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v ”cu-Lo; I?" ., p Published every Thursday morning at the ofl'ice, Garatraxa 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. 31.00 for six months, 50 cents for three months. To any address in the Unit- ed States of Ameriea, $2530 per‘ year, ‘ 'A‘ ' u UUuVVU V. anonâ€"v--- $1.25 for six montޤ,'~65' éénté for three months: Forexgn subscmptxon rates on apphcation. Member Canadian Weekly News- wapers Association. TB}: SQUARING 01‘ THE CIRCLE Mathematicians have been puzz- led for centuries to find a solution to the probiem of how to square a circle. In a recent issue of the Mail snd Empire it was announced that Mr. Hugh M. Patton of 125 Indian ltoad. Toronto. had worked out a solution. A diagram was given acc- umpanied by an explanation which he thinks is all right and so far we have not heard or seen of any one to question its correctness. What makes the discovery more interest- ing here lies in the fact that Mr. Patton is a county of Grey man, born in Euphrasia. near Rocklyn, where he attended the public school, till he was about 14 years of age. He then commenced his apprenticeship in the building trade at Cookstown and subsequently attended the Ontario Business College at Belleyille. from which he graduated at the ag‘ of 20. ile moved to Toronto in 1879 andi has since been engaged in the build- ing trade, both as journeyman car- penter and contractor. The idea of squaringr a circle was suggested to him some t\\'enty-l'iye years ago while iistening t0 a sermon by Rev. Dr, \Vlid in the Congregational church. Bond Street. Dr. Wild on this nccasion remarked that the Al- mighty left many problems for men tu solve, as, for example the squaring of a circle, which, he predicted, would be accomplished some day. A later study of Hodgson’s treatise on the steel square convinced Patton that the question might be solved. SinCe last July he has spent much effort on the matter, working only in his spart time and on February 13th he arrived at his solution. PAGE FOUR HONEST OPINIONS ESSENTIAL Adolph Ochs, owner and publisher nt' 'l‘lw va York Times. is possibly I‘m- most, outstanding: figure, in the papers wcn- increasing: circulation with "mam t‘vatm‘os and muckraking nmvspapor life of the United States to-day. Mr. Ochs took charge of The 'l‘imr's when the sensational newsâ€" «uhturials. with every mannm' 01'3 "rusmlv imaginable in. which to1 pick us“. subscribers. At. this time‘ and 51mm, many pouph‘, were of thc' fipinim‘l {hat a paper i0 gain cil‘cu-' mum must. resort to all sorts Hf fantastic ideas. Mr. {)chs has shown that. this is not tho also. and that a paper carrying bright and Spicy ed- nnriais can wry well get along withxmt the present-day popular fads adopted by most pa; .013. On the subjects of vditorials, Mr. ()chs says : "N11 editorial writer or 1111 writer '111 am 11:1111cit1' 1- :111 do his best work 11‘ he is hampered 111 di1 tation frnm those 11l111 111111 the 111191111113“ 1;; 10111511 there should 1111 an editorial mumâ€"that 1111 all lino-11.3.1111 that 1- ~1lit11ri: 11 policy should 1111 strong 111111 '1'11111 as :11 the big issues 111 the day. V1111 the 1111111 11 ho form that policy ma1 be right or 11r0ng from 1arious 1ie111 points. A newspaper cannot, please 111111a1iers.But 11hat 0101‘ that 11111 i11 is it must be the honest! 11111li11i of 11111511 111111 form it and it must. be adhered to firml1 and hon- 1'5“} and f11ar.cs<l1'.'1‘l111 11111511811111‘ that is afraid of offending this 11111- 51111 111' 1 hat 111151111 111‘ 111‘ 1lri1 11g :111'a1‘ 51111111 advertiser. R :1 Weak newspaper and 1131111111 succeed. But the writer must be left. free (11 11x- 1111015 his. 111111 homst beliefs. for if he he not free his 11riting will imp and hat and 5111111 his. i11since1it1. it, has been said that the late Frank A GOVERNMENT OF ECONOMY There is one thing. at least. thgt must be said in favor of the Fergu- son Government, whether a man be- iieves in its politics or not, and that ‘is, they are at least trying to prac- tice their preâ€"election pledge re- garding economy. I. Cobb. while editor of Tim New York \\'oiiii.w1‘uio spiondid editor- ials fiom 2n imiopnndent standpoint. and you shouid remember that Mr. Cobb was given a free hand to write those editorials by the owners of The World." Thursday, February 28, In his appeal to the electors of South Grey, Hon. Dr. Jamieson said he was going to do all he could to bring the expenditures of the Prov- ince to within reaching distance of the income. This, of course, cannot be accomplished in a month, or in a year. but the signs of the times point. to some drastic disclosures in the next few days. - ”Hon. F. C. Biggs, the late Minister of Public Works had a tilt with the member from South Grey last week, when Hon. Dr. Jamieson moved for an order of the House showing the number of \ehicles bought by the late (1m ernment the price paid, for whom it was purchased, the use to which the vehicle was put, the ul- timate disposition of the vehicle. Dr. Jamiesun said that the late Governâ€" ment had been very extravagant in the purchase of autos for public ser- vice and for their own use. The request of South Grey’s mem- l her for an auditing, as it were, of the automobile account of the late Gov- ernment. made Mr. Biggs rather peeved. but not nearly so much as some of the deputy heads of depart- ments who had to turn in their jov-vvagoms and quit riding at the expense of the Ontario Government. Since Dr. Jamiesons request had gone in. at least one Government employee had complained that his car had been taken from him. Dr. Jamieson has no objection to Gov-‘ *ernment employees needing cars? having them, but when it comes to some of the residents employees in Toronto sporting around with their families in Government-owned and paid for autos. he thinks it high time lto draw the line. In this one in- stance. if in no other, Dr. Jamieson has earned his salary a good many times over. as it is estimated that the forthcoming investigation promâ€" ised Dr. Jamieson by Premier Fer- guson. will save the Province over ture THE VALUE OF ADVERTISING Mr. Wrigley, whose name is fam- iliar t0 the whole world is a firm‘ believer in newspaper advertising,‘ and to confirm his belief he sp .nds about a million dollars a year to advertise his products. So far as his advertising goes it seems that chew- ing gum is his. big product. The individual sales are small, but by keeping the article constantly and impressively before the world the sales are many and the profits must be large tn justify such extensive publirity. We may all rest assured the. advertising is not done for char- itable 1.)tii'1'mses but to bring quick returns and legitimate profits to the. advertiser. He says“nearly every- body reads the. papers and they are, the most effective medium to reach the buying public quickly and of ten." Advertising in Mr. Wrigley’s case is llu- gn-oatost factor in building up :1 husists and the. same is true with every business man who dues his ad- wrlising juliciously. There is no business two small as not in ncml puma-m. l-lx'l-l'ybody advertises in shilli‘ way or otlwr. Putting: up at rnrol in 21 storo window to say that.1 t'CIi tin articles are for sale at corâ€" tai1 micos is a class at allurtisinzr that, is not “holi‘y \xithout- merit. It will attract. tho, attention of a few 11ml of these tow some will he. in- fluenced to step in and enquire. and perhaps to make purchases. In such cases it is good but it is altOgethor ton narriinv and should not. be allâ€" owmi to take tho place «if :1 hotter svstom of publicity. The now-:- unpers go into tho homes where all: haw accnss to columns and the stor \ is told \xith a \xiilening eftoct.t'l1v "Sand“ ich“ 011 a city street is a style of advertising. better. no doubt than the card in the window, but wt equal to the newspaper. Printed hills put in the. way of a customer have their merits. but, are expensive in comparison to ordinary adver- tising. ..-\!i believe in advertisin; whether they admit it or not and it is sur- prising how many use questionable means of getting free pubiicity. Selâ€" dom a week passes .but the newsâ€" papers rociow printed matter thzzt “would he of interesb to your read- 01‘s." These “news items" are nothing mre than concealed ad- wrtising zmd too m'my are fnolish enough to give them free publicity and thus prevent aJvertising that should he paid fa". Wrigley spends :1 miilion .tl'ollaz's a year and is satisfied he git» results or he wouldâ€" n't. continm- it. There. is no gem. business man who’should not spend mnnoy in advertisin". It, is a prof- itabio investment. too often Iost sight. of. BUGBNIA SERVICE IS GOOD It wonld he hard to brat the Euâ€" genia system of the Hydro for ser- vice. The storm of last week put the Niagrra hydro :.ine between Mitchell and Stratford out of commission for two days and other Niagara systems were considerabiy handicappel and scarcely a week passes withOut a hoIdâ€"up of some kind. Locally, we think last week’s storm was as fierce as in ”IN var? of Orâ€" tario, but the hydro set-vim was no? of a minute that we knnw n' and we used the service cons‘annv r-wm a year in needless expendiâ€" 8 am. to 6 pm. every day. With the exception of a few hours- off on Sun- day fOr local repairs, Durham has received exceptional serxice, and we think the same may be said of an other towns on the system. Electricity may cost more on the Eugenia system, but from shut- downs and lay-ofl's on the Niagara system, we are forced to the conclu- sion that it is worth it. Perhaps. however, we had better "touch wood.“ "Shimmy Dance Inventor Robbed of Jewels” says a headline. She’s certainly in hard luckl- Any shim- my dancer we ever saw needs some- thing to cover them. An exchange says that "it is the wife that talks the least that has the control over her husband.” We don‘t know about that “control” stuff, but she certainly has the “respect." A dispatch from Alberta says that they have been ploughing out there since the 22nd of January. A mere nothing. We were ploughing in Ontario all last week, and some of the township pathmasters are not through yet! A trooper member of the Royal Canadian Dragoons at Toronto cri- ticized army life and was maltreated by his companions. Evidently they belong to that class who think one should take what he gets and be satisfiedâ€"0r get out. Never, on any pretext, should one register a pro- test. George Plantt, an Englishman, was ! one of three men instantly killed last Saturday while shovelling snow in the Mimico railroad yards. He leaves a wife and three small children, the eldest 5 and the youngest 2 months of age. They are destitute and pen- niless. the result of long enforced idleness through lack of employâ€" ment. Plantt was engaged in shov- elling snow in the yards when killed and would work at anything. It is to be hoped that the powers that be at the head of the \Vidows‘ Pension Board will act NOW in the matter of finances and that the unfortunate young widow and kiddies will not :be forced to suffer through govern- Emental red tape. The Clarksburg News has again changed hands, the purchaser being a Mr. Bell, who has spent practically all his life in daily newspaper work, but never before attempted a weekâ€" ly. He‘ll find a difference, but we are doubtful if his experience on dailies Will fit in well with the. pub- iicatinn of a weekly. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Thurston of The F Ieshcrton Advance recently celehrutmi the. 40th anniversary of their wedding day. It. seems but :1 4111.11 time since Mrs. Thurston was a 11 tile giii going to school. Mr. .1 . S. Thurston. editor of The Mmfm‘d iirrnr, is a 5011,111111 the voungest «:,11 Frank, is in nurtnership “ith 1is father in The AdVance office. :(fig LETTER TO THE EDITOR To the Editor of The Chronicle : Dear Sinâ€"I would be pleased if you would insert the following letter in your paper, which, we believe, will be of interest to many of your readers. At the January meeting of the! Grey County Council, 19:23, 'teeve. Reburn of Markdaie, Reeve Snet-i singer of Thornbury, and the writer, were appointed a committee to cn-I deavor to secure applications for the. placing of fry in the streams and lakes of the County. Since that time an effort has been made to have the Reeve of each Township have a canvas made of the owners of lands through which a stream runs, or on which there is a lake. sign applicaâ€" tions. and a number have come in, 'but the committee feels that there 'can be a much better response and that it must necessarily mean a lot of extra work for a Reeve in wlmso} township there are a number of' streams and lakes, to have a canvas ‘made of each owner. The committee thelieves there are a number of per- ,sons in each township, town and Vii- Elage. who are sports enough to Liz!) lsome time and effort towards seem-- ing signers to applications for the ‘streams and lakes in their districts, land wou'.d be pleased to hear from lpersons who would do so. it. is also suggested that during Hm spring or summer a meeting be held of 21.1 interestexl in having me streams and lakes re-slocked, to de- vise the best procedure for same, and for the protection of same. THE DURHAM CHRONICLE We understand there is consider- able Bass and Pickerel fry likely 10 be av1ilab. e for the spring deli» cry, and a .imi Lcd 111mb r of Speckled Trout fry, so that any one dCSiLing srme should make applicaizon promptly. Parties wishing applica- tion forms write EDITORIAL Nfl'l‘ES J. S. WILSON, Owen Sound, Chairman of COmmittce. 1 Mrs. Harxey of Arthur, returned eto her home attel spending three ‘xx eeks with her daughter, Mrs. W. A. \icGoxx an. Mr. Alex. Jopp of Toronto, son of Mr. J. C. Jopp of Moosomin, 83511., is visiting his relatives, the Edge and Ritchie families, in town and at. Edge Hill. M15. G1 iflin and little son Wallace. of [010nm me \isiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Bry.011 Miss Marjory Firth went to Toron- to on Monday where she intends re- maining for some time. Mr. frank McWarner of Bentinck is a patient at. the Red Cross Memor- ial Hospital. LOCAL CURLERS BBSTED AT HARRISTON AND MT. FOREST Lose Out At Bonspiel, and Were Also Trimmed On Tuesday Night. The local curlers have been having hard sledding since our last issue. After being beaten nere last week by Walkerton, they went to the Bar--l riston bonspiel, but were defeated there also. And right here, accord- ing to some of the curlers themselves lies a little story. One enthusiastic curler (name suppressed out of resâ€" pect for his family) was very par- ticular about who played on his rink and would have nothing but At beavers. The second rink to go down was what is known as“ a “scrub” rink, and weren’t supposed to win anything. The result of the contest, gso we were told, was that the rink 'known as “selects” (with apologies to the hog-grading hoard), fell down with an awful crash while the “scrubs.” or shoats as the before- mentionrd board would classify them, came very near getting into the money. At Mount Forest on Tuesday night three rinks of the locals were badly beaten by the Mount Forest club, but we have been unable to learn what the final tally was. All jokes aside, however, the club reports an excellent outing at both places and Speak highly of their treatment by their hosts. BUTTER SELLS AT 150. IN SASKATCHBW‘AN TOWNS Chronicle Subscriber Writer Inter- esting “Private” Letter. Tho Chronicle hada letter this week from a subscriber in Saskat- chewan and it contains some things we would like lo tell our readers, but in c‘ 1 i: ‘. r he saw, ‘I idon’t want mu («.1 publish this. it just 101 yourself." Perhaps if we jusl give the infor- mation and conceal the writer’s name it will do no harm. He I‘(_’[)('.)I‘i.>‘ line weather and a lovely winter, with the exception of a couple of weeks after Christmas. Since that the snow has all gone and it hasheen like fall weather, but has again mrneiii colder. It has been a great winter for stock. on the range. He says all are. well and enjoying three square meals a day, and often four, as beef and butter are so cheap they can afford to eat lots of them. Butter is 15 cents a pound and eggs 40 cents a dozen, the cheapest they have been in that part at this time of year. He tells us the radio is becoming very common and he re- gards‘ it as a great convenience. He hasn’t heard Durham over it yet: He thinks it great to listen to a good sermon and ring 011‘ as soon as the collection is announced. l l We are sorry we can’t give the writer’s name, an it. would be of more interest. to readers in thfis part ' Q SWEAR IN MULOCK AS LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR Chief Justice Takes Hon. Harry Cockshutt’s Place For Six Months. Chief Justice Sir William Mulock was on Feb. 20 sworn in as acting lieutenant-governor in tho council chamber by G. G. Kozar, assistant clerk of the Privy Council at Ottawa. The chief justice of Ontario will act as licutenant-govornor of the prov- incv during llw absonCo of Lieut- enant-Governor Cockshuti, Who, with his family, is going abroad for a period of six months. Mr. Kezar arrival late from Otta- wa. his train having been delayed by the storm. He was assisted in swearing in the acting governor by F red Bnlmer, clerk of the Executive Council. All members of the Cabinet were present at the ceremony. Interviewed at Government House, Col. Cockshutt said he had heard no Lhing of a rumor that he may be asked to become president of the Unix erSIt} of Western Ontario, and preferred not to sOmment thereon. Keen, but anxious amateurâ€"I say, old chap, what shall I do if they ask me to sing? Candid Friendâ€"Do? Why sing, of com‘se. It’ll be their own fault. Mrs. J. C. Dunsmoor is improving from a recent accident by which she had a, couple of ribs and her collar bone broken. '7 1\Ir. John Comiéh 0f Normanby is holding an auction sale on the 11th of this month. A little daughter of Dr. Hutton Was almost run over by a team on Tues- day evening. Crossing the street in front of a team of horses, she was knocked down and just escaped be.â€" ing trampled under the horses’ feet. She was frightened but not injured. Married.~~0n Wednesday. Febru- ary 10, at St. Joseph’s R. C. church, Markdale, by Rev. Father Waters, D.D., Mr. J. M. Sullivan 01’ Democh, to Nellie, third daughter of Mr. and Every Day 13 Bargain Day WPLE’S MILLS mxed Grain for Poultry Food Sovereign Flour Eclipse Flour White Lily Pastry Hour * Branoz bhorts Feed Flour .Oat Chop Crimped Oats. Mixed Chop “lxpfl (1'0 n ‘3”- 7‘ '- 5781‘ Of Ayton died on few .days’ illness. came in from the and that was driven AT Mrs. Thomas Sullivan, Irish Laku, Mr. A. S. Hunter has purchzned the property of the late Rev, Mm. Stewart at the corner of Garafmxa and Lambton streets. The remains of Miss Mc-Rao left here yesterday for interment at. (tar- berry. ‘ ”47-4- Q. About 30 men went from here \. 5- terdaV morning to shoxel out the railroad tracks. The “hole ‘m'ck from hexe to Palmerston needs h. be shov elled and picked. III Wadi! If Emit Medicine know they have Kidney Impasse-30 safer with pain in the _I_ - _... an Malnntlv at niql t $230" {1-335 frequenfly at night .. ’ - otbonmthnt“Fmit.a. a$€$%w medicipe n) ade from fruit ale. and tomes, will 'tivoly _ «Wmdmadder H noun this letter. “3%!“th MK‘i’dnemiuble â€"" “mm and body were fid‘mfi. We decided to m. “ ' fives”. Inalhorttime, th'e sw%fi?mt don. Nay, she is the MM one of the fumly". WM. WARREN, flaw, 0““ . box 6 r size 25c. 11QO ’ or from Fruit-waves mud. 0m“. Ont. Live hogs ..... -. Wheat .......... "U 0 E O m m Hides ...................... .u’. Sheepskins ............ 50c. @ $1.00 Chickens .................. 15 (CE 18 Ducks ...................... 15 fi 18 Geese DURHAM MARKET ......... '. 1.25 6271.30 ........ 10.00 a; 12.06 February 28. 1924. 0m. 8 (5,;- \~' r-Iu ’L’ L“ 16 Priceville. .(Our own cun'nczmzmcm.‘ “Hurray for Old Sun: \gm, see him smiling. This \wv'zx' iy‘ made a better start Hum 3w ~ and let‘s how? that M. \x :_ the 300d work. The hoax'y \VPJHh‘Z' our good Doctnr ‘23»1'. Ti-- quite 'busy thrOxlgh :o ; days his chimps ("MM }. it. was almnst Ninth-q}. through the Stm'm‘ Charles Bowo Ml . Artemcsia, is s.:;.n.;\ pleuro-pnoumonm. 31;“ \. \L we hope that be around aga be around agarn. .‘anthol‘ (.f ‘1‘.| |"HT'."0‘:’\ H" community passo‘d :mu) .;a~f '.\.. in the pcrsun of mp 35,3“ _\I McMillan. South me'. .\I.'1«-u:u-~;.: ' his %th 3.1?31‘. '11“. ‘i“(.":i"'\l \‘”~ 1‘ early settler on 111.. Tam; W “i. he lived until his «hath. H,. ,H. a family Of SNVQ’I'JI .‘HI!\ 3111.; .1:‘ Let‘s to mourn 1m ;':a~~:z.._ daughter, MPS. 51‘1”“ {up 1... with him {01' quitw u f:l:!!!i~r.‘ years caring fur him. H1~ m1 . . . from Hamilton. \x‘us rye-«~11: ::° 'funeral. Th0 (Mn-:- [lu'hllu-i'x family W011" (OH 1421‘ we.“ 2 :1‘ . The cnmmunity slumw tnw _. as he was \\‘<'il-knu\~\;, ”,3. H Iing Christian mun-mm :1'~~: uprightmws. Tun mum said Of him in NIH v“ w p .1 an outstanding: wxznw...‘ ' days win-n \w Wm» ' anxious tn d” 2in m. .could wish 1h. mum: m; '4 ciplvs nf thw dwwuwi - ho a safo \wn'hl in Mr w Thursday, February 2~. 1924. “'0 arr SHX'I'S tn ha passing: away M n POSINFPU“! IV'FHL'H'. Graco Smith. sistvt' liam and .lnlm Aldm munity. \VhH P'Hsmi at UW lumw “2' Hutu munity. \th [Hutu-d :mnx 2m at the lmnw ni' Hutu-1': i’:1t'~1«~ 3., East. Thu d¢-('vu<o~d hm! In ing for snmv (‘Hn‘i'iw'zlh u 1.” Bertie AMCHI'II. ”UV. mun. from tho \Vust h. nth-Int hr:- had bvvnmv qmtv a hw:.\\ . the hnusvlmfd and Min How? is a Uit'l‘v' Hf ”I“ (it‘t‘HH‘Wi. ’ ' on in zas<i<L 'I'Iu elderly; lady. mu" Whfl \Vc'l‘v |1';\ ilc' staunch "'1",~h}tv unablv In “Hum always was :1 L'w last. \‘x'v jwip \\ their sm'rwv.‘ :s‘. mains \ero- tak‘ (sommm'y and. n storm. tho» me ‘ponml for it day Mrs. 11H. \Ivi visitinu frivnus unla‘: o \‘W 1| 1-,: Mr. .I. 31 from H. mm parts. and r: 3150. Our \‘iliagv mm mm dicummd last \VW'R our hranvh M H].- u function on 'l‘ue-miuy Our only mvam m were with Coylnr: sm?) were fortunate (-nnnxh to get. in 10110}: \\71‘ world. Mr..\1<-I"wau‘vi ficult times {III‘I‘MHL’ ling the passungm ~' visit our town. W“ n: the Whistles again ‘ benefithat this \Vi“. h perience of H10 kiwi t“ O ('1 o! \I' All availahlv Inv- hranch C.P.R. Iiru get somp of Hip <3: rails. W'e aw mad I«. Mather is out 3;: am quarantinn mm w: understand :m Ms.- nicely. (Tm'v lah- ‘ \Vintm‘ um \ Up by ”It“ fl'lhm be confimlwi." must. grin who efforts tn pr-Mit- 0V0? ton hml!‘ joker this \Vintv Mr. 6}. A. \\ short \x'hilr ":1 Mr. J. A. Mm; frnm tho city. Mr. and Mrs. .77 v; childrc‘n ah‘ :11: 17‘: -~ home of the formwzl 7:; Kinnrm. 9mm; I,i:;.. H Jones lonks oxim-mr-Ij.‘ Operation through \\3' come, we harm. sum-w" Miss Mary Hazard x~ n ‘I while for a nut frnm . the city. “’0 nndorstzu' Hazard is forcnd tn rnst‘ as her health IS S6“I‘i(H}~}y 37;.- L We wil'l be glad to hvar' Hf hwr >, Improvement. S If: Miss .!u MN \' i l? \ ad 10 MM 1'18” math d to rest fur a “"1 is seriously afl'vd SP3 (“V H hi Ill \K' I \V h \\ M \\ M l'h