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zg an illness of three weeks. burn in Middlesex, England, but cum ammo 50 years ago and had lived hon . Mr. Lainson was a well known brick ufucturer of the city, having been in business for a great nuxnber of'yeua. eligiou he was a Methodgst. being _an 'e member of Scarlet Plains Methottu rcb, where he was choir loader. . ig widow, seven daughtora, Ills. DIVH is, Richmond Hill; Mrs. Albert Bushel, and Centre; Mrs. Donald Mclieno. Tor- , u-.. D... nnnlmr Rnnmnvillnz ham lg auu Kllllllg IJUIU. I He expressed the regret that expert; evidence cou!d'not have been secured] `from some w`:o were not in the em-: ploy of the C.N.R. to inform the jury` I as to whether proper safeguards, from, an impersonal viewpoint,` had been: taken. 1' AIL-.. 1....:...... A1!` .. ..1...-...+ +:mn +1.3` taken. " I After being out a short time, thel ijury brought in a verdict of accidental ideath, without attributing blame to , any person or corporation. I ` . V A man who undertakes to make as his special care one of the boys adopt- ed by a Kiwanis Club in its boys wel-} `are work is known as a Kiwanis Daddy. J. D. Wisdom has the honor` to be the first of these in Barrie. ' A...._-................;. J... 1.1..:.. -4-'4-`....& .-ma {J. D. WISDOM IS FIRST i ; LOCAL `KIWANIS DADDY { | C9 De Elle .I.ll'Ia U1. |aLlUC Ill lJi ll.'l.'1Co ` ` Announcement to this effect was `made at the" weekly luncheon last Friday by A., G. MacLeilan. Chair- man of Boys Welfare Committee. He` stated that two more `assignments would be made -in a week or so and in response to his call for volunteers a dozen or more offered to assume the duties of a Daddy. ` `I ... '..aIA.'#;.u 4.. `M35 nnnndul vnnvlr `AF (tunes 01 a "uauuy. In addition to this snecial work for individual boys. the. Club will again distribute its Christmas cheer as wa done lastyear. L 1 5 in the evenjcs this `coming season. T191-.9-Ha in nnnnectinn with the can In cue eveuys hula cuuuug acaauu. Details in connection with the com-I vetition will be announced later. Mr. lack. in h*'s letter to the Club, stated that he would arrange the details from tl"e akwoed end and would in- "orm the Barie Clubs later as to what progress had been made. I ` `RAH-. Rnwln l".1nlnq H2179 nnw nnm- Ugrcss uuu ucr-.u uxauc. " Poth Barrie Clubs have now_com- wleted organization for the ensuing `rear. and the members are lonking .nrward with anticination t'~ 1 iively competition on the ice this Winter. "" SB: Ill. uu"u:unauc "I ll"lU. ll baking in `Rest Room, Sat, Nov. 3. '}7`5c. PAIR `The Women's Institute of Crown mt will hold a sale of homemade ._I_:_.. 3.. -134-4. 13-..... 6.5, Mac 9 The southern sky was illuminated Sunday evening shortly before six ;o clock by a fire on the farm of H. H. New, Stroud, when a barn filled with hay and grain was burned. The build- [ing, together with a pig-pen adjoining, where the fire started, was a total loss. Some pigs and chickens were lost,-but the horses and cattle were in kn fiolt` of {rho 9-irnn and nnnsn,i H. w. NEW AT smoun ` LOSES BARN BY FIRE lU3U,'Uub' B113 ILUICEC3 auu Cbble V\'el' m the fxeld at the tlme, and conse-! quently were not m danger. ` Mr Nam ha of o nnnnnlnfn Inca 4n w k HUCHHIJ WCKC IIUII Ill IJCIISCLR Mr.. Newis at a complete loss to acc_ount for the fire, starting as it ldidin the pig-pen. No one was seen around` the premises, and there was not the slightest clue as to how it could have originated. It is thought: `that the barn together with the con- tents will bring the loss up to $3,000 or more. It is partly covered by insur- .ance. The property occupied by M1. New is known as the old Frank Rob- ertson farm, Mr. Robertson now re- Jsiding at 13 Worsley St., Barrie, hav- | ing lived there for a number of years. His son, Fred, `occupies the farm just across the road, and -his buildings - narrowly escaped burning in Sunday's fire. Sparks and burnt shingles were blown across the road, and had a hay nstack caught, it is a question if all _,his barns would not have gone also.` I I-flown IIVOB` I.19cf annn ]\xY `HIS UUJCXIS WUUIU {IUD IIEVU SUHC 1:150.` ! The blaze was flrst seen by 311'.` [New about twenty minutes to sxx. In! no Ivnmtv fnnr nn:nnn:-3 4-Inn 1u]nn`n cs!--nun,` LVCVV ZIUUUD DVVCIIDJ IIIIHULCD DU 31.`: All` [a very few minutes the whole struc- 'ture was a mass of flames. The barn `proper was a frame structure, built; Iby Mr. Robertson, and measured` gabout. 40 by 75 feet. ` ` REDUCTION GWEN ; TO OPERA HOUSE1 iC0urt of Revision Cuts l At the sitting of the Barrie Court! of Revision held in the Council cham-` ber, Friday morning last, two appeals, lthose of the Grand Opera House and Frank Wice were granted. Four other appeals were `disallowed. x A rut}:-uni-inn n-P Q1950 nn rrn +1111! Limited UhllCl' CIIJIJUCIIB WCLC umauuwcu. I E A reduction of $1250.00 on the; [Grand Opera House, $1000.00 being; on property and $250.00 on business ` was allowed. The appeal`was grantedl on the ground that the property. be-, iing: on a back street was not as val-1 uable as though it were situated morel centra1ly. Frank Wice was allowed his appeal on income assessment on the ground that he is the sole support `of the family. He is free from tax- I ation on an income up to $2000.00. T-Ida Wnrnhdn Noxvnv T34-fin A nvnuh-`_l ' 'dl:lUll UH ll IJICUIIIC up DU QUUU.UU- ! I His Worship, Mayor Litt1e,`presid-w ed over the Court. Other members were: Reeve Fisher, Deputy-Reeves Patterson and Robertson, and A1der- men Coles and McKinnon. A. W.; iSmith acted as Clerk of the Court} .and Town` Assessor E. G. Whitebread lalso attended. A_......`|... ......... ....L..-....J I.-. LL. -6.`! EIISU aluuzuutsu. Appeals were entered by the fol- lowing: L. A. Hill, 111 Collier St., John Hughes, 43 Park St.; Frank Wice, 227 Bradford St.; Grand Opera House; F. H. Ball. North Davis St.;, and A. G. Ardagh, 30 Theresa Std lA1l were appeals against property as-' sessment, with the exception of that `of Frank Wice. m1.- 1:..4. _-.. LL- _1___4.....; : . . . . . .... I IUJ. Jflillllk VV ICC: ' E The list was the shortest in years,| Iconstituting a testimony to the care- ful work of Assessor Whitebread. The fact that but two of the appeals were} ' allowed Was a further evidence of \ gthe care which the Assessor had taken] I in compiling his lists. Grand Opera House l D. F. McCuaig appeared on behalf of the proprietor of the Grand Opera House, and put in a strong plea for` a reduction of the assessment of .$8,000 on this property. He stated [that it had never been made quite `clear why the assessment was raisedl `from $5,000 to $8,000 three years. Iago. VThere were several factors lwhich entered into the situation con- lstituting arguments which should ' bring about a reduction of the assess- ment. He pointed to the heavy cost; 0; of up-keep. Reference was also made` ;to the location of the property on al plback street which had a decided ef- .]fect upon attendance. n-11,, n___-_; 2.. -__-_:_I_._:__.. LL- --__. I I 5 'a\.r\ru wry-. u.vvv.-..u---....- | The Court in considering the var- ious arguments advanced, took up the, Iquestion of location, and comparison iof assessment values for similar in- stitutions in the town. It was found [that while the Opera House was as- sessed at $8 000, the Capito1 s assess- ment was $5380 and that of the News Dreamland $4500. A mnnpd-u'nn A43 C1 nnn mac nnnnrntl JJIIUBKIIIHIIU 'iUUU- I A reduction of $1,000 was allowed 1 }in assessment, which would mean a lcorresponding reduction in the busi- . ness assessment amounting to $250. 5 making a total reduction of $1250. A Entitled to Income Exemption H In regard to the income assessment 0 of Frank Wice. the Court took the-* `stand that if Mr. Wice was the sole support of the family, he was there- fore the head of the family and was entitled to exemption from taxation on a salary up to $2,000. Town As- sessor Whitebreadstated that he was familiar with the facts in the case but he did not wish to move in the matter because of the fact that it would create a precedent. The Court felt that similar cases would have to be considered on their merits. Highway Improves Value e In the case of Mr. Ball, whose prop- erty had been cut down in size ; -throucrh the widening of the Provin- : r-ial Highway, the court took the view . that the property _was actually more valuable -because of the improvements to the Highway. It was noted that C the property rented for the same -fig- ure that it did previous to the alter- ations in its boundaries. The appeal was dismissed. `I - quuuuu-A On `In; guano` A` M1- W88 111811113580. Vn regard to the appeal of Mr. Hill, whose assessment had been in creased $300.00. Mr. Whitebread was (Continued on page 4) \ I6 PAGES CITIZENS HONOUR I ` BALI. CHAMPIONS St. % Banuet and Presentations ta ` Barrie Team, Winners of S. Simcoe League. " l _A pleasant nale before the cur- itam rang down on the baseball sea- : son of 1923 was staged at Vair s Res- taurant, Monday evening, when the Barrie team, pennant winners of the South Simcoe. League, were guests of honor at a banquet tendered by the citizens. In the 150 who assem- lbled around the festive board were many leading citizens, together with officers of the League and represent. atives of outside clubs. The best of fellowship prevailed and three hours were very enjoyably spent ip ban quet, speech and song, _Dr. L. J. Simpson, President of the Barrie- Club, was master of ceremonies. Eats were followed by a sing-song for twenty minutes under the leader ship of Ernie Ryan, the words of` the songs. being projected on the wall through a very considerable, smoke screen. While the repast was-in pro- gress, music was furnished"-' by the `Lennox orchestra, and between the speeches were interspersed delightful v ` solos by J. R. Treend. M. Weller, S. W. Moore and J. H. Blackmore. The Toast List Barrie Baseball Club" was the first toast on the list. It was pro- lposed, in a brief speech, by W..E. s Weegar. The town, he said, should be proud of such a ball team. Like- wise, the team should be gratied at such a banquet; it should inspire- `them to greater efforts next, year. ; Out of 21 games, Barrie had won 15 l I I I and 75 per cent. of the team was supplied by The Peuple_ _s Railway. 5 Mr. Weegar referred`in compliment- ? ary terms to Alliston and Ivy teams, I the latter particularly being a won- ; derful aggregation for a place of that ;! size; ALL--. :n':\-_. rn1__-_ A..- r,n_- iv-..) B165. ` After For They Are Jolly Good Fellows and three cheers, reply-was 1 made by Walter Duff, a member of M the Executive." He heartily thanked [ the citizens for joining in this mark [ of appreciation of the boys.and for E the support given during the season. Manager Milne deserved much credit I for his handling of the team. There i had been the utmost harmony in the I Club and throughout the League, . making the season a very enjoyable one. T'|_.---._L-L:-_ .8 l1___- uuc. Presentation of Cup` The Felt Trophy, won in 1921 by Cookst-own and last year by Ivy, was presented to the Barrie team by A. g H. Felt, the donor. Much of the suc- l cess of a nine depends in having a brainy manager, but he must, said `Mr. Felt, have the co-operation of a | team having not only playing ability I but knowledge of the game, ambition to _win and courtesy. If Barrie should win the cup three years in succession and become its owners,'he would don-. ate another trophy. I rtnnnnnnrl nh -noon Q\ iLOCAL CO-OP. co. 2 Q FOR U. 1=.o. srom-; Well-Kr1cV>wnFarmers to Take Business Over from. United Farmers. Contrary to the reports which have been in circulation, not only around Barrie but throughout the province, the Farmers Co-Operative Storeeat Barrie is not to go out of business. While the store is to pass from _the 1 direct control of the United Farmers, `Limited, it is to be maintained and I operated on a co-operative basis by a number of local farmers. ' The local co-operative store is one of two such businesses operated throughout the province which have been on a paying basis. Welland has the distinction of being the only other place in Ontario where a store of this nature. operated by the Un- ited Farmers Co-Operative, Limited, has been made to pay, it is said. 'l`ln.-air -rnfail rnnrnhantliciha vnnfnru 11313 UCCII uiauc DU III I3 Dulu- Their retail merchandising venture having been. found a losing proposi- tion in most cases, the stores were \ gradually closed out until only Bar~ rie and Welland remained. Now, the company has decided to close out these retail establishments handling groceries and general merchandise. `I171. _ _ _ _ _...`l L- LL:_ -&--L ._-_._ ___ -v~...-...... -.-- ...-'_.~- ---v-v---.-..-.,- When word to this effect was re- ceived 1n,Barr1e, stens were immed- iiately taken to continue the opera- tion of the local Farmers store, and to this end a charter has been applied for and organization will be pro- . ceeded with as soon as this arrives. In the meantime. the store is being operated under the capable and ef- ficient management of Chas. H. Lynch. who took over the local man- agement of the Farmers '.Co-Oper- ative three years ago. Than t3`I\`lUl'| has run} Lona n`A~u(` varn- DIVE DIIICCC yU5I'5 USU- The store has not been c}osed., nor will it be necessary for it to cloge its doors while t1~e chawge in ownership is taking` place. _The farmers mav expect the same courtesy and consid- eration at the old stand under thr: new management as they have re- ceized in the na-zt. .... ....'| - LI... L.._L 1....`-an fnwnnnwu ALE (ZCIVCU II! BN8 DEVO- a Several of the best known farmers of the immediate district are behind the new venture. ` " nlagnans-nun: en. -- an.--` ; Anvone who has read Ace in Wonderland will evvioy Prin"i')al Mauri'-e Huttnvfs 1e"*.ure on 'T`He Art of Lewis: Cawmll aumives Wo- man's Cahafan Club. Tmwday niorht, Nov. 6. Public Library Han. Tickets to non-members. 25 cents. * lUhllCl' Ll'Ul)lly - _(Contmued on page 9) DELIGHTFUL HUMOR LAA1c Buy Advertised Thinzs. SECTION 1% P4993` 7? 3 ANDREW mcHoLs CO. Co. ARRIE. * EXAMINE13 ml THE1+ c1RcuL.mol~I r\Ivwu---- ...-..-_- ndrew Niuhoia, a tanner residing abouc miles north of Barrie on the Mill Road, at his home on October 22. at the age 6 years. Mr. Nichols had been in poo: ch for some time. 1- I .... _..I ma lush! `Inn: fhn `airman '1T Ismmzcran Annual Report Shows 802 `Patients; Maintenance Costs Higher. V shown in the annual meeting of the ' Royal Victoria Hospital this year. In 1922 nobody put in an agpearance except the directors, but t ere were a score or more present on Tuesday when the reports of the year's busi- ness were presented, with the Preso ident, '1`. Beecroft, in the chair. Report of Board Increases in maintenance costs and extraordinary expenditures amounted to over $5500. which had to betaken care of out of the- current revenue.` A........- LL- :In\n\o4\linnn I\II+ A little more public interest was` I care 01 Out UL cne- lzurrcuu l.'l=VcuuI':. Among the increases pointnd out by the Board were:--- Fuel, $1900: salaries, $1300; meat. $200: medical appliances. $650: house furnishings,` $800; X-Ray, $400. The `extraordin- ary repairs for this` year included $1100 paid for Roentgen table for X- Ray room, $600 paid on nurses . home. and $945 for new house fur- -nis'}`nings. ' .......... LL. -n.n.. n tn}-u.u-nninlv n11.V`I{(' 1 nlshings. During the your a tubercular clinic 1 was established in connection with l the Hospital with satisfactory results. ` D..4'nmmna mg. math: in f.'np_ renm-1:, `He IIUSPHRII VVILH Bibi-`jH.tllZ|4U.L`_y Lcauuvac l Reference was made-_ In the report , to the death of Daniel Quinlan. a! i very valued member of the'Bnaw1. 'I'\L....In. unnnn nvl-antler` fn Han W0-I Ical Sta. _ ' ! In the dzscussmn of this repovt,i `Mr. Gallie pointed out that the in-3 c~'na of $1000 in the fuel bill was! due. to the inferior quality of (2031,; higher prices and extra demands ow- ing to the two water jackets for the- laundry as well as the furmme and. water jacket` in nurses home. AL! berta coal had been tried a'~d was; twtxnd more suitable than any otheri '-..I Value K119111081` 0| Lllt! Duavu. ~ Thanks were extended to the W0-1, men's Auxiliary. Hospital Sewing Club, officers, nursing staff and med- ical staff. `I... LLA Ann\n_-u:n11 nf 'l'QT\O1`t. ma! ` It was poiv~ted.out that owimz to, increaved maintenance costs and ex-a traordinary renaire in the last two years it had been found necessary to draw $5000 that had been put aeide. in mm -e p1'os'm=r'ous years; If this?` condition continued, an in~v.`ea<:e ofi rates was: inevitable. said the Pres-E ident. The R. V. H. has the lowest rates in Ontario. service condered '. and during the war, in suite oft mounting costs. made no advance in rates. It was increasingly difficult to meet maintenance charms. T1`. Ynuria naval` Rfd had JIIUVIL kind. TL en 10!` some uuw. he funeral wen held from the family ence on Wednesday, October 24, th or of the Union church et.Mineaing ot Ling. Mr. Nichols leaves to mourn his widow ' and one daughter, to meet maxmsenance c'\arsru.-.-s. Dr. Lew1s asked If the Board had comidered nuttinz on a drive to wipe of! the indebtedness on the nurses n..'.....:,I;...4. nniam-n+'+ wmlind that home. , Presaidnt Beecroft renlied that thev had considered Wis but felt it an inonportune time. $2000 had been pnid ovrthe price of nursea home ($4900) out of current Var-count. `nu Lauri: naid that a drivn should ($4900) out of current ,a"t:uuvu_.. Dr. Lewis said that beput on and the $2000. taken out of current account. should be return-j ed to it. , (Continued on page 4) < MORAL STANDARD LOWER 1ycEwAR That the moral standard has been lowered since the World War, and that the automobile constituted a real menace in the livesof many young Eeople, were among the points: rought out in an address along so- cial service lines, delivered last Thurs- day afternoon, by Dr. Sarah Detweil- ler of Kitchener, before a gathering in the Barrie Public Library. - While the war had been blamed for the lowering of the moral standard, Dr. Detweiller questioned this very much, declaring that there was great need in Canada today for a constructive program of `education to raise the standard of morals and to protect the young against the dangers that lurked on every hand. "4-15+ Ivnnvi :11 fhn States `Dr. Detweiller; Need of Education to Raise Standard. lurked nanu. _ Last year in the United States! 11; was stated, upwards of 60,000 glrls u,_.;.:_.---.i . _ _ . 1-A A\r Huntsville Band. Monday, .Nov. 26, under auspices Women Teachers Association. ' 44c Trinity Parish Aid will have a sale of work and homemade dainties on Friday, Nov. 23; 44c Mamnwiol now cnrvinn it P. O. St. Jude's Parish Guild. Thornton are holding a bazaar in basement of church. Thursday, Nov. 15, from 2.30 to 10 p.m. _ I 44-45c St. Andrew's Bible Class will hold afternoon tea and sale of Chinese linen in achoolroom, Monday, Nov. 5, from 3 to 9 pm." 44c The W. M. S. of Burton Ave. will `hold an auron bavaar and sale of homemade baking, Thursday, Nov. 8, from 3.30 to 9, in church basemerit . . C Fnwl sunoer. Wednesday, Nnv. 7 at Edgar Union `Church. Sulendid grog!-am, including Sills orchestra. ea from 6 to 8. Tickets, 50c and 1):.` V 440 Mrs. Donald mcnenno. Tor- ; Mrs. Bert Ducker, Beamaville; Mine; , Pearl and Ammo, Toronto; six oou, ur and Leonard, Barrie; Amner, Lylg; 1, Alfred and Fred, Toronto; 38` gram. hen. and one great grandchild. survive 1'88 ITO!!! 0 I20 6. 1105853, DUI: am: 252. T ` _ 44 The Ladies Aid of Collier St. Methodist Church will hold a meat Gunner and entertainment in church on Thanksgiving uisrht, Nov. 12. Ad xduahun Kn anal ORA `.A.`.! VII IIICIIBFKIVIIIK KUKIII mission 50c and _ 25. COMING EVENTS uvsauuu, any vv aw... .- (Uontinued on page 4275 comes \ `za::s1.1 211 U- FORMER BARRIEITE IS % SASKATCHEWAN M.P.P. Birthall Lewis, a former Barrieite. was elected a member of the Saskat- chewan Legislature forthe riding of Milestone at the bye-election held Oct. 20.- The` election was causediby the death of Bernard Larsen, Liberal member. Mr. Lewis majority over J. V. Patterson. Progressive candid- ate, is in the neighborhood of 500. _ ...... .2 L]... 1.5.. T\.. I l I P I I `i fl :' l 1 t t tan police force of London an Many people have the idea that the main function of a police officer is to ferret out crime, arrest the of- 1'enr.lers and have `them punished. Chief S. J. Dickson of Toronto, how- ever, puts this, insecond place ; He holds that the primary duty of a pol- iceman is to I 1 ( i prevent crime, the ap- , prehension and punishment of crim- : mnls, though of great importance, be- , -ing secondary. This was one of the . `points brought out by himin his ad- dress at the weekly luncheon of the Barrie Kiwanis Club last Friday, be- fore an attendance of seventy-five ` members and guests. . Early Police Systems In his opening remarks he gave ' some information regarding early police systems- In 1810 in York County the police were drafted like jurors and received no salary. If they refused to act they were~fined or imprisoned. The Toronto perman~ . ent police -force was `established in 1859. Thirty years prior to that, Sir Robert Peel organized the metro oli- so policemen were long known as peel- ers. This term is now obsolete, bobby" being the name given. to the police in England. In the United . States they are known as cops. Crime Prevention First Aim The primary object of a policeman is to prevent crime- to be alert, ob-, servant and to do his duty in a man-. ner creditable to citizens. 1171...... .....:.~... :. himself and to the nnvnnniffnr` if in hi SEEA CENTRE WINDOW. II\a la 1-: van lovlalaurvolnwwvu up www- ' Mr. Lewis is a son of the late Da- Vld Lewisiof Barrie. He was born on `the old Lewis homestead near Cooks- town and received his early educa- tion at the public school in that vill- age. He came to Barrie with his `par- ents and brothers and sisters over 25 years ago and completed his educa- tion at the old Barrie Collegiate. 'II,, V -..__._ --......l- I . V ` _ MEMORIAL SERVICE AT P.O. ON ARMISTICE DAY, NOV. 11 VIUII `CU IIIIIE \II\l .l$O&l\r tlwhnevvvv Several years ago Mr. Lewis went to Saskatchewan, where he has been very successfu11ycarr_ving' on farm ing and ranching. Many friends hereabouts are glad to see him hon- ored by a seat in the provincial leg-I !-I..6-u an ed to meet `at the old Armories, Mul- -caster St., ate2`.30, on Sunday, Nov. 11. for the purpose of attending`a memorial service at the soldiers mon- ument, post office square, at 3 p.m. L. o. VAIR. I 5 Q Secy. Soldiers `Club. I `All returned soldiers are request-d urcu u_\' 4 ` islature. we FRI-EVENT CRIME I IS AIM OF POLICE! This their -P-rimarvy * Object; . Detection is Secondary, Says Chief Dickson. leave notmng to cnance. Toronto police force is recruited from all parts of the world and from all ranks, the nobility of England even being represented on one or two oc- casions. These men are given inten-- sive training for two months or more -lectures, blackboard talks and work along theoretical lines. Afterwards they get the practical knowledge, which comes slowly. A few months or two or three years do not make a policeman, said the Chief. Even after my 34 years on the Toronto force I find new things in the work all the time. _ urm........ rwnvl 9 nnvu+n-nunrl Han enpnlz. citizens. _ ' c When crime is committed it is, his duty to detect and place in custody the offender and when the case comes to courtto make every item clear and leave nothing to chance. rn........4-.-. .-mung fmmo ie rnnrlted all the time. V . These men. continued the speak- er, are just human beings like your- self. Notwithstanding contact with criminality for years they still have` the human feeling and human touch. They are on duty for the protection of your lives and property. Friends of the Public Chief Dickson referred to the.fee1- ing sometimes entertained that the nolice are the enemiesof the citizens. Just the reverse is the case. With- drawal of law protection would have dire results. V ' `I - i`l'|.....\nd-A I-Inn nnlinn ova Iifniund JRSDAY. OCTOBER 25. dlre results. . In Toronto the police are utilized to protect children at school crossings and it is a common sight to see a big burly blue-coat escorting a group of little folks across. The same idea has been worked out with regard to Sun- day Schools. In this way the children "are growing` up to look upon the pol- iceman as their friend and protector. \ li\J I $ Vvnvvn-ru v - A conclave of _the Tuxis Boys and the Trail Rangers of the town of Bar- *ie, is being held in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, on Friday even- ing of this week, for the purpose of the election of town council officers" and to choose delegates to reresent the council at the ntarin Parlia- ment, to be held before Christmas. '5 ___.. __'II 1.- munnnulv ati `Jun lllllla, bu Ur: ucxu vw ............... .. Boys will be present from the several churches in town and, follow- ing a banouet. the meeting -will pro- weed with business. Plans are being made for the organization of the Council for theework of the fall and winter. and special interest is being taken in the forthcoming session `of the Boys Parliament of Ontario. An interesting programme is being. pre- pared. ' ' ` Ll GB vulva; canvas`. cw--- r_- (Continued on page _2) BOYS CONCLAVE lII___.2.. II sou. veg. CANADA, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 1; 1923. A No.44 Cheap _ Boarding` Hpuse, But" Not Yet Popular; County Pays $6000. ~ - Living costs present no difficulties to inmates of Sxmcoe County jail, nor : does the bill of fare provided consti- 1 tute a burden to the taxpayers of the ' County, according to the retgort of l Gaoler Henry Stoddart, for e cost per day, for each inmate, during the year just passed, was exactly fifteen and one-half cents. This is slightly in advance of the cost in the Pembroke jail, where the figure is quoted as being thirteen and one-third cents. The year ends on September 30, 1923, and Mr. Stoddart has prepared a report covering the twelve month period previous to this date. During lthe year there were 102 prisoners {committed to the County Jail, who` `with eight left over from the previ- ous year, made the the total number of inmates 110 for the year. H4? tho 11l'| nlnlynn nvnvvn nnnuuiffnrli /70] V % //g`5?; 151/2 cams A DAY TO LIVE AT JAIL OI IXIHIHLCS LLU 101' Idle yilla Of the 110, eleven were acquitted ontrial and discharged, two were dis- charged by order of the court or judge without trial, and six were dis-` charged` on suspended sentence. Of! those committed, three were under` sixteen years of age, and 99 were 16 years of age or over. * Mostly First Offences It is interesting to note that of the_ total number of commitments by far; the largest number appeared in a jail: `for the first time. The number was; 74; 18 were committed for a second; time, and 5 for a third time or often-5 er. Of the total number of -prisoners [men numbered 105 and women 5. 1 H A ; LL- ......1 ... G.....bnwnl\n.. 100`?! x HIBI1 uumuereu IUU uuu wuulcu u. At the end, of September, 1923,! only two men were awaiting trial. No` prisoners died during the year. ' , vn-._.-__ ...c :... .... ............d- nnun.'l l J11-1u|u7l..3 uncu uvu an -nu. ~u-.. 5 J I Terms of imprisonment varied,1 though there were not many long sen-I tunces. One served less than 30 day.=.;; 11 less than 60 days; 7 for a period; ofover 2 months and up to 3 months;u 13 for periods over 5 months; 4 forl neriods over 1 year and up to 2 years; .3 for less than 3 years; 2 for periods| I of 3 years and upwards. I 'l`|-.h~+u_n{aln1> nriunnmr-A warn nmn- U1 0 yceua auu upwazuau Thirty-eight. prisoners were com- mitted whose maintenance was de- frayed by the government, while 64` were committed whose maintenance; was borne by the municipalities. ` 27 Days, Average Term The total days stay of prisoners in the jail numbered 2965 `or an aver-i age of 27 days each. Eight-five pris- oners. were native born; 7 were Eng- 4 alish; 1 Irish, 2 Scotch; 1 American;" and 6 from other countries, In _n`3:-:nn `Inn v\vI=unV\nI\Q 1vnn*rnunnf.i 3110 D II`0IIl outer cuuuu.'1cn, y In religion. the prisoners represent- ed the various denominations as fol- lows: Methodist 34, Roman Catholic` 24, Church of England 22,. Presby- terian 17, _and other denominations` *5. Forty-nine were married and 53 unmarried. l'\..u.\nn.. `nu 1I1l1':n}| nivicnnnra warn l1Il"lH.1'l'lU. Offences for which prisoners were committed to jail, were as follows: contempt of court 1; destroying and injuring property 1; drunk and dis- orderly 5 ; forgery 2 ; fraud and obtain- ing money or goods under false pre- vtences,j5; housebreaking and robbery: 5; indecent assault and exposure 4; inmates and frequentersof houses of ill fame 2; larceny 19; lunatics 10; manslaughter 1; rape and assault 1; .' receiving stolen goods 7; selling li-I quor without license 6; trespass 2;| vagrancy 11; other offences not en- umerated 16. ` ' Cost to County, $06,000.46 The total cost to the County for the year, including food, supplies, of-i ficers salaries anderepairs, totalled- i $6,000.46. vm... o~1-nnftnef nnmhm-`of nrisoners. $6,000.46. , 1 The greatest number of prisoners` confined in the jail at any time during, the year was 17, while the smallest number was 1. There` were 8 pris- oners in custody at the close of the yegr on September 30, 1923. lJ4'll\l\sn.a Ivlncvauv an ----- -- _ _._._ - The regular semi-monthly meetingl of the Barrie Ministerial Association was held on Monday morning last, when a number of matters came up for discussion. T Of particular interest was the paner given_~by Rev. G. A. Brown on the Book of Acts. A visit-i or at the meeting was Rev. R. J. Aik-' enhead, of MacTier. ' E T 3 I BARRIE MINISTERIAL` ASSOCN. -_ -..A.LI__ .......J.2...-. HOSE IERS A D. w. LENNOX AT HEAD Q - or THlSTl..E cunuzasi The annual meeting of the Thistle! Curling Club was held at the Curling Pink on the evening of Friday, Oct. 26. The Club was reported to be in good shape financially, and prospects are "very bright for the coming `year. In the absence of the president, R. F. Garrett, `D. W. Lennox occupied the chair. M tm....L.'..... .-.4 ..l-':nn~m_- far Han anuncrr the CD811`. Election of officers for the ensuing` year resulted `as follows :-Honorary president, D. M. Stewart; president. D. W. Lennox; 1st vice-pres., H. M. Lay: secy.-treas., L. O. Vair; auditors. H. M. Lay and S. W. Moore; joint. executive, W. T. Stewart, 0. G. Hart. V. S. Hambly. and tle president. vice- president and secretary: Club ex- ecutive. R. F. Garrett, W. 0. Walls Roy Merrick, `and the president and secretary: delegate to ,O.A.C. an- nual meeting. D. W. Lennox; altern- ate. H. M.VLav: ice committee, C. T. Thompson and W. T. Ste art. TTv\nn run!-in-n nf V. S_ nmlv gnd Thompson and W. 1`. DB8 arc. Uoon motion of V. S. amblv and C. T. -Thompsonfit was decided that the curling fee this season would be $12.00 with a diecount of $2.00, if paid before Jan. 15. "F1-m nnnrnfarv wne instructed to paw oemre aan. m. The secretarv was instructed write to T.AR. W Black of Toronto thanking him for his donation of a no, to be comneted for between the almond and Barr`?-3 Curling Clubs The Thistle Club nlaced on recon!` it: aom-eciation of the honor done it and the members are looking forward with much pleasure to participating `No om: BLAMED FOR FORD SDEATH That Harvey Ford, late of Barrie and formerly of Huntsville, came to hisdeath in the G.T.R. construction work last week as the result of an accident, and without any `blame to be attached to any person, was the finding `of the coroner's jury at Mea-l ford on Saturday last after investi- gating the circumstances surrounding the. fatal accident. '1... ....I-. ....:.I..-`An nII`\vv|:I\l` 1-Ivan: {Fatality at Meaford Due to! Accident, Finding of Coroner s Jury. I t~ne- .1aLu1_ acczueuu. . i The only evidence submitted was that of the officials and workmen, who have been associated with the deceased in the work of re-building a culvert on the right-of-way at the outskirts of the town. ` '1... (V .... M. 11. D,.......46 Lad nv\_. OUESKIYES 01 one bUW[!. The Coroner, Dr. Bennett, had en-- -deavored to secure expert evidence,| as to whether or not proper safe- guards had, in the opinion of an out- sider. been taken to prevent a fatal- xit.v.- through the earth caving in`. This expert advice, however, could not be secured. and so the matter was left; in the hands of eyewitnesses and of-; ficials. . I All Ln- ...:.a....,... 1.. . _ . . ..4. ail... ..~... ! I IICIHIS. 7 I All the evidence bore out the con-l fclusion of the jury, which could notl *have rendered any other verdict. V Didn t Think it Dangerous a Dan McVeigh. construction fore-V imitting a lengthy list of measure- }ments. and other data invconnection iwith the work. He did not consider the work dangerous, nor had any of lthe workmen (as it had been rumor- 'ed) suggested the dangerous nature lof (the work. ....-"I)..l-L:........... ....... .1 4-1.... ..n..4-:nn I I I 3 `man gave the detailed evidence, sub-i [U1 -1.ue yvuns. ` Sam Babbington, one of the section linen; expressed the opinion that he iwould not like to work in the spot cwhere Ford had been killed, but he ihad no idea how the accident might }have been pvevented. . I -KTn1an\-\ M:nb nnna;!"L.II`nI` i-kn mnrk +nI iI1a"8 Heel! p"eVt!ub!:u. I ! `Nelson Mick considered the work to ibe properly safeguarded. mu- - _ n_.-._L-- ......r....:...a-.....I....J. -4-`I `the B. & B. Denartment. Allandale, IIC I-ll.\l!J\2Ll`y ouo4.\a(.,uu.ca.\a\.-an Thos. Crosby, superintendent of i `had 400 miles of `track under his care," so was not giving the culvert his per- sonaI_ attention. The .foremen were! `expected to use their own judgment. in the matter. ` 'I'1L.. .....I . . _ A 9...-CI-Jn v-nun!-nnl-{nu -FA-ml {III EH8 ITIISLLCF. | I The only possible protection for workmen busy at the bottom of a cut, such as this was, was-to slope the earth to the top of the embank- gment, about four feet in fifteen be- ing the usual slope, which would vary` .with the class of soil. 1 rr 13-11 ...... -3 H... ..m...I,.~..... hat`! {WWII EH8 class 01 Sun. 1 H. Bell, one of the workmen, had` .never seen piles driven to_ protect] workmen against such a shde: as had occurred last week. He often lworked at places that he considered worse than this one. ` 13 11-..-.. ....._ ...L' 41... .......I.w..u. VVOTSC Liul LUIS Ulltf. | E. Hogan. one` of the workmen. whose foothad been caught by the! slide. was satisfied that the work was a safe,one, until the accident. Coroner's Observations Dr. Bennett charged the jury, in- structing it to express` an opinion, based on the evidence, as to where, `when and how the late Harvey Ford had come to his death. `There was; no question of malice or design on` I the part of the railway, but there was a question as to whether proper. lsafeguards had been taken, and it` `was for the jury to answer that ques-` {tion. ' 1 nuns v\1uA"nn":I\(i i There are many laws protectingi workmen, and employers are supposed to properly nrotect those who are` I working for them. A ` Tn Hnic noun f-Kn ivnilwnv Pm falcon W0l'KlXlg ].Ul' bllelllo I In this case the railway had taken[ "off the ends of the culvert, placed cement pipes inside the old wooden }cu1verts which were then being. re- lmoved, The central portion had been left undisturbed, and the wooden beams were being loosened and pulled , out, when the cave-in occurred, bury-1 ing and killing Ford. | A nvvnvaemul Han rnornf 4-but A-rnnrf. Dresses