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ERS fl pa} 3 larger dividend ihny othcr crop. :kets for 25¢. Every Week lper Qt. 1.25 E urhmn, ()nt. .3. o 0 o 9 O 9 9 Vrra'r’f'vvvfi-‘I-I 'eek in Salmon md 301V I ins. wide that does LAN Dzmx EUM VARNISH run-1' I'vsido'nt of awe-n Suund. died my! Vie-w. Man, was burn in this naw are and Timothy r Paint man) "Jam other «)1 "I. ll) \szt -1:_. never lhng: ymx the $1.10 mic: VOL. 57.â€"-NO. HRS. W. McCULLOCH ' DIED ON TUESDAY Passed Away At Home of Her Son After Illness of Five Weeks From Heart Tranhle and Complications. Mrs. William McCulloch. one of} zlw oldest and best-known residentsi, Hf the Township of Bentinck, passed away on Tuesday of this week after, an illness which cpnfined her to her bed for the past five weeks. Mrs. McCulloch was in her 85th year and was one of the hardy pionâ€" eers who hewed their home out of The Virgin forest. Always a strong woman. she little knew what sick- ness meant, but. five weeks ago was saken down with an affection of the Ewart. and at her advanced age, re- mvery was scarcely looked for. The deceased was born at Inver- iiessshire. Scotland, and lived in the 13ml 01' Hi» heather until twenty-two years of age. when she came out. to Canada. the land of promise and for three or four years resided in Pus- Eim-h vicinity. and Hamilton. where ~ho- entered domestic service.‘ ‘-..I \V 0' "\V [1.‘|..‘,. }{6‘Sl¢10‘fi nun sun. who (“0:1 in in- :nm'y. :1 family (if the suns and um- aiauglitur sum-iv»: William G.. at ».lm.~‘0 linmv sh.“ tliml. and who has always wsnlml nu the farm with his ism-puts: 'l‘hnmas. in Pontiac. Mich; \li'K.. in Dvlmir. Mich; Angus, Swat- w. Wash; Dr. .inscph Mcilulinch. at: i’wfo-rlmx-nuxli. ()nL. and Mrs. W. P. Smith of l_)0tr0it. who arrived last. \w-vk and was at, her mtiitlmr‘s bed- ~uio- when tho oml came. (glut.- broth- »i'. 8‘.) terms of age, and residing at. lmluih, .\linn.. also survive-S. 'l‘lw l'mwral will kw held Friday :ai'iurnmm at. 2.2m from lim- Intel-«5i: lwiu'o- [war Vickm's and intermmit \ ill lw maili- in Durham cemetery. Died Sunday aid Interment Was Made Tuesday at Ayton. ;\Ii'. Chm-Ins Birr, an Old resident of I \‘urmanhy Township passml away onl Sunday in his ninety-seventh year. Tho» Into Mr. Bin- was born in Ger- many and came to Canada over fifty wars ago. settling in the township m which he» diod. During all this HXIH'. \Yo undm‘stanil he has boon a H‘Siili‘nt on the '16th Concession of Normanhy. a couple of miles west of Knox church. Mrs. Bii-i' proac- "vusml him ”li‘f‘f‘ years ago. ,__I_ ‘ .n-n-" 0 \"Al“ -'wu.~‘m1 mm nun-r 3w... “CV, 'l‘lm luto- .\l1°. Birr, who-was {will «mum and l't‘spt‘t'lt‘fl. (fltthPll. 1:11“in >1 umwn-up fumil." Ht three: 30.11.13? Hirw daughtm's. as 10110“; .‘ . 0 1_11 .nul Alf, in .\’(mmanhy: _.A\L‘1gu.:tr.k g1: Hamwm': Mrs. \antm- Ht>1'§b111,_: 1.\ 1'1 Xm'manhy: Mrs. Charles \V chm. .- )- mn. and Miss Bf‘l‘th‘d. at home. I ‘.---_- l);"" {\f‘ f1‘ic 7H”. mm 3113* IN'Il-uu. uu --v--_-_ )lissvs Zntta and Mary Bit? of this town arr :ramlvhildren Hf the dc- vt'usml. 'l‘ho‘ fmwral was held on :l‘unsday In Hw Lutheran cemetery .‘nt. Aylnn. thv Row. Mr. Langholz of- dviating. A- ___-_ Rev. P. J. N AddresS.â€"â€"' ed in Repc .\ mo 11 11111;: «11' H111 D111 11.1111 branch 111 NH1 1 1111111 Hln'ulil “111111 Smmh \\ 11~ 111111 in lhv Baptist 11"11111111 hrt‘c ‘::1.~‘t.lhu1'.~‘cla\ «\«1111113' “11‘ 111:1!111'11 ! 1 the‘ 1 m1 11'155 in 1111 R11 \. 1\ wing \\ as an P.. .Mcl.a_1 11.11. HIP such-t}. Reports dealing with the wurk of‘ last year \w-t'v revvivwht'x‘um the‘ - . (Z. 1%. Watson. and the '. Mrs. Andrew Del‘hy. 1 After same discussion it was de-' rifled in as}; the ministers uf the town tn speak on the work 0f the Bible Sm'iety at a dame tu be an- nmuu'mi lat er. 31'- when a special will mg would he asked for. .\ veh- nt’ thanks was tendered Mr. )lvlmren for his interesting address. The uh! nfl‘ivers 0f the society were elected as folluws: President. Dr. J. 1.. Smith; Secretary, 0. E. Wat- son: 'l‘rnnsm'm‘. Mrs. Andrew Dex-by. THOMAS KENNEDY 131 ON SUNDAY AT ED PRICEVILLE Passed Away After Long luuuao Interment Made McNeill’s Come ’l‘hnmgg Kennedy, a man about 55 ways Hf age. IiVing 0n the ArtGmPSla Shiv nf the Glenelg town line about half 3 mil» from Priceville. paS§ed away Sunday night after a long 111-- Ili‘ss from bronchial trouble. The armiiatn cause of death was pneu- mania. 'I'hw 1m» Mr. Kenedy 1??“es ‘2 'Hw Into Mr. Kened)’ leaves w mum'n thn'n' loss four brothers and am sistm': Dan. at Markdale, Jam: at Vamp)“. Colin, in Durham, A1!“ ‘H'Egrmmm. and Miss Bella at Var- ney. Intorment was made Wednes- m )choill's cemPtPry'. Priceville. \\ e have no other particulars. THE J. McLaren Delivered Good sS.â€"â€"Year’s Business Review- Reports of Local Officers. :1 i. ms .3 ”22.5 1:: 5: 5.7.3.1 2: .1. £93.37. ... .L 5.. 1.5.5 3:95.. l 0. 0. F. ATTENDED ANGUCAN CHURCH About Eighty of the Brethren Matched Prom Lodg e-xoom in a Body (.9 Evening_ Service .â€"-Oddfel- 111:.- Oddfelloxxs of Grex Lodge, No.1 169. accompanied by Visiting breth- r1111 from \\ alkerton, Hanover and Mt. Forest numbering in all about 91 i"ht\. attended senice on Sunda) N 9111110 at Trinity Church “here an inspiiin" and edifiing sermon “as delixered bx the Rector, Rex. J. H. \\ healen With the exception of the sermon and the lessons. the service was in strict accordance with the ritualistic requirements or the Anglican church. The first lesson, taken from 1. Samuel xxiizll-érz, dealt with the friendship existing between Jona- than and David, and culminated in the covenant by whiclLeach swore friendship forever. The second les- son. taken from Luke x :23â€"37, told the story of the Good Samaritan. {The text. was taken from the last clause of the thirty-seventh verse, "Go thou and do likewise.’_’ Aftvr tondoring a hearty welcome to the Order and expressing his ap- proval Hf all similar organizations having for their object the relief of humanity. he went on to treat 0f the origin. growth and development of fMiltellnwshi1). He said the origin of such organizations was the: result! lut’ apathy Hn tlw part of thn rhurch' 'snniv twn nr throw hundred years agu in strvssing thv spiritual tn thn no-glwrl of snrial and lmmanittirian iu-mls. 'l‘ho' tirst urdur of ()tldt'nllmvs startml in England ahuut, tho nlitiliit‘ nt’ “in vightm‘nth rvntury. but. it. was nut. until nn in the ninetvnnth cornâ€" tury \\'ll°‘ll tlw semis 01' (lilll't‘llnw- ship wuri- snwn Ull the! \ 'PstM'n lit-i'iiisplu,-i'v. [H'IILL‘VUKI ‘ . 'l’ho- first society was Organizml in! Baltimore 0n the 26th of April, 1819, and mnsistml ut‘ unly liw mon‘flwrs. .\'n\\‘ tlw mnmhnl'ship «m- this ship, 01' Iho- Atlantiv is mnsiolm-ahly in emâ€" nus.» nt‘ twn millinns. ' Th.- spm'kvr dwvlt at, sunn- icpgth nu Hm HH'N‘ links of ()ddfellnwahip. lsigniticam of Frinndship. Luna and 'l'rulh. tlw cardinal principlns 0f tho ”New. and [minted nut that the pos- snssiun nl' Hle‘éu \‘irtuvs in an indi- vidual Hr an nl'ganizatitm mad" for Hm hiulwst. tvlw of lift), and “VT:- 1 { snssiun nl' theta» \‘H'tu \‘idual Hr an nl'ganiza tlw higlwst tylw 0f 1 (-wnlnwndublv \‘il'fllP..S. 'l‘hw {Ullll'l‘SS was plain and pmnum, and from tho‘ fm'nl‘ablc comments ilt‘ul'tl nn all sides, as well as the lwm'ty thanks lviu'loreil later in the 1m.l:.'l‘-l‘l_"')lll. \w- aw sure that all on- juywl HIP svi'\‘iiw.~'. 'l‘hanks were also tvuclm'eil to llw visiting brethren} {rum ntlim- lndgus and in the church irm- tlw vxcvllvnt music pi'npai'ml for lthi- uucaslnn. :-‘ 1‘“.'\"Al Alumt hwuty-fiw mum in anon”- alu'o'. frnm \\ alkurtun, :1 smaller numhm' from Hanover. and three 01‘ ‘I‘IIIIU" . I‘mu' from )lbfiht Forest. 310.4515: Hnwarcl Mrlhmahi and T.‘ Allan vurh haw hens that. pride tlwmse-lws/nn tlw‘ size of their work. and haw rm-cntly «,lvmnnstratt‘xl that thry arm in it with tlw best. of them.‘ Mr. )lclmiialo'i‘s hon presented him with an egg measuring 6%: x 814‘ inrhns, and Mr. Allan’s dropped one into the nvst that measurm'l 6‘4 x 8%; inches. ‘ 'l‘hcs‘c- ill't' not prm‘incizll records ; er Silt! by any 'mcans. but. tlwy are gmut vggs, and Mr. W. 1’. Paterson, who had tho. honor of eating the work 01' Ml‘. Allan‘s fuwl «mu mornâ€" ing I‘vrrntly says that. it. mach" quite a nn'n- hrvakt'ast. 'l‘rut 'mn out. “'0‘” nut kirk at. 30 cunts a. dnzmi -fm' “:35 01' this sizo‘. "St'nth‘" Munx'n holds the‘ I‘N'nl'd su far futuhig twmt~~that is. so far as \w know. Last. 'l'hursduy. upm- i-ng day. he capturml nm‘ \x'vighing a pnuml and sown mun-cs and me: â€" suring fifteen inches in Ivngth. HOUSE TOOK FIRE FROM BURNING CHIMNEY Residence ef Mr. Samuel McDermid,‘ .Glenelg Totally Destroyed Satur- day Last..â€"â€"Little Insurance. HI) lr‘riilay mnrning 1351 between elem-n n‘rlerk and the noon lmur. the i'vsillomt'v nf Mr. Samuel MCDOdmltl u!‘ Sidelimml 40. about a mile south or the Durham Road. in Glenelg. was ‘tntally destruyerl by tire, and with the exception of a small portion of [their furniture rescued from the huttum tlut. their house furnishings anol eluthing. the. were also destroy- ml "‘I. From what. The Chmfmiclo can learn. the roof took fire from a burning chimney and as then") was no one: at home at the time but. Mr. McDermid and his wife, the flames got beyond control. _ u ._..;‘1..Ir. kn‘nl’ gUI Ut'3UlHl \qux u. The house was. a comfortable brick' structure and we understand there was only a matter of $800 insurance carried. This amount nowadays will not g far toward erecting a new dwelling, to say nothing of the wearâ€" ing apparel. and. furniture that was lost. , The whole communi y sympathiz- ps with Mr. and Mrs. McDermid in their loss. M“ The .desort areas or the United States are included within a great triangle whose base 800 miles long rests upon the Mexican border in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas._and whose peak is in North- céfifial Oregon- HOLDS BIG TROUT RECORD BIG EGGS IN TOWN ‘Iuklv. 0m. “'0.“ nut kick at, tlnze‘n -fu1- nggs nf this MRS. J. A. GRAHAM HEADS WOMEN’S INST. Largest Annual Meeting in History of Sogietg, Mega; Rage of Mrs. V5 WVLUIJ, also. “v .. J. n. Hardingâ€"TE} a'uount i313 est Greenhouse Last Thursday. On \Vednesday afternoon, April 30, Mrs. J. H. Harding was hostess for the largest annual meeting in the history of the Durham branch‘ of the Women's Institute. The current business of the month being disposedi of. the President’s address. and the Secretary-Treasurer’s and Auditors‘ reports were given and showed that the year had been a very successful 'one for the‘Institute, as it had gained not only in numerical strength and finances, but also in the interest taken in the work. An instrumental duet by Misses J. Harding and M. Pickering was a most pleasing variation to the pro- gram and was followed by an excel-; lent paper prepared by Miss Fettes, Matron, of Durham Hospital, on “The Results of Contagious Disease on the Full Growth. This paper, which is well worthy a wider publicity, is the [last of the splendid series, “The Chilcl in the Home," taken by the Institute during the year. \fter a couple of good selections 1 111 the choir. the election of officers 1 for the ensuing year \1 as proceeded ‘ With. and resulted as follows: President. Mrs. J. A. Graham; ist Viceâ€"President. Mrs. Mct.‘.annel; 2nd “611- President. Mrs. J. McGox'an; Secretar) -Treasur1_1r Miss E. Pat-‘ t111~o11 District Directors Mesdames :'l’atte1son. Cameron and Redfor1l;; ll’1'1,ro 'am (loniniittee, Mesdames Mc-. ill1aitl1. Harding. 11111l‘1'B111'n11tt; l’ress'; ’5111111111)’. Miss 111. Scott; Auditors.‘ Misses M. M1'1li11', :1111l 12.8131)“; 1 i1'11i1 l)ir111'.tor Mrs. llamage; Assist-.l 111111.1‘l111irDirector. Mrs. ’111'gess. 1 l .\t the 1'111s11 111' the meeting. Mrs? 111 111'1li111: s111'\111l 11 1l11i11t\_ 111111'.l1 ' ‘ Took Trip to Mount Forest. 1 1111 'll111rs 11111. afternoon. althoi11yl1 tl111\\1111tl1111'\\11s1111t just in a. perfect Mm l)a\ mood 11111 Institute Went 11-Mayi11g. \\l11111. some. 1111't\ or more 1111111111111 Miss llelts imitfltion to s111111l1111 alt11111111111 :1t H111 \lomit i'l 111115! "1111111 houses. l'pnn sat-rival thwrn. Mr. and Miss! Flc-tt put, forth Hmir 11tn'm:-" -:"m-is‘ tn makv tho aftm'nmm hath pltrasaut‘ and prolitahlo- tn Hwir ghosts. first lvavinf; Lhmn frm- tn dvligln themw svlvvs in thc' lwautius of NW plant and flnx'al display. thmx 0x1_)luining and dermmnstrating thc- various pha- svs uf thvir work which would he or interest and assistance to tho home gal-donor and lovgr of flowers. and answering questinns innumv‘ruhlo. EVPI'yOIN.‘ present wont lmmo feeling ‘thai. thv aftm'nmm had been a most gvnjoyablv nm- mul was time well spvn’t. BADLYjBRUlSED WHEN“: - TACKLED BY COW Three-Year-Old Youth Had Narrow} Escape When Tackled by AngTy Bovine.â€"Not Seriously Injured. Lloyd Erwin. tho tlu'vo-.\'raI'-olcll sun 01' Mr. and Mrs. \Villiam Erwin. ul’ Wust. Qumm strm‘t. had :zt narrow ‘oscapo Monday from being trampled {or buttrd to «loath by an angry cow "whicll knocked the little (0110“; down land but for the interference of Mrs. Erwin and .21 noighbor, would un- clt‘mhtMly haw dump the little follow 0* death. '11111 110“ in question, according to )111s.l1211w.i11 i.~.1_11111ina111y quiet. and “11h 1:111mn 111111111111, is q11it11 gentl11. \\ ilh 11hil11111n.1111\\11\'111'th1_1 animal has 1111\1111 11111111 1111 11.11111}. 1"] 1111 animal 111111111515 111 3111. and Mrs. 111“ 111 1311111 in 51111111 \\ a} 1.1111 100911 in the stable. Il11\11.th11 littl11 son. \11 as 1111111111; in 11111 um! and had gone some distance 111111111! 111 his 11101111111 “111.111 the 00\\ ‘saxx 111111 111111 11111111111111 him 111mm. i M15. 1121“" 111 in1n1111lia1111\' wnnt to the i111.“ 1111 \\ 111111 11111 10\\ tu11111111 on 111111 .211111 111101111111 111111 1111\111. but made 110 .111111n1111. tt_1_l1a11111 111111 111111111wiS11. ln speaking in Tim Chronicle. Mrs.‘ Erwin said Shi‘ really ('milol give no lurid explanatinn of what had hap- iwnmi. but thinks that'the cow made no alivmpt in stamp on HIP prustratc buy. “1' ho \vuulcl have. been more sni-ionsly injured. She is of the opinion that the animal had knockeij the [my duwn with her head and was trying g0 butt him when she. appear- E‘lo in: Smith was called in to attend the child's injuries. and fumid that while the boy was bi‘uism‘l up quite :1 ML ”101'“ wow no hour‘s broken.‘ . The boy will be confined to his bml for a fow days but. boylike. he will no doubt be hard to keep there for very long and will recover quite1 rapidly once the fright wears Off. LOCAL ENTERTAINERS SCORE TRIUMPH AT GRILLIA Cameron Children Pleased Church Audience in Lake Simcoe Town. The ()rillia Packet- sayspf two well-known Durham .en‘tertamers : 1‘1... -.. “Miss Miriam and Master Eben. Cameron. of Durham. delighted the large audience in the Orillia Baptist church on Monday evening, April 21, at. a concert that was almost entirely rendered by themselves. They are original. humorous. and excel in character depiction, and were en- cored continuously. 'Will ye no lcome back again? " ()wgzn Sound brass band is being permlttpd to hand in its instruments and adjourn sme div. Great .mistakp. Ontarlo needs more brass bands and better brass bands in every village. hamlet, town and city of this Province. There is a sneak thiet or thieves in L Durham somewhere, and if our local ‘ police sleuths can capture him or them, it will be a feather in their cap that will wave harder than the seizure of a still or other moonshine making equipment. On several occasions in the past 1 few months. farmers have complain- 1 ed to The Chronicle that some part * of their equipment had been swiped ‘ from teams standing in the local church sheds. The last, however, ' L that has come to our notice, is petty I thieving from cars. On Thursday ; evening of last week, while standing outside the hall while the McQuinn . sisters concert was in progress. a 1 car belonging to Earl McDonald had . the filler cap, on which was mounted _ a Boyce motometer removed and l, naken. 0n the same evening at. the ' same place, a car belonging to Frank 9 McIlralth had one of the lenses and e . 5 rims removed and taken. e A couple of weeks ago we referred e ‘to other auto thefts that had taken 0 place, and while there is not such an awful lot going on, possibly no is more. than that which occurs in the ‘5 average town, there is too much .n oven at that._ _ l - .-_“ n‘u.‘1‘\‘ PBTTY AUTO THBPTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN ' Subak Thieves Said to Be Working On Parked Cars 1n Back StreetS. The Chronicle has a strong suspi-l ‘cion that the perpetrator of these thefts would not he awfully hard to catch if the effort were made, and l it is to he hoped that he will be run '. down soon. , We read in a daily paper the other {day of a magistrate sentencing a :man to thirty days in the county jail il‘oi- stealing an auto rug, and if the guilty party in the local cases gets .caught and is given even sixty days the doesn't need to look for_ Very iniueh sympathy from the average leitizen. Thieyei'y has but one end- An..~“\‘ Llll tn” 1131Lvu. 1115:. \011 \\ill alwaxs 2,131 caught if ynu stax at it 1011:; enough. ONE-TIME RESIDENT HERE CELEBRATES GOLDEN WEDDING Mr. and Mrs. S. F. McComb, Palmer- ston, Celebrate Passing of Fiftieth Milestone in Married Life.â€"â€"~Mr. McComhe Still Has Relatives Here. ()n the 23rd of April, there W133 celebrated at Palmerston, the fiftieth anniversary of the \vedi‘iing (lay of Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Metlnmh. the for- mer ni‘ whom grew up in Durham. his parents at. one time owning the house in East 1.71.)pi’si"1‘0wn new 0c-‘ enpied by Mr. John Mullen. Mr. MeCombe is an uncle of Mrs. Minn McKinnOn. and of Messrs. S. F. and Thomas McComh 01‘ this lnwn. 'l‘hnugh nearly tifty years since he left this Vicinity. we have no doubt. imany of the. older residents will reâ€" nl,_l‘.-.ML,‘ An!" “rich fl‘l‘ him and his estimable partner many more years of married life. ‘ .1 ust. fifty years ago Samuel F. Mc- ‘ Ilemhe was married to Miss Janet Livingstcme. who resided close to Mount Forest. Shortly after they moved to Palmerston where they [have lived continuously ever since. ’l‘heir golden anniversary was celâ€" ebrated in their home, “Sprucedrale Cottage." which they have occupied for forty years. Seven 01' the eleven children were present. some or whom came from a great l’listanize. it was a family affair. but during the afternoon and evening the aged cou- ple. received the congratulations of many close friends. Mrs. McCombi received in a charming brown gown. The. willow and white decorations were enhanced by masses Of beautiâ€" ful Russell roses. Mr. and Mrs. Mr- tlomh were the recipients of many 1 beautiful and costly presents, as well as those of gold. Congratulatory-tel- ' egrzims from friends far and near also did much to make pleasant their anniversary (hay; Pecuiiar Accident in Upper Town, Fortunately, Had No Bad Results. ()n ’l‘ucsday morning last about. halfâ€"past. ton a poculiar accident liappcnml up town Oppositc 'l'l’iomas Scarf’s residence, in which :3. Ford coupc, driven by Dr. McComb of 0ch Sound, was somewhat, badly damaged. Dr. and Mrs. McComb had been in Durham and were returning home when tho accident occurred. Whilc': driving: along thc road at a moderatc’; ratc of spccd, with LR? coupe \vm- dows all closm‘l. Mrs. . cCOmbc sud- ldcnly bpcamc faint. and‘fell forward. -â€"â€"‘---‘- Lia‘s ll‘flll\ urn-aux". .u..... ...--._ __. Dr. McComhe attempted to catch her and. at the same time open a window to let in some fresh air. when the coupe headed for the ditch and be- fore it could be righted landed up against a culvert and stopped. The ditch at this point on the Proâ€"‘ Vincial highway, is about two feet (leep._and when the car struck the Iculvert and cement crossing. the front axle was torn out of place, the radius rods broken, one wheel smashed. and the lower windshield and the glass in one of the doors broken. Mrs. McCombe was slightly cut by some ,of the less whichflew l- , _ 1 _. -1. AA“. A115 luav ,v â€" back into the coupe. but not serious- ly. while the doctor escaped) without a scratch. g The damages in all will amount 101 in the neighborhood of $50.00. A Dodge touring car is also report- ed to have gone in the ditch about half a mile north of Domoch on the Highway. but whOse it was or the amount of damage done could not {be learned. A no‘sticâ€"ators. one that ruined tie a thousand pro will be remem- DOG BY-LAW IS T0 BE STRICTLY ENFORCED Town Gouncfil Decides on Monday . Night to Strictly Enforce the Dog ‘ Bylaw Passed Last October, But Which Has Never Been Enforced.â€" Retaining Wall on Em, and Other Business Kept Town Fathers Busy. According to a motion passed atl the Council Board on Monday night} the work of erecting a retaining wall on the westside of Garafraxa street on the Durham bill, will be rushed to completion this earl ' summer, and tenders are being as ed in this issue. The Board of Works were given authority to call for the ten- ;ders and let the contract. D vâ€"v wâ€"â€" -7 The Fire and'Light Committee re- orted having seen the Hydro Comâ€" mission regarding the acquisition 0: llllocnvsa A vow- V‘""U __e _ a room for the firemen. The com- mission were willing to grant this providing that the Council pay for half the improvements they had put ll.n lw‘l ‘llIK. IIII’IL V v V--- --" on this particularvportviâ€"OH of 'the. building. The fire tank up town also came in i, for quite a lot of discussion. Coun- s] cillor Bell thought that the Fire and u Light Committee should have noth- tl ing to do with the erection of tire tg tanks in the town. This was the r business of the Board of Works. The e tank at the. top of the hill had been ’started but never completed, and he I thought. something ought to he done. ( Councillor McFadden. who is s chairman of the Board of Works, arose at this juncture and said he was willing to go ahead and do this i providing it was sanctioned by the Council. He had started to repair the tank when it first needed it, but lhatl been called off to await the, de- cision ot' thepoelile regarding the waterworks. The Board of Works will repair the tank. Councillor Macdonald pmntti-ttl out that at the present there was no place? in the Vicinity .of the l-li/gn school where the fire engine could i get sutl‘icient water in case a fire broke out in that neighborhood. This matter, too. will he looked into by 1 the (haunt-it. . . . l 'l‘homas Daniel was apptnntmt lo‘ ' collect the. «to: taxes in town that remain unpaid. l The mention of the unpaid (log; tax. it also brought. out the fact that. the ’1‘ dog nuisance in town is still as hau ,_ as before. the notorious dog hy-law l was passed. The Council were all (I of the opinion that-tho dog nunsance ._; has become, a real one, especially on ' the front street. and the hy-law will be enforced, commencii g at once. a â€"- u<c , . A]--. “4‘er ‘hfl‘ ‘)(: ”I‘ll-'1 LASU. VullllA-vnnv---kV -(20nnciller McFadden also said that something 'shenlrl he done about. the main street auto “Speeders.“ He said that the law was fairly well Observ- ed. but he thought. that. not enough care was exercised esneeially on Sat- 1 urday nights, by some motorists 1n turning the corners on the main [square and in 'driving down the [crowded street. They were :1. real danger to 1‘)edestrians and zllsn to ether careful motorists. The conâ€" stables will be instructed tn enforce the traffic laws. and il‘_a warning,' is , -nv:‘l “.|"“l the traffic laws. and if a warning isl not sutl'icient. prosecutions will hzmv V1 to follow. The Council is not out for ”‘ a conviction in any case, but felt that there should be some protection givâ€" 0‘ en the careful motorist on Saturday ‘ .evenings or other days when a big ll crowd is in town. U Some. farmers just. outside the 1] northern hmtndary of the corpora-1‘1 tion had laid a complaint that harâ€" l‘ berry bushes growing inside the H town limits was causing rust on ‘1 their creps. The Council will see to it that these bushes on private prepâ€" ertv are cut down and. also that any i l a P growing on the streets or on town it [iiropi'n‘ty is disposed of. Messrs. J. S. Mcllrnith and J. A. McLachlan were a delegation from ‘ the Retail Merchants Association in 1 a complaint against. the low fee for ] hawkcrs and peddlers charged in 1 . town. The fee of $2.00 per day here 1| was $10.“) in Mount Forest. The‘ merchants also though that the tea peddlars should also he called upon to pay a steeper rate. After quite a lot of discussion. Messrs. McIlraith and McLachlan. on request of the 5 Council. promised to get more infor- 1 mation on the subJect. as the Conn-l eil did not exactly know what pow-l ers they had in some of the cases. In 1 Speaking on the matter, Reeve Calder ; n while admitting that the $2.00 fee‘ 0 seemed law. would not be willing to. (c impose a $10.00 a day license, and! g. suggested that $5.00 would possibly; ' (Continued on page 53 l III.â€"WHAT Penns'rs no ron , CANADA Forests. in the language of the motorist. are the carburetor of na- tional business. We are accustomed to think of "forests” in terms of one industry, paperâ€"making 0r lumber- ing. whereas, they run a supply-line direct to every Canadian activity. it may be the fruit grower and his baskets and boxes and barrels, or the coal mine and its need for mil- lions of wooden pit-preps. or the fishery with its entire plant built of wood, or the railway and its in- satiable demand for track ties and lumber. or the farmer with his wooden house and barn, fence posts, furniture and fuel, or the water power with its dependence on the forest to prevent recurring torrent and drought. , . l __ 3“ - nv‘umfi ml“ “. vvgvâ€"vv The mometit we. touéh a wage- paying profitable Industry, whether Two Minute Talks On Forestry By ROBSON BLACK, Manager, $2200 a Year in Canada; $2.50 in U. S. Defeated Latter Team Both at; Home Two Weeks A90 and at. Edge Hill Last Friday Nightâ€"Other News of That Locality by Edge Hill Cor. [Alfie 1.1111 DL-uvvs I'w r..-__- - doors on Friday evening, when the last of the debates under the auspi- ces of the South Grey Debating League was held. . The debate was :â€"â€"“Resolved :That Observation is a more. important fac- tor in education than is reading," the affirmative being supported by Messrs. Ford and Hughes of,1\'o. 7. Normanby. while the Edge Hill speakers. Mrs. Ernest Greenwood and Mr. J. G. Firth, upheld the neg- ative. Mr: Herb. Edge occupied the chair for the evening. while Mr. Harold McKeehnie acted as timekeeper for the Speakers. " Lin: DpLunx ; v. M any strong and convincing tr- gunients were brought out on each side. one of the most convincing points was that of Mrs. Greenwood, in which she scored the affirmative speakers for the amount of reading they had done in the. preparation of their subject, their numerous quota- tions showing clearly that they had ’read history, biography, psychoIOgy, etc. All the speakersndid \feli. I, An‘ ELL. 1x1: L11» uyv..---..-_. -_ ,, The judges were Rev. Mr. Lane. DI’. Staples and Mr. J. A. Magee, all of Hanover. They gave their deci- sion in fan‘ of No. 7. Ndi'manby, and as this team also won the homo debate with Edge Hill. they become the winners 01"- the ti'Ophy. Rev. Mr. Lane, in cemiiieiiting on the debate, suggested where each side might have inmi‘eved its argu- ment. He also emphasized the imâ€" 1,)Ol'lallt‘t! of quiek and clever rebut- 131 of arguments. 1hr. Staples, «an old Edge Hill Day, alsn spnke briefly, in- ilulgiiig in pleasant reminiscences 01' hygmm- (lays. _/ ‘ -- . 4.-..-- --‘ U1 I") FUIH' ““3 n. Besides the dchatv a good mngram was given. Dan Ritchie. and Mary Anderson gave i‘m-itatimis. The Rocky ni‘chvst 'a furnished some ex- cvlh'nt. music and Mr. Peter Ramage 1:2in a $011» in gmnl Si)’lt‘,\allti .the singing nf the \\’«.-lI-_-1{nO\\'nBelI faâ€" mily was warmly applaudmi. Two gentlemen from Hanover, whose. 11:1an wv did not. svmu‘c. also assist- ml in llu- pmgi'am. The program ‘was in'tmgl'it to a close by singing the National Anthem. after which hunch was served. Miss: Ethel Anderson is home after sp‘éndmg the \x'mter months 111 Tor- onto. . . Mrs. Joseph McNally is spending this week-end with her daughter. Mrs. Allan Brown, North Egremont. Mr. David Robinson was a delegate from N0. :5 to the (LEA. mmvnntion in Tuvalu”. A. MMIVSJOIIH Mox‘tlcy and children «If Arthur spent a month with her par- cuts. Mr. and Mrs. H._}\'i!§ian_1§. .. ‘-’lIU§JQ nu. â€"-â€"__- Misses Pearl and Myrtle Mortley of Dumoch visited (her tho- week- end with their sisters. Mrs. Green- wood and Mrs. Williams. UV“ “--w _.7 Mrs. Robinson aim! sun i‘lai‘encv, visited fr! 01105 in Clicslcv and Rim- 1“ (‘1' Arbor Day was duly observed in our school on Friday. quit» an im- provement being {made in the apâ€" poaranm of school and grounds. In tho al‘tormmn an enjoyable little union picnic was held at the) Mc- (Jlocklin mmp. Rocky Saugeen, be- tween the pupils of Edge Hill and Rocky schools. The picnic was un- (lf’l' tho supervision 0f the two lvaclmrs. Miss Lamb Of tlw Rocky, and Miss McKechnio of Edge Hill. Nomlloss to say, the Phildren enjoyed tlu-msolvcs. 'l'lw agitatiOp uvnr bobbed hair will nut «and until all the women in thv country haw citlwr 1mm in tho. harbm-‘s 01' 11mm gone. bal«l.---Dctmit Free Press. TEMPERATURES FOR LAST WEEK Thermometer médings made each morning at 8 a.m.. and are for the preceding 24 hours. The following are the maximum-minimum tem- peratures for the week : agriculture or manufacture in Canada, we touch a "forest industry’ for without the forest as a source of basic material Canadian industry could not hope to survive. This refers not to lumbering only but. to all constructive activities, and to the. bulk of. Canadian employment. Canadian Forestry Association. Canada‘s commercial future is wrapped up in the future of the forests. If the forests fail, Canada's “ Natural Resources" will be little better than a locomotive with a smashed connecting rod. China, Asia Minor, Spain, Italy and' Greece have given desperate proof of finch a sequence. ~ One of the last public statements of the late Sir Edmund Walker ‘was that “the continuance of forest fires is the darkest menace in the commercial future, of Lanada.” Sir Edmund. as a. financier and world traveller, well knew that the wanton destruction of forests pre- saged commercial decline. .VI 213' Max, Min. 4‘.) 37 62 5'; 35') 36 . GI m 37