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rey [e NEW sale :riand 'OR liable for the r: thereof. to 31' whose claim en received by 19 distribution. .is .611) day Of LIENRY. Administrator. than ’1‘ r sud: ,he AdmIniStra‘ ENCE F. who died on ' of January. A. let to the under- n‘ the Adminis- (1 among the 'VOL. 62.-â€"NO. 3220. The sitting of the Town Council last Monday night was a lengthy one and, oratorically, the most voluminous for a good many months. The famous dog bylaw caused a lot of discussion, some of the speakers expressing themselves as being in favor of a modified bylaw that; would prohibit the canines run- ning at large during the winter months. It was brought to the atten- tion of the Council that some of the neighboring farmers were afraid to cattle, but this was made plain by the Council as a false alarm. Con- trary to the opinions of some it 1.. not contrary to the bylaw for a dog to accompany his master or mistress unleashed and Reeve Bell stated that did he own a dog and were fined for allowing the animal to accompany him on the street he would appeal the case. and win it too. There was no- thing in the bylaw that would make it a misdemeanor to take Fido or Fidette out for an airing at any time. The Council did not deal further with the bylaw, and we suppose it stands “as is”. Heard Petition Ro Egg Grading The Council was addressed at some length by Mr. J. S. Westmoreland of Guelph, a representative of the Do- minion Department of Agriculture, reâ€" garding the establishment of an egg grading station here, and as a report of the aims and objects of this asso- ciation appears in another column. parted. laid the matter over for a future meeting. In some places where egg grading stations have been estab- lished the Council has given assist- ance and it was to sound out the we refer 6dr readers to the article for information. The Council, not having the time to digest the information im- what the same system, apparently, as the wheat pool. There was too much spread between what the producer re- ceived for his eggs and what the ul- timate consumer in the cities had to pay. The DeparMent had long known that the merchants generally lost money in the handling of eggs, and he could not be blamed for the circum- - L.- hA stances. Considerable blame was to be attributed to the producer himself, as it was in the first handling of the eggs that the damage was done. The egg grading station would be a real benefit to the town from a business stand- point, would relieve the local mer- chant oi the responsibility of grading eggs, and guarantee the product. The big point in Mr. Westmoreland’s address was that the grading station would be operated under the super- vision of the Dominion Department, was non-political, and was Operated on -.a noâ€"profit basis. Every egg producer Councillor Noble, Chairman 01 the Fire and Light Committee, dealt with the resignation of Chief Thomas Whitmore of the fire brigade. He could assign no reason for this, but Mr. Whitmore’s resignation was on the table. It was up to the Council to deal with it. . L .: A35011ccin‘n over in black and white, and the matter was one of too much unportame to be . (~an mg: the ance at result it w force to twelve men, ‘ ‘“‘ “A «Hikers. They each per yea-r: taken up at the brigade over. * Alfred Sharpe but not lot of discussion of the non-: , Urfiér the old received pay for to the 1301'; that of of the several 0V8]? PRESENTED PASTOR A QWITH PURSE OF GOLD Congregation of St. Peter’s Church Met at Home of Mr. and Mrs. David McAulifio Sunday Evening to Say Farewell to Beloved Priest.-â€"Leaves Today For Kenilworth. Following the death of Rev. Father! Malone at Mount Forest a couple of]. weeks ago, there has been a change in the local Roman Catholic pastor- ates. Rev. Father Doyle of Kenilwortha has been appointed to take over the‘ work at Mount Forest and will move to that town shortly, and Rev. Father McGeoy, in charge of this parish comprising Markdale, Glenelg and Durham, has received the appoint- ment at Kenilworth. Father McGeoy leaves today (Thursday) to take over his new duties. It is not known to which parish Rev. Father Ryan, who for some time was assisting Rev. Fa- _.__:“ LA Derid McAulifie he was met by we members of his congregation here and presented with an address and a purse _ _-\_.. fin VIA A'I “9(1an gretted. Last Sunday was manner, he made many friends non only among the members 01 his own congregation, but with the public at large and his removal 15 generally re- day in in all the religious schemes of theI church, and quite franxly told them' he left this vicinity with great regret. Since coming to this parish Father McGeoy had been the moving spirit in and thanks to his good management and financing, The Chronicle was told on Monday by one of the congregation that it was now paid for and free of BREAKS LONG SILENCE Dr. Robert Bridges, Britain’s 85- year-old Poet Laureate, broke a silence of ten years when he spoke on “Poetry” at Magdalen College. Oxford, this week. Few people have ever heard Dr. Bridges make a public speech. whEch you built! pnuuuue wuâ€" _ know. We can only imagine. Frequently you came here only to find a. small congregation, yet. always at McGeOY 3 Father Mc- DURHAM, ONTARIO; CANADA, "THURSDAY, MARCH 7. 1929. J.s.wmmmaotnominionne- Plans and Objects of . Egg-Grading Station “It is common knowledge that m4 the past many dozens of eggs. have reached the consumer In such a con- dition as to be absolutely unfit for human food and the chief object of an egg-grading station Is to put an end to this waste of good food." With a view to finding out just how an egg-grading station operates and how it is established, we arranged an interview with Mr. J. S Westmoreland, of the Dominion Department of Agri- culture; and this is what he told us. “With very few exceptions the pro- perly fed hen, when she lays an egg delivers a perfect food product hygien- icany sealed and wrapped in its shell. If it does not reach the consumer in the same condition it is not the fault of the henâ€"it is the fault of some person who has handled the egg in the meantime. “Hitherto it has been difiicult if not impossible to discover who was to blame and therefore the first step was to ‘grade’ all eggs as they come froml the producer. This in brief is the. work of the egg-grading station. How- ever, it does not end there. If a. pro- ducer brings low quality or stale eggs to an eggâ€"grading station, they are not merely told that their eggs are poor in quality, but they are told how to manage their flocks and how to handle their eggs so as to get the best possible quality eggs." “Do you mean to say that an egg grading station is a sort of school or an educational institution?” we quer- ied. “Precisely,” replied Mr. Westmoreâ€" land, “it is to a very large extent. it not entirely, an educational institu- tion. It is designed to teach farmers‘ the very best methods of egg produc-i tion and egg marketing. That is where most of the trouble comes in because no farmer’s wife likes to be told that she does not know how to manage her hens. They appreciate quite readily the marketing advantages they derive from the egg grading station but nat- urally they don’t like to be told that their eggs are of poor quality. “If it is so don’t they know that without being told?” we asked quite innocently. “N o ” said Mr. Westmoreland. “In the past they have marketed their eggs with local storekeepers and while :the local storekeeper might know that Chronicle Valuable Information WhichWePassontOOIn-Beodera. a certain lot of eggs was or poor qual-: ity he was not in a position to say so Without losing businessâ€"and he could. not afford to lose business, so he said nothing and stood the loss." . “Would that state of affairs apply to most of the farmers?” “Not by any means. Most farmers produce and market a very good class of eggs, but even a small percentage of bad eggs will affect the market very adversely and it only takes one bad egg in a case of good eggs to taint all the eggs in the case. The egg is a very delicate food product and it takes very careful handling if its good [qualities are to be preserved until it {reaches the ultimate consumer. This egg grading Station in a pmw hm. Durham?” “Well,” was the reply, “Personally, I cannot take the credit for doing very much. As a matter of fact a group of your more progressive farmers have been talking about the matter for a long time and have at last come to , _i. ‘__‘J ‘V‘JIO W. the conclusion that something should be done. ject, but They are financing the proâ€" in this they hope to get the assistance of all sections of the com- 101' CV81) ch, ulvuvav-v v 'â€" he or she is a farmer, a merchant, or merely an ordinary citizen, who wishes to make certain that eggs they have bought for their own consump- tion . are of good quality. . - “The station will be 'operated for the‘ benefit of the whole community and it will be operated as economically as is consistent with efiiciency. The sta- tion will be a public institutionâ€"open to everyone interested. It’s main object as I said before,-will be to raise the ‘Equality of the eggs purchased in the {district This will, of course! bring my 988-” “How can it 90551131? 0°51; more to produce a poor quality egg?” «Well the poor managemean repacking eggs as Gave The systemsoffeedingandhouslnghenk which produces poor quality eggs also makes the hen lay fewer eggs in a: yearand itcostspractxcally the same‘ tokeepahenayearifshelaysonlyl twodozeneggs asitdoeslfshelaysj twelve dozeneggslnthe year. Many ‘henslaytwentydoeeneggsmayear and those are the hens which lay the besttableeggs.Soyouseepoor “‘Who will get the profit it a profit is made by the egg-grading. station?” “By that I take it you mean, who will get the operating profits? Well, I don’t think there will be any operate charged for grading eggs would be reduced. The real profits made by an egg-grading station are not operating profits any more than the real advant- gages of a medical clinic or a technical school are operating profits. You get the profit in the increased returns to every farmer and every citizen in the community. Every person in the com- munity benefits by the work of the egg-grading‘ station whether they are directly connected with it or not. In other words it is in a very real sense Ia public utility.” _- ‘. . An Empire Reposition “Why does the Federal Government take such an interest. in what seems to be a purely local afiair, " we inquir- “Because,” said Mr. Westmoreland, “th welfare and prosperity of not only the Dominion of Canada, but the Bri- tish Empire is involved. Doubtless you ‘ have heard of the British Empire Mar- . keting Board. Ever since the Great War it has been apparent that the production and conservation of food supplies and the fostering of Empire trade is essential to me prosperity of the Empire. Eggs are one of our most important food products. It is questionable ‘whether they are secondary ' to milk in this matter. Improper handling of eggs leads to enormous waste of a most valuable food product. This waste 'reâ€"acts adversely upon every citizen of the Empire and might ed VA VOHVOQ __ . prove dises’erous if i-t were allowed to continue. It certainly would be disas- trous to our farmers inA Elanada if we ‘14qu UV vâ€"u _- lost our export trade with Great Bri- tain owing to the poor quality of our food products. With the keen compe- tition which is now being put up by all the countries of the world in the world’s markets it is absolutely essenâ€" tial that we should produce nothing but the best quality 11 we are to meet that competition successfully and in- crease our export trade. That, after gég grading station at Durham. Mrs. G. J. Bretz of Shelburne spent the week-end with friends in town. Mrs. Metcalfe of Hanover visited with her son Mr. Robert Campbell and Mr. Royden McDonald was heme from Oshawa visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. McDonald, over the week-end. home from ttheir Wedding trip to Vancouver and other pomts last Wed- nesday evening. --‘~ wwâ€" Mrs. E. K. Jackson was home from Hamilton to attend the funeral of the late 1-1. A. Hunter on Monday. Mrs. Flora McPherson is visiting with friends in Toromo. Mrs. D. B. Jamieson is visiting her sister in Pittsburg, Penna. Miss Jean Hillis of Hanover, is re:- lieving Miss E. Twamley or the Royal Bank Staff, who is on vacation. Mr. W. C. McLachlan, who has spent the winter at the Durham Furniture Co. camp 'in North Hastings, returned to his home here last mght. Mrs. (Rev.) J. Corry of Priceville was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Burgess over the week-end. best wishes to Mr. Charles Ramage. the senior Editor of The Review, who tomorrow celebrates his 80th birthday. May he see many more of them. To see this veteran editor on the street or about his office one would-never guesshisrealageashehasacarriage the envy of many men years his jun- ior and is still apparently as active as twenty years ago. May his shadow never grow less and may he continue to direct the destinies of The Review for many years to come; PUBLIsfi UNDER nmmcmms It has been no small job to get The Chronicle on the press this week. An excess of late advertising has forced us to hold over. several important items. nowlntype,untflnextweek.ltlsa hard matter to crowd forty columns of type into a twenty-four column space and know which items to hold over. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL CONGRATULATIONS S. Pender returned or the Royal Heard Good Address; 0n League of Nations The Men’s Club '01 Knox United churchwereprivilegedtolistentoa most interesting address at their reg'u- lar meeting last Tuesday evening when Banister Henry of Markdale spoke for about an hour on the League of N8“: tions, a subject to which he has de-v voted considerable time and of which he has a good knowledge. There was only a very small attendance. how- .ever, and the speaker regretted that the ladies were not also invited as he thought they had suffered more and were more vitally interested in the _future peace of the world than any of Tris not our intention to give Bar- rister Henry‘s address in f ull; that would be impossible at the space at. our disposal: In fact any one of the phases _of the League would contain sufficient material for a whole night’s address and there bemg considerable statistical information to be taken care of , it would be impossible to follow a speaker without extensive notes. Mr. Henry gave his address in an interesting manner. It lacked the dry- ness the subject would indicate and 5referring to the 3 ,OOO-mile border be- tween Canada and the United States, without a gun, fort or sentry. This was Peace in the full meaning of the team. He spoke of the various treat- ies of peace that had been made be- tween nations, the Entente between Britain, France and Japan, and the Triple Alliance of Italy, Austria and Germany. They were called treaties for peace but were in reality treaties for war. Ever since the beginning the world had been brought up on war or on preparation for it. It was time now to talk peace and the only way to get away from war was to quit talking and thinking about it. Objects' of World’s Pence Club in Knox Church on My Evening. The speaker went back to 1919 when the treaty between Germany and the Allies was drawn up. It was here that the League of Nations was form- ed. Flfty-five nations of the World, or four-fifths, had subscribed to the terms of the League while only four or five. the most notable the United States, had not yet joined up. The League was Simply a guarantee of the nations that instead of resorting to war they would submit their difleren- ces to arbitration, a most sensible The official languages of the League were English and French and it was a remarkable thing that of the 55 na- tions the most of them could speak either or both of these languages. Leééue had a court of international justice at which national differences were settled, and the activities of the League were devoted to the prevention of war, the administratxon of neutral territory, the reduction in armaments, the settlement of boundaries and the looking after of minority nationals. There was a financial and economic side to the League as wen, and also a humanitarian side in which an at- tempt was to be made to deal with the narcotic evil. fiéie was a big work to be done in this latter evil. According to statistics only 700 tons of Opium were required for medicinal and experimental pur- bases. Last year over 17 million tons had been manufactured and disposed of. Canada was a. member or the mague, and the speaker said mt _ _this mere signing of the covenant of the League meant nothing in itself. If the League was to function we would have to get out and work for it, show by our acâ€" tions that we are behind it, and leave nothing undone that will make for the "WW "â€"_v 7 had large standing armies we would have war. The history of the world had broken her treaty with Belgium when it suited her and the United States today was voting 240 millions of dollars for the construction of new vessels of war. The military were not for peace. They behaved in mil- an Abigali' to all Christian peoples, sayingthatitwasintheirpowerto prevent war if they but did their duty. “w.“ I We have given only a few of the points touched on by the speaker. The speaker closed his sddrass with m $2.00 aYearin Canada; $2.601nU.8. SENIOR NORTHERN GAME ‘ T0 BE PLAYED MONDAY Postponement At Last Minute Did Not Meet With Approval of Local Man- Walkerton and Durham to decide the championship of this district was or- dered played on Friday night of last week and The Chronicle acted in good faith when it made the announcement. This newspaper, however. is not at all responsible for the aerobatic stunts or the Northern League executive. On Friday afternoon at 2.30 the lo- ca.l management received a telegram from Secretary Buckley of Southamp- played on Monday night “instead of Friday." We do not know who was responsible for the bright idea, and there was considerable consternation when the word came, but nothing could be done. Referee McCarthy was here from Toronto, but when the postpone- ment news arrived he packed his bag and went back to Toronto by the after- noon train. We understand now that it was the Walkerton club that asked for the postponement, and they are to be assessed with the cost of the referee and the advertising. There wasn’t suf- ficient time to notify the townspeople, let alone the loyal supporters in the country, that there would be no game. Monday night, of course, the weather was too mild and the ice too soft. There’s not much use in “riding” the Northern League executive for the bon- er decisions they make. Frankly, we think they like it, and are of the opin- ion that were they to give three sensi- ble rulings in a row some one would drop dead. The Ontario Association knows from experience that spring is coming and that April is a poor month for hockey with natural ice rinks. They are ac- cordingly speeding up their semi-final games with sudden-death playoffs. The Northern League, on the other hand. seem most optimistic, and can post- ponements in March when even the district champions have not been de- clared. It is rather discouraging, but what’s the use of arguing with any bunch of ofiicials who do not realize that if final winners in this Northern League are to be declared this season they must certainly look alive and get the district winners decided. Just as we go to press we learn that the N. H. L. Executive has ordered the Walkerton-Durham game here to be played next Monday night. If Dur- ors go with it; if not, home and home games will be played, goals to count, unless the lateness of the season nec- essitates a sudden-death game in a neutral rink. Monday’s contest should be an exciting one after an the bally- hoo and postponements. LISTOWEL WON OPENER The first of the finals for the junior championship of the Northern League, played between Listowel and Durham teams, was contested on the rink here m flight and resulted in a win for Listowel by 6 goals to 5. The score by Lisbowel always in the lead. Appar- ently hopelessly beaten at the end of the second frame, the Dumams Jump- ed on the ice and must have literally holding 313,â€" as: the Listowel team made Owen Sound step right out to beat them. Frank Murphy of Mount Forest was the From that fair and happy home. Still I’ll hear the waters rushing. Still I'll see the river’s foam. DEAR OLD PRICEVILLE There’s a dear old country village Set upon the river Toad. Where kind nature, in her goodness, on! then sing a song for Pricevme In its summer or its snow. Aid 'tho' far my feet may wander Giving mions of an Eden WhenmyfeetshaflwasemrM- ”I‘istheplaoeaboveallothers Foraflthosewhoknow itbest; Soon themdnearbymfim_ Walkerton Here Monday w