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,. purposes. The idea was never car- .'.| pruice LO 11VC in. I .-_\mong' the earliest st-=Ltle1's were Mr. M. Connors, Mr. Kiely and Mr. Geo1'g': Loan. the property of the latter being` a.fterwards purchased by Mr. Martin Moore. Mr. M211-tin `purchased from Mr. Boys half unl acre on the corner of Eccles and Elizabeth streets, the next lot north pa.~'. into the possession of Mr. Ritchie. These gentlemen ptlrposetl building,` :1 foundry on these two lots, tvhinkin_e: that the 11ei_::l1borin_9: stream would be of much value for power` led out, however. Ritchie lived there for :1 while and worked in Sewry .< ['oun(lr_\'. ln a few _\'ea1`sl1e removed to Street. Late in the fties Mr. Martin sold out :0 Mr. John Wilson. of Bond Head, wno, still lives on the property, t.hou5:h for :1 number of _\'ear:= in the inter- val he lived at Bond Head and; Holly. He was a cattle buyer and} raised :1 lot of hor.~:e.<. There was! no cro.<. at the creek on l'1lizul):~:.l1 St. then, so residents of that part. had to :20 around by a road tlll`0Llf. ,'l`l what is now the Ag`~ricultural Park. Afterwar(l.< two or three long plank.< answered for a crossing`, and when Mr. VVil. was made pathmaster he hwl :1 bridge cons-lructetl. I 'I`1.,..-n ...,,..n um I\Il\lll/\V'I :,.... Low Prices and Goad `./Vorkmanship Quality The Best iatronize Home Indusiry \\;:.\ \\'Ul'LIl lll()1`(` Lnan 21 Cent. | Mr. Donald Campbell found his way to his p1-sent proport_v, Glen Almond," in the sixties. tho ownorl before that being` M1`. 1\IcCad_\'. Hard xvork has turned this bush lot into :1 lmuu-tiful and comfortable home. Here is also 21 trout pond. [the envy of many lasiak Waltons. T110 liftlo r-rook has boon utilized for a ; of \\'ate1'w0rk:= to keep thr- ywarrlmx verdant and f1`o; the sum- mer round. Tl1r:l:1t3 W'illlam Vail` also pn1'cl1:1. some of tho .\lcCad3.' surcet. ; Dymc~nt s mist, mill, destro_\~'ed by: fire more than a year 219:0, \\'a;<, built mow than :1 quarter of 11 century 219:0. The n1acl1iner_v was driven at first b_v water collected in a large (lam up the hollow :1 short (listanco. llt was here wllere _:1`0at sh stories lwvre composed; probably not all sto1'ir:s either, fen certainly ,r:;1'0ut .\\'h0I)`()(`e)':~" nf' h-nnf xvnvrx znmn- In pioneer days Mr. Carey an- swered to the cry of Cobbler, cob-. ler, mend my shoe. He after- wards removed into the town, but did not remain there long before g'o- ;- ing; to Collingwood. Mr. Charles` Price also carried on a shoe mak-i ing and repairing business on Henry` street. He sold his property to the late Mr. Handy, one of whose sons still retains possession of the lot. Messrs. Strong` and Loan did a brisk business in contracting and building". Mr. Strong lived on the` \ asucry uemg suu stamllng. lot now the property of Mr. Arthur Mocking`. The house, though of humble pretensions, was the prettiest iin the neighborhood, hence was lgiven a special name. Corby Cot.- Itagw-. These words were painted on a board erected in front of the house. With the origin of the wo_rd Corby we are not acquainted. This modest dwelling was the nucleus of Mr. ;\'Ieekin,e; s present} n-0 residence. The propert_v ad-E joining: belon',r.red to L110 Harris! estate, and was purchased some 12* |\ (`}'1l` non l1\` Kl!` \'n1l1nn Jnlwn;-nn l lL,'hLilLL', mm was pu1`CIlv.'.lS(1 some 12!. lyears ago by Mr. Nathan J0hnson,'1 who lms t1'ansfo1'mod it `into me of` {the most L-11viab1e abodes on that,} street. TWnnw.nL7-. .9 ...III J... ....J `I... On lots 3 and 4 Mr. Thos. 1\.ue had an ashery and soap facnory; he manufvactured large quantities of soap and candles and in late years sold out; to Mr. Wilson, part of thej ashery being still standing. I Dioneer davs NIP, (`.211-p\7 nn. LETTERHEADS SALE BILLS GUM1`/LED LABELS BUSINESS CARDS SYMPATIIY CARDS I.-TSDGERS BUSINESS FORMS \ ZLl'l'U. Twenty-three years ago Mr. Jona- than Churchill purchased his present property on southwest corner of Perry and Elizabeth streets. Im- provements, made at intervals, has ` I made of this corner a very pretty ' and valuable residential lot. Mr. L Louis Wells, living; a little further 'I'.west of Mr. Churchill, also settled 5 there about the same time. There were no sidewalks there then, but it `,was not many years before the council was persuaded to furnish the 3 lumber. and the residents put down the sidewallk in the evenings. The ` property now owned by Mrs. Mc- l Niven was purchased from Mr. Mc- " Raw. a tailor, and he got it originzilly from a man called Smith, who : bou_;=ht it from Mr. Boys. The late '\John Morrow was also an old set- ` tler, and by improvements added ' inaterially to the value of his lots. l PW `H1r1crx l|Jll`l\' IIOLVQ nkild...-.u .4, ivory person takes pride in {riv- ing to his place a cleanly appear- ance, signs of dilapidation or care- l(.*SS11(`S.~` being quite absent. Even where the dwellings are small, there is no lack of in`tere: noticeable. Flower _e;a1'(lcns a-bound, and nearly every window contains its quota of 1)rett_\' house plants. I For c-nmfm-fnhln nml nnn+ 'vn:;_ lit.-11si\`e1_V 1mp1`0Ve(1. l I ll`i(l il. Ul'I(l;1`L` COIl>I|l'l1CI(:`(l. I Those were the egolden dz1_v:< for the hunter and shernian. Trout abounded; it \\'as an easy matter to catch b~?-fore 1)l`Oai{f2l. a iness cf speckled beauties. The sh `thief had then no reason for 1o`obinj:t...': ])l`i\'2ite pond of its inhabitants. as all he wanted might be obtain?-d from the running: .=t1`0am. Pa1't1'i(lr:e and wild pigeon abounded. pz11'11'i and pi_<.rr.-on pie being` :1 common de- licacy. The trapper also found lotsi of `game. and m:z(lo many 21 dollar out of fox ; By lookinr: out of tip` window any moonligght nifrht ( .' mi_2'ht be seen licking: salt from tlikfx cattle and colt trouf:h.=j ilZl.UUl'(,`!' IS Ln(.' uutnor OI an _:'l`(?(lt~ In aml Wt-111111. VVit}1out labor thn-rr: wo_u1d be no _{:ove1'nment, and no leading` class, and nothin_9: to pro- l. S. Grant. A p|`e3LL_\' nuuse plants. For comfortable and quiet resi- (lrmce-s, Boys Block will always be popular, and it will be no surprise if in a few _vear.= Elizabeth St. west is the pm-tti0:.<: )'(`Sl(l(3l1tl1l street in . town. | UUH. gBo_\-'5 Block is steqtlily and siirely ; onwai-d.<. Du1'in;:' the past _\'cz11' M1`. 'Dobson and Mr. S. Peacock lizive lbuilt 1a1`fJ,`(2 houses, which they pur- pose venecringz with brick this fall. Mr. John Wilson: has also erected 21 1Z\1`_9,'p brick on his cornc-1`. Smaller houses have also been erect- ed by Mr. Powell and Mess1':<. C211- vert. Other places have been ex- ta-nsivcly improved. Everv nnvqnn fnbn: m-uh. :n I The march of improvement in' Whatr-vs:-1' there is of ;2,'1'eaine.<.< in any count1'_\'. is due to labor. The Ilaohrer is the author of all _::reat~ ! nn<< :1 tn] umnln \VH11nn+ lulu. lll'cl.bt`l'lilll_V no the value OI his lots. P11` these early days children at- tended a private school, a Miss Les- llie carrying" on for a number of |_\'ea1`s :1. very successful school near ,the Five Points. It was not. long`, il'l0\\'G\ Cl`. before a public school was .ope4n`ed at the Five Points, in the ll)11ll(lll`l1` formerly u.' for hotel pur- ;;)(i:<:'=s by the late Andrew )Iiscamp- bell. r 'r*i...m......L -c =-` property twenty-sevezn years ago, and by dint of toil and perseverance, made out of the wilderness of bush the. Vairville nurseries, now own- ed by Mr. Lou Vair, son of the de- ceased. This land, with a little fer- utilizing, is well adapted for nursery |pu1'poses. Mr. Vair s display of all kinds of owers is admirable and varied. 'l"uvn.-.4." +`L...n,. -vnn-4.. nu... T\/I'.. TA..- SHIPPING BTiLI..-.-2, SALES COUPONs CHURC`-..'-I FORMS S1`ATEI\fiF'NTS CON-`JERT 311.335 CLIEQW BOOK:-J5 Nee-1'1; zrma-.r:s __Th5=,'_Northe>rr_1 Advance _ \Jl.lAL\-\4L` LU \.u_|u_\' 0-} put l,'L`ll[. 01 I101` ` I `.1920 exports. 10 "If we lose that, he warn:-(l, it = 'l m-:-ans 1,350,000 on relief again--`,- l it means that an irr0pa1'able blowlf will have been dealt to Car:adian" p1'o_ ` He quoted a Detroit cditoriali which pointml out that the closing`! of the Yale and Townc factories for} a prolon_<.:'ed perpiod would prove that the mamzc-mc-nt felt it was unable to 0D":1'Zll.'.L' the plant under the (-ondi-i tions labor demanded. | I I I us -.0cau. of such comlition.<," he sairl, lwc:111;<(: of t-hu air of uncur- t;:int_\', no reputable .-\mc-rican man- l1I`El(:`.Lll'l`1' would to-d:1_\' d:1r* quota- a pricr: or gxuarantec delivc-1'_v ofi '_.-;ood.< on the world market. 5 Dn:..:-. ,. I ..L.... A--- | IIILEIUSL I B-oys Block in 1860 was all bush, mainly pine, but clearings were grad- ually made, the timber being manu- factured in~zo lumber at the mill on the bay and the land improved, un- til there are now in that locality many beautiful properties, with resi- dences, 5.-;a1'dcns and g.,v'roumls t for .-.1 prince to live in. Alnnnir Vlnu l)":\vl:n.~L I I l mu 01 :1 ])0llLI('I:111. To \\'l1i('l`l Mr. Hepburn rr-pli:(l that not life, but fire insuian('<- \\'iL.s the need of the politicizm and con- tinuvd to trucn [)1`0\'5il1(`lZll problvnis. Ho pruisal the publisher of a morning paper, whom, he said, he had known in triangular pants.` When I'm in difficulty I always turn to him, ho said. They that know no evil will sus- pect non-e.-Ben Jonson. nu lid. Strikes Boost Costs But with all the natural re- sources, thrift and indu;~:t1'_v, Canada` m'o(lu(-es far more than her own re-| nui1'(-lnents, he stated. \``We live by ` trade and if the time over comesj when Canada cannot quote com-i netitivc prices on the world market} then we are going to have :1 1'L'pv:ti-` tion of the depression of 1930 to} 1935. ` `gum _, . , . , _,n ,n 1 1 ..~. ll}-J-7.). I "`.`;.s a result of labor dii<:u':tio.<,` production costs in the United States have gxono up in the last ft.-vv.` months so that her export trade i.< only -17 per cent. of the 1929 g`- ure. l.ll'L`. Hv said that the more amicable r<-Iaiions of Canadian industrius and? C'ana workmen had enabled` Canada to enjoy 85 per cent. of her ` `_,L. A .1 . .. . _'.,uuu: uu LHU nuuu ulu1'Ket,." v" Points to Labor Acts I DiSL`11.i$iX1$_" (.'zu1:1di'.m luhor la-j_v'i. Lion, he said: We have plzzcud 0n\ the statutr: books what we con: mlvuncc-d 10.2-i.~:lz1Iion. The Indu.<- riul Stan(la1'd.< Act, he snirl, would ailow any industry to apply for go\`- ` (-1'mm-mu! n1t,-diation. tlw . 0f[ fair rates of pay and elimination of u::l':1i1` <-onmstititioxl. He rr-iterated his stand a::ain.=t iv.f'lux of C.I.O. 21{.>,'itat0r.s. . ` um` I...(|.`.. -1- .1 .... ., .... un ` 1 \x)`CB[ll"lgS , Iizlit-1`. Mil i Dona Du.~'. to the n1e(_-ting: ` im' DL1])ll`>`.\'i.<. 3r)l1Il]l-< In-ml wr uumu I)l11)1-.<.~'i.< 1 tzxlkimr of I H-phurn a Inn nv nr.3n9 JIup1I`.~.~!~ 112:1! IUFL HO O('(lL`5lOI1 01 H10 j_"1`(`.'!f qu:\litio.~: of M1`. and his opinion that on m:m_\' points thv -'-.\'zunpIr- ;.-'ivr>z1 by M1`. 1-l`<~pbu1'n mi;:ht bv followr-d. Hz- -xpn-:<.~`ed :1 \vhim. wish thzu thr- lifv i11; men ll]i};"ht some day nd a way of insuring' H1" public Jifn of politician." Tn \\']1il'h NI!` mnv\H1I|-n u~on1i..,l u}JuS ox uz:.nzuuan worknnen. Canada li\'(*;~: by trade," Premier Hepburn said. Wu are an indus~ trious people, descendent from pion- e<;-rs with inrtc-g'rity and cou1'ag'e of Ing'lish, Irish, Scotch and French stock. The Frenr=11 are, perhaps, a little more industrious than we in- . as 1'cp1'odL1cin_2; their own is concerned, but we tag` along` as best we can. Back in the early eig'hteen-fties the late William Boys saw with` prophetic eyes (or at least thought he did) that Barrie from its geo- graphical position was destined to be a commercial centre and that the suburbs of the than small `nucleus of the town would ere long be of considerable value. He, there- fore, purchased fcy acres in that locality now known as Elizabeth, Henry and Perry streets, west 01 Eccles St. He surveyed the pro- perty und divided it into lots and subsequently sold many of these lots at a handsome gure. Fancy prices .- were often refused in the belief that 1'0pc1`t_\' would be worth still more. )nc 1.l1ou.~'and dollars was refused for quarter acre. - The ;-\lvancc of June 8, 1897, `g'l\'us the l'0llowin;_>; which will be 01 interest : 1:0,... r.-1...,.I. :.. 1n,-n , -- SC1'V(,` do. lubor tinlu in Ix n \/l\.L(.5VV'(ln ' Makes It Stronger I Tliat s a mild expression. I mi }. ,'0ll1_Q' to add to it another state-l mcnt that will probably get head-' lines. I m not :1. Maclcciizic King Liberal an~y lOll_Q`Cl'. I'll tell the. world that, and I hope he hears me.` I'm ready to forget partisanship in thv interests of my country. It is the duty of goveniment to pre- sc1'v(,- civil 1'i_:ht;:,. That I intend to I um iu, n< \`\'nn\<.1l~l-\r.I-in Im cuun'l'.1'_V and 1'11 do-as That will never turio, he promised. There will be no lziwlessness here. I cannot speak for the rest of Canada because we havc a vacillating: governinent at Or.tuwa. please.` happen in On- Addressing the Life Insurance` Ofcers Association at the Royal] Yor/k, Toronto, on Thursday last,} Premier Hepburn lashed out, da- nouncing Prime Minister Mackenzie Kmg. T m nnf n NTrn.I_-nym:n L`:..... 7:1. I Lxlug. I I m not a Mackenzie King Lib-I erals any longer. I ll tell the world I that and I hope he hears me, and: taunting the Ottawa Government asl vacillating, said he would stick to! his anti-C.I.0. poplicy despite all op- position. 1 l\`lv T-Innlun-n 'IV`II\I\] 2. H 1' Cominittee for Industrial Organiza- pUSlEl0n. Mr. Hepburn turned from dis- cussing hospitals and sulphide mills| to the C.I.O. (t-he Jghn L. Lew, tion) and the United States labor problems which arose, he said, be- cause one man said `I bought and paid for the government of the country and I ll do-as I please.` because un- \ llilV(.` Or. tawa. I ONTARIO PREMIER BREAKS WITH MACKENZIE KING H1. Greetings from 1" \Hn_9.n- - ... .._\un.:. .Llld.L L HlLL`l1(] CO` just as syxnpathctic to. as anyone, but at the same` I m not going to allow labor 3 dun:-d bv n Inf. n'f' h;..~*n The Old Days When Land I Values Boomed in Barrie] t 11 9 LI Duplessis n'. of .-\;:ri(:ultL11'x- of Quvbvc. ('.11'1'i<.-(1 hn 1'. .)`!|l`ll< n`." p1-run. i1.1{lux of the lam" ; the United States sm'p1`1.=wrl to she a what h;1.< taken! ...I 04.4 .. I \-L1-`Ln: 1-,:;`u1'(l.< .' nn n. "\V 11.1\{: llIL\`lH- "001 that if we '0 think is 1'i;;:'ht . butt-1* place In UI. 1"!` that '1lI'lr\I`l L uuuv 111 um` . wz1.< W1l'ne: ;once :1 year at the . of Alfred t 'l'homp. PCI1(`tFI11_,"lliShC11L. M1-. -` I`homp;-on was one of tho bi_2',2'e.=t qfur dealers in tho C(`0)`{.1`iZ1n Bay: 1 'DllllCUU and U16 (11SI}1`lCI. I came to Snncoe County in 1820, said Mr. Hex/vson, and with in Sutton and Lindsay, I have re- isided here since. I came as a child `with my father and located at Big {Bay Point. Big Bay Point is about nine miles from Barrie. It lies at the southeast extremity of I{empen- feldt or Barrie Bay, and around this ;point swept the full tide of traic g\Vl1iCh passed up and down Luke lsimcoe when that lake was part of one of the g`reat hig'hwa_vs connect- !ill}.`,' Lakes Huron and Superior Wiih Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence. I have. continnml Mr um:-mu the exception of nine months spent ; u1H'1 Ulnt. i The fur t1`ade1's, as well as thr` Indians, puss<:-d our door in tho `u.:1-I}: (lays, he said. Frmlch \'O_`.'- `2l.2'PlI1`.~`. 0mp1o_\`(-(1 by the big rl:7alm'.< jin Montreal, passed up rt-_2'u}ar1_\`. =\\'ith c:mov:~' with supplies and pass-' Pd down as re_Q'uIa1'Lv with tig`htI_\'} lpzvckod halos of beavrw, otter, bean; mink. muskrat and sher .=kin:<. On of those canoes often carried usi much as $3,000 or $4.000 worth of} skins. _and that amount of n1onoys ixvould buy a heap of fur in thos-ol wda_\'.<. But the big event in the fur t1'adr- in our soction witne: jnnpp n vnnv 21+ Han L'f`n1~r. A4` \1\-mt` luune unnario and the St. Lawrence. ` have, continued Mr. Hewson, |seen 700 Indians camped 011 zny `_l'ather s farm at the Point at one time. When I was a lad all the Indians from the lower end of ;Georg'ian Bay and from about Oril- lia went "once a year to Holland Landing to receive the presents :11-ante.d them by the British Gov- ernment. For a week or ten days `he.for<.- the time for 1'(`cL'l\'ll1j;' the 'p1-e-swiits a .~:tta(l_\' procession of miioes 1)as.~'c(l down the lake. From `Onllia to B1}: Bay Point was one da_v s _]ourne_\'. After n1uking.r that the Indians (camped for the ni_2 ht and next. (1:11; tlu`-_v went to Holland il.-z'.n(ling'. We thus saw all the hes on their way down. `On their `way back, after rre`ei ' `.1. Ir m'e;~'ents, \\'-L` .<;i\'.' th.i1i :l_L"..ll`l. ()n the return journey the Indians craxm: in a body`, and then it was that as many as 700 would be seen camped on our place at one time. But the Indians did not come alone. 'l`he_\' were attended by camp followers in the form of traders. the bulk of the supplies of those tra(lr-rs con- sistine of whi. The first ni-_e'ht spent in camp on the return jour- ney was usually a scene of drunken l'L'V(`-l1`V. "THURSDAY, JUINE 10, 1937. m:_\' was I rL-volry. rm. M. m : rcvv.u'y." l I Then Mr. Ha.-w. proceeded to de: other : \vitm3.<. at ; thrv Point. : 'f`kn 4'..,. ;... __A "H" .1 Lake Simcoe in the early days was Ian important link in one of the .great highways connecting the east {and the west. Back in the nineties, iwilliam Hewson, f=.=.thor of the late ,Judg'o.-, Hewson, in an interview, `gives some interesting light on Lake `Simcoe and the district. I Damn 4-n Q.,....-. I-`......L._ , `When Lake Simcoe Was An Important Highway USE CANADIAN NATIONAL EXPRESS MONEY ORDERS FOR SAFETY AND CONVENIENCE Your local agent will gladly furnish you with full information as to /aru, limiu, etc. For mic, apeedy delivery undparceln by expreu. All Orders; `Will Receive PPom_Q .Attention--Phone 53 ~ THE uuu >u(' wuulu not part with a, L..:-m l`CCCl\(`d from her father for tho best brood n1u1'<- livingr. To-day The property is O\\'I1('(l by her son, Thos. Ha.~ t.ing>:. This is possibly the one case to be found in Innisl where the third p;ene1'ation holds land l'('COlVC(1 by :1 grandparent dir~ ect from the Crown. Has the hold- ;in'g' on been justified? The farm is one of the most productive in In- inisl. After $1(i'7_had beep spent isomv _vear.< ago 111 stumping ten aacrc-.~:, that ten acres gave in the !next sea; 400 btxshels of wheat that sold at $1 per bushel. To-day the farm will produce a thousand dollars a year. But. on the other hand. the descenrlants of the old grey mare are found all over the same sr-<-tion to-dz1_\'. b. .\I`z1n_\' of the lots in Simcoe County were _4'ranted as a reward for military ser\'iee. 'l"he late Thos. Selby, of Sharon. obtained seven one-hundred acre lots in lnnisl in return for the . in the War 1812-13. These lots were, some of them at least, g,'iven by Mr. Selby to his dau;-:hters, but all those who received these grants parted with them with one exception. The ex- ception was the late Mrs. Hastings, who received lot 22 on the 7th. Some years ago when land was not as valuable as it is now, there was made to Mrs. Hz1sti1i_2'.< what seemed :1 tempting` offer for property. One of the Bzinnc-1'mz111 s offered :1 brood mare for the lot. Mr. Hastings ad- vised his wife to accept, but she de- ttlaiwl she would not part with from l1m- fntlwnr -Fnv uuu Iul` Lrauers. Before the Penetanguishene road was opened up around Barrie Bay the lake was a section of the mili tary highway between Toronto and Penetanguishene, said Mr. Hewson. I11 those days Imperial troops were stationed at. both these points and supplies for Penetang were sent. up Yong.-,*c street to Holland Landing by ox team, up the lake to Barrie in batteaux, then overland to Willow Creek. and thence by Willow C-reek to the Nottawasaga River and along the shore of the Geo1`g'iaI1 Bay to Penetang. Supply depots were n1ain~ tuined both at the Landing` and at BZ11'l'lL`, one old soldier being` left in cliarge of each depot. In winter . were teamed over the ice. Troops on their way up and down, as well as these supply trains, us- uully stopped at our place over nizrht. The journey from our place tlo Penetan'_g'uisl1ene occupied two (avs. county. His annual gatherings were worth $30,000 to $40,000. When he was ready to sell he sent advertise- ments to London and Germany, and buyers from there came to bid on. his stock. The bidders, after leek- inag over the goods, put in tenders. and the highest bid took the lot. Mr. Thompson carried on this busi- ness as late as 1840. Run I.,.1m Q.-.......n mm: nuns as late 12$-4U. But Lake Simcoe was used as a highway by others than the Indians and fur Lraders. RnFnIvn H". Dm.,\4.....,....:`LA.... ..A-: Page Three Northern Advance v hsper Order Your Stationgm Bztsiness Em ms and Counter Check Boaks" In Barrie ENVELOPES SHIPPING TAGS TICKETS INVOICE FORMS CALLING CARDS LEDGER. LEAVES CARDBC.;..Ii`E.i SIGNL`.