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’lno‘l T. Hend BOW lug " ' am an t It. ‘vV Blker n ( "Wu . wm-u successful P svmi-tinals, be- 0 Xvison rink of l was in mm ' Waikerton rink Rich ions Lsty three- rick varie- r bulk, if ight {MI-FINALS 11 p.11). 00L .ilding ang ace >19, 501] S t0 CALL price PhOne EAM 'MM‘W‘O' lion 0c V II ’ mw.....u.l ROBT. HAAS, NOISTEIN WINNER IN CONTEST Selected Popular Subject, Gave Good , Address, and Won Com- mendation From Judges for 2"- cellent Deliveryâ€"Five Speakers in All Took Part. The speaking contests held under the auspices of the Farm Youth Association are OVeI for an- other )031 the finals l1aVing taken plate in Durham Town Hcall last \londax ex ening when fiVe speakers 110m diiierent parts of the riding competed. The subjects chosen m 10 xaiied the addresses good, and the judges had considerable diii'iculty in picking the winner, voicing. the opinion that they would much preferred to have had a third arbitrator so close were tlm points awarded at the close. VOL 61.â€"NO. 3184 The winner was Robert Haas of Ei'romonl, Township, whose sub- jocl. "Rural Progress. in Ontario”, was not only a popular one from tiw standpoint of the farm youth and the agriculturist, but was also most algly delivered, 4 Mr. Haas dealt with the progress in Ontario f1 om pioneer days, tell- ing of the hardships endiired by those who first heVVed their homes tiom tl111 Virgin f01est, cleared the‘ first small plots of land and planted the tir: t crops. HarV esting in those days was done with the sickle. the binding: of the sheaV es VV as done bV hand. and f1 om these hardships he' VV orked up to the present-daV faIming conditions when, with the aid 01 the selt binder and other lal1o1-saVing machinerV one man V11. 115 able to do as much as five or 111111111 men with less effort and man- ual drudgery. Conditions Much Improved Speaking of the improvement in the methods today 0Ver those of U111 pioneer daVs. the speaker went into the methods of stock raising then and now. In the old daVS a 11111.: was a hog and a hen was a hen. There were no special grades in the former. and little attention was paid the latter beyond throw- ing them out a few hvandsful of grain and let them look after themselves. Today in order to com- pete with the markets of the world. due to modern transporta- tion and requirements. the hog had been 1leV 11111111111 into a special class and it the 11101111131111 hoped to 111- 1111iV11 top 11111 11s 1111 had to conlmm to certain 111gulations demanded by the p111chasers. It did not pm to raise hogs today it there VVeie not 11 lame percentage of ‘selects". \\ ith 111111lt1V. too. modern methods haVe made ot this in1.1‘lust1V one ot the most profitable on the farm providing they were .followed. Speaking of the pioneer trans- portation proble‘r‘ns. the life in the home. and the living conditions generally on the farm, the Speaker brtmght his audience through the primitive methods of our fore- fathers when the post Offices. were far apart and the getting of the mail was a case of two and per- haps three miles of a journey, and each would take turns in gett- ing the mail of his neighbors. To- day the mail is «:lelivered right to the farmer‘s door and the» rural telephone, labor-saving machinery and other modern equipment made the life of the farm women much more enjoyable than formerly. The advent of the automobile. too. had been a boon to the rural dweller. “'hile our grandmothers seldom got. away from home. the present- day nmlhmls of travel enabled wo- men to attend the various meetings in the community and associate with in-ighbors. now sometimes miles away. - The address showed much pre- paration. was well delivered, and the decision of “ID two judges. Messrs. Messenger and Smith of )lax-kllale. was evidently a popular one. judging from tho applause following their announcement. mvmbm's 01' a community by bemg t'rivndlv. She named her. 2331(11‘933 "The Miracle of Friem‘lshlp", and told hvr hearers that In order to make t‘ripnds we must be frlendly {Pnnfinnnd MD 01128 2‘) “The Miracle of Friendship” Miss Pearl \Vilgon nf Normanby took for lan- mined the miracles that could be wrought amongst The Duchess of Bedford, the newest cabin vessel of the Canadian Pacific steamships, sailed into Montreal last week to enter the Atlantic service, making its first voyage from Montreal on Friday. It is a gigantic ship of 20,000 tons gross register and will accommo- date i,600 persons. Its furnishings and decorations are reputed to be "the last word in ocean travel.” (Continued on page 3 THE DURHAM ‘ CHRONICLE Rev. Dr. John Buchanan, one of the most distinguished churchmen of the am, who was the unanimous choice for moderator of the Pres- hyterian general assembly, at Reâ€" gina There were no other nomin- ees against Dr. Buchanan, who only recently returned on furlough “from his lit'e- long mission charge in central India among the Wild monkeV men’. ’ His wile is with him, she also being a medical mis- sionary. ' Biggest Turnout in History of Cemetery Company Greeted the Appeal of Board at Annual Work Bee Thursday. CEMETERY BEE SAW ~ MUCH WORK DONE “Bigger and better than ever” seems to he the. summing up of each succeeding annual bee at the Durham cemetery, and the magni- iicent turnout last Thursday, es- pecially of those from the country shows without a doubt that they have fully as much enthusiasm as the Board in the campaign to clean up and improve the last resting place of our dead. In the morning it is estimated that there were approximately 35 teams and driversl present. and in the neighborhood of? 20 shovellers. In the afternoon a? few more teams and shovellers showed up from town and country. and the. work accomplished during the day was both pleasing and sat- isl-actory, The. p1incipal VV ork done this vear was the start on improving the gullV VVhich runs northward f1 om the Prmincial Highway, and though considerable VV ork was done here. and all day long the laden VV'ga ons poured their otons of fill into this last eVesore in the ceme- te1V ground, the imprmement has not been completed bV anV means, but will haVe to go 0V er until next year VVhen further VV ork VVilI be done. The imDIO\ine‘nt at the cemeâ€" tery 33 as not done at the expense of any other piece at landscape. (3ither.ai1d in hauling the till trom the tOp ot Hutton Hlil quite an im- [)I'O\ (3n113nt \\ as made at the corner “11010 the second concessinn 0f B(,311ti11(-k joins the highxxay._ {301‘ a number of years now this has been regarded as 1a somewhat dam. r-eious i11te1~ectionCais com- ing up the hill traVel fai11V last in t1Ving to make thé g1ade on high. while going Vt est. once the brow ot the C"hill is Ieacheil. a car gains momentum and it is otten danger- ous to come 0' t. of the sideroad t0 the north. In securing the fill for the cemeterV the di1t VV as I'wemOVed irom these corners. and in this manner considerable imprOVement was accomplished in two places. . The bee was an all-day afl‘air, the ladies of the I.O.D.E sewing lunch both at 110011 and at 5 oclock. After the lunch Reexe Bell on be- halt 01' the Cemete1y Bomd thank- 1311 all 101 the hea1tiness of their 1esponse to the call,\\h11e the edi- tor of this paper “as also called Upon f_01 a fem W'mds. I- ----..L Other students from Durham and vicinity to whom congratulations are in order are Miss Bessie Smith. who took honors and secured pass standing in .her recent examina- tions, Mr. Royden and Miss Eula Burnett, and Mr. Albert Kress, fourth year students at Western UniverSIty, London. and Mr. Harold Mountain of Bentinck, all of whom were successful in their recentiex- We extend congratulations to Miss Marjorie L Pickering, daugh- ter of Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Pickering of this place who took an honor course in Modern Languages in the recent University of Toronto examinations. The results were announced in Saturday’s papers. ‘ aminations. The bee this year was the largest and most successful on record, 'and both the cemetery Board and the plothohlers present were highly pleased with the work accomplish- Last Monday Mr. James Mather was taken with a weak spell while entering the post office and but for the presence of Mr. John McGirr of Glenelg would haye fallen back? wards from the steps to the con- crete sidewalk with most probable serious injury. He was taken to his home and Dr. Smith summoned and we are pleased to know he is recovering nicely. Mr. Mather was unconscious for a time and h1s condition, we are informed, was quite critical. éd. PAS'S’Bâ€"ITWI‘rH HONORS TAKEN ILL ON STREET mm mm." m, L n DURHAM, ONTARIO, CANADA, THURSDAY, JUNE ~21, 1928 - Leaving his home in Bentinck .on the 9th of June at about 5.30 in the morning, Mr. James Turnbull had a most enjoyable trip up into the Lake of Bays District in Muskoka, and made both going and return trips without miShap, en- joying every foot of the journey. With Mr. Turnbull were Mrs. Turnbull, Mrs. James McRonald and Mr. Andrew Smith, who left the party at Barrie and took the train there for Sudb‘hry. The party arrived at Barrie that same ev- ening ab_out ‘4 o’clock. Mr. James Turnbull of Bemtinqk Had Pleasant Visit With 1119, Brother in Lake of Bays District. TELLS 0F ENJOYABLE ' TRIP T0 MUSKOKA _ From Barrie to Severn the road was in good condition, and very good time was made, but ten miles south of Gravenhurst large gangs of men were at work with teams building a,new highway, 801 from that point: to Gravennurst the road was a bit rough. The party arrived at Gravenhurst about 12.30, but did not stop. Here the main streets or the town were being paved and they had to keep to the back streets through the town, going straight through to Bracebridge where a stop was made for a time to rest. Huntsville, 28 miles Tar- ther north, was the objective point, and while the road was good, it was a very crooked one, winding around rocks and through valleys very picturesque, but not conduc- ive to making good time. Many ap- parently prosperous farms were passed on which were some very tine buildings, and about 2.30 in the morning they arrived at Huntsville, a town of_about 3,000 population._ Huntsville is situated on the Muskoka river and Lake of Bays Chain and C.N.R., and is about 80 miles south of North Bay. Hero Mr. Turnbull was quite inte1ested in the big tanner of the Canada Leathe1 Company. said to be one of the biggest tanneries in the coun- t1v inc 1the saw and planing mills, and the othe1 innumerable indus- trial activities of the place. To him, however, the sight of most interest was the large dairy ba1n also opeiated by the Canada Leather Companv 01 those intei- ested in it, and built entirely of concrete with galvanized roofing. Over 50 Holstein cows were kept here. Though their time was limited, the party motored out to the Port- age. where the change is made from one boat to the other in the trip to Bigwin Inn, and had they the time at their disposal would have gone along the water edge past the site of the famous Wawa summer hotel, burned a few years ago, and thence to the shore op- posite Bigwin. Their limited time, however, would not permit of their visiting this and many other scenes in that wonderful country and it was with much regret that the party left on the neturn trip to their homes in Bentinck. ‘ SUNDAY CRASH DID VERY LITTLE DAMAGE Rev. E. S. Fiddes of Town and Man From Toronto Had Minor Crash Sunday: _A_fternoon but Casualties Rm. H. S. Fiddes, pastor 01° the Queen Street congregation, and D. Chewrloy of '101'onto “em prin- cipals in a minor motor cnash at tho corner 01‘ Garafraxa, and Lambton streets about 1.30 Sun- ady afternoon but lLleilV no one was in_i_1_11_‘e(t and little damage done. ll‘la ‘Vu‘yo Whether or not there will be' any action we do not know, but Mr. Gheverley evidently considers him- self in the right, though his ’only excuse was that he blew his horn and was on a through street. As Mr. Fiddes carries insurance pro- ection there will likely be a court fight before the insuring company pays out any money. Mr. Fiddes was on his way to his afternoon appointment at Zion church in Glenclg. and had stopped at the sign on Lambton street before crossing the traffic One car passed and Mr. Fiddes, “thinking the road was clear, started his machine to cross the intersection. He was rather surprised when an- other car loomed up in front of him and he had little chance to avert the accident that happened immediately afterwards. His car caught the car going south on Garafraxa street Opposite the right hind \vheel, the impact knocking the air out of one tire and damag- ing the rear fender. The car driven by Mr. Fiddes received only minor injuries and was soon. repaired. n 11-- From what we can learn 01' the accident from some who witnessed the affair, Mr. Fiddes had stopped at the stOp sign and had allowed one car to pass. The car driven by Cheverley was some distance be- hind and travelling, is it said, at between 25 and 30 miles an hour. He made no attempt, tolslacken slpeed at the intersection, which at this point. should have been 10 miles an hour, but when he saw the Fiddes car Starting over the crossing, blew his horn. He passed in front of Mr. Fiddes, who did not know he was there until too late to apply the brakes. Had the To- ronto man been proceeding at the regulation speed across the inter- section Mr. Fiddes would have had plenty of time to have pulled out of his way. ___:II L-‘ Were 'Light. Fred Stone of _ Stratford is, the new traffic officer here, and, with headquarters. at. Qurham, will patrol the Provmmal Highways between Arthur and.0wen Sound and Durham to Walkerton. We have; been informe‘ii by Constable Allen of town that he intends to enforce the law and will brook no violations of the traffic laws that come under his notice. One-eyed cars, the .stop street regulations, driving Without permits, and driv- ing Without tail lights will not be tolerated, and the regulations con- cerning the coming to a stop on ,entering ‘all through highways which are properly “Signed” will be enforced to the letter. SPEED OFFICER HERE; WILL ENFORCE iAw Fred Stone at Stratford to Patrol Provincial Highways in This Section, and Intends to Make Clean-up on Law Violators. NU VALLVJ-vvu vv VI nvvv v-- We have been informed that Of- ficer Stone is to enforce the law literallyâ€"just as it is written in the Motor Vehicles Actâ€"and that all vehicles, machine and horse- drawn, will be required to come to a “full” stop. Herctofore in Durham and in almost any town or city in the province, while the law is the same, it has not been generally considered necessary to bting the vehicle to an absolute stop, the regulation having been considered complied with if the driver entered a through street at, say, the moderate rate of a mile or two an hour, and prepa1 ed to stOp for pedestrians or traffic if neces- sary. I. 0. 0. F. DECORATION WAS HELD SUNDAY Personally, The Chronicle is not in favor of a too drastic enforce- ment of the law, and have on sev- eral occasions remarked how well the greater number of motorists in this section are obeying the stop street low now that they have be- come accustomed to it. However, Officer Stone has charge of the highways around Durham, and his interpretation of the law will have to stand. Constable Allen, too, in- forms us he intends to tighten up on the regulations in town and will (liforce the literal meaning of the . ct. Members of Local Lodge Gathered at Cemetery, Held Service, and Decorated Graves of Departed Brethren. In the neighborhood of fifty 1111 111beis of G103 Lodge No.169, I. O. 0.19., weie piesent SundaV at the annual deceiation daV ser- Vices, and while this is only about half the membeiship of the Order, the attendance “as most satisfac- tory and made a good showing on the march from the lodge room to the Town Hall, where the cars were. parked. The day “as an ideal 0110.111 fact. it might be said to have been hand picked With a bi lght sun, cloudless sky, and not too warm, the da} “as perfect and under such conditions it is no wonder that a large audience of citizens “as present from toxxn and the surroun‘ding country. The cere- monv was in charge of Noble Grand G. J. Jucksch. On arrival at the cemetery the 011 Fellows form of service was given, the singing of wellâ€"known hymns, the address of Rev. \V. Spencer, and the Odd Fellows’ ad- dress by B. Stoneouse being the pri ipal features of the service. At: 1e prOper time members of the Order bearing; flowers visited the various graves and deposited thé baskets. -V-‘ u. H. MacLean on “A Trip out and Life in the West”; Mrs. McQuarrie on “Institute Members Stay Young” and a po_e_,m entjpled “B‘gagty”. 4...! 11‘- ABERDEEN WOMEN’S INSTITUTE The 1egultar meeting of the Aberdeen Women's Institute was held on June 15th at the home of Mrs. J. S. Daxey. with 26 ladies in attendance. The meeting op- ened by singing the Ode. The 12th Psalm was 1ead by M1s. W. Noble folloned by the Lords prayer in unison. After the minutes and difl'erent reports \xerc heard and business transacted a program xx as given consisting of Communitx singing, humorous riddles and four papers Miss Hazel Chap ’man gaxe one e11- titled “Life is More than Living” , MIS. Grierson on ‘(Morning g’s Mrs. H Mani pan on Trip out and The roll was then called and the Question Drawer proved very in- teresting. A vote of thanks was extended to the officers ,of the previous year and the National Anthem closed the meeting after which Mrs. Davey and a few of the ladies served lunch. The July meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. D. McQu'arrie. All ”Wu; -- \.- The service was a most impress- ive one, and being an annual afi‘air seems each year to draw a larger crowd of spectators than its pre- decessor. ié’dies welcome. 1:140, w LVLL. u. u ander, a daughter. Aloxanderâ€"In Durham, June‘ 19, ’28, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Alexâ€" 3""; BORN 33‘?! 1-.»5- Hon. W. S. Monroe, premier of Newfoundland, is to resign office next month, it is reported. Pend- ing a e-neral election in the fall he wil probably he succeeded by Sir John Bennett; colonial secre- tary. GREY COUNTY COUNCIL ' IN SESSION THIS WEEK Council Decided to Stay with Business and Not Join Farmers’ Tour Through Ten Counties This Week.â€"Warden Calder’s Address. Grey County Council is in ses- sion this week and gm, down to business on Monday evening, and it looks like a busy session, so much so that, by a vote of 21 to 14 they decided against accompanying the tour of the Grey County farm- ers yesterday and today. ‘ ‘ Below we give the address of Warden Calder of Egremont, which is quite comprehensive and was weltll received by the members pre- sen : It is indeed agreat pleasure to me to welcome you to the June Session of our County Council, all, I trust, enjoying the best of health and ready for the work of another Session. .I wish to extend to Messrs. Ache- son and Comber, Reeve and Deputy Reeve of Holland Township, the Council’s greetings, and would sug- gest that a resolution be passed to allocate to them the several com- mittees of which the former Reeve and Deputy Reeve of Holland were members. ' As most of you are aware, our worthy Treasurer, Mr. John Park- er, has been critically ill since the January session, but. I am pleased to state, is now well on the way to recovery and will present his es- timates for next year at to-mor- rows meeting. Mr. Parker will present to you a request for an increase in salary; so that he may secure a permanent stenographer or office assistant to help him in his work. which has increased many times since the Roads System was established in our County, and I would call your attention to a letter of County Auditor Hastie in this respect. Although the season is back“ ard. me all tIUSt that God in His good- ness to us may \ct again gixe us a plentifgl harvgst. A. f- Mr. T. S. Cooper, Grey County Representative, will, I expect, ad- dress you outlining the two day trip he has now on hand for Grey County farmers through Welling- ton, Wentworth, and Welland to Niagara Falls and back through York, Peel and Dufl‘erin to Grey County, and inviting the Council to make the trip in a. body. Finance The Finances of the County are still holding their own and are in a healthy condition, although the County Treasurer will inform you that we had a deficit on December 31st, last of $1100.00, a trifle lower than we_had the previous year. While certain expenditures over which we have no control, such as Administration of Justice, depend- ing on the number of Courts held. Mothers’ Allowances, Hospital and Educational Account, our Sinking Funds are in a Very healthy con- dition, but those funds in the fut- ure will not earn as much propor- tionately as they have done in the past owing to the fact that high grade securities, such as Municip- alities are permitted to purchase. are yearly earning a lesser rate of interest. Our Hospital and Educational ac- counts are increasing, but this cannot be helped. However, we surely must look after our indigent sick and also give. our rising gen- eration the best asset possible, that of a Good education, and by doing so will receive their benediction. Bridges Several bridge contracts have been let replacing old narrow and worn out brldges. The County Council of [Wellington has author- ized the building of a bridge on the County line of Grey and Welling- ton if Grey County Council is pre- pared to contribute their share. The estimated cost is $40,000.00, As we did not prepare for this expen- diture in our estimates for this year, I would suggest that the uilding of this bridge be left over until negrt year and the necessary amount .mcluded at- this Session in Again I must call the attehtion of the vafi'bus committees to keep within their appropriations. Agriculture $2.00 a Year in Canada; $2.50 in U. S. The much talked of tour of the Grey County farmers lel‘t yesterday on an extensive trip. through the Niagara Peninsula, and before they return tonight will have visited in all ten counties of the province. Last night, after a visit to the Niagara district, the party remain- ed at Niagara Falls 'when they witnessed the illumination and saw other sights of interest along the Niagara River. Before returning they will have visited the 0.A.G. at Guelph, the ejperimrental station at Vineland, the world-famed poultry farm of the Hon. J. S. Martin at Port Dover, the dairy herds in Norfolk and other coun- ties. besides many other points of interest along the _\\':1}’. Five Coaches Left Durham Yester- day Morning on Extensive Tour Through Ten Counties, a Combin- ation of Business and Pleasure. GREY COUNTY FARMERS ARE NOW ON TOUR The editor of this paper had in- tended going along, hut the days selected, Wednesday and Thursday, prevented this, so we will have to sit at home and wonder what is going on. Five coacnes conveying the party arrived at Durham about 9.30 yesterday morning. very well filled and more to come at Yarney and Mount Forest. Altogether. the party will number upwards of one hundred. with Messrs. C00per and Smith of the Department at Mark- dale in__c_harge of the _festivities. It will be a grand trip from both the standpoint of pleasure and ed- ucation and from a once-over of the crowd that occupied the busses in Durham, we predict a real 0”0011 time. Only two went from ur- ham, Messrs. George Turnbull and George Mervyn, though it is likely others from the neighborhood would meet the bus at \‘arney. our estimates for 1929. County and Suburban Roads Although our Provincxat, County and Suburban roads are costing us considerable money, we would not, if we could, ‘go back to the old narrow road of a few years ago, but must keep on with the good work until our roads are all in good shape and safe for the in- creased trafl‘ic of the auto. We will ha1e at least one pet i- tion for the changing of the desig- nation of a Count1 Road. and, ac- cording to a resolution passed at the January Session, 110 are to in- spect in a body the se1enth and ninth lines of St. Vincent so as to satisfy oursel1es as to which is the better for a County Road. These questions. I kn011.11ill receive your fair consideration. Education As I stated before the cost of Ed- ucation is ever increasing and is an expenditure over which we have no control, and the action of the Dominion Parliament is not continuing the grant or 81.000.000.00 per )ear for ten years for Voca- tional Education. is not going to reduce the cost of education to our Profince, but it will not increase it in this Count1 onl1 indirectlv as this re1enue 11111 lime to be pro- lduced from some other source. 1 House of Refuge The Special Committee appoint- ed to meet the Inspector of Charit- able lnstitutions to discuss the pi'obleni of increased accommoda- tion of our House of Refuge, will. no doubt report at this Session. County Property I would suggest that the Preper- t1 Committee make a thorough in- spection of the outside of the Court House and Jail. as it is sev- eral years since the outside wood- work has been pointed and for this reason some of the outside work' is decaying and the flashings need renewing. Thursday . . . . Friday ....... Saturday . . . . Sunday ....... Monday ...... Tuesday . . . Wednesday Sunday ' .......... 54 80 46 Monday ......... 61 73 36 Tuesday . .1 ...... 64 82 59 Wednesday ..... 64 77 55 The Weather Summer seems to be here at last. During the past week there has been some real summer -weather, and though the evenings seem to be cooler than usual the bright sun in the daytime soon heats up the chilled air of the night and at times it has been really hot. From Thursday to Monday. the weather was ideal. Monday the sky clouded up and after considerable threat- ening a light rain commenced fall- ing. This continued until well on into the night and in all 41 one- hundredths of an inch fell. When it is considered that the greater ’part of this soaked into the ground, its benefit can be the better ap- preciated as the frost~ winds and warm weather had taken the most of the moisture out of the land and the rain was badly needed. The barometer has registered in the neighborhood of 29.4 the most of the week. Following are the temperatures of the past week, with the highest and lowest registered every day during the preceeding 24 hours In conclusion gentlemen. I trust that, the good “in and harmonious feeling. \\ l11ch has prexailed in our Council meetings heretofore. will continue, not, only during this Ses- sion, but for all time. Yours; sincerely. NEIL CALDER. Warden. TEMPERATURES OP PAST WEEK W'. ".15; r“ " n- .8 am. Max. Min. 39