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TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1939. qului iilipuuuuu. ....\. .....-_ ,, is live cattle weighing` 700 pounds or more. Under the 1936 a_9;ree- m_ent the duty on this class of cat- ' was reduced from 3 to 2cents er pound, subject to a quota of; '156,000 head. The new a,r.,rreement provides for a rate of 1% cents per pound and also raises the quota to 225,000 head. The new quota will permit (-on. largei` shipments from Canada when the price margin is favorable to export. but will not be sufficient to (lep1'e.<.=| __{_?----?__-_ t1s1ng' DU Lieu n.x..uu ..V- _-, means a saving of '7 cents, x l pays for the paper for that: and leaves three additiom1l`}_ 1-; lewspapefs Own Story YOUR HORSES ARE NO STRONGER THAN a car I-\ A I `I TTI 32 BAYFIELD STREET ' `UKDLD AKI`. mu Dll\UL\u|;.:\ ...n.. .., W. R. A LEN .__ _ .......u-ya-r ation The 1`,- _ centi mges i the quota is ra _,~_ the ma: U11.` (,'l'iZ1llfIC(l from a se- per head. On nodi- Dorte-l for (la Unit- 1 maximum cone ed to ` was ;2'iven to _\' 8.`, .ierl States in zuliuni (rate of 1"- _- _\'e-lu`. only 20,000 ha )nce.<- ed in at the 1 t re. limitation has us: of and the 1`/_ 32 :1 will apply to entry. new treaty UN ,5 are been reduced item the rate on c( rounds `ncluding cann lowered from uf pound. Reci1 Zcents pork product.- wta of.United States mrnpnfl The duty 0i :1 on\aml on fresh Signet Chapter Royal Arch Masons llnstulls Ollicers We have listened to many rea- sons why it is not necessary to subsc _ibe to `a weekly newspaper. So , at the new year, it s our` turn to tell our story. And here itl ' I I J'1ll'll;'ll6y. ` ` Li At the meeting details were also liprepared for the Special Reconse- cration Night. This meeting, called ? j for by the Most Excellent the Grand 9`Fi1'st Principal, M. Ex. Comp. Wil- Y. Mills, of Kiirgston, for the Ygliolding of the ceremony of Recon- Hisecrating, on Feb. 21, 1939. On eithis night all Constituent Chapters 'iof the Jurisdiction of Ontario shall Vyrassemble at one and the same hour 1:l.to re-atrm their faith in the prin- dlcipals of and to reconsecrate them- \CEselves to the ideals and purposes -d`for which Ancient Craft Masonry Wlstands. This action of the Grand First Principal has spread to such ,n an extent that all Chapters across r-`Canada, Great Britain and the Unit- rei ed States will all meet on the same aiday and hour to take part in this l l :|; Even plants have been enrolled i['.for '2'_vmna. training. W. E. , Burge, .'-\~wsociate Professor of Illi- -"nois. recently described a course of tiwei2'ht lil'tiny:" exercises, which frlevelopezl frail seedlings into husky plants in experiments. Professor lBurg'e said he administered the ex- _|. cruises to plants by attaching tiny .|wei_r_rhts to the leaves, causing the `p1:mts to lift the weights in re- *u`Ll0n to the stimulation. 4 ` Yelowstone National Park b0a; 1 over 1,100 different owering plants, about 500 of which may be in bloom at one time. |o:o:oo xuxoojnjojozoioc .,` YOUR HARNESS PHONE 557 I The news of the passing of Mr. `I F. R. Porritt in B.C. on Dec. 10th was received with `deepest regret by his many old friends in Barrie, as lhe and his family had lived in Bar- lrie for a great many years. He was an ardent church man and a regular utteiidaiit at Trinity Angli- can Church, of which he was Church Warden for eight -years, 1 190i5,1 906, 1907, 1911, 1912, 1913, R 1914, 1915. 'n.......... 4.1.... 117111` Inc me Q VPTV .LU.L`:t, .|.U.LU- _ Durnig the war he was a very active worker for the Red Cross and was on duty morning, after- noon and nigght in this most worthy work. For some years he was in active commercial life, being con- nected. with the East End Brewery. Of a benevolent nature, he was always in the forefront in any worthy cause, being connected with the Christmas cheer cause many years. rr:.. ...n.... Du.-..:.;. fin-ondc 1-no-wot yuans. His many Barrie firends regxet his passing and wholeheartedly ex- tend to Mrs. Porritt and family their deepest sympathy. (By Bill Lowe) On Tuesday evening`, Jan. 3, the 1st Barrie Boy Scouts held their meeting. First we had inspection of the pockets and hair. This was instructed by Scoutmaster Coleman and Vern Walker. The Winner of the inspection was the Lions Patrol. The winners had to lower the ag, after which the Lions Patrol was presented with an honor ag from Scoutmaster Coleman. The boys of the Lions Patrol appreciated it ver_\'l much and want to thank Scout- mastcr Coleman. Then we had 21 [ roaring: frame of O Grad_v. The win- ner oi' the 5,-`ame was Ted William- son. Then we had test passing` by Scoutmaster Coleman and Vern VValker, followed by Scoutmaster s , hour. In his talk he spoke about 1 drowning and he expressed that ii 1 I V any`bod_v went near the bay it would be dangerous, because the ice is not thick enough to go on. Then we had ag down by Bill Needham, after which we had court of honor why the patrol leaders and seconder. Then the meeting` was dismissed in the Boy Scout manner. any Lua- have listeneu L0 111 ibe . s our it is : Just why should a family spend about four cents a week to get a subscription to a weekly newspaper`? The answers to this question con- stitute a document of what the weekly newspaper does in the com- munity. 11...... ...... zvunv rlr-m1w'l1l`. that four .0. D. Williams, `At a largely attended meeting of Slgnet Chapter, Royal Arch Ma- sons, held Jan. 10th, Rt. Ex. Comp. District Superin- `tendent of Georgian District No. 9, {acted as installing oicer. The fol- llowmg officers were installed by Rt. Ex. Comp. Williams, who was assisted by V. Ex. Comp. A. G. :Cooper, Ex. Comps. H. J. Lougheed, H. L. Jones, Geo. Coles and H. H. N Burns : T'P,Z,, T-Iarvev L. Jones; Z., Lem, (By BILL THOMPSON) Well, here we are back after an absence of a month or so, the rea- son being that no meetings were `held because of circumstances un-1 foreseen. ~r-\- - n,,1 n-....:- ._...,. ,.,_1.,`,] 4.Ai lUlUE'CClIu \_v__u`uu__ Firs . I 'Uomp:m_\'. 1'ne nrsr, wu.~: ueeu W. ........., -..- _-e_e. , help jlivid t;:a1I1ie\vaI::sCa}'1s:::in]:: 200 M.P.H. SPEED !g'o\'e1'nn1ent tests, and it is planned in the North, and only letters were `cheer parcels on Friday night and The `craft has a top speed ofto put the ship in service over the carried by the mall train. News- that, of course broke up one meet_ 200 m11_es an hour, developed l)_V'lAt].ant1'c, Four more of these giant papers aod parcels were left for mg. Then the next Friday night foul` 1,000 `horsepower, double-ro\.v ymg' boats are being constructed. later dehvery. 3rd Barrie Scout Troop was ushw Wrltrhf en.:1_r1ee, largest of.the:r-` ltvpe ever built They have twwe as1Egi`BREEEEEEEEEEE%L%%5%EFu EEEEE%%BEEES%EEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE%EEEEE%%%EF$;5 .in_Lr at the hockey grafne at the arena} 1 H _] I F nun -. 1\I1 no 0 1-211 1175! nr-nynn IUD, A-.. I ILF3 ulu .ua1.1AC uuuuu 4.Avuy vvuu \..;.n.. in: arena here, and so we missed another meeting. . . 1 1 , 1 L, ___1_-.` .....-.....5. As we have been asked to usher at hockey _r.;'ame.= on coming Friday nights, it is evident that we would not be able to hold any more meet- ing on Friday evenings, so for the meantime we changed our scout! ni_u'ht from Friday to Thursday even-` ing. ` - - 1 -- , , mI.....e,1.... H-. Lllbt At our meeting on ThLu'sday, the fifth, we opened with ag break. Attendance was then taken, follow- zi few p1'ocienc_\' badges chalked up. Eric '.`\`IcI1\vain then led in a wild and wet graine of sleeping pir- 1,, ,1` ._..A. .... P\`I\ .-.. ,...,..-.-..~_. ate, a good supply towers being used. /\ m J,,,_,L-4` l,U\\l3l'N U\J|lI`b' uacu. I Our Scoutniaster, Bill Iilalcomson, took us to an adjoining; room and spent the rest of the evening: show- ing: us the various map readingl si:.:'ns. After the lowering` of the Hay: and scout silence. we broke oflil At seven o'clock on Friday, the thirteenth, we opened` our meeting by the flag` break. Attendance was then taken. After some signalling we were led into the scout room` and then the reworks began. urn-u - . , ,_, n .._:.I A..- Q/urxn`-, I unu uu:u hut: lIl.CHuAI\:. -.n.,.,..... This troop, said our Scout- I mustter, is going to wake up. We've been sleeping. We are going to have the bigjeest and best scout `troop in Barrie. Then followed a lengthy discussion and 21 plan was picked on. As it is, I believe that Barrie has the most decorated troop in town.` One boy has twenty prociency badpres, another eighteen, another sixteen, another twelve, and several others have one, two and three badges. How s that for a record ? well. we wonder how the other troops stand ! Au"... .. Invunl ant` `kam+v fnilr, l.1`UU[J.~! suuux ; After a long and hearty talk. Tommy Armstrong lowered the flag and we had a minute of scout silence. We we broke off most of us saunter-ed over to the arena to see the big hockey game (or am I wrong, boys ?) SCOUT NOTES weemy mnvaywyw -vw --- - M. .. .,.,_.__, ,__, Have you ever thought that four_ 1_p_Z_ Harvey Jones; Z cents a week means 5115" 3- 1it5le:J. Laver; H., Smith Kain; J., Jas. more than half a Cent 33311 dab Simpson; S.E., Ed. Lewis; S.N., W. It is a very small alnount. Tl`l(3:B_ Webb; Twas J_ C_ Monkman; average Child Wastes more th3'P.S., Harry McCullough; S.S., Ger- that every daY- A Special ealevlald Smith; J.S., Clarence Johnston; advertising` 30 Cent items 01" 5 -3lD. of C., Alex. Cowan; Tyler, A. cents cents,Hi,-]ehey_ Which `halt details _...a. ....,u 1.,..mm l-l1w=.e additiomtlim-mm-ed for Special Obituary F. R. PORRITT FIRST BARRIE The Barrie Advancw \.u. -u...l.... I..- of wet paper `First Baptist Men s Club Holds [Monthly lt J. A. MacLaren, editor of the_ Barrie Examiner, was the guest; speaker at the regular meeting of the Men s Club at the First Baptist Church Friday evening, presided` over by President Larry Singer. M1`. i\IacLaren brought to the club an interesting account of his trip to South America, which was much enjoyed by the members. The vote of thanks was extended by S. recent I 1 R. Pitts, editor of the Barrie Ad- vance. An added feature vided by Herman To1n~ Magician sortment of well-known coininodities lightly besprinkled with magic wooedust, ,performed a number of i . . . . 1 interesting illusions. ` .... ma 1.... 1uq=+m r ..,__ ........... of the ; evening was the entertainment pro- * li.nson, who, with the aid of an as-i I E I `Pacific Plane Flying ute! To Sazr IIILC1 Camus unuuxvucu Chi1e-con-carne, served by Masteri` Chef s R. Irwin, J. D. Knapp and Rev. McGi11icuddy, proirided the main course of the supper which followed the meeting, and which; was much enjoyed. I rI_..,._-:u........ .....n..:.-.4-.-u-I <|~n +n'Lrn. "43 JHUCII \:uJu_yc\|. J I Committees appointed to take; charge of the next meeting were: Program, Smith Kain, H. M. Davies,; Art Little; Refreshments. H. Bart-; 1e`_v, E. Armstrong and Gerald`! J Smith. I o uuny 4 `*3 =1;;;,;;; ' ment WORLD S LARGEST AlRLlNER.~:to:m TO ENTER SERVICE IN FEB-icold RUARY--EVEN HAS BRlDAL'mz1y sum; AND BERTHS FOR 40. 5 01 I wanna ........\......e. _.._,:,___-. I The Clipper truly is 9. ying; hotel, even to having a bridall. I suite. But despite its 41% tons} gross \vei_:-`ht, the plane handles! 3 easily. Pilot Edmund T. Alleni -I ew with only two ngers on the? x i controls. 5 I | Seattle; Wash.-The \x'orid s lam ` est transport. plane, a 74-passenger ying boat, soon will be thrusting. its whale-like snout over the Pacic` in trans-oceanic service to the; Philippine Islands. | r-rn.- .........L ,.:1..,... I.-m.-. :c. avnm-ind: .....,,-,....c ..~.......... . The great silver plane is expected` to be put into operation the first two weeks in February. For the time being` it is not planned to` carry the full load of passengers.: 1 7-r..:..... cu... `m.........:...... `Dan '1{~ .1 \;a.u._y one ;uu Lvuu xu. 1,..._..n...b....,.. Using San Francisco Bay as :1` spriIrg'boa1'd, the Clipper will hop to Honolulu, thence to Wake Islandis 'and Manilla and return on regularly u ` scheduled ights. ]} _. .... . N. 'r` C u a un . LUU lVl.I ullo I-ll. I41-All I` craft of< miles byll four horsepower, double-row en_;`ines, of their-` |L_.-- ,...-.. L...:1L 7`|"`I.uuv In-nvn | ncl |u_y'yx: c\'I:L vunnn ;..-_y nun. |IIVA\a\a .4, much pull as a railway locomotive.-We ` V z-H . n _ . . ~..-. .,,,_ l"` " "' "'-I `: Pan American oicials said the craft exceeded expectations: during tests in that it rose from the water in the remarkable time __of 30 sec-} onds and less, climbed at the rutcl of 1,000 feet a minute and ew to .u]mo.~*t 20,000 feet, which is in the " .-ub-stratosphere. n__;_ l An added accomplishment is that`EL, `the Clipper can fly on any two of 1 . the four engines if the others should '5?! I be disabled. Not only that, but the fz1u`t_\' motors could be repaired by ,,,1,:u_ LL. ._1.:... .,. :... 1....:..m1 clU l,_\ IHUDUI-'3 uuunu us. Lwyunxvu .4, `E: u n - u o ` mechanics while the ship IS in the !-'5. U air. Catwalks inside the win'_q.~:iE% lead to each motor nacelle. IP93 533' Specications of the Clipper help lgj to visualize the huge size. The hull itself has a heisxht of 19 feet and a length of 109 feet. The wings stretch to 152 feet and the horizon- H5 tnl tail surfaces measure 4. ) feet 33513 from tip to tip. There are two Ema decks, connected by a spiral stziir- 935 case. 35 v1l'1l'|'I`IlD I','t*.:-_ An .% Lullvu I... ..-.-. To ren t 9. than 2 cents still to see a is not laid 2 With 40 passengers aboard, the` `Clipper will have a crusing` rzLn`ge`1 of 4,000 miles. Forty passengers, can be accommodated in roomy" sleeping quarters. Berths are (ii I feet 3 inches long and 32 inches` i ` D1:.|\..||nc l\J:\ -2-: wide. nu ma. ,,v W luc. The C]ippe1"s two decks, 18 sep-l arate rooms, carpeted oors, daven-\ port-t_\"pe loungring: chairs, genera]. roominess and modern styling`! `througrhout have produced another`, descriptive phr:1se-Park avenue . suite on wings. n___:1:._:.:..._.. .: Lt... ,I:..:..... vnnvn suite on wings. Specications of the dining room` are 10% to 12 feet. When food is` not being served, the room will be` converted into a lounge. Arched doorways at each end of the rooml lead to passenger compartment.~: fore and aft. Most of the com- partments accommodate 10 persons. vrn....... nun nanny-a+o rh-nccino` 1-nmn. p&u'uIn:uua u.v..uu-u-uuuu. A.v ,.....,.,...,. I There are separate dressingrooms for men and women. Beyond the latter, in the aft-most section of the ship, is the de luxe compartment 01' BERTHS FOR a` cm - - cw 1e rate \ ' g lersa =u1`r. Super - Lastic Tire Sales . W. ` am Jim `$5 953 gm as ng room . is` I be` ,1 he room :4 ! >a1'tment.~: ng rooms `BE IE5 _vond E5 an the!E E5 35 5cIAuLun styl ing 11 ant-'Innv `Barrie CBHL: 'pJ.u1uu __` rent book you pay ]i101`(:`:f` a day, but we ha\`e`1". home in which a boo. is aside when the \\'eeklyl]] newspaper, which costs less thanfs half a cent a day, comes into theit` house. lo Every member of the family,':a from 9 years of age up-chidren,l_t parents and gt-andparents-nd l C something of great interest in thclg home paper. This cannot be saidlj truthfully of any other paper orj; periodical. 1 " --L1.. ........... an;-4-: la:< l-.l.1;"111 ;:e1' planes. I The control panels resemle those of a small electric power plant so _man_\' are the instruments, gadgets `and levers. However, the pilot and , co-pilot have only the A.B.C. in- ]: struments before them. The flight 'en.J:ineer, radio man and navigator handle the others. Y. The steward and watch ofcer, `llwho correlates the functions of the other crew members, round out the. FGVCII-lllall DCl'.\'0lll`.C1. rm, rn:._...... :- 4.1.... nnnnnnv` nf Hm 'F(i\'Ul1-!Il2Ul pU1'.\Un1u:L. The Clipper is the second of thell type to he built for Pan American] _-\i1'\va_\':< by the Boeing" .-\i:'(-1'z1l't Company. The rst was used for {government gto NlAtlantic. v1|_vin_e Y . l 3 F | ` V. vnnv ..-.... gger planes. n. .. .. .. L. g.-.v 4.. V ",1: `E 152;; ' V b g E5 the"? Corner Dunlop and Mulcaster Streets ' perlouxcm. _ The weekly paper costs less tli1nla any of the following: four cigar-`C ettes, 5 ounces of beer, a packng'e e of gum, a. bar of candy, a cigar, aid cup of coffee, one and a half pints.S of gasoline, one play on a record machine, checking your hat, a mile; ride in your car. And when you [J are nished reading: your newspaper, 1 every other member of the fam-"I ily still can use it, which cannotj` be said of the other articles. fr -.-.. .- u... mm-+.l Dollar Day See Kid Values take a sock at Price Competition SPECIAL ! ZIPPER STYLE WINTER FRONTS MONOGRAMED . $1.-09 J. _. .-< I\II Thursday H. F. F._l_{__ALICK Heaters, Tire Chains, Anti-Freere, Oil CANADIAN TIRE CORPORATION Ul: acuu \.u. mu. .,...-- .. The home newspaper is the mostl hnportant ay of the church, thc| school, civic organizations, and go\'-` ernmental bodies. No agzency rend- ers so much service to the house-`I1 hold at so small a cost. ' For these reasons,if you are not already on the mailing list, why not subscribe to your home news-M paper. : 1: I c \ _ ' Friday Churchill, M`anitoba--First win- ter mail for the Far Nonh settle- ments left here Jan. 5 by dog train in (`l1Z11`9,`e of Oscar Sigurdson, nor- thern musher. The two dog teams carried 200 pounds of first class mail. ~- -~- 1 ".511 `...._1_ 1... 13-1.: lllillln .\Ir.,Sigurdson will mush to Eski- mo Point, 180 miles north, from where the mail will be taken over by a Royal Canadian Mounted `Police patrol bound for C=11este1`e1 Baker Lake, Wagner Inlet and Re- pulse Bay, Arctic post 600 mile: `from here. 7' `I 7"- ....-..L._.J .'._ v\I\t\\4 nnv. I LIUIII ll.ULC- I Trails were reported in poor con- dition, the result of mild weather and Saturday Page Nine Farm News NEW TRADE TREATY The new Trade .-\::reement be-. tween Canada and the United States, which came into operation on Jan. 1st, pi-ovic`:e.< many changes in tari`s on commodities passiti: from one country to another. Un- der the new agreement Canada cures conce.~usion.~2 on 202 commodi- ties, exports of which to the Unit-, ed States in 1937 amounted to` $327,505,000 per cent. of the total sales of $3`.H,2-10,000 in that Of the 202 items on which conces- sions are made, 129 represent ductions in duty, -11 the bin`.in: lprices in the United States. or :fpp1'oixmatel_\' i0fi (`anadiani 1"-'_' the existing: rate of duty, and continuation of present free The concessions to Canada Qimals and animal products quite important. The chief not 1 on and An- |other important concession is calves. In 1936 the duty was low- iercd from 21/. to 11/. cents per ;pound on a quota of 52,000 head. cent rate is continued and raised to 100,000 head, "with maximum weight limit chanyzed from 175 to 200 pounds head. cows specially im- dairying purposes the concession of 50 per cent. Canada by the Unit- the 1936 agreement cents per pound), but head were to be allow- `ed low rate. The quota now been dropped cent per pound rate all shipments. In the the duties on live hogs or chilled pork have by 50 per cent., and certain cured pork (not canned pork and sausagrr 31,4 to 2 cents per Reciprocal concessions on products were granted the United by Canada. duty on horses valued at not more than $150 per head was re- duced from $30 to $20 per head in 1936, and has now been changed to 315. while the rate on those val- ued at more than $150 per head has been reduced from 20 per cent. to 7' : per cent. at ni nl it ll" 11 ii