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Published every Thursday morning at the oflice, Garafraxa Street, Durham, Ontario, by Frank Irwin, Editor and Proprietor. The Chron- icle is mailed to any address in Canada at the rate of $2.00 per year. 81.00 for six months, 50 cents for three months, 25 cents for one month. To any address in the United States of America, $2.50 per year, $1.25 for six months, 65 cents for three months. Foreign sub- scription rates on application. Member Canadian Weekly News- papers Association. PAGE 4. Whosoever is afraid of submit- ting any question, civil or religious, to the test of free discussion, is more in love with his own Opinion than with the truth.â€"-WATSON.. T H Ii STREET Woe noUN-d yeste ing clnwn Hm slim: swim: smut wmk jlm Hu- samu- 6% i1 \\"v lmHH-d yo-sterday when com- ing «lawn Hu- slrmrt that the annual sprung strw't. \wrk had commt-nmrd. Just Hu- samw as it cnmmnncml last your and for a good many 'ears pre- mey. and Ho doubt. wil continue fur a gum! many years hence it the mum” do nut. wake up to the fact that. Hwy m-o- lusim: mum-y wlwn Hwy po-r-‘N, in doing the-hr mad- woltk ii: tho? manner usuauy Im Ill-r0. \VO‘ ll" Hul HITO'I’ Hlln‘ l'l’lllPlSl’ll mmuhl lho- 'l‘nwn linnm'll Hr llmlr nwlhmls. 'l‘n lu- quilo- fair. ”In 11mm- l’ll H olnlng all that. ll. mulll he ex- po-clwl ln all) under prnsvnl Fondl- l'mns, but they are losing money, ,‘nh'l ”In sum». Durham's streets do not need to be gran-Howl lhls year. They have not m-mlwl ll for many yvars, but they got lhmr annual coating just the sum». What llw slrcnls nl' llw town need am lowering. Both Garnfraxa anol Lamhlon slrevlsfire cnslly _fUlll‘-: Thoro- hws an old colored truck farmer in Alabama who has fre- quent occasion to reprove his child- ro'n fur tho‘lr lack Of industry. “\‘o' suttinly is a wuthless son. no» «10013er one day to his oldest. "It's a doggone good thing {0' yo‘ I ain't rich." _» _ __ . ___ WIWMP \0 talkin '.bout pap?" asked the \outh. “\Vhat yo think yo’ do 9! yo‘ wag rich?” ..... .~ ._-9 4-19 fl].-. _- Uâ€" r‘fifif'd disinherit yo'â€"dat's what .“h.d 110!" It Will Pay You to Advertise in The Chronicle. \\ ll llu- nun-HM pl‘t‘tllcllml that "If \laii‘i'li wining lll llko a lamb it. will gm nut. “ix“ a hull". was knocked 011 Mm «mum. Slam-h camp in like a lmb, aml while she growled like a liun a couple of times. about the ninluln nl‘ lliv month. she ili‘varted this hf!‘ as slle‘ mime in, mild manâ€" m [hi3 .‘tlll l‘h Ill Thursday April 7, 1927 mcl It. l.|"..\.\' l Ill-1A1) l'l‘ \l ll \i m 3". and ZHNVIIOIIIS gum: molpnmt of a town or a IN unl {l I u!“ the paint. manu- a good one from Hm lhv paint manufactur- and ulmrhnlcls gum] \\\| luv. wintm' season is l Hlo' snow all gone it w thing if all the cit- wn would take an in- r pmpm'ly and $90 ' pl‘upt'l't)‘ and SOB Hi of the debris that two last fall. fronts. clean streets l'. PAINT I'l’ :1 request shortly H. and tlw sanitary Ivan Up the back “(lit to km [0141? is a wuthless son." 0 dzn to his oldest. good thing to yo I yards are pre which to. jmlgc n with the 011 Iirty back yards ”man whose fr mmlutv. hut tvhvn is svat thew th n away in PW)! iHAM ,\N U ACT I} 1CD has [3km the nth of Man-h. ' known as tho- was this yval' mild manm-rs. MMU‘H m into lung. ' and m Vogâ€" U 0m Hm up the NV an STIII. AGI'IAI'ING FOR IRISH INDEPENDENCE Eamon De Valera is a visitor in . the United States where he will ‘ appear as a witness in a struggle ‘ between the Irish Free State and the republicans whom he repre- sents for the custody of 82,500,000 funds raised some years ago .in that. country to achieve Irish indepen- dence. We thought at the ti 6 that the people who subscrib d this money were likely to lose it all, and yet. we refrained from rending the lieaVi-ns with our lamentations. In fact. we contemplate the prospect with satisfaction. But it appears that the Irish Free State is willing to assume responsibility in return for the cash. It takes the view that virtual inttepenl‘lcnce has been es- tablished illlll that the. Cosgravo lioVernn‘ieiit is the agent which ac- complished it. But Valera says no. The money, he says. was subscribâ€" ml to establish a republic. which. job remains uncompleted. and ”mi Free State has no more right. to the mono-3' than the Government of 1 I.\'icai~a*.'iia. 'l'he l'iiitell States 811-. livreme Court. will decide the issue-,l iilllll Wlillltf be reluctant. we think. to, awarll it to a gang: whose. avaell purpose is to detach Ireland from the lti'itisti l'illlllll'l'. l; What Americans Think i t It is s ispectell that. lie. Valera inlay ~eek this opportunity of test- rim.r the sentiment in the l'nitell States concerning an int‘lependcnt ’ll'l'lllllll. 'l‘he ohl die-bards, \Vo 'presiinie. whose chiel' motive has al- :\\"¢_l}'s lieeii hatred of Britain rather lthaii IoVe of Ireland. have not lcliaiigeil. They will still lie for ab- tsohite iiiilepemtencc. But the great hiilk ..l' .‘.niericans who may havo lViewo-it Ireland‘s struggles with isympathy are. not. further interest-- ‘t‘ll. Ireland has a stable Govern- linent. am. as much independence as Canada. They will certainly not pay to help her to more itlependeiice at the cost of blood. In Ireland, ac- cording to Valera. republican senti- |meiit is not. ltt"llll. He says, "We aroiiselt t once and we can tlU it again." lint he speaks now of achiigwini: his t‘lltlS by political means. 'c..llll helieVes that in the next general election. to be held in .llllll‘. the Republicans may he in a iiiajoi'ity ill the bail i‘lireaiili. It is true that ol' the 153 members of tthe Irish Parliament. forty-eight lxxei-e eleeleol as Republicans. Bill. {their election hos pron-ll no more: p-l'll't't'thl‘ than the election of negro delegates to a Democratic conven- tti’oii iii 'i’ems. 'l‘he meiiihers haw not seateat theniseIVes. uiill accoi'el- in: to their principle they cannot. -______._ -____.â€". __â€"â€" _- flu 3'0 luko- ”It'il‘ swat Hl Hm g0‘.'vrllnn Dan Bret-n. ch to'r o-lm:ti0n and sum that he ('0 pubhcan cause \‘(7' U” ll"l- : mmally sinu their seats u trvaty bt‘t\\'m Ire-laud :5 st lw struck out. ul‘ Hm Briti their 5081* unless this“ part. of the trinity lwtmwn Great Britain and lt'i'hltid 's struck out. amt it. run In- stl'ltt’t‘. out only with the runsent of the British Government. 1)“ \‘aili-i'zi tlt‘tllPVtPS. however. that onre l-Iiiglzinil St‘i‘s’ the- Irish determina- tion to have u republic exnresseil lll tho- i-lo'rtinn (if Dail members SIH.‘ \Hll haw. to accept the situation. tlo- l.~' an optimist. Rebel Sentiment Declines But he tells the truth. For ex- tlIlltili‘. he admitted to Roliert. B. Perk. \Vlu interviewed him for the .\'e\\' York Hrralit-Tribune maga- zine. “III, the economic situation in Ireland i-i discouraging and that the iii‘titllillt".tlt Sentiment. is being “Pflgc'ni‘it lwrause a large percent- age of Irish emigration is made up of the younger men who make up the Republican armies. He com- plains that. Ireland is forced to sup- port two governments. whose heads together draw more salary than the l’resnten; of the timed States. It woul i no doubt be cheaper if there new nnlx one gowrnment in Ire- ln111l.l1ut tl1e1e is nothing like un- inimitx as to whethm it should he the ['3‘] te1 111 the F190 State (101- 1-1‘nment. De. \alela dislikes them both. but seems to disregard the hut that nothing but 3 ch“ “3" \\ 1111111 e:tal1lish a single Ixish gm- e111n1ent. The immediate past he forgets. but turns with relish to 1881‘. He asks if. after the Ameri- can Revolution. Jefferson. Wash- 1111111111, Franklin and Adams would have accepted anything less than complete independence and ans- wers in the negative. It was point- ed nut that America was very far f1 on1 the Bxitish Isles and that the 1ountr) offered excellent. opportun- it\ {111 t: 1e indefinite carrying on of mieiilla \\ arfare. “hereas Ireland is not in the same position. 111 'lrislunan’s Drona That. he said. was not the point at all. It was the very fact that Ireland and England were so near that made it necessary for Ireland to demand complete indepedence. He said: “Canada and other English possessions are far enough away Irish Comedy so that the hand of England rests li htly upon them. I England; a opted a ruthless policy t’oward Canada which alienated that domin- ion. tlanada. being at. a distance, .could. very easily, take retaliatory measures even to severance of every connection with the Empire. But Ireland is differently situated, gIreland must be completely free to ébt‘ free at, all. Ireland is capable of sustaining itself economically. It did so once and could do so again. It could be a nation well balanced economically. It. could produce not. only agricultural but industrial prmlucts. Ireland could grow and mill its mm win-at, and the time. is coming when it will. It has \Vzlll-I' |Hl\\'l'l‘ and also It'lil‘ts peat." ,But the iirst step to all this happy “aim mmm' and also it libs peat But the first slpp to all this happy M'unnnllCfll mmlition is to abolish tlu- oath of allogizmcn to King (ivmgo' In ”in mm'agv man it will nut lw plain that. tllf‘l‘t‘ is am’ con- nmrlimi bemoan tho milling of flmu‘ in II'Pland and 0. {mm of \\ owls [tl'l'a‘l‘l‘ihwl l’m- 'nwmbm-s Hf the bail Cirvmm. and Mr. {Zn-:ult'm-d Martin Of My»: gmomsman and wvrr- Mr. Rolwl'l II va'y Inglis Hf ’l'm'on tlw mm-nnmy a rucnp' at Hm hnmv 0f the b bolt!" grow-u vutvolwt him-k hut. cmnpusml of Fro-urn ”(News and 001': ivgntml swwt-pvas. HYMENEAL THE DURHAM CHRONICLE Lawrenceâ€"In Glenelg. SundaY. April 3, 1927, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lawrence, a daughter. Harrisonâ€"In Egremont. Sunday. April 3. to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Harn- 8011, a 8011. Icflnllyâ€"In Glenelg. Sunday, April 3. 1927, to Mr. and Mrs. Albert McNally. a sen. loflatâ€"In Durham Hospital. Thursday, March 31, 1927, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Mofl‘at. a son. Burnettâ€"1n loving memor of eur dear wife and mother, w 0 died, 'April 7th, 1926. We saw net the rise. of the curtain We heard not the invisible door AS they passed where life‘s pro- hlems uncertain Will follow and vex them no more. We lingerml, and wept en the thresâ€" hold, The threshuhl each mortal must. (’I‘OSS; Then we laicl a new wreath down won it To mark a new sorrow and less. â€"â€"Hushancl, sons and daughter Hopkinsâ€"In loving memory 01' our Ill-31' husband and father. Jumus Hupkms. \VIW «he'd April “In, 19:2. “'0 uftvn think of days gone by. Whom my man; all (mallet. 'l'lw slunlm’v (for our life is cast, Ulll' hgwml ulw gone to l'cst._ HudSOnâ€"-ln vH'l‘ loving mvmm‘v ul mu «lvar tlaclch’ and lmshamj, .Inlm Hudmn \\lm deallL‘d this lilv April 8, 1926. Um» war has gum no one can tall The loss of a dadclv we all low-(l su \\ ell. A1111 the happy days we 011011 1,111- Juvmi \\ hen \xe W11111. all together. ()111' lips (111111111t speak how we low-1i him, Our heuits (1111111nt tell what. to an (i011 111111 kmms i111“ \xe miss him In :1 111111111 that is lonesome today. Somc1 dax we hope to meet him, Some 1i:i\'.\\0 knovs not when. '11» clasp his hand, in a better 1111111 .\'11\111' to 1131i again. S111“) 111i.~51-1i hy “ife and famih .(‘mo wax todm a message can") Flnm hml. Mm tlmught it best To take dea al‘ granddadd) 110m this \xorld \ncl gin- him sm-vt peace and 108'. His litllv gramhlaughtm'. Margaret Jones. 2’ Mahmn Aw" Toronto. Hudsonâ€"In loving nwmory 01' my dvar gmmldaddy, John Hudson. whn left us in In; with Jusus, April 8., 1926. What would I give to clasp her hand Her happy t'ai'v tn 500, To hear “('1‘ vnicv, in SW} llt‘l‘ smilv That meant so much to n’u'. I think Hf MW in sili‘nre, HOP damn I on, rvcall. But thvrn is nothing lvft to answer But. her picture on the wall. When tlw days are dark and friends am ft'w. IMH- ingllugz how I long for you; Friends are friends if they are truv. llnt l ln~t iny lwst friend win-n [ Inst. )‘ull. ' â€" Sadly missed by Family McCaslin~~In aning mornmry ”1' our «Ivar muthvl'. Mary Ann MMZas- l1n.'\\'lm «ho-«l .-\||l'll 8. 1935. What \lelcl l giw tn clasp her hand IN MEMORIAL! \V'ifu and Family cottuis "(rién’ifig'ier son. It. luu Mrs. Albert Livingstone, in town. R. convention rom the loca of the Daughters of the Empire. .- Mrs. Charles 033 of Guelph is us- iting her mother, Mrs. H. C . Miss Eula Burnett. ol' l'niversity, London. visited her home here over the welt Mr. and Mrs. H. D. McIntyre and family returned Friday from spend- ing the winter at Victoria. B. 0. Mrs. N. Garey of Vancouver, B. t‘... is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Sparling for a few days. Mrs. Murray Miller ' mm a fnu' davs in town with her L‘l'alllllr ‘Iv Mrs. Min-ax 'Millér of Hrmm spent a few days in town with hm~ nipco. Miss Marjory Brown, who is sm'iously ill at thoh ome Of Mr. and Mrs. M. Stormy. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Musgrova unnrnml mm vieilinfl for a couple «of Mr. and Mrs. Fred A Moafm-d are visiting for" wooks with Mr. and J ucksch. _ -n. . I -..‘ JUl'l‘Sbll. . . . Mr. J. B. Tnnnng, travelling pasâ€" senger agent for the Canadian Paelâ€" fu- Railway, was in town Tnvsday on business. The genial “Jack" nmm' fails to call at. Tho. Cln'oniclv ___ ,' 0 O o This applies to all vehicles hamgaeorryngeapoetty olone-hafltonormoreifqufladwrthoolidtmandol one ton or more if equipped positron“: tires. whether motor driven or horse drawn. It applies on every high- way in the Province outside Cities and towns. The Government reqouteomonddrlm of trucks and wagon: to Macmi- reason- able provision, but warns t that the penalties of The Highways Act will he wet. For these reasons, it is at once the greatest fertiliser of the land and the eatest menace to the road. Foundations 0 hard-surfaced roads are wet and mongy in spring, even when the top is dry. Heavy loads “churn" them. Fractures take place in the founda- tions. The surface thus is left weak because unsupported. On stone and macadam roads. heavy loads cut the surface as well. The “metal" is forced down into the sub-grade through the spongy~ earth. Expensive repairs follow the abuse of any road in 3mg time. In an hour one single truck may cause mage which will cost thousands of dollars and take weeks to repair. As oontnbutions to road building come from local municipalities as well as the Province. such abuses are a particular ofience against enterprising communities which rovide l roads. In their interest, as well as that o the pubic at large, the Government makes this request and issues this warning. Ontario Department of Highways FIll. M 1'. r{ind M 1‘s. George f ‘ Glas- Mr. and omce. w on in Wu. and we oninv his vast“ very much. ' ‘ In. D. B. Jamieson is ”mm” with Natives mid friends m Hung-m Pittsburg and’New York City. We Were mistaken in ”In “W, recently whm we said that $1.... John Lunney of Saskatohmwn mum- in fame'was Mr. J. W. Lumnw .,,r Ml den, S‘Sk” In Old SUIDSPI‘HIw'r 1. The Chronicle. The Mr. Lumu-x' g. {erred to is J. F. Lunnoy, 1mm. . of Abordevn. and a memlwr ”1- ,, ., firm of Andvrscm-Lumwy «innum .\ He has been a resident. u" up...” i for the past. twenty-five yvalw. My 5 his company are t m dflnnyx .4- 0f the best trophies 011.0111] “1 f! bonspiel for many years. Thu“! April 7' ”37 We wish to extend since-r.- 2m to our many friends for llw st. . nesses extended in any rum-yd mavement by the death 01' um 1. hand and fatlfbr. We alw \\ thank the members of H... 4“,; Order. who had charge uf Ihw ‘ era! and all who wntrihuh-.1 11., or expressed sympathy. MI'S. Anthony hawrmu-u :uh! : 4 INTAKE! IN IA" .n or THANKS Mao-Ono". IB SCHOOL H0! FOR M NH Dunn \K' I U HM l.l \\ H Ii I] ll H M \\ Durh l\'- H. What Thursday fa