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t you ll say heat from *1` radiators )ur heating ils to give he cdldest ? '1 days you _ L__L Instruments for Club members are delivered free within city or immediate vicinity. ' Free Delivery :---A EASY WEEKLY TERMS ; given a.` ` the town u uv1'I `Inn . L111: LUVV ll . will be the Em-! * I The barn. together with the season s ucrop of grain, 4 horses, a bull and a separator. owned .by James Leith.. ististed, were destroyed by fire on !Oc_tober 25. The fire started from a spark from a. threshing engine. '11]... ..n.~:JA.....- ..c 1 I v1-_,, , 3 ...,_.,..-. .- . . V . .. ... ..u\..u-.un5 Clllllco The residence of L. A. Howard near 1 Keswick `was destroyed by fire last = week. The house was an old one with foctober 25. As guest of honbr, Miss Martha Hunter of Barrie. bridesmaid" of,/25 years ago, received with them. X . , 1'5 JOIN THE CLUB Is `To Club members who, through sickness ,or unem- ployment, are unable to meet Club payments, the privilege of half-payments is granted for a reasonable 4.-...- Paftial Payments :5- Any Club mexnbexi, if he desires, may exchange his instrument at any time_ within .our m.;onths_;\ for any other Victrla Ifibdel of greater value: and "the total amount paid in""applies on xl the new purchase: Exchange PVi1ege_f-- Club members not wish- ing to wait until Christmas for their His, Master's Voice Victrola may obtain `delivery at any time, by advancing` the Club pay- ments due up to that time. Immediate Delivery 2-- V VI_CI`ROLA No. 215 Mahogany, On]: or Ameriwn Walnut ' VICTROLA No: 219' Mahognny, Oak or American Walnut VICTROLA VIII uuxc Lut: l.'!:SlutIlCE OI r_1ume Blake. On October 26 the barn of Hugh iMcDairmid, Nottawasaga, was destroy- ed by fire together with 1600 bushels ! of grain, a. quantity of clover seed, hay and straw, four horses and two calvesu I . LIPS. I-Iuxtahle and Nfru 'R1n-rlntfn auu 3u'a.w, I.UuI' nurses and (.WO calvesu .Mrs. Huxtable and Mrs. Burdette. representing Barrie \Vomen's Institute. visited the_House of Refuge on Oct. 28 and presented the aged ladies of the institution with jars of fruit and candies. M historic associations and was at one time the residence of Hume Blake. fh hnrn nf 1-7111:-In Page FATE eater mg MAN I : wen St. A. Good Fair- _ Picton has one oij the Vbe. at.ax'icu1- fvnnnl fairs to be found in any town in Ontario; It runs 1our_.daysAVA-and the v\uIr1c ULL1L'lCllUy 13 appaI'ent_,'ana Elle 1`\=::u`t" are all t.he%mm-e creditz1b]e (-nnsid.r~r!n_4' the, small. staff` CF1?f1`i-Pd. }`3ir-mu lmspitnl isn 1-e.-1-t`creditAto.thc ftown and county and deser'vs gen'er.-' `oust. support from 2 the mimicipalities and` the citizens. . V 11|wILI1Ig we znxoljmatlon given by M183 (`.ml0n. Mr, Davison. one of th_'e'tAo_wn-fa ,1e`=;u`.ing business men. has given CL grrern deal of`ti'me and thought to the lmspital and his keen enthusiasm must have played a large paxjt in its success. In Miss Gaden they have -.1 v-rxv capable superin ten deTnt.`-A Every- whrere efficiency is apparetltrand the 1'\=:4:u`t" are .-an thn mm-as .~u~m1im1\1.a . its work. A tut` I'I!llllllul'l_lLy. V' 'l`wo excellent newspapers serve Picton. These are the 'l`imes.and the lazette, both of which carry a- large amount of local news and a fine lot of advertising", which shows that the mm-rclmnts appreciate the value of the papers to thecommunity. These are the only two newspapers in Prince J-l as compared with twenty in Simcoe County. Mr. Cnlnan of the (`-:r7.ette was one ofthe` first presi- dents of the Canadian Weekly News- papers Association, `An Excellent Hospital A H'avin;_.r been on the Board of the Jnrrio Hospital for years, Is nat_urally_ w.-is-interested to visit the fine little institution which the_ Picton people have provided to care for their sick . It is a frame building, the spotless white exterior of which is in keeping with the immaculate appearance of everything within. Its accommodation includes six private wards. at from $3.50 . to $5.50 a day;a three semi-private wards at $3.00 to $3.50 a day and one general ward at $2.50 a day, a very fine operating room, n'urser_v, etc, Fees are collected each. week and so well is- this looked after that bad debts have amounted to only about $50 in six years. Although much smaller than the Barrie hospital it receives $1500 a year from the county and treats no county patientsiree. The wards have been furnished "by Daughtersof the V Empire, Women's Institutes and fam- ilies. these donors also seeing to the maintenance of the furnishinsrs. There are spacious balconies, all screened in which make a fine. place for.conval- es<:ents. especially "as the hospital is beautifully situated close to the bay. Donation Week . .In the basement I noticed bins filled with vepretables and shelves covered with jars of fruit. pickles, etc. Miss Gaden, the superintendent, explained _that it was Donation Week when everyone is given an opportunity of helping. A canvass `of the town is `made and volunteer workers gather a up donationsof all sorts of articles that can he used in the hospital. ._Ever,v house and business place is visited and there are few who do not 'give.some- thing. This helps to keep all the cit-g izens in touch with the hospital and . (ln :'n-vivinrr at tho hnunifol `T Pnn.-.11 Jl w Urn, . On arriving at the hospital, `Lfound the Pre.-.iden.t, Mr.V,_DaTvis:on. making one` of his frequent visits and he ac`-com -A p'miPd us on our inspectibn, supple-j monting the information given by_ Miss M (`.mIm1 `Ur T\n\7inn nun n'P +I;.z~.v+.-..m...v.. of nine plants in Pictun, employim; about 1000 hands, Most of these plants are owned by Dominion Canners. In other parts oi the county there are fmirtoen more plants. The products inolude strawberries. pea.s.'heans, corn, tmnatoes, raspberries, pumpkins -and: apples. A valuable by-product in the shape oi .ensila;:`e is made from the ;.rro(n peastraw, corn husks and cobs. which is sold to farmers at $2.00 a ton. . ,l`he factory I visited has four silos, -. --.,.. ........,, 'l`he cannim.',' factory visited was one eaoh with a '(:amacit,v of-0500 tons. the vounty and has brought millions of 'dollars into Prince Erl\\'ar_d. Grow- im: supplies for these fat-.tories forms an important part of t':n}mim;' there. from 5 to 40 acres being: devoted to this work on an average. The manul. aoture of cheese and butter also are important industries. there l)ein2' two oreameries and 15 _(-heese factories in the county. Board of Trade Club Platoon has somethin`r.r different" in the way of a Board of '1`rade organiz- ation. 'l`his is its Board of l`rade Club; It is operated upon the lines of a Kiwanis or I_totar,v Club. without any limited classification. Twice a month it holds a dinner conducted al- most like the Kiwanis luncheons- At ]`.rida_v night's dinner the main ad- dress was given by E. Ro,v Sayles, on The Community Newspaper," and I spoke on some of the lines upon which the Barrie Kiwanis Club has been working. This Club's activities in- clude summer camps for boys and ::'1'rls. From what I saw of its mem- box`.-x tliey seem to be a live aggregrat-ion and are no. doubt a force `for good in the oommun_it,v. V 1 'l`\\.vn nvnnllm-1+ nnumnnnm... ........,. This industry is the lead_im.: one o .- |v,1'v\1\l . uu.,:.....u The slang ; expression some pump- kins" must have originated inAPicton. At any rate, there_`are. some pump- kins" in that town. I never saw .21 small fraction of as many as I saw there. .One of the cannimz factories \-'i:4ite'd handles 700 tons. and as there me about 200 pumpkins to the ton, this nmnns 140.000. pumpkins. My com- panion started to fi,o.'ure out how much these pumpkins \v_oulcl be worth in the shape of pie at ten cents it slice, but fin:1.ll_v ;."'\'e it up. After wntchiugitlle (-unnim." process. from the time the pumpkins are dumped into the big tank for xvushimmnltil the cooked pm- i iuvt in sealed eons starts off on its slow progrress thx'ou;.;'h the cooling ('.'1n;1l. I was quite satisfietl that if the pastry was as well looked after as the fillin it would make mi;.','ht,v p,'ood pumpkin pie. . A Rio` Tnnuhv\v' . prosperous. . to-date stores. 1'i'lIiUB nuwuru LJUU.IlL,Y. Picton, a. town of `3500 people. strikes the visitor as progressive and Its business section is well paved, well lightedand has up- On vSaturda.V' after- noon and evenings it was lined with automobiles. 'I`hou;:h the main street is apparently not much wider than Dunlop St., diagonal parking is observed. One of the finest of its: public buildings is the collegiate in-' stitute of which Horace Kerfoot (of Minesing) was for several years prin- cipal and, prior to that. Mr. Minus well known in Barrie as science mas- ter in Barrie Collegiate during the regime of the late '1`. I-1.- Red itt. 'J`he public schoolbuilding, erecte in .1871. has a unique" feature inasmuch as its third storey is rented `by the Masonic fraternity and is occupied as a lodge room, banquet room, etc. Picton has many beautiful homes. but. instead oi'_being of bricks as in Barrie. most of the residences are of frame construction, 1441 nun :\.-.____I_x.-_ I \.-_, ounv o4\-out-I15 1' Being ln Bellevllle on business cori- nected with the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association, last Friday, I was glad to avail myself of an op- portunlty. to visit the progressive town of Picton. We drove over from Belle- ville. The distance 13 the same as be- tween Barrie and Orillia--24 miles--'- and the road, 9. Provincial Highway,_ equally as good so .45.minutes later found us in the thriving capital of Prince Edward County. ' ' Dintnn o fnnvn nl "lll hnnnla VISIT TO PlCl'0N, CANNING CENTRE ithout any Canneries Put Much into` Circulation Thursdqy, Novembgr 6, 19.2% 'Prince Edward. 1;0,0()0_ Punipkins . . . * _ . . ` . . n .-.n.lp.... U.un.. Ht`. ' A Big` Industry" ......... 0.. na...... -_.x._x';. - (By The Editor)- - r\._II__'_n|I- ___ I. Money in ' .-.v 51: -Speakers on1 reforestatio frequent- ly refer to the sandbank` of Prince Ioanvl 5155-: -Edward county and the efforts being made .to stop the sand drifting by planting trees. The Government have established a station at the banks. some - ten 'mlles west of Picton. and have been working" there for several Last Saturday I visited the years. sand - banks and looked over what has been1 `done. I cannot say I was impressed with the results. These sandbanks cover probably 300 acres. As we walk- ed "over them. a strong south-west wind from Lake Ontario sent the sand whirling along just as hard particles of snow are carried on a very cold day. The sandis fine. clean and white, 90% silica, and searches op- enings much more persistently than soft'sno\v. Close fences built to stop _the sweep are almost buried and brush piled on the windward side of fences seemslto be of little effect. There are some tall fences of plank which stop the sand for the present but it is only ,a matter of time until `they will he uu Luucl; 60. I Hon. and Mrs. E. J_. Davis of New- 1' market celebrated the fiftieth anniver-I sary of their wedding .'on October 29. A feature .of the celebration was the_ I - a :buried. Young willows and poplars. 3 set out in rows across this sandy waste! useem to make little progress, fighting} against. the silting of the sand and` drouth of summer I and the cuttin `winds of winter. Owing to the ever `encroaching sand. the road has had to be moved at different times and is ;now half a mile east of its oriszinali flocation. Near the- lake, the road al-1 .lowance of thirty years ago is now! ;buried in sand 25 or _30 feet deep. `Planting has been done quite a distance.` east of where the main sandbanksz ;now extend-and it is possible that gthese plantations. being partly pro-l gtected. may make more rapid growth} jand become an effective `bulwark; :against the billows of sand which ,al- gready have laid waste many acres of valuable land. ` nlcasfer admission fee for several years has been the same`as was charged in Barrie this year--35 ce\xts. A hand~ some entrance. office and fence of] brick and stucco along the front of] the property were donated by the Old '- Boys. The fair is splendidly equipped} with buildings. , A museum introduced] last year proved a fine attraction. A; two-storey log house-was brought in` from the country and set up on the grounds. People were asked to send! articles that had `been used .-in the early days of the county. The re- sponse was hearty. the building being filled with these exhibits. This is a feature that has great value and is[ one that might well be introduced at! i Barrie Fair. Tho Qanho nba 12;`) ` .({.` ` N. ` K) . ., `f"1`he Sadbanks ,,_-n, , Rec..ords` `are `uually sold` `for cash. Club meiI_'1bers.. -may select A records to the amount of $10.00, . which "they may pay fo1f':i.n the reg1`11aff Club pa}?me_1.1ts.; |er 6, `I924. Records on time :--_- The usual cvashfayments required on, His "Master's Voice Victrolas are elimin- V ated. Club Iriembers payonly small weekly payments. No Cash Payment :- Club members msy select from any His Master s Voice" Victrola models` either upright or console in any nish preferred. v as; Q AUVJIAII 6 Mahgany. Oak or gun V90 ctian Walnut, UV _ `Mahoghy o'r oak. _ T6` Unlimited Selection --- THE CLUB VICTROLA No. 240% Mahogany, Oak or Amecan Wlnut Special Advantages to Club Members VICTROLA No. so V __.._ I\4I _- - Tv1c'rRoL }\ No. so ` Mahoaanv or Oak- (013911) Malogany or iuuw uuu 11 mue east OI 1128 ori,`..'inal, the 1 lowance ago newt: feet deen.` `Planting 4 least sandbzmksgj extend -and it is_ that` pro-1; ztected. more growth}: `become bulwark!` ;against 1 ;ready 1 _ I gburied. poplars} jagainst. gdroutht cutting?` ever! "encroaching I he mnvad at diffm-nn+ fir-nan 4...: .-.. uULUue1' 60. _ 1 Hon. and New-` 1 the: . . . w u . ..a . -~anaaov\In1JI.Q.aJ uu siuuuucl (4-7 | [ John` Baptiste Beriault, one of` the? best known shanty cooks of earlierv I days. died at his home at Penetang on [October 25. ` g `(Inn and ll-on `IF 7 `l'\.'.-.:... _A -\v-___ uurs U11 UCIUDGI Z4. I Mr, and` Mrs. W. R. Chantler of! Cookstown celebrated their golden wedding.anniversary on October 29. I Tn]... 'I).....4..1..d.- T'$..--}.___IL _ ; ' Ill Vt1llUUl.lVCI'. I V I Simcoe Lodge. A.F. & A.M.. Brad-I gford, entertained the ladies and vis-, itors on October` 24. I II 9'1! Elna `X7 `D (`CI-..-...`l.... -5! wwwmmwmwmw DISTRICT NEWS w % i fim&m&m%&w$m&&&w hihk of I; 'I.`he Longv i\Ianufatu1'ing Co.` of! Orillia has decided -to open "an office] iin Vancouver. ' I Qirnnnzx Tnnnn A 13 D. A It 11..-: I >x<>x<`>x<>x<>x<>x<>x<>3>x<>x<>x<>2>x<>x< You take no risk in joining this Club. The instri1- "ments are genuine new His Master s~Voice Victrolas, the standard of the world in Talking Machines. To the owner it represents a life time s pleasure and entertain- ment. The owner of an His Master's Voice Victrola is protected 7by the reliability and long standing of an `instrument made up to the highest standards--not down to a price. The membership of this Club is limited, One Dollar ' makes you a member and gives the privilege of selecting your Victrola at any time before the Club closes. This membership fee is credited to your account if you buy; if you do not buy, it is refunded. This Club is an exact example of the benet of co- 'operative buying, through which unusual privileges and advantages are oered Club-members in the purchase of genuine His Master s Voice Victrolas. ' N 0 CASH PAYMENTS Every instrument is guar- anteed to be in perfect con-` dition and to give entire" satisfaction. . ' Guarantee :- J. G. KEENAN S C H R I S T CLUB ONLY $1.00 Things-. Do NOT DELAY---JOIN NOW j A sARma%DEALER%,%%% i ' .0. Box -- Oppomife; O. Sqafe -A-A--Phone 243 ` Exit-ra*;1ce tI1r0At; g`h.Cr'oss!:1'11_d -s Drug _St_0_:re . ` V THE BARBIE EXAMINER Which starts tomorrow at 8.30 A.M. "His Mastersyoicei _f,_`{, YOUR CHOICE OF` ANY vic-615' ; pu c. - v _ _ f Roderick D. 'McRae, aged twelve? V yea.rs,.has been missing from the home! ;of his step-father in Orillia for two; nweeks. The boy had no money with; `him when he disappearo, I Mr and Nh-9.: n A tz..+`+'.3..n 'n,r.mg uuu wuen ne " Mr, and Mrs. O. A. Keffer `of Mea-. ford celebrated their silver wedding on LNABLE -r|.l`lUL- . Midland town council s site onthe principal street of 1 , for a war memorial whivh Tex-ected by the Daughters of w fpire. I Ffncu-it-I; TW ' T|.`fr.`Dnn n--:3 Ia muuer nu Lue Darn ancl broke a nu), A porcupine was seen recently on` g the farm of James Brethet nearzBeet-3 `on. It is said to be 15 years since one of these animals was seen in thatAdis-; ; strict. ' I `|\/{:1-'I1n-.4 4-..... _...-.___-1 1.- , - ` -..--..-. ..u.... u nu.-u.-aux, u; VJVCI a0.UVU. | . Vvhile working at a Jzhreshing atthef `farm of Gordon Moir. Surinidale. on] October 25, John McGovern fell from; I | I . V . - `a ladder m the barn and broke hm. 4 A nnrr-.nninp mg ennn m.~.mmnu nn` wluUl'!'.' HI {us uotn year. 5 125 citizens of Huntsville attended; . a banquet on October 28 and cups were! Ppresented to the winning baseball, foot-3 [ball and bowling teams. { . W. " ' .T .T('|]"ll1fI\n nf R/fnnFnur1 uvnn van uuu uuwung teams. V i , W. ` J. Johnston of Meaford won: first place in /Barred Rocks in the egg! 3 laying contest at Ottawa and fifth! `place against all breeds. I 1 .'I"hn (1 .9. `M 1'-I'nanl--ml n,-.n:..........-.: . `place ugzunst au Dreeas. 1 V .The G & M Hospital, Co11ingWood.; _reports a prosperous year. Over 800 `patients were treated and the insti-J !tution has a balance of over $8,000. 7 '\l7'L..'1A ..-,...I_:_... -1. _ Al ` H ago. Av; ago. _ ' _ Fegetang Separate School Board hasf . arranged for four prizes as a means [of creating an interest in `the school i child:-en's ~ garden. I Jnhn I-Tnllinrrurnrfh rrnn nf Han V\i'I\v| ; uuuun-:11 8 garuen. 1 1 John Hollingworth. one of the pion-' Jeers of Muskoka, died on October 23! ;at the home of. his daughter in Cree-3 `more in his 95th year. I I 125 r'ifi7.nn nf T-Tnnfauilln 9!-+onA.:.A {appearance of Mrs; E. J. 'bz1\'is. J12, yin Mrs. Davis wedding dress of fifty years ago and a niece, Miss Etta, Stewart, in the dress worn by Mrs.; I Davis mother"'at her wedding 78 years; ago. LANT E cm W p`H1;2Cs)s