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g Ainuuso He devoted considerable time to the statements made by Reeve Cole- `when he said that the County rate included ve mills of uncontrollable expenditure due to Provincial legis- lation mostly of the past two years. This Mr. Evans branded as arrant falsehood. Five mills on the dollar on the total county assessment of fty millions would be $250,000, be- tween three and four times the act- ual amount, which was $18,504 for mothers allowances and $56,807 for 1, "the provincial highway. The actual increase for highway purposes was only 1 1-10 mills and` for both pur- poses less than It mills.~ On the other hand, by re-building the bridges destroyed by the flood in 1921 the government had saved. the taxpayers 3 mills on the dollar, in Tecumseth, which meant a saving to the farmer. on a $5,000 assessment of $15 in A taxes. In 1921 the government had paid _45 per cent. of the money ex- pended on county and provincial roads. If the northern ridings get more for their roads from the govern- ment it is because some of the town- ships are under the colonization roads scheme, in which case they are assist-. ed by the Department of Lands and Forests, getting _5O per cent. of their road expenditures and the whole a-A mount for bridges and culverts.- He stated that in the matter of high and continuation schools the county pays 3 much more than "the law requires. 1` `ll - 13..-..- -__LI__-,.,I 4- u . man at the Conservative convention,` 1 unu vv Iv uu VA A V} uuvv. ' At ten o'clock dancing began and continued for three hours to the ex- cellent music, provided by Foster's orchestra of Toronto. While the dance was in progress, about one hundred people enjoyed progressive euchre in one of the orderly rooms. The prize-winners were: Mrs. N. K. Rodgers, mahogany bedroom clock, lady's highest score; Chas. Hurst, gold Eversharp pencil, man's-highest score; Mrs. Chas. .Edwards, brass hot water kettle, lady's lone hands; Chas. Edwards, book-ends`, man's lone hands. Buffet refreshments were served from 10 to 12.- l'l1.---.1--- ..--.. ____ l\lIA -,_ ,,,,, _,,, V DC` VCO Mr. Duff made suitable acknow- ledgment of the honor conferred. Ball and Concert -The concert and ball provided on Monday night for the members_ and other Masons and their ladies proved a delightful gifair. About seven hundred attended at the Armouries, where a rst-class entertainment was put on by Ernie Bruce and Don- ald Cowan of Toronto. - _._...I.... _v. -..._.... -...- In the address reference was made to the work he had done for the Rite. since taking hold in 1916. In that year he `was assigned the part of Excellent Grand Secretary and in February, 1921, when he became the, executive head of the Barrie_ Lodge of Perfection. the membership register indicated a gain of 375. As Thrice Pu.issant,Grand Master, T he was equallv helpful. Out of an, elective office, your duties did not: lessen nor your zeal languish, readi .the address, and. being appointed to take, charge of `the distribution of the Work and the general effic- iency of our degree teams, an even higher plane of usefulness devo1ved| upon you, but you did not inoh,I and a goodly share of our steady ex- pansion may be safely credited to your` alert mentality and willingness to serve." ` ` It Us In a .. -- - Further evidence of the keen inter- I est being taken in Scottish Rite Masonry was seen this week when ' the sixth annual Reunion for the : Valleyof Barrie `was held in the _ Masonic Temple. Starting at 8.45 ' on Monday morning, a class of` ` sixty-four candidates for the Lodge ' of Perfection reported. Lodge open-I [ed at 9.30 and after the prelimin- aries, the work of conferring degrees. began with the Fourth at ten o clock.l it was nearly 6 pm. before the! * I Twelfth was completed. Next mom- I I I a I ing the two remaining Perfection de- l. g'rees were worked. At 1.45 the}. Rose Croix Chapter open`ed'with a class of forty-onescandidates and the whole afternoon was occupied with;' the four Chapter degrees. The beau-l tiful and impressive degrees werel splendidly exemplied by teamsvfrom Barrie. Orillia, Newmarket. Barriegl and Midland, and Barrie and Allis-fp ton; On both days the lodge roomsg` were crowded, members coming from ` all parts of the widely extendedif Valley of Barrie. ` -` Ill. Bro. Duff Honored . Before the noon adjournment on Tuesday, Ill. Bro. Walter N. Du 1'8`,-[1 ceived apleasant surprise when hejl was presented with an address ac- ` companied by an easy chair for him- 5 self and a fine bouquet for Mrs. Du _.i l_ Subscribe `for The Barrie Examiner _land get all the news. $2.00 a year 1 lAt Sixth }i.}ini{a1 Reunion! for Valley of Barrie; 1 1 . Masonic Ball. . I ,`MANY CANDIDATES 1 IN scomsn rum SIR HENRY THORNTON [ Who Made His First Visit to Barrie` on Wednesday ofVLast_Week. , Pam `dent oi .1.. c. N. R. 60th Ygar 'BARRIl:'., CANADA, THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1923. Brief remarks "also were made by the other nominees. ` Hard Battle Last Time E. J. Evans, in a brief address, thanked the convention for nominat-. ing him again. It was a hard "bat- tle for me last time, as I went into the House green, butagain I will do my utmost to serve the people of this riding." Lt- .I..'.--a.-.1 ..-.._:.:-_.-u_1- A_!---- L- vgu nnnn 5: ~- The speaker briefly sketched some =lof the main circumstances which led l up to the present situation as affect- v ing the Canadian National Railways. Some time ago the. Canadian Gov- ernment found itself confronted with an extremely difficult and possibly _ dangerous problem. The Grand Trunk Railway had to face its inabil- ity to further operate its system; the Grand Trunk Pacific and the "Can- ladian Northern were also in nancial ftrouble. It was a very serious.situ- I ation and receiverships seemed likely, which would have brought chaotic _ conditions into. `a large part of Can- ada s.transportation systems. In or- der to save the railways from this, |the - Government pursued the only lcourse which, in the judgment of sensible people, could begpursued-- they took over these various rail- ways. Then the `Canadian National Railway System was formed, and now the people of Canada nd themselves possessed of a very extensive~rail- way `system extending from the At- lantic to the Pacic and employing one hundred thousand men, being the largest railway system in the world. I I I 1 I For some time the Grand Trunk and . the Canadian Northern were '.oper- ated under separate managements, and while every. effort towards co- operation and elimination of dupli- cate services was pursued, there ex- isted a barrier, beyond which com- plete co-ordination could not pro- ceed. In the autumn of last year, a Board of Directors was formed to operate these two systems. Has No Regrets ' I had the honor, said Sir Henry, . of being invited to be Chairman of the Board of Directors and President of the System. I have been here six months now, and I have not the slightest reason to, regret coming. ' R Q "l1l.__.- __,,' 100 IJIIII n The distinguished visitor express- yed his pleasure in visiting Barrie, `where on all sides he saw evidence [of prosperity and those things which }indicate good citizenship. After a {neatly-turned phrase or two in which }he complimented the ladies upon the gexcellence of their cooking, Sir Hen- iry went on to discuss some of the lproblems which face the management of the great national transportation system. ML- __..-_I--... I._._*_.eI__ -,1__;_1_-,I , yuv now. uunuln This was followed by a short toast `list, After The King had been ;dul_v honored. Mayor Little, on be-I half of the Town Council and citi- lzens. read an address of welcome to ;the C.N.R. President. This will bel found on another page. Sir'Henry Thornton ; On rising to reply, Sir Henry {Thornton was most enthusiastically received both with applause and a isong especially adapted by W. N.. !Duff. 1 F 1 Sir Henry Thornton and his party `arrived by special train from Midland `shortly-after noon and after an in- 1 ` The Luncheon minal facilities at Allandale pro- ceeded to Barrie station. There they were met by Mayor Little and mem- bers of the Town Council,and repre- who escorted the visitors to the 1.0. 0.F. Temple, where luncheon was spread for about 200 people. After spection of the shops and other ter- . sentatives of the Board _ of Trade,] ia few words of introduction by the y Mayor, the gathering sat down to the ;very excellent repast provided by . I the Itebekahs. I-l&Oa`\r4`J uuyu--uwu-w uyvu aux: nuyyvzoi of the public and the enthusiastic service of the employees were points emphasized by Sir Henry Thornton, - President and Chairman of the Board of Directors, at the luncheon tender- fed to `him and other officials of the [Canadian National Railways on Wed- finesday, May 23. There are two great interests in `the Canadian National Railways," declared Sir Henry, on the one hand the men and the administrators and on the other the public which we lserve and which at the same'time I owns the System. With these two . co-operating, there is every reason ; to believe that success will be ` achieved. a V 4 con: v 1 That the prosperity of Canada is in no small degree bound up in the success of the `Canadian National Raiwgys and that this success is, l.larg':ely dependent upon the support} A: 61...-. nnkn 4...`! Ll... ....A.L.._._..L:.'.- Enthusiastic Co-Operation Between People and Employees Would Ere Long Wipe, Out Deficits,iSays Sir Henry, at Luncheon Given by Council and Citizens on His, First Visit to Barrie. ~ o. u. n. PIIESIIIEHT ASKS runuc 1 T0 STRWE FOR ROAIVS SIIGGESS - _`__-_ One cannot travel about Canada` without having an abiding faith in! ' the ultimate destiny of the Domin-' r ion, continued the speaker. If any man has not that faith and is a quit- ter, he had better pack his bag and go somewhere else. We do not want _ quitters in Canada. We want men ' with brains and hands who will apply` . both. I believe that is the attitude 1 of the great bulk. of our population! I believe the task we have undertak- en stands a little above theordinary commercial thing. _I look upon it as being upon a little higher plane. The! Board of Directors of the Canadian` National Railways regard themselves as the trustees for the efficient and honest `administration of the railway for the people of Canada--not for gain, but as a patriotic duty. If "we `N can eliminate the decits we will per- form a task that will live long in the minds of the people. ' T Analyze Criticisms We ask the condence of "the peo- ple so long as our acts merit it, said I In developing this business, the use of cars driven by storage batter- ies or gasoline was being tested} out. These, said the speaker, promise to` meet the needs of this and other communities. By these `we could, I think, materially improve the service on this division, and this is under consideration. V I . `I; -I, `I 1 . 1 .1 Mr. Wilcox urged the farmers to! fight and not to stop until the last: vote was polled on election day. Farmers Work Hard J . A. Jamieson, in a, brief address, said there was no class of people `working as hard as farmers and get- ting so little for it. . The only way that this can be remedied islby agi- tation and sane legislation. The peo- ple of the towns and cities consider eight hours a working day, but the farmer works twelve hours a day, and sometimes more, and I grant you that he does not receive anywhere near what the town or city people_ do. I am proud of Mr. Evans for the work] he has done, and I am sure the rest: of you feel the same way. I with- draw my nomination in favor of Mr. Evans, as I don't think we should i give him any opposition," stated Mr. Jamieson. `- vaanluvluvlvlln I A`, been suggested that some extension of the terminal facilities might be made at Allandale. This am sure, remarked the President, there could be no more agreeable` spot to extend anything than on this situation. ___ I 'would receive due consideration. I - Emigration The speaker touched briefly upon 1 the question of emigration. All Can- ada s magnicent natural resources; were of little value without the hand] of man to turn them to use. What? Canada needs is the right kind off emigrants to assist productivity. An-' other great need is additional for- eign capital to develop our resources. Inter-Urban Traffic D One of the traffic problems to be; dealt` with is the development of | inter-urban business.` I have ob?! served, said Sir Henry, that if peo- ple are_ given a chance to spend their, money-they will usually do so. ' I , ..1 Every Employee Can Help There is not an employee but can ' swing business for the national rail- ways, continued Sir Henry, and I. constantly preach that they should leave nothing undone to inuence_ every possible passenger and poundi of traffic towards the Canadian Na-I tional Railways. 1 l . What will excite this pride and{ enthusiasm? Just and sympathetic; `treatment. It is the`dut_v of those: of us who handle the affairs of this; road to deal with the men justly and! sympathetically. By so doing we? will have the good will of the em-; ployees. If this is secured, it will} .be but a short step to improved ser-. vice. which will win the confidence; of the public and bring increased? business. [ This will be done in a short time ' if each of the 100,000 employees as- " sumes his full share of the respons- : ibility to make this road a "success. It matters not whether the employee be a crossing watchman or the Gen- eral Manager,. each owes the samef `delity to the System. If we can inspire each and every man with a desire to give a dollar's worth of! work for a dollar's pay and excite" their enthusiasm, success is ensured. If the men will go over the top with me. with courage and pride in their i work. it will not be long before Can- 9` ada discovers in this railway an ob,-1 ject of pride and of great value tol ` the Dominion. v_ i I u1v1I . us a. .. . . . W U. Elin1inating Decits The first task to be undertaken was the elimination of decits. vu. av-.-u \A-utlcal. unucuua, 1 I do not believe, said Sir Henry,5 that there is on any railway in the world a ner body of men than those! serving: the Canadian National Rail- ways." . ' J 'l:\I:.-_:-__;:,, ,, I\ n -. " V--9 - , Sir Henry said they had no apol- ogies to make, He believed that a satisfactory system would be devised and would be worked out with the assistance of the capable, efficient, conscientious and honest men in the" various departments, ` T .1- no. I....I:..-... n ....:.1 n:-- ~n__,_,_, E 1 If the jo;11-n[aVls squeak a little, remarked the President, remember the difficulties under which we work," C1:.. '[J ..._..-- _-:;| LL___ 1, 1 R. A large part of it had been but! lately constructed. The problem of the management was to devise, meth- ,odsVand select officers in a few jmonths--a work that had taken de- xcades to complete on other roads. V ` xx`-n . in his opening remarks, Chairman Sheehan said the Drury "Government had nothing to be ashamed of. We have established a record in the past four years. Our parliamentary re-' cord is as clean now as when we started. Drury and his cabinet`/had many things to contend with. They were inexperienced when they took. office, and were forced to learn many things, while the Liberals and Com` servatives stood by, .and criticised. The Conservatives cannot show me i where they have any platform in the coming elections, and the Liberals have les-s, stated the chairman. Has Tories Snowed Under J. P. .Wilcox is condent of the ability of the U.F.O.~to come out of the election on June 25 with colors ying. The AU.F.0. has the Con- servatives snowed under. At all the ` meetings andthrough the press, the - Conservatives and Liberals are 'say- ing that the U.F.O. administration - was expensive, but they never say that when the Conservatives pwent out of power they left a dbt of a , million dollars for the U.F.O. to face. At the end of the U.F.0. regime there ' ` was a surplus of s over a million, he ` 1 declared. ':Frustees for` People wsuqcu LI; 0 :.r_yLA1I:Bo W. C. Chisholm, Assistant General Counsel for the` C.N.R., in acknow- ledging the toast, briey thanked the citizens for the hospitality ex- tended. __ ` = ~' - ,..r9_.,, 1 , , , -\ | vane C. N. R. ' Officials , A toast to The Oificials of the 'C.N.R. was proposed, in a neat |speech by Rev. Dr. Byrnes. In open- ling, he said he did not know why a :minister should be called upon to propose the health of railway offic- ials. True, he was working for a road. But, said he, turning to Sir Henry, our road is straighter than yours, has not so many curves and the grades are a bit heavier." He felt sure that if the lines suggested !by Sir Henry were followed out, the .C.N.R. would be a_ success and the world would again` look to Canada for leadership. He was glad of Sir Henry's appointment. In few places would his endeavors be followed with amore sincere good wishes than in Barrie. I hope and trustthat you and the men and the citizens may so co-operate to make this road worthy _pf the great name it bears, .con- cluded Dr. Byrnes. `I1? 11 ITI_2_L_I___ A,,- 1 A II ., I UlI\ L wuunvun In conclusion, Sir Henry again ex- pressed his pleasure at being able to visit Barrie, voiced his apprecias tion of the very cordial welcome ex- _tended to, him and said he hoped to pay another visit to the town later !Sii' Henry. There will be criticism.| !Nine million people cannot _be ex- pected to think alike. Much of this will relate to traffic. When you hear jit, apply the test of common sense.` Is it worth while? Is it reasonable?l If the people will apply their com-I mon [sense to assessing `the value of these criticisms; I have no fear of the results. i Both teams slugged the ball hard iand the pitchers had to undergo con- isiderable punishment. In addition, !they passed no less than ten men `among them. The locals tossers had geleven safeties, including a homer` `by Dobson and two doubles by Arm I gstrong. Thornton had fourteen safezl ihits and most of them were heavy! iclouts, one being a home-run over the |fence by Wonch, two doubles by 'L.i gstewart and another a double byi I {Fe1tis. - - ` 1. uni./non Armstrong, Del. Emms and J. D. `Stewart were tied for batting hon- ! N (Continued on page 16) I i I n I v unAAA|A5u. ! When Barrie was trailing by one? {or two rung and men were on bases,` `the batsman could not come through i with a single where a single might; _have meant the game. In the third,j `with one down, two men walked, butg the next player whiffed the air and` gthe next was an easy out to rst. l I 1-I.1 . 1 LILOII \IL gnu. ncuovu. V 1 Leighton Emms did mound dutyg, ifor the Kempenfeldt boys until he , `was taken-`outin the seventh -and was 3` 1 ;replaced by Plant. Elmer Feltis istarted off in the box for Thornton,i `but his arm became sore, and Wes. ;Dung'ey relieved him in the fourthn] Eafter Feltis had held the local boysgq 2 scoreless. Emms was nicked for thir- , E Eteen hits. in 6 2/3 innings, Plant for3 ione in 1 1/3 innings, Feltis for twoii {in 3 innings, and Dungey for ninegi } in 6 innings, : c urn.-- 13--..-- ----_ A.___2I2..... L__ ,_;_.| 6 Heavy and timely slugging by the i] [Thornton batsmen gave the team of I ; 'that place a 15-8 victory over theg] local y~c_hasers at Thornton, Mon-`] Ilday afternoon. It was Barrie s first ;( `game this season in the South Simcoe it League. Neither team had had much practice, and the diamonfl was roughi and hummocky, but, taking it all in. ,all, it was a very fair game for'the1 S , f irst of the season. gh The convention of United Farmers for South Simcoe, which renominated Edgar J. Evans on Wednesday, May 23, was very representative, and the Beeton town hall was well lled when James Sheehan, president of the rid- ing organization, opened the pro- ceedings. When the time allowed for nominations had expired, it was found that a round dozen `were `on the list. It did not take long, how- ever, to reduce the number, one af- ter another withdrawing until only the latemember was left. I (Two Bad Innings for Towng Team; Final Score Was I 15 to 8. IIATHORNTON TAKES 5 1s'r FROM BARRIIZ-If Nev} Organist at Collier St. 5.(Confini1ed~on page .7) PERCY F. HOADLEY No. 22 I6 PAGES E J. Pa3;;1-;te, mayor of Penetang; D1_'. V. A. Hart, Barrie; Dr. L. J. }Simpson, Barrie (nominated by J. T. 18 Payette and Dr. Hart); P. A. Cougha Jfllin, deputy-reeve of Flos, Phelpston; A 19 Dnnald pncu `nolvrnn 71- T The W. I. of Shanty -Bay are hav- ing a concert in the Village Hall. `Monday evening, June 4. Play en~ titled The Colonel's Maid will be given by Crown Hill talent. Refresh- ments served. Admission: Adults. - 35c.; children, 20c. 21-22c The Simcoe County Beekeepers will conduct two demonstrations this . year, one in S. Millard s apiary at Mitchell Square, Monday, June 4, at 1.30 p.m.; and one in T. A. Chap~ man's apiary, Beeton, Saturday, June 15, at 1.30 p.m. Prominent men from` Guelph will be present to conduct the meetings. Bring your veil and your lunch and stay the whole after- noon. r . 22p The Parish Guild of St. Jude's Church, Thornton, purpose holding a garden party on Wednesday, June 27, in Diamond Park. 22c Miscellaneous Dancing Party at Tent City, Saturday, June 2. Some- thing for everybody. Lloyd George Park for the afternoon. Tent City in the evening. Music by E. Bruce and McKeag. Dancing 8.30 to 12. --L. D. Jacks. 22c vvv -u- as . vs S. SIMCOE U. F. 0. J ENDORSED EV ANS : Mr. Payette, who .for business rea- -";_fore the convention, promised that [he would be right behind the candid- "ate night or day. Whoever might be "nominated should be highly encour- `aged by the splendid convention. He iiibelieved that there was a splendid opportunity for Ontario Liberals to- vlday. Four years ago the Liberals 'had withdrawn in Centre Simcoe. 5- This he thought a mistake and not '5good'for the party. Another four 'years of inaction would put the party in oblivion in the riding, something it does not at all deserve, he de- iclared. `Premier Drury he admitted an able man but under him were men with very little business`-"ability iforhandling public affairs, Young, {new, vigorous blood was needed in ;the legislature. He assured his hear- -jsons declined to let his name go be-' gers that the candidate would nd ' `Penetang and Tiny living up to its lold Liberal traditions. Largest Ever Donald Ross for personal reasons withdrew after thanking his nomina- tors. The convention he declared to` be the largest he had ever seen in aCentre Simcoe. Dr. Kearns. having lno special political experience or iaspirationsi, declined to stand. X .-. : .. . . .. AI P. A. Coughlin and W. F. Beck were notpresent. Nomination Unanimous On coming forward, Dr. Simpson was received with hearty applause. (Continued on page 9) , . . _ .- . . i Alex. Cowan: thought the conven~ ition the most, encouraging in Centre ISimcoe in 35 years. It was a great encouragement to see so many ladies showing an active interest in the [choice of a candidate. Whoever was [nominated would receive his hearty `support. Dr. Hart said it was al- ways an honor to stand for Liberal. principals and he was ready to give every possible help to the nominee. He pointed out that the Liberals" after their many years of office left ino debt when they went out in 1905.. the convention the largest they had ever held in this riding. It had been `advertised for Webster's Hall, but the Agricultural hall had to be sex cured and the seating accommoda- tion was well lled. In the gather- ging were from 75 to 100 ladies. iPenetang was strongly `represented. iits delegation being headed by the !Pen`etang band-. The` Barrie con` nnnn u Vvlhll a Vllll. LII|l`III1"erS gtingent also was large and the bah. ance was drawn from all the other- ! municipalities. While the attendancn .of farmers was not as `great as imight have been desired this was faccounted for by the exceedingly {busy time on the farms because of ithe work having been so much re-. itarded by the late spring. I V Those Nominated ' ; g * After brief preliminaries, the nom- iination was proceeded with, the fo1- ilowing names `being submitted:- 7 III -rm - - ! Things are all.set for a three: {cornered contest in Centre Simcoe. Yesterday afternoon at Elmvale the; Liberals unanimously chose Dr. L. J`, Simpson as their. candidate and judg-. ing from the attendance and enthus-. iasm displayed are prepared to backs` him with a vim. Old-timers declared- fhn nnnvnninn 6-`I... l.........._A. A|__,, , LIBERAL CHOICE IS DR. 1. J. smrson Unanimous1yNnminated by Large Convention at _ Elmvale, COMING EVENTS Sees Good Opportunity Succegssfm Convention Held at Beeton Voices -Approval. av, us. we u; 1: ava, 1: uclyauni; Ross, Barrie; Dr. J. A. Phelpston; Lt. Col. Alex`. Barrie; W. F. Beck, Pena % ` SECTION 1 PAGES 1 :10 s THE +ARRIE * EXAMINER `CRCULATION 4275 comes;