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Automobile. mship Lines. s. Bookings rave] C.P.R. 600.00%; 600.00; 400.00`; 200.00: 1 7124.00 3 600" 100. 540. .100. 200. 40. 100. 175. 00: 00! 00i 00?. 00*` 005` OO 005 imos. w. WAUCHOPE JOINS ; HAMILTON COLLl:`.G STAFF! E Doh t miss Tt1-1e* g:re;t~I`{iwanis' qMinstrel Show. Best ever. April 23 . land 24. It s a bummer, BOARD CAN snu. ,3. c. 1. GROUNDS; 3EDept. So Advises: Must Apply; ! Proceeds for School 1 . Purposes. ' 3 1 ` vynnlavulu ~ 1; A. C. Paull quoted the High? [ Schools Act, showing that the Board` I has full power to sell, conveY..trans- `fer or lease such,p1-operty, or anys ; part thereof; upon `the adoption of a f resolution bv the Board that the bro- i pertyuis no longer required for high` 5 school, purposes, and the proceeds of` j-such sale. transfer or lease shall lie; iapplied for high school purnoses. ` up on -1 111' ,,,, E A. M. Dymond. in part, said: I am `of the opinion that the, Board of |Education may sell any lands includ- ' ing those granted by the Crown for 1 school purposes. But the board has = no authority to use the land for park] purposes, nor to make a free grant` of it for such purposes. ' Bonus for School Nurse Miss Train, public school nurse, E was re-engaged at a salary of $750 a Q "r=.m' with an additional bonus of }$155 a year, after considerable dis- | cussion by the members of the Board. l f`l'I-..-..J..... Vina -unn nnnnanrl I-A (nd With New B;e_I\T:eeded'~toAPay`i for lndigents; Tenders for La\7atory. V ` ' cuaaxuu u.V ullc Alnxsnnnuvyxu Va. nus. ..au-.-..-. Trustee. King was opposed to giv- iing the gran)! of $155, but was will- ging that the nurse's salary should be| increased $100. Trustee Stephens `was of a similar opinion. " I fl1_.._..L-_ `I I'_... ...\-annu`-A.` -`\n`- +4-sun`! was U1 2:. auuucu uyuuuu. Q Trustee King remarked thatteach-I Iers were urging increases in salaries! land all could not be satised and" [that their work was jtist as important, i if not more so,than that of the school `nurse. He was of the opinion that? if necessary `another nurse could. be - obtained at $750 a year. i l`IL-:_...--.. 03......-nos 4-1:nnr|-vino!` Hal `UUl,'a1u\:u an epuuv a _yUa.L. I Chairman Simpson disagreed. He said that other towns were paying as `high as $1200 for the services of a school nurse. The grant of $155 is `given the Board by the Provincial I Government because of the statistics suppliedthem by Miss Train. This is the second year that the grant has been received. - Improving B. C. I. Grounds Another question which causedi considerable discussion was the re- commendation of the Property and [Supply Committee to arrange for the `necessary shrubbery and owers for ' the B. C. I. grounds. The matter was referred` back _to* the committee on the recommendation of Trustee L_4 cu.-._L....... 1...: . 1:.+ A-Pl Trustee Stephens had a list of plants and shrubbery which would cost a little over a hundred dollars. He thought that some start should be made. Trustee King said that as money would not permit the plant- ing out of the whole ground at one time, it should `be done in sections. and he advised that the ground be- tween the two. main sidewalks be planted; ` l'l|..-nabng '~:nJa Fain-n-n `ammo flit: PIISILDUU. _ Trustee Hinds favored letting the matter stand if it was impeseible to dd allthe work at once. We don't `want to make a botch of it, he said. _-..A__. _._j ..._._I.. IV-..- wan DU Iuanv u uvvuu UL av, nu. - The Property and Supply C_om- mittee -recommended the purchase of 100 auditorium chairs for the colleg- iate at a cost of $2.30 each, nd also necessarykindergarten supplies. II__ i_-_-_ f`-..gu-g3LIunn nnnaudnn` HOW BARRlE S TAXES ARE spam Collegiate lnst., 7.04 mills $2'I9|4.|6 Public Schools, I4.66 mills 53404.65 R.C. Sap. School l0.5 mi|ls_ 3383.07 County Rate, 5.8 mills 22892.63 Public Library, 0.67 mills 2632.94 Parks commn., 0.5 mills l964.88 General Debs., 5.43 mills 2l338.62 Gqnoral Rate 8.9 mills -34783.74 BUCBSIIYJ _ uululuxunacu auyyucan The Finance Hcommittee reported _x1wAN1s HMINSTROELS No. 15` 3sTI1AL cum or $300 rAssn_ $l 683 l4.69 \ `.._...._"53% `$5433 mats Ill wmnwonxs E4Surp.1us'Nearly Double That T of Last Year; Big Cut in Expenses. - F In the Waterworks Dept, as well !as in its Electric Light Dept, the Barrie Public Utilities Commission has another big surplus to report for 1922. v The prot o_n the year's bus- iness was $5438.86, almost double that of 1921, which was $2799.92. `I)......:.... mun. A-gin Q7150 AA un bllclv VJ J.vu.|., vvlnauan was V II I M Receipts grew only $74s744',"Z` such cuts `were made in operating costs that the handsome surplus was realized. The item showing the big- lgest saving is fuel which dropped `from $1855.93 in 1921 to $461.25 in | 1922.5 This is due to the installation of the electric pump and auxiliary gas engine which have completely displaced coal. A reduction of. $584.- 29 also was-made in the power bill, i while maintenance charges for mains I and services were cut almost in two. III A`. , _I-._L auu. BCLVIDCD VVCLC VIJII CIAIIIVHV ax: uvv vs . Since the Town took over the plant `in 1890, surpluses have been earned `to the amountof $32,858.01. With Iimprovments maae at the pumping ' station the last two years, the plant iis in better shape than it ever was 1and both for the excellence of the water supply it furnishes and_ its ,equipment for fire purposes is not iexcelled by Any town plant in the province. .. ; The year s statement as follows: I I Receipts- _ i Hydrant Rentals . . . . . 3765.00 Water `Earnings . . . . . . . 14541.42 i Meter Rentals . ._. . . . . 30.00 1 Supplies . . . . . .. . . . . . . -.. 557.17 JA.V\A|,Ul-vi: . . . . . . ? Operators Wages . . . . . . . : Insurance--General . . . . . ' Insurancc--Boiler , Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . { Power Purchased . . . . . . |O'ice Expenses . . . . . . i Annual Debenture Payment. ` Interest . . . . . . ._ . . . . . . . . .lSurp1us for the year Disbursements- Maintenance---Pump . plant Mains and services Hydrants . . . A . u 11v The tiuestion of, the annual grant! to the.Royal Victoria Hospital came up for._ discussion at the special meet- ing of the _Town Council. .F1`idayl night. Some members were of the! ooinion that the Board's increase of; the charge for indigents, to the stat- utory rate of $1.50 o'er` diem was intended to be in lieu of a grant and it was not the intention to include the hospital grant in the estimates. Representatives of the R: V.H. Board, showed that even with the higher; rate a grant was also necessary, so; it was decided to give $300. | rm... ..1..:....... no +1-m hnenii-nl warn! E V ' $718893 . 55$ :Statement of Assets and Liabilities Current Assets 1 `Accounts Receivable-- Water Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . 5974.23 Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726.30 Meter Rentals .' . . . . . . . .. 14.70 Plant and Equipment Gas Engine . . . . . . . . Meters ., . . . . . . . . . .. Tools etc. . . . . . . . . . . I Insurance Unexpired I . 4Ia.\4v\-A -vs;--v---u ` Invento1'ies'-. Supplies . . . . . . . E Fuel, Oil and Gas Debentures Unpaid . Bank Overdraft . `Accounts Payable . Electric Light Loan AU\:\1\aL - \4 Deb`entures Paid Accumulated Surplus payments amounting to $8210.08 of which $5,874.04 was for salaries. I A_. -___I:....L:..~. -8....-u. REL... 'l\...-.;n"I`l.. ' WI/IIUII QU,Ul'l-U1 vvuq av; uuanannyuq An application from Miss Drucilla Poucher for a position on the Barrie Public School teaching staff, was led. The Penny Bank report shows a decided falling off in deposits as com- pared with I922 and 1921. The average deposit for the schools for the month was: King Edward 30; King George, 37; Prince of Wales, 25; Victoria, 20. The average for Barrie was 25' cents a pupil. Jan. Feb. 1921 . . . . . . . . . ,$473.21 $314.92. 1922 . . . . . . . . . . 353.30 313.70 1923 296.82 270.55 W. E. BREWSTER Barrie Manager for the Bell Telephone Company Fixed ` Assets It `Vu5 QUUIUCU DU 5176 wuvw-u ' The claims of the hospital were` set *o!'*:`~. hv Thos. Reecrott. P~.'si~: dent, and Dr. Arnall. a member of i the Board. Mn Beecroft-pointed outx that the hospital last year spent $36,- | 165.21, of which $9042 was for sal-` aries. In water and liotht it paid; back into the municipal utilities o`.'er_[ $1200 last year. In groceries, a1one.i it cnent $2774 Fiszurd up on the; basis of hospital days `of patients! treated. the actual average_ cost tof \the hospital was $2 08 er diem. ; `IA. L...I knnn nnufnhmnvli fn O'iV9 8| SECTION I mass 1 1'0 3 Liabilities Reserve $18893. 143321.77 14335.34 129.50 23.55 130.02 164998 . T 164998.18 `45584.02 3018.68 121.49 ' 3000.00 80415. 32 58. \ul!3 uuapuoan Wan wpa Uv V... ...... .. I It; had been customary to give a; grant of $350 and get treatment of` indigent patients,at 50 cents a day.` An average of one indiget natient! on this basis wnuiti cost the Town? $530}: year. while it was costing the? hospital over $730 to give the ser-; vice. i an `l1._-..-.EL _-....1..!n.\.vI +1-ux Janna 101. -638. 309. 960. 17 42 91 00 223.49 15. 61 1345 1833 5438 84 05 ....n .73 .72 722.92. 173. .86 03 17 Feb. 3314 . 92- 313 . 70 270 .55 A100. 242. .59 .03 .17 .12 .65 .98 .01 .13 vice. .. Mr. Beecroft explained that when; the grant was set at $350. a,number` of years ago, this pretty well took; `care of the indigent patients. as the; . would enable them to break aboutf per diem costs. were thenless than; $7.00- Later" it was found thatathis ' I did not _cover the cost, and the 50 fA ` cents a dav extra was agreed to. As L ` time "went on. it was found that `even i i under the latter arrangement theli hosnital was losine: mbhev on indi- gent patients. Consenuentlv the.` Board was forced at the be2inning~" 04 this year to charge the [statutory *5 rate of $1.50 a day_for indie'ents.' A grant of $300 in addition to this Il_ `l1-_.._-.EL ....3J'vLn Irv-maul ii 'W0ulu UUIIUIU bllclll UU UlUKil\ uuvuv even. Mr. Beecroft said"he knew; of no town where the hospital hadi made so few-demands upon the mun- icipnl nances or had made so few apneals to the citizens. ' - e n.. A.......n ...,#mmmI +n Hm hnnvvi BHDBBIS LU but: ulynacsua. Dr. Arnall. referred tothe heavy: .co'st of keeping the hospital ~fully3, enuinped and up to date and cited a: ntrmber of large expenditures. Were! it not for the government; grant the} hosnital would not be able to make` 3 ends meet at the present/rates. In-1' stances were quoted where other; towns pay annual grants of from $900 to $2600 to their hospitals. 11-..-.. 1,341.. .....:A'Im haiinvmi that FMJUU B0 qmuuu bu uucu lluuynvunu-_ Mayor Little `saidhe believed that when the Council decided to cancel the grant they were not aware of the full facts of the case. After consideration in committee. it-was agreed to place`$300ain the estimates for the hospital grant. Tenders for Lavatory. A Ald. Wallwin urged that `a public lavatory be included in the estimates, but Mayor Little pointed out that it would add a half-mill to the tax rate and that the only reason that they wereable to reduce the tax rate by three-quarters of a mill was the fact, that there was a surplus of $7,000 from last year. The committee, how- ever, decided to call for tendersfor a public lavatory and see later if one could notcbe installed. Moved to Appoints Chief The much-discussed question, the appointment of a Chief of ..Police, was brought up again when Ald. Coles, as chairman of the Fire and Police Committee, moved that Alex. Stewart of Paris, Ont.,V be appointed 1 n 5 Afternoon `tea and sale of home- made baking and candy-C91lier St. Methodist schoolroom, this` coming Saturday, from 4 to 6. - 150. un1:n.....A..'ln n ninv in three acts pzags saturuay, lrum -3 vu Us ...,.. Wi1lowda1e, a piay in three acts, will be` given in -the Orange Hall, Thornton, on Friday, April 20th. .i Adrnission, 35c and 20c. 15c Keep Thursday, April 19, for Trin- ity Sunday School concert--Parish Ha1l--music, moving pictures, etc. ~ Admission 35c. 15c Satan's Empire Falling-".--subjec_t vo,uI r.L.:_I.`.. lug-guuu Dunn : - gdmigioq tree, Aamlsswn ouu. Satan s Empire of lecture in Library Hall, Friday evening, 8 o'clock, by A. M. `Graham of Boston. All welcome. Seats free. No collection._ e 151) vv-_..;:-..u......l Y.Anla1IvA__'M'r_` H_ No c0uecuon._ -.,,, Horticultural Lecture--Mr.` H. J. Moore of Toronto will give an illus- trated lecture in the Library Hall on Monday evening, April 16, at 8 `pm. Subject: Growing of. Annuals and Vegetables. All interested in grow- ing` good thin are iuivited to `attend. D ' . A.I.a.l-'.hsn {pg _ 2 cents per word; minimum` 25 cents ---:.gu u.u va. cu-.. ----., -- (Continued on page 4275 oovlsfg 73551! 15:; ` Dairymen of Simcoe will now be! able to avail themselves of the facili- l ties installed `in the local branch of` ;the Department of Agriculture for l the testing of milk. ' ' Collegiate, were ere, over Sunday. nus MACHINE w1LL snow AI BEST pnosucsns IN H1-:20` ...-_ -_..----5 _- , l AA. Hutchinsonlhthe local represen-E l tative, is urging that all farmers . grade their cattle. and with the ina-l ichine that has now been installed it ` will be-possible for dairymen to know i what cows in their herds are giving, . milk with a high percentage of butter ' 1 fat. The testing will be done by Mr. i ' Hutchinson, and all that is lxequiretl g of the farmer is to send in the milk. ; Althoughthe machine arrived only a I few days ago. Mr. Hutchinson has tested a number of samples. I Rswm TO DEATH % V ; lN`RAGlNG RIVER; `Two. Essa Lads Carried Away! * At Nicolston Before Eyes i V of Father.y _ ] 1 E Scott, a farmer residing near Allis-5 VTwo young sons of. Wesley W.1 ton. were drowned and their father: had to swim for his life when the? wagon on which -they were riding} went through a bridge into the rag-! ing waters of the. Nottawasaga River` I near Alliston. Saturday mornmgr . The .traged,v occurred about 9 o -i clock. when Mr..Scott and his two? sons. James `aged nine. and Ernest I ; aged seven years, were driving to the i grist mill at Nicolston, which is about! ; five miles east of Alliston. They had i g crosse the bridge over the river, ; when the horses got into a deep hole I in. the road which was submerged by 1 water, the river running about 1-5 lfeet higher than normally. Horses. 2 wagon and oecupants were swept downstream by the torrent. The 3 father, who is not a very good swim- imer, made a desperate effort to save lhis boys, but was unableto locate} !them amid the swirling waters and; lit was with great difficulty that he 1 managed to gain the river bank him- Iself; V ` i _-_..' .- \Y.l....I...J...-A Inn`? 1: nn`n ' SE11. ' He ran to Nicolston, half a mile] distant. for help and a party of vil-f ;lagers hastened to the scene, but all Ito no avail. Forty or fty residents! of the district immediately started, work on the stream with boats and grappling-irons, but no trace of the bodies had, been found up till yester- day afternoon, although. the river had fallen to its normal level. It is feared that the bodies may never be recovered. The horses were located about 20 yards below the bridge and the wagon-box 50 yards downstream. Both the horses were dead; , n__;_L _...1 `I.:.. ..._.'|u 1nnA11nl1 +n `HOUR EH8 I1Ul.`SU were uca-u. Mr. Scott and his family. moved to that district several years ago` from Toronto, where the father was a con- ductor on the Toronto street railway. In Y-.l.. A uuuuul. vu any ..v.v...... ....---- _.._-, `, Another son of the family, Jack,` a lad of between ten and eleven, met with .a bad accident during the past` winter, when he had his right handl very. badly chewed up in the cogs of a cutting box. He was a patient in the Royal Victoria Hospital, Barrie, for eight weeks and his happy, cheer- K ful manner, desnite his injury, madel him a general favorite there. Jack! is the eldest of the remaining five` children in the family. - L- .|.I.-! Ulululcu an 0 A A V ; u . . . ..J. Reports from Alliston are to the! eect that agtion for damages will be` broug t against the Township of Essa. on the ground _that thepplace on the road where the accident oc- curred was not properly protected. stock Yards TORONTO Through the County Council dis-i tributing its indigent patients among] the hospitals of the county, this is the first -time in 15 years that there has `been no county patientv under `treatment at the Royal Victoria Hos- pital, according to a statement made by T. Beecroft, chairman of the Hos-' `pital Board, to the `Town Council last Friday night. NO ' COUNTY PVA'l'lEN;( 1N _R.V.H. More than 100 attended an enjoy- able dance last. Friday night in the Oddfellows Temple [under the aus- pices of the Hall Board of the I.0.0. F. `Refreshments were also served by the members of the Halls Board; Those responsible for the success of the evening were: A. C. Bricker; R. M. DeGear, H-. G. Robertson, .V. L. I1-.. ALL... -1-.` E .`D.....-.... Subscribe for The 1.331;:-ie Examiner a_n__et gll th_e_ n'e_wa.,. $2.00 1 year. c\IWl `LI $10 GVVIIVOUI ';;nAtter and E.-Burgess.` voun SUBSCRIPTION LABEL` ATELLSTHE TALE T The Examiner : mailing lists were corrected last week. All subscription payments made up to Safurday, April "7, should be credited on the "labels. Please examine your label and see if it is marked correctly. . If the date shown thor'oon is "not as you think it should be, ,kind|y notify this office at N163. o ENJOYED 1.o.o.r-fwbANcr=: Yea?r" I A BARRIE, CANADA, THURSDAY, APR1Lf'12: 1922. APRIL .5. 1923" V 1 SLIGHTLY tom; 1 1 councat FIXES Law AT 43 mus; `Three-quarters of a Mill Less Than Was Raised LastiYear,i; ,' Despite the Big Increase Demanded for Schools; i ` -Debentures and Miscellaneous Payments 4 I Less; Estimates of $198255. i I Barrie s Tax Rate for 1923 is 43 mills, a reduction of three-quarters of a mill from last year, which was 1.05`mil1s less than in 1921. The rate was xed at*a special meeting, Friday night. A -*`*v A Members of the Council who had [waited upon the Board of Education, Iseelting a reduction of $2000 in the school estimates, reported that they were unsuccessful. They were very! well received but the Board, while! [expressing a desire to keep down the. rate. said that they were unable tot `reduce the estimate as the increase iwas largely a matter of salaries for [the teachers. {total of $198,255.99, as `compared `with $199,117.62 last year. In addition to the $5248 increase d'e- manded for schols, the main items which show higher figures than in . 1922 are: police dept., $650; assessor, $300; county levy, $1651; public lib- rary, $586. There are also small in-! lcreases in several departments. I 1 - -- The C6uncil s estimates carry an; x In the miscellaneous expenditures! `there is a reduction of . over $7000. `Last year $2000 was paid on wood and $4000 on soldiers , memorial, `while $500 less is allowed for un-E |collectable taxes and $770 less for] contingencies. Another item requir- `ing less money this vear is deben- tures and coupons. These took $53.- 843.J3 last year as compared withi {$50,585.50 this year, a difference of $3257.63, which is accounted for bvl Tthe fact that payments for certaing i debentures were completed last year. ' In addition to-the above. mention-E | ed reduc-tions the Council had a sur-I I plus of $7000 from 1922.to work on} } so they wereenabled to take care of ` - `age higher levy for schools and other: Ei reases required and make a re-'; wduction of three-quarters of a milli I ion the tax rate. ! Receipts are not estimated to bel `much greater than in 1922. It is` expected that $100 more will be: realizedefrom poll tax, $500. more from Iicenses. $50 more from dog taxes and $100 more from the Town I team`. A-1 ___-___.-..L I A . n . A-mu-g Th.e total assessment, less exemp- tions, is $3_,965.080. ` _ J ___ __2__A._ __'.) Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1 Dog -tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . M Prentage . . . . , . . . . . . . Poll tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - Street Oiling (Ratepayers) u ._`L _.._\ R [E E I nnnnn u up V-7, V V V . V _ _- I Details of estimated receipts and [expenditures are as follows: V Receipts ` $168314 . 69 . 500.00 1200.00 |,_Pon' tax`: .. 300.00 an-`any . - - . . - . . . . . . 7 _ Sewer Vi-ates . . . . . . . . . . . . . Police Court and nes . . . Licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , Rent . . . . . . . . ..'. . . . . ..* Sewer Connections` . . . . . _Waterworks (refund deben- L_____ __ J -_.....-....\ _ W ulqCL'WuI.'nb \ LI:J.uuu \.u:ucu- ! tures and. coupons) . . . . 7392.03 Electric Light (refund de- ` ` bentures and coupons) . 3476.93` 'coMMN. DISCUSSES , ucxmna or PARKS man of the Barrie Parks Commission for 1923 at the inaugural meeting, held in the Police Court, Monday { afternoon. A. H. Felt and J. A..Mae- f Laren` were re-.elected secretary and? treasurer, respectively. .-- ,- :-1|-` 11--...1 Samuel Ca1dwe11"was elected Chair- ' I I uuuuu us. awn .-vv--.'-_,. | I All the other members of the Board [were also present, viz, Mayor Litt1e,[ |A. H. `Goodall, A. `E. Stapleton and iL. R. Ord. ' It , n-1_1__-Ii -_.1 fI....J..1I nu-.-an | 1.1 `V0 `J1 ll `Messrs Caldwell and Goodall were! ! appointed a committee to arrange for I, `men to take charge of the parks, I the work to be divided into two parts -aslwas done last `year. .. 1.. n , L1__ The question of lights for the? parks _was discussed. It was shownj that the amount of money at` thei Board s disposal would not permit of ! the expenditure that would be nec- lessary, to instal the lights, but the: opinion was expressed that, if the! lights were installed, the Commission _ might be able to meet the annual} charge for maintenance. With re~' ference to the Queen's Park, it was pointed out that the lights would be mostly required in that portion of t the park where -Sophia St. crosses;| that while this is within the con; . nes of -the park, it is used as a; street as far as pedestrians are com. cerned and the lighting might_1feajson- ; ably be provided in the same way; as ordinary street lights. A com-, mittee was appointed to get estimates! of cost. lIAl_-_....I. LL- _L__ `-3 `Inn;-I unuk OI COSU. ` I I Although the strip of land south of Kempenfeldt St.,`acqui1{ed~ by_ the. Town last year, has not been turned; over for parks purposes.-A-it. was sue:-1 Izestei that the Commission Hnighti co-operate with the Council in "c'Iea_r-j ing up and improving this m-opei-t'y;* 13-..- aI...`....ImI akgc blah vnhrhf. I-nnlrbi mg up Bnu unpruvuug ulna vtuycsu . `somelought that. this might 3:: ye] ' \. 3397.34 700.00 2500.00 2500.00` 175.00` I Town Team . . . . . . Surplus from 1922 Estimated Expendiisures Board of Health-- Salary, M.O.H. .e . . . . . . .$ 51 Sanitary Inspector . . . . . . . 91 Telephone San. Insp. S I Quarantine and supplies . '. 3' Indigent-- Supplies and provisions Fuel . . . . . . ., . . . . . . . . Hospitals; . . . . . . . . . . . Miscellaneous . . . . . .. `Fuelm; . . . . . . . . . . . . Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . V Caretakers $480 and $60 Telephones . . . . . .' . . . . . Gas and Electric Light . Water . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . `Repairs . . . . I Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . Maintenance Fire Truck. . . 1 Hose and Supplies . . . . . . . 6 Fire Sleigh ; . . . . . . . . . . .. 2 1 Fire Fighting Equipm_ent;V I I Police Department-- Polie Magistrate's salary . Chief of `Police, Chief King Chief of Police . . . . . . . . . J. - Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W. .aRayner . . . . . . . . . . . . . Extra Constables . . . . . . . . Clothing . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . Telephones . . . . . . . . . . . . . Contingencies . L . . . . . . . . l i `Fire Brigade--- Salary of Fire Chief . iTeIephone for Chief '. ! Insurance on Firemen I Attending res . . . . . i Contingencies . . . . . . a\Ivvl| a.\ Feed . . . . 1 Insurance ! Shoeing Town "l`eamster-- R. E. Lee, salary . . . Extra help . . . . . . . . Salaries-- Clerk and Treasurer ` Clerk's Assistant . . . ` Page . . . . . . . . . . . 2`. Auditors . . . . . . . . . . I Assessor . . . . . ._ . . . . VESPRA ACRES 3 FOR MUSKRAT FARM` '1-U1 a unuanxau J.cu.nn. . I This farmer is J. W. Gossling and| ihis purchase comprises swamp lotsi [7 and 8 on the 12th concession. `Across this runs the Swaley Creek - (or Muskrat as it is sometimes call- ied), and hear it is the Willow Creek. iconditions are ideal for muskrat ifarming, says Mr. Gossling. On ;farms that are enclosed as many as ' 50 rats to the acre are raised, but Mr. [ I Gossling gures that he can get from. Q 10 to 25 to the acre. At the present `time there are enough rats on the ltwo lots to stock the farm if no trap- .ping is done for a `year, says the proorietor. He will leave the rats undisturbed this year and intends to make it interesting for any poachers `who get after them. i T: I`- f`Ann`:unnn nun ma` Avian `on `How many muskrats can you raise} to an acre? is a question that would] Ipuzzle most,farmers to answer. With` {most of them it would be pretty much guesswork. However there is one ifarmer in Vespra, who has guredn it out to his own satisfaction and, ,what s more; has shown his faith in [the returns to be had from .such'a crop for he has purchased 400 acres for a muskrat farm. 1- 1-71 r1,_,1_--,._ ___.1l "I VVIIIJ SWO `hJ.U\aL llllbllls | If Mr. Gossling can get even ten ?rats_ an acre of his farm every year, `it; will be a paying proposition as !rat skins are worth from $1.75 to i$2.00 apiece. 'Ln `fnnvuuni utuaa` '`n-_ wnhl spa ayacvco The Vespra Muskrag: Fur Farms. as the new undertaking is called, will be operated under the regular Dom- inion license for fur farms. ` E I in suitable place for a motor camp, `;being close to the bay, within easy I1-each of the conveniences `in St. Vincent s `Park and of the Bathing "houses. A committee was asked to ]ld9k into the matter and report; J 1800.00? Fire Hall and Council Chamber- Town Team-- (Gontinued on page 4;` $198255.99! I _ $ 500_00 T. W. Wauchope, who recently dis- 1300.'oo'"iness College, a large business school. l80o_00 new sphere. 900_o0 1 posed of the Barrie Business College, 25_o0 has accepted a position in Hamilton,| 375.003 where he will be in charge of the. - commercial Dept. of the Park Bus-` He assumes his new duties, May 1st. 600'_00 During his residence in Barrie, Mr. 600_00 ; Wauchope hasiproved himself an en- 400_00! ergetic, public-spirited citizen and` 200 00 ` has made many warm friends, who; ' {Wish for him the best of luck in his! 500 . 00 7000 . 00 1855.ooE 900 30.0 _ 25 200 175 2050 300 16 100 416 .00 institute grounds in Blake St., pro-I .O01vided they are no longer required; .00 5. for school purposes and the proceeds! 1350.'Q0of the sale are applied for school . 00 i purposes. 5 .OO`7_tl-.e Board at its regular meeting. . 00 5 opinion. .1` A - 09 Barrie Board of Education has the E 3 power to dispose of the old collegiate: I 1 This information was conveyed to` I L Monday night, through a letter from: .00`gPremier Drury, who enclosed mem-i .00 } oranda from A. C. Paull of the Edu-E .00 i cation Dent. and A. M. Dymond, K.C., ; : of the Law Dept., supporting this n `n....n ......4....: 4.1.- u:...1..3 5629.00" 1200.00? 150.09; 1500.00; 1080.00! 1oso;oo! 75.00! T3oo.o0i 75oo 169.00 I 1000 . 00 50.00; i I 1050.60! V2400.00 600.00 24.00. 200.00i 900.00: CIRCULATION --- -- an if-III