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uuuun In me matter. A Mayor Craig and Reeve chairmanof the Board of V! were appointed to attend the Roads convention in Toronto on 26, 26 and 27. Anal. A - -I - cuccb U1 HHS pllclty. This view was concurred in b_v`the Council-and it was decided to take no action in the matter. Malina! I'm-.3.-, ---` 7` - -' " ' pntuucub was uuunorizea; I Council went into committee of. tzhewhole to consider the question of the Blue-Water `Highway and some -other matters. Ald. Wallwin, who presided, explained the proposal made to some members-of. Council by re-- resentatives of the Orillia Board of rade, which was,` briefly, to endeav- or to have the route of the Blue-Wa- ter Highway changed to run from ' Collingwood through Elmvale to Pen- etang and Midland andthence south through Coldwater tojorillia. To ad- 1 vertiseithis route the towns were ask- ' ted to subscribe $700, $200 each from Barrie. Orillia and Midland and $100 j from Penetang.' Aid. Wallwin point- ed out that Midland and Penetang had turned down a similar proposi- tion two years ago and their present eiforts to become identied with the I '1 `Blue-Water Highway were the result! of second thought. In the meantime, Barrie, working independently of the other towns, spent considerable money,last year on advertising and the suggested plan would nullify the effect of this publicity. " vinur ulna nnnnunund 3.. 'I.--`A.l.- I- It was decided by_,the Town Count-' - oil on Monday night to 't_ak_e no action regarding the proposition from Oril- lie with respect to the `Blue-Watez Highway, the opinion of most `of the members being that the pro osed. change in the route of this big way would not be of any benetsto Barrie and might betharmful. Some import- ant suggestions made by the Chief of Police were given approval and pur- chase of equipment for the fire de- ; partment was authorized. r`.nIn\niI uuanlv -3-.4-.. ..........:.|.4.-- -11: `Council So Dec}de _B-c~z:use ` of Change M1d~in7 % ' .-vovnu Horticultural TGra'nt .134.` __- L O5 'fTor Rest Room -- -3 LL- ' Rsute. 2 Rusk, Works, re Good on ` Feb. 1 , ....-...c uvquaulc uuu- leave me rest; to argument by `counsel. This was agreed to by all the parties and_ Jos. , 1 Parks, jeweler of Bradford, was call- 5' n ed as the rst witness. I I Mr.- Parks testied to witnessing` ' the execution of the first will, which - was made on Nov. 26, .1915. The; - will was produced and identied by: ' the witness. I "Cross-examined, he stated, that the ` testator was in good condition, phys- ically and mentally. He` stated that Mr. Cairns signed the will by making` his mark and he did not know before ;I that he could` not write his name.- Subsequently the testator neverime_n- I` tioned a later will tohim nordisci1ss- ed his business in any way. /` Dr. Jas.` A. Cummings of Bond Head stated thathe drew, a codicil on Jan.`5,` 1916, and -in March, 1917, he was calledito the `home of Kennedy ` ' ' (Continued on tyage 6) . * I i 1 I E a. `L u 7 Aug mm W 1115 I Evans suggestedthat he brove all the wills andcodicils by all the! uevidence available andfleave the r_est Ito 8.rQlln1P1'|+. RV 'nnnnan`| "l1L.:... ._--- - A.......;. uuc mu out wotua nenent to a greater extent in case of intestacy, and G. H. Esten, representing the Official Guardian, appearedfor the infants, who benet under the wills but lose" their interest in "case of in- testacy. J. `R. Boys apneared `for Isaac Cairns, Jr., in his capacity as a beneciary. D-mu-'..... 4.1.- nrguu`, V v u-noun: D 11111: ! T.- W. W. Evans represented Isaac Cairns, Jr.,,and John. H, Lee. the ;ex- ecutors and laintiffs. A. E. Scan- Ion of Bradtgrd anpeared for Sarah Lee, Betty AnnALawre`nce, Isabella Leeson. St. Luke's Church and St. Paul s Church; R. G. Agnew repre- sented Geo. *Cairns,vwhd is a legatee `under one will but would benet to Breaker nvl-m-a+ in nnan .. :-I---L---- 5 - v antic ul 11868111081` I01` GITGVCUOYI and . an.order was issued instructing the ,-. executors to bring action withthem-_ `selves as plaintiffs and the benec- ; iaries under each will and those in case of &ntestacy as defendants. - In ~ the action heard on Wednesday there were eighteen defendants, most of whom were represented" by counsel. The defendants were: Isaac Cairns, Jane McLaughlin, Hugh` Cairns, Ag-. nes Brock, Sarah Lee, Isabella. Lee- son, Betty Ann -Lawrence, Henry A. Lawrence. the" Protestant Orphans Home of Torontix, Stzihley Cairns and . Elmer.o.Cairns ( he latter two being ` infants), Ann-Jane Norris, Mrs. Ken- . { nedy Lawrence, Geo. Cairns, Dr. Jas. A. Cumminoa Q4 r..1...v.. ucuy uawrence, Geo. Cairns, Dr. Jas. A. Cummings. St. Luke's Church, Pinkerton, and St. Paul's Church, Coulson s Hill. I mnerborl, BT11 s Hill. fl`! 1'17 1'" 1:- .4. wnuu-Iuh maxing anotner W111. Isaac Cairns made a will on Nov.` ' 26, 1915, and in March, 1917, he! ' made a second will revoking the first.` JSome time -later he gave instructions` a `to have the second will destroyed and this was doned though not in his uret- e_nce.- Isaac Cairns, Jr., and John.H. ! Lee were named executors in each will, but the beneciaries are not all the same. and in the event of the ' testator being declared intestateithe number of beneficiaries is reduced to 1 `three or four..d ` . - ' " ` ....5a-vccu JJCLCIIUGIILS 1 The ` matter was before Judge. '*Vance in December for direction and H nrrlnr `Una :ausIIn1' {cant-....L.._. LL- ' er been such a by-la'w,but thatpoll. mu. Duul requests Were granted. Other _ communications were:- Statements for 1925 from the Water and Light Commission; Joys-`Amuse ment Co.. application to play one week in Barrie, either the last week in June or the second -week` in July: A`. B. Thomas, requesting a sewer to connect with proposed`lavatorie's` at his lling station in Bradford St.; Barrie Curling Club, expressing `their appreciation ofs the .co-operation of the Council in the banquet `to the Tankard winners; R.,'V_. .jI-Iospital, no- - tice of admission of an indigent pa- tient; H. J. Heath, asking permission to remove two basswood. trees `in front of his home in` Owen St.`; F. Bebb and others, petition for a` side- walk on west side of .Charles St; - Ald. Hill asked if the-bylaw ex- .empting returned soldiers ; from pav-V ment of _poll tax had"been resc_inde.d. He was informed that there had'nev- tax. was not collected from fveterans .-for a `few years, but the practice of exempting themlisd been dropped. ,_ , ' ' MAhhn -` ` [tended that `it was not legally de- um. ue cauea "or the people. Every citizen has protection and rights from most or their games, but at that they} Efforts to set up a will that had had sm hat m`."' f .the play: They ' been destroyed on instructions of the fre a`."a];" `ff 1 the. Sh3tmgf-"[ form to the state in return for these testator featured an unusual case} t 93 A "3 ,Ih a`. . regmtere 13 M e';rights. He has not the right to say heard by Judge Vance in Surrogate! ter5- h e.h`S t1('is ifvere re ucgants whether he will vote or not; that is CONN 01,1 Wednesday rgarding the tor nfteet t `ii ome e .en f`.ced at cfsef a matter. which concerns himself on- estate of Isaac Cairns. late` of the,qu31 '5 a" were Sans 1 15 pg`ly. He must vote and so assist the - - - at the nets, from long range. Clark',5,_,, , - - - -V 'tl;few$i}p?:g vgistt had only one difficult chance in this `ovemmg body m ascertaining the . . lwill of the people. While it might bresence of the testator, it was com` 533510 That Was. when t.W Bmdf ` ' pen. 1 men through the and a- ;:::;;::;::::::;';:*a2::h;:;:::i:duty. stro,ved and should sta_nd_as the will.`l`1`aI'entl_v" had him at their m9"cY- ? Mr, Hammond pointed outthat then; of Mr. Cairns, who died\in October Buster hw"er' skated t andiare hundreds of pen lties on the st t- last without making another will. blkd the sht' _- iute books for fhnena mt- :..n s. an- i Cairns mad g. will an Mm. "DI.............I-.1 --~ - * ' ' Ithe state; he has also his duty to per- i I IPECULLAR CASE IN I SURROGATE couxr \-_.____ ;`E ort to S`-et Up win that ` Was Destroyed on Order ' v of Testator. % I I uuaulcas uuure me meeting. 7 A resolution was passed instruct- ing the Sanitary Inspector, to-report _ to the "Chief of Police, either verbally I, `or -by telephone, by nine/.o7cl`ock ev-. ,5 ery morning, and tot make awritten report to_ the M.O.H. of the work every week. ~ A A letter was received from. Dr`. J. W. S. McCullough, Chief Medical Of- cer of Health, regarding the lack "of _ sewage facilities on Victoria St. east` of Bradford St., and on Ellen St . Dr. ] 3 McCullough stated that he had re- . ceived `complaints from a resident of Barrie, and asked. if the Board of, ; Health had taken the matter up_:. The = secretary was instructed to write Dr. ,; McCullough telling him what had 1 been .done. Levels have been taken ] on these streets, showing that the sewer on Vespra St., into which a _ sewer on Ellen St. would have to run, is considerably too high toreceive: the other. To lower it would neces-I sitate carrying the sewer out several 1'. hundred yards further `into the bay} than it now is, an operation thati would cost more than the work war-"'1 rants. - i 1 R.` A`. Stephens was re-elected _chairmax_1; of the Board of Health at the rstumeeting of the year, held last Thursday nightat the home of Dr. . T. Little. There wastverylittle other business before the meeting. ! resolution wag nnaanzl .-....l.....-.. . `:2- R. A. "Stephens l[{:-Elected ' V I . of Health` P:;ving' the Wills -E-i;*;1.t'e'n Defelndants , ............. nu, nuuucl. UL but 81' ca` M M. mm which ""7 .'_"" W "" lrmative, afterstating the subject lenyst. `wo uld rui: All the excitement. of `the _f1I`St of debate: Resolved, that compulsory jbly too to,1-ecive fame 0f. the `{0nS018t10n series be- voting would be a solution of the_in- Toilower neceS_ wees dliradfoid ,an_d B,a1`1`1e_ W88 difference of the people in exercising ing sewer Several Iilcrow e -into the last twenty minutes the franchise, said that he took it rds into bayian the upshotof it all was that the for granted thgt any measure for `is, an operation Colts finished with a lead of_ one goal -compulsory `voting would carry with} more way-` to take back to Bradford with them-I enalties of fine or imprisonment i ' 'lBth teams 113% Played better hockey} sufficiently strong to secure the de- . Lth-an they showed on Friday nights ' - Ilbut the closeness of the score made! ~ it interesting throughout. Barrie's] Get `.mu.f People . ` AR attack was weakened by the absence The franchlse 15 t ascertam the - ` lof George Powell, and while Norman ` will f the: peple' . The basis f 3 Johnson came through with a goodiernment is the will of the people. _ ' 1 - . game on leftwing, the forward linefgle aim bet g`}Vemed.-by fany p`.`l1i' """""" - _ h , .' -1111.811! excep 0 our own ree`wi . Set S ?I.h:df;,sltac:r;fd:f,:1:rgir ra edlAn ideal democracy is aigovernment . d H arid there vgas not a re t deaglgoflof the people for the people by the .Sll'Oy8 . cod hocke Th 1 C 1%) 3 `d I vk Ipeople, but unless the opinion can be f T t t - lg Y` 9 a rwa` S ac.'lsecured through the franchise it can- * CS 21 01'. ed the assurance that has featuredl tb . H d u f h 1 n lmost of their games but they -0- 6 ca 8 0 e Peon ' SmWhat mre the Play- filt$zit}?sh%r::cl:3 ii;d`1i,f,2i . . _ Y o o . . , - ed Instructions glare 5% ; }f:v:3 r`;`i1;e ;gt;"Sf-Q[ form tured` unusual easel coutersg The visitorsgwer reluctaentg rights. has ' ggegflztijxertaggirifggslli to ineet"the home defenc: closeiwhether qu , '7 . `a , the aiters and satisfied to plug! - ' Wl nlilldvnkvluuv Anl at nnfe fvnnn 1 A M m - - - - -A "' ' Iv. HF `11'I'IQ+ |YI\+n out` n A - - - --L 1' `J.u1 one umeuument. The Imperial Life Insurance Co wrote asking permission to placevan eiectric sign at their office in" Owen St., and R. F. Scott asked permission to place a sign at his `store in Collier St. Both requests were granted. Other. onmmiminnnns .m.w-- s2...m.. ; uu mouon 0141!. Pearson and AL} ;lan Johnson, the following` `resolution -was adopted and ordered to `be sent. toothe Premier, the Hon. W. F. Nicklei and Wm._ Finlayson, M.L.A.:-- T I um- AL- ..-_~, - ' ` . ucpl 1810!] X1 - - i .At a. meeting held on.Feb. 16 in` Central Church, Oro, in the interest of temmarranr-n4 an m-m...:-...a:..... ._..._ n lpnomsmon UNION` , 5 ORGANIZED IN om; nu couunuea meir offensive up to the final bell in an effort to increase. their margin but, though they had` lnnfinusn Av: -u------ 3|` 1 . The visitors lacked the condition! of the Colts and were not` able. to} press the play in the `closing `minutes: as hard as they would have liked. Bar-I rie continued their offensive `up to} bell in an pffnrf, n. 4......t,.......i V re-ya vuu VJ. xcacu. I _ . The final stanza had been under} I way: only a few 'minutes when the{ l Colts notched their first counter, Bur- , ry himself was a contributing factor. I E He caught Garvin's shot and held the} ' puck too long and from the` conse-_' ` quent face off at the. side of the net f Smith passed therubber out to John- ` son who coolly selected an unguarded corner and drove it home. Five min- utes later Garvin made it safe when he tallied on an individual effort. It`? was a pretty play. He rushed up the- wing and, splitting the defence, drew : Burry out and skated around him and 1 deposited the disc in the twine. Brad- Ii ford went scoreless until with five; minutes to go Saint rushed and pas-H sed out from the cornerto Churc 5 who beat Clark easily. -- ` I... uuc rail U8 granted. ~ ' . Ald. Hill moved inamendment that the grant to the Horticultural Society be struck -out, but on a vote being taken his-`was the only vote recorded: `for the amendment. ~ _ __ I "FL.-. T..........:_1 7:1- 7,, `awe, _. 1).... _ grcubel` margm man they had in" "` 7 h . . the first, but they could not beat,3,'11.: ,! Burry who played sensational hockey: Mr. throughout. Tuck and Whitesidecon-i 3015 tinued to block effectively and Brad-I! stat ford were unable to get through. To-9 dim wards the close of the period the vis- ipns , itors almost scored in a scramble in ` of 3 front of the Barrie nets. The rubber was lying loose on the ice a few inch- ' es from the net with a Bradford man !wh;1, about to poke _it in when Clark dove } ence headlong across the goal and knocked 1 this the puck out of reach. ' .= ofte, I Play speeded up considerably in the! !second frame but as far as scoring A was concerned it was as unproductive} as the rst. The Colts had `an even. greater margin than they had in: rst. fhnv nnnl:-I van` T--A`-' 2 toll in Barrie and 2ito 0: in ' Bradford; Consolation 1 A ' " Series, H t: u--1:-1 II . Frank DoyIe s Colts won the ' first round of thetconsolation series` -A by 'defeating'the Bradford Pests - in botha.games of the home-and-home { series. _, Playing at home last Friday night, they won out by 2 to land on Monday night they blanked the ` Pests" on -their own ice, the score I `being 2 to 0. The locals are travel- ; ling fast now and should go far in the - consolation` round. `They take on ; Stayner next, with the first game ; here on Friday night and the return , .struggle on Tuesday. The winners 1 will tackle the winnei7s of the Parry 1 Sound-Coldwater series. who from 1 r Dresent indications would seem to be JParr_y Sound. ' - 5 -rr A - - I I I .. -v, nu-V5161: VIII (!:>;1_;inued on page 2) _..g.-__._. BARRIE, CANADA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1925. D Te Game in Barrie L __ _ __ _ 3 A I ` ` , ulc uuuurcus or penalties the stat- _- - jute books for those who fail to do "1 P119; their duty. Only when the franchise =0I'1_I18 is generally-exercised can we really uctlveihave government by the will of the V";'people. so it is not unfair to penalize id mithose who fail- in this duty. As an beatiillustration of the danger of apathy, 001(8) ! Hammond related the case of -the 390"`; Bolshevistazent sent to the United Brad`; States to make a survey to see if con- 1- '1:'}ditions-were ripe for a revolution. 3 V1?` ` His report was that there was no need 19 1" revolution; all that was neces- . Ebberusary to capture the government was i for their friends_ to get out the vote 5118" while the others "sat by in indiffer- ove Ience. One of the worst features of cked i apathy, said the speaker, is that ioften those who vote have not the nderibest opinions-to express, so the worst the rather than the best opinion is ob- tained. Mr. Hammond contended ctor. that comnulsory voting wouldlessen I thefgraft. Many neonlenow consider a, mse-_"government' legitimate prey-with no close season. If men were to vote ohn- they would take more interest and ` rd_ed would be more likely to realize that mIn- government money is their own 5 rhen money and that it is a bad thing to '1 t. It 1 have people get the idea that govern- ii` the ; ment business is nnlxnrlxe i.....:......- '1 Edward LaHay of Vespra was ned it $5.00 andcosts in police court on ~S;,Saturday morning for using blas- Oiphemous and insulting language on fl; the public highway. The action was {taken on complaint of, Geo. T. Sea- -; don, a neighbor of S. J. Stephens, by 3,`whom the defendant is employed. 3, Another "action of a similar nature 3} laid by W. Robinson was settled out -iofcourt. ` . , `_ 3:5 ,The trouble between LaHay and 1 3; Seadon seemed to be one of long 3 3% standing and both parties admitted ` {4 that they had had trouble before and ] 3had'not spoken for several months. ' Mrs. Seadon stated that on Feb. 9 she was in front of her house as-vLa- ` gHaY,. drove past. He accused her 0 "1 talking ahnn-P him am... +1.. 4..1....1. _.. - .. vs saw usvul. cu \1'1.`dllL In addition to recommending pay-I ment of several accounts, the report of the Finance Committee, presented by Deputy-Reeve Huxtable, recom- mended a grant of $200 to the Hor-- ticultural Society,.an increase in sal- ary to Miss Ruby Wiles of $5 month- ly, and that the request ofthe .Child- ren s Aid Society for permission to hold a tag day on the second day of the Fair be granted. `- vvunivnnl 3.. .....-.._l_-___V1_ A1, , .- EINSULTING LANGUAGE it BRINGS PENALTY or $5, I...-c pcuplc get me men that -ment business is nobodv s business. Such a realization would have a ten- dency to eliminate graft. Further, [if the people do not take greater in- jterest. the country stands to suffer shy badplegislation enacted by a few. Country Over Governed D. F. McCuaig' agreed `that the Icountry is already over governed; {there are so many laws that the av- lerage person doesn t care if he does [break some` of them. If voting were made compulsory, the people would pay the penalty and then go to work 'tnm..n.......: ._ ._-_- ~- ito have the law killed. Even if vot- ` '__.. .. way vnlv _y uugca. .Frank Hammond, leader of the af- v. rmative, after ` stating ! debate: that compulsory `voting solution the in- of the people in exercising - franchise, it that `voting with ;'1t/penalties ne lsufficientlv StI'Oh9` tn cntnn-n +1". .1.- _ Something new in the way of pro- : gramme was `put on at the Kiwanis luncheon last'Friday, a debate taking * the place of the customary address. ' Compulsory voting` was the subject and the interest taken by the mem- bers was shown by the large attend- ance. The `negative upholders, D. F. McCuaig and A. F. A. Malcomson, were the victors, but Chairman S. J. Fisher consolingly assured the affirm- ative supporters, Frank - Hammond and Dr.` Randall Richardson, e that there was -a bright future in store * for them." Rev. J. S. Shortt, Rev. ,H. `E Wellwood and Rev. Fr. Bren- `I gnan were the judges. ` Vi . - ` I `lE.`|.......I. r~r_l...~ `Judges % Find for " N-eg'ati\;e inf Kiwanis ,C1ub Debate. -_-_ V." --ganuuo LJVCII. (Con;in_ued on page 2) : u.n. uuc Ul. uupnsonment auuunaulvc. uus nemg the case, why _ not make people vote when they are_ i neglectful of this duty? The fran-i I chise was/won at great cost and it! has been extended with the growth of j civilization until now practically ev- ery man and woman_ over 21 can vote. ; Perhaps it is because it is so general that many regard it lightly. With compulsory voting, there would be more interest, therefore more know.- ledge of public affairs, which `would be productive of -better representa- tives, better oficials and better gov- ernment A generation ago people would have laughed at compulsory education. yet we have it today and no one will deny it has brought about t a more generally_ educated people. ` The same holds true with many of thelabor laws. It has also been made compulsory toabstain from intoxicat- *" 1:.-uple voung Irom forcing rather] than from principle would not add to the value of public opinion. Everyone Should Vote All agree .that everyone should vote if we are to have a just expres- sion of public opinion, said Dr. Rich-I ardson, the second speaker for the afhrmative. This being the why people vnh: whnn H..." mm nccvc LIUXRIDIC. , _ . - , l The report of the Fire and Police` Committee, presented by Deputy- Reeve Lowe, recommended purchase of the following supplies for the re` department: 500 feet of 2%-in.` fire hose, 1 play piperubber. 1 La France electric lantern, 3 Petch firemen :- caats, 6 pairs firemen s hip boots, `3 hydrant wrenches, '6 jars for alarm `batteries. The ; Committee recom- mended further that the fire truck be thoroughly inpected and repaired if necessary and that 'remen s alarm 3 boxes be installed in-thezhomes of F; ; C. Lower, J. O'Connor and J. Tribble. . The following uggestions of the Chief of Police were approved: That` an office he provided; that the night constables report at the Chief's `office nightly for `instructions before going` on duty and that they turn in a report on leaving duty in the morning; and that Simcoe. St. be sufficiently light- ed. Other suggestions of Chief Stewart were held over for further- consideration. a _e CL, wr may would still have the choice of only two or- three candid- * ates. V Before any improvement could : see that the righ men were nomin- be secured in this respect, the people would have to attend conventions and ated. Everyone should have suffic- ient interest `in the aairs of his country to vote without compulsion. A forced vote would be of little value and compulsory voting would entail a great deal of expense and trouble. Whereas people now voluntarily come forward to have their names placed on the list, they would be just as an-' xious to keep them off if voting were compulsory and it would be hard to get a complete list of the persons who should vote. By "compulsion there would be an increased vote but its aua-lity would not be improved. People voting from forcing rather ` nrincinle nrnnl nn4- nA.l a... I 2 I I I ers were compelled to go to the polls! it would not improve parliamentary; representation, contended the speak- er, for they would still have choice `of two .-`L..- Boone has not yet been apprehend- eed. As he has a previous conviction! against him under the Inland Rev- enue Act, he will face a jail sentence if convicted a second time. ` , -_-v uu Q triad Ll)!-IIILI Ill the kitchen with a reuun er the boil-1 er and liquor trickling from the spout. The equipment was very com- plete and up-to-date._ It consisted of a copper boiler to which was attached the worm, some twenty or twenty- vve feet of copper tubing coiled in a cas lled with water. The mash was contained in" a large can similar to a garbage can. The capacity of the still is said to have been a gallon an| hour. . . __-_ .-cosy: . The house had been under observ- ation for some time and Sunday ev- ening was considered by the police an opportune time to strike. As mat- ters resulted they were right in that conclusion, for the still was `found in kitchen with re under boil- I liquor trinklino cm... n... -1-.---:- 'Chief of Police Stewart made an * important seizure on Sunday even- ' ing, when, in company with Con- ` stables Case and Rayner he raided the home of Isaac Boone, 276 Brad- ford St., and seized a still which was operating atfull speed when the of- lcers appeared on the scene. Boone, however, made his escape through a rear exit. Chief Stewart states that. . Mrs. Boone obstructed him in the per- . formance of his duty to such an ex-`i tent that her husband was able to get " away. Constable Rayner -was sta- lj tioned at the back door, but the Chief ` is of the opinion that there was adoor . at the back of which the police were not aware. ' 4 1 S 1 Equipment Taken at Home of { II Boone, Bradford St; Man Escapes.. IOPERATING STILL % f smznggv POLICE. way one wwn a considerable amount of money. Concluding his report, Chief Shrub- soleisays, I would sug,9:est that an inspector be employed whose duty it ,would be to inspect all buildings and premises with _a view'to better re prevention. ,This, I believe, would lessen the number of res very ma- terially. , 1924 exceeded ioss in Barrie during the combined losses by re for the ve preceding years by over $20,000 was stated in the re- port of Fire Chief James Shrubsole, read at the meeting of the Town That the re Council on Monday night. The re- . port was received without comment by the members. Chiefshrubsole reported that dur- ing the year the re brigade respond- ed to 56 calls. There were 21 res at which at which no damage was done, 14 false alarms and 15 chimney res. The fire loss for the year was $105,- . This, in my opinion, writes Chief Shrubsole, is far too great for a town like Barrie and exceeds the total losses by re for the ve pre- ceding years by $20,716. He also drew attention to\ the fact that the `false alarms and chimney res have cost the town a considerable `amount monev. actual damage was done, 5 ` nzruszemr to sun: wmn wnv Bu-n'e _s' 1924 Fire Loss H j Was $105,484 in 21 Fire; shop where you are invited to shdp. `? ` `No. 8. ucncaua U1 ululan wenare'Will be held in Public Library Hall,` Thursday evening, Feb. `26 at 8. Good musical paog'rrm. Admission free. _ 8c ha A-Il\I`IV|lI Humans`- ._. `n_-_.n.,, ~' vide. `_-v-~ uvu-vii , A50\lICD PL U` . 8c Graduate" Nurses of R. V. Hospital are holding afternoon tea and sale .of homemade dainties in T. E. Harle,v s store, Dunlop St., Saturday, Feb. 21. Tea served 3 to 6. . 6-Sc A _public entertainment in the in- terests of Indian Welfare/vill be held [H11-av-11 'L`l n`ll`- 'l`1------1--- day, Feb. 26. .-. 7" Don't forget Curling Club fancy dress carnival, Stroud _rink, Thurs- --2:-`Q3 1* ' -- 7.4 >X0F>F>X<>X K03 >X0X0I0F>F*I0}'4 ,f auu ues_ana mat the witness was one ;1_ of the_l_1ars_. Cox also demanded an e immediate investigation into the In- spector s character and `alleged that he was not a fit man- to deal with ' young children. n Executive Appealed To t_ On Jan. 28 Cox came again to the `t Shelter and asked what__ had been n done and when the nextmeeting of _ the executive was to beheld. He was 6 told it would be on Feb. 10 and he _ appeared at that meeting and was f told that the children had been made 5 wards of the Society, Magistrate 1 s I. I effect in the meanwhile. `-He accused Mr. Justice of going behind his back to obtain the order, which the latter _ denied. Cox "asked what he could do to gain possession of `his children and was told that he could get an order from a judge of the Supreme Court or Efmake application to the` Board. He Iiogg having made an order to that was given an application form, which A he lled in and left thebuilding. Your Time Is Short 5 After the committee dispersed, stated Mr. Justice, Cox entered `the 1 building without knocking -or ringing the bell and went into the Board Room where he was sitting -alone, the other directors having gone, except T. T. Young, who was in the kitchen. Cox asked the witness what had been done with his application and was told [that noeaction had been taken. Cox then became angry and said, You say. your prayers and say them mighty quick, your time is short. His general attitude was insolent and - threatening. and as he was leaving the ' (Continued on page 5) \% %&%%%%%$%%%%%$% gucyuuxlc uo. were glven permission to. erect three. poles on Dulfeyin `St. west from Innisl St., and the Ball Planing Mill -Co.', who are installing aeprinkler system in their factory, were given permisgion to install an. automatic re alarm in the fire hall. .On rising, the report of the .com- mittee of the whole was `adopted, on, motion of Ald. Wallwin and Deputy-I Regze Huxtable. t\ ..........1. -13 41. no V gla bill V` Reginald Cox of Collingwood was bound over to keep the `peace in o- lice court on Tuesday on complaint of W. J. Justice, Inspector of the Children's Aid Society, who charged fox with threatening` to do bodily alleged to have been committed in Collingwood on Oct. 18 last, was withdrawn. Two sureties of $250 each were furnished by Cox. J The threat complained_of was made in the Board Room at the"Children s Shelter onrthe night of Feb. 10 when Cox told Mr. Justice `to say your prayers and say them` quick for your -time is short. He later told Con- stable `Rayner that he would get him (Justice) yet. - ~ Where the Trouble Started The .trouble dated "back several months. Mr. Justice on the stand stated that last March Cox brought his two children to the Shelter and asked for temporarymaintenance for ' them. They were taken, but Cox did not contribute anything toward -their support. In the summer the little girl, aged eight, was sent tothe coun- serious allegations -made" by her against her father Mr. Justice took action to have the children made wards of the Children s.Aid Society. The application was heard by Magis- trate Hogg in Collingwood in Septem- ber and adjourned till` Oct. 18, when a conditional order was made making the children wards of the Rnrvinhr but try and as a consequence of certain . Application fo:Ehildren Re- fused, Man Goes After ` Mr. Justice. runsmns szcv. OF 0|lll.{llRvEH S MB )5 uc WILIIFSS Was One also demanded rafinn {min AI-- 7- I2 9W5 .,...w an Avcap nuurn . I A few of the communications were dealt with in committee of the whole. Theerequest of the Poultry Associa- tion for a grant of $100 was granted, the grant to the Rest Room was in- creased from $60 to $100, the `Bell Telephone Co. were given permission fI(I'DR Ah nlinwun -at