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,m._y van wux a pass Irom Tuohy and tallied. The goal must have been considered an event of some ,importance, for Vai1's team mates gathered about him and tendered `congratulations. Hope was restored to the breasts of the Barrie rooters by Harry Partridge who made a brila liant rush and drilled a high one into the net for Barrie s first counter. For the remainder of the period Mea~ ford were bottled up in their own end, Smith s poke check being large- ly responsible, but Barrie could not. beat Long. a -an - _ . _ Meaford had, all the better of the play in the first period. ' They out- skated the Colts and kept them on the defensive almost throughout the period. `Dillon and Tuohy were par- ticularly noticeable in this session and the former finally outwitted the defence and bored one past Walsh. In the second period Barrie .looked a lot better and although Mea- ford scored first the Colts held their own. After about five minutes of play Vail took a pass from Tuohy 4702] Ylicf koirn ....uu. uaxx auu 11118110818. St0p8 were made along the route and when . the train reached Meaford there were 309 passengers on board. A boys ` band `of fifteen ieces was taken along to `enliven t e nroceedings. Long s Fine Goal Tending Meaford had a somewhat better balanced team than Barrie and they showed more team play, while in Dillon they had the outstanding per- former on either team. Barrie play- ed up to form but they did not have an effective combination in attack and, although they broke through the Meaford rear guard frequently, Long, the goalie, was too good for them. Barrie Colts fell before Meaford in the final group game of the sea- son in the Georgian Bay" own last Thursday night and Meafor won the group title. The game was decided by the narrow score of 3-1, but even at that, while Meaford deserved to win, they were not two goals better than Barrie and had the orange and green got the -breaks they might have come out on top. Local fans had great hopes for a victory and -the spe- cial train which the management en- g-ae`d for the trip carried about 250 from Barrie and Allandale. Stops along the rnntn and ...1..... Better Team Play and Clever Goa} Tending the Main ` " Factors Harry Partridge Starred .....- 'l'I....1_..:_`l.._ .4 L SECTION` 1 ma:-:5 1 fro 4 < i ---..- uvw-on:-vw.y puvonvvbo fll VV_Ul\iUlllUo, Dutllh tea`, Allandale Presbyterian church, Friday, March 4, 5.30 till-8. Everybody come for real Dutch treat. 6 and 9c Don't miss the old-time `dance in` the Orange Hall, Allandale, Friday, Feb. 11. Usual admission, Lunch provided. ` . A . 5-6c The Sunday School of Central `United church -are holding a concert and play, Renting Jimmy," on Mon- day evening, Feb. -14.- 5-6c "Box social and concert, Shanty Bay, February 18. Admission 25c and 15c. Refund on boxes. ' Lunch served. Everybody welcome. 6-7c Ann wnkmunwxv 11 noun. 1...` 3---- Come to the bazaar" and hiternoon tea, April 6, 1927, in Burton Ave.` United Sunday School All w_elco'me.. O n..4.:n. L__- An-_..LI gmmmwamwamwwamwg nwwwwmwwwwmwmww E comma EVENTS . Barrie s share of railroad tax distri-, `bution (less deductions for non-pay L UIUIIIIU V0 . The Assistant Provincial Trasur-' er "forwarded a cheque for $138.62, pagents in asylums, $485.52). W Wnnxymnlifh 'I"nvnnI-nvunuu... wE`.`y.J. Lele, driver of the fire Atem, who is receiving $1000 a year, ask_- edv an increase of $200. , . W. '(n-I01: Tnunnln .\JJ........I 1.2.. cu` an LIIUIJUCIBU UL cp4'U`Uo ' F; E.- Clark, Toronto, offerd his -services to help the town secure in- dustries. yauuuua Ill aayuuua, $500.06)- F. W. Weaymouth, Toronto; wrote that a house on Du`nlo'p,St.. owned by him had been vacant for a year and asked that it be assessed accord- inggyh _ `Another short and une_ventful"ees- sion of the Town Council was held on Monday night, the proceedings lasting little `over an hour-. There.` was but_ one committee report.-Fim ance--the main recommendation of which was a renewal of the policy to indemnifyrthe Town in case of acci- dents. Most of the motions were references to committees, one of the roposals "being to `dispose of the - eatty bird collection and another to set aside. land, near the carriage works for park purposes. The e.b- ~ sentees. were Messrs. Lowe,~ Reeve, Malcomson and Wiles. ' The Letter Box V Gharles Barnes and, other rate- payers on -Dalton ,and. Toronto ` streets, petitioned for an extension of the water main on Dalton St. to .Toronto St. and south 100 feet on Toronto `St. rm... A--:-;-.;a. 'n..---:..-:_1 m_;~____,, v ' pct wuru` HHHUIIUHP DUC w&i&ww&wmm$$mw Indemnity % Tqwn I` AT SHORT SESSION or TOWN Vcouncu. TLCIRCULATION 8c per word; minimum 606 &&;'4;V4sV; k'AL'A .V;.'..v..w.;w. Fires with Damage, .. l'VL...D D1L..--L_._Ir_ _,._ y-'v-- -vv--u -umvvlb IIIKVOU VVI` (Continued on page 2) r Policy to insure; u re Accidents ' Renewed j ' . Archie Perrault, a witness in the. case of Bray vs. Kelly at the assizes last week,` was placed under arrest ' t asghe.-left the witness stand on a charge of selling liquor and appear- ed for trial in Penetang to-day (Thursday). The charge was an old one, dating` from last fall. When the clan was laid -Perrault left the district. a d worked in the northern woods for some time. Learning that V he was to be called `as awitness at the assizes, the provincial police at- -tended `the court and apprehended himl 5' Luun L. 'l.'.l.'l.WDo The first officers of simcoa Lodge azfe: W.M., Dr. W. J. Hill; I.P.M., W. R. `T. ?'Gri`ith; S.W., George E. May; R. J. D. Simpson; Treasurer. W. F. -Ronald; Secretary, W. G. , Mackay; Assistant Secretary, G. W. Richard- son; .D. of C., J. C. Irwin; S.D., Frank _I. Pratt; J.D., D'Arcy E. F. Gauley; I.G.', G. B. Henry; S.'S., E. L. Higgs; J.S., R. G. Agnew; Tyler, H. J. Pritchard. J.W., R. J. Wallace; Chaplain, Rev.- wrrm-:Ss _'Is ARRS"l?D= V 2 ~ on LEAVING `ma STAN uay. Ill uh. ' -I At the banquet which followed the lodge room ceremonies,_the speakers who .took part in the lodge institution were George E. May, R. J. Wallace, '1`. P. Loblaw, Rev. A. L. ` Burch. (Grand haplain), `Dr. Hill and Frank I. - ratt. . II... ::.....n. -232--. -3 an H. - - ` Iauuuuu vuuuuy. ' Dr. W. J. Hill, formerly of Allis- ter! and a Past District Deputy Grand Master of the Georgian Dis- trict, is the first Master. Among the officers are four former` Barrie res- ` idents, W. F. Ronald and J. C. `Irwin, ,P.M. s of Corinthian 'Lodge,~- D Arc Gauley and Edgar L. Higgs. W. . Mackay, a P.M. of Manitoba Lodge; Gookstown, is secretary and Geo. B. Henry of the same Lodge is also an officer. Among the `charter members are W. N. Duff, Alex. Cowan and Dr; V L. J. Simpson. Tnv o`-hrh-mu num'A:+` Om. 4.1.... 1....._..1.2'_.. U: u . uuuyauu. .In giving credit` for the launching. of the new branch of Masomzy, the first Master praised the- efforts of the. Junior Deacon, Frank I. Pratt, formerli of Bradford, who had the unique onor of having his two sons, Albert William and J. Arthur, as the first candidates for initiation at the `first regular meeting held on Mon- day night. ` . A& 6 L...._...-1. _.-L_0_L 50,`: I --I With 108 charter members, Sim- coe Masonic . Lodge was instituted last Saturday night at the Yonge St. Masonic Temple, Toronto. The lodge `is -composed of `Masons living in Tor- onto who were formerly residents of Simcoe County. nu W `I `l'.l :n a...........1.. .3 Mn. NEW LoD(;1a~sTART1-:n A BYSIMCOE MASONS "Several Former Bnfrie `Men Amohg-~ 'Officcrs; Cookltown and Alliuton also Well Represented; -108 Char- ter Members ' ' _ .. ..... --.... -..u .u.suuuu uuuo iv i"`e'se1_' was arraigned before Judge Vance on Tuesday and, electing `trial -by the judge without a jury, was committed` for -trial on Feb. 16. ""5v.'X."`'J:'K.c., Wm; defended Foster, made a`strong plea for ac-. quittal but Magistrate Jeffs commit- ted him for trial andrefused bail. ` Y-__L__, .--.._-- - - uupwuuaonu vv uvnnooavn L "Gordon Bradley gave mynch the , same evidence that he had in the- preliminary `hearing of `the charge against Richard Foster `last Septem-s ' her. After giving chase to the` men ` for several miles, the latter trans- ferred to another car which they had parked in the ditch. The car which wasabandoned belonged to Richard Foster and the witness, who lateraac- companied the police to Holland Landing, identified `Percy Foster's car as the second one. About 100 l chickens which were stolen from Mr. `Bradley were found the next morn- ing in the fields, some of them a long I _ way from" home. 11$ A ..-.. - _ - Percy Foster of Holland Landing was committed for trial last Friday on a` charge. of stealing chickens trom :1 James Bradley, a Tecumseth fat-me'r -_ living n'ear.Bond Head. On August ` .' 26 last Gordon Bradley,-son of Jas.= r Bradley, was awakened by a noise at - the barn and`, rousing his father, a went out to. investigate and found . two men raiding the henhouse. The. ; -Bradleys gave chase and, while the men got away, they took the num- bers of two _cars used by them, one of,,which was abandoned. One car belonged to Percy Foster and the other to his uncle, Richard Foster. The "latter was arrested and commit- ted for trial, but on trial discharged` for lack of evidence, but Percy Fos- ter go_t--away and was only last week . arrested by Constable Kirk at New- market and brought to Barrie. .__..1-,- 15,, Ho1land"La`ndi%n.g Ma % Accus- ' ed of % Raiding Hen ouse . % in%Tecg mseth % ONACHARGEOI-` %cH1cxa_Nmu.mc vwgltlf so, state fully the negligent act or acts on his part. Although we find that the plaintiff had taken up a proper position on his (east) side of the roadway, hetcould -have possibly avoided a collision -by slack- eninghis speed and hugging the ditch on the east side more closely. ` 7., If you find both drivers negli- LIL Ul-I` `Yes.. . sun: In. apeuu. - I `5. Do you find the. driver of the %\rIcLaughlin car, Bray, negIigent?| ` es... V uuau hue uexeuuuuu neuy was negli- gent in that he failed to turn his car to the west of the centre of the road- way in time to avoid a collision and that he was driving `at an excessive rate bf speed. I K `ha mm ::..A 4.1.... .a..:..... -1 u.- (I01! I No. sscuy ucgugunbs 183. ' 4. If so state fully the negligent act or acts on his part. We find that the defendant Kelly was negli- lszent in that ha failml n +111: 153: nun cu u uugugcuuux tea 3. "It so, do you find tixe_defendant Kelly negligent? Yes. ' A an ml-ad-A 31111.`. UL- _-_`l2._-..;_ ..v-..' .. ___ ....-p u wont . 1'. Were the damages caused on this occasion the result of an acci- grent for which no one was to blame? 5` V0 2. Or were the said damages caus- ed by negligence? Yes." ` 9 an AA `was: 33-.` LL- .I-_._.I___L uu IUCCIVU hue -verulcn. The plaintiff's sonwas driving his car at the time of the accident. He stated in `evidence that he was on his own side of the read and that the defendant did not, pull` over to the west side. The defendant denied re- sponsibility and also claimed negli- gence on the part of the plaintiff. rm... "r.._1.'.- _--A. -:.I.L u-av vs Ull-\i glacllllvllul-I .w;i`h'e `hut eight -questions to the jury to which they returned the following answers: 1. 117.", A .--_-.. _- w--- av-ru-aura vvuavo The case which was heard was that I of `Milford J. Bray of Midland against Wm. Kelly for damages aris- Penetang road near Orr Lake last September. \The plaintiff claimed ing out of a mdtor accident on the I $1000; and the defendant counter- " claimed for $900- The jury found the defendant responsible for 85 per cent. of the damage and the plaintiff for 15 per'cent..and.assessed. adam- izcgels at $425 for Bray and $96 for e y. 4 ' The case openedon Wednesday af- ternoon immediately the jury retired in Boys vs. the Star and continued 1 until Thursday afternoon. Mr. Jus-A tice,'Fisher had to. catch the five o -i * clock train for Toronto and -he left ` the `court before the jury returned, '~ leaving directions for Judge Vance I to receive the verdict. . I1 rm... ..I..:...n.:nm- _-_ _____ gag",-,,. . . ..- --av noun azyuuav` Fire Chief Shrubsole submitted his report for 1926. This showed that there were 14 fires W-here damage was done, 1 rubbish fire, 4` fires . where not water was used, 25 chim- , ney fires, 3 false alarms, '3 firemen s practices, 1 'load`ing`:s1eig`h, and 1 underwriters inspection--a total `of 52 calls. The total fire los for the year , was estimated at $25,552 of which V $20,000 was estimated to have been destroyed when the opera house` burned. In 1925 the total loss was $15,239 from 31 fires. Removal of Phone Poles Mayor Duff enquired if any ar- rangement had been made with the , t\n....u.....: ._ _- -r-v `In addition to the case of W. A. Boys, vM.P., against the Toronto Star only one action was heard at the as- sizes last week, the other four cases on the docket being disposed of in various ways. Barbour vs. the_Re- liance Assurance Co. was transferred to. Toronto;iHenderson vs. Bracken was traversed to the next assize; Thompson vs. Mabee was settled and O Brien vs. Underhill was trans- ferred to the County Court. rn1__ _____ __'-1-_--1- __ , The following it: the hondur list P Hun nvnninnl-inns `lu.`lA ac. LL . 1: n JURY BLAMES T Born DRIVERS V ~_l_WGLlGENT 'M.'J.' Bray 5e?s7.o'ng End of Damages re; Collisionw ` at. Orr Lake` ' j lhose` A? III in Tow1 1'=.Colincil. >. A._ F. A.` MALcoMs6N .I3I_... CANADA, 1'HU1sDAY,. FEBRUARY 10,1927. vs` ` Ill: Photos by Jackson 1:7. ages; -pctao no Dray ana apvo to nex- The jury's findings will be for- wardedto Mr. Justice Fisher who will .make`an order as to costs. Frank Hughes of Toronto and Geo. S. Dudley of Midland appeared for the plaintiff and T. N. P-helan of Toronto for the defendant. . gent, what percentage of the blame do you attach to each? To Bray 15 per cent. of $640; to Kelly 85 `per cegt. of $500. ` AL ncknull J- --.... .`._..-_.. 1.1.- .3---- - .. uuy Inna`-I uvwc uwuuau DUEVULI-Up The play, Prairie Rose," by young people, United church, Stroud, will be presented in Churchill hall, Thursday, February 17.. Admission 85 and 25 cents. ` V 6c L.O.B.A. progressive - euchre and dance, Churchill Hall, February 14. ' Euchre `commencing, 8.80.. V Admiss sion, gents 70c and tax; ladies, 23c and tax; Maiel's.orchestra. o 6p Fancy Dress Carnival, Midhurst Station Rink, '1`hursday,~Feb. 17. Prizes for gentlemen. ladies, boys, i girls, comic, couple and lucky spot, also cash prize for largest sleighload.-' Women s Canadian Club. Tue-sdav. WET. ;t} 1;`t'hdo you assess the dam- gages? $425 to Bray and $96 to Kel- V * vvcuo uuo uu one guulnl-B1108. V It was the same spirit that stirred the heart of John Wesley when he left the halls of_ Oxford and decided to devote his life to preaching to the people on the moors of England. David `Livingstone was moved by the same spirit when he gave his life in the service of the natives of Africa, and it was love and sympathy for the multitude that caused Abraham Lin- coln, when he first saw the sale of human -beings at the auction block, to vow that he would strike a blow at slavery. You' cannot name any great humanitarian or` leader in a movement for the uplift of men, who was not actuated by love of the mul- titude, Mr. Pedley declared. (Continued on page 4) sxuwcu. . 4 V . There arevso many people like that in the world that they can -t be overlooked, he said. They belong to that class called the multitude. _ Jesus was particularly interested in the multitude. He understood their`. troubles, perplexities, worries, tra- gedies and burdens.,r Some of the` most beautiful things He said were spoken to individuals, -but His heart went out to the multitude. i If ulna flit: not-van uv~.'u'nL -`-`na\` ..L.;.....J (Will U _` Speaking at the evening service on Sunday, Mr. Pedley based his/address on a passage in the book of Ezra containing a record of the Israelites who returned. from captivity..Many of them were described according to the genealogical tree, but some _of them, Mr. .Pedley stated, were un- able to give an account of them- selves; they had no family tree, no pedigree. Like Topsy, they just growed. b emu--- V....-- -- _.- _-r-- " --` Anniversary services wereheld last Sunday in Collier St. United church with large congregations atboth ser- vices, that in the evening occupying almost the entire seating capacity of the church. The special anniversary preacher was Rev. J. W. Pedley of Toronto, president of the Toronto Conference. `He delivered two inter- esting [and helpful addresses. On Monday evening over` 50.0 attended the supper served by the ladies of the congregation, following ' which Mr. Pedley gave a humorous lecture `which was enjoyed -by` all those pre- sent. r ` - V1 51191: i 561:! `Large Attendance; `Helpfl ` Sermons Delivered by 1*" Rev. J. W. Pedley A _ SUCCESSFUL f ANNIVERSARY . AT_.QLLlER ST. ALD. P.- J. MORAN HOV`! "-5, .-u v -nvuysvwlo afnuaauulalull uuu. UU Old time dance, Allandale Orange Hall, Friday, February 18, benefit Young Britons hockey team. Hunt- er's orchestra. Usual admission. 6`-7 nnnnnwi r! A u A - - .._l..-... -5 LL - uccuu Luau uecvmuer. In his judgment, Judge Vance states that} after considering the mat- ter and going into the evidence, he finds that the appellants have no rea- son to complain about the assessment. made. Them may. feel, he states, that they are not assessed as low as others in the neighborhood, `yet. that is no-reason why I should reduce the assessment. I don't find as a fact . Han! HA Irnfnsnlna Am. I` `l\ D-----\ 2- Judge Vance has dismissed the ap- peals of the heirs of Sylvester Bar- ry, formerly of the township of'In- nisfil, against the assessment of lake shore` property owned by them at Belle Ewart. 'T-he assessments ap- ealed against were ?J. C. Barry, 1100; Thos. Barry, $1000, and Rose Barry, $1100, and the appeals were heard last Ipecember. `I ... `I..:.. -...l__.-..;_ 1--__I-._ an ' auwuwpuue uriven `Dy Unarles Smith, v a Janitor, who. was accompanied by 1 his wife. Very meagre details are given in the Chicago papers- It ap- pears that there was very little traf- fic at this crossing at the time of the accident and after Smith s car hit thepoliceman it kept on its way. The only witness of the affair, Mi- chael Zachary, pursued Smith and forced him to stop at Seventy-fifth St. where he was turned over to the police. Smith denied any knowledge of having struck the policeman and his wife also denied seeing the car hit anyone.- Both said they` felt a jar and believed they-had struck a rut in the pavement. David Cairns was in his 48th'year. Some 25 years ago he went to Chi- cago and had -been on the police force for 20 years. His wife and three children survive. Matthew Cairns of Oro is a brother. The last time Mr. Cairns was here was in 1924 when i he and his family paid a visit to his parents. - IVNNISFIL wins APPEAL ON T LAKE SHORT ASSESSMENT unuxlnlus, J.'CUl{lli11'y `I Deceased, who was a traffic policeman, was` directing traffic at Stony Island Ave. and Seventy-ninth `St. when he was struck down by an [automobile driven -by Charles Smith,` S! {Rh-ifnr ufhn tuna onnnvn-.n..3....`l 1..-- David Cairns, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Cairns, Mill Road, Vespra, was fatally injured by an automobile in Chicago last Thursday afternoon, passing away early the following morning, February 4. nnnnaud nflnn nu... .. .L..-1.`A'_' - David` Cairns, Traffic Policeman, Struck Down .while on `Duty, February 3, Dying the Following' Day; on Force,_ 20 Years. I CHICAGO AUTO KILLS FORMER VESPRA MAN; puseu exemptions become law. General taxes will be higher this year; -because of road debentures fall- ing due and it was necessary last year to raise the assessment in o - der to keep the general rate Within the statutory limit. The extra mill will have to come out of the general taxpayer, who is already pretty hard put to itto shoulder the burden of taxes. ._ ...-~w.-- vwvoila nunuuglvnc Uflp Concert -under auspices `of the choir, ll be given in Midhurst United `Church, February 14. Ad-. mission 85c and 20a. Lunch s'erved.6p Thu -1-.. un....x..:- 13--- H L" mcome assessment of $64,810. There are- altogether 140 income taxpayers assessed for income for 1927 and 138 will be affected by the proposed.e:'ce_mptions. The total loss in assessment will be $78,785, or 40 -per cent. of the total- income assess- ment.. An increase of about a mill will be necessary in the tax rate to raise the amountof taxes if the pro- posed exemptions become law. anhn11o1 4-dun... ..-:H `L- 1..-,5, -s - y un auxue outer way. ` . Clerk-Treasurer A. W. Smith has recently lled out a questionnaire at the request of the Ontario Munici- pal Association giving details of the changes that will be effected if the proposed exemptions are approved by the Legislature. There are in Bar- rie thirty-seven ' non-householders who will be affected if their exemp- tion is "increased from $1000 to $1500 and the amount of income as- sessment lost will be $13,975. House- holders and heads of families who will be affected if exemption is in- creased from $2,000 to $3,000 num- ber 101, with a consequent loss in income assessment of $64,810. Thorn awn. nl+nnn+1-..~.~.. 1,4n .-....----, Barrie citizens are faced with an increase in taxes this year by reason of the_ proposed change in the assess- ment act increasing the exemptions for municipal income tax. If, as is proposed, the amendment is made ef- fective as of January 1, 1926, it will apply to 1926 incomes on which the taxes for 1927 are based. This will mean a-loss in 1927 taxes of $3,- 582.71 which will have `to "be made up in some other way. n]DF1(_TPAneI!vnr A TIT G...:A.1. 1.-- Increased Income ~`!Exemption Will `Mean Extra Mill on ' ` - General Rate . 12 PAGE ......--J ausvanusc uuaxxcu Harry Partridge stood out for Bar- rie. It was only his second O.H.A. game as a regular but he turned in a splendid performance and showed that there need be no worry over the defence of next year s team. Smith shaded his man at centre and `his backchecking was a feature. Stan. Partridge was under a double handi- .cap._ He had to check Dillon and, be~ ing a left hand shot, had to turn around to shoot. He has been in his wrong position all year, but there is (Continued on page 2) l)illon and Long were the out- standing performers for Meaford. . Dillon was the fastest man on the ice and in addition played with his head. He was dangerous all the time, but Stan Partridge watched him well and he did not get away as often as he did in..-Barrie. Long was unbeatable in the cage. He stopped them from all angles and all distances. Tuohy at centre was good and Coleman and Riley made a good defence, although they `spent a lot of time in the pen- alty box. -` . .- _. lSltrcenuous Final Period Play became strenuous in the fin- al period and Referee Lou Walker kept` the players travelling in the direction of the penalty `box. The Meaford defence men were the chief offenders and each made several trips to the cooler. Barrie pressed continually and Long was given a busy time but he proved equal to the occasion. Coleman and Riley did not hesitate to trip the -Colts as they came and although they were penal- ized they probably saved goals. Stan. Partridge was struck on the face with a stick, inflicting a bad gash. He gamely insisted on continuing, al- though blood was pouring from the. cut, and was with difficulty persuad- ed to retire. With about two min- utes to go Tuohy broke away and sifted a slow, high shot which ca- romed off Walsh's hand into -the net. DUI-VUIJI nvuryuuuy welcome. W 0-7`! Keep February 11 open for dance in I.0.0.F. Temple, pnder auspices of the `graduates and nurses-in-traim ing,.R.V. `Hospital. Admission 75c.` 6c (.3 .|.:..._ .I_..-- AIL I