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~ WITH WHICH | 3925, comes 'THE BARRIE SA' GRANT REFUSED TO NAVY LEAGUE == Council Gives $90 to Fight Phone Increases. -- Town Engineer Leaving. Short sesions are getting to be the rule at the Town Council. At this week's meet- ing little more than sn hour-suificed to de f the meagre; bill of fare, Al- dermen Walker. Gray and Hubburd wete|Collier St. that had been Grst tried with thr absetees, A grant was refused to the | very poor results. ss the hydrant was Nay Le duties was enmphed with. The Rose St Jobnaton addremed the rence to the culyert on Ross 8t., . claiming that its con- Culvert wou Couneil with ref near Wellington § struction in fuuhy Go not carry away 4 rush ee ey is water acts | quetion He believed that much of the erit- rie wins be ala anna the coleert en | im levelled against the Fire Dept. is un- larevd. justified. It should he remembered that Want' Light the brigade ix @ volunteer one and the men . are to be commended highly for the speed | Rareiayeetae + pie Pe ¢ oe at which they respond, The defective by: | a bygbt in the niiddle o! eal as there ie ui sidewalk and the road is very rough oe er Releases KOS. Macy Town Engineer, ty pe released at the end of the-month, N Lowe and Reeve attention to the hydrants should have x On mation of Depa Craig, 4 he paid bim immediately up to the end inspection and fewmextra hydrants on, date bis hund for on which Town wil) expire, of December, 1920, agteement with the dutjes he may have in connection with the | wus hooked on .t gave a pressure of 140 Court of Revision By-Law is OK In accordance with the Ontario Milk Ack. the Hons Manning Doherty gave his ap proval of the milk by law recently pamed , Me by Barrie Council. No Need of| Dimmers There Residents on Carin strevts com kerosene lumps have hid to he resorted to. This communicst on should have been sent to the W, & L. Con Conn, Asked erence From the Water & Light--Commission | being discovers eure a request that the Council appoint a committee to confer with the Commission regurding street lighting, bydrant rental, |ence between committees of Council and ue. A. tequist of the Town , Angincer that he he released from further The two 22-ineh pipes | of water and these | J. Ae MacLAR w. C. WALLS, | keds the request wax granved, his galary first claim itjAt being understood thut he will uttend to any mains was inadequate, but when the pump } street watering, flushing of sewers and'wa- | ter used for various other purposes, "It said the letter, "that there has never been any contract other than cus- appears," ig ial WELL WORTH IT (Oshawa Reformer) 'The Barrie Examiner has announc- ed raise in subscription -price to $2200 effective October Ist. The readers of that excellent newspaper ought to be grateful to its publishers for not raising the price some time ago. It is well worth the new price or even more, ----se erucked, He understood that a new by- drant ordered to repluce this broken one hud been lying around for two weeks, 9 stute of affairs that should not be. Hud it not been for the auction pump on the truck, the hotel atables ond other valuable property would have been destroyed. Ald, Huxtable, chairman of the Fire & | Police Committee, agreed with Ald. Webb as to the need of looking into the byd drant complained of hat been reported on ) 5 und he did not consider that the -& they might have done in replacing it. | matter how busy the Dept. might be, Pept. hail acted ax expeditiously There should also be regular | replacing any found defective. | Monday's fire the pressure from the Ibs, which wax us high ax could be hun led. Ih severul parte of the town thr prewure is not what it should be und he thought the matter should be taken up with Wiéh Ald. Patterson suid Comn, the talk of delay was Iwas realized that it [much exuggerated. A purty living nerome the rond went over and hammered on Dr. and adjacent | forren's door until the family were arqus ed of the-rosidential Tight- ed. then ran back to the fire hall to give | ing m that part of the towa, claiming that |}, and found the dfiver on his) Good made | when the firemen arrived they found |the stable all aBloze inside, #howing that | [the fire aust tae bad a big start befnen, alarm way downstairs. time wae The question of hydrants and pressure will probably be discussed at the confer. W. & L. Dept SUCCESSFUL SERVICES The services at the ful Life Cut Off. The death of Edgar G, Redditt, lest Thursday night, came us a great shock to mort of his friends, ax few were aware that he wax dungerously ill. When in Englond he war taken with dinbetes hut hia trouble was not properly diagnosed till months ufter he had returned to Canada, By that time the diseuse had made sue progress that it wus imponsible to eradie it. He went to the Military Hospital in Spadina Ave.. and while the | treatment there mude un improvement, it Toronto was but temporary und tha: only a fow yeura of life could be hoped for. Upon the advice of the spec ialiste who treuted him (whieh advice eo- he resumed incided with hie own desire) hus work aud continued bravely bie daily jduties, seeming to find casement of mind On Saturday. he did not feel well enough to ome | When busy vecupied Sept. | hé office, hut no unmiediate danger was snimpated until Wednesday mght when he suddewly beewne very all. On Thurw ee he wus uncossewus except for oe Veasional intervuls, the end coming in the evening at 7.30. | Edgar Gordon Redditt, wax in hie 42nd cof the [8 large children forts and hurdships of the war. | AMALGAMATED Unite in Honoring Their Unreturning Brave Tuesday ufternoon, Oct. 5, witnessed the unveiling of a beautiful memorial erected | at Waverley to perpetuate the memory of the soldiers from the townships of Flos, Tiny, Tay and Medonte who fell in the recent war., Waverley is the corner at which' there four townships touch and the mongment stands on a V at the deviation Penetanguishene Road just north of the village--an admirable site in every The memorial is an imposing one, On the base way stunding fourteen feet high. lof Stanstead granite 5 fect 8 inches square rests the "die or main column of white 'Burre granite 3 feet square. on the four sides of which ure engrave! the names of the gallant dead, Surmounting this is a fix-foot figure of 4 Canudian soldier wrought in Italian marble--a beautify piece' of statuary made in Carrara, Italy, and imported by the contractors, the San- demon Murble Co, of Orillia. The whole | atructure weight over eleven tons and coat $3.00, Euch of the four townships voted $2000 wud the balance was raised by vol- 'ntury subscription through the efforts of the Ladies' Patriotic League of Waverley. Previous to the unveiling, which took place at 2.30, there was a parade including of Midland from several township schools, de- coruted vehicles, etc., the Ivy Bund lead: ing the procession, About u thoussud peo ple were present. Around the monument the Duneun Veterans formed square during the unveiling cere mony. Rev, Mr. Stubbs of Elmvale of- fered the dedicatory prayer, after which Major Richard Raikes made a short ad. dress und removed the Canadian flag with | which the memorial had been veiled, the cerminnny concluding with the bugle uote 'of the "Lust Pow." In bie remarks Major | Raikes paid warm tribute to the gallantry oft their cheerfulness in enduring the diseom Now, in nf peace, the people of Canada, re- embering the brave men who fought und Canadian soldiers in battle and to} JIGGS AND MAGGIE HAVE ARRIVED You'll find them on Page 9 of thia issue of The Examiner, and every week hereafter, a yearly contract having been made for "Bringing Up Father," the moat popular comic strip in the world. |names of Medonte men uppear: Fred Rey- nolds, Geo. Reynolds, Ambrose V. Archer, [John Grigg, Wesley Campbell, Herbert |Duddy, Wr. Farragher, Fred Higgins, Cleveland Mount, Douglas Kitchen, Rus- sell Middleton, Mervin Nash, Fred Rum- ford, Robt. Rafflaub, Churles Orr, Geo, Nelles, Hilon Williamson, Howard Tud jhope, Wm. Tigen, Edward Innes, Con, Buckley. On the west fuce xppear the following [Flon names: Walter Middleton, Oliver 8. |Gilbert, Howard Bell, C. Verner Train, | Ernest Donuldson, Oscar Kerr, David W. | Kerr, Jas. Dryxdale, Alfred Davis, Richard |McFudden, A, Roy Shipcott, Wm. C, Hum- phries, Alex. Polson, Leonard Rolph, Gro. VanBuren, Morley Snider, Thos. J. For- aythe, Wm, 8. Ritchie, L. W. Rolfe, Wal- jter French, Wm. H. Carruthers, Patrick Mirchell, (follows: Lorne Bell, Colonel Bell, Jos. H. |Blackstock, Howard Kemp, Geo. Dusome, 'Hurry Ellery, Wm, H. Braithwade, Wm. number of Veterans {with Lieut. /A. Foster, Ernest N. Moore, Peter Lucroix. ees slong the line. in command, the' On the eustern face are inscribed Tuy's, | representatives. These are: Wm. Quin: Iu, Oscar French, J. C. Montgomery, W. Wesley Neilly, Alvin Jones, Harry Rum- ney, Marshall Ney, Norman Vincent, Er- nest Clapp, Frank Kitchener, Alfred Clark, James Johnston, John N. Carter, Norman |Swartman, John Bell, Ronald Wright, Ar- jchie McDonald, James Linton, Norman | Russell. On each of the four wides, at top and "Who "Their bottom respeetively, are the lines, | ie for Freedom Lives" and Name Shull Live Forever." | Several Speeches At the sprech-making which followed, Ex-Warden J.T. Simpson presided, fn addition to the speakers those on the plat- form included Rev, D. H. Elliott of Hills dale (who lost his only «on in the war), year and wus the son of the late Mr. and fell. shoud strive to emulate them by live | poy. Rankin of Tiny, Reeve Dutton of Mr, Benjamin Redditt of Richmond Hall Ax a youth be entered the office of the! Richmond Hill Liberal where he his eurly traihing in "the art preservative | of all arts.' Leaving Richmond Hill, he wequired 0 unselfish devotion to the promotion of the common weal, The Heroic Dead On the south aide of the memorial is | jthe following inscription: "'Thix monn Central Methodist tom. in regard to street lighting and the Church last Sunday, despite the unfavor- hydrant rental, but with the other uses! and of the water services, fron which we do not appear to be receiving able weather in the morning, were a pro- Those who were unable to get out in the morning av abuses nounced success. worked several years in Toronto and Owon ment was erceted by the Ladies' Putrictic Sound before coming to Burrie xeventeen 'League of Waverley anc voluntary public years ago. For four years he was editor |subseriptions, A.D, 1920, in memory of of The Advance, about s yeur with Walls |those who gave their lives during the any revenue." Deputy Rusk, Ald. Moore and Ald. Byrne were appointed to meet the Com- mission. An Old Water Account W. A. J. Bell wrote as follows: "The Barrie Waterworks Comn, have a claim of #171 water arrears aguinst the Barrie Car- riage Co. This account has been lying un- 4 for quite a number of years es Barr was under the impression that tho Carriage Co. was not lable for same, owing to some arrangement prior to his be- coming manager. You are aware that there was an, agreement whereby, the Co. were to pay the water charges and the Town was to recoup the company. This 'secount has been running so long that it muy be a considerable portion of it is out- lawed by reason of the Statute of Limit- ations, although this is not sbsolutely free from doubt, To effect a settlement, how- ever, the Commission ore willing to accept $109. Before agreeing to psy the same, the Cartinge Co. wish to have your con- currence "and an agreement that you will recoup them 'the' amount." The Water & Light Committee will re- port upon the advisability of placing light at the. comer of Thompeon and Wellin ton Sts, No Grant for Navy League . The request of the Navy League for » grant of $1090 was refused, as no funds are available for such s purpose. Tt was decided to 'pay $90, the amount levied against Barrie by ths Union of Canadian Municipalities, as this town's share of the expense of fighting the in- crease, of telephone rates. On 'motion of Reeve Craig and Deputy Lowe, the Celebration Committee will be asked to supply Council with s financial statement. This motion followed a query from Ald. Pearce as to whether a report had been received from the committee. F Monday's Fire An! informal -discussion was held regard- ing the fire of Monday morning, Ald. Webb spoke of the condition of the hydrant at wll gv selves of the opportunity of Bearing Dr. Burns in the evening, Dr, Burns when pastor of Central Church, about» thirty years ago, made many friends in Bhrrie. Major James Burns, who was killdd on Sept. 28, 1918, was born in Barrie and was-the only son of Dr. and Mra. Burns. Dr. Burns preached for bis first sermon from Job 23:3, "Oh, that I-knew where 1 might find him!" In drawing a vivid contrast between the age in which the ex- clamation of the text was uttered und this age enlightened by our knowledge of Christ, he proceeded t) show the vital importance of our finding not a creed, not system of religion, not sehurch, but Christ Him. self. He illustrated bis" discourse with sev- eral touching scénes that he had witnessed on the buttlefield to show that far beyond the sound of any church bell many of our noble boys had fallen in the supreme con- sciousness 'that they -had not only found Christ, but that His presence with them Jed them to lay down their liven for free- dom and for christian 'principles. 'In the evening the subject was "Having the Spirit of Christ,"' which was taken from Rom, 8:9, "Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ he is none of His, In the development of his theme the hear- ems were led through 'history, comm life, governments and the various activities of life to show what the Spirit of Christ mesnt in practical affairs and the great problems of today. The exemplification of this spirit was illustrated, from a scene on the battlefield where he stood beside a Roman Catholic -priest, a Jewish rabbi and an Anglican clerman as they joined in the commital service while a number of fallen heroes lay, in the trench before them, The 'thankoffering manifested a deep in- terest in the work of the church and since Sunday over $100 hai come in to the treas- ury. The officials are confident that the full amount will be realized, Owen Sound has. ment commissioner. st "his whole- tims ited an naena- 1200 a your, the work, Bros, and the remainder of the time (ex cept when engaged in molitery duty) was! connected with The Examiner. Mr. Redditt was a neWwspaperman of dee | cided yi Coupled with a keen ap. preciatibn of news values, he had the fac- ulty of acquiring bis information rapidly | mintter ingglear ond concise style. As a printer he was s true craftsman. Not only was he a good judge of what constitutes | artistic und effective typography, he had: the knowledge and skill to put his ideas | into form. Besides being a good news: gatherer and writer and an artistic job printer, he was a thorough all-round man, There was not a thing around weekly newspaper office that he had not done at some time and in an emergency always ready: to do again. His resdinew to lend a hand under any circumstances was but one of the ways in which be showed his interest in his work and his splendid loyal, ty to the business with which he was con/ nected. Being of a rather undemonstrutive nature, he did not parade his affection, yet he placed very high value on friend- ship and none could be truer to his friends than he. To the membera of The Exam- iner staff and to gany other friends his death came as a keen personal loss. To any business in which he was engag- ed he gave' loyal whole-hearted service. With him it was no case of enduring » daily routine; the timeserver he despised. He believed in putting his best into his work at all times. Mr, Redditt was possessed of much mu- sicionly skill' and for the grouter part of hia life was connected with bands. Ho followed the Iste George Henderson .° as bandmaster' of the Barrie Citizens'. Band and conducted it for'some time, In. 1918 he enlisted with the 157th Bn., was sp- pointed bandrisster ahd entrusted' with the organisation of the band, which under 'his out upon the stillness of the beautiful Sab-}ece this monument it would make direction proved very efficient. When the 157th was broken up in England, he was|sounded by Bugler James Horne, over ajgrand old' British tradition which fives: charge: of the Canadian Forestry |good soldier, s loyal and worthy' citizen | represented bed been carried forward (Corps band, which filled many important * |great war in Europe, jboth players and conductor, \ Toronto, 1914-1918."" Beneuth the inseription the. following engagements and reflected great credit on In this work he attained the rank of Warrant Officer. He was member of Corinthian Lodge. | and ncsurately and of setting forth his |A. F. & A. M., and of Collier Bt, Method: | memori 'ist Church, 'wedded to Miss Eva McNeil Mr, and Mrf. Alex. MeNeil of Barrie, who survives hixt/ with one son, In his father's fomily were six sons, four of whom sur- vive, viz., Ernest, Rolph and Benjamin of and Stanley of Winnipeg; also two sisters, Misses Bessie and Greta of Toronto. Two years ago another brother, Fred R. Redditt, passed away. An indication of the place which he held in the esteem of the citizens was seen in the very large attendance at his funeral 'on Sunday afternoon. It was one of the biggest in yenra and the attendance at the 'cemetery was probably as large as has been meen there, After a private service for the relatives and a short public service con- duoted by Rev. R. J. Fallis, the casket, wrapped in the Union Jack, was carried upon the shoulders of six of hia former comrades, Sergts. R. H. Heppleaton, Jas. Case, H. Gartner, Geo. Walton, T. Burton and' E, Bogardis, and placed upon a gun carriage which, drawn by four hormes, con- veyed it to the Union Cemetery. Accom- panying it -were the Ivy Band, playing ap- propriate music, the firing) party with arms reversed (under he, command of Sergt. |A, E. Taylor), sbout one hundred Veterans in charge of Lieut. F.C. Lett, a dozen or more members of the old Barrie Citizens' 'Thirteen years ago he was {Band who had played under his baton, and many citizens, The imporing cortege moved along High, Park, Small and Ros-Streets to the cemetery. There the burial service of the Methodist Church was read by, Mr, Fallis, the volleys of the firing party' rang) bath afternoon and the 'Last Post'? was and o true: friend, daughter of | jTay, and Reeve Bell of' Medonte. Chair | man Simpson made reference to the work Jof the Ladies' Patriotie League who. ul most from the outbreuk of the war, were |indofatigable in their efforts to provide comforts for the men, and ax soon as the jarmistice way signed began thinking of a wiemorial. At first it was intended to include only the Waverley men, but the project was extended to include those from | the four townships who fell in the war. It nurely is a fitting thing that these men who helped to make Cansda an outstanding m before the world, should have a memorinl, Rev. R. M. Hanna of Elmvale said the wax one of the most beautiful | pieces of stutuary he had ever seen and he hoped that the citizens of the townships would live worthily of the sacrifice which the statue commemorates, G. H. Murdoch, M.L.A., honoring the dead, which were x0 worthy of honor, the citizens should not forget the men who came back, We must show them that thoir ascrifice to make democracy safe has not been in vain and we must make them feel that we are loyal and true to the gallant men, to our eoun- try, and to God who gave the victory. Rev. N, A. F, Bourne of Penetang urged all Canadiana to work harmoniously for the common good, as men of all classes and ereeds had stood shoulder to shoulder in the firing line on behalf of those at home. From the present world's unrest, Canada has been free in large measure and with the united efforts of its citizens it can be made a nation second to none. said that while An imposing' monument such as this, placed on a leading road, will be seen by '3 great many people, said Rev. Mr, Mo- Ewan of Hillsdale, and exert a great in- fluence for good. Commemorating as it, does, supreme sacrifice and recalling the 'causes which made this sacrifice necessary, it should give food for serious thought re- garding the problems of life and also be an inspiration in life's battle. Capt. W. F. Finlayson of Midland re- called the fact that the Penetanguishene Road and the adjacent townships were Isid out by Governor Simcoe over ago. Could that gallant old Britisher heart, showing, ss it did, how ni ei FEE "TEEFL (Continued on page 5" Tiny's names are on the north side as) Veteran Traveller Contrasts His Earliest and Most Re- cent Trips. A veteran patron of the passenger train sends the following :-- In view of the recent increase in pamen+ gers rates, alterations in management, gov- ernment control, and other changes, por haps the following notes of a trip t0 Tor- onto fifty years ago may have some terest by way of comparison, On Monday morning, Oct. 3, 1870, we boarded the train for Toronto at Bramley station, ene li of Craigvale station of the pres- and, after getting aboard, the truin under orders backed up to Barrie atotion, 8 miles distant, where they at tached another passenger cur' that war standing" in the siding, and with whieh they hoped to handle the extra rush ¢: pected for the Toronto Exhibition which was beginning that day, All this delay kept the train nearly two hours behind schedule time, At Lefroy the train backed into Belle Ewart, which was then s regular station for all passenger trains und a busy commercial place. By this time it had be- come a rainy day, at least for part of the time, yet some of the car windows were kept open for ventilation. The engine burned wood, snd ite tender had to be fill- ed with wood and ite tank with water at Holland Landing {had @ regular station agent ut that time, '}and was one of the wooding places, The old Northern Railway station in Toronto wus at Market St, . On the return journey on Oct. 5, by the evening train, the best sceammodation we could get on boarding the trsin at Toron- to was o box car, ns all the regular paxs- enger coaches were filled before we reached the station, 'There were boards laid upon suwed blocks of wood standing on end for seats, The pasengers were so numerous that eome young men rode on the roof of the cor all the way to Allandale, Trav- felling in this sort of way, even at Exhib- ition time, ix not the rule now in these parte and yrould be an amusing novelty. Yet the arrangements of 1870 were ahend of those st the time the railway was op- ened in 1853, In comparison with con- ditions of today, there were then fewer women travelling than' now, in proportion to men. The passenger cars were smaller and less roomy, and the engines have great- ly increased in size, The seats now are much larger and more comfortable. FR. WEDLOCK WELCOMED HOME The many Barrie friends of Rey. Fry 'Wedlock will be interested in the follow- ing item from last week's Newmarket Era: "Rev. Fr, Wedlock, Parish Priest of St. John's Church, Newmarket, who has been on a vacation to Europe for the past two ynonths, arrived home on the ten o'clock car Inst Saturday night and was met by 8 committee of his parishioners who ex- tended very hearty greetings on bis aafe return and accompanied the reverend gev- tleman to the Presbytery. where refresb- ments were served. During the service in St. John's Church on Sunday morning W. E, Dolan read a very expressive addrers of welcome on behalf of the congregation and Luke Gibbons made a presentation of a well-filled purse. Fr. Wedlock expremed his complete surprise and gratitude, Dur. 'ing hie sermon be described St. Peter's at Rome and other places of historic interest that he had visited and promised to give other features of his trip at a Inter date," NEW APPOINTMENT FOR MAJOR KNOWLES Major W. N, Knowles of Barrie has been appointed by the Ontario Government to be Divisional Inspector and Assistant Sup- erintendent of tho Provincial Police, ut $3,000 a year. Hon. W. E. Raney, At- torney-General, said on Monday that he had recommended him for the position and that the Council had passed the recom: mendation, Major Knowles was formerly at Davisville Orthopedic Hospital, and at Kapuskesing Camp, He has had no pre- vious police experience, but bss an excoh Tent record in his military work. PREMIER TAKES HOLIDAY Hon, E. ©. Drury this week is enjoying the first holiday from official duties he has bad' since he became Premier of Ov- tario, Premier Drury is spending the week at his home in Crown Hill, In the absence of Mr., Drury, the Attorney-General, Hon. W. E. Raney, is Acting: Premier. $68,000 worth of Owen Sound debentures were bought by its own citizens. 'An automobile stolen in Toronto was abandoned \in Orillin last. week.