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There are sixty players in town available for either the Citizens Band or the B.C.I. Band. The re- organized band committee which now - controls the affairs of both bands recently made a survey and found that there are twenty-seven men available for the Citizens Band and twenty-two experienced players with the B.C.l". ,gBand, while there are. twelve younger boys at the school` who are coming on well and will? soon be able to take regular places.. The great handicap at the present time is lack of instruments. Citizens Band owns fifteen instru- ments, twenty-seven belong to the school and sixteen are owned private- ly, while the Citizens Band has three or four more that are in need . of repair and are unfit for" use at , present. Bandm th recruiting twice as many players if ' aster Sylvester states at there would be no difficulty in there were sufficient instruments. The band committee is composed`-: of two members of the Town Coun- cil, one member of the Board of` Trade and a representative from the; Citizens Band and the B.C.I. Band.. At a recent meeting G. F. Doyle was named chairman, A. .R. Gjrdwood secretary, J. W. Merrick, treasurer, and H.. H. Creswicke and V. E. Knight complete the committee. Band practice was resumed on Mon- day night and will continue once a week until the rink closes when practice will be held on Thursday nights also. The school band prac- tises every day at noon. l'|'\],`,, A A m _ -:LL, There are not enoughto go around. The Will Make Canvass for This Purpose; Sixty Players 3 Available ` ; ~ -. UNII-`oRMs`T67I7:_ P'URCHASED FOR Ba.rn'e Public" \IllUIQLlV VVIIU CUU} -(C`<;;xtinued on page 9) "s1~:c1'1oN 1 PAGES 1 TO 3-. vwanvsua vuunvuu Vuvu. vvuvvsvg LVlGl.'Ull 17. \ V - h` 9c The Ladies Aid of Burton Ave. Church are holding an Irish carnival on Wednesday evening, March 16, in the school room. V Full` particulars later. ' 9c .D`nu DI\n{sv3n` Bang '7 Kn pug.--- . muss auurguerme -Doyle, ewcuulom ist, ` rofessional graduate of Owen A. Smi y Studio, Toronto,.w'il1 assist at gelentral church choir concert, Marsh The Road to the City by Thorn- ton Twelve, March 17, Orange Hall, Thornton. ` 9c St. Patrick's afternoon tea and sale of homemade - dainties, under auspices Trinity Sunday Sc ool, Mar. 17. , 7 _a d 9, 10 Dutch tea, Allandale Presbyterian church, Friday, March 4, 5.80 till 8. Everybody come for real Dutch treat. "6 and 9c Tuesday, March 15, Frank Yeigh's new travelofe Our Own Ganadian Land, St. Andrew : Church, 8 p.m. Admission, 25 cents. 9-10c Miss Marguerite -Boyle, 'elocution- `cf `.i\1~n~'AnnInna'I a-nnslnnd-n n0 (Inn-nu A Keep March 17 open for Central church. choir concert. 9c -Central United Ladies Aid, sale of baking, afternoon tea, Mar. 26. 8-_9 an-u-_ 15--.! L- LL- ng;__u 1... ad`. iN>I0X0I0I0X0X4 E comma EvEN_'_rs NU IIHCIII SGVU IIIIUIII DHU AUG U1. UIIU ` ool. They knew_ something about he pool system of marketing because they had had the cooperative dairy, wool pool, egg pool and turkey pools. 188,000 Members in Prairies Thai whigat p'oigt>l1 was organized by mumc pa` ies w a cap am in eac who enlisted- assistants to sign up the farmers to five-year contracts. Rheyhnow haze 138,000 memxclags in e ree wes ern provinces. er a started first and had 22,000 mem- lggzsoglae irs earfand1ha;ndleB .4,- , useso wea. ores the wheat pool thousands were leav- a ing the farms but now they are com- , ing back and land values are going ` up. Two years ago last August a central selling agency for the three provinces was started. Producers receive an initial dpaiyment when their , I P-rain is delivere nterim Iaayments In "gunk and Inln nvul ha Inn` nan. w:.`i:rl1vEs3;l`{:r:;ed.:$2322-`1:i;n3;:;r;r;'e`r:;_ n March and July and the me! pay- ment in August -about the time they Il'Vnun'6I-nu-AA A- man` A\ UUURBUUWII U": 5']-VIIUGJ lllsllln Albert Ford was appointed chaire- man and- the s eakers were introduc- ed by E. C.. rur who `stated th-at the wheat pool is ' eing put forward as the foster-child of the Unlited Farmers Coo erative Co. because it is, more feasi leg and economical to use the. existing machinery for the provincial end and linking up with; the westernprovinces for marketing and` shipping. One result of the wheat pool will be that the spec- ulator will disappear, and- no one will ` mourn his passing because he is no` use to either the producer or the ! consumer. The wheat pool was not a new thing, but had been a proved and had been used in the est for three years with outstanding success. The great problem for a riculture is to find a market andi farmers hold back and don't fall in line with thebest methods of marketing they will result in failure. ` Origin of Plan in the West Mr. Burnell stated that in the West they had a situation for years where from 80 to 90 perqcent. of the farmers were compelled -to sell their crops a few weeks after thresh- ing in order to get funds to meet their obligations. As a result mil-lg lions of bushels of "wheat were 1 tj thrown on the market and speculat- i n ors stepped in and took` advantage of lk the situation. Man ways werelp tried- to remedy con itions. iSmall Z. local cooperatives were formed and they Generally resulted in the farm- ers getting better grade and_ weight, but did not affect the price. he Manitoba `Government was asked to R take over the elevators but that did 9` not help. The big cooperative com- 1;: st ax fr panies were a greatbenefit to farm- A era but did not revent a slump in prices in the fal. Finally in 1919 they had the Canada Wheat Board and that gave them the idea of the m rum] Thar: In-mu; nnmnliinu nhnnizis `IVE VVVI E. IIIIIIIIII IIIII :5>x<>x3>x<>x<>x<>x>x<>z< Details of the wheat pool, Fartic-,' uiarly with regard to its organ zation ; and operation in the west, were piac-,1 ed before a meeting of farmers in the American .Hotel_ on_ Tuesday night. The speakers were Mr. Burn- ell, president of the Manitoba Wheat; Pool, and Mr. Jeffrey, a director of the United Farmers Cooperative 00.. The meeting was one of four held in. different parts of the county. Big` meetings were `held in Elmvale an Stayner` on Monday and Tuesday af- ] ternoone and there was a meeting at < Cookstown on Monday night. I Alknwe Wnw Inna nnnndnfntl n'Inn3n_. ri=.*-2 `""*'z7z"_' M.e9-ed-! Operations of Wheat 135$ Shown to Simcoe F armers} 80 per word: minimum 50 ;V4;V4;V4;V4s'4 LIL` &4';V;.1.V;.V4 [spuku V sown-: AGREE 1'0 SIGN J y;;i."{ iii` .-- --.-3..-_- -.-.-- v--v v - (Continued on 'page Iuqgauxul -tuu U1. maven flllll V80 3 magni icent life. The gospel? of Christ, he continued, is not so much to tell us how to die as how to live. No. other religion teaches how to live with such secret power as christian- ity. - If we live` right we will die right. Everyone must have 'some- ~ thing __to live -for; if they have not they. are worse than a. rudderles ship. Some live for money, some for popularity. Paul might have lived IAu&I----`I. -.. -`---- 1- \ U1.` '5]! l'UUlIOCIs asing his address at the morning service on a text from Paul's epistle to the Philgogians, For me to live is Christ, . Mason urged `the, im- rortance of living accor ing to the e aw_ of God. The greatest art of all, he stated is the art of living. ;Many people of his ' day probably thought that Paul did not live at all, that he did not feel the heart and substance of life, but no other life outside that of Christhas had suchran inuence on life toda .' Measured by the measurin -ro of -heaven Paul lived a wuaam-3 -innsn 13-Pa VI... ...-....-'I~ -n Large congregations attended the services in St. Andrew's Presbyter- ian Church last Sunday commemorat- ing the seventy-eighth anniversary of the congregation. The church was well filled in thegmornmg and at the evening service the auditorium and gallery were filled and chairs had to e placed in the aisles, every avail- able foot of space being required to accommodate the people. Two splendid sermons were delivered by ' Rev. Dennis Mason, D.D., of Orillia, [who s oke in the morning on The Arto Living and in the evening on The Authority of Jesus. Excel- lent music; was provided by the choir under direction of Edmund Hardy and at the close of the eveningser-.j.i vice Mr. Hardy gave a twenty-minute` or an recital. ....8.... 1.}. ...l.!..... -1. LL- ...-.._.2..._ Splendid Sermons by Dr. Ma- son; Over $1500 Given for Organ Fund '1-`ma SERVICES AT 3 %78TH ANNIVERSARY; % sr. _AN~DRlIW S max; wen: HI wwnu and cities. Acreage in crop had increased from ten mil- lion `in 1870 .to 57 million, `wheat production from 16 million bushels,` to 422 million, and agricultural cap- ital from 968. million to over seven (Continued on page 3) 1.0: U! per 0811!}. 01 W18 people were on the land, in 1925. 50 per cent. were in towns and cities. Acreage in Crnn 1"'|f'1`A!InfI fvlnrn -an nun", auu uzuuauuuua. ` One of hi chartsillustrating the` progress of the country since 1870,] Itn nhnmn an `hnnnnn Cu In:-`CAI: .,.uu5u=aa w. NIB country smce 1l5'(U, to 1925 showed an increase in popu- lation of 6,000,000, but whereas in! 1870 67 per cent. of the people I on th land- in Kn nan noni- [IIIGIIIJ Lauua. RU LUUHU EH33 Uanaaaf is potentiallythe greatest country in the world and offers the-gr test op- portunities` to men who ar honest and industrious. nnn 1.0 'I.:.Z ..`I'.....L...:n-___--u,,., n Dr. Routley would divorce immi- .a'ration from politics and place it in [the hands of a national board of` imanagers, who should study_ and know the country, its needs and op- lportunities and place the new citi- zens in the most suitable sections. Greatest Potentially in World l The address was `illustrated by a; number of charts from which Dr.1 Routley made and emphasized hisi `luauu Ill uauu WWII immigration. I points. As vice-chairman of the public affairs committee of the Tor-' onto, Rotary Club, hehad made a- study of Canada's immigration golicy and needs and in so doing gat ered from a variety of sources a great many facts. He found that Canad .- Ilia nn!-.nnh'nllu Hm nm,..4~....a. ........a..... :_ I Development and overhead in Can- : ada have greatly outrun the popula- .tion in the past sixty years so that an increase infimmigration is ..abso- . lutely necessary, not only for the good of this Dominion but for the good and vgrosperity of the world, stated Dr. . C. Routley of Toronto, secretary of the Ontario Medical As- sociation, addressing the Kiwanis Club last Friday.` Continuing, he stated that selecti_ve immigration is imperative and thevpeople of north-, ern Europe and Celtic` and Anglo- Saxon races are more desirable than = the southern Europeans and Slavs, 1 although many of the latter have 1 made good citizens. Colonization or:; W a wise placementpolicy should go hand in hand with immigration. D1`. `Rani-.lnv urnnl rnutnnnn in-awn} Dr. Routley Tells Kiwanians ` Selective Immigration Also Required `MORE PEOPLE .--v,u ovuuo ulnallll IIGVC (Continued on page 13.) 7 _ `A petition for the release on parole of Wm. Butler, who was sentenced a last October_ to four years in Kingston Pemtentiary for -his part in the attempt to dynamite St.- Mary's Roman Catholic- Church, is being cir- culated and has been largely signed. The first signatures `on the "list -are those of Rev. Dean Sweeney and Father Brennan of St. Mary's. e , Circulating Petition For Butler : Release ter 7.30 and were nieiv 5"'r'{v2;17.e street cars that landed us at assey Hall at 8. o'clock. After being ush- ered to our seats we had time, efore the performance began, to glance over -the programme with its enlight- II it (By Edmund Hardy) To write a chronicle of the de- nlightful excursion enjoyed by St. An- 3 %drew s choir last Thursday evening 0. seems but the smallest part of `grati- i. tude towards the gentlemen who nimade such an experience possible. 9 These members_.of the congregation,! ,, who prefer to be nameless, being of 3 the class who do good by stealth,` - and blush to find it fame, gave gen- I 1; erously of their substance as an evi- ggvdence of their sympathetic interest . in the work that our choir is trying` 1 to do. It isalmost needless to add that our `members profoundly appre- _ ciate the compliment paid them. and ' feel inspired towards greater efforts in the cause of good music, and in . the service of the sanctuary. * . Perfect weather and a freedom I [from hitch -or mishap in our journey- ; . ing formed a `happy combination as 1` far as the material elements of our ' pilgrimage "were concerned. At 1 about 5.30 in the afternoon we board- ; - ed the special train carrying over 100 people from Orillia, including ' the Presbyterian choir and its genial ` organist and conductor, Mr. Gordon, 1 the moving spirit of the enterprise. E 1 i A Barrie car was placed at our dis- ~ posal, and after picking up the rest of our party at Allandalewe proceed- ed. to enjoy a feast which was not exclusively _a feast of reason and a G flow of soul but one including lib- C eral supplies of edible dainties. Each '1 member -brought a lunch of whatever t his or her "taste or_ fancy `dictated; T and, as goodvmixersshould do, our F choristers visited around, swapping ll sandwiches as well as ideas, and com- 3 `paring cakes as well as thoughts. 5 Everybody was in high spirits, look- f ping forward with the keenest antici- *3 pation to the treat in store. ~ g .A n1nn3uaA.ad- `I3-..I..I-I- _L_..LI_ -5 pauon to the treat in store. We arrived~at Parkdale shortly af- ter met by Plnvate street cars: that Innn 11: mt m--.-- ;`s'r. ANDREWS CHOIR I AT THE MENDELSSOHN [Cinch-master Tells. of -a Delightful - Trip Enjoyed by His Organization I . to Hear World-famous Choir. 1 I .--J--v... us: an, uuu G lJUy15 UUU- | With high heel shoes, brown silk ` sto-ckings, blue skirt and blouse, a green clot-h overcoat with a fur col-5 lar and a tight fitting pink hat, the ;court was completely at loss when the boy s name was called and the would-be lady stepped up before Judge Mott. What, what, sputtered the 'judge. Then the custodian explain- ed that the boy dressed in the cloth- ing_of a_ girl had been taken in] {charge -as a vagrant, adding that the masquerader had a vanity case which he could use with the expertness of 1a flapper. uuargc. . -_ With the mincing steps of a young lady, he walked into the juvenile; court. He had a wonderful make-up, : lipstick -and all, and a boyish bob. mm. 1;:...1.. 1.--: _L--- L (Toronto Star) The juvenile court was startled to-' day (March 1) whenva boy, masquer-I admg as a girl, was unmasked. He had been taken into custody on a charge of vagrancy. Last evening his landlady` became suspicious with her roomer s actions and notified the I police, who took the roomer in charge. . ] 1x7-:+1. +1.... ...:..-.-..... _L.-- A`? 9 First imtalment of This Newnserial Appears % This Issue of The Examiner; GARBED IN FEMININE FINERY = COLWELL BOY OF 15 LANDS . IN TORONTO JUVENILE COURT, Don't Miss This Thrillirgg? Railroad story: ALDL EPH. Mel-'ADDEN` Council Reprsent atives for Allahdale :N` Am); v. E. KNIGHT Photos by Jackson ` uuuuus wronto M.enae1ssohn Choir. There was a thrill when Dr. Frick- er raised his baton before chorus and orchestra for the national anthem. The setting of God Save the King by Sir Charles Villiers Stanford was not merely a vehicle for the usual. ex- pression of loyalty to our sovereign, but an artistic gem well worthy of a` paragraph of programme notes. It served as an augury of what was to follow, a sort of open- sesame to the enchanting array of musica1'3ew- . els that came after it. Of these numbers, some sacred, some secular, it is difficult to say which was most enjoyed. Perhaps the motet, -by Sir Hubert Parry (who was the compos- er of The Pied Piper given by our choir last October) was the most fine- (Continued on page 5) ' ening printed `comments upon `the numbers to `be performed, and to gaze around at the vast audience as- sembled for this opening concert of the thirtieth season of the world- famous Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. There was: a Hn-{ll ml... 11.. 1:1...--1- been created a King s Counsel by the Government Quebec. Mr. Plaxton is a member of the Bar of Ontario, but for several years has been in the De artment of Justice. He is one of t e youngest men in .Canada to be invested with the silken robe, and it is in recogni- tionof the fart he took in the pre- paration an argument `of the Cana- dian case respecting the boundary between Quebec and Labrador. of the Province of ' A despatch from Ottawa` on Tues- day carried the news of a marked `honor that has been conferred upon C. -Percy Plaxton, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Plaxton of Toronto and formerly of this town, he having been made `a K.C. by the Government ,of Quebec. Mr. Plaxton. is a native `of Barrie and received his public ,school and collegiate training here. His many friends were delighted to learn of the honor shown him. - The despatch is as follows:-- .Chas. P. Plaxton, of thellegal staff of the Justice Department here,_ has . Counsel _ Native. Son of Barrie Wins Recogni- tion for Legal Work Done on the Quebec-Labrador Boundary Case. l [QUEBEC cow. HONORS. gems. PERCY PLAXTONI The lad left the court attired in his girlish clothing with Mr. Hon- nisett, of the Fred Victor Mission, who agreed to supply clothing more suitable to his masculine character. ..-- -uvvvq. The Big Brotherhood Association is paying his return fare to Barrie. -r v ~ . - . v . -- The court after considerable de- liberation decided to place him under the supervision of the Big Brother Movement. I In court the boy exercised a soft wpurring seductive voice, and it was . not the voice that gave him away. He carried a dainty little purse, just like a young lady. ` The boy told the court that he was an orphan and had` been living in `Barrie until a week or so ago. His .home was really at Colwell Junction. He said that his sister-in~law'had out- fitted him entirely in the woman's ; clothing even to the underwear. .He {is 15 years of age and his explana- }tion was that he had come to Toron- to dressed as a girl in order to get a T position in a laundry. He had only fbeen in Toronto a week and had not `yet had time to find the position. If!` I `cl axu ;x1I:zutircsSnV6u EHSX g'lVel11t Dy Dr. . . itte . . . gricu ur- 'al Representative Stewart L. Page ' gave a report on cow testing work and sgiortt s11;ee%lI1e%gereJrnage lbzynthe ppresien-, . . w,. . . ees, Mayor Duff and John Bowman, sani- tary inspector. Officers of the Cow Testing As- sociagion garecelcted gs follows: rei t, o. . oes, arrie;vice- gregidgit, John Oatway, Shanty Bay; secretary, S. L. Page; directors, John Caldwell, Shanty Bay; Alex. gr-al1_am,R.S'l1_e1.tyBB1?y;BA. _CumIirnir-, ame' e , ame; . . Lougheed, Allandale; w. G. Kennedy, Allandale; D. H. Maw, Barrie. Oro Has Best Cow Mr. Page reported that the best cow tested is owned by John Oatway of Shanty Bay. In a six months test this cow gave 9,947 pounds of milk . and-277 pounds of butter fat. This cow had been milking for two months previous to the test and would in. all probability exceed 14,000 pounds for fourth cows were owned by Geo. C. Coles -and Chas. Robertson of Barrie respectively. _________ J 0.: -- - - ten months. Mr. Oatway also own- 1 ed the second cow and the third and 4-uucncan n.U'u:l. uuncneon WES serv- ed at one after which there were a number of addresses. J. P. Griffin, secretary of the Ontario Milk Pro- ducers Association, who was present .a year ago when the organization IRE fnrmn mac +1In `l\'ll:1In19\n` nnnnlp `Q85 `. About sixty members of the Barrie Milk Producers Association _and the Barrie Cow Testing Association, with several ladies, met on Monday at the American` Ho-tel. Luncheon was serv- AA o A-nn :53}-an cuL.`nL LL--- ---..- - Milk Yield Over'14,000 lbs.` in 10 Months; Owned by __ John Oatway ono cow 1-`ms? IN nasrs MAD BY ASSOCIATION The Ontario Bakeries Ltd. has ap- pointed J. R. Reid as manager of Brown's Bakery, where he has been employed for sixteen years. His many friends wish him every success in his new position. W. H. Broderick of Creemore has purchased the barber business of Walter Reid and has moved to town. He has had experience in Toronto and other cities. Mr. and Mrs. Brod- erick are `occupying an apartment over; R. A. Stephens Store. .-`-V-v. v wag: Compared with Wentworth Mr. Page gave a comparison be- (Quuhnl on page I) ' uuc uxu ouauun goal. The winners presented a _fast 3 young team and their team play was 9 quite a bit better than that of the - losers. W. Barnes on right wing was ' their most noticeable performer. He V had plenty of speed and packed a ' wicked shot. Barnhardt and Ross F completed a well-balanced forward line. G. Barnes and Frank Crawford made a good defence and W. Camp- . bell was steady in goal. Smith Campbell performed in relief roles and looked as good as anyone. Billy Cameron and the veteran Wes. Tud- ` hope stood out for East Oro. At! times the former looked the best" man on the ice, but his work was not 2 consistent. He was not at home in 1 the soft going and did not maintain 1 his speed throughout. The two Pat- : tersons were good as was also Scott 1 Hand R. Jermey played a good game I in goal._ Hodges and P. Jermey were 5 [effective when `used. `D.-....4. n..- I1..-I- `n 1' JH5. VV. D_dl'll$ gUC Cne next`0ne On' a shot from the wing and J. Patter- son scored for East Oro. Vic. Ross tallied Oro Station's last goal in the third period and Wes Tudhope scored twice for East Oro. The last one was batted in from a face-off near the Oro Station goal. T119 uiihhnva I\!Innnv\`n:J .. 2--)- w. play vv. uarues unueu tne runner in from the wing. Five minutes later Smith Campbell -added anoth- er. East Orothen pressed the play and Cameron, Tudhope and the two Pattersons were prominent on the attack. Towards the end of the per- iod Cameron sidestepped the defence and flippedthe puck into the cage. Oro Station increased their lead in the second. Barnhardt got the first on a pass from Ross; who drew Jermey out of the nets before pass- ing. W. Barnes got the next_one on R ]'Il\+ '9`!-nnn `Jan Iuv:v\nn nu-J T TI--I-A---` yccu; agu wueu hue ogganlzatlon as formed, was the prmclpal speak- and an address was also given by P. A- T- M 0 W A1!-I-nI11I>11~n_ --__-g ....... -vs-u-vvuo 0_ro Statidn took the offensive from the start and after two minutes of play W. Barnes drilled the rubber in from the mino Wixm -M1`...-.+.... Oro Station won a semi-final game of the Oro Hockey League here on Thursday evening of last week, de- feating East Oro by five goals to four." The two teams had been tied for second place and decided to play off on neutral ice. They came down on the five o clock train and were through in time to return at eight. The ice was very soft, little better than slush, but both teams worked hard and some good hockey was produced. ' ___ (VJ, OR0 STATION WINS SEMI-FINAL GAME IN 0R0 11>. HOCKEY P1ay-Off in Barrie Gives * Them S-4 Victory Over East Oro cvuvu\aIIJ Manual-so vs cnususnusun 00!? and 15c. ' ` 4 9c The W'.C.'l .U. will hold_ a birthday arty. in the Baptist church parlors, onday, March ` 7, at 3 o'clock. Members are requested to attend and bring their friends. ` V 9a: Do not miss this did '1`ime.Dence, 4. sun! admission, lunch provided, Hunter's 4-piece orchestra. The committee reserve the right to refuse admission. A v- . 9c Orartife Hall -Allendale, Friday, Mar, The Hamilton papers last week carried a photogravure of Fred C. Wa1ls,.manager of the North Amer- ican Life for Niagara district, to- gether with a description of the new offices in Hamilton. These are sit- uated in the Terminal building, oc- cupying 1300 square feet of floor space on the top floor. Describing t e work of the agency, the Spectator says: Mr. Walls has under his super- vision the counties of Halton, Went- worth, Lincoln, Welland and Haldi- mand, and since assuming the man- agement of the district some four years ago, has succeeded with the co-operation of a loyal and efficient staff of well. trained agents in in- creasing the business by nearly two million dollars, added to a similar amount in force at the beginning of 1923, the year 1926 contributing by far the greatest increase. The Ham- ilton agency during the past four years has carried off several trophies and awards as winners of various competitions puit on -by`, the com- pany. . FRED C. W/iALLS AND STAFF OCCUPY FINE NEW OFFICES --- -..v...., u wpn uczu. bulnltif. The value of the work done by the Bandmaster with the school banci during the three years it has been in existence is hard to estimate, but it is doubtful if there is another band- lmaster in Ontario who could or lt`....4.:......`l .- -- yuxul cugagements at men` own fig- ure. The Boys Band is already book- ed for two days at the Owen Sound Old Home Week next summer. m`L_ ___1__, , D n instruments, chairs, music stands, etc., necessary for the equipment of the band room quickly ate up the re- ceipts. The committee purpose set- ting a definite scale of remuneration and no difficulty should be met in se- curing` engagements at their fig- Bovs Band is Airpnrhr i..m1.s , ,c, . V - ~ - - uau Ull oat- llurday night and arrangements for * the canvass will be completed at an- 'other meeting this coming Saturday." The assets of the Band are: fifteen instruments with the players, two- 'bass horns, a comet and two drums not listed, thirty chairs, one music cupboard, twelve music stands, suf- ficient music for two bands. The li- abilities are three months rent for the band room at $7 a month and balance due on three instruments, about $200. . Citizens who take only a casual interest in the Band think perhaps that the Band has made a lot of mon- ey and wonder where it has gone. Paid engagements are very, very scarce and often the remuneration is only ngminal.` Hall rent, repairs to instruments, chairs, etc necessarv ff)?` H10 nnninnnnml n4? drive for funds to pay a few out- standing accounts and provide uni- forms for the Citizens Band. A well? -attended meeting was held on Sat- urday canvas: 1171" ha I|nrn1\]nO-n-J -1. -- The 1926 issue of books from the Barrie Public Library was 5880 greater than in 1925. Books borrowed by adults num- bered 30,395, while those tak- en by juvenile readers bad a total of 15,532. Here are the libra1`ian s figures :- Books in library . . . . . .10,996 Total No. borrowers . . 3,364 Adult fiction issued . . .25,690 Adult class issued . 4,705 Juvenile fiction `issued 9,779 Juvenile class issued .. 5,763 Total borrowed, 1928 . .45,927 Total for 1925 '.. . '. . . .40,047 Increase . . . . . .. 5,880 IGIIUI} .30 -Play, Prairie Rose," by youn people of United Ghurch,_ Strou , will be presented in Ivy Oran Hall, Tuesday, March 8. Admins on age and 1 En