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DURHAM CHRONICLE v____ _ Published every Thursday morning at the ofi'ice,‘ Gagafraxa 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, $1.00 for six mon 50 cents for three months, 25 cc 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. the}; it; zoté w'z'th his m which than with the truthâ€"WATSON. ting any question, Evil or'religiws, to the test of f_r_ee_ discussing, _ cs The Chronicle has more than a passing interest in the new Warden of Grey County, Reeve Neil Calder of Egremont. While this paper picked him as the logical candidate for the position. and advocated his election. we are not. egotistical enough to imagine that we had very much influence with the County Council representatives in elevating him to the highest position in their power. Now that lie-has been elect- ml we have little hesitation in pl'mlit'tlng that he will fill the chair with honor to himself and his town- ship. It is thirty-two years, we are told. since the Township of Egre- mont has had the honor 01' having the Wardenship, the last holder of the olfice being the late James Allan. who was a member of the (jounty Commissioners. Previous to that. it is over fifty years since the township was similarly honored, the late J. Murdock being Reeve at that time. Warden Ga'lder is a bachelor, 45 years of age. and the second bach- elor Warden the county has had, the other being the late David Mc- Nicliol of Bentinck. who died a few months ago. Warden Calder lives on the 21st concesion of Egremont, where he runs 150 acres Of land, and lives on the homestead on which he was born. Miss J. Calder, a sister, resides with him, and together their home is known far and near for its hospitality and the genuineness of the welcome extend- ed to the passing traveller. Mr. Calder has always been interested in municipal affairs and for the past ten years has been a member of the timincil Board. His municipal life life. up to 1928. has been spent in a: unit. of "threes". He was three years Councillor. three years Dep- uty Reeve. and three years Reeve. and now in his Wardenship year. has entered on his fourth team as chin-t utt’icial of his township. In the tlounty Council he has occupied important. positions on numerous t?0[llI]lthft'S. and for the past two ."ears has served off the most im- portant. committee in county affairs. the Good Reads Committee. ~Egremont, Bentinck and, we are told. 'l‘hornbury, where the three n'mnicipalities in line for the honor, and it is to be hoped that the latter two will he considered in the course of the pext~cogp1e of years: ‘ Warden llalrlm' has. always. been a pulmlm- nn‘ieial in his township, is a member of the Fail-balm Presby- terian church. is Secretary 01' the Egremnnl Agricultural Society, and is also a director of the Ontario Ploughmens ~Xssociati0n. He it is \\ ho is I'OS)OIlSlb18 for the holding at the annual ploughing events in Egremont “hich each \ear attracts more Dntrants and spectators. \Ve look for great things from Warden Caldei' this year. and have no hesitation in saying that under his guidance the deliberations of our County Council will be con- ducted in a sane and sound manner and in the interests of the county as a whole. Somehow \xe cant help thinking of him as Santa Clau$, says the Dallas (Texas) News. To which a We would respectfully call atten- tion to the following from the Ar- kansas Gazette: A certain Arkansas road is said to be “in good condi- tion as a whole.” Many a road is all right as a hole. . 9 f ”9111.50 \ .- v--...., good many péofil'éhiri Durham will answer, “Amgn”; O O \\ e co nng1atulate Egremont To“ n- ship on the honor bestowed this \931. and hone for a most successful wars business activities under the guiding hand of Warden Calder. 6m: Whosoever is afraid of sybym’t- It is now Thursday, February 2, 1928 ('3REY‘S NEW W’ARDEN NOTES AND COMMENTS COUNTY T0 VISIT SCENE IN A BODY County Road alt of ledordA Causes Trouble, Despite Pact Last Year’s Council Thought They Had Settled Itoâ€"Go oil Advocat- ed Government aking Over Durham-Singhamptou Road. The case of the notorious 7th Line Highway inOSt. Vincent . and Euphrasia' Townships was again in the limelight at the sessnon of the Grey County Council last week, and now the decision is that the Council 30 over this roadwa in a body and see whether it shal be the. 7th or the 9th lines that shall be desig- nated a County Road. ‘ ago. Then a deputation and peti- tion from the 9th was formed, and when the residents of the 4th saw what was going on they, too, got up a petition to have the road built along their line. They admitted that they were perfectly satisfied with the selection of the 7th, but if the matter was to be reopened they also wante d consideration. Last year the road selected was the 7th and it was thought everything was settled until it was brought up again last wee '. 'I“\ .\ n‘n“r\rn I 06‘ Vk'il\|1"‘\" 4n 0 "IOOF‘ U’l‘he matter “gas brought to a head when Reeve Reid moved an amend- ment in opposition to the motion of Rome P1 ingle that the Iepozt of the Countw Roads Committee be adopt- ed. The amendment was carried? to 12. and as a lesult: no more milk will be done on the 7th until next. Spring, when the'council will go over the toad in a body._ â€"â€"â€"vv This question seems to he a hardy annual at the yearly sessmns of the Council, and despite the fact that last yeads Council designated the 7th line, had the plans accepted and approved by the Provmcia'l Depart- ment, the matter was re-opened last week. Brlefly the 7th was the road selected some _thre_e__or four_ yeaijs Reeve J. A. Pringlefchairman of the. COLllltV Roads Committee, re- VieVV ed the whole case Very briefly pointing out that the government had wanted the 7th line all the time. that the question had been settled at a special meeting of the County Council, and that even if a change was made there- was no guaiantee that the oveinment VVould consent to it. 1‘. Pringle stated that he had stopped the VV 01k on the 9th line in 01 de1 to saw the county money. Rome Buchanan thought the sug- gestion of BeeVe Reid was a tail one as no one \\ ould be hurt except St. Vincent and Euphrasia. and also pointed out\that the 9th line road could be constructed at a cost of $50,000 less than that of the 7th line, which was worthy of eonsidera’tion. The balance of _the report was adopted w;th0u§ glscussjop. _ After some further discussion the votecwas taken on the amendment and 11: was earned on a vote of 22 to The motion of Reeve Pringle ask- ing that the committee report be adopted contained seven‘ clauses, but the objection taken by Reeve Reid’s amendment dealt With only Clause 6. Reeve Pringle’s motion to adopt__the report was as follows; 1. That the claim of William Tomlinson for damage to his car on the Meaford-Thornbury road be filed and no action taken. ._ 2. That the communicaiion from the County Clerk -of Hastmgs gouglty, re overloading of trucks, be 1 e . 3. That the communication with reference to the appointment of a traific officer he filed. 4. That the County ineer, County Road Superintendent: the W a1 den the Chairman of the County Roads Committee and the County Cleik be appointed delegates to at- tend the Convention of c,the Engin- eers and Superintendents and bthe ()ntai-io Good Roads Association in Torpnto on February 2’lst to‘24th, 192%). :3. That the claim of Ezra Woelfle 1‘01 bonus 1'01 “ire fence on the Count} Road in Sullivan Twp. for $36.00 be filed until inspected by the CountV Roads Committee 011 1111111 tom ol inspection 6. That the Committee take no action with reference to any change in the County Road between Meaford and Markdale until after hearing the delegation and that the question then be dealt with by all the members of the Council. 7. That whereas we have been in- leimeil that about fifty per cent of the 500 miles Iecently taken over h\ the Depaitment of Pioxincial Highway from the Counties of the Proxince. is constructed we would recommend that the County Roads to be stai'tod in Chicago to outlaw prize-fighting. Evidently Big Bill Thompson has just discovered that the Marquis of Queensbury was a British subject. 31.22%): :There’s a‘ policeman downstairs, ma’am, says the dog 1 1m.” MISTRESS: “Tell him we’re sending it to bed without any supper.” . â€"Happy Magazme, London, Eng. {a Connmittee, the EngineelJ and Sué permtendent wait. upon Hen. G. S. Henry during the Onta'mo Good Roads Convention and request the Department to take over the Road from Durham to the 09u_n_ty Bound- ary line 0 Grey and Simcoe as a Provincial ighway. WARDEN CALDER , ADDRESSED C0llNCll. Referred to Work of Coming Year, Thanked Council For the Honor and Showed Comprehensive Grasp of County Work in His Address Last Wednesday Afternoon. The Warden’s address -...a't the County Council last Wednesday af- terndon left little doubt in the minds of the Council that Warden Calder ot‘. Egremont, has a full grasp of County Council matters, and Will prove a most capable ofi‘icial as head of the 1928 Council. He refer- red to the importance of the agri- cultural industry to the country, dealt with financial matters, roads, bridgs, education, the House of Re- fuge and other questions, and gave conclusive evidence that he has a clear grasp of the situation throughout the County. The ad- dress, which was referred to the FVarden’s Committee, was as fol- ows: To the Members of the County Council of the County of Grey: . . Gentlemen: ; Allow me to e tend to you my1 sincere thanks a d appreciation of the honor you have conferred upon me and also upon the Township- of Egremont, which I represent, in electing me to the highest position which is in your power to give to one of your members, namely the Wardenship of the County of Grey. I assure you that I will strive to the best of my ability to merit the faith in me you have shown by doing my best to uphold‘ the dignity and standing of our County, one of the largest in the Province. Agriculture Agriculture being our basic inâ€" dustry and, being of the farm, na- turally I will speak of it first in my address. It is the mainstay of our County and in fact the whole of our fair Dominion, and we may truly thank our God for the blessings he has conferred upon us in giving us good harvests this last year, the result of which is shown in the growing prOSperity of our County, The Clerk informs me, that in answer to his correspondence with the Department of Agriculture at Ottawa, in regard to tuberculin test for the County of Grey, that we may look for no such test for at least three years, owing to the scarcity of qualified Veterinaries and the great number of applications in ahead of us from Eastern Ontario and Southern Quebec, that the De- partment of Agriculture will be kept busy testing cattle for the restricted areas in that part of the country for the_al3ove stated time, We are gradually replacing the old narrow bridges with new bridges of the regulation width now necesâ€" sary for the increased traffic caused by the general use of the auto and truck as a means of transportation. At present I know of no extraordin- ary expenditure for bridges during the present year. - 'fib‘ééévef the Minister is gratified for the interest this Council has shown in this question. Finance The Finances of our County are still in good shape and although we will have a report from our Treas- urer showing a deficit of from $1,200.00 to $1,500.00, it is not as large Aa_deticit as we‘h‘ad thought. At this time I want to press upon the minds of you Members the fact that all Committees should not spend more than the amount set aside in our estimates for their exâ€" penditure. Try and show a surplus at the end of this year rather than a deficit. Although we are spending con- siderable money each year on our County and Provincial Roads, yet I believe we are getting value for the money spent and the end justiâ€" fies the expenditure. I expect we will have deputations he1e this Session iequesting thanges in our County Roads Sys- tem, Dbut I believe if we make one caange we will have to make many and we must not forget that al- though we may recommend changes, thev have to be approved by the Department of Highways before they can be made, and again if changes are made this year, re- quests for changes will likely be presented every year. However County Roads Bridges THE DURHAM CHRONICLE this is for you to decide. _ r Education _ ' The cost of Education is increas- ing each .year and it is an expendi- ture over which. we have no con- trol. We cannot say that tho edu- cation we received was good enough for us ‘and should be good enough for our children. The Government. says this is not a fact, but is working on the principle that a good education is the best sset we can give the youth of todgg to :start .out with, and looking t the question from this point of view, we must agree with our Education Department. ’ The question is now; before” us, “What are we going to do about the enlargement of our home for the Aged and Infirm?” The “Prov- ince is trying to force on this and other Counties those mentally de- fioient who are harmless but are still not capable-of looking after themselves. If we have to take them, then we will have to enlarge our Home for the Aged and Infirm by hmlding an addition so as to keep these patients se arate from those who are onl}_r in rm. In conclusion I regret exceeding- ly that only . last week, Providence has seen fit to take away one' whom we all respected, Shcrifi' James S. Wilson, one who hadJitted into so many public places in the City of Owen Sound and County of Grey. am! one who will be sadly missed by all, and I would earnestly ex- press to Mrs. Wilson and her family our sincere sympathy in their sad bereavement on the loss of a loving husband and father. There is a resolution from the County of Victoria regarding this question to which I would ask you t.o_g1ve" deep. thought. \gain may I say to you that I shall endeavor to extend to all the most sincere and courteous treat- ment so that \\ hen the‘year is over \ou may have no regret for having elected me as your Warden. FEWBR WORKLBSS Returns from 6,177 firms in Can- ada employing 135 persons or more each. Show that unemployment on January 1 declined from $86,836 to 826,737, as compared with Decem- ber l. 41927. Reflecting this contrac- tion the index on January 1 stood at 99.5 in comparison with 106.8 on December 1, and with 94.8 on, Jan- uary l, 1927. Manufacturing, con- struction, transportation and log- ging reported pronounced seasonal contractions, while coal mines reg- ister improvement. Clancy stovped his friend Svéeen- ny on the street one day. "‘I hear \ouve moved, Sweeny. Ho“ do \01_1_ like your new placefl‘?” "Well. Mike, it costs a lot, but there is. a lot. goes with it. An’ then thim new conveniences are great things. Sure we’ve been livin’ a month there now and the first day we lit the gas range in the kitchen and it. ain’t out. yet.” A Great Convenience House of Refuge NOW IN CANADA Miss Ma ret McDonald, daugh- ter of the ate Mr. and Mrs. Dan C. McDonald, . left Toronto on Tuesday for Montreal, to Visit Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Mackenzie, before. leavng for New York to take a course of train- ing in Grassland? Hospital. Mrs. Mackenzie Will accompany her to New York. has been ill. Mrs. Ray’s sister, Mrs. A. Richardson of Proton Station spent the past week with her, but returned home on Wednesday after- 110011. Miss Maud (Mutl‘y) Kelsey has returned to town after a v1s1t Wlth her sister, Mrs. Yake, in Egremont. While out driving 1n one “of the heavy storms a week or so ago, the horses got-eff the road and got down in the heavysnow and Miss Kelsey, while aSSIstmg to get them back on_the road again had her limbs quite severely frozen which kept her indoors for several day . Mrs J- Crutchlev returned Sai- L.v1~lu .-v- --â€"'â€"v Mrs. J. Crutchley returned Sal- urday after a two weeks’ Visit wih her niece, Mrs. Wass. in Ford. Mrs. G. Moor’e left last week for Ford and will also visit for a time with her niece. ‘1 +Messrs. Herb Cross and George Campbell are visiting with Ben- tinck friends for a week and will spend pgrl; o: the time liupting. "‘MiSs‘Euloa' Burnett was homé from London over the week-end. Mr. Archibald MacCuaig, Price- ville, 0nt., announces the engage- ment of his daughter, Islay Barbara. to Mr. Henry Alfred Tucker, son of Mr. and - Mrs. Thomas Tucker, Priceville, the marriage to take place early in february.n ‘I‘ Mrs. Isaac Heeper of Egremont spent last week with Mrs. T. Atchi- son. Mr. and Mrs. Hooper, who recently sold their farm and had an auction sale of their effects, are at present visiting with relatives at Listowel and will leave shortly for the Westto take up residence._ -‘â€"_v _. "'Mr‘s'. ”W. Firth of Glehelg, is re- 1101 ted very ill this week, and fears we held locally that her ailment may be serious. _ 111‘s. _fi1‘th_ is a sister of Mrs. G. McDonald of town. Mr. and Mrs. J. Schutz returned from Milverton Tuesday, where they have been visiting a sister of Mr. Schlitz. seriously ill and not expected to recover. Miss Ma1y Hamilton of Guelph \ isited f10m F1ida\ to Tuesday \xith M1. and M15 W. Smith and M1. and Mrs. E S. MacArthur. in Bantinck. . A little girl was once. told that polite people did not talk about, their ailments in company or outâ€" side the family. .So when a visitor asked her itshe was well she said: “Well, id the family I have a stomach ache, but in company I'm quite well, thank-you.” Thursday, Pom-nary 2, 1928 THESE WASHING ACCESORIBS ARE PRICED AWAY DOWN ' WHILE THEY LAST Solid Copper Boilers, large size ...... $3.50 No. 2 Hot Galvanized Wash Tubs . ”$1.25 No.3 Hot Galvanized Wash Tubs . $..1. 49 COPPER BOILERS Glass Wash Boards Heavy Zinc W a s h Boards ......... 49c. Cross Sutherland Hardware (30., Ltd. L ’1‘, a»: SP. I\'-~-4;H!'illil" gapet. Mg'}.v:_m. \lx Jr. l\'â€"â€"â€".\lm~ Clarke. HN‘l ' 1w Ritchiv. SP ”I-Jllhwfo' Sr. H-«Jumux McLean. JP. ”~4WH1‘: Lawrence. 81‘. Iâ€"«Xivug';, Ritchic‘. SI‘. Pr McLean. . Jr. Pr.” R :11 Vessie. SP. l\'â€"â€"â€"Ail;1«l}'> COUUS. BOI'JHH Jl'. I\'~â€"Lilhzm loch. Joan «hum John MCLPHH. '\ hr . Bailey ”1â€" 4.x!” (.lmn' Sr. II--.\llwz'i man. Gram- H":- Herbert \\'ull.<. 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