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Read the advts. 4 You can save money by doing` So. - The Ball Planing Mill co.,L:d. ..;uu.u.. us, Avntglnnsao uuv Our Manager is a registered architect a'nd-is prepared to draw plans, and specifications. Consult him on your building problems. BI-A..- dll I n ; n ; n \/AA uu; uu.xau;s; &\IAIl\JlJJh-70 J A Phone 109 _ Office; Bayeld 81'... Bar-Me`, Ont. 54th Year. CIRCULATION THIS WEEK Ilkt BY ELECTRIC STORM Probai)ly Struckhy Trying to climb . WITHA WHICH IS AMALGAMATED-'-4----.----" THE BARRIE SATURDAY MORNING ` EA successful-meeting of `the Directors of Essa Township Rur- al School Fair Association was held at Ivy on Saturday. Inter- esting discussions took place on how to improve the school fair, and other subjects in connection" with this work. The following officers were elected for 1917:- President, Elwood McQuay,t of Thornton; vice-president , Stan- ley Kerr, Thornton; secretary- treasurer, Roy_McMann, Utopia; live stock committee, A. Corri- gan, Everett; S. Kerr, Thornton; grain, Roy McMann, Utopia; veg- etahles, Viona Elliott, Thornton;! manual training, Clifford Davis,? Utopia; sewingg and baking',.Etta'j Holt, Egbert; poultry, L. Graham,f Co.okstown; sports, Chas. Arnold}: l-Alliston, * . - '1 AIRMAN KILLED A On Wednesday of last weekethe T first scheduled match of the sea- son between Barrie and Allan-'. dale wasplayed with the fo11ow-] ing resu1t:--- Barrie . ` Allandale j A. D. Simon . A. E. ;Patters0n_ '1`. T. Young. _ W. Patterson`- G. Malcomson B. Thompson: W. A. Turner---17 W. Clarke--25 J. D. Milne ' 0. Edwards VV. Hess E. Kohlmeyer D. M. Stewart, R. McBride IR. Payne-21 A. \\_ a1ker-15 F. Murr V \V. B. Webb M. J. VFr_awley _ J. Webb A. J. Sarjeant E. Shear `P. Cla1`ke-17 J. D. \Visd0m-`i8I 3GI'I'IU XUQII &l'lIIlZ I . Yesterday afternoofl the Barrie `and Orillia bowlers played a scheduled match on. the local green in` the moist atm the home trundlersdwinning. In addition to the `match, two other games were played. V A. ` t I Barrie "_ ` Orillia ' i `W. Harvey - W. George A. Habbick _ F. Hones A. D. Simon A J. Henderson; A. B1-0wnlee.-'i9.F. T00g00d~-l6I F. W. Otton B. Lamble T. T. Young ` J. Sinclair A. J. Sarjeant Dr. Kirkpatrick; R . A. Stephens Dr`. Wainwright .-30 --10 M. Welker W. Tudhope F. Man` _ R. Whitman G. D. Hubbard Dr. Harvie A.C.Bricker--22 Dr.Gilchrist--14 Barrie, 6 points, Orillia, O. W; _Turner-_-2'1 W.AR. King-11 Essa 8cho6I_Fair Association .AllandaIeV, 4 points, Barrie, 2. Read the Adlet Column. .l. A. ....:..g... scam W._C.' Walls. Business Mango: Barr-'ie vs. Allandale cadet 1 Page A Lightning above It. Barrie Beat Orillia League Games Extra BOWLING Games C.` Grothers-17 S. Harvey-23 } Gordon`.Longman has of late} been acting Sergt..-Maj0r at the; Witley Camp signalling school. i An officer of the 76th Bn. sta- tes that the total number of cas- ualties of that battalion are 990 up to date, cw `Sergt. Frank Knight, who was badly wounded in the thigh at Co_urcelette,'is now engaged as a [physical instructor in an English -camp. T T Lightning was probably re- sponsible for the death of Cadet Claire A. Page of Hamilton, a member `of the Royal Flying, Corps, whose machine crashed down on a road near Ypres Junc- tion 'during' the electric storm which broke over Camp Borden and vicinity on Monday -after- noon. I 1L_L AL- ..-.l.;l.nn I Pte. Lorne Brunton, Barrie, and Pte. Cyril J. Shaughnessy,' `-who have been missing since! flast year, were officially reported i;presumed toehave died," on `Tuesday of this Week.` Pte. ' M`-a1'sh al1 Crossland, who is recovering from wouns re- ceiwd in France, spent a week` `with his brother, Wm. Crossland; on his way to \Vinnipeg for fur.- ther t'1'eat.ment. He enlisted with :)_. Western battalion. ' Capt. A. L. Anderson, brother of Capt. F. VV. Anderson (form- erly chaplain of the 157th Bn.), has been awarded` the Military iCr0ss for distinguished service. ;C'apt. Anderson was a Lieutenant `,with the 11th Howitzer `Brigade, `from Guelph. week that his son, Pte. Charles King, was a casualty with gun- shot wound in the" hand, received` on June 30. He went overseas" with the 126th Bn. and has been nine months in France. In a mine explosion three months ago with several others he was` buried and ` Chief `King received word this received injuries to one of his legs which kept him out of the firing line until a few weeks ago. Mrs. B. L. Ingram, Clapperlen S4t., received oi1"ieia.l notice on July 8 that her son, Pte. G. Allan` Ingram, had been admitted to hospital `in France suffering from gunshot wounds. received on June l30. Pte. Ingram enlisted under |Capt. Macdonnell and went over- `seas with the 37th Bn. Being an `exceptionally good office man, he ,was placed on the Pay Office sta.t`f, but `early this year he ask-. ed to he transferred to the front, !and went to France in February. Postrnasters have received all `circular notifying all relatives| `and friends of soldiers at the' front that when writing to them nrsending parcels they must be addressed either Battalion or Battery. Many people have got into the habit of" simply writing .Batt. and failing to spell the word out to its full length. This to a. certain extent shortens the address and takes up less space, but it is impossible for the post- al authorities-to determine whe- ther the letter is addressed to _a battalion or a battery. WITH THE MEN IN KHAKI BARRIE, CANADA. JULY 12, :31 } Lieut. Chas. Oetton, son of J. A. ;0tton and nephew of H. H. Otton, Barrie, has been decorated with the Military Gross. Pte. Roy Stoneham, brother of W. Stoneham, Brook Street, ar- rived at his home in Alliston on Monday. The young man has quite recovered from his wound, but has not regained his strength fully after the severe attack of pneumonia he suffered in` the spring. Thos. Higgins, who lives at Or- illia`, received a wire yesterday lmorning that his son, Pte. Thos. Adrian Higgins, had been admit- ted to the hospital at Calais on June 26,. suffering from gunshot wounds in the back. Pte. Hig- gins was born at Craighurst, but ienlisted at Winnipeg, A and has been overseas two years. His hrother, Wilford, went overseas a year ago and- was also wound- ed, being in England at present. |1U`J1lo It is surmised that the aviator was trying to get -above the storm when he was. struck and instantly killed. His machine fell over 1000 feet and his body- ws terribly battered, his skull, legs and arms being fractured. `When picked up his body was fif- ty feet away from the plane,` which was cornpletely dem0lish_-I ed. He was alone in the machine at the time. ,_,1-- ___-~ -1..- To Mrs. R. \V. Jones of'New- market prison camps havemore than their usual meaning. Sev- enteen years ago Mrs. Jones bade good-bye to her husband for the last time, when he sailed with the Ianadian .c;on`tingent to South Africa. He was taken prisoner by the Boers and died in a prison (present war `broke out, her hus- eamp. Years passed and Mrs.. Jones married again. When the band enlisted in Toronto and `went overseas in May, 1916. He had only been at the front a few `months when he was taken pris- oner and sent to Allrlamm Camp. Before being taken prisoner, Pte. Jones was wounded in the knee by shrapnel, and says in letters to his wife that he would rather he in- the ghting. He is 42 years of age. In Newmarket are six children, the yoiingest` is eight months old. having been born one week after .its father` was taken prisoner. A large crowd gathered at the station on Sunday night and gave a.c0rdial welcome to two Barrie boys, Pte. Jack Hill and Pte. S. Fred. Smith on their return home bearing the scars of ghtingin IFrz1nrre. an un- .L Pte. Smith is the son of Mr. ,and Mrs. H. G. Smith, Sophia Sf... He went over with Capt. `Macdon- ell and was wounded four times. For several months` before com- ing home he was at Shorncliffe. His left arm is paralyzed through a shattered nerve. Before enlist- ing he was `on the G.T.R. painting staff. ` V 1 -in -r-r-un - .1 , , , n alin, CU Pte. J. F. Hill is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hill. For a num_ her of years he wasemployed as a clerk with the Carey Shoe Co; He went overseas withthe 76th Bn. and after being in the tren- ches three months was knocked out with shrapnel and gas. The wound .in his leg was so serious that the limb had to he amputa- ted near the top and for weeks he lay in a .very critical condition. Even yet. the wound is not com- lpletely. healed. 151... l1'I.......'l.\.. (`In-\u\1vl\- n-nn A4` `Inn IJICUCII./V. IIKJLUILI Pte. Charles Clarke; one of/Lhe early enlistments in Barrie, re; turnd home at noon on Monday. Going over with the rst con- tingent, he saw `a lot of ghting and was thrice wound last time in. the chest; head and knee. He is a bricklayer by trade and came to Barrie about 1907. I uluu uu .Ll|.~l.J.l\J I.lIAI\J\4Iv A`! Pte. Gordon - Zeihr reached home on Monday afternoon. A He left Barrie with the` 76th Bn. and was drafted into the 20th Bn. At Coureellette, on Oct. 1st, while awaiting orders to go -over-the parapet, shrapnel got him", wounding him in the-right arm, hip and side. On Oct. 16 he was admitted to the VVelsh Metropol- itan War Hospital at Cardiff, re- mainingthere until April 15 when he was transferred to the Ontario Hospital at Orpington. ' 77:- 1_.;-n...._ 111.- 117.... !7..:1.... .-.4` Soldiers Welcomed Home On a charge of assaulting Randolph Jennett, Wm. Edgar paid $1.00 and costs on July ,4. I u-cu J. W. Scottfs motor truck was operated for a time with only one marker. $3.00 and costs was im_ posed, July 6. 1\.\....2Ll. ,.l1.l._9L 121-- ___'l_-_I Ed. Porritt didn't like Wheel- ing on the muddy streets, so rode his bicycle on the sidewalk. He paid $3.00 on Friday. V ' TI1....\ .JA..-...l........ ._.-.... 1....`...`l ._._ (II: IIIIC IJIJJIL/J Cadet Donellin, who ,was also ying alone, tried to make a `landing in a tfurnip eld when his machine turned upside down on touching the, grmund. Hevis in the camp hospital with a com- pound multiple fracture of the ri:zht_leg and a. had1_v lacerated chin. `He may recover. ,,_L I _L ___ - rI\~n\A syv-...a \Il.Q `--u`~_;u Two deserters were tried on Friday. Pte. F. J-. Mara of N0. 2 Overseas A. S. C. was given 30 days, and Pte. Evan Strait, of the 74th Bn. was handed over `to the} military police on suspended sentence. ' Inspector Was Here I l On Monday afternoon, `H. B! Spotton, High School Inspector,` spent about half an hour in town: and looked over the Harvey site; in company with Chairman King.` He took away with him Engineer} Ardagh s report and promised to let the Board have his opinion at? an early date. .' I Read the adver'tisements. They. help you to save money. Police court 1'uuus-s1nI condos 3 cu. Pot unun [In tdvnnco] l.5o welve Pages 1 SECTION 2 AGES 5 TO 12 `Successful garden fete conducted by the Red Cross Society on on Friday. ._, ` The grounds around the resi- dences 0f'MesSI'.s'. A. Leslie and W. A. Boys, M.P.,` presented an animated scene last Friday even.- ing when a large number {rather- ed to enjoy the attractions pre- pared for the garelen party and at. the. same time help alung a very worth,v cause--t,l1o P1_`i. of `War Fund. While the attendance lwasmltaslarge as it slmulcl have been, the ladies in charge had the SatlSf(`l,l(Ifl of seeing: :1 total of |OV'I"$500 after all exponsr-5 were iDai:l- . _-, 11, , ,, ',,, , ,,_f,L,__ MADE OVER $500.00 FOR WAR PRISONER8 rm- ` Durin,g' the o\*onin_:. an :1viaf,0r .'ga\'e an exl1ihitia:n of f:1m:'y y- ging in \*im\' of thn, at. the fo-te. fAn excellont, prograjnnnn was 2iv.. ?en, including fancy r]:1n(-.<, drills, Evocal snlos and mu. by the splondid O1`(`hP.`~'fI`Z1 fl-um Camp HnaI'o. Br-"urn and aftnr lhe pm- grammo a nurnhm-'uf snlnctir-ns were playod by tho I\'_v hand. A ;great.`doa1`nf orodit. is due the jladies who managml thv fnto. `Jllllln L16 lI.I(A'V l`J\/\YV\JlO A third machine which was caught in the storm managed to make a safe la.ndin9:. The storm ! seemed to be somewhat of a cy_ clnne, nirnling the oamn; the con. ire of which n.czca1)e.'(1 the full form of th0.lihfnin,9:, althrmrzh the rain poured down in torrents, aomnmanior] at I`St by a strong wind. No. 28 If you do not know ahm1f,`t,he wonderful mountain scenery in-` cluding Jasper and Mount Rob- son Parks. trav`ersed hy the trans- continental line of the Canadian Northern Railway betxveen Ed- mnnton and Vancouver, get a copy of our handsome descripi tive booklet", to be had for the] asking from A. F. A. Malcomsomr -Barrie` Agent. 2.8-30' New Canadian Northern Rockies II (under new Ianagement) Manufacturers of and Dealers in Lumber, Flooring, Ceiling, Sash, Doors, Frames, Blinds, Tanks, Water Troughs, Mouldings, Wood Turning, Columns, Shingles, Wall Board, Roofing, etc. V f`\.... `ll A _ _ ~ ..... .. _.....2..l....._..I