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.at VOL. 62.-â€"No. 3212 Town Nominations Well Attended he'reâ€"for years, and while the hall was not full by any means, it was consid- erably over half filled and those me- “'J.‘ F. Grant, dentist, by 0. 8. Hunter and T. Whitmore. FOR REEVE *A. Bell, undertaker, by A. McClock- lin and J. Snell. (Acc1.) FOR COUNCIL J. Mather, gentleman, by B. Sharpe and J. McQueen. C. Howell, merchant, by J. McQueen and J. Mather. ‘ *T. Henderson, baker. by J. N. Murdock and A. Bell. R. McLean, artisan, by G. Kearney and H. W. Wilson. *A. D. Noble, drover, by P. J. McLean and G. Kearney. Year’s Town Ofliciakâ€"A. Bell Gets Acclamation As Reeveâ€"Paving for Next Year Occupied Most of Time S. Lowe. laborer, by H. McCaslin and H. E. Holmes. W. Erwin. artisan, by W. J. Hewitt and G. Saunders. W. J. McFadden, teamster, by S. I. Chapman and W. Laidlaw. R. Whitmore, barber. by A. Mc- Clocklin and W. A. Macdonald. *A. McClocklin, gentleman, by A. Bell and J. N. Murdock. *Albert Noble. mechanic. by H. W. Wilson and P. J. McLean. *P. J McLean. blacksmith, by A. Noble and H. W. Wilson. In point of attendance last Monday B. Stoneouse. cabinetmaker. by Laidlaw and S. I. Chapman. A. G. McComb, merchant, by J Hunter and J Henry. W. A. Macdonald, artisan, by T.1 Henderson and A. McClocklin. I H. Murdock, artisan, by J. 1“. Grant and M. Wilson. W. S. Hunter, merchant, by R. Whit- more and W. J. McFadden. FOR HYDRO COMMISSIONER *Geo. Kress. artisan, by W.A. Mac- donald and A. McClocklin, (accl.) FOR SCHOOL TRUSTEE W. J. McFadden, teamster, by G. Ryan and J. N. Murdock. S. T. Chapman, artisan, by J. N. Murdock and G. Ryan. W. S. Hunter. merchant, by T. Henderson and R. McLean. *D. B. Jamieson, physician, by H. W. Wilson and P. J. McLean. 1 G. Kearney, merchant, by J. N. Mur- : dock and A. Bell. . *Members of last year’s Boards. Following the announcement of the names of the nominees, Clerk Vollet, who was not feeling very well, retired, and Mr. J. A. Graham was elected to the chair. Mr. Graham announced that Mayor Murdock would have 30 minutes in which to review the work of the past year. Dr. Grant and O. S. Hunetr 20 minutes, and the Mayor ten! minutes for reply. 5 Mayor Reviews Work ‘ Mayor Murdock first dealt with the-l matter of the town's taxes, the! amount really handled by the council,\ and all that they could be held re-i sponsible for. The council was respon-i .sible for only about 11.8 mills of thel 52-min rate and with this amount had' to conduct the business of the town, look after the streets in summer, clear them of snow in the winter and, the other thousand and one things that crop up during the year and all of which. cost money. Durham’s de-‘ benture debt. less guarantees that were regarded as sound though they‘ must of necessity appear as a town inedbtedness, amounted to $79,000. This included the Clark Metals guar- antee, a most unfortunate venture for the town. and the Jackson Manufact- uring Company. Of the good mdus- the Durham Rurniture Co. with its payroll of $12,000 a month and the Stone and Sand Co. with a $10,000 payroll. During the year there had been two big fires, the destruction of ‘ -AQA...‘ an}: +hn h‘Im- THE DURHAM - CHRONICLE FOB. MAYOR “. ”v. 'v vâ€"- The Paving M1011 Iers along the roadway should pay a lrespectable figure as a frontage tax,. leaving a smaller amount to be paid for out of the town’s general rate, possibly one-third by the town and ‘ two-thirds by the owners. This rate ' was not final, however, and as there ' had already been considerable criti- cism of the plan it would be possible to change the amounts the property ' owners would have to pay. At the I present time it was suggested that 53 5 cents per lineal foot was about right, ' but many are of the opinion that in total cost to the town of $55,300. Various ways of paying for, the paye- ment were 'suggesâ€"teii, But the opinion was expressed that the propel-jay own- later; at present it is only interesting to know the amount of the total cost The Mayor in his address stressed the importance of our streets as from the exnerience of the past summer and occupied part of his 'time in reading a letter received from the firm ‘ of engineers who had been engaged for°the work of taking the levels. He 1 appealed to the citizens to work with ‘ the Council and co-operate in every 1 way for the betterment of the town 1 during the coming year. i W. Laidlaw quizzed the mayor at the - close of his address as to how the ‘ council was enforcing the fire bylaw, citing the case of the Imperial Oil Company’s service station at Saddler street as one instance in which this “lbylaw had been violated. He wanted to know if the hawkers’ and peddlers’ license bylaw was being enforced, if the butcher licenses had been paid, the reason why in 1927 $150 had been collected for dog taxes and only $87 in 1928, the matter of dogs running at large, and why the Cairns Company had been required to pay the transient traders’ license in cash while George Fine had been allowed to secure his by bond. While Mr. Laidlaw was per- fectly within his rights in asking these questions, it was the same old story 'so often referred to that there are too many bylaws on the local statutes that were not enforced, and had not ‘been for a good many years. High School Matters Explained i Dr. J. F. Grant, the secretary of the? IHigh School Board, had been nomin- flated for the mayoralty, but stated [that he had no intention of running. _. He occupied his time in explaining {High School matters to the gathering and at the outset thanked the 1928 '.council for the privilege extended of talking on school matters. It was the - first time in a good many years that UL PL UUU QQQQQ a vâ€"- v __ _ ratepayers and they appreciated it. Dr. Grant said that the Board had no- 1 thing to conceal, and that as the 1 schools of the town were the moneyâ€" 1 spenders. it was only right that the people should know what had been done with their money. Dr. Grant explained why the tax rate so far as the schools were con- cerned should be higher in 1929 than . in the year just passed. It was due to the fact that the School Board had ; saved a/certain amount of money and did not require so much two years ago that it was found possible to reduce the town rate to 48 mills. In other’ words this was a gift from the School Board. The Board at this time had a surplus and as it was not their inten- tion of building up a surplus they had merely not asked the town for so much. This year, however, they had needed more money than in the pre- vious year and when the fiscal year ended there had been an overdraft which the town would be asked to meet. While the overdraft showed as $2,100, there was an amount of some $263 accrued interest on the famous Laidlaw bonds that had not yet been received and had not been included in the treasurer’s statement. This would fileave the overdraft something over g $1,700. " Quoting from a circular issued at -“. the time the voting on the High :1 school addition was being put before _|the people, Dr. Grant showed that it .ihad been stated that the increase in .gtaxes for the building of this addi- : [tion would be “well under the twoâ€"mill 1' rate.” The amount asked this year was approximately 11/; mills. The Board, despite what some of the rate- payers were reported to have said, had kept faith with the people. The school was costing no more than the estimates previous to the carrying of the bylaw had said. I _ . i C D L‘_A “A““A” ‘7‘ 9 5 I I u' L The speaker told of the manner in which overdrafts occur and predicted that there might be another one next year. In the matter of coal, for one instance, the Board purchased their coal in December or thereabouts. This was the 1929 supply. By buying in December the Board could send the bill to the January session of the County Council and get their money paid back t them. If they waited and bought their coal when it was actually and saved the town money. Favored Paving Programme Mr. 0. S. Hunter, the third nominee for the mayoralty, was in favor of pav- ing. He was sick and tired of the mud, slop and slush in front of his place of business, knew that the other business men ‘felt the same, and was of the Opinion that our front street problem was the big one for 1929. Moreover, if the paving was to be gone lahead with he ted it done right. ’ ‘“ ‘flâ€" ‘â€" ‘n-I-v‘nn On WW .- ..__ _ - There was little economy in trying to do the werk t_oo cheaply and the best Ah‘. 1.. 1.3.- I-.." “in to residents living all over the town. . (Continued on Page 8) L foot was about right, of the opinion that in a much frontage this hardship on some not to stand it. This is a ver. to be dealt with DURHAM, ONTARIO, CANADA, THURSDAY. JANUARY 3. A former well-known resident of Bentinck township passed away at the home of her daughter at Hamil- ton last Saturday in the person of Mrs. Patrick Campbell, in her; 78th year. The late Mrs. Campbell was! born on the Durham Road, Bentinck,’ near Hanover, and was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Kernahan. She lived here until 1871 when she was married to her late husband, Mr. P. Campbell, who died 11 years “ago. After their marriage they left to re- side in Sullivan Township where they resided for 15 years, returning to Bentinck, near Louise, where the de-. jceased resided up to seven years ago when she moved to Hanover. For the past four years Mrs. Campbell has! been living with the various members of her family and was at the home of her daughter in Hamilton when she was taken ill and later passed away. The funeral was held from Hamil- ton on Monday afternoon, when ser- vice was conducted by- the Rev. Caleb Harris, formerly of Hanover. The re- m L w, LVL “5V5 LJ v- --â€"..v v vâ€" v â€" _.. mains were brought to the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Chalmers, at Hanover, that same evening and in- terment was made Tuesday in Hanover cemetery. The services were conduct- ed by the Revs. Allison of the Anglim can, and Little of the Presbyterian churches. Mrs. Campbell is survived by one son and four daughters: George P., in Durham, and Mrs. W. Chalmers, Hanove; Mrs. William Hoskins, Ham- ilton; Mrs. John Beatty, Regina, Sask.; Mrs. John Brown, Assiniboine, Sask.; and by two sisters, Mrs. M. Campbell of Toronto and Miss Jane Kernahan at Hanover. Six grand- children also survive. Uhdoaw v.- wâ€"â€" ' ... .â€" Floral tributees on the casket in- cluded those from Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. Hoskins, Mr. and Mrs. Chalmers, Mrs. Beatty, Mrs. Brown, and from Mr. Bridle and mother, Mrs. Bridle, Hamilton; the â€"-â€"' vâ€"â€" â€" staff of the Prudential Life Insurance Company at Hamilton; Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, Hamilton; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Campbell, Guelph; Mr. and Mrs. G. Fisher, Toronto; Mr. and‘Mrs.‘ T. Brigham and Mr. and Mrs. E, Roseborough, Bentinck. Friends from a distance in attend- ance at the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Grass, Mr. and Mrs. A. Weber, Mrs. M. Campbell, Mrs. C. O’Neil, Mrs. Howard Campbell, Mr. W. Campbell and Mr. Percy Hawkes. The pallbearers were Messrs. E. Pratt, H. Cross, W. Willis, W. Hastie, G. Emke and T. Brigham, while the flower bearers were Messrs. G. Chal- mers, Walter Chalmers, W. Cross, E. Brigham, C. Brigham and P. Hawkes. We sympathize with the family in IRENE ELLIOTT We regret this week to report the’ death on Sunday in Durham Hospi- tal of Elizabeth Irene, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Elliott of this place, who passed away following an operation for mastoid on the previous Friday. The operation, performed by Dr. Bennett of Hamilton, was from the first regarded as a most serious one and Mr. and Mrs. Elliott were given no hope that it would be suc- cessful. The immediate cause of death was meningitis. |J A--v---â€"â€"°â€"-_.- _ Irene was a bright girl, was in her seventeenth year, and was born and lived her whole life in Durham. She was taken ill some two months ago‘ with an affection in her ear, but it was only a week previous to her death that she took a most serious turn and an operation was decided on as the one and only thing that would afford her relief from her trouble. She was a most popular young girl amongst those of her age, her death was a great shock to the whole town, and Mr. and Mrs. Elliott have the sincere sympathy of the community in their sudden bereavement. My w v vac-vâ€"â€" .. The funeral was held from the home on Lambton street Tuesday afternoon at one o’clock, when a short service was conducted by Rev. E. Hayes of the Anglican church in the absence of the family pastor, Rev. Mr. Fiddes of Queen Street United church, confined quvuaw ~V-Vv' to his home threugh illness. After the ceremony the funeral cortege left by motor for Wingham, where interment was made in the cemetery at that UVWI.“ Besides her parents, the deceased is survived by four brothers, Ted, Nor- man, William and Lloyd, and two sisters, Edna and Dorothy. The Aberdeen branch 0f the W0- men’s Institute met on December 19th at the home of Mrs. Dan McLean with an attendance of 22. Mrs. D. Stewart read the Scripture followed by the Lord’s prayer. After the business part of the meeting was finished the ladies decided to furnish a room in the new wing of the Durham hospital, after which some interesting papers were given, one by Mrs. James Ewen entit- led “Genuine Hospitality”. Mrs. John 'Grierson gave one entitled “Christmas Greetings”, Mrs. D. Stewart read al humorous episode of Aberdeen, she? being the author, and Miss Lottie Fletcher gave an eicellent report of the Toronto convention. The National Anthem closed the meeting. , Mrs. Mc- Lean and assistants served lunch. The next meeting is to be held at the home of Mrs. D. McQuarrie on January 18 at 2 o’clock. All ladies are cordially invited. Madoé on Sunday. Charles O’Hara, , 96, reputedly. RIBS. P. CARIPBELL ABERDEEN INSTITUTE OBITUARY OLDEST MASON DIES Mr. and‘Mrs.‘ and Mrs. E, Ferguson-Haliter For Egremont Reeveship Free Discussion of Work of last Year‘s Council Made Lively Meeting, But No Serious Charges Sustained.â€" Reeve Calder, This Year’s County Warden, Retired From Field, and Council Goes In by Acclamation What for a time promised to be a real lively afternoon finally flattened out into a love feast at the annual Egremont Township nominations at Holstein Monday afternoon. and as a LL- WW“. "vâ€"“vâ€" result, with the exception of the! Reeveship the 1928 Council goes in by acclamation, with the official list as follows: Deputyâ€"James Mack Councilâ€"Erwin Robb, W. J. Philp and Neil McEachern. ‘ John A. Ferguson, a. former Deputy 'Reeve, will fight it out with last year’s lDenuty, W. H. Hunter, for the Reeve- Deputy, There was not as large an attend-t ance as usual, but this was no doubt caused by the influenza epidemic now so prevalent throughout the township and over the most of Ontario. As one of the speakers put it, the influenza was not dangerous but there were very few families that did not have one or more cases. Naturally, gatherings like nominations were bound to suffer and everything considered the attend- ance was highly satisfactory. A former deputy-reeve, Mr. J. A. . Ferguson, was the principal speaker ‘ in opposition to the work of last year's council though his charges of ineffic- 1 iency were in general explained away j and his charges carried very little punch in them. Mr. Ferguson’s chief criticism was that while there had been a lot of money expended on the roads this year the Council had made no appropriation at the first of the year, the road superintendent, the reeve and the clerk were supreme in, the spending of the township’s money, and this was in direct contravention of the Act which expressly stipulated that an appropriation should be made. Subsequent speakers showed that an appropriation had been made of $38 a mile and that the road superintendent was at all times guided by the Council and that the township had been treatedl fairly over all areas in the building, and maintenance of the roads. I Should Buy Crusher ! Noble G. Wilson, who was defeated last year for the reeveship by Mr.‘ Calder, said he did not intend to do very much criticizing. He referred to a the road-making programme and said [that while the Council might not have known it there was considerable dis- satisfaction with the manner in which the money had been spent. Favoritism 41. -u- at 011v LLLVAAVJ --wâ€" .--___ was charged in many quarters. He referred to the present five-cent a gallon tax on gas and thought that the government should be petitioned to make a grant of 50 instead of 25% per cent on all township roads. He advocated the buying of a stonecrusher that the roads of the township might be properly built and maintained stat- ing that crushed stone had been prov- ed the best road material and much better than the pit gravel used. Clerk Allen Was Chairman The nominations proper were held from 1 o’clock to 2 o'clock with Clerk Allen in charge. During the hour al- lotted for this the following were nom- inated for the different positions: 1" YT For Reeveâ€"Neil Calder, W. . . Hunter, N. G. Wilson, J. A. Ferguson. For Deputyâ€"W. J. Philp, E. Robb, J. Mack, W. H. Hunter, N. G. Wilson. For Councilâ€"Neil McEachern, W. J. Philp, E. Robb, J. Mack, W. Watson. At the clOse of the nominations thel chairman briefly reviewed the work of‘. the Council for the year and thenl called upon the various speakers. ‘ Owing to the absence of Reeve Cal-‘ der in Owen Sound on business, Dep- uty-Reeve Hunter was the first to take the platform. He referred to the a- mount spent on the roads, this being, slightly over $10,000, but stated that} he had not come prepared to give al financial report, this being left to the; reeve. As he had also been nominat- ed for Deputy-Reeve he did not intend occupying the platform at length. He referred to the high tax rate at pre- sent prevailing but saw no relief. A large amount of the money expended by 'the Council was on roads and as the people demanded these and they cost money to build he could not see how any Council could be expected to reduce the tax rate. w..- He referred to the fact tnat wuur: the Egremont Council had expended only slightly over $10,000 on all the roads in the township, the County had spent a like sum in the construction of only a couple of miles. This would show that no money had been thrown away. Speaking of the now famous Dun- dalk Garafraxa roadway taken over by the County, he stated that he had been elected on the ticket on having the designation of this roadway changed. He had thought at first that the road should run straight across the town- ‘ship, coming on the Garfraxa at Or- “$01.51;“ vavoo ' -_, He had thought at first that the road but as w should run straight across the town- readers 51 far west as the sec- Anothe ond concession and then south commenc through Holstein. The matter had on “How told the p swan u» e ratepayers (Continued that nefiould do on Page 4) No Services Next Snndsi Evening, and Those of January 13 and 20 Mom- ings Have been Withdrawnâ€"Rev. Fiddes Ordered to Take Best. CHANGES IN SERVICES AT QUEEN ST. CHURCH and of the Queen Street United con-I gregation here, will learn with regret of the illness of Rev. M. Fiddes,-who . hasbeenorderedtohisbedby his‘ physician, where it is expected he will ' be forced to remain for the next three weeks or so. Mr. Fiddes has been ailing for some time and it was éfelt that nothing but a complete rest would assure his restoration to health, The illness of their pastor has nec- essarily made a change in the church services for the next three . weeks com- mencing next Sunday. Next Sunday morning, the 9th, the service will commence at 10 o'clock and will be taken by Rev. Ernest Hayes of Trinity church. The evening service will be withdrawn. On the mornings of January 13 and '20, there will be no morning service, and in the evening on both dates the services are to be taken by the Brotherhood or the . Choir. . Next Sunday morning the service in . the Anglican church will not com- ' mence until 11.30, and in order that : there be no confusion we would ask ; the members of both the Queen Street - and Anglican congregations to bear - in mind the change in the hour of ser- '|' vice. Aside from Sunday morning . next services will commence in both . churches 'at the usual hour. DEER BROKE NECK IN WIRE FENCE Animal Ran Into Fence on Farm Near Rocky Saugeen.â€"Carcass Dmsed and Presented to Durham Hospital and Children’s Shelter. 1929 The finding of a deer on one of the farms up near the Rocky Saugeen, three miles north of here, where it had run into a wire fence and broken its neck, was the means of getting the local hospital part of the carcass when it was dressed, the balance going to the Grey County Children’s Shelter at Owen Sound. The “find” was made by Mayor Murdock, of town, who notified Inspec- tor Ralston at Owen Sound. who came down and took charge of the remains. The animal was a small doe and it is‘ thought it became frightened at some- thing and dashed into the fence where it became entangled and in trying to get loose had broken its neck. Deer are getting very plentiful in this part of Ontario and the sight of 'one of these beautiful animals, espec- ially when motoring the back roads in the summer time, is common. . HELD ANNUAL DANCE The I. O. D. E. held their annual‘ LuUbV -v- '.â€"v by the BluBird orchestra and, with excellent music, a hall that was pret- tily decorated in Christmas colors the evening was voted a decided sucecss. The prevailing illness from colds no doubt kept many home, but the hall isfactory. A young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Lawrence of Glenelg under- went an operation hast Friday for appendicitis and is do' g well. â€"-‘â€" AuLA.‘ nun}: O uyyv..“-v-v- w..-â€" v Mrs. Adams of Flesherton and a Mr. Sullivan from near Domoch, are patients at the local hospital with fracturd hips. Both patients were brought in on Tuesday of this week. NEW FEATURES IN CHRONICLE THIS WEEK “Red Hair and Blue Sea” Is a (gar‘ THROWS ONE AT MARTY tivating Sea Story and Will Contmue ____________ for Some Ten or Twelve Weeks.â€". Marty Lauder, the local Canpro “How To Play Bridge” .15 an Author- Club’s sterling little centre player, is itative Series of Articles on This being tabbed “the late Mr. Lauder” Popular Game. _for- the . reason that he is usually the _ LAA _ \ It is a good .many years since The' Chronicle ran a continued story, and the announcement that we are this week commencing one will be quite a surprise to many of our readers. We would like those who care for con- tinued stories to read this one. which has been highly recommended to us,! and let us know just what they thinki of it. We would also like to know whether or not the majority of our readers care for the continued story. Personally, the editor spends very little time in his perusal of different imagazines with the continued story section. Frankly, we do not like them. Another feature this week 18 the commencement of a series of articles on “How to Play Bridge” by Wayne Ferguson. These articles are well 'written and have the endorsation of the leading bridge clubs of the contin- ent. They should prove valuable alike tothosewhononyandtothose who are learning. e first of the series appears this week and will con- .tinue regularly for the next 36 weeks? HOSPITAL NOTES $2.00 a Year in Canada; $2.50 in U. S.- Ten in Running For Town Council Murdock Is_ Mayor 9nd Bell Reeve by ' “Now you see it and now you don’t” has been the usual thing in town about election time especially when the sel- ection of members of our municipal council is the work in hand, and this year was no exception. ‘ The only diflerence to some others is that when gthe time for turning in the qualifica- tions was up, instead of having had to run around and get volunteers to fill up the gaps ineonnctl, this year name on the dotted line to state that they were both ready and willing to serve the municipality to the best of their ability. Up to 12 o’clock it was problematical if there would be a contest for the mayoralty, but when the time was up only one, J. N. Murdock, last -year's chief officer, had affixed his signa- ture. For a. time there was a persist- ent rumor that Mr. O. 8. Hunter would oppose Mr. Murdock this year but this proved unfounded. ' Following is the slate for Council for next Monday’s election, six to be elected: Out for Sat at Council rabidâ€"Geo. Xmas Re-Elected to Hydro Commis- Kress went in by acclamation on nomination night, and in the election of the four School Trustees required, Dr. D. B. Jamieson was re-elected, and Messrs. S. Chapman, W. J. McFadden and G. S. Keémey were all elected by acclamation. WINTER WEATHER WAS SHORT-LIVED Snow is Here and All That, But There’s The passing of 1928 and the usher- ing in of 1929 was marked by the first and only big storm of the season so far, and many were hoping that the change from the mild weather would usher in Old Man Winter in earnest. The winter was short-lived, though. Thursday morning the wind is from the south, the barometer is at 29.3 and there is every indication that another spell of soft weather is ahead of us. During the past few weeks the Prov- ince has been in the middle of a mild influenza epidemic and nearly every section has its sick. Locally, while there is quite a lot of sickness, the doctors do not admit that it is the oldâ€"time “flu” that has. stricken the people. Rather, it is an epidemic of coughs and colds brought about by the *Henderson, Thomas, Baker. Howell, J. 0., Grocer. Hunter, W. 8., Merchant. *McLean, P. J .‘, Blacksmith. *McLean, Robert, Artisan. Murdock, Herbert, Artisan. ‘Noble, Albert, Mechanic. *Noble, Arnold D., Drover. Whitmore, Robert, Barber. Stoneouse, Bert., Cabinetmaker. C“) Member of 1928 Council. For Hydro Commissioner George mild weather. At Dundalk. however. conditions must be must worse than here as all public gatherings have been ordered closed. Citizens of the village regard the ruling as too strict and altogether uncalled for, but the council evidently believes that a stitch in time saves nine. The one and only solution to the whole things seems to be the advent of cold weather. Two weeks of good old zero weather would knock this flu‘ epidemic higher than the proverbial Gilroy’s kite. and while we would, in the language of little Jeff, ask the weatherman to use discretion and be reasonable, we do hope that we shall soon have some old-time winter wea- ther with its accompanying cold and frost. for the reason that he is usually the last of the squad to appear on the ice. There was a laugh in the dressing rooms last night when “Buster” But!- Something Laeking in the Winter So Fanâ€"Colder Weather Is Badly Needed. man, “kidding” the former Owen Sounder, remarked: “No wonder you fellows were junior champions at Owen Sound,” he quoth, “by the time you got on the ice to play you were all seniors.”â€"Hamilton Spectator. TEMPERATURES FOB PAST WEEK 8 am. Max. Min. Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday The weather during the past week has been fine generally except that it has been rather too mild and change- able for this season of the year. The Christmas slelghlng had _ become rather Tuesday Wednesday snowstorm over new Year’s gave us another spell of good sleighing. The fallontheaothotDeoemherwasm- corded st 4 inches. on New Year’s eleven inches, and two inches on the 2nd of January. Presentmdiations pointtoanothermfldspell. 'I‘hewind hasshiftedtothesouthandwhflethe mercuryisnotlowthe wwmdnnkes itveryuncognfortable uitcon - tiesâ€"will make more sickness. 21