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m first to push. and pthbridgo of death" femur was literally km! back. usutemeut m: Donâ€"- Mar and author- '31. AI- tors aver f his rel.- untinuono in an et- his will. 1 ivulge the might m- 3 city when.- ‘9 I‘CF ‘DDEN e and ass Ruled and Patrons» lll ,L'I‘lb ateam Ili’tump Re- gtement Cite W ater! Wot“)? hone ~t() mv part confi- ‘C ‘-'§ {It moss} What am is that in lunch The Globe has him say: There are two public works that cannot be trifled with; these are water and sewerage. A city may get along without pavements, without parks, and even without schools, but it cannot get along without plenty of good, pure water. There are a number of towns. in Ontario today flirting with pavmg echemes that would be better ad- vised to look carefully and without bias into their water supply. cents for . three months. To anv address in the Unit- ‘ ea. $2.50 per year. ”-25 for six months. 65 cents for three “10"" he L‘nâ€"- ; - - A mree months. “vuvl l-‘pre rates on applicahon v w_‘_‘. I'll papers Association . Whosoever is afraid of submit- “9 any question, civil or religious, to tkq test of free discussion, is more :1: £01.75: with his own opinion .‘-M -â€"â€".“ ‘ .’ . Speaking at the nomination meet- ing in Toronto last Friday, Mayor Hiltz, in his appeal, naturally dealt with the city business transacted under his regime, and, in promis- ing economy in the administration of civic business if elected for 1925 gave his hearers to understand economy does not mean blin ': t- WATERWORKS A N ECESSITY As towns grow older, the ground on which they sit becomes more and more polluted with the discharge from pit closets, cess-pcols and like and the day is not too far distant when, if the municipalities do not 7' IIVII -C' c..â€"-- v- act, tile -go'vernme1;t \rv'ifill step in and force them to install a moderp wa- terworks system as a protectxon to the publicjealtl}. ‘ LA...“ nllv r'w-cv “â€"W‘-__ Mayor Hiltz is right. A town or city can afford to do without a good many things in order to as- sure itself an adequate supply of good. pure drinking water. Thursday, December 25, 1924. WCSIBI’H Dullatla Jul-u--.- __, discriminated against and that if something were not would of necessity cease to be a competitor in the world’s . wheat market at _Live.rpoo . _ _._:A.L unmofhi no CANADA’S FREIGHT RATES "r'or "7""- ' ‘ o - monton wheat 81'0“" can lay - New York. “Sing a Camdian Weekly News- Inna-” -‘ Av; uualucflb bruuaacucu regime, and, in promis- IY in the administration Liness if elected for 1925 ’ inarket WI. w IV' l"S’Veién subscription I‘IA- 56.17 cents; from Mitchell, South Dakota, it is 52.17 cents. “From this it will be seen that Sim... “imam the cost of transportatior} 6.99“} 'x'with something iay his less 'iH'CMIt'iiéfiin the United ;; States. The difference is so great that it amounts to many cents per v bushel. The cost of railroading ll is about the same in both countries. i If any difference exists in the cost l E of operating the railroads, the lower ' lcost should be in the United States . Iwhere climatic conditions are more i favorable. If the Canadian rail- ‘ ways are losing money, that money ‘ goes to the producers. If there is 1 no loss to the railroads from this 4 low rate in Canada. then, surely, the railroads in the United States are making immense profits from the rate they are getting. “It has been charged that the railroads in Canada have been los- mg money. That may be very. , true. . It has not been charged thAt this loss can be traced to the low rate charged for hauling wheat. If the loss now suffered by the Cana- dian railroads could be turned into a profit, would it be necessary to I increase the rate'there to the same ged in the United States? 3 suffered by those railroads not be a result of too low grain The loss may be incurred modity should be a compensatory f rate. No commodity should be fa- n vored with a rate so low that it is carried at a loss, and then have the rate on another commodity boosted high enough to cover that loss. .w‘tknyway, the freight rates on wheat here in the United States seem to need revision.” SOCIAL AND PERSONAL My. Vicpuy Canon nl‘ ' holulay \_'_ISl‘t.Ul' 1n town. hr. and Mrs. Lynn Grant and (laughter, .Imn, of Walkertun, and Mrs. A. Muir and sun of Ceylon are Christmas visitors uptown. _ In Mr. Ernest. Mcfiil‘l‘ of (Bali. is SpPlldilIg tha- holidays with his mnthm'. Mrs. Thomas McGirr, and timer i'vlutivcsin town and vicinity. . Miss Clam Aljoo of Toronto is visâ€" lting With. hor parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rnbt'l‘t AIJm'. __ _ ‘ 1'“ l"‘AL-_.:_-._4- Miss Alice 1%ng of St. Catharines, Miss Edith of Sault Ste, Marie and Miss Mary of St. Thomas are spend- ing the Christmas holidays with tlwir sister, Mi§_s_ Margaret. Edge. '_-_.- LIIQ'Il Blu‘l-U union AVlulcwnv' â€""v Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Heughan, [rum and Caldwell of Milvorlon are visit.- ms in town with Mr. and Mrs. Jolm Aldred and MI; aqg M15. .1. lleughan. "â€" “$-- Miss Chrissie McGirr of Parry Sound arrived Monday to spend the holiday with her mother. Mrs. Thomas Met‘nirr. Mr. and Mrs. 'l‘. Ivan Edwards of Toronto and Mr. and Mrs. William Kennedy and little son, Marshall, of Shelhurne are Christmas visitors with Mr. and Mrs. John__Aldred. A fll_‘ . Mr. and Mrs. Murray Boy of Simi- ford and Mr. and Mrs. Harper Me:â€" Girr of Detroit are visiting over the holiday with Mr. and Mrs. '1‘. Mn Girr. . VIII. Miss Marganjt. McKenzie of l‘Or- onto IS hohdaymg m town. ‘---- ---A Ulluv lo ..u....“.,--._ -.. - Those. spending the holiday out of town are: Mr. and Mrs. J. L. formers mother at Weston; Mr. and' Mrs. George. (launon and three chil-‘ (ll'l‘ll. with Mrs. (‘lagnon’s father in Simeoe; Mr. John Burns of the Chronirle stuff at his home in Lo’n- don; Mr. C. H. Darling, with his fa- ther in Simcoe; Mr. and Mrs. E. 1‘). McClocklin with relatives in Toron- ‘to; Miss Donalda McEachern. at her home at Conn; Miss Annie McDonald, at her home at Ripley; Miss Lizzie Schafer. at. her home in Hanover; Miss Redmond at Peter-borough; Miss .Cresswell. near Cornyall. Mr. Bert Barber of Detroit is home over the holiday. Mr. J. J. O’Shea is spending the holiday at his home in Midland. Mr. and Mrs. R. Putnam of Mount Forest are Christmas visitors with the latter‘s mother, Mrs. William Caldwell. Miss Ethel Youngi who is teaching near Alma. and iss Hazel, who teaches at Irish Lake, are spending the vacation with their parents, Mr. land Mrs. Thomas Young. -I' n_AA- fin}. Gowan’s. Mr. Albert McFadden of Toronto is visiting with his mother, Mrs. Thomas McFadden. and other rela- tives in town and yicinitg; Mr. Murray Davns of oronto is .a Christmas visitor with his grand- narents. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Davis. Glenelg. Mr. and Mrs. John Davis of Owen Sound are visiting friends and rei- aiives in town. Miss M. J. Lawrence, teacher in Wiartnn. is spending the holiday at her home here. ' Miss Adeline Grahsm of Toronto and Mr. Dona’d G! aham of Saul: Ste. Marie arrived Monday night to bl'vxr 5.. -v-._‘ Mr. . Murray. Davis a Christmas vxsntor V narents. Mr. and Davis. Glenelg. Vic-Lox- Uauon of T omntn is gyun (iraut and spend the Christmas holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Graham. U1 'dlldlll. Mr. Cecil Wiggins of Stratford Normal is visiting over the holidays at the parental home here. _ Mr. Lorne McNally of Detrmt is visiting with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John SicNgiiy. - rI‘ - ~â€"‘â€" ‘Yricx home here. Miss May McClocklin of Toronto is a holiday Visitor with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. T. McClockiin. Mr. John Darling of Calgary is visiting his brother. Mr. C. H. Dar- ling and his sister. Mrs. George 1 633nm}: ..... l .-l_l-r-- A? l‘n}nl\i, llafiuuu. Mr. William Ui‘utchley of Detroit is visiting \\ ilh his parents, MI‘. and Mrs. A. Crutchloy. , Miss Lavina Mortloy, teaching near Richmond Hill, is spending the holi- da '3 with her parents at Latona. ,. . iss Mary Bell, attending Normal school at North Bay, is visiting with her. mother, Mrs. John Bell, over the -_ on lo ,‘I AA.\..I\:-\fl in llUUuaJa. Miss Mary Turnbull, teaching in Frontenac County, is holidaying with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. (Eneorge 'l'm'nbull 0f Bantingk. ‘11-...1I ‘ ‘Jl IIUUII U. u‘llov-Duvâ€"u M r. W. R. Edwards, who is attend- ing school in Toronto, is spending the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. '1‘. Edwards, TraVersion. Miss: Eula Burnett and Mr. Royâ€" den Burnett. students at the Univer- sity of Western Ontario, London, arr spending the Christmas holidays with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burnett. 11 _,‘p_-_,‘ I\\’I"'«III Jll'll u‘ v‘. _ MISS Vlolet, Mervyn ul Stnatfprd Normal has armed home for Christ.- mas. Mr. Albert, Kross, who attends the I'nivm'sity of Western Ontario, Lonâ€" don. is home for the ho‘lidays. ll__‘A] l_l\Jllo It) lull-lug: ax}- ..--._. v-__ Miss. Ola ‘a McCrae. who is attendâ€" ing Stratford Nurmnl school, is hulâ€" idaying will: hm' pzu'cntS. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Mchav. Mr. Martin Laudm' of Lnnduu is holidaying at. h}: home here. ‘I f‘__ AA_ Mr. Wilbur ’I‘I'aynm' of (.Zhicagu arrivml 'l‘mrsduy to spend Christmas with his n'mlhm'. Mrs. H. ’l‘mynor. Mr. and Mrs. I“. (1. Hopkins of mar Dmmnrc spunk :1 couple nf days m- oontly with New parvnts. Mr. and Mrs. .Iulm Korr, Yarpcy. n ‘V LVllfi. 'l‘llll. sun; . -v- __._ Missvs Rhona Livinéstmi of Nur- tlwm Ontario and 0m Livingstnn of Hamilton m'v udsiliug tht‘il' parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Lix ingslnn. ”I‘ll- tinck. Miss Annie Cross of (hwlpli in. \isâ€" Hing ()‘w'r Hm holiday with Iv” mnâ€" Him' and hmthm' lml'v. METHODIST SUNDAY SCHOOL PRESENTED GOOD PROGRAM Popular Annual Event Held in Town Hall Last ThurSday.â€"-â€"Big Crowd in Atte‘ndance. 'l‘lm tLllrislmas entrrtelement ot' the Methodist, Sunday School war '10“! on 'l‘llurstluy lost. This an- nual event. always creates a flutter of t-xritement amongst. the young; folk<. zuul a great. deal of interest. ll armlsml :mnmgst their parents. Con» . mlquently there was a large band oi‘ entertaimws prepared to «lo their best. and there was at full house of eager watchers and listeners. The programme opened with it “\\'elcon‘1e“ rlmrus by a whole plat-‘ form full of youthful Singers who rendered two other choruses in a whole hearted effort to please. Fol- lowing the. "\Velcome“ chorus was .‘I‘ short address by the chairman, ReV.‘ J. E. Peters. Then came a long list, of miscellamsous numbers. 'l‘herv were solos by ()livene Yiirs. May Miles, Gertrude Glass and \V'ilmu Smith; reritations by Ross Wilson and Edna Elliott: two choruses enâ€" titled “Very Little 'l‘l‘)ts" and “Little Sleepy Head Dolly" by the little folk: two duets, one by Cbristeue and Frank 600(10th and the other by Christenc (‘ioodchildand Ellen llay; a quartette in costume, “Nobody Knows Wlhat the Next Style Will Be;" 'l‘wo dialogues, “The Barber’s Shop," by several boys, and “How Nellie Made Good,” by a number of girls; a patriotic number entitled, “Canada :" a monologue. “Fren’s Fan- cies.” hy Ada Metcalf; a reading and a solo on the horn by Mr. Padfield; and a pantomime in which the mo- tions were gracefully performed h} a number of young ladies, while the ihyinn was sung by ‘Mr.‘1§enson. _â€" â€"â€"_- Every item was rendered in a very pleasing manner and showed the painstaking training of the commit- tee of lady teachers who had the programme in hand. Before separ- ating, the children of the Sunday School were given boxes of randy and nuts as a little token 01‘ Chi ist- mas. MUSICAL SBR_VI_Q§ Large Crowd Present at. Christmas Service in Methodist Church. The Christmas service in the Methodist Church on Sunday even- ing was entirely musical, and the large congregation that assembled in spite of the unpropitious weather, thoroughly enjo ed a splendid treat. Miss McGrae an her full choir were in splendid formâ€"they aimed to please, and they certainly succeeded. The Cantata rendered was entitled ,“The Herald Angels” by Carrie B. Adams. The music was both spirit- ed and sweet, and was so varied that there was no monotony during the rendition. There were solos for’ each of the parts; atrio andaquar- tette for the ladies’ voices; a male quartette, and a number of choruses all of which were faithfully and skil- fully interpreted. During the inter- val a pleasing violin solo was ren- dered by Mr. George Yiirs and a short address apprOpriate to the Christmas season was given by the pastor; 1â€". -A -1 J_-_. I”The Cantata is to be repeated durâ€" ing the service on Sundav night. Usuaily you can tell by looking at a girl what kind of a. past, she is going to have.‘ ifsâ€"'1" Efinnn nvnnmc DURHAM CHRONICLE Tht' Slltllk Ml. an Arab ll‘llh‘. rll}.~'l Mr. Paul Han‘isi‘m in a rem-n! -..;_ sm- uf Min, exercises unlimilml' [‘mwerz of him it. may be said us it ; was said «if Nelmchadnezzar. “\thm 5 he would, in: slow; and whuni “(‘3 would, lm kept. alive." The unly‘ check npnn his actions is public Oplnl‘ll! and the likelihood of its exâ€"l pressing: itself in the form of assas-l sinntiun if he becomes too unpupu- law. The office is hereditary, and in the natural course of ' events. passes tn the eldest son; but occaâ€" sionally, if the heir is obviously a man 01‘ no force, one of the other children assumes it. instead. “The ahli-st ruler is the- man wanted and ‘lht‘ (ml? “Vislilllillly secured. NO 0110 cures nun-h tn what. family he be- It'ngrs‘ 1‘ “gr. Ahlr some of tho shoiks certainly} arr. and accori‘ling to their rights and traditions, just, although the frightful severity of the punish- ments inflicted would often seem to tho more merciful mind of the Oc- cident, out. of all proportion to the offenses committed. Flogging, cut- ting off the hands and decapitation arr l'rv'qunnL But Mr. Harrison tells us of one act of justice, severe in ,its way, it is trnr, but. such as to lwin tho approval in the Western HWorld no less than in the Orient. 11m Jiluwi, (hwm'nor 0f Hasa, holds his court. in Hofuf, the capital. Ho rules with a rod or iron, and tho rich and powerfui may expect no favors at his hands. He is absolute- 1y ’incor‘mptiple and impartial. --_-.I l...“..... One day there appeared before him as complainant, a poor and ig- norant villager whose cow some boys on a hunting expedition had shot and killed. A careful description of the party made it possible to gather the entire number before the governor. The villager did not know the name of the ring-leader. but on being asked if he could iden- tify him at once pointed him out.-To his horror, he then learned that the ;lad was Ibu J ilawi’s own son. IHU W53 IUU 011an 0 WI aUI “Did you do this?” the. father asked stemly. b “Yes, I did it.” acknowledged the 0y The boy had a very fine mere, 3 recent gift from his father and at the father 9 command, she was brought_ in. “Would you,” asked Ibu Jilawi with the utmost courtesy, “be Will- ing to regard this mare as. an ade- quate compensation for the loss of your 90??" .- “Certainly,” replied the villager. “She is worth many times the value of my cow, but I hope you will ex- cuse me from taking her. If I had the least idea who the offender was, I should never have entered a com- THE SHEIK’S JUSTICE “No doubt. that is 11110." lumen Hm Jilzmi with a smiley “hut never- Hu‘lvss you will nut he}. excused from taking: tlm unmu The boy will apolâ€" ug‘izv in you unqualificdly, and if you will then consider the matter svttlvd. I shall 1w smcvmrly indebted Ln yum: So. Jammy recon the Villager led 011' child s heart. was 31 tint '2 escalation Every Day" Is Bargain Day THE PEOPLE’S MILLS The People’s Mill ;! receiwd UH: apology, ' led 011' the. mare. Tho t. was almost broken, but Sovereign Flour Eclipse Flour _ White Lily Pastry Flour Wheat Cereal and. Rolled Oat: Bran Shorts Feed flour 0» Choc Crimpod Oats Hind Chop Mixed Grain {at Poultry Food BM’ 3 Call Hal Pig Neal and Poultry Feeds HAT DID YOU GIVE LAST CHRIST MAE ? Toys for the kiddiesâ€"most of them broken by now. “ Something useful” {or the grown-upsâ€"now worn out or forgotten. Cash to your employees-â€" appreciated but soon spent. Other presen tsâ€"burriedly bought and perhaps ill-chosen. Are they remembered Suppose this year you give them web a Bank Book mmining an initial deposit. and urge than to add to it malady. Could anything be more suit-bk? Total Assets $560,000,000. Implied urn-mam: Pm Boot-”0010!!“ “WWW. AT it. was um, Ullbll auum mum ....F,. that. lbu Jilawi bought the man hack for him, and then at a thousand riyals, 01‘ Maria Theresa. dollars, a sum sufficient to make the villager iudcpmulcnlly wealthy for the rest Of his life. We, shall not, get excited unui some statesman comes forward with a plan to save the country withom m-‘nn'l‘ “Amid passing a Aszt sea 1§.Â¥Dulum Herald. Durham, Ont. I ncreczses in Value ..c1fl('k [1‘ 99.1111“ '1: “(‘1‘ks 80111111 11.. [NM ’11 :11 31 Sal lwn W. \1 \\ IT ll a! "l lul 31m. \\ hm Hi ‘ (I al r0 Iahmc «alary print :1 33 hm hridtm mnm'v mq 'N'? HT fillfll [Wham Chm!” next. MN'W.‘ It strurtfid 9‘ ' press Lian. vall!‘ 1V H il V6- M N “001' 81 n MM \\ I" I IN ON Hv N I" I‘I] 'Im. ~10 VII'W {-10 fl necv" “”5; Q I": '1 El v. .lrfiraih Mia 18“ H fl ti" "IS ,‘ ”a“ ll 1‘ TM W" \1: