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he Ontario Legislature has voted to increase their sessional indemnity athousand dollars a year. Grit and Tory alike can unite in a measure Of this sort which cannot be character- izedasother than an outrage on an over-governed province. The salary is not too much for the useful members, but when they come to he hunched to- gether, sized up, and the. average struck, it will be a high estimate to put one third of them as useful and essential while the remaining two- thirds are merely ornamental append- .‘es to the gaudy farce. If two-thirds d them were treted like an overcrop ad the rest to consist of honorable ad Inn-chin]: men, the country could AM to pay them good salaries. At Church’s Potato Bug Finish and other Insecticides at W ay for the purpose of shade or orna- In ent shall be deemed to he the pro- pe rt 3" of the owner of the land adjacent to the highway and nearest to such tree, shrub or sapling.“ The council may pass hy-laws for the protection of such trccs “against injury and against removal by any person or persons in- cluding the owner" except as author- ized by special resolution ofthe. council. Section 8, of the same act, specifies the authority given councils respecting by-laws in this behalf. Section 574 (2) of the Municipal Act, specifies what powers Councils have in the matter of removing shade. trees for public im- provement. They may pass by-laws to remove trees from a public highway under this control, "if and when such removal is deemed necessary for any purpose of public improvement,” and it should be noted that the council has not all the say when it shall be “deem- ed necessary." The council must also, in any case, give ten days’ notice of the intention to remove a tree to the owner, who is entitled to compensa- tion " for his trouble in planting and protecting the same." So long as it can be shown that the public improve- ment cannot be. made without the re- moval of the. trees, the council seems to haVe supreme authority subject to the priwisos aforesaid, but in doubtful cases their authority is by no means so absolute. A further study of the statutes might save some trees now wantonly destroyed to gratify the whim of some one in authority or some equallv whimsical owner. Durham, June 18th, 1903. MacFARLANES’ There seems to he a general misap- pl ehensit an ill)!" )ad regarding the rights and duties of eitizens and aldermen in the matter of Shade T rees on the. Pub" lic Streets. For instance, it is a popu- lar error that shade trees in the streets are the prnperty of the. corporation, and that the Town Council can remove or mutilate. sueh trees at will without consulting the nwner nf the. adjacent property. The fullmving extracts from the Revised Statutes will dispel these en'nnenus notions. Sub-sections 4 of section 2 ellap. 243 R. S. 0. read as fullnws' "livery grnwing tree, shrub or sapling whatsm-ver planted or left standing on either side of any high‘ DURHAM CHRONICLE The Markdale Standard reports sut- isfm'tory progress in the erection of the House of Refuge. a considerable, portion of which is now completed, though the formalities of laying the corner stone are observed this Thurs- day afternoon. The. County Council is holding its session in the Poor House Town this week, and as the stone laying ceremony is well advertised it is robotic s large crowd will'be pres- -t on the occasion. '. IRWIN. Editor and Proprietor. SANCTUM SIFTINGS. Paris Green SHADE TREES. DRUG STORE. present the County of Grey has six par- liamentary representatives, and what are they doing that couldn’t be done by one in each House provided the representation was reduced to one- third of what it is now ? The Gamey enquiry cost the country thirty-five thousand dollars, and all to no purpose more than to emphasize the rascalty perpetrated in our Legisla- tive Halls and by members of the Leg- islators. The amount of perjury in- dulged in is enough to turn the head of an honest man gray to think of it. \Vhen perjury in matters of little or no monetary consideration 1s allowed to go unpunished, it is not to be wondered that similar methods would be adopt- ed when personal oharacter or personal greed are the stakes to be played for. Somebody lied most vigorously, and the verdict “not proven” sums up the conclusion of the Royal Commission. If the whole report had been boiled ‘ down to these two words pOpular opin-‘ ion of the judiciary today would be different from what it is. * * Â¥ There was some time spent in the 1 Ontario Legislature ’j'ove1 the question {of increasing the salaries of Public ISchool inspectors. The generosity of the Government didn’t respond to this i so easily as it did when theix own sal- l a1ies were 11nd11 1r conideIation. and the increase was only a trifle. There 111e some Inspectors who get all they’re worth if they get anything. Others {111°111l11s11rving of more than the law 1{11°11\i1les. The 111111 11 plan of paying s11 111111° 11 11 s11 °l1o11l irrespecth e of ability is111st11~ itis° to pay the 51111111 1111111 [111° pound ml the 11111111111t kinds of g1e11s11tl111t l11°111 the 1111111111111 11111111111f Butter. l'NUBSERVED BY'LA\\'S. The Town (’ouncil has a number of By-laws 1'('-corded, but few of them are perhaps as well-known as they should be, and of those that are known a great many are very little regarded. Nearly every citizen knows it to be a violation of a By-law to 1ide bicycles on the sidewalk, yet the sidewalks are used for that. purpose. The presence of the town constable is the only thing apparently to make the rider betake himself to the middle of the street, and some of the law breakers have the audacity to whistle as a signal for the pedestrian to get out of the road in order to let his lordship pass. In the first place. the sidewalk is not the proper plaee for a bicycle. and even if it Were the. sound of a whistle or the sound of a bell is a poor signal for one who is pursued by the “silent steed.” A person, say on the middle of the sidewalk. hears the signal. the. inten- tion of whieh is to eause him or her to turn to one side. The chances are equal that the startled traveller will step to the wrong side and the damage is done. Not five minutes later we noticed a couple of young wheelsmen going along the street leisurely enough when two or three ran right across in front of them barely escaping accident, which in this case would have been purely their own fault, and had they been killed the riders would not, in our judgment, have been to blame. and we were an eye witness. There are too many small boys who indulge in pranks of this sort, and their con- duct should not be encouraged. Even the street is not the proper place. for the hump-hacked swireher to perform his antics. The road may be clear enough, but there’s no telling when a little child may happen to come in his way and be knocked down and probably injured as happened to he the. case a few evenings ago. The Boy on the \Vheel had no more. intention, perhaps, than The Man on the Street to do injury to anybody, yeta little child ran in his 'ay and was knocked down, but fortunately uninjured. There is a by-law also against play- ing ball or lacrosse, or throwing stones or any kind of missiles in the streets of the town. Almost any person can see how this by-law is ignored, and while no damage results it seems a hardship to do anything to interfere with the harmless sports of the young folks. Yet there is no telling when a hall may go astray and smash a plate glass window, which may cost easily from forty to seventy-five dollars. If such an accident should occur every- body would denounce the practice. THE MAN ON THE STREET. ” A chiel'a nmang ye takin' notes, An‘ faith he'll prent it."-â€"BL‘RNS. A wono m mortar. can: WHIU uunoma an lunar. any "I run MOUTH. THAT COM. .IFOR. THAT TIMI. ‘ .U»Ul. TH. [17" CTR-.07" l.- noumouutnr so NchOOMY run run ulALru or Jam UOTHIRMD CHILD. Sand for [me sample. SCOTT BOWNE. W, 0-....... ‘ Mother’s Ear SCOTT'O EMULSION 90c. and £1.00; which even now is wrong, because it endangers property and is a violation of a town by-law. The best time to stop is before the harm is done. The authorities in large places have great trouble in regulating the traflic. Horses, automobiles, bicycles, etc., etc., have a certain limit of speed. and should they go faster than the fixed limit there’s liability to a fine. Pedes- trains have rights that are not recog- nized by horsemen, and the ignorance and impudence displayed by some of the latter is quite provoking to every self-respecting citizen. No man of sense will stop astride a crossing and have women or even men or children compelled to go round in the mud. The sidewalks and crossings are for pedestrians and not as a camping ground for visitors. at s t l The By-law against shooting inside the town limit is running at loose ends, but fortunately no serious injury has hitherto resulted from the careless handling of fire arms. Not only are guns, rifles, pistols and revolvers a menace to public safety, but danger is liable at any time to result from care- lessness with air-guns or even the cat- apult. It is not the intention of the writer to interfere with personal liber- ty, nor to advocate such interference, only in cases where the exercise of personal liberty is going to interfere with the rights of others. at at a: To many citizens a knowledge of the existence of certain laws is sufficient to cause them to render a willing obedience, but there are others again who appear to go out of their way to violate any mandate on the statutes. Preaching to the latter class is ahso- lutely useless, and the only way to reach them is by way of their pockets. One of the dii'eetm's of the. Agi'ienl- tln'ul Society makes complaint tn say that property is being ruthlessly (1e- stmyed on the show gmumls. \Vin- duws have. been broken and other recklessness indulged in. An exzunple will be, nmde of wine. nne before long. The Man on the Street has the name of getting his nose into things, but he never struck anything that affected his olefaetory nerves more. than an institution in the township of Bentinek just south of the town. (.‘oniplaint was made to us, and on being led to the spot we felt glad We didn’t live near it. No persuasion was needed to get us to leave. Growth of the Auction Sale System. it is recognized by all breeders ofl live stock and by all others who have 1 paid any attention to stock breeding, that in order to pxoduce goou ani l male we must use only good sires of the p1oper type and bred in properl lines. The farmers must not onlyl use the best class of males, but hel must feed the offspring liberally if“ he expects to secure a profit from his‘ operations. These two conditions must go together. Rec0gnizing this fact, the Live Stock Commissioner Mr. F W. Hodson, has for years been endeavoring to perfect plans for' distributing as many good sires as possible among farmers in all parts of Canada. The remarkable develop. ment in Great Britain of the auction sale system of selling live stock led him to advocate a similiar method here. In Britain there are at many points fairs or markets on certain days. where cattle, sheep, swine and other animals are regularly auction~ ed off. From reliable evidence and personal observation this system was found to work satisfactorily, en tirely doing away with huckstering, and giving to the seller the full value of his animals as determined by pub- lic competition. After discussing the question with the various live stock associations, it was concluded that the adoption of the auction sale principle would be of great benefit to Canada. and the Department of Agri- culture offered to assist in starting live stock sales in each province. Several provincial sales have been held and the feeling in favor of them is growing rapidly. Sirniliar inde- pendent combination sales are being held in many parts of Canada and a tine pavilion has been erected especi- ally for sales at Hamllton. Ont. It ‘ is not the intention that the Depart- ment of Agriculture shall long con- tinue to assist these sales, but onlv until they are well established and self-sustaining. It is hoped that eventually monthly or weekly sales will be stablished at some central point in each electoral district. At certain seasons ofâ€" the year pure bred stock for breeding purposes would be sold; at other times store and fat animals. including cattle, sheep and swine, in fact everything a farmer has to sell. This is the same principle on which most of our cheese is now sold. In Great Britain very little stock is sold except at these auctions; nearly every town or village has its week! y, monthly of fortnightly sale, and tne auctioneers have well equipped yards and sheds in which to sell. The educational value of these sales is a noti sable feature. for a poor animal will bring little money. while a choice one will brings good price. This is an ob- ject lesson for the farmers who at- tend. In this connection the sale estab- lisbed under the auspices of the Ter- ritorial Cattle Breeders at Calgary is Q 0.. 0-». May, 1903. an average of $96.88 was made on 268 head. The highest priced bnll was a Hereford sold by Oswald Palmer. of Lacombe, forl 8300 to A. B. Macdonald. New Oxley. Mr. Palmer sold three Herefords for an average of $181.66 per head and the Mossom Boyd Co.. of Prince A1- bert, sold 9 head at an average of $122.88. Messrs. J. W. Sharp. of Lacombe, obtained the highest aver- age for Shorthorns, having sold 9 head at an average of $159. 33, the lowest price being 8140. The high- est priced cow was sold by Geo. Geary. of Innisiail for 8150 to Dr. J. P. Creamer, oi Qu’ Appelle. worthy of mention. At their ulo in The Celgery sole is steadily grow- ing in extent and in the pricee oom- mended. In 1902 an nvernge of 895.75 wee made on 220 head. end in the previous yeer 64 animals brought an evereze of 885.17. This year two cerloede of stock went to Britieh Columbia and it is expected that next year at least five cerloede rill be taken by that Province. Ter- ritorial breeders evidently intend to give Ontario 3 hot fight in the pure bred stock market. Dept. of Agriculture. June 11. 1903. On June 9th a meeting of the Farmers’ Inftitute was held in the Town Hall, Durham, and proved of more than ordinary interest. The meeting was well attended, and great interest was evinced in the difierent topics discussed. After the routine business had been gone ever and fin- ished, Mr. Alex. McNeil, of Walker- ville, Dom. Gov’t Fruit Inspector, was introduced to those assembled by Mr. , Pres. of the Farmers’ Institute. Mr. McNeil gave a veryl interesting address of about an hour’s duration, during which he touched on several points of interest. Among others, he had much to say on the benefits of co-operation, and urged those present to take an interest in each other, showing that what was of benefit to one was beneficial to all, when unity of purpose existed. After the meeting in the hall it was sug- gested by Mr. McNeil to hold an orchard meeting, when the subject of fruit culture could be gone into in a practical manner, and his suggestion meeting with favor. all present went from the hall to an adjoining orchard where they were given a practical lesson in grafting, pruning and pro- per methods of training up orchards in the way they should grow to bring the best returns for the labour and money expended on them. Whilc pruning, grafting. cultivation and prOper varieties were shown ‘to be essential, Mr. McNeil dwelt largely on the necessity of spraying, and gave several instances to prove that with proper care and attention orcho ards do and will yield greater returns for time and money Spent on them than very many are aware of. the speaker claiming that the larger areas taken up by fruit culture in- variably brought in the buyers who were always on the look out for good éfruit where it could be bought in large quantities, as it did not pay lthem to go into localities where but ‘little fruit was raised. nor would i they go into sections where but little {efiort was given to the propOgation [ and care of good fruit. WANTEDâ€"SEVERA L INDUSTRIOFS PER- sons in each state to travel for lmnae established eleven years and will) a large mipital, to call upon merchants and agents for successful and profitable line. Permanent engagement. \Veek- 1y cash salary of 818 and all traveling expenses and hotel bills advaneod in cash each week. Ex- perience not essential. Mention reference and enclose self-addressed envelope, THE NATION- AL, 334 Dearborn St., Chicago. May (Rh-16. F. E. Bennett, General Agent of the Spramotor 00.. of London, Ont,. and Bufialo. N. Y.. distributed copies of this Firm’s " A Gold Mine on Your Farm,” being a treatise on the proper remedies to apply for fungus and all other diseases that trees or shrubs are heir to, as well as the de- struction of all other pests that prey on either trees or vegetables. While we believe that Canada’s future is destined to be a glorious one, still let us not forget that Cana. da’s future depends very largely on the individual efforts of Canadians. "I‘is to be hoped that these meetings will be held oftener in the future than they have in the past, and that all will be benefited goes. without saying. Canada is to-day the bright- es't gem in the British Crown. Long may we keep her so. Fall Wheat ......... Spring Wheat. ...... Oats ............. . Pease .............. Barley .............. Hay ................ Butter. ............ Eggs ............... Potatoes per bag. .. . Flour per cwt ...... Oatmeal per sack. . . Chop per cwt ...... Live Hogs ......... Dressed Hogs per cw Hides per lb ...... Sheepskins. ........ Wool .............. Lamb ............. Tallow . . . . Lard ...... IL I I 1°. Clover Seed ...... . Timothy Seed ...... ‘Ma Laxative Bromo Quilting TM mmmwhmnm 000000000000000 ooooooooooooooo per cwt ........ Market Report. Farmers Moot. DURHAM. 0-00.00- ooooooo‘oo ed........ :1. JUNE 17. 1903. ..$ 66 to 3 68 OWL 65 to 68 28 to 28 60 to 60 .. . 40 to 45 . 7 00 to 8 00 14 to 15 11 to 11 75 to 80 1 90 to 2 2O 2 40 to 2 40 l 10 to l 10 5 30 to 5 3O 7 75 to 7 75 5 to 5 40 to 50 14 to 15 7 to 8 5 to 5 10 to 12 8 00 to 8 65 To Cure a Cold in One by ll 30 2 20 2 40 l 10 5 30 7 75 I From one of the largest Seed Houses in Britain per S. London City. o Beet : Suger Gient, Green Top end Hell Suger FIBId seeds : Mengle. Cerrot: Gient White. Orange Gient. Mungle : Memmoth, Long Bed end Norfolk Gient. Rope: Dwarf Euex. Sowing Turnip: Swede. Certer' a Elephent Button' e Chempion. Ben gholln, London Purple Top, King of Swedes. Certer’ e Imperiel Herdy. Aberdeen Purple end Green Top, Improved Grey Stone. Garden Seeds: Beet, Cabbage, Carrot, Lettuce and ngngurnips. H. PARKER, 1861 American and Canadian Seeds DIRECT IMPORTER Page Metal Ornamental Fancq SEEDS um'hne. dunble and low-priced. Speclully mum. for trout and division fences in town lote. oemetorlee. arches-do. etc. Bet-no (or 20 CENTS PER RUNNING FOOT. Just shout the cheepattenoeyou cunnut up. Write“ mm the Page tum Fence and Poultry Netting. . The M Wire Pence 00.. mmwmm Iona-eel. 2.0.. and It. John. I). 1 DRUG GIST AND SEEDSMAN DURHAM.