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PAY FOR COUNCILLORS During the past two or three years. we have heard considerable talk favoring the payment of town Councillors. And why not? If a man sits at the Council Board twelve times during the year and is faithful to the trust reposed in him, we see no reason why he should not be recompensed for th time lost and energy expended in the performance of this public ser- If the court decides that the vio- let ray must not interfere with ra- dio. then violet ray users may as me]! get rid of their machines; if the decision sa\s that the opposite is the case, then, it is up to the radio corporations to produce some turther invention that will nullify the effects of the violet ray. The situation raises an important point. Can the plaintiffs prove that the defendant is using his vio- let ray machine in “a vengeful man- ner" as alleged? If this point is not proven, can the user of the vioo let ray machine be stopped for the reason that he interferes with radio receptance ? The judge or jury on this case will have to do some hard thinking to decide between the rights of the radio fan. whose tuning in is for pleasure. and those of the user of the violet ray. who may claim he is using it for medical treatment. Of course. we must all admit that no one should unnecessarily inter- fere with the pleasures of others, but in the case of the violet ray, it is a hard matter to prove that ven- geance is the sole motive. RADIO INTERFERENCE The newest thing in legal action hails from Brantford. Two resi- dents of the Telephone City had an estrangement and a lawsuit, and, of course, one of them lost out. The successful man in the court scene owns a radio outfit; and the loser, it is alleged. starts up a violet ray machine every time his enemy tries to tune in and spoils his concert Not only that, but the use of the violet ray machine is said to in- terfere with all the radio machines in a wide area, and radio fans are seeking redress from Ottawa. Governments never give anything "for nothing,” for the simple rea- son that such a procedure is im- possible. Government revenues come from taxes of various kinds. which the people, themselves, pay; and the big game with political rid- ings nowadays is to try and get a little more than their legal share of public improvements that are paid for by the pe0ple of Canada as a whole. In receiving Govern- mental grants, the electors should never lose sight of the fact that whether it seems so or not, they are the ones who eventually must pay. Spendthrift Governments are' but the representatives of a spend- thrift people who, while preaching economy. fail to practice it, and delude themselves into thinking that every time they bleed the Government for some concession or other. they are getting it “for nothing." ”'95; I ..-'-r“-vv something out of the Government without paying for it, and as a gen- eral thing, the old pork barrel, es- pecially around election time, is worked twenty-four hours a day in an effort to hold the powers that be in power. Public buildings of all kinds are requested, and the fa- vored municipality or riding is for- ever reminded that they have re- ceived this, that or the other thing “at no cost to themselves” and should reciprocate by voting for the particular party who passed out the plums. And the weak part of our political system is that the party that faithfully guards the national purse -strings, never gets anywhere. A" ner as the Dominion Government, they would go bankrupt. This is a serious charge, but when one looks around him, he must admit it is more than likely that the statement is true. But who is to blame? A Government is no better than the people who put them thereâ€"and no worse. The chief trouble seems to be the in- consistency of the average voter. Every municipality wants to get -- uâ€"n-A-m‘ ham:‘}):1-ta;ro.vt:§ FEE]; fri'in, Editor and Manager. The Chronicle is ' address in and: at PAGE 4. If the payment of Councillors TH E SPENDTHRIFT AGE Thursday, January 3’, 1m. Weekly Hanover Presbyterian Church has voted out. or Church Union 117 to 27. and Thornhury congregation vot- ed anti 74 to 33:. Hcathcote Church was a tie. 16-16. According to the Act. the. church enters the union as there must be a majority opposed in order for it to remain out. T. A. For this he is to get $20 a month. The spendthrifts! Dur- ham Council ofl'ers $100 for this same job and tacks that magical word “etc.” on the end of it. A New Scheme .\ Virginia gentleman of color tells us that 110 doesn’t hit his wife any lllfll't‘ sincn he got lined in police vuurt. "Nu sah. from now on when dat wii'u ziisspai-atvs me. ['5 gwine kick lim- gmu’iâ€"â€"â€"drfl 5110 can‘t show it to .10 Jiii“igv."â€"Exchange. Relief for Everybody .\ travelling: man out up one night in :1 cheap. little hotel where the thin partitions of a range of bedrooms. like the stalls of a stable, stopped halfway to the ceiling. In the stilly watches of the night. he lay awake and listened to the finest «lenioi‘isti'ation of plain and fancy snoring that it had ever been his late to hear. It was full of sudden and awful variations. Sometimes strangulation seemed imminent; then. in the middle of a fantasia, the agony stopped suddenly. and there was silence. From a nearby stall, he heard a voice exclaim wearily, “Thank God! He‘s dead!” HANOVER AND TBORNBURY VOTE OUT OF UNION The new police constable at Has- tings is to act as sanitary inspect- or, collect all poll taxes, keep cross- ings clean, enforce all by-laws of the town and statutes for the pro- vince and prosecute under the O. The Des Moines (Iowa) Register says it’s the fellow who can pay his debts but won’t that is blocking the traffic on the road to prosper- ity. Isn’t it the truth. Some weil- off citizens do altogether too much side-stepping when payment time comes round, and are just one more reason for the continued high cost of living. Walkerton may form a skiing club in the near future. A Nor- wegian resident, Carl Larsen, is responsible. Skiing, snow-shoeing and toboganning are three of Can- ada’s best winter sports and are even healthier and certainly more strenuous than skating and other indoor winter pastimes. Isn't it remarkable how little brains some people get through the world with? They can’t think for themselves, can’t let others think for them, fly off the handle at ev- ery little thing that is said or done, and finally develop forty-seven difâ€" ferent humors every twenty-four hours. One hundred and eighteen alleged murderers face the judge and jury at the Chicago December assizes. It would be interesting to note the percentage of those found guilty who pay the death penalty. Chica- go courts have a continental repu- tation for their erratic findings. The Hydro-Electric Power Com- mission of Ontario bewails a short- age of power and in the next breath announces a project to illuminate Niagara Falls with something like a billion candle-power. Consistency. thou art a jewel. Next to the total eclipse, June 10th is the most important day of 1925 in one respect. On that date antis and pros will close the contri- bution of columns of church union advice through the daily press. “Silkâ€"â€"Dance” is the heading on a marriage notice reported by one 01 our exchanges last week. There’ s no argument about it. From now on, Silk will Dance all right. At least one thing can be said for the new “wooden” nickels is- sued by the Dominion Government. They may pass for a quarter on the collection plate if you don’t drop them too hard. A fig tree in “down town” Tor- onto is reported to be bearing fruit. Now we know where most of Tor- onto’s society belles get their clothes. héit‘ chapter will tellâ€"of their gam- boling before the police magistrate. Several Orang eville men were ar- rested last week for gambling. The A Durham trapper says :t’s the dollars and scents that keeps him in the game of trapping skunks. VV ll- 0-- â€" --- v While we do not commit our- selves to the advocacy of paid of- ficials in the smaller town Coun- cils, there is a possibility that it might not prove a bad investment. that would have to be guarded against, however, is the profession- al municipal politician}z he vxho is in it for the mo the service he community. NOTES AND COMMENTS render his - ‘lcv-Ju‘lv The Probatinn Associafion of Torâ€" ont and York County recently issued its first annual report. 'I‘hi~1 shnws that 436 persons were placed on pro- Probation thus serves several pur- poses in cases concerned: (a) saves the convicted person the stigma of having become a "gaol bird” and makes it easier for him to retain his self-respect; (h) it provides for his dependents; (c) constitutes an economic saving to the state costing in the individual case in Ontario at the rate of $30 per year, whereas in prison he would cost $300; (d) it makes his reformation and lasting good conduct more easy and prob- able which should be the one great object of the administration of jusâ€" tice; (ex it provides. however, for punishment of those who show that they are not deserving 1’ social con- fidence. How does it work? It is in actual operation only in Ontario for the reason that as yet no other province has organized a Probation System and provided Pro- bation officers, and the ordinary policeman would not prove an ideal or even an efficient. Probation of- ficer. It calls for not only Chr'stian sympathy, but wisdom. tac. pa- tience and unselfish devotion to the interests of those on probation. (3) Determine the duration of his probation, or make it indeterminate, and discharge him as being satisfied of the bona fides of the man’s good intentions and sufficiency to his dis- cipline; (The man is then entirely free so far as the legal consequences of his offence are concerned). (4} Order him to make restitution for the offence he has committed. (2) Put him out on probation un- der a designated officer, naming such conditions as he considers wise, such as: (a) he must do whatever the probation officer requires of him, accept a job secured for him, allow the officer to collect his wages, report at regular intervals to the officer, etc.; (b) he must agree that his wages shall go to the support of his wife, family or dependents. (1) Let him 011‘ on suspended éen- tence. What is meant by probation? Not parole, or extra-mural permit, or ticketâ€"of-leave, all of which are methods of dealing with persons who are serving time in prison for some offence of which they have been con- victed. Probation applies only to a convicted person in lieu of impri- sonment for a stated period. Sup- pose a young man of previous good record has been convicted on a charge of theft or fraud. If the mag- istrate or judge is of the Opinion that he has learned his lesson and that if given another chance he may be restored to. good citizenship where a sentence might only confirm him in crime, he (the judge) may: Probation of adult persons who are before a court for sentence after romietion for some offence, is new in Canada. It has for years been used in the Juvenile Courts, but it was not, until 1921 that an Act. pro- viding for the probation of adult persons in Canada was passed, on the initiative of Judge Mowat of On- tario, then a member of the House of Commons. PROBATION 0F CONVICTED PERSONS I There will he one show only oach night, and, besidvs the eight. Pools of m'inciml. a good comedy is also being shown. The shows commence at. 7.45 p.m.. and the admission has been fixed at 35 cents and 20 cents, tax included. “Let Not Man Put Asunder” Here on Friday and Saturday of Next Wpek. The management of the Veteran’s Star lhuatrr has secured for Febru- ary 6 and 7 the eight-reel picture. “Lot Not Man Put Asunder.” Owing to thv Sl‘iltlllg capacity of the local theatrv. a picture of this magnitude is pI'OCUI'Nl only at, a great expense. and it. is to hp hoped the public will he gmm'mis in their patronage and thus sl‘ww tlmii' appreciatiun for the (‘lTHl't in procure high-class screen [')1°_Q(_luctinn§. â€"- ‘ 7-1- early I" WUUWUV At present, the weather prOphets are predicting an early spring, basâ€" ing their prognostioations on the fact that the deer have shed their antlers and that balmy spring weaâ€" ther may be expected in another six weeks. We expect another pro- phecy next week after Candlemas day, which some pe0ple have unfail- ing faith in. The weather, while around the zero mark all day yesterday, has moderated considerably and this Thursday morning is about 12 above and getting warmer. BIG PICTURE COMINQ '1 ”“30 W IIU ‘5‘.“ C vâ€"-â€" - r - 7 _ winter must have meant a winter in which the furnace door would open frequently for coaling-up purposes. So far the present season has been steady and generally cold ever since early in Deeexnber. _ ----n‘hnn nmnhDLQ Twenty-four below is the mercur- ial registration on local thermom- eters last. Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning, and any _ . were out and had to face it think Local ”may!" “W?!“ (By J. G. Shearer) Chickens ...... Hons .......... Geese ......... Ducks OOOOOOOOOOOOOO Sheepskins ...... Live Hogs ....... W'hoat .......... Oats ............ Eggs, Firsts .50; Butter .......... Potatoes, per bag. Hides ........... It is curious that the hybridizers owe much to a single bulb sent over to Spain in a box of odds and ends. That bulb grew into a dahlia of a new type, and the strange thing is that never since has that particular dahlia been found growing wild in Mexico or anywhere else. It must have been a “sport,” a new variety that nature tried and for some mys- terious reason condemned to swift extermination. It was saved by chance for the gardens, and the de- ccendants of that one bulb, mixed in inextricable confusion now with other varieties. must be credited with having no small share in pro- ducing the wonders of the modern show. The dahlia. it seems, is a native of Mexico. where it grows wild. The oonquisladoros. says Mrs. Charles H. Stout in her book on tho dahlia. 0r olso somo priest who wont along with thom, saw or suspected possi- bilitios in the. wild plant and sent some of the bulbs homo to Spain. There the work of development was begun and carried a considerable distance. but it is not a Spanish but a Scandinavian name that the flower hears and always will boar, simply because the botanist Dahl, a pupil of Linnaeus, was the first to describe an_d__classify it in a scionlifiomanner. That seems unjust, but it is now too late for the wrong to be righted. The Spaniards, if they had tried, doubtless could have invented a more sonorous and beautiful name. The ancient Mexicans, too, have a claim for recognition though the name they used merely meant “wa- ter pipe” and referred to the struc- ture of the stems. Tim» was “1101! tlw (tahlia was not. 9.. “(MM that was highly esteemed. hut that. was lwfm'e ”It! I'oally skill- ful garitmwrs gut, hnld of it. By re- peated hybridization, they have now producmt a \mxiitm'fully brilliant and beautiful blossom that, has come to tam a high place in tho affections of the) lnwr 0f flowors. WHERE THE DAHLIA COMES FROM bation, .4 men and 91 women. Of these, 157 were under 20 years of age, 128 were lwtwoen 20 and 25, and 151 over 25. Four hundred and twenty-five persons were dependent on these pruhatnmws. Ninety-six per cent lived up to the regulations. The remaining 4 per cent were brought back and smtenced. It does therefore really work Ought it not to be intlocluced in the other pro- \inces 01 Canada. ....... l Public opinion is. undeniably hos- tile, as a rule, to payment or the members of civic bodies. Among , the towns at any rate, there are few :exceptions. Elora pays councillors and hydro commissioners $50 each per annum, which is about $2 a meeting, and The Elora Express notes a certain advantage in that, “if these representatives take pay, it makes them doubly public ser- vants and justly Open to censure if they do not discharge their duties. whereas it does not seem fair: to he. too harsh with men who giVe their services voluntarily and without re- muneration.” Since the introduc- tion of salaries for aldermen in Kitchener, the desire for a seat at the board has apparently increased and a contest at every election seems assured. The Kitchener Record thinks it likely that if commissions and trustee boards decided to in- augurate salaries, there would soon be an end to the system of repeated acclamations for incumbents of these positions, Certainly, in larger cities, where remuneration is customary, there is keen competition for municipal ser- vice, and as a natural consequence, é Every Day Is Bargain Day (imlerich Town Council, by a ma- jority vote, last year approved payâ€" ment of its members at the rate of $5 for regular meetings and $3 for committee sessions. The step was criticized on general principles, and on the ground that the matter had not been an issue at the municipal election. The result of the 192/: el- ection was defeat of two out of three councillm-s seeking return. and the slogan of new members elected was "No Pay.” The ratepayers evident- ly decided that the laborers were. not worthy of their hire to the ex- tent of $1.080. which was the total of the indemnity for the year. A proposal to pay $5 a meetii‘ig was submitted to Streetsville ratepayers a few days ago and was turned down. Listowel Council will discuss at the next meeting the payment of members at the rate of $5 per regu- lar, special or committee session. THE PEOPLE’S MILLS PAY FOR COUNCILLORS Sovereign Flour Eclipse Fldur White Lily Pastry Flour Crimpod Oaks Mixed Chop Mixed Grain for Poultry Food Butchford’s Calf Meal Pig Meal and Poultry Feeds AT Feed Flour Out Chop Mixed Chop Miss Ruby Philp left Wednesday for her home at Yeovil, having com- pleted her training at Durham Mem- orial Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Lawrence en- tertained a few friends Friday even- ing, the twenty-ninth anniversary of their wedding. Advertise in The Chronicle. Miss Pearl Krahling. who has Spent the past few months in town, has returned to her home in Strat- ford. Mayor Murdock. Messrs. H. W. W ilson, George Kress and Secretary Elvidge of the local Hydro Commis- sion are in Toronto this week at- tending a hydro meeting. Mr. L00 Casey. 0! thu local Royal Bank staff. has boon muwd to Lon- don and left for that place Monday. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Mr. (:oorgv Hughes «if Littlv Falls. MuuL, is visiting his sisters, the Misses Hughes, fur a fvw days. Mrs. C. Elvidge left, on Tuesday to visit her mother and nthm' rela- tives at Dauphin, Mauituba. 'J‘lm gist Of the mallur. ill ruslwct to towns, at any rain. is that sufâ€" ficient, personnel of {Ull‘flllflll' ability is usually available to mcwt lbw malls of the corporation, and llw altitude nf ratepayers in gem-ml awn-Hrs in he that, if enough good turn do nm offer lhemselws undm' prusonl. (-011- dilinns for tho purpose «if survinz lhoir municipality willmul. rumun- eration. a few dollars a year by way «if saalry will not. induce them to come forward. mere. electieneering than in small- er centres. Saturday Night is hum-.1 t0 mirth by "the annual grand stand play of Toronto’s aldermanir m- terie.” It notes that “along Him!” December first every year, the mu- pective candidates get. busy and from that time up tn election day, they are a different int. tiwiim.r «xx-- cuses as to why they should he el- “fl (Continuum! from oral blilliam [Uslwq ChPsllW s gualkvvfl mm mm had on 4 toward linv hunk. u] dangerous. hut. \wm wed by Um puke--d blue and “Min "llu L‘y defense plane u ! wrestling fen \hlm tw' Ice. The first. goal w: three minute-s allc-l' j by Schulz. 'l‘ho m- bIlatlc'. and no mm Michod lill almul ll second slamn. whvu the twinv fur lburlla Third camv frnm tho the (‘fld Of llll' SN‘HII ley was \Vt'illit‘llllu! l 0f the svt‘uml. am counlm's mum- in minuh-s m’ llw liul local agm'vgatmn V guns 3!. Han pm! of Ulvir ummuc-nls windml [k0 Maxim's of K camv well in hand it was rvmnrkahly 1 up on the- olfsnh-s the game was fast : ly illh'l‘ruph'd by tho rvfc'l't‘v‘s hr“. with Hanmvl'. 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