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1th; '00, QDFTION 1 $12,000 IS ESTIMATE 0 0 0 on 0931' or CAMP ROAD --. Repo:-rat. Board of Trade--La|.)0r Bureau also Bepo_I-ts--Vwoekly I-Ialf I-loll/day Discussed. ` There was a fair attendance at the regular meeting of _the Board of Trade heldon Friday evening Two letters were reao "con- cerning industriale propositions which are being looked after,by the committee in charge of that work. ' ` T .-.1.-m 'l2'tnnnnn WUl'1S. Labor Bureau , 'D. Quinlan, chairman of the committee ~- looking after the es- tablishment of a labor; bureau, repvorted that the following names `had been added to the committee: Hector Cannerign, John Wattie; ~James Allang Alfred Hickling, Chris Hqrseld; Geo. Leslie, Wm. R'usk, W. J. Justice, Stephen Pratt, E. L. Higgs, A. F. A. Mal.- ~~- nnn nu turn nf thgse Uhrls t1O_I`SlIe1u, Uuu. W... .. Rusk, cornson. One or two of these men had been a'ssigned'to each Ward to ascertain what labor is available and steps willibe taken `to get in touch with the farmers --AM. an lnarvn the kind and a- LO LUUUII Wlbu uuu shunn--\.-~ in order to learn the kind mount OT labor that will he need- ed `on the farms in this section . Authority was givenmthe com- mittee to spend money for the necessary advertising. President Gross commended the committee, and said that it; was working along the right lines. , ' A-Ptnn {ha fgp ISILUI. uuu nu. _ The National "Service Board of Canada wrote suggesting the : appointment of a committee to consider the steps which Canada ` ought to take at this -time in "or--( der to be adequately prepared to 5 meet after-the-war conditions, ` which will arise when demobol_i- zation comes. The following are ' ` amongst the problems for which V Canada has to prepare: (1). The r absorption into"business and in-. dustriallife of some-half million. ` men at present under arms. (2) Readjustment of the occupations ` of an enormous number of men ' and women now employedin the` manufacture of munitions.. (3) New employment for women now temporarily occupying the posi- tion of men servingoverseas. (4) The large-immigration to be ex- pected after "the declaration of peace. n.. m,.+;m. n1 .1. A MacLaren 454th `Year : _ On motion of J. A 1 and A. G. McLellan, the President l was authorized to namea com`- mittee toreport upon this matter . at the June meeting. Weekly Half Holiday At the request of the President, '9; Mevmntilet Committee -uacl, a report on the question of the weelgly half holiday or closing at 5 p.m. The report was as fol- lows:--- A ` Your Committee has viewed . the matter from every standpoint" and has made enquiries with a view to obtaining the "opinions of.` `many business men as well as others in the community; also the opinion of merchants in Oril- Iia `where both plans have been tried, and your Committee is un- animous in recommending - that Barrie merchants agree to close Al.-T ---_._ ~ sol-gt. Gerald J. clayton` having ve sons on active ser- Mr. and Mrs.`John Clayton, Peel . St., have the proud distinction of vice. _These young men were all - born and `raised in Barrieand their record is [certainly a credit to their good old nativeitown. Two have already been wounded and a third has been through.-the Somme 1-r:__..... Diilmn hQf.f]l3.Q_' Ilnnao. s.- and A,fter the War D9311 l1lll'UU5Il~bIlU nun".-- Vim_y_ Ridge battles.` Iril ; 3450 copies 1 THE day, excepting Saturdays and days preceding holidays at ._ 5 o clock duriI'1gg_June, July and A_u`_gust, In .making- Lhis recom- mendation, your Conlgnittee has in view t.he needs of we Greater their_ places of business every < Production propaganda now he-`. fore us and feel the extra hour daily will serve the needs to bet- ter advantage than the half hol-' iday each week, in as much as I weather conditions will he more _easily overcome. ` This plan ap.' --- n 1.... nm mnef nrantical in `easily overcome. 4..., ,,..A... _, \ pears to _be the most practical c `a. communitythat is catering to '1 the summer traffic, as well as ( serving the'r`ural districts, which `; is the backbone of our c0mrne'r.- ; cial activity.:- In event of this 1 rec0mme_ndati0n being favorably 1 considered by this Board, ' your " Committee would ask -thatxa pet- - ition favoring the plan `adopted-be submitted to the merchants of the several lines of business. - , a President Cross said that this b subject is really n-ot one for the ._ Board to deal with but rather for l ['21- retail merchants association`; ; However as thereis "no such or- _ ganization in Barrie it was _ thought advisable to bring the question before the business men _ for discussion. A `.1 cl... urn lUl` ulauuaoxuu. . S. W._ Moore [said the ve- x o clock plan` had been tr.ied a .1 number-of _years ago andhad ` lheeh found unworkable. For the ~ `last six years the week_1y ./ ,ha1f V holiday- had been in vogue, and i had given good satisfaction. In f the face of this hethought it would be foolish to go back on it. With ve-o e1ock closing,` it. would probably be ' nearly six o'clock before the. store-keepe'r got home and the benet, of early closing would he praeticallynil. ' As far as acting upon Orillia s ;`experience was -concerned ' he {thought the Barrie" merchants ,,__- .-...u,. nonohlo nf sizing up; Lnougllla hllt: JJCLLLIIJ ...u.,._...,, were quite, capable of sizing upi local conditions andereaching a.` decision themselves without hav- ing to -be told by the men from` - his adherence to: the Wednesday -half-holiday as themost satis- Orillia or anywhere else J. E. Sutcliffe briefly expressed! factory plan. _n...,\....~..Iu nnntiend` LGUUU1 J y........ Geo. Vickers strongly opposed closing half a day. He said that thirty years ago when he was first connected` with the mercan- tile life of th'e town, `this. plan might` have been "all right but it w is a mistake today with the tour- , ist- and Camp Borden trade and \l the possibility of more farm bus-5 iness owing to the general in; . troduction of automobiles. It is not on account of the volume of ' business that the stores should ' remain open but to give accom-\ modation, for only by maintain`- ingy unhampered facilities" for ' trade can merchants hope suc- cessfully to combat the depart- mental stores. a ' - W A~-~--:-ma as {ho M 1.` A. Mu:I.nVen`.4 l:dic:_ W. C. Wollmlulinus Munagu `IIlB11l.'dl EIMU1 U0. Will R. King enquired if the employees had been canvassed Ion the subject. ' I Mr. Vickers replied in the neg- ative. eWhi1e every merchant naturally desires, to promote the greatest possible harmony namong his staff, he did not c0nsider.-thati I -- .' "` '- 'il'\l'IQ lows :- , .. - ~_ Sergt. Gera_ld J. Clayton enlist- ed yvith the.58t,h Bn. in August. 1915, V went overseas 11 November, crossed to France with Machine Gun Section, was wounded. Nat order? of'se1'1-iority, the sons of. J Mr. and 'Mrs.'C1ayton are as fol- i Zillebeke on June 11, and remained. . in `different hospitals` until Nov. uau, nu nu. - .,.. (Continued i);1ge_ 5) 's L td` mercan- ;.}eu. ' Qhas. D. Clayton 113,1" ht. ha.- cm (1 50,000 to 1oo,ooo Men "to nae :-ais- ~old _by Selective Draft -'- Sir Robart _B0l'd0n S Speech. \ ' ;; |11\J:a: -.,\.,.,-V _, The portion of the prime min, ?iste1s speech dealing with con: scription V follows: "" ` ~~4 -----`J tlnol (".nnada SCI'lpl.lUl1'1Uuuvvu . - . .31 A that Canada the 031' Had Been D1"UU8'Hl Dl'i1t.3uU- o'clock ciosuig UL ioi the m..,..._, hai+Iil0l:tV(')1i"(3)I1|1tr?iiV(iiSi-ODS at the gelgltoeaestope The motor was h31f_h01id` _ - feene For the `immediate future Herw athzgeeeeieent he enee Since the meeting of the Boardib there were. sufficient reinforce- meet remain e matter 1. epepe. Of T1-`ddes MP QWOH has 1`e091V9d I meets but four dieisions could wee Mr Paine at) t J some information from Hardwarec not be maintained without thor- whee, ef he mbee ,`f;e`e fvhiaeh 3 & Metal as to the fee11I}s_m s0me,i: oug'h,prov'isioiis for _future re- h . M L he Br ._ ,W3S|other places. The opinions ex-.I_ quiI.ementS_ `lfethese I.einfm.ce_ 3 tVY 0 3118 111 11101` t011I`eI'- `pressed in this letter for the most} (3 meme were not Supplied what`Th8Y_aDDI`0a0hed the Vamey 1'03_d'part favor the five--o clock clos-_| S will be the consequenc.es? asked f"`SS``g from the South. and It V18 MI Otto `Vin be glad tote Ash. Robem uThe1c,,,,se,,,,e,,,,.eS elalellgiilgg. reggae ;.I`Saveeel(1j1ni at 3,show thiscommunication to any, will-` be thatthe four divisions eeegeaehee the ere-eslgnev-hiesvfgeleiiyione desiring to know further of . would dwindle to three. The three,ef the Week Whieh`I_eI';"e e re the experlence Of Some Other I ` would dwindle to two, and Canauimetel eeeth ee et eee pp ti` tI0WT1S- . da s effort, so splendid in this west ilye ere] ` ebetruetedsog eh _ e Wm` up to this time will not beflittle, SLOIPB stzndiiie on the vsyesti Flew comforts . maintained as we desire it to beleiee ef the reed eieet 100 feet! 670 pairs of socks, 150 maga- .` maintained. 1 thinkthat no trueieeek hem theeeeeek Se that Wheegzines, 50 cakes of soap and sev- ,- 3. Canadian, realizing_ all that is at=et me nemh beeeeee ef the|eral small comforts--sweets, 0x0 1 I stake in this war, can bring him-lemee `e eeeee en theyeeee me valid etc., were shipped this week. * Self "0 Cdnsidel` with-~ l:91eP3ti1`f isa onlypahout 300 feet west 0:11:30 pairs `Ewe 58?; big: lling and 7. seriousness any sugges ioii_ or-= H I . i . e remain er to e om- the relaxation of our efforts. The,`1:e`%]l.`f`31{` . Fthe Mefopfllta? catlrs ! f-orts Commission. The faithful months immediately before us 2 eee1efpgeIgW`e1eSeug5yeegagg eileziworkers in Crown Hill, Craig- will'be decisive even if the ewar ea heee and eee there We-e e`l(i}u.1i'fst,dE%galii, Eeiivale, ffqreutthtieiei should not endgthis year. `1e'r-; . 1 or , o y, e roy, ic e ,3 many is bringing intoplay during .Str.`ng breeze b1OWn.1g.ff the lake Square, Stroud and Shanty Bay, 1 _ _. it is thought the victims did not - . a`the present season the last ounce hear the cares crossing Signal all helped those in Allandale to .- of her manhood. What, have we Tee emee eee heeke en the em` ll the boxes. The pupils at the dbne in this war. We have sentiemebile `gee euee te be eet ei B.C.I., 4th Form St Mary s School 326,000 men overseas in the Canqthe leet eeteh A are flew the and Ovenden deserve special adian Expedit`i0"'ary`Force In" I mdtorinan of the Ca?` there was no mention 1 eluding reservistsin British and Witeeee ef the eeeieeet but these . A most generous and unexpec- allied armies, the men enlisted e eeeivee ee the eeeee itemeeietel ted gift was that of $100.00 from for naval defence, 360,000 men at I eftee tge` eeeeeeeeee end Whe exy Herbert Fortier, Jacksonville, least have left the Sit1 0I`efSTOftC%n-eilamined the weeekeee and the Floeriida. St . t t `t f H ada. It is a rea e -or u r ' , rs. ewar mus grae u y Greater still is Eeeded. , ' motor S tracks on the mad con" acknowledges the sum ofC.$25.00 is 5 Voluntary En1iStmengE,',dS - eluded. tlat the.MetrfQpOllta.".car from Guthrie, the proceeds from - came in o the view 0 the victims Capt. Camemms most interesting {I1 HitheI`t0- Wed depended 11l30T1`just as they passed the northern lecture V0111I1taI`y eIl1iStIIleI1t- I mYS_81f`end of the store. They would then`. ' I`- statedto parliament that T10th1T1gbe 100 feet from the crossing anal can The Examine, id but voluntary enlistment waslthe Met;-0p01itan car 300 feet, leth 1 t_ f leiers who 3-; T`O1)tOSe.ddh}t7J't1`(l3e goererniiient, buetl from the cieessilieig. It its fbevhave hie`: ak1i"l`;*e SI? Weueeee 0- `re urne '0 and 3 INIDPGSSB lieved that r. arsons ._ a, irs _ _ f . . is; at Once With the extreme gravityidecided to crosshefore the radial`XggggtglgtlgleTti`:mE:X$`%Ie elerg` . _ . .h . . _ , _ l(1)d Si tIE;:1)S(l)E]uS?:lli?iIi,'aF0(i` vglitir hiv:_12;)etg1dat Tphursosftls lished _at the earliest possible - - 1 -- d - '0 " 7 J ~ moment thus notifying all rela- n`- efforts at the mpst `crmca ptemo behaved he became doubtful tives and friends As the infor- '10; El:attpihzarvolniiirppZlyzrtdinovzril :,1:t1:,.t,Le :,?u111(iiSdI.:e]Sn saviwelg mation is invariably telegraphe( 13- I10t yiid further siibstantial I`8-` b1*ake_bg;_nds were found {,0 be in .t0 the nearest of kin from Ottaw: I`t- sults I hoped that it would. The nnly fair c 0n1ition and it is rstv the names d0 not appear i` " , d -f l a - - the casualty list for three or fou 80VeI`n_II1e_nt.has. ma e eveI`y. 6 .- thought that the automobile did|ee S after The Examiner W ;he fortewithem its DOWBI` 80 Ta!` }S I not stop wi-thin -the distance ex_-.ei3 e eemet etteetiee te any tel iced 0aI1_.]_11dg3- If any Bff0!_`t_t0 Stlitll-Hpected by `the driver and that it eehege meeeeeeee ether eetie ulate_ voluntaxy I'e30I`Il11t1I1g1e pulled up Just about on the track. etien in these matters. Tele 33' remams "0 be'ma 6 W0 "He MI Parsons was about 50 phone 194, or after 6 o clock, 22 ant t0'kn0W What it is-_ The 990919` years of age and was one of or- 0,. 316 the have 00-Operated Wltlh gm illia s best known residents. Hel ' mg ernment in a most sp emi man.` was head Of the Parsons Fair - . . . . - hat I18!` 31008 the 11119 Of V01l1nt3-V Hardware Company in Orillia, t,.;`;?,`;`a,},n1,inp(3ifn;rs(?n `and amembel` of 3 I'm,G'0mD0S3d cia] prices. W; A`. Lowe & Son . [1 d .V d it 27. "' _`After hjging with a reserve battalion in England for some time he went back to France on April 17 and is again on duty in the trenches. "~~1 "L-'-n h ('11-nvfnn ininad the Lrencnes. Lieut. Chas. D. Clayten joined -the U. S. Cavalry and has been chasing Villa for the past two years on the Mexican border. He is noyv stationed at El Paso, `VIRUS OONSGRIPTION now 1 BgARRlE,9CANAD'A, MAY 24, 1917 `P`t`e. Ber-gln Clayton nov- 1ere I ran. AN/BVMRS. H. Masons . - V KILLED on sunnnvi When` -I-'ladI.aI Gar I-lit their Auto- `mohtile near Roac'he s. Point--. .Was a Member of Parsons Fair! "Mr. and Mrs. H.'Pars0ns ofll \0rillia met instantaneous death at 9.45 a.m.`on Sunday when their 1 automobile was struck by 3. Met- 1 ropolitan car at Varney . Road ` crossing, near Roache s Pt. The I automobile was struck sguarely and was carried a distance of 150 feet on the pilot ofthe car. It was part.ly overturned, and the bodies of the victims were recovered` A from under the motor. They were both severely cut and" bruised.` From the fact that there was no t blood found upon the`tracks, save at the imm,ediate spot where the y "bodies were found,` it would ap- _ pear that the victims were not_ thrown from the automobile until the had been brought practic- ally to a stop. badly damaged. nu`.-. Han nnnidnnf hgnnnnp uauiy uu.1ua.5v.:_u. _ How the accident happened remain of conjec- ture. Mr. Parsons was at the wheel the machine, which was heavy McLaughlin Buick tourer." `They `approached road: crossing south, and, _is believed, were travelling at a` fairly high rate of.speed. As one". approaches crossing his view3 .,_1- n..,. t.....,.`Ir rx1h;nh -r-nnc annT'nY_ Huns. _ .\ Pte. R; Bergin Clayton enlisted with the 37th Battalion in Febru- ary 4915 and left the following November for overseas with Capt. Maodonell. He was transferred to a Machine Gun Section, 9th gef himself and several brothers, which controls stores in Barrie, Midland, Sarnia and Sutton. He had resided in Orillia a number _..I__ I|L:`A u'\Y\l\ (`(1 ' uau 1'Ub1uUu 111 Luuuu. u. .........-...-- of years. An only child pre-de-' ceased him several years. ago. Both victims were members of the Orillia Methodist Church. Mr. Parsons is well known in Barrie in connection "with the firm s branch store and also in Masonic circles, he being a very prominent and active member `of the Craft. ald F. W. Otton, who with S. \N . Moore, is to circulate the. peti- tions on the holiday closing ques-_ tion,' asks The .Exam1n.::* In re- mind the merchants of the `w3.;~- s`n',y of having a full ecpression` of opinion on the subject. He; hopes that every merchant will? give the matter earnest consider-` ation in` order that he may be. ready to sign either for ,five o clock closing or for the weekly half holiday. n--- 11.- .~.....$:nn- n4` {kn Pnqrdl i g "The Summer Holidays uau uuuuuy. - Boardh Trade, Otton '.] some information from Hardware i( `Metal feeling in some; other places. opinions ex-.] ipressed in forithe most}. `part ve--o clos-,|l; ing. Mr. Otton to i; ,show this communication any-' "gone desiring `the experience 1 | muuuuu. most ted gmfwas from 0 Florida. Mrs. Stewart must gratefully A of $25.00 C.ameron s : , lecture. C l UGII I luv --u---.- lfthe relatives of soldiers `have been .killed or wounded 1 would"n0tify The Eaxminer im- ] mediately, the names will be pub- `1 possible`. re1a- -. friends. infor- telegraphed nearest Ottawa ` in X four _|days after. will L` give prompt tel- ephone notic- ; Tele- _phone 224 Dl`iV0.l` Fl-dd J. Olayton Special` line of iron` bed, mat- tresses and springs. Very spe. Son. Brigade, Nova Scotia B11.-, the onlyl Ontario `boy in it. He was wound- ed0n Dec 16, 1916, but was back in the trenches in ve days. Driver Fred. J. Clayton enlisted on the 21st of April, 1915, atVTo- ront.o,._and left with the 15th Bat- lltery ahou_t May 10 for overseas. Ant . _ . m n x 1 r;~nrr `:11 hn $99- tery about; _lV13:l.y 1U 1U1' UVlUI.DU:l-D- After, arriving in England he `re- mained there about one month TERMS-Slnglo 330910: 3 cu. For usual: [in advance] 81.50 `te. ~ `Old SECTION 1 Pages .PAGES1 TO 4 DUNLOP ST. REPAIRS IIIIIII I'll committee favored spending $500 but some members held outlfor Purchasing a Scarier. At the meeting of the Town Council on Monday night, there was a lengthy discussion over `what `should he done towards im,. proving the roadway on -Dunlop and Elizabeth Streets, A report from the committee recommended patching up the streetsat a cost of $500 and against purchasing a scarier. In committee of the whole. the members got into a. I rather lively discussion over this . report, and in spots some of the L members showed an inclination ,!to do -some verbal scarifying on [gthose holding opposite views. .`-Settlement of the question was referred to a special meeting call- ;'ed for last night. 7 Communications Chief King wrote that he had igheen requested by Policemen 3 -Lambi_e and Sweeneyto ask a re- 3`consideration of the question of 3.increasing the salaries of the -:police officers. The great in- ticrease in the cost of the neces- -.{saries_ of life, he said, makes it 0,almost impossible to continue at * ' the present salaries. 'f ~ 0. G. Hinds and fifteen other T residents on Elizabeth St. be- tween Small and Francis Sts. ask- . 11.- l\:`:nN .~.4' H1-2': nnrfinn DVV uvxz uv---.....-- ed for the of of the street. U1 uu: on www- S. J. Fisher and seven others petitioned for two lights on Ddap1e.Aveu south of Enizaheth St.; that the cement walk be con- tinued fron1`A1f.\AWce s property to Shncoe Stg, that ns street having quite a heavy traffic be graded and gravelled. 17` 1) Dn17nr\`l`G 1QkP.I] ;g'1'a.UUU d.ll.U ,Lu.vunnuu. E. B. Reynolds asked pormis- sion to erect an iron railing at. jog in sidewalk on Mary St. be- tween his property and that of C. A. Shepard, as it is impossible to keep grass growing-because of people cutting across the corner. Earl Degeen requested leave to V '_l....t...n ninwn J_JL|.AL saucy..- -, _ erect an electric sign. The following petitioners ob- jected to the oiling of Ross St. between Mary and Bayeld Sts:-- J. Barr Sr., B. Malkin, W. R. Hobson, Ball Planing Mill Co., B. J. Wolfenden, W. P. Soules, A. D. G. Hanmer, Canada Producer Co., Mrs. Heard, Mrs. Martha Smith, C. H. Ross Estate, Mrs. E. Lount, T. Beecroftc and Mrs. Ellis. T. E. Connor,_?A1).__N. Morrison, .-.zv.4-V- - ._ - Connor, D. N. Mrs. H. Coles, F. Moberly, J. F. Lawson, Mrs. VV. Justice, Mor- `ton and others petitioned for the `oiling of Blake St., same as last. year. - The City of Chatham asked the Council s co-operation to deal with Governmental control of foodstuffs, and the prohibition of foodstus to distilleries. V The Mayor of Peterboro wrote that the Trent waterway from i Lake Simcoe to Lake Ontario was ' ready for navigation except that r the G_.T.R. bridge o\'er' the wateiu. way at Camphellford was an ob- struction. He askedgfor the ap_ ' pointment of a committee to wait `F. ":"`J H Innrvn R \ and 'was thenyset to Flanders- He'has been altogether about Vtwentymonths in the trenches. his engagements -including hot?` the battle of the Somme and V1m.V Ridge. So far he has escaped be- ing wounded. _ 7 Sergt. Gratton Clayton enhsted with the 177th Bn, and is now 1 i+i}1{&. ` Ulll\Jl.lV \.'A \.~ ~.-- (Continued on page 5.`. 8eI'gt. GI-attorn Clayton ll Gllu J. Lunnu-u '\/v~/- .. oiling V01` that porticjn KS-AIN DISCUSSED No. 2|