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A ste`ady roar fr 30 minutes and a positive cure for the blues. Don -t miss it. as t1ier"{vii17'i{c; be another Chaplin picture for ov'er'tW0 months. In addition to above, a 3-I-col feature will be shown entitled J No. 9 of the Series This t.ime'Cha.rlie acts the role of a. policeman and cleans up on the toughs on Easy Street. T ope.-3* Munday and Tuesdayfj . FOR I HJETUQIER3 . 14th MAY 15th! Barrie Markets W. G. Malcomson Thursday, "May 19171. CHARLIE CHAPLIN Am&mb@ . anncdl CaIrnag@% EASY STREET Vheat.. .. .. $2.7 vheat .. .. . . '.. .. .. .. $2.3 r.. .. .. $1.2 . .. ., $1.7 : Chicken .. 2 owl'.. .. 1 you no 00 0.000001 `oc rt so Of 0`! eoS9 lbOa`gIl..`IO..OI...O.' `.. ma ring 'HE .U_nder_signe`I, hit _a I Paint Shop over Hux- tnble n Garage, next the Wellington I-loteVl,wI':ere' he is prepared to do Prices on Application. no -u 7- -r-- -- -- -' High-clau Painting 0 Automobiles and Car- riages. Mike your ar- rangqments now to have your Car or Buggy IQ- pnintod. T V-IN-- . MIDI-IUIIST . . `School Report for April Sr, IV-James Handy, Clarence Ward, Melville Wattie, Frank Garvin. Jr. IV-a-Katherine Pear- sall, Agnes, Horan,_Elsie Horton. Sr. rIII---Lottie Coohrane. `Jr. III '-Roy-Schandlen, Mary Salisbury, Gertrude Harmon, Willis Handy, EllaVSa_lisbury, Rosie Salisbury, `Roy Hermon. Sr. II g-- Lloyd `Spence, Mary Woodrow, Morley Sehandlen.' Jr. II-A--Gladys Mon- teitb," James Pears`al-l,' .H1'1_nte`r Russell, Evelyn Dunn, George -Salisbury. Sr.` I-"-Hugh Andross, Annie Storey, Florence Handy, `Gladys. Woodrow, Eddie Schande - len,-Walter Craig, `Edith Hermon, Mary Coutts, Percy Frankcom, Bobbie Fieldhouse.. PI-imer_`A-- WhitfordGil1', Harry Horton, Nel-. - `lie Donel-lyr, Lizzie Donelly. Prim- er B---Alice Shannon, Chester L Andross~.--Miss Gallagher, Teacher, ' , y _ V` In mntmning the home-com-_V ing or C. W. Gentle_m`an last week,` his rank was-inQ,o'rre<;'t1y given`as .].anc'e-Corpor'al.` He is an Ex. Serigt.-%, having `had . the thr_ee VstAr'ipe's` b"c)th witIi"_t'heT 76th `and "in; "-, - ` May 9---Mrs. E. Sprott left yes-` terday for the. West, to stay for the summer months with J her daughter, Mrs. M. R. Goodfe-llow, lat Kin'ley,_S_ask. ;. 5. Mrs._Forbes lhas returned from the West and went at once to {Toronto to see her daughter, Mrs. P. Hook, who was veryill but is now much bet- ter. . . .Donald Jacobs, who has been in Parry Sound for three months working, was home for a ' few days . . . . ..A mysterious re occurred `a week ago Sunday morning when the house occupied by the VValler family-and owned by Capt. Bird, was completely de- stroyed. -There was some insur- ance. . . .Gardening is now in full up swing here. Everyone intends to grow all he can as it isso much needed to reduce the high cost of living. May 7`-- Miss Eva Spring and Miss Alma Ferrier have returned homcafter spending three months in the city . . . . . .Quite` a number from around '-here attended the memorial service for Chas. Dyer at Holly last Sunday... .Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton and Mr. and Mrs. llorner motored from Keswick and spent Sundaywith Mr, and Mrs. Roht. Thompson . . . . . . Mr. and Mrs. E_d._ Sloan of `Churchill and Mrs. Herb. Wilson of Toronto motored here and spent. "Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Wm.,.Bo_vd. . . s Mrs. Campbell and son, Cliarles Campbell, ,spent last Friday with her daughter, Mrs.` J. Ferguson. '. . . .Mr'. and Mrs. Dan. Mcconkey, their two daughters and Harvey Forbes motored from` 'I__`oron_to and spent Sunday with the form; er s sisters, Mrs. Hunter and,Mrs. Forbes. . . .Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Gle- men-ts, accompanied by Mrs. Jno. "Hughes, motored to Toronto and spenta few days the're last week`; ~- . . . . Much "sympathy is extended to Fred. Peacock in the sad news which he" received or his brother, Dr. Parker Peacock, who was killed in- an automobile accident in C`a~lga_ry',. ' ' ' ' '.Mrs.j John Campbell -has3 been. poorly for a `few days. Mr's.?- lillizabeth Bell Howard, ',after an, i_l.lness lasting mostly throughthe winter, passed away on April_28_ at the home of her daughter, Mrs. F. S, Priest, with whom` `she has been living for-the past five years Deceased was born in Ireland.in' 1832. Her parents came to. Can- ada the same- year and settled `near.Peterborough. She- lived to see` all `the 4 various changes, from wilde_rnessf_t`o presentcondi- tions. She was a passenger `on the_ first train from Millbrook to Peterboro. In 1859 she married the late John Howard who died at Oshawa in 1896. -`Be-sides Mrs. Priest, deceased leaves two sons in Chicago, who annually visited her [for many years. The late Joseph Bell, of Waverley and.An_ drew -Bell, formerly-of Miesing, were brothers. Surviving mem- bers are, a brother (Wm.) in Calgary, andthree sisters, Mrs._ Robertson of Haliburton. Mrs. Anderson of Peterboro and Mrs . Robinshaw of Cleveland. A short service was conducted at her late residence on Sunday. by Rev. Mr. Herman of Craighurst, and on Monday the remains were "taken! to Oshawa for interment,- Mr. Manning of Simcoe St. Methodist Church there, officiating. 8- - V -------- -7---- . I - May` 9-`-A`ll'an' "Knapp ; of "Gar.-! den Grove, C.alif., wh`o"has been! here _for' some. days" renewing? friendships", `Started gm th6 Ij'e_I turfrrjourneyi on Monday. V His; many friends were \very glad to see him once again. - Ne ws from 'TavmshipsA ` :;.r.m,?`o.j.* .# BELLE awnnr cunIm._s srnoun . If `you have anything to sell, patronize _The `Examiner and Saturday Morning. Adletcolumn. Some person may want what. you have `to sail. - 4 -' 1 . ORAIGVALE May 8'--Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Fa- gan of Midland spent the'we'ek- end with__friends here. . . . .Gorp. Armstrong of `Toronto. is- holi- `daying with his sister,'Mrs. Par- sons, here. .Serg`t._Major White- wood visited friends in Toronto this week. .;. .,Word received this week from some of the- Craigvale `boys, now on` active service `in ;France, tells that they were a- mongst therst to go over the top of `the trenches in the last -`gre'at.advance`of the Allies. They were also among the; lucky ones who returned uninjured. II'1euu.s. , Mrs. _C. E. Dutcher spent a couple` of days recently in Barrie with hervmother, Mrs. F. Grey. u nu ll.LIl\I vvnn IAAJtJI\Jll&\JJbU uaauu-o Their many friends in Thorn- ton extend to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rankin sincerest sympathy in the loss of theirsson, Pte. Frank, who was killed in action about Apr. 10- FIWI... II7'-..........'I.. T.....t.!.L.-.1... -.II uau-As uuuvuu Anrrhn -Iv The Women s Institute will meet in the Temp_erance`_Hall on Wednesday afternoon, May 16, at 2.30. A `full attendance is re- quested, as there is some very important business to be consid- ~ered,; also the election Of officers. 1' l\ C1..--.I.`I...... -1` f'l1.~........l..~ .........L `3`f d".'s"ci 1Ie of. Tor3ht6'pErIi a day or so recently here with friends. ' I\F\I'va~.Il&_ In 1-1 is I I I \.cA uuv vvusngu Henry has purchased the nld blacksmith shop and will make it into an implement shed. 7`lVl..,.1.. .~......-- 1'..!,.....J.. 3... 7'IVI..A-.-. 1.1 }.v\.~sn.'a; 5.7 nnunun The collection next Sabbath in St. Jude s Church will be given to the Women s Institute to be used for Red Cross work. oh Ma; Left "@3055 `v"v;;"EJ& from O`ttawa_ that Pte." Charles Samuel Dyer, 1st.gC.M.R. Bnl; had _made the supreme sacrice in France between April .7 and 10. Pte. Dyer was 25 years of ag.e and the fifth son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. `W; Dyer. He learned the barber trade inBarrie under A. Wice. ` From there he moved to Toronto and about five years ago went to the West. At._.th_e_ time of enlist- inghe was living at Portage la Prairie, Man. The 45th B11. was leaving for overseas under strength and Pte. Dyer joined to do his_bit. Being unable to come home to` bid -farewell to his par- ents he requested them to meet him at North Bay which they did. They only had twenty minutes with hiin,.which indeed seemed short after not seeing him for four years; His Battalion _left Halifax on the Lapland t_`9r Eng-. land_about March 16, 1916. He -wastraining only a few weeks in England when he was sent to France. In letters received quite recently he `spoke of the good the chaplain was doing to keep up the courage of the boys. He spoke particularly of the battle of the Somme as being the worst he had ever been in. He said it was only -`God who brought him through safely. as he never ex- pected to come'through it alive. Thelast word received from him was written April 6, stating he was well and had, received mail from home. Rev. C.`W. Reynolds preached the memorial sermon to a large number of friends on ' Sunday. .He leaves his `father and mother, seven brothers and one ..sister,, A. M.,'..W'. W., -and H. C., all of Saskatchewan; Scrgt. A_. W. 177th Bn., Morley, Flnyde" and Elmer at home. and Miss Flora Dyer of Toronto. Mists Ethel Cohbett, teacher at Uhthoff, spent over Sunday with her-parents here. rnl..- ...;n....L:..... .....-.4 o..I..1....u.. :. In 3}:-Qo `Vniu-tea. `Ask for our mvmn; moms AD which will be sane}, me. It A IIIIIX A II A IIIIIII . I &\lQlAr CIAIV WVVIIIIIIK IIOBI nrv -v-'_- _ MARION.& MARION. '7:- v bu .Unlvn.nltv `at. uqgugns, [ The Late Pto.' G. 8. Dyer . }(From our Holly Correspondent) 1 r\,- `Ill , THORNTON. PT 5: ' has more care -or thought devoted to it than-the handling of` bag- ' gage, for ghetraveller owes so No depar,t1neIit'of the e. 13. R.` much of his good` temper and .his trunks are handled carefully . and delivered on itime. j The a- m -mount of _b.aggagf.e handled "on so large a" system is 'p'henqmenal-- n'oV.less than $899,652? individual ` pieces being fofwarded during _ _the year} .19:1_5.;~ There must have. . been ,'quit`e Ha ,I_iuAmb`er< of femilies _"comfort to the knowledgethatl I ` Thursday Wholesale, "Prices. Fall. Wheat. . . . . . $2.75-$2.85 Buckwheat . .' .. .. $1.25 Peas .. $2.35.-$2.65 Oats, .. .. .. .. .. 70-750. Barley .. $1.25-$1.30 Rye .. .. $1.70-$L80 Spring Chicken 20c.-22c. u o 0 c . 0 0` 0 0 Ducks 15 to "180.- Turkey .. ......28c-30e. Butter. .. ..42c-44c. Eggs .. .. .. .. _30e-3-2c Potatoes, bag . . ,. . . . .. $4.00 Hay . . . . . . .`.$10.00-$12.00 Wool, washed, `lb . . .v.50e-520. Wool, unwashed, lb .. . 35c.-`37c. ` Beef Hides, cured: . . j. . 210.220. Beef Hides, g/reen . . `.~. 20-.210. Tallow,~ rendered, 2 lb . . . `Jo-1:00. "Sheep" Skins . . . .`$2.50-$3.50 Horse Hides .. .. `$5.00-$- 7.0.0 Horse. Hair, lb . . `. . . . . ._35 ` Lamb Skins" . . ..$1.00-'$3,.5'0 - Calf Skins, `green ,. .. 25c. Flour (Ontario) .. .. . ., $12.50 Flour (Manitohz'1`) ,. . . ~,_$1 3.-50 Bram; ton . . ' .. .~ {p.838}-.839 Shorts, t'on.. .-.. .. $43-$45, Alsike Seed . . .~ 2 .. $7.5o;s9,_oo Red Glover Seed . Our little systems havetheix-_day;. "1t`a;5:"a9a`a7 =~`:u:;; ;;;`b:;; ;;:,z' forgotten." ` ' They have their day` and cease to be, - ' Theyare but broken lights of thee And Thou,.O Lord, art more ' than they. I Mr. and Mrs. Ja,mes.Rand, Shanty --Bayi 'GILCHRIST--In Buifalo, on Apr. I 20, Florence ..Nelles, helovedl wife of Harvey Gilchrist, and! daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jos.' Nelles of Toronto, formerly of Sanford St., Barrie. ' TRASK--On May 9, Sylvia May; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Trask, aged 2 yrs., 4 mos., 13 . days. - . . TAYLOR:-On Tuesday, May 8, Mrs. Taylor, wife of Rev. Edgar ,' B. Taylor Allandale, aged 59 years. ' . In loving memory of our dear daughter, Frances, who was call_~ ed_ from this life -to higher service `II --- E 1011! |6AI...........A 'l_--1 _`_L (1AVANAGH_'---On May 14, to Mr. and Mrs. F. H. J Cavanagh, Thessalon, a son. . (.-IARTNER--o In Allandale, on _ April 30, to Corporal and Mrs. Hy. Gartner, Centre St., a daughter. . KEETCH--At the R.'V. Hospital, on Saturday, May 5, to Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Keetch, a son. SMAILE-- At the Ancrum `Brae! Hospital, Stratford, on May 4,] to Mr. and Mrs. Smaile, a _`daught.er (Mary Santina). WIGE-._At, Willowburn, on May 3, to Mr. and Mrs. Alvin H. Wice, a son (Lorne McDonald) BURGER--O11 Wednesday, May 9, to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Burger, Allandale, a son. 7 . careful Baggage I-landllnlg. rs nitznvsru-n`~:v\`:\v\l> A` `LA I1 n In Memo:-iam -BORN PAIINTIINGI Consult the `impression uppermost in your mind and you will find that you think of this car as very carefully and very conscientiously made. ` This very general and instinctive feeling isof course a reflec- tion of the,actual facts. ~ \_ ` People think of the car in this light because of their high opinion of Dodge Brothers as manufacturers. , . That good opinion is justified by the performance of the car, _i by its economy and efficiency, and by the fact that even the first two years very large production did not develop. a single fault. If ybu wish to see how the Dodge stands up to the work in the most difficult tests, see the beautiful film AT THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE, BARRIE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, MAY 11:1. AND 12a. % (in addition to regular programme). L1v1Nc;s'roNEI`& BRILLINGER Through Death _s vaney in a % Dodge Motor Car. ENDURANCE QE)ALmEs~ It will /pay you to visit us and examine this The gasoline consumption is unusually low. The tire mileage is unusually high. Touring Car or Roadster, $1185, F.O.B., Windsl AGENTS. DUNLOP ST., BARRIE (957 Miles of Wonderful Scenery) fiIhs__.G!9a#%+9.!estin | Extra copilg of this issue may be obtained at'this ofce or at the bo_okstores of Walter `Scott, J, IG._Kee_'n,b.n or Roy stone. Also, {at ' .H'arryj' Fishr. s _sto're, .Gooks-_ wtown, '.'l`hrg.e oer;1t_s_ pg :-' ooiby`. l The most. convincing proof of the care with which baggage is handled on the C.P.R. is given in the figures of claims paid on loss, damage,'pilferage. Out of nearly eight million pieces of baggage handled, the _amount paid on loss was only $1,791.7.9; on ,damage only $1,669.08; and on pilferage` only $571.07, the cost to the company in these re- lspects being only five cents per `hundred parcels. - This is a record of which Mr. J. 0. Apps, the popular general .baggage agent of the Canadian Pacific Railway, "may well be proud, an is sufficient to show that the so-called baggage smasher" has been entirely elim- inated, if indeed-he ever existed, between Digby, N.S., and Victor- ia, B.C..'.,. ` - on the move, for the list includes 28,309 ha_by carria_ges. Milk cans form an `important element in the work _of the baggage depart- ment, as ?in order to ensure the rapid delivery of milk from the farm to the city dweller passen- ger trains are used. The total number of milk cans forwarded during the year 11,16 was 1,162,- I472. ' I _:--273 vjxt l._.EAVE 'ronou1'o 6.40 P;iI.'nA'|L7 :la ""l'I-IE PIONEER nou'rE."| Great ` Lakes Steamship Service For w1NNIP1q_g;a_ VANCOUVER Via owl-in souuo STEAMSHIP MANITOBA. leaves Owen sound at mid- night each THURSDAY (con- necting train leaves Toron- to 5.25 p.m.) for Sault Ste. Marie, Port Arthur and Fort William. * sanvucz via Polrr memo- oLL commences JUNE 2. Partloulars from Canadian Pacic Ticket Agents or W. B. l_-IOWARD, District Passenger Agent, Toronto, Ont. ": 9, Windsor. with Harold Lookwo'od. These floating toys should not be used-at, any other time, as they would then lose their int`-r- est, and would fail in making the bath a pleasure. 6GFI1'I...... ........~.._....... :. ..l.'...l...l a\r\lJ AI\OIIlI ll IJIKJKIAUIZVJI The expense is slight, and the saving` on the nerves of the mother and to the temper of the child is. very great. It is much better to; have him come to his bath with a smile than to compel him by force or with threats. The less` ill-ltemper you provok _in`~_the child, the better. _ L , Ask` for m..;a-. and `am no Votlioir. ' ` L ` , ' A 1:0-Otel` and baby Vswgn may` he bought at ten and ve cents each. Tie these to- gether and to a sponge with bright ribbon, and the bath he- comes a delight. Fish and other toys in diffe_rent sizes are also for sale. A top that spins in the water was among the Christmas novelties. ?`A child who does not wish tn take _his bath, she says, `-`may be taught to enjoy it by having oating toys added to it. Please a child while Giving Him ' His Bath The child who likes taking his bath is an exception. (The maj- ority of them look askance at this`_ process of rubbing and scrubbing. Kathleen E. Steacy has a novel idea of how this bug- bear may he made pleasant for the child. Plan Your Va_%i3wTriv "W POINT AU BARIL IHUSKOKA LAKES KAWARTHA LAKES . LAKE MAZINAW FRENGI-I and ' PIGKEREL RIVERS RIDEAU LAKES SEVERN RIVER are dellightful resorts and easily reached via c.P.l-`I. car. V I Page lllno V First. show 1.30. `PI-loos Band '11 cents. " -' _