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nan, 19553. nu. Mrs. Wm. Little of` Burtqn Ave. is visiting relatives_ 1n Sarnia this week. rnl..- {V H! D nnninnnna nyivnq p1ea.:5a.uuy. V The congregation of the Pres- hyterian church held a meeting on Tuesday night and decided to extend a call to the Rev. W. J. W'att, B.D., of Burgoyne, Bruce County. mu. mna Mm; Thne Rrndfnrd ba.1'u1a. Lula wccn. _ . 1 The G.'1`.R. engmeers wlves `held a progressive euchre party last Tuesday evening and" it proved a very enjoyable affair. Nfwc Vinfnr Knighf. QRVP. 3. `D21 .- ICUVUU a, VULJ U1-LJUJ u.u-.u u--ua.-. | Mrs. Victor Knight gave a par- ty to the Swastika Club and] their friends. Cards and danc-| ing made the evening pass very pleasantly. I 'I"hn nnncrnno`-Jvfinn nf pPP.Q- lJA\JI.I. (A4 gguu \ A u . \J\4u . . . . ..,....-.._-., W. Gracey & Son wish to an- nounce that they will. not be re- sponsible for the safety of chil- dren passing through their? yards on Essa St.. The soft weather makes it very danger- ous, as the logs are continually rolling over. fnlm-. (1VI"D hoxm had nwnrci J.J.\;cIy11.u;|, A11/\'\1JUL.h, DJULLLH VVCLl,UDo As you of course know, he has been da,i.ig'erously ill with pneumonia and was only moved to the above hospital in Jami- ary, but I am pleased to tell you that our authorized representa- tive, who visited him last week, reports that there has been great improvement lately. You may be quite sure that he will receive every care and attention. Any little comforts such `as fruit, tobacco, Canadian papers, etc., which he may like to have and which the hospital does not sup- ply, we shall be only too pleased to send from here. Our visitor will go to see him regularly and we will continue to let you know how he is getting along. l'Ullll.l5 UV 1. U o The G. .11. have had more trouble with snow on the Pene- tang branch this year than-they have for several years past. On Saturday night the road was a- gain impassable, delaying the night passenger train,. it being Sunday- morning before it ar- rived at its destination. `I Y___.I--_..L `h__..L-....... --.l.,` .-..-.n. rut`; LVIVUU (Ll: ll/D |lUD|J1llGah1U1lo Herbert, Pyeburn, who was so badly injured a week ago, is still in the hospit.al at Orillia and his condition is still quite serious, as his injuries about the bmly are such that it is doubtful if he will recover. His mother and other relatives are constantly with him. His many friends hope that he will soon take -a change for the better. T ran} 'I`Inu'1nnr`n11 v\1nnn;nrr 4l|YInn J:U_L.l.Duuu.-. ..V_ _____ creased its advertising, rate to 12 cents per_ inchon `yea;-1y`(m_ tracts. ` V? 5 '8 I lA\JI; j.I\4ILlVVg VV LIIJIJ. ll\J VVIID LIILIIX.` ` ed up by the other helper, it was found that his legs were severe- ly injured in the fall and his head badly cut causing a loss of eonsiderahle blood. lHe was at once rushed to the `hospital where he is in a precarious c_on-, dmon. It IS feared that he is - u badly hurt. internally. 9 I 5 Mrs. A. Taylor received the} fo-[lowing letter from the Info:--' mation Bureau. Canadian Red Cross Society, London. concern- ing her son, Pte. E. Taylor, No. 142609, 24111 Canadians, who is -in the 3rd. W.esLer`n General Hospital, Newport, [South Wale . 4` n A . . n (`A An I v('\;|1 r\ 1Vi'\1\IuV LA l/IICLILSL} 117]. U115 JJKJLIJIQL u Last Thursday morning three cars and the caboose of a southbound freight from Midland became derailed near the water tank at Elmvalc, completely blocking the line till the middle of the afternoon. The stove in the caboose set that car on re when it became derailed and the car was totally destroyed and made a big blaze which attracted the whole of .Elmvale s popula; tion to the railway tracks. The passenger train No. 250 due out of Penetang at 6 a.m. did not reach there until 4 p.m. l \I\ "`l1[\;'l|`|1` l\`Il`\`llI\;I'\'l'I` I \JlAa\.l1l l.I\./L IJ L11] LI] 1 Full]: On Tuesday mo1'ni11'g M1`. Fin-! lay of the Bridge and Building; l)ept., wag working on the large` water tank back of the Boone property in the (l.'I.`.R. yard and while climbing the ladder one of the rungs broke precipitating him to the ground twenty-ve' met; below. When hewas pick-.? uni nn hv {ho nfhnn hnlncnu it \nno'| on w'eH.: 1ia;. 2s;_;X`t'73 Tif- n St., Allandale, MISS Huggard wi11_{hold a sale of household furniture and effects. Sale at_ 1 __._.. 117 A Mnnnkav nun}-En-n 4--Baby V_3.8l`|"8908.-- Our new line. Speclal value. See_ them. Page `Twelve News from the The Pegetang Heraldbhas in-. su... advnrfiainpi 1|f.A. in Clarence Bothwell spent-_ov_er Sunday with "his mother. rm nun: rnnnf in nx-illin nn Pte. Taylor Improving A I1,\-_I _,_ ,u[q5 auu Uuvuuca nan: alt, 1. W. A. McConke_y, auction- Sale of Furniture OPPOSED EXTENSION T. B. 8: Q. RY. FRANGHISE !but he found that all'the other |Hydro municipalities had assen- `ted to it-even Toronto, If- the largest city in Ontario was will- ,ing to riskit, Barrie should not Ihesitate, especially in view of its satisfactory "experience under Hydro. He emphasized that the new agreement is a partnership in which the prots and respon- sibilities are shared. I'\-.....I,.I `I1 --- L-..1_ LL- .....A--....-I [DJLILLIUIVD LU, D1104! 0|-lo Donald Ross took the ground that the Council had not asked the Board to deliberate on this matter and so" such action might be regarded as interference. T).-\nrln-.4 nvlnnn nlnlnzl 4'In.-.4 Inn LJU LUBGL UUIJ 040 ILIDUJ. .l.\ .1L\Jl..l.\JUo President Cross stated that he took up the matter with Mayor Craig, who seemed very pleased that the Board proposed to ex-_ press an opinion and promised that a committee from Council lwould attend the Board to help discuss it. _ r AIJ 'r\__-__ 4:: _;..1 --_ ,_,L-'1. UJDU 1.1.00 lb- Ald. Davis did not see what could he done as the Council was in duty bound to accept the ver- dictt of the people. Kant nnrvn rlnuxklnrl `kn Lu. nut: yovpus. J. A. MacLaren doubted the wisdom of the Board dealing with the question in view of the fact that the Council had already agreed to endorse the agreement provided it was satisfactory` to the Town Solicitor, andhe moved an amendment in accordance Evvih this view, which was adop- e . i 1'HI__.l__'_ `l\___ `I'.1_.-4_L1__ Duuuuy W1Lu u1b IIIUDLIUL. Wm. Hunt went to Orillia on Monday for a short visit. kno Mon;-hall ennnf. nvm" I.JlJ\JO Electric Ry. Franchise A letter from J. R. Hambly re the electric railway was read, and was, `in part, as foll0w`s:-- MW lfinlriirirr Qnntr nf {Inn (kl U VVGD, L11. you ll, GD LULIUVV F": Mr. Fielding, Secy. of the proposed electric road from the G.P.R. togBarrie, called to see me today and wanted to know if ac- tion had been taken by the citi-L =zens of Barrie in assisting to secure this line. Mr. Fielding said for the past year they had been trying to get the proclam- ation bringing their bill into force for the portion from the G.P.R. to Barrie, but they have` beenheld up byrthe Hydro. They are now introducing a bill to bring the last bill into force and want assistance from Barrie. . . . ..There is no opposition except 1'rom Mr. Gaby, of the Hydro Gomn. Mr. Fielding. slays this gentleman said they do not ex- pect to do "anything in the neighborhood of Barrie rfor a long time; My conviction is if Barrie misses this opportunity to connect with the G.P.R., they are inissinga chance that may not come again for some time. Since last. season I have been in touch with Mr. Fielding more or less regarding this line. If I were at present in your position I know *1 would put forth an ef- [forAt to secure" this line. `I'.1____ __,__ ll`... 'I...\'l_....__. _'... UVVLJ DUI. 11155 DU U115 JJllVV From my enquiries, said" =lJ4ohn Sinclair, those in the jcompany are n.ot men of` sub- stance. ` The -personnel -is. -not as strong as when they got the first franchise, as the man with `most money died. As far as I .am concerned, 1 think this Board _should_go on record against any externsi-on. | . T 1'.1_.___,I- x_I1 J - II, , JUL l; l/U DTJULILU U11-I-D IJLLUA A. S. Fraser Mr. Jackson is the promoter. VVhy not get in touch with him and find what in- terests he represents `I 11' he is simply trying to hang on to the franchise to sell it at a hand- some prot, .we -should know it. Al.-I n1v:n ..n.x.x`lIn.l akn L] -.nInn QUJLIU tJJ.\Jll.l1, -VVU 'IDl.l'Lll.l..llJ IXLLLIVV lb: Ald. Davis 1.-ecalledvtihe Hydrol Comn. promise to give an estim..' ate` on road to the C.P.R.,.but suggested the wisdom of keepingl two strings to the bow. `[4lWV\f\VV'\ VY\1v n~n\ntu-u'vn'nn x-n:n'I-I \J.l\.l.J\/I.l.D1'LJll- M.` J. Frawley talked in the same strain. "Some of the pro- moters are men of straw, said" he. They have hung on to this charter for years and have done nothing to Show that they mean gbusiness. I think we have `been {victims of .f1`a.nc4hise hunters and we should get, rid of them. \\7 A `I.')nn.-. .\`4V;\ ` y , \ If) A 61-.-. "'\J Ul.l\.I\,lll_l =\/I; I II.-A \Jl hlllilll. W. A. Boys also voiced the" .feeling that, the p1'0m0t.ers should ]be madeto slmw their nanci_al `hacking orend the matter. Some said the C.P.`R.. were behind the scheme. If so, why should they not say so`? . TI T\ Tnyy\.'n.~.-\.~. ,..\:A that .\.'..\..-. I all`) D\Ia . H. D. Jamieson said that every proposition. had to be promoted. Certain concessions were given to the promoters by the C. P. R. A leading consulting engineer had gone to the ()_ld Country to raise l'unds and was getting a- `long splendidly when the war spoiled all his plans. Mr. Jain- ieson thought the company should be given another chance owing" to unusualconditions. I MI 1' `E`nnn1'lnu T-P Han F` `D `D U1 LAD VVll..l DUp1JUl.la lb- 7 F. A. Lett had `heard different stories of where the money was to come from, but he thpught it] was simply a scheme to make money out of a franchise. The` ro,%{1 asplanned would never pay. nnnl--inn nu-no -no-saonrl rInnlon_ "xii?TF?;I$`vT``;`i`1f1`.Eifi>. R. is behind the railway, every- man of us will support, it. E` A Tnl-4-I `hurl I-nnnnrl Hifvnusnn} JuUuua._y .I.U.L a anusu Vausvu Chas. Marshall spent over! Sunday at his home in Midland.'| Mr. and Mrs. Sam. Buchanan; inure visiting relatives in Tor0n-l lU\qAgJ- GD ylaxxuuu vvvuxu uvvux yugo motion was passed declar- ing that the Board was opposed to any extension of the fran- chise and the President was re- quested to so advise A. B. Thompson, M..L'.A, ` "'I"'h-in nnnnlnrlnrl {ho hnainnaa J. uuuxy BULL, Lu..1.J .14. Thistconcluded the business `before the t meeting, and the members departed after I a few earnest closing words by Pres- ident Crossasking them to~.try in every way to advance the inter- ests of the Board and of the town. - * --Take `your "tinsmit"-hing re- pairs to P. J. Moran, 58 Bayeld ;Str.eet._ _ .' _ A V ~--.13..-.--1. -| nu --u'.'. ' . ` C? ,_A 4.--.` . ` Rea;1 the "e.d vt-s`: " Ybhu Vshafve money by doing so. (Gontinud From Page 5) l;1'Bi:l.l U11 Vv Ul.lI.1L70\.IuaJo Pte. A. Turcotte, a member of; the old 76th Bn., a retuI'ned| hero, visited friends in B'a1*1-ie over Sunday and ret.u-rned 0 Hamilton on Tuesday. -. - .n _..x. .. u.au_u_nuuu uu ...uu..._.,._, . I Sergt. Grant Longman, who took a complete course in ma- chine gun in.England, aft_.er-' wards reverted to private in or- der to get across to France with the 157th machine gun section If he had remained a sergeant he 3 would have been kept in England". as an iI1Sf.Y`1lCtOI`.` ? an ,9 L_>_`_]_ Lie1'1t. J. T. Stuhley was the rst, of the 157th subalterns to get over to France. `rut- T A Dusfllnn nf gel UVBF LU .l.'.La.u.uu. Pte. J.A. Buttler of S.R.E. N0. 2 Section, visited at his home for - -l'-.-..' .-l.-....-. nn{n1In'i'rID` ".0 MnT]-q (IO uu. JAICIIII |J\/U\JI-c After eight months of hardi _ghting_ in the front line tren_i ches, Pte. `Oliver Sewrey, of To- ront_o, has been. severely Wound- ed. On March 3 he got a gum; shot wound in the right arm! and back. He had gone overseas with Col. Stewart's unit, but was later transferred." He went as a handsman and became a lighter. Previous ._to enlisting, he was travelling machinist for the.Ganadian Linotype Co., and his _wife,~ daughter and little son reside at 236 Montr-ose Ave, To+ ronto.e .He- formerly lived in |Barrie, being the youngest son `of _So1. Sewrey. '11-:-..-s- A..n.-......' f1~nnv\I` n4` Han [bl-\J vauavn;-5 -v-.~.._._... ___ 7 , ` to. ` ' Dr. Barber ha: been confined, go _the house for a few days with} `U1 DUI. Dcvyiuy. Pri'vate, Arthur Grant of the 58th Battalion, arrived home. from ` England recently. Before ' returning to Toronto for further treatment at the I convalescent home, he paid a call at this of- ce. As a lad he wag for a time one of the carrier boys for Sata- urday Morning. He was wounded in both forearms on September 16th` last at Courcelette while acting` as stretcher bearer. A. shell burst beside him, wound-: ing his two comrades and killing! the manwhose wounds he wasl dressing. Pte.` Grant s wounds: were not very large but the cords; on -the right` arm were severed and the;g.a.s\' fr.om;ithe _sh.el1_ pois- oned the flesh and caused gan- =grien'e.-.~ -iaf.ter,he,was hit` hewas in England and has been inseve-ral hospitals in different Z VISILUU i1l:.1.|lb l.lU1.uu ;ua. i a few days, returmng to Mon- treal on Wednesday.'- - ,a1- u-vs ;-.rv\]r\r\Vl n-Pf WITH THE Man IN KHAKI. `rue =BAliB'IE EXAIIIIIIER AND sA'ruIm_Av MORNING Brigadier Genera1tLogie, G. O. r C. 2nd. Division, and Lieut.-Col. -`Campbell, paid an oilicial visit. at -;the 177th O. S. Bn. at the Ar- vmouries on W-.cdnesday, Mar. M, l and held a` general inspection of .! the .Headquarters and two local ::companies in` all parts of their lgwork. Artillery formation, ex- ;tended order and close order ljdrill were in turn executed for .;their inspection and the inspec- _ting ofcers were pleased to cm.. _ dially compliment the ()llicer. .;Com11nanding upon the liighl !Sti1l1( ard of l.rain'n attained lav` I the 177th. Theligiovernents ohfl tI`O(t)lpS were .careful1yB and cor- rec y carried out, rig. `Gen. Logie said, could not have been better and there is nothing bet- ter in the whole Division. His inspection is preparatory tol I u > that by Major General Lessard, Inspect_or General for Eastern Canada, on Thursday morning, 22nd. inst. at 8.30. Major Lessard Lessard was accompanied on this inspection by Lieut. ..Cols. _Belso_n and Bickford and Major `Burton and others of the staff. The Late James O Neill -A James O Neill passed ~away'0n Sunday at his home, con. 1, F103, followingva stroke. . Mr. O Neill was born in Ireland 70 years age |and came to Canada -when seven years of age, first residing at iPickering. F0rty-eight years Iago he came to Flos. He was a lstaunch Liberal and at one time ,a J. P. He leaves to mournhis [loss his wife and one son. . parts of England, His father,` of the 84th Battalion was able to visit him soon after he came to England. There are not many of the 58th left in France. They were through the hardest f`1ght-: ing and suffered heavy casual_f ties.*His father, who now lives` in Orillia, was formerly employ: ed by the Barrie Carriage Co. and iplayed in the band. ` g luau ALA: vv Ad.\1 .~...... The furieral toe}: on Tuesday morning `to St. Rat- rick s Church and cemetery, Phelpston, the funeral services being conducted by Rev. `Father Gearin. Great Praise for 177th Ull llll K1 ll Grippe. `ll nul } a Aof 'llJ|ILJll l\Jl.l6lJ1 o Lieut.-C01. J. B. McPhee and! _Oicers of the 177th Battalion iC.E.1%`., wish to express their 'heartiest v thanks to. the local, . civilian recruiting committees! throughout the County for theiri . splendid assistance in the work of 1'ecr"uit.ti11g-the batfali_or_1. K - J4<!\ _I.__`_...,,J LA _.__._ ` -J. McCandles's, 1n'an11fac,tm'- [er of and dealer in Light, and `Heavy Harness, Trunks, Valises, 'Whips, Ete., has "on hand a lot, of Harness made up froin the best Union Oak Leather, bought before the big advance in price,` which he can sell at. a. reason- able price: Repairing promptly executed. 29 Dunlop St., Bar_7 rie. _ H , * 11-12} ` And select your Columbiag Graf-onola or `talking machines: from several ,different makes,j with the latest. and best in re- cords with music on both sides, from 850 up. ' . GA!`-IRETT S MUSIC STORE 2 Blocks West of Old Stand Phbne 2598 P.0. Box 178 Mar. (Continued from page 5.) majority of men of military age iwho have not as yet responded; :to the call are laying themselves; `open to the accusation of being; opposed to us, if they hold out` much longer. I 1 innt n] T D `l|,I',-.111-.rn 4-|v\.J \J.I L LAVA u1|.i1L_Ll lrllb |J(.LlJl.(.|4ll'l.lJ:1a ! It is also desired to give ex-g pression to the deep feeling of} gratitude felt by every member; of the battalion to the ladies of, patriotic sojoieties of the Conn- ty for their untiring efforts in providing entertainrnent, com- forts and necessities. also for ,'the niostable assistance given -in aid of recruiting. I I z LAST APPEAL FOR MEN | av THE 177th. BATTN.l come and Pay Us a Visit 16 17 18 19 '20 21 25 "20 31 16 zeroAL 2 14 1 Lovg/`gs; Snow .15 33 12 .37 3 39 044 04 22 15 22 333 37 '-4N,H.BUTTERY umppe. . Wa-lter `Patterson spent the week-end with his "family on Tiin %treet. 11.... 1m-,.l\.-....-.lA n4` "I":-n-nnfn ic THE WEATHER Thursday, March 22;`1-917.". Mina:-d s Liniment for sa|e.,. \ everywhere. E The Social on Friday,~Mar. 16, 'held under auspices of St. 7Paul s Church in honor of St. ;Patrick and in aid of the Red iGross, was a decided success. The rector,` Mr. Perry, was chairman, and the program was ;well presented. Recitations were {given by. Miss Patty Blackmore, [Miss Sadie Hubbert and Tom A1- lan, solo by Miss Leola McDon- ald, duet by Ernest Carr and Miss S. Leonard, quartette by ~Mabel Hickling, Will Taylor, Lloyd Booth and Bert Hubbert, speech by ;Sergt.-Major White- wood on. the Red Cross, violin selection by Miss Jack, clarionet selection by Ernest Carr. Ed- ward Carr ,kind1`y gave some- good selections on his Victrola. The boxes were beautiful works of art and commanded high pri- ces; The total proceels, $114, Iwere given. to the Red Cross. `Government War Bonds, Municipal ` _ Bonds and Debentures Constitutc Safety, Saleabi~]ity.l and Regular these investments may be pur- chased at pricesthat will give i returns approximately of 5`... 6% l and 7%. if you are not familiar with this form of investment ] Write, Phone I I2, or call on J. H. BENNETT, 5 7 Dunlop Street. Barrie, Ont, who will be pleased to ftirnish full information. and transact your business Free of any expense ti) you. - 71111111 Dl:l'UUL. _ l Mrs. McDonald of Toronto 1s visiting with the Misses McLen- nan, Essa St. Mm. u/m T.iHla nf' Rnrtnn Superior . . . Investments ST. PAUL'S, INNISFIL 2 Income. To~o1ay{ UUUIIL) . v Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Bradford are in Toronto, they having been called rather suddenly on. Tuesday to the bedside. of Mrs. Bradfordfs mother, who is quite ill in a city hospital. ` The G.T.R. painters. have made their annual appearance and are busy painting the in- terior of all the offices and wait- ing rooms, which giveq the sta- tion a good clean healthy look." 11? 0 t'h..__ __-3._`.. In c-\-r\