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fionahl this Municipality. “TY new DIN-t knowing .{ PD Will confer a Inmunicating the lakes 0! are Avenue )NTU us of all f0) Np Str CTILE PRESS *en 999999609 V costin' Salary. F“ El S} the Bible E t" the IG STORE TOWN H m if IDY J" all We last meeting of the Grand 7~ of the Ancient Order of " -...1 \Vorkmen a very material ' u» was made in the rates . are now so high that many - older members will be fore- 7 . drop ofit. The followmg :1 tment, however, will be a u. measure of reliief: It saya, ”â€"r.\ 'eneficiary member of the 01x: , upon reaching the age of Mix years, and in good standing. 1‘? my present beneficiary member of the Order having already renvhed the age of sixty years and Upwards, and in good standing. may have the option of releasing “CWT certificate and In“!!! lfilmed to him or her in lieu than- 0‘ a new benefichry certificate for an amount equal to the m {nents paid in to the W! menu paid in (0 the beneficiary “1nd by him or her, and be re- heaved from further Divalent! o! Moe“memes to the bondhiu’) “Ind from me of such surrender.” Lionel Walter Hooley, a South African veteran, was arrested in )Icafnrd, apparently under the infhmice of liquor, and died next day from wood alcohol poisoning. .\ small bottle containing wood alwbul, and labeled “poison” was fivm'l on his person. tunvnr-Hepworth Progress. Lut'fll option goes into eitect in .Kimrru-«line on the first of May, 3nd Greenock township will be the mly "wet" municipality left in L'vntx'v Bruce. The licensed ho- Eels fur the township will be at Glnmis, Riversdale, Chepstow and \I JD he Guild of the Presbyterian rch intend holding a sale of w-made baking at the room in war of the Standard Bank, 11;: Lumbton street, on the first third Saturdays in April. Tea light refreshments Will be .11 Saints church Anglican choir 1 the choir of the Presbyterian m-h, both in Collingwood, ap- m-d in new rgbes on Easter play for the first time. McKe VOL N EWS AROUND TOWN n Rudolph, of the Queen’s , Tara, was fined $200 and for having liquor for sale u premises in a local option )9 sent to any address in in, except Toronto, to Jan. 4. for 35¢. Orders sent to )ffice will receive prompt lion. . any of our readers we are red to give The Daily Mail «:mpire, or The Daily Globe. January 1, 1914, for the small )f $2.00. The Weekly Mail Impire, or The Weekly Globe, rt Pierpont Morgan died at on Monday last. He hag ill for several weeks, but rapidly worse towards the He was 76 years of age, and led to be the greatest of can financiers. He rated in the list of American mil- res, and leaves an estate of $300,000,000. Egremont farmer called at inc-tum Tuesday, after deliv- ten hogs, for which he got *at sum of two hundred dol- He said that things had ed since the time he would to give three times the :‘I‘ for the same money. The «m Tuesday was $9.50 a homas McFadden has been ed by the Dominion Gov- t as Canadian Government m-ent Agent for the vicin- -ounding Durham. Farmers ’ laborers or domestic ser- xill communicate with him, an order may be placed '.â€"We have two cars of Al shorts to offer at a low y the tom-Mrs. A. Beggs m. a money! Practice econ- ! get your chopping done .chnies’ Flour Mills. )gs are 89.50. i9 20c, and eggs are 17c. 9 No. 1 clover seeds for ,l and see them before Mrs. A. Ragga 82 Son. 46 â€" N0. 2406 help. A local exchange reporting last] week’s storm, in referring'to big trees that had blown down, sayszl “For the sheer pleasure of seeingi what fantastic shapes they couldi be made to assume, had knotted! and curved them into the! apotheosis of grotesqueness.” Will; somebody kindly hand up thoseé prunes? E For being drunk in Shelburne on I March 13, Robt. Henderson, 01"! Corbetton, was fined $220 and‘ costs, the information being laid by constable Wm. Whitehead. In- spector Robinson laid an infor-l mation against James Small of Melancthon, on a similar charge; and though he pleaded guilty, a! similar fine was handed out. Shel-l burne is under local option, and! they are evidently getting afterl the drunks. | Since the Good Friday wind- storm, there is a big demand dor shingles or other substitutes. Some are repairing the damage done with metallic shingles, others are using the different kinds of felt roofing. Since the report of the Dayton floods, Mrs. Blackburn has bene anxious about the safety of her daughter, Miss Tunstead, who is head nurse in the Miami hospital in the flooded district. A letter received on Tuesday afternoon aflorded the needed relief. We referred last week to the roof being blown off the McCrie barn, owned by Mr. Wm. Grant. Mr. Henry Grasby was the late purchaser, not Mr. Grant, as stated. Lost.â€"In Durham, on Saturday night, March 29th, a blue, and black silk neck-scarf. Finder will kindly leave at this office and receive reward. A man near Paisley is reported to have tapped over two'hundred trees on Holy Thursday, and all but seven of them were blown down by Good Friday’s wind- storm. The OP. R. train was late on Tuesday night. It was nearly one o’clock when it pulled into Dur- ham. We know of no accident. A large consignment of flour, bran, shorts, feed flour. corn, and feed barley on the way. See us before you buy,‘ at McKechnies’ Flour Mills. Mrs. R. B. Miller died at Owen Sound on Saturday, and the re- mains were interred in Greenwood cemetery on Monday afternoon. b‘ne was one 01' Owen Sound’s olu- est residents, ' and besides ner husbanu she leaves the following cnudren: H. H. Miller, ex-M. 1’“ or" Hanover; George J. Miller, sc- countant of the National Trust Company, of Chicago; E. 8. Mil- ler, General Manager of the West- The burglars who broke into Isaac Traynor’s house in Dundalk, and failed to get the seized booze of which Mr. Traynor is the cus- todian, have since been advised of its whereabouts by the local news- paper of that town, and will likely try again. The newspaperman lets the cat out of the bag byl saying he understands the liquor is stor- ed in the vault of the town hall, awaiting the decision of the police magistrate as to the trials re- cently held. Durham boys will please make a note of this. The old wooden armories of the Blst Regiment at Owen Sound were burned on Sunday morning last about one o‘clock. Nothing was saved, as the fire had made too much headway before the alarm was sent in. The arms were of the Lee-Enfield issue, and were being called in, but a case of 20 Ross rifles was among the burned contents, also three cases or clothing received from the De- partment within the past month. The building replaced the origin- al wooden structure which was destroyed by fire about twenty- five years ago. ern Life Insurance Company, of Minneapolis; Surgeon-Major R. P. Miller, of the United States Army: Dr. Hugh Miller, of South Bend, Indiana and Mrs. W. F. Gray, 01 Owen Sound. I On Good Friday, Walter Lewis, iwhile driving over a bridge near ;Walkerton, was cau ht in agust of wind and with th horse and buggy was blown into the river abelow, a drop of ten feet. Nei- ther man nor beast was hurt, but lthe buggy and harness were bad- ;ly damaged. Mechanics are at work now re- roofing The Chronicle office, from which the shingles were blown off in the recent Windstorm. The roof was in bad condition and should have been attended to some time ago. Though it will cost some money, the repairs were needed. and the storm only hurried up the work. A barn belonging to Horace Wake, of Mono Road, was struck by lightning on Monday morning of last week. Though badly shat- tered, it was not set on fire. A horse and cow were killed in the stable. From the St. Marys correspond- ence in the London Free Press we learn that our old friend, Charles Lavelle, is on the managing com- mittee of the lacross team at that place. While in Durham Charlie was one of the top-notchers in committee work on sports, and in having him on the business end of their club, we feel safe in pre- dicting a successful season - for the team if he has good support. On Wednesday, for the first time since going West last sum- mer, Mr. David Smith put in an appearance at the foundry. He is 6 not improving very much in health, but is still full of hope. Tenders wanted.-For caretaker of Durham Presbyterian church. Lowest or any tender not neces- sarily accepted. For particulars, apply to Robt. Macfarlane, to whom tenders are to be sent. 2 Promptness is an important fea- ture in the chopping business, and promptness is the motto at McKechnies‘ Mills. Try us. We learn that Mr. Robt. Mc- Craqcken is in Columbus, Ohio. which is partly submerged by the recent floods. We anticipate no distressing reports. Montreal has been partly under water owing to an ice jam above the Victoria bridge causing the St. Lawrence to overflow its banks. Saleslady wantedâ€"Young -lady with five or six years’ experience in fancy dry goods. Apply, giving full particulars, to Ryan Bros., Owen Sound. On Tuesday afternoon Mr. J. W. Crawford took train for Unity, Sask., where he will spend the summer. Since going there, he has had considerable misfortune, by way of a crop failure one year, and the loss of a large business building last winter. Mr. Crawford is not a man to mag- nify his troubles and we sincerely hope he may have unmixed suc- cess from now on. The April ineeting of the Dur- ham branch of the Women’s Insti- tute will be held at the home of Mrs. Farquharson, on Thursday. April 3rd, at 2 p.m. Mrs. McIl- raith and Mrs. McCannel will speak on different methods of preparing eggs for the table. A paper on “Our Friends the Birds,” will be given by Miss Margaret J. McGirr. and Dr, Farquharson is expected to speak. Question drawer. All ladies are cordially invited to attend. We referred a couple of weeks ago to negotiations for the intro- duction of a small factory to manufacture weather strips and other articles. Progress has been made: the McKechnie planing mill has been purchased by the town, and will be remodelled and fitted up for the work. Messrs. Furber and Jacob, late of Guelph, will have charge of the business, and intend to start right away. In addition to weather strips, on which they have been engaged, they will manufacture screen doors, screen window's, kitchen cabinets and many other articles. They intend to have a salesman constantly on the road, and the development and expansion of the business will depend to a large extent on his success. The elect- ors will have an opportunity to vote on a byâ€"law on the 28th of April. DURHAM. OIL. THURSDAY, April 3. 1913. Some time ago we referred to options having been given on the property at present occupied bv the town hall and a part of Mr. Hahn’s property adjoining the same. We also pointed out that subsequently the Government had written the Council asking them to guarantee the title in case of any action from other claimants, as the title to the Government did not seem to b, absolutely clear. It may here be repeated that years ago the late H. J. Middaugh pre- sented the property to.the town for a town hall site, and an opin- ion is entertained that as soon as the property is made use of for any other purpose, the original grant reverts to the Middaugh estate. This is where the title seems to be defective. A few weeks ago Mr. Hahn re- ceived notice from the Govern- ment that the price stipulated for by him had been placed to his credit in the Royal Bank, and, we presume, will be paid over to him as soon as he fulfils his part of the contract. Last week, both Mr. Hahn and the town council were notified to remove the buildings from the properties named. We understand the time of the option had expired before the Government accepted the town’s offer, but as far as the results are concerned this will make no ma- terial difference. If the Govern- ment accepted the town’s option the town would have to give a clear title whether they agreed to do so or not. To do this the ques- tion would have to be fought out with the heirs of the Middaugh estate, and no money would be forthcoming until the title was cleared up. If on the other hand the Government allowed the op- tion to lapse and subsequently ex- propriated the property, which they have the power to do, the price then to be paid would be fixed by arbitration, and go to the rightful owner, when his, her or their claim was properly estab- lished. The only course open ap- parently would be to pay the arbitrators’ award into court, and let the town and any other con- tending parties fight it out and settle it. If it can be shown that a trans- fer of the property causes it to revert to the heirs of the original donor, then the purchase price will go to them; otherwise it will go to the town. In any case, there is difficulty in the way, and litiga- tion is sure to come as a result of the transfer. Mr. Hunter, a representative of the Government, assured a public meeting here that an inner lot be- side a hotel or skating rink would not be considered for a moment. The reason he assigned was because the Government car- ried no insurance on their public buildings, and the almost certain fate of hotels and skating rinks w as destruction by fire. We have been making enquiry, and up to the present we are unable to find Surveyors arrived here on Mon- day and are we presume preparing data for the use of the architect in drawing up the plans for the new building. Things were about equally far advanced last year, when the government surveyor appeared on the scene to take measurements on the Edge prop- erty. We said then the selection had been finally made, but the ar- rangements were changed without notice. It may be so again, but to be as non-committal as possible we can only say that it seems now that the town hall site will be the final selection. There’s another move on now in regard to the new post office, but we are not yet prepared to say that it has been definitely fixed. As for being central and con-' venient, no better site could be? found, but the uncertainty in con-i nection with the title will auured-. 1y cause trouble. t a case where a post office is placed in a position similar to the one selected here. The pre- caution hitherto used was certain- ly a wise one, and we do not feel like commending the present ac- tion in establishing a new prece- dent. - The old town hall will have to be moved out, and there is no tell- Continued on page L THE POST OFFICE AGAIN '"V'V'W‘ BUTTERICK FASHIONS DI‘GSS‘RSfHI‘H” qm(‘a,1~‘i(n|,s,l'ln.‘tk5. suits. waists. skirts. lin- ODDDPDDPPDDPDDDbDbbDVbibib DDDPDDPPDP>>>P>P>>>>>>>>>§ Spams MILLINERY S. F. MORLOCK Dresses for all «wcasions. chucks, suits. waists, skirts, lin- gerie. etc.. in autumn. unhelivvahle.pmfusmnâ€"Jor yourself. your daughters. your babies, Dom. muss it. Out nuw. 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