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Northern Advance, 1 Apr 1937, p. 3

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%Ceut- a- Mi|Rp_u9_d~ Fig Baigajn Fares I?..:_I___ __4 -_-_-._. - Order Your Stationery Business F or ms and Counter Check Books In Barrie And to Pam-_\-' Sound, Ardbcg, Key Jct., Pickerel River, Burwash, Sudbury, Oapreol, Westree, Golgmna, I`iana.g`a, Folcyct, Oba, Hornepayne, Lon-gvlac, Genznldton, Jellicoe, Beardmore. Port Aq't1[1ur. TORONTO WINDSOR DETROIT Brantford, Brockville, B~et1l`ev1`]Je, Bowmanvill-e, Cobourg, Caledon East, Chatham, Cornwa.11,G1aman`oque, Georgexto-wn, Glencoe, Goderich, Guelph, HA1M`IIL!T*`ON. Harviston, In- gersoll, Kincardine, I{INGS'T`0N, Kitche`.`.eI', Lindsay, Dis- towel, LONDON, Milton: l\/Ilorrisburgy Napanee, NIAGARA FALLS, Owen. Sound, bshawa, Baxlme1's3ton, Paris, Peter- boro, Prescoixt, Port Hope, St. Clasharines, Sarnria, South- ampton, Stratford, 'I`-ottenh-am, Trenton .Js., Whrirbby, W1'ar- Ion, Woodstock. - n nn ADDII 9,1 A 4.` (*...........L....,.A.. *n......_1_..:_1..- ~r'r,_._.:._,,- Low Prices and Good Workmanship Quality The Best ----- ---r ---a..--- --guy`; Friday, April 2nd from BARRIE `- (mom 5" Gu..5:.._- I_..._:._..,, -r-___ . Patronize Home Industry APRIL '2nd GUMMED LABEL8 BUSINESS CARDS SYMPATHY CARDS LEDGERS BUSINESS FORMS LETTERHEAD8 (:57!!! -s---.. 'I`IH7U4RSDAY, APRIL 1, 1937. iug'nCsL since .1916. In Toronto the price of flour is `up 50 per cent. Millers state /oliat at this time last year wheat sold `in Winnipeg for 821,4. cents per bushel against $1.47`,s to-day. Flour 2! _Ve~a1' ago was around $5 per 100 .lbs., zigziinst the present mice of [$7.80. `QI'i1-it-15 `I1',`l1\n\-(1 L,u.v...n... .l:.....,...__4 Fear of El.` wo1v]d.,w11ez1L sho1'tag'e is feared by Britain,` and London Hour -millers on Tuesday announced he [sixth successive increase in the i.~ttan(la1'(l grades in 22 days. The I new gure of -15 shii'1ing's, sixpen-ce, per 280 lbs. is six shi1~]in~g's hi_:her }than on` March 7th. 9% pence per quarter loaf, Ihe l1n'g`hcst since 1918. Th 'T`.n1`nn+n H-an Y\II:1-n ni` nun`. . Bread now. -)1.ou. British papers, however, discount the probvznbilfiy of a wheat shortage, and attribute the sca1'cit_\' to a ` grumble in wheat. i and .s.Lz1y as late as he p1ease>:, and '1 take pains to hint to the g'i1'l`.s Lhat. ll tihink the_V d better set their caps for him. It works first rate. He don t make many calls, for the g;irls treat h-im as coo1`]_v as they cum. But Iwhen :1 youn_<.); fellow that I like comes around, :1 man that. I think would suit me for 21 son-in-law, I dou t. let him make n1v.1n_\' calls be- fore I give him to unde1'..~'.tand that he isn t wanted at. my house. I zell uht ,<.:'ii'ls, too, that they siuull not have zm_Vt-hin_;` to do with him, and give ihem orders never to speak to him agiain. The younvg; folks begin to pity each other and the next thing 1 know L'he_V are en_e;ag`ed to be de'te1`mined 1'0 mar1,' I always give in and prtend to minke the best of it. That s the way I ina'na;g'e it." ma.ri'ied. When I see thia-1; they are. _. I 1 Scott Bros. have disposed of their ice business to the Barrie Fuel &, Supply Co. ` l FLOUR AND WHEAT ADVANCE N TO A NEW HIGH LEVEL ; ;.'m.~. L vnxcuurage mm 111 every way `I can. I tell him to come often and .s.t-ay il D'c1iI1S tn hinf f.n H10 041- ` 'I1:\+ I I 4 I . , 1 ' did, ` 1nzu'1'_v my never neara or rt before. = Well, I used to raise a good deal of buckwheat, and it puzzled me to know how to get rid of the straw. Nothing would eat it, and it was IE1: great `bother to me. At last I `-.'l1ou\g'vh:t of a plan. I svbacked my bu_ckwhea2t straw nicely and built in high fence arouind it. My cattle, of course, concluded `llizi: it was some- thing good and at once tore down the fence and be_e;a11 to cut the straw. I dog'g`e(lrtl1en1 away and put up the fence 3. few 7'lm0`F, but. the more I drove them away the more anxious t.he_v became to cut the straw. After this had been repeat- ed at few times Lhe cattle ed to eat the s1.1va.w, and eat it they every bit of it. As I s21i(l,l girls o on the same principle. When 21 young` man that I don ut. like begins _g`i1`ls I encourage him in every} him {.0 (`amp nftpn calling on my ' Bro_wn, I don t see how it is that your girls marry off as sbon` as they get. old enough, while none of mine can ma.rry. O11 ' `I'.hS`l.`f e e{n1v\1n nnn11om11 T can n1zu`1'y. Oh ! that s simple enough. I mJa.rry my girls off on the buckwheat straw principle. .Rn1-. urlnaf. ac ma-_.+ m~:m.:n1n '1 1 Ion, Woodstock. Also on APRIL 2-3-4 to Gravenhurst,` Bracebridge, Hunnrtsville, Cumllander, NORITJI-I BAY and ALL ST*A'1I~ONS on lines of `TEIM- ISKALVIING & .\IOR FHFERN ONTIARIO RLY. and NIPISSING (L3I`5`.\F3'I`R.-\I. RLY., and beyontd C0C'H:R.5cNE to KAPUSKASING amd , 'ARSlT. An ! 4.` `D........ u-.`._.1 A. n,,,, 1r 7 . 'v'\' 1 u - auaw p1'uu:1pLe." But what is that principle? 1 never heard of it before. Wall I ncml +n ..n:m .. ,..,.,.,x ,:.\..1i now BROWN MARRIED on-` HIS DAUGHTERS , STATEMENTS CONCERT BILLS CHEQUE BOOKS NOTE HEADS . SHIPPING BILL-s SALES. COUPONS CHURCH FORMS The Northern Advance Orillixu. is to have a new picture theatre, with a sewing crapacity of ., over..700 and an estimated cost of $70,000. um uasns 01 muse n1e':2sures may `on summc-d up as follows: 1. S'ufog'1m1'(ling` tho homo indu.~= try. (lib FKLT. ! Realizing the 1npor'..a11c(- of her Zlneu`. trade to the world and "1-eco,r:- Imizing ~the- immense cost to luersc-H`, H.110 B1'iti.s`h Governnnwnt has institut- ;ed some nmzlsures of control o\'(-1' it 1The basis of these bl ;."mmvd un as fnunme. - ucu In IOYCC. "I`hc- only thing` Bri'am z1.-k.< 2: propn1'1_v inform<:d of the quantities. of bacon zvnkl ha.m.<, cattle and b'L`L`l i 'Canada is that she shall b(- k - Jwc expect to export and `ghat in- creases in exports shall be at 2' reasonably prog1'essive ratio. It .. our interest and our duty to try: live up to t.hos<- requ.iroments to th- ygreawtest possible exzenrt. no me. ' As the United Kin-g-dam the' purchaser, she c-.Ln be particulal about the kind and the source of the meat which she buys. Because there ;are m`::'11_v nations o"erinp; meats for `sale, the opportunities for selection _are wide. After long years of bu_\ 3ing' experience, British buyers state that their mean tra.de depenlds onl three chai-acteri;~.-tics: quality, suit-] ability to the trade and 1-eg'ub21ri::." of supply. Any nation which hopes to become a factor in this part of l}'In;-,'Land s business must keep t]1c.~`(.- three cl1z11'actei'is1'ics in mind. Vmr J iation in the quality of o'e1-in_-:.< tinusmzivl cuts or cures, or spasmuu suppplitxs vii] cerisainly imperil an ,ccntributin<,-; iw1tion ;< position on th-:1: ' market. DA-.11 4_ _._,__,. Jrum 1U,UUU to 38,000 head. Brita.in .- tun-i` policy on beef 0' fo1`nig'n ori1.v;in is set forth in trezxty with .~\1-3.-,'untin`a, am] been expected that some similar ag'1'n-monL~' \\'(-r(- `.0 be nuzzule wit!` othur countries l`)1."z11'(ling` bucon~ am` h::m.~. In any case Canada will Inn - f1e(.- e1mg\' and the :1:(lVz1nt.ag'e of lhr. quota 2'c.s'trictionI.< \\'l1iL'h arr contin- ucd in force. n, 41.1... n..:., 2.. I ruriliv ht--' it has PIT l\lI4 ana from any one station to any other station named below: _-\l1an~(1u1<-, Bu1'k .= Falls, Co11`in_<;'woo(l, Meaford, Orillia, BI-.x:1*rie, G1`21v(,-11hu1'_~`t., Midlaln-(1, Polmtallg, B1`aceb1'id{.:'(e, Huntsville, New- market. _,_ Lllll-EU l\lTlf. ,`(l0h1 export 1ndus'.rios. Great Britain put in cure 1,485.7-'11 cwt. of bacon, and this was increased _tcv 2,324,734 cwt. in 1936, an in- "crease of over 50 per cenrt. Oamada now stands second to Den mark in bacon supplies to the Unit ed KiI`.,'(i0n1 with approximately on- lsixth of the total British bacon in ports. In the period 1932 to I` _Canadz1 in(-ren. her bacon c-xport {six t.inn.-s. In the same period (`:1 ldi)'.1'n livo cattle exports im-i`oa_<(-4' ifI'()n] 115,000 to 38,000 head. Bi'it.:1.in < Inn-i` nniinv nn 1-rm!` -~ In 1934 the reg'iscrn curm`.< of H'lUll5. 5-). P1'L`S(.`l`\'injL" tradc with fbroi--n - o . . F ;(-ountru-.s' whlch is so cssentxal ta United Kingcdom expo1't1ndu.<'.rir,~s. | H15; y-no-ignl-nil IIl1I0I:It:A AI` :0?- All n1ea`t exporting coumt1'iL-.5 look to England to purchase their offer- ings. `The steady ow of meats in tha; little island with its 45,000,000 consumers is remarkable because 01`! is vtamiety and its volume. In 1936] twenty-`ve mi`11i~0n cwts. of meat were imported inmo the United King- dom wilh a value approximaxting sixtyve million pounds ($325 mil-II lion). - RI';C'ia!1nIIu nvn .....,.... Is-An` .-LAW on). B1'itis`ne1's are greart. meat eaters ! -The per capita consumption last _year was 140 pounds, made up of beef, 65 pounds; pork, 45 pounds; mutrton, 30 pounds. This per capital {consumption makes up a steady, reg- `ular demand which may be expect- `ed to connrue. Alrtrhough the pro- portions of the various kinds of meat which make up the British diet may chta-nge due"o cost and avai1a~bil1'ty, r the total remains app1'ox1'mate l}' Lh. same. mu wen water is polluted. l 'l"he1'e are ample l'ucilitie.< in 011-; tario for the t-xaminzition of schooll \\'z1te1' .<`upplie.<. "I'hei'l: are publicl l1ez11l.'l1 Iabo1'z1to1'ir.-;~' in all qL1::i1'te1'.< ofl the p1'ovi=nee Whose bu.<`ine.~'.< com- prises the examination, withou t- ex- pense, of public w.mt.er supplies. 1 is the job of the local health oicer .to p1'ote(:1;' the cliildren of the (`om- munity he . `The health oflficelr should obltain a supply of contain- ers from the ne:v1'e~; public health] laboratory, cz11'(.-fuili1_\' take san1ple.<, of the well \\'a`.'er of every school` in his 1nunicipali'ty aind send tl]( samples to the laborutoi'_\' for exam- inz1.tvion. If, v2l.ft(`1' 21.11 this xvarning,-, the health ocer fails to do his (luf:_\' in this respect, it is time that another hea.lth omcer should succeed the delinquent one. u). I 2. Providing for the d(>VeI0[r mom: of the 1'eso1n'(-.(.-s of the Do imons. I try quuuutles. I Occurrences of this pa1'ticuI2u' kind are said t.o bv ,~xt1'-mu~L\' r:z27(,-. . W 1'o1"tunat.eLv 1'ho1'o is no; :1 simi1-.u- 1`u1'it_\* in the occu1'1'onc<- of disease, such as typhoid .['e\'m'. czm'rie(l by] well \va.t(~r. All that is nvedod to start 2: col1Hz1,9;)'z1`.io`:1 is :1 local .<`ou1'c:-1 of infecon, t11(-is})1`i11g` . zaml the well V\'2lt(`l' is pollutcrd. .<<:hooI{ sunnIio.<. "l`hm-rv nI'!- -mlxlinl , i V\":.:vl,BiX'. I I.lhe startliiiig history of illness and death in a family in the vicinity of the lilttle town of Madoc, where a farine-1" and his four cihildiren died p1'c'sun1a.bl-_v of 2m'senica.l poisvoningrl as '21. result. of the use of water from tho :t'a.rm we-ll; wlieru the f-.L1~n1e1-"3: wife and later the (leceas~ed s bro- the1-su'01`ed from p1'olong'e ill-I Hess, due to the sam`e cause, is ' I I tailed in the cu1'1`ent issue 01' thi- Czinadizin Public Hcalih JoL11'mil, l)_\ Prof. Wytlllic. In the case 1`cf0.1'i'L-ti? to, the source of z1.1'scnic 1`es'id0(l ml the porous rocks thirough which the] ,Q'1'oun(l wait01' lL(3l C(l to 1'eu("l1 the \\` `Tho water w21.~: bi'i.g*l1t, clear and .`-pa1'klin5-'. I: l1r:1(l no Visible im- purities. Examination (liisclose(l the] presence of arsenic in con. le, quantities. I nI11'I'n71tIrxn Al` u.:.. |\.--L: ..v , 1 - sriouu) TEST WA-TER IN ~ w1au.s or RURAL SCHOOLS With the coming of spring, at-I temtion should be given `.0 school. water supplies. There are 5,631 rurratl and 319 urban public schools in Ontario. The separate schools number 588, of which 470 are rural. Thus there are in all 6,101 rural schools in the p1'ovince. In most or the rural schools the water supply -'comes from a well in I-'l1 school groulids. "Ihere may be ample op- por.`uni~t-y for pollution of the well 1 vlayteur. - ` I'|'|'|,.,.. _4..._u:.._.. L!,L .. l .. .. ---_y, rug: an -unu IIIJIII lJ'|l\l\.I.l:4 find from all Stations between Trout Creek and King lncl., includ- ing Midland, Penetang and Meaford Bramch Lines n1n THE WORLD'S MEAT MARKET at-l. Mondlany, April 26th, 8 p.m., :n school our next regular mt=.Mnn- Kenn < ` 'CANADA S POPULATION ! NOW UP TO ll,100.000 I "[ Tfhc estimrated popuIa`;1'o'n of Can- " ada is now 11,100,000, according to a 1'etu.1'n tabled in =t;he House of . C-ommons on Monday from the De- partmend: of Trade and Commerce. '_At rthe last census in 1931 `she pop-' Iulat.i0=n was 10,376,736. Natuml in- lcrease of births over deaths wa.~ ' then estinmtr-rd at 135,956 a year `I In the decade from 1921 '.o 1931.` . innnig'1'an.ts we.)-e admitted to O2. nada D I numbcrinyr 1,166,290. In the sum [ period `the natural increase was osti 'Jwated 21" 1,362,000. u mun gume1'1ng's. I We 1'eg'1~e'. that Comlvnde Cr]i`o1d' Brown must undergo an operation and by the time our` copy is pun- lirht.-d will be in Christie St. Hospi- tal. We wish Oliff the best of luck and sincerely hope that when the vov` iccnn A4` 4.1.- .......-.... ,-.., souvu u_v mu: LUHU our cop) IS pub-' rtthe r.ex.: issue of the papers comes out it will be to report that all is well wi't`h Comrade Brown. Rm fnv ac uvn nun lm...... r1-.....-,I, I nun u011l1`il(l 1:SI'OVVI'l. ` So far as we can leurn Comrad-zv |McGreg'o1' is progressing` favonably. , It is regretted that full demiie n` mcuregor 1s favonably. | | regretted full details of the Vimy banquet are not before` us, but we will, no doubt, have alll lthe infomnartion in time to have the` -same published in the issue of !'r1uu-sdsay, April 8th. I I anlhrndn "nhnc Muxra nrul f`.-..,... I LU earn our uzuly bread. `I \ v'o had the pit.-u.eL1i*o of :1 call from Lhv pm-. of the .-\{li. Branch and he ini'0i'mod us he was .~p1`(-utling` the y;o.s`p(>l of i11t01'-branicir visits and was very zmxious that -larrie B1-ancll follow up the {. ,`0U=i work. Our comrade from .~\1]i.~'to.1i is on the l'i','.1'i1i2 truck as there is no-i Lhin_g' Ihait. will cememt our comrade-I sh-ip more '.h01'oui_9,'11]y than frequent: \ is`it2ltiOns bt,-tween brzmches. Av.` inte1'-b1'a11ch meeting'.s' ideas may bvl o.\'cha.n'g'ed and discussions of mutual interest be indulged in at these com I mon ga.thering's. I H1-.:+ r`mm..,,1,. mu:-...x W0 rn rrvrx` 1nu1'su:a.y, Apru zstn. Comrade "Fhos. Mays and Com- rade Bert Allen will attend the gen- eral committee lneeting in the Arm- ouries on Wednesday evening, the 31st i11st., and We will be gld to give a full report of this interesting moetinj of the g;ene1`aJ Coronation Commi tee. Stevenson Memorial Hospital, Al~ 1is.on<, has been. taxed to capacity. there being: as many as 53 patients at one time. thou'g'11 there is provis- ion for only 24. All Orders Will Receive Prom__p_ Attention--Phone 53 THE .1u1' 1.119 1o(-211 p:1pe1's, as we are 11 the sz1mopo.~'ition as n1a1n_v oth(~1'.~` t1y1'1`.'_-.1: to hold down :1 job 1'11 ordr. to earn our dz11'1_v bread. V\/'0 hurl Hun n]1uIuI1I`r- nl` -- ---` ; mu: The writer hz1.< 1"op(3at(:(ll_\' 1`l"(]Ul'_+'- oil that items of lI1`tL`l'L'.`~'lL`l)C` _{{'l\'l him in ample Limo for publication, but no attcnrionv ]1.:i.< been paid 1. tlw 1`<'(]Il0St. 'lli<-i'el'01'0, if items at": [intei'e.=t to you are not publi., do` 110* be We g'a:l1sli| lne\\`.< of interest to our bi-an-cli :1; best we can, but have only a limit- ed time to !l(.`\'0l ,(.` L0 \v1'i1`in_4' cog.- for the local in Szlmv h\`ll`inh KI: m..n.. ..u..,<.. uw necessary mvfol-mu`.ion rea in before that time it will no published. It is ve1'_v unfair to papers to request them `.0 add, tract or :1.lte1' zmy copy unl0s.< in:po1't.a11t, 2111.01` .~:ucl1 copy 11213 l ; to the paper for pub , tion. I )1`-1... -- I an 0.10 p.1T1. sharp. 'odPi<(?)iLs('Jel 31cl>tet`l1at"t.I1e copy is h-`mi in`~ominQ.11ofocf1'l 11)1}{e1~.;" on )I`o11(l:::y iuw ~nC0`s..u'L'dC1. }\c_c\ liand unlc-.-\ I _ ._ `~> 6 .\ 11} o1qm.1o_n 1-gag-h..c .11` that hmn qr u,-.11 ...,+ uatu: open. On A1pri'l 9th we wnll have om Vimy banrquet. Comrades fall in at the Legion Hall at 6 p.m. We wl parade to the Cenotaph, where we will place a wreath. From there we will proceed to the Armouries tc pznticipate in the Vimy banquet. We will hlave a gyuesr.` speaker for the evening`. The tickets are 7:30 .and may be procured from any member of the executive committee. All ex~se1'v1ce men are invvited. 011 thn evpnimr n+' Qnmh... ,\..... l pa 1'3 Chl` I In I. Mondlany, _our regular meetxin-g. Keep dzute open. On Amy-N 0141 urn un" `nn1v;\ Legion News u.._,- L.\-[1.\ uu1u.~.~ \'C1'_`.' :01` b(-0: pul)l1c.'.1- HON. DUNCAN. MARHALL Mindnler N rthern Advance I FARMERS BEWARE what seed rain you 'buy to saw this coming Spring. here is a great deal of sin being o'ered for sale in Ontario for f .A grain shorta e has resulted in a demand for Western Feed ts.These oats are being sold for Feed but some mmem re-clean them and use part of them for Germination Tests of samples of such oats have shown as low percentages as from 20% to 70%. The Sowing of Such Seed may have dis- astrous results on the crops. .\ survey of the grain held in Ontario would indicate there is sufficient good seed to be obtained at home, and all farmers who must purchase seed grain this year should make careful selection upon Germination Tests. A farmer can make a simple and accurate test at home by sprouting a number of kernels either between two sheets of dampened blot- ting paper or in a box of earth. The sam le sprouted must be a fair average of the ot. WRITE J n qnnmu 0--.: n____, WKIIIZ J. D. SMITH, Seed Branch, Department of Agriculturu, Toronto, or DR. G. P. McROSTIE, Ontario Agrictiltural College, Guelph, for information. D'EPA`RTMEN,T or AGRICULTURE PROVINCEOF ONTARIO . ~ SEED OATS u|.1uLHlLhlUJl 1'Ca(`l1-C not i) th, C fhrxm `n mm unl- cnua"1'1r1, Untano Agricul U Lil, sub \v(\'.v.~ thi. lmtit.-i`z1I)1(: complaint. A second 1'o_o:L1lat-ioii also become.s c'0ct.ive April 1st, which vests in lhe mun'icipaliti<-sl the rig'ht to de- clarc by b_v~la\\tic ('los~in;: hour of bC\ Cl'2LQ`C rooms. `The present clos- ing. hour is 12 o clock, but if a ,`municip-alit_v \Vl5l10S` to have them llclrosc-(l aic 10.30 or 11bo1 c1ock,da11Iit m.< to (o is pass a ._\'aw an SL1)- lmit it to '.ho Liquor Control Board. I 'Tl1('re will be no clos-in_r; of beverage I rooms before 10 o'clock at nIi;2,'ht. I un:-n 2lll(*l1(It"(1 D_\' nonande escorts. "E'h-so 1'og-111z1`t.io11s have been made to elimimxle as far as possible mi.\'<,wl (h'inki1v_r_-, with its att.m1dan1. abu.=n.~, of which there has been con- lsidm-able complaint. I rtoonnd )'1m'I11nHn11 nlcn Ixnr-nnan; EN VELOPIIS SHIPPING TAGS TICKETS INVOICE FORMS CALLING CARDS LEDGER LEAVES CARDBOARD SIGNS MUST NOW HAVE BEVERAGE ROOMS FOR MEN AND WOMEPL New ro'_2'uIations by the Onrtario Liquor (`ontrol Board provide that on and after April 1.<~t :11] ho=te}s ' |1:x'.'in5.-' h(-\'-1-a,5_-'<- 1ice11su.=r mu:<. ope!` ';1t two .~:opz11-ate and distinct bever- [:-<:r- 1'o0m.:--one for men: only and thn other . for women, exec-pi winvn utumdod by bonade escorts. ` 'Th('.<(\ 1'(-n-11Y:Lf.1'nnc hnxrn Ixnnn nu.-.4 qulreu. 'T]1o populvaltjon of Barrie in 1876 was 4,300, but only 207 voted on the by-law, 118 for and RS) a.g'ainst. The tender of R. L. 1VIacey at $6,545 was accepted, the contractor being` bound "0 nish t-he f'n's'tv storey by Sept. 1st and the whole work by Oct. 151. G. H. Brown \\'u.s the :21`chit<-ct. .. . "Dhere has been considerable agi- tation of late to have Ba.rrie s town hall painted and repaired, and most people will agree that such should be done. It will be interesting to learn that it is just sixty years since the town hall was e*n~1a.rged to about twice _the previous size. It was on April 3rd, 1877, tihat the town council passed a by-law which was submiitited to the rantepayers on May 7th to raise the sum of $6,000 by debentures for the purpose of emlarging `he `town hall. 'TIl1e said debentures were payable in ten years, bearing` interest an . I` per cent., such interest payable half |yea1'l_V. "I"he assessment of the _tow-1 was $1,225,558 and a special levy of eig'lvt-:`enths of a mill was re- quired. "l"l1n nnnul.nn.'n.. A4` n...i..:, 3,. n-n SIXFPY YEARS SINCE BARRIE TOWN HALL WAS ENLARGED Roy Emerton (above), English actor who played Moody, the railway contractor, in the Gau- mont British epic of Canadia Pacific Railway constructio through the Rockies, Silent Bar'- riers", found himself right at home in the part when he wen, to the C. P. R. mountain division on location. The division was by no means: nnw tn Ffmm-cnn mhn Ulu IUUu.LlULIl. Auu UIVI-`HULL WILS uy no means new to Emerton who with his brother Percy served the railway there in 1912, Roy, the actor, as a fireman on pusher engines, and Percy as a. round- house hostler at Revelstoke where much of the film's local color was filmed. Roy Emerton was a pop- ular figure during the filming of the Canadian railway epic among the railroaders, many of them former associates. Railroaaer-Actor J. `B. FAXRBAIRN Deputy Minis ._,,,,. Page Three cANAD1X1i "mf\Vi`ATIONAJi:1 Fares, Tickets, Return Limits and Inf01'ma`.1'on from Agents Ask for Handbill. 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