIIB, w vuuw . -v- _ . months. To any agidress m the Hunt- ed States ot Amernea, $2.50 per year, 81 .25 for 31: months, 65 cents for three months. Forelgn subscnptnon rates on application. Member Canadian Weekly News- papers Associatlon. paper.” The Chronicle is late, and we reâ€" gret it did_n’t get out at the regular ‘ ‘1‘ “A‘Ann A vote for the by-law is a vote for security to property as well as for public health. t ime. In election times all sorts of tricks are resorted to by the unscrupulous ofi‘ice seeker. In last year’s Council Mr. W. J. McFadden was considered the most active and aggressive man’ on the Board of Works and from his activity and energy the streets were put in better condition than. they: ever had been before. He got general credit all year for 1193 Work, but now when the election is on there are- some who try to discredit him and are circulating false reports. He used his own team when necessary, and. charged the town $5.00 a day when he had the team, and on other occasions when supervising work he made no charge. The report that he charged $5.00 a day for his-team and $2.00 'a day extra for himself, is not true. More- over, he supplied all the gravel he gave the town, about 300 loads in all, absolutely free of cost. For gravel used on the Provincial or County- Provincial Highway, he made a charge of 25 cents a load. We miss our guess if Mr. McFad- den doesn’t go back again and stand at the head of the list of Councillors, or mighty near the head. When he or any other member of the Council renders good and faithful service and does work that would otherwise have to be paid for, wesee no reason why he shouldn’t be paid for it. An entertainment was given in the school room of the Baptist church Monday night. and towards midnight all repaired to the auditorium when the last minutes of the year were spent in singing and other devotional exercises, including a nicely worded address by the pastor, Rev. J. Taylor. BLACKGUABDING HR. CALDER The first part of the evening was spent. in listening to, a radio proâ€". gram, for which the machine and' loud speaker of Mr. P. Gagnon was uned. A most enjoyable time was BNTBRTAINBD BY RADIO ELECTION TRICKS ’, Jananry 3, 1924. Mr. Calder '1 ue lluwIHGUle puâ€" ._ _ the largest attended i the history'of the township, so we are told, the discussion of afgairs passed ofl' to an increased interest in township afl'airs than to a desire to criticize the council. He gave a lengthy ac- count of his stewardship both in the business of the township and county ‘ Aâ€"AAA-m‘ hr UUDIIICOO V5 v-uv -_ . and went into detailed statement of the work he had completed. During as having supervised the building of township bridges and other work connected with his office. ’Mr. Hunt said he had been in the County Council four years, two as Deputy and two as Reeveand hoped for the support of the electors to place him at the head of the procession next Monday. _ ' Mr. Henry Mctcalfe, who was also nominated for the Reeveship, but who retired. spoke favorably to Mr. Hunt’s candidature, we are told, say- ing that one of the reasons why Ben- tinck Township had never had the Wardenship in 35 years was because they never left a man in office long enough to get it. Mr. D. J. McDonald, in placing himself before the ratepayers did so on the assumption that a change was necensary for the good of the town- ship. He hoped for their support in Monday’s voting. The two Deputy Reeves and those nominated for the council made short addresses but taken altogether the meeting was very miid and not of the fiery sort that some peOple had prophesied. The election in Egremont has dwindled down to a contest for the Reeveship, to be fought out between John McArthur and Gilbert McEach- em, and as both are old municipal men the chase will be a m'erry one till the casting of the last ballot On Monday evening next. William Groat, John A. Ferguson. and James Mack were the only ones to qualify for the Council and are in by acclamation, as well as Deputy Reeve Neil Calder, who had no op- position. . The police txustees of Holstein \illage are the/ same as last year, viz" George T. Calder, R. J: Arnill and Herbert M. Lamont. GLEN'ELG The Glenelg nominations were rel- atively quiet this year and as a re- sult the only contest will be for the Reeveship. when Messrs. Arch. Mc- Cuaig and William Weir will battle for the leadership of the 1924 Township Council. Thomas Turnbull was also nominated but retired from the contest. For a time in the Council it looked as if there would he a contest, but with ten nominations, only the up cessary four qualified. Mr. John 'McGrath is a new face at the Coun- cil board. he taking the place ofxthc veteran J. J. Black, who retired rather than cause an election. The speaking went off very quietly 3 although Mr. Turnbull started some fireworks in which be accused Mr. McCuaig, who defeated him. last year with having taken advantage of him in declaring in his election card that he was responsible for the Township losing $1,000.00, the result of an auto being damaged when it ran into a new bridge being constructed on Lambton street when the fence had in some mysterious manner been taken down. Mr. Turnbull declared that but for this misleading state- ment he had a good chance of heat- ing Mr. McCuaig last year and his candidature, especially in the north, bad been seriously afl'ected by the article. He had nothing to do with the construction of the bridge \\ hat- ever. - nanny Township. Mr. Weir‘s chief charge against Mr. McCuaig as head of the Council was his broken promise made last year that if elected he would not again seek re-election. Mr. Weir thought he should stick to his state- ment, as it was not made under pres- sure, but of his own free will. He thought the taxes of the township could be collected much more eco- nomically than at present and found itault with the commutation of stat- ute labor in one part of the township and notin the other He chided Mr. McCuaig ‘for always preaching. econ- omy and then voting for a 8300 in- crease in the County Clerk’s salary; Mr 11ch in his address went EGREMONT in lor- L: were over the afl'airs 'of' the M outlined the wor Township and County was glad h ed , and it s ow m - ' He had endear-a" a square deal and commuted the fair thing to into a discussion of the roads, the § need of improvements, and. other ’matters‘ pertaining to the roads and, bridges, on the back roads of the township and took the stand that all town line improvements, no matter on which side of the road, such as snow fences, etc., should be paid for by both townships. In referring to the penalizing of tardy taxpayers by the imposition of a 5 per cent. pen- alty, he stated that in a good many instances the people who could af- ford to pay their (axes in time did not do so, and, in the face of the fact that the school taxes had to be justified the Council in the stand they had taken. He was in favor of paying the taxes into the bank in- stead ot employing tax collectors as at present and after a'conversation with Mr. Kelly of the Standard Bank at Durham was of the opinion that the township could save $140.00 or Mr. McCuaig also touched on county business and re- plied to the charges levelled at him more by so doing. by Messrs. Weir, and Turnbull. ' WI ‘ ’ kdonehoth the ,. . GouaqflS- He, .so many were iniattenf." ’ -‘ Rocky Sanpcen congregation Present. Organist With 'l'inopieco‘ As new _ oghition For Services Rendered. The members of Burns Church, «Rocky Saugeen, met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Lawrence on‘ the evening of the 26th of December to honor their daughter, Miss Sadie Lawrence, whose efficiency in the "church as organist is highly appre- ciate’d and deserving of recognition. When the company assembled, Miss Lawrence was called upon, when the accompanying address was read by Miss Mary M'cQuarrie and at the proper time a beautiful wristâ€" watch was presented by Mr. Albert Thomp- son. The surprised recipient of the beautiful and useful gift made a suitable reply, thanking the givers for their kindness, after which a pleasant, social evening was enjoyec by all. Following is the address : Dear Miss Lawrence,â€"4The mem- bers of Burns Church congregatior feel that they are under an obliga- tion to you for your very efiicien' services as organist. You did wha you could to help with the servim of song, and you did it so cheerfull: that it was a pleasure to be asso ciated with you. x We I'dSk you to accept this smal ni'pm'nt. as. an expression of 0111‘ an The following are those nominat- ed for Council, the first four of whom went in by acclam‘ation : A. A. Aljoe, M. Black, T. J. Brodie, J. McGrath, J. J. Black, Chas. Kenâ€" nedy, R. McFadden, J. McGirr, ‘J. McGrath, J. O’Neil, T. Turnbull. All the above made good speeches, but with the exception of ‘the first four gracefully retired from the running. For Mayor : DR. J. L. SMITH (accl.). For Reeve : THOMAS ALLAN, W’ILLIAM CALDER. For Council : GEORGE McKAY, J. N. MURDOCK, W. J. McFADDEN, JOHN McQUEEN, ALLAN BELL, JOHN WHITI’AKER, JOSEPH FIRTH, WM. MACDONALD, OLIVER HUNTER. Hydro Commission : WILLIAM LAIDLAW, HARVEY W. WILSON. School Trustees (accl.) : JOHN McGOWIAN, E. A. HAY, J. S. McILRAITH, S. I). CROFT (resigned). For Reeve : H. WI. HUNT D. J. McDONALD H. METCALFE (resigned). For Deputy Reeve : R. GRIERSON, J. HEWITSON. For Council (3 to be elected) : CHAS. BAILEY. JAMES MATHER, JOHN HUDSON, HENRY SCHULTZ, THOMAS SHEWELL, JOHN SACHS, E JOHN W IEDENDORF, 3 ERIC GOLDSMITH, * JAMES TURNBULL (resigned), EDW. REHKOPF (resigned). F 01' Reeve : JOHN McARTHUR, G. MCEACHERN, ALLAN McDOUGALL (resigned), WALTER HASTIE (resigned). For Deputy Reeve : NEIL CALDER (accl'.). For Council : J. A. FERGUSON, WILLIAM GROAT, JAMES MACK, W. ABERDEIN (resigned), A. McDOUGALL (resigned), “J. H. McDOUGALL (resigned), S. M. PATTERSON (resigned), J. .J WILTON (resigned). ’ For Reeve : A. MCCUAIG, W'. WEIR, . _ T. TURNBULL (resigned).' For Council : A. A. ALJOE, M: BLACK, T. J. BRODIE, J. McGRATH, For Reeve: C. HOLM For Deputy . J. J. BLACK (resigned), CHAS. KENNEDY (resigned), R. McFADDEN (resigned), J. McGIRR (resigned), J. :O’NEIL (resigned), THOS. TURNBULL (resigned). NORMANBY BENTINCK DURHAM EGREM ON T GLENELG The members of Burns Ch'urch, «Rocky Saugeen, met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Lawrence on the evening of the 26th of December to honor their daughter, Miss Sadie Lawrence, whose efi'iciency in the church as organist is highly appre- ciate‘d and deserving of recognition. When the company, assembled, Miss Lawrence was called upon, when the accompanying address was read by Miss Mary M'eQuarrie and at the proper time a beautiful wrist watch was presented by Mr. Albert Thomp- son. The surprised recipient of the beautiful and useful gift made a suitable reply, thanking the givers for their kindness, after which a pleasant, social evening was enjoyed ,by all. Following is the address : Dear Miss Lawrenceâ€"{we memâ€" bers of Burns Church congregation feel that they are under an obliga- tion to you for your very efficient services as organist. You did what you could to help with the service of song, and you did it so cheerfully that it was a pleasure to be asso- ciated with you. We ask you to accept this small present as an expression of our ap- preciation of your services. We earnestly hope you may long be spared to use your talents for the good of the church and the help of others. Your greater reward will be in the satisfaction that you have done yo‘ur part. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Signed on behalf of the congrega- tion: L. A. McLean, Joe Davidson, Peter McQuarrie. Miss Janet E. Kerr of Victoria Hospital, London, and Mr. John G. Kerr of Detroit, spent New Year’s day with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Kerr, Varney. Mrs. W. J. Hunter. and children of Major, Sask., are visiting her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs: Thomas Wilson. Mr. Fred Kelly was home for the Christmas and New Year 8 holiday. Miss Katie Kerr of Fergus spent the Christmas holiday at her home at Varney. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Allen .of Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. James_Allen and daughter Mary, of Hanover, spent. Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. David Allen. Miss Ada Allen has returned to the city after spending a week with her parents here. Mr. Johnston Allen, accompanied by Misses Vera Allen and Winnie Len, motored over from Markdale and spent Sunday at their old home. Master Earl McEachnie is spend- ing his holidays with Hanover friends. Mrs. J. A. Graham, and Mr. J. M. Burgess are in Southampton attend- ing the funeral of their father and brother, who died a‘ that place yes- terday at the age of 72 years. Miss Marjory Brown spent the holâ€" iday with friends at Mount Forest. Miss Georgina Lawson returned to Toronto \Vbdnesday after spend- ing the holiday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Lawson. Mr. Charles Heywood of Toronto spent the Christmas holiday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Lawson. Miss Mary M. Turnbull of North Bay Normal school, and John Turnâ€"‘ hull of Guelph Vocational Institute, returned this week to their studies after spending the Christmas vaca- tion with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. George A. Turnbull, at South Bentinck. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McLean, on the occasion of. the 50th anniversary of their wedding day, January 8, will he at home to their friends from 4 to 6 o’clock. Messrs. Jack and Jim Henderson, and Mr. Forbes Jones, 0: Fergus, vis- ited the formers’ uncle, Mr. Thomas Henderson, over the New Year. :Mr. W. T. Smith and sister, Mrs. Baker,‘ spent the Christmas holiday Veteran Star Theatre F RIDAY-- SATURDAY TWO SHOWS :8 and 9.15 PM. “-“TI-IE RASCAL” I‘ll ’ BABY PEGGY HO0T (mason . _in_ ffDeadeame” , Comedy «w W Q EM January 4-5 my with relatives at .O'wan Sound; .Mjss MacKenzie of Todmorden, who spent the holiday, here, . with Mr. Morrison.8mith visited Mr. and Mrs. D. Allan _. at Holstein last week. . _Mr. and Mrs. J. Nicholle and son Eric, visited with Mr. and Mrs. E'. D. McClocklin over the New Year. Mr. Lloyd 'McClocklin- was home from Toronto over the holiday. vvvv Mr. and Mrs. Schillemore of Hanoâ€" ver spent the New Year with Mr. and Mrs. Stedman. Mrs. Geo. Gagnon and children spent Christmas at her home at Sim- 1300. "Mr. and Mrs. G. McFarlane of Buf- falo are visiting her uncle, Mr. Alex. Hay. "firs. T. Tucker left Tuesday for Detroit to visit her brother, who is very ill. Mr. Dan. McKinnon of Wilkie, Sask., is visiting his mother, Mrs. A. M'cKinnon, -and sister, Mrs. J. Eur- gess. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Johnston of Detroit are spending a couple or weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Noble. _ Mr. Arthur Knisley of Toronto is spending a few days with his parâ€" ents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Knisley. - Mrs. Alex. Kearney returned to Schomberg Tuesday after spending a couple of weeks in town. LOCAL HOCKEY SCHEDULE HAS BEEN DRAWN UP _ The following schedule of dates affecting Durham in the Nmthmn Hockey League was diam 1 111 at Palmerston : Section A.â€"â€"Palmerston at ListoJ wel, Jan. 9; Listowel at Palmerston“ Feb. 1; goals will count in the two games. Section B.â€" Jan. 11â€"Arthur at Durham. ,- Jan. 15â€"M‘t. Forest at Durham. Jan. 17â€"Mt. Forest at Arthur. Jan. fizz-Arthur at Mt. Forest. Jan. 25â€"Durham at Mt. Forest. . Jan. 28'â€"Durham at Arthur. Winners of Section A at winners of Section B, Feb. 4. Winners 0! B at A, Feb. 6. 3 Every Day Is Bargain Day THE PEOPLE’S MILLS Bran 0| Shorts Feed Flour Oat Chop Crimped Oats Mixed Chop Mixed Grain for Poultry Food ‘ Blatchford’s Calf Meal Pig Meal and Poultry Feeds Our Feeds are of the Best Quality, and our Flour is Guaranteed. Prices right for Cash Highest Price Paid for Wheat delivered at the Mill Goods Delivered in Town Every Afternoon Phone 8, Night or Day. The People’sMill Sovereign Flour T Eclipse Flour White Lily Pastry Flour Wheat Cereal and Rolled Oats Henderson , e 3 Bakery 8.3% Makers of GOOD BREAD Wishing . All Customers ' A Happy New Year It is well toloave our homunns on the sands of time. but, it. an») to be more cautious about finger prints. â€"J(ingston Standard. It doesn’t seem unfittiug that the biggest, ship in the American dry fleet Should come to grief on n hint-n Toronto Telegram. «m a-llns”lllmlfloli um a sum If he can take two small fragmvnbf of truth and make a largt.’ 'mn'inc- ing lie he is a propagandinf. - Akron Beacon-101mm}. DURHAM MARKET Corrected January 3,1924. Live hogs ................... $8. 0.0 Wheat .................. 95 6 i. 00 Oats ....................... 1X: 6 Q Bar‘ex- ..................... 55 Q l. Buckwm at ................ 75 Q 6 Peas .................... 1.25 @ 1.3 Hay ................... 10.00 (I? 32:00 Butter ..................... If, Potatoes Hides ...................... Sheepskins ............ we. 6 Chickens .................. 15 Ducks ...................... i U1 2911: Mama, Ont. we. sbox,8for$2.w, 8128256 At dealers or _ Fruit-O-tiVes Durham. Ont. our hotprints (Our own correSpom The hall was iillt‘d to it on Monday last. it bring t Township reviews the “‘0‘. year. G. McEachorn and thur were nominated for R1 Calder was elected Deputy aoclamation, and W. Groat, guson, J. Mack and W.. Abe Councillors. Thv nomin: village trustees look plum erts‘hall in the evening. T about sixteen nomination time of writing “'0 have ‘ who are qualifying. Robert Neilson 0f M01 spent. New Year‘s with his Christie. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Rice Sask.. are hen: mu :1 wintmj friends. ~ ' ?'l‘ho Community Ciro!» 1 regular movting ml Munda The Rev. W. J. Burmfl the Cix‘vlv on “What 'l‘im This dmvlnpml in!“ a wait serViW. cmuiuvtvd by 1 Scott. 4.5/3 7: 4.1.. 2 .3. .5 37.575 5 95 r .:~r..:â€" VFâ€"Mw .‘V...- 7..v1l.~“!. Miss Floyd. tvaohm' in mum in tho Public win. her home for vacation. ' ter her arrival hc-r mnt away. Mr. and Mrs. Dun! Ry Sask" aw smnding a with friends and 101 mm NP. (Worm 190111an m'ld trip tn Buffalu lust \x‘m‘ also (‘lM'tmi St'hmu! Tr annual mm-tingf ((mr own (‘ul'l'vspm An c-njoyuhlo- limv was R. Watson's (m 'l‘hursc when a larger numlwr H1 and noighbors gatlmrml Matt1 the owning: hf his On Friday Honing: 1. was spent at, thv lwnw 0 ardson. Miss Ema I’arslmx' gm her frivnds nu Friday «2* Miss Marjory Kimwl in 0mm Sound. Miss Mary Kinnvll is holidays at. lwr home 1] Miss M. Racks uf 'l'm ing with hm fm and. Mi nell. Mrs. 'l‘. Knux «of Guel ing acqua‘in-tam'us in th The annual school held on Wednesday la thing passed an“ quiotl Misso. Hvlul Milliga Turnhull arv lmnu H for the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. 'l‘lu-n .Durham \‘is‘ih‘d H‘N‘r and Mrs. William him Mr. Jnhn 'l‘m-inh'. H Christmas dimwx :11 HH MP. and Mrs. Jamie's family \‘isih-d \\'lHl M1 Hunter 0f I‘I'W‘nmnt. Mrs. Jamvs Park sm with hvr mpthvr, M Hampdon. (Our own curves Mrs. Jm‘m CONN“. 0f returnud after spvnd couple of wars in the Misses Ella and Isabe a few dows at ”Mr in Mr. Thomas (krrlwtt visited friends in thi few days. MP. .101)” Ut'l'hy at the hOfllt‘ M h of last WOCk. hm. Jinan?! 3. Mr. and Ml'r. 'l‘lmm the Rocky SIH‘IH ;m «N and Mrs. John Millixa: Mr. \Villiam “rim to get amund again up with a 501‘“ lvg. Mr. and Mrs. 'l‘m Hampden and son Al! Mrs. \Vidmcéym".~' 1»: Mrs. Alex. (h'imxeun. MI‘. and Mrs. Rflbul family of Elwnvzvr s with Mr. and Mrs. H Miss Annie 'l‘m‘nlnz last. week with her co es Margaret. and Jan The young mm; of a merry Christma: hj (Um' nwn ('nr‘m Mr. John Mx-lx'c-chr fortune In out his saw. Dr‘s..lan'1ivsml the finger off at. the. Jamns H. Banks 0 with his sish‘x'. Mr: at. the homo Hf hur H. Banks. Mr. John Bnyd, SF seriously ill. 1):". I in attnndzmcv. Roy 'l‘hnmpsrm 01' called 0n his many Christmas cukn wii young ladies. Most of the ()hm leaving for their this week. Misses Marion Boyd retur Swinton Pa: South Ben‘ Glenn his hn Hf