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v- V v-J dangerous to touch any electrical fixture or switch when standing in water, but do not suppose anyone will pay any particular attention to it. Who will be the next to get bitten? "While taking a bath. Mrs. Albert. Simmons attempted to move a small electric heater closer to her. and in dong so received an electric shock which caused her to fall back into the tub. pulling the heater with the current still on upon her. burning her chest and limbs. Mr. Simmons, who was downstairs. hearing his wife‘s cries, went to her rescue but found the bathroom door locked. He then went outside. climbed a ladder and, breaking a window. got into the bathroom and turned 011' the el- ectric current. Doctors were called and, while badly burned. she will re- coverf‘ THE DANGER OF THE BATH-TUB Evidvmly sonw {monk} do not read the" Izmvspapvrs. HP. I'eadin". «10 not llvm’l. Last. \vo-nk WP had a news item mm: f r: m the daily press containing the infnz'matiun that a London “'0- man hml been killed by touching an wloctm- heater while she was im- morsml in a hath-tub in her home. This \vvvk wv haw a dismttch from Hall. stating that. a Gall lady was? soTiMls’h’ burned while attemptm; tn muw an o‘l!"-L‘LPl{' lwatvr \z'llliv in' llw 5am» pnsiiinn. 'l‘h» (jzllt wuman is. hnwvvvx', PXpo'Ctmi tn x-vcm'vr. Tho . ) dispatch I'valls: her willrnot have forgotten the se- vere winter of 1904 when business was paralysed and we were shut off from the outside world because of blocked traffic. For 28 days at one time there. wasn’t a train heard around the station yard and mails were brought by a team from Palm- rrston after more than a week’s de- lay. On one occasion two issues of 1 The Chronicle left here at the same time. but even at that we were bet- ter otf than our competitor, who had to miss an issue because his weekly supply of paper had not reached him. Groceries and provisions ran short and sugar would not have. been obtainable had it not been for luck ruming to J. . J. Hunter’s, who found a couple of barrels in the store hidden away and missed. It was precious under the circumstances, and to make it go round they sold it out in small lots. As we never heard of them attempting; proliteering. we presume it was sold at the regular price. THE SHOWS OP YBSTE‘RYEAR Readers of our “20 Years Ago“ col- umn will notice frequent references in snowstorms, blocked roads, de- layed trains, collapsed roofs and ether incidents resulting from a superabundance of “the beautiful.” All who were old enough to remem- An average of 204 accidents report- 0d every day iii/1923 to the \Vork- men’s Compensation Board calls for direct action by management and men to assist in reducing these fig- ures materially nor the present year. In 1923, benefits awarded amount- ed to $6,173,761.74; in 1922 to $5,692,- 896.6l, and in 192'lto $6,189,263.49. No one will quarrel with the principle of compensation but the whole com- munity may reasonably stand aghast at the thought that accidents in in- dustry in one Province in Canada arei costing six million dollars a year plus lost production and lost wages which may easily double that figure. Most. accidents are preventable. A little care. a little forethought, a little COHIHIOII sense, will prevent thousands of accidents and reduce both human suffering and money losses. THE COST OF ACCIDENTS Last year stands out in the history of compensation in this Province as the year in which there were more accidents reported to the Compensa- tion Board than ever before. In 1923 there were 61,109 accidents reported by industry to the Board, of which 3‘79 were fatal. These figures, on the basis of accident frequency, con- trast unfavorahly with the 1922 fig- ures, when 50,411 accidents were re- ported, of which .518 were fatal. The only consolation in the report is the fact that the increase is in accidents of a more miner nature. Up to 1923, the largest number of accidents re- ported was in 1920 when there were 54,851. Published every Thursday morning at the office, Garafraxa Street, Dur- ham, Ontario, by W. Irwin, Editor and Proprietor. The Chronicle is mailed to any address in Canada at the rate of $2.00 per year. 81.00 for six months,° 50 cents for three months. To any address in the Unitâ€" ed States of America. 82.50 per year. 81.25 for six months. 65 cents for three months. Foreign subscription rates on application. Member Canadian Weekly News- papers Association. again we say it is positively PAGE FOUR Thursday. January 24, 1924. and enjoy the weekly visits of The Chronicle in the American home. An important announcement, the arrival of a new boy at their home on No- vember 16 last, is also made. An enclosure that pays their sub. well in advance, was also appreciat- ed and for which we thank them. ‘ EN J OY WEEKLY VISITS nct'u unspecwx- and pound-keeper for $600. The above has been going the. rounds of the. press during the present month. Evidently they have not yet heard of Durham with her Stroctsviilo. Ontario, carries tho rm-oi'd so far for municipal oconomy. “no man during 1924 will serve as road ovorsoor. minstablo. sanitary inspoctor. broad inspector, noxious wood inspector and pound-keeper for $600. The above has been goin" We have another lottm' about, :1 yard long: from mm B. Scott of Mont- i-oul. walloping Dr. Gandicr for something he said in favor of church union. Evidently Mr. Scott has not yvt awukonwl to the fact that. pres- ent-(lay newspapers do not. neml “copy to fill up." This on» went. into the \vastv basket, whore a lot. more of the same class has gone he- l'nro. Spaco is (00 valuable nowa~ days to nso up in discussions IMP-l twmm two pmplv you don‘t. know. 1 :1 "Snow Shovclling By-law" will some one pic-380 tell us what it is? The Council should look intu tlw matter of kvomng our strm‘ts Cll'ill‘ of snow and passablv in winter. ’l‘hv front stI'cwts. in particular. If there is one thing Durham needs at this season at” the year morn than Stefansson, the explorer, may well write about his “Friendly Arctic" at 65 below. It “as 10 below here on Mondax mmning and the onlv friendly thing \w could timl amuml the house u as the cook-stow... J. B. Bowes. the Chatsworth weath- er pI'Ophet must havegot his letters mixed when he predicted a “mild" winter. He should have said “wild." We haven't heard ambodx ex- pressing tho “ish that, this “grand and glm nous Canadian winter‘ uuuld last forexer. Who said Open Winter? Some of our farmers think he should go out into the country. Theros nothing open there, especially roads. The new capital of Turkey is in Angora. Perhaps that is the reason they always get the Allies “goat” at a peace conference. . ‘ The County Council is in session this week. The fiuxing 0f the gasses, so to speak. Now we have a real kick m‘mling! The milk was frozen on Monday! 5 Frankly. we do not understand the 3 meaning of the above, unless it is is - merely a cheap way of getting a 3 little Publicity for the game in Mt. l Forest. Mr. Murphy will have to yell l a lot louder and talk a lot faster if 3 he hepes to convince the writer that . either he or the Mount Forest Sen- . ior Hockey give a hang about thea game they played in Durham. Per- sonally, we would have thought a lot more of them if they had listened to reason and the good of hockey in general and had not insisted on playâ€" ing here when they did. making a game with Arthur on Friday and another with Mt. Forest on Tuesday. thus creating no interest locally, and hurting the gate to the extent of a good many dollars. We don’t know how fast Mount Forest can play on its own ice. so we‘ll have to take. Mr. [Murphy‘s word for it. There’s one thing we do know, however, and that is the Mount Forest management. ' were anything but sportsmen when . they refused to even consider axl- 1 yancinvg the date of their game here 3 and forced the Durhams to play the i first two (and only) games of the 1 district at home, with no enthu- siasm to enhance the gate. 1 \V 1103, January I “The- managemcnt. of the Mt. F 01'- nst Senim' Hockey Club WiSh to ap- ologizv for the poor exhibition of huckcy «hsplax'ea by our team in a N. H. L. fixture played in your town on January 15. In the return game! to 1w plays-d cm'r'v nn Friday night yuu will have the Opportunity to View the style of hockey which we aim ('apabln 0f playing." HT. FOREST HOCKEY CLUB APOLOGIZES FORâ€"WHAT? 'l‘hn Lhmniole is in leceipt of the fulluwing communication from Mr. F. N. Murphy. manngm- “fl thu Mount. Forvst. Hockey Club. He says undo-r the» howling. "Mount Forest. Apnk‘igizes": EDITORIAL NOTES . OF THE CHRONICLE ana made Citizens Step Lively. Friday morning was excitement. day in town for a in w minutes when a horse heiunging to \Villiam Styles took french leave and made the trip unaccompaniml from the Canadian National station to the Masonic lodge rooms in something under five min- utes, besides giving several of the ritizens heart trouble as he whizzed by. The horse was hitched to a cul- ter when he started. but a collision with some milk cans in front of Vol-4 lett‘s grocery. in which the big plate} glass window was endangered ankl‘ a couple of trips around the Band-: stand soon disconnected him from the greater portion of this. The horse then made a dash along by the Royal Bank and shot across the road in a line for McLachlan’s window with such speed that the McLachlan firm' were about prepared to kiss them- selves loose of in the neighborhood of one hundred simoleons for a new its mind and ran up the doorstep leading to the Masonie Hall, but luckily the door was closed or it is just possible it might have ranged upstairs and committed murder on the_Masonic goat. - The shock of the horse going up against the door is reported to have been a good imitation of a California earthquake, though the damage‘ was Local Spark Plug Took French Leave and Made Citizens Sten Livelv RUNAWAY HORSE CAUSED EXCITEMBNT ON 1 UM Barber. W. (T). J (in-1': Thomas Bell Auditors. PMM' H Laudvr. Hon. PI'OS.. \V. Calder: Pres. J. W. Blyth. Vai'imy: ist, Vice-Pres., Gm). Ritchio; 2nd \‘icc-Pros., Arch. Park; Sevy.-’l‘roas.. George Binnie; Asst. Si‘cyu Miss Winie Binnie; Directors, Janws Mathm', Robert GI‘iex'Son, An- drmv Humor. Matthew Barber, Harâ€" uM Barber. W. G. Biyth, John MC- 1! Tho officers 1' 01' as follows : â€""\“ V ‘4“. o Tho Orangomon were allowed the use of the grounds for their big 12th of July celebration bore this year. Tho officers for the. 192 no. r..n,.‘---_ 4 season are The South Grey Agricultural So- ciety met. in the Public Library last Saturday afternoon. with a good at- ten‘dance. and before the session was ever had gone through a lot of busi- gness. ~ The Fall Fair for 1924 will be held on W’ednesday and Thursday, Sep- tember 24 and 25, so far as is known at present, but these dates may pos- sibly be changed. .The report of the Treasurer was a matter for congrat- i ulation, for. despite all the bad luck that has pursued the society the past few years in the matter of wet weather. there is still a balance on hand. The society. as in past years: decided to hold a Field CrOp Compe- tition on the same terms as last year. The Oraugemen were allowed the Elected Ofi‘icers For Year and Got Over Quite a Lot. of Business. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY MET LAST SATURDAY "l‘ he annual thankofl‘m'ing was then takvn up after which the meeting 01050:! with singing and the boundi-v Lion. The President. Mrs. McClOcklin, then told the story of MiSS°Craig’s work amongst the Japanese for 19 years, nine of which she spent as principal of the girls” school at Aza- bu. In October. 1922, after a long illness, Miss Craig died at her home in Montreal, and as a fitting memor- ial to her, and further to commemor- ate the 40th anniversary of the com- rmencement of the work of the Meth- odist \V.M.S. in Japan, the auziliarr ies of the Dominion wish to raise $50,000.00 to erect a thoroughly equipped school building in Azahu in 1924. It was decided that the aux- i=lialry take up a Special collection at their next meeting for this pur- D086}. Mrs. Wiggins gave an interesting sketch of the Girls’ School in Aza- bu, Japan, from its inception 19 years ago until the present time. The opening exercises were led by Mrs. Hay, who then introduced the discussion from the study book by some well-chosen words on the prob- lems confronting our Canadian Govâ€" ernment through the immigration of the Asiatics. Interesting reports were read from the Heralds of the Watch Tower of the progress our mission schools are making in Bri- tish Columbia, Radway Centre. Elm Street, Toronto, and Ottawa. The monthly meeting of the W0- maq‘s Missionary Society met at the home of Mrs. T. 'Whelan on Thursday. the 17th of January. A goodly number of members {vere present, and greatly enjoyed the pro- gram. which was preparm‘i by Mrs. E. Hay and the PresMent. Mrs. Artif- ur McClocklin. METHODIST W. M. S. MET AT HOME 0? MRS. WHBLAN Much Business Done At Enthusiastic Meeting Held Last Thursday. Principle THE DURHAM CHRONICLE H. Thomas Pttty; Ramago Thomas is to the FRIDAY vâ€"v I'vvl n ”MOI/y p. m. The Libnary Board and public please take notice. NOTICE The annual meeting of Durham Public Library will] be held on Fri- day (to-marrow) the 25th inst., at 8 p. m. The Libnary Board and the The Ladies” Aid of the Methodist church have arranged for a concert on February 12, when the whole program will be given by Miss Pearl Newton, elocutionist, and Mrs. Ethel Grainger, contralto soloist, both of Toronto. Rey. K. Gretzenger of Mildmay, prominently connected with a move- ment to secure. farm laborers Ofrom Germany for farmers in that locality received a cable last week stating that the greater part of farm help ordered from Germany will leave Hamburg on January 29 and will arrive at Quebec about February 8. A number of these laborers have been engaged by farmers of Garrick 'l'ownship, but the bulk of them will go to farmers near 'l‘avistock. The men were to come to Canada to work for their board. Mildmay Pastor Receives Word That Farm Help Would Sail January 29. l A quiet wedding took place in To- Eronto on \Vednesday of last week [when Miss Ada Middleton; daughter or Mr. and Mrs. Albert Middleton of Durham, was married to Mr. Isaac Hooper. son of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Hooper of Egremont. The young couple arrived home to the residence of the bride‘s parents last Thursday evening. and on Friday evening a big gathering of friends and relatives assembled to do them honor. They will commence housekeeping on the groom’s farm on the 18th concession of Egremont. The popularity of the3 young couple was attested by the} large number of beautiful presents received. The Chronicle joins in extending congratulations. “Bella Donna” F RI DAY-- SATURDAY January 25-26 Veteran Star Theatre '1 Deputy Game Warden Ely of Owen Sound paid a visit to Southampton recently and rounded up three partâ€" ies on charges of breaking the Game Laws. The cases were heard by County Magistrate McNab at Port Elgin on Friday. The Southampton junk dealer, .loe Abel, a former citi- zen of the county town, was jerked for not keeping proper books in his fur dealings. According to law a fur dealer is required to make en- tries showing names, dates, address-i es, etc., of every individual trans- action. Joe had not done so and so had to plead guilty and pay .a. fine of $20 and costs. David Chappel had been doing some successful trapping in the neighborhood but had neglect- ed the formality of getting the usual government license, which costs $5. Chappel plt-‘eaded guilty and paul #20 and costs. Another chap named Da- vid Sees was charged with the same infraction but had an idea he might get 011‘ under the clause which per- mits a farmer or a farmer’s son to set a trap on his: own land. He plead- ed not guilty and the magistrate adjourned the hearing of his case. On second thought Sees came down fo T Walkerton Monday morning and pleaded guilty. His hesitation cost him another live spot, the magistrate assessing him $25 and costs TWO SHOWS :8 and 9.15 PM Will Hold Concert February 12 H.’ R. Ely of Owen Sound, seems to be kept on the jump in his dukes as Game Warden for this part of Onâ€" tario. Recently? he had some of the residents of Southampton before the magistrate for infractions of the laws reiating to game, and it is re- ported in last week‘s W alkerton 'l‘olescope as follows : Southampton Residents Had To Come Across For Infractions oi Hunting and Trapping Laws. cutter, horse and harness,‘and about five dollars worth of Wind Bill ,Wast- ed running after the strayaway. LICENSE INSPECTOR ELY HAS BEEN BUSY- UP IN BRUCE HOOPBRâ€"MIDDLE‘I‘ON t-reel Comedy Mr. and Mrs. Walter Middlvmn uf Abernethy, Sash. are Visiting: Pola- tives and friends in Durham and Bentinck. Mr. Arthur Jones of Guelph. is in town for a few days at. the homn uf Mr. Dan. McKinnml 10ft ynstvrday for his home in the \V081, after visâ€" iting his mother. Mrs. McKinmm. here, and other relatives for (hp past three weeks. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL The local option byâ€"law was car. ried in Euphrasia on the. 4th of Jan- uary bv 56 votes, 332 fur the bylaw and 276 against it. Bornâ€"In Glenelg, Sunday, Jgnu- ary 17, to Mr. and Mrs. George Ritchâ€" ie, a son. Owing to the shortage of water the electric light plant will be shut off from midnight till 5 each morn- ing. The train that left 11010 at the usual time Saturday morning, and should have been back at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, did not arrive till half past nine Sunday morning. Since then she has been unable to make the trip to Palmerston. On Monday Mr. Allan Boll submit- ted to an operation for appendicitis and is getting along well. Drs. Jam- ieson and Macdona-ld were afraid the shock would he more than he. could bear, but an operation was the only chance of saving his life. We are pleased to learn that. Mrs. John Ritchie, who underwent an operation last week for tho remoml of a tumor, is improving rapidly. We regret to learn that, Mrs. John Aldred, who underwent an operation some time ago, is again ill and is likely to be again subjected to a similar ordeal. {Strong indications for a big thaw Were in evidenge last week, but. this week it is storming just, as bad as ever. Councillor T01 PV of \hmdm n at- tended the funma! 01 his uncIv Mr. Robert Torry at Malkdalo last 1 1i- day. The People’s Mill TWENTY YEARS AGO Sovereign Flour Eclipse Flour White Lily Pastry Flour From The Chronicle File of January 28, 1904. Bran0| -' Shorts Crimped Oats Mixed Grain for Pou} ‘or Poultry Food Blatchford’s Calf Meal Pig Meal and Poultry Feeds Feed Flour ian hogs ................... 5‘7 '1‘ HWwat ................. 05 u i 00 flats ........................ i0 ’(J I; \ lBariev ...................... 60 (a 6? 3B1“ 1m lwat ................ 733 (1 86 {Peas .................... 1.25 ((3 1 50 fHay ................... 10.00 6 12.06 Button ..................... . 3"} Eggs ....................... .37., Pain t I ma ................... . Rf,» Hides ....... . .............. .03 Sheepskins ............ 50(. (g 31.06 Chickens .................. 15 (6 18 Ducks ...................... :3 6 is Geese ...................... 16 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Iiicharciww Swintnn Park wish to annmmw :hn Ongag'onu‘mt «irf thm’r daughtm: Mar- gal-vi. Alivv. tn Mr, \V. H. Stain-v Reany of Detroit. thu marriau 1c- takn lem' the last nf January. Mr and Mrs. A. \V Numb-m, .10st came Up in im ilmlh t0 5. mother, \\ho is ill at Hm hum»- her daughter hero. Mr. Frank Hall of “’yevale. 0111., says, “I purchaseda box Of”Frun ,1. tives” and began the treatment. M v condition improved imxnediatbhf. The dyspepsia ceased to be th e b u n M of In! life as it had been, and I was free of Constipation”. 60¢. a box, 6 for $2.50, trial size 25c. At dealers or sent by Fruit n-tivu Limited, Ottawa. Ont. “Fruit-a-tives”, the wondvrm medicine made from the jlliCew of apples, oranges, figs and prunm. is one of the greatest means of dew, good that this country of ours m; ever known. “Fruit-a-tives” is bringing: mum) to hundreds and hundreds of WW”? who suffer with chronic 0011in I .111 “m Biliousness and DySpepsia. ’ Mr. Frank Hall of ervalp (m Health and Happlness camp Made me Fruit Juices and Tonic: [le WRITE? BY BYSPEPSM With “ Fruit-Lamas ” Durham, 0m. O. ..... 00.... Vow Corrected January 24. 1924 lickety-ciick. (‘li(.‘i*;(‘1.\>r,.L , '3 Wheels passing ()VI‘T "z" 721.? ' muld stand and “SUM I" ’.‘.< “."11 hours on end if \nu vwn 1. a ' magnificent. (top of (‘ anuda yaw the Canadian I ’mfu A: harvest fidds b\ ”1111 (”121:2er tall) 881 1111198 long. HT 1» I; r .\ f upper reach of m. Iim r; .* M«--u my freight cars then “u 1}; hr mkeatrain. There an- tn. . : ~ has kept in the m'v'hlwrmw v; tugging grain train:- rm: :3»; 1 throughout the sca‘xuy :17»: '.'. .'.*i' are 171 switch (11;:th 6X2‘}n1‘.|‘ “on, be it underfi'unui. \ f';.,.- : 0 ning of the (‘anaciiafl vrv-z- ;. . .ar. ose of navigation Wm; Y‘«',’:i.’-'. t. the Great Lakes. mm}. an. A very onjm'alaiw A ; . Spent at the home 0: Mr; E: “(511381! on Tuesday eve-mm. 1:; Miss Mary Kinncll 10'“ {m the singing of Hz» \u g» refreshmonh \\o-'_.- ~ 533'me [H'Oplv MM ".2: "'IaWfinJOy‘d thvmsvlw-s nun. 1(“Baldy morning hn11r'~. {'3 Of this Indgv mm 1.. 3..~ r‘ "Kiplm tho sucv mm: m" :i: ~ ifail‘ and the high "in“ entertains. UH“ sm 1th In? 'Qihat attends. Last \Vowiiws‘du}. J the 50th ummvz's;n~\ Jmt‘S ’l'm'ko-z-~' “NH ialOguv grim-:2 1.5 m Le met with :..';'o-::' , eming Hf Imrulmg $108. Zillti ZUSH MP» AliStPI' #7le N‘J‘t'i in The Htm' Jazz I'm 'mental mush- i!0‘:\'~' the singing M” Hz» ‘ v wig llO'igth'l‘llmu and highly z-o-quu- [111} WWW mum 00mm. Muss at, HUIHW in." u Mr'. and NH Spout 2111 mm and Mrs. Hum. {IPHH‘I .‘shz and Mrs. 'l'hun tenth-d HM“ “midi“: cousin. Miss Swplm. RPV. if. “whim are slwmlm: FHI‘ Hal'l‘isnn's‘. Glad tn knmx er is I‘vgm'mm.’ tivity simw h;- acouph- «11' \\'m Th0 \\.M...\ ; enezvr Mum-h m HTS. “PHI“..W‘ Hur- day. Mrs. .lv-u- tert‘stil ;: mum! Earthquzzqkw.” renvv gm:- wI into misstumr eign C(‘nmtl'h-s. ing is in [W Farr 1.1m w dent. Mr. and Mrs. M entertain!“ MK} BOLhWQII. \\ hm H!‘ Alberta. and Nth fowl sumwr nu.- (Our (mm W. L.0.L. HIM heir. home in ”In h:1!1 t ening tho. 18H; :1:~ A. Richardum ( 1 order and :1 1w mnemtmg M ~111- So much for compumtm. rm however, the longest 1min xx Inn-r- w season consisted of 111:3 mm ;.:....; mile in length. 11 W114 ()"0'2.1"‘\' Arcola, Saskatchvv. “'3' m. W1 m the train not includi m: (to mgin of this. 5,556 tom i»w1x:L"-'o-i-.:H 185,000 bushels of \\ M 1;: Now during Iht“ , :1. w Man U cars could be Inadud. {M \m: d .\’.."‘ those 88 days IhL‘H‘ \Kt‘rfi‘ Tulfz.‘ (it every 50 minutes day and night. I} but grain mind you. for pu‘sw I): freight business were mzzcim-Iwi a on uninterrupted schvdulvs 10“. he were on an average 45 mm 2«m;.;. In all, from Sept. 1 u» I)”. marketed in distrirh wrw-«i by Railway more than 300 mm (M! m largest quantity vwr repnru (i <1: road. Taking the carsln ado d as n: ( of the actixities of tin mm: ‘ movement. the v hm. , 2...x MW period, representing 1'3".‘.~4;1.1\4 a momcnt that all that main wen river bed 100 feet wide and tzve 1" am must of Iturday last. Miss Fee of Swamp Cont?“ (1112' u“! Swmton Pm k Glenmom on Sutm IN mn Movemen Ill u \\ pl! U H ll H (2mm! H h H M M \\ It Hi! \l I] l 'U I‘(