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’â€" IWOULD r322 MORE JUDGE; yon 011mm; 1m erguson Is At I Reorganize 1.1m Thursda? January 31." 192‘. I “H's observance gx \\ ifh \VhiCh jug â€"- .mtside pox-tin. m! U) Govern. a plan to re, judiciary sys. wanco. 01- O ‘ Hf \\'hiCh is ‘0 '1' work outSide "VOL. 57.â€"N0. 2954. NORMANBY TOWNSHIPS OlDl'S'l' RESIDENT till the evenng of the‘23rd of Janu- my there passed to her eternal home HE'S. John Cooper, the last or a :iinily of eleven. The deceased. whose maiden narne was Agnes Ross, was born in Aberdeenshire, Scot- ;geid. October 16. 1826, being in her TL"tll year at the time of her death. l‘hough long past the allotted span m' life. she still retained all her fac- ~.liies and always took a deep inter- -..~t in the affairs of the home and the 2.4:hhorhood. In 185.“) she was married to the late iiilm thwper. who predeceased her mun years ago. They sailed for: .‘gmmlri the same year. settling first n Beverley Township. and living here. for a few years, and coming to \ni‘inanby in 1859. In 1865 they settled on the farm where she has .mee resided. It being practically! .‘il hush. they experienced the hard- ships and also the joys of building a! name for themselves and their young] .:iiiiily in their adopted country. I .\ family of three sons and four ifiltlflilil‘l's were born to them. John “mi .leani‘e. on the old home: Eliza-j it Mrs, Andrew Derby}, Durhamzl new Mrs. James Hughes}, Dids-i .~::g\. .\ilierta: Agnes (Mrs. Henry? . Non-inanby: Alex. Cooper. B..~ ., :‘rzii'itmi i‘vl' l’at‘khill High school. ijlmi-les. at l’laleshoro. Sash" all - honi mourn the loss of an affec- ezz i‘nother. W‘s. tiniiper was a lifelbng Pres- iw-iaii. and. with her late husband i".\ :ivs took an active interest in the a at Hampden congr gation. and .i he: in health her place in church ~ Willem emiply. 'l :‘iiuerai took place on Monday m- -~:--nn. January 28. and was con- sul" w? iiy her pastor. Rev. D. J. Lane. - it." prayer at. the home. the cortege .»r'~se-mlei_l to the Hampden church. ‘Vitl‘i'v a Very impressive sermon was Ii'i’lll'ilt‘li from the words: “And it -~ appointed unto men once to die, "lit after this the Judgment."â€"â€"â€"Heb. ‘33:. Her pastor also spoke feel- -i:'_-ly ml the deceased, especially in ~-_-:ii':i to her love for God‘s house uni for His worship. After service 3i.- remains were laid to rest. in the lumielen cemetery. The pallbearers firs. John Cooper Passed Away In Her 98th Year .â€"Came To Norman- b) In 1859. Hm- : \V; .1. Ford and J. M. Derby. ‘.\.» :i-anilsons; John Milligaii and f'mivs Mather, Elders of Ham-pdeii '.-~~iwtm’iun church; and John Him- 7 and William Little, neighbors. I'm Chronicle nxlends sympathy I-‘li. he wave ('1. hwuth came with startling sud- »-mwss Monday to Mr. John Mc- ",’i:m>n of the 6th Of Egrcmont. Ho: wmlbm‘ll out. at tlm barn doing iwx'o-s. Coming in about 2 o'clock '1“ sat down on a chair and expired mmmliately. It was a terrible sthock Some five Man‘s ago the deceased hzui influenza. which [M'i his heart ank. and heart. failure! was the suns-o.- nt' death. how-asmi was an inâ€" "\‘HDIZIDIP citiZo-n. unmarried and was in his 531th ywai'. Hr was a son -'-f the late John MCQUPPII who died in 18%). He lc‘nw‘s ”ll't‘k‘ brothers Allan. Duncan and Donald. and three sisters. Miss Isabel. Mrs. Neil Dale and Mrs. Archii- McPhee. m his hrothe ‘ and sister, with whom én- lived. Dr. Reynolds. (luroncr. «as sum for but. he «:‘lccidcd an inâ€" mo-st. was unnwvsszu'y. EGRBMONT RESIDENT DIED VERY SUDDBNLY LAST WEEK Mr. John McQueen Expired After Doing Chores. THREE-DAY PAIR FOR HANOVER Intvrment tmk place \Vednesdayf of last week tn Mount Forest comp- EMT. Pair Association Held Annual .Meet- ing Recently. The Hanover Fall F air will be a three-day affair from now on instead of two days and this year will be held on September 17, 18 and 19. This progressive step was taken at the annual meeting of the Hanover; Bentinck and Brant. Agricultui a1 So- cietx held in the Librar} building at Hanox er which was attended bx - good number or ardent boosters. While the extra day will mean more work, more attractions, more ‘lvccial events, and more finances, the directors behind the affair are "unlident of success and are already mking plans for putting it across successfully. ‘HE: DURHAMCHRONICLE Latest Statistical Report Shows Sat- isfactory Ingrease In Number of The latest statistical report of the Bell Telephone Company as af- fecting the local installations during last year has just reached us and is very satisfactory. The report covers back as far as i918 and shows that a satisfactory annual gain has been made in each year‘s business. The 1933 business of the company, however, shows the greatest in- crease. according to the company’s report. During 1923 no less than 44 stations were installed locally, and this in spite of the fact that the local phone market is gone over carefully each year in search of prospective customers. However. service begets service, and to this, more than anything else, may be attributed the success of the local telephone system. In Mr. W. T. Saunders, the Bell Company here have a conscientious and oblig- iug official. with a staff. too. whose aim appears to be to give the public the best that is in them. Under such etiqditions. it is no surprise that the Bel system is picking up quite a lot of new business. NEW WEATHER PROPHET MAKES 1924 PREDICTIONS Altlmugh .I. ll. Bmws 01' Chats- \\'nl‘lh has lung byvn regarded as tho «Alicia! \vnatlmr 1‘»1‘0gn.ostiC-at.01‘ for Urey County, it will appear from tlw l'nllmx'ing that. llu'x'v are others. Bentinck Sage Forecasts Weather For Next Eleven Months. This week we have received through our Welbm-k correspondent tho: [H'nplwsivs Hf a Bentinck 8331", mini» imknnwn ln us. They will no llnubt make llltlll'L‘StiIIg reading and. clipped out and placed alongside the predictions of Mr. anvs publisliml two 01' throw \Vcl‘ks ago. will enable those who care tn to make compar- isons. The. preclirliuns follow : January 00an in changeable the first. wwk. thorn turns fine and mild tin-cmghout secnnol week; then finds (‘zl'al' {HUI {‘01:}. â€"1°'orbruaI'y.--\'m'y cold and clear H11 about the third week. Whvn we may expect snnw flurrivs, storms, and them mild to mu.) of month. Windy and snt't \wathcr. March.â€"-â€"4$nnws in mild: turns wk] and stormy, with extreme MM and snowztht-u mild to end of month. .~\m‘ii.â€"-L‘0m¢*s in mild, turns cold, with suuw: changoalflv, with show- M‘s to NM Hf muntli. May comvs in and changes tn cold, backward \vcathvt', with snow and heavy winds, and very little growth may b0 lookml for. humâ€"Furs will be Very much appreciatml; very changeable) and backwmwil wenthm'. with all pros- pects of :1 sm_)\\' stnrm about thv be- ginning of the third week. 32.4.:Lfidwz. as; 94.. Ema. 31:“ war 2:: 21:. 9:9: :5 $15 2:23 2:... 2:; .325. 12.5%.“ Zia. :3. m5; :3. . Aug 11st. -Lumcs in 111'\ “itll light Iain 1‘01 abnnt mo xx eeks. Continues dry and warm to end of month. Suptumbmxâ€"Vnry warm and dry. ()c(chinaâ€"{11111105 in dry and hot, with light rain. them turns cooler. with rain. abnut third week; ends (:00! and unsettled. ‘ November.â€"Comvs in mild. with rain and SICL’t, then turns colder. with wind and snow, about. the 20th. Continues cold with snow to end of month. In View of the opening of Legis- lature and Parliament in the near future. the fellows want to discuss next Sunday. “Legislation In Rela- tion to Reform." It is the old ques- tion. Can you make men good by law? Certainly political, social and religious organizations multiply and strenuously seek their purposes by this means. Are they true to the teaching and spirit of Jesus? Does the law make liars, thieves, and other criminals? Shall we have more law or less?“ What do you think? December.-â€"Begins with snow and mild weather; turns colder. with storms. then mild and changeable. Heavy snow about the third weak; then mild to end of month. THE MEN’S CLASS NEXT SUNDAY Will Bold Meetings As Usual At the Same Time and Place. Phone Ihstallatians â€"In Past Year: Old King Tut certainly is a well- preserved man {Or his age, AL JIELEPHONE SERVICE SHOWS INCREASE IN PHONES HQ DURHAM, ONTARIO, CANADA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1924. WARDEN McTAVISH REVIEWS. CONDITIONS IN GREY COUNTY Comprehensive Inaugural Address : Delivered To the County Council At Thursday Bvening’s Meeting..â€" Outlines Some of the Work To Be Done During the Present Year. Warden Mc'l‘avish of Flesherton reviewed the conditions in the Coun- ty of Grey in his address, which was presented to the County Council on Thursday evening of last week. The address follows in full : "I desire to tender you my hearty thanks for the confidence you have reposed in. me by electing me by ac- clamation as Warden of the County for the current year. I appreciate it not only as an honor to myself, but to the municipality of Flesherton, which I represent. “Nearly seventy years ago, the late “I. K. Flesher. after whom the vil- lage of Flesherton was named, was one of the first Wardens of this County, folluwed later in 1881 by Dr. Christoe, and by Mr. M. K. Rich; ards‘un in 1898. All of these gentle- men. who were representatives of Artemesia, I'L‘Sidt‘tl in Flesherton, and did yeoman service during their tenures of office. “It, will be my muleamr in live up to their standards. I trustilvat ou‘r relations will he n'iutuallysatisfac- lm‘y. and with ymu‘ coâ€"opwation and lwlp I shall try to discharge the dut- ies of this office it» the «‘xtmt- 01' my ability. AgTiculture. I “With the very large crop of 1923‘ and a gradual stabilization of prices, conditions have been mlterially im- proved. although there is much yet. to be desired. I am glad to note that there is an increasi’nl spirit of co- ol‘ie‘ation between the urban and. rural pepulutimi, During the pastl year there have been many getii together meetings among: the farm--1 ing.r communities and the business men of the various sections. These meetings have been and will continue to be productive. of much good. for it is only by (to-ordination of all sections that satisfactory progress both financially and sociallyfcan be made. County and Suburban Area Roads. "The. reports presented by the County Road Superintemlent and the Suburban Area Cmnmission will show that good progress has been made during the past. year. While total expenditure has not been as large. as in previous years. A patrol system has been established which should be an important. factor in the {proper maintenance and upkeep of {main roads already constructed. ".-\ largo amount of money has been spent by the Highway Depart- ment during the past thrm: years on the roads «losig'iiziivi'l as Provincial lliglnvays in our county? '.l'wonty per cont. of this cxpmiilituro is rhargoublo to the county. and is an vxpvnilimro over which \w hamnno control. "I would liku in call your attention in tho [)ri‘ujmsml Blue \Vator High- way System. with which most of you are familiar, and which has been undorsed by former Comic-iris. It will. if carried to completion. be an important factor in iui'roasing the already largo imirist. trawl through this district. Education. "Year by your the provincial grants for our schools are increasing and as a natural c«:)nscquence our county expenditures altmg that. line are moving upwards. Yet, I think that. you will ag '00 with me. that we are justified in any expenditures which will make for the ultimate better- ment of the rising generation. Mothers' Allowance. This. too. is an expenditure which is gradually increasing year by year but one which we most willingly provide for. County Buildings. “During the past year considerable improvements. which have been badly needed. have been made at the House of Refuge, and an addition to the North Grey Registry Office has been made to house a heating sys- tem which has been installed. and} which is claimed will make a large yearly saving in the fuel account. Full details of these expenditures will appear in the Auditors' Report. \ ’Reforestation. . “I would especially call your at- tention to the matter of reforestation which has become a vital issue. You will have noticed that the unions Boards of Trade and Chambers of Commerce throughout the province have been memorializing the Gov- ernment along that line, and asking for prompt and definite actioh. I trust that your special committee will co-operate with our local Boards in that connection. Financial. As the financial report for the past year cannot be presented at this session, I would suggest, with your approv,al that our treasurer be ask- ed to attend and give us a general survey of our financial condition for the information of our members generally. I would particularly re- quest the various committees to keep their expenditures within the am- ounts apprOpriated for the several departments, and to 'be as economi- cal as possible, consistent with effi- ciency. While there are many ex- penditures over which we have ab-' solutely no control, it behooves us to be careful that our tax levies may not be unduly excessive. “In conclusion, gentlemen, let me again thank you for the honor you have done, not only myself, but the village of Flesherton, whose repre- sentative I am. In making reference to Warden Mc'l‘avish. last week’s Flesherton Advance says : “M1. D. MeTavis-h, Reeve .of Flesh-1 erton, and new Warden for the County of Grey, was born in the Township of Normanby 59 years ago. He learned the blacksmithing busi- ness with a man named Horn, in Durham, and came to Flesherton 39 years ago to practice his trade. At that time Dan. was not endowed with any of this world‘s goods, in fact he did not have enough of the filthy luere to pay his way all the distance to Flesherton by stage and walked a part of the way after his money gave out. Now he owns a farm in the suburbs. a valuable res- idence, and. with his son, is preprie- tor of one. of the largest and best equipped garages in all Ontario. He was of Irish parentage and inherited a goodly share of the proverbial Ir- ish wit, wisdom and lire, which has carried him across many a barrier that would have floored some men. “Mr. Mc'l‘avish has always takvn .a. deep intvrest in municipal affairs and was Reeve nf Artemosia Town- ship for t'oui- yearsâ€"lSlOO-Ol-OZ-OB. When tho village ul' Fleshei'ton was incorpm'aied in 1912. MP. John Boyd. now of North Battlvfm'd. Sask.. was tln- first. Reeve, and Mr. Mc'il‘avish l'ulluwml, holding the pus-ition for tho pus: viiwon ynal‘s, or twelve in- cluding tlw ono hv is now entering ulmn. All this 1m, sex-viva has cer- tainly vniillord him 10 Line honor in: has swm'ml, ‘ DURHAM TRAIN ONLY ONE TO GET THROUGH SATURDAY Snow Blockade Tied Up Railroads In Most of Western OntarLO. The Durham Limited, with Bob :‘vioorhead feeding: her the gas. was the only train to pull into Palmer- ston Saturday morning on anything like schedule time. Friday and Friâ€" day night’s snow- and wind-storm had made a mess of the roads, and everyone knew itâ€"and so did Bob. Saturday morning... pulling his old peak cap down a little farther over his eyes, he shoved the lever down into the corner and, like Casey Jones, “opened up the throttle for the Promisec‘l Land." which, in this in- stance. he hoped would be Palmer- ston. He got there fifteen minutes late. and for quite a long time was on the. job alone till some of the engineers appeared off the other branch lines. . While resting at Palmerston, Mr. MOOI‘llC‘fld also took the snowplow tluougl‘i to Harrisburg and put in the day clearing the roads for the tiaffic. Some idea of the condition of the roads may be gained when it is re- lated that the Southampton train, running behind the snow-plow, got stuck in the snow north of Paisley before the plow got to Mildmay. It was about the worst storm of the season and it is remarkable that the trafl’ic was not. tied up worse than it was. DURHAM CITIZENS BAND PLAYED AT MT. FOREST Provided Musical Program at Big Carnival There Monday Night. Durham Citizens’ Band supplied the musical part of the program at the Mount Forest Carnival on Mon- day night and, according to the current number of the Mt. Forest. paper just. to hand, their ofi'erings were well received. The "Band boys report a good car- nival with a big entry list and a good crowd. Yours faithfully, D. McTAV'ISH, Warden. m; COUNTY COUNCIL DID BIG WEEK’S BUSINESS Though Tuesday of last week was the day set by statute for the open- ing meeting of the County Council, the big snow-storm prevented this, and the County Fathers did not com- mence their session until Wednesday morning. In all, four members of the Council. were held up by the big drifts, the two officials from Osprey Township, the Deputy-Reeve from Euphrasia and also Mr. Robert Grier- son, Deputy Reeve of Bentinck The Council, however, got down to busiâ€" ness on Wednesday at 2 pm. and did a lot of work before adjourning on Saturday noon.’ Storm Delayed Opening For a Day, But Councillors Put Through‘a Lot of Legislation Before Week Ended. Unless the Province of Ontario can be induced to remove the ohli- gation of the County of Grey to pay 20 per cent. of the cost of all Pro- vincial Highways constructed within its boundaries, there will be very little county road construction done during the coming season. Such action was intimated in the report 'of the Good Roads Committee, pre- 1 sented by the chairman of the com- mittee, Reeve W. L. Taylor of Os- Provincial Highway Discussed. \ ipre)‘. at. Thursday evenings session 'of the Council. A committee com- posed of Warden McTavish, the County Roads Superintendent, Mr. John Johnson, and Reeve Taylor, chairman of the committee, was ap- pointed to wait on the Provincial authorities with a view to having the 20 per cent removed. The matter was thoroughly discussed Thursday afternoon. 'lfwenty per cent. of the cost. of good provincial roads does not appear to he a very great amount but the ligures which the county must pay are much more formidable. In 1921 the County paid but $12,000 toward ”cost of provincial roads within the hounds of the county. In 1922 this amount more than doubled, zthe county shelling out no less than $25.00) at the end of the year. In 1823 the amount to he paid for the provincial roads get beyond all bounds. amounting to $55,000. The committee realized what a large amount that was considering the .total amount at the disposal of the [county to he spent on roads. Not only is Urey tloungy finding the burden too great, but other coun- ties are cmnmencing to (iibjcct. The committee. which was appointed by the report. will act. in conjunction with other committees from various counties in the province, and it is likely that they will go to Toronto to interview Premier Ferguson and the Minister of the Department of Public Highways. Their idea will he to have the Province bear the whole , cost. of the construction of the proâ€" , vincial highways. The principal business done on Wednesday afternoon was the elec- tion of a Warden, of which an .ac- count is given in another column, and the striking of the standing committees for the year. The "report OX[)1iCiU}' stated that. unless Grey County is relieved of the cost of Provincial Highways, no con- struction work other than that which is absolutely IlPCPSSal'}' will be carried on this season. _The appropriation for the City of Owen Sound Suburban area was placed at $28,000 by the report. The Government grant is to be added to that amount. .A by-law will be pre- pared in this connection. Since Reeve Taylor lives so far away from Owen Sound, power has been given Reeve J. J. Currie of Sy- denham to sign the accounts and paysheets in connection with the committee's work. County Will N 01: Pay For Laboratory. The Council turned down the re- quest of Owen Sound that assistance be given to the medical clinic and Provincial Board of Health labora- tory. The Finance Committee voted that no action be taken, which means that Owen Sound'will have _to bear the whole burden unless the County Council Of Bruce agrees to a grant. The grant asked for from Grey County was 8200. According to a member of the Owen Sound commit-p tee that waited on the Council,, the laboratory costs between $1,200 and $1,300 a year. It was stated that about 60 per cent. of the work comes from Owen Sound, and 20 per cent. each from Grey and Bruce Counties. After listening what the city com- mittee had to say, the Council decid- ed to take no action. The Sick , (Continued on page 6.) N «w ab E V "S THURSDAY $2.00 a Year in Canada; $2.50 in U. 8. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH HELD ANNUAL MEETING Reports From Various Committees Showed Progress In Year’s Work. â€"Pastor’s Stipend Increased $200. The annual meeting of Um Presby- terian congregation was hold on Monday night. When a large and en- thusiastic audience was delighteq with the general work and mogress of the Year. Rev. W. H. Smith, the pastor. was in tho. chair, and after short «lem- tional vxvrvisns. the minutus uf last. meeting were read by Mr. Ramage and, on motion, odapted. Reports. 01‘ various societies in mm- nectinn with thv church worn next. presented and adapted. In all cases the showing: was 200.1 and Hm re- sults gratifying. The total an'unmi. X‘aiSmi for all purpnsos during the your was ap- proximately $6.17“. and of this sum it. was shown that. ahuut $2,680 was for various nxiasinzmry enterprises. Four new managers m-re- nlocted as follows. ' 310.551" ._I. ..I Smith. John Smith 2.13 1 m?! md Iolm Mvhirr. It. is gratifying to know ”Hit the SPI‘YiCL‘S Of Hi" pastor are appreciat- cd. and as an oxidant-,9 an increase of $200 in his stipend was mixed by a very large. majority. After the busino ess mcwting. re- freshments “010' sup wd and a de- lightful hour of social fellowship enjoyed. CANADIAN MILLS BUSY . ON EXPORT BUSINESS Canadian Mills Working Overtime, While Americans Run Only Fifty Per Cent. of Capacity. The superior quality nt' «Zanat'lian hard spring wheat is ro-cng‘nized by the United States millers. especially by ()pm'aturs in the Northwestern States. liven at thu high rate «if duty imposed by the li‘ordney tariil‘. large quantities of Canadian wheat con- tinue to pass «we;- the border at. Du- luth to he used in imprming the quality of American flnur. Aecort‘l- ing to l'nited States rustmns service reports. the impurtatiuns nl “heat at Duluth amonmnl tn 11.602.631 bushels in 1920: 8.7ti'l.687 bushels in 1921; 343.167) bushels in l922: and 1.20101? fat the first it mnnths of 1923. I‘.\ on \\ ith the axnunzit of Can- adian wheat. gain? intn the North- western States, flour milling is not, flourishing. According: to the North- western National Bank Review, pub- lished in Minneapolis, flour mills in that State were in Imvnmher running at one-half capacit}~ or less. and the output was hooked almust entirely for domestic trade. In contrast with this. the readers of this Review are told. Canadian mills are running at full capacity an export demand. Judging from the activity at the Rob Roy; Mills, which have been run- ning night and day for a number of weeks past to keep up with export orders, we must infer that Canadian' oats, as well as Canadian wheat, is recognized in the outside markets. To see the place at all hours of the night lighted from top to bottom stamps it with an appearance of prosperity that all hope may contin- ue indefinitely. The Rob Roy brands have been famous for years, and during'the war an overseas business was established and is now easy to maintain. The strange part of it. is that. the Dutch boy shoved his fingers in the leak when there were no reporters around. Committee Chairmen In 1924 County Council Roads and Bridges.â€"Jolm T. Miller, Euphrasia.‘ County Property.â€"â€"S. H. Browse, Chatswortfi, . Finance and Assessmentâ€"AV. W. Smith, Shalluw Lakv. . Educationâ€"43 i llwrt.’ M (-l-lzw h- orn, ng-omont. Printing:â€"J. A. Ho::a_rth. Arte- msia. Sommunications and Memor- ials.â€"1\’o i l Calder. Egrompm . House of Refuge.â€"-D. J. Gard- ner, Holland. Warden’s COmmittee.â€"â€"( S. A. Bothwell, Sydonham. Goad Roads Committee.â€"-\\’. I}. Taylor, Osprey.