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’ Wienmmuoo m mâ€"HnmmmW; by mm in 1ink out for themselves. lnotallation of such a system? Is it probable that in few years the town will have to undertake this Eyork anyway, and pay all the cost? Should we take Eldvantage of the present conditions, allow the gov- hment to reimburse us to the extent of $12, 500. 00, End. in addition to building our waterworks exten- ion and providing ourselves with what is regarded .Ls a necessity, supply employment for those of our :aboring men who have been on short time all sum- }ner and stand in need of winter employment? 7 There is nothing to be gained by going into the nuestion of a municipal waterworks. It is a fore- Egone conclusion we shall have to take over the exist- Eng systemâ€"and pay for it. In our humble opinion Ezhe waterworks system should be a public-owned As a utility that is a necessity it should be wned by the people and controlled by them. A waterworks system will grow. As time passes more _ 11d more services will be added, and with its ac-l uirement now, it will be surprising how few years will go before it is a dividend-paying asset, not a ' iability. This is what other towns have found, and Durham will be no exception. So far as this newspaper is concerned, we en- dorse the waterworks extension scheme. To us. it appears about the best venture the town has em- barked on in a good many years. We have tried our hand at industries and have paid the price. Why not at account. 'We have a duty to the laboring class. Again, we are informed that the conditions' are worable f or the extension of our present water- orhs system. The price of piping is low. We can The big question before the citizens of the town the present time is the matter of waterworks and letberornotweshonldgoaheadwiththeseheme v before the Council. It is not the intention of Its of the inhabitants. We are in favor of this, fiber or not there is any governmental assistance. do one of the biggest mistakes of their lives when ry voted against the proposition. This year, conditions are somewhat different. e have an unemployment problem on our hands. common with other towns that employ labor to now take up something on which we cannot lose, something we shall require anyway in a very few years, and something which will ultimately be of benefit to every resident of the town? Frankly, we are not attempting to pose as a know-all in the scheme. We have heard the matter discussed at all meetings of the Council and believe the proposition to be sound. Moreover, it provides an adequate water supply for the residents of Upper frown, something which they do not now possess and thcystandinneedof. Wewouldukthe ,. to do their own thinking. Don’t get -mo'rthoother. But think! Re- ' fun;- “'1!!th tall a waterworks system now cheaper than we Ild have done it a few years ago. We do not make s statement. but have been told this is the case. Another feature is we need waterworks, an proved system that will take care of our fire haz- ds. We all admit this. We have never yet heard yone, even if they are opposed to the expenditure, nert that our waterworks system is adequate for 2 requirements of the town. The government this year has voted money to be pended on public works that will do something to lieve the unemployment situation. Durham has en oflered fifty per cent of the cost of an extended stem that is to cost not more than $25,000.00. There are some things the ratepayers must ' extent, the day laborers of the place need work 3 Winter. They have been working short time summer and will need this employment more on I‘Dâ€"Utolll, ltoSNPfl. WATSON. it? years ago there were some in town who did not think ‘ very much of the idea and did not hesitate to say so. While this newspaper has always tried to respect other pe0ple’ 3 opinions, we took the stand at the time that the additional expenditure on the Durham High contention. ‘ And now comes word from Alliston that the Department of Education has cut 03 the grants to the High school in that town for the reason that it was not up to specifications. As a result Alliston,ac- cording to the Herald, will start immediately upon the erection of a new building. In a letter to the secretary of the High school board from the acting deputy Minister of Education it was made quite plain that the grants to the Alliston school are to be withheld ‘1until such time as the Minltltei~ of Educa- tion is assured that no further time will be lost in providing a new High school.” According to the Herald, the editor of which; Mr. F. B. Elliott, is no member of the bonrd. they sn- ticipsted the action of the department by one dsy and had already passed a resolution undertaking the erection and equipment of s new building to be com- pleted by September 1931. Durham ratepayers might have found them- selves in the same position“ as Alliston had they not voted almost unanimously in favor of the High school bylaw of a few years ago. We make use of this in order to show the public \that this news- paper, the Durham High school board and the rate- payers were perfectly right when they decided in no uncertain manner that the town must keep to the fore in matters educational if they hoped to share in the county and provincial grants. ' " WHAT WOULD YOU DO? Supposing you were a member of the Old Age Pensions Board ‘and the following case was brought to your notice, what would you do? A man living in Manitoba applied for an Old Age Pension. He took an affidavit that he had been a continuous resident of Manitoba for 60 years. He was of the required age, was in need of the money and the pension was granted. This man about a year ago moved from Manitoba local organization for a pension. He took an affidavit he‘had been a continuous resident of Ontario for 81 years. He was of the required age and his applica- tion was favorably considered. He was granted the pension. In checking up with each other, the provinces of Manitoba and Ontario found that there was a man in North Wellington, Ontario, who was drawing an old age pension from each province. He had sworn in Manitoba he had been a continuous resident for 60 Supposing you were a member of the Old Age Pensions Board and this case was before you, what would you do? What could you do? What would the ratepayers of this province expect you to do? Why, certainly, you would. You would cancel that man’s old age pension so quickly that the ink would scarcely be dry on the cancellation paper when he received it. And you would have done the right thing, the only honorable thing you could do if you expected to hold the confidence and respect of the people of Ontario whose servant you were, and who looked upon you to guard their interests against such cases as these. ‘ ‘ And this is the case that was cancelled in North Wellington on the 29th day of July last, the day following the election, and which Dr. Blair of Arthur, the newly-elected member from that riding complained of on the floor of the House at Ottawa, charging the Ontario officials with “playing politics” with the Old Age Pensions Act. It is not necessary to say anything more on the subject. Dr. Blair may have been the innocent victim, but even his innocence cannot clear him of blame for making the statements attributed to him. He should have learned the facts before he commit- ted himself. It is not likely he will ever again be caught in such a display of uncalled for partisanship. In the future he will in all probability cut the cards and take no chances on being dealt a poor hand from a cold deck. Dr. Blair has not yet made any attempt to prove his case, as called for by the Wellington County Pen- sions Board; neither has he tendered any apology. We leave it to the ratepayers of Ontario to judge whether or not the Ontario Old Age Pensions Com- mission is “playing politics” with our old and needy citizens. ' Further, the Chronicle is not “talking through its hat” in this case. If necessary we can give the name of the pensioner referred to above. We can tell of his family and show they are financially able to keep him. We can give the day and dates it re- quired. We also make the statement that if there is anyone inNorthWthowillopposethefulb What would YOU do under similar circum- into this “infunoua case of party Tim DURHAM CHRONICLE They evehfiock tile m _01 ounce What fate, meanwhile. beiell his crew? "I‘isssdtostate.butstill 'tistrue, Their courage fled when imps appeared With hair on .end their steps they steered To where they thought the Chief to; On brightest corner of main street. And there each told a tearful tale 0i sights he’d seen that made him quailâ€" Gruesome faces and awful shapes, From which most hellish noise escapes. LThe Chief) when rested by his nap, Straightened up his oflicial cap And out he set to find his aids And see what they had bagged in raids. Soon he found them shivering. shaking, With every nerve and fibre quakiug. And listened to blood curdling tales 0! awesome sights and groans Which proved ’twas hell sent forth their foes. And swore before they'd face such legions The town could go to hottest regions. “Go home, then, boys.” the chief said to them; “These fiends of hell, I’ll go through . them.” So to the darkest nook he hied. And there a figure weird he spied; A grab, a shreik, a shake and then The chief had caught a youth of ten; In one pocket ripe tomatoes In another rotten ’tatoes; Such were the foes that fought his crew, And from them all the bravery drew. When next he deputizes men. He’ll choose some boys of eight or ten. nook and cranny on the earth‘s sur- fact, and this number represents only a quarter of the British and Foreign Bible Society’s output, for printing is also going on constantly in Italy, in China and many other countries. ‘ Every language under the sun is re- presented; most people have never lheard of a fraction of them. In the library of the Bible House are speci- lmens of the Scriptures in nearly 900 Idiflerent languages, and the number is [being constantly added to. “WORLD’S BEST SELLER" HAS EARNED TITLE Bible: to the Number of 375,000.00. Have Been 0W 0!, gm! lt_8tlll A novel containing every Ingredient of popularity that the author can pack into it is considered an extroordinery success it its sale reaches 100,000 copleS. writes Wallace Dean in Answers. The Bible has been on sale for hundreds o! years, andis still selling at the rate of 12,000,000 capies a year. “The World’s Best Seller" is the dis- tinction it has earnedâ€"end very clearly earned. for no other book can approach it in selling power. Every day ten thou- sand volumes leave the Bible House in London, England, for_ almost _ every How is it all done? The story of how this world’s biggest publishing bus- iness is run was related to me by Rev. R5, Kilgour, editorial superintendent, and a romantic story it was. He first conducted me round the library of 17,- 786 volumes, the largest biblical collec- tion in the world, and every volume a bit of history. In a glass case I saw the very latest additionâ€"a Bible containing strange characters which I was told were the language known as Biro, spoken by an African tribe. This translation was the result of years of labor by two women missionaries. There was a New Testament in Teso, a tongue spoken in the wilds of Uganda, and thousands more in sixty different alphabets, of every conceivable shape and size. There was a Bible half an inch long. requiring a powerful micros- c0pe to read it, and another two feet long and nearly a foot wide. Bibles in new languages are the results Biblesinnewslanzuagcsaretberesults of translations by missionaries. Pre- quently, when a My lands in a I“!!! My he finds that though , is a language no one has ever CAMPER’S COLUMN Quarter 0! the Globe. A 3mm rm Walthewordu“mtmmu ratanah, will give sary to meet the disinclination of a native to buy. I was told the story of a oolporteur named Kim Sung Ho, whose Bibles were caried for him by a donkey called Skylark. Whenever he met natives who pleaded excuses for not purchasing. he said: “Hey. Skylark. take this book!" i Obedicntly the donkey Opened its mouth and took it, whereupon Kim ex- claimed: “Now. you see. The donkey takes what a man gives him. Don't be more foolish than a donkey." And that practical kind of logic rare- ly failed to open the pockets of every- one around. NEED AIR CIRCULATION IN SHIPPING CABLOTS In loading potatoes for movement in bulk cariots care should be taken to ensure complete free circulation of air from the bunker-heaters over. around and under the false flooring. advises R. L. Wheeler, Transportation Specialist of the Dominion Fruit Branch. Before loading commences the shipper should satisfy himself that the car is in good condition, that the false flooring is clear to permit free ar circulation, and that the pre-warming has been suffic- ient to withdraw all frost from the body of the car. our Provincial Highways today. You are wholly res onsible for any damage your car may 0, whether driven by yourself or not. Why not let us, through a good Insurance Company, carry your risk? We carry nothing but the best insurance. We do not sell any of the “how cheap” kind. But we do guarantee that our insurance policy relieves you of any financial risk without quibbling or side-stepping. There may be insurance as good as ours, but there is nothing sold that is any better. THERE are many risks when motoring on PLAY SAFE--lnsure FRANK IRWIN, Durham FIRE and‘ CASUALTY INSURANCE in. "H WW1” ”.mtm 800“ IS NOW “muz‘flodr. Hymnswmg The Variety Store R. L. Saunders, Prop. Vautommh EVERYDAY BARGAINS m m BAWDI’S‘I’ W V V SOCIAL AN “I: and Mrs. C. ”I visited with ( Junie-on on Satud In. Arthur Rm at last week-en ‘5 Baum with their dMIa: “M31813 "15 mend the wintc The Honor-am In. Jameson 14 up Iguana: in Mou Mn“ Jo‘ 4 of