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There is little doubt that the remark was made. but Vierkotter’s statement that it was not made by him, but by a former manager, has been accepted by Keating and a reconciliation was effected between the two swimmers on Saturday. It was also estab- lished that Vierkotter some months ago had denied making the statement but Keating had not been in- former of this and naturally nursed his grudge, his only ambition being to beat the German “Black Shark last Friday. Knowing nothing different than that the remark had been made by his opponent, it was but human that Keating should nurse the two years ago that he had been towed on the end of a r0pe when he won the Lake George swim, he had swum a “grudge” race to prove that the charge was not true and it may be that the remark was not made in the vindictive spirit attributed. Keating was expected to have been good sport enough to for- get what happened two years back, and we, as the interested public, should be good enough sports to pass over a remark made under these conditions. insult. Keating was not himself when he made the statement. Tired out after his long grind of fifteen miles, and smarting under an alleged remark made There is another angle to the affair, too, that should be taken into consideration. Marathon swimming. especially the Wrigley contest, has gone into the “big money” class. Is it possible that Keat- ing and Vierkotter are ballyhooing for the swim next year? Already we have seen in the Toronto Globe's Monday issue that “if the Wrigley classic is held here next year Vierkotter will receive a tre- mendous ovation. He was defeated fairly and de- cisively and he knew itâ€"but it is strongly suspected that when he opposes Keating again, if ever, it will be the swimming ‘battle of the century’. Keating’s at- titude has paved the way for a grudge affair that may not end happily for himself.” We haven’t forgotten the Dempsey-Tunney ballyhoo, nor that for “Strangler” Lewis in wrest- ling. There may be nothing in it and there may be a lot. With twenty-flve-thousand-dollar stakes, marathon swimming may get into the same class as a good many of the other sports. 80 we are not throwing any fits over what Keating said about Vierkotter. His “grudge” race may be genuine and it may not. To spring from ninth place around PAGE 4. KEATING’S BLUNDER There is little doubt that Eddie Keating, the twenty-five-year-old swimming marvel from New York City and the winner of the 1929 Wrigley mara- thon at the Toronto Exhibition with its twenty-five- thousand-dollar prize, pulled a “boner” at the finish of the race last Friday when, on being asked to speak through the microphone said: “Maybe Vier- kotter will apologize now for what he said about me at Lake George.” It was an uncalled-for remark, especially from a winner, but at that we are not prepared to fault him so much as members of the Toronto press and those of the Queen City who witnessed the finish of the big event. The smaller towns of the country can ill afford to lose any of their business places or factories and we have long been of the opinion that a strict, period- ical inspection by a competent official is the proper thing. Some there are who might think this was altogether too great an infringement on their per- sonal liberty, a slap at democracy and an interfer- ence with their privileges, never thinking that in community life the other fellow has also a right to live and is entitled to some protection from the care- lessness of his neighbors. There are pe0ple in every town who dispose of their ashes in a careless and haphazard manner, ap- parently never thinking that it is the ashes that are “out" that usually start a fire. It would be next thing to lese majeste to call their attention to these things, but at the same time the disposal of ashes carelessly, or the leaving of oily rags and other re- fuse in or about the building has been the cause of more fires than any other agency. No intentional harm is intended, but once the fire starts it is too late to mend matters. is a feat that stamps Kesting a swimmer of merit, but in these days of promotion, propaganda and ballyhoo we must plead guilty to being a little sus- picious when the leading contenders in any sport commence talking in a nuty manner. In the mean- time Keating has the swimming championship of the world. the twenty-five-thouund-dollsr cheque and the reputation of being a poor sport. What matters our shortl'y after noon and distance the field by six o’clock, passing Vierkotter and the two Rose entries 5:13;?“ lif- we h;d that much money we would lose but little sleep worrying over what the fickle sport- ing public thought of us. THE DANGER FROM FIRE The confiagration at Listowel on Sunday after- noon when several places of business and one res- idence fell a prey to the flames should be a warning to other towns that fire is a good servant but a hand master. Of course we all know this without being told, but how many of us, speaking Collectively of course, take the precautions we should? We would venture the statement that there is not a town in the country, Durham included, where all the citizens exercise the proper care in the disposal of waste matter. In shops and offices where oil and rags are used it is usually the common practise to drop them when we are through with them and then, when a fire starts in the middle of the night, wonder how it happened. We do not know what was the cause of the fire at Listowel, but like nearly every other fire it is quite saft to say it was the result of careless- Whososvsr is afraid of submittina on when. civil or rsligious to tbs: test of [no discussion. is non in loos with his own opinion than with tbs Truthâ€"WA TSON. The Durham Chronicle MORE COMBINES This week’s press reports “get-1 Thursday, September 12, 1929. TOO MUCH SPEEDING Since our new pavement has been opened up there has been altogether too much fast driving and the motor accident of last week should be a warning to motorists and a signal to the authorities that if it is to keep up more damage is to result. Spectators at the wreck referred to say that the accident was not the result of fast driving, but it is hard to believe that a car being driven only twenty miles an hour could turn over and go through the stunts performed. It may not have been speeding that caused the accident, but it certainly was not slow driving. The Chronicle is not now, nor never has been in favor of too much law. Law is intended as a safe- guard and there are innumerable instances where statutes or bylaws are broken unknowingly and where the calling of the attention of the guilty one to the discrepancy would serve the purpose fully as well as the imposition of a fine. Too many magis- trates nowadays have placed their courts in the commercial class and in some cases we have noticed it looked as if someone was going to be fined anyway and it was a matter of conjecture as to just who was to be the lucky one and escape. With the exception of the Barnum show, no cir- cus ever acknowledged as the property of the Ring- lings has been kept on the road, though a couple of; years ago it was mooted that it was their intention to bring out the Forepaugh outfit and put it on tour. With the purchase of the Barnum Bailey show, about all the Ringlings took was the name, as it was then and still is a name to reckon with in the show business, and since its acquisition have toured the country under the title of Ringling Bros. and Barb num Bailey Combined Shows. Whatever they do, the public need not worry. If the Ringlings decide to take their recent purchases off the road they will more than make up for it by additions to their ow'n show; if they decide to run them all, then the public may well depend on it that these latter, many of- which have not had too good a reputation, will be cleaned up and the performance so improved that their old friends will not recognize them. There is absolutely no excuse for any motorist driving through town at an exhorbitant speed. The law says twenty miles an hour, and fifteen miles at intersections, but there are many who breed] through at thirty or forty and never seem to notice the intersections at all. These same people are high- ly insulted if their attention is called to it and start to tell us how much easier it is to drive in Toronto or some other large centre than it is in the smaller places. Here the traffic is heavy and pedestrians must learn to cross only at the proper crossings. All cities nowadays are equipped with stop and go signs at all important intersections and these, to a great extent minimize accidents. The outcome of the circus merger especially will be watched with interest. It has been long known on the inside by those who take an interest in the tented cities that the Ringlings have had an interest in practically every circus in the United States, but the public generally have not been aware of this. What will the harvest be? Will the Ringlings close up these other shows and take them off the road, or will they keep them on the trail? On the heels of the first announcement comes one from New York saying that John Ringling, the well-known circus man, had announced the purchase of five circuses and that they would pass under the. control of the Ringling interests. The Ringling Brothers, seven of them, started out in the circus business in a modest way upwards of 50 years ago. They were unique business men. At that time the circus business was rather a questionable one and when the late Charles Ringling some years later tiring of the graft and the crooked work announced that he was going to run a “clean” circus he W‘fb laughed at by many of his confreres. But Charley was not to be daunted and kept his word, until today the Ringling show is run on just as honorable prin- ciples as any other business in the country. Thu result of this hewing to the line and treating the public right is to be seen in its present success. The Ringlings first secured control of the old Buffalo Bill show, buying it from the late J a-mes A. Bailey. Later they purchased the Adam Forepaugh and Sells Bros. show. Both these shows have been off the road for a good many years. Somewhere about fifteen years ago the Ringlings got the control- ling interest in the Barnum and Bailey show, which now runs under the combined titles. Last week they purchased the three shows of their nearest competit- or, the American Circus Corporation, when they ac- quired the John Robinson, the Hagenbeck-Wallace and the Sells Floto shows, and cinched their position at the head of .the American circus ladder by acquir- ing the well-known Charles Sparks show and the Al. G. Barnes Wild Animal Show. The rate of speed allowed in cities, however, is not so great as many motorists drive through Dur- ham and if they attempted the same thing in the larger centres they would be speedily picked up. We do not advocate a wholesale “slaughter of the inno- cents” by our traffic officials, but we do think they would be perfectly within their rights in insisting that cars passing through town would keep some- where near the thirty or thirty-five mile mark be- tween crossings and use judgment when approach- ing all intersections. This in view of the fact that it seems impossible to keep them down to the legal twenty and fifteen mile limit. Traffic laws are made for the proteition of the motorists themselves and we fail to see why a few irresponsibles should be allowed to get away with nearly anything, to the danger of themselves and the careful motorists. At the same time we rather favor the system of issuing a warning or two rather than pick them up indiscriminately and have them fined. ings of at least two of the larger business interests of the country, showing that even in the apparently more successful firms it is considered to their inter- ests to couple up their resources rather than carry on the battle as separate companies. The business firms in these latest combines are as far apart as the poles and this will make the comparison interesting. First came the announcement that the E. W. Gillett Company at Toronto, and the Kraft Phoenix Cheese corporation were to sell out to Standard Brands, the business to be carried on imboth Canada and the United States by the Standard Brands cor- poration. m0! vv -â€" Without accepting either of these stories as true, for the moment, people may well be glad of the style of pub- licity gained. There are many in Can- ada who cling to the childhood belief that the whole territory of Labrador is not worth fifteen cents. It is good for such people to see Labrador and these dazzling sums bracketed in the day’s despatches. For these millions are much more correct as a representa- tion of the value of Newfoundland'n continental terirtory than are the stor- ies of hopeless cold and desolation which the ordinary person depends upon for his geographical information in this case. Small Place Has Advantages A city man with an observant eye who has been motoring through some of the small towns of Western Ontar- io, made an interesting comment the other day. He pointed out that though many town homes lack modern ad- vantages, their surroundings are much superior to those of the average city home. He saw everywhere on his trip spacious iawns“ with ‘loveiy flower-gar: _A....-L_ dens and well-deveIOped strubs. It takes many years to develop a fine looking property. A city man may have ambitions that way, but before he has his beautification scheme well started. the district becomes too crowded, or infested with factories or foreigners, and he moves on to another part of the city. Small twn folksf should take full advantage of the op- rtunity which is theirs to have well ept lawns and flower beds which en- hance the beauty and comfort of the home and make the whole rural com- munity a delight to the eye of the visitor.â€"Walkerton Herald-Times. vw- â€" the announcement that a claim to a part of the territory is put in by a clerical gentleman of Montreal. The foramount of money to be demanded for Labrador is put at $110,000,000, while the claim of the Montreal gentle- man is said to be for property worth V”, O "VD-v- wâ€"â€"-._- is a curious situation. Here is one great reason why the automobile in- dustry has made so fine a record. in recent yearsâ€"its lavish extension of credit. An obvious recourse oi the makers and sellers of other form'. of merchandise is to give more credit themselves. But that is a very duulous solution.â€"Walkerton TelescOpe. It is not necessary to believe that Labrador is a land of genial climate and fertile soil to realize that it may be a source of great wealth. The known forests of that country are of mimense value. So are its fisheries. And the mineral possibilities are only now beginning to come within the view of farsighted operators. Like Canada’s northland. Labrador has been misunderstood. It is a terri- tory which. some day, will yield wealth. which will make the figures in the cur- aent 1d.despntches look small.â€"Alliston era Unemployment Should be Foreatalled A small element in every urban com- munity revels in unemployment. There i5another class willing to work and iaithiul enough when given a task. but absolutely without initiative in finding employment. The ordinary pick merchants have been deterred from stocking up as usual “by their know- ledge of the obligations that many of their best customers have assumed in order to buy the automobile that they use. Buying cars on time has been en- couraged so much that it has become a general practice. And once in the pos- session oi a car, the average owner will deprive himself of almost anything else, rather than give upnhis car. It ‘0. 1“ Judging by the propaganda used in so many other cases, it would seem that there must be somebody with an in- terest in getting Labrador into the daily news columns.‘ The gnagestion A____- A- â€"â€"â€"â€"v â€"_ v - ' that a man is coming to Ottiwa to sell Labrador to Canada is followed by Y cipality. Aoonsiderablo number be unemployed this coming winter, and shoul takestepsatonoetoprovide asmuchworkaspossiblelnorderto orestallmlgflaoed andapar- tialappliea onofthe tousdole system The abandonment o! the annual har- vestexcurslons wincreatean alto- dlfl'enent situation inhatern _du_rtn¢ the taleonths; the and -vvâ€"vâ€" ______, In Debt For a Car Selling Labrador the Free The programme was in charge of Mayor Murdock and on the platform. besides Hon. Mr. Henry and. Hon. Dr. Jamieson were representatives of many of the surrounding cunicipalities. Short addresses were given by Reeve Bell of town who was pleased that the highway was opened and who spoke of the general satisfaction of the citizens now that the work was nearing comple- tion. At first there had been consider- able opposition but some who had 00- posed the work had since come to him and expressed their satisfaction. 'Many Reeves Present Warden Moody of Dundalk also ad- dressed the gathering. He congratulat- ed the town on its fine pavement and paid a tribute to Durham’ 5 reeve as a representative of the town at the County Council. Mr. E. .Proctor of the firm of James, Proctor and Red- fern, was also present and told the gathering he thought the town had. done the right thing in falling in lino with other important towns in the pav- ing programme. He said that when he and on to the shore line 01 (3mm Bay. He did not commit himself. but said that it would he “gonna kind of pavement". Today there was being laid about three miles of vement ev- ery working day. Two undred and fifty miles had been built in 1929. and the work was now being gone ahead. with south of Mount Forest and on the highway betwen Shelburne and Or- .- _- _---LI. .0 ‘k‘ ‘néfgn “IIW' "U"... ~â€"-â€" -- _-- angevilfe as well as south of the latter town for a distance of six or seven miles. The Province would soon de- velop a network of pavement between its principal urban centres and the time was now here when more atten- tion was to be given to the construc- tion and improvement of roads in the townships. Dr. Jamie-on Reviewed loads The address of Hon. Dr. Jamieson was reminiscent of the condition of the roads in this section 50 years ago when he first came to Durham and now. He caused a laugh when he referred to Hon. Mr. Henry as “the greatest high- wayman that ever came down the pike.” He referred to the policy of the Government in first taking care of the Provincial highways as trunk lines. then branching out into the County- Provincial roads. and now committing themselves to the improvement of the roads in the Townships. He referred. to the old walks and roads in D“ ham when he first took up residence here and of the difficulties he had experien- ced as a physician in getting from place to (place in the early days by horse an saddle. “There were no roads then." he said, “just paths.’ He referred to the great trade Ontario was building up in entertaining the Amer- ican tourists in the summer months and thought this trade should be look- ed after. They spent a great deal of money in the Province and in touring the country left considerable money through the imposition of the five-cent tax on gasoline. Many European coun- tries such as Switzerland. France. Bel- gium and others. practically made their living out of the tourists and he saw no reason why Ontario should not play a like role. It was up to us to do evervthing to foster this trade and we could do so in no better «my than by being courteous giving them good roads to travel on and provide them with tourist camps. He referred to the happy position of Durham in having: four Provincial Highways pas- sing through the town and congratu- lated his fellow citizens on the excel- lenj pavement built this summer. 1 Within a of a); """' Ind duflnc the m6: the has Band. led no» W at m..p1_ayea . A _-A_ ___ -_J ._.1L_L L__ While not extensively advertised. there was s crowd of approximately 2.500 people present. We have no may at up on this and we can find no unit with any who may disagree with us. but that is the way it lool-twi to us. The evening was a most plea- sant one. everyone esemd hapm. and while for a time there was every ap- penance of rain, the weather max: was kind and caused no Inconvenieru-o or cessation of the_enjoyment. enjoyed the old- fashioned kind xii. Orchestn from Swinton Pam supplied the music. Both dances Cumâ€" nuanced almost immediately after the termination of the speakmg and (on- tinned without interruption until 1 0'â€" of the even for the younger people commenced. was the street dam-n erreneed (or by the Council. The Walk- erton «theatre had been engaged am- the rounddnncine. while for mow um. “Let'me hsve a pint. I want to 1m; some on my girl's knees. On With the Dance 1130 MW oxer the “real" pan {‘90 yap §ell anti-1 The Variety Store peveuiem miw bed received 0.11 Um? mm {Mum-elect “my cufis. per pair V .49 10 qt. gulvanmed pails A .25 Plum WNW Cups, egch , _ 5c or 6 for ........... .35 HAVE YOU HEARD THE NEW VICTOR RADIO? 5“! In Iqiheujyomeumu HEAR THE FAMOUS MOLTKE BANDâ€"ONE OF THE BEST BANDS IN WESTERN ONTARIO Spend a pleasant day in Dar- hamâ€"See the new pavementâ€" Qognbine_ budgets alga glanceâ€" Cut Sherbets and Goblets. Speck], each Ladies' Bumped Aprons .15 With every $1.00 purchase. we will give 1 Rexoleum nut for ................. 5c Specie” ‘hlcum Powder. reg. 25¢. per am for .15 Ladles’ Ecru Luce Collar and Cufl Sets. per set . .25 Stamped Bun‘et Sets. 3-pleoc .19 Ladies' Dresses. reg. $4.50 for 319 7-plece Water Bets. light cut glnss. 1 jug and 6 tumblers R. L. Saunders, Prop. mom: 4 noun Mr. W 1:. 1m This Week’s ATTEND THE Durham Fall Fair SPECIALS FOR FALL FAIR DAY SEPTEMBER 17 l8 Lute Crowd Present knock gas?" .. 2 for 81.00 of SOCIAL AND P an. William Davidson m and son. and Mr. N 11. 01.4% and Raymon t Sunday with Mr. I Watson of Egremom. Mrs. L. Mackenzie. l and Ill. George Hahn spent the week-end at th and Mrs. Oscar Hahn. Miss Bessie Smith lef wHouse. Muskoka representatives tron ”$1 Toronto. at the 001 be there this week. Iflu Blanche Kearney Western Hospital sun I of days this week at her Mr. and Mrs. Austu Odessa. Ont. announce men! of their only (it Grace Fraser. B.A.. 0 Will“!!! Curr. Oshawa. 1 of Mr. and Mrs. S. J O Ont" the miage to Odes“ the [utter par? 0 Muse. R.N.. Tordn m motored home_ by in Mt week from a mo .t Woodhvm Park. um Port Dover on Lake Er n 'w‘v ml of the Mail an: to. who spent on flag__gues_t_s 9f_ M1. and 1 Miss Christena M01 her home at St. CaU‘ dly titer visiting her “clean. at the hvmo J. Harrison. Mr. “K! Mrs. John announce the ongagr dtuthwr. Elvin. w Mr non of Mr. and Mrs C bun. The marrxagv v qubfly in Septemhm Kr. Oliver Humvr 2" from Toronto. w. and Mrs. J. I“ ( day or I short holxdax' London. urns. Walter Nu-hn? I vim with hor Hm Mr. John Maxim. W Baturdny night for a l pgrgnts; Mtgmj Mrs . 'Ml'. Russel‘ (‘unu over the Ieek-end “in mm Mrs. B. McCombo at Oombe spent a pnrtmn CM borne of ”1011‘ I‘IH' ”the. qukormn Mr. and Mrs S Tm Clarence WP"? \‘isiukl‘: : first of the week. Rev. W. H. Smith at» cry conferonm in W}? Kc gave inspirinu add on Sunday morning church Mrs. H Eng?! and < Of milovm who 119 from a Enmpmn 1r)! ups Engei': SiStm M They left on Hand: take at Olipham Mr comp-WM them Mrs. Mon'kman and ! Owen Sound and M: I Monkmw and daughu Baskntchew an vmxo 2m Mrs. Monkman x sist Wolfe and famils Hrs. Thos. Mmm '1 day from a visit with