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It #549: .,\$~tZ}2e.`C. .1. .., visitors Tie"sE3{e at End of ! Third Period`; Tally 2 in Extra` P121 y. _ , " MEAFORD BEAT BARRIE JUNl0RS. j IN ornvu-:,5A.3, The following officers were elect- ed: Pres., Gareld Rouse; lest Vice Pres., W. 1. Clarke; 2nd_ Vice, Jas. Brandon; `Directors, W. Thompson, George Pearsall, Bert Guest, Er'n. Coates, Thos..Fletcher, Alex. Currie, Robt. Storey, Geo. Patterson, J. "W. {Walker} Secretary-Treas., eIz`win Mc- 'Mahon. A ' . .. .-- vvvvldna v v n n V A I U $ v\r\u| UL! VIII; till-ILI~3o The society are conductinga eld crop competition this year. The grain chosen was oats. As 1927 is the 75th anniversary of the fair the Society are planning an Oro Old.yBoy-: `Reunion. Anyinfornlation regard- ing the early history of the,'Fair-will {be gladly received by the Board. IIVL- 4-..n.;.--:.-_'_* -21-:,- yam. _ycu.'. . , I The Financial Statementshowed a balance on-handeof $255.96. While this is about $41 below the balance of 1925, it was conceded at good year. .0wing' to wet weather the gate re- ceiptswere only $207.25 and the prize money had` been paid in full. A motion was passed at` the meeting` I that the thanks of the society he tendered to all those in Barrie and Orillia and elsewherewho had so generously contributed to'the funds. I rm, - !* The 74th annual `meeting of the Oro `Agricultural -Society was "held 1n"t;he l`owu~-Hall, Oro_,_ Jan. 13, at 2 p.m. with .a goqd attendance. President G. Rouse gave an opening address reviewing the work of the past year. who n:nnhn:n` Q`-n`nv|Al\v\` nln.-u.....l .. . Ill JJCIL I I6 Barrie ' Orillia " ' I L. 0. Vair ' J. C. Miller ,, I G. S. Webb Ches. McConkey R. P. Merrick _ L. B. Hinds `R. A. Stephens 14 M._ Braden, sk. 14; `W. B. Underhill R. Cunningham ' W..D. Griffith W. E. Robbins } A. Brownlee D. A. McNabe I G. 0. Cameron 10 J. E. Curran,sk. 18 _J. O.'S'cythes. 1 B. Carss ! Ben Meredith - A. Brown ' 3 .H. E. "Jory . Dr. Wainwright ' I W. I-I.Kenn-edy 12 B. F. Stewart 16 A. N. Leslie . R. Scott _ I Del.- Emms C. A. Harvey W N. Duff - -Dr. A. Mc-Lean . IR.'F.iGarrett 31 W.O.Tudhope 6] .J|lA) `Barrie . . `V. . X3 . 0 D. rownlee A . . Wolfenden Jack Hinds Robertson -Joe Hinds D. Simon Dr Hinds Meredith . .16 -J. E. Hinds . . . .11 A M. A. S. J. F. Goodfellow V. Woods i Dr . V. A. Hart - R. Swinton I W. A; Boys - . A. `C. Harris 4 H. M. Lay .13 Dr. Kirkpatrick lp J. H. Rodgers Geo. Walker H. Armstrong -,A. W. `Harvie V.` S. Hambly Dr. J. A. Harvie Rev.J. S.`S'hortt 7- A. B. Thompson 20 . Alex. Sinclair E. J. Farlton j H. Meredith _ J, Woods ' 3 ,H_. Hook E. B. Farwell | H. Beelby .22 W. C. George .1 l _ I ` All \Jl llll I Barrie Orlllla I >'I`he first round of the 1927 com- petition for the Barrie-Orillia Cup,; [played last Thursday, `resulted in` a! win for. che Barrie curlers. In Orillia i three of the Barrie rinks were up,, C. H. Beelby scoring a lead of 123 over Cecil George. ' I I 1,: 1 :1: "" """ """"'."' I Playing in Barrie at night, `both! the `Barrie rinks were down, but Ste- phens of the Thistles broke even and_ Garrett scored` a runaway victoryi ov_e(1;' Tudhope, the final ta1ly_ being 31- . ' ` `IL- l\_.!1I! A County v'l"o\xZI1i Curlers Wi-n ipas V Both `Places for Lead I of 20 Poi`ts. % ] Total `In Barrie In Orillia Total ; wuxn. ' ! ` Only two communications were re- lgeivedz one from `S. J. Ra_vmond,l g om_missionerof Industries, Canadi- lan National Railways, acknowledging` ireceipt of Coun-cil s letter of appreci- E gltiorg `fag the_ eff8ftskof&hi& d]a{pa_rt- en in ringing ar e ar e in- dustry to Barrie, and the other from the Bickle Fire Engine Co., Wood- istock, soliciting business. 1 Motions r Rogers.--Nixon: That a "letter be} I sent to the Kiwani_s Club expressing Council's appreciation of their action _ in entertaining them at luncheon and `of the splendid` address given. ~ I I-I(--_.-_ _ 17`, V, ` " -`- ---., ...r-......... -uu.\.uy bovwuo . I I ! Mal comsonl-,-Nixon: That Council iconsider ,a`t an---`early date providing lsuitable accommodation for. tourists at a suitable tourist camp. r7'.1rIna1|r:n1ra_T.n1un- "I"lnnl-' '4-`Inn `D-`nan { zuyncu -xu bu. Ald_. Rogers `stated that the plows} ar/going `around all right but they- are not doing the work. `Aid. Lang suggested that. the plows are wrongly 'constructed and if they had another ;ange on top to keep the snow from ;rolling back they -would do better gwork. I\--`l... L__-- ,--,.--r - E Reeve Lowe` replied that there had ben a `similar complaii'1`t from the; eastend and the situation would be] Lo,oked.into; ` * - IUUIJC QPUUU ID: I I A1,! 13...... ...:...;._.1 u__; LL ,,1 , I I |JlUllo . The report of the Indigent Com- mittee was presented `by Ald.~ Reeve: sand recommended` that the Royal Vict_oria Hospitals be requested to [repdrtto the Council, when an-indi- agent patient is admitted, particulars regardinglthe patient with ,the name lof the doctor in attendance. .` , i Snow Plowing Criticized - As frequently `happens after` a =snow storm, the snow plowing system. lwas under fire. Aid. Rogers asked,, under the head of inquirie`s,,what` supervision was maintained over the plowing. He stated that after the plows had gone over the streets the snow was still several inches-deep and he thought something should be done about i-t. Pnnvn T.nurn raw-int` 4-land 4-la.-nu. L.-.,1 JUNIOR TANKARD Something new in curling competi- .tions has been introduced in Ontario f this year in the Junior Tankard, open ;to players of 21year_s or under. Only }two clubs were represented in the district play for this trophy last Fri-. day, these being Barrie and Churchill. After a close game the local quartette, skipped by Russell vDuff, finished 2 points ahead of the }Churchill four directed by Harold gstephens. Barrie got a lead of`? on the firstfour ends but Churchill kept ' plugging away until they were 1 up t the end of the twelfth. Then arrie gradually drew ahead but Churchill gave them a bad scare by -making 3 on the seventeenth which left them only one behind. The rinks were: L` Illa} Barrie Barrie Thist-les I I ! Dr. Lewis, sk. 21 Rev..J`.-S. S'hortt 18 J. O. Scyt_'.hes,sk. 18 R. P. Merrick 9 Q .s:i{1I{."' . H. Lucas . Reive .'Reive , T 17 . Reive . Lucas - d. Payne m. Noble . . .13 Barrie W.` A. Twiss J. E.= I`hompson J. R. Dier A Dr. W! Lewis, sk. 20 A. J C, Monkman Wolfenden W. A. Turner J. O. Scythes 15 i I I J I District Cup honors, for District! No. 4 were captured by the Barrie Club last Friday. Of the seven Clubs in the district, `Bradford, Aliston -and Collingwood failed to appear. In the first round, Barrie `beat 'Stroud by 6 ishots and Barrie Thistles yvon from Churchill by 2 points. In the latter contest, the score on the two rinks was tied when Merrick and Noble. awere playing their last end. Mer- rick managed to score a pair of counters and so saved the situation. In the final, Barrie was up 12 on the Thistles in both rinks. Players land scores were: - - Defeat Stroud by 6 .Shots and Barrie Thistle_s by 39 to 27' . Total UDGI -onus Churchfh Address by Rev. Peter Bryce; Other Matters at Jan- % . ;1ary..Meeting n .. -Total` 30 Final Dr. Warnica W. Rainford B. Robertson Rev.J. S`.'Sh0rtt13 C. Elrick H. Armstrokg V. S.` Hambly ' R. P. Merrick 19 Ben Webb, sk. 10 W. Wice T. G. Scythes M. Hunter `D TATAR!-\ 1 0 AVA. J1 LIIIDC R. Webb Barrie Thistles Stroud El EXTENSION FUND % 1s mscussan AT PRESBYTERY fl 19 LIIIIDVUII VV cuucauuy, Ullll.lll.'y p.m._ Come and enjoy good Adn`nssio`x'1 3-5 and 25 cents., A play entitled Deacon Dubbs will be given by Midhurst Dramatic Club in.`Minesing Orange Hall on Friday, January 28. Admission 35c and 25c. 3c A ',fancy dress carnival will be held -, u-nu us-nu naruv at Guthrie rink, Friday, January 28. - Best Indian and advertising costumes for ladies and gents; also. racing. Admission 25c and 15c. . A play, Deacon Dubbs, f will be given by .Midhurst young people at Dalston, Wednesday, January 26, 8 hi?! ning and nvn'A1r n-nntl `Inna-In ul uulluay BUIIUUI. a`)L` La Velma Beauty` Shoppe, Owen St., will `be closed Jan. 31, Feb. 1, 2 and 3, owing to the National Hana `dressers Convention. 3-4c Women s Canadian Club, January 27, J. A. MacNeil of MontreallGa- zette on The 3Beggar s Opera, Pub- lic Library Hall, 8.15 pm. 3c Don t forget -L.0.B.A. dance, Fri~ day, January 28, Orange Hall, Allan- dale, "benefit Orange Orphanage. Regular prices. A . 3c Keep,February 11 open for dance in I.0.0.F. Temple, under auspices of the graduates and nurses-in-traim ing, R.V; Hos-pital. Admission 75c. 3c I"l -.._`l n_'___., , .._- __ __-~r--_-. -----.-......-v-. vvu vv Hard times dance, Friday, Jan. 21, at I.0.0.F. Temple. Prizes for best lady and gentleman . Admission: gen- tlemen 70c, ladies 23c, and tax. 2-3c Keep. January 25 for Central United Y. P. Society's play. 2p St. Andrew's Ladies `Aid tea and sale of baking on Saturday, Jan. 22, in Sunday school. 2~3c `.0 `D.-.nn+n` Qlnnnnn I`-IIvt\v\ 1UlUll|:Uo The town, said Mr. Maguire, is to be congratulated and much credit is due the commission for this splendid showing. With power rates as they are in Barrie almost all that is nec- essary to secure industry is to ad~ vertise the rates, for industry always comes where there is cheap power. Hydro, Backbone of Ontario Referring to the general Hydro situation, -Mr. Maguire stated that the" Hydro is and will be the back bone of the province. Wonderful strides have been made since its inception and it is all due to the vision of one man---Sir Adam Beck. The Chippewa canal, which was at- tacked as a huge waste of the people's money, is now working at full capa. city and it will be only a short time before another canal will have to be built. The Nipigon develop- ment was opposed vigorously, even by the city of Fort William, but it will be only a short time before.Fort. William and Port Arthur will turn out 1600 tons of newsprint a day. The Hydro Commission hopes to get power from the Carillon and the St. Lawrence. There are industries waiting on the other side to come across to Ontario as soon as the Hydro has a development on the St. Lawrence. To show the difference (Continued on page 2) >X<>X<$>I<>I X<>X<$%>X<>I<>X<&_> .uc-.9. 1:). f In March,T1926, Clarke. who had' been gun-well, struck` his wife on the! forehead with a hammer and then slashed his head; throat and wrists with a razor. At his triala lea of temporary insanity was ma e and the accused himself swore that- he had no recollection of whathe had` done. When pronouncing sentence Judge Vance stated that he did-not believe that Clarke did, not know 1 `what he was doing. ` V I TTTTTTTT TTTT 30 new wnrd- nninfmnm snn ww E COMING EVENTS w _ -w p 3c per word; mmimum 50c (4 &&&1|&&& && &&&&&&& --.b..__ 1 acuac LU]. Da1'l'lU Speaking of Barrie s position with ' regard to `Hydro, Mr. Maguire stated that he did -not know another muni- cipality in the province that was in ; such an envia'ble position. The plant investment in 1913, when Hydro had its inception in Barrie, was $98,905. In 1925 it was $230,756 and th'a_n. nual. revenue has increased from $27,245 in 1913 -to $60,466 in 1925, 2, despite frequent reductions in rates._ I In 1913 there were 976 customers, = in 1925 the number had increased to 2052. In addition the local comission had been able to give power and light users over $1,100,000 cash `in savings during that period and in 1921 refunded '.to customers the. equivalent of one month's bill, the surplus being; so large that is was becoming a source of embarrassment, Depreciation reserves are $36,443.00 and the equity in the Georgian Bay increase in the plant investment from $98,000 to $230,000 had been all nanced out of revenue without de- bentures, while at the same time the `debenture debt had been reduced from $55,000 to $22,000. During the same period rates have been re- duced eight times until now thby are practically the lowest in the province and are ten per cent. lower than in . power development is $31,564. The Toronto. I-n1__ `__V_V .1 1: 1| Luv, 0 laugh. `Clarke's courfsel, J. ,'l`. Mulcahy of uucc Iuuubua ulucuclsuuuuut. A strong plea `for leniency by 01-illia, was supported by a petition' signed by about 700 residents of Orillia and Mara township _where the Clarke family formerly lived.` Sen- _tence dates from the day of the trial, Dec. 15. ' ' 'I'.- Il..._..L 1nnn ru_ .,1_.-' .__L .-LI15 Frank Clarke of Orillia cdnvicted at the December sessions of assault- ing his wife and attempting to com-` m_it suicide, was sentenced last Fri- day 'to_ a term of three months de- terminate in. Burwash and a further three months i`n=determinate. ! ..4........... - -.~-. I-.-41 __ ..-_ L __ =. Clarke Aiso Tried _to cut Own Throat; Petition in His Favor." 7 1 I three-quarters of, the way the Barrie Colts weakened and lost out to Mea- ford. intwenty minutes overtime last Friday night in -their first local 0', H. A. fixture. The locals led by 1-0 at the end ofthe first period and 3-1 at the end of the second, but Mea- ford` ran in two goals in the [dying moments of the third period and won the gainein the second` overtime ses- sion when they -drilled in two goals . The ga puts Meaford `at the head of. the "g oup, .the northern. team ,hav- ing yet to lose a game. . ' ,V : I `Il --___J , After leading by two goals. for