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New_ gvmcj 4;-nun "EH55" St.Lawre SUGA 10 lbs. Pi IOEEJS. D -VS-l~1;)`rt-e 3 lbs. Pu 3 Ea. `w;deliv4 SAVE Y` BLACB BLUE Phons 4-ft. _B0(l 4-ft. H211`: "4-ft. A Hzm 4-ft. Soft Hardwum These are $2} I15. u luv `yuan:-.1 -u ---n.- ...~_ . _.._.._V Early varieties of plums and peaches are. now over and the `best grades of preserving plums are being oered in large quantities. Prices are reasonable. Recent hot weather. however, will 1 shorten the .s`eas(.~n. Yellow esh free .*.t_0ne peaches are also obtiiinabl. The mark of the Niagara Peninsula Grow-.V (wt. Limited, Grimsby. Ontario. stands for carefully packed, evenly graded fruit. ` ' New (L Bodv "Hard I`! ` _. I Fine Quality .PLU.MS and PEACHES ____I _.__..L.... -rxvoas H5ME.1NvEs1'oRs BR E T T S -FEED s'ro13 Send Sampls of Alaike, Red . and Sweet Clover We quote prices on cleaned and uncleaned seed 0p;):i't-evBr;s:\-:: E;;1.;y-A'S`;ore `Phones: Store and Office`, 65W. 1 ll_I!J-,,_ 1!!!! `Phone 441.! Rights and Holidays, 65. . 'We deliver orders to any pairt. of Barrie or Allandale without ` extra charge. V "l'h Lakeview Fuel and 'Builders' %% Supply C9. _ for A'!'l -the gambling is not `done on thevraoe tracks by any means. Many ;people aaret reported to be buying oil .stocks..these days. 100 to 1 shots on :the ponies `would be safe investments compared" `with most of these oil mmpositions. FLGUR, GRAIN MELL FEEDS POULTRY SUPPLIES _Page Four 4 Old King`Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he; : But when coal got to be twenty dollars a ton That's a little too merry for me. The only thing we can substitue for coal -at the present time `is wood. ' So place your order now for September and October while the nr-inn in .v-ia'l1f'. I0`-I CHIIIIUQ IIIIPIIUHIC UIIT Pl ! `I: PHONE 32"" R-. N. ROBINSON, Prop. F. P. CLARKSON,.Manager IWIIIIIEIJC \J|llll u WORK SHOES Baled Hay a-na Straw Baught and Sold New Potates, 25 per. peck `New Cotton, Bags on hand `Good Flour Bags, 8c each [%3*?r:-E'i%a*:*h 5!: You cannoi duplicate our prices in Simcoe County. Eullii 154:1: An excellentpiece of road-build-_ ng has been completed by the Board -of Works on Bayeld street north of Wellington street. This road, which `was about the worst in town, is now second'to none. It is too bad that zfunds did not permit a continuance of the improvement two blocks down 4.)... Lu] NOTES ALSO BUILDERS MATERIAL pii'c_'q "is"-1Fil.z3it7' EDITORIAL comm One Biock East of Clarkson Hotel Expert Shoe Rgpnirs iSt l"i')'E"R1-2? A. W. WHITBY itries. . ' I _ During the first three months of "the present scal year a total of 25,- 692 immigrants entered Canada, as Eagainst 41,472 for the corresponding` period last year, or a decrease of 39 `per cent. Great Britain provided ,11,695 of the newcomers; the United istates 8,425; while 4,972 came from ;other countries. For the correspond- ing period last year 22,458 came ,'.from Britain, 11,831 from the United `States and 7,183 from other coun- Alliston holds the county record for high taxation this year, its rate being 54 mills. This includes a" `general rate of 27.9 mills, with 5.7 mills for high school and 8.3 mills for public schools. The Herald maintains that the town is greatly under-assessed and thatthe rate would not exceed 20 mills if_ all the properties were assessed at their actual value as re- Haired by law. a "`Pre'tt;y and prosperous is the way _Barrie impressed the Orangeville . Banner man. Thank you, With a view to providing against a fuel famine, the Express-Heraldv suggests that Newmarket take steps to secure wood on terms offered by the Government. If_ Newmarket would prot by the experience of other municipalities it_wil1 leave any such fuel proposition severely alone. Practically every town or city which tried the experiment apfexv years ago went several thousand dollars in the hole. . Varied are the lines of community effort these days. One of the most novel is being tried out in Greens-e boro, North Carolina, where a church has bought a cow and is renting it at_ $1.00 a week to families in the congregation. The income from the cow is to be applied to thepurchase of more cows. Eventually -the con- gregation will `have .a community herd. \ `~ ` ' Walkerton has a Welfare Associa- tion which is doing things" for `the :town.. In its eorts it has the hearty `cc.-operation` of the town council. [This pisas it should .be._ Any organiz- ;ation working for the advancement iol: the community should have the `sympathy and active support of the council and the citizens generally. When it his, progress is assured. V Like many other parts of Ontario, 'Fort Frances has been visited by ltourists in. increasing numbers. In an `editorial emphasizing the importance says :-- 5`A little courtesy, afriendly `word of welcome and the imparting ofya little information costs nothing. It will bear fruit manifold, First im- pressions of those who pay us a visit are `very often lasting ones. Folks `like `to be` metwith a glad hand. Don t` wait on ceremonial .introduc-- tioins. When you notice a car bear- ling a foreign license just stop to pass la} word of welcometand volunteer `any -information that they may "re.- quire. ' of cultivating this traffic the Times" ! A summary or results for Barrie [Collegiate Institi1te`published in this. gissue shows that the local school made {an excellent record on this year s de- ipartmental examinations. "Based up-, `on the number of papers, the four gclasses attained a percentage` of from 78 to 92 per cent} Examinations lcannot be regarded" as a, wholly sat- isfactory manner of indicating the .amount of real education a student iisacquiriing, yet it is the best method inow' available for ascertaining their Elizabeth St., Barri: Nearly every town of any size in: Ontario is laying some permanent pavement this year. That Bari-ie~ needs such an improvement, and needs it badly, is beyond question.` With the Government paying a large] percentage, paving on the streets which are part of the Provincial; Highway can be done very advan-| tageously. Other towns are availing; themselves of the Government aid,` Whitby for example having betweeni $50,000 and $60,000 of provincial` funds expended on its streets this, year. As soon as the report on the Hon. F. C. Biggs, the Council` should take right hold of the road problem` with a view to immediate action. Highway route is received from thel I Alfred F. A. Coyne,_ champion of the alleged coal discovery at Sud- bury, seems rather -"peeved that the geologists of ' the Department of Mines do not enthuse over the qual- I ity of the mineral which he calls an- - thracite and has laid his complaint before Premier Drury in a rather vig-' orous letter. Mr. Coyne is not like- ly to receive much sympathy in that quarter, as departmental investiga- tion was ordered to ascertain the value of the disco/very and to protect! the public from mining promotionsi that might be oated upon the-re-I ports of the `alleged nd. lIf coal ex-l ists at Suidbury, as it is claimed by; Mr. Coyne, he will have no difficulty! `in getting monied men to provide the necessary capital, for an anthracite mine within easy reach of all partsg of the province would be a veritable bonanza. Iftany.'coal mine stock should be put upon the market, the public will do well to leave it alone until such time as the authenticity of any coal discovery isvestablished by the Government. progress.-`-`It is, therefore, very grat-_ ifying to Principal Girdwood and his staff, gs well as to the students and their parents, to nd the examination . reports T so favorable- :%a$a&awm&aaam$3 :1; AMONG EXCHANGES $&m$wmm$&&m&&&m& 1111 offering to renew the five and! a `half per cent. Canadian Govern-{ ment bonds maturing Dec. 1 at the,- same rate of interest as is carried] by the maturing bonds; and allowing} a bonus of one month's "interest, the; Minister of Finance is making a ma-' terial concession to the Canadian in- vestor, as this rate is higher than was paid on the recent Canadian loan in New York. The high class of the security, which is .the very best that can be o'ered in Canada, and the, l_ib- eral rate of interest should lead to large investment in these Dominion bonds. For Unif9rm Civic Holiday l Sudbury Star: What s the matter] with; all Ontario towns and cities hav-t i,ng"th_e san_1_e day for the observing] of Civic Holiday? It will be more satisfactory for arll classes. M I Economists In Theory Only `Farxners Sun: _People believe in" economy in theory, but the best evi-' dence that they do not practise it is `to `be found `in `the continuous! _pressure on governments to spend` money for one purpose or another.` Farmers Sun: Members of thel Leg'islature~in Alberta were paid at! the rategof $1.0 `an hour. Ontario! members who didn t average ,much'| better than $54 an hour, will have; a further argument for making the bonus a permanent addition. l No Wonder Coal Stays Up ' _ Financial Post: Little"wonder that the reduction effected in freight` rates in Western Canada is .little ben- efit to coal consumers. Such a cut can have little effett on a price 100 percent. above pre-war level when that increase in largely due to miners ; wage advances "up to 300 per cent. and these advances are still in effect. `Honoring Our Leading Men Renfrew Mercury.- The civic re- ception tendered Premier Drury on his arrival at Renfrew was alhappy idea and the Council are to be con- gratulated on endeavouring to foster .1 spirit of unity betweenvtown and country. Men and women may dif- V [er on politics, but all should be will- ing to unite to pay honor to leading men, no matter of what `political stripe, when they visit a municipality. ' City : Disillusionment Saturday Evening Post_: Alas, the impulse of youth to fly cityward is followed too often by disillusion- ment. l Most of those who follow the bright lights will lead only mediocre lives, no happier nor'more successful than in the country, Poorly paid clerical positions await them. The lights are only a mirage.- A few will reach the top and win the prizes that dazzle the rest. But ability and initiative have their just reward in smallplaces more often and more fully, if not to the same spectacular extent. In practicallyevery one of thousands of small towns are "men whose careers are active, busy, suc- cessful `and well paid. Their names may never appear in success articles i_n the Sunday papers, but they are useful members of their communities, hard wor_kin_g, but amply rewarded for their fefforts. .They Need A J.J.. Simcoe Reformer.-- According to a recent announcement of the Amer- ican Farm `Bureau Federation, every officer ofthe United States Grain Growers, . Inc., the Co-Operative Farmers marketing machine, has re- signed, following -an investigation by the Mid-West State Committee to un- tangle the chaotic affairs of the cor- poration. The Farm Bureau is. now reorganizing the company. Subscribe:'` for The Barrie Examin- er and get all the news. '$2 a year. What Ontar7io M.P.P. s Missed THE- I:RmmExAMI~ER iknother week more and it will be `a case of Go_o`d-bye Summer." ~OLD-'TIME.~l;ARN RAISING ` PRIZE LIST; Now READY I EPROVIDES LOTS .01- FUN; FOR BARRlE S BIG snow] i. Kenneth` St0ve1I s farm on` the 14th concession, Innisl, was the scene ofi a successful barn raising last week; The barnwas put up and oored in` three hours and_a half by two teams; {of husky workers. One was captain-{ `ed by Mr. Stovell himself and the} `other by W. G. Kennedy, a neighboixj, A sumptuous supper, followed by a` dance in the new" barn in the evening; finished off the day s fun. Every-} thing passed off without a hitch. `FI`|'I..._.. .........'l.. --.L- L'l....'I- J.L..J- .... ..,, ,....,_,c.. ,,.. VVl|lll\lIQI4 .. ....-... `Those people who think that a *barn raising is one ,of.\the thingsi that belong to the hey-day of an age? that passed into extinction with the` flail, the snake fence, -and the old-f fashioned buckboard, needn't fea1'< for the popularity of this rural sport! On the` contrary it is just as import-i ant an event in the life of a com-* munity as it ever was. Half of thei countryside was `on hand when Mr.{ Stovell s new barn was putup onl Saturday afternoon. KJK5V|JL\IKbJ SQL Il%L I I U U I It A year ago last April lightningl struck the old_ Stovell barn, burning it up together with a large quantity; of seed grain, some implements and` 19 head ofestock. It was a big loss,` as every farmer knows. " But a farm? can t get along very well without ai barn and that s why neighboring! farmers felt glad of the opportunity! to help put up a new barn when thei time came around. And a few hours later when the framework of a nel barn` stood 'compl.eted ready for ai roof and the season s crop it was a sight that recalled reminiscent days of the past. ' O ........ .......J ....-.L.......J .......`I..... ...n.-. :v\ \lJ. runny yuuvn Some good natured rivalry was in evidence between the two_ teams. There were about 30 men to a side, each anxious to outdo the other. But the luck of the Irish .is proverbial and Mr. Kennedfs stalwarts showed a little more speed__and skill and were able to edge out their opponents. Afterwards, when the barnwas up, Mrs. Stovell and neighboring`women- folk set the supper tables on the lawn near the Stovell home and' everybody sat down to a hearty sup- per. There were about 100 "present. A barn dance, onthe floor of the new barn. nishedvthe day's fun. _ Neil `Felt of Oshawa, cousin of Howard Felt, Barrie, met with a ser- ious accident near Biscotasing recent- ly while on a canoeing trip. Through the accidental discharge of a revolv-. er he was shot, the bullet passing through both legs near the hip. He was removed to Sudbury hospital and` is now at his home in Oshawa. Read The Examiner Adlet Column; SHOT THROUGH BOTH L1-zcs" i Prize lists, for the 1922 exhibition: 'iof the Barrie Agricultural Society,` 5: have just come off the press. The, 1`fair this year is to be held on Mon-' 5; day, Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept- -jember 18-20, and already prepara- eitions have been made to make the .3 show this year better than it has ever Ubeen in the past. Monday wil1`be sidevoted to the receiving ofiexhibits. - }Tuesday will be featured with a Babyi Show, a Farmers Green Race, 2.25; 1 class, Lady Drivers, Saddle Horses,] Hurdle Jumping, Hitch and Go Race,j 2-Costume Race and other events. 2'Judging of livestock and_pou1try is! -{to take place. On Wednesday more' traces are down on the program an l:+ ...:n 1.... ..'..,1...:..... .1--- .2-.. 1.______ :_ g u Iaa.\p uvvvu vu utsp yl.U6J.Glll auu it will be judging day for horses in ;CaVrriage-, Roadster and Thorough- fbred classes. A` T ' `f0ld King Cole is a merry old soul would hardly be called a pop- ular ballad these days. I i T glance over the prize list shows, lthat excellent prizes are being of-! Efered by the directors of the fair. i ` Officrs hd for 1922 linclude: i 1-. I1 . .. - `- - ~_ gun. may 0 . I . Hon. President, J. J. Brown; lPresident, Daniel Quinlan; 1st Vice-I !,Pres., Simon Dyment; 2nd Vice Pres,` A. Little; Treasurer, S. Dyment; isecretary, R. J. Fletcher. Directors:- EP. Love, A. F. A. Malcolmson, Geo. ;Vickers, Alex. Milne, c. M. Hickling,' {W. .H. Martin, E. .A. Cuff, T. G.- i Scythes, R. A. Sutherland, John Wig- I gins, H. D. Jameison, A. Dyer, Lloyd ,Livingston, Geo. Crawford, Selby E. i Carr. ` . l Speaking about odd town names,l how about Okotoks, Alberta? It, hasn t any special signifance only? that it.is one of the thousands of: towns and cities where Barrie s sum- 1 mer visitors hail from. They come` from allover Ontario, from Canada I and fromlparts of the United States. ' 1 9 according to the story that. local hot--l_ ! registers` reveal. Q i 7 "But by far the biggest proportion of guests, over-night strangers or, transients, or part` summer visitors,[ comes from Toronto. This is only? natural, of course. Toronto ~is Bar-i rie s nearest big city, for one rea-' son. It is also the starting place for hundreds of motor tours, and a _large percentage of these stop off in Barrie en route to /resorts` in Georgian Bay, Muskoka, Lake of! . Bays, Algonquin Park and Temagimi. 5 A specimen page from a guest book! reveals the fact that in one day at? this hotel twelve of the guests were; of the Queen City, two were from; Orillia, one was a Stratfordite, one lived at Parry Sound, and one hailed PEOPLE FROM FARW.;~ID NEAR I AMONG oun SUMMER VISITORS; E The tourist trade has been fair- lly good this summer, remarked one ihotelman, who said, however, that it lwould have been better if the sum- (men had been warmer. It s the hot {weather that drives people from the lcities, he explained. Ifrom Hamilton. There was also a transient from Camp Borden. A Westeld, N.Y., guest was the long distance traveller of the 1ot. nit l\AAn.a\vnA-\.r\.v V.-v..\.- \lJ- van Avva | Barrie is familiar ground to folks n nearly e_very part of Ontario. Not many Montrealers visit Barrie even though a few Barrieites -find their way to Montreal in the dryiseasons. But many from Hamilton, Guelph and Peterboro include this town in their itinerary. "Manchester, Eng- land is the homeof one guest. An- `other hailed from Los Angeles, Cal. Some touring motorists, whose cars are loaded up, still nd room to take home with them one or two ,small evergreen trees to decorate {lawns or back yards. Several of 'these have been seen going through lately. Perhaps they are beingsaved |for Xmas trees. T -.14 usnv Al the hill. Subscribe for Barrie Examiner iand get all the news. $2 a year. Thursday, August\24, 1922_ FLOUR PRICES Down In Pre-War Level` Every- bag of the very best quality. Our` mill is running stronger than ever. ` Every- month we aregaining ground in the face of the strongest opposition. Buy Fisher Flour and keep your money circulat- ing in Barrie. Ask your grocer or phone-our Retail Department. THF FISHER FLOUR MILLS, LIMITED Gold Medal, .. sack $4.00 Star, per sack ...... .. $3.90 VWl1ite Flake, sack, $3.70 We pay the highest` price - For wheat amine. om`. %&&$%*%$*w$&%&$%$*&*$&&&$%%| `Huckuhuck [mu abiding plucv fm not so muqh um as -bandigvs H] i either wilc- or towel sh<>\\'.< jun} 8 border uf |:u'o-. wh'vch this lum- _Thu1sday, N W. U. Iitlhl 'Vice-President of the Grand ' and he will} and pc-rfm-m performed u_\' toad, Mr. Ham` resigned. IL. n.1.1. : A \.ung,..\_..- Ml`. Robb in Canadian to in-~ the chief L'.`l11 Grand 'I`run}\j is also thq {in the Grand Tu by step, with 1 an appronti_<-<-.~; Mr. Robb wu: Quebec. in lb} Come to ('2m;: join the Gram` tion stage. lh; ucation at Sin at St. Frum-i Que. U0 in-;_v':1 Grand Trunk i DOME Among Shredded\ Kellogg s I"II --v.-uvza _ , Flakes Laundry Blue Rose Fresh ,g$*$$***$&%$$w&&$*&$&&**&g}