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17, 19197 cep Down t ices. rosts should Be nds t will have ‘ned, which The celety oon as posâ€" er methods he drawirg plant gradâ€" he bead of our inches m paper is each indi~ POTATOES A GO0O0D LINE lually dragâ€" l1 be filled. ultivate the inc & plants, stakes 1 on land i number tubers of ured and there are ce Or set. i1 garden irly well, )1 MeNCé «¥s 10 Ncient ary to t meâ€" w and es beâ€" found > than nd the about plants 1d rops a leaf shoot noved bumb e ties the akimg ripen n the have _ to _ many ne 6th. er and ill danâ€" e with p and plants with For asily pl 8 so t be will )e of J i ome 1e _very anted over. tly FO TY ca n D one land very & NY M table ay will may and t the U s of i ill If Or 1@ it TO RENTâ€"The boudg in Upper Town recently occupied byMr. Robert Milne, Good garden. Ap to Win \Weir If you are inking of hÂ¥*ving a monument erectRd, see W , J, McFadâ€" den about it bef@re arranging for it. He can supply whAt style you fayor, and will make the\terms right. lnâ€" cription work also dne. * _ If conscription does not ap ply to far= "®hoâ€"s in Canada we reckon there‘ll be one â€"grand inspirin‘ stampede of the Rack toâ€"theâ€"land type. Ist of May, w. Csld& The Ladies Guild of Trinity~Church will hold a sale of goods and home made baking on Saturday afternoon and even. ing, May 26th, in the Red Cross room*$ behind the Standard Bank. â€" Icecream and refreshments also served. Full Stock of orn at Bros® Stox®, The Ladies Minstrels Re putting on their minstrel show in Holstein on Thursday night, Victoria Day. Let Spirella corset you this season. All sizes, types and prices the parâ€" lur of corsetiere, _ Phone 7Mfor apâ€" pointment or cail, _ Mre. J. C. Nichol. Ontario Cedar Shingleg for Sale. A car expected immediatel Those in need of shingles should apply early as prices are advancing. _ _\ _ _ _ & ___ J, N Murdock Hanover Town Council nre}btition- ing for horseâ€"racing and liquor manuâ€" facturing to stop during the war. This is good. _ Both are a moral and material crime, A All Summer ex ions on the railâ€" way are to be cut out Whis year. T wo houses for Renfign Gecrge St. Apply â€" Mre. J. W, CraMord. The plan of the vegeta garden ;l:;:e- interest with the war map these House To Rext.â€"ANXpresent occuâ€" ped by Mr. Rabb, _ WiRX be yacant Ist of May, W. Caldag. « :.* #p â€" War Measures Production & Thrift . & ]: 3 ; riout _ â€" Produce +More and SBave More s m flm euie BA PRODUCE Make Your Labor Efficient | Bl;;.':fl;t:: :::::’ Wvl;i‘:.l’ 3 . It Is War Time it is War Time VOL. XL, NO. 21 We hav stock of ground feed wheat on hantkthat we are offering for the next few a at $10,00 per ton, sackse included, \ If you want feed buy now, as we have Xnly a limited quantiâ€" ty to offer at thisNrice. ROB ROY Nereal Mills Co. a HIEp» Cross Gaen Pkty will be held on : McCriacken‘s lawn, Wnerdeen, Jane 1. Prowminent speakers\will give vpatriotic addresses and a goodt musical program will be rendered. efreshâ€" ments served . Admission 25¢. Grac®k, Grit asp GCMPTION. he mas«s meeting announced for 8,30 p.m, in Town Hall on Sunday evening, drew a large crowd. almost filling the ‘ Hall, Rev. Mr. Spencer, who conâ€" ducted special meetings last week in the Baptist church and is continning them this week was the attraction. Rev. Mr. Wylie presided and introâ€" duced the speaker, who wasa versatile mir, much travelled, been a teacher, an editor, a Principal and some other | things. _ After some flattery for the greai work of the Red Cross, Mr, Spencer e itered upon his topic, the heading of this notice, and dwelt on the â€" importance . of puttinong _ firs® things â€" first. _ and the _ unfaillog Grace of God was unmeasurably greater than any grace or gift of menr. He showed its necessity for nations as well as men, and it shone in a town like this when all acted in harmony for a good cause,. _ It needed * Grit ‘ 10 say ‘no‘or ‘yes‘ as occasion deâ€" manded, to stand against ungodly men or actions, and to face the diftiâ€" eulties of life, and it needed " Gumpâ€" tion "â€"common senseâ€"to make the most out of every situation in life, Mayor Laialaw at the close made an earnest appeal for a generous collection Full Stock of for Red Crbu purposes, hoping that at least $100 would be secured that mght or during the week. _ The collection avounted to $20 for a beginning. Fine solos were given by Miss Gertrade McComb and by Mr Mistele and the meeting closed with the National Antbem. < ssT‘D 1873 w Money Orders and Drafts are issued by this Bank payable in ier» _ all parts of the world. 234 DURHAM BRANCH, se © P P1 _ Manager PICS: STANDARD BANK OoF CANADA HEAD OFFICE~â€" TOoRronto Five Hanovyer boys of the 248 b. battalion were rejected as medically unfit. The acreage in gardens around Owen Sound is four or five times greater than it was last year. The Review is well equipped to supâ€" ply wedding invitations for the June bride. Call and see our stock. Mr. Guy Kearney has disposed of his Overland car in a deal for a newer ard larger model which he now runs. The C. P. R. in Walkerton has given the Preparedness League the use of their vacant land between the station and town for potato planting. To Rext.â€"The hboure in Upper Town, recently occupied by Mr Robt. Milne. Good garden. ApRly to WiÂ¥Weir Good top buggy Corsale alsqademoâ€" crat with shafts ant& pole, all complete both in first class shake, Apply to . J. McFadden We haye a Â¥tock of ground feea wheat on hand thÂ¥t we are offering for the next few dayAat $10.00 per ton, sicks included, If You want feed, buy uow as we have on) limited quantiâ€" ty to offer at this pri Rob Roy Cereal Mills Co. The 24th will be quietly spent in Durham. _ Many of our citizens will busy themselves gardening, while a goodly contingent will take rod und line and lower our trout streams. _ Durham minstrels will give a concert at Holâ€" stein that night, while the only celebraâ€" tion in this locality will be held in Mildmay. The CUhatsworth News says:â€"Mr. John Murray says be thinks hecan lay claim to have carried the mail for the longest unbrokena period of time of any man in the County of Grey, if not in the Province of Ontario. _ In the fall of the year 1873. when the old Toronto Grey an«@ Bruce Railway started in this county, he began to carry the mail from Arnott station to the Post Office and has carrted it continuously without a break until the first of May, 1917 The Saugeen Red Cross workers mat at the home of Mrs R. Heslip on May lh, 2 day shirts, 4 nospital shirts and 12 pillow cases were made. After a tasty lunch a collection of $3.65 was taken. The next meeting will be held at Mre. J. Vessie‘s on May 29th, This society was organized in Nov, and in [rom ArnOUL sUALION 10 .BC P TSL UIII('E‘ This is to be remedied in the near and has carrted it continuously without i future we believe. Mavor Laidlaw, perâ€" a break until the first of May, 1917 haps our greatest traveller, has been The Saugeen Red Cross workers mat | annoyed at Durham‘s position and so at the home of Mrs R. Heslip on May ] brougt pressure to bear where it would lih, 2 day shirts, 4 nospital shirts| pe most effective, «nd thishas resulted and 12 pillow cases were made. After ‘ in a visit from an Inspector of such a tasty lunch a collection of $3.65 WA8| conveniences. In company with post taken. The next meeting will be beld } muster Smith he droye around towr, at Mrs, J, Vessie‘s on May 20th, This| nimitted our necessity, and it is possiâ€" society was orgamized in Nov, and in | ble we may get nine boxes. six months have beld 12 meetings, 25| Several locations spoken off are, at day shirts, 34 hospital robes, 91 pillnlw | felford‘s vesidence corher, the Review cases, and 17 _"“w"‘ls w‘"’,mad": 8 pilâ€" corner, hotel corner, at Smith‘s garage '°“." ypon h“"‘; a+ uy a of socks and one near Cement works, _ Others knit and a coliection of $50 taken. are ‘at Dr. Janieson‘s corner. Chester Laxes McGirr Woouxpr®opâ€"Official l St, corner, Calder‘s corner, and one at notification reached bis parents, Mr| or neat C. P. R, Station. Laxes McGirr Wouxp®opâ€"Official notification reached bis parents, Mr Mrs Thos, McGirr, just east of Darham last Saturday, that Pte. Lance Me. Girr had been wounded, the injary being a gunshot wound in the nose, which it is hoped will not prove serious or cause disfigurement, _ Lance, who was formerly clerk in Robt. Burnett‘s store, is one of Durham‘s earhest boys at the front, being on the liring line since August last, _ He eniisted in October 1915 along with Jobaston Alâ€" len and three others, and was the only one of (hat Durham group now at the front. _ His brother Wiw,. is also in France, having crossed from Engâ€" land last month. Diev is MicH.â€"A recent issue of the | Coleman (Mich.) Independent, recoras the death of Malcolm McDonald at the| age of 65 years. â€" Mr. McDonald wis, born in Inverness, Scotland and came with his family in youth to Canada pul. ing up at last in Glenelg township,| which he left 38 years ago for the States. | One brother Neil McDonald, of Geneva | township, Mich. and three sisters sur-‘ vive him, â€" The sisters are Mrs. J. S,| Black, wife of the veteran towmhip: Clerk, Mrs, Neil Black, Priceville and| airs. McCormick of Toronto. His fint1 wife was Miss Bella McArthur of Benâ€" tinck township and to them were born one son, Archie and two daughters, both married. The threechildren and second wife survive him. â€" Six nephews acted as pallâ€"bearers one Black and five McDonâ€" alds. T H E The promise of the Premier to send 500,000 men has not been implemented by performance. A little oyer the 400, 000 has been reached but recruiting had come to a standstill and casualties bhad mounted up to 20,000. _ Not to do something to send belp to the depleted rauks of our soldiers would be rank treachery to the boys who are gone. Friday last Premier Borden made the famous and fateful announcement that a species of conscription would be introduced into Canada. The unfairness of the voluntary sysâ€" tem bas become as marked as its failâ€" ure, and there will be general satisfacâ€" tion at the proposal to enrol the manâ€" hood of Canada for war on a selective basis. What voluntary recruiting might have done with better official leaderâ€" ship will uoc now be known. Certain® ly the lack of ieadership bas been exâ€" asperately clear but we bhope bet‘er things are coming. â€" Sir Robert, fresh from the battlefield and from Councile of war, should now be primed up sufâ€" ficently to set the bheatner on fire and at once, 50,000, perbaps 100,000, men arencedâ€" ed at once and the selecting of these will be watched with great interest. But more is needed than men to risk their liyes. _ The movney kings must be willing to risk their mullions. Proâ€" fiteers who have warâ€"swollen bank acâ€" counts must come under conscription of wealth, â€""Compulsory service must not stop at the door of the man of milâ€" itary age." Citizens of Durham who have occasâ€" i0on to visit towns of approximate size and importance have diecovered with chagrin, how Durbam is behind the times in its lack of street letter box faâ€" cilities. Collections are to be made twice a day. in tiume for afternoon traing, and at 9 p. m. The town will give the serâ€" vice hearty welcome when they get it, ESTIMATES WANTKDâ€"For the reâ€"shingling of Durham esbyterian Church. Send or give to Nre underâ€" signed on or before 26th of Ma We have a Nock of ground feed| wheat on band (Wat we offering fnr‘}‘ the next few days\at $10.00 per |nn,‘i sacks included, If fou want feed, buy | now as we have only\ limited quant‘â€" ty to offer at the pric l Rob Roy Cere®R Mills Co, | STEEL Barx Compru®rTEn,â€"Toâ€"day,| Weâ€"dnesday, the finishing touches are : being put to Mr. Jas. Petty‘s fine, new | s‘eel baru on 2ad Con, Normanby.| B.ve men in 13 days bhave completrd!‘ the task _ Its dimensions are 42 ft. hy! 74 it., 16 feet posts, w ith hip roof. Mr.‘ Peity is well pleased with the work | and the promptness with which it bas b»en done and we hope he will huve! \the pleasure for many years of seeing i~ filled with the products of his farms. ' | It is the first steel structure of the kind | \in this imn ediate neighborhood. i Praxt Sxart Porators.â€"The Deâ€" partmert of Field Husbandry of the 0. A. C. writes to Mayor Johnson of| Walkerton regarding the planting of | potatoes as follows: " We bave obtainâ€"| ed the larget yicl1 and ihe highest p>rcentage of! marketable polutoesl from potato sets taken from the middle of the ot the potato, when equal size of pisce and the same number of eyes, (2) were considered. Thestemend gaye s‘ightly large. yields thun sets taken fro u the seed end. In a year of potaâ€" to scarcity, such as this, I would cerâ€" tainly plant the small potatoes, Small potatoes taken from a bulk lot do not give as large yieids per acre as interâ€" mediate or ‘large potatoes, but small poatatnes taken from hills where nearly »l1 the potatoes are large would yield just as well as the large potatoes from the same hills. It is not generally adâ€" visable in good seasons, to plant smail o« tatoes from hills where all the pta. toes are smuall," Durham to get Mail Boxes? Conscription DURHAM, THURSDAY. MAY 24, 1917 With which is incorporated the Holstein Leader MUTH Mrs, Mcliraith on ‘Sunday received the saa news of the death of her youngest mister, Mrg Monteitb, who resided near Exeter, Many intown will remember her, she having spent a week here three months ago. Jaxes Wesreer j As we briefly intimated last week, ‘ the above gentleman passed oyer to the majority on Wednesday morning, 16th. inst. He bad passed the 80th year of his age by a few weeks. For a good many years back be was in frail health and about six years ago had a slight stroke of paralysis, which left him still weaker, but owing to a good constitution and more to the good nursing of his bhomebe was cheerfal and able to move about a liittle until very recently, His end was painless, just * slippet awa." Scow GrowtHâ€"The week past has been cold and bleak, â€"with much rain on Monday and Tuesday. _ To day, Wedâ€" nesday, gave some dashes of snow. Deceased was a native of Devonshire near Exeter, England, and about the age of 17 vears came to Canada with his uncle, Thoe. Gadd and family, his own p«rents and brother Robert comâ€" ing one year later, They stayed for a time at Richmond and then moyed to Normanby, his parente taking up lot 18 of the 2nd. Con, now occupied by Mr N roster. Sometime after the death of his parâ€" ents he sold the farm and fora number of years resided with his brother Robâ€" ert. â€" In the fall of 1883 he married Miss Sarah McGillivray, (sister of Donald and Jim of (ilenelg,) who proved to him a worthy helpmeet, They have been regsidents of Durham almost ever since. \_ Robert MacDonald died at the home | of bis daugbter, Mrs J. 1. Hartman | last Saturday afternoon at 5 o‘elock, \Death was caused from simply the | wearing out of life‘s machinery for Mr, \ MacDonald had lived to the ripe o‘d | age of 94 years, 8 months and 13 days. } Deceased was burn in Glasgow, | Scotland on Sept 22, 1822, Hecame to | Durham, Canada, in 1842, where he | resided until his 65th year, when be l came to Montpelier, since which time '!he has made his howe here and in S«lt | Lake, spending most of the summers | here and the winters in Salt Lake unâ€" { til the death of bis daughter Catherine, / which occured in Salt Lake last Augâ€" \g ust. Since then be resided here with | his daughter, Mrs. Hartman. Deceased was a bighly respected citiâ€" zen, of unostentatious habite, and until recent years took a lively interest in current affairs, _ He was a Baptist in his belief, but enjoyed the ministratâ€" ions of other communions as well and greatly appreciated theregular calls of Rey, Mr. Whaley. A large number of friends and relatiyes turned out to the funeral on Friday, Rev, Mr, Woylie preaching the faneral sermon, Rev. Mr Whaley, though present, being unâ€" able, pbhysically, to take the service. Interment took place to Maplew ood cemetery, where his parents lie. Roszert MacDoxarDp The clipping below, from a Montâ€" pelier, Idaho, paper, records the passâ€" ing of a Glenelgite of the earliest days, who neyer lost his interest in the old locality as reflected in the Durham Review from week to week, especially in the budgets of bis cousin our Priceâ€" ville and limits cortespondent. Oneby one the pioneers who faced the forest are leaving us. Passing of AaAged Residents At the age of 25 be married Miss Margaret McLaugblin, to which union was born seven children, four of whom have paes: d away. The three survivâ€" ing children are Mrs, Hartmans of this city. Mrs M. C. Morey of Chicago, and Neal A. of Salt Lake, He is also surâ€" vived by a brother Donald, of Cheyâ€" enpe. nine grand children and six great grand children,. _ Mrs, MacDonâ€" ald died in Canada in 1879, Up to four months ago Mr, MacDonâ€" old enjoyed exceptionally good health for a man of his age. Since then he gradually grew weaker, hut was able to be about the bhouse up to within a few days prior to his death, He united with the Presbyterian church in his boy hood, and was ordainâ€" ed an eider in the cburch of Durbham, Canada. â€"Upon coming to Montpelier he transferred bis membership to the church here, His funeral seryices were held from the Presbyterian ch irch last Monday afternoon at 2.30 o‘clock, Rev. D. A. MacLean of the Presbyterian church in Cokevilie. and Rev. F. Wheeler of the Metbodist church of this city officiating, The remains were consignâ€" ed to their final resting place in the c ty cemetery. Messrs, Chatles and Will Lavelle of St. Marys, are back to town for a few days this week on a fishing jaunt. Mre. (Rev.) Whaley, who bas been a severe sufferer from a stomach trouble for some weeks, underwent an operaâ€" tion on Sunday last which promises to bring relief. _All will hope the good lady will soon be restored to her norâ€" mal activity. Dr. J F. Grant is in Toronto this week attending the Dental Conyenâ€" tion. * Mr J. W. McKechnie and daughter, Miss May, went to Toronto on Monday Mr. John Vessie, who has recently been employed in Hanover, has returned to town and is engaged at the Cement works. Mr. Thos. Cowan of St. Mary‘s, with his sisterâ€"inâ€"law, Miss lLya Burnett. came back to the old town Monday for a couple days. Mrs, Wellington Ard. of St. Mary‘s is visiting ber parents Mr, and Mrs. Vollett, Bentinck. Mr. and Mrs, Geo. Hopkins accomâ€" panied by Miss Jean Allan, motored to Milyerton on Saturday, and were acâ€" commpanied bhome by Mr. and Mrs. Jas, Allian and baby Larie, Misses Gladys Search, Janie McLean, Eya Redford and Mary Smith motorâ€" ed to Owen Sound last Thursday. Miss Mary Smith nas been engaged as assistant stenographer at the Furâ€" niture Factory. Mrs. J A. Glass of Georgetown, and formerly of Durham, is visiting ber sons here, prior to her leaving for the West on a visit to her sister. Mrs. J, H. Robertson, who formerly resided here is visiting old Durham friends this week. _ Mr, R. is now in London. Seed Potatoesâ€"Dela es, at x Bm Store. SsaLek or CaNX®s.â€"On Saturday, } May 26, at 3 p. m. Xt the G. T. K. Staâ€" tion yards, Durham\ h. R. Long will 1 sell about 35 CalveX good Darham grades and Holstein ifers, _ Terms 1 Cash or 4 months cre«iRat 6 per cent. 1 1, McPhail, AKcuoneer |\ _ Toronto papers never. tire in telling |how many recruits have enlisted there. | All honor and credit to the place. But i will Toronto just pause once and a while ‘lm consider that she has drawn on | every township village, town and city | in Ontario for the very young men who ! have signed up, and also that she has a very large percentage of old countrymen, who were in nearly all cases the first | and most ready to enlist ? Mre. Gardiner of Toronto is visiting at her aunt‘s Mrs Jas, Weber of town. Mr. and Mrs. D. Campbell of Welâ€" beck, were at Paisley last week visiting her parents. â€" Mrs. Campbell‘s brother, Pte. A. McGillivray of the Mounted Rifles, was reported in last week‘s casuâ€" alties as having *‘died of wounds." l. Monday‘s casualty column listed Pte. |\ Campbell Clark of Bentinck as among i the ‘‘missing." _ His parents, welearn, received word last week end,. Campbell | is the oldest son of Mr. Duncan Clark, | and enlisted in the 147th. Grey battalion ! in January 1916. The 147th. was amalâ€" | gamated into the,8th, Reserve in Engâ€" |land, and from this battalion Campbell | was transferred to the 58th Mountea | Rifles to see active service. _ He could | not have been at the front more than a | few weeks at most. It is hoped definite word of his fate will be forthcoming soon, and thus relieve the deep anxiety of his parents and friends regarding him. a BORN EUVLTOX®.â€"In Normauby, on 22ad of May, to Mr. and Mrs, Audrew Fulton a daughter, KExnepv.â€"In Durham, on Friday, May 18, to Mr. and Mrs. Colin Kenâ€" nedy, a son. t Town of Durham The Court of Revislon on the Assess ment Roll for the Town of Durham on Monday, May 28tb, 191Â¥ at 8 p. m, must be sent to the Clerk in writing as no chaoge or refunds carmh be made afâ€" ter after the passing. of baid Roll on said date. The Assess t Roll is open for inspect.cn. Campbell Clark Missing Court of Revision ARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO â€"For WINNIPEG & VANCOUVER Steamship Service Via OWEN SOUND STEAMSHIP MANITOBA leaves Owen Sound at midâ€" night each Thursday (conâ€" necting train leaves Toronto 5.25 p.m.) for Sault Ste. Marie, Port Arthur and Ft. William. Service via Port McNicoll commences June 2. 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