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nia ay b!` using light- vaav wauvuwvw, ULII7 L` UIIIII. Grey COII1' missioners WO11l(l' have issued- them: ' in the ordinary course, but the de- l partment ' suggested that permits be} issued` for three months, the Min-I ister having in mind that the act-I ion would be decided` in the mean-VI time, said Mr. Saunders. The action, however, was not brought to] trial, those interested in it constru-' ing the permit to mean that therel l.W0Iuldi be no licenses issued thisl year. On it appearing that the position of the Government would turn somewhat on the result of the Wheh the time cs_nne for issuing; the llcenss, the North rey com- 1"r'I`:QQ:r\*nLrno. \'vvru-q`1 J. L..__ Mr. Saunders explained that the` case diered materially from any! other in which the department has `acted. The local option by-law in, J anuary last was defeated. by the fraction of one vote. Both sides claimed that there had been illegall voting. The local optionists at once took_ legal action and also sent a. deputation to Toronto to insist that the by-law be declared carried, as the district `surrounding Meafo1`d' is all under local option. ' 31; I913 The 1iee_nse9-_-three in number-` will be -restored and a` vote on a local option `by-law will be taken again next January. If the by-la.w carries the` licenses will terminate at once. ./vulva. u~v- A Mr. Eudo Saunders, chief clerk of the Provincial License ` Depart- ment, last Thursday afternoon an- nounced the deqision arrived at, which. is said to be satisfatory to all parti VIVL- 12,, -`I . . I .-The town of Meaford `is to have` its "licenses `for the balance of this year ` at. least. ' ' `Z I ru 0 Compromise Between Liquor E | Forces and Local Option- I ' , ists'.--Will Have Local' I , Option Contestagain Nexi Jan. I I LICENSES WILL BE -ISSUEDTO THREE MEAFORD HOTELS Our Forks, A Sbythes, J and Snaths, are First Quality. are the. Goods in Demand this, month . V )Paris'Greh and Fug Finish for -P ot%at6es. Pure Manillf Hy Fork Rope and Binder Twine Is Hefe For Inspec- ti Qu a`lity tli` Best and Prices AtheTLowest. V AND '. THE WANING OF THE . HONEYMOON I .The June brides, by now, have be- come callous enough to leave" last night s dishes and come dawn in the morning in curl papers anti ikifhnhni.-R11 KTA-v-~ .v 1uva.uu15 111 Cl.l.l'l. I, 1::-imono.-BuaIo News.- numUN'l'UN AND RETURN ...... $43.00 Low rates to other oints. Return limit two .months.Pullman ourist Sleepers leave Toronto 11.35 pm on above dates running through to Winnipeg via Chicago and St. Paul without change. Tickets are also on sal via Sarnia and horthern Navigation Com- nan . The Grand Trunk Pacic Railway is the shortest and quickest route between Winni- peg Saskatoon and Edmonton. Tickets are now on sale at Grand Trunk Ticket oices. J. ILBILLINGSLEY. agent. Barrie, Phone 6b. -action, all parties got together and it was arranged that, the licensee shouldi issue as oxi`August 1, that the parties to the action should con` sent to 9, judgment annulling the` proceedings, as the facts that have `been disclosed to date satisfy both sides on this point, and that the local option sby-lawn be submitted. again in January next. I sUnii1E'ii'iiEIf1'i"i'IN ' mcuumus or oxmuuo Tnnl .uu..... Including Lake of Bags Maganatewan River Muskoka Lakes French River Georgian Bay Tlmlgaml Allgon uln Park Kawatha Lakes ull ummer Service now in effect to all of above resorts. Write for full particu- lar: and illustrated folders to any Grand Trunk A ent. EOM EEKERS' EXCURSIONS nch Tuesdzg until Oct. 28 inclusive WINNIPEG A D RETTRN ........ .. 35.00 EDMONTON AND RETURN .. 43.00 rates tn nfhnr nninl-a `D..o.-__ `X_.!L tsuccussou T0 MRS. LO\;`ERING) Phone 91 Oice, Maple Ave LEWIS 8Z.Co. 9AlM3&QKE- Nut, Stove & Furnace Coadl Hard & Soft Wood.-Cut` and split as desired. Prompt Delivery - Prices Right A mun. onnan soucrran {U1.0D PER ANNUM IN ADV%CE ' IINOLI QOPIII Than: nonv- given. AV IEO NT . only line reaching all w. - _,.n uuvnulil IN ADV' OP[II Thilll OINTI Inclu(`l'ix-mg ` lllndnm Ilil Weirrle. Hun n. B c". Egon; I fan nuke: IOOIE: n on all I FIDO I {IN ~ K111111111 Hex-a.1d--'I.`h,e' _l.`Iy_cl_m; __.'l Electric ('1m1111iss1ou `ls '00n'S'1d_81`11g',f the advisability of proipct{ng ,1,tsj power lines into the` dlstrict `Woo-1 M1211 that at pr'esenf1,qse_rved .rou;1.df ,'_[`oront0 from Niagara Falls s-and the (}e111'g'i1111 Bay fr1nge_of towns served froin the ,Severr1.R1ve1: gen-_ erating plant. A11 engxrgeeer -1!1.tl}9- employ of the 1COmIn1SSlOn was_ In town 011 Thursday of: last week . looki11g- over the situation here and estimz1ti11g' the probable amount of 1 current which could be sold in*A1`-_ ` jiston. 1111 would make no positive7 statenieiits and asked.` .for no_ {bind- ing replies to his questions. `He was . merely here to make an approtx-mate ' estiinate and the gures be secured gave 1111 idea of the total _-amount of ])0,wor used and, as nearly-as it could be taken without el_-aboratel inqui1'_v. the amount of currentvc'on;1 sumed for purpos .3 of illumination. There are 11 1111 her of Steam and gasolim p11we1- plants in townhand the total 11111o1111t of energy .su pplied by those 11111ounts to no less than, four l1u111l1'e1l horsep,1o1wer. The prob-" able cost. where the power owould he ge11e1~11te1 l or how brought in the young` 1111111 could not discuss. He merely l that Alliston, Beeton, Totto11l111111. a11d1 other -towns .311" Simcoe and Duiferin `had lbliede for i11i'11r11111tion regarding h-'ydro power 111111 he had been sent to gather tl11,- information" required by f the] l1y1l1'1.H1-1111111fissioI1 befoge they`: 001111 into i;:e11t y 1ansWer~ t 61 -_e11,-." quires 11111111 11f them. Beeton and, _'l Totte11l111111 ouch asked" for 150 `3 l1orso11111\'1-1- 1`111<.l C`O0l{St0Wn would `t take ]11'11l1:1l1l)' as much eitherhof ll these 11111l .\llist011, Shelbunie, and Q 01`1111g-1-ville ])l`~1)l)al)ly as much each C as two 111' three of the smwllerplaces co,111l1i11111l, llo;1'z1r(`li11g"Alliston_. the 17- llytlro (*11:.:`i1101~1' informed The Her- 8 aid that it was the nicest. town if11,tl all tl1i.~ .-1-1'fi1111 of the country. 118 d was 111111-l1 r11l with its neat ap-A"? pez11'u111-1 111111 the .11e properties. 1 Ho tl11111;:l1t 5111110 four or ve hund- 3 red l1111'.~'[111w(11' of electric current ifllltl he 11.11-11 here quite `readilg 0` e lll.~'11 vi.-it11.l the electric Aligt '0 plant 11111l was .'~'11I`priSed to` find such. mo1lo1'11 1=1111ip1111?11t. The system of Wi1`i11;_r was the lie-st he had seen in 11 town thi-< size in Ontario and the ' equip1111111t w-11.< such that the plant could I111 1.111-1-11tocl: and current dis-4 trib11to1l with 11 minimum of shrink- age. The 1111111i<;ipal pumping`. Ista- t1onl1.11l 111 him- like 11' good place to i11.41:1l an electric` pumping eq11ip1111~11t. Tho information 0113- :E tifined l11-1111 1111 .l`l1urs1day Will 1 be given 111 tlm 1-11mmissi-orn and iniiidue I f>0urs0 tl11- Innttcr .Will be taken up hi 1!} town wl1<*11 the people Will ly Elven the 1111]1111't1111ity to end1orse,O1'~ 19 turh 1l11w11 1111 enabling by-law Which :."1'v11< the commission .p0W_T to take 1111 preliminaryr steps `in, `P1 maklllil 4111 11;z'I'0me11t with the town. 3' hirom Ai1i this hydro represent: in 3V6 .wont to ()r1111g1eville.1 A 1 _ A letter received by Principal of the On for the Blind, from. intendent of the Ame? School for the Blind India, mentions that In evA ` 1 bug 9"! Investigations Now ' Conducted` At -`To Amount of .P,oTw'er;_V : Necessary for S. A / Simcoe Towns L. LXII. NO. 31 THOMPSON CREW; I 'm8I1_Y by Mr. Kchiu. iv`-vv L V , . for an education or tn-'a!1in___;:- hvv industrial lines. ' U1! . _." .. `.u.,.7~.n` v-own: 17$, 1) pla Vin v... 7 -- -...--v- y_ antario . School` DEFEGTIVE WHOLE -No; 4090 Pulusun - T _ person 11110181` laWUu.b,y'vwu Jvua`.-=v_ w. age, who -`is tblind, or whose. sight is so defective that Aattendanoe: Art the local Public Schools. _is not p1 acticable. ': By the methods inV-`.i1;e at `Bxgantford, .0 .900d*-_En lish` cation be-`.ao quired.--_;by .1901 intrwfion :~:'.1`9I.*;*'*?e1 ?5..i.3'."i'1f. ;%Ein:;::a.;3Ah; " ' ~` ai"eT`9gfailb1 have been-many fwhajt` might be] decribedl asrexcessive 'mi_iiiste'rs.-as zand nl-zluniiphl 1: European countries, indicate that,` blindness is decreasing in the most highly civilized communities, large- ly -as the result of greater know- ledge, and more -attention to pre- ventive measures, '` on the part of physicians and nurses. While the returns of the last Dominion cen- sus on this subject have not yet been tabulated and published, there is reason to believe that a similar statement` is applicable to Canada. Nevertheless, it is probable that there are now.--+as there always ~ young people` in Ontario who ought to be enrolled` as pupils in the School at. Brant- ford, but are not-. Some parents of blind! children have never heard of. the School; are ; sens-itive about letting it be known that their children are `alicted; _ many. {from aection, -do not like to} B9931 -.. ated from" their `chi_ld'r_en,- even."_fot1 the `children's To set; rants communication, T_with:=- `parents: Of` $13089, for: `Wh3vi}`T1l9V9.nt`.;th9'; is maintaind* .,the- .r,'1ncip81 ,Zdl' pendifelargely -won the kii1diI!,*.1'f" vention or v -`ni'lil)0V.-55",. 1 I he that icld we The tovv;'n_ has decided. to instal _in the. new powerhouse an entirely new equiqment, with dou.b1'e . the present capacity, or" 2: total I of 3,500 horsepower. ` Orillia s outlay, it is estimated, will" ` be .t about I $70O00- ' t A 1 ' :- Hon.- Frmk Cochrane, Minister of Railways and Canals, glast Fri- day went over the Setvern River sec- 'tion,' the northern outlet of V the Trent Valley -Canal He was ac- companied by his engineers, and? by the Oril-lia Light and: Power Com- missioners, who concluded a bar- gain .wi-th the. Minister v-regarding Orillia s power supply. The Canal plans necessitate the removal of the town s power `plant to a point a mileand a half further down [the river, and the deniolition of a dam which cost" over $75,000 The V Minister gave an agreement to~bui1d' for -Orillia .a dam and powerhouse at Swift Rapids, the new site, and pay the town -a lump sum -of $25; 000 to cover the cost of the removal 0 of the plant, a new roadway and "a transmissipn line._ J _ V, 0 ?d r1 `Old Power House On , Sev-: ` ern Rive? Will Be Blown % . Up To Make/Way V ' % F or Trgnt Can-` al Riiute I I f0Rll.l.lA To an g NEW HYDRO PLANT momsovnxumaun Mr. . Simagson ministered to : con-; gregations at Cooksville, Richmond Hill, Claremont, ` Thombury, Park- dale: and Is-lington, where he closed his active career in the ministry in 1902. He had often occupied the pulpits of Barire churches, `as well as other churches in this vicinity and was well-known to many people in this district. The` death. took place nt -Toronto last Thursdiay; st the age of 81 years, of o.Rev; Jamesy Mortimer Simpson, who was ordainiedo to the ministry 54 _ye_ars ego. He was born near Bellevie, of Scottish stock, who were pioneers in the Bay of Quinte district He `was married to _AIm_ira Bedell. .who predeceased him -by nine, years. The children were: Mrs. W. H. Post, Mrs. John R. Robinson, Mrs. J. Eyer and Mrs. A. D. _Wright. - The late Mr. Simpson was .;ducated at Albert |Co1lege and commenced his minis- }try _in the pioneer days of Method`- ism. /j - 393: .Rev. `James Mortimer Simpson, Qrdain\eS!;_ the -rv-nn:n4-.._ EA , AGED MZ`[NiST>1:3R` '1)EiAD THC JNTIRISTS >07 HARRIS, THE /' 01' ~ IJIIVLI n.u.vn_. i .Indignant Wijfe---I wo1;der vhat' ed? when :n`1er1'1 were. .1-st oompell-V ed 1t6...earn-,;'t_h_ir `by sweat fbrow-4? . . I V "W. - K `;M'." v`.i,;',' I "'ll1' lyou gwould` ,' have done if you had.. I`! t on plica- neu. Bowing. & Company of Ca_ngda,_ Limited, who - have reoently acquir- ed works at Lindsay, Ontario," ' for manufacturing: high-class hydraulic, machinery,` have. been awarded th contract 'for' large `turbines wand" go'v,e`m'ors_. by V the Hyd.ro.{Iectric.' "Power Commission of ` "Ontario V `for the V Waadells Falls `on the Seiivern Riv_er._ units -Kvl be of simi- lar.` sizegto thos'e recentlgkasupplied my oBov'ing' _& Qompaiiy 'of_- Canada ,1- 11;..- 'KT... a."'0 ant`: 5-. < '1'! I f.h8.. bovlng W b. u U-L vuuuuu :0 91. Not "gird? 5,- i in .,r the i &',"t_ {V913 .Wh1ch,;have` ;a.jctn)bin- I6 capacxjy. gf 10,000 A V'5"h-'x.>ie:au1 e?l3_1'u_E;i-s-tag; Toledo, 0. Ha_ll s Catarrh Cure is taken in- ternally, acting directly upon `the. blood and mucous surfaces of the |system. Testimonials, sent free.. [Price 75 per bottle. Sold by all [Druggistm ~ cc. 1-! as 15011 AI ,, [ HYDRO 0ONTRAC'.1i T:l:0:"A-'II9.'1l'8 Family Pills for b constipation. A _ q .. _ N I - tl1;-:11-1l 'h'ave lcoolrml F J. Cheney. for the last 15 years, "and' believe -him `perfectly honorable in all business tranecaticns and nancially able to carry out any obligations nlgde by his rm. ` Welding," Kinnan & Marvin I . We oer One Hundred Dollars} Reward for any case of" ~Catarrh. that cannot V be "cured; by Ha-1l n |Catarrh Cure. ' f _ I-191: V1.5 u\a\a,u|.- .5 Va 5 The `last person previous tQ this who was arrested in Torornto for picking -pockets and who .Was-.al1ow- ed hiswfreedom on.$500 gash bail no sooner obtained his liberty than hejumped into a .taxica;b at the jail and on reaching -the. Union Station left for the United States. `He never returned. F, :1. c_3HEN{3Y _ & 00., ` To1 ii; 9. M can Q! 515510050 .1. IJLLQ, J.` 0 .llo )1 en the four. men who .were al- so .grre'sted.' in Barrie, owing to good work by Sergeant Guthrie, appeared in the Police Court here it was un- derstood that bail was not to be grantedk but when the men elected to be tried in a higher court .re- presentations _by their lawyers to J udge`Morson resulted in His Hon- or. signing papers ewhich allowed Reid his freedom and which will allow the other three omen their `liberty if they can obtain the re- quired security. - It is also understood that the ` other three men` who are held in the .m[;uxs We no 191.14. -.8u;:1;e mu_ [reg ` charge will also :be able to obtain their"-freedom if they `can furnish a sinilar` amount of security. The week that these four men were arrested in Barrie a celebrat- _ion of the sixtieth anniversary of the town was held. That week, it . is said-, that no less than $3,000 was lost by different citizens, visit- ors and farrners in the place. ;_ TWO MEN wno Du) Nor RETURN ,Two men..were arrested in Barrie - . on a charge of picking pockets -and` `after; a hearing were granted bail. ` When the case was called in `the `J Police` Court there the `two men did not appear and their lb-ail was for- feited, so the Toronto police say. They. add that this is the usual way with pickpockets. These. two men were later `arrested, it was said, in New, York State on _a `charge of -piekinfg pockets and are now held in Niagara Falls, N.Y. 1 ' 1 '1 ITITL--_. LL- 1- , BARRIE; COUNTY OF SIMCOE . \ I I _ - ~ . I v-p - ' '0N'I`A'RI(), JULY -.,w... vu. as o}a1u.__au UIIU UIIIUI1 DEE-'1 tion, vv's granted bail yesterday, furnishing $500 cash to: obtain his` freedom. ` i _.The Toronto Globe of Saturday` says :-5-Much "against the` ' wishes of the Police Department, F. M. Reid, one. of the four` men arrestecl `at Barriefon July 1st on a charge.of picking`. %the pocket of 9. Toronto nnnvs Ann 1` J.....:.. -L L` % % A`uthorifies.-Police - ` Say He Will Never Return ALLEGEDPICKPOCKTI ans BAIL DESPITE z [ POLICE PROTEST} may "THING: I-IOW S THIS? oov yv vsxvv VJ. (I J. 'U`1 U11" UU . tralnwat the Union Sta.- ._...___A_. ll A81 COUNTY OF SIMCOE AND THE DOMINION OF > F.'? I n. x `:7 .,.v- 1 Famous `Paintings Gei'many,'l Britain, United States. .` . and -Canada. .V . The display` of paintings _'at," the `Canadian National Exhibitibixz draws A-`lovers of ' the- bbIutiful` _~ f1fo1n'. all {arts of America-`-, _. > _ - This year the. galleries will b di- videgl into four __ seetions S` British, Gmzrman. A;1aeric8n_i,:..n g'C`:hna1J'..at;.-` exhinit A In ' Vthe , ga1leries.Jau'e gathered ethe `best works of Canadian. "end _United States gurtists, and` the great galler- ies of Europe loan their etrehsures to further enhance the value of f "the [Black and Silver Foxeslto be Shown ' at Exhibition. .. Fancy pricesi havefbeen paid for black foxes lately and some people have taken `up the industry of A rais- ing these animals." D. Downham, a" farmer, residing near Strathroy, `has applied for space at Toro`nto Exhibition to have an exhibit .'of ` iblack and silver foxes. b This will `prove an interesting and instruct- ive exhibit. The 'foxes~. will ' be housed in ' a tent near the poultry `L .' ' --1.'l._`.. ! i;;:1:.f,.g:`` auuuucx uU15u'UU1`, JILL`. ouepnera. I On the morning of tlie tragedy, Mr. Shepherd sent his little boy -`over to Mr. Wines farm to see if he i would come and: help him draw in hay that afternoon. The .little T lad was `not able to nd him, and Mr. Shephed ment to Mr. Desja,r- dines at a dinner time expecting to see him there, and not nding` him he went across to Wines barn where he found him hanging in the stable, llife `being instinct. . Dr. MeFau1 loaf. Gollingwood, the Coroner, was noti- d at once, and he decided an in- quest was unnecessary. The `body was `then removed to his uncle s, Mr Lu-ke Wines, from whose Home the funeral took place on Sunday afternoon and was largely attend-ed. Interment -took to the Union cemetery, Sunidanle, Rev. A.,,P; Kennedy, oiciating. ' ' ` nu It can V J. \L\4$1I\ILl.\JvWLl IE`. Wines had Uhyeen a resident` of Sunnidale all his life and last fall purchased a farm on .Which he lived alone. ~ He had been accus- tomed to get. his meals -at Mr. Marchel Desjardine, a. neighboring farmer, and [to - exchange work with another neighlborg Mr.` Shepherd.` nn 4-]... .~............. -: Li. ;......J. F: of ado and Stayner Sun--~On Friday last, the 1 neighbors of" the sixth line of. Sun- ] nid'1e_ were shocked to` hear of the sad and tragic death of Mr. John, Wines, 9. much respected and well- t_o-7d'oI young man `of the vicinity, whoitook his own life while in `a `state of despondency. 11'- \I'T.'..-_ `L_.1 1,, '1 {Lived Alone On, Farm He 3 Had Receintly Purchas- ed.--Coroner Deem- ed {inquest Unniiesshry SUNNIDALE MAN HANGED HIMSELF I IN mzspounam FIT ......v... ;.u; u.I._.|_y uuvvu yuq 1'1Vc'1'. V It is altogether proba-ble the" Min- ister will go: over the `whole "route to Georgian Bay, and` A from there on to Toronto. ` TA` GREATEST ART EXHIBIT -r-vvoo \J\.Il-IA-I-lcl-5 1.1 U111 J. _UUUl`UUfUug'u. On _ the Bessie Butler. Mayor Goffatt, the 9 iter, Light. and Power Com- P missio rs, and members; of the] [Board of Trade took tea with the .Minister at `the Orillia.` House last even`ihg, after which he was taken to Couchiching Beach -`where a band concert .was given, This morning the Ministers party ' and Town Commissioners, Solicitor, and` Engineer, left for Ragged; Rap- ids, where the question of giving the town a new, dam" and power house lower. down the river in ex- change for the present `one, which has to be removed} as` it interferes with the canal plans, will be thor- oughly gone into. "The party went by boat to Washago, thence by. con- veyance to Severn, where boat_ was ` i taken `for trip down the `river, TL L. ..1L....-4.`I_-_ _-1;,1'1 `Irv The Orillia` Times of last Thurs- ;day says:--Hon.- Frank Cochrane, Minister of _Railways and Canals, is on a trip _over the Trent. Valley Waterway, and witli his engineer" ing party arrived yesterday after- noon, ooming from Peterborough on I u11+1nw .]'In-v\- I` `r` LL GOING. OVER CANAL fox EXHIBIT cannon V oun cm1'tmoN.. L GS. EHYW