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Canada can look back on 1936 as a year of steady progress toward `the recovery of genuine prosperity, the Bank of Montreal declared in its monthly business summary for De- cember. `E|.....~ Ln l:..-4- A4` 4.1.... ....,... L. 4.1.. $J:1ll\.lll'LlJ1D1 Orillia, Ontario will be at the Queen's Hotel, Barrie, Every Saturday. 8 a.m. to 12 noon, and by appoint-- ment. 3 1: ;1 1`D`L UJJ1-1V D n..LVJJ D U IVUDULVQ Phone 213 47 Maple Ave. Office Hours : 2-3 p.m., 7-9 p.m., or by appointment A, '1`, T.i+_Hp Mn :.u.n:u.u1n.LV Amu DUIVUIDUN Ofce--Owen St. (Formerly occupied by Dr. L. J. Simpson). Residence 144 Maple Ave. Phone 700 II]. J. b3J.\./.l.1'1.LV ILLVJJ DU1V\Y.ElU'LV Special attention Obstetrics Associate Coroner for Simcoe County Ofce and Residence 50 Mary St. Phone 101 Oice Hours: 8-9.30, 11-2.30, 6-8.30 fl. 1. .LJlI;l.ilE, lVl.U. W. C. Little, M.B., Associate Coroner County of Simcoe. DR. E. G. TURNBULL Graduate of McGill University, Montreal. Office and Residence--Corner Dun lop and Poyntz Sts., Barrie. Phone 105 Oice Hours: _9-10 a.m., 1-3 pm. 7-R urn -an`. vvr1naAA.a|\ nu. vv vvnanv vv EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT SPECIALIST n..:n:- n__._..:- FPHURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1937.. SURGJSI5} ,;a}z)5_'DI_sTE.A'sEs OF WOMEN L:-any-n4~n f` uuuuu nu f"n..-.4-u ..l-' 04...... DRS. LITTLE & LITTLE PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS Dlnnrlas 91'! /1'] I.....l.. A..- The Northern Ad_\;.ar1*ce, Ba_rr1e_ DR. WALTER H. WOODROW \1r'rn 1-1:1-\ 1?/\.1Y nxv1-. rr\1'YY\/\AI J. H. N. SMITH, M.D. PHY'SICIAN AND SURGEON O56.-%nmn.. Qt DR. N. W. ROGERS PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON .Q'r\on-:11 cl-nv1+1'nv~. (Th:-4-nb-inn AMBULANCE SERVICE P. C. LLOYD & SON FUNERAL DIRECTORS MISS BEULAH SCOTT DR. W. A. LEW_lS Magistrates , Worms also , 4-:7 p.xu., ur uy app A. T. Little, ,H>Hn MR Accnnintc --Pbone 79 1-- Mr. Merchant- Phone 218 Northern Advance We can suppy you with any quantity of the Best Make at right prices Published it 123 Dunlop 5:. Barrie. every Thurtday H. D. MORIlI:~`.('-\ Edison and Publisher Counter Check Books How about your EDITORIAL Phone 53 x The approximate number of cattle` and calves exported from Canada to the United States during: 1936, up a: Vo December 17, was 217,226, compared with 123,683 in the COI ;! respmxding period of 1935. 1 `au (7 'lIVluEIl`U5 HJIU Iugner Wages- `Man ufacturing_ prospects were seen by the bank as good. The primary iron nzmd steel industries were operaiiing at a good level, arm} the automobile, mining and news-[ print industries also were up. Com-3 modity prices had an upward tend-' ency. A-c A4` u7n.nd>lsowu-:nnn:- r\\~n 'FnrH'u:n- Bm'rie s nancial position is bet- ter than most towns or cities in the province; our water supply is the- purest and best; we have cheap! power and lighting rates; living conditions are as low and as good as anywhere in the province. With these advantages we believe that more industrial plants should locate in Barrie. Litle effort has been made for some years to expand in- dustrially, but` this should be an op- portune time, and the town council or some representative body might well give some consideration this year to advertising Barrie as am. in- Idustrial centre. | The grand total of nog's`g'raded in Canada during` 51 weeks of.193G was 3,572,496, an increase of 683,- 682 on the number graded `in 1935 (2,888,814). In 1936 the number of hogs graded by carcass was 422,- !"/7~1 as agaimst 111,785 durinrr the lcorrespondivnvg 51 weeks of 1935. l dJ2ll'Illllll`g' (legree. l It would seem, however, to have- been poor judgmenfc on the part of the Wheat Board to sell so much at a price below the g'uarzmt'eed price. to the producers. I |!.'U UULWUUII LUOU 2111 1:100. Had the board held the 1935 Wheat, or a portion of it`, till the lalter part of 1936 it would not onlyl have avoided 21 loss, but would have put several million more dollars in the hands of `the producers. There has beem considerable criticism of the board s selling policy since Dc- cember, 1935, but` the board justi- es its actions on the forecasts up to June last of a crop of 400,000,- 000 bushels for Western Canada in |1936, which if fullled wpuld have increased Ztlre surplus of wheat` to anl alarmimg degree. T1 . xvnnlri acorn l1nuvn1-rn- rn`l1i-nm- A report released last week by Jas. R. Murray, chief c.o'mmi.ssionre1` lof the Clzmadian Wiheat Board, covering the operations of the board ' during the 1935-36 crop year ended July 1st last, shows a loss of $11,- [8'58,104.16. As the price realized by the board was less than the guaranteed price, no further pay- ments will be made on the certi- icates issued to the producers who 1 delivered ttheir whealt to the board. \K7lnnn6- lnnlrilnn-a A4-' +1`- knnxul xxxx \~r\ 'uenvereu `UIlCll' wneau. 170 line DOZIYCI. Wheat holdings of the board were reduced from 343,349,,537 bushels on Dec. 1, 1935, to 84,698,652 bushels on July 31, 1936, end of the crop year. At that time the holdings consisted of about 2,000,- 000 bushels of the 1935 crop and the balance of about 82,000,000 bushels was old surplus accumulat- .ed between 1930 and 1935. I LI`-.,l 4-1. l\nnwI' l...IA +1.n 109: iWHEAT BOARD LOST OVER I $_11,`000.000 ON 1935 CROP year J.l)UU. 1 Ffhe second type of curling` stone was 21 rough block with :; lzzanrile attached. Stones of this type were often unshzipely, but the handle ;.,ravc~ more power to the player, and many of `these stones wei_s.-:h 121's much as 75 and 85 pounds. One, called the Jubilee stone, weighs 117 pounds, andtwas used by three generations of the same family. There was no regulation` weight, and the stones had run indivduztlity of (their own.i Many of them are preserved in the] Scottish museums and club collec-, minus, and some bear names sugges-l hive of their history, strudture or `shape, as Black Meg, the Doctor, 35 Tiown: Clerk, the Bailey, the} `rey Hen, the Goose, the Girdle, pluuuuly uu'u\vu 1.01` :1 part 01 mu coumc; they weighed from ve to twenty-lvc poumds, and were ggener-. ally picked from the channels of] the . whence the old name of channel-stones. The ancient game resmnblod quoits. and the] stones bore the name of l orl quoiting: stone. specimens of .L'he old quoiting" stones are p1'ose1`vl- some of them dating back to the year -1600. l Pmnn amt-runtl hum no` ......1:..,.. ,..-....| UUL-L`. lThe l1ist01'_v of curling is given in l'arg'e volumes ,in which the etymo- logy, hisltory and litemuture of the game have been treated exhaustive-I ly. A. coldl climate and man's in-; herent tendency to throw stones` I make the foundation of the g'ame, but its origin, like other ori_e'ins, is u.'nce1't!a'in. 'l'houg'h the game has! been scientically developed in Scotland, it had its oriizin probably in the Netherlands, which have had a g'rea t influence on the arts and industries of Gre-zit Britain. Many of tlie terms used in the game point to the Low Countries as the place where it originated. let was prob- ably brought over to Scotland by the emiecrant Flemingsrs in the sixteenth century, and from that time its de- ` vvelopment as a game of science has. `been the work of Sco-tchmen of all] 'professions. :"I`il1n YTI;Y1l-C+1'IY is nz-v\run:n`11v undl u. l UCIILUBI. From the rst of the year to the `end of October, the report said, rthere had been a steady rise in the 'business level of Iazbout 14 per cent. and the outlook for coming months was propitious. Without a spec- tacular boom, the report added, im- provement had been visible in al- most every line of economic activ- Sty)! D111-r-Hnctncr nnurcnv Bar} Loan .-nun-, l\.l'lHl unu HUIIGSI. The first type of stone used was the kuttin~g' stone, without. handles, wirh :1 hollow or notch for the n-] ger and thumb of the player and! pz'obz1bl,\' thl'own for :1 part of the H10 , urlinhnn Han Ah] unvun. 1J.l`U1L`5SlO'HS. ' {The ministry is especially well re- presented in` 1t`hc history of the game. In Scotland the lzuird and iihe ministter encourzxg-e this innocent and cxhiilm'atin<;,r p::'s. [i111e for the sake of its many moral and social influences. Cu1'li.n,rr is a manly sport; the associl.-xtions of the game are honorable, and it has been! noted that the Cl1El)`1Cl('1' of curlers in public and professional life is kind and honest. Frlm Hy-=+ hm... A4` -4. ....-.1 .....- arc uumoerea -D_V tens or Ilhousands. lT`l1e game was origmlatlly played * \v1't.h rough bowlders. The smootli rounding'of -the stone occurred at the beginning of the nineteenth ' century, and the stones now used are `polished works of art made of; granite, and the twisting motion. em-I Iployed gives t'hem a drawing power !on co1'1'ug,Ta?ced ice of `from three toi four feet! on either side of the ice,| as determined by the inturn or out-} iturn given. in delivery. The var-I liet`_v and precision of the modern} `game place it in `the rank of :1` science. Curling has taken a rm `hold upon its votaries amd has ~dr:1wn around it a delightful litera- ture of narrative, poetry and anec- dote. I'rL,. 1-:........_. -4- -...nr~ The Scottish people regartl the history of curlilng seriously, as a lchapver of inte1'e;~:t and importance in .the history of the nation. They claim that no other 5.-;.nr.L so well I , illustrates the national character or `rtends so much to the heathy devel- .opmemt of physical, mental and so-| lciial qualities. They regard it is a `valuable institution of civilized life, and trace its origin back four cen-l turies, `bulb it was only about the middle of the eigliiteenth century lthat it began to take on the digmity of a truly nlational game. During; the last seventy-ve years it has spread among` all the Eng`lish-.~:peak- in';: people in. climates where win.t-er bestows tihe necesary condition ofi ice. The great bonspicls of ScovL- ` llmd draw 50,000 people on the lochs, and in Canada, Where the cli- mate is faovrable, curlin.g devotees are numbered by tens of ilhousands. ' i |T`l1p {ramp '2: nv-in-h-umllu nlnmmi I l I `have peen guilty vveigm. We agree that the two old p:11".iL-s of 2l1)p21lll1_`. ,' for support on the vg'rounds of alleged ro`rJtenness of the 015101`. We l`ll`;lIVC in mind the days before the la.)-`. provincial election: when Mr. Hep- burn and his supporters hurled abuse fnom every platform and promised investigwton of every government department, and abuse is still oarri.ed on. and more investig'ati.ons promised, all `to try to show how unworthy of public con- dence the Conservative partly is. A government that has a high sense of duty and concerned only with the public good does not need to abuse or 1fhrea.ten exposure of the l I misdeeds of opponents. No govern- ment is perfect and abuses of privileg'es will creep in, but there should always be that high regard for truth and honesty in the admin ist.`ra.t.ioun. of the business of the coun try. Wn I I I holvinvn H1, furn nvnvfu cnctnanl pry. ' We believe thp two party sys.tem]| of goverriment to be the best under! our democracy, and it is for the Lib-l eral and Conservative pallfies to 5-ayl` whether or not Communismm, or any other ism, will make headway in Canad~a. l The Globe and Mnail showed some} indepemxtlence of trhoug-h~t in an edi-: |t.ovia.l the other day GI'lltlliJl'Gd Do We Want. Communism. It is true` lthaft Communiism thrives on econ-I omic distress and ignorance, but` iimasmuch as it is a politidatl move- ment, prior respovmsibility for its advance rests on the heads of `the two.c}1ief political parltiies. Once the people are convinced the old parties are working effectively to solve problems, niisrepresentraution-s, overdrawnn. pictures and unde1'g'1`ound mactvics of the Reds will carry less weight. Wn nrrrnn flu)? fl1a furn nlrl vvn-`inn `EARLY HISTORY OF 'I'Ll'E' Df\Al ENCOURAGING COMJMUNISM JIUKI LII` THE ROARI N GAME lb Purchasing power had been -arug-i memyte by increased employment, adde dividends and higher wages. `~-4` . N 2nnf'm*hn~mo' nrnznm-+2 urm-p lne Ivonherx. Auvuxmr. `U1 pla yed. [the Grey l\/Iczrre, and the Bible. [There were giants in those days and .stories are told of strong` players `hurling :1 75-_nound stone across a imile of loch ICE. The third type of stone is the rounicled and polished stone, which i:"o='seses :1 czxp<:`rcit_v not possessed by thc old irregzuizir shaped sitones. I The inventor of the circular curlingl stone is a great unknown. Thel sltrones of modern. days diifc-1 in CllZ1I`aC`tG1', lacking the lTl(iv1Vl(l1I.iiiLV of the irregular stones of old-.-n `wmcs. On corrugrated ice t.he_v give a precision and a vaniety to thu- gamc unknown. before. n`7l-urn-n 'havn hnnn hlnmtrna 1-`v-nrn g'iUJ|() UIlKIlIU'W`ll Where have time to time i1 `relative measu rm` L. A... 1 DIUS \r`\'OI'l(l. The U.`S. Congress met on Janu-i my 4th and the Canadian Parlia- iiment will meet on January 14th, and ; perience leads to the conviction that' jremembering the discussions in other capitals it might` be supposed ltha-t quite a bit will be said on in- ternational affars at Washington and 0.t`tawa. This may happen at- the American capital, but past ex~ the debate -on Canada s place in world affairs will not` be unduly pro- longed by -the parliamentarians. Not that it isn't an import-amt (mes! tion, but because of the racial ques- ;tion it is dynamite for the two major gparties. Irb boils down` to this t'hIa.'t [neither a Liberal nor Conservative Government at Ottawa will venture far in openly formulating an empire idefennc-e policy until an emerp:enc_v linvo~lvi.n.g the Empire forces them (to. In the event of Wm` the Govern- iment would have to act, but Mr. King` is not` the kind of man tio arouse the sleeping dogs of French- Canadian amimosity .unless it is necessary. At the moment the Con- servatives are scarcely in a position! to start it. | an-tr . l `ctCI1l'0IllS`IU. Promises of peace among the [nations for the future` is waning. [On the. crack of the new year the 5\\'Ol'id -navwal race came out` into the !open.. Great Britain on New Year s `Day laid the keels, for two 35,000 ton battleships and work on a host` of lesser craft will soon be sbarted. |W'hile otfher nlaltions tore up their trealties to restrict naval comstruc- tion`, Britain has observed -the le t.te1- of her obligations, alUhoug'h as each (lay passed she SE1'\\' competitors pulling` up nearer to her stmeiigrth in ls-hips. The navy holiday which [was born in 1922 at Washingz;ton, hon`ored for a few _vears and of 1=atte lyears ignored and kicked about by lmany, is dead. Its purpose was 'noble. It, was too good to live in this world. rm... no r<.........,.-,. .-__ .,._ 7--.. '15 dead. . I ' Considerimg its lamentable failure; to check I"taly s ambiibions inl ; Elbhiopia it is not surprising that the League has been moribund in the i Spanish cnisis. When the Ethiopian war held the public eye the mem- bers of the League see-sawed against each other, most of them more con- cerned about p1'omot~ing their own security tham upholding the sover- eignltvy of Haile `Selassie. The League was as ineffecetive as a cluckime,` hen in preventing; Mussolini from gobbling up Etihiopia. Is it any wander that the League has not been. hecaird from in the internatiomil diiculltiies which have arisen out of the Spanish war. Friend and fee alike are willing` that it keep out of sight. I H11 in thn nvnznnf H11: nl:Lh'mn lmgub. _ Up to the present the old-time diplomacy has been about as ..-ffec- tive in conning; the conllict to Spain as the League could have been, p,roba.bl_v more so. With Ger- many outsidc the League, the la-t-' lter could not have been as success- ful as the more direct representa- tions from Brritain. and France. The League could only be 100 per cent. effieien-t if all the nations were in- lside it. Then, tthrough its machin- ery for discussion and conference, opposing elemem|t`s might be brought face to ace and their di"eren.-es icomposed. But with nations like J'Germany and Japan-Jthe world s lchief tl11'eaits to peace---out`side the ;Lea2`ue, it's very mine is an iam- ] achronism. `Du.-..M.`.-.-m -4` \f\d`f\ ...-._._.. L1,. The na.t.iqns of the world do not :]wo~ok to the League of Nations to settle disputes any more, `21 tacit. ad- "mission of eve-`re.-ne that the League is dead. . I`,.u..I,lnnn.n- Ha I-uunnr-.ln1n F-unu/.. X '1{&(I; eI.:;;;;;;;;.ar "s;{:Q T Gargle Sure relief from Colds, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma, Hay Fever, Sore Throat. Eucalyptus is of lletle value on your handkerchicf. Read directions. A Reliable Liniment Penetrates and dissolves the acids and salts which cause Rheumatism, Neuritis. etc. Gives marvellous relief from sprains 1 and bruises. eucy. 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