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LAST Friday was proclaimed Civic? Holiday on short notice, but it seems that only a few 'observed it, though the petition was signed by many of the business men who should have obeyed the mandates of the Mayor who issued the proclamation. This is not as it should be, and it is only an- other indication that the bulk of the people will sign almost anything they don’ t have to pay for. It is true the time was short, and some outsiders tho didn’t know about it would have been disappointed if they came to town and found the stores all closed. Signing the petition and in this way bringing about the proclamation, should at least have been followed by a willing submission to the Mayor’s decree. How can those who asked for a holiday, and then didn’t take it, re- gard themselves as law-abiding citi- ‘ ”as? In fact it seems to us that they ‘* fluid be punished for their disobedi- ace, but it isn’t likely that Mayor Merwill botherhis headabont it. JInsulate other Byâ€"laws on the town Charles Burke, of Lindsay, was ar- rested Monday as the head of a. gang of counterfeiters who have been flood- ing the country with five dollar bills of the. Montreal Dominion and Traders Banks. The complete photographic outfit Was also discovered and other members of the gang have been taken as Well. Mayor Schmitz, of San Francisco. who was convicted of extortion, has been sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. Sentence followed the recent conviction of Schmitz for ex- torting 81175 from French restaurant keepers. Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown, and even elevation to the highest office in the gift of the peOple is no immunity from punish- ment for wrong doing. Mayor Schmitz may now reflect over the greed which landed him Where he is. ' If all extor- tioners, grafters and thieves were sim- ilarly treated the incarcerated Mayor would be one of a large company. and ifl‘is doubtful if there would be enough honest men left to build jails for the criminals. This seems to be rather a sweeping statement, but a strictly honest man is not so easily found as some people imagine. DURHAM CHRONICLE SANCTUM SIFTINGS. We have booklets describing the»:- dimses and giving directions for trca.‘ meal. Ask for than. Diainteots, meanses, Purifies. Prevents Contagious Diseases. such as Hog Chaim-a, cunss MANGE, sCAa. muc- wonm AND OTHER axm msuscs. ’. IRWIN. Editor and Proprietor. Keeps Stock inthe Pink of Condition DURHAM, .I ULY 11, 1907 Draggists and Seedsmen. KILLS LICE, TICKS. MITES AND FLEAS. MacFarlane ,Co., Distemper. Abortion, eta THE (16! The best methods of sewage disposal is becoming a question of more and more importance, and especially in cities and towns. Herein Durham 'we shall soon be forced to do something or meet the serious consequences of death and disease. An article appears elsewhere clipped from the Niaga ra Falls Review. It contains the Civil Engineer’s Report on a Se wage System for the Village of Bridgeburg. One would imagine that a place so situated would dump all refuse and dispose of all sewage into the Niagara River and that no harm could result from it. But such is not the case, as may be. seen from a perusal of the Engineer’s Report. If “ the Provincial Board of Health for Ontario has definitely de- cided not to allow any municipality tog empty its crude sewage into any body of fresh water, and will not sanction the sewer age plans of any corporation where no provision is made for install- ing a disposal plant or sewage purifica- tion works,” we are right up against a problem that must be seriously consid- ered and acted upon in the very near future. Complaints are often heard of the way our own river is contamin- ated by the disposal of sewage which we presume is not previously treated as required by the Provincial Board of Health, which requires the operation of a certain filtering and purifying be- fore giving it an'outlet into a stream of fresh water. The school is putting in a cess-pool which may or may not meet with the approval of the Provin- cial Board of Health, and it would be wisdom on the part of the trustees to ascertain their true position before go- ing to much expense in the construc- tion. They may have sufficient room to instal an antiseptic tank, which is regarded as a safe method of sewage disposal. Without a proper system of water- works anything done in way of dispos- ing of sewage will be only temporary. The installation of a proper system of waterworks to meet the requirements for fire protection and domestic pur- poses will cost the town considerable money, and how to meet the cost is a problem for some of our financiers. \Ve have an artesian well here, the like of which is not often found, and many places would not have been long in making use of it if they had it. The town allowed it to slip out of their hands, however, and it is now private property, which may or may not be easily acquired, and will likely cost the town quite a penny if they ever wish to secure it. This With a pump- ing station and stand pipe would give ’ the town the needed protection for fire purposes and at the same time furnish all the water needed for domestic/use. 'llhis paper is not anxious to write or print anything offensive unless there is a good reason for doing so. Sometimes, however, our correspond- ents slip in paragraphs that are harm- less on the surface and to us quite void of meaning, being a simple joke so far as we can figure it out. An instance of this sort occurred recently, and we ’may say wholly without our knowâ€" ledge, as we read neither the copy nor proof of the article in question. Our attention being called to the paragraph we hunted it up and even a careful, perusal of what it said, if it said any- i thing, did not convey to our mind what the correspondent was drivingl at, nor do we know yet as we have not I met him for an interpretation. In the maJority of cases it is better for corre- spondents not to write in obscure pa r- ables and thus give us a chance to use I the pruning knife and cat out any-- thing that may be of an offensive! nature to others. Personally we are] not very easily hurt, and unless our~ assailant takes a club we don’t pay much attention to him. To run a' newspaper a person needs a prettyi thick hide, but we’re not all built alike ‘ and perhaps it is well that it is so.l \Ve hope our correspondents will exer- cise care in their writings and not give needless offence. W'ilder’s Lake is nearly three hun-1 dred feet above the Cement Works and a water supply from there would give an immense pressure from gravitv alone, and if piped properly we imag- ine few places would have so adequate a protect-ion from gravity alone. The writer is not an engineer and not able to say whether or not the head would be too high and the pressure too great for the piping to stand. That diflicul- ty, however, could easily be overcome by taking the 'supply from the lake to a reservoir and filter several feet low- boon that might as well not be there, and every act of iooseness in thé ad- ministration of a town Bylaw will result in evil rather than good. Property for Sale. HE LARGE IMPLEMENT WARE.- house and residence jom' ing, com- prising 65ft. frontago‘pn Ganfnn Street. one of the best busmeaa standsxgtown, floozlot' 50ft. fro . a short diam south ofthorink. W sol! 9n rumble tarmac-Apply to Chas. McKmnon. er. This would require no pumpifig and the supply would be sumcient for all time to come. July ll-tf. ‘Intermedmte I to Jr. Iâ€"Loctie Wilson. Rosia Hillis, John D. Mc- Phee, Donald McQueen, Vera Allan. Neil McKechnie, Elmor Hutton and Albert Livingston eq., Eleanor Swal- low, Eric Elvidge, Octavia. Marshall, Russel Gun Ruby Dean. Sr. I to Jr. P5. IIâ€"Inez Redford, Melvin Graig, Allie Payne Willie Hazen. Jr. I to Sr. Iâ€"Robi-n Farquhareon, Percy McKechnie, Nellie Lenahan, Charlie McDougall, Arthur Ramege. Alex,McQueen. Harper McGirr, Gibv son Watt, Ado. McKinnon. Henrietta Havens. Pt. I (a) to Intermediateâ€"Jennie Davis. Gladys Bryan, Mildred Vollet, Edward Smith. Hazel Hutton. Muriel Snell. Lorne Smith. Violet Snell, Ida. Mosely, Robbie Hillis. Annie Graham, Maggie Kelsey, Louis Ector, Bryson Morloek. Edie McKenzie. Willie Lawson. Ernie McDonald Maydea McAuley. , Sr. Pt. II to Jr. IIâ€"Pearl Wright, Jack Bryan Doris McAuley and Mary McIlraich eq, Marion Marshall, Etta Saunders and Alice McCrie eq. , Willie Lauder and Norman Lenuhan eq.. Martha McDonald, Nellie Fluker, Sadie McKechnie. - Sr Pu II (a) to Jr. IIâ€"Leona Fa- gau. \Vilburn Knisely, Rena Torrey, Myrtle Daniel, Victor Mosely, Charlie Havens, George Douglas, Percy Bryan and Fred Saunders eq., Wil- fred Campbell, Gordon Gunn, Minnie Limin Jones Rencon. James Bilings. Pu. I(b) to Pt. I (a)â€"Arthur Mc- Gowan. Ralph Catton, Jemima Lawrence, Lorne Livingston, Hazel Vollec. Ethel Whitmore. Viola. Mc Clocklin, Ottilia Limin, Belle Lauder, Marie .Haselip, Eddie Hilderhrandt, Gladys Douglas, Raymond Search, Harold Remake. Byron Saunders, Vernon Watt. Jerome Morris. Viuton Tremblay. Michael McPhee, Camp- bell Mitchell, Armetta Nichol Reany Snell. Sr. Pt. Ilâ€"Marv Smith, Lorne, Jackson, Cecil Towner. Vetta. Mc- Clocklin, Nettie Lloyd. Katie Dodds, James Walls, John Duncan. Mary Legate, John Gillie, Nellie McKech- nie, lrnne McPhee. ' Sr. II to Jr. IIIâ€"Ray Farquhar- son, Alex Hilderbrandt, Helen Ire land, Pearl Mitchell, Verna Fluker, Edwin Search, Cassie Russell, Ulie Wall, Caldwell Marshall, Wilfred Nichol, Laura Bryon. Maude Bur. net, Lance McGirr, Earl McDonald, Frank McIlraitn, Gertie Campbell, Thomas Wright and James Lloyd eq., Florence Barclay, Mary McQueen, Annie Vollett, Janet Marshall, Alice McGowan, Edna Patterson and Maude Kress eq. , Ian Campbell, Eldon Saunders, Maggie Torrey. Jr. II to Intermediate Ilâ€"Sadie McDonald, Bertha Havens, Marion Calder, Annie Russell and Ella Car- son eq., Erben Whitmore Cecil Mc- Nally, Theresa Vollet, Norman Dass. Victor Carton, Zell Crawford and Murray Davis eq ! In\or_der to pass. pupils were re iquired‘D to obtain 30°/ on each subject and 507 on the total Names are arranged in order of merit. H S. DEPT. . Form II to Form IIIâ€" Bessie Weir. Louise Watson, Maggie Weir, Maggie Firth, Annie Aljoe, Edith Allan. John L, McDonald. Agnes Mc- Girr, Charles Ramage, Wallace Find- lay. Foster Saunders. Recommended, Cecil Wolfe. Form I to Form II--.-.Ruby Mills. Lizzie Kearney. Jessie Smith, Nellie Hepburn, Harold Aljoé. Eflie Hutton, Willie McCrie. Sadie Kress, Ruth Moran Laura Siegner, Lillie Harris, Annie McMillan, Brock Grant, Nellie Hawkins. Recommended, Ella Kinnee. P. S DEPT. Jr. IV to Sr. IVâ€"John McIlraith, Willie Petty, Ray Fluker, Edna Mc- Crie, Willie Clark. Roy Calder, Edna Limin. Eric Kelly, Vernon Elvidge. Alliscer Cameron. Mabel Grasby, Tressa McKay. Calvin Kin nee. Reggie Sharpe Recommended, Bertha Harvey. Sr. III to Jr. IVâ€"Herberr. Murdock. Florence Bryon, Bessie Saunders, Vivien Crawford, Devena Warming- ton, Mamie Mountain, Edith Duncan. Leone Russell, Annie McDonald, Lila Freud, Rex McGowan. Nellie Mc Lean, Karl Lenahan, Morley Colling, Pansy Colling. Willie McGirr. Susie Kelsey, Mark Wilson. Mack Saunders, Mamie Wilson, Maud Everitt. Recommended, Fred Laidlaw. Jr. III to Sr. IIIâ€"Roy McCracken, Ruby Catton. Milton Mills, Nettie Daniel. Vyvian Harvey, Evyline Levi, George Kress, Charles Har- bottle. s. s. No. 1, GLENELG- Vâ€"Winnie Binnie, Millie Whit: more. Janie Fallaiae. IVâ€"Ben Whitmore, Laura Benton, Millie Brown. Sr. IIIâ€"Ruth McGillivray. Eliza J. Edwards, Johnny McKeown. Jr. IIIâ€"George Hearcwell. Sr. II-George Atnect. Mabel Bea.- ton. Mary McMillan, Sadie McGilliv- HY. Tens. McGillivrny. Silas Edwards, RObOrt Edwards. J r. II~Norman McDonald. Pt. IIâ€"-Emma Arnett. .Alllnn Mc- Lem, Sadie McMillan. Neil McFar- lnne. Vina McNeb, Johnnie Stone. house. ' Sr. Iâ€"Mnthaw flcKoown, Howard flcArthur, Thqmu Edwin. Arthur DURHAM SCHOOL. RESULTS or Pnouo'nox EXAMINATIONS. Honor Rolls. THE DURHAM CHRONICLE Regina, Sask.. July lst, 1907 DEAR EDITOR,â€"VVill you send me The Chronicle to the above address. It is much valued out in this' country by a good many. It answers much the same as a letter. Regina is mov- ing along a little slower than usual this season although they are erecting some very fine buildings. One I might make special mention of is the Post Office they are erecting at a cost of three hundred and three thousmd do]- lars, which will be a credit to the city. I have just lately arrived from a visit to Vancouver. B. 0., and Seattlea Vancouver is the place for me, a good climate and abusy city. I attended meeting of Grand Lodge there and the brethern of Vancouver used us well. I met several old Ontario boys, among whom I might mention John WatSon, Chief of the Fire Dept., New VVest- minister, son of Robt. Watson, farm- erly of Normanby. Emerson Kinnee, Samuel Lawrence, Thos. and James Gadd, Vancouver, Thomas Lawrence, Revelstoke. B. C. It is a delightful trip for one who never saw the Rochies. I couldn’t begin to state here the sights that meet the eye on a journey ; to the coast. ' Wishing you prosperity, I remain : ‘ Yours truly. Rye is up fully three feet, and in many fields fall wheat can be seen standing fully two feet. It’s glorious. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Fuller, of Max- welltown, Iowa, arrived in town Mon- day evening on a visit to their rel- atives. This is their third trip, and in Mr. Fuller’s own words, the oftener he comes the better he likes it. It has certainly been a revelation to him this time. Things are far and away ahead of any thing he has seen, or could have imagined them to have been. He is simply enchanted with our vegetation, and should some of his friends from the south pay us a visit they could then realize why this country is com- ing to the front so rapidly. The people of the Dakotas are coming, from Ne- brasda they are comingâ€"coming from all over, and certainly we have the goods to show. Let them all come. net, after which time all unpaid ac- counts will be placed in other bands for collection; Mr. Harcourt, deputy minister of ag- riculture, as to the increase in various crops:â€"Winter wheat, 50 per cent; spring Wheat, 15 per cent; oats, 20 per cent; barley, 25 per cent. ‘ Notice is hereby given that all par- ties having accounts contracted before January last are requested to pay the same to Mr. J ._ A. Glass, who is manag- ing my business in Durham or send the amounts to the undersigned at OWen Sound béfore the first of Aug- Comments have been made regard- ing the crop ieport and outlook we published last week, that it erred on the low side; but then, as was stated at the time, we wanted to be on the safe side. However, conditions are so good, the weather perfect, that cer- tainly all is :well. From every point, north and south, Alberta bids fair to out-distance herself this year. This is the conservative estimate, given by Joseph ,Stretch returned from his trip to Idaho on Friday. He states that the, crops of Alberta, will hold there own, with anything he saw in other parts. Sr. III to Jr. IVâ€"Maggie Mount.- ain, Leila Vollett. Jeanie Picken, Robert Cufi. ’ Jr. III to St. IIIâ€"Maggie Donnel- ly, Joseph McCaslin. (Ponoka Herald, Alta.) Ed. Hinkley brought in a. 'sheaf of pea vine on Monday, which measured three feet in length. No wonder A1- berba. stock is looking so perfect. Jr. I (d) to Sr. Iâ€"Annie Mountain, Eliza Sammon, Reuben Noble Jr. I (c) to Jr (d)â€"Evelyn Sharpe Jr I (b) to Jr I (c)-â€"Gertie McCas- lin. May Donnelly. HilyOard Arm- Sr. II to Jr. IIIâ€"Bertha Ayling. Sadie Lawrence. Ella Cufi, Grace Petty, Clara McCaslin, Herbert Noble. Jr. II to St. IIâ€"Annie Smith. Sr. Pt. II to Jr. II-Willie Vollett. Lorne Mountain eq. Human HILL SCHOOL. Vâ€"Edward Lawrence. IVâ€"Florence Mountain. Agnes Petty, Marion Petty. Chas. Lawrence Sadie Langrill. Rebecca Grierson, Jr. Pt. II to Sr. Pt. IIâ€"Johnny Petty. George Langrill, Cecil Mount- ain. Jr. 1 (a) co (b)-â€"Robbie Ayling, Margaret Smith. Pennocit, Oscar Pennock, Flora Mc- Farlane Jr. I‘â€"Clark J ackson, Leonard Mc- Keown. Edmund Poole, Mary Ed- wards. Angus McGillivray, Josephine McNab. Elzie Benton. Average attendanceâ€"31; AMY I. EDGE, Teacher. NEWS FROM THE FAR WEST w CROP REPORT JOHN JOHNSTON. Teacher. NOTICE. ~â€"~o on. o» 261': .M.‘ JAMES EDEN. Owen Sound. Our hand-made boots are commanding more sale than we are able to sup- ply. ’Nuff said. ‘Ve have an abundance of Lacrosse and outing shoes in best; quality. Tho the prices on these have advanced, we will sell them at the same old prices. We are too extremely busy in our work-shop to talk about; it. CASH ONLY. Our new lines in VVomen’s Dongola. Kid Bluchers: see them! and you’ll know What selling cheap means. ur latest new lines in Women’s Patent Blucher Oxfords are beauties lower in price than you’ll expect. Our Boy’s and Misses’ Dongola Kid Blu- chers are medium in price, but un- excelled for appearence and fit. ‘Ve have now more fine'new lines in up-to-date footwear to show you children’s Chocolate Strap Slippers and Oxfords or thp verv nicest. MORE FOOTWEfiR HIGHEST PRICES FOR EGGS Repairing and orders neatly and promptly attnedod to. Bring us your orders and Repairing PEEL, the Shoeman - (Cash System ) DURHAM AND OWEN SOUND July 11, 1907 ()ur