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.menc_ 01 about $15,000. Ald. Byrne-If we don t do some thing about this right away, our cit izens will `nd themselves in need` ozf fuel before very long. There s going I 11 __;J_I_.I 11 to be a scarcity of feul of all kinds. ..... .u.u nut. in, nu 30090. Town Clerk Smith, h reply to_a question from an alderman, stated that he had written two hardwood rms since the last Council meeting but had heard nothing as yet from them. 91: Ann . -- ___,.. $15,000 to Handle I Mayor Little--It means 31 lmentof about $15,000. A Li `D....... GIFTS T0 ART GALLERY 5', Part of Tuesday night s Council Lmeeting was devoted to a talk on -.fuel. At a previous meeting some -iof the Town Fathers favored the Es- > tablishment of a civic woodpile in L view of the coal famine, and on Tues- day prompt measures to this end were urged by Ald. Byrne. He inc troduced a motion calling for the purchase bythe municipality of 1000 cords of hardwood. This stirred up a general argu- ment. J I certainly realize the seriousnesn of the fuel situatiorr, Mayor Little Hed o` with. But I question the [advisability of purchasing that much :wood unless we have an assured I market for it, he added. 'r....... r~I..-.L own` Clerk Authorized to Purchase As Much as 1000 Cords If Required. TOWN AGAIN REX)? 1-`on c1v1_c_yoom>n.r: Leave It to Dealers` vu 4150 comes BLAKE ST. IS CHOSEN AS HIGHWAY ROUTE think" the .~ attention an invest- Council is almost Unanimous; Abutting Lands Pay 25%; Total, $187,000. j (Continued on page 1(3) SECTION 1 PAGES 1 TO 8 ____--- ----. ... rt: ; van I say` Miss Doris I. Hayes of Alliston has been appointed librarian at the Public Library to succeed Mrs. J. T. Sproule who resigned recently. Miss Hayes has the qualifications called for by the Ontario -Library Act. She assumes her new duties on Monday next. ' ' ...u.-vu va. uvull IalCUUla, HU puulteu Out. It would be costly, perhaps, to _ install a system in "that part of the town, remarked Mayor Little. I'm afraid it ll have to go over for an- other year. aura -avast Ald. Byrne appealed to Mayor. Lit- tle about it and His Worship declar- ed it to be in order. * 7 It carried. a Ald. Paddison brought to the at- tention of the Council the danger ex- isting through the lack of a re alarm system in the south end of the town. The present `system didn't extend ul\4n.V\4\aI rxlua uyzxxc. This is a different motiori alto- gether, replied Deputy-Reeve Pat- terson. - u. w. augu, .|. uuu1auu-'-u Shortly afterwards, `Reeve Fisher` 1 introduced a `somewhat similar mo- tion: That the ljlire and Police Com- mittee consider giving the night con- stables one Sunday evening off each month. Deputy-Reeve Patterson seconded it A n 111 Al, \- ~vvvoouv\A I thou`g"'l.n; that the motion been disposed of previously, served Ald. Byrne. ' `"l`L:a 3... .. .::m-_.-__;_ __-,L3,,,. 'Y'eas--Fish_er, Patterson, Byrne, Partridge, Paddison--5. ` Ol.....L`l.. ...L';..._...__..L 7- - ' ..`. -- ." vguv v wn-rwnnc _ Somebody said that the motion was put in_' over the heads of the Fire and ' Police Committee. It was opposed M by Ald. Coles, who thought the police were being treated very well with ` two weeks holidays and everything, while Ald. Byrne opposed it on the ground that no provision had been made for` substitutes- Some further argument took place, and when the yeas and nays were taken the mo- tion lost by seven votes to ve, as .follows:- ' 11- ..p.... .. _ >-v"I*i a'3'r.;:Mayor Littl, Coles, Low- er, McKinnon, Hill, Wiles, Marshall __ 7 NEW LlBRA`RlAN Appo1N1fD. `II :__ 15 - . It came about over} a `motion fa- thered by Ald, Partridge and second- ed by Ald. Paddison, which intended to give each night constable one night off duty up to twelve o'clock. Some fun over the question of whether or not to give the town's night constables a nightpo each month developed during [Tuesday night s Council meeting. The-subjer-ti was not a newone, apparently. 1-`_ AA___ I . I NIGHT POLICEJAY GET? CHANCE TOGO To KIRK] On each case disposed of the ` of Barrie gets $2.00 as court The nes go to the Dept. : ist will not have any complaint to _ make about the way his speed was determined by the officer. And so .... -.... 1,... nu-.u Luau cu uuab out: luULU1'- on.` Speaking to a newspaper report-! er on Saturday, the officer said that he had never yet lost a case, though on one occasion he had to chase a motorist seven and a half miles to` catch him. Sometimes he was speed- ing along at 42 miles an hour to do this. 1 1 Be Advised! Hurry! Hurry! --All things come to an end. Our summer clearing and school opening _ sale, which has been such a wonder- ful success, will be a thing of the past after Saturday of this week, Sept. 9, at 11 o clock p.m. In the meantime we are looking for! big * business in every department. are price-cutting so as to show a We: bigger saving to our customers dur- : ing the last days of this sale._ Be ad- vised. Save! Save! by buying men s and boys clothing and furnishing" goods on the first floor of our big store. Save! Save! by buying staple drygoods, children's and ladies hos- iery on the second ~oor. Our stock arrangement and selling staff are planning for the biggest_selling this store has ever hadyduring the remain- ing days of thissale. Save! Save! by coming at once.-i-'I`he House of Quality, _ the House of Bargains-3- The W. C. Hunter Clothing Company. Barrie. . . _ .- . .36c ` an experienced member of the Pro- - I I Provincial Officer Sutton, who is vincial Force, says that he takes his speed estimates by` means of a stop` watch in some cases and by the speed his own machine is going in other cases. If he has to" travel 42 miles an hour to catch up with a speed men-, chant and force him to pull up, he! allows the driver the benet of a few; [. miles per hour less so that the motor- in` ...:II mat. L`... A-- ! manded. He is Howard A. Orr of One _of the auto owners didn't re- ply to his summons to appear on Sat- urday, Sept.. 2, and his case was re- : Oakville, who was going thirty-seven ' miles an hour on Aug. 26, according i to Speed Cop Sutton. Others who * paid up include the following:---Tor-! ` onto Railway Co., Toronto, 38 miles. an hour; Jas. `Hill, Elmvale, 39 miles; J. H. Scott, 160 Sherman St., `Ham-I` ilton, 36 miles; Lionel Amsden, 83, St. Clair Ave., Toronto, 39 miles; Egii A. Baker, 131 Collier St., Toronto, 1 35 miles; Mrs. Lottie _Langsta", 167 1 Oakwood Ave., Toronto, 36 miles;< Lorenzo J. Watson, '91 Pacic Ave.,, Toronto, 36 miles. Allof these paid $14.25 except E. `A. Baker, who got off with $13.25. They were all` charged with driv.ing faster than 25_1t miles an hour. * g V t i Motorists who broke the speed laws [By driving thirty-eight and thirty- nine miles an hour along the Pro- vincial Highway between Barrie and Bradford are among those whose names appeared in the first batch of speeding cases handed in by B. E. Sutton, Provincial Motorcycle pOffic- ~ er, who was recently assigned to this part of the Toronto-Muskoka High- way. Up to last Saturday he had ; laid informations against eight mo- torists, seven of whom sent- in ' cheques for the nes and costs to I1 1 Town Clerk Smith. The. usual as- sessment is $10 and costs, or $14.2'5l1 altogether. g ON COP S INFORMATION EIGHT MOTORISTSFINED Town` costs. Asks to Use Syeet John Saso wrote through his so]- icitors, Boys & Murchison, asking for permission'to use part of the pave- ment in ("front of his store on Maple avenue for the" display of fruits for sale", to avoid congestion on busy nights. He explained that the pave- _ment had been put in at his own ex- Several communications were re- . ceived as well as two petitions for ` sewers. These were:-- ' Another Gas Tank A letter from Boys & Murchison on behalf of_ A. J_. Tuck asking per- 4 mission to install a .gasoline supply -A tank in front of his store. This was ` granted on motion of Ald. Byrne and ` Reeve` Fisher. . 1 Wiles-lV artridge--That the Board I of Works consider the advisability of g'ravel1ing.EccIes street from El- izabeth street to Perry street and on Perry street from Eccles to Jane streets.- I! V Wil.;s-l Z:;.;i7(iison---That the Board of Works consider grading Innisl street on the north side of Bunker s Creek. 7 ' :w&&&$maw&m&mmwg The town s usual grant of $500 to the Barrie Agricultural Society was put through by the Town Council Tuesday, following the July and Ange {during its` rst regular session on. ust holiday. There were other odds and ends of business disposed of as `follows:--_ Fisher?--Patterson--That a light be placed on Holgate street, west of William street; also a gravel walk to be laid, same to be done as quick- ly _as _ possible. BARRIE;S7 BIG FAIR `GIVEN ANNUAL GRANT or $500 The King Edward, too, is ahead?! `'of its last,year s record. Principal 7 E. Shear states that his third class, ',tand primary classes were overcrowd-g _Ied on Tuesday, but that everything is getting settled nicely after the rst few days of re-opening. He places the total attendance gures at.286, but believes that there will be morei to add to this before registration is ` complete. `.`It looked as if we were . going to be rather crowded, but I . think we, can handle the situation.` all right, he said. ' ` 1 At- King George School, Principal J. E. Carson has about 40 pupils en- 1 rolled, a gure that is much the same as last year's. Four of these are 3 new pupils; ` ` At Victoria School over 390 pupils `have enrolled. This is above last- year s enrollment, according to Prin- cipal Jas. Marlin, who reported that his primary classes were crowded. fOn Tuesday 45 new- pupils enrolled, [but there will be more than these ; after Exhibition week, when the re- gistration will be complete. ' rt, 12- - Principal J. E. Morrison of Prince of Wales School said that 33 new pu- pils had registered there on the op- iening day, Tuesday. He thoughril-, ':'the total attendance would be slight- / ly abovethat of last year and estim-' ated that it had probably reached the [500 mark, which is highly gratifying` in view of the fact that 30 of last . `term s pupils had passed the En- trance and are now attending the Collegiate. Our kindergarten is` lslightly larger. than it was at this time last year, Principal Morrison ` `said- . I . ,4 I l .......B.. .. ....._, uc xncucaaaly lautl.` UH` Ito secure another. Tlie registration would hardly be complete for several days, 11.-2 ..__S,, I 1* 11 up - - - A ! I ' u 1 In speaking of the extra large at- itendance this year, Principal Gird- iwood said he thought the addition of one extra teacher` wo.'uld suffice, though it may be necessary later on .fn I:nr~1n-n nnnb-L ... PHIL- -.--. ! A total 152 pupils were regis- tered in the first form of the Colleg- iate on Tuesday. 1' So great is the enrollment at -the Collegiate thatan extra teacher-had lto be secured. She is Miss Theresa` !Cavanagh of Barrie , who has been for the past few years principal of lthe 'I`hessalon Continuation School. Miss Cavanagh has taken charge of one of the junior classes. - i 2 cents per vvvigorii; minimum 256. FI4 -I4 mm$&m&$$$mm&$mm -Collegiate and public schoolsiopen- I - ed again on Tuesday, September 5, ; following the long `summer holidays. - In every case enrollments were re- . ported to be over those of last year.I - On Wednesday Principal A. R; Gird- wood of the Collegiate stated that l 340 pupils had registered there, and {declared that this is an increase over the maximum attendance in 1921 of [about 40, and that it is likely that `before all enrollments are in the to- 'tal attendance at the Collegiate will a `be 360 or 365. This would be an L `increase of 20 per cent. over last ' year's attendance, which was a 20 -I per cent. increase over that of 1920. ii In the latteryear the maximum was ] 1283 and in 1921 it was 305. 1 3. c. 1. iA'l'l'l-ZNDANCE 20 PER CENT. HIGHER `Total Students.more than 360; Extra Teacher Engaged; More in P. S_.!Also. BARRH-:, CANADA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1922 - - -~--- ~.. v-o--v '-"""'l:""I`-"' 2.--For the construction of a sewer from lot 9, Ellen street, to Vespra street. Signed `by ve rate- payers; Both referred to committee. pene. Referred to a committee. Sewer Petitions 1.---For the construction of a sewer on Victoria street from Brad- ford street east to the G.T.R. prop- erty. Signed by eight ratepayers. ,, . , . .. _ `|:I___ LL , ........b..u. vy . n. .:.u1.uc.I., 11. neuueuy, sk; A. F. A. Malcomson`, Alex. Sin- clair, A. J. Sarjeant, A. C. Bricker, sk; C. H. Beelby, Alex. Habbick, Herb Thompson, P. T. Clark, sk; J. LeGear, R. McBride, Alex Ness, A. G. Walker, sk; Geo. "Luck, L. Vanatter, 4 D. J._Reb1rn, _C. Kendall, sk. ....._,, uni, 41- U0 a.-Lavv1.c_y, .IJ. VV . LJCIHIUX, W. T. Stewart, A. Hay, sk; W. A. Boys, Dr. Simpson, R. A. Stephens, J. D. Milne, sk; Geo. Hubbard, J. Seagram, W. A. Turner, H. Kenned RIC? A F A Mo]nnw:enn- AI.`-r C3- Lay, sk; N. J. Frawley, . m A ,-. `roan.-DJVAI, Dl\o Barrie--- W. A. Anderson, Fred Marr, Buster Clalgk, H. M. . W. Lennox, 7"` CL..u......L YYA-- - `*7 ..... u, an, u. LILULIIPDUII, 1:4. uuugxuau, A. Milne, C. W. Poucher, sk; S. Gar- side,` E. Kohlmeyer, A. Marshall, A. `Ferguson, sk. D-__: ._ ~nr A A I -- - wwwwwvxvx l0l"l*K>IQI0I`% ANNOUNCEMENTS E oer word: minhnnm 91:. M Allandale-- W. B. Webb, Fred Whitney, A.` Hook, V. Knight, sk; J. Brunton, Rev. W. J. `Watt, Fred Sharpe, J. Little, sk; L. Lawrence, B. Thompson, Allan Massey`, A. E. Pat- tersbn, sk; C. Thompson, E. Longman, A M;1nn (` T 'DnunL.... ..1..' (V I1--. WX}:dgar Reynolds, W. Cun- ningham, Rev. A. W. Wall, E. Skel- ton, sk; Alex Rose, S. Ellis, Ed. Mc- 'Lean, J. Murphy, sk; Tom Brooks, A. McKnight, G. Tuer, W. Hancey; sk; `F. Hurst, F. Evans, H. Murphy, W. F. McLean, sk; W. Caesar, H.` Fleury, J. Moore, R.-Scott, sk. All_, `I ......,, 11 . .4. alvauu, vv. u. uuuuy, an. Orillia--B. Barker, A. Carter, Dr. Wainwright, Dr. Kirkpatrick, sk; F. Horne, W. Taylor, `F. Toogood, W. J. McFadden`, sk; F. Hopson, F. Hindle, Reverend N. H. Mc- Gillivray, A. Weatherwax, sk; J. Kearns, A. J. Taylor, H. Holcroft, D. McNab, sk; J. Hyslop, C. J. Miller, R. Scott, J. Carruthers, sk;. C. Har- vey, R. H. Raney, J. B. Henderson, 0. Chrisman, sk. T . AII:_J._... `l'.I.I__,, 11,... `I I rev 1: [ At the close of the day s play those I 3 present were cordially invited to take `r part in the Alliston Bowling Club's` 'Itournament which is to be held on September 11. Skips `and rinks included: Newmarket--M. Brimson, H. Sen- all, sk.; W. McCaffery, Dan McNarr, Gordon Banting,` _G. A. Binns, sk; H. 4 Whyley, H. Gillman, W. Rushbrook, -' R. Fergus, sk; F. Chantler, Dr. Rut- I 'ledg'e, W. E. Dolan, W. C. Lundy, sk. 3 A . fnett, J. R. Broughton, and H. Marsh- fhv'|I-Io_,,_,`D Dan]-ha. l`.---L-- -- nu . a v A an The tournament was favored with exceptionally fine weather and every- thing went off without a hitch. Ed. ` Shear had a busy time of it keeping `tab on the scores and when these, I were all in at 9.45 p. m. he announced .the winners. Thanks to the new lighting system donated by J. Sea- gram the greens were as bright as day after supper and evoked favor-I? able comments which were heard on; `gall sides. V ` j u"":"-..' "-1" 14" ` - , pa` Skip Kennedys successfu} quartet n included Geo. Hubbard, J.- Seagram ,f and W. A. Turner, winners of the! L Tudhope cup at Orillia on Wed-"i f nesday. They won leather hand bags. which were afterwards presented to `Skip'Kennedyvb-y E. Shear, secretary-l Treasurer of -the Northern Bowling? League. Four handsome pieces of silverware .were- given to Skip ' McFadden s rink and cut glass ' ` berry bowls `to the trundlers E skipped. by A. Weatherwax.' The ' fourth prizes were cut glass cream ` ` and sugar sets to J. F. McLean s ` Alliston team, and the fifth. prizes cut glass marmalade jars. ' 1 Four Newmarket rinks took partf] in `the tourney, `together with six ; ' from Orillia, five from Alliston, fourii ikfrom Allandale and nine from Barrie. 'i. "='- Veteran skips on the greens includ- I E Qed Andrew Hay of Barrie, C. J. Miller of Orillia, probably the oldest. active bowler present; "W. R. Fergus}: ' - . inf ND\Uhi91`bn+ (!I(\I'|1n] `I).......,J.....L -31 ,.......... uuu nu yxcacubi W . IV. rergusg . ' of N ewmarket, gemal Presldent of the Northern Bowling League, Robt.- Scott of Alliston; G. `A. Binns of New- market who hasn t missed a tourna- ment in years. I 1111.- A.--_,,.., I ` ` ` i . ' V e Airairs in the Yorkshire Worsted ; His Rink Gets Eour Possibles; tangle are Shaping up fr 8 ShW- . _ - - , down. . A. Boys, K.C;, has re- P- T- Clark_ also In Money 9 ceived instructions from the share- 26 Rinks Play. holders committee to go to the courts 4 - . to decide the ownership of the $60.- Hunter Kennedy s Barrie rink'0O0 worth of stock at issue,_Vand the, . annexed first prize in the Northern committee has -alsoibeen in touchi . League's big bowling tournament at with the Attorney-General s Depart-! - the Barrie Club s greens on Laborzment in an effort to secure inorma-3 .!Day. The local quartet had a totalltion which is necessary before the: - of sixty-six points at the close of committee can make any headway in` V the day s play, beating out two Orillia ? straightening out the tangle so as to rinks for the premier position by a ` put the mill on a good working basis. ` Safe m3'8'i- W- J- MF.3dden'5 Or ! To determine the ownership of the illia trundlers came second, with$50,000 worth of Stock, the facts of fifty.-eight points. with another 0r- the matter will likely be brought be- illia rink. skipped by A~ Weatherwaxr foreone of the County judges in the in third p0Sitin: with fiftY`SiX- W- ;near future, according to F. H. Hurl- F. McLean of Alliston was fourth hurt, one of the members of the W`ith f01`tY-eight points ad Peterlshareholders committee and a Dir- ` nine. CIark s quartet fought out thelnirectors which President Allen of 2 last battle of the day with an Alliston Ithe Yorkshire `Worsted Company .` V` Fink skipped by the Veteran Rbt- threw out following its election by ` Scott, the final end finishing at ex` the shareholders at a stormy meet- lactly p` 1?` in Barrie nn Mnnoxv I\~-- r m,:.. 12-...---1--L " ` 1 1 1 I w. H. KENNEDY WINS N. 3.1. TQURNAMENT v - - v - v an, -1 UV!` L} I argument nished. ..vv v 0119']. CUL- Be it therefore resolved that the Clerk be instructed to cause notice to be published of intention to under- take the work on sections mentioned above except on Bradford street, pur- suant to standard specications for Provincial Highways, as a local im- provement under the provisions of the `Local Improvement Act, and that ' Council intends to and will assess l 25% of the cost of the work exclusive ` of the cost of street intersections against the propertiesabutting there; i on. i when the Act Town Solicitor Boys stated `that said that the store should be closed it meant closed and not open for business. He had pre- viously put in a technical objection as to the manner in which `notice of the appeal had been entered by Mr. McCuaig, and observed that Mr. Mc- Cuaig s deposit of a cheque with Town Clerk Smith wasn t made ac- ` cording to the Act. some argument about this. 11:- There had been i .... _ ..- ----up ``I wil give this my best consid- eration, stated His Honor as the slranrnna-1+ Gr-is-Iv-A-3 v:""i`\.vo persons were seen to enter the store, but that doesn't say that anything was sold, contended Mr. McCuaig. vgvn. anus . Mr. McCuaig, in defense,'contend- I ed that this didn't mean that custom- . ers had been served in the store. He - submitted that the word closed as it . appeared in the town by-laws meant - that a shop should not be open to - serve customers. This was the in- terpretation placed on the word clos- ed by the Factories, Offices and Buildings Act, under which the town } by-laws had been drawn up. Nothing ` had been put in as evidence to prove 3 that the men whom Chief `King saw 1 1 ! going into the `shop purchased any goods. 6(ff\_,, . Only one witness was called by Mr. - Boys. This was Chief King, who . laid the complaint against Vickers, - Limited, under two town by-laws - concerning the Wednesday afternoon . closing hours in August. At the , police court hearing before Magis- - trate Jeffs. Mr. Vickers was ned. ' Chief King repeated his evidence, to the effect that on Wednesday af- ' ternoon, Aug. 2, he passed the Vick- i ers store on two occasions and not- iced that goods were hung up outside . the shop entrances as if the shop was open for business. doors were openand he saw two per- sons, apparently customers, enter the store. He was sure they weren t clerks. ' A I I I Both the shop _v -------- I g JUDGMENT IS RESERVED? r; IN VICKERS LTD. APPEAL} .. ..,........_, .n9LuCLAlUUJl. W. A. HOYS g `- K.'C. represented the town of Barrie} while George Vickers, of Vickers,, Limited, who is appealing against` a Magistrate Je s decision over an` alleged Wednesday afternoon shop- closing infraction, was represented by D. F. Mccizaig, B. A. J. R. Cotter .represented the. Crown. `The argue V ment was not a lengthy one, and on its conclusion His Honor reserved judgment. _ i , Judge Wismer heard an argument; `concerning the Vickers appeal oni `Tuesday. a.,`fternoon. W. A. Boys ! K_~(`,_ 1'pn)`ann+uH Hm +,........ ..4' D_.'.-.:, , _.__---......_, Ah Hun JGJIUCU. Mr. Hickling during the past two weeks has been very successful,_hav- ing caught several sh weighing from 3 to 8 pounds each, but he is quite elatedvwith his latest catch.--Soo Star. Point aux Pins is a summer resort! on St. Mary's River, six miles west of Sault St. Marie. v.=,.......u yuuuua. Mr. Hickling and Ralph Meg'giu- {son were out in their motor boat .tro11ing in front of Mr. Meg'ginson s cottage, Ralph attending to the motor `and Mr. Hickling to the troll. The fish put up quite a fight and it was [with some difficulty it was landed. , . . - __ I'T'_I,`l' uauxcu as LUUUWSI-- That whereas this Council has ---vvnvnl vv us) been informed by the Hon. F. C., Biggs, Minister of Public Works, and Highways, that the Department is prepared to construct a standard -Provincial Highway from the east- ern limits ofthe town to Rodney street, over Steele, and on Blake street to Rodney street, and from the southern limit of the J ohnsog Davis town over Burton avenue to Milburn . street, providing the corporation is prepared to construct the connecting -. link therewith _ streets, namely, on Burton avenue to `Essa street, Bradford street, Eliz- abeth street, Dunlop street, Louisa street, Duckworth street and- on Blake from Duckworth street to Rodney. The Minister further agrees to pay 40% of the cost of the central 20 feet thereof. ' lit)- :1. LI, over the `following 1 C. M. HlCKLlNG S NICE CATCH During the heavy rainstorm Mon- day afternoon, C. M. Hickling of Barrie, who,'with Mrs. Hickling and their daughter Jean, is visiting Mr. `and Mrs. H. Megginson at their sum- ,mer home, Sohomie Cottage, Point {aux Pins, caught a pike .measuring `forty-four incheslong and eighteen linches around the girth, and weighing `eighteen. pounds. I 1|/f.. YT:_'I_13 ` "` ` ' ,,___---.. ......, umu uceu In toucni tl'with Attorney-General r : ment secure lition 1? 1l`put ' z$60,000 the foreone - future, H. llburt, '}shareholders ` 'ector on the newly-elected Board of! ~'fDirectors which " 'the ' shareholders meet- ingvheld in Barrie on Monday, Aug. ` 28. He said that a list of the points i on which the shareholders `want a ` ,[legal ruling had been made out and k }'handed to Mr. Boys, and also that t -according to a letter received by the )committee from Col. Denison of the [ Attorney-General s Department any , 11 `information which the Barrie share- holders want can be supplied by the t Department within ten days. Ii: 1 'sooN'ro 31-: SHOWDOWN IN YORKSHIRE co. FIGHT No. 36 TCIRCULATIOY The Women's Auxiliary of the R. V. Hospital will have a rummage table in connection with their booth at the Fall Fair. Suitable donations will be gratefully received and may be left at 62 Ross St. Phone 354W. 36-37 wwwwwlll $ll0l0l!K"l0I` IE comma K 2 cents mar ward in nnnnn Im 1 K cents per word; minimum 25c. V Kmmmmmmmmmmm - _ __ _ - - ----`nuns I In its last week's issue Toronta 1 Saturday Night refers to gifts of L paintings sent to the Toronto Art; : Gallery at Grange Park by Col. D. H. MacLaren of Barrie and by Miss o Lucy O'Brien of Shanty Bay. A reproduction of Col. MacLaren 3 painting, a portrait of Sir Johnston Forbes- Robertson, the English actor, by" `Sir William Orchardson, accom~ panies the article. ` - at 2 cents word; minimum 25c. &%&m&wwamm%&&ww$ ...... .. uvsvvu uuuugu LU rwuney street. Of this sum the corporation of the town of Barrie will bear $91,400 of the cost, the Province $36,000, and the property owners along the High- way $60,000. , . ' Blake Street Designated A Reeve "Fisher and Ald. McKinnon - moved the resolution selecting Blake street as the route in Barrie east, to- gether with the adoption of an as- . sessment of twenty-ve percent. The motion was carried as follows:-- l`lau+ u.I..........._ 1.1-3. n -- - g0I<>I4K<>X<%l<>I<%>I4%&>I<>E>I< That the Clerk be instructed to purchase an amount up to 1000 cords of hardwood to be sold to citizens at a price to cover the cost of same-" savvvl -nu Iyuu Mayor` Little-The coal dealers say that they can get soft coal in any ` quantity, but they don t think the people will buy soft coal. _-One man said he could get a considerable amount of hard coal ab $20 a ton- I don t know Whether he can-I ve only got his word for it. I don't; want to see the Council get into the difficulty it got into .a few years ago. At this juncture Ald. Byrne amended his motion and it carried as follows:- un-u . .1 n-- - _.- v\I a.I\/Gil`./ID Deputy-Reeve Patterson--If the fuel dealers can keep us supplied with wood, as they say they can, I [think it would be unwise to go into the fuel business again. Reeve Fisher-Yes, the coal dea?- ers have plenty of wood. Hard Coal at $20 say that thev mm o-9+ can .-.....1 :.. ..___ u-Aid. Byrne---l;es, but if we can : get coal we should endeavor to get a substitute. Buy advertised things. It pays. ":I.l;:e MayoAr--D t you 1 lcoal situation deserves our 'more than wood? A1.) Th -6 - ..v..-A un Even though the hard coal striika is settled, we can t hope to get a {supply of hard coal here till after iChristmas, pointed out Ald. Byrne_ "I think thesituation is serious. [There is need right away for denite lactipn. ,,-___ .,....... .. vvuulu uc mucn 0]. 8 iob to nance the proposition. No Fuel, Yet Unworried Reeve Fisher declared that some , of the townspeople didn't seem to ' realize the serious position they were _ in. 'He knew a number of citizens . who hadn t any fuel at all, but they ,' didn t seem ,to be worrying over it... : He said that he had been told by coalvdealers in town that they could - ` supply plenty of wood to everybody; $12,000 in the Hole Mayor Little" here referred to a; former occasion when the municipal- ity had gone into the fuel business`. It went into the hole to the extent of? about $12,000. He said he favored lthe appointment of a fuel committee from the Council, which could fully investigate the fuel situation here before the Council committed itself {to the expenditure of thousands of I` dollars. t I 1 ,._ ---_, ..- ;\.uA VJ. an 51110.5- He added that he believed that the. Town could buy hardwood in the north for about $8.00 a cord and he didn't think it would be much` of Blake street, in preference to Kempenfeldt street, was chosen as the Provincial Highway route through the east section of Barrie by the Town _Council in session Tuesday night. There was practically no op- position shown to this selection` and very little was expected, since the H subject had been pretty well aired A at a previous meeting when the ma- jority of councillors [came out in _fa- vor of Blake street, following a pro longed discussion on the matter. Scenically, Kempenfeldt street is the i better of the two routes, but it was - pointed out that Blake street seems to be the more logical choice, partly because the Provincial Highway is already constructed along a route that leads into Blake. street, partly because it will be from eight to ten - per cent. cheaper to build, and partly because it offers larger facilities for ' frontage taxation on both sides. "It was favored by Hon. F. C. Biggs, Minister of Public Highways, when -_ he was in Barrie about a month ago M looking over the situation. 25% By Frontage Tax Besides settling the choice of a route, the Council adopted the rate of assessment to be levied on prop- erty owners whose premises abut the Highway. These will be assessed twenty-ve per cent. of the cost of that share of the construction to be bornelocally, exclusive of the cost of street intersections. The town will pay for these. Estimated Total of $187,000 It was figured out Tuesday night, withithe help of W. B. Redfern of the rm of James, Proctor & Red- fern, consulting engineers, that the Highway through Barrie will cost altogether about $187,000 from Mil- burn street through to Rodney street. Of l'.l1i: qnrn Han nn..........L:.... - Ll 1