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They are not trying to pull any wool over the ratepayers’ eyes. Their proposition is open and above board and it is a pity that more of the rate- payers did not make it a point to attend the meeting on Monday night. Not one argument that will hold water can be advanced to show why we should not vote for the building of an addition to our school. There are a hundred reasons why we should. The annual report of the Dominion Commis- sioner of Highways. just issued for the fiscal year ending March 31. 1926. shows that 7,018 miles of highways have been constructed under the Canada Highways Act. at a cost of 848.426.713.00. the Fed- eral Department having made payments to the extent of 318.429.107.00. In his report, Mr. A. W. Campbell, the Commis- sioner. says that during the year very little change was made in rates paid for labor and materials. Most of the work was performed by residents of the local- ity, many of whom were connected with the works for the past three to five years. Their training and ex- perience so fitted them that more and better work was secured with the same amount of labor and with no greater outlay. There was a largely increased use of bituminous emulsions for road dressing and dust laying during 1925, materials used being calcium chloride, light asphaltic road oils, tars and medium asphalts. These materials were used successfully where carefully and properly applied. A. Published every Thursday morning at the office, Garafraxa Stzeet, Durham, Ontario, by Frank 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 ljnited States of America, $2.50 per ear, 81.25 for six months. 65 cents for three montis. Foreign subscription rates on application. Quite naturally there is a certain amount of opposition to the bylaw, but we have yet to hear one good argument in opposition to its passing. On the other side of the question, however, there are a hun- dred reasons why Durham ratepayers should register their approval of keeping our schools up to the stand- ard asked by the government. During 1925 the improvement, as in form'é'r years, was carried on along progressive lines, the development being in pr0portion to the importance of the highway and the character and extent of the traffic it is called upon to accommodate at the time or within a reasonable future. Departments are be- coming more seriously impressed with the importance of moving carefully from step to step until the best and most economical construction is obtained, real« izing that stronger and higher types of road are nec- essary to carry the rapidly increasing volume and weight of traffic. both passenger and heavy truck. The regulating of dimensions and loads to be car- ried by the motor truck is pressing itself more and. more upon road officials and the public gener- ally. At the same time the improvements being ade in the development of the motor car. balloon tires. broader wheel treads, shock absorbers and other improvements it is believed have decreased consider- ably the wear and tear on the highway surface. More and more have surveys on the ground been studied to secure the best practical location, as well as the rectification of alignment to better, more satisfactory and more economical construction and maintenance. These locations are being selected largely with a View to present and future require- ments. ' There will be none who attended the school meet- ing in the Town Hall on Monday night, going there with an open mind, and with a determination to face the issues as presented and vote accordingly, who will not vote YES on the question as to whether or not there shall be an addition erected to the Durham High School. Dr. Grant’s able and brilliant address would convince any who were open to reason that there was only one solution to the question before the ratepayers at the January election. Dr. Grant did not indulge in any sentiment in his address. He spoke straight from the shoulder, and with an argument that could not be shaken, showed that it was money in the pockets of those who pay Durham’ s taxes to vote YES on the third of next January. Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Mr. Campbell states that considerable progress was made during 1925 in the naming and numbering of roads. erecting direction and warning signs and danger signals, together with the standardization of the higher type of specifications. The matter of maintenance of the several types of road up to the standard of construction is impress- ing itself more each year upon road authorities until now it is receiving scientific study. With all the talk we hear of Canada being a backward country, we must remember that before we can walk we must crawl. We’re young yet but there's a day coming when we’ll show them all. Meanwhile here are some facts that are food for thought Canada, \sith her nine million people, has as much foreign trade as the. United States nad when she. had 76,000,000 peOple, according to recent sta- tistics. In addition, the Dominion is mining as much as the United States did with 38,000,000 peo- ple and manufacturing as much as the United¢States did with 50,000,000 people. The Canadian per capita export trade today amounts to $134, while in the United States it is only $37. Something to think about? Well. we should think so. In a popular street phraseology of recent minhge, “We'll tell the cock-eyed world that in!" Whosoever is afraid of submitting any question, ml, or religious, to the test of free discussion, is are in love with his own opinion than with truth. WATSON. CANADA'S GROWTH IN FOREIGN TRADE DOMINION HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS VOTE FOR HIGH SCHOOL ADDITION Thursday, December 23, 1926 The Alexander Hamilton Institute is one of the greatest business training schools on the North Am- erican continent. It has made a success of its own business and, as well, has made a similar success of the business enterprises of thousands of its students. Here is what they say of a man’s greatest asset: Your credit is soinething' apart from what you are worth in money. Your property statement does not create your credit; it merely settles the question of “how much.” Here, thén, is your credit. Your honor, your word, your capacityâ€"these three make it. Your holding of this world’s goods merely measures Jit. You can destroy it. One obligation wantonly disregarded; one statement proven false, and the fabric crumbles. Built in a lifetime, it may vanish in a day. The most valuable of your assets, it is yours only so long as you conserve it. The following good advice is not original with The Chronicle, but it has so appealed to us as one of the sanest things .we have seen in print for some time that we reproduce it. It is well worth reading and the boy who follows its directions is sure to suc- with you. The greatestvof your assets, business or personal, is your credit. yet you cannot lock it in a vault nor insure it against loss. It is a part of you. You created it and you may destroy it. Honor and truthfullness are two corner stones of credit. They mark you as a reliable man; one who may safely be trusted with that which is an- other’s. That is the essence of credit. This time next week good resolutions will be in order. And two weeks hence, most of them will be broken. v'vwv Remember, my son, you have to work. Whether you handle a pick or a pen, a wheelbarrow or a set of books, digging ditches or editing a paper, ringing an auction bell or writing funny things, you must wor . Individual capacity is an important factor in deciding your credit. Many honest, reliable men lack capacity. The capable man grasps opportun- ities; he forges ahead. That gives us no license, however, to close the old one in questionable celebrations. Nineteen-twentyâ€"six has been a pretty good old fellow to most of us. N ineteen-twenty-seven will be better if we but work for it. If you succeed in life, you must do it in spite of the efforts of others to pull it down. There is nothing in the idea that people are willing to help those who help themselves. People are willing to help a man who can’t help himself, but as soon as a man is able to help himself, and does it, they join in making his life as uncomfortable as possible.â€"E. W. Howe. Everything is peaceful once more along the Potomac or, in this instance, the Saugeen. Miss Agnes Macphail, M.P., has sent her dear friend and supporter, Mr. E. T. McClocklin, a Christmas greet- lng card. And no doubt by this time the ghivalrous E. Thus réégan-(iéd‘x'vwith ahother, wishing Miss Mac- phall “the same to you, and many of them.” Let us learn to be content with what we have. Let us get rid of our false estimates; set up all the higher ideals; a quiet home, vines of our own plant- ing; a few books full of the inspiration of a genius; a few friends worthy of being loved and able to love in return; a hundred innocent pleasures that bring no pain or remorse; a‘devotiomto the right that will never swerve; a simple religion empty of all bigotry, full of trust and hape and loveâ€"and to such a phi]. mphy--this world . will give up all the empty joy it hasâ€"David Swing. -vv- “C-“ c-"vvâ€"wâ€" "rrâ€" -__ There are young men who do not work, but the world is not proud of them. It does not know their names, even; it simply speaks of them as “old So- and 80’s boy.” Nobody likes them; the great busy world doesn’t know that they are there. So find out what you want to be and do, and take off your coat and make a dust of the world. The busier you are, the less harm you will be apt to get into, the sweeter will be your sleep, the brighter and happier your holidays, and the better satisfied will the world be Start the New Year right, anyway, it will be worth the effort. Millions of animals which cannot talk. can un- derstand. Probably, says a sage, this is a contribu- tion to nature’s law of averages. There are millions of people who can talk, but cannot unaerstand! stziggeraoed ego is sometimes deceiving. Some people, m their own opinion, are “the .berries.” The general public sometlmes regards them as mere 6 ’9 nuts. . If you look around. you will see that the men who are the most able to live the rest of their days without work are the men who work the hardest. Don’t be afraid of killing yourself with overwork. It is beyond your power to do that on the sunny side of thirty. They die sometimes, but'it is because they quit at six p. m. and don’t get home until two a. m. It’s the interval that kills, my son. _ Work givéé'flidn 'app'etite for your meals; it lends solidity to your slumbers; it gives you a per- fect and grateful appreciatior} of _a holfiday. ‘ The Wercester T ( legrram gives the following definition of “Taxation":~â€"-The process by which money is collected from the people to pay the salaries of the men who do the collecting. The surplus is used to pay the salaries of the men the people elect to decide how much shall be collected from them. NOTES AND COMMENTS A Merry Christmas to all} Isretty good advice, that, isn‘t it? The year 1926 will soon be “through.” A honeymoon pair on a train Kissed each other again and again And again and again And again and again And again and again and again. YOUR GREATEST ASSET GOOD ADVICE THE DURHAM CHRONICLE SCHOOL CONCERTS POPULAR NOW The Christmas season makvs us more conscious that. tho ideal placn is lacking. And we new! it so had- ly that “'4' might know I'vul joy in living. P0306 with God is routml in rmwntaucv amt t'oi'givmwss and Jesus camp to toll us God is 1'08th and vugm' to t'm'giw. Surely tho trouhlv is with oursvlws. ‘1” yo forgive not thvii' li'vspassos noitlwr will your Fathm' forgivu your ll't‘S- missus." So [when on 081'”! I‘t‘QUll't‘S the forgiveness of (hut and of man. and in View of this floor challvugc- of .lvsus how run any man hvsitato‘.’ “Wu how. all siuuml and hawmmo of ”In glory of timl." “"0 all ni'ml t'ui'givvuuss and “'0 must all t‘orgivv. hu Hm mnasurv of Our ,iny at. this Christmas sonsnn and throughout. Hm coming year: I‘- The lailclio was right. 'l‘lw gllii'isl- mas Ange-ls know it, and Hwy sang first (if all. “(llury to God in tlm lliglivst”. .lvsus knvw it, and Inn said "(incl so loved tlw world that H"- gavu His only begottvn Son.” So at this Christmas season wn should not only [)l'lZl‘ tlm gift, \w must alâ€" su prize “I“ givvr. On \Vednosday afternoon the children attending the Sunday school held-at. Ifi'o. 9, school house, Glenelg Once more the festive season is upon us when we commemorate the birth of the Son of God among men. No other Birthday ih so great as whole course of the world’s his- tory. A o o_04-_“‘ ..h "Hrullwrn. if Hm] sn live-«i. \w ought to lnw nnv anal hm'." May tlwrv cumv [0 all of us jay and peacu thrnugh lwlicwim: in .lvsus Christ. elm-p i'eliginns signitit'unt‘u at UN clay. It is tlw birth at Ulll' Savini' which wv i'vlvln'ntn. We think with wrinitvi‘ unit “W“ of Hip niyst'vi'y (if tho Incarnation. “'0 WM” ttw hi-autit‘nl Christmas stni')‘ and (“11' hvarts aw tillwl with i'mm'i-nt ad- miration andn adm-ning t'uith. Let us than, at this timv. striw to spread abroad the spirit, of [mam- uncl gnml will. lixtvncling In all lmariiost. Christ- mas g'l'vvtings. The chief lesson brought. home to our hearts at this Christmas season is that. usefulness is true happiness. The selfesh man, who “lives for himself and none beside”, merely exists in the prisen-house of his own misery. Christ came to deliver us from this awful dungeon by showing us a nohler and better way of life. In enming into the werld He fin-gel, Himself and in self-forget- fulness feund the purest, joy. SO will it he with us. The measure in which we eatrh the “Christ. Spirit" and allew it to govern our lives will It. will ho l't'nit‘nlht'l't'tl by many that during thv lath war the (inv- “”1111“!!! III thI- l'nItI-Ii StatI's gavu [N‘l‘llliSSiHll tII I‘\(‘l'\ ('iiilt'n whn hIIIi giwn a sun t'IIr svnicv III tho army. IIII\\ 01' IIII rIIIII- tn [IIIICII a star in his “indnw. Ullt‘ I'wning I1 {.I'I'llllvllmll “as walking Itmm II stII-I'tI III his homv tImn with his lItth‘ hm at his Sit‘t‘ Tilt' “(UP I'hap \IIIs wry much Intel 08“?” in all that. hn sun, but t'SlH‘t'ifl'”) in thv stars III HIP wInIhst “HOP his fatht‘l' had (‘Xplilillt‘d [.0 him ”It'il' mI-IIIIing. "LIIIIk, dad,” hII would cry "thI'I-Ii's a “01180 with II son at, thv t‘I'IIntâ€"vthI'I'Ii's one. with twoâ€"4 that. ”HP hIIsn‘t. any." Raising his I'yI's tII tlw sky for a momvnt. he saw the lonv Iwnning star shining: III all Its hI'IghtIII-ss. "\Vhy." ht! PX- t‘lailllt‘tl. “(ind must. have giwn His SIIn tIiII. t'III' Ht‘ has a star in His Window.“ This is “10 season when thn smaller Sunday school children, and :i mind many (if the older ones mm vntm'tuinvd by their various Si‘lmnls in Christmas trm: 0mm'tainmcnas. and Um mombvrs of tlw Sunday svhools i‘irt‘sentml with gifts in re- uwmbrance of the day. “fishingâ€" all :i Mvrry Christmas and a Happy va Ymu'. Annuai Christmas Trees and Festi- vals Will Come Past forethe Next. Couple of Weeks, to the Delight of the Kiddies. nu'i’nm'ance 01' UN: day. On Tuesday night of this wm-k. there were two ('olohrations of this kind, one in Knox Church and tho other in the Baptist Church. Both nntei'taipments were most succoss- fill, excellent program-mos being gi- ven by the scholars, who in turn were treated to candies and other delicacies at the close. "VOJ' In the midst of our rejoicing let us not fail on the anniversary of His birth to remember what we owe to Him and come to His house togive thanks to Him and worship Him. kn?!" thnir- annual afl'air, which Wag REV. B. D. ARMSTRONG REV. W. B. SMITH REV. J. E. PETERS REV. J. TAYLOR J. H. WHEALBN Mrs. Howard McDonald spent a couple of days in Stratford with her sister, Miss Lanna liiug'ul. who underwent an operation in the Gen- eral Hospital. She has been in a serious condition for the past two weeks but is now doing well. well attended and much enjoyed. Here, too, a good program was given folQowed by a candy treat and Christmas tree at the end, a real Santa Claus distributing the pre- sents to each expectant child. The Anglican Sunday school con- cert was held last night in the Town Hall and a good crowd was present. The program' consisted of a number quite interesting. son on the harp and C. Elvidge on the piano also gave excellent instru- mentals. . ‘ 'â€"- J:n‘n;hll‘; Mrs. Frank Irwin and nivvv. IiHln Miss “010“ Mohnnald, mum. in To- ronto the first of thc- \ka. and while tlwm took pant in Hm big 1-.4- ceptiou tondclml 'zmla ¢ laus in tlw Queen Cil3'_. I W . We‘Mowa-a one-w o Miss Katharina Luwllv is Imnm from Stratford fur tlw lmlidays. Mr. \lvx. \tt‘Artliur (if Brim- \lth I is Slit'lltlillg tliv w intm' with ivlathes and hit-nits in GIL-null; and rc-nowing arquaintanvvs in Durham. “Sandy" is tanking wvli. and in answvr tn mn- questinns as. tn Imw (iox'm'umvnt thmtrtv! i.'. working out. in Mimi-ta. '10. told us. that. cumparml with ”It‘il' vxpvr- ivnm with pmhiiaitinii a: thvy had it. it. is “in “wily thing". Miss Mary Mt'lll'tltill nf 'l‘m'untu is sprinting: HH‘ Imiiclays at her hum." hero. Miss Mary 'l‘urnhull is holidaying with hor Paronis in l’mniinck. Mr. Harold Mountain is houw from London for tho holiday. Visiting his pan-outs Mr. and Mrs. 'l‘homas Moun- tain. in Huntinrk. Mr. Frmi Kolsry is sponding tho holidays at. his homo hi-rv. Mrs. J. (Zruirhlvy roturnmi 'l‘uos- day night. from a visit. with friends in Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. J. \‘amViv, of TM untn arn spvndim: tho Christmas holidays with law sistm', Miss Laura Mcsziv. Candies and prizes were GIBU‘IDUL- ed at the close. The Queen Street church holds its entertainment tonight. DURHAM MARKET Corrected December 23 1926 Hogs . . . ..................... 1H . 4 \that. ................ 1.20 r, 1 1" Hats .................. .40 a: .‘.V Barley ................ .37» a, ' Buckwheat ........... .50 w l’eas .................. 1.1¢V‘~ 1.11 Mixed Grain, per cwt.. 1.1?) ”i? .L‘.’ Hay .................. 13w Potatoes. per bag: .......... 1 L" Buttm' ................... O. . . .7-2‘ Eggs ........................ .3“ Chickmls .................. 18 tn Ducks .................... 18 in WILL HOLD SERVICES IN NEW CHURCH SUNDAY ”PM“! 'l‘m'kvys stand, hut in UN? mvanlimv 1h. {:ular svrvivvs aw in lu- luM n basement, which is nvarly mm]: and, uudm' Um (’il'lflllnstmu'vs, make an exoc'llum. plzu'c- 1m- m‘ayer nmetings and “w w; Sunday Svl'vicvs. Quito a lawn! mini: 01' \nn'kh arc engaged daily making lhv lm. ing rczidy and putting on llw lini- ing touches, but it will hv :i l wncks lwforc the-y are ”ll'ld. Tho now church huildini: i~ \ compact, should ho i-asily hum and when finished will he. lhu ml of any huilding of its kind in im l.'p to tho pi'cscnt. tho sun-xi have boon hold in the» Town H and whilc this unswcri-d llu- l' nose while nothing humor was sight, tho cmngrcgation no dnuhl dclightod to haw a homo of its n and one over which it will h: whole control. FOUID ABUI'T TWO WEEKS AGO. A 'l‘lizl and disc whovl. anm' may Im- samv by proving [H’nlwl'ly and [.mâ€" im: uxmnsvs.â€"â€"-\\'. Rusolmmugh Durham. Christmas Sunday sown» :1 . time for the Prvsshylvrmn n gation to nccnny Hn-ir llmx .- building at, Um ('m'nvr ul‘ In: and Albert SIPPMS. Fur Hz. timo sprvicos will he In-M ediiflce noxt Sunday llmt'mm a special Christmas survnw- \\ given. Nit-rill! Congregation to W ship for First Time in Pin. ‘1: Church Building, Which Th lot In Completed, Will. Be at: Bach Sunday. The building is not, yvt. mum t and in the absencv Hf [H‘lel‘ scan a}; yet in the auditm'ium. tlu- ~4 vicmnext Sunday will In- hm! the basemontv, U10 'flmn‘ilu.’ ul' \\ In will be completed hel'm'v this m; roaches our I'vadvrs. It mu sumo timv beforv Hw Hmwr mm in shape for OCNLIHUHQ‘. \w Hun 1, ...... ...... 120(31- . ................. .‘0 (H 1 V ......... . ...... .-)') {fl h wheat ....... .5001 ....... 1.10 ’H 1.1 lGraiu, per 13111.. 1.15 a 1. ‘ ..... .... 11.111 mg. per bug . ........ 1: ......... 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