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» The province of Quebec is to have an elecâ€" tion on May 16th and although Liberal governments have been in power for thirty years, their record has been such that prosâ€" pects for the return of the present government . _ " Pufllished every Thureday by Divid Bean and Bong, Ltd. Waterioo, Ontario. suBscriprion RATEs QGne Year, in advance.............. . .$2.00 The commemoration of the Diamond Jubâ€" ilee of Confederation presents a signal opporâ€" tunity to .encourage the ‘closer study of Canadian history and to review the events leading up to the accomplishment of the union of the provinces making up the Dominion of Canada. It is fitting that there should be pride in Canadian achievement and stories of the courage and abounding faith in this country of the pioneers when it was but sparsely settled and reminiscences of the early history of the country during the past sixty ‘years, cannot fail to instil fresh courage and enthusâ€" iasm in the hearts of the people of the present lay. The lads and lassies who now fill our scnools will be the citizens of toâ€"morrow and it will help them to better do their part in fulâ€" filling the great destiny of this fair land, if they are strengthened and encouraged by the knowledge of how well their forefathers did their full share in bringing about the present prosperous conditions which obtain in Canada,. Local celebrations will give ample opporâ€" tunity to the Canadian people to take part in the festivities. To the newcomers especially, will there come, as a result of the commemoraâ€" tion of the Diamond Jubilee of Confederation, a deeper realization of the meaning of Canada,| the home of their adoption and the great possibilities of this great land of boundless ; resources and opportunities. & Neighboring municipalitie as well as friends throughout the province will join in congratulating the city of Guelph on the atâ€" tainment of its one hundredth birthday and on her advancement and progress during the period which has elapsed since the founding of this well and favorably known centre. A pleasing feature of the day‘s proceedâ€" ings was the presentation of a beautiful oil painting of John Galt to the city by his desâ€" cendants. The observance of the centennial of the city of Guelph served to present an occasion on which to recall the incidents leading up to the establishment of the city, to pay a tribute to John Galt, who played such an important part in the founding of the municipality and to direct attention to the achievement of her native sons who have gone forth into the world and brought honor and fame to the city‘ of their birth. (e The memory of John Gait, the founder of the city of Guelph, was on Saturday fittingly honored by the citizens of that municipality on the occasion of the one hundredth anniverâ€" sary of the founding of the city. A bronze tablet erected as a memorial to the illustrious fownder was unveiled in the city hall while a maple tree was planted in his name in Priory: Park near the spot where the first tree was felled on the site of the present prosperous city. The. new year is again bright with promise and the Waterloo bands, judging by their past records, will in the coming months, again fully measure up to the high standard of former years. Bandmaster Thiele continued to give most efficient service and is indefatigable in endeavâ€" oring to promote the interests of the organizaâ€" tion. He combines an extensive knowledge of music with tne ability to impart that knowâ€" ledge to his bandsmen who, in giving him loyal and efficient support, make possible the splenâ€" did accomplishments of the organization, | GUELPH CELEBRATES CENTENNIAL The reâ€"election of Councilior Toletzki to the presidency of the organization for the sixth successive â€" term _ reflected the _ general acceptance with which Ite nas filled the posiâ€" tion while the return of the other officers also indicated solid satisfaction with the adâ€" ministryion of ifs affairs by last year‘s executive. The annual meeting of the Waterloo Musical Society held last week again directed attention to the accomplishments of this orâ€" ganization which throughout the past year has been an important factor in favorably adverâ€" tising the town through the musicianship of its bands. In the concerts given the splendid reputation of this fine musical organization has been maintained and enhanced while its programs have delighted the music lovers of the community. in United States, per year........ . ..$250 ADVERTISING RATES On application. Advertising copy must reach the office not later than Monday noon to insure insertion. QUEBEC TO HAVE ELECTION Watertoo Chronicle |»«« CANADA‘S DIAMOND JUBILEE THE WATERLOO BAND MAINTAINS & HIGH REPUTATION $1.25 The year‘s statement is one in which Presgident ‘Thornton and all those who have had to do with the results achieved, can take justiâ€" fiable pride. The signal achievement of Sir Henry in putting the railways on a paying basis within the short period of five years in which he has had charge of this vast railway system is an accomplishment meriting the highest praise. While it is recognized that returning prosperity has been of materia) assistance in securing the results obtained the system has unduestionably been administered with an nn-l usual degree of efficiency. Henry Thornton, president of the Canadian National Railway system, the net earnings of the. government roads during the year 1926 were more than sufficient to pay all fixed charges due the public, the annual interest on the securities held by the public totalling nearâ€" ly $40,000,000. It is gratifying to note that the net earnâ€" ings of the publicly owned system exoeeded‘ $48,000,000 last year as against $33,000,000 in 1925, or an increase of $15,000,000. Operating revenue totalled $275,000,000 as compared with $253,000,000 in 1925, an increase of $22,000,000. There has been a marked decrease in the operating ratio from 86.83 in 1925 to 52.50 in 1926, indicating that the road has been economically administered. With an increase of $22,000,000 in gross earnings there was an increase of but $1,000,000 in transportation exâ€" penses. «22 Ne plecirical News emphasizes this rebate will form a very profitable agricultural investment for the province of Ontario and will give another boost to the campaign for the use of electricity on the farm, attract new farms and hamlets and act as a further deterâ€" rent to the young people and farm laborers who have a tendency towards migrating to the cities. This form of investment, it adds, if actively pursued throughout the Dominion by! all the provinces, should go a long way towards solving our immigration difficulties, for an allâ€" electric farm with cheap power has many attractions. It is interesting to observe that the Comâ€" mission during the past year, installed more than 700 miles of new rural lines and added nearly 5,000 new rural consumers. There are now over 32,000 rural consumers and nearly 2300 miles of rural lines in the province of Untario. The real expansion of rural distribuâ€" tion has taken place since 1921 when the Provincial Government provided a bonus of fifty per cent. of the cost of the primary disâ€" tribution lines, later supplementing this in 1924 by extending the bonus to all construction work in connection with distribution, which left the consumer fo pay only for his individual line and electrical appliances on his own prop-l erty. The campaign for the use of electricity on the farm has been given increased impetus by the decision on the part of the Hydro Electric Commission, tq rebate an average of 20 per cent. of the last annual bill of consumers. It is estimated by the Commission that the rural consumer, saves, due to this bonus, from $14 to $20 on his yearly bill which in the majority of cases ranges from $60 to $125, depending upon the type of service he requires and upon his location. Many rural telephone users in Waterloo County will benefit by the rebate. _ It will be interesting to observe whether compensation will be asked for in view of expenditures made in connection with the project by the promoters. \ The recent decisive defeat of the Georgian Bay Canal Bill was not surprising in view of the strong protests lodged against the measure by municipal and public organizations and the press throughout the country. It was made emphatically evident that public ownership has a solid body of opinion supporting it. 13 an . power. Premier Taschereau has worked for the development of his province along progressive lines and it would appear that his record, which _ Among the achievements of the adminisâ€" tration have been the building of three thousand miles of colonization roads and the erection of 750 steel bridges while all the imâ€" proved roads of the province have been taken over and maintained by the government with a mileage of 6500 miles. country while the rural districts by reason of the generous policies carried into effect with respect to roads, bridges, charities, schools and other services, are also likely to strongly supâ€" port the present administration of Premier T-ehauu'holu.bmlldi.mm during which a surplus of $12,000,000 has been accumulated. CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS ARE ON PAYING BASIS water powers and aided in According to the annual As the Electrical News empliasizes A PROFITABLE AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT Eind SBel B hn lic 4. Snb tsnnd :su £CCUORU, WEIIEUI excellent one, will ensure his return to HAS MANY SUPPORTERS report of Sir All of the timeâ€"honored customs of prorogation, from the booming of guns to the leutenant gowérnor‘s military escort, were observed, and an unusually large number of memâ€" bers and others witnessed the cereâ€" The hope was expressed in the speech that a fitting celebration of the diamond jubllee of Confederaâ€" tion would draw closer the people of the Dominion. It also noted the extension of the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway, work on which would be commenced in the near future. it was stated that the delay in developâ€" ment of the St. Lawrence river made necessary the early utilization of the powers of the Ottawa river. | _ "It is earnestly hoped that the lnew law will promote better condiâ€" tions throughout the province," said the lieutenant governor. The speech said that by adherence to the prinâ€" ciples approved by the electors, the government had enlisted a degree of public support for the measure which should ensure the most favorâ€" able conditions for its operation and enforcement. Hydro Legislation ‘The further extension of hydro power undertakings, ensuring addiâ€" tional power when needed, were mentioned in the speech as having been approved during the session. the speech from the throne, read by His Honor W. D. Ross, Heytenant governor, in proroguing the Ontario legislative assembly. LEGISLATURE PROROGUES; LEGISLATION REVIEWED An appeal for the coâ€"operation of the people in an endeavor to adminp ister the government control law in a manner to promote better condiâ€" tions in the province, was made in book is said to have its setting in Ontario, a fact which will add inâ€" terest to its publication from a naâ€" tional standpoint. News of the award came from Boston and was confirmed by Hugh S. Kayrs, President of the Macmillan Company of Canada, Miss de la Roche‘s Toronto publishers. ‘The the autumn by Little, Brown & Co Boston. TORONTO WRITER AWARDED > $10,000 PRIZE FoR NOVEL; High honor comes to Canadi;ni literature through the winning of a $10,000 prize for a novel by Miss Mazo de la Roche of 86 Yorkville Avenue, Toronto. The prize, , which was won against 1,200 competitors, from the United States, Great Briâ€" tain and other lands, was given by The Atlantic Monthly, which has been for generations one of thel soundest and ‘best edited periodicals in the English language. ‘ The book which wins the prize is \ "Jalna," which will bé published in | Mr. Morrison stated that he beâ€" lieved Miss Macphail‘s letters were read widely throughout her riding. "In the countryâ€"up in her own ridingâ€"," said the U.F.O. secretary, "it won‘t have much effect." ATTEMPT TO PUT MISS AGNES MACPHAIL ouT OF PoLITICS? "A plot of both the old parties to stir up prejudice to put her out of public life," is the summary of the Agnes Macphail letter incident by J. J. Morrison, secretary of the United Farmers of Ontario. "It‘s part of the political game,". said Mr. Morrison. "The less said about the letter the better." | Mr. Morrison said that it was not. the first time the same attempt had been made. But repeatedly Miss Macphail had been able to weather the storm, and he was sure that she would this time. This. makes the third action pending in the courts following the purchase of a filtration plant rights by the Commission from a member of the Commission. THOROLD COMMISSION DEFIES TOWN COUNCIL The answer of the Public Utilities Commission to the demand of. the Town Council for their resignations, and the passing of a byâ€"law to subâ€" mit the question of the abolition of the Commission to the electors, was received when each member of the town council of Thorold was served with a writ for mandamus proceedâ€" ings. The writ gives notive that a motion will be made in Osgoode Hall on ‘Tuesday, April 19, for a mandamus required the Mayor and Council to pass all byâ€"laws and reâ€" solutions . necessary . to provide money required by the Commission. the Association for four years prior to his death, and since its inception he had been President for a total of eleven years He was born near Woodstock, N.B., and arrived into the High River district of Alberta from Montreal in 1887. He is surâ€" vived by three sons, Jowel, Milton and Arthur. * 1 FaAMOUSs PERChHERON . . BREEDER PASSES AwaYy IN ALBERTA W. ‘B. Thorme of ‘Aldersyde, A} berta, cofounder with the late George Lane of the Canadian Perâ€" cheron Horse Breeders‘ Association, died at his home recently, aged 79 years. He had been President of _ CANADA‘S EVERGREEN PLAYGROUND! _ SMALL CYCLONE atT cHEsLEY ; Buildings â€" were demolished or _ damaged and trees uprooted when a _ severe whidstorm struck the southâ€" _end of Chesley recently following a _ day of unusual warmth for this seaâ€" son of the year. The gale was acâ€" 'companied by an electrical disturbâ€" ‘ance and heavy rain. The miniature .cyclone evidenced its first violence near the C.N.R. station. The C.N.R. ‘freight shed near by was completeâ€" ly demolished and the contents left exposed to the rain. Just beyond the freight shed is a weigh house, the roof of which was carried clear across the street and deposited on the lawn of a dwelling opposite. A few feet farther a cluster of mounâ€" tain ash trees, each 12 inches in diaâ€" | meter, was uprooted and leveled to the ground. The east wing of Krug Brothers furniture factory was next visited. A large section of the roof of this building was blown into strips and carried over 100 feet over the top of the building and across into a side street. The wooden supâ€" porters of the roof were left lying in all directions, and pipes wrenched from the sprinkler system of fire protection were deposited in the gutter. This pilfering was conducted on a wholesale scale, as nearly of quite 300 documents belonging to the United States Government were stolen. These documents were turnâ€" ed over to President Calles of Mexiâ€" co, who, when that fact was disâ€" covered, delivered them to the State Department. f DOCUMENTS sTOLEN Pilfering of the United States Government‘s confidential corres pondence relating to Mexico has been established through investigaâ€" tion which dovetails with the subâ€" ject matter of the "mystery note" delivered to the Mexican Foreign Office recently by James R. Shefâ€" field, the United States Ambassador in Mexico City. | LARGER RED CHAMBER URGED IN REPORT OF SENATOR Addition of new galleries on the east and west sides of the Senate Chkmber at a cost of approximately $110,000, is ‘recommended in & re port presented" to the Senate by Senator Belcourt, Chairman of a special committee appointed to conâ€" sider ‘ox\nhtionl covering invitaâ€" tions and seating of guests at the opening of Parliament. J NEARLY 300 U. 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