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WE DURHAM BHRUMBLE p? CHICAGO AND HYPHENATED From The Toronto ‘Vorld, Chicago is said to contain more. people of German descent than ' fin the world except a. It is. therefore, not without significance as an in- dication of the trend of United‘ States opinion, that at the recent‘ municipal election, William Hale Thompson, the Republican prim- ary candidate, beat Robert “7. the Democratic primary Betlin and Vienn l‘uca‘ {Cain’s-a- -_-_ influence in the result. On this oc- casion, however, the election apâ€" pears to have turned mainly on the record of the Wilson adminis- tration, in so far at least as the successful Republican candidate could make it so. The result 18 generally accepted as an indica- tion that public opinion is turn- in: against the Democratic party. Mfr. Sweitzer on the grou he too was a hyphenated Ameri- j can, and in sympathy with the I” Germanic powers that are res- ponsible for the EurOpean war. Chicago Germans were called on to cast their votes for Sweitzer for this reason and also because his election would be flashed around the world as a message of cheer for the kaiser and his Huns. livi- dently the appeal was ignored hv the great majority of Chicago el- ectors who are of German blood. They have shown themselves to ‘ n citizens first, and as| believers in democracy and demo- cratic principles. Chicago women elec'ors, who polled practically successful Rem could make it t the world as a mess: for the kaiser and his dently the appeal We the great majority oi ectors who are of G They have shown th: DURHAM, APRIL The British MW and Canadian Railway Expansion The present conflict in Europe. has demonstrated beyond the pos- sibility of doubt that the mainten- ance of Britain's superiority at sea, and the expansion of the! wheat areas in British dominions. have been linked together as basic factors in the consideration of plans for Imperial offense and defence. The lawmakers in ba London. as a matter of policy. fl‘ have allowed nothing to interfere 1;: with the building up of an all- a] powerful navy, and they have '1‘ steadfastly ignored the protests of! C Englishmen who have contended tl that Great Britain would be in an :1‘1 i'l‘.173$?-3b1‘3 position if a war e should develop with a powerful‘h mm'ume power. There were nu- EC met-011:; men in England who be- \ lieved that in the event of an imâ€" 1 Dortant EurOpean struggle inva- \ am: ,Great Britain, “the lunger of 1 London would dictate terms of 1 mace.” But the Admiralty were 5 convinced that the sea power of I Britain would keep all the routes ‘ Open for foodstuffs. The lands in; the British Isles which might have _.___â€"_.-4.- _ p more wheat were left as before, and the investors of Britain placing their funds in the bonds of railways in Canada. in South Africa. in Australia, and in New Zealand, where vast stretches of fertile country remained to be opened up, encouraged the pro- duction of a steady supply of foodstuffs which might be called 1 UL ULJ5vo upon in case of emergency. The Ir. F. 'Hoerst entertained ,a- under-water craft of Germany number of friends on Fridav have failed to throttle the ship- evening. Mrs. J. Vessie of towh spent ning of Great Britain. Her ships . .‘ Wednesda With Mk8. C. Ritchie. come and go almost as thew. Mrs. Cozk, and little son. of ‘ ”133“” And the resources °t wheat British Columbia, are visiting her lands, in themselves many times '2 (fiends at hiceville. and were the area of the British Isles, are' callers on Mr. and Mrs. Neil Mc- ° Carmel last week. available for the need of the Mr. Geo. Herd of Allan Park is people 01 Britain. _ _ visiting his sister, Mrs. Robert available for the need of 1 people of Britain. In tacilitating the expansion th‘ various railway companies the Dominion during the last th‘ various railway companies in the Dominion during the last .50 years, the successive governments, federal and provincial, have an- ahled Canada to take up ,the bur- den 0! a greater production in' this year of the Empire’s peril. Canada is measurng up to her adâ€" vertised destiny as the ‘granary of the Empire,” or, more emphatic still. "Bread-basket of the world." .The pmphecies of leaders of gremm LONDON itor and Pres rtetor. 2r given. Chi- Democratic, but .' other than 130‘ e naturally some 15,1915. ended in an :1 mar vverful’ 're nu- ) be- an un- In‘vl\‘ \'_ thought for three decades are on the "verge of fulfilment. The large exportable surplus of the wheat fields in. Canada will £0 to feed a fair proportion of the dependent millions of England, and nrobably the warâ€"harassed Belgians as well. The railway lines which have been constructed east and west, and north and south throughout th: country have made her present possible. Without these essential traffic arteries the Dominion would have been merely a help- less Spectator while the greatest war in history rumbled through to - Annn‘lncinn, Canada’s most im- traffic arteries 1 would have been me less Spectator while war in history rumbl vvâ€"~ a conclusion. Canada’s p-ortant contribution t of Empire is in wheat and bread. ullu U1 g “u. The bulk of the supplies of Can- each year from the when Ll .. ‘\un:vv:o hpn,\'iI-‘Ces. 'xdian Wheat for export are drawn t fields of ulUIb'a .u- __ 4“" ' serves-i bv its western lines. Lr;.’a,000 ‘bushels. Estimating the in- crease this year at 20 per cent, the CN. B. should haul out apv 55,750,000 bushels of the provinces lying between the 'Great Lakes and the Rocky Mountains. That quantity of Wheat, converted successively into flour, and into standard loaves of bread, would feed great- er London, with its estimated pop- :ulation of 7,252,063 for more than four and a half years. According to the millers. : barrel of flour, 196 pounds, is made from 4%; bushels of wheat, and ‘ ‘LA 1‘.n‘r|\rg_ 18 proximately W '1) eat 1' rom NOTEâ€"While Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the Liberal party opp proposais on the pretext that the poor man was discrimin {feted no alternative p) oposition, with and the privileged classes protected, they 0 inability to Iormulate any war tax measures which would he more effective. osed and obstructed tie ated against, the Britis M of \VCCK tU CQVAA L“...â€" the foodstuffs ove; 244 weeks. or more than dour and a half years. There is no need to carry the illustyatlon further So long as from Canada alone should suffice to overcome the handicap her crit- ‘ s maintain she imposed upon herself by producing but a quar- ter of the wheat she annually i consumes. DARKIES’ CORNERS. A few of the farmers in this neighborhood have started plow- ' ing. 1 Miss Edna M. Ritchie returned 3 home Saturday, after spending the Easter holidays with friends in Toronto. “" ‘ A--L-_L_!_-A A lgiim‘lg: 'Hoerst entertained 3 number of friends on Fridav evening; «no a _ -l ‘A non gluon“ evening. Mrs. J. V’esgie of town spent Wednesday wzth Mk8. C. Ritchie. 3311's. Cook, and little son. of Cannel last week. 3 m 3 an: 1.: Mr. Geo. He (1 of Allan Park is m he an. to ”melt ad. hadn’ 0’. a: visiting his sister, Mrs. Robert Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Lawrence 3 attended the reception held in m ”Milne”. 'Wiidm needed. I their honor at the home of Mr 1 “mad m when he got wuhbbnnkholutewadhheya and Mrs D. McCormick. Swintons Park, on Friday evening ‘ “a 53' hind: ‘fllnfl then II. an A meeting was held . Mondavo ”00: night in Ritchie’s school to re-‘ “Did you no a m on the num- organize the Sunday school for. m m Millimeter the gun. the coming season. which re-‘ n10? Opens the 2nd of May, with Mr. W. “No. I only our the man at the J. Young as superintendent and wheel. some men hon-tonin' the snee- A. M. Bell secretary-treasurer. i deck m . man aloft m m. (0‘30“ 311‘. and DIrs. A. W. Hunt, Allan" my Park, visited at Mr. Robt. Lind-- savfs on Sunday. SMurdock looked an as If he m co- made her present “You want a yarn. mates!" saw me thout these essential old salt. He was somewfiere between Les the Dominion eighty-five and ninety years old. “Well. >een merely «1 h'31P- rn tell you one that?“ give you an 1co- .- while the greatest berg chm." r rumbled through to “A ghost story?" Canada’s most im- “Yes, and a story of a real ghost. I 'ibution t0 the cause didn’t see it myself. but 1 see the man “0111‘ that seen It and where he was 3400!:- m' at it. too. and he tote me.” ' the .suxmlics of 0111- “How did you know he mm in wheat and A GOOD CACKLER BUT A POOR LAYER 01d Liberal Party : “How did I know that? Did you ever see a man that was new a ghost? No? Well. when you do you’ll knév} V there’s no mistakin‘ lookin’ at. “To begin at the right end 0' this yere yarn 1 must say that in the day when ships broke out with a cloud 0’ canvas agin the blue sky, instead 0' movin' under a let 0' greasy machinv e17 below. 1 sailed before the mast in a fun rigged brig in the China trade. rl‘here wa’n’t no Suez canal in them days, and to git around the African east coast one was obliged to double the Cape of Good Hope. - ..,4 AL... ‘V‘thll "One 0’ our crew was a reuer tum , none of us felt like messin’ with very m ”t w“? that away that “9 man: clost. though he didn’t seem to want me cap “ 9 ghost hissett. to mess with us neither. He had a The “’"mm' received “”3 3‘33 nangdog look about him, and it any- ”‘1” witnrontempt. body come up behind him. suddentâ€" , .H y and a seen him 8% I did 3; like. he would start as it he was afraid a mowed be was toomn at n” he was goin' to git a knife in his ribs. thing. There was stories about him among . the men, though they was whisnered 1% and couldn’t be tracked down to a startin' point. One of ’em was. 1! 1 don’t disremember wrong, that he had shipped on a pirate 1n the West Indies. That might 'a’ been. for he was more’n fifty years old, and that would throw him pretty nigh back into the century â€"-‘â€"“A‘ {n u...- '-v__' __ w aforo the last, when the pirates these waters was still cruisln’. “Murdock was his ssmeâ€"Joe N dock. We didn’t Za'u him by his first ‘jan‘Stitutio name. as we did one another, but Mar» Catarrh C dock. which was part because he was acting diri so much older than we and part be- mucous m . thereby d Wen. one day when we was mamn' of the IS northerd along the east coast of AL tientstre: rlcy I was one o’ the watch. and so ffiOnstgtutlt was Murdock. We was on the to’oas- $3: 1;? I: tle. we two. coilin' ropes. when we met powers t1 3 Dutchman that passed as so near we red Dolla could see everybody there was on deck fails to c1 3 timonials. tol’ahle plain. ‘ “All of a suddent Murdock caught ' Addresu at the capstan. and 1 than he was ‘goin' to tail on the deck. Thinkin' ,51‘0113 bl; a e ‘he’d been took sick. I caught anon, . . 41' um and. Iooktn’ Into his face. I atmat‘on what I was tellin' you at rust. Be '1: emin’ emlcht 1t the Dutchman Initiative. where there wa’n’t nobody. udmmvefln'uueu'uck by“ “mm" "in. m... nmn' pm: thank-tank” myumukoalnmp “All that. cackle, and no policy eggs ! TEE DURHAM enamels. crew #33 a teller that ”Nita” 1’ What 03,8 acted tfe Government’s war tax the .Byitish preference interfered oposmlon, thereby admitting their Jew“ “But Murdock never forgot that look. He served a year with the pirates-â€" the only man of his ship‘s crew left alive. then made his escape. l " ‘Since then.’ said Murdock. ‘I’ve 1‘ a. “I”. â€"â€"â€" _ _.,' been sailin' over the world’s waters keepin' the horrible secret And every . oncet in awhile when a ship passes 1 2. sees Cap’n Webster lookin' at meâ€"‘s sometimes in the l“o'castle. sometimes in the riggin', sometimes over the tat- tril. but whatever place he takes it’s always where there’s no one else. And he always gives me that same look as .; when he turned and saw me just be- l fore he was goin' down into a watery i grave! " _ ; The old man stOpped and there was silence among his listeners. Presently one at them said. “Didn’t it ever Ime cap‘n’s ghost 111556221?" The narrator received this sugges‘ tion with contempt. . “If you'd ‘a' seen him as I did you 6 “ ‘hâ€" -nl‘l $100 REVV ARD $100 The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that sci- ence has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh Hall’s Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the. medical fraternity Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a. r-nrlstitutional treatment Hall’ 3 ,Zatarrh Cure is taken internally.’ acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the pa- tient strength. by building up the constitution, and assisting nature in doing itsxvork The prbprietors powers that they offer One Hund- red Donars for any case that it fails to cure Send for list of tea- 3 timonials, ' Address F.J. CHENEY 8: C0.. Toledo, 2) Sold by all Druggists, 75c Take Hall’s Family Pills for con- t” For the fifth time in one month Franklin K. Haddock, chief of detectives of the Edmonton Police Department, has turned in his resignation. The military authorities have ordered that a guard .be placed \ s G-..â€" “ f“ “rp- Ulu‘r-L ‘1‘“ .--'v on the ferry (1501;, Sarnia, vent Canadian soldiers in from entering the United The Town Hall, Durham All Welcome. No Coliections; I will be given in GULJa-v. I "V f , guard be placed pck, Sarnia, to pre- eold'iers in uniform :he United States. ' 0 2k. ‘I’ve! o : waters : Dd every 3 0 passes 1 : : at meâ€"E o )metimes : .' the tat- 9 takes it’s : alse. And : 2 look as .; 9 .. x. ? § 2 inst bL . o o o 9 o o o .9 l a watery 1 , } :here was Presently 00 per will be are is at 3 that SCi- . .re in all 9 O O O Q 0 O 9 O O 0 O O 9 ¢ -6 9 O '9 O O O O ‘ The preliminary draft of the 0.} 3L. A. clubs was made in TorontO] ‘on Monday might. and a record? V iyear is promised for the nationalfi game. The final draft will be made; on May 3. Below, we give the; 5groupings for this part of the} province, as well as the number; .‘of the group the several teams} 1 belong to. ' Preliminary Draft of 0.L.A. Clubs? Group No. 1. ' ~ -, Owen Sound, Wiarton, Tara. { Group No. ‘2. < “ Dundalk, ' Orangeville, 51191- burne, Markdale. ’Chesley, Hanover, Walker-tom: Group No. 4.. Mount Forest, Harrlston, Li's“ towel, Palmerston. Group No. 5. Port Elgin, Southampton, Paislov Group No. 1. hl'eaford, Collingwood, Barrie. Group No. 2. _ Owen Sound, Hanover, Durham, \Valkerton. Group No. 1. Owen Sound City League. Group No. 2. , Hanover, Durham, Mount Forest, W alkerton. DURHAM MAR. 25. 1915 Fall Wheat, .. ,..$1 30 to $1 Spring \Vheat .. .. ..' 1. 30 to l \lilling Oats ...... .. 60 to Feed Oats ............... 55 to Peas ...150t0 1 Barley ........ (35 to 1‘! an «tn 1‘ OaLlnueal, per sack Chop per ch . Live Hows. per ch.. Hides, pox lb... .. .. Sheenskins . . . . . . .. \VO().1..... Tallow .fl .‘ Lax-d .. .. In the intermediate series, there MARKET REPORT ##O ' #0too00.090090990096000o+++o¢+¢¢0¢¢0¢+0¢¢0§000 009 INTERMEDIATE. PHONE 58 JUVENILE. JUNIOR. SEED OATS~â€"â€"We havea, fvw hundred hushvls :z'f MA MMO'I‘H (‘LUSTER that “'9 am) offering? for seed, at, 750 per bus. ThstMts are {wrfectly frve from any noxious wemls. or wiid oats. and any- (mu ("Ohm-‘11”)!Elfin}! a, change of arm! this spring, will do we“ to secure your nwds early. Anynne having a. Good Sample uf either of these grains. clean, and (it for seed, kindly suhmit samples. wv :u'v pmpnmd to pay a, fancy price for the right (:13le 0f goods; FLOUR AND FEED AT THE RXGHT PRICES CITSTOM CHOPPING OAT CRUSHING ED BARLEY AND BUCKVVHEAT FRED J. WELSH ‘) (l U (3 :) to 14 to t 0 4- 00 S It) )0) ‘ 60 § MAM“ REMEDY EUR MANY YEARS 0 '3 s) 14 GEORGE McKAY 23¢. KIPPEN, Om, June 17th. 1913. “I have been using “Fruit-a-tivw” as a family remedy for many years. They are the best medicine I have ever tried. ‘ ‘Fruit-a-tives' ’ do me the most goodâ€"they never gripe and their action is pleasent. P, e 'â€" j:~A“:A- G» stun Au rlvuwâ€"pu - “I have used them for Indigestion and Constipation with the best results, and I heartily recommend them to anyone similarly afflicted. These troubles have left me complete- ly and I give ‘ ‘Fruit-a-tives‘ ’ full credit for all this. A nicer pill a man cannot take." GEORGE MCKAY. The enormous demand for “Fruitva- tives” is steadily increasing, due to the fact that this wonderful fruit medicine gives prompt relief in all cases of Indigestion, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Rheumatism, Chronic, Headaches, and Neuralgia, and all Kidney and Bladder Troubles. m.\ PA 4.__:-1 -:_.~. “Kn are 27 groups; in the junior. 1‘2. and in the juvenile. 20. At the fi- nal draft on May 3. it mar hr- found necessary to add mmc groups. It is very evident that the national game this year will experience the greatest boom in 23> years, and place the sport on the footing an amateur national sport is entitled to. Used “Fruit-Hives” With The Best of Results. ‘XI‘AIIUJ “u.“ "â€" 50¢ a. box. 6 fgr$2.50. trial size 2.72. Sold by all dealers or sent on receipt of price by Fruit-a-tives Limited. Ottawa... DURHAM, ONT April 15, 1915. xi»?