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Columbia Records 85c`p% $65.60 \ Page Save L You wi there were ' the City of REGISTRATIONS FOR THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 1916: V Autos ` Commercial " - ~A l"1...'\".~..~` These figures would indicate that we have little or no opposition in small cars selling near the Ford prices. Another interesting fact is that"there`were 14 Ford cars sold for Commercial purposes, no Chevrolet cars, no McLaughlin cars, no Dodge cars, and only one Over- land and one Gray Dort. This is another good indica- . tion of the service the Ford gives. -_ You will notice that for the Province of'Ontario thx, total number of licenses issued for the ver makes of cars mentioned` above is as follows: H OVERr.`AiI'\l';.:..:.':.':..:: ' DODGE 22 GRAY DORT .. .. .. 22 There were 49 Ford cars bought for commercial. hpurposes, no Chevrolets, four McLaugh1ins, two Over- lands and one Gray Dort. V _ The above gures certainly indicate the popularity of the Ford car, the true value and the selling value of the 'di`erent makes of cars. 12 '10` LIST OF REGISTRATIOHS FOR TORONTO O0TOBER;1916: ` ` ' --|`1'\a\ A 170` 21 112 58 10 21 70 11 10 26 10 will notice that during the month df Ogtober - ...1 kn... v\l'|I 1Y 'l'i`n~m-i n-3-nu 1'1-n fT0tall ` 1017. '. R. VHUXTABLE, McLAUGHL|N OVERLAND ..::.t: CHEVROLET .. DODGE H.. GRAY DORT .'. Ill IJUPIUU buau uuzlxxo ua-u m.----..-- V- 157 licenses taken out for new Ford oirs in Toronto. The next nearest gures show: "FORD .. CHEVROLET . . . . McLAUGHLIN . . OVERLAND . . . . . . .' .' ' Name Renew- als New 1 4 35 Clornrnercial [Renewals New .10 14 ` BARRIE 13 11 Total "IH`(')`i1Vi 49 1066 '2-G_rin1d 171 22 128 61 20 14 22 13 82 12 -14 18 10 35 10 this 'l'huI5sday,:D`eoember 14, 1919 9 (Qontintledtfrom page 1) which was aptiy described as the nearest thing to _In0thering athat could be given to the boys in the trenches so far from -home ' Capt.` Pearson was twenty `months-in France and could eas- ily occupy the time at his dis- posal in describing just.one of 'the 'many\days experiences._ He H was first loaned to the British [Government to inquire into and `try and remedy-the social life of. lithe British troops, whose base was at Rouen. The French peo- Iple were making many efforts to V -entertain the British in that great city. This `excessive hos; pitality `washaving _a deteriorat; ing effect on. thecondition of t-he men, and Y.M.C.A. branches were opened there to offset it, and were frpost successful from their inception`, somuch so that the British War Office donated 15,- 000 forthe extension of the work to other centres where British troops were stationed. L .1....L......,... 4`un.n `MILITARY --vii wonx y AT BATTLE FRONT Ecapt. Peason Told Eng:-ossln auA-_,, -1; nI-___'Al_- II II 5 I \1n.\4 u-4v...-v--v.. l.\.l`4V.JbJ 1' Just a Ypres, where all is now ruin, the Y.M.C.A. had a hut back about ` -21%; miles from the ring line. Around this building the men of t.he lst Division used to besport themselves at football and base- `ball .in. supposed comparative safety, and from this building, on April 22, 1915, was seen the `retreat of the" French Morrocan soldiers and artillery after the first gas atta'ck launchedby the Huns. It was about 5 p.m..when a man called the attention of those presentto a brown cloud rising over as little wood, some distance away, but of courseit was seine time before the nature of it was` found out. The dark- ness and confusion increased, Ypres wasagain shelled, the civ- ilian population came down the road past the huts In all manner of conveyances, walking, stumb1_ ling` blindly, and so-me `even were being removed in wheelbarrows -All were carrying some. articles lof apparel `or other persons be- longings, and the scene was one never to be forgotten; The road .-was blockedto transport, and the general scene was one of the utmost confusion. .. nu short distance `from 1 4 u-.u...\;~v v\.---.....__.__ A German air craft flew over our lines very low, and dropped red and green lights to give the enemy artillery the range of this ~parti_cu1ar road-and this was shelled, adding to the scene of horror and confusion. There was nothing between. them and the enemy at that m0II_1-ent but a few pieces of artillery. ' n-,-1 1'\_. ..-.._ If ntght `Pearson 9 with twenty men was on duty at the cross roads when a body of. troopscame up, and in answer to the query, Who goes there? stated they were the 1st Canad- ian Brigade (theywere of the 1st and 4th Bns.), and these men were going up to almost certain death to take over the line va- cated by- the French, and they did it. v V . 1`hey came up as steady as veterans and went out _into the _fury of that battle, and what they did and faced that night will never be adequately told. Their conduct in those trying days was such as to place them with the world s finest troops. They saved a situation fraught. with possib- ilities of the most dire kind, and nopraise is too great. IV` ,1` II.. -_- 1.-."--- ..V_, `_J__ All that night the staffof the Y hut, augmented by the chap- lains and a few assistants, serv- ed hot tea and sandwiches to the wounded men from the scene of `carnage. * 1'(!_-,_ --,_'l,, __-_____`]__] Extra co ies of the Examiner sale at the -bookstores "or t] and Satur ay Mormngj are on office.` -Three cents per copy. V-- -......;7 .. . One officer, sorely ,wounded. came along and, when offered as- sistance, asked them to go back * to,-the corner. and help some of his men, who were worse wound- ed than he, and when Capt. Pear; son and otherspwent back they. found a,nu'mbe'r of men helping each other as best they could- some wounded in the arms, some in the legs and all more or less incapacitated. They were so busyhelping each other that they forgot their `own wounds, and this spirit,- where small things are forgotten and all are united l to. help carry `on the war, is one V bright spot in the present strug- 'g1e.m- - _______~_.__-1.._.r__.... ..._ ... -{$rT-`J `i3w'_tH Y. `in. c. A'. Helps to Mot.her t.he Soldiers After reorganization, necessary after` the sacrifices at Ypres, the Canadians were placed into a flyeingeolumn for some. months when they landed at Ploegstraet (Plugstreet; the soldiers .call- it). This was a quiet place,` situated THE BARRIE EXAMINER AND SATURDAY MORNING The Grafonola is designed to play all makes of records as it has the steel, bre and the jewel point needle which requires no '\ changing. GARHETTS MUSIB STIJRE the Columbia before you make your choice` of any other machine. near the famous wood of that` name, and _had been held by one regiment-the Northumberlandsz --for nine months `without loss. On a sign hoard erected by this regiment was a statement em- bodying this fact, and some wit` tacked a notice to this stating that the Canadians had received one wood in good condition. Things like this livened the men up and they needed it. V ` .__-.._ ...._ -1--- .-.1` \Figures% That Ten My Other incidents were spoken of showing the lighter side of warn. fare, all of which tended to cheer the men. Stories of all kinds, particularly humorous, would he recounted in the Y.M.G.A. huts every evening, where a musical program was usually held also. Finally, General Alderson,i` commander of the _1st Division of Canadians, suggested the 4 building of a Y.M.G.A. hut back * of a little hill (Hill 63) 1100 yards from the German trenches and this was done. The expec- tati-on was that it would not last more than a day or so, but it was there for 91 days doing a magni- cent work for the soldiers of Canada in providing them with refreshments and amusement. `There was a pictureshow and the men flocked to it for the two performances given each night,; and the work done there by the! captain in charge, who_ died there, was of the kind that placed the men under great obligation to the Y.M.C.A. The officers of the Ytwere engaged in serving` the men that serve the country, ` and were thus aiding in the on- ` ly way possible. o ,_ , 11.- _1'_1..1. `J vvuwd lzv-.4-.a-q;-vs You will never know the debt you owe those men who are fight- ing in France. They are above all praise, is the` way Capt. Pearson charactemzed the men of Canada; , ,l nu`, 1__a 11.- r1.._..-..l ""ro1"`ii17h'sth last the Canada ii ians were "moved to near the}: Sanctuary wood where later the]? Germans, after a terrible shell ` re, succeeded in rushing the! trenches held by the 3rd Division, ! and at this point the Y.M.C.'A.-A was privileged to serve the men again as they had a hut erected` in the _Seottish lines," a little- makeshift affair, but better in its place than any picture palac here in Canada, and even Charlie Chaplin did his best in "bringing smiles to the faces of the men, Be sure to examine} i(3arrett s Nlusic Store P. L0.Box 178 B A R R I E Phone 259a % , Also Patterson s Drug Store, Allandale` You niay secure one from $15.00 up to $650.00 $20.00 l)edragglcd and mud c0vered,l who 1'locked_to the hut in the 1 evenings. I 1 1 rt` 1,,, n'I__1 _..._-_.... IIKFH` `\4 u \JlLlAA\IU The trenches that were lost were recovered againby the 1st `Division on June 9 and 10, after The following gures show the number of licenses issued forautos and commercial tr'uck~`s' for the City of Toronto for the month of October, 1916, an_dalso the registrations for the Province,of Ontario for the same month. These figures .are copied from the records of the Automobile branch of the Department of Public Works and Highways, and are compiled by Might Dir- ectories, Limited. . " ` -'.v.u-u-- v-- V--- -.__ a magnicent charge. The praise given to those`ba-ttalions that took part in the recapture of the trenches was of the highest or.- _der and General Byng and Gen-l eral Lipsett, after voicing theirl praise, stepped down into the ranks proud to be in company, that-fought as these men had fought. God bless you, men, and God bless your mothers, was what General Byng said." When I see these men, knowing what they did and suffered, I feel` ithat I could kiss their boots. l a. vvu- ..-..-., Our hearts are lled in honor`; of these men who have gone from Canada," said Capt. Pearson. -They have taken their places in history beside the greatest of Britain s troops and are doing their part as nobly, and I con- sider Canada s army as the most [wonderful in the world. ----~ ,l,',_,_-II_ VVUl.Ll.l\JL1uA 11.; vnnv ..-.... The Y.M.C.A. were continually` doing all in their power to assist those troops in any way and the men appreciate it greatly, but there is one thing the men do `not ;understand, and that is the pol- litical wrangling that is going one at present in Canada when all? should be united. These squab- bles as to who wasloyal and who was not made anything but good lreadingto the men in France.E where the thought was that all; must unite to bring this war to a! successful close. Petty politics; must not interfere, andthose re- maining at home must respond` in their hearts to the message of the men that there be unity. Canada must be made better, [towns and_cities will be cleaner lto live in, after the great strug_ piglet is ended. The message from ;'France is that we at home may ` try to match our lives with theirs 2 in service and! sacrifice. _,.___'.I__] ____,.j Columbia Gmfmmla in your home this Xmas? [I'LL 5.71.11. vsvv I.~A.A\.A -.,v.\....,\,. D Mayor ' Graig presided and] -made a `few rem`arks. ; At the `close, Mr. Boys earnestly com- `mended the work of the Y.M.C.A. `to the audience. ' 4 J ~--Upho1stering and furniture repairing done by competent workman at Dougallp Bros. Fur- niture Store., 37tf Will there,be a `$1 45.00 Autos . Renewals New 17- 143. Collegiate Notes The basketball schedule has been nished. The school cham- ,pi0nship in that game hasheen decided for another year. Last week the III Form team 1net:IV_B in the semi-f'1nals. A spirited game was the result. III won by three points. Culross, Pae and Simon played a great game for the winners, while Macdonald and Scott starred for the losers. It was a hard-f0ught game and the best of sportsmanship was shownsby /both sides. IVA dis- posed of II, but not too easily; .4- _ __:..L4 111' ._....J 111A On Tuesday night III and IVA met in the nal game. -Both teams were forced to substitute on ac- count of an absent man, so both suffered equally. Much to the surprise of the spectators, the 'first half seemed rather easy for Form III. By the end of it the score was" 9-3. But the Matric. {form were` not giving up then. `In the second twenty minutes they came back and at full time the score was 11-10. Simon, Guest and Culross played a hard game for Form III, the winners. On the losers side Fred Mac- donald. J. Boys and Hall showed up particularly,wel1. A feature of the game was the clean play- ing of both sides, and very few spoints were won by free throws. ,The small attendance was no- markable for such an important game. No members of the stall`, no ladies and but few boys were present. Last year the gym. was crowded by an interested gall- ery of all the members of the school mt- `n..-u.. AL... ..\,\.-.-.I.\.-. DUlllJ|Jl ; Mr. Heath, our popular in- estructor in Chemistry and Phys`- .ical Training", officiated as w- lforee throughout the schedule. He lled this difcult position to. ;the satisfaction of all c.nnce1'm-.1, gwhich is not an easy thing for a. `referee to do. ` f`l1I.-___ __Z'II L- ___ T7-_ l'V_II._-22 Music on both sides RIUIFILUU IIU ,\JlJo ;, There will be no Vnx Collrmsii 5this year, such being the de(~i {of the staff and the Lit. (`\'nC.. utive. A11 .._- ._._`I-._.__'l L- I--- II ,1 All are relieved to hear that there will be no more examina- tions this term. We look hark with horror on the last weekmnd session and hope for br~tl.er things in the future. `Dv\t\rv\ -11 ..,...,...L- Li..- _..1.._. .. You are welcome to call at our store and have them~ demon- strated. 91111150 111. |/110 JLLIAUIU. From all reports the play is progressing well. This is dun to theapparently tireless energy of Miss Burriss and to the hard work of the players. _ The a<~!m-s have a session from 4 to 6 nearly `every night. Beeton Wor1d-Governor Swan carries his left hand enclosed in a bandage since the con:vf-*I"}- tion on the county farm. In INS efforts to save as much of the contents from the devouriml` 010- ment as possible, he evidently narrowly escaped incineration. sustaining a severely burnt. hand, scorched neck and a hair smge. Renew- als New ' 82 945