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. ANNUAL MEETING SHOWS SUCCESSFUL YEAR Thursday TEMPERATURES FOB PAST WEEK sun. Max. Min. Snow an infinitely complex combination of factors. not the least of which will be the put-chums power of the pound sterling, the outcome of which no one can definitely forecast. Dr. Swanson qualified the statement when he said “the course or these prices, however, will be determined by For this reason the economist ex- pressed the view that those who wail- ed that dollar wheat would never. re- turn were not taking into considera- tionthatthepriceofwheathadbeen linked with the prices of other com- modities, some of which had dropped to a greater degree than wheat. ' -As a ray of hope to the grain grow- ers and others involved he expressed the opinion that wheat prices are due to make a steady recovery, “from a standpoint of its strong statistical po- There never has been a world sur- plus of what, according to Dr. W. W. Summon, Proteuor of Economics at. the University of Motohewan. He ex- pressed the opinion that. the collapse o! the m This line has been Operating for ten years and now has 31 miles of poles and 90 miles of wire. Number of sub- scribers 66. Total revenue for 1931. 31,311, total expenditure $1,293.69, sur- plus $17.31. The total debenture prin- ciple paid December Slat, 1931, 35,- 828.”, debenture principal unpaid De- cember 3m. 1931. $171.15. Total cost 01 telephone per subscriber in 1931. $24.50. Total assets, $871,828, liabilities, NEVER SURPLUS OF from other factors, as the alleged sur- On Thursday of last week the annual meeting of the Glenelg and Holland Municipal Telephone was held at the home of Mr. John McCarthy. The {allowing oflloers were appoint- ed: Chairman, Colin McArthur; com- missioners, John Peart, Dougal Mc- Cormick: secretary-treasurer, T. J. Brodie; auditors, Wes. Bradey, John Gland; and Holland work in Grey county. The Department very much opposed a. request that no further highway work should be done within the county. The members of the delegation stres- sed the need for work in the county. Should not some such work be under- taken it would creety add to the coun- ty’s unemployment. Further, the con- struction company had its machinery on the spot, and thus the present was an opportune time to have the work‘ town at Durham. A demotion comprb- in; Mayor Murdock, Reeve Allan Bell. and Councillor D. Stonehouae awaited on the Owen Sound council urging that that body should so petition the gov- ernment. It was pointed out that but ismnesremainedtobcpavedtogive Owen Sound a paved highway through the southern part of the province. Reeve Bell reported that, in interview- ing the Highway Minister, that oflicial had said the Department was favorable further war one on Highway No. 6 during the coming summer season, in tbofluconnectmgnnkctthcfiockm Mt unmanned last mt. According to my: Bun-Times, the city council will petition the government. to have OwenamndCoumnlutweekman endeovor to have them petition the Government to complete the roadway Statement Aha Presented. Ask Completion of Road to Chatsworlh VOL. 66.â€"NO. 3374 WORLD WHEAT, CLAIM “and wheat market 9’ 15 supper at the Royal Connaught Hotel in Hamilton Mr. and Mrs. Smith left for Montreal and will live in Niagara f The marriage of Miss Sybil Mann, ’daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tirnothy T. Mann, of Virgil, Ont., to Mr. John Clark Smith of Niagara Falls. N.Y. (formerly of Durham. Ont.) took place February 12th. in the Pierce Avenue Presbyterian manse in Niagara Falls, Rev. Croft officiating. The bride, who was attended by her sister, Miss Jean Mann, of Virgil. wore a gown of Mur- illo blue crepe. straw hat to match, and a corsage of Talisman roses. The bridesmaid’s dress was Patou blue crepe with matching straw hat. She carried Johanna Hill roses. The groom was attended by Mr. John Young of Niagara Fans. N.Y. After the wedding they were lost. The men were nearly finished with their work when the ac- cident happened. A costly accident occurred at Wal- ter’s Falls on Tuesday when Mr. Irving Marshall had the misfortune to lose a fine team of horses. Mr. Marshall was cutting ice on the mill pond at the Falls and Mansel. Cook was driving the plow when the accident occurred. The horses were plunged into the water. The depth of the pond at that point was some 20 feet and as the men had no means of getting the horses out The auditors’ report was given by the secretary-treasurer, Mr. Wm. Rut- 1tie at Hanover, showed that, notwith- ?standing the fact that the fire losses :were unusually heavy, last year the fi- ‘nancial standing of the company was well maintained. The following oflicers were elected: President, D. McKinnon, of Chesley; vice-president, A. McArthur, of Price- ville; secretary-treasurer, Wm. Ruttle, of Hanover; executive committee, President, vice-president, Mr. Wm. Glauser of Hanover and Mr. R. Parslow of Priceville; directors, Messrs. A. Mc- Arthur and H. McLean of Durham, S. Nesbitt, Walkerton and N. McLeod, of Proton; manager, Wm. Ruttle; audi- tors, D. McLean of Durham and W. J. Ford of Neustadt. Mr. E. P. Keaton, the fire marshali of Ontario, paid a. visit to Mr. Wm. Ruttle, the manager this week. 1 ice, which was between 8 and 10 in- chcs thick, suddenly gave away and the HORSES LOST WHEN ICE DROPS THEM IN POND [feed judging; Joseph Campbell, high- gest marks in examination and weed land Weed seed naming; Harry Cowan, [best kept note-book; Wallace Adams, iior general proficiency. The annual meeting of the Grey and Bruce Mutual Fire Insurance was held in the Company’s office in Hanover on Friday with an unusually large attend- Will Head Grey end Bruce Insurance Companyâ€"Other Officers Elected. D. McKINNON, CHESLEY, IS CHOSEN PRESIDENT In the class in Agriculture {our mem- bers also received prizes, viz.: Douglas Johnston, highest score in stock and Science Class the following girls re- ceived prizes: Sewing. Marion Hender- son; nursing, Ethel Hill; home econom- ics, Edna Holliday; all-round girl, Nora Shortt. 25th.'rheiocaludies'AidottheUnit- ed church canted for the banquet and a very nutritious dinner was served. With Mr. T. 8. Cooper, multm'al Representative, officiating as toast- master, a very delightful program of toasts and addresses was indulged in. The special speaker of the evening was Professor R. G. Knox, OJLC. Guelph. Dealing largely with present conditions Professor Knox interested the audience tor almost an hour. The presentation of prizes brought the banquet to a close. In the Domestic month short course in Agriculture und Home Economics took the form of a banquet in the Holstein Agriculture) HOLSTEIN SHORT COURSE CLOSED ON THURSDAY Crowd at Banquetâ€"Excellent Speck. es on Agricultural Topic- Given. HYMENEAI. SMITHâ€"MAN N DURHAM, ONTARIO, CANADA, THURSDAY, MARCH 3,1932 board (now the war office), with which it first was associated. Curiously enough, the‘ broad arrow,” was a sym- bol of power and authority among the. ancient Druids. It is felony to obliterate this official mark. The “broad arrow,’ used as a distin- guishmg mark on British government property, was the “cognizance" or her- aldic symbol of Henry, Viscount Sidney. who was master-general of the ordin- ance from 1693 to 1703, says an article in the Mmtreal Family Herald. In time it came to be used by other govern- ment departments besidesthe ordinance cable." “Wall, sir, there was only one thing to do. I grabbed an axe and chopped the cable. It parted like as if a can- non had went off. “Then ofi he lit like a streak with er. That darned critter lit off so fast the timbers got hot. The news leaked out when the Cap’n went down to get a new anchor and cable. “Got towed by a whale,” he explain- ed. “The critter caught his belly on a fluke of the, anchor. “Wall, sir, he lit out for the surface like he was annoyed, and hit the old schooner with his snout. He like to have throwed us all overboard. It’s not surprising, they said, when a skipper turns up in August with a tale of an encounter with a deep sea monsterâ€"the heat and lack of news makes his story somewhat credible. But here was Cap’n Boies, a sober, dues-paying church member, back in the dead of winter with a story that would make Baron Munchausen a Jer- sey skipper. 'Captain Esse Boies, master of the fishing smack Sea Toy, and an alleged teetotaller and Methodist, has all the hardened salts of the local fishing col- ony groggy with his tale of a 90-foot whale that towed his boat “so fast the timbers got hot.” New Jersey Skipper Spins Weird Tale to Explain Anchor’s Disappearance. He was born in Berlin, Ont., in Sep- tember, 1851, ‘a son of the late John Klein, and moved with them to Neu- stadt when a young lad and later mov- ing to Walkerton where he had since resided. He was twice married, first to Sophia Morden in 1879 and then to Clara Elizabeth May in 1898. He leaves to mourn his loss, besides his wife, two daughter, Betty, who was with him in California at the time of his death, and Gertrude, Mrs. Beer of Toronto. There are also three brothers: I. A. Klein of New York city, '1‘. E. Klein of Cleveland, 0., and O. E. Klein, K. C.. of Walkerton. One daughter by his second wife, predeceased him. WHALE TOWS SHIP; TIMBERS GET HOT dent of the Bruce County War Aux- iliary and paymaster of the 32nd Bruce regiment with the rank of Major. profession when he was appointed as Local Master of the Supreme Court of ‘Walkerton and a little later as Special Examiner of the Supreme Court. On the death of Judge Barrett he was ap- pointed Senior Judge of the county of Bruce in 1915, an office which he held until his retirement in 1926. Judge Klein was prominent in mun- icipal affairs in Walkerton, having been both Mayor and Reeve. He was at one time a candidate for provincial honors, contesting on the Conservative Judge Klein commenced practicing his profession as an aémey in 1874 andwascailedtotheBarinls'lOand ten years later was appointed K.C. In April of 1893 he was appointed to the by his wife and daughter, in an at- tempt to recover his heath. His condi- tion gradually became worse and he passed away Thursday morning. week.JudseKleinhadgonetoOall- tomb. in the {all of 1931 accompanied Judge Alphonse Bun 162111.01 Walk- erton,oneotthepmmnnentmembets otthelegalpmfeasion,diedat8an- Judge Klein, Walkerton Passes In California ENGLISH OFFICIAL MARK mSwhereuBnonomty mammuwm unbound-uh. back to get a new Mrs. Harding was formerly Miss Ada Browne. a native of Durham, and the broadcast over CFRB was therefore phrticularly interesting to residents here. The program was heard by a great number of people, and the tele- phone line of Mr. Harding here was kept busy at the commencement of the broadcast by friends calling up to tell himto-tunemonthe'rorontostattcn and hear the broadcast. The reception here was good Byndey afternoon and the service much enjoyed.- Listeners in on the afternoon radio broadcast of the Annette Street Bap. tist church, Toronto, last Sunday at- ternoon were treated to a couple of fine solos by Mr. W. Harding, of Ham- ilton, brother of J. H. Harding. here, and a former resident of this town. Mr. and Mrs. Binkley. Mr. and Mrs. Dale, Mr. and Mrs. Solomon, Inez and Ethel Doherty, Mr. and Mrs. P. J Sin- clair, Mr. and Mrs. Elicott, Mr. and Mrs. Gognen, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ford, Miss Miller’s Sunday School class. Avon Home and School Association, Mrs. W. G. Barr, of Drumbo. The following floral tributes showed the esteem in which the deceased was held: Husband and daughter, father, [sisters and brothers, Mr. and Mrs. 'Ralph Durrant and family, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ingham and family, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jacques, Mr. and Mrs. P. V. Bryant, Mr. and Mrs. Banks and Geo. Jacques, of Spokane, Wash.; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Pellow, Mr. and Mrs. T. Harrison, sr., Mr. and Mrs. .155. Har- rison, Mrs. Susan Kloss, City Mission, City Mission Young People, Independ- ent Order of Foresters, Stratford Chair Co., Muezies Family, Metropolitan staff of Sarnia, Mr. and Mrs. Harmer and son, Mr. and Mrs. Nefl', Emmaus Bible Class, St. John’s United church, Miss L. Staples, Mr. and Mrs. Walter} Staples and Gladys, Mr. and Mrs. Friends from a distance were Mrs. Ralph Durrant and son Ralph, and Mrs. J. C. Harrison, from Detroit; Mr. William Ingham, Wingham; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ingham and daughter, In- gersoll; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ingham, Sarnia; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Fellow, Tom Harrison, sr., of Durham. The pallbearers were Geo. Pellow, Edward Ellloobt, Ephraim Theodore, Al- fred Mason, Wm. Ford and Norman Young. wassmore, on February 26th, after a lingering illness of several years. She leaves to mourn her demise, her husband, one daughter Grace, her father, Geo. H. Ingham, of Stratford; one sister, (Hazel) Mrs. Ralph Dur- rant, of Detroit, and three brothers, William, of Wingham, Frank of Inger- soil, and Clarence, of Sarnia. Interment took place in Ingersoll cemetery after services in Ontario Street Baptist church, Stratford, which were conducted by Rev. Stewart, as- sisted by city mission workers. A solo was beautifully rendered by Miss Mar- guerite Nbfl, also a duet by the workers. There passed away at the General hospital, Stratford, Gertrude Blanche Ingham, daughter of the late Elizabeth Jacques and beloved wife of James Rev. Mr. Galloway of Mulock Baptist church was the officiating clergyman. The funeral was held on Saturday from her late residence, interment be- ing in the Rocky Baugeen cemetery. north of Provincial Highway No. 6, un- til her marriage to Mr. Mountain, since when she has lived in Bentinck. Surviving, besides her husband, are three sons and four daughters, Roy, John and George, in Glenelg; Mrs. John Keller (Matilda) , Normanby; Mrs. Peter Mountain, jr. (Christena), and Mrs. Henry Munro (Julia), both in Bentinck, and Mrs. Victor Scheuerman (Carrie), in Prioeville. Neustadt, in Normenby. her maiden name being Emma Schoen. She was twice married. first to the late George SANG OVER RADIO ;. JAMES pAssmom: OBITUARY seven yew use to Mr. One of the most important amend- ments, from the workman’s point of view, would provide for payment of compensation after three days. At pres- ent the act provides that a worker ab- sent from his employment for one week as the result of an injury, would be paid compensation. Where a worker is absent for less than that period, he is usually forced to stand the loss of time. The three-day provision would materially assist the man who is paidl by the day. Mr. Justice Middleton points out that it is doubtful whether in any community save the Soviet states, so- cial legislation has been carried any further than in Ontario. Not more than 300,000 of the Province’s 3,000,000 pOpu- lation bear the burden of taxation, and of Ontario's $46,000,000 of ordinary ex- penditure in ismâ€"aside from debt-in- terestâ€"$31,000,000 was spent by the provincial government in carrying out leginlation of a purely social character. The investigation can'ied on by the commission had particularly in view recommendations made by the Trade and Labor Congress at Canada in 1927, together with suggestions from labor and employers and from the National I Laba- Council. mg the suggested amendments will probably be before the present session of the Legislature closes. January, 1931, held a series of public hearings last summer. A bill embody- the report of a Royal Commission headed by Mr. Justice W. E. Middle- ton was tabled in the Legislature Mon- Containing recommendations for a- mendment of the Ontario Workmen’s Compensation Act to make the lot of the injured workman an easier one. Junior Game Postponed The local junior team was ordered to meet Listowel in the N. H. L. semi-fi- nal playoffs on Saturday night, but this game also was postponed owing to ice conditions. Suggested Re Compensation Act To Be Amended Plnyofl Set for Mondny The O. H. A. ordered the deciding game played in Walkerton on Monday night. but soft weather continuing made that impossible owing to ice con- Early in the last period Durham scored a goal, but it was not allowed on account of a penalty. Elvidce car- ried the puck down the boards, and Burrows tried hard to board him. “Ir- vle,” however, outstepped him and “Doc" crashed into the fence, while El- ‘vidge went on and scored. The referee however rang the bell for the attempt- di tions. ed foul, gave Burrows a two-minute rest, and disallowed the goal. check him, although three or four tried it. Harriston's goals were both scored on this style of play, Tilker getting the first one on the ankle-high shot from the blue line with a minute and a half tagointhesecondperiodandPritch- ardscoringthetieinggoaionarush through the entire Durham team with only a minute to play in the final ses- sion. It was a fine piece of work. and a well-earned goal but it can be chalked up against the locals’ style of play. For the major portion of the last! period they contented themselves with shooting the puck down the ice and laying back of centre aim05t to their blue line, and letting their opponents bring the play to them. In this case Pritchard brought it so fast, none of of the first. period combination play was next to impouihle and individual eflortsmadeup the mostofthegame. Thuradey evening 2-0,“.911)‘ the me on the round 4-4, and necessitating e play-01!. The gene was payed on soft iHm the M period W m lying on the surface m spotsâ€"end the I'lfiymslowandflcmuterpm the Three Daysâ€"Mn. Justice Middleton Harriston Wins Group Title In 01M deans were available. nation Would Al- could effectively appointed in $2.00 a Year in Canada; $2.50 in U. 8. | The Baltic Republics of thhumln. Latvia, Esthonla and Finland, formed from territorlw of the old Russlux Em- pire as a result of the World Wu, ot- ter the tourist a region of greet inter- est and beauty for exploration. Scenes to the mamaâ€"mum M census, ls as follows: Denmark, Horny and Sweden, fiftyâ€"seven years; Enz- pmd, fifty-three years; Holluld, fifty- two; Switzerland, fifty-one; Frame. fifty; Germany, forty-six; Japan, for- ty-four and India, twenty-three. Btu- tlstlcs also show that females how: a greater expectation of life at birth than males. iiieplaoe Austnliuottheheodofthe list with on average length of sixty- one years. New Zeehnd comes second. with an average expectation of sixty years. The average expectation of life at birth in various countries. weanling The average length of life in the United sates, according to minutes made by the United States public heath service, is titty-six years. 8t..- The prime of life. says the Cleve- land Plain Dealer, is the period of full vigor and power, thnt which succeeds youth and precedes use. At what age is the average mm or woman in his or her prime of life? Is often asked, and what is the average length of life? Conterence held here last Noventer and spoke m several of the churches at thtt time. Another feature of the program will be the presentation of medals won by local boys in the recent Bond Belling Campnlgn. These medals are awarded by the Older Boys’ Parliament to boys presented my Alex. 81m, member for South East Grey, and Minister of Ed- ucation in the Boys’ Parliament. LIFE'S PRIME. THE YEARS BETWEEN YOUTH AND AGE tend with their boys and “in some idea. of the nuns and nooomplhhments of this work among the boys. Mr. C. F. Plewman, executive secre- M of the Ontario Boys’ Work Board. is to be the guest speaker. Mr. Flew- SHOULD APPEAL TO TOURISTS FATHER AND SON BANQUET ON FRIDAY John Wu (0111 Hum»); M Smith (Vincent Langley); am w“. “THE RIVAI. GHOST IUCII ENJOYED