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of appearing again. The substance is common clay heavily impregnated with iodine and some other chemical substances which produce an intense- ly hardened mass when moisture dries out of it. Mr. Campsall came upon the peculiar formation when attempt- ing to do some digging at the base of the hill on his property. He found it necessary to break up a rock like sur- face which covered the soil to a depth of six inches. Taking samples to the Farmers Trimmed oi Potato Bags Two weeks ago we warned farmers against selling horses to buyers unless they received the hard cash. Since then we have ben informed that some potato buyers are also out to trim the hard-working farmer. The joker in the potato game is that a buyer enters the farm yard. makes a deal with the farmer at so much a bag. the bag being included in the price. The potatoes are loaded on the truck and the buyer produces his roll of bills. Most of the bills are of large denomination and as a rule the farmer has little or no change. so the buyer makes up the amount “as near as he can", which is generally less the cost of the bags, 01 course. the buyer will return the bags and makes a note of the farmer's name and address. The bags never return and the farmer. m some cases. is out a nice tidy sum.â€" Orangevillc Sun. Lost Tooth and Nearly Ear When Mr. William J. Lambertus, the local roofing man. undertook to wind up his light Four Overland at Kincardine on Saturday last prepara- tory to starting out for home, he was subjected to a surprise attack from his car. when the chariot back-fired and knocked a front tooth out of his upper jaw. besides cutting and threatening to sever his lelt ear. Although stunned for a time Bill recovered his composure. and with the caution of a cat on a tight rope proceeded with the winding up of his bus, which he finally cranked without any further disfigurements.-â€"Walkerton Times. ‘ A new road surfacing material has appeared and in this instance it is Nature’s own product secured by Mr. W. E. Campsall of Thompsonville from an immense mound on his prop- erty. A couple of breaks in the pavement on Victoria streets were patched with this material some months ago and today show no signs New Paving Material ton Time»; liquor, which are now being made by SDCCialists in Toronto warrant it. Gordon Sawyer, who was with Reid just prior to his death and partook of a portion of the same liquor, has been ill at his home near Pinkerton fol- lowing his collapse at Cargill the next day after the drinking. Sawyer’s con- dition a iew nights ago was described as critical by his physicianâ€"Walker- may _ be increased to a' manslaughter charge if the result of the analysis of the deceased's stomach and of the Wilson Reminded Until Tuesday John Wilson, who was arrested at the home of his father near Pinker- ton. following the finding of the dead body of Joseph Reid in the ditch near the latter’s home in Greenock, came before Magistrate Walker here on Tuesday last, and was remanded to the cells until December 19th, on a charge of illegally selling liquor, which PAGE 2. tract guarantew. etc., are completed.â€" Collingwood Enterprise. contract for the erection of the eleva- tor to Messrs. Carter, Hallis and All- dinger, of Winnipeg. We understand the arm erected the seven million bushel elevator at Fort William last year. The contract price will not be Contact tot Elevator Awarded In Other Communities Taken From Our Exchanges About PeOple of Your Acquaintance The smoke also damaged practically all the furniture and furnishings of Izaac Shapiro who occupies the apart- ment across the hallway from Stein- berg‘s. Unfortunately Mr. Shapiro had allowed his insurance to lapse only a short time ago.â€"Chesley Enter- prise. The damage was confined to the kitchen, hallways and one bedroom. but the stock in the store was re- moved as in a short time the water commenced leaking through the ceil- ing. The building was insured. also the goods in the store, but no insur- ance was carried on the contents of the home. There are quite a number of deer living in the woods of North Bentinck. Last Saturday a young buck lost his life by becoming entangled in the wire fence along the sideroad past Herman Sach’s farm on the 14th concession. The first to notice the deer in its pre- carious position was Fred Janke, Jr., who was driving along the sideroad. He told school children about 4 pm. what he had seen and the children in- formed Mr. Sachs. Mr. Sachs took Councillor” McCaslin out with him and when they got there about 9 pm. the deer was dead but still quite warm. They notified game warden Albert Rolston of Owen Sound who dressed the deer the following morning and took it in his car to Owen Sound where the venison will be handed over to the manager of the Children’s Shelter. In his efforts to get free the buck had become badly entangled in the wire and had bled considerably. His head was badly bruised by coming in contact with a stone as he flopped from side to side when making frantic efforts to extricate himself. The deer was fairly fat and would weigh about 125 pounds. Mr. Sachs will have several rods of fence to repair next spring as a result of that Bentinck deer not clearing the wire in its wild jump.â€"Chesley Enterpirse. Young Girl Attempts Suicide A pathetic afl’air took place in Han- VOIV v w. v- ---v -.- v v- â€"'â€" w--â€" vâ€"â€"' fire had gained good headway before the firemen were able to get the hose streaming water into the building. Flames were shooting through the back window and the fanlight and dense clouds of smoke were pouring forth and at first it was feared that perhaps the whole block would be on fire. However, the fire brigade, once they got into action. did yeoman ser- vice and in about half an hour the flames subsided. Deer Loses Life in Fencq Fire, which broke out in the apart- ment above A. Steinberg’s store, about 7 o’clock Wednesday morning did con- siderable damage to the west part of the building. Mr. Steinberg was fixing the kitchen range when a can of coal oil tipped over 'and was ignited and soon the room was a mass of flames. Steinberg tried to smother the fire, but was unsuccessful. During this time he was severely burnt on the arms and face and the hair on his head was singed. Thereâ€" was a considerable delay in the arrival of the fire truck and the Fire at Cheslcy science department at the University of Toronto the stair had it analyzed and pronounced it clay with the chem- ical substances noted. Mr. Campsall has done considerable experimenting with it with so far permanent results. A crossing laid across the east end of Victoria street has stood up under traffic all fall. One peculiarity lot this clay is that should traflic or heat crack it the first rain closes it up and no damage results. Patches laid last fall stood up under the winter frosts without damage of any kind. Mr. Campsall is going to ask for the privilege of giving this paving mater- ial a practical test on some street in town.â€"Alliston Herald. This year the County is determined to rid the highways of this nuisance and as a test case. an action was com- menced against James Hunter, resid- ing on the Saugeen Road in Huron Township. and the matter came before Judge Owens on December 7th. After considerable argument about the merits of wire fences and the generous offer made by the County, Mr. Hunter decided to accept the offer of the County and has agree-d to rem ve 160 rods of rail fence. 2731-3. matter was then adjourned to January 3. the Judge advising Mr. H'mter that. if the fence was not entirely removed within fifteen days, an order would be given allowing the Count}: to remove the fence at his expense. As a few farmers have been disput- ing the sufficiency of the bonus and the right of the County to insist on the replacement of rail fences with. wire, this was brought forward as a test case and proceedings will be in- stituted against any farmers who have not complied with the request of the County Highways.-â€"â€"Walkerton Telescope. over on Tuesday last at noon when a young girl under 20 years of age. who has been employed in a local hotel. attempted to commit suicide by swallowing ammonia. It appears she had been a ward of the Bruce County Children's Shelter. and had worked in other places besides Hanover. It would seem that her life of restraint caused her to "step out" rather too lively when she got away from its influence, and complaint had to be made to Rev. R. Perdue. superintendent of the Bruce County Shelter. He came over here Tubsday and in a talk with the girl explained to her that if her con- duct was not improved she would have to be taken back to the Shelter. Apparently the dread of going back there was too much for the girl, and, running into her room. she swallowed the ammonia. A doctor was called. immediately and for a time it was feared that she would expire. but later recovered somewhat and was removed to the Hanover hospital. where she is still in some danger.â€"Hanover Post. ‘Want to be Humbugged There seems no way of keeping people from throwing away their money foolishly. High-pressure sales- men continue to flourish on the back concessions and in towns too with their get-rich-quick stocks. In the small. towns another class of smooth salesmen make an easy living by sell- ing advertising schemes to the mer- chants. These gentry make a town about once a year. Sometimes it is a blotter directory, sometimes it is a business direcory to hang in a public place. But they are wise enough never Must Remove Rail Fences The County of Bruce has for sever- al years tried to encourage farmers along the County highways to replace rail and board fences with wire so as to avoid the drifting of snow and have offered a bonus of 25¢. per rod. pages so that they might just as well rbe omitted. The weekly press is judg- ied solely on the way it serves its own pcommunity and people who have Fmoved away from that community. Both classes of readers want to know what is going on in the old town and the surrounding country. Today every reader of a weekly aper is also a subscriber to a daily. n the daily they can read all about what is going on in China if they feel so inclined and they do not want to see it in a weekly. In a weekly they want to know what is going on in that paricular commun- ity no matter how small a doing it is. It is their friends who are engaged in those doings and that is what they want to read about. The Clifford paper will find that it just as valuable with its four pages of local news and advertisements, as it was when it car- ried four pages of foreign matter that couldn’t help but be over a week stale. â€"Kincardinc Review. it is now published asâ€" a four page paper at home in pace of including four pages of ready-print that is printed in some city. The change is naturally of interest to other news- paper publishers as the Cliflord editor comes out flat in his reason for doing away with the patent inside. He says the people did not read the inside four THE DURHAM CHRONICLE rfimuuu vr‘ t â€"-â€"v ameg the real Big Builders of his timeâ€"Chicago Referee. Urvvwâ€" '-'--- kind. He had I 'Bioad vision and pgr- formed many noble acts of generosxty and philpnthropy._ _ He_ was _ foremost .. -8 1.8- The world of finance and specula- tion mourns the passing of James A. Patten. He deserves a particular niche in the Hall of Fame. It was Patten who first broke the power of Armour and his “Yellow Wagon” fol- lowing; it was Patten who out-man- euvered the bear clique and took in millions everytime he was right and the clique was wrong and it was Pat- ten who taught the grain trade that the late Mr. Armour was a bad finan- cier. After that if was easy. Mr. Patten was also the first big specula- tor who knew enough to quit the game at certain times and invest money in other lines of commerce. Arthur C. Cutten followed Patten’s example and is now one of the richest men in the world. Mr. Patten was a great teacher in the tenuous school of speculation. More than that he was -_.I “A- In the other provinces also manu- facturing is making rapid strides. In Calgary recently a bridge-building plant was established at a cost or $200,000 to employ 150 men, and a rolling mill plant at a cost of $400,000 to employ 160 men. A report of the Calgary Board of Trade shows that about 150 industries have already been established there which have a capital of $35,000,000 and about 3,500 employ- ees. The total industrial payroll amounts to about $5,000,000 a year and the value of the products annually is greater than the total investment. The Industrial Development Board of Manitoba reports that during the year 62 new industries were established and that nearly $3,000,000 were invested in the extension of existing plants. The industrial output was $159,252,000, as compared with $132,000,000 last year. Similar progress is reported from many other quarters in the three provinces. Indications point to Dundalk for the honors of the Warden's position for Grey County in 1929. Reeve Moody was nominated for 1928 but withdrew his name from the contest, preferring to wait. His long experience in municipal and county affairs. as well as his nat- ural business ability qualifies him for the place. While there may be others in the Counay Council of equal quali- fications. this municipality feels that it is entitled to consideration at this time. The writer is of the belief that Dundalk has never been represented at Owen Sound in the Warden’s chair It looks like Dundalk’s opportunity. providing. of course. that H. C. Moody is elected as reeve of the village for 1929. We have not heard of opposi- tion locally and the position may go by acclamation. Three weeks or so will tell.â€"â€"Dundall~'. Herald. The opening of an automobile fac- tory in Regina with a capacity next year of over 30,000 cars annually is one more indication of the rapid growth of manufacturing in Western Canada. Only a few years ago it was almost ex- Iclusively a wheat-growing country, but today the term “Prairie Provinces" does not give an adequate idea of pre- vailing conditions. Cities and towns are becoming important industrial centres which will create home mar- kets for local farm products and in turn will supply those farms with many of their needs. An automobile factory on the scale of that in Regina would not have been established if the company were not certain of an im- mediate demand, with still greater confidence in the future. It means that the wealth of the people on the Prairies must be widely distributed, for a millionaire here and there could account for only a few cars. Produc- tion of cars on a large scale annually shows that a very large propor- tion of the population have the means, each, to buy at least one of them. Last season grain was rushed to rail-‘ way and elevator points ata speed un- heard of before through the use of ’ motor trucks and this is only the be- ginning of that system of transporta-i tion on the prairies. The growth of manufacturing in the West has modified the free trade ideas so clamant a few years ago. Some of the farmers‘ organizations already admit the change in public sentiment. The farmers are beginning to realize the advantages of a home market, rap~ idly increasing. for at least a part of their products and that realization will bring about a greater appreciation of their community of interest. As the West manufactures more and more for itself so will the demand for East- ern products decline. but Eastern manufacturers will not complain. We believe that they will recognize that changing conditions in the West will unite the whole country in demanding a real national policy. â€"'I‘oronto Mail and Empire. in the 40 years since the village was incorporated as a mqptcipality.‘ charged a widow. who lived nowhere near the traffic road. twenty-five dollars for a tiny ad. in their book which in some magic way was to bring flocks of tourist roomers. Of schemes to pry folks losoe from their money there is verily no endâ€"St. Mary's Journal. Growth of Manufacturing in the Wes‘: housekeeper with their system of stopping places. One of these agencies recently canvassed homes half a mile off the highway here. and in one case Dundalk Wants The Wardenship It’s Much the Sum James A. Patten Majestic Flour, per bag 0 Canada Flour, per bag Feed Flour ,per bag _ .. Pastry Flour, 24 rb. bag Pilot Flour, per bag .. ....... Maple Leaf Flour, 1' bag. Prairie Pride Flourfier bl Phone 8, Day or Night Royal Household Flour, THE PEOPLE’S MILLS Best Quality Flour Feed MacBeth’s Drug Store Blatchford’ C f, Pig and Poultry Feeds. Gunn’s Big 6 ef Scrap and Poultry Feeds. Carloa f Fertilizer on Hand, Im ediate Delivery. Goods delivered in town every day. CUSTOM CHOPPING WHILE YOU WAIT We solicit your patronage. We handle the Our Christmas Stock includes many other gifts such as Stationery, Toilet Articles for Ladies and Men, Perfumes, Pen and Pencil sets, Boxed Cigars, Pipes. JOHN MCGOVVAN CANDIES’ of exquisite flavor, fresh and toothsome, offered in a tempting assortment, and daintily boxed in the Christmas 1113111161“. and sell them] at reasonable prices. The Gift Preferred! Chopped Oats. per 100 lbs. ._ $1.80 Crimped Oats, per 100 lbs. 130 Strong Chop, per 100 lbs. 1.75 Crimped Oats. per ton 35.00 Oat Chop. per ton ._ _ 35.00 Gunn’s Tankage. 100 tbs. ....3.50 Mixed Chop, per ton nmymnm Durham, Ont.