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F$3o, Ioc.--from $3 By means of t Orders which we issue. _yqu_ c`a_'n send sums up to $5 to any pom; ya: Canada(Yukon c=:x_ce ed)or to any'of the principal cltxes States with mini Orders forsums u to $5 cost 3c. ~--from $5 to $10. 5 V to $50, 156. Bank Monf-f of th Uiiited-. rn. cost V and _ trouble and absolute! no risk of los_s._ from $19 to A 3.1 sac-.u day. :. ed to Barrie. F. -- y of Chicago and Philadelphia, e noted truss expert, will be at th Qi1een s, Hotel and Barrie Thursday only, Feb. 26. Mr. Seeley says:. The _Sp-ermati` hield as now used and approved b_ `the United States Government will not only `retain any` case of mp '29- -perfectly, af- fording -immedia and complete `i"elief,*{ but closes he opening` in " `10*da'ys onthe a.` case. This instrt `nth recejive the only award " `gland _"--i1nd.l if -_pa'in, produc- ,su1t`- ifvithoiittv Wgery,` harm- ` V ions; ' gjtreatmentst or Seeley, W11 Fitted.-Czar of Russia,` will remain Rurtrtn EXPERT HERE At Collingwood AT Barrie 15 `Net-tleton . . . 13 Allan . . . . . .14: 14 Fryer . .21 ' '. 1'2 0. T. stiailens 10 $5.29 H. ._. .- 21 F . 68 12 f . License Ihpctor. Barrie. Feb y 10th,-1914.. %I7-sj 5.4 I Ull AS400 \IL >Ll JILL L d8=llgi1- Westcottv . .. . I 8l Rule . .. . .. .20 H. Y. Telfer. .3 1'.` TV '11 1:` r Colling-wood F. Tvelfer. $6! 53! i The usual sombre atmosphere of the Council" Chamber was bright-" ened on Mondayrnight by the pres- ence of a number of ladies; there were 15 in the party and Mrs. N. B. J ohnston, was delegated to pres-\ ent their requirements. The pleasure of introducing them` was allotted to the young Deputy-Reeve, Mr. McLean. Mrs. Johnston pres- ented a'. resolution (the gisttof which appears below) and added that she had enough faith in Can- adian men, of which she saw such splendid specimens before -her,- to believe that they would give the matter of votes for married women the consideration the question mer- ited, and that they would not be backward in showing that. truest chivalry to the women of the town. vv His` \Vorship promised to have the matter taken up without delay and complimented Mrs. Johnston on her concise presentation of the matter. VP]-.. ._-_---_A. 1` Opportunities such as these 3 to see ure_H IGH GRADE % FU RS are not `presented, every day. Therefore, you should act quickly and take` advantage of our present of- ferings during our ` \\IAA\,L~J\J 1;;\.sn.xLI.uI.Au1L UL L1H: lllabhcl. The request of the Board of Education for $30,000.to complete the Collegiate was not granted, the Council dividing evenly on the question. - I By EvenVote Decide that Peo- I ple Should Vote on Money | For Collegiate.-Votes i for Married Women H`. J. Tudhope, Clerk" of Oro, wrote that he was unable to give any _inVforma_tion with reference to the account of- John Jamieson, but thought the latter could explain it. TL- 'l)......Z.. `YT I`! V!` 1" .('-_._..-.__'I,._]. unnv RIBLLU uLA\._ auI.\,\.\,I. \..\J|.lL\.l LKSIILLALII lL'~ The Barrie \V.C.T.I'. forwarded` a copy of a resolution passed on the 13th inst._. asking the Council to place married women on the same basis as widows and spinsters, so "fhat'7`ma`rriage should no longer be a handicap .to full municipal citi- zenship, thus-"going on record with Toronto, Hamilton and Ottawa. {The wish among the ladies was very general, and it was unfair to de- prive those who did want it because some were ind`ifferent; T1 `I. P 000000 10005 DOWN 102001231 FOR $30,000 Ll \./ `V\.al\.' Ala\.(ll.l.\.l\.4J.lI.o -Sec y Donnell of the Board of Health advised the construction of a sewer connecting - the Bradford St. sewer at the south end with the G.T.R. property, and that the Work . be done as soon as possible. . Reeve F. H. Ball, Oro, explained- that the $10 account of J 110. Jamie- son was for the upkeep of the road `between Barrie and Oro, an arrange- ment having" been made 3 or 4 years ago svhereby both munie1-pa1- ]ities shouldpay for same. ,__A_ v T ___- .1. ...,.`..\.1 In.` A.; nrmncrvrnst J-Ulvo vsnu \.|.l.\.I. _ t;uI.]- `V. -.4--...._.. -Supt. Lynch asked for an answer with reference to the. lease of land jnorth of the Barrie station, ' D._ M. Stewart and H. -D. Jamie- hson, undertook to indemnify the town from any -loss by reason of saw logs being placed on Vdaspra St. e 9 1'11 . 1' 1` LIL- T1,,`L1.`- IDJD Sec y Fletcher of the Public Library asked for $1300, made up as follows: Interest on mortgage, $100; sinking fund, $400; net ex- penses, $800`. r"`--A -nntnnn-n4\Ix`UIl\ l'\: pcuaca, cpuvv. The manufacture of electric ranges by municipalities was ad- vocated in :1 letter from the Mayor ofBer1'ix. ' 1 on 1-11 .* T01. UL .lJCL L111- Sec. Hobley of the Electric Light Dept. reported the number of cus- tomers at. the end of the year as lfollows: residences 689, business {.1 .00 PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE- CUGGLI ODPIII 1`l-sill! CINTI - Good Id` F ashion- ed ghnuts In roan` or twisted BRYSQN S Phone*2 Store 38 Eliia\ :_ (Continued on Page 5). Comnlunications Owing to the hig _ `the following rate_ .` T3351 .50 per Flay: I T----... . VOL. LXIII. 0 THDMIION STOCK-TAKING SALE J. F. -cumin-, pm. Barrie Br4 A--from $30, $3 Use them. . Singie` i'IV.`Ii?)uS'. DUFF, . ~ WHOLQ,';-~i_oi. '4`: 1;} ngw, pulununf . V Q j 3$`3$3.490000 380300.000 YOUNG FARMERS & now NBANQUET AT nu: oumrs ..,.......-,.. . . . _ _ The Class - was -ne_x`t toasted, Messrs, R. N. Hickling and Iro O.- Partridge ..responding. Mr. Hick- ling gave. personal '-testimony as to the benets he had derived from the '-instruction imparted, and was as- sured. that Barrie` was the ideal .ce..n.tre ; ef9r,.o .t Had ..it been r held at ' some ot er centre he felt sure there would not have been half so many attend. The Literary Society in oonnection. with the class was of educative `benet, ` in the opinion of "Mr. Iro O.` Partridge, who thought ~this was one of the best methods to s develop latent talent and to form a. closer bond. of friendship V ` between the `younger generation of farmers, who will be the men of. affairs of a few years to come. _ L rs: 11 11 `I 9 L- LL- ~....-,.-. *` - The toast to the King `was duly 11o'nore'd-. and Mr. Geo. Raikes plied V in a concise patriotic re- sponse. ` ' 7 ' i I urnL.' n1-__.n , , _,~.. .1- .,,,1 (tux. v Total ssets (0ver` Mr. R. Caldwell, replying to the toast of Agriculture, said this was the leading pursuit of every country, and thought the course I just concluded one `of the best means of holding the young men to- gether and "tting. `them to `better grasp the great possibilities of this "greatest of all bu'sinesses.`If. all -the young farmers in the Coun- try had understood the benets to be derived from the class in agric- ulture just, concluded, he had little doubt `but that the class would-have numbered twice V as atnany; The practical side. of the work ; suchas the -stock and grain judging ' was . worth many dollars to- each student. `ll 1' T.`.......`I....- 13-..`.-. Anus nnvmbn- Hdn. Jags, Duff and Instruct-I ors Laughland and Varey _ Guests of Honor%.--.Pi ihy % .Specheo by Students The feature of -the banquet given last Friday evening by the students who have just completed the four- week s course in . Agricultural was the address of the ' Hon." Jas. Duff, -Minister, `of Agriculture, who complimented the half hundred students: on their very evident in- terest and intelligent grasp` of the great study of `scientific production from the soil. The class was or- ganized by Mr. J. Laughland-, B.-S.A., a district . representative o of the Department of Agriculture, and the factthat the interest was sus- tained to the last,.was _a tribute to his ability, `as Well as to his as- sistant, Mr. J. M. Varey. AL.-.4. Hn -........ .............. -4. LL- -usv uusxv, .Lu..-In V GL9. About 70 were present at the banquet at the -Queen s Hotel `on Friday evening, ~. 'and_it' was 9. hap- pyv social gathering: .of intelligent young` agriculturists and their lady `friends. `Seated at the head of the ta'ble was Hon. Jas. S. Du, and on his right were Messrs. `.La'ugh- land and Varey, the instructors, while to his left sat Mr. Geo. Raikes, Mr. J. M. Gilchrist (the toastmaster) and A Mr. T. W. [Sharpe T VHL- .L-_-J.! L, 1.1-- 1'7,, ., - `LL17, \\ Ul'bu uluuy uuuaxo DU Uubaa uuuuuu... M. J. Frawley lives near Hawke- stone, and although it had cost him 1 considerable to remain in Barrie and take the course, he would glad- ly remain for another four weeks . if the length of the course had . been extended. `He - thought the 1 government was acting wisely in , giving to the young: farmers of`! Ontario such an admirable oppor- ` tunity to acquire scientic know1- ` edge in agricultural . pursuits, an investment which would ,- payj big dividends in the years to come. ` . Foundation of Trade Perfect agriculture is the" true foundation of_ trade and industry-; it is the -foundation of the riches `of the na_tion, -zread 'a_ little para: graph on. the tieverse [side of the ~ Toast ' List, and this thought i ` "was brought out by -7 Hon_.` Jas.* , S. D.u_~~ in his address :to'5t_11e_ young . fair-mersg` `assoc;iated'._ around 1 the- `festive board. -T "H0,'"0mP1i*t` , them on..a.`,the_ir- V `intelligent.- seannearsncef '.@`i*n-`;d`V`-`ii-liitiiei-: t ;Vi = tn8t theydisrilsyd T e ;1_1_iI_ii' :.ema1e:=u:` inlets golf 1` :4; 00111883 111 pruuuucuu. Uvlausv-I ........ bearing good fruit, according to Mr. Du. They were not only. educative, but the social side `of the Aga_theri,ngs< was` helping 'to. bind. the _ youjr_1g farmers V toget_-hgr, _ `to. make lif on .'-.the_`ffa_rm more opleasjant and` too keepvootheooyouonczs heople 70:1 the % ~f&.1.`li1.--' J `giffii. I 33;) ,1,1f`t: - ca19itnli1;..;jo;:;% I i E o ~1 Au _ 6| ,:_4;_`;sva...`-., ``.T.,..`,.`. . he V had. a ;bett'_er,_ `surer, more V d`r.rf1_~, _;__9r_table ; eVx1sten`cef; ))ha_'n_ .. %`,n1ne-_te1;_1;11s _- Oi ti? T,iity,;yv;,w911* H T . *'%the`.;%sur,igt y,i% M M $8: 112 `rm: _m'rul:s'rs or IAnaaI1:.,.}'rm:--~c`ou_uw or 3}.0E~_AND Tl-IE common or cannon oua carr-anon. TBAERIE; COUNTY OF SIMCOE, ONTARIO FEBRUARY 19, 1914 Paf'd-up Capital Res and Undivrdod Prots "Friday it seemed; warm when two two "years, and continued cold such a new a standard. for this year wit 'lIV_VWO II -Last Tuesday, Wednesday and`. Thursday the mercury never climb- ed above the zero mark, but on above was recorded. Thursday sI reading of 30 `below, which was equalled during the cold spell in January, is the` lowest recorded for as during the past. week has never before been known. Last year s lowest temperature was in February, when we shivered with a modest 18 V below, but `the A Frost King has set ti reco1'.tl'Uf`80"bETmv `and frequexw 1 Au 1 1 ., 20 and 25 below. temperatures. ' 1 .0. .15 nu , m _, ___-_1:__,___ ' _'i_ng` `most hfospitablet `en-tertaine pl Jowslri-p -which always _ prevails 3 " chaiVr'sl were occupied] -1337 form .W;M,, WQ`_Bro. E. .T. Mceonkey; M l Minerv_a` Lodge, `_ ..'& Stroud, have the reputaotion`. of - and Past Masters Night, Lon. day of last Week was but _anoth._ example of this spirit `of good; f_i the lodge `rooms at Stroud. t WT`: Masters `of the lodge, as` follow" S.W.; W. ;Bro.. W.~J. Latimer; W;, W...ABro.. J. IS. Leonard. The Second Degree was exemplied in. admirable `banner, and 'a banquet; in the Orange Hall followed, oat which W. H. Martin the present- Wor. Master of the Lodge. presided; A number of guests were present. including W. Bro. Alex. Cowarl and W. Bro. J. Little of Barrie. " LU uuu AU JcxUvv- |aU1l.l._lJ\7LIvuAvuo The official readings are as fol- lows :- - 1-13' V1 1'._,, Feb. 11 .4:-\ *Below zero. The temperature was below 'zero from 3- am. of the 10th to 6 p.m. of the 13th, a period, of 87 hours. STRQUD `M-Aso1\I.~s HOLD 4 - 1_ AST.MAS='1`ER .S _N.IGH3_ " The winter of 1914 will go dowrf in history -as one of the coldest orgi- record, although We have been com-I` paratively freefrom storms, and the bright crispair has been rather invigorating than disagreeable: Thermometers vary in different.- parts of the town, but the oicial temperatures, as correctly recorded`; at the meteorological station a by Mr. W. H. Buttery are usually about four `degrees higher than- some of the other thermometers which their owners` are Willing tog. swear by . . ~r--r mo: `"9 1 _-1,. ___.1' The. Barrie Young .Conservative Club arearranging for a Smoker in the Opera House on Friday even- ing, February 27th, and invite all young` men as. well as the older ones to attend. Arrangements are being made to have I-Ion. I. B. Luicas, Provincial Treasurer'; Hon. W.- H. Hearst, and two Cabinet Ministers from` Ottawa in attend- ance, besides the local members of both houses. There `will. be music and song, , and the Highlanders `Pipe Band of Hamilton is expected to be present to give at Celtic air to the proceedings. ' There vill be no admission fee and everybody is` -welcome to come_ and enjoy the entertainment and hear -`some ne addresses on public questions. This is `therst of a series of such enter tainments to" be held.` .- , - ' 1 . Mr. A. D. Simon entertained the two rinks of -cur1ers. who wonl the Governor-Genera1 s Cup at his home on" Saturday evening. Speeches and songs were indulged in after a sumptuous repast~ had been served, Mayor Cowan and, President Jack- dson a1so__being present. The rink skipped -by Mr. Simon has come` through the sason with . rebut * one defeat, when Lindsay rink were one up "in the nal for th`e Governor-Gen- -;`eral s :t_r0phy,. abut the other rink- had -:.enoug'h`.`to spare to; carry the BANK M0 Y oamm SAVE moun AND Loss .ExfrQndinm-.5; 'B3,1'8`8ins await `thrifty b`yers_ in .-they principal stores, 1 . to-marrow and. Saturday :( F%eb_._V 20- dnd '21) "Barrie,-Bargain 'l`.\_"__ i5a3#~ PHEW! IT WAS COLD !f5 K, % %sgday,% ab. 22nd, 1914. 1 .QUIN_QTJG_ESA'M_=A, j `SUNDAY . A91$*%Qom.hWni`:. % C.:l`.w`;.`-.;.l` Smoke? Up% High- est 7 *25 *3o *24 Rain Snow *12` , %- -- *11 -- - % MAKER OF L } % m PORTRAITS Eur:-:-:-::a:_:n:-In:-':.--::I:J, 13 19 1.0 1.0 0.1 It would seem to be good policy on the part of the Council to en-V deavor to t have the armories.p1aced~ in. Agricultural Park, where the building would -be of use to an the citizens, instead of disguring the 'Queen s Park with it. . - ' ` _-'l.-..._.. rr\..__. ....- M...-.. A3,... :-. D \iu1`UI\1.y no Uu'U ulxsuv vv.I.-an, uuu to practically give a public park and children s playground over to the use of the militia for av drill grounds, is hardly the original ob- ujectfor which such places `are pro- ` Yvicled. 11 . u n `I0 Agricultural I For Drill Hall Vcguccxxo .I.au\ wxuu. mu. `[Our columns are dpen for a b A k ` discu$i0m; %s \lJ. VAALO UV VV ll. GILL! U10 UL 1\4I.Iu On the other hand-, to place the building in the 'Queen s "Park is to mar, to some extent, the beauty of this pleasure resort and recreation grounds. The Parks -Commission has'been doing good. work in beau- tifying Qi1een s Ifark, .even if the transformation. mto a veritable `fairy garden has not been eected` as quickly as one might Wish, but r-n__r:--11__ -_:_- - ____L1:- ......1- Rev. G. R. Turk has purchased some property f_r-om Mr. John Claxton, on` Cumberland St., and intends erecting a" residence In the near future. L F. T. suomfi - Mr. -Frank Smith hae donated "medals to be given to the winning players in the S.:S; Hockey League. The games are ne exhibitions of hockey,- many of the fans claiming that the play is faster and cleaner than the majority of junior O.H.A.` games. . LIA. LLUU VUIJQLKAULUULX There is sound judgment in the] suggestion, and; if it is not yet tool late it would be Well for the Town Council to reconsider` their decision to have the Queen s Park disgured by -the erection thereon of a Gov- |err 1"I`r1ent`c.l`1:i11 hall.` 1 01. 1 11 vsagusvuv 1.51.1.1]. 111111: `The utility ofgtheidrill hall, or armories, it is pointed out, would not be impaired one iota, if it were erected` in Agricu`ltura1 Park, and the benets of having such a com- modious structure in af position where it might -be used for horse shows, promenades, -large public gatherings in the summer time, and as one" of_ the show` buildings at Fair time, would make the struc- ture of some practical. use all "the year round, besides being an in- centive to the local- corps of the militia to increase the interest in and eiciency of thecitizen soldiery of this` town and district. `I Toe the Editor,--When the site for the new - armories was `being considerd, points out a prominent nworker in the Barrie Agricultural '[Society, why was the Agricultural 1 Park not considered? m1_ A4_ _ ' , 1 ` 1' .'1 We `Aim In It!` `Ba.rga.ins'beingV `ered. Great Bar.- gains throngho tlfe whole stone.- . Everything goes- Come Frida L % W AT? THE BA GAIN GAME `Men s $10.00 Men s $12.50 $100 Caps 170 9' at` AA 1'? 1X V0`G1o`ve_`s Men s $1.00 Und ; 50c "Neckwear . . [$2.50 `Coat Swea_ . $1.00 Soft Shirts Boys ..$1.25 Pan $3.50 `Coat Swea $8.50 Overcoats . . $10.00 Overcoats . $15.00 Overcoats . $20.00 Overcoats. . `Boys $3.75 Refe -NIL\JIa Q uvv \.I V uvvovu $7.50 .. Boys `$4.00 `Suits } Boys `$5.00 Suits ' {$2.50 Silk Mufflers ;. .. .' ' _vi_sit our store`; .P.f1id,- T LICENSE DISTRICT} or CENTRE SIMCOE 5 is? for Two ~ Bgemember the so. Days .0313 `Spec 9.a9h`da~` % Come 1 Saturday Come Sure I uts . . . . . . $4.98 Its . $7.98 ults $9.98 . . . ? . . .$11.98 ts $14 98 1 ....$1 00 [coats cannot .wiI_ln be u 7;:--av '. . .98 worth AA AA VI Va van . .$2.98 . .$2.98 ' . .$3.9S . `.$~1.5o Public Notice is hereby `igivnenn that W. M. Hamilton has made "ap- plication for permission to transfer the tavern license for the premises- known as the Vespra House, of` Barrie, to W. H. Head. of the City -of Toronto, and that said applica- tion will be considered at the meet- ing: of the Board of.Lice nse `Com-, missioners to be -held, in the In? s] )C(:t0I"s Office in the Town of `Bar? rie, on FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27th, 1914, at the hour -of.`2 'p. m.`_: All persons interested _will, govern `themselves accordingly. ' ` ...n..- A .. -\ -nu-on-'1 v A .The death` occurred early Monday morning of Annie -Shaw McLean, beloved Wife of Rev. D.: D. McLeod, _D.D., following a brief sickness with sciousness, except for a few mo- ) `people of all denominations. 151,- 1 -1 1 pneumonia: On Tuesday night of last -Week she was taken ill, and on] Thursday she `became very much" worse, and did not regain con- ment at a time; The news of her illness spread rapidly and messages of sympathy poured in from people allover the town. When her death. was announced on Monday morn-I ing, it came as a great shock to 1rT 1` TBarrie'Was 27 up" on the rou11d:{ for the Barrie-`C-ollingwood. `Oup' Curlillggames last Wednesday, the scores an-d `skipsh being as follows: of the late Rev. Duncan MC-Lean, v.n. swam. \.A Anvsaunzauvsvsnuo Firs. McLeod vwas the daughter` of the _United Free `Church of Scot- land, `and was born in 1840 at Glen-I orchy, Argyleshire; S_cot1and. `She was educated in Glasgow and lived `there until her marriage with Rev. Duncan McLeod in 1867, and in 1872 they came to Canada. For fourteen years Dr. McLeod minis- tered to the Presbyterian congre- gation at Paris, Ont., and twenty- seven years ago came to Barrie. Mrs. McLeod was the last of a` faun- Barrie Webb . .. . I Brownlee . . Simon . | Hart, Dr`. .' .' Milne . .. . Stapleton . Stephens . . . 1 Malcomson . . . [DEATH or MRS. Mcuaon! lwllllcatd and rened, Mrs. Mc- Leod was a beautiful Christian character, and her passing will be-. much regretted by all the people ofl Barrie and hosts of ' friends in other places. She was always ready and willing to inconvenience C herself to comfort the sick or care for the needy, and was always fore- most in the charitable work of the town._ To no one will the blow of her death be felt more than by her aging partner in life and their adopted son, Mr. Herbert. McLeod. A private service was held at the family residence, . 100 Owen St.,', yesterday afternoon, "followed by a public `service _in St. Andrew s Church. . The church was draped in` mourning. Rev. Neil Campbell, Clerk of the Presbytery, and Rev. F. `V. Anderson, of Orillia. eon-l `; ducted the V services. ABARRITE CURLERS WIN T % 3 % T CFROM COLLINGWOOD ters. DR TROY S MISSION I Dr. Troy s mission in `the Bapt- ist Church commenced last Sunday under very happy conditions. DI'.l Troy is a very "original and force- ful speaker, `and his magnificent addresses were well worth hearing. Everybody who can should. hear lhim during] the week\. The services will be continued as follows: Bible readings every-afternoon from 3"to. 4; Gospel -Service at night com- mencing with song -service at 7 .45. On Wednesday afternoon at 4.15,] Dr. Troy will address a children s` mieeting. V011 `Sunday afternoon a mass" meeting` for men at 3 o clock. ,These services will be continued this week and next, and all day on =ieSiind'ay.. No meetings `on Satur-