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â€" --v V... 1’“!le for further developments. We are ‘ getting along well here; we get three meals a day and sometimes put away a dollar for a rainy day. One thing about this countryâ€"it never rain- in winter, so we have to use the dollar to buy coal. We have had a hard winur, but spring is opening We had an interesting letter a few days ago from Mr. George Stinson of Indian Head, Sash. It was interest- ing because of a remittance which nude him good on the list to the end of 1924; interesting also because of‘ appreciation shown for The Chron-' icle. He says : “We certainly may The Chronicle, which is like a weekly letter. I congratulate you for the interest taken in the town had and will watch The Chronicle. A...‘ That You. Many of the residents will regret to learn of the death on April 6 of Mrs. William J. Calvert. Deceased was a daughter of the late Samuel Wright. and sister of Mrs. John Bryon. She had been a resident of Kincardine for the past twenty years. She lost her husband, a brother of Mrs. William Caldwell, in town. about eight years ago. Al family of one son and two daughters. all' grown up. are. the immediate survivors. Interment took place at Kincardine on Sunday, April 8, the services being conducted by the Rev. Thomas Farr. The pail-bearers were three brothers. 811111., John and Will Wright. and James Ryder, Thomas McCue and James Pace. In}. William J. advert Dead W e always take an interest in the success of our town boys. and it is with much pleasure we learn that Bzirrister R. E. Laidlaw, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Laidlaiw of town, has been given the position as counsel for the Canadian National Railways. with his headquarters at Toronto. We understand the position was not solicited by Mr. Laidlaw and that his acceptance of it will not debar him from delivering his regular lectures at the Toronto University. Mr. Laid- law. although only a couple of years ‘J at the bar, is meeting with phenom- enal success and we congratulate him on his advancement. Appointed c. 1!. R. Counsel. III“. I‘U tll!’ The, time table for the annual de-lmr the m partmental examinations has been: issued. The entrance examinationTravellers begins on June 27, the lower school, A deputz examination on June 12, the upporTravellers‘ school nil June It and tho. middleEOntario (jl school on June 18. One of the many to talk abc examinations that. face punils of;provincea high schools has been abolished, ,ac- i measures t cording to instructions issued byfment. 'l‘hi the department of education. Lower; report, of 1 school standing for entrance to the, their navy Normal schools will be granted [311. l the legislat pils or high schools or continuation‘lducod ppga schools who have passml (:(iimpi‘o-'tho fact, ht hensivc losts comluclml by the- ture will c teachers of the different subjects. mav not. he Examination Dates Fixed. a small safe containing valuable papers. An unsuccessful attempt was made to break into the large sale. which emitained about $300 in cash and cheques amounting to more than $1,000. So far there is no clue to the burglars. Rubehrs travelling in a motor truck broke into the creamery at Port Stanley on Friday night and stolv nearly 800 pounds of butter and Stole Butter and Small Safe. Mr. R. M. Lowry, lighthousp keep- vr. and also designated as “the oldest resident.” of Port. Elgin, says : In the year 1873 two wssels trying to make Port Elgin were» stuck in the ice over a mile from the shore from May 24 until June 2-5. Ninelpen years ago the worst blizzard of the seasnn was in March and there was excellent slr-ighing in the middle of April.” W. Whaley, who is retiring. Mr. 001”“ It!” Cochran. . ILogan will continue to publish The Cochrane asa contribution towards expenses 0! fighting the typhoid 99" ‘11! of Typhus at. Gongtuntinople. demic. lad Later Springs. According to the municipal census as shown by the assessor’s roll. Port Elgin’s population is now 1,370, or an increase of 60 ovenlast year. A letter from. Mrs. Guy Williams of Tisdale, Sash. says there is still a lot of snow there and little seeding will be done batore the first of May. Port main in Growing. Snow Will Delay Seeding. NEWS AROUND TOWN NO. 2913. prayer. - - v . " " l , , 26. Colonel John Bayne MacLean oti w wing met: the men and teams’ -. . ' . who have been working at the tim- l "0 ”004 P or Sympathy. Poronto has consented to come andl . . . .The last week has been another give an address on “World Leaders . agility)!“ there dunng the paSti'OIle Of “1089 that makes a [)(‘I‘SOU [Hayp MPL" The fPHOW'S expect to! I lwonder it winter is never going (0 make a big night of it and commit-i I . lend. Durhamites. however. need tops are already at work. Get your! "£31331. “it: g ;.t?l.9';:e:::terian i not think they are the only favored ticket early from one of the commit-i Church met on April 12, Mrs. An- I 320:3;‘351‘13‘1‘330 {2:811:11 (119:3)? ice or at D. C. Town’s store. . - . . y y _ _ ggiwmlz‘eritg Eggstdiegtihilnpt‘ge 5:12:11; [flatly has had two snow-storms dur- Will Raid 39mm] sexiness. . thymn. Mrs \icllraith secyi'etar' 'PS the past week and Just at the A series of evangelistic serwces'. read the minutes of the 1;“ meetj 3 ’ t tune, tOO. When everyone is backing will commence in the Baptist t: which were adapted Mrs Means: 'If‘zzfe 0‘“ 0‘ winter storage and Lhurch on Tuesday evening of next ‘. gave the Bible reading Mrs John ,' S'Sth f01‘ green fields and miles of Week and will be continued every , Bell gave an excellent.p‘per. on im- ,dusty highway. While many 0f us night for the next. two weeks. Ser- '. mi tion painted out the ork th t*are wondering what snow-storms in vices commence at 7.45 each even- Manama...” is Speciallyadaptgdnhe Middle Of April mean,. the nat- "18. Evangelist Alexander Torrie, for. Mrs. A. H. Jackson gave a story ‘ ives of Eastern Pennsylvania in the B.A.. a graduate or McMaster Um- Ion missionary deficit which wuvncmity of Philadelphia and the versnty, and a native of this county. : q .3 “- -~v.- t. , . . . . Maryland border got a real shock will be in charge of the services. He , l ye" fitting at ""3 par ttcuhr time Sunday when over three inches ot‘ has been engaged for fourteen years , snow fell. As a general thing, this in evangelistic~work and althous‘h a .1 253321;?" chufigh. {thwas tp’tygwould be a real winter storm for graduate of a Baptist University, i8 it All w "’3 032d “:0 ave “id that section of country, but coming working under no denomination, M? 's gum . remember t ° in April, when, under ordinary con- church or committee, but open to . “h“. 3,’ mm on my {3. ditions, most or the gardens would receiVe dates for missions “‘0th ' - ° ' . h r ' have . bl I l for the be in and green stun nearly ready, 0 11 ch of any denomination. Io _ Ma The mum m ”figmmmcmwomshwymmmmm _--_' wâ€"wr UV“ for. Mrs. A. H. Jackson gave a story: on missionary deficit which was very fitting at this particular time’ when there is a large missionary deficit in the church. It was a pity. all the ladies could not have heard“ __ thU..“ ““W‘. The ice is going out of Owen Sound Bay fairly rapidly and a tele- phone message from Presque Isle to Owen Sound Monday morning stated that the ice was all out of the bay up to about 2% miles from Owen Sound harbor. At Laing's Royal Park, about a mile and a half from the harbor. the ice has melted very lit- tle and has shifted very little from its original position. The tug Har- rison is waiting for the bay to clear of ice so that it can make its annuals spring trip to Fitz W‘illiam Islandl' to bring back the men and teams who have been working at the tim-I ber limits there during the past' winter. ‘ Ice Leaving Owen Sound Harbor. I Mr. C. L. Grant sent. a shipment of eggs to a Toronto firm recently and in a. subsequent letter was advised thateight dozen from one of the Lcrates had been incubator eggs from which ten cents a dozen had been deducted. They were evidently put in the incubator and in a day or two discovered to be infertile and sent to; the store. Mr. Grant took the eggs without suspicion but they failed to get past the expert egg candlers in the city. The selling of such eggs is a criminal offence. and the guilty party, if detected. is liable to severe punishment. '[ ()rdinations of priests and deacons“ >lof the Anglican Church in the Dio-l l ; cese ot' Huron will take place on Mayi 1320, Whitsunday. The ceremony! i will be performed in St. Paul’s (lath-g ednal, London. in all prohability.’ l ' There are severalgraduates of Hur-' ‘on who will. on that date. take holy! :Ul‘tlt’l's. and a class of deacons-nom- inate are waiting to be inducted into; ’ofl'ice. No ceremony of the church? lis more impressive than that whichl {marks the separation of young menl lfor the ministry. l Eggsactly. the fact, hO“'(i\:eP, that thefi Lsélsla- lure will close on May 4, legislation may not. be brought in this session. i Travellers Want, Better Hotels. A deputation from the Commercial Travellers’ Association will meet the Ontario Government next Saturday to talk about hotel conditions in the province and make suggestions as to measures to be adopted for improve- ment. The deputation follows the report of the hotel commission and their advice will he considered in the legislation which may be intro- duced regarding hotels. In view of Flight-Lieut. Dr: Harold Street of Owen Sound is seriously ill with ty- phus fever at the 82nd General Hos- pital at Constantinople. His condi- tion is given as satisfactory. He had been in the Turkish city since last fall and in his letters home he has told of the horrible conditions that have prevailed in. that city from starvation and disease, due to the influx 'of hundreds or thousands of refugees from Russia, Armenia and some of the Turkish provinces. Huron Ordinations on May 20. The Haileyburian, published ., at Haileybury, New Ontario, and des- troyed by fire last October when the greater portion of the town was con- sumed in the big forest fire, resumed publication a few days ago. Bought Pembroke Paper. A. Logan, proprietdr of the Wiar- ton Canadian Echo, has bought the gejmprpke Standard from Thomas Noyspapor Rosnmad Publication. :z W‘illiam Island ? men and teams Wing at the tim- during the past DURHAM, ONTARIO, CANADA, THURSDAY; APRI’E is, 1923. The Provincial Government will 3 supply all the necessary tlsh fry for ‘ stocking the streams in this locality 3 providing thetfarmers will open any ' that happen to run through their 9 properties to the public. This was the information receivm‘l by Barris- ter Currey from Owen Sound last 'week. Accompanying the informa- tion were a number of forms to be: ’signed by farmers who will agree to [Open streams running through their *property to the public. The Gov- lernment supplies the fry for all pub- ilic streams, but under no circum- istances can it be secured for private , llshing grounds. Mr. Currey informs “aus that he will be pleased to have ’any farmers who are in sympathy .with the movement call on him at this office when he will explain the ,situation more fully. (3. L. Grant. property in ['ppm‘ Town. recently purchasmi by Mr. \V Jack of Glenolg. Government Will Supply Pry. W G Breen, now at P‘eigus. left this morning with Mrs. Belfry {'01 Mid- land, where he \\ as form erh ~tu- tioned. He is succeeded hv Mr. Sam. King, w ho comes f1 om Tm‘unm. Mr. and Mrs. King hax e alieadx aIPi\0:J and we understand \x ill reside :n the Mr. Roy Belfry, who has been charge of the hydro high fen: service hm‘e since the resignatim Two Stayurr druggists were fined last week for selling liquor without. proper prescriptions. It apepzirs the medical practitioners wrote their prescriptions «in a piece of paper without addressing it. to any par- ticular druggist. as required by the Act. Both pleaded guilty and a penalty of $00.00 and custs was im- posed in each case. Hydro Men Transfierred Stayner Druggists Fined. was made yesterdav attornoon at Zion cvmotory, \wst nf Hepworth, 0n the 90th anniversarv 01 her birth- day. She had been a resident of the vicinity for ’9 wars. Her husband died fifteen years agttv. but two sons and two daughtors survive. Mrs. Spencer. postmistress at Park Head for tlw past. threw." years. died on Sunday attornuon and interment Buried on Her Birthday. Thomas Casemore. of Turnberry Township was tried before Magis- trate Reid and Mayor Elliott of God- erich on Friday on a charge of wife- beating, to which he pleaded guilty. It took $104. including costs. to settle the account. He was also required to furnish securities to keep the peace for a year. ThOugh we.have met with good success in our appeal for female help, as announced in last week's is- sue, the lists are still open and it is hoped that in the next few days there will be a sufficient number to justify the Opening of a plant to ab- sorb all the applicants. Enroll at once. Fined For Wife-beating. :' Owing to illness, Mr. James Law- rence, manager at the Durham UF. 0. Shipping Association, has resign- ed his position, and was succeeded on Monday last by Mr. Clifford fHoweil. 33mm!“ Because of Ill-health. It will be seen in this issue that Mr. A. A. Catth is advertising the sale by auction of his household ef. fects and will soon leave for' Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Catton have been here for the past twenty-three years and we feel sure the whole town will be sorry to lose them as citizens. Th_e_ Lists Are Still Open. Sorry to See Them 60. . the resignatiuu of at Fergus. left this eon m {eminn A.. a graduate of McMaster Uni- versity, and a native of this county, will be in charge of the services. He has been engaged for fourteen years in evangelistic‘work and although a graduate of a Baptist University, is working under no denomination. The Men’s Class are planning a: banquet to close their season's meet-Q ing to be held in the Presbyterian: Church on ThurSday OVCHiDS’. ADP“! Meg’s @1138 Banquet, April 26. I). B. Jamieson waé the surgeon in attondance. Mr. Landelé Wiltonâ€" undem cut an Ul)r.'iati()n for appendicitis yesterday mowing in the hospital here. Dr. Huger-went Operation. _ appeared before the Commission in , Toronto and registered their big i kick. ‘ The. letter from the Hydro Com- mission received by the local Secre- tary, Mr. C. t). Elvidge, says, under date of April ll, 1923 : “We take pleasure in enclosing a ‘ cepy of the Annual Report for the ' Durham Hydro System for the year 1922. as it will appear in our records. You will note that this report shows a net surplus from the year’s opera: tion of $6,464.25, after providing de-1 preciation to the extent of 3667.00,} which is certainly a remarkable! showing. The actual cost of power as revealed by the closing of the books of this Commission was,l $6,244.54 less than the amount of! our interim bills. This has been placed to your credit on our books and deducted from the cost of powerl so that you have an accumulatedl credit of $6258.84. We will charge‘ your current power bills against this ‘ balance until it is exhausted, reâ€"l. ceipting them before forwarding. 1 which will be reflected at once in an 3‘ increase in your local bank account. ‘2 and will enable you to immediately}. take care of all 'of your accounts," payable. so that your next trial balâ€" ;: ance should show no liabilities other 3. than the unpaid balance of your de- l. bentures. ' We feel that the Durham,“ Hydro System is in a very enviable :: ilnancial condition and it should be. a matter of satisfaction and pride to“: the local commission. t". DUKE“ HYDRO GOHISSION Bud." B13 “.NIMO SURPLUS The announcement of the Ontario' W5.“ wag“. Hydro-electric Power Commission An an it that the Durham Hydro system this the P103333 :55! year has 3 $6,000.00 surplus will be Yours tiul), R. C. McOOLLUM, Auditm of Municipal Accounts. Mr. A. A. Cation will ofl‘er his household efi‘ects for sale by auction on Saturday, April 28, at 1.30 p. m Everything must be sold as the pro- priotor is leaving for Toronto. 2pd We will give y sist- mg out your 1923 lic se “cation:â€" Smith Bms., Ford Sales and Service. Auction Motorists, Attention!- Remember the gr (1 'â€" Ladies Dresses day afternoon a nesday at noon, Aprif 4 nd 25 Digplay of Lndies' Dresses. W‘heat, Barley, Buckwheat, Peas, Oats and Mixed Grain wanted. High- est prices paid.â€"Rob Roy Mills Lim- ited, Durham, Out. 112“ Grain Wanted. March 29, between rink and Methâ€" odist parsonage, a large white wool- len scarf. Finder rewarded by re- turning to Chronicle Office. ind Scarf Lost. Two-storey brick house with conveniences in Durham. Apply letter to Box 14, Chronicle 01] Durham. 9 4 Wanted to Buy. ,__-â€"v Don‘t miss seeing the wonderful display of Ladies’ Dresses Tuesday afterumm till Wednesday at noon, April 24 and 25.â€"-H. Morlnck Sons. high!” of Ladiu’ Dresses. Perso h' numents or inscripti onuments already erectgd, call on . J. McFadden. 3 I will load a car next week. 50c. : bag at the canâ€"W. J. V'ollett. Dun ham. ‘ Potatoes Wanted. Well equipped for turning out the finest work on short order. Custom Chopping. 1/ Custom choppmg every m It the McKechnie Mills. 1042“ The Chronicle Job Punt. Any quantity. Highest price at the People’s Mills. 31523“ 14, Chronicle' "o'tricé, 3 12 u Linoleum 4 yards wide. Oilcloth 1 yd.-2% yds. wide. Congoleum Rugs, sizes 3X4, 3x3} and 3x3. DESIGN Apply by $2.00: Yegrin Canada; $2.50in [1.8. SW)?” lpd of all gus, pes‘prming her own household duties. She was conscious to the end. was a pioneer of Kincai‘dine T6“;- ship, and until two weeks ago hud resided on a farm with her son. An- BRUCE W0.“ DIES AT 10! The death of Mrs. Neil Munro. aged 10! years, occurred at Kinclr- dine en Monday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Browning. Deceased each week instead of Tuesday: as heretofore. His intention is to come by the Friday night C.P.R. train and remain until 4 o’clock each Satur- day afternoon. The office will be open every day and appointments may be arranged with Miss Reid. who is in charge. 2! ti Until further notice Mr. Henry of the firm of Lucas Henry will be in his Durham om’pe on Saturday of A- -l. Change of Day. sons who persist in violating this warningâ€"By Order of the Mayor. 2 vv- "w, 68c. to' 70¢. for. Barley, it}. to 724:. for Buckwheat, 81.35 to ”JO for Pens and $1.10 10 8H? for Wheat at our elevator.â€"â€"Rob Roy Mills Limit- ed, Durham, Ont. Take Notice! 3°” 30! Grain Prices. If the person who was seen taking a pair 0! spreads on“ I team in the Methodist Church shod yesterday will return the some at once to C. P. Kinnee’s Harness Shop he will save trouble. (pd Return 1nd 8". Trough“, £12