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three years old. The chest, which in all probability came from the old land about 100 years ago, became the prop- erty of Mrs. McCauley’s grandmother who was a Miss Whitley. Its ownership has passed down the different genera- tions and for some years now has been in Mrs, McCauley’s possession. It was quite by accident that the discovery With his larynx removed and voice lost, Meredith Ruttle, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Ruttle, Kincardine, has made himself a new voice, while a pa- tient in Christie Street Hospital, Tor- onto, where he is being treated for war wounds. Forced to have his larynx re- moved Mr. Ruttle found that voice in- struments which have been invented to replace the vocal organs did not work in his case. He was faced with the choice of making a new voice for him- self. or losing the power of speech all together. By training his muscles. he made the new voice for himself and now can speak so distinctly that no dif- ficulty is experienced in understanding him. He can not shout at the top of his voice but can conduct a conversa- tion in ordinary tones. So far words beginning with “s” and “2” have proved a problern but he hopes to master these in the near future. By training his esophagus (gullet) to act as a larynx. Mr. Ruttle breathes through his chest wall and vibrates the air up to the up- per part of the esophagus, using the muscles there as vocal chords. As far as can be learned there are but five cases of this kind in the history of medicineâ€"Lucknow Sentinel. It was a sweet Christmas at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John McCauley and it was all the result of the dis- covery of a cake of maple sugar in a secret drawer in an old chest that is a family heirloom. The sugar was wrap- pedinacopyof the Toronto Mall dated 1881. which would make it fifty- Found Treasure in Secret Drawer larynx Removed, Makes New Voice mmdebyflr.MJones,anqmew ! oe «mum.lnlooungforaome-. :hmk'comms mmgelaehenotedmeconstmcflonofi ; themestwasaomewhatpecmm. He! ~Mh0fl'mm nmovedapmlandwasamazedto; hole W , “r. flndasecretdmwerolwmmMm.Mc-, Cauley was completely unaware. The! {onlymmgmmedmwermthepu-g mule,m.mvaofzmlofmgplemmoh has been; twmdlomtheweek-endkilledtastedbymembenotthefamnyand,‘ Guatemalan-me drawing Salthmlghoversoyemol¢lssa1dto Weathehichmmmneemflh‘be of excellent flavor. It was in all dummbebeenchugedwithreck-Ipmbabmtymadeinummurwwnmp hum-Magma will appear before’whmthenoblnaonandmtleyfam- mama Colonel C. I". Blot in pollcazmes were ploueer semenâ€"W mockedclearofitshamesanditgal-bersinconnectimwiththehold-upon lopedadiaanceoisomeIOOyardsbe- meRoyalBankatGai-gmlastAm foremwmngdead,police were toldwasarrested at his home west of Theteamwas driven by Benjamin HWalkertononBaturdaylastbmevin- MNormmmaiai-mer. HewascialConstableMcClevi-s.onthechame accompanied by his wife and several of receiving stolen goods amazing from children who were badly frightened.theabovebankrobbery.neisallegedto Mrs. Hamsuflered bruises to her'have received considerablymorethan back. 'nieaccident occurred afterfliesslhetumedovertothepolioeas dark. Policemadvised that Mrlootfromthebank Arterbeingre- Hagan’s sleigh was equipped with a manded to the Walkerton jail, he was. light. 'I‘hseha'sekilledwasvaluedhbyreleasedonslooomntoappearona: Police at approximately $100 .'â€"Orillia receiving charge before Magistrate, News-Letter. Walker in police court here on January â€"â€"-â€"-â€"â€"- .8 .-â€"-Walkerton Herald-Times. week. Steele toldpoucehestrucktbe hulewevoidmmngenothercarflrhe We wish all our Friends 8: Patrons the best in ' osperity . appiness Health During the New ' Year The Cash Shoe Store J. S. Mcllraith GREETINGS The estimated total increase of nearly 113 million dollars in the value of the 1934 field craps in Canada, as compar- ed with 1933, is largely accounted for by increases in round figures of 37 mil- lion dollars in hay and clover; 36% mil- lion dollars in wheat; 31 million dollars in oats, and 10% million dollars in bar- Convicted of Stealing Wheat Jack Thompson of Mount Forest, who with his uncle, Edward Thompson, of near Neustadt. was charged with steal- ing about 100 bushels of wheat from the barn of Louis Waechter. Elora Rd.. Garrick, on the night of October 3. and which grain is alleged to have been trucked to Toronto, where it was disposed of, came up for hearing before His Honor Judge Owens in the Court House, Walkerton, on Friday last, and being convicted, the defendant, Jack Thompson, had his sentence suspended until January 28 to give him a chance to make restitution. He will come be- fore the Judge on the later date at 2 p.m., when sentence will be pronounced, and when his uncle, Edward Thomp- son. of near Neustadt, will also be put on trial on a similar charge of steal- ing the wheat from Waechrter’s prem- isesâ€"Walkerton Herald-Times. The gzan-d championship carload of sheep at the Chicago Exhibition shown by Mr. C. J. Brodie of Stoufville. 0nt., was sold at $18.50 per cwt., the highest price since 1930. January. The holders of the shares in l the new [bank will vote and elect seven 0 new directors for the board. It is ex- ! pected that all of the primary industries ‘ will be represented, and as Mr. Han- nam is the only nominee of the agri-i cultural interests his case in eastern i Canada is being put before the share- [ holders. Mr. Hannam is a graduate of g the O.A.C. and has been secretary of; the UFO. for the past year, prior toi which he was educational secretary. He 9 was in Europe studying agriculture on! a. scholarship given by the Carnegie - Institute. He is a keen. student of economic and was one of the early ad- | vocates of the central bank. We Wish ; Herb success in his campaign to have § agriculture represented on the Board, ‘ believing that he is well fitted to ocâ€" ; cupy such a position. Agriculture needs L a member on the Boardâ€"Fleshertom A further change has been made in the list of Government officials here? this week when Mr, Angus Mchail,; a farmer resident of Saugeen Township, : received the appointment of gaol turn- key. taking the place of Mr. Alfred Gladman, who has been in charge of, these duties since Mr. Mat Fidler, the ,‘ Burwash about two years ago. Mr. Mc- Dougall, who is a returned man, 36 years old, with: a wife and four children, will commence his new duties on the first of the new year. Meanwhile Mr. T. Reinhart of town is attending to the work of the officeâ€"Walkerton Herald- We note that Mr. Herbert H. Han- nam, a Proton township boy, is one of the nominees for the Bank of Canada directorate which. is to be formed In Change in Gaol Turnkeys Proton Boy Nominated Bank Director John Diebold, who is a relative of Tony Dlehold. one of the convicted rob- bers in connection with the hold-up on meRoyalekatOu-gmmstAm Friday last, and ;shown. I Ottawa-J. A. Ellis, director of unem- ployment relief for Ontario, died in a {10081 hospital early Thursday after an illness of about. two weeks. Mr. Ellis, ,who was in Ottawa. on a. visit, was tak- zen ill and rushed to the hospital for an ant force in the civic life of Ottawa and afterwards a trusted ofmnal of the Ontario Government. He played a prominent pant in civic affairs during 'a train,” she said. She caught the €0hristmas night special for Toronto. A few hours later she was killed when a flier of the Canadian National Rail- ,‘ ways plowed into the special on a sid- ;1ng at Dundas. some“pa1ming” by a miner near the Montreal nan spot where the workmen found their' ' nuggets nothing further was done to: Carmangay, develop the possible gold mine but now to buy a farm renewed interest in the spot is being farm to Fred i Clearville, Ont.â€"Aotion 01 an uniden- ;t.ified airplane pilot in flying so low :over this Kent County village that he wakened the residents probably saved :property and life from fire here early :Monday. The pilot noticed the general Estore was on fire. He could not make a landing but he came down to a low :altitude and rirdled the village three ;times. The roar of the engines waken- :ed the villagers and drew their atten- tion to the fine. People looked through windows expecting to see the airplane crash. Instead they saw the reflection 'ot the fire. London, Ontâ€"Thirteen persons sat down to supper at the Y.W.C.A. here on Christmas night, and laughed at super- stitutlon regarding the “unlucky num- ber.” The first to leave was Mrs. Neil Sinclair of Toronto. “I have to catch crash Instead they saw the reflection! Isle of Maligne Que .â€"â€"Collision with of the me another player in the excitement of a --â€"â€"oâ€"'â€" :hockey game here cost Art Blackburn. Fort Williamâ€"There's gold under iIsle Maligne defenoeman, the loss of an them thar streets, said Fort William ,eye. Tom Tumbull of the Kenogami residents last week. This fact, suspect- iteam and Blackburn came tokether ac- ed for some time, was believed confirm- 01(18an and Blackburn's eye was SO ed by the scratching claws of a chicken. badly injured it had to be removed. The The chicken, owned by Walter Bailey, teams W111 play a benefit game for him yielded a gold nugget about the size of shortly grain of wheat while it was being dress-; â€"â€"â€"°'â€"'â€"' ed. Bailey resides near a brick plant Montrealâ€"If eligible, he may run on where two years ago workmen uncover- :the Communist ticket in a Toronto ed a number of nuggets in a seam of constituency at the next Dominion sand, lying above clay that underlies elections, Tim BUCK secretary 0f the Fort William. The find by Bailey re- Communist party. said here last week. newed interest in the possibilities of Buck declared there would probably be washing gold from the sand. Aside from ’a Communist running in one of the Torontoâ€"Entering the home of W. Saunders, 183 Arlington Avenue. early Monday morning. a. buxglar stole his pants containing $10 and a purse with $8 from his bedroom. The intruder warned Mr. Saunders and his wife to remain quiet while he ransancked the room. They phoned York Township police after he had gone but no fur- ther trace of him was found. Con- stables W. Segee and G. McKimmie re- spanded. Fergusâ€"Considerable excitement was caused Saturday when a fire alarm was turned in from Groves Memorial Hos- pital. The brigade made a fast trip to the institution but the flames had been extinguished before they arrived. The cause of the fire is unknown. No pa- tients were removed from the building. Station. was elected Premier by a ma- jority of one vote over W. Gray Rivers, Madoc, who will become Leader of the Opposition. Walkertonâ€"John swlck, Anthony Diebold and Frank Adamszk. convicted Gal-gm bank robbers, who were given mmmnssmhstmmyear thmmwOandfwryears for the latter, were escorted to the pen- itenthry on Wednesday morning by County Constable Ferguson and Wm. early morning ONE, train handam'ed together and to the officers in charge. Ministerofomznuon. Atacama or menters or the Fourteenth Older Owen Soundâ€"Eddie Sargeant of thdsi city, member of the Menu: Older: Boys’ Parliament, was elected to the; cabinet at a caucus in Victoria. College! News in Brief Interesting Happenings Briefly Outlined for the Buy Baden Grey and Bruce Ontario THE DURHAM CHRONICLE mozsu'eetbymrsmdthatmselfde-uondgy.mammeYe-r's mmmm gtensehe firedtwodxots,onestflk1ngmymitunyshubeenundet !Eversmuaed1estandfl\eomermls-mm unaware-mean» ghzing him. According toHummel’sm- -â€"â€"o-â€"-â€" in; waived by mm m ufz§menthemdmersmedawother New armâ€"mm“ formandtumerettesumemba'sot ,___!onMainstreetMVO'clockBam-.mflkamtheymm,orauneof mum'mmm'nmcm- London,- -Frands Cardinal Bourne. the Roman Catholic ardabishop of Westminder. died Mondny nlsht. Be fence and the Indian Department are negotiating with the Indians, who, it was reported, favor the sale of the land. Final decision rests'witb the Indians. Calgary, Alta.â€"One of the finest summer militia camps in the Dominion will be established at Sarhee, seven miles south of Calgary. if negotiations for the purchase of 3,000 acres of land from the Sarcee Indian tribe are suc- cessful ,it was learned here recently. Regina, Sask.â€"New Year’s was held fittingly by Regina’s Japanese resi- dents. They partook of an 18-pound octopus, captured in the Pacific ocean and rushed here for the occasion. The Japanese say it tastes something like ish~, with a dash of oyters and a slight tang of liver. cape. It kept going through the rear window of the coupe. Ball was severe- ly cut by flying glass. jumped through the windshield f H. Ball’s automobile as he was ving along a highway was in a hurry to es- to buy a farm. George Hardy sold his farm to Fred Schumacher for 12,800 bushels of wheat. with. 10 years to pay. And, if Schumwher has a. bad year, no delivery of wheat will be made that year, which: will not count as one of the 10. No interest will be changed, Montreal ridings also. the courts on the grounds that the; New York __ A fool-and rabbi had performed his own marriage proof dance step that the p ceremony. Judge Gibsone in his de- ness man can trip to any m cision found no opposition to the oere- tripping also over his pan mony. according to rites and regula- was demonstrated last week tions of the Jewish faith. The judge dancing masters of America. in recognizing the validity of the mar- i riage ordered that it be entered with the registrar of civil status of the J .m- ish community. He found that failure] to register the marriage at the time it was contracted was due to an over- ight, Montrealâ€"If eligible, he may run on the Communist ticket in a Toronto constituency at the next Dominion elections, Tim Buck, secretary of the Communist party, said here last week. Buck declared there would probably be a Communist running in one of the 1'18 15 repuwu [0 08 we 010353 resment ‘ mumâ€"My little Mollie cm. or New anSWiCk. Although he has by, one-yw.old niece Of Bing Why, not been as active during the past year, singer, was recovering last Thursday age rests lightly on his ancient shoul- from an emergency operation perfm- ders. ed after her first Christmas dinner, She â€"â€"â€"°â€" topped ofl’ her holiday repast with a Quebec â€" Handing down judgment brightly-colored glass ornament from Thursday, Judge G. P. Gibsone upheld the Christmas tree. Doctors removed the validity of the marriage of Rabbi three splinters from her throat . Eliasofi which had been contested in| * Fredericton, N.B.â€"In the little back fment said the list would pmbahly 1 settlement of Zionville, six miles from political complexion. They said I the nearest telephone and the Post- that Prime Minister Ramsay Mac!) office of Taymouth, York County, Rob- "aid contemplated no immediate chat ert Evans Thursday quietly oelehmted in the personnel of the government, what he thinks was his 106th birthday.‘ _.__. He is reputed to be the oldest resident l Hollywoodâ€"Pretty 11mg Mollie c: of New Brunswick. Although he has by, one-year-old niece of Bing Cro: not been as active during the past year, singer, was recovering last Thurs age rests lightly on his ancient shoul- frnm on mnmn..-" mam“... ”we... WWW.” u («mmsmmtcmuumm Ila. mmfmmMotmmmmWMMa-u a... hopetobehometorm.mm WMdummgmmum mmmmmnnmmmtwmmwmum-mm Windsor,ashortt1memthentco¢ddm'm My night momma» hue Washingtonandthem far’ymmthedaymdoasdtbewmmup.m. The woumwhuehemempbyedtmummdmdmym onaranch. town-mm Mullvmfl‘ntm Saskatoon, Sask. â€"A large golden eagle tangled with a porcupine and came of! second best. Louis Orge, mem- ber of the sherifl’s staff here, has the eagle’s body, its wings, throat, breast and legs pierced with dozens of the por- cupine’s quills, ' Hummehteltaropedmwnmundmsstateotmmwmme city neck. Poncesuidfiummelltoldmemboudothenlth. 'mebou'dofheum heteitthempetightenandwasthmwndmemdwwmenesweredumpmz tothegrmmd. mumsmquuestthemddwofmmpesmtouu MondayHummellwas charged withdadrypastmesmdmemmeut- murder and committed for trial. Inc the (winnings and flavoring the Lovema Sask. â€" The bunny that Foreign Canada New York - A fool-and-elephant- proof dance step that the portly busi- ness man can trip to any tune withmt tripping also over his partner’s feet was demonstrated last week by the Pei-imam. Anoutundingiewureotthetnl __o.__.. WWMDYM'IMM NewOrleansâ€"‘mebabiesa-ied {amendiumerettaumembeuotl Imilkandtheygotwine,oratasteotvu'iousBoUI'Indml'll’l'hrmcmh wine. mmmwmmmmeaeamwm statement-lawman- eity inatterliie.l\lloveranaaulunl headache-lull. mmammmmmi mummmmmmtommthetm themaidueofpnsaedcnpesintomewrmtomnmvem dairypuulreeandtbecowswereeet-otmmincwulaldwhiletheywl hlgthedumplnssuldflavorlngthe manhunotfliebon'andgirls' (II milk. Thepolioeuid this practice dihdtheirdidliet. wouuld have to stop. Several examples of this were to' â€"-â€"0â€"- foundduringthepastweexatii London, Ens. â€" The King's New Royal Winter Fair in mm Inna it was said would be left for His Maj- esty' 5 silver jubilee celebration in the summer. Persons close to the govern- ment said the list would probably lack political complexion. They said also this year won the gold medal for lug that Prime Minister Ramsay MacDon- est standing in judging mm at the l ald contemplated no immediate change l m-munty judging competition. [.1 in the personnel of the government. g year he was a member of the suyu â€"â€"oâ€"â€"- ! Swine Club team. Cllflord Baldwick who had just shed their boys' and sir club feathers. For instance, there w Jack Rainbird of Stayner. Ont.. w! The Chronicle. Consider the Cow Some kind of advertising must be done if a business is to amount to any- thing. Either walking and talking or writing, or printing. But the least costly, most profitable and‘ dignified way is by the regular newspaperâ€" people pay for it. They value it and have faith in the advertisements in it. Well, business is somewhat like a cow. You’ve got to go out after it and round it up. The fellow with the milk pail between his knees may get some milk, but the odds are all in favor of the fellow who drives up the cow and feeds her. Of course not. You know better than that. Did you ever sit down in the pas- ture with a pail between your knees and wait for a cow to back up to be milked? If your advertisement were in this space as many.pe0ple would read it as are reading this. But your advertise- ment isn’t here, and people do not worry whether you are selling real estate, gasoline, peanuts or popcorn. Stonehouse Memorial Trophy and gold medal in the judging of Dairy Cattle, B! a former member of 11 Boys’ Film Club, at one time he was one of the most ne- tive memers of the Barrie Amshiu Heifer Club, and as such in 1980, with two other boys represented Ontario in the International Dairy judging compo- tition he‘d in England. And so on it goes. in all the pmmoes. the you: farm club member later graduates ml: the highly emdent farmer of Cmadn.‘ The world is divided into W