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m hrldgo “191'8 iilkS unclm- the Ontario LOD 'ound Flax, at Flour, rap. bultry :ked. u'. hag...$4.50 Mom: has: 4.50 . bag ..... 430 mn. hag 4.00 r ”)5 ...... 1.00 ex bag . 3.50 nml Screen- kinds of .1 sell. onds . Ontario ds. ade L‘Afi‘ Miss Laila Scott, president-elect of the Canadian Federation of university Women's Clubs. Miss Scott. who is on the stafl' of the I’niversity of Toronto , being a specialist in French and German, was elected at the fourth triennial conference in Vancouver. .\ hank rlork in Now York l‘as a shortage of 3496.665. It. is hardly large enough. howmw-r. to secure for him immunity from gmniah- ment.â€"Chatham News. The barn. which replaces the one burned last fall when it. caught burned last. fall when it. caught from a threshing engine. is a larger struc- ture than its predecessor. is built a «'titi'erent shape. and contains a larger number of square feet. The new building will be 50x62 with 80â€"foot posts. and is to be rushed to completion this fall to hold the present year‘s crop. The raising was a big success from every standpoint. and follow- ing the rompletion ot‘ the work‘ shortly before dark. nothing would do “1» big crowd but that Mr. and Mrs. )IcKechnie would open their house. the tiddles were taken from their places-and young and old enjoyed a real old-fashionm'i dance until well on into the morning. An Old-Time Afiair 'Ihe raising was gone ahead with in real old- time style. The bents were raised with the main strength of those assembled. assisted by pike poles. and it was marvellous the manner in which the crowd worked togetl‘ier. considering that there must have been many of the workmen who were assisting at their first raising. There were in all five hents and these were put up with a methodical regularitv that was uncanny. Not. onh did this bespeak the handiness ot those| eng'igeo‘l at the raisina'. but also of the s"ill of the tramer. Mr. Alex, Morton. under whose supervision the huge frame was put. in posi- tion. The raising was marred hV one accident. Mr. James Crutchley be- ing smeielV injured when a pike- pole bioke the heavy end coming down and striking him on the head. with the result that he re- ceived a scalp wound that required several stitches to close, as well as a broken nose and some bruises. He was taken to Durham hospital where his wounds were looked after. and though an inmate for a (lav or two. , is making good proâ€" gress towards recovery. While painfully injured. Mr. Crutchley was not. knocked out. and, was able to walk to arar. and has since been able to be up and- around. OLD-TIME RAISING WELL ATTENDED _, VOL. 6l.--NO. 3194 Present at the raising on Thurs- day were over one hundred farmers and neighbors who were there to do the real work of the afternoon. There were, we were told, one hundred and twenty men who sat. down‘ to supper. Watching the raising. but not taking any part in the actual labor. were fully one hundred and fifty more. These included women and children from the adjacent territory, and those from town who went out after supper to take in the sight. The old-time barn raising last Thursday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm McKechnie was one ofthe events of the sum- mer. and a large crowd was there from near and far to witness what was to many their first glimpse of a barn raising. A common sight forty years or more ago, today the raising of a barn is an event, and while there are not so many now who know very much about it, we believe there is just as much in- terest taken as ever. Three Hundred People Present .at Raising of Framework of Malcolm McKechnie’s New Barn Thursday Afternoonâ€"Was an Innovation for Many. Lu. Plans are almost completed for the um eiling of the Mount Forest soldiers monument, which will take. place either on November 11 or November 12 this year. The monument, which is being erected at a cost of appmximately $4100, is a handsime shaft of gray granite standing 20 feet in height. It will stand in Riverview Park. The gasoline tax yielded $4. 032 .941 in the Iiscal v ear 193”. of which amount it was estimated that tour- ists paid $300000. The provincial reasurer‘s estimate of receipts from gas tax this vear was $5,130,000- Pe1mi'ts for passenger cars brought in last vear $3,755£2, and com- mercial permits. $1,299. 532. sm-vicv provided by our road system will pay in accordance with Um US" they gf‘t and the damage; they do." Swims months ago Premier Fer- guson intimated that higher gas tax was cumin". but. he did not say just when. Yesterday he an- nomici‘wi that the increase would be. imposed next year. "We want to get. as near as pos- sihio." he: saiiic'i. "to an equitable basis. so that people who use that m‘ gasolim- tax. Those \\ ho cmer only nlmivratv mileage , or lay the car up fol- several months of the ycar. will :mt notice the difi‘erence so min-1;, hmauso them will be a mumm-haiancing reduction in the nintoc licvnsu fees. Motorists of Ontario who drive a great deal. will contribute sub- stantially more next year to the revenues of thn province. by way Long Distance Drivers to be the Greatest Contributors Under the Proposed Law. '5‘?! HIGHER GASOLINE TAX EFFECTIVE NEXT YEAR The late Lord Haldane. Viscount of Clean, noth English statesman, who divd Sunday at. the age of Principal Graham of the Public school has requested that all in- tending sending their children to school this year. and more es- pecially the beginners, see to it that thev me on ham! Tuesday mmning that. the proper arrange- ments can be made for their 3.0-- c ommodation. In the High school, the attend- ance will be, considerably larger than last year, it. is expected. Principal Robb has been enrolling prospective pupils during the past week and arranging the teaching SCl'lef'lllle for the coming year. With the opening of school on Tuesday there will be a largely increased attendance, especially in the Public school. Last-Easter the usual» number of beginners was not. allowed to start, as it was t'elt that their addition would not be for the best interests of the other scholars, and of very little benefit to the beginners as well. The result. is that all who intended starting out on their educational career last Easter will be added to the roll next week. It’s a hard world, and just when the pupils were getting down into the full enjoyment of their annual festival the department of educa- tion for Ontario has to take all the joy out of life for the small boy by calling him back to school. It is nearly night now for the scholars of the local school, who, for the past. two months, have been enjoying the annual holiday and, generally speaking, will not be en- amored of the idea of going back for the educational grind of this fall, winter and next spring. Annual Two Months’ Holiday homes to An End when School Bell Peals' Forth Its Unwelcome Sound.â€" Many New Entrants. THE FUN’S All. OVER; SCHOOL NEXT TUESDAY UNVEIL MONUMENT Work on excavating commenced yesterday, R. Campbell, town, hav- ing the contract. There were in all five tenders received, two of them from Toron- to firms, but after opening them and discussing the situation it was decided to give the contract to Mr. The Board met. at the office of Dr. Jamieson last Saturday even- ing. It. was at first intended to hold it at the hospitai, but after waiting around for an hour or so for the appearance of some of those interested, an adjournment was made down town. Word on the addition to the Dur- ham Hospital is to commence at once. and the contract has been se- cured by Alex. Henderson of O1- angexille. “ho also had the con- t1act 1'01 the High school addition last summer According to the te1m< entmedinto the addition 1: to be finished by December 1, and the cost will be approximately $15,000 “ith the heating plant and certain of the electric \x1r1ng extra. Alex. Henderson Secured Contract For New Building at Meeting of Board Saturday Night. HOSPITAL ADDITION TO BE FINISHED DEC. 1 Henry Hunking. Melancthon township farmer suffered serious injuries when he fell from a high plate, a distance of some 25 feet at harn- -raising on the farm of Bov McLaren. He. received severe cuts about the forehead and was rend- ered unconscious for a time. Nothing further was in the tele- giam othei than Mi. Hughes had been injuied in an accident some 30 miles nmtli of Little Falls. “as in a se1i0us condition, and the familv here “ill be “ithout anv authentic infmmation until the amixal of Miss Hughes who will reach Little Falls some time this Wednesday. mu 111-111, 11.1111 “as in 1119 llOSpltal in a serious condition. Miss Alma Hug, has left \esterdm morning to be \xith her brother, and until “ord comes from her, the familv will be under great anxietx as to his condition. Misses Hughes. Mrs. Kress and M N. AIPXRINU‘I' received word Tiles- «lay t‘mm Little Falls. Minn. an~ nouncing that their brother, Mr. George L. Hughes, a former well-known resident of Durham. had been injured in an automobile accident and was in the hospital in an wwugswn's Corners, three miles west of here. We regret to 1089 Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn and family. but Wish them success in their new business ven- turc. , ..--- .uou auuuwgg'gooa family with the departure shortly of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Mervyn, who, with their family will soon take up their residence in Elmwood, where Mr. Mervyn has completed negotia- tions for the purchase of the Bow- man telephone line. serving both Grey and Bruce counties in the Elmwood vicinity. Mr. Mervyn was from this body. it may be a few day-s before the officiaLnolific-alion comes. Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn and family have been residents, of the town for the past five or six years, movâ€" ing here from Bentinck, where they owned the. old Meryyn farm at Livingston’s Corners, threel miles west of hero. u. w mepnens or Montreal, who has been mentioned as a possible selection for the post of Canadian Minister to Tokio. Durham Will SERIOUSLY INJURim Mervyn of Durham 13 lose anotheg: good J‘J- a ’3? years ago, and are now only re- member as they appeared while at- tending the old school. In our conversation we also Spoke of the present-day idea of holding an Old Home “feel; for the boys and girls who have left Flesherton. This part of the con- xersation got under wax after we had looked oxer some old school pictmes, taken at. the Flesherton school over 35 years ago. W e were of one opinion. Flesherton should haxe an Old Home Week. Exery town should haxe one. These cele- brations mean little or nothing to those who have grown up and re-l mained in their native town, but to those who have moved away and seldom return to the old scenes, well, there are few who would not. welcome the chance to return and fraternize once more with those of their school pals who have passed out of their knowledge 1 But these old days are gone for- , , _ . ever. After reviewing the good old the (119311551011 It has a kid was a kid and a few , days when shoes were taboo, we spent All» u UGCC U that kind. According to those it been belt that the town is responsible ii that stones should not be allowec ' nfinutes in comparing notes as to to remain on the street; Otllel‘f I what had happened in the interim. . The writer went to the south. ; spent some years in the South Seas . in sailing. with the army, in fact . we tried a little of everything but the ministerial 'profession. Mr. Armstrong went to dental college and after graduating went into the North country and was one of the pioneers of the Cobalt district. He it was who named Pearl Lake; first staked the ground on which the Noranda and Hollinger mines are now located: besides having various other mining claims which he sold some years ago. As a result of his prospecting, though this was mentioned by Dr. Armstrong, he is now on Easy street financially. has been Mayor of Cobalt. and is one of the prominent residents of Ontario’s newer section. In the Great War Dr. Armstrong went overseas as 0.0. of one of the, Northern Ontario regiments, and has since returned to Cobalt. ‘where he expects, we infer, to spend the balance of his days in the enjoyment of sufficient compet- tence that he will have no financial worries as to the future. 29. transacted Miss gave a report of the County con-1 vention at. Meaford. given by entitled “Success" ine McLean put on a humorous contest. The roll. call was thenl ‘n‘- A‘ ’â€"â€"L.: .. ' said that it has been held in cour1 that such accidents come under the head of acts of Providence. no one is responsible, and the merchant has to take his chances on’ such things. From this we would deduce that it. depends to a great extent on the opinion of the presiding judge as to whom he considers responsible. Anyway. McFadden's window is broken. That is one thing over which- there can'be no argument. ABERDEEN WOMEN'S INSTITUTE The Aberdeen Bra met at the home of Mrs. Philip McDonald on August 17, with an attendance or The meeting opened by singing the ode. Mrs. J. S. Davey rad the 14th Psalm followed by the Lord’s prayer. After committee reports were given and business Lottie. Fletcher A paper wasi Mary McQuarrie and Miss (lather- Miss -v v V'- Of the day looked mighty, and big, and cross, as he wielded that strap but we have a sneaking idea that he. secretly admired us for the fact that no matter how hard the go- ing, each took his medicine with- out a squawk. Personally, we have always en- tertained the notion that “Dutch" Armstrong and ourselves were the two most valuable pupils in the went wrong while the teacher’s back was turned, it was always quite safe for the teacher to whale the stuffing out of either one of us. There might bea slightmistake in the one Selected, but. it was always certain that one or the other was' 'either responsible for the devil- ment, or an accessory before or after the fact. Anyway, one of us was usually in the “present” class when the long strap was taken from the little drawer on the teacher‘s platform. Right or wrong both could take his “trimming". and we don’t believe either ever. “peached” no matter how severe the punishment. The schoolmaster “"‘Em (sl101t for Emest) was the name om f1iend got sometimes, but to those of us “ho knew him best he Went by the title “Dutch” though whom it originated we do not know. The writers father, the late editor of The Chronicle, was teacher in the Flesherton school at to the Toronto Exhibition, the party expects to reach their home at Cobalt a week from next Sunday. To be exact, it is j years since we tv‘vo me it was quite natural that ourIcon- versation should drift back to the useless, but to us, necessary things in the. exuberance of , spirits. 'r. E. P. Armshiong of Cobalt Was in ToWn Tuesday and Gave 'Tho thniclo a Short Call While on J His Way to Toronto Bxhlhitix- r of This Papa: liture, played hockey s on the Flesherton :1 did many other us, necessary things, ", AUGUST 30, 1928 Above are pictures ”- of {our “members of the new cabihet in British Columbia. They are1. 1. gave a report of the County con- vention at. Meaford. A paper was ‘given by Miss Mary MeQuarrie entitled “Success" and Miss Cather- ine McLean put on a humorous contest. The rollt call was then taken. Which was answered by Pro- verbs. The National Anthem closed the meeting/after which lunch was Served. The next meeting will he held at the home of .Miss Annie. Smith on September 21. All ladies: invited to attend. A car parked in front. of the. Noble garage yesterday afternoon.i in starting up snapped a stonel ' that was under the wheel through the plate glass window of McFad- den’s Drug Store. After; splitting the glass and putting quite a fair- sized hole in the window the] stone fell on th.. sidewalk in iron! of the store. There was some dis- cussion after the. accident as to who was responsible in a case of that kind. According to those in the discussion it has been held that the town is responsible in that stones should not be allowed to remain on the street; others said that it has been held in court that such accidents come under the head of acts of Providence, no one is reSponsible, and the merchant has to take his chances on’ such things. From this we would deduce that it. depends to a great extent on the opinion of the presiding judge as to whom he considers . responsible. Anyway. McFadden's j window is broken. That is one .‘ thing over which- there can'be no ‘ argument. ' STONE WENT THROUGH WINDOW \- __ any case, his escape even at. that may be regarded as very lucky. ' Falling from the trestle of the Sand and Gravel Company's plant here yesterday shortly after noon. and landing on the gravel some twenty feet below, Mr. David Hopkins,.millwright and carpent- ’er with the company, suffered a fracturedrib‘, received some cuts about the head, and was consider- ably bruised. While shaken up considerably, inquiry by The Chronicle revealed that he was notI seriously injured, but would be off ‘ work for a few days. . Mr. Hopkins might easily have been much more seriously injured. and while he is bad enough in n...- Mr. David Hopkins Peal at Plant of Sand and 'Gravel Company Yes- terday Afternoon and Bad Narrow and Lucky Escape From More Serious Injury. FELL TWENTY FEET NOT BADLY INJURED Prof. Lester B. Pearson of the University of Toronto, who has been appointed a first. secretary of the department of external affairs at Ottawa. Mr. Pearson is a pro- fessor of modern history. He coached one of the university foot- ball squads‘ for several years and was graduate coach of the hockey team last season. He is a graduate $2.00 a Year in Canada; $2.50 in U. S. Bhell3, minister of finance; 3, Joshua Hinchclifi‘e minister of education; 4, R. H. Pooley, actor. nay-general. The Weather The weather during the past .week has been all that could he de- sired, and a 1°4’*.fern(-e to the temp- eratures above tell practically the whole story. This is the 30th of August and the nights are assum- ing that late August and early Sepember tang, though no frost has yet. been recorded. During last Thursday night and Friday morn- ing the only rain of the week fell, and it. was a hard one. A depth of 1.17 inches fell. If there was a hole in the roof the rain found it. Thursday Friday Saturday . Sunday ... Monday .. Tuesday .. \Vndnosday TEMPERATURES or pAsi' WEEK For the woman loarning to drive a car, the first. hundred gears are the hardest..â€" Chicagn Evening News. Miss Marjorie Ritchie. daughter 01' Mr. and Mrs. W. .l. Ritchie of Glenelg. was successful in passing the two Lower school examinations and abso the two Middle 'school examinations in Agriculture. This qualifies her for an Elementary certificate in Agriculture. Northern lights are electrical discharges in the upper layers of the. atmosphere. As yet the rela- tion of their formation and the presence of sun spots is not thor- oughly understood. The display on Saturday was visible in all parts of the sky. It, was particularly brilliant and included colored lights as well as bright, whiter shafts of ever-changing beams. The influence of sun spots upon the weather is unknown. They in: fluence the magnetic state of the atmosphere and cause disturbances with magnetic measuring instru- ments. l The brilliant display of northern 'lights seen in this town on Saturday ‘night will be of common occur- rence during;' the remainder of Um year. According in Dr. H. R. Kingston, of tho l'nivvrsity of Western Ontario, nnrlhprn lights are onhancod by sun spots. which reach their maximum this year. Thm’r number and magnitudn farm umn' numrwr and magnitudc form a 11-year cycle, which will begin to dccrcasc the lattcr part 01' De- ccmhcr. this year. \' \-ll.‘l Friday’s business will he full of good things, and much information for the magistrates in the discharge of their duties. There is to he an address by T. E. Phelan, the gen- eral counsel of the Ontario Motor League on the Highway Traffic Act. other addresses by prominent magistrates of the province, and the election and installation of of- ficers for the coming year. For luncheon the magistrates are to be ‘an 15..---.- V 7_ -- u! L‘. L the guests of the T. ann Com 'lU [X Pan.“ u'aws ASSOClaUOD, being held in the new Ford hotel. A copy of the programme before us speaks of a full two days‘ work. { On Thursday there will he a short address by the president, 0. A. Langley of Peterborough, lreports of the executive and a round table discussion, followed in the after- noon by addresses en the enforce- ment of the Liquor Control Act. on the issuing of warrants of various forms and the preper institutions for commitments in certain cases. For luncheon the magistrates and their ladies are to be the guests of Mayor McBride and the Toronto Board of Control, followed in the afternoon by a drive given the ladies around the city. ..-v uuuu “11a. unlu- _law are in Toronto this Week, the former in attendance, at the annual convention of the Police Magis- trates’ Association, being held in the new Ford hotel. A copy of the programme before us speaks of a full two days’ work. MW ASSN. - MEETS m mom A SUCCESSFUL STUDENT _ Police Magistrate and Mrs, . Max. 78 71 ~ l g l 81 Min. Laid- 1. A“. 5. 11K}? . “Palm- .96.