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CIRCULATION THIS WEEK 57th Year COUNTY'S DEBT TO BE WIPED OUT $62,000 Debentures Redeem- ed.--Debt Free First Time in its History. In opening the November session of the County Council, Monday afternoon, War- den Tran referred to the general Prosperity | members ,of the legislature are afraid to nd was glad thut the people were able 10 enjoy the good things of life. Reference was made to the reforestation plane which included the purchase of 800 acres in Ves- pre at $5.75 an acre, The investment | sbould prove an excellent one for the| County. He boped the membere would | devote themselves with their customary dil- | igence to the sessional duties, Simcoe | Council had the reputation of getting through larger amount of bysiness than | other councilx---equal to if not better than | the legislature. His Worhip spoke of the loss sustained in the death of Coun. Norman Bennett wnd, on motion of Couns. Coleman and Coombs, & resolution of condolence was or- dered to be sent to his family. $1500 Costs on Simeoe Co. "tenten to th Mine! Qinls catled nad witching tu this county the trial he will be satisfied, cf w prisoner charged with having com. eutted murder in Muskoka. It is probable that the County's share of the coxte will umount to $1500 for w trial that "should have been held in Muskoka aud the ex: penses paid by the province, He suggested tbat an application for refund of these custe be made, Deer Eating Fall Wheut R. Nekon of Baxter wrote with reference to the prohibiting of killing deer in this eoting the wheat off, -and we don't think it in fair baving to pay $2.50 a bushel for seed wheat and then have the wheat euten off by the deer, I did write to the fame warden lsat year, but we got no an- ewer, 50 we are writing to the coynty coun ell." Washout at Midhurst W. A. Sawtell of the Sterling Bank put in @ bill of $28 for damage to his sutomo- | bile on Abg. 15 owing to a washout on the rosdway on Midburst hill, Mill Road. W. A. J, Bell, K.C., County Solicitor, "notified the Council that the total bill, in- cluding costs, in the case of Walker va. Simeoe, was $51.46. W. A, McNabb of 8, 8. No, 18, Vespra, served notice of appeal in connection with the Tp. of Sunnidale failing to appoint an | asbitrator in connection with a certain schoo! dispute, Not Fair to County { At the Tuesday morning session, Coun. Coleman protested at the manner in which the money for Mothers' Allowance grants hus to be raised, The County has no voice in the legislation or in the appointment of the Board, yet has to pay half she cost. | 'When the Government enacts s measure und appoints ite administrators, the Gov- | ernment should pay the bill, instead of try- ing to take all the credit for the sdvanced legislation and making the counties pay half, He thought the County quite cap- able of naming its Board, | Coun. Banting, who is one of the com: missioners, agreed with Coun. Coleman, 'The commissioners give their services {fee and the County pays half the bill, the Gov- land much slipshod legislation goes through, | Highway in this county $20,000, of which credit for this humane movement. The first 'year all the cost is paid by the Govern- ment, but after that the counties must pay [half. "When thie bill was being discussed |it was generally understood that 'the Gov- jernmeot should py the whole cost, but this clause was slipped in afterwards," declared the Reeve of Essa. "If we had more men who would look well to the interests of their |consti-uents these objectionable little claus- es could not be slipped over. A great many | raine their voice ugainst the Government Would that we had men in our legislatures who would look after our interesta as-they should be,"" The Warden remarked that there was no question but the counties had to pay half the cost and the matter war then dropped. Defective Rouds Alleged James Dunn, Hillsdale, wrote that bar grading of the road had caused his yard to be flooded und had rendered his well useless. He usked the County for $40 to make good his loss, Lust March. when going home from Ehn- |suddenly drop through a emall bridge be- |tween the twnline and con, 2, Tiny, For half an hour it struggled in the cold water and as a result it became crippled and oth-|No.tawusagu was found guilty, by Judge ution of be Crown in brnging to Barre | erwise failed. If the County p Cookstown Lockup of two tramps-in Cookstown lockup, the four townships paid towards the up. keep of the Inekup and the police trustees| eighteen mon hs. of Cookstown had no nushority to rend on{ they lived apnarently happily together and such bills to the County. This report also recommended no grant |seas with the 157th Bn. sence hia wife looked after the children and "county, und asked if something could not Coleman thought the reasons for refusal | managed to eave $687. be done to stop the deer from esting off the hould be atuted. Barrie had voted $500 fall whest, He said, "We bave been both- and Innisfil hid given $200, When the ered witb them the Ini three of four years! municipalities individually are taking it up.| would use it to buy » house, to the British War Relief Fund. Coun. the County should rot be called upoi reconsideration. Defective Wiring P. B, Giles, Hysiro inapector. notified the 'County that the wiring at the Children's | Shelter is in a dangerous condition, Soon Free of Debt Yesterday morning the County Treasurer made s brief verbal statement on the fin- fences of the county. Of the $300,000 ap- Propriated for Good Roads, 'only about $225,000 bas been spent. Since Aug. 18 there hay been spent on the Provincial this ty pays 20 per cent. Approximate- ly $5000 bas been pnid for the to be twsed forfeforestation. For Mothers' Allow- ances ebout $1000 will likely be required this year. Already there have been about 70 spplications for these allowances, For Simgoe County, next year, probably $20,- 000 will be required, of which the County pays half, At the beginning of this year the County had a debenture debt of $62,000, During the year all of these debentures have been redeemed except $2555, which it is expect- ed to secure before Dec, 30 and s0 close the year free of debt. }When 'the county was organized there-wad s debenture debt for counsy buildings ansince that time there has always been some debenture in- debtedness. Surpluses acum the last four years have made"possible the liquida- tion of these debentures. Mr. Quinlan said he believed it was wisdom on the part of the councils to buve made the extra levy, LL ae ttt tn tetera AS TO ADVERTISING COSTS 4 i Marketing and Business Managem ities on up-to-date business methods and sulesmanship, had the following editorial in its Inst issue on the imperative need of higher advertising rate "If the dollar of yesterday is worth only fifty or sixty cents today, iow can you expect it to buy a dollar's worth of advertising space oF printed matter? Tt is because advertising space has always-been far too cheap that jt has often been used carelessly, sometimes extravagantly) Some advertising space.still, seems so cheap, relatively, in vatious mediums without » thought for how much or what kind of cir- culation they are getting. The publisher who is maintaining » high character of service to readers and to his advertisers cannot buy his paper and printing and pay hia: wages, except with the same dollars he geta' from his readers and advertisers. He cannot sell for half dollars and buy for dollars. So, if you find that the same spsce in the same list of papers ne last year is going-to cost you one-third to fifty per cent, more for 1921, do not » imagine the publisher is going to get isn't. His conte of producing the apace and eireulatios' which you buy have increased mére than fifty per cent.' over & year ago--* and further increases will become effective during little suspicious of any publication whose sdverining rates ave not increased by one-third over those of « year ago,"* as money was plentiful-and the people wore p™ ent, one pf the most reliable suthor- that advertisers'continue buying it THE B ernment meanwhile taking to itself the LOOK AT corrected up to Nov. 6. ed to look at the label date thereon correspon $<. = ing up his subscription, FOUND GUILTY 'WITH WHICH IS AMALGAMATED ARRIE SATURDAY MORNING BARRIE, CANADA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1920 The Examiner's subscription lift has just been" care is taken to have the lists accurate. subscriber see what seems to be an error in mark- immediately to this office. Subscribers in renewing will kindly bear in mind that the rate is now $2.00 per year. seem OF NON-SUPPORT | YOUR LABEL Each subscriber is request- on the paper and see if the ids with his receipt. Every Should any , particulars should be sent |CAN WE RELY ON SIGNS LIKE THESE? vale, Geo, How of Wyevule suw his horse¢@.. Wife's Money, Then Sought a Divorce. Lust Thursdsy, James Roy Johnston of | ; pte ; Nottawasaga Man Used His|Animals in Algonquin Park thodist Church) were interested to sce Apparently Ready for Snow |he hus been invited to become pastor of and Cold. him $30 The report went back to committee for Jot Orangeville, Prof Sandiford and Dr, 8. tence, was deferred until Nov. 30. nothing of bin and received no money foi had two children, In 1916 he went over. put it into'a farm, about the wi story was about some chickens lost, band when he was overseas. infidelity, Then he wrote out » confession, very strongly worded, and got her to sign it. He says he read it over to her, she being unable to reud, but she denies that he did so, The next day, be took a law. yer out from Stayner and bad ber sign 8 similar cdnfession in the form of an af. fidavi His lawyer said this was read to her. This statement was the only evidence he had against bis wife, and he said that the charge of infidelity he had heard made only pnce. A number of witnesses, called on the wife's behalf, swore that she lived an exemplary life. Johnston, previous to securing the con- fession, had started divorce proceedings and as soon as he secured the affidavit he served the papers on her and practically put her out of the house, though he denied having' done 60, His Honor told Johnston that his wife is entitled to the $687 she gave him and 'one of the reasons judgment was deferred was to give bim an opportunity to pay it back. well able to pay. Simcoe, with ita debt all 'wiped out, will hold a position unique 'in Ontario, Apathy re Eduestion A deputation addreaséd the' Council ask- ing s grant of $600 to assist in promoting the work of the Ontario Educstionsl Assoéiation in this county. In the deputa- tion, which was introduced by W. J, Me- Guire of Elmvale, were Dr. Simpson, J. T, Foster of Eimvale, Rev. W. M, Morrie B. Sinclair of Toronto, Mr. Morris, Secretary of the Ontario Association, pointed out that its object is to awaken s greater-interest in educational rich on thet sccount. Because he 'the year * * * You may well-be a- Jobnston wax marred to» young Cree: The fir Finance Report recommended | more orphun some yeurs ago. that Wm. Soften be paid $4 for the kesp|monthy they lived together until Johnstén, |tiee the beaver ix said to not be storing 8 farm Inborer, went sway to the vicinity | food for winter use. Coun. Coleman protested, saying that /of Newmarket to get work, His wife sw nally he returned and |have been busy for a month past stoging | 4 food in the form of birch and poplar, maple, ' ite ani iri away back in 1862, ir. Cotter received his appointment to the A During bis ab-| nd' ash trees of ubout one to three inches | Office which he still holds from the Grand' 'Urmed sound to speak to him the shot- in diameter, cut into lengths of from two | Master's father, then a member of the Can When he came|to ten feet. The bark is the portion used | dian Government, home in March, 1919, she gave this money other concerning a pig killed and » third|ers to trap them. that she bad been unfaithful to her hus-| the beaver were found to be very fat, more Things went |s0 than for the past two years, Just what from bad to worse until he accused her of |this means remains to be seen. "Under the heading Fr jalder, cedar, cherry, hazel, yellow birch, their houses. ion have been flooding the railroad, making it necessary for the rang- In removing the pelts, Regarding deer. They can be seen around Mowat Lodge and our camp in numbers of from two to thirty deer in droves, These 'can be seen any day, and they are as fat and sleek as in any previous year, Deer are mating later than usual. Does in some cases have their-fawns still with them, Does this mean s backward spring in 1921? Woodchucks snd ground equirrels have already been in winter quarters for some time. Otter, beaver, muskrate and mink have lighter conte of fur than usual. Close observers will tell ypu an open winter mesns heavy coats of fur on the fur bear- ers; while a cold winter with heavy snows finds the above animals travelling under the snow, protected from the cold, and ox a result with lighter coate of fur. Another sign of heavy snows and cold is the number of dead leaves remaining on the trees in our forests; also heavy cropr of seeds on the spruce, pine, cedar, hem- lock, balsam, and maple and birch have unusually heavy crops of seeds. Old guides and woodsmen state this indicates an un- usual winter for cold and heavy sow. Pine grosbeaks came down south in num- bers_sbouit November 10, which is « well- known sign of severe weather; on the other hand wild ducks, mergansers, an odd young Toon, an odd robin, crosebills, purple finch- es, pine siskins, and nuthatches still re- main, Just what this means remains to be seen. "However, put in coal and wood, It will be. required, say several close observers of nature, among.them W. C. Webb of Eden- vale, who has spent the past six weeks in Algonquin Park." ----=---------- "Mild Winter is Verdict of Wisdom of the Woods," in The For u few |Barrie Examiner of November 11, 1 no: Such is not the case here in Algonquin Park, where the beaver | re putting in immense stores of food and | 'ose present were Grand Master Harcourt | "°". : | and County Crown Attorney Cotter, and (®t i® the front seat when Brnest told him for food. The amount stored at some to him with the understanding that he |houses near our camp would amount to Instead he |many tons, Something we notice is that |Well be proud. They did not go to|mont of the beaver have either rebuilt old live on this farm, but instead went to work |houses or built new houses in sheltered his grandfather's farm on shares, occupy: |nooks, etc.; also that beaver have for the ing half the house. She says the trouble |past three weeks been carrying mud and |started when un ouija board was brought | plastering the outside of into the grandfather's house and told things |Three families of beaver two miles east of . she was informed, One| Joe Lake st Si ies 5 cents $2.00 Per Year (In advance) WILL FLY ALL WINTER Toronto Telegram--Canadian Air Force officers arriving in the city this morning (Nov. 20) from Camp Borden report over 4 foot of snow to' have fallen during the recent storm. Flying, however, has not been impeded, the D.H. 9A's, Avros and other war machines taking the air from the blanket of snow. Pilots flying to Toronto Sjyesterday from the northern etation were foreed to turn hack after almost reaching the city, owing to the heavy fog, Air Commodore A. K. Tylee, 0.] commander-in-chief of the Canadian Air Force, stated to the Telegram that flying would be carried on at Borden all winter. When the airdrome freezes over and is cov- ered with snow, skiis will be used in place of wheels, Sixty officers are now doing s tour of duty, ------__ REV. |. G. BOWLES FOR TORONTO The many Barrie friends of Rev. I. G. Bowles (a former pastor of the Collier St, the announcement, made last week, that Wesley Methodist Church, Toronto, for the! next conference year, and has accepted, | Committee. will begin in July. The | made by @ unanimow Wesley Quarterly Board, A RECORD TO BE PROUD oF EXPECT BIG CAMP AT BORDEN A despateh fronf London, dated Nov. 22, line militia camp being held in Essex county next year, as is rumored, there will be a huge gathering of citizen-soldiery at Camp Borden. It is pointed out that there is o great expansion of militia work in this part 'of the Province, and that ordinary train- ing grounds will not be able to sceommo- date the troops that will want to go under canvas next ye NICHOL--DYMENT A marringe of interest to many Barrie people took place quietly at the Church of the Transfiguration, New York, when Mrs, John Dyment' became the bride of George Hammond Nichol, Rev. Dr. Hough- ton officiating. The bride, who was given away by her son, Mr. Jack Dyment, wore # becoming suit of Evon with fur trimming and a small French hat in gold and brown, She was attended by her sister, Mrs, Charles W. Power of New York, Mr, and Mrs, Nichol expect to return to Toronto st the first of next month, LETTING DOWN THE STAFF Practically all the outside workers at the Collingwood Shipbuilding yards have been Iet out owing to the fact that the company have no orders for new vessels, The lack of employment for so many will prove a serious loss to the town, but it is hoped the present condition will only be of tem- porary character.--Enterprise, $14,000 FOR CLOVER SEED Who says farming does not pay? Two Cookstown dealers paid sbout $14,000.00 to Harry Carter and William Jackson for their alsike clover seed this year. Mr. Jackson bad 350 bushels--Beeton World, 'The Georgetown Creamery is opening a branch in Meaford, Orilliw-Packet--At the Masonic meeting} 0 Tim yo, ' Bis in Barrie Inst Thursday evening, among /©°"* Tle leaning against the latter's right Fifty-eight years of uninterrupted public service, and still go- h : ing, is © record of which Mr. Cotter may |Pi004 Sushing out and, helping Ernest into "Londen military officers are in- to the 'eelief that instead of a big INQUEST SHEDS LITTLE NEW LIGHT On Lefroy Tragedy.--Jury Finds that Ernest Colgan's Death: was Accidental. 'There having been various rumors in ein culation in the township of Innisfil regard- ing the futal accident on Oct. 23, of which: Ernest Colgan was the victim, an inquest was held lust Mondayupon the request of several citizens, The enquiry showed that these rumors were not well founded, tho evidence educing nothing that differed ma- terially from the facts originally placed be~ fore the coroner on which he had decided that an inquest was not necessary. Dr. W. A, Lewis, coroner, conducted the investigation before s large attendance of spectators, Crown Attorney Cotter acted for the Crown, W. A. Boys, K.C., for the family and T. W. W. Evans for 'Dot' Trombley. The following witnesses were called: Mise Edith McCullough. Dot Trombley, Marshall Atkinson, Henry Gallagher, Wm. Trom- bley, Robt. Colgan, Wm. Ruffett, Hurvey. - ; ee WI Major Murk Robinson, under date of No-{™¥i#et t© the approval of the Stationing; Whan, John Whan, Nosh Grose, Byron, vember 15, writen from Algonquin Park as | Vance, of non-support of hin wife, but sen: | followa:-- His term at Wesley Church | Grove. _Dot Trombley, who wax the only eye nding vote of the| Witness of the tragedy, was the chief wit. ness, His story was practically the same as told to Dr, Lewis after the sccident, anct wan in substance as follows :-- He -put hix shotgun alongside 'of E. Col Jeg. He cranked the car and started to |to get into back seat as he (Dot) was cov- ered with burrs, He did so and when Ern- gun was discharged. Ernest jumped ont of right doar of car, knocking out both fire. arms and said; "I am shot." Dot saw: back sewt, took the wheel and drove am fast as he could to Lefroy. When he ar- rived he thought his companion gave a few final gasps und then passed away. . No Ill Feeling Asked by the coroner if there had been sny bad feeling between him and the de- ceased, witnesw anid there was not the slight- est--they had been practically like broth. ers. Other witnesses also testified to the cordial relations between the two young men, Dr. Rogers, who performed.the post mor- tem, said the discharge' from the gun en- tered the left breast, penetrating the lung, the direction being upwards and outwards, It did not touch the heart, Exact Cause Not Known Dot Trombley was unable to explain what made the gun go off. Going out to the car with the jury be demonstrated to them how the gun and rifle were placed in the ear, Deceased had his rifle leaning against his knee and the shotgun was placed slong- side it with the butt on the floor near the door which was open, It is surmised that the vibration of the car might have made thes gun slide and the hammer striking agoinst the car caused the discharge. The hammer of the discharged barrel was knock- ed off, This explanation is merely conjeo- ture as there was no positive evidence to indicate the exact cause of the accident. The members of the jury were: Alexan- der Adams (foreman), Fred Wood, Andrew King, John A. Lucas, Frank Whan, Robt. J. Stewart, Chas, P, McLennan, Audus King, Thos. Donnelly. ~ . The Verdict That-we, the jury to look into the evid- ence as to the cause of the death of Ernest Colgan, do find that he came to his death on Oct. 28, 1920, while in an automobile, by the accidental discharge of » shotgun which was placed in that automobile. The accident occurred on » siderosd between cons. 4 and 5, Innisfil, about s mile from Lefroy, Your jury would also recommend that more care should be observed in the 'use of firearms, briefly, The latter ssid' the Department desires that the people inform themselves Warden Train said that one of the cates 'of apathy is that the inspectors dictate to 'trustees 'what. should be done and sbout all eraonal Greeting Cards f for Christmas, 1920 The rapidly increasing custom of seriding Christ- » mas Cards:carries much happiness in its train. ~ We are all sufficiently human to rejoice in the knowledge that we share in the thoughts and good wishes of 'our immediate friends. For this season Fhe Examiner has secured the finest line of Personal Greeting Cards ever shown Y in Barrie, Call at the office and see' « Phone 194 and.we shall try and have'a sample book sent you if you live in town. or ring