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= « methodical] 57th Year. WITH WHICH 1S AMALGAMATED PIES | THE BARRIE SATURDAY MORNING 16 PAGES - SECTION 1 PAGES 1 TO 8 MacLAREN, Ec . WALLS, Manag BARRIE, CANADA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1920. SMASH INSAFE AND STEAL $600 Burglars Make Big Haul at Wisdom & Co.'s. -- Four Other Stores Entered. The past week bas been a record one for burglaries in AUandale," five stores being entefed and about $600 in cash be- ing carried off. J. D. Wisdom & Co. are the heaviest losers. Between midnight and three o'clock on Monday morning, burglars entered this store by the back door and after cleaning out the few dollars in the cash register, tuckled the aufe, This ie loeated in the office close to the frant window with its buck to the street. For some reason they deemed it advisable to disconnect the tel- ephone wires, Using # sack to deaden the sound, they plied o sledge (stolen from Paddison's shop) upon the handle of the safe combination and drove it in far enough to let the locking bar slip past. Having opened the sufe, they rifled its contents und everything negot'able was carried off. Nearly $600 in cash waa taken and two Thrift Stamps, hut registered Vie~ tory Bonds and several cheques were left. All the contents of the safe were gone over | and envelopes and papers were scattered | all ver the floor. P. C. Rayner discover: eid the burgary about 3.30 and is of the opiiion that it was committed while he was at the other end of his beat. The sume night the store of Bothwell & Co. was broken' into and this wax even| more daring than the other as there is a| AHawkestone people royally entertained the visitors to bountiful meals prepared in the church basement. A vote of_appreciation was tendered to the ladies and? Rev. Mr. Mair. BARRIE aie WIN PRIZES. At the Newmagvet Lawn Bowling Tou? nument on Sep. 15, a Barrie rink com- posed of A, D, Simon, W. R. King, J. D. Milne and H, Kennedy (skip) got firt prize, winning electric teble lamps and toasters, The tournament was most «ti ceseful, rinks refresenting Allandale, Ba rie, Aurora, Bradford and Newmarket com- peting. Hunter Kennedy's rink had 4 wins with w plus of 42, being within 3 of possible, and Dr. Wood of Bradford had 4 wins plus 37, securitig second prize, V., Knight's rink, Allandale, got third prize with 4 wine plus 17, Two other Barrie and,on+ Al landale rink leo competed, with the fol- lowing scores. A. Bricker 2 wine plis 6, P, Clark 1 win minus 19, and J. D. Wis dom 1 win minus 16. The local bowlers were royally treated by their Newmarket hosta: GETTING AFTER THE WOOD SUPPLY Council May Purchase Hard- wood Slabs-for Early Deliv- ery.--Cost of Street Oiling. At this week'« meeting of the Town steps towards securing un early delivery of light almost opposite the door and rail- more wood from Council it was decided to take immediate | nquin Park and lao ! waymen are passing that corner at all) i, iurchase an additional supply in th ours of the night, In thie care entrance | jyaoe uf fanwood dubs. , A" by-law 10 MOTOR DITCHED TWO MEN KILLED Near Creemore, Sunday Night --D. Banks and W. Preb- bles of Egbert the Victims. Dalton Banks and Wm, Prebbles of Ef bert were killed in a motor accident which took place on Sunday night at Cashtown, ic- I three miles east of Creemore on the New Lowell road, Banks owned the car and was driving and with him in the front reat wat Oswald Pullbrook of Cookstown. {Direct} behind Banke wa bis brother-in- law, Wm. Prebbles, and with the latter were Wm. Purchese, Harry Mann and a third man named Chalmers, all of Egbert. \It is thought that something went wrong with the steering gear and the car getting out of control crashed through a culvert railing and into a diteh in which the wa- ter wes several feet dee. Falling on its left side the car pinned beneath it Banks and Prebbles, Chalmers was thrown qlear and he helped out Pullbrook, Purchase and Munn, all of whom were suffering 40 much from shock that they were unable to help in the effort to rescue the other two. \Chulmers plunged into the water and man- aged to get Bunks' head above water. but becoming exhausted hy-wos compelled to jlot it fall back again. Prebbles' neck wax broken, but it ix thought that the desth of his brother-in-law war due to drowning. As the accident occurred about ten o'elock it war some time before assistance could 'he secured. Finally the car was raised with "s block and tackle The circumstances were reported to. she 'oroner at Steyner and an inquest will held next Monday: Single Copies & conts $i "Bee Year (in advance) No, 39 IN BUSINESS ; OVER 46 YEARS James Cheesman Has Seen Many 'Changes Since He Opened Store here in 1874. "Hard work and self-denial are the only secrets of success,"" sid James Cheesman to an. Examiner representative when re- counting some experiences of his long bus- inem career in Barrie of over 46 years, Mr, Cheesman bas retired from active Dusiness life and has sold out this grocery at the corner of Elizabeth and Bradford Sts. to his son James, thue marking the retirement of one of Barrie's oldest bus- ines men, and one whose mercantile car- eer has been noted by steadfastness and integrity culminating in marked financial success, Tunbridge Wells, England, wes his birth- place, some 69 years ago. There he was apprenticed to @ local tailor, and as 4 lad Tearned with characteristic British thor oughness the technicalities of the art sar- torial. In 1867 the lure of "America" Jeame over him, and though only 16 years | of age, av old-time wind-jammer bound for |New York found him a pussenger for the |land of promise and prosperity, Six weeks of cramped quarters and scanty food--the | only cooked food being that which each individual passenger cooked for himself at the "'galley"--and an entire ubsence of bread, ship's biscuits being the staple wub: wtitute--before New York There he worked ut his trade, later coming to Toronto, short time Barrie was then » young, busy, thriving town, und the inducement of $2.00 per day was reuched. | wis gained through the front door. This has a double panel. board of the first thickness they cut with | + a saw a hole big enough to admit a man's ari und thus were enabled to turn the | Yale lock and shoot back the other two! bolts which fastened the door, Mr. Both- well had taken his cash away with him sm! the burglars secured only about $15 change left in the till. = An effort also was made to enter E. Dore's stationery store, the niarks of a bur "being easily seen on the door. Evi- dently the burglars were frightened off he- fore they could get in. On Suturday night three stores further up Eau St, were entered, In C, W. Poucher's butcher shop the thieves got $15 from the safo which was not locked as it is used mainly for protection of books and papers in case of fire, J. 8. Brunton's hardware next door was entered in the same way. vin a back window, but nothing was token. Apparently it war eolely a case of "cash and carry" with the thieves for they took nothing away from M. Brown's shoe store when they failed to find any casn after «mashing in the door. On Friday night, the store of Bemross & Co., Bradford, was entered and $400 worth of goods taken. It is said that on the same night, eight stores were burglar- ized in Alliston. BARRIE METHODIST DISTRICT 'The Harrie District financial meeting wax held last Thursday, Sept. 16, at Hawke- sione, Rev. (Capt.! Caswell, Burst of Victoria College, Toronto, gave s strong snd stir- Fing address st the afternoon session. His subject was 'The Responsibility and Op- porttinity of the Church." The respons- 'bility was found in the fact that we are passing through critical days. Some: fore- es have declared war on present civiliza- tion and many otheps are out to destroy the Church. We must either spirituslize "these forces or we shall find o@melves back again in the days of barbarism, We must Jay hold of the big issues, use more co- operation among the churches, we must have a real vitalcchristianity thet will go right through with Christ's programme. The next district meeting will be held at Victoria Harbor, Nov. 16. There will alio be combined with this a rally of Ep- worth League and Sunday School forces, followed by an institute meeting at Uhthoff 'on the 17th end at Allandale on the 18th. Some reinarkable increases were reported in ministerial salaries. Some circuits went $350 and $400 more than Inst year. 'The discussions that took place through the day were gootl. Each eircuit ought to use good methods or a good system in all its Work. Life functions through a sys- tem. There was alo a strong fecling for what is called "The Budget System," and | for doing away as far aspossible, with pulpit financing. Another important 'point brought out is that we need more church- workers, Too many are in the chariot when they ought to be out either pulling 'or pushing, : 'At the conclusion of each session the street-viling fixed the levy at a little less! Both the victims were colored men. The placing of the German gun was entrust: ed to a special committee. Nuvy League 'A large deputation uppesred on bebulf of the Navy League and the claims of this organization were vet forth by W, A Boys, Mrs, Drury and T. T. Young Communications Letters 10 the Council were unusually few, only two in fact. Mrs. F. H, Plummer wrote calling ast- tention to the conditid® of the sidewalk on the east side of Peel St., between So- phia and Wellington Sts. Peter, Murphy asked rebute of the license fee paid by him as a vendor of peanuts. On motion of Deputy Lowe and Reeve Craig, this request wan acceded to. $200, Reward Upon the recommendation of the Fire & Police Committee, Chief King was auth- orised to offer o reward of $200 for in- formation leading to a conviction of par- jes guilty of recent burglaries in Allandale. This committee w: thorized to pur- chase fuel for the municipal buildings, The Finance Committee baving carefully considered the question of disposalyof the 'Town wood at present in Algonquin Park recommended that the chairman of this committee shake the best arrangements possible in order to procure s supply of wood for immediate delivery. At present there is a balance, of sbout 800 cords of Barrie wood in the bush. it is proposed to exchange, at slight ad- vance, 370 cords of this for a similer amount at the track which is available for immediate shipment. To supplement this, it is proposed to buy several hundred cords of hardwood slabs. Of the orders taken Inst winter for wood there are till 150 cords on the Clerk's books waiting to be filled. The suggestion was made and ap- proved that Ex-Ald.-Tyrer be sent to the Park to inapect and measure the cordwood and slabs and, if satisfactory, arrangements to be made for shipment as rapidly as cars can be secured. . Ald. Webb, who has had large experience in handling wood, said that these slahs| ecemed » good buy at $6,50 and no time should be lost in closing the deal. With wood hard to get and the\coal situation acute, the Council should get all ite wood down from the Park as 400m as al To Place the Gun 'Aldermen' Hubbard, Clark 'and Patterson were named a special committee to see that the German gun is, suitably plaped. Lighting the Town Hall Upon the suggestion of Ald. Moore, it was decided fo fix yp the gas lights in the Town Hall. aoe 7 Cost of Oiling . A by law was pawed providing for levy: ing a rate of 40848 of a cent per square {is reached and going around the station, | =e | Council for 8 couple of years, foot for ench oiling to be levied against the land abutting directly on the streets. The U. F. Ov has opened a store in New- market. After removing ® than half a cent per square foot per oiling. Banks was single and worked a farm be longing to Andrew Cunninghem of Barrie. | Prebbles was stonemacon and farmer le leaves w wife and one daughter, Both |imen were honest, industrious citizens and jenjoyed a large measirr of esteem in the community. The party were on their way Thome after spending the day at Eugenia |Falle when the fatal wreck occurred. REQUIRES "NERVE" TO TELL THESE The "tall' grain story bids fair to be- Jcome close running-mate bf that "big: gest" fish yarn we all have told sometime in our lives. Here iss "phenomenal" yield story taken from The Kincardine Re: view: "'Alex: MeDonsld of the Boundary threshed 367 bushela of whest from five neres one day last week. 72 bushels to the acre sounds a trifle "fishy" but Sam Goes- sel, who attended the threshing. is our authority, and he also states that the msn 'who carried the grain is a regular church- goer whose word can be relied upon." The County of York produces some grain per sere, as well as men who cun tell the story, a8 witness the following from The Aurora Banner: "We thought the old banner riding of North York wes some wheut-growing district when Jake Graham of the 2nd concession of King had a yield 'of 800 bushels of wheat from 14 acres, but it looks as if Bruce County can beat us. Mr. Graham threshed some oats which turned out at the rate of 120 bushels to the acre." _ Now 4t is Simcoe County's turn to tell a "tall" one. A story comes from Sunni- dale that a Brentwood farmer produced 400 bushels of wheat off 5 acres--80 bush- els to the acre, This one takes the prize for real nerve in the telling. The trouble may be more a matter of measurement of the field than the quantity yielded, and n "'five-scre' plot may easily contain over six acres when properly mea- sured up. THAT AWFUL PIECE OF ROAD | (a princely salary for a tailor of thore | days) induced him to come to Burrie to |work for A. D, MacNubb, who then hud the only tuilor's sewing machine in On- | tario. | ther John, opened a grocery and seed store lin u rough-cast building ut the corner op- |powite the present store. where Dr. Turn+ [bull's howe now stands. He, tontinued the tailoring Business in conjunction with | ther, John, opened s grocery and feed store tended gave it up. After » few years in that site they built a new store, the same building now being the house where Fred Loth lives. This store war given up be- cause of the towering of the street level, and 20 years ago the present block was built. 8 200-scre bush furm being purchased for $200 and sold for $400. A frame cottage on Elizabeth St., with outbuildings and fences, on a quarter-acre plot, was bought for $100, This house, which is still stand- ing, being the second last one on the south side of Elizabeth St. was struck by light- ning, snd later rebuilt, Mr. Cheesman has twice visited the seenes of his birthplace in England since coming to Canada over half s century ago, and strongly contrasts the comfort of an ocean voyage now with those ef the old sailing vessels. Notwithstanding his years, Mr. Cheeaman is enjoying excellent health, except for defective hearing, and his friends wish for him that he may live many yeura to enjoy the prosperity which as be himself anys be hus earned by bard work und self-denial. ORILLIA RE-WINS TUDHOPE CUP Lust Thursday Orillia bowlers sent two ritks down who succeeded in lifting the Tudhope Cup from Allandale. The two Allandule rinks skipped by J. D. Wisdom and A. G. Walker were esch one down on Sinclair and Farewell's Orillia trundlers. NEWMARKET | MOURNS DR. CLARK 'Former Barrie Dentist Held a High Place in the Hearts of the Citizens. \ ao (Newmarket Express-Herald) Not in many years has Newmarket been stirred so deeply By the news of the death ns than it hos been by of one of ita cit Dr. C. H. R. Clark, whose death occurred at un early hour on Sunday morning, Sep'. 19h. The desth came as a result of a breakdown following the strain of too close attention to the practice of his profession, In 1874 James Cheesman, with his bro. {Early in July be went with his family to his summer cottege at Island Grove, Lake Simcoe, intending to spend his vacation there away from the care and: worry of hin office and in the hope that the rest would give him renewed heulth and energy. But he had reached the vanishing point of hin reserved: strength and shortly after he took up his residence at his summer cot- tage the breakdown came. The best med- ical advice obtainable was secured and all that skilful oursing could do was his, and at times he allied and hope wax held out for recovery. In the first week of Septem- 'The partnership between James and John Cheesman was dissolved, the former buying his brother out for $200, what looks like 4 ridiculously low sum in these days when 'a set of good scales or s mest slicer costa twice ae much. "The methods of doing business in the early days and present day practices were contrasted by Mr. ures of 45 years ago read like a fairy tale. Produce was taken in trade only--and famine prices did not prevail the year around as now. Geese 'at 5c per Ib., tur- Keys at 8¢, chickens st 25-30¢ pair, and butter st from 10c to a York shilling a pound were standard summer prices, and winter: prices were a/few cents higher. Long processions of farmers' teams hauling grain were slnost every-day scenes in the fall.and winter. Here are some of the returns the agriculturiet got for his labor in those days: Peas 45¢, wheat 75c, beef fore-quarters at 8¢ Ib., finest pork 5c lb. Wheat went to $1.00 s bushel one fall and the prediction was made that that price would never be reached again, Flour was $5 a barrel; shd Mr. Cheeaman bought an extensive(quantity at that figure from John cate miller, of Tollendal, but the price dropped to $3.80 shortly after. Tt wax not uncommon to pack three or four tons of pork for shipment, All 'motorists "who travel down Yonge| Mr. Cheesman's first impressions of Bar- St. to Toronto willbe interested in the|rie were not very favorable. 'The town following from The Aurora Banner:-- |was then lighted by but a few coal oil "Contragts are now being let for the| lamps and wooden sidewalks were in strong building of the good road from Mulock's| Contrast to the fine pavements of today. Corners to the Holland Landing Hill. This} Among his enrliest recollections of this dis- piece of road was to have been built dur- trict were the exciting political contests ing this summer, but the work was delayed| of the late D'Alton McCarthy. The year by a demand for more money by the con-|Mr. Cheesman came to Barrie was the tractors. We understand they got $22,000 first Queen's Plate races on what is now per mile for roads built last summer and| the Dyment race track, held on the 24th were asking $32,000 for this summer, It] of May. But few of the men in business is expecced when the good road is extended| then are etill in commercial life; and num- from the Holland Landing Hill up, which |berw of, them have passed to the Great Be- will probably be done next summer, that|¥ond--J. J, Brown and Geo. Monkman it will be brought north and down the big| being two of the many who are still ac- Bill, doing away with the winding road| tively connected with the establishments around the hill, and that a new road will| of those days. be made turning west before the railroad| Property was cheap in those early times, meeting the present road on the west side|have a good view of the track from either of Holland Landing. 'This would do away|side' and could easily see approaching withthe dangerous crossing ox it exists at| trains." present, and would bring it around to this side ofthe village, where motoriste would Have you read the Classified Adlets ? ber he was brought to his home on Park 'Ave., but the change did not benefit him and gradually he grew weaker until on the dawn of a beautiful September morning his wpirit pamed the border line into the Great Beyond. The late Dr. Clark wos born in Barrie on the 10th of November, 1874, the second ton of Mr, and Mrs, C. H. Clark. He wus Cheeeman, and the 86 | sducated in the schools of Barrie, Public and Collegiate, and after matriculating, he entered the Royal Dental College, To- ronto. Graduating from there, be prac- tised one year in Barrie, associated in de tistry with Dr, MacLaren of that town. He then came to Newmarket to practise his profession and established here in a short time a large and luers practice. The Inte Dr. Clark was a great lover of all amateur sport and himself no mean exponent of any game in which he cared to perticipate. In his early years he played centre field for the famous Barrie lacrosse team of the early nineties and was known far and wide as one of the best stick handlers of Canada's national game. He played on Newnisrket's intermediate hock- ey team when Newmarket was runner-up in the finals. He loved tennis-and enjoyed lawn bowling and was one of the moat popular members of the Newmarket Lawn Bowling Club. No matter what was tho game in which he participated, he was ever the gentleman and always the true sportsman. No citizen of Newmarket in the past two decades had a better conception of the duties of citizenship than the Iate Dr. "Charlie Clark. He was always ready st the call of his fellow citizens to serve in any capacity for which he was selected, and' to his willingness for public service added to heavy professional duties, may be attributed in s large measure hia early breakdown. He was a member of the Public School Board for a number of years and was Chairman of the Board when the King George School was egacted and which now stands as a monument to his public service. He Inid the corner stone of this splendid public building, He was also a valuable member of the Town At the time of his death he was vice-president of the Board of Trade, and in the affairs of this Board be took » keen interest. Dr. Clark was an ardent Liberal-Con- servative, He was greatly interested in the paming away in the prime of life of| IDEAL WEATHER FAVORS THE FAIR Over Ten Thousand in the Grounds on Tuesday -- Many Fine Exhibits Shown. Not for many year has the Barrie Ag- ricultural Society been favored with such magnificent weather for its annual exhib- ition, sind the people responded to the en- ticement of a day in the open in such num- bers on Tuesday as to exceed last year's record crowd by several thoussnds. The grounds were in excellent condition sod, the huge, happy crowd surged from one point to enother, making the most of what to many is one of the best holidays of the season, Owing largely to the exceptionally heavy harvest this year, and the consequent rush of work on the farms, many of the classes were not so well filled ax in some former years, und this seems to be the general thing at the other fairs held so far this full. However, there were some excellent displays of the products of gardens and forms, and what horses, cattle and sheep were shown were excellent specimens, while the poultry exhibits were on a par with the best ever shown here and equally as good as much seen ut Toronto. The speeding contests were a big attrac- tion, both on Tuesday and Wednesday, and the rural school contests created in- terest for the thousunds of spectators in the Grand Stand snd those densely packed around the ring. Ivy Band played splen- didly and generously and the special at- tructions helped to liven the programme. During Tuesday afternoon 4 number of aeroplanes from Camp Borden performed stunts from dizty heights, an added at- traction which Secy. Fletcher did not ad- vertine. (Continued on page 9) os politics and was high up in thé councils of his party in the old riding of North York, His advice was always sought on all matters of importance, and the success of his party in this riding in recent years jis attributable in no small measure to his guidance in political matters. In fraternal societies, Dr. Clark was » member of Doric Chapter, Past Master of Tuscan Lodge No. 99, A. F. & A. M.; an Oddfellow and a member of the Sons of England. ' Probubly there will be nowhere where the late Dr. Clark's sdvice and amistance will be tore missed than in the circle of St. Paul's' Anglican Church. He was an ardent churchman and gave generously of his time and-means to the support of his church. In/ all activities of hia church he took s prominent psrt up to the time of his deuth, He held many offices therein and was twice ebureh warden, Tn 1903, Dr. Clark was married to Helen L, Caldwell, daughter of Samuel Caldwell of Barrie. Besides his wife, two children survive this union, Marion and Isobel, His parents, Mr. and Mrs, C, H. Clark, resid- ing in Newmarket, are living, and two sis- ters, Mrs. George Norris of Newmarket, and Miss Lenora Clark of New York; also 'two brothers, Fred in Montrest, and T. L. Clark in Los Augeles, Cal. To his widow and children, to his aged parents, and brothers and siaters the keen- est sympathy of » wide circle of friends goes out in their darkest hour of trouble. The funeral took place on Wednesday afternoon, from his late residence, Park Ave., under Masonic auspices. Service was held in St, Paul's Anglican Church, Rev. T. G. MeGonigle officiating at the church and the grave. An Fditorial Tribute The Express-Herald slso paid the fol- lowing editorial tribute to the Inte Dr. Clark: "The passing sway of Dr. C. H. R. Clark in the prime of life ia a distinct los to the public life of Newmarket. Under- standing the responsibilities of citizenship to an unusual degree, Dr. Clark was pre- pared at all times to give generously of his undoubted talents and ability to. the public weal. In the varied and many, ao- tivities in which he was © prominent figure during his long residence here he held the highest esteem and the warmest friendship of all with whom he came in contact. Possessing disposition that radiated. hap- pines and sunshine, he communicated to others the joy of living. Warmly sympa- thetic with those in trouble or sorrow, generous to a fault with those in need, his death will come as the loss of a per- sonal friend to hundreds of citizens in Néwoparket, and the surrounding coun- try. Dr. "Charlie!" Clark is gone, but his good deeds will live long in the hoarte and minds of all who had the good fortune te know him and to share his friendsbip."*