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Barrie Examiner, 24 Jun 1920, p. 5

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<< ay. 'She amethyst. < fur and hey will nue, Tos lets. itality meats e best riends e rea- an be king, ao 'Thursday, June 24,4920) _ JAS. W. SCOTT Motor Truck Cartage MOVING PIANOS, FURNITURE AND CAMPERS' t OUTFITS A SPECIALTY ~~ felles ta the word' from thls eee * township, which is the best fruit Long distance work to or from Toronto, Hamilton and || Jetiion in the county. Hay is a: other points, at moderate charges half crop, alfalfa is fair and = sweet clover good. Fall wheat is OFFICE: ROSS BLOCK, DUNLOP ST., BARRIE Office Phone 86, Res. Phone 187. AN AVERAGE CROP. | FOR THE COUNTY (Continued from page 1) ter but has none to carry over. Hog stocks have been cut in two owing to the high cost of feed. NOTTAWASAGA -- "There a fair average and the early sown spring grains are good. Though a lot of stock came out of the winter thin there has been no de- pletion of herds, but farmers are cutting oul hogs as an unprofit- able line. MATCHEDASH--Last year this township's hay averaged 24 lons THER. V. HOSPITAL | to tne acre: this year with a large acreage it will be nol more than aay TOUR (GRADUATION AT SUNDAY JOINT of grazing stock and it is in first- assistance should be freely gly-| class shape. en, 'The R.V.H, diploma gives a FLOS-- Fall wheat is fairly Cc} & M BRIDE'S /nurse a high standing and facil-|thick but short in the straw; | itates progress in her profession.| will be an average crop, Spring Every piece of meat we §} Very Rev. Dean O'Malley said|graing looked pretty sick until tho | | the price splendid econ- omy. Let us have your Saturday meat order. All odd cuts sold at snap prices on Saturday even- ing. Closed every Wednesday afternoon |there is a finer atmosphere of/ciay. With the recent moisture |courtesy, attention and kindness.|the barley and oats have been | Nursing is a learned profession.|much helped and will be a fair |In their work the nurses come in yield. Peas seem more plentiful jcontact with humanity in many|than usual and are looking very | ang varied phases and thus gain|good. The same may be said of 'unéXperience not possible in any| sweet clover. There ix excellent {other profession, While this is|promise of fruit. A fair amount an education, the Dean urged the | of stock is being rai most of 'nurses (o keep up thoir reading,!it went on to the grass in very nol only in connection with their poor condition because of the profession, but in good literature) scarcity of feed. For the same land thus' broaden their lives, | reason quite a few are practical- Nurses deserve and gain the re-|ly going out of hogs. In recent 'gard of the publie and none stand! years there has been a noticeable higher tan the staff and grad-!increase in the number of sheep uates of the R.V.H and this year's lamb crop is Following (he exercises, ice heavy, | eream d cake were serv-| ORO. b ed Auxiliary, The en-!under crop as in 1919, quite a Wiseman & McBride Next Huxtable"s Garage The People's Popular Meat There is hardly as much Merkel ri hall, Superintendent's) pit having been seeded down ow- PHONE 106 {room, Board room and the public! ing to labor shortage. Crops are ward on the main floor were looking pretty fair. In some heautifully decorated with peon- places cut worms are working, 7 wes which were greatly admired. though not to a great extent. Fall | para |wheal is splendid. Hay is short; FOR SALE Bowling Tournament In Barrie!" few excellent fields of clover. The desirable, Residence on) At the annual meeting of the ie ae a lates en ee East corner of High and a PAPA MT nr ee om Pe "spuds." Hogs are decreasing, Sts, Solid brick with all wirngincag:---Prowiat De Io ane clue he tan Wane, modern conveniences. For a Breanane oie MEDONTE-- In 1919 over a particulars apply to lied, Shear, Allundale, Last year's; Mullion bushels of potatoes were Mrs. Edith Myers, xeculive commilee was re-,Preduced in Medonte; this year's Box 236, Oshaw: lected crop is even more extensive, Ont. It was decided (o divide the seme farmers having ax much as = |League into tWo sections, Barrie, /20 acres. The outlook for hay | Allandale and Orillia in group A,/i* Poor. the old meadows being FARMS FOR SALE [and aurora. Newmarket and 'ery little good; clover is thick Bradford in gronp B.. Each sec |but short, Fall wheat is a large lion is to play a double schedule Acreage and has splendid appear- ance. Spring grains are back- Farms ranging from 25 to 200 acres and from $1000 to $20000./and the winners play off in Rar. rie, ue and particulars (Oy) wax decided to hold the an. | Kon saint -- «nual tournament in Barrie on, VESPRA. -Fall wheat is fairly M. D. Cubitt-Nichols, Basmie. | | abor Day. ood. more particularly around | Edenvale and' Minesing; acreage jis a shade below normal. Clover jwintered all right hut the dey N | weather stunted the growth and the erop is very short. Even 'on |the sections where hay ix usually jgrown very successfully the N | timothy won't run a ton to the acre. Spring grains are coming along nicely and has good color; late sown crops on heavy land Jnre patehy as yet. A big acreage N | of pofatoes has heen planted and | seem to be coming much more Jevenly than last year. Corn is not making the progress which | might have been expected; the acreage is larger as a precaution N against a shortage of fodder. |Many farmers had pretty close sailing to winter their stock withi| the feed available. Mangels aro not a particularly good catch, ow- ing to the dry time. There will be an abundance of applea, though neglect of orchards be- cause of Iabor shortage is likely to seriously aifeol the quality. WEST GWILLIMBURY-- Crop conditions here are very similar to those existing in adjacent townships --excellent fall wheat, poor hay crop, fair prospects for spring grains and every indica. tion of a goud yield of fruit. C2} Litt Ordera Dozen Seedless Ltttttttdtda Oranges Today -- and try this GA. v. A_ general meeting of the Bar- rie Branch, G.A.U.V., was held in| the Barrie Inn on Thursday, June 17. The following officers were elected: President, V. Kilgour; ist Vice President, J. A. Butler; 2nd Vice President, A. E. Whitby;. Sec'y-Treasurer, W. 8. Robb; Board of Directors, F. 8. Smith, R. Smith, F. Ford, W. J. Marks. The political program of the G. A.U.Y. as proposed by the Do- minion Executive was read. Dis- cussion took place on the above, and also on the possibilities of returned men or their sympathiz- Cream one-fourth cup akbar with tespataniihe 'ugar and add one- sp , We have an immense stock of the celebrated -- Sunkist Oranges. direct from California--the fin- est, sweetest, juiciest" oranges on the market. Serve them at all meals and save doctors' bills. Regularly sold at $1 doz. of baking pew. dor'anda little eels "Add tes well baton apanand into mi! pans le or timbele molds. Set in a pan of hot water and cook in moderate oven. an ae a quarter crop. Fall wheat is} (Continued from page 1) good. There is a large amourtt | Qe ward though harley is looking}~ Music No. Luxury With Music now forming an important part in our NATIONAL EDUCATION, being taught in the schools as a regular study, and with the phonograph being used as an aid to teaching languages and for other purposes, without question It is a Necessity As a home maker and an invaluable aid to maintaining the real home' atmo- sphere MUSIC HAS NO RIVAL. Never let the national taste for music be side- tracked by the mistaken idea that it is a luxury, but secure this desirable educational advantage in fullest measure, Your best aspirations demand music and in whatever form you most desire it this store will make it easy for you to have it, not only by the best possitle price, but orf easy terms, soot Muse The J. M. Greene Music Co., Led. "sit: of Good Music derson, former postoffice inspect-|a lot in Regina, $1250, and plots|as she remains his widow, and aw or in Barrie, who died April 12,/in Propect Cemetery, Toronto,| annuity of $100 to bis daughter, leaving 81,000 insurance, $414 in|and the Brampton Cemetery, 860| Isabella, so long as she remains the bank, equities of 82902 in his| By a will made May 46, 1903, he| unmarried. On the death or re. i i 2 rs h t 34 Brunswick , | left ity of i sell is tempting, and at had been in many hospitaly|recont rains; late sown fields are| home at 34 pmiaewick avenue) left an annuity of 8100 and a life| marriage of Mrs. Henderson, the interest in his estate to his wife,| daughter and sons, Robert and and had yet to enter one in which | very poor. especially on hard.!o79 983 Wellesley strect, 87000; | Charlotte Ann Henderson, as long| Charles, share equally. Hot Springs at Banff and Bath ,; ertcnerorneey 4 Hocently the Canadian Pacific Rallway film of the tour of the Priace of Wales in Canuda was shown three times a day for three days at Bath, England The mayor of the town and thousands of the residents of the tow aad district were exceedingly sifted {n those pictures, which nofonly showed the doings of his Royal Ii!ghnesa in the Dominion but tino gave vivid details of many of the beautiful scenes of our country. Those who have visited the hot sulphur springs at Banst in the Can- adian Pacific Rockies or the Halcyon springy on the Arrow Lakes and de- rived beuithful benefit from them Will be glad to learn something. about the springs at Bath which are the: 0" y hot springs In the United King- dom, About the middle of 1755 the old. Priory or mediwval Abbey, which stood at the south-western corner of the existing Abbey at Bath, was pull- ed down to give place toa suite of baths for the Duke of Kingston, In: removing the foundations, a number of stone coffins were found, and, on sinking further, the hot mineral wa- ter gushed forth and Interrupted the work." The site being drained, Rom- an masonry wis disclosed, and sub- sequently a number of baths and su. datories. That there lay buried still further remains of what must have been an extensive oman bathing peetop tedinvrons mere snmiatns able. The rectangular bath, now commonly known as the Lucas bath, was uncovered, and a! either end of ft a semi-circuler deep bath, entered} by seven steps. The sudatories lay (1) Banff Springs Hotel and Bow River--Guests watching om the eastern side, together with a| the bathers. nimber of square baths and other] (2) The Abbey and Roman Bath, Bath, England. apartments which apparently bath- ers used preparatory to entering the|{ittle better than a morass, and Ma- side of the circular bath was dis bot chambers. Some of these rooms"for Davis, to whose unwearled zeal|covered, in 1885 the circular bath were paved with flag stones, others /and skilful excavation the city is so|itself; in 1886 the latrines and circu were beautifully treated with various| much indebted, found, after further |lar hypocaust; in 1887 the bath be- colored tessera. exploration and careful tunnelling,|meath the basement of the modern Excavations were not then pur-|that he bad at last alishtcd upon the | baths, and in 1896 another rectangu- sued; other buildings were quickly/hidden treasures. Difficult and cost-|lar bath was excavated. srected over the nd during the|ly a8 was the subsequent work of un-| That the buildera of these baths next hundred. years no attention covering these remains, the Iate Ma-| were attracted into the valley by the slyen to the place, Jor Davis set himself with indomit-|hot springs about the middle of the It was the year 1878 that marked | able perseverance to puch {t forward, |first century, certainly not very long the most important epoch in the re-|The facts that the baths were some |after the Romans first occupied Brit- Giscovery of the baths. Engineering |20 feet below the street level and|ain, we have. fairly conclusive evl- works were at that time undertaken |that continuance of the excavations /dence. A roin of Claudius was found Now on Sale at §()C Doz JOHN SASO FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES OF ALL KINDS Corner Elizabeth St. and Maple Avenue Phone 341 ers contesting every ward in town. The final decision will be held over until the co-operation| of other local soldier organiza- tions is secured. dames Henderson's Will The Canada Permanent Trust company has been granted ad- cipal spring, and \t was discovered that from this leak: the Kingstor Baths, then in private hands, derived the whole of their supply. Interrup- tlons ensued, but the Corporation en- 'forced their rights in respect to the yr escaping from the King's snd other necessary works proceed- ad, It was then perceived that the ministration with the will an: nexed of the estate-of Jamey Hen- foundations of a number of the mod- tra houses rested upop what was of much valuable property were seri- ous considerations which all bad their effect in retarding progress. Later on public interest increas and the houses were spring, und the draining of the site/an structures revealed. About 1878 when the great, rectangular bath was opened up portions of the culvert of the outfall drain were In 1883 the hypoca: Alssovered. ust: oa. the. western |; to remedy a leakage from the prin-|necessarily involved the, demolition|in such a position as to suggest to some authorities the theory that it might have been specially placed to commemorate the foundation of the baths. At any rate from the stones and altars dug up from dme to time (one stone bears reference to a defi- nite date A.D. 77-8), and the charac- teristics of few of the sculptured: remains, some occupation of Bath can be ascribed, with tolerable mociracy, to the last 30 or 40 year of the ae

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