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4-ft. Body Hm 4-ft. Hll`d\Vtm 4-ft. Halwmn 4-. SO, '01) Hardwomi Kih Those an-,;:r<-: 4-ft. Dz1\vsn"11 >' 1 and \ $1.25 WAI ALEXAND X RED P GOOD SE THE UN. Bring in Tim-1` Lenm Seed] S0011: U.F.( U.I".( i=eT.'iv'a3iII` N. P. Soup . '\\'c AN'1 AP1 DOMINION sromzs, Limited some or coon VALUES nus WEEK Soapnkes .. 2 lbs. 25 Coniort Soup, 10 forL72c PalmOlive Soup 3 for 24` I`! I, ll, ,_nI_- CC 11\ E-.. HF- EVERYTHING IN. Lbiiasn Phones: Office 109, Rs. 642 and 390 We CLOSE SATURDAY AT -NOON: We carry everything in lumber and our prices are always fairly priced. Why not ask us to give you an estimate on the work you'll have to do. Stop in next time youare in town` or phone and tell us what you want. Altogether it is a mighty good pian to have your buildings in good condition. It generally means a saving. And with prices as high as they are you` can't very well aord to abuse your implements or waste a. lot of grain. _ Your farm implements are expensive. Are you allowing them to become rusty and di- lapidated because of ":1 leaky roof?` Your live-' stock isvworth a lot of money to you. Are they properly housed? Is your hay and grain per-_ fectly dry all the year . round ? yvu-Iv t pvu - -- 10 for 75 . . . . . . . 21 we DELIVER onnms oF$1o.00 on ovum .I..:.`4:n:n;n:n;a.:nn--4.:..4-_..-g..:.._._..:..._..._ .._._ ..._ .. Z .. _ .. __ :. _ ,, A, so-?';2c Expert Shoe Repairs 15 A. W. WHITBY `Molasses Snaps, lb. 14 Mixed Biscuits . . lb. 25 Arrowroot Bisuits,lb.29 `C & S Coffee . . . lb.- 55 Bulk Coffee . . . .' lb_. 39 St. Lawrence` SUGAR 10 lbs.` CV6 I l&InVJ i=i}e Lard, 10 Th; 31:55 Shortening, 10 lbs. $1.75` Mild Chese, lb. . . . . 22 Sliced Bacon, lb. . . '. 37, Finest Honey, 5 lbs. 79 I in II $1 on! 's'.3ecia1 Blend ' Elizabeth St., Barrio T as BAL_L PLAlV_[l\[:IylltL co., Ltd. I.` IIFISIIFIII II` n -in-n-n b. 30g " ton properties CIIUIUULC U1. LULDC auu pl1lhUGI llllgllln LU]. a. uuwu cap -peso,-:UU.: In xing the frontage rat_e at 25% . . per cent., the Council chose a gure Thinks Combination Desirable a little below the average. ' Walker- Renfrew Mercury-_Why should not 9-butting PaVeme1'It-Stthe Liberals and the Progressives at P8) 75 P81` Tlt- Of the 00513: diVided:Toronto unite and form one strong between the two sides; Lindsay col-fparty for political purposes? This lects 60 per cent. and Orillia 50 pe1`,should not affect the success of the cent. Pl'eVlOUS to this year Orillia "United Farmers of Ontario any more had laid 2124 miles Of P3VVml11'-8 at than it_ would affect the Canadian- ?Newspapers Association or the Cana-.' a total costof $285,000. Provision for the expenditure, of $30,000 in re-surfacing Bradford street is made in the engineers total, of $187,000. This is an- item which" might well be deferred. ' Bradford street roadway is somewhat rough .ests of the masses as advocated by for fast driving but should be good;the Farmer's party, they will stay for several/ years.` If a rather. un-' V `with the party that champions these evensurface does slow down the -mo- things. If they are in the new party dian Bar Association. We are told that it would drive certain men out of the Farmer's party. If these men are sincere, and what they desire is . I progressive government in the inter-. torists it will do nopharm on such a `simply from class motives they will ` narrow `street crowded with traffiz. no doubt return to their first love. Barrie of those por-E !tions of the Highway as far as Mil-j [burn St. on the south and to Rodney Son the east, the Hon. F. C. Biggs has dealt very generously with the town. I jIn reaching his decision he, no doubt, {made due allowance for what the `Government saves through Bradford; street being already paved. The: itotal estimated cost of the proposed} lpavements is $187,000, of which` .$91,400 will have to be taken care? [of out of the general rate. A con-E lsiderable reduction is shown from` I the . original estimates, which provided for a total expenditure of ' $218,400.: 1 . c..:._.. 4.1.. .c......a.......- .....|.\_ -4. nit! The Examiner does not `agree, with the choice made. It believes that the gbay-front route has advantages that `would more than compensate for the lextra expense entailed. These ad- gvantages have been pointed out more [than once and it is not necessary to `repeat them here. Twenty-ve years 1 hence they" will probably be more E i 1 1 V 1 fully appreciated than today. How- ever, the'Council has chosen Blake street and no great fault will be!` [found with their decision even byi {those who advocated the other routeg `believing it to be in the best interests of the town. i o if v\ u ' A . 1 l "ation to shoulder the responsibility I Council did well to make its choice of route without further delay. There was no reason why such a question. `should be referred to the ratepayers. {The councillors are elected to do the j people's business. Had they sent the choice of route back to the peop1e,l it would simply have been a confes-` sion either of their own inability to} deal with the matter or of a disinclin-I ' I 0 I | mvolved 1n the decision. A I I nu . I ~ 1 Further progress in the matter. of the improvement of the Provincial! Highway route through Barrie was! made on Tuesday night when the !( Council designated Blake street and?__ also fixed the rate of _frontage as-5' sessment. I vvuuu vvaax unlu Luau; Dunc I In view of the $12,000 loss, which! Mayor Little says the Town sustained through the last experiment in sup-`E plying` fuel at cost, the Council willj do well to go very slowly in making! `another venture in the wood busi-;' 1 I I TIBSS. i uvv art as wsvnu vvuuuynnuo U When the dealers fail to supply the I demand or start proteering, it will` be time enough for the Town to take I a -hand. And should such action be_ necessary, there should be some , pretty positive assurance that the? wood will nd ready sale. 1'... -..:..... -1.` 4.1.- awn nnn 1-..- ___L:-L. ynurusuu L\l& uu \allI\tl.5\ll\rJ- That the local situation is such as to `warrant the Town embarking in i such an enterprise at the present time is not at all apparent. One- dealer states that he has 400 or 500} cords and knows where he could get? 3000 cords if required. Other deal-i ers have .a certain amount of wood on hand, and it is safe to say that all the dealers combined have a thousand j cords available for early delivery. If more is required, they can lay itl down in Barrie as cheaply as the: Town. As long as the dealers are? `prepared to make sufficient deliver-i ies and at a reasonable prot, the: municipality is not `called upon to set up a civic woodpile. `XYL-.. LL- .l....1....... 13-21 L- ._--_...1-- LL- Phone 441.!` The Town Councilhas mgde pro-i vision for the purchase of wood. up -to 1000 cords for sale to the citizens` at cost. This_. does not mean that._ contracts will be made immediately fer this amount. In fact, it does not Jpurchased, the'Counci1 having simply lprepared for an emergency. ' 7111...; LL- 1---! ._3L.__L2_ __ ..___L ,, necessarily follow that any will be ` Safety first" is. a good maxim in most things, but particularly so in relation to the investment of money. The rich may afford =td speculate and totake risks attendant on high` rate of interest. Those whose means are moderate must be careful to see` that there is absolute security in their investments. For such people there is no other form ofinvestment which takes such a high rank, com-l bining absolute security with liberal interest, as the bonds of the Domin- ion of Canada. Holders of Dominion!` bonds bearing five and a-half per cent, maturing December 1, 1922, can re-invest their money atthe same rate of interest by exchanging the old bonds for new ones running for either five years. or ten years, as the bondholder may prefer. Ar-I rangements for carrying out this ex-! change can be made through the char-i tered banks. , &*&%%*&**%*$*$***%%$*$*$%& MUNic1i=AL WOOD BUYING THE HIGHWAY ROUTE SAFETY FIRST 7! I BE 5 l Morals Before Literary Strife Picton Gazette---After all the morali and spiritual test of a bookis the: only test worth while. And yet we; . `have book reviewers who proclaim to V n 5 `the world" their utter unfitness for; their task by saying they are not con-' .Tlcerned in the morals of the books is W _ he i, I > . l lacter from ability. they review-they look at them mere-E ly as literary productions. This "is the statement of the bookreviewer= in last week s Saturday Night and it] is a false and misleading docti-ine`.i The moral cannot be divorced fromf the aesthetic any more than can char-f Ability withoutf character is not less dangerous than. correct literary form without` moral force and spiritual g insight. e| As Canada prides itself upon its` ulhigh standard of citizenship, crimin-I 9 al statistics recently published prove, e somewhat of a shock. Indictable of-` e`fenses increased last year by 953, eior over 5 per cent.,_ and non-indict-l lable offences by 13,439, or over 9. h,per cent. There were increases in jgoffences against the person, including _ Imurder, manslaughter and crimes} lfagainst decency. Burglary and rob-: ,.bery, as trades, have grown. Drunk-g ilienness fell off to the amount of] i5407 cases, though it reached a total! of over a quarter of a million. The] automobile, while contributing to the- `is also helping to ll `our jails and ` ipenetentiaries, the past year showing! :;over 15,000 cases in which motor} ,cars gured in the -crime. I r I F _.comforts and pleasures of the people, ' J _ - _ ; Renfrew Mercury--Scores of clr-E lgymen applied when they learned; thateVen. Archdeacon O. G. Dobbsg was about to resign the chaplaincy of the Kingston penitentiary. There is` some comfort, says the Recorder-;'.` Times, in preaching to a congregation" that is regular in attendance, never goes to sleep, comes in and goes out ;quietly, and no collection or list of- announcements to make after the sermon. I i SHOES ]:This Congregation Has Good Points; mmwmmwwmwwamammg K` x *3 . jg AMONG EXCHANGES *; m&w&w&&mm&&&&&% I A Cold Fact Toronto Te legram--About the; gonly fact in connection with_the coal? _situation that the average man can; ?find is the fact that he hasn't any.` I " Speaking in Illinois on Labor Day, Secretary Davis of the United States _Labor Dept., said this week that a llway must be found to_ end thisl __fratricidal strife in industry, a way` igto settle industrial disputes withont' _!recourse to the futile arbitramentg `of force. We must see to it that! i7the worker is guarded against the; 1 loss of wages, he said; the employer; lyagainst the loss of prots, and the; ;public against the loss of service fjwhich comes through these suspen-i :gsions of work._ This is surely some-E 'thing devoutly to be wished for and= L ;deserving of the serious consideration` '!and' earnest co-operation of every iicitizen to `secure it. ' I Like Barrie, Owen Sound,is find-I ;ing that making temporary repaiz-5:? }to streets is a very expensive `busi-I lness, the city's expenditure for this purpose being $11,000 this year and; the roads still in_ poor shape. As the? `Sun-Times points out, an annual ex-l ,penditure of this amount would pro-I ivide for a large area of first-class; "permanent pavement. Patching in-` .stead of permanent construction is} a wasteful method of handling the ip `road problem. | 7 I After wrangling for months over! a site for the soldiers memorial, Col- llingwood council has decided to sub-. mit the question to the ratepayers; a second time. The spirit certain? 'CoIlingwood people are displaying in dealing with the memorial matterg shows little respect for the memory; of [those whose sacrifices are to be; commemorated. < : ' `.`.` ` .! The Welland Telegraph remarks: upon the fact that a month after the I Presbyterian General Assembly metl `in Winnipeg, Manitoba returned air . I government whose premier and ev-I ery member of whose cabinet is ag Presbyterian. A _ |. NOTES ____r -- v_- r..-qr- - w-uluvc \r\lI-Illlyc T '"i>HoNI-: 952 " R. N. ROBINSON, Prop. 1-11>. CLARKSON, Manager 11... n|....|- 1:--. -: m__L-w The Lakeview Fuel and Builders upp|y C9. { l\I 2 vy- Cleaner, Presser and Dyer l09 DUNLOP ST. P_P- B-`-"ie 1" PHONE 229 for- Old King Cole was a merry old eoul, 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 . price is right. AI Bl'\ I'IlIIl Ix:-dust`. --.:--_-_ I AM A PRACTlCAL TAILOR AND READY TO ATTEND TO REPAIRS ON ALL CLOTHES Goods called for and delivered. PRICES REASONABLE Real Dry Cleaning I have the oniy dry-c:le:1ning- plant within your reach } ` _--outside the city. 6 a I 9 I use the Branston Violet Ray High Frequency Generator . . exclusively [ Do not fail to get ademonstration and learn how to Keep Healthy Remember, I visit Barrie once a month Saturday, Sept. 16 From .9 a.m. to 10 p.m. - ELECTRICAL TREATMENTS GIVEN FOR SORE `EYES, SQUINT, CATARACTS, ETC. T DR. FRANK C. GAVED 209 Bank Chambers, No..2 College St., Toronto ' - Wm. 31-: AT quarters You cannot duplicate our prices in Simcoe County. ' l)l_lt'\kll.` nnn THE SIMCOE HOTEL, BARRIE ALSO BufBEE71i3iATER1AL One Block I-East of Crlan-kson Hotel EYE-SIGHT SPECIALIST W. FIRTH SUITS $1.75 J .W. McCutcheon, Manager _Save Your Fuel THE BARRIE GAS C0. Cook with Gas & ac: 11 Pufed Rice . . 2 for 35 Shreddedwheat 2 for 25 Ofce and Showroom: `Wells Block, Owen St. Telephone No. 78 Limited The prizv li.~l.~ I": already in Ihv Se-vx 'w'L~?hing mw .~hmiI.| office or imp him motl. SH'rN:1r_\`. Mih :\lmu Tm-i visit with fric-mL~-<" Shanty B:n_\'. W} 3 raft zncrms thv h Of Big Bay Puinf. hours 10 gm and H! mm to return. &&&&% $% :hEWS $%$*% co CLEANING Putty Flour, 24 lbs.89c Rolled Oats . . 6 lbs. 25 Kellogg : Corn Flakes ' SUITS Thursday, 8` Pho-nes 88 ALL KINDS` WE `TURN We Have a -Suils Hm: .-jllS[1iS gt) Brow: SAVE YO! Seedsmen - BLACK J BLUE 51` RITE-GOQl_)--