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i § t NA *< At $10,000 Ontario Pro- oy would take their loses and close it downy. CIROULATION _ THIS WEEK S%th Year GAS CO. SEEKS FIXED ASSESSMENT duction Co. Asks Tax Ex- emption for Five Years. At u special meeting of the Town Coun- til, held on Tuesday -night, pplication for assinance from .the Town in the dbape of fixed amessment wos made by the Barrie Gus Co. und the Ontario Production Co., the latter also iuwking- exemption, except for school rates, for a period of five yeare. A. C, Bricker, for the Barrie Poultry Assocn., asked the use of the market rooms for holding poultry show, Dec, 28 ahd 20, free of charge. This request wax grant- ed. The Gos Co.'s Request In support of the Gas Co.'s application that » by-law 'be submitted fixing the ax sewment at $10,000, W. R. Dunlop and W. J. McOutcheon sddressed the Council. Mr, Dunlop suid that Just year they were *lling ut $1.75 gax which cost them $2.28 to manufacture. At the beginning of this year, they made a big effort to incrense their consimptian und reduce the overbeud percentage. While » considerable increuse wae made, it wus not nvarly sufficjent to | meet the increasing costs, A year ago | they bought oil, a. $14 canta, xoft coal ut | $7 and bard coul ut $9, while this yeur they have bad to pay 18e, $13 and $16 re- | spectively, practically doubling their coxty | 'on these items. 'The production of the plant | this year ix ten million feet, while the con- | sumption is eight millions, leaving a net Joss of two million feet, which adds $1.00 | per foot per M to the cost. The plant in} being operted as economically s possible - and the Co. would be pleased to let the Finance Committee examine the books. - | W. J. McCutcheon said they were run- ning 4 public utility and operating at a loss due to present abnormal conditions, They finished last year with a deficit of $4000, but were hopeful of improvement. Instead | mutters had become worse. The Gas Co. is willing to pay taxes, but he thought eon- ! sideration should be shown under the eir- | cumstances. If u fixed axsensment were | "granted for'five years to amist them until conditions become normal, probably they | would proceed with the expenditure of | $5000 or $6000 to convert the plant into' 8 coal. gas system which could be operated | st a profit owing to valuable by-products. If the company did not believe that ultim- 'ately the plant could be made to pay they} which would be a big loss to the town. Mr. MpCutcheon held that the plant is worth $40,000 to $50,000 as a going con- cern, yet for assessing purposes is not worth more than $5,000 to $7,000 because it should only be assessed at what it would bring as closed down and thrown on the market. Its anbual turnover is only $20,- 000. Many stores with far bigger turnover sre not assessed as heavily. / Reeve Craig agreed that the Compény should be helped but suggested that $12,- 000 would be low enough, Mayor Sprott anid that the Gas Co.'s proposition originally was considerably low- er but: he told them it would have to come 'ip. As a result they had placed it st $10,- 000. - It should be remembered that the Ges Co. has never paid 'a dividend. and much of the capital invested in it bad been 2 totalloas, All should appreciate the ef- forts of the Gas Co, end the tenacity shown in sticking- to their business when going behind. "He hoped that 2 figure would agreed upon which would receive the"un: animous support of the Council. Ontario Production Co, R. E. E, Nathanssohn, President of the 'Ontario Production Co,, outlined the nature of the proposed. industry slong the lines alresdy reported in The Examiner. . Al- ready $10,000 of machinery is being install- ed arid $15,000 ordered. They hope to ave an output of 300 tone a day and will have no trouble selling 'this amount, Ex- cellent. abipping arrangements have been mode with the G.T.R, It is expected the |" AE" plint will be in operation by Jan, Ist ae _ © there are many orders which must be filled. make Fs, [ies Ey Ur 4.°A, MacLAREN, Editor" es W. C. WALLS, Manay [pany gets going let them>make spplication wer for this.amsistanee and it would'be granted readily. Muyor Sprott felt tbat the Council was in duty bound to:grant ss much asdistance as if the company bud mate :the request before starting operations. : Ald. Pearce was delighted with the. splen- did ppirit shown in deciding to employ.otily Barrie men and'bélieved the Council shoulid show its appreciation by sfording ail rea-|/ sonable sesistance, ; 'Both these requests will coma 'before the committee next 'Friday night amd 'the ne- cemsary by-laws introduced at next 'Mon- day's'Council meeting. BIG DANCE AT 'BORDEN About' 25 people from Barrie were in- clude! in the large crowd which attended the dance given by the flying offiters at Camp 'Borden last Friday night. Some went 'out-on the morning train and othere in the evening, being met st Angus by-cars an8 wagons, Those who wén' in the morn- ing were entertdined at lunch and after- wards viewed the aéroplapes at the hang- ars and 'flying, returning to the mess for afternoon 'tea, "Dinner was served at 7, Col, uni Mra, Joy receiving the guests, | Dinner wos served at three long tables, de- cora'ed with smilex 'and flowers and the mienu was ret forth in aeronautie terma, Dancing commenced: at 9.30 to music provided by Strathdee's orchestra of six pieces. The main ball-room wax decorated with bicch snd spruce trees, captured Ger- nan planes and rifles. At midnight » min- iature zeppelin suspended from the ceiling showered confetti, toy weroplanes and bal- loons upon the guesta, The second ball- room wax decorated with war trophies and at the end stood a scout seroplane, painted and gilded. Over the archway to this room was the sign "Canadian Air Force School of Special Flying." One of the mess rooms devorated with spruce trees wan for sittimg out In this was the Butt Inn where © mechanic told the past and fu- ture of all who desired to know their fate, over the door being the sign, "* 'Amstead 'Eath to the Butt Inn.' Buffet supper was served towards midnight and dancing continued until 4 a.m, when the Indy guests | retired to quarters which had been fitted up for-them jin officers' sleeping quarters, Among those from Barrie who attended were: Mr. and Mri7¥ Mayor and Mrs. Sprott, Mr. and Mrs. A, Leslie, Miss Leslie, Mr. and Mrs, W. H. Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. D. Hubbard, Mrz, Palling and the Misses Palling, "Misses 'Katharine Lett, Nora Radenhurst, Ida Creqwieke, Freyda Bird, Monica Barwick, 'Dr: Fred Roms, Cecil Lett and Jack Boys, GREATLY ENJOYED THE CONCERT 'Trinity Parish Hall was filled to capscity with an appreciative audienee on Thursday evening, Nov. 25, to hear Boris Ham. bourg, the famous 'cellist, Mrs. Leidman, soprano, and Mr. Bamford, pisnist, Mr Hambourg's selections werd "The Lake," by Godard; ""Noctuéne,"" by Chopin; ientale,"\ by Cesar Cui; "The Swan, Saint Sens; "Serenade," by Vietor Her- bert; "Blew? by Massenet; also: tle~Yol- lowing nuribers ax encores: "Largo," by Handel; "Land of the Sky Blue Ws by Cadman. Mrs. Laidman sang it "Madrigal," low Lieurance, 'with 'cello obligato by Mr. Hambourg, and-"Ave Maria," with 'cello obligato, Her encores were "Love. is a Bubble," by Allitsen, with 'cello obligato; "Villanelle," by Aeqs. Mr. Bamford play- ed "Hungarian Rhapsody No} 6," by Liast, and as an encore "Allegretto," by Haydn, | Both his numbers were ionally well rendered and brought forth. the hearty sp- plause of the audience. Mrs, the recipient of u beautiful bouqudt of yel- low 'mums, = _ GRIFFITH PRODUCES COMEDY -D. W, Griffith has: turned to comedy. From the time when this-noted crestor of HIS WORSHIP WARDEN AMOS TRAIN 'There are some exceptional features in connection with Mr. Train's occupancy of the Warden'g,chair. In the first place, be is the same age as the County, having been born the year in which the County was organized. During his year of office, the County becomes entirely free of debt for the first time in its history. As Warden, Mr, Train has seen the inauguration of a gystem of reforestution which promises to be of immense value to the County. DOUGHTY IN CUSTODY Joba Doughty, formerly secretary to A. J. Small, the missing theatrical man, was brought back to Toronto on Monday and appeared in court, where he was remanded for a week without bail. Shortly after his return he led the officers to his sister's SW. A. Boys, Mise Boys, | buses where he produced $105,000 of Vic- tory Bonds, which he hed hidden sway in the attic. Important developments are expected when his trial opens, APPRECIATED THE LETTERS Mrs. Berrian of Los Angeles, Calif., writ- ing to The Examiner says: "Just a line to tell you we surely enjoyed the articles written by Mr. Grant and your Western Correspondent, We read and digested ev- ery word. Took us back to our young days spent in dear old Barrie, We hope they will not weary in well-doing and we will have the pleasure of seeing their names in print in the near future."' , ES $276 FOR HOSPITAL W.A. The Woman's Auxiliary of the R. V. Hospital wishes to express thanks to all those who #0 kindly amsisted in the recent canvass, and also to thank the people for their very generous response. Though un- favorable weather made the work of col- lecting difficult, the sum of $276 was real- ized, which is gratefully acknowledged by the Auxiliary MIDLAND VETERAN HONORED BY FRANCE ' The French Government has just created Col. J. J. H. Fee of Midland a chevalier of the Legion of Honor. Col. Fee assisted in the raising of s battalion at Kingston and served with it throughout the war un- til ineapacitated by gas. The decoration was conferred by the French in recognition for services rendered shortly after the bat- tle of Vimy Ridge. Have you read the Classified Adleta? hy Ti enn THE COUNTRY WEEKLY (The Farmers' Sun) Nearly all the country papers have raised their subscription price from $1.50 to $2.00 per year, This has been made necessary through the increased cost of publication, In common with the city dailies, and the trade and class publications, the country papers have been brought face to face with a very serious situation and have been fo1 4 rp 5 $2.08 Por Yeurin eivanca) BIG STORE ADS..IN THE GLOBE The following. from the Stratford Her- ald explains something about which there has been a good deal of comment in Barrie; 'An sbsurd rumor gained circulation that some of the larger Toronto advertisers had decided to discipline n Toronto morning newspaper. because of its policy in publis ing news of declining prices, to the detri- ment of trade in Toronto, by withdrawing their advertising from this paper. Copies of the paper resching Stratford did not contain the advertising announcements of these advertisers and colo? was thus lent to the story, The farm are, however, that these advertisers have not withdrawn their adver'ising but have been using the, paper in question all along. What has happened in that this particular paper, with a view to 'paying greater attention to its purely local field, is now publishing two editions, one for circulation outside Toronto and a supplementary city section which circulates only within the Toronto ares, This city section has been carrying the advertising in question. THE WARDEN ENTERTAINS Last Thursday night Warden Train en- tertained the members of the County Coun- cil, officials, several former Councillors and other friends to » banquet in the Am- erican Hotel. After the excellent menu pro- vided by Mine Host Webb had received ample attention, a lengthy toast list was curried out and did not finish until 2 a.m, In addition to members of Council, the speakers included Ex-Wardens Carter, Boys, Wood, Todd and Simpson, Mayor Sprott, John Mackay and others, There were violin selections by Jas, Shrubsole and numerous songs, During the banquet the councillors took occasion to show their respect for the Warden by presenting him with gold watch suitably engraved. Good wishes were felicitously extended by Coun. Moore snd Coun. Coombs made the presentation, A NEW LICENSE INSPECTOR John R. Reid, who has been Chief of Police in Orillia for the past seventecn 'years, has been appointed License Inspector for the County of Simooe to. succeed Well- ington Fisher. Mr. Fisher retires on the Ist of January, after fifteen years' service, under the Sup- erannuation Act, passed at the Inst session of the Ontario Legislsture, The Act makes it compulsory for all civil servants to retire upon reaching the age of 70, Chief Reid, who assumes his duties on January Ist, should make an efficient in- spector. WOULD COST ORILLIA $7000 A special committee appointed by the Provincial Government to report upon the equalization of Hydro rates has recom- mended the Government, among other things, to collect o rental or charge of $2 per horse power on' all power developed within the province. If this charge Ber home power is applied to Orillin's power plant, it is estimated that it would cost the town in the neighborhood of $7900 or $8000 annually, in place of $800 as at present. REAL NEWS IN THE ADVTS, 'The attention of our readers is directed to.the many excellent offerings in the ad- vertisements in this issue. Our readers will find many real saving offerings and if the advta, are studied closely from week to week iff great many cases the prices as well asthe quality of the goods offered will be found much to your advantage, 'compared with the city departmental stores, CHILD'S FATAL FALL FROM CHAIR FIRE. AT GRAVENHURST : A largo part of the buildings at the Gra- venburst Saitatae wat dred be] DOING GOOD WORK FOR THE KIDDIES Children's Aid Reports An- other Good Year. -- $1387 , From Tag Days. The 25th annual meeting of the Child- ten's Aid Society was held in the Police Court Chambers on» Tuesday afterpooa, Nov, 23, with a rather meagre attendance. A. J, Sarjeant, the president, was' in the chair, and Rev. G. A. Brown opened the proceedings with prayer, President's Report In presenting the report of the Board President Sarjeant said: 'We are thank- ful -t9 be able to report another year of progress in this great department of public service--the caring for neglected children and improving of neglected homes. The excellent Shelter placed at our disposal by the County Council a'ittle over a, year ago has been a great help to the work, not only in giving comfort and secommodation to children, but in providing the necessary conveniences for our efficient matron, Mrs. Averill. The Board have met regularly during the year, but could have sccom- plished very little in this 'grand work with- out the generous public support. received in constant donations of food and clothing, 'the efforts of the untiring, capable inepec- tor, Mr, Justice, and the gratuitous help 'of the doctors, Women's Auxiliary and others. We must speak particularly of the splendid efforts of the municipalities in having tag days at the Fall Fairs, by this/ means providing $1887 which makes it possible to provide sleeping porch, isolation }rooma_and play verandah, that -add very much to the convenience of the Shelter, While we are doing the best we can to train and give comfort to boys and girls, no in- stitution is equal to or can fill the place of the christian home. We appeal there- fore for homes and foster parents for these unfortunate but rich treasures of our coun- ty. There are scores of homes want children in this big county. Help this great work by sending us names and addresses of per- 'song willing to adopt children," | : Receipts {Balance from 1919 .. .. .. .. ..8 202.97 County of Simcoe grant .. .. .. 1200.00 County of Simcoe maintenance .. 2080.18 Municipalities for maintenance of Women's Institutes, for coal 76.50 Women's Institutes, for cots 45.00 Interest vn late D. D! MeLeod it vestment .. 2... .. 5.40 Parents of wards 25.00 {Proceeds of Tag Days .. 1887.93 Private donstions as per list 263.85 Sundry receipts Hike 33.50 Total ee ee ee ee oe oe + 85619.68 Disbursements Groceries and provisions . Salaries, wages .. Foel and fight .. $5619.68 Ladies' Auxiliary had receipts of BY