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Elizabeth `St. and Mapl Ave. l\I ' ma ' --AT-{ BRYSON S TEA ROOM MOlR S ASSORTED cuocoumas SATIIIIIIAY SPECIAL 49;: crrfiilmv ICE CREAM Bglk and Brick Rgular 60 V'151i2.{{5?" EDITORIAL COMMENT Dependability ' Bowmanville Statesman: Nothing is more value in anyone than depend- ability. Can we depend on his word, or his work_h?. Is he truthful? Is he honest? are the questions always be- ing asked. Tobe honestand truthful `even when it implies discomfort and suffering is something of great value. Only a high sense of self-respect got by careful cultivation in a good school or home is proof against dis`-_ honesty.or_ deception; V : . Innisl s opinion of township school boards, as expressed at the meeting` in Stroud some weeks ago, is pretty generally held in rural On- tario, judging from the vote taken at the meeting of -the trustees section of ' the Ontario Educational Association when the government's plan was al- most unanimously condemned. Prem-s ier Ferguson thinks the trustees were somewhat hasty and should have giv- en the proposals further considera- \tion. `While a thorough discussion is always desirable on any important mma&m$mm&mw&mm E AMONG EXCHANGES g wwmw&&&&&m$w&&&& Members of the Barrie deputation - which `waited upon the Deputy Min- ister of Highways reported that gen- tleman as being in favor of granting greater assistance to towns on Pro- vincial Highway construction. If that view should prevail and a larger percentage be forthcoming for the towns, it would be giving the urban municipalities something to which they have all along felt "themselves entitled. Discussing this matter, the Orillia Packet says :-- The principle that motorists should pay the major part of the cost of the roads required for heavy automobile traffic is sound. But it is not so clear why it should be applied only in the rural-municipal- ities. The burden of building and maintaining motor roads falls just as heavily upon the towns and cities as upon the townships. Including the county road levy, Orillia is spending over $45,000 a year on roads. Of this from a contribution. to the cost of paving the Pronvincial Highway andl the Goldwater road, and from asmall annual grant towards the Atherley road, Orillia has drawn nothing from ten million dollars annually spent on highways by the Provincial Govern- ment. The strange situation is this: - not half would be necessary if i?were H - not for the automobiles.- Yet aside If an Orillian invests $2500 in a * ho`use and it is assessed for $1800, he will contribute about $78 towards the 0 cost of running the town, of which about $12 or $13 will go to_ roads and the remainder towards schools, parks, re protection, sewers and other `town conveniences. If his house happens to be on a paved street, he will also pay another $15 to"$20 in frontage tax direct to the` cost` of the pave- ment. If the same man invests the $2500 in a car, he paysprobably $21 for his license and $15 or $20 in gas- oline tax. But the whole of this is gobbled up by the Ontario Govern- mentvfor building roads outside the town. It is clear that in the_matter ofgProvincial road grants, as in, Pro- vincial school grants, the towns are suffering an injustice.'. things will become. If the. Town Council were not pre- viously convinced ofthe necessity of making an earnest effort to deal with the problem of unpaid taxes, the re- port of the auditors on Monday night should serve to impress this point up- on their- minds. Taxes unpaid and in arrears have steadily increased and to such anextent as to be almost dou- bled the last four years. At the end of 1924 the taxes unpaid and in ar- rears amounted to $46,303.31 or 26.3 percent. of the general levy for last year. The problem is a serious one and the longer this "matter of tax ar- -- rears is allowed to drift,jthe worse ` There should be ` an immediate and thorough enquiry ' into this question by the Council, with ` a view to having present arrears re- ` duced and also to keeping down fu- j ture arrears to the minimum. ' ` Angle parkingsaves space and is more convenient than the `parallel methdd. Chief Stewart is to be com`- -mended for advising the adoption of this -system. Another improvement he might make is to put a time limit on Saturdays for parking in the bus- iness section of Dunlap and Elizabeth streets. It is very `unfair to mer- -chants for motorists to leave cars for hours in the same place, so that no other cars can reach the curb in front of the stores. . Still another regula- tion that might be considered is spec- ifying the portion of the Highway in Barrie as `fthrough streets`and re_- quiring traffic entering these streets from the side to-come to a full stop before doingso. This plan is follow- ed in some other places and is found tobe of great assistance in prevent- ing accidents. public question, it is very deubtfullif fl year-'s delay wo'uld have altered the attitude of the trustees to any,great extent. Rural Ontario does not seem to be ready for such a change yet. Lxuapxuax uuaru, xuuuuuy uJ.I.1'HUUIl, 1|. was decided to pay off the mortgage. on the nurses home on May 1,,.which amounts to $2600 and accrued inter- est from December. Providing for this mortgage and the bank overdraft \ which the Board has been carrying for over six months takes all the $10. ? 000 voted bythevratepayers except about $300. A ' - '1'... .......A.L... .: .....Ju"...... ....... .......:.. auuuu xpuuu. _ , The matter of auditors was again discussed.~ Not having been able to make satisfactory terms with the rm which audits the books of the munic- ipality, it was decided to appoint two local men to make a quarterly audit. It was left to the Finance Committee to make arrangenients. I111- - _ J! - __.___, 7 1 7 I ' ll LLUIII JJLGISC Ola: DU l\Ulll!JC_llLCluD DU- McCuaig-Lang--That the Water and Light Committee consider plac- ing a light on Blake St.- east of Cook St. and one on_Kempenfe1dt St. at the foot of Rodney St. _-V -..----.4 v-- - ---e v.-....-. was The adjotirned `annual meeting for the election of officers will be held on Monday, May 4, at` 3.30 pm. ` A} 'p{a'1 x;;ti{{7%'J{"i{ v. Hospital Board, Monday afternoon, it man nnind fn nnv AW Han rnnrim-on-n '-Next week the Barrie Kiwanis Club is putting on its annual minstxrel show, the proceeds of which go to its work for underprivileged children. This is the only appeal the Club'm'ak- es to the citizens for assistance .and it is no sacrice to help in the way asked, as those who buy tickets for the show get good value for` their money. Those who want to enjoy a night of music and fun and at the same time help along a good cause will make no mistake in attending tholiwanis entertainment next Mon- day or Tuesday. A IUUIIBLUUL GIIIUIIUIIIS uuuuul uy-law. Lang+McCuaig--That ihe Board` of Works consider construction of a sidewalk on the north side of Eugenia St., east to Albert St. 'Mnr`11n:m7_T.nmm TLQL I-Rn `Janna! LJIH, UGEI4 |aU IIIUUID DIM `McCuaig--Lang-That the Board of Works consider-building` a side- walk on the west side of Rodney St. from Blake St. to Kempenfeldt St. TM'n(`.I1o{n- T.o~nn__."I`1\n 4-Inn `XTn4-nu uyy quyuuvunn g--w;.J uuvo uuu Away! LLVCI \ husk - Hill - That any person `found digging holes in the side of the. road or removing sod from town pro- perty be prosecuted. WGlI7;VI `D|1g`Ir'I`lsoI- Flnn -an-.`n.-nun vv an W 111--J.\uan"- 1. Ha I; nut: 1'e=ugua- tion of Chas. Tymon be accepted. Gracey--Walker -- That Council nnnuzhanvn unnnnrI;nnv 'kn:`lA:..m. 1.171;.-u \I.l- quay: VV cuncl. '- L llala VJUUIIUII `consider amending building by-law. I T.nn(r:Knr`.11nn 'l`ko+ 4-`In Dana;-I Ald. a alker explained that no re- port had been prepared by the special committee appointed to meet the Parks Commission-regarding the mat- ter, but that the Commission were quite willing to take the land over as a park. Ald. Tyrer, another `mem- ber of the special committee, conrm- ed Ald. Wa1ker s verbal report. but some of the members thought there should be a written report signed by ` the special committee and the Parks |Commission. The motion was event- ually carried and the matter will be" handed over to the Town Solicitor to prepare the rkcessary by-law. * M Motions Hill---Wallwin--That the Board of Works consider the construction of a sidewalk on the south side of Sophia I St. between Mary St; and Maple Ave. `D. .1- `l'_I 1`I`I Fl1L.-~ _..-- _-.4--_. G DUVVII `MI. in qowunuurnula .-vv-~~-..- I _ Ald. .McCuai `called attention to thefact thatru bish had been dump- ed on the`south side of Kempenfeldtl St., east of Ovenden College, and ask- ed if Council had any control over that land. In the same connection Ald. Lang asked if authority hadbeen given anyone to dump rubbish on va- cant property owned by the Town be- tween St. Vincent and Penetang Sts. It was-explained that it was up.to the Board of Health and that if the mat- ter was, drawn to the attention of the M.0.H. or _ the sanitary inspector, they would attend to it`. Communications M. D. Cubitt-Nichols wrote asking Council to give him an approach to his garage on Mulcaster St., and also f complaining of water getting into his starlzles. ` . L-L..1n` -2 1.1.- `n..._..:_ r\..:u:..: D. MacDougall wrt;te asking for 26 feet of 14-inch tile to extend a drain on Poyntz St. ' I, 9 A II` I I ' V,--;1'~I;ark in Allandale. % V.Some discussion followed a motion` by Ald. Walker and Gracey that the land in Allandale loaned to the C.N.R. Athletic Association be dpsignated as a town gark. ` AIIJ 7..I`l..-.. ---._'l_2_.-.`| LL-A. ..- _-- I1CUl_UBo I I On- behalf` of the Barrie-Orillia Highway Association,'T, T. Young re- ` questeda grant of $5.00 to help pay the secretary's incidental expenses., Similar` requests are being made to' the Councils of ' Oro and Orillia. you A 66 In raising funds for the Canadian Institute for the Blind, the Daughters. of the Empire in Barrie are helping people. who are trying to help them- selves. The trained workers of Can- ada's 6000 blind citizens, in spite of. their great handicap,` last year made articles of basketry, brooms, white- wear garments, aprons, etc., to the value of $235,000. These people had been trained by the National Instit- ute for the Blind. v---.v rvvvno 9... V. v-v -..- vnnnnuwu I W. C. Itfunterrequested permission | to remove one tree and-.t1fim another ~ at his home, 155 0wen'St. . I 1' n--_sL, ,,5,1 , -.y --...a --vu-uv, -.vv vvvvu nav- E. -J. Zavitz, Provincial Forester, wroteestating that A. H. Richardson would be in Barrie in the near future to inspect shade trees and advise as to their trirming. . Th Il1V`I\"a `MO- The Parks Commission wrote re- commending the. purchase of the Ar- dagh and Morton properties on Dun-A lop St. for park purposes. . ' I 1'-___,-, 1-|,,__L;,, a 1\,.1p,,,, , . I IIIU DIICIL lllllllllllllso ` James, Proctor & Redfern wrote! stating that the plans and blueprints of the proles of the proposed road work in their office are incomplete_ and asking if` the Town wished to use them as they could prepare; the ne- cessary blueprints to. make the set` complete, The Clerk stated that in conversation with Mr. Redfern he had told him not to do anything until he heard further from theCouncil. 'I\ II an sTARfT:Wm M % HALF-HOLIDAYV . (Continued from page 1) . with the petition and within one month of its r_ec.ept_ion.' - If a new pet- ition were got out, a "new by-law would have to be prepared and some- thing must bedone with the one un- der consideration. After consider- able discussion, which led nowhere, a solution of the difficulty was found in Ald. Wallwin s suggestion that the by-law be passed and if the merchants ' wish they mayglater on, petition to. have it rescinded. The by-law was accordingly passed and a similar -by-I law governing dealers` in clothing, lfurnijshings and hats and ,.caps fol- owe . ' `l\....._2..... 'l)..L`I....'l. TO PAVE Mu._i=: AND A HALF envy uc pruacuuucu. Wallwin-Rusk-That the resigna: nn AF CH9: Txrmnn kn nnnbnfnrl WILL PAY OFF MORTGAGE Dumping _Rubbish .:-n___:..- __u_.! -u.'_ The protest by Ald. McCuaig against the dumping of rubbish on -Kempenfeldt St..was timely. There are certain places where rubbish may properly be dumped and there are re- gulations governing" the disposal of rubbish. The sanitary inspector should seethat these regulations are enforced.` .m.u usy ux vxugauuu. rrangements are being made 130' hold the annual eld day on Monday, May 25. ' (Continued from page 1) $1939.76 and expenditures of $1898.- 35, leaving a balance on hand of $41.- 41. There are one or two accounts still outstanding, but there will still be a balance after paying these. Re- ceipts from the banquet. held a year ago were $107: subscriptions" were $253.50; receipts from eld day were $111-5,45 and from the street dance $30.50. Receipts from baseball and hockey were not nearly what they - should have been. The average gate for the ball games was $18 and the club barely broke even on several of the hockey games. It is this small at- 1 itendance at the games that makes it necessary for the Association to seek other means of raising money. Committees Appointed Following the meeting, the officers met and appointed the following com- 1 mittees:-- _ i 'l-___--';.:__- r1----_--:u.__ _ 117 r: nr'_n- H11 DLCUE '*"` ' Executive Committee '.W. C. W.ll,! Ed. Kearns, R. W. Payne, Dr. E. L. Brereton, Father Brennan. `Dug.-J-.nI`Io TIT `KT hu A 117 RA -- 111.01. CIJUI 1` 601151` l).l.`U1llllll I Basebzllz W. N. Duff, A. W. Mof- .fatt, Dr. Ho1ly Dyer, Smith Kain,` Ed. Kearns, Sid. Shierlqck, HQ Elston. 'Qn*p+]'\orl The Tnkn `Kraut-u:nn `D.u..4- 13. "Softball : Robertson, Little; Frank Hammond. T '1`,-rn'h1r as-gr` `l2`:nl.l. xxccu ua, o_1u. |Dll1Ul.`1lJ_Cl\, I1. `K10150011- Dr. John Warnica. Bert Bert Travis, Dr. W. C. `IPA Clan..- 1) `X7 lJl_l4l4.lCy -l` LGIIIX .I.1auuuuuu. Track and Field: Ed. Shear, R. W. Payne, Alex. Cowan, F; C. Fosteg, Mofley Livingston. rvunnnvnnnl-5 o1-A `kn:-nap run;-In {us i '0RGANlZED FOR SEASON S SPORT |$'Voodyc1tti A2 In connection with the new redis- tribution bill passed by the Ontario Legislature, the population gures given for the Simcoe tidings are as follows: Centre, 22,384; East, 31,-. 890; South, 17,874; West,_1 9,882. Muskoka has. 14,937 and North and South Grey have 27,295 and 23,491 respectively. - The Woodyatt, 14" cut, is a most popular mower, price $12. 1>1-:c1A_L! U. T s. A};g;i{;ve1. {- only 50 each With the advent of this ambitious` season of. the year "everybody gets busy. either indoors or out-of-doors. . _ , r Whether your lotbe housecleaning or gardening, we can supply. you _w1th the proper equipment at lowest prices; ATHFSEARETHETHINGSYOU N1-`.E_l):- Large Stock of G;-den Rake: in various qualities, patterns" and sizes, from . . . . 60 up Ourr 14-tooth Maple Leaf Steel Garden Rake at 85 cents `Solid Cast Steel Garlen Spades /7 Price $1.35 f Star" Spading Forks (steel tines) PriceV$\l.35 "Maple Leaf" Spnding Forks A- A- is always popular. _ Wire Layvn Rakes, price . . 90 `Ladies Garden Hoes . (best qulity) Price 85 Dutch, Beet, Turnip and- Weed- ing Hoes also stocked. We stock Taylor Forbes Lawn 'Mowefs-- the world's best mowers. They cut-closer, run easier and wear longer, priced from $8.50 to $16.00 each Hurrah! Spring Has.,C'ome! Had the roadway on Dunlop and`, Elizabeth streets been in last year ; condition, it would have been in ` a nice mess after Sunday's snowstorm. With the pavement it was clean in a comparatively short time. Star Garden Hoe: (riveted) Price 60 ' T "Maple Leaf" Garden and Fielclv Hoes (welded) priced at $1.10 (1"tm2'sS' ";:;;:. 35.; Phone 123 r -,Carey-Hurlburt Shoe Store are selling infarits patent straps, turn soles, sizes 4 to 7%, for $1.50 pair. Same_ style, sizes 8 to 101/2, for $1.75 pair. . ` _ 17c ,__- ---. _v `inn, vaovv price $1.15 each Hot Galvgnized Watering Cans 6-qt., price $1.10. 10-qt., $1.25 2 ' ` 1A...L ..._-, A. _- - ,`-_, `v---v 7-u-we Av \1vu, fleil 14-qt., p ice $1.50 each `Best Grade: of Rubber Hose at Iovyest prices. Japnnned Wateiing Cans 6-qt., price 85c. 10-qt., $1.00 1A...JL ..__:__ 4. .... u . `- Garden.Forlu from 20: to 6c Garden Trowels priced at . . . . Ontario is prepared` to do, its part with respect to Alberta coal. Premier Ferguson reports that orders for over 90,000 tons have already been sent in.._ _.- _.-_---, rnnvuu `av . . 15; 20c, 25:: and 35 each Mop Handles . . . . . . . . . . . 25` Janitor Mop Handles, 60 each Self-Wringing Mops, 65-$1.00 Wood Wringer Pails . . . $3.75 Soft Hair Bannister Brushes at . . 75c and $1.00 each Large Variety of Sponges and Chamois stocked. ` \ ` ' NnI'|Il" Scrubbivnmg Brushes, priced a 1:_ A7 gg- n -.. - What a Relief to dispense with the Kitchen Coal or ' . Wood "Stove for the Summer! . Now is the time when you will more. than ap- preciate gas. service. ` Gas, the ever-ready fue1-- quick heat-_-'-and always at hand, does away with all the hard work in the kitchen and helps you to Rninv HWP Qnrnrrmr rhnni-11 7w-- ---v --cans. AA` AAA l..Il\/ l\lL enjoy the su1;1:ner months. ............. ..5. B. T. STEPLADDERS are noted for their` You \;i1l gind a good, '.strong Stepladder a wonderful help during ~ housecleaning. D 'l' n'I"I~I-It nun-u-__ Garden Barrows, with iron wheel, legs are strongly braced, paint- ed and varnished, pric- ed at . . . . $6.95 each _ .. --- r__-- . . 15, 25: va_nI'3;:: Jack In these day when new sources of taxation are being sought, the" Tor- onto Telegram suggests taxing the verbodtv of M.P.`s and senators. price $2.15 price $2.75 ` price $3.25 BARRIE %'lUCH] uo'%;tAvA'I;; Nearly a million young trees have been distributed from the Midhurst Forestry Station this year, these go- ing mostly to farmers and owners of summer property. - _-_-_ -.--r-, ..-_. -_ _._ _ complete with handle. Price: $1.00, $1.25.and $2.00. Q'Cedar Mop; (dry) for waxed oors, walls, etc., price $2.00. Ta:-box Chemically .Treated Floor Mop; . . $1.75 and $2.00 Excellent for waxed 'oors, etc. Grey Hair Wall and Ceiling Brushes, price . . . . . . $2.50 .Simm Dustleu Hand pusten, price . . . . . . . .b . . . . . . . . $1.00- Our Chi-Namo2l'Graining Pro- ceu makes old soft wood floors, etc., look like genuine varnish- ed hardwood. . Easy to apply, very simple and most durable. O CeJar Mops, oil. treated, I.` 1 1| 2%-lb. pkg. Price 40: 5-lb". pkg. Price 75 PRESTON