nu, APRIL 5,` 1923 $4,395,324-,118 8o1,s49,11s.oo 14-4,267,300.69 7,807,556,9'5 7 310,767,376 1,219,166,427 3 2,6O4.966,10g ; 7,807,556,957 1 $ 43,245,352 38,685 ,601.91 Outstanding Insur- .- ance at End of Year 27,384,445 365.276 in nude in . nnndiuu 1882 1892 1902 1912 1922 Year The Metropolitan s total investment in Canada at the end of 1922'was over $94,000,000. This amount added to the sum paid to policyholders, and to Canadians for administration ex- penses and taxes since the M etro politan commenced business in Canada, November, l885,ex- ceeds by about $47. 000,000theamount received by the Company in pre- miums zomu Cana- dian policyholders. The Metropolitan Agent is a friend to the families he vis- its and helps them i in case of sickness. 17,000 Agents visit the homes of 17, 000,000 Industrial Policyholders weekly telling them of the value of sanitation, fresh air and sunshine. Among the useful booklets distribut- ed by the Agents are those telling how to buy food, howato care for food, how to cook food, how to provide whole some, nourishing food for the least money. A Company is Great only as it Serves. Impottqnt to Canada Auto License; Why Metropolitan Policyholders Live Better- Masonic\ Temple Building W. BELL, Issuer Successor to J. Arnold] mu-: INSURANCE Lwith low- famous 7 Owen St. Przesident. doing it. cool, mel- hat they ive it to" longer if you 1 nll Ill` up`-Edge Roofing ) '15 -- - - - ~ vv,nrn-CIIIIII I IJI" Smndard and Everbearing Raspberries. .0r_namental Shrubs. Blackberries. Ornamental Vines.- Currants. ' Hedge Plants. ' Gooseberries. Perennials. Roses. Grapes. Asparagus. T Bulbs. Illustrated Catalogue Free, llcatw H. L. Mcconncll a Son, Port Bumell, Out. .| -2.... .. ._...._.-...-...---:...--.-_-_.-. . .. 1501 Lass on ROAF To REDUCE 11>. RATE, quid Roofing cw durable sur- "rubber" and ool'a--stops all ouuy nwu uuve 0801060 OTSTOTICBI ability. Great credit is due to the English De- partment of the school where these speak- ers are trained, of which Miss MacCallum, B.A._. is the head; also to Principal Gird- wood; who believes not only in developing the education set down in the school our- riculum. but'in encouraging anything that will tend to uplift the students morally, and help them to make better citizens. f snug yury ucyeptbly. The winners of the contestare greatly to be congratulated on their success; as also are the other speakers who proved that they also have decided oratorical ability. credit is due tn Hun n....|:.1. n.,: 1 Auulunuu uuu owl. u. uarvm, 5.11. I The Collegiate Institute Orchestra, which has been trained by Mr. Sylvester, assisted in the programme. giving several much up- preciated numbers. Miss Laura Teasdale sang very acceptably. Th ulinflfi Ac flu: lIl\I\`nC'a\A .----A`-- A- um:-y was purucunmy goon. ` l The ubject `of Reconst1-uction" was most ably dealt with by Miss Gemude} Scott, who took its four-fold` development! along social, political, economic and moral lines. Miss Scott has a very pleasing man- ner in speaking, being both forceful and elo- quent. The first prize was awarded to Miss Scott. V ` Q_-__._I .__.!A ' I V "` wgoc-ond prize was" won by James Ross, who chose for `his subject the popular one of Emile Coue." He explained Coue's the- ory and its application in a very interesting] wav. T Wu . The judges were Dr. Richardson, J. E. Morrison and Jos. L. Garvin.`B'.A. Thu nn"nn:nGA Y....L:L..a... n..'.L--L_- -J ' I (Continued from page 2). tory of the Ruhr from the time of Bismark, justified the action of France andshowed the problem of the Ruhr, as it affects, notw onl)idFrance and Germany, but the, whole! wor . 4 17:_L-_ !\_Il!___ J._I. 9.` turn 1: u p vvuuu. . I Victor Collins dealt with The Value of Canadian Citizenship." He treated its priv- ileges and responsibilities in a way that would do credit to one who had had much more political experience. ` M-inn Mnnn Dow!--izlnn no..- .. ..:..A _:- unuxc puuuuul mxpcellce. Miss Marion Partridge gave a vivid pic- ture of Pioneering in the West." Her de- livery was particularlygood. Tho nu}-uinnt `nf `Dmm.m4-....L:.... _.-_ xtplu a."`l'ullUllK l-H8 master VISIEOT H03` ' iced were: Miss Hilda Hutchinson. Orillizi. at G. Besse's; Miss H. J. Ross. Painswick. -at her home; Miss G. M. Sampson. Port Huron, Mich._. at her home; Howard Ans- dell of Orillia at his home. A - Miss E. Whearley in spending the Easter vacation at her home in Collingwood. Miss Azznes Lyall is visiting in Barrie. Congratulations and best. wishes are ex- tended to Miss E. Wearing and Mr. Dun- can McCuaig. who were quietly married at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Jermey, on Saturday. March 31. Their honeymoon is being spent in Toronto and Woodstock. "1A ton`:-` nynn6Ln- J....Z.._ LL- ._-4.L --r-r Oil anti Cow V9. economic-nl m-mg apcul ll! 10I`0m:0 mm WOOGSTOCK. The cold weather durmg the -past week ; greatly favored the rink. I comma ORATORS HEARD AT B. c. 1. The following accounts were passed for? payment`: John (`on-an. $4.75; Thomas: Bowman. 87.13: John Robinson. 85.00;; Earl Purvis. 30.75: B. Rear, $1.75; Carr, 81.75; 0. Brock, $100; C Picket.3 310.00; Robertson Drug Store. B.O.H. sup-5 plies, $17.50; Northern Advance. $76.00; Frances Lavel. indigent, Toronto General; Hospital. $271.50; A. Hollinger. 32.00;} ' W. -B. Sloan. on account salary. $100.00. 7 Fence Viewers and Sheep Valuat-ors . The fence viewers and shee.p__valua-tors are: William Sutherland. Fred C191-l Peter Greensides. David Allen. W J. Dev- idson. T. King. H. Thomas. Thomas Don- nelly, A. King. Robert Black. R. A. Suth-? erland, J. Soules. W G. Kennedy, Charles; Wice. Clarence Srigley, T. Connell. J. Kelly` and David King. ` i The pound keepers by divisions are: i (ll George Parks: (21 Charles Hindle;. (3) J. Boyce; (4), C. Grace; (5) George} Reid; i6l W. Rogere; (73 Fred "Allan; (8).; David King: (9) W. Small; (l0l Russell; Webb: (Ill R. Black; (12) C, Srigleyu (13) J. Cook; (14) H. Armstrong; (15) J.: Cowan; (16) 0. Todd; (17) James Brown. { UL lUUUlr|UHu`i I" VIEW. V! The Government's proposal is that if a; municipality will purchase a piece of poor ' la-nd, preferably 5 to 25 acres, fence it and agree to give the young plantation friendly 3 oversight after it is set. out. the govern- 3 ment will supply the trees and plant -them free of cost. ml... 13-....- ALA, . I -v urea 01 1:085. ` ~ , The Reeve, Clerk and Treasurer were ap- - pointed as a. committee to purchase a sui1'- 3 ` ablofire-proof -filing cabinet for the_Clerk's office. rm__ 1-11-, - - - - nuanuiue, on A911! 26. ` ' I At a meeting of the Council. on Mondayi at the Classic Hotel Reeve Coleman de-l clared that $20,000 was spent last year and 9 in order that the tax rate be not increased? the expenditure must be reduced. ' . To Fix Up Township Park That the Innisfil Park may be made; suitable lor picnickers- and campers this year, the Council appoin`ed Deputyaeevei Allan, Councillor Reynolds andClerk Me-: Conkey as a committee to obtain informa-; tion and prepare a by-law to be presented; `at the next" meeting of the Council. The; councillors were undecided as to whether," a provincial act covered the operation of ai municipal park . Some of the members be- { lieved that the park could be made self sus- D taining `by charging rent for refreshment; `booths, car parking and camping. A l!nmmlInlnnltinn`ann On I`. 1.1 `I'.`.-.1- F uuuuue, cu panuug nuu camping. ; A communicg.tion`sent to C. H. Eplett. Warden of Simcoe. by the Ontario Good? Roads Association, was read by. Reeve: Coleman. It asked that a representvat-ive be sent to a meeting to be held in "Ottawa nn Am-il In rm. H... .........,..... ..c ....1.:.... r..- I uc emu w u meeuug to De new In utrawa on Avprilvl, for the purpose of asking fur-f ther federal aid for highwayimprovements. ' Forestry Demonstration Plots The scheme of municipal demonstration plots which has heen inaugurated by thef Ontario Forestry Branch for demonstrating tree planting work was laid over until the next meeting. The Council has a number` of locations in view. i qv|,__ (1 _______ ___-4I_ ___, ,,,| - .1 . up . - H ---r-- - - enect as the Toronto Board c In -order to reduce the tax rate the, In- has decided that until there nisfil Township Council will attempt to cut ' ~ * the road expenditures to 810.000. when It . V the appropriations will be set at the next! ' ~ * meeting to be `held at the Classic ,Hotel. Allandnle, on April 23. l . \ A`. o lilis A` 0`-us Fnulnnil .--. `land-.. ` ` ` vi: and wow ve, economical yet and cow ml easy to use. lnnisl co"uE1`iiopes;toTu " Ex'penses' Down-;- Will .1 Fixup Park. ` ` April 2.--Amomz the Easter visitor: not-5 '.l|.f'l wnrn- Mien 11$].-In tI..o.J.:........ n_:n:_~ ' .GUT."'3'3 I A Receniu ' The Exaininer published an torial take from The Walker-ton Telescope! criticising the new Ontario school geography. It would `seem tharthe editorial had some" ,effect the Toronto Board of Educntionf llmn Annidml oh.-.4 ....o:l uh... :. - __--:--.H NEW oeocmpnv is run. 3 L or vznv `smm: IIISTAKES . . , V 1 Toronto Board of Education Refuges To; BuyVThem Until They are Revised Why _` Metropolitan Policyholclers Live Longer-- `Life expetancy among -Mettopoli "tan Industfial PoTi- cyholders has been extended 8 )6 years since 1911. Metropolitan, working with Nav tional, Provincial, State "and Local Health Agencies, is waging a war on Tuberculosis and other preventable diseases. Metropolitan ex- tends free periddic medical examina tions to holders of Ordinary (i. e.-, other than `indus- trial) "policies. - roll 32 inches. (tall iunincral- e width is plain rm cementing roof of S. I. S. cu throu hout , f. re-res sting red or green. Metropolitan nur_s- es have made more than 16,000,000 free visits to its In- dustrial ('i. e.,weekly` premium") P01icy- holders. In Cahada ' 1,766,689 have been made; 259,320 in 1922.` Metropolitan has distributed 272,- 000,000 booklets and pamphlets dea 1- ing with "health and longer life; 2,322, ' 721 were distrib- uted in Canada in 1922. .e ' ' 1923 --._.._.... .. ... .._H. , ._.. ..... . .-.-......_.. I . .L r 3 edition of the Ontario Public Q1001 gcogra-i E phy ready they will refuse to buy any more; '1 _,o`f-them. _ - I | Rafa; To The purchase of 650 dozen of the books at} 3' . '607cents each has been held, up` pending ai _ c ` lreport from Chief Inspector R. H-. Cowley! dished an edi- on the `alleged errors in the volume.p_ 1 -ton It is said by Dr. Neil S. McDonald that} aolgeography, the mistakes yyjll be corrected In the new rig] some ' edition whichrls now under way. In the meantrme only part of the fourth book is ._g 1-evisedy classes in the city schools have been supplied Y_ear 1 - w,---u--vw uv .5 vus\.JlIuu.scl 0 V61 ugcu iPO\_lJoO 1 av lnlnute 0] eacn Ousln Dividends payablg to policyholders in 1923 - \ Metropolitan has `more insurance in `force than any other company. . . . . V . . . . . . . . . . . . Metropolitan placed in 1922 more than any other cornpanyv . . .. . . . . .` `Metropolitan: has more Canadian securities on deposit ' A th Dominion Government and Canadian trustees V than any other company . . . . . . . . . Metropolitan has invested _in_ Canadian bonds .,oyer . - . Nearly $36,000,000 being` War Bonds. ` Over 1,800,000 Metropolitan policies are Field by Canadians.` A TheiMetropolitan has over 1,600 eniployees in Canada. $480,562,364 A 108,900,017 66,319,667 81,000,000 TOTAL INSURANCE odTm_i;'1:1E' Mn:-A Illnn Ilunl 4.` an. 5.41.... I`..._.n...._,. __ ;)f 'an.y othr bo;n[;at;y 1:1: . ` INDUSTRIAL (Premiums payable weekly) I'ff\FIVAv Cvauco-m A--4.1 4._...___A__, # g Tom at I ve done -: C)RDINARY (Insurance for the larger aments, prem- ` iums payable annually, semi-annually, quarterly or monthly) '. . . II-..-_ - I Number of Policy` Claims paidiin 1922 . . . . . . Averaging one claim aid for every 24 seconds of each business day of 8 haurs. Payments to Policyhol s averaged $803.81 a minute of each business day of 8 hours . ',, . ,1 _ ___, v-..-r_..-., -.v ---- nu uuuuu Gain in `Insurance in Force in 1922 . . . . . . More than that of any other Company in the World Number of Policies in Force December 31, 1922 More uin that of an-u n1....- r`.....o.,..... :. .1... u7....u u--uvrvviv u-- yup`. vv vvuu Total Insurance placed and paid for in 1922 `. . More than ever placed in one year by any Company in the World 1`! 0 a 1 -.- --up vv unsu- Gain'inIncome~l922 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Nfore than that of any other Insurance Company in the World I-I-I iv Liabilities . . .' Surplus .' . . . . . . Incomifg in 1922- . . M..- .1.-- .1.-. -; `TAT Assets .........' More` than those `bf any oi..}1.ls.m.'.c .m{p..; :4 i.e'w'oria" Increase `in Assets during 1922 . . . More than that n` an-u noluor Inc...-.....~- f`......4......-. .-._ .l__ nr___I1 Assets i Twenty million people . mutually own the biggest life insurance company in the world. It is The Metropolitan. (One -person in every. six in the United States and Canada is a holder of a Metro politan policy--one of the safest forms of investment l man. Metropolitan policyholders live longer than other people because The Metropolitan takes `care of its policyholders. At the same time The Metropolitan is working in cooperation with private, public, civic, state and national organizations to improve the health and living conditions of every man, woman and child in the United States and Canada. c 1 i i 13.307.811.45 % 43,336,283.61 1o6,786.073.52 340.668.301.30 $ 1,354,267.69 nines. Vancouver ` .. V ' T 7 I Incorporated by the State of New York. A Mutual Company. HALEY FISKE, President FREDERICK H. ECKER, Vice-President Life Insrace Cprqpany ' Incorporated bv New York. A Mums. (`Awning Inome for the_Year 1 Asset: at Eng of Yem- .....-4 LA.V\JI.lL\K`I.LV\/IJ \JI.J 1.0 l.'lLV IJLLVI More than that of any other Company in the World ...-V. vs a. u-.u.u.u Lu. Luxuc L/CLCLILUCI` J1 More thdn that of any other Company in the World 955%? :5: L75`! 0 ' I - 0 0 0 -More than thatof any och Insurance 4 nvuouv sun axoawta uullllg .l7Ar& More than that of any other Insngrancc bum imiy 2-,. kn; vro}z.1' 015,. Business Statement, December 31, 1922 ma BARBIE EXAMINER RED HITE $ Jz.oo2,464.13 . 16,506,282.22 Kl.` L397;913}i42;'i_ GROWTH IN TEN-YEAR. PERIODS Insurance Outstanding I- sync -Aulluvvlgi The St. Mary river at the S00 is referredl| 1:0 in several-places as the St. Mary's riv- } er," and is describedas 30 miles long, when it is really 55 miles long; Mam-.mn in A.m..-;1....1 ... wt... --J--- L---- u. w xcauy uu uxes nong. _ Moncton 18 described as the eastern term- inus and headquarters of the Canadian Nat; tional Railways. V , | 5 Vhlllll UUUA VHIESCS. ' E Among some of -the mistakes noted f the following: ' . . I Tho Qt Maw-iv ...i...... .4. 4L- cu, ' I Zwith -the gegigraphy. The supply cntem- plated in the pioposed purchases was for `I third book classes. 'Av'vn(\u\Au ...:......_ -1 AI, ` - 1 In Canada Surplus at End of Year - - um Pntchinc aka in roo{a:re- * rters. cisterns. r dry surfaces. %.$_ 379,907.13 ; 3,674,516.49 - 1o,351.33s.o2 34,842.971.65 51,4s3,4~1 L25 T C-o1.1;p<;n3; iv; t;te'\V.orid I Numbcr ofPolicica In Force at End of Year 341,632 2,719,860 6,976,651 12,337,042 27,384,445 There is this statement made about Nor-` them Ontario* s_:g'old resources: There is; every expectation that Northern Ontario` will eventually be one of the great gold mining districts of the "world." This is? lthought to be decidedly understatiug the] fact, for it is contended that Northern On- tario had beenofor some years one of thel greats gold-mining districts of the world--not `just a possibility of the future. Read the a;ivts.-It pays. $1,259,85o,32s.23 1,802, 1 10,686.00 1,198,366,9l3.98 61,483,4-11.25 340,668,30l.30 $20,809,398.56