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"ed_ inatructgionls` _(_C;)ir1tihued on page 5) `-'v1fheI..a' ":kic'l_ ';Andrew s :- Church will hold a_ social evening on - Mar. 15, at 8 p.m., in the Sunday , School room.` 9-10c St. Patrick Tea and sale of home- made dainties will be held by Girl Guides in Trinity,Parish Hall, Mar. 17, from 3 to 6. 9-11c. ; fNeighbor, will be given in Stroud M _.Methodist Church, Friday, Mar. 9, at,,8 p.m., auspices of Ladies Aid. _ Admission, 35c and 25c. 9-10c Pearl Newton, post graduate of ; Owen Smily studio, assisted by best _. local talent, will give a concert in _ Collier St. Methodist Church, Tues- day, Mar. 20. Keep the date clear. The church playlet, Go To Next In... -.. _-.... ..-.._ _...1 --..--_- _| YORKSHIRE WORSTED ! . MAKES ASSIGNMENT! The Yorkshire. Worsted Co., Ltd., has made an assignment to Goodman & ' Goodman, authorized trustees,i Toronto. ` According to the state-, ment `issued to the shareholders,` $102,681.33 of the subscribed capital; `of $105,056 was paid up. Tkn nnnnn AA ...\.I:4-...... A-.. l`........I.. l. The officersiotzztihe Bee Keepers? lAssociation of Simcoe County were; `re-elected at the annual meeting of; the Association held? in the offices of! [the Agricultural Department, Oweng 1St., Saturday-afternoon. _ W. iReid of Cookstown will be president} of the Association and R. G. Hough-l ton. Barrie, secretary-treasurer for 1923.. The committee for the cur- rent year is composed of H. Mar-4 wood, A. Hutchinson and E. Thomas` iof 'ar1;ie. ' ("1 1 r1 1` rn ML Lluxxlwu 1 H_ G. Sibbald of Toronto wasl scheduled to address the bee keepers] on The Co-Operative Marketing] Scheme, but notied the oicialsi that owing to illness he was unable} to attend. A, Hutchinson, local re- gprelsentative for the Department of; 3 Agriculture, took his place. and out-; Hined the plans for a company which} E to be organhed to hek)the bee; keeper obtain a better reta rnarket, and also to"p1'otect the consumer as} far as the quaty of the honey isi I concerned. , no.1 \-\.lll\r\l.ll\r\nIO 1 Already a prospec't1_1s of the comy, pany, which is to be called the On-' itario Honey Producers Co-Operative, ILimited, has been put in circulatiomi land Mr. Hutchinson told of the bene- `ts which the bee keepers would re-1 "ceive by backing the company. Each: Imember of the organization will re-| ceive a consistent marketing policy.l The majority of the thirty bee keep-, ! l ers present at Saturday s meeting took a favorable View of the pros- 'pectus, `and it resulted in seventeen `shares being sold at $25 each. TL _..._ J....:J...J L- L..`IJ J...-. nanunnavu IIUU Jcll IJCCII. DUI]: The Simcoe County bee keepers! have the largest association of its: [kind in Ontario. { Unsecured liabimies Secured creditors . I Preferred creditors . [Fittings, xtures, et. . . -.$ Book debts (bad, $994.92) .-......J IDIIGLCD IJCIAIS D\lA\l av Iyuu \. nnnn A. ` It was decided to hold two demon-g Istrations this eummer. The rst will * be at Beeton and the second at M?! chell Square. The official dates havei |nom3:et Been set. ' I"ncu~uJ-cu `man `ynnunn-nu g .,- .,,..,.,,...,.. vvuc ,...... ..,.. V The secured creditors are Canada Fidelity Co., $I2,253_74; Allen Bros., Toronto, $211.15; Home Bank, $370.54. ' . 'l\_.--,_____'I _,,. 1:; H! n 1-` g Preferred creditors: Town of Bar-} 'rie, taxes, $38.01; Barrie W: & L.` Dept., light and power, $89.07, and water, $10; Customs and Excise, sales tax, $142.78; J. L_ Atkinsonfl Toronto, wages. $125;' A. Wildman,n Barrie, wages, $175. ' Liabilities | navval uu.--Jun \uu\L, !pu\l`xouu] ' good . . . . . . . . . lMachinery and plant . Real estate . . .. .. Dif. between subscribed ! Deciency {HONEY PRODUCERS j ; PLAN CO-OPERATION; !Simcoe Men Learn Methods: Officers Re-Elected at T Annual Meeting. .Or'ang'e Hall, Allandale. 7-9c 1 Guthrie carnival has been post- poned till Saturday, Mar. 3. 9c, Don't forget the`L.A. to B. of R.T. ' euchre and "dance, Friday, Mar. 2, in . A skating carnival will be held in! Stroud rink, Tuesday, Mar. 6, under] auspices Curling Club. 18 bands_ 9c! 0 A I I a nu. '\ A ,_ J,____,)__ I Capital stock - ` I v"'V I` ' ` ' Come in your rags and secure a A prize at the Poverty Carnival, to'be held in Churchill rink, Tuesday, Mar. 6.- Good prizes for costumes and fancy skating. Admission 25c. E. Lovick, manager. ' 9p v.< V Jul. U10, old, due Ju_n6 aid, due Sept, In anw A use [E comma g; :7; 0 ....._L.. .. .....-.I. ....1.u-nun.` OK 1unn`a wc----.__:---:---._ T 5% 2 cents per word: minimum 25 cents & mmmmmmmm mmmmmmmm. _>'I:>I<>X0X0I0X0X<>X< >I0X0X<>X0X0X0X< (1 cents per WUl'u. uluuululu au vcuua mam&&m&$%&&$&&$} u\.Ian\.\,1A ouuauxxucu. and paid-up capital. 2374.672: No. 9 Assets 115 Mass `$ 25,543.42 .$105,056.-J0 I $130,599.`/} {$11,128.13 . 13,835.43 , 579.86{ >$s5j,"719.70 $44,s79_72 1,200.66 1,888. 74,987. 5,268. 7 0 7 O BARR]!-I-ORILLIA Tn-1` IN TROPHY comma In all the years Barrie and Orillia have. been competing for the Barrie- Orillia Cup there has never been as exciting a nish as marked the se- `cond round s conclusion, which took place at the Clapperton St. rink last Friday night. The issue was in doubt till the last stone was played, and veven then neither club could claim la victory, for while Barrie -was 6 up Ion the day it had been 6 down on the rst round, so the clubs were tied `on the season s play. D`0!iv:v|nn :v\ f\.-:1'l:.. .'_. 1.1.- -.eL____.___ Playing in Orillia in the afternoon, .three Barrie rfnks, each scoring the `proverbial 13, were up for a total of 10, while the other qurtette, lacking one of the 13, was down 4. This gave Barrie a margin of 6, just suf- jcient to offset the lead gained by 4Oril1ia on the first roun_d. . 1-:1__ , . . -. uvu van. ouuovll D `nay. ` \/Annnnu uu uuc Jllnv xuuuu. _ Encouraged by the situation, Bar- irie made a promising start for the igames on home ice. having a margin of 12 shots on the first end. Of these `Lennox secured 6 and Stewart 5. |After that Stewart fell down badly iand was 8 down at the end of the ;twelfth. However. the other Barrie rinks had been getting along pretty well, the score board showing Len- Inox up 3, Kennedy up 5 and Hook up |.6, which made Barrie ahead 6 shots. ?It looked a pretty sure thing for the homesters, but the last four ends proved their undoing, Orillia scoring 35 against Hook, 6 against Lennox land 6 against Kennedy (less 2 made Iin the thirteenth). In the meantime, |Stewart was making a strong nish, lscoring 6 on the last four ends. When ;S} 1cewa1}`]t cam: 15: plegv his last eni, :t e ,ot er rin s ad nished and t (2 [score showed Barrie one shot to the -fbgad. By careful work. Stewart built` {up a nice end and was lying two with iboth well guarded when Thompson ;came to play his last stone By a` prery lucky long raise he got one of fthe Barrie counters, which left the {store a tie. ` A 1 . . 0 1- .I I0!/\l1\, 1.5 luv. ` As it was almost train time, there was no opportunity to play a decid- ing` end, and it is not likely that there gwillvbe any further competition this ] year. I R A f\._:'I'I:.\ Barri Orillia G. D. Hubbard L. Hinds 1 A. G. Habbick W. O Tudhone `H. E. Jor_v` ' Dr. A. H. McLean W.H.Kenned,v, 13 Ed. Hinds. sk. 12 Kennedy 1. 0010 2121 2200 2000-13 `Hinds . . . 1201 0000 0011 0123-12 L. O. Vair R. A. Brown '9',` 1 1\`|'|,_ [Each Ahead 6'.on a Round; ! Orillia Averts Defeat 3 by Last Shot. - 4 1|; vnnznnu. Barrie Orillia . ' I I gw I G. S. Luck . Joe Hinds .0. Walls D. H. McNabb. , R. A. Stephens Dr. Ki1'kuatri.k SW.Moore.sk.13 B F. Stewart, 7 (F. Goodfellow W. Cotton ; D. C. Murchison W. Robbins 0. G. Hart J. N. Harvie 2 W. N. Duff, sk. 13 J. E. G. Curran, 11' I =Alex. Sinclair Ed. Woods !A. Malcomson C. Meionkey QR. Malcomson". J. Carruthgfs 3S. Meredith,sk.13 L. J. Kearnsf 11. Firth W. Thompson Dr. Lewis Rev. McGi11ivray C. H. Beelby Geo. Sinclair G. 0. Cap1eron,12 D. A. McN_ahb,- 16 I i1J- \II V (`Al Al; Al; J. Greenwood Chas. Dalby ~.R. F. Garrett Dr. Wainwright _ iW. T. Stewart. 15 A.B. Thompson, 17 E Stewart . 5003 0010 0000 2211---15 `Thompson 0110 2303 1123 0000-17 Geo. Vickers B. Carss F. W. Otton D. Woods A. D. Simon A. Jamieson H. Hook, sk 12 Dr.A.R.Harvie, 11 Hook . . . 2202 0110 1021 0000-'-12 Hzirvie . .. 0010 3001 0100 1112-11 C. T. Thompson D. C. Thomson I G. S. Webb Robt. Swinton A. R. Girdw_ood John Woods - D. W. Lennox, 18 W. C. George, 18 ,Lennox . . 6000 2030 3010 3000-1s i.Ge_orge .. 0222 0301 0101 0213-18 I ""1 """- ' Canada is well served by more than `I000 weekly newspapers, each {with its own eld and sphere of in- iuence. These progressive local papers occupy a position and serve a purpose in the social and economic life of the country quite distinct from the metropolitan daily papers or the national farm journal. __,,-A_ :_._I__.I :_ .|.'l.... ............... U1" lull`: uauuuan J.aLuL Jvuxnsulo Fortunate indeed is the commun- ity--whether it be a small hamlet ` or entire county---that is represented by its own newspaner. The local newspaper tends to knit together all the elements in its field It serves as a reinforcing material in.the'- so- _cial structure of a community. If the local weekly newspapers of Can- ada are to full their proper mission and be real, live assets in the devel- opment of their respective constit- uencies, they need the moral and lpractical support of every"citizen. An`! 4-`Inn vIn1`\1:c`In'l| on!` `In 111;" ctr:-on THE HOME TOWN NEWSPAPER At Orillia 51 ' - At Barrie sacnonr ,1. PAGES 1%/To s binder, V` Q1`, SP?! 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'okes, chains, ther articles. bin nn H, J ll` `CIRCULATION BIRNIE ACQUl`l_'l'l-QD A ON ARSON CHARGE Judge Finds`!-Ti; Not Guilty! W'ithOUt\` Calling, for Defence Evidence. ; A taken out his first policy in the'Cal- Without calling upon.-him to put In his defence, His Honor Judge Fisher acquitted John -`Birnie, K C., on Fri- day, on a charge of having sc-t re to his residence in Collingwood three months ago. Owing -to the accused A being a member of the County Bar, the local judges'requester.i the Attor-I ney General to send an outside judge to sit on" the case, so Judge Fisher of Orangeville was sent. The accused had elected to be `tried by a judge without jury. Beginning at eleven o'clock, the case was not concluded until nearly ,_ twelve hours later., Donald Ross. `who hadbeen appoint- ed to act with Crown-Attorney "Cot- ter, conducted the prosecution, while the defence was in the hands of W. A. Boys, K.C., assisted by Mr. Birnie ~ of Owen Sound, son of the accused. Owing to the prominence of `accused and some rather sensational evidence brought out at the inunest regarding paper and kindling having been found alongside the joists in the cellar, the case aroused a good deal of in- terest and the court room was well lled all day. The Crown having failed to prove its case. the origin` of the fire remains a mystery. Shows Insurance % E. P. Beattie, insurance agent Toronto, was the first witness called. Mr. Beattie stated that Mr. Birnie had taken out insurance in the Cal- edonian Insurance Go. through his rm and at the time the re occurred they had issued insurance policies to him for $3.000 on the building and for $4,000 on the contents. He had not been carrying that amount of in-1 surance on his house and contents in} the Caledonian Insurance Co.. but! Mr. Beattie testified that when prop-' erty increased in value in 1922 his rm had_written Mr. Birnie on Jan. 5. 1922, enclosing a circular letter similar to that sent other clients. advising an increase in insurance. In compliance with their request, Mr. i Beattie stated that Mr. Birnie had`; renewed the policies he was carrying`; in their company and had taken an additional policy of $1,000 on Jan.` 7. 1922. The policywas to expire on Jan. 6, 1925', 4 unless renewed. When cross-examined by W. A. Boys, Mr. Beattie stated that he did not know the exact value of the propertv or the contents, but as Mr. Birniel was an old client they trusted him to | give the correct valuation. It is i`m-I possible for us to obtain the proper` valuation ourselves, so we must trust in the honesty of our clients in many cases." stated Mr. Beattie. He said` that the first intimation they had re- ceived about the re was a letter from Mr. Birnie on the day following the re, stating that his house had been partially destroyed and asking! for an `adjuster. Mr. Birnie had edonian Co. in 1906. `IT...._. uuuu .- dnnunnlnnu uccurrcu an HLL. .I.au.nu.uc uuuuuuuuu vol Frederick E. Roberts, representing the Norwich-Union Insurance Co., stated that his company had issued a policy in Mr. Birnie s name for $1,000, that it .had expired on Sept. 5, 1921, and had been renewed for three years. Mr. Birnie had been do- ing business with the Norwich-Unionl Co. for many, years. a Fire Had Reached Roof , Jas. A. Kennedy, Collingwood pol- ice constable, stated that he discov- ered the re on the night of Nov. 29: at 2.55 a.m. The front door of Mr. Birnie s residence was unlocked; When the remen arrived a re was burning ercely in one corner of the dining-room and they extinguished it. By that time the re had worked its way_ through the roof. Constable Kennedy testified that he telephoned a half hour after he turned in the alarm to Mr. Birnie and notified him that his house was on fire. Kennedy was severely criticised on this point when cross -examined by Mr. Boys, who remarked that Kennedy must have been doing something very im- portant not to have notied Mr. Bir- nie sooner that his house was on re. Kennedy told of his assisting in the investigation with the re chief when the re was under control. He de- clared that he had stood on the bot- tom. of the stairs owing to the amount of water in the `cellar and that the chief having a ashlight and the remen lanterns he could see kindling on top of paper. resting on a cupboard between the joists. `Con- stable Kennedy gave his `evidence from his notebook and it was ._similar to the evidence given at the inquiry conducted by the Fire Marshal's De- partment following the sre. On some points Kennedy was criticised by the counsel for the defence, Kecause he had written his report when he. went `(Continued on" page 8) Cuuxuau UU. Ill .l.|lUUo Lawson P. Hargreave. inspector for the London & Lancashire `Insur- ance Co., testified that an insurance "policy had been taken out through their agent, W. A. Hogg of Coiling--I wood. On Nov. 30, 1922, they had, received a letter from their Coiling- wood agent, stating that a re had occurred at Mr. Birnie s residence. _-__- -1- In n..L....1.... ...... ....4-nu. uuul. In Iallil-_ $10.00 and r 10 months_ 5 furnishing cent. off `for e so_ld with- ing up farm-I 2811 Bill": Junaua. uuu- it similar given inquiry ig the.~iire. some . ,g__.1 1__ LL`- 22:9-:I:!__\, lawn uu, JAG Batu. The brother of the accused offered _to take the offender in charge. IASSAULTED PARENTS, YOUTH 1s 1-"man ,s5.oo nnnn vo [ In passing sentence, Magistrate` Jeffs stated that he hadhad, more trouble with the accused than with any other youth in Barrie.` If I took into consideration the fact that you are now out on suspended sen"- tence, I could send you down for six months, but if you ever appear be-' fore me again I will give you the full term, he said. NIL`- L.._LL_-_ -13 AL- --____,.I -1)`, ,, 1 ` Magistrate Jeffs told young Sem-i mons that he felt inclined, if the law I `allowed, to send him to jail to be} logged. ` ` `Ml ... ..... .1 `Ill... *1... n -___ __ .`_ _, -__ _ ,_ _ uV?\f1:u;1nd Mrs. Wr. Semmdns were, ill when the assault was committed lupon them by their son. - 1 On a charge of assaulting ~his par- '.ents,_ Gordon Semmons, seventeen `years old, was ned $5 and costs, amounting to $16.50, by Magistrate Ieffs in police court on Wednesday. He was also ordered to stay away from his parental home in the future. Semmons` is out on suspended sen- tence--on a charge of vagrancy pre- ferred some time ago.V T eliou T: Th ne was two months hard labor. N. W. Semmons, -a brother of the accused, paid the Ine. [ _ __ T Q I I Overtime,.G;1(s_Add Finish; St. Andrew s - Allandale T Tie Unbroken. I i Probably not this season has suchl ta ne exhibition of junior hockey! been put upaat Mammoth Rink as was witnessed last Friday night. `when Allandale met St. Andrew's in |the closing stages of tlie _Church[ Hockey League schedule. From gong `to gong the game was fill] of bril-i jliant hockey. The juniors skated, ishot and checked like professionals, and `there was not ,a dull minute lthroughout the game. But it all prov- ed useless. At the end of the third period the teams were tied. With a score of 2 to 2 they went into 3' ten-minute overtime period. ve min- utes each way. and still neither team lwas able to break the tie. It was Ithen 10.30 o clock, and despite the [heavy pace that was set the teams were still ghting like wildcats. At the end of the rst overtime _period,l it was decided to go into anotheng but it was of short duration. The: teams had not been on the ice more} than three minutes when the puck went over the boards and could not be found. Not another puck could lbe located and the teams were forced lto retire. The game`-did not affect Allandale to any great-extent as far as the schedule is concerned, as they are at the bottom of the_ League, but St. Andrew's were tied with Baracas prior to- Friday. Baracas won their Friday night game from St. Mary s. which gave them a one-game lead. ,If St. Andrew s had won their game they would still have been tied with Baracas for rst place. The tie. St. Andrew : 2, Allandale 2 McKnight was rst to ,sco_re'in the initial period, when he received a pass from _Rainey from behind the net. Watson did some exceptionally ne work on the defence and Lainson starred in a similar position for the Allandale team. Clark again graced the front of St. Andrew's net and proved very effective. Devine, for Allandale. also showed much ability `in `defending the net. Scott again starred for the Railroaders and some of his checking and shooting was equal to that of a professional. The score of the first -period was 1 to 0, in favor of St. Andrew's. . `game with Allandale will be played lat a later date, if necessary. ` I Crown Hill W. I. will hold a sale of homemade baking in Rest Room gover Hurlbu1't s shoe store, Saturday, [Man 3. - 8-9c I [FUCK DISAPPEARS , AND ENDS MATCH] All LGVVL UL Lilla r.|||\LLvvv no Despite some exceptional playing on the part of both teams, neitherv managed to tally during the `second period.. TI-In`; an;-stint` A105` l\V| +`\ nV\n'I\:fIl`l PCI lU\.lo - Luck scored rst on the opening of the third `round, `giving St.- An- drew's a two-goal lead. Garside tal- lied on a` pass from Lainson; follow- ed three' minutes later by another through. Scott, who made a solo rush. 11734.`. .. nag..-` Al 0 {mu 3') Lknuv cunni- uuuugu. uvvvu, vvuv uuzuv u uvav Aulwono With a score of 2 -to 2 they went into an overtime period, but failed to beat the` tie, , nd in the second overtime period t e puck was lost, terminating the game. Line-up: St. Andrew s-Goal, Clark; de- fence, Twiss and Watson; centre, Luck; wings, Rainey and McKnight; subs.. McDougalI and Cowan. _ AIlandale-Goal,~ Devine; defence, Lainson and Godden; centre, Blogg; wings, Garside and Scott; sub., Ar- dell. . T The regular monthly meeting of the I.0.D.E. will be held on Monday, Mar. 5, at 7.30 p.m.. in Agricultural Rooms, Owen St. Members of other chapters of the I.O.D.E. are cordially invited to attend, and any new mem bers will be welcomed. ~ 9:: 60th Year` > ' " BARRIE, CANADA, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1923. FEMENT3 The actual survey was commenc-!` ed, on Tuesday, Oct. 24, [at the junc-E tion of Mad River with the Nottawa.-1* saga. on lot 7,' con. 14, Vespra, and ' continued without interruption untili 1 Thursday, Nov. 2, by__ which time the ' work of levelling and cross section-j ing had reached a point about four} miles from the mouth of the river. y Work was discontinued then becausea `of weather conditions and the prob-i ability that a sufficient, or nearly_1 gsufficient, outlet had been reached..;7 -(|`I:f-. ..-...........4.:..... -4` 4.1.. '...L.........,.. ,e............, .,.....,., ...... .,-- ......... \4c|` 3 "`My examination of the "stream; land the unusual nature of the work! :as compared with other drainage: `schemes convinced me that it would; be advisable to determine at least` the approximate cost of the proposed work before undertaking any detail-I ed examination of tthearea to be! benetted or of the area toibe as-l sessed. I A ,,_ L. `I'|____1:1_ The purpose of the projected `*1 drainage scheme is to reclaim 1ow- ` lying lands in the Tps. of Sunnidale :1 ,and Vespra. known as the Bigil Swamps The greater part of theg` benet would be conned to `thisarea 1 < but a certain amount of benet,` much smaller" in proportion; wouldi] accrue to isolated areas or low lands 1 in the course of the work. While I have not examined the whole ex- 1 tent of the Big Swamp above men- 1 tioned, residents of the locality es- 1 timate its area as from 15,000 to 1 18,000 acres, and judged by any available maps this estimate appears sufficiently` accurate for present pur- poses.` This swamp is periodically ooded to a depth of six to eight feet. and in times of exceptional freshets to a `greater depth, the marks of water and ice on the trees giving unmistakable _evidence as to height, frequency and duration of ooding. The channel of the Notta- ~ wasaga River through the swamp has only a fraction of the capacity that would be_ required to contain 1 the water broughtdown by these or-M dinary and frequently recurring i freshets. The banks of the riverii have been built "up by the -deposit ofil sediment to a height of two or three 1 feet above the level of the adjoiningll swamp lands, which in turnare from 1 two to four feet" above the autumn level of the water surface in the 1 river. _ ' 1 1-50",, 1\'_-___01_-.1 I 1 E `Drainage Assessment Made__i_n Usual Way Would Extend over Seventeen Townships; Four-Million Cubic Yards _of Excavation Would be Required; `Details Disclosed by Engineer McCubbin s Preliminary Survey, Made by Government at County Council s Request. $860-;000 would be required to provide drainage for the low lands galong the Nottawasaga River. Such is the estimate contained in the re- port of Geo. A. McCubbin,' who made a preliminary survey last yearl upon instructions from the Ontario Department `of Public Works, acting upon the request of the County .Council of Simcoe. The estimatedi area that would be more immediate` l_v benetted is about 18,000 acres,- but an estimate of the whole water-, ! shed of the Nottawasaga gives 686,-: 000 acres. A drainage assessment! lfor the work,` made in the usual wa,v,] lwould extend over seventeen town-I ishins and a number of towns and! `villages. To clear out the river as; suggested. four million cubic yards! of excavation would be required. As! a possible alternative to the gravity drainage, the engineer` suggests a plan of embanking separate areas] whichcould be drained by pumping in ood times and by` gravitation at, low water. Accompanying the re-?- port are a number of plans andi schedules. . = i I There is little in the report to en- thuse those who have been advocat- ing the drainage of the Nottawasairar Flats; The County contributed $1000` towards cost of preliminary report,| `the Government paying the balance! The Engineer's Report 1 After the opening paragraphs, in: which 1'eference`is made" to assist-1 ance given by Reeve Wilson of Ves-1 lpra, G..H. Murdoch, M_L.A., W. 0.: Webb. Fred Hilts, Wm. Lunan, Lin-i coln Johnson, James Young. Earlj Crawford. J. H. Maw, Roy Rupoi-t,; vGi'1ord Fortner_ andmembers of the} snecial committee of the Countyg Council, the report proceeds:--- ; n ` I $000,000 Is Encluelalrs ESTIMATE . or nomwnsnen 0nnmA000st River Described The lower end of the Big Swamp is at or near Edenvale on the town- line between Vespra and .Flos, ve miles down stream from the junction` of the Mad River with the Nottawa- saga_ Below Edenvale the course of the rider . is between high banks, which in places are separated only by the channel, but which are gen- erally a` sufficient distance apart to leave a greater or lesser width of at land immediately adjoining the chan- nel on either or both sides: the chan- nel has a very good depth and fair width, with only occasional bars, for a distance of about seventmiles to Doran s Rapids in Con; 5. F103. From this point for a further distance of yv, I JED: r, rising 3 sing 3 yrs., 3, rising 2 3 calves, 3 Area to Benet - \JL\.(bV uulxuo I The most important factor to de- termine in the design of a drainage [scheme is the carrying capacity re- Iquired in the proposed channel, ex-` ,pressed in cubic feet per second or :in depth of run-o per day from the `entire drainage area. The most-dir- iect and satisfactory method of deter- 'mining the ow of water to be pro- vided for is by measurement with a .current meter under such ood con- 3ditions as the scheme wouldwbe ex-i |pected_ to remedy. There has been !no such flow and no opportunity for, such measurement since my instruc- tions were received. nor is there like- `ly to be any such time or opportunity !before the spring months of the pre- lsent year. The alternative method- iwhich I have adopted is to measure! !the sectional area of the channel be-` llow high water levels and to com- Epute the mean velocity from averagel icross sections and average surfacel islopeslby Kutter s formula, assuming! `Tthe coefficient of friction of the chan- incl in its natural condition at .035. lSectional areas can only be comput- ied in this way where the ow is con- itained wholly between banks and not `spread out over the at lands. The [calculations so made give for por- ltions of the river between Edenvale iand Jack's Lake a sectional area of 31900 square feet, surface slope of ;high water .0001, computed mean ivelocity 2.6 `feet per second, dis- gcharge 4940 cubic feet per second; in the locality of the Oxbows in con.: :15. Sunnidale,- a sectional area of! i1200 square feet, surface slope 9 0006; computed mean velocity 4.5 :feet per second, discharge 5400 cubic afeet per second. I .. . .. 1 EEPWORTH LEAGUE IN CHARGE, !ADDRESS BY REV. DR. BYRNESi I I On Sunday night last the services! `in Collier St. Methodist Church were `under the auspices of the Epworth iLeague, the president, Mr. Carson, ;being associated with the pastor in `conducting the services. An E. L. Ichoir of thirty-ve "voices led the\ !Epworth League rally song, Ye! Hosts of Christians, Brave and `Strong. -3 Miss Laura Teasdale con- Miss Marian Partridge recited The Ninety and Nine with dramatic ef- fect. us, 1- 1\ 'n_____.._ _I_I:---.....l .. inraise and sang as an anthem thef tributed a solo very acceptably and ` ICCU. Rev. Dr. J. D. Byrnes delivered a masterly message on church work in New Ontario, illustrated by lantern slides. Dr. Byrnes showed the. great possibilities of the Northland; " its wealth and developments. *Graphic- ally through his slides he pictured how. from small beginnings thriving towns have developed. . Vividly he presented to the audience the chal- .lenge the North Country ings to the Church. He also gave views indic- ating the development from pioneer lmeeting houses to the largeand well sequipped churches of today. In an Iinteresting and inspiring way he` `showed how ` the Presbyterians and iMethodists had been drawing togeth- er until between North Bay and the [Manitoba boundary church union may be said practically to exist. l'I'I1_A .. Jlnnnn AC "11: 1211-wrung 111136 eightmiles, there `are great varia-l tions in the character of the channel, such'as the expansion known as Jack s Lake, and numerous \rapids, shoals and narrows. The total slope lof water surface in the twenty miles of river examined was found to be fteen feet, distributed as follows: Mad River to Edenvale, ve miles, ithree feet; Edenvale to lower end of. Jack s`Lake, nine miles, one and one-I -half feet; Jack s Lake to lower end `of Oxbows in con. 16, Sunnidale, six imiles, ten and one-half feet. There lis some additional fall, probably two lfeet, in the remaining four miles to lGeorgian Bay, the surface of whichl lin its turn is subject to uctuations, ;of about four feet between extreme lhigh and extreme low levels of the Great Lakes. ' [Lint ; 0 A ,1 :0 '.: 4 ,1, I Illa) UC ccuu. ysuvvavunng uv vlnnuv The address of Dr. Byrnes, `was greatly appreciated by the large con- gregation. . _ I THOMPSON REMANDED Alfred Thompson of New Lowell was again remanded for a week when w he appeared before "Magistrate Jeffs in police court on Monday. The Crown was not prepared to go ahead with the case. Thompson was ar- rested two weeks ago on a charge of being in the illegal possession of a quantity of mash for the making `of liquor. D. F. Mccuaig is acting for the prisoner. Maple Leef paints, Flo-Glaze var-A nishes, etc.--W. A. Lowe & Son, ' furniture dealers. tfc Shop where you're invitod to shop. 0'a.nd un~. 0 months furnishing t.` of! fqr sold with his farm.