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The lost Concert Yet. The Adanac Quartette was here on Friday night of last week and de- l.ghted a full house with a tine musical program. They were tue third of a series of {our entertain- ments given here wider the auspices of Trinity Church. The entertainers on Friday night were 11. Ruthven Macdonald, Basso; Harry Lightbown, first tenor; J. Riley Hallman, second tenor and Joseph O’Meara, baritone. These. with Miss Helen Smith, an accomplished pianiste and accom- panist. constitute a company of tin- ished artists that would be hard to excel. They were all good and little Opportunity is left for discrimina-l tion. The first half of the program was given in Scottish costume and enjoyed by all, who listened wnth‘ rapt attention to catch every m‘o. The balance of the program was var- ied, but all of high class. The next and last of the series will be given on February t2, when the Bob Wit-i In Company will give the progra n. Laid Up With Broken Leg. Last Friday morning Mr; John Srhutz. Frost Wood agent here, met with an unfortunate accident that will lay him up fur the next couple of months. He. with his son Jack, had gone to the McCormick hush north of Glenroaden on busi- iwns. and when passing through the bush Mr. Schutz’s foot caught in a snag. he stumbled, and. his right foot slipping out from under him, he fell back and broke the small bone of his left leg near the ankle. He was brought to town and taken to Dr. Hutton’s office where the frac- ture was reduced and is now resting nicely at his home on Mill street. Thanks for Renewal. 3'» are pleased to aekmm'ledge receipt of renewal subscription from Mr. John Aldred of Ceylon, Sask. M r. Aldred is one of our regular pay-in- advance men and as regularly as the vears come round we are sure to hear from him. we appreciate his pramptness and also his kindly ref- erence to The Chronicle and good wishes to the staff. He says they had a bountiful harvest and line weather to take it off. and estimates that between seven and eight hund- red thousand bushels will he mar- keted at the three elevators at Ceylon where he is located. Anncmnwment has been maili- by the Prime Minister that Parlia- ment will be summoned to meet, at Ottawa on Wednesday, January 31. The session is likely to be a heavy one. The Government has intimated that it proposes to bring down the redistribution bill early in the ses- sum. Parliament Opens January 31. Ww umlvrslaml that Mr. Ed. Mc- Qum-n has lakmx a position in the pmt oll’icv hare. Mr. McQueen was formally o-mployed here some three or four yvars ago and the job will not b» an entire stranger to him. He was on the local post office staff dur- ing the, Christmas rush. Taken Position in Post Oflico. .‘le', Jamvs Whitman-v has snld his farm. Lu! 8. Concession 21, Egrmnont, to Mr. Thomas Bruwn of Durham, who is tn go't. possessinn thv lst of March. Mr. Whitmom? intrnds to giw up farming but has not. ynt dc- mm»! whm'o- hv will lUt'IltP 01' what hr “in do), The Central Canadian of Carleton Place. a progressive weekly news- paper owned by Mr. F. A. J. Davis, wzu destroyed by fire on Monday night. The loss is estimated at $18,- 000. partly covered by insuranre. The cause of the fire is unknown. Sold Bis Farm. Newspaper Olice Burned. The Durham Club of Toronto will meet on Monday evening, January 15, at the home of Mrs. Edward Lau- der, 122 Bedford Road. A full at- tendance is requested. On Monday night, the 15th inst” the District Deputy Grand Master will be here to install the officers of Grey Lodge No. 169. All members are respectfully urged to he in at- tendance. Remember the date, next Monday night at 8 o’clock. Odd Fellows 71k. Nation. Mrs. Andrew Derby has been ap- pointed Treasurer of the Bible 60. ciety and all contributions should be paid to her for remittance. Will loot on Ionday Evening. Treasurer of Bible Society. VOL. 56.â€"N0. 2899. NEWS AROUND TOWN ed. With approximately $1.000 . a year in cash to handle, the Band will have the funds to hire an outside leader and if the organization is not a success now it certainly can not be said it is the fault of the citizens, the Durham Furniture Company or the Town Council. ' At the meeting Monday night the Durham Furniture Company renew- ed their offer to contribute $500 a year toward the upkeen of the Band, providing a like amount were put up by the town. and also stipulated that the Band in future must be run on strictly business principles. While I'I‘he tlhrnnicle was not represented at the meeting, we are. told the mem- bers of the Band had some pretty stitl’ stuti' handed out to them. being,r told in ett’ect that if there was any ‘feeling among them of dissatisfac- tion. new was the time to exm'ess it before any move had been made toward reorganization. The citizens generally will be glad to know that the old trouble of two years age is cleared up and the pros- pects for some music this summer are good. Citizens generally appre- ciate the ~fact that we have the ma- terial here for a good Band and it seemed too bad that the musical ab- ility of the members was being wast.- A committm- of throw was appoint- nd to run tho Band mnsisting of Messrs. P. (’Bagnon for tho Furniture Factnry, R. E. Richardwn for the town and Mr. Chalmers for the Band. We understand they are to have the full business management of the Band. Mr. H. R. Koch was appointed Secretary-Treasurer. The prayer meetings this work are moi-ting with grcat surrcss. each night. so far. living.r largcly attendml. 'l‘hc first. was held in tho Mcthoc‘list Church on Monday night. whcn Rm. Mindlardy took thc toliic. 0n Tucs- day night Rm: Mr. tlolc lcq‘l lhc scr- \'icc in tho Presbyterian Church. Last night Row. Mr. Cameron took the topic in tho Anglican Church and to-night the series will be brought. to a close in the Baptist. Church. whcrc Rev. Mr. Smith will have charge. DURHAM BAND “ORGANIZED; MclN'l'YRB AGAIN LEADER At a largely attended meeting in the Durham Furniture Company of- llce last Monday night, the Durham Band was again organized and will doubtless be an appreciated attrac- tion in and around the town this summer. Mr. H. D. McIntyre, the old leader. was again chosen leader un- til such time as an outside man can be secured. The principal trouble with which the Band has to contend just now is lack of a suitable practice room, and there seems that no suitable place. is at present available. Successful Week of Prayer. Mr. William Prew of D‘Arcy, Sask. will accept thanks for remittance. We regret to learn that crops have been poor in his locality. He says there has nut been even a fair crop since 1016 and people and neighbors all aronm‘l him are leaving every fall, leaving the farms to go wild. The weather is line. We are glad to know Mr. Prew amn'eriates The Chronicle. Most people know that a change of weather makes them feel dif- ferentâ€"and sometimes their ac- tions change with their feelings. We noted once before that cli- mate made a difference in crime. It does also in health, intellectual vigor, economic progress and moral stability. This will be the subject of study next Sunday at- ternoon. We want you to come. Meetings for extension of hydro t0: farm communities were held this week at Bunessan, Edge Hill and S. S. No. 9, but beyond the appointment ' of committees no definite action was taken. The meetings were address- ed by members of the Ontario Com- mission. Meetings are being held in the Rocky Saugeen school-house to- night and at Varney Orange Hall to- morrow night. Crops Continua Poor. A meeting of the electors will be held on Monday night next for the DUI'poso of nominating two Coun- cillors to fill the vacancies in the Council. Should a poll be roquirod it will be Open the following Monday. No Action Was Taken. lunicipal Nomination. THE KENS CLASS DURHAM, ONTARIO. CANADA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, l The Eastern part of North !.merica is this year going through one of the worst droughts in its his- } tory.-and had as it is, we people up gin this country. where streams abound, know nothing of the hard- ships experienced elsewhere. A Espell of mild weather to take the frost out of the ground, and a ten- ‘days’ rain would be welcomed all ‘over the North American continent east of the Mississippi. Correct. this sentence : “Ask your dad about it, son,” said the mother, “he’s the boss around here.” The company, however, is doing everything humanly possible to avert a cessation of activities and this week are adding an extra 50 h.p. from the hydro in an effort to help out their own private electric plant at the Rocky. This will be installed and ready to hook up by about Fri- day and with the 50 h.p. previously installed, will make a total of 100 h.p. that the company is now using from' the local commission. It is ex- pected that this extra power will conserve the power at the Rocky and thus avert a shut-down. ROCKY SAUGBE‘N 18 LOW; FACTORY MAY SHUT DOWN "Novcr in tho history of tho Hliicst t'rsidrnt" has tiw water in tiw Rocky Sangncn boon so low as it is at the prvscnt timc. So low has it fallen. in fact, that it is giving the manage- ment of the Durham Furniture Co. causc for serious worry, and if the condition does not improve there is every indication that the factory, either in whole or in part, may have to shut down till conditions change. Dr. A. B. Rutherford impanvlvd a jury. which vinwod the remains and \‘iSitOd the scene of the tragedv and thvn adjourn ml until ’sl‘hm' ciav Jan- Hwy 18. 'l‘lw funeral is lwing lwlcl this ('l7lnu‘sdayj; al'lm'nuon to (jrmnnvuml cemnlory. Owen Suuml. aml tlw hmly will lalm' be lntm'rvd in tlw family plot. in Durham. - ’ Dr. Murray was called as soon as the accident occurred and took Ar- thur Phillips to the hospital. Hazen originally lived at Durham. He was 27 years of age and born at W-allace Ontario. He enlisted and served overseas with the 147th Grey Bat- talion. On the conclusion of the war he returned to Grey County and moved his aged mother to Owen Sound. He had been working.r at the Oliver Rodgers quarry and had only started to work with an exravation gang this morning. Rohcrt McDowall and J. A. McDon- ald wcrc standing only a short (list.- ancc away from tho wagon. When ilicy hoard ilic bank fall they ran ovor and hclpml got the mon out. Hazen was takcn out first, but he died as ho was being carried to the sleigh. Evidently a large lump of carth had struck him and crushed him to death against the wagon. Practically all who were present saw thc accidcni. i For some time a gang of 15 men under a foreman, James Keeling, have been excavating for the foun- dations of the new Technical school. The digging is being done at the north side of the present building and the men have been working on a high bank, in some places 12 or 14 feet in height, naturally the ground at the tOp is frozen. The men dig out the unfrozen ground at the bot- tom and the top is then easily brok- en in. \Yesterday a tire was built at the top of the bank t0 thaw out the ground. This morning the men, not realizingthat. the top of the bank was frozen but. very little, dug in too far. Wiithout warning. the bank raved in. Hazen and Phillips were working.' between the bank and thci wagon, shovelling in earth The force of the falling bank threw Hazen against the rear wagon wheel, but did not cover his bm’ly. Phillips was almost revered with earth, but fell between the front wheel and the hack wheel. Robert Hazen, a workman employ- ed in excavating for the now techni- eal school here, was instantly killed this (Tuesday) morning when he was crushed between a wagon and a mass of earth that caved in on him. Another workman, Arthur Phillips, was also struck by the falling earth and sustained a broken collar-bone. Hazen only started work this morn- ing. He is unmarried and lived \\ ith his aged mother. An inquest will be held. “BOBBIE" HAZBN KILLED IN ACCIDENT AT OWE! 30m The following account of the acci- dental death of “Bobbie” Hazen. for- men-1y a resident here, is told in a dispatch from Owen Sound. “Bobbie” was born and grew up in Durham. had many friends. and his death is in be regretted. The dispatch says : Even life insurance, says the Windsor Magazine, has its humorous side. A Chinaman whose brother was seriously ill wroCe to the insur- ance company. “My brother, he half dead, me likee half the money. ” McDonald had been overseas, where he was shell-shocked. At times he had suspicions that people were talking about him and the doc- ument he wished Kay to sign was a contradiction of an imaginary grievance. After committing ”19 deed he went to a pool room where he. seemed quite unconcerned. When the report was announced McDonald laid his cue across the table and told them he had‘done it. He made little or no resistance to his arrest. He is new in \Vz‘ulkerton jail, where he has made a written confession of the crime. He then fired. the first shot enter- ing Mrs. Kay's 0th about half an inch below the left eye., Mrs. Kay fell to the floor and Kay endeavored to take the gun from McDonald. A tight. followed in which he was over- powered. On being released Kay ran upstairs in an exhausted condi- tion. when other shots were fired, one entering his back and passing overthe heart. On rushing upstairs McDonald found Kay searching for his gun when he fired the final and fatal shot, which entered Kay’s brain. MURDER AT KINCARDINB Dan. McDonald Uf Kincardine. is in custody t‘nr killing George Kay and inflicting sorinus injury on Mrs. Kay \VllOSt" rornvory is cnnsidnrml duuhtt‘ul. On Saturday, shortly after ncmn. McDonald entered the Kay houso" rarrying a .22â€"ralihrn Win- rlwstrr l't'llflltlllg riflo, which ho, stmnl up against the wall. Kay ,shunk hands with him and ru- rniyt-d him rurdially. Molhmald said lw was thvrv to talk business and had no timn tn wasto. At this he hastily tank a dncunwnt. from his vast porknt and demanded Kay to Sign it. hut nwt with a refusal from Mr. and Mrs. Kay. McDonald than roachpd t‘m' tlw rifle and on being asked by Kay for an explanation of his romlurt gave the cool answer: ”I will tell you with this gun.” Reeve Currey also referred to some other matters that should be looked after, among them the suggestion that the Council should do somehing about the Town Hall. It was gener- ally admitted that Durham’s most pressing need just. now is not. a new Town Hall, but a waterworks and sewage system. It was therefore out of the question to even think of building a new hall, as it was a dead certainty the town was not in a position to do both. The Reeve ad- vocating the setting aside of some small amount that would at least give Durham‘s amusement palace a more respectable appearance. His ideas were endorsed by the Council and it is to he hoped that they will not long delay action in renovating the building. The Council adjourned about 10 O‘clock. In a short address, Reeve Currey voiced his opinion that it was high time the municipafity took some steps to secure a better and more adequate water supiily, especially for tire purposes, and it is likely that the Council will in the near future call in an engineer to give them an estimate as to the probable cost and the best method to pursue to estab- lish a first-class waterworks system in the town. Part of the business was the ap- pointment of the various town ofl‘i- cials, the appointments being as follows : Auditorsâ€"H. R. Koch, C. Darling. Assessor-«F. F. Mchlraith. Poundkeeperâ€"George Ryan. Caretaker of Town Hall-W’illiam Nicholls. Fenceviewersâ€"William Motl‘et. J. Henry, Thomas Daniel. Sanitary Inspectorâ€"T. Daniel. Constableâ€"4H. Falconer. The office of sanitary inspector now carries with it a salary or $50 a year instead of $40, and the caretak- er of the Town Hall also shared in the new Council's New Year’s Greet- ings to the extent of having his sal- ary raised from $100 a year to $9 a month straight. councws iuuenau. sassioi i was anLn ION-DAY man; The inaugural meeting of the Dur-' ham Town Council was held on Monday night and got started with-. out frills or furbclows, the Council getting right down to business with- out any long or tiresome inaugural addresses. Monday night, too, we believe, constituted a local record in council procedure, when quite a large amount of business was gone through in a comparatively short time. Mrs. Fred Reay is selling off her farm stock and implements by pub- lic. auction on January 16, and is giving up farming. Robert Brigham is the auctioneer. See bills and full list in next week’s Chronicle. We are paying 38c. to 420. for Oats, 55c.'to 60c. tor Barley, 60c. (:0 650. for Buckwheat, $4.35 to $1.40 for Peas and $1.10 for Wheat, at our cle- vator.â€"aflop Roy M ills, Limited, Dur- ham. / /‘ Auction Sale, January 16. Mrs. S. L. McNally. who recently sold her house on Mill street, is hav- ing an auction sale of her household effects on Saturday, January in). R. Brigham, Auctioneer. Rob Roy Grain Prices. A McClary Pandwa kitchen in good conditinn; cheap to purchaser. Apply to Hardy at the Rectory. Auction Sale, January 20. Adapting Gash System. V As we have started to do business on the Cash System, we would ask all parties indebted to us to call and settle «mangeâ€"John McGowan. tf For Sale. Good quality, 16 inches long, deliv- ered to your yard on shor n ° ”Apply (0 Herb. Greenw , r- ham phone No. 6061‘ ii. dt A base burner and kitch n range, in first-class condition. I quire at The Chronicle Ofl‘ice. 113M! Wheat, Barley, Buckwheat, Pens, Oats and Mixed Grain wnnted. Highs est prices paid. â€"Rob Roy M-ills Lim- ited, Durham, Out. 112“ Cedar For Sale. Part. of brick residence in Upper Town, at corner Garafraxa street and Durham Road. For particulars apply at The Chronicle Office ipd 61:9in Wanted. Any quantity; highest price. At the People’s Mills. Durham. 8125]“ Custom Chopping. ‘/ Custom choppmg every day at the McKechnie Mills. ' 1012“ No. i What Wm Stoves F61" Sale. House to Rent. Boys Sweater Coats, Pull- overs, Caps and Mitts. J. 8: J. HUNTER en's Sweater Coats and Pullovers $2.001YurinCmndn;$2.60hU-B. to Juick 1111f FIRST CARNIVAL Of SEASOI TO BE HELD JANUARY 23. The'tlrsl. big lee CarniVal of the season will he held in Durham Rink a week from next 'l‘uesday night. the 23rd inst. and the executive of the Durham Amusement Company have plans laid for the biggest and best lee Carnival ever held in Durham. A good prize list is- being prepared. which will be more fully announced next week. and the offering of prizes will surpass anything heretofore at- tempted on local ice. The success of this first ice festival is already assured as the public generally have been making inquiries recently as to the date. Now that it is announced maskers and others are advised to prepare for the best night’s amuse- ment so far this season, when it is expected new records in interest and attendance will be made. Keep the 23rd of January Open and don‘t fail to be on hand. It is said that sharks will not hits a swimmer who keeps his legs in motion. The difficulty of course. says Punch, is to keep kicking longer than tho shark can keep wailing. The Canadian Greys D. E» “ill hold a bus' 3: woe is requ At No. 1, Glenelg. on Fridu Jin- uary 12. Songs. drills, r “Lion and a play entitled “Fro ' Ridge." Accommodali close at hand. Ad Wanted at. 0mm. a woman as as- sislant matron in tho Children‘s Stu-nor. 0an St at be at good characiol‘. f0 ' rm: and willing to. w 3305 and pol-manont the right. per- son. App _\ with referencos to the Slwltm'. 313 2n Aw. East. m: to A. In. 'l'rnut. 629 3rd Aw. East. Uwvn Stinmd. 1 H 2 1.0.0.8. looting. Noble, oqé doér wed. orb-Ii“ flouse stables, Durham. 9281M“ Wanted. . Ladies bringing boxes