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Fourteen Applicants Given? Hearing-Six More Ap- ply-Minister of Health! Must Approve Appoint-: ment. I ;u,uu.u In Luz. -`l;IC\.|.IU|I- Alderman Garner moved that the M]a_vo1', Reeve and Chairman of Fin--` ance be a special committee to act with the Board of Health in the ap-3 pointment of a canitary inspector. , T`\nn`.L.v 17..."... 15111.. ........-......L...1 A.L_L| VVIHIA mu. uuA.LvA\;vv1uF, u; ayy1.I\,a.|lI::- Mayor Robertson stated that some members of council might be ap-` m..'...+m4 +.. ..,. ...:4.1. cu... n......,: ..cL yvnnnvunwnnv \lJ. u \.uuu.u_y -uayouxvx. .` Deputy-Reeve Mills suggested that the committee be increased to ve? council members. E ,,~. . - . J Orillia Kiwaniuns Pay Inter-Glngb Visit Barrie Kiwanians enjoyed an in- ter-club visit from the Orillia Club` Monday night. The visitors, nearly 30 st1`on'p:, provided most of the program. 1')..A..2J....L A 117 n ~.1 l.uvba.u.uu President A. W. Smith extended a welcome to members of the rst club .=pon: by Barrie Club, then turned the _2`aveI over to Reg. Grant, an Orillia native. .-\ short :l(M1`0.~'.s` was given by Bob Hipwell, of Orillia, i.n which he stressed the value of mter-club visits and attendance at conventions. A.-uln T`t3--3-A ----- ------3-`~~` " vnanvo uuu amvCuuau\.C ah t:UuVl:lll,lUHa!. Andy Divine, vice-president of the Orillia Club, extended a pressing in- vitation to the Barrie Kiwanians to pay a return visit soon. AH` \L'...I- p_._-...J "'11 A yu; u sunuu vmw auvu. Alf. Wade favored with two re- citations. vw u . .. - -- n A wctunvnlon Following` the program, two Ori1- Iia rinks vied with two Barrie rinks at curling. Most of the other visi-' tors took in the hockey match. Women s Canadian Club Addressed by Hon. Geo. Spence Thursday Even- ing. THE - BARBIE - ADVAN CE Hon. G.eo1'_2*e Spence, :1 farmer in- the West, a member of Saskatche- wan Leg-isIz1tm'o, later llinister of Public Works. now Director of Prairie Farm Rehabilitation, was the interestim: speaker at the Women's Canadian Club last Th11rsdu_\` even- ing. rm.,. ..:..,\...y1.+ ...m=+:.m ze nnn ni-` Irrigaticn, Rehabilitation Will Redeem Canadian West` 1115. The th'ou;:,'ht question is one of the grreutest that faces the West.: Even the railway problem is second~ . L r'm_:~ .l......._LL 1\\qA:\ no What rto -do with the group of; .... .._._:L:__.._ .1._.......L....... ._ AL- `-12.... Lvcu uu: luIAl\(|_\ klluulwun -.1 .-\.\.uuu ary to it. This drought area ex-`t tends in Canada between the Red t River and the foothills of thei u... uu.uu.n,sa- (Continued rm passe four) No. 52. .3T.B. Testing of '!Dairy Herds to l ` acommence Sewn Terms: saxzie Girl Chosen {Air Hostess `Farm Management `Classes Proving E Helpful Here Vol. XCII. I I 1 | 1 I Air-minded Barrie girls with an urge for romarnce and adventure will envy the appointment of a former B.vC.I. pupil in the person of Miss Dorothy Price, who has been chosen along with thirteen other girls selected from hundreds of applicants across Canada, to act as air hostess on one of the 200- mile-an-hour air tramsports of Trans-Canada Air Lines. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. U.% ; A three-day farm management E. discussion prograninie, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this -week, in the Legion Hall, has at- jtracted the attention of a large number of farmers from the sur- mounding district, fty of whom en- `rolled for the course. Due to the heavy snowstorm over the week end, ` some were not able to attend on the` opening day, but all who managed to put in an appearance were keen- l_v interested in the progiani, ';~:`ii(h is being` .conducte(l by M1`. H. R. Hare, of the _'-\g1`icultu1'al En-onmnics Branch, Department of Aq1`i.(,ultu1'o. Ottawa, and Professoi` D;`ummon(l, Economics Department, 0..-\.C., Guelph. Farm mzmayzement problems, ways and mezms of huis:eting' Mr ."uu1rc requirements. toysether will`. the dis- cussion of actual problems presented by members attending the classes. are proving `hi5:h1_\' eciticzuiomi. and helpful to those in attendance. j The course was a1'rang:ed through the co-operation of Stewart L. Page, agzricultural representative for North ;Simcoe, and is the rst of its kind `to be held in this district. Rockies. north to latitude 52, the S;1.~1<:xtL-he\\':1n River, and south to the international boundary. In the United States, the d1'ou5:ht area in- lt'lLl(10.\' ei_:ht complete states and 1m1't.< of about ve other states. .-...,..1 Lu C`~an 1'2`-C4331` . Plclllul IEDIIII5 I-ll I-lllllr VVVV I`- in the Simcoe T.B. Free-Test Area will begin in the very near future, according to a letter re- ceived to-day by County Clerk J. T. Simpson from D. F. Mc- Cuaig, M.P. While the Free- Test Area has been established for some considerable time, it has been difficult to get action on the part of the Department due to the rush of work in other centres. April 1st is the end of the fiscal year for the Federal Government and action immediately following has been promised by the Minister of Agriculture to Hon. .Earl Rowe, nu II I , ___J r\ I.` ll- UL uuuu. .... _.......- Commissioned by the British] Government, Captain John .\Ic.-\11is- 1.-)1` n~a`e a study of conditions in this area in 1857-84) and handed in a report. He advised against any a_2'1'icu1ture or railway through this prea. Railway agitation was going on. In 1875 John McCoomb was sent out. One report conicted itvith the other. McA1lister came out in a dry period and McCoomb _th1`oug-h a fair or wet period. Both were right and both were wrong. Please turn to Page 5 ms.-yunsunc Lu nnvu. ....u-- guvuu, Mr. McLean and D. F. Mc- Cuaig,, M.P., who interviewed the Minister in this regard this week. Actual testing of dairy cattle -I c-,,,,.- -rn l:'_--,'l"_-u. Please iurn to Page 5 Fourteen applicants for the posi- tion of Sanitary Inspector and Tax. Collector appeared before the town council Monday evening to meet the members of council and further present their claims and qualica- tions for the position which will pay the chosen applicant twelve hundred dollars per year. -`Repor.tz'ng for Duiy I T 9-Year-Old Marvin Fisher.. I Rushed to Toronto :I-Ios- pital Following Accident `. on Way to School. Hit By Tmck Young gzmay Suaxs evam Eikuij Fmctuze 3 Nine-year-old Marvin Fisher, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Fisher, 67' Brock St., was rushed to the To-l` 'ronto General Hospital on Friday, su'ering' from a depressed fracture of the skull as the result of beingl struck by a truck driven by Oliver Carson, 17 Boys St. A student at the Prince of Wales School, the little lad was driven to. the school at 1 p.m. by Ivan Jory, whose young son Frank and little lDom1ie Reid, were also passengers in he car. Stoptping` the vehicle on the east side of the street nearl the school, Mr. Jory let the three; _\'oung'ste1`s out. Marvin Fisher was` in the lead as the three attempted to cross the road directly in ihel path of a light truck driven by; Oliver Carson and t1'u\'el1ii1:.1' south: on Bradford. In a sudden effort to avoid hittin_u' the ]C0?_lVllj_{`:=l.(3l`.<, ux mu, u.u.u nu u. roa an El-Ion. Earl Rowe's Barns iBurned in 515,000 Fire b Foreman who Risked ._,- .. Lyirfe Removing Noted`I)u"'1ngI-Iieavy Trotter from Blazingistorm Friday `Live Stock Led to Sa.fety\Cars Crasgh ! ' Stables. T\XI('\ A("("lI\!.`KI'1"Q IXPPIID I Three ne barns belonging to Hon, `Earl Rowe were burned to the ground at Newton Robinson early 'I`hursday morning, causing loss estimated at. fteen thousand dol- lars through the consumption of the buildings and the entire season s crop. -o..1:.......: 4;- 1......` ..;....L....: m. .. 1111 ' I Believed `to have started as a re-' sult of a short circuit, the blaze was first noticed by Mrs. Rowe, who stated that she was at the wear of one of the buildings when she no- ticed smoke .emerging from it. U1 .......`|.....J A... 1.1.- .......L L..L 1.... nauuv wu uv nnuu. mu. bnvuzl \Id-` men waiting downstairs in the police court chamber upon invitation of council, appeared to be a perplex-I ing question when the town fathersi assembled, so much so that it was. not until council had been adjourn-| ed and nally recalled to further; duty that the call was issued to? have the men appear one by one.` 11-..-.. T`a..1.......1...___ ...J-..'.....l ..... _:i I vu.\.u alA|v|\u ,\.nuu.n5unb 4:.--u I rushed to the front, but by the time I got. there the place was full of smoke. It all happened -so quickly, ames spread to the other buildings and the men had absolute- ly no chance to save them, said Mrs. Rowe, who gave great credit Please Turn to Page Ten W . -- There was great activity in Downing Street, L0I1d011: W110 the last weekly meeting of the British Cabinet was held at NO- 10, the oicial residence of the Prime Minister. The Ministers :1?` pointed in the recent Cabinet changes were present at the inflat- ing. Three of the newly appointed Ministers are seen arriving. Left to right: Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, Minister of Agriculture; Admiral of the Fleet Lord Chateld, Minister for Co-ordmatwn of Defence, and W. S. Morrison, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan- caster, formerly Minister of Agriculture. Barrie, Ontario, Tuesday, February 28, 1939 Flease Turn to Page Ten iyosial eizvrery bot Effective H `Till Sepmjmher _ | Technical Change Takes ; 1 Place April 1st, but Not! Noticeable Till Later, F. Mccuaig, M.P., Points; Out in Letter to Advance. ' I r| Postal delivery to Barrie homes}: will not commence on April 1st, 2151' `reported in the local papers lasti` week ,the Advance has been inform-i led to-day in a letter from 311`. D.i IF. McCuaig, M.P., written from 0t-5 .tawa. The article appearing in the` ilocal press last, week was based onl a letter from the Inspector of Pos-3 ital Services. to Postmaster T. Crew_ :and ; that it was the intention; got` the Department to inaugurate` the new service on April 1st. ` As the Federal member for this{ TWO ACCIDENTS occua ON NO. 11 HIGHWAY-N0 INJURY -ro PASSENGE.RS-VEHlCLES Anni DAMAGED SLIGHTLY. 1 At the height of the heavy snow- storm on Friday, two accidents oc- curred on No. 11 highway, causingl =. dzunage to the vehicles con- cerned, but fortunately no injury to? any of the occupants. v 1 1` ` I At eleven a.m., Joseph Samuels,` Toronto, travellin-p: south, a quarter` mile east of Crown Hill, crashed in- to a Standard Brands truck driven by Albert Firman, Bradford S1,, Barrie, causing some damage to thei fenders of both vehicles. ! _n.\.. .1 Town Seeks Extra Man For Paiice Force Auuuvna u; uvvnn v\-nlnunusao , At 12.30 noon, amother accident` occurred a quarter mile west of` Guthrie post oice, when a car driven by W. Prentice, Bracebridge, Please Turn to Page Ten `gsalury `of 4th Constable gls Set at $1,000 Per Year lllope Fiend Gets Morphine From Doctors Kit u a 4uuu\.L vovu. l 1| I believe the situation is 1arge1y= xup to the Board of Works, his! '[worship continued. The board has _ -two major problems to consider this lyear--]oca1 roads, and the consider-; '`_ation of the much-needed sewage` L disposal plant. i 1\/In..- 'D..L-..a...__ -:1 ;_L-L .1, , ma Education (Cuts Estimates {Mill and am: | l I When Barrie town council con-`I siders its tax levy next week there! will be a reduction of one and all Ihalf mills in the requirements of] ]tIhe Board of Education over last. 1year s needs.. } 5 I have no idea whether this will ; -'indicate a lowering in our tax rate ;or not, said his Worship Mayor H. 7G. Robertson. 1 H... .. .. .. .. . . . :',Parks Commission sl-Ield Inaugural : Meet Saturday -i The Barrie Parks Colmniaoioxz met 'ffo1- the rst time in 1939 on Sat-1 ~jurda_v afternoon, when officials for =`bhe year were named as follows: `LY T\ .. (W1. -2 Q L) Committees Appeinted To Pick Sanitary Inspector vu, u;\.u.vun\.., l.|ll .\. x,-\.\,u.u. ~ 'Ill1e other members of the board :are: Jas. M(-;\Iz11'tln, \V. J. Pzxll`. 3`-Philip Love and .\I:1_\'or H. G. Rob- ` 7 ertson. The Pzn`l~:.< -(`0mmi.<. is entitlecl to a half mill appropriatirm, \\'l1lCl] iwould mezm over $2,500. but it was irfecided to :1. for only $12,000 For `the _\'c~ar .< expemlittn-r:. i H. D. Atherton and Robt. l.:1n;:'- [man were nmain enQ'a:2`e as : I I l I l I I intendent and assistant for 1939. -N. n .1 .1: u \- u-uyuouu yuan. l Mayor Robertson said that the` lone and one-half mills reduction: Ewould equal more than $6,500 inl savingr--an amount which would `not touch our sewage disposal prob- lblem which is a quarter of a million dollar proposition. I I uux, _\,uL Iv\.L\. ucuuuu cu: ;uuuv-.1 E M. D. 1\'Io1'1'ison, Chairman; A. H. Goodall, Secretary, and J. .\!orri- I wson, treasure)`, all re-elected. .., -.E LL- L-....J rn1 _ ,;1,,._ ..____ A dope end, believed to have been a transient, caused Dr.. A. G. Gray a few anxioul moments about 6.30 p.m. Sat- urday by making off with the doctor's medical kit containing surgical instruments, etc., while the doctor's car was parked at the corner of Bayeld and Dalton Streets. ..,.....v.. an `(uncut Loss of the bag was dis- covered by the doctor when he returned to the car` and an im- mediate search resulted in its location in a snowbank a few feet distant. A bottle of mor- phine was missing. lxlxuvllklvllu uuu u.v.~..u.u-u. ;u. `nu.-. Plans for the season will he dis-1 '|c-ussed at the next meeting` the end` 1 of .\`I:u'Ch. ' I i Recommend; Dollar Park-` ing Fine, More Control Over Second-Hand Deal- ers. `Chief Seeks Amendments to }Second End, Parking_By Law I . I . | The following: 1-ecommendatlonsof` _Chief Constable Alex. Stewart, pre- sented to council Monday evening,` }were turned over to the town solici-L `tor in order that the necessary '(-han.t:e.= be made in the existing by-.` laws, when they will be presented to; `council for discussion and disposal :~ I RE SECOND-HAND DEALERS Vt 1 In the past we have found it very (difficult. to trace the person who; `sold goods to second-hand stores or_ `persons who purchased goods fromj the second-hand stores. I would|] suggest that the council amend By-I 4ALA.v\4 mu, nu.,u wyypux unu. uy uus.-; Mayor Robertson advised council} that since calling of the meeting,| and the change in plans to have the i1 applicant chosen act as sanitary in- i1 spector and tax collector, rather than; as inspector and spare policeman, six: additional applications had been re-ii ceived by the clerk. New applican-ts were: Geo. H. Blackwell, Harold`! Spare, A. W. Fraser, J. F. New-I man, Edward Greene, E. G. Guest,E Guthrie; and former councillor R.i J. Finley. ; A'l.-l.`..w...... rV...M......... ..1...L...: u_.:. 2.1 (Continued on pagze four) Committee Opposed to Policeman-Inspector Gom- bination.-Counci1 Sup- ports Recommendations. As a result of the recommenda- tions of the Police Committee, pre- sented at special meeting Monday evening, the towzf is now seeking `the services of an extra policeman at a salary of one thousand dollars per annum. Report Number 1 of the Police `Committee reads as follows: I -- .... ,. . uuuuun-.u\.\, Jvuuu um ;vuv nu . Your Police Committee, having` considered the various malt-ters be- fore it, beg to recommend as fol- lows : 31 `Only 900 Motor Vehicle [ Permits Issued. Here to : Date--4,000 to Go in Next $ Few Weeks. 1. That the police force for 1939 ibe composed of Chief Stewart, Sgt. Case, Constables Burtch, Rayner ,and Roberts, and the fourth con- El;-`(abie to be appointed. I 2. That an advertisement be in- Eserted in two issues of the local ipapersv req1.1e.stin_::r applications for `police constable at a salary of one `thousand dollars per year. 5 3. That the salaries of the above ofcers be the same as in 1938. 4. That in the opinion of the Icommittee, no member of the ipolice force should acti as sanitary Igor weed inspector. ` (Signed) , D. F. MacLaren, Chairman. The report of the committee was laccepted unanimously by council. lBig Rug}? Es 1Pr0phesied [For Licenses I . There is going to he :1 b`.! rush here the last week in I\Ia1'ch, and particularly on the last couple of ldays of the iast week, prophesied Cli . Graham, grenial dispenser of automobile plates and d1'i\'e1"s per- mits as he cast an eye over `she piles of boxes in his office contain- ing the black and white markers that will be a very necessary part [of every car travelling the Ontario |hi;:hwa_\'s' after March 31st. 'n.-_:..-__ ;_1_:_ . L..- .__L 1_____ u . ; nu-.1 . 1 Alderman Cameron stated that inl View of the fact that as a result ofl the amendment to the Act, it was} necessary for the applicant ap-; poinfed to be approved by the Min-l ister of Health, and suggested that` there was little point in proceeding` with the interviewing of applicants 7|/f...v.... 'D..L,...L...... ..L..4....I L1...1. __..-- ` u-5..--u_yu gum,` uuux,-s v1;uv- Business this year has not been good, Mr. Graham frankly admits, not that he is particula1'l_\' worried over the fact, because in Mr. Graham s business as issuer of motor vehicle licenses, is bound to come one time or another. True. it costs considerable to adorn the family chariot with shiny black and white markers that do not add one bit to the miles per gallon. but it will cost Aconsiderbly more to ven- ture forth minus this regralia in the sunny month of April. What Mr. Graham is wonde1~in,2` about is how his arm is rsoingr to ham" out under the strain of filling: in over one thousand forms :1 week for the next `four weeks, because only nine hun- idred licenses have been purchased `law Number 1403 requiring every second-hand dealer to keep a regis- ter in which will be entered the name of persons from whom goods were purchased, giving date, de- scription of the article, and the `amount paid for it, and also when an article is sold the name of the `purchaser, his address, and the` amount paid for the article. The 'signa.ture of the person Who sells _the goods to the second-hand store jor purchases them to be plainly lwritten in the register in ink. If this is done, it will enable us to `'check complaints that we have, much "lmore easily. RE PARKING , I would suggest that By-law iNumber 1411, dealing with the- Please Turn to Page Ten Please turn to Page 6 Tvll Pug ('5 VVVVVVVV .. ... uy`; pointed to act with the Board of; Health in the selection. :11 A u .q . ..