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SP RING MEANS L VVBJOO ' I . ` . ` . . Mr. Co'6`k s business` activities. 1n-l [ eluded a directorship in the former` _, Traders Bank. He was one of the. .syn-dicate, headed -by Sir W. P. _' H-oiwland, which in 1880 offered to _1'build the Canadian Pacific Railway. 3 He was president of the Toronto U. E. Loyalist Association for some O O .l years. In religion he was a Luther- ilan. .Mr. Cook s wife. who was a , daughter of `James .White, a hotel- } keener of-Dalston in the early days _ died seven years ago. He isTsur- bl vived: by two daughters, Mrs. Frank , E. Macdonald and Mrs-. N-orreysi Worthington, wife of the late. Colonel Norreys Worthington, | M.D.,M.P., and four grandchildren] l-.-Francis Herman Cook Macdonald,` H. Randolph Macdonald. Marjoriel M. McDonald and Donald Ry-ersont Ma.cdonald,'al1 of Toronto. Dr. V.` A. Hart and Mr. G. Hart of Barrie; are nephews and Mrs. Chas. \Vhite; _ of Barrie is a niece." ` .2 I 4 I` 5 I [cumuflated a considerable fortune` from this business, and . was largely >inst`rumentlT in the building up ' of the town. The Midland mill was lburned in 1377. _* s L ............. ... W. .. , _ Mr`. Cook sat in `several sessions` {of the Ontario and. Dominion Parliaments. ~He rst entered poli-! `tics in 1871, when he unsuccessfullyl `A contested the provincial ` `riding of eNorth Simcoe; He was elected to: V the same constituency of the Feder-i gal House in the following year, and: `in the general election of 1874 wasi ieleeted`, Aunseated on petition, and; T`l -.__._._ .`I._.L'._..L..,`l 2.. 4.1.. ..`|,...A.:..--,. `then reelected -by a small majority._ VUILLIL .. \t1\/\JII\I\.A. ..,,, .. ......... .....,v..._,. -..W l7 I-Iewais defeated in the elections dis-tri of 1878, and then went back to the 6 1 lProvincIia1 House, where he was good electedjn 1879, and remained until $850, 1882. Then resigning, he stood for` trict' the Federal House in East Simcoe,l 8 1 `Which seat he occupied until 1891. West. Since then he has not held public snap. oice, though. he unsuccessfully .co-n- U11 [tested his old seat in the -_ general`Wes.t. Ielection of 1897. In spite of his 6 I y`condemna.tion of the Government in west 1900, he remained a strong Liberal $750. to the last, "and was an avowed ad- montl vocate of public ownership of rail- ways. ROSIE n-_~s._a- 1_.__:_-__- _-A.:..-:L:.\... :.. Omce `To "Pass Tlirough Ori11ia--Contract Let to `be Finished End of 1915. Orillia News-Letter--The Cen- Itral Railway of Canada, of which we have heard -considerable during- the: -past two years, is to become a reality; The undertaking is now actually under way and a contract has been 1 , calling. for the com- pletion of - e road by Decenoer 31, 1915. The rails are now being laid west of McAlpin`e. ' H11 - -:1_____l _:`h _.____ 1-.-... 11.. CENTRAL RAILWAY Now] - UNDER WAY I WV K390 \/L .LLI-K4.Ll1J'llA`\o ' ._Thist railway will run from Mon-i gtreal. to Midland. passing throughl Hawkeslbury, Carleton Place, ~,~Fen9-g I Ion Falls and Orillia. Later it is proposed to make extensions to To- ronto and Port Stanley. It will open up much new territory in .Ontario and will be the` shortest and most direct line from Midland to Montreal. ` 5 given. rmzsmi 1 I , ,_,Wj?j_- T ;PROPERTIE$ FOR? SALE Brick house ;and lot`and 2; acres of first-class land, for sale on easy terms. xPrice right. I Q _,______:| ,_ _- L 1 -, _. 11 , 1 ... navy AJBJJUI ' c 8 . roomed cement hous'e, stable and chicken house and 2 lots; well ,fenc_ed with good -water. Calling idiEri_c cf Graqd` T3-`unk. u.nu_usn\.-v \I.l. \JI1uA1u, .L1ullI\. Brick -house` with all conveniences, ,south side of VVorsley St., owned [by Mr. Thomas Black. Price .00 1I'\f\ A- I II. ...-v.... .; uuxuuo uxaun. :$3,100, -terms arranged. g New 7-roomed house, 1 acre of .rst-class land, on Owen street. Price $1,200, easy terms, in calling district of Grand Trunk. 0 A1 rm. \,|A\aIIA nuv \IJ. \)llLIlL\_[ .1.I.L|A 6 room Btmgalo, on good` water and nice $850, $100 down. In itrict' df G11'and. '!`r1`1n=k. v-auu \.IL \JI -.|nAALI. 4. L klllllo roomed brick house, John St. Price $1,000. This` is a TT,,h,',1, 1 I 1 1' 1 r1- HmT'f1.1-n-ished bungalo on John St. -West. Price -$500. $100 down. '. [I ____A__ .3!` 1 1 1 vvuu 4. I-l\.a\l xyvuvu room house and 'beautiful lot, west side of Sanford `St. Price $1.00 down, `balance on monthly payments, App!!! W. C. TIIOMPSO `DALI Hnnl--5- A.......I. II-__2- xp-1.vv uu vv 1:. Y'.V_L ill -____ --I-'-:3; UUI 1.1- I II Real Estate Agent. Barri 15 Owen St. . 0| Faun Cl All \Vas-hington, April 12.--A1asI the poor rooster. This is theplot the Department of Agriculture .pronoun`ces _agaiust him: AT - BLAJME-D ON ROOSTER SH-ORTAGE OF EGGS tu-v..\zu.u..\.\.u tlbnianawla Canggj . `.`In the interest` of egg conserva- tion, the poultry specialists of the Department of Agriculture have started a campaign for the elimina- tion of the rooster among poultry -ocks "during the season between May 1 and Dec. 1. In this con- Inection, -Saturday,'May 16, has been set aside as Rooster Day in Ken- tucky and Tennessee, when every lpoultry dealer in these states has [agreed to pay the same prices for pullets. one-third of the tremendous annual loss of eggs is due to the rooster. The department, adds that on May 15 the school - authorities` of the cities. counties and towns of Ken- tucky and Tennessee have been .re~ quested to announce Roost-er Day to their scholars. and it is expected that it will he observed. Other states will follow the lead. and Rooster Days will be pretty generally I - -_L-L`l2_`L-_1 Iroosters as they do for hens and The department estimates that simple wash, the . Presc1'ipt.ion for itch is gone. ` other remediss for but none that we Hy rec-oxnmeml as we Just the. mild Well known D. `Eczema. and t "9 11-ave so `Skin tre-11-ble. `could 1:-erso can the D.D. . Pr cription. _.___. _. :g-njuunulananu. iSkin 0;! Fire? vv 1|` ; gzzgnsm. HE 1391* G. nonx'i'rsoN' Druggist, Barrie [I1 .00 PER IN ADVANCE IIHGLI Xllll 1452:: nun-In VUII El. 21 Essa St , Ananaaxe. :'r'r UV rt-I1 INIIIIIDVII ll` IIIIVHIII $0 ZPIII TKIIII GIN?` Phone 39 ufnnis=1 St., lot. Price calling dis- `unru- Est. 10 years Phone 288 ' - :-Swing . NCOE. V n on as A {EER f... t on plica-, _ nness-, DO .\'()'I` WANT 36th In A ! YOUTI-IFUL _ APPEARANCE young` a1\v213'5`: Gray hairs . mean Every woipan wishes to TV4100'.1_ the Dilssillg 0 ';,youth s ch-arm. . are the some of many a he8.1`$,&fGh;;: ` any a woman, `Vt Ha.y 6_ gray . _" -ha.i r ` \ is not 9. :.dy .11 nun LUIIIC mg a. new visl` `of the hair, -5 y furnishing '7!` n a 8 I19 `the real color-5 `UH: u llew I r directivons, ' it fail-1% `.t{ eal color`-and If, after a fair? refund y . $1.00. 5.00, 95-IL -`Store. - [ ' ' *._---:-u-u----vV> An Asset To Every W_o _ma'_`n._ 'l\11u I\n Gray Hairs A Source Off Discontent `V ' \. TWEED SUITINGS --------- DL. LXIII. NO. 1'6 _ THOMFSON CREW; I FANCY BROCHES AND WOOL.SA NTOYS in anshadcs-{Q Ladies Kid Gloves, all shades of Tara and. Black, sizes 5%. to 7. Linen shade, embroidered withASilk of diereht colors, some are fting to slip over your cushion, at.... A large assortment bf %-Floor Oilcloth Carpet Squares on han Fa of ado and WHITE AND BLACK CHECK in mediukrdweight,1suitabl,_fm4i Extra Values in Men s and Boy s Reads -to-Wear Suits "' "` `4I-Ia M 4|!-auyg . ._f `Hy fuld iolnank Special . .V. '1{4I`](}I.;\V'IfE;1-\*T MovED 3 Specials at 54 WHOLE-No.41.a1 } `PUILIINII A 4 . ' Li"! et -at a_a.t;A:,o1_g.`I Kid Gloves at 59 a! in nice patterns and rijc xveigfxt of lotd Centre Pieces to match above 45 each` Cushion Covers , `Toronto, Barrie and Orillia Line Mapped ` Out From Barrie to Bradford and Then to Toronto L NEHY 1G8. 1' ` fmzcnuc RAILWAY ; M ENGINEERS SURVEY w 5% um; T0 TORONTO Beeton Wor1d--This district has been all agog" with interest during {the past week, and a proposed elec- tric railroad was at the bottom of it -all, says the Nobleton correspond- ent of the Bolton. Enterprise. A . gentleman representing~ the Toronto, `Barrie and Orillia Railway was in! town and explained: the '-proposition-, `and a number of our residents are takingu-p'_ some of the stock. In 1910 a charter `was granted to what ` was -knotwnieds. the Monarch Railway. In 1912 furth r legislation changed the name` e Toronto, Barrie` and Ori-Ilia Railway,` with power to issue `bonds to the am91'1i'1tV' of . $30,000.; .g-_~.= __-_...`..;.-.1: 23,. n;..`:m' A1`;-1'18 Uruna 11;a,uwu.y, Wuau yvvvv. .,,, --_-,-' bonds to the amount` of $30,000 a mile. It `is proposd/to fbuild a-1-i-ne from the head! of Bathurst street. Toronto, to Barrie, and" `Utopia and nally to Orilliaii The `company ,has,_ secured a_ franchise f in` Barrie land will buil, a six-.mi1eline ,_to {connect _,with the: Q.1?.R.. at Utopia. `They have an arrangement with the C.P.R to look after the `freight gaudy pasenger - traf_c hitweegx the Jpoin t-s` -n'hme`cl." Worhfon this part: of M the `line; will commence next tweak.-` It isoiinobto ._e,_xpected V-that the` I T9?.I!t.0'B31'.?i.9"' lion. will I-b`9~` con: |.stfructd* 4Iinti1*f ithoe :;stxnmr::9 A1915; galthoush .. , W A h .. --..;n1 n..~re..a..`' ` '.{n".vsnmm6?` `although the ;1in'B1s1,u'_ve_y mug M... _tion' 1 will `be ..n)o;d_e _, phisummer Av-is. e1x_pe_cted_that he` =new jroad Tl-II INTIIIIQTB OF BARBIE, THE - BAR IE COUNTY OF SIMCOE. ONTARIC) APRIL 15, 19:4 L Yard Fport` V Coats.` Special. . .5'oc yd. `for Spvring Suits, lall shades. ......... .....`_. ......5ocyd. usigi light- . new road come closer to Ndbleton, but the promoters are not making any promises taste to the ultimate lo- cation of the line, - Mr. Ed`-gar James, who was connected with the engineering department of the CLP. R. for years and who is; now ac -ting as engineer for the ,0ntariotHig'-hway Commission, is one of the chief engineers of the new railway. IVY BALL T-E-A-M.` ___... ...--- The Ivy baseball -boys held their 1 annual meeting on April 2nd. Rev. a Mr. Dew acted as chairman. The g books, audited by J . T. Jennett and W. J .- M'oLean, showed: a good sur- plus` from last year. The following officers were elected: Honorary Pres., W. Boys, M.P.; Vice-Pres., '11. Davis; .Pres., Rev. T. Dew; Vice-Presi, W.` J . Lennox; _-Sec.-Treas., Norman Cox-' worth; Manager, Fred Elliott; Cap- tain, Geo. Banting; Umpires, T. - Banting and Sam. Elliott; Field Marshall, Geo. 3 Wilson; Mastcot, Harry Ellis ;_ Committee--Harry' Banting, .And1__'ew Conbett_,_ W. J . McLean; `Scorer, J . T. J ennett. The` club expect a very success- `ful season as the members -_ of last - .year s champion team, together with eseverajl new players are `on: `hand to try: for 7positions_'. Manager Elliott is` --a '1i_vfe "Basdball_*`.`_".man-E-a asecond j_'MoG_raw--and W -` great thingslt-`l`wit11v.t.ehis fa.v`ori,tes, this sea- lean.` ~; Itgtooksj `ais`thoi`g*1iv`f"`-the other * fb"aeball5.'15eaii1s_of $`o_1It>hv simc`e;;wi11 ill`!-1:-aiiivileh` tovoldoi.eamet.re8lv`hustling ;t| ~ ' at..,pee:p.'at"`t,h.l'Iii7W?i' _ A. gBos's V Pair % , , Matm~'W91=1;' Eme, fivhact Kare you! _go.i:1g : to be_, when you are gfown. ' dresses . . . . . . Special 50c yd. T .rF`3fIie~If I.L-gwas [a ho; President; '!b'u.t`_ see'i;__18` _ PI: gluess -being`;"aL;--i'ich widow. an.vhig8-+Ju<*ze- J .4 .onickly jun throat 1 es. s and don_iI Fand spme arebriot, all ready I . . . . . . `oc, 85:: and 95c each Linoleums and ' I o o o o c 0 59 a _0icGA1I.IzE FOR 1914 `couvrrv o_P.. smear: mo TH: common or cAN'AnA.oun cnrrzmou. a `boy I d be! 141-: ;I z1n_.a girl I % 1`s,as' gbod I-I '-',' . and. heats} REFUSED T0 % Buvasm INTHE slam-2; H. H. Cobk, Luinber Mer- chant And Parliamentary ' Representative of Sim-A .coe County, ' Dead 3 ' Herman "Henry Cook; a veteran `business man and` for many years a member ` of the Domonion Parlia- ment, died on Sunday at his resi- dence, Ardnac1oieh,_ .i Dowling `Avenue, Toronto, aged 7 8. Mr. C-ook`"Was~ president of the Ontario Lumiber Company, a corporation ` which `grew out of a business found-`I ed Iby Cook Bros. 56 years ago.` 1' I had been informed he would -receive ., -~--- ---~ ,7 .,-~. 0. 0., _ , _ Mr." -Cook achieved: widespread cele-l brity during the general election campaign in the autumn of 1900, when, though. a staunch Liberal and former represe'.n"tative,' he issued -a lengthy manifesto denouncing the administration of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, and a. few . days later `91- lowed it up "with a declaration that. he had been offered a Senatorship for ten thousand dollars. The lat-1 ter charge, which occasioned a great sensation, was Mr. Cook s~ reply to! sneers of the party leaders at his, manifesto, they having accused him of condemning the _party because he `had. notpbeen appointed to the Upper House. Mr. Co_ok s allega-I tion was that he had never sought! a seat in the Senate, -but that he one, in consideration of `his, long` service, if. he paid $10,000 to the, campaign funds. A i 7f.-1T7CCc_1 ----v--~- -The Cook charges -were later taken up by a -Special Committee of the Senate. There was then, as now, "it Liberal `majority in the- Upper House, and the eommittee s report naturally took the form of a` vindication. or whitewash-ac- cording to the standpoint. Of Loyalist Stock 'l`he.late Mr. Cook came of Loyal- ist stock`. His grandfather, George Cook, at the time of the `American Revolution, left the Mohawk Valley of New York and settled in Dundas County, Ontario. He had two sons, John `and George, of whom thel former was many. years a member of the old Parliament of Canada. and the latter--the late Mr. Cook s. father-_disting'uish-ed himself as an ofeer in the war of 1812. Mr. Cook s mother was of German * de- scent, he being the youngest of ve sons born in Dundas. ' Herman Cook was educated at`; the Iroquois Grammar School, and in 1858 went into the lumber busi- ness i.n vSimr_3oe. County. He securedl extensive `limits -in the Georgian Bay region, and with his brothers, John and George Cook, built at Midland the largest sawmill then `existing in the Dominion. He ac- NEW CLOTHING , mselewjctions Give\You Better g Selelctions '1ored, made k to make The zqth Cen.tu`ry' Clothing isethe best to measure c1othing.mad.c;--It takes one ' , a -suit.-.-j-O'rder `Early. ' / / ,;g4,;,.t.,g,;;9.2g;1;cerm cnqghingagxa Christy" Hats. Ivy ' Barrie.