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Main Address at .Enjdydb1 Banquet Given by , " - The Warden V: - V(t:`ont1nu;('!"c;n page. 2) ` per word . minimum 500 rufofui an nmmmuma. was 1 the ht of uuvv auu mu when-string puuea In. Collingwood had somewhat` the better of the play in the first fifteen minutes. They showed more speed ` than Barrie and checked better.~ Af- ter five minutes of play Red Fryer uncorked a tantalizing drifter from centre ice. The puck did not leave the ice and it looked .as_though it had not speed enough to -carry to the goal, but it trickled past Walsh. Ten minutes elapsed before Doyle tied it up with a hot drive from outside the `defence and a few minutes later Stan Pa ridge stick-ghandled his way right in nd ipped the disc past `(Continued on page 2) avwu uiuul cusuouy. How the referee lost control of the game the way heedid is impossible to say. For two periods his work was ` quite satisfactory but hecertainly al- most managed to spoil the, best. game of the season. `Armstrong is con- sidered one of the best officials on the iO.'H'.A. staff. It was his first visit to Barrie, but if he should be dispojsedito giveus another treat, the welcome" h`as been erased from the mat, the light removed from the win- dow and the latch-string pulled in. Cnllincrwnnd I Mn!` any-rnanvlnn` `an Ill IIIULIJIC C . \ I Stan: Partridge held the fort ; alone with some success for a. time. {V ` Walsh made several good" saves with g, the Collivngwood man on top of him is but finallyhe fellin trying to clear E1 one that had bounced off his chestw and Sandall scored. Sandall got! away again but Smith jumped out of 1 ,the penalty -box and checked him..] A couple of Collingwood men got out ' \ too and Partridge, sailing up the ice .5 with the puck piled the "bunch up in [1 front of. the box. Smith got some 5 time added for his escapade. Doyle E and Red `Fryer returned to the '1` game about the same time and with t Barrie still a _man short N. Lewin V scored Colling'wood's last goal. Therel was then less than a `minute to go and l x the rest of the offenders were liber- 1` ated from custody. 3: I-l'n'u; O-`In vnfnuaa `l\a`I ..-..L....1 -1 4.1.- pI:cu.- . me goal and,to lack of good judg-I ment on the part of the Collmgwood ' `men who remained on -the field of; "combat. The referee imposed seven; penalties in the space -of two mm-I` utes. Some of them were dese_rved--, in fact some were :belat`ed-but the; fans, are still wondering about the` others. - ' -It did not require that last hectic= iive minutes to get the fans on their; . feet. The game was a thriller` 1 - A peeked C1`t1`m throughout, with"'ny number of semi , The case, sational plays on both sides, and `itJustice Fish looked as though Barrie had the g , safely tucked away by a comfortable;down for trial at the assizes. margin -when the .-bombshell burst. i I V It started when Harry partridge evidenced by the `fact that the court drew a five-minute rest for ticklin_.=:'"} W35 ned f1' h the time the Red; Fryefs-ribs with the ~butt_e,',d I hearing opened at 1 p.m. on Tuesday of his stick. ' A moment later the ' ht the Jury retired at 2-45 011 Wed- same Red WaS'nesday aft!`nO0n. Extra chairs sentto the cooler. = Kennedy .brokeet0 he `h1[08`_ht in and 3 Qumber 05 ` awav on a rush and seemed to be ladies occupied the grand Jury seats. h headed. for the goal-when Edgar Fry- 3 Men? were unable to gain sent!`-Wee er hooked him with his stick and then ? to the court room and stood in the got his arms aroundhim and held e1`1 ld1`5 fer h1`e_- him. Kennedy dragged Fryer several 1- F- Heumhtho. `K-0- ! `rut and as the referee took no `notice ehd-eted the ease fer M13 BOYS of it Kennedy c1i,,ched with/Fryer` and the defendants were represented and was backing him into the corner; h-" D- 14- Mecarthys K-C -: and Salter when Armstrong-woke up and puti H33 dh- . ` them both off. A similar incident` . The Arti-cle Complained of occurred a momentlater with Smith The article complained of by M,._ and S. Lewin as principals. The lat- 3 7 . d-t - 1 - - ter grabbed the tBarrie man by the-th`2ss`.f, 3? in; 2arai ei$5. if ssweatemnd .Smittv. "1926, `criticizing Mr. Boys for his after towing; him across theice turned and swung conduct in the waisb-erg case, as re- I at him and b0th'W61`6. 8'iV8H the E3te- vealed by the customs inquiry. Two P133 Was just resumed vwhen D3 1e f paragraphs in particular to which Mr. was penalized, apparently on general 5 Boysntook exeption read; principles. D `J _A I u -' ' mun _,g 1.. .As a member of narhammaf-. lis for supper, spent the time considering the evidence. fore supper they `returned to court room for further rom His Lordshi of the case. , of Toronto, '1...1.: ';.1__ n_-. which was heard by Mr. V er and a jury, was the .`"``d Stay amejfirst-on'a docket of six actions set It attracted widespread interest, as was vised th The jury retired at 2.45 p.m. after , Sponsibili toning to addresses of counsel and: the charge from the Bench and ex-_3k'in's0n s1 cept for an hour they were allbwed Q 30 gave intervening He st: i as Barri Be- Stayner, theavale. 67. instructions Sept. 7 w p on some features.` How I pare -witl { Hellmuth wood 172 was redua In the is this sta prevented Daivey Vi fered bri in Barrie. that? `a: absoluteh the crimii I went to the smug; leased. I` `any jurisd trhe comm: minister. In repl Boys state pened for be sure oi he said, l October 01 charged w tempt had and he w: The interv minutes a1 fee. g The l I 9 I yxuuuuuo - 0-00` The Sunday School. of Central United church are holding a concert and play", _R_enting Jimmy, on Mon- day evening. Feb. 14. - ` 5-6c A play, Prairie Rose," will be giv- en in Gilford by the young people of United Church Stro'ud, Tuesday, Feb. 8. Admission sac. var 5c _ February 11, Friday, at 23% do` drop in to afternoon tea and an of homemade baking, `-auspices Women's L Institute, Orange Hall, Thornton. 5c A ..I..'.-. MML- n.__:__1- n`__- n _ on ;'.}`1'(=.;v:I`[-Irry Partridge? five-minute rest tickling; Red Fryer s ribs with butt-end, "A the" corn`: Dari nknun-AA TI.-...I..'......'l -._-__ vvucs 3. I hectic =` The sen- `iti. game j 1 comfortable `,4 .-bombshell '1 _,L I 5 ` Collingwood, whom` some keen ob- ; servers considered a more -serious - menace to _Bar_rie s_aspirations than I Meaford, with whom the Colts are . tied for-first place, were forced out - of the running*herelast `Friday night ' when the Colts beat them by 4-3. - The score does not indicate the play. ' `for Barrie had the visitors well underi ' control the greater part of the game: and'l_e.d by 4-1 to within five minutes ~ of the final gong. At th_is.point thei referee, Bobbie Armstrong of Tor-5 onto,_took `a brain wave and when l he returned to terra firma there were , y in addition to the goalies one Barrie i1` man and two Collingwood men on," the ice. While the ladiators were ` resting in the pox Coll ngwood scored two goals. That they did not winthe g game right there is due to" superla-l' tive work by Jack Walsh in the Bar- ;' rie goal and,to lack of good yjudg-11 part Collingwood '1 _men- on the ofgt combat. imposed seven ; C the two min- them were deserved-- some were the fags still wondering the ot ers. ' TL .12.! .._1_ _-_._-I .1 . 1 . I 1 `Locals WithA"l3,~1Rw'_I`WVO. Men on! lce, LoseT\_vo in.Lastf- '* ` Five Minutes ` , I I an, uru; naipn uaiton, '1`ay. Briefly outlining the case to the '_ jury, Mr. Hellmuth defined libel as something which holds any man or woman up to contempt or ridicule without `ustification for doing so -and stated -t at-the plaintiff would show that the article complained of,was actuated by a malicious motive de- signed to injure Mr..Boys reputation as a candidate and possible member of parliament. '- The evidence, he stated, would show that Mr. Boys had acted for Waisberg, accepted a fee as his solicitor and `had done his duty to his client. Mr. Boys had not in any way infringed the Senate and House of Commons Act. Evidence of Mr. Boys a Mr. Boys, the only witness called! by Mr. Hellmuth, was on the stand] E: :71 Complained I 1 ' Boys was an editorial appearing in 3:the issue_ of the Star of Sept. 7,} 1'! 1926, his} 5:conduct re-I -{vealed 9 .2 in_ I exception ! 1; A n 1rv|1nn1\;-.u -0 _....I_'_'._'_,, - - n/UJD vuun UAUULIDIUII reau: I g 1.;`.`As apmember of parliament `:Mr. W. A. Boys of North Simcoei ~iwas under a solemn obligation to] limaintain the integrity of the public` liservices. Yet he prevented the crim- `ginal prosecution of Daivey `Wais- ijbr8- ` . . Q .2. So In spite of Mr. Boys be- llief `that `Waisbem had attemptedi Wbribery `he used all his influence [week in and week out for months ;and -for almost two -years to save I Waisberg_from criminal prosecution - and finally succeeded. And in ag- _grav'at'ion of his conduct he took a that he"has `nothing to regret. `I " The Jury The jury was composed of Harry `Kelcey, Innisfil; Walter Stacey, Sun- nidale; Willis `Turner, Tiny; Henry Th}1r_low, lflos; Geo;_`I_ ayne, Vespra; Ph1l_l1p Skinner, Or1ll1a_ Tp.; L. H. Spring, Tiny; Geo. Kidd, Matche- dash;- Herbert` Fraser, Oro; Robert Hall, Oro; Ralph Dalton, Tay. Brieflv Outliih flan nnan 4-.` LL. lawyer's fee for doing it` and insists 3 \.u:.uuu1.`a .I.U1' uuurs. . I. Hellmuth, K.C., case ;b.v D." K.`C-., A. 3-Haydon. ' .action `to recover $5,000` damages Qfromthe Toronto Daily Star and J. `i E. Atkinson, editor-in-chief, for al-| .`leged libel arising out, of /the Star sg f.cor`nment on the Waisberg case dur- `ing the last federal election. At; nine o c1ock Wednesday `night, after. six. hours deliberation, the jury re-' turned a verdict on not guilty for A the Star. Mr. Justice Fisher, then fgfave judgment dismissing the action; :wit-h costs. Stay" of fourteen days` ` was granted Mr. Boys who announc-I :|_ed his intention of entering an ap-' _ipeaL- This ':IIu|Iv ..-L3..-.I _.L n An A- W. A. Boys, M.'P., failed in his `Action Arising Out of Comment on It Waisbergi . Case During Dominion Elections Results in` i Verdict `for Toronto Newspaper With Costs; e `Jury Deliberates Six Hours. Case Heard by ' i -Crowded Courtroom. Mr. Boys will Appeal. Don't miss the old-time dahc in the Orange Hall, Allandale, Friday, Feb. 11. Usual admission. Lunch provided. A . . "FHA Qnnnu Qnknn '15 lV....L.....l' 5-6c` Ward il Rpresentatives in Tofvn Council .....a u n _v vllu `U1: ufficiezi tmpVen_a'11:y. `bureau said` he did not think -he could deal so len- iently with him because be under- stood Waisberg was a, confirmed smuggler and had attempted to bribe a customs officer. luliv RI VALJVVL O :`"VV"z;s nothing said about penaliz- uing Waisbergf for attempted nri=b- (rV:unI.-......a ._ ._-_- --u |-_-- ..---- .... an; away ucuua puasuue. I Mr. Boys then told of his interview with the then minister of customs, Hon." Jacques /Bureau. He told the minister Waisberg s history and sug- gested that double duty `would be sufficient penalty. Mr. Bureau said` lhe Ln hI\II`A Jan` ---A 1-- yuan ULRIC- The proceedings had referenceto the smuggling 'c,harge? Waisberg wanted me to procure the release of the silk on the best terms possible. M1! Inlnua `Inna. `.111 ..E `L:_ 0: 0 vv nu: mus ' When-$'ou spoke of delaying pro-I ceedings was it the silk or the bri- bery you referred to, There was: no suggestion of a bribery charge at that time. ' CHIVL- ._..-__-_L- , I C - ua5a LUI. I:WU uays Wnen He 111 Ottawa. What proceedings? asked. Mr. McCarthy. With regard} to the silk. I ((117.1.-- ----- -~ -` ` ` ` ; uuulb DUI.`- _~. reply to Mr. McCarthy, _Mr. stated that as the affair hap- four years ago he could not of details. As I recall it, ' Waisberg came to me about ` of 1922, told me that he` was [;charged with smuggling, that an at-_ had been made to arrest him|' 'land wanted me to act for him; interview lasted only about five] and Wais-berg paid him $50; The following day Mr. Boys} `went to the police court to see if a] `charge had been laid there and found ` ,none. I'm not aware even yet that` ' Waisberg was ever charged with at-; tempted/bribery, . he stated. He ; then went to the late T. T. Young,`- customs officer, who told him that a H ,trunk of silk 'had been seized andii IT `Waisberg was charged with smug- gling. It had been reported to Ot- tawa` and would have to be taken up '1 there. Mr. Boys thought that Mr." Young told him on that occasion that , Waisberg had tried to bribe C. R.-W} Kendall. Wais-berg later -d!nied the` 1 bribery. 5` M10 Mn(`;n-LL-o ----` - `~L` &$mwwx&&mwa$ww u1i I`1:'fyiVIc(`3arthy read a letter writ-: ten by Mr. Boys to R. R. Farrow on,` Oct. 25 -asking him to delay proceed-I ings for two days when he would be in Ottawa 1xn...+ .............::....-m did your vote in 1926 com- lpareewith that of 1925? asked Mr. {Hellmuth. Barrie fell 149, Calling- _ 172, Creemore 19, Elmvale 47 , Stayner 16. My total ma`jority ; reduced from 596 to 192. ((7.. LL. 1 V ;. nyuuauuu by. 1; stated that he heard Mr, At- . I kin son swear that the audit to Sept. [I30 the circulation of the Star gias Barrie, 713; Collingwood, 546; .:Stayner, 115; Creemore, 77; Elm- eavale, and the total circulation on : was 146,746. . I ' (If? U` mu. \.:.nuuua1 p1.U5UUuL1UIl I01` DI`1`De1`y. the minister withregard to smuggling, to get the trunk re- leased. No one that I know of had `any jurisdiction in the matter except commissioner of customs and the, miyister. 7 7 l _____`l__ a an up .. - .-... _v-.--vu mun: UUU DU LVE- I the editorial of Sept. 7`thereg statement: `Yet he (Mr. Boys) ' prevented the criminal prosecution of Waisberg who had twice of-Q bribes to the customs officer Barrie. What do you say about; `asked Mr. Hellmuth. It s absolutely false. I never prevented criminal prosecution for bribery. to the minister with ma-.....: +.. nu-an LLLIIUUII minutes. ' . Mr. Boys produced a copy of the ;!Star of Sept. 7 _from which Mr. Hell- . mu-th read the article complained of, ;5and also a copy of Sept,-10 contain- -ing a letter from Mr. Boys objecting .'to portions of -the article `as contrary to fact and demanding a retraction, _ and also _an accompanying editorial \ ;which `occupied the adjoining column. IMr. Boys stated that -before serving |notice' he interviewed Mr. Atkinson who informed him that he hadUre- `vised the article and- accepted re- sponsibility. ' / - no cl-ad-AA I-Lad. L- 1--~A-V` for iwo }iiours,ibut Mr. He`1lmuth s examination did not "occupy more than fifteen minutes. ' :\/In HA..- ......,J.-.._.1 -7 - - -- , ____.. ._c_ .v. uvuwlllyuu (Continued on page 12) BURGLARY ATTEMPTED ! AT CROSSLAND S ,s'rom~: uc uanuu UL]-0 _ ' In Northern `Ontario where the forests still exist, reforesting i not necessary but the timber wealth will be conserved by cutting regulations and fire prevention. AI;.-l_..-_I __ ---`--- Ql cququucuu Uu `hue gruuuu. I Coun. McGibbon then introduced al motion to grant Penetang $17,500, which also carried, Council being as-i sured that the rate of 1 6/10 mills` was sufficient to take care of it. Last November 'Penetang' had been promised consideration this year." Coun. Millard followed suit with a motion for a `$25,000 grant for Cold- ! water but it was defeated. ' } I uuulu uc ncpb uuwu. ' Finally, after several others had; expressed themselves, by a standing: vote it was decided to leave the rate { ! unchanged from-` last year. A motion ` {approving grants of $7,000 to Brad-1 `ford, $12,000 to Stayner and $12,-, 000 to Midland were passed, these! places being ready to go ahead with their work and having part of their equipment on -the ground. nnnn 'Jn(1{l-Juan I-1...... :..-.L.....J....-,J _. ;.I.lU buau uu: Rue SIIUUIU 1101} De I'alS-I Eed and suggested that if two or three lwere completed this year the rate i {could be kept down. I I nI7 ac`-an nnnnn -us` ALL A..- L- -1 ! 'uu\.u.l caplcbacu muuxzur Views. \ Coun. A- H. Wilson, while in sym-{ pathy with the towns in their efforts 3 to complete their` connecting 1inks,! .felt that the rate should not be rais-i ln on!` on;-vnnnnl-p.J LI-at .' 1.....- .... J.'L_.-- 5 I ""5o'z:""wi' stated llthettit lat `year th towgs paid $42,000 ' .an t e towns ip' 59,000. Less {than $200,000 would complete all the I lconnecting links and they could be! ldone in three ears. Then the couri-I 4%) vslriouldhbe ro(1i1gh with. thlem dand , e t oug titwis om to go a ea as- ,big debenture` debt in a few years.! fplanned. Couns. Dutton and John-, Iston expressed similar views. a I ("nun A U nr:1...... ...1.:1_ :_ -__.-- I yccu. a. I Couns. Luck and Spicher stated `that their levies had been raised last; iyear and if a further increase is! :made this year they could not facei `the ratepayers in their -townships.g .Coun. Lucksaid that last year Orof ;paid in $4600 and only $800 or $900 ' {was spent,in that township. 4 Cmln, W J r'.I1nn;nnvKo~rv-n n4n4-A13. tuuugm. uucy suuuiu Walt. I . Coun. Allan felt that maintenance work is properly chargeable to cur-;' `rent revenue but construction should` be financed on a different basis and. 'he suggested` issuing debentures for? this class of work. Such action would ' keep the rate down. Coun. Mc- Knight feared they would run up a up a big debenture debtiin a few !"..u.... -T--..1_ ____`I n 9 1 - - -` ,,,._ ---vv.~u uv uuc uune S88-s , uU1uWlla|=l' pao,U_UU- sion last year, but it was felt that ' ' The report raised 51 storm of pro- the time was too short to make ade~4 ' test-from I`eP1`eS61 lt8tlVeS_0f the l`11'31quate preparations and the proposal: : municipalities and Council went into Ewes shelved for the time; on that committee of the whole to discuss it..g eeeasion the scheme was Sn-ohg1y. _|Coun. Allan, who with Coun. Den- supported by the Boards of Trade, ney introduced the motion referring and Kiwanis (hubs of the four 1arger. I the Qllestion 30 the Pouncil 35, 3 : towns, who urged, in addition to the. . Wh19, P1'0teSted against} _311Y 1{"fmap and agricultural exhibit, prepar- j crease in` the Fate. Particularly miation of a booklet advertising the view of the fact that the proposed features of the e0uhty_ The addh increase was due to the demands of I tional cost was then est- some of the towns and Avillageslwhilde 5 $600_ while he phovieien has been` the rural 1`08d Were 119% 9 9 - ,' made by the Council for a `booklet, it~_ _Coun. Scott, `chairman of the com- :15 expected that the towns rgnttee,d_stated dthah thlee a(i1lel:trl]('tgItl:hhai;il !hihe to get one out e iscusse a ccfmrinittee and it was decided toi Mr Pa imated at will com... ge briefly outlined to Coun-. . A sci] the proposal which had been plac-. fgge g`fetfa:ri: po::g elgszilsigurtgisied before them last year. Space is: J - ` ' `$79 000 would be in towns and v_ ; available in the Ontario Government: lages which, with._.the governmenbuilding for such exhibits and last . - ,year a number of_ counties took ad- i3bS1`{`d.y* tvgutlgwrllgyes $1}3i2 9c%gu:11,: : vantage of the opportunity to place ,3'l`; ; ;`hen. the towing nish theirgthemselves before the public at small [Work they should not get their rebate cost. None of the exhibits were so for several years. Some towns, he elabmate as the PM whmh he Pm- said, Wanted too `much and he posed and he believed that the use- thought they should wait. of a relief map Wu1d "P9. '3 3`iqu' . , 'i"n9f-urn TITL."l.. --e 7 " r`_nnn Allan -OAIL J.'L..L -----`--~*` 1 At the Friday afternoon session of the County Council a lively dis-g cussion took place with regard to the J levy for road purposes; , The roads; and -bridges committee recommended that $123,883 be i;aised,c This called for a rate of two millsx as compared g with *1.6 mills last year and thein-. crease was caused by requests of the: towns of Midland, Penetang and? Stayner and the villages of Bradford] and -Coldwater for grants to assist: them in construction of permanent! pavements on connecting links with -the county} highway system. The! committee proposed to give Midland $12,000; Penetang, $17,500; Stay- , ner $12,000; Bradford $7,000 and . Goldwater $25,000. 0 Thu ronnui 1tn:nn-:1` .-. ..l..---- -I ~- `Rural Members Strenuouslyg Oppose Raising..2 Mills . l '. ~ for Roads ~ I ' w raw-aw wuf wuswavxswg comm; EVENT vi 80 50 }'A>'AJ`--'-"' - - - - - _ _ J!` a.uby_. , ` ` P Grey County Council wrote sug. gesting an amendment to the -hospi~ -tals act, providing -that municipali. ties beheld liable forthe care of in. Ihnnblunuun As: An... A\ muse uu pruvmclal mgnways be used. A resolution was received from Es- sex Coun-ty_`Council proposing that; an amendment in the assessment acts be requested -to permit County Coun- cils to assess for equalization proper- ties in towns which had been grant- ed fixed assessment by the munici- pality. V ('2-nan (`ncu-L- (`Anya :1 --_ Al-- --- M yuan payu.l8BS. - The department of highways wrote calling attention to the fact that there are no special si_gns at railway crossings on county roads except those placed there by` the railways, and suggested that signs similar to those on provincial highways be used. A resnlunn ulna vnnnhvnol 4'-u;.-u '5`-- 1 '-' . -1! Members of the County Council `are of the opinion that they should have another day for doing the bus iness of the January session and will gpetition the Legislature to amend the :,=Mun.icipal Act so that the Council may be called for Monday instead of _|Tuesday.` Quite a variety of bus-. . iness was -before the county legisla. `tors at last week's session which con-. liclugled on Friday night. ` Some Communications Among the communications was a copy of at resolution passed by the I Hamilton City Council petitioning the Ontario Government to relieve the city, town and county municipal. ities of contributing to the cost of construction and maintenance of pro. vincial highways. The resolution set. `forth that in view of the large revenue received from motor vehicle licenses and the gas tax the munici- palities should be relieved from fur- ther payments. Thu Janna`!--u......L -3 L2--'|---~- J . u_y uu uleuus llmlted t0 one year. Coun. Mc Knight expressed regret githat Simcoe had not been represent- ) ed among the county exhibits last 3 l'year and he felt that if they were to." do anything they should not stop ,with a map. Reeve I. K. Brown of` .|Midland stated that the Board of [l'Trade of his town were strong for ;-the project last year and he believed` _!they would contribute to the cost of .Ira booklet to be '1istributed at Sim-. `coe s booth. Reeves R. A. Brown of` .lOrillia and Tom of Collingwood and ; E Deputy-reeve McCuaig of Barrie.- _ stated that thev wniwlrl 'n1nnn +1'\n ......4- ! . . _IPet1t1on to Have" January Session Commence on Monday gco. COUNCILLORS THINK may NEED , nu: _l_i_X_TRA DAY ,....,.u._y-u:cvc mcuuaxg of Barrie fstated they would place the mat-.. jter before the Boards of Trade and {Kiwanis Clubs of their towns. On motion of Couns. Smith and ;MiIlard a grant of $1000 was passed Sand the Warden was asked to name ,a committee to act with the agricul- ;tural representatives. ` uuuu.ee E0 act W1 it-ural representatives. 1 In the belt north of the Georgian Bay and across to the Ottawa river which is not suitable. for agriculture or settlement but is adapted to grow- ing timber, another policy will be followed. In this-section of -the pro`- vlnce it is planned to get in township after township-several have already " been got in-which will be segregat- ed for years and reforested, `so with poplar. and spruce wand some with white pine and hardwoods. The harvest won't come inour day," said the minister, but it will be good for succeeding generations." When the timber is grown it will be treated as a crop and only the annual yield will . ` be taken off. Y... \Y-..A.1.-.;.. .t\_..:.__.1_ '___1_, , __-_...-.., uuvcxzllllcllb: building r, year tlvantage to . themselves before public '_`cost. exhibits lelaborate one ; ' :be unique. , feature. While an exhibit could be. fgprepared at considerably smaller !cost than that suggested, he felt that lit was due Simcoe county as the ban--. liner county of the province to lead the `way. He had obtained an estimate of $600 as the cost of the map and` he placed incidental expenses at $200. His services and those of Mr. Webster would be "available to the. county without cost. , Replying to questions from mem-l bers, Mr. Page stated that the map `would last for an indefinite period !and could be altered from time to }time as required, so that its use was iby no means limited to I Mc Kmp-ht nvnu-mam! m----L _hi.bit at the next Canadian National Exhibition. The County Council last Friday authorized a grant of $1000 for the purpose and Warden Cun- ningham appointed Councillors Tem- ipleman and Tom as a committee to -iact in conjunction with S. -L. Page 5! and F. J. Webster, Agricultural Rep- Hresentatives, in the matter. The ex- llhibit will be in the form of a relief iimap of the county, showing the iitowns and villages, roads, rivers, I lakes and elevation-a miniature *.replica of the county. Coupled with T the relief map will be an agricultur- ' al exhibit. The question of a county- xhibit was mooted at the June ses. it 3 4 1 3 5 l I l i gquate proposal; - strongly the larger :towns, [map ation `features jtional estimated ;$600. provision ,'made !is com-. , 1-__ n, :--_--- I:Co. Council Approves Plan; _ Agricultural Display and - Religf Map L: --___ -_--.-' _v-. u--V uvunv (Coptinqed on page 4). `tion, by which it is hoped to replen- ing it. In past years when the pro- .- be cleaned up intwo or three years. one uuai. at a pleasant unu}|4VV_`. WW merican Hotel on` Thursday _mzht. 0 ast week at which theguests were members of the `County Council, county officials,` members of parlia- ment and the legislature, representa- tives of municipal councils and oth- ers. Hon. Wm. Finlayson, minister of lands and forests, gave an inter- esting address on the" plans of h1s.de-`- partment `with regard to reforesta- ish with timber much of the land in the province which is- unsuitable for agriculture and conserve the forest wealth that still exists. ` ' ` Our Forest Wealth 0ne of the greatest resources of ' Ontario has" been its -forest wealth, stated` Mr. Finlayson, but unfortun- * ately "it was _regarded as inex- haustible and Governments-did not _ exercise business methods in handl- ` vince was hard upthe `Government sold some timber berths" and purchas- ers cut the timber as rapidly as` they could, so that a whole township would When the timber was cut, the empty camps were left, with slash and roads growing up with hay so that the young growth that was left was easy grey to fire. Some townships had een burned over two or three times. Now that the southern part of the province has been denuded of timber and burned over year after-year the government `plans to start reforesting and they wil ask the people to seek less revenue frompine forests and at the same time .pay more for the work of reforestati on. They will make a determined effort and a new `policy has been planned to rehabilitate the forests of `the province. Replanting Waste Areas In theagricultural lands of south- ern Ontario the department will not; 3 wholly try to reforest the land, but 0 they are appealing -to the people to E replant waste areas. At the nurser-. W ies at St. Williams and Midhurst ti there are between eight and nine 0, -million trees available`for this pur- a. pose. Anyone can get 8500 free.. 1;` Counties are encouraged to buyup 8` Waste land and reforest it and several hi are doing so.` Mr. Finlayson said -he at would like to see the townships take p; it up also. He would also particular- W gly like to interest farmers in planting P, windbreaks and waste land on their. farms. - - 7... LL. L-`J. _.L_-LL -3 .1 an w u: u". uuuuu tun DUU 5mi&w&&www$&&3 Warden A. A. Cunninghinn 1 the host at a pleasant banquet In Ikmnauinnn unirn` nn` 'I`|\nvuH'n11 'n1'dv'hI-