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.de "'11 i _\l 1': ,`Inl']n `\ iH 1'(*'l\H" __'|iP(`l "U93 2 1.6-nt i Tim ishej xht Ih 'I.`hat s what they say about the `1a,te'st. Chevrolet. ' ` ' Look it over. Compare it with the higher p-.rice_d cars. You l_l buy it and be happy. G. B. McLEAN\ next shipment will arrive in MAGNIFICENT @Britain is spending $33075v- 000 ever y `day. Yet many people _in Canada growl. when thelr tax- _#-_........A n 4`n:u11 HAIIQPR OI`: H1 Uanaua g'I`()W1.wuuu Luunl. Wm- when they are asked to give something towards some patriot- ic object.` As compared with the people of _the Old Land, Canad- _ians are paying but very littlo towards t.he war. ' ` e Q es are Increased a few dollars or; In selecting Hon.-W. J. Hanna U for the postlof Food Controller, the" Government made an excell- ent choic_e. e There is much work for him to do. Although the el- imination of waste has been urg- ed upon the people, aswell as increased production, there has been very elittle real economy in this country. In thousands of cases the expenditure has been more lavish since the war beigan. - Those who have studied the food situation agree that the supply 5 for 1918 is the subject of even greater concern` than the needs `of 1917. This being the case. it is of vast importance that conserv- . ation should go-hand in hand . with production accompanied by :' efficient distribution, giving the 1 people of all parts of the country. the benefit. It's a big job Mr. Hanna has: tackled and the pub- 1 lie "should help him to see it - through. . . , l; ( l C ( 1 I l `considerable body oi" American ` soldiers on French soil. $600,- i sitar-yk and naval purposes. Over ~ while ago Uncle Sam was being 'I`bere's nothing" small about Uncle Sam. It took him a long time to get. into the War, but now he is in it he is going at things in a way that will soon make it.'-. self felt. Over ten. million men. liable for draft between the ages of 21 `and 31 have been register- ed. Some 600.000 of these" are to be called up for service overseas ; and ere this there is probably a i 000,000 has been voted for aero- plane. service,` $162'.000.000 for the conservation of fuel and food besides enormous sums` for mil- three billion dollars has been subscribed" for the Liberty Loan bearing only 31/_-"per cent. A told that. he might do worse than follow Canada s methods in war management. It doesn't look as though he needs any suggestions`. --.-__.__ 200 fines for a first offence and impristmment. of not _less than sixmnonths on the second` conviction are making people understand that the illegafsaleof `liquor even at fancy prices is not exactly a get-rich-quick scheme. ` ~:r\"JlIlLJ availahlvv. Every effort will be made, not doubt, to exempt. the farmer from military service, but it is now well known that where military service makes a vacaneyin _the city, farm labor advances to fill. it, says the 'W'eekly'Sun. Selec- `live _conscr'iption would soon stop that , for as `soon -as the man left.'th_e~ farm to take.theAc`ity K job his exemption` would._ cease ~ and he would be called up for military service. - ' The sfylendid new. public 11,; brary" is how the Collingwood Bulletin refeqs to the Barrie in.- stitution presided over by Mrs.` t'Vr..-_.I.. uxvnuv-may-- Sproule. Orillia Council has appointed ' a man .to collect -the poll tax. The fee in that town this year is $5, and it is expected that at least ve hundred young men will pay this year. What is the Barrie- Councily doing` about .co`l_le'cti'ng` this tax`? While towns all over the country quite properly raised this tax, our Council left "it at the old -figure, one dollar, and so far has "exhibited no `great inclination to insist that evntthis small fee be paid. `"_ Though it I may provf .bett_er with use, the- gcarier-on_ its rgj; performance did not seem to be be. quite all it was cracked uM1_)" tOV TThr0ug`h the courtesy of the Orillia Packet, the following ar- ticle referring` to the family of Mr. Day, P.S.l. for East. Simco'e,' with acc'umpanying ph0t.0g'rav_ 111'-es. is reprml11ce`l:- .. .. a V.`___ Four members `of the family 3 of Mr. Isaac.Day; Public School : I11sp_ect01', are 91'V'i11g' King and 1 count.ry. In this case there is a slight Vdiif.m'e11ce frmn that of othe1'e'/i~n"stance.s' Wwliere Orilliai families have four nw.1nhe1's in the eld, in that one of Mr. Day s '1`ep1'esentat.ives is ' a daughter serving` as .a Voluntary Aid Nurse Three of the four are uiiiversity gradilates and the fourth has just Inatmiculaled. The eldest. of the tliree so-ns has r.ecent.ly been a- warded the Mi.litaI'y Cross. Mr. . Day liasmeasori to be proud of l the family record in the Great re \V'z'i'1-. A I for $3,039.25(), while Barrie with! a net. aSS(`}SSIl lP.IH,. of $3,!191,900 (after allqwing for exemptions a- mounting to $~ 499,5~lO) pays on an equalization of $3,636,573. .pupils'in the g'1'ainmar grades Owing to the slum-tage of paperl in, the count1'_v and the increased prices there should be a curtail- A ment in all public and higlt ` schools. At St. Thomas they are s er`iously c(mside1'ir1g' the advis- ability of using the old-fashioned slates in the ' public schools in- stead of paper. F.\V'ery child in the school has been told to cut down on the amount of paper used and it is quite likely that the- will not be allowed paper from now on. . 9- _ ' ` Some m`e'rchant.s lay out in` their est.i1nal.es to spend a stated! sum `in 'ad\'e-,rLising' yearly the sauna as tlwy est.iIu'Iat,+~. on new goods. Any person with _a little money can buy goods, but it, takes _,_I_.,.\,....,. an .-.nll 4|-xnnn A o-nnrl. Among the roads designated `njv the County Council to be m.- -czluded in the Provincial High- \va._vS -..s:cheme is that between Barrie and Angus. Should t.h.:sA -~--...:..4:mn kn nnnrh\~'n(i hv Stopping HIUIIQ3) Udll lIu_\' Suuun, -rug ... .,.,.,..._._, a salesman to sell them. A_ goo4`lH' salesman equips himself with all ` the selling force at his c(m'n'n-and Y and advertising is the only med-`! i'um that can give him a directjl lin e on his customers. He useslf as muchicare in selecting and us-l ing his advertising space as he!` does in the selection of his goods. 1] advertising to save money is equivalent to stopping ` the/ local ` a clock-to save time. In BI-amp.` ton and Newmarket l merchantshave now a new battle` . to fight and that is branch offices % of Toronto s big stores. ' Had these merchants been real sales- men, these big concerns would have tried out. other pastures before entering a field that. show.` ed'lots of li-fe. Theinroads of these. departmental stores will be felt and some day merchants in other places will have the same ' ght. AWould it not "be better to -give these big toa.ds a run for their money before they reach A 117, 34'!-n `ho 1\I`IQiT\l5Q l_;lH'3ll' llll)lll`:_Y Lnjluxu nu-./_. - us`? We leave itfto the business men-:1-as, business men--`-to del- c-ide_.---Meaford Express. Miss Kate Day, \I.A.D. conscamm -saseg, q SalVeb'ilit'z. ind - Twhv 1 Government War.` Bends, Mnnieipal } j Bonds Debentures Supenor. Investments 1VlI'.\[)ay s eldestfdiaughier, `Miss Kate Day_,_ is a Voluntary Aid Nurse in the King George Hosp- T ital, Lt-u1do'u, England. She went; over last September for six; monthsand has re-enlisted for`; a second term. .'NIis_~:~ l)a_v is a! ;:'I'aduat.e of'QLu_.~en s Univm`sity,i Kingston, where she took the de-'[ '_*.'Hft' of B.A. When she enlisted` she was in change of a girls` \rr\ -..-.(-.~v~~---, -.rem- enlisted`: she girls` |5-.hool at Tru1'(, N.S. _ L'.apt.s1in` Oswald J. Day is the second son in the family. He at- tends-d the (;'ollo,2'iat,e Institute at. Orillia, and T('\r_'t){H.0 [Uuivex-sity. After" nishing _' his nmdiual cnut-se ho spent a _ve:1r at the Sick tChildI``.I.1 S' }tlnsp';ta.|, Tnl`0Iltn, and . jnirwd the `Britisln AI-my LVIedicali Corps two _yea1~s ago. H9 went. overseas as :1 Lieutenant, went two months in En, and then went to. Franre'c:. \{rhm'n he has} captain osviald J. nag, m.c. TI-ust.'ees Discussed the Agricul-|~ "tut-a! Park site (`Gm1t.inVued from Page 1) _Whilc-. [almost positive that. nnt.hing' wuuld come `of it, Trus- [(20 `Russ favnred hearing any facts that mighthe awxilahln. H9 had an upon miml. (l('b'il`ill;_:' only what is host, fur me schunl. Hg. 'sug'g`est.ml that Hie sig1mI's of the 1'equi.f he. a SL1h-l.`.OlIl`|lliURf', to deal \yit;h Um Inaltm`. -omoeu in mm lriuu...,.... between1 tins 1' jY``.C()Il'llTl0Y1dal,i0Il be approxmcl by 4 the l)epartment, as.it probablv - ~ will be, it will he a` Very import~: ] ant. factor in the" `plan which the Barrio Board of Trade has been 'workin,r upon for the iimp!`ovo- merit of this road. Althouzh the matter is not yet sufficiently ml- vanoorl to lay it heforo the Town and County Councils. the Board hopes to. have it in shape `nefc-re` the November session. Even had it beon pt~esented at the recent` 'mueting` of the County- Council`. little, if anything. in the way of improvement could have been d-"vim. this year. '].`lne Board is being" more or less 1 fooled by this application. said TI`LlSlE`(} Malcomson. A certain . niemhei-' was appointed cllairman` | of the`. silo committee but he did | '_ not act, did not even attend `the 1 cu.-unuiiiiuee 1i1eolii1_gs. ()_thers lvver1`l. into the matter and b1'oug'hl in a report which this gentlmnan did not. wait to see . .s-ml of. lAfLep certain. action had bum. de- lcidml upon by -the Board. this g'ut,lonmn (-.(nm4.s forward \\-`ith. soinp h`llggf`.Sll0l1 about the Ag`ri-l cultural Park. This .~:implyl means delay. The Board was sit._l ting around waitirig for the frost` 1 to got out of the walls of.the. old} 1 building" hel'ore moving and it` _ looks as lhough llm l'rosl will be in tho walls again l)efore work is`. ;lstar'tm`l_. _ . ' ---\ - '1 31:5,--. 1,; ,.l,...,.lnu l auanu`-u. _ I 3 While quite willing to devote: lhis time. to the \"vm-k.` Trustee. il.0\'e objected to 1'e_npm1ing` the question without. sufficient. e_-,vi_- ,dnEge. ! 117 ll ,,:,_ __.l.,. Asnfs-'\r\iI I 1`1`u.-tee Wallwin, who appar-i_' ently was la.I'gely iI1st,1-uI'i'Iental in,` having the special meeting called,` `arrieved at 8.45. Being` toldhy" lhairlnan King` that the new mat- _ ter could. not he considered un- - less the adoption of the reporton 1-` sites `was mscinded, hers.-aid,[` Surely you are not going to rule; anything out of `order that wills place before t.h{citizens a choice! of sites. That would he"tanta-" mount to putting the school hac_k where it was. run 0 Trustee Malcomson -4- This move comes pretty late. The -Board has been open for suggets_ tions since 6-.a.I'ly Spring and has decided upon ct-,rtain action. --. LLrI1L_ _:1__. "VlILIl\,' Ill VvI.~-'I ` I I \-\/v....\.` r. Trustee Wallwin - The site" selected is a joke. .The1'e must: he a 1'ake-0ff of $2000 to $3000` for somebody i-f you pay"-$6000! for the Harvey property . ? I 1I_-L AI..- svn. us-u as`... -v., I--r`, Gontinuing, he . said that the`; town ownseight acres in the Agni, ricultural Park, and both Town-, and County own sto_c.k which he ( thought would be donated to the 1 Board if requested. 'I`he..Presi..|1 dent of.the Joint Stock Co..' said ] he had not been approached by 1 any member of `the Board as to . the` possibility of acquiring the; stock. At his own expense the speaker had secured/legal'advice on. several points in connection with the Agricultural Park pro- position. If possible to-acquire the grounds, this site should al- -so be submitted to the_ratepayers- for their opinion. He d-id not de- sire tosforce anything through, but the ratepayers should have a chance to pass upon it. ` ' An. n. he'en at the front ever since. Af- ter a'yea1' in Fi`ai1c'e he was pro- moted to a Captain, and recently zwas awarded the M'ilitar'y Cross :;i'0r distiiiguished service at the -g fi-ont. I . -* -I 4I-:._,.l Captain Fred G. Day, the third s0n,. enlisted two _vea1's ago as a itprivate in the Pxfiurcess Palricias. I ' illia Colle/g'iate Institute to, Queen s .Universit._v. where xhef |.f.ml( his degree of.B.A., he wenti to Ednmnton to study in the'I.aw3_ t. School of Alberta. In h_is exam, inations at the close 01' the first 3 J 1: I: `1 After matricL_llalrin_g frcun the C)r-N. 1 year he tmsk rs! place in his k class. It. \ms "at Edmonlnn that :j,l'r='(it`er1li. ' After the` usual .litraining' ih F.nglm1d he spent. five t, nmnths in the H'(*!`l(`l l(S as a pri- t vatv. He was then called to Eng- n lanclvand given an nf't'i(-er"s train- sting` and c0mmis;~'iun. He then [~.t.huught'Of any member of lc(_nnI1itt.ee p1`uf'1tin'. 1.. ` _A__l__: I.-l.vu:uIn|:.\,.U r.\...-.__C_ _ . - .. . pr ` (lhalrman lung -- 1 cert.amly_- take very strong exception to the 1` imputat'.i_n. I was the one whoi sc-,curecl the option. {I 4-. .. . ;i `V !,__A.. An evidence of the very rapid manner- in which the use of am..- etvnnnbiles is growing is seen in tho farl. that almad_v over 1300 livensos have been issuml :11 SilYl(`.(iPC()1lTlt_V for 1917._ '.l`lr(:-.39 vwm1d.average $12 each. making :1" total revenue of over $l.5,6(m drwivod by the Government. frmn this county for this one itmzf a- lone.` Motorists at-e c0nt.ribut,- `mg hnough (lit-ect.l_v and in'li!`P.(:t.- .~v,\_rnAL \'\.I an. V1. I'rust.`.e \Vallwin --- No private I I I K y u citi'/.(en would pa) Such a t'1gure.3 If t.hm'eTis no rake-0f'f there.-. is a` very inat,erl price. n 1| lWI_,A:.. l Alt the request of the Chair- man, 'l`1'ustee V`Vallwin withd_I'ew_ the words, rake-0'. -. r.` ,_,,/.,.:,\_,. ` '[`rustee R0ss---The expression` used was a very unfortunate one.! It is possjhle that when a uum-! her of people conxmended the sitei that the price st,i.f'fm1e(l. 1] l|H1__,. I 2.` l,Bl`\lt'\\t',u LHU UllL`1.lu |ALg7|.v u- . prim: he said, $5000 or $6000,"l. but when 1 "went to fill out the?` [option at the lower gure he heldil l|oul for $6000. I ex1)rossod the ;U[)l1ll(.IIl that it was pretty high, land quoted the as_ses'sn1cnll. hut; l'it_di(ln t. make any _(li'orence. ' Comlm3nl.ing' upon the position `,laken by Chairman King and l'l`rus|eo - l0.m'c-. that} the matter! lgrould not be re_open9d except: Liupon a two-'thirds vote. TlrusLeel_ `Hunter said it li(_ln t seem right! '.that two members _strongly in `favor of the old site should use `arbitrary means to prrveut. con-' :Sl(l(`,I`i1l.l0I`l of {this xnatler. l IV` ._ `I /:....... VT`...-...l-nn Uunn .w I UIIIDU ulwu ,.-.-V _ , 7 (`.l1di1'man lx'i11g---\\`hen I in- tervie-.wecJ'Llm She.r.itT first as to I um:-nnn ,_-. $1-L!f\{\n " i I I I IDl'|l7l(ll;lUll Lu uuno .- I Chairman King--~Trustee Hun-5 "the ma "site. V 2` E Trustee Hunter--I have` reason [( iolbelieve so. ' . e If "1`l1e.Chairman--Aft.er the in-l formation brought. out by the site if ,.c0mmitt.ee, my views are s0Ine-.] ;'[what different. _ `I1 H Trustee Wallwi.n--The reason ` L11 asked for this meeting was thatll ,gwhen the report. on sites was be- ` _:ing~ brought. in the Agricultural Park was eliminated owing to a. technicality. I .r\L__A.._._... VT`!-.1-. IAnvn:nu1` In L Her assuines that 1 am wedded tola lUUuuIL`a.ub_y. , The, `Ghairman--The \Agricu1-' tural Park "site was discussed qfully. but you. -a member of the ||committ.ee, did not attend. --4. n-.,. 1..--.. ....n.. I `UlJIl|llIll1lvl.Lr, u-u lI\'v I.I|.'v\/--\.- J I Trustee Ross_--I ve heen urg- ling that t.his question he left op- 1 ;en, looking for information but _ Iii has not come up. The Agri-_" `cultural Park site was very ful_ `ly discussed. Among the points `brought out in committee were: If the fair building were left !standing the school` would have 'to'go behind it., `which would cut out the track. If the building were taken down $8600, stock in ithe property would have tohe provided for. This site is con. i siderably west of the r-entre'of\ population, The race track was built by V. the subscriptions of horsemen and it would be acting 1 in bad faith towards them to de- V stroy it. If the fair grounds had ` to be mqved to `a new site,` say a mile west, we would have not on- ' ly the horsemen against us but lthe merchants as well. - 'rmmmn Wallwin--If _vou want, Gapt,ain `F. G. Day {.h_e | -t`1-19:?!-8 fail` people have the right to ' `use it only three times`a X931`- imV The schuul could be built 01931` theiot'nE!1e track. ru..._:....-...... I ... nnf nn , went back to the 4th Battalion, so well-known by Orillians, as 3. Lieutenant, When the 122ndi Battalion was being raised in Muskoka, he was oflered a com- mission and he returned to Can- ada and became assistant Adjut- |an_t.' Soon after he was promot- `ed and became a Captain with the uties of adjutant. While the , Battalion was in winter quarters `lat Gall, Captain Day was mar- .;ried, and this spring he left with :,-ihis battalion for Enarlancl. . '_ About a month ago, Allan, the t youngest son, who had just pass- :~"ed his eighteenth birthday, be. I Came a gunner in the 67th Bat.- l tery. He was attending` the Dr. P, illia `Collegiate Institute at the - time. and has "since been given _ his certicate -of n]a[,[`i(}u]at,i()[1 - to the University and Entrance n to the Normal School. `UL [.116 Lnaun. ~ The Ch'airman---l n1 not 0p~ `posed to getting all information {as to the best, site possible, but Eiafter the couunittee going very athoruughly into the `matter and `bringing in'a report. to whichnote __._.I...- ..--......In,.n .\hnnlnrI l'rn `J1.-11151115 Ill G |_Cl}[_y1\. nu IVlll.\/llrngx/v, `a sing'le"1'nemheI`. AnbjeCte_d, I'm not_ in favor of reT0139H1T1g the question in the face 01 the by-- law. ' . 11-_,|I__:_. f ,..-..:. L nnn Ili1\\`. I '1`ru.3-`tee \\'allwin--I can t see !all the defects that Trustee Ross _~ca'n . This could be made a beau- {tiful place, the school standing \_0n a co1nn 1anding' position with gentrances from two streets. E Mr. Ross pointed out that the ;objections mentioned by him ;were simply those raised in the ilcolnnlittee. _ Trustee Love--\\'e were elect- ed to look after the schools. A }committee has handled this {question and we have accepted the report. What right have we to keep this question open indef- finitely`? Let us do this up in a 'husiness way and keep things ii moving. *-`V. Trustee Malcomsunt -suggested` another meeting after, all poss- ible information regarding the `Park site had been secured. Trustee R0ss-It is unfortun- ate that this information was not brought up at a Board meeting, or even the desire to secure it expressed`. ' ' ' ! I I 1 i Trustee Wallwin-We are 3.11 ientitled to our individual opin.- ions. VVhen the vote is taken the` .peBp1e will have the say. All I `want is to give them an oppor- (tunity of expressing their choice `as to different. sites. My Wareroom is\ ` Trustee Love-At first IA fav.- .ored the Agricultural Park, but tafter receiving inf0I`mati(_m I '`preferred the Harvey` site of the new ones considered. .` Shortly {before ten o'clock tmf Board adjourned. after which the members contimled to discuss the matter for some time. EPAINTING Gnner Allin Day Automobile and Carriage 'HE Under-signed ' has a r Pnint. Shop over Hux` table : Garage, next the Wellington Hetel,where he in prepared to do High-clue Painting of Automobiles {ad Car- ;4u_. Battalion, Auxiliary R `tamed b B1'u- I`-1 Thursday, 1918Car lsNow 0nSale\ summo-r `lft.(`I`l1H->1: f0lll'-.~c'u1' (Ell! RN! and rum zuumul -_= u1u.~"n-, :\ l.}`dloh-I'\\'n [)|t':l.~2llIH l1'uur.~'. ' \\'m-o- pr.- ! [l'.~. .`. knit st ` \\'hi('lI xx. ztlnnxts. l'|nnl" lg *h\'_\ out" To '-.\1x'.~`. tho .~'-fm. awzmlo-,(l GR; MATINI is \':-r faith Yul fur um Suh .~ 461 man. .\l~~ with Mis- und \\'o-I` Thu Iain Hlnl'Hl|}.1 |Il by lhv I-I IT]H.U'_,|`_l'1V iug tlu-J ; a.'.I`11[.)_h \\:n A w_icrd.T WJ the world} Prid Jul) - _`_, >L(-,L_o;-l In wnml 1 A pr I1eeslwi.- fur pm-I for , the Socks an -C'iaH.\'-m TAN] 1a1`;z't' I ;{l'tr_`.Ij that '4 .gjain.~ t.` ._uut. 4-!` 1nu.~jl. \ ton. ' 11111-5.- 11191. \\ cluth . A m':1l,o-l .ml_\` I _ 10 pm- fanal :1` lvzu. in Hm Hm `Jit- `hr ,-(1 `}l I Orders are already Booked for part of July allotment; Let me haw. yours today. _ It s a mistake to wait; * `