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Mr. Albert Marshall brought to the Telescope office on Wednesday morning a specimen of the European corn borer, discovered also in this district. The borer has destroyed large quantities of corn. particularly in Essex and Kent Counties. Mr. Marshall found two borers at their o'leadly work in each of two stalks on his place-Walkerton Telescope. \V 3 Part P31 t \\ 1:. Lht 16 Har\'o'-}' Street. North Lat 16 Elgin Street North County of (hwy. Treasurer‘s Office. ()wo-n Sound. July 26th. 1927 0n \\ edneyjav Conductor C. R. Campbell made his last trip on the “alkerton- Sam. een Junction wau {Night run. Mr. and Mrs. Camp- bvil and family “ill remme to T0- mnm on Thursday. l'ntil his suc- rossm' arriW's his duties will be discharged by Mr. W. J. Lynch. O‘lnndmnm' Campbell has been as- .~'i:.fm-d to the Toronto-Owen Sound passenger run.â€"\\’alkerton Teles- (fflpl‘. I These are therefore to gixe notice that unless the said taxes together with all laxxful lusts and charges he sooner paid. I shall on Monda} the Sew nth hm of \memhl 1927.51 the hour of two oclock in the afternoon at the Court House in the City of Owen Sound. in the said Count}, proceed to so I! in publit ant-Lion the mid lands or as much thereof as may be siltTiCionl tn discharce such arrears of taxes and costs and charges in- 1 1111“! \\' Last Trip on This Run Informations were sworn on Tues- day against three local young men who have been delinquent 1n the matter of paying their poll tax. Summons are to be issued, and Ma- gistrate Walker may hear the cases on Saturday afternoon. An amend- ment of the Act, in 1918, empowers the authorities to collect from the employers or a man guilty of non- payment of poll tax {prmiding the delinquent has been in his employ for 30 days the amount of such tax the same to be deducted from his nag, es .'-â€"-\\ alkerton Telescope. .~\rran;:o-mwnts for Sflcuring $5.000 mortgage on the structure have boon completed. which. with 81:2- (m that has been subscribed and .3 3i1tuo of :1 \\ arrant issued h3 the \\ arrten of the Count3 of Grey. and authenticated b3 the seal of the said Count3. hearing date of the '133er1t3-Thiiut D33 r,fJul3.-1927.and to me directed for the collection of a1~~1oz11~z or tax. 5 due f-o1 three years and 03 er upon the lands hereinafter 111v11tin11eot ancl liO’SCI‘ime being in the County of Grey. Part Building Walkenon Rink of the rink that will accommodate mm pc-Oplfr. Two dressing rooms. two livket offices. toilets, etc., are being provided. Corn Borer in Bruce PM 1 The rink. which will have steal fmnwwhrk and a matallic roof. will cost betweén 316.000 and 317.000. tho- Bum-d having decided to go a- lH-zul and install seats on both sides TREASURER’S SALE OF LANDS FOR TAXES IN THE COUNTY OF GREY The concrete piers having been completed yesterday by Mr. \V. T. Ellis all is in readiness for the placing of the steel work. the erec- tion of which will commence here next week. The Stratford Bridge and Iron Works. which has the contract for the construction of the local arena. will have the steel here and a ram: of men on the job next Tuesday. and. if provided with fa- wmhle weather. expect to have the structure. completed by November 13th. and certainly not later than December ist. On Saturday Mr. J. W. Tanner re- ceived word of the death following an operation at Detroit on Thurs- day, September 22, of John J. Thompson, a former resident of Mount Forest. Thirty-five yws ago Mr. Thompson conducted a large merchant tailoring business on Main street opposite the present post office building and here he brought his bride. His famin of a son and two daughters were born in Mount Forest. Poll Tax Delinquents Died at Detroit Fix-st puluhshm! in Um (mun-in Gazette Saturgay. July 301b, 1927. I-‘irst publishwl in Um Sun-Timvs. July 30th. 1927. 11 0f . of 16 0f 8 m In Other Communities Taken From Our Exchanges About People of Your Acquaintance STANDARD BANK DURHAM BRANCHâ€"W. A. Johnson, Manager . t S D. . ant 10 Patented 199.15 .Rnacl 2814; Patented 28.57 . Rnact 311,4; Not Patented 28.57 Ram! 10 P'atentm'l 61.96 Village of Priceville Concession 4 Concessmn 16 Township of Bgremont qunship of Glenelg tion: it is a highly commercial- izml business which requires careful planning and thoughtful execution. Bountiful production is necessary but. much effort is wasted unle__s.~‘ the husines s of disposing of the 3e-‘ars output is properly man- aged. In conducting the bus1ness of the {mm the Standard Bank can play a prominent and useful part. Consult the manager and learn how txue CO-OpPl‘ation between banking and agriculture builds a more pros- perous community FARMING is more than an occupa- The Business of Agricultural Wham Machine on Which Late Queen Spun A spinning jenny m the home of Mr. (' harles Symon of Walkerton is a family heirloom of which the owners are proud, it having been brought over by Mr. Symons father, the late Alexander Symon. for many years Reeye of Greenock and who was ofl‘icial mail carrier to the late Queen Victoria. This spinning jen~ ny was located in the home of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Symon at Balmoral. Scotland, and was the identical machine on which Queen Victoria learned to spin. Her late Majesty having a peculiar pride in becoming an expert spinner, Mrs. John Symon so efl’iciently taught the young Queen the art in her own home. which her late Majesty used to visit. that few had anything on Queen Victoria as a spinner in Britain. â€" Walkerton Herald and Times. Indications are that Wiarton is to have a liquor shop. On Monday an official of the Board was in town looking over stores which would be available in case they locate here. On Monday evening a petition signed by quite a large number of citizens was presented to the coun- cil by a delegation who asked that body to officially endorse the plea of the petitioners. with the idea. we presume. that both should be for- warded to the Liquor Control Board at Toronto.â€"Wiarton Echo. Liquor Stores it is a story with thrills galore. alternated with as many laughs and dished up with all Denny‘s whimsical humor and Laura La Plante’s blonde lmeliness. The action ranges from a chase with asherifl' to a climb on a fine-storey pergolaâ€"and from start to finish the audience is kept in a whirl of excitement and mirth. and it all happened because the hero was daring enough to pass as the husband to a lady he did not know. REG AND LAURA otherwise provided for will give ample funds to finance the scheme. As onlym hasbeen paidin of the 63500 that should have been secured from the first two calls, the committee are threatening to col- lect the balance with costs if not forthcoming by October 6th. It is expected that another call of 40 per cent. will be made on the sub- scribers next week, making a total of 75 per cent. on the shares issued. â€"Herald and Times. Jailed and bailedâ€"escaping from a hotel in a thrill. figuring in a col- lision at highspeed with a runaway truckâ€"these are just a few of the strenuous adventures of Reginald Denny and Laura La Plante in “The F ast Worker.” Ifniversal's sensa- tional adaptation of George Barr Mc- (lntrheon's “The Husbands of Edith." playing at the \‘eterans‘ . Star T heatre F riday and Saturday, Octo- hvr 7 and 8. 6 Patentpd Patented MOMIES Patented Patonted 8.89 10.88 JOHN PARKER. Treasurer. PLAYING RIVOLI 6.30 10.6.31 Fashion Fancies Diagonal bandings and seaming are a smart new fnotif of man} of the Fall frocks. A particularly in- teresting use of diag 011a! stitching is shown here. The two-piece street dress is made of a gray and black mixed woollen material. On the blouse and skirt diagonal stitching is used to__form points that suggest a yolk. â€"v-(:va‘ '- The stand- -up collar of the blouse is an intimation as “ell as the wrinkled fullness about the hips. The cast is sper 1a11\ notable. In the first place it is the first. picture Denn} and Miss La Plante haxe plax ed in together since "Sporting Youth.’ Also it marks the appear- ance of Lee Moran of Lyons-Moran fame. in a straight corned} role in \xhich he and Bett} Morrissey as a blonde vamp keep the audience in a roar in every one of their scenes. THANKSGIVING DAY NOVEMBER '7 Margaret Campbell. John Step- pling. T. D. Crittenden and Clarissa Selxunne are a character quartet in the new picture. and Baby Muriel Frances Dana keeps Denny in hilar- ious trouble as his small «laugh- ter." Ethel Gre} Terry plays Edith’ the pretended wife of the heroâ€"and sister of the Girl he reallx falls in loxe with to start the whole ma- chiner} of thrills going: William A. Seiter. who directed “The Famly Secret.” Baby Peggv‘s great picture. is responsible for the. direction of The Fast Worker.” Ra. THE DURHAM CHRONICLE vvâ€" ”WV ' V“ â€"-â€"â€"vâ€" firms and it would seem that they were as well established as the eternal hills. But the departmental stores haxe brought about a change, and to meet departmental stores we have chain stores and mergers, and ever wholesale houses arefooing into the retail business. Con tions haxe changed; the time- honored firms are disappearing. and in their places we have the modern institutions. Whether it is all for the best or not, time will tell. but the one fact remains that conditions haxe changed, are still changing and one moxe in the bus- iness world will be checkmated by another xery quicklx .â€"Pemhroke Standard. Go into many Ontario towns to- day and you will fine businesses that have been run under a one family name for many years. They were started many years ago. and handed down from father to son. and have been conducted on the eternal principles of honesty and square dealing. A: a result, the confidence of the entire district has heen enjoyed by these business Fires Cost $34,000 Per Day. There were 10,880 fires in Ontario last year, resulting in a 1055 of $12,482,993. The tire waste of On- tario exceeds 834.000 per day, or, in other words, we contribute $4 per capita to- this hugh bonfire of pro- perty. The Fire Marshal says that the great majority of these fires were caused through carelessness, and fully eighty per cent. were pre- ventable. It is not an uncommon sight nowadays to see the country- side lighted up with flames leaping from the roof of some wellâ€"filled barn. People gather helplessly about while the frame work is gradually consumed and the whole structure totters, breaks down bit by bit in blazing embers, and grad- ually crashes into a heap of burn- ing ruins, Farmers, as a rule, are careful about fire, for they know how futile are the fire fighting equipment and organization cof the rural dis- tricts. The fires caused b} spontan- eous combustion are so mysterious that one can hardly sav they are caused h} carelessness or are pre- \entahle. There are farmers, how- e191, who exen }et fail to realize that the} are tempting the demon fire when the} leave oily rags and waste piled in corners of the shed or barn, and we have watched with amazement others nonchalantly smoking their pipe while they £01 Led hay into the mange1s or bed- ded down the lixe stock withs iraw ése fires caused by care- Not alwa \'5' Are such eventable? We do not know. Busmess Whether innocent or guilty we all help to pay for the enormous grate of property. Insurance premlums are included in the cost of every- Efficient fire-fighting equipment is a great help, but care and pre- vention are more powerful forces in the control of fire. It is for this reason that a Fire Prevention Week is proclaimed each year and men, women and children are enjoined to and chafl‘ as dry as tinder: i. the “(standing lender in Wu. Benevolent party; "Don't you think that fishnng IS a very cruel - ler: “Cruel? Well, I Should say so; I‘ve sat here three days and not. had a bite, been nearly eaten up by gnats and stung by two waSps, lost my pocket-knife in the river and the sun has taken all the skin 011' the hack of my neck." cate. “Don't vou Thursday, October 6, 11 Men’s F at special Our new quoting ‘ $22. Men 828. Men 830. Me 528. Me These price at We hav so come $6. 50 lit 85. 00 Ii 83 .50 1i Special a FE SER}