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While no t :uslt can be found with the substi- i tution of J. F. Hzunbiy of West Gwillimbury on the (jounty Rozids Committee for Ex-Warden l J. E. Com-nhs of Bradford. for both are'practi- cal and capable men, still the principle laid down by Council of confining appointments to this body to its own members is not sound, by` any means. The Council has, imeffect, said that t the best road building brains of the county` are. confined to members of the County Council. This is at direct variance _with the Act providing for the appointment of -members of a` County `Road Committee, which says that outsidersr may hold these posts. If Council's ruling is to ; prevail it is not only possible but quite prob- able for the personnel of this committee to change every year, even in its entirety, were one or more of the members to withdraw `from public life or suffer defeat at the polls.-`Where, then, would the matter of continuityof `policy, one of the most important factors in road build- ing, stand? We can see the day when County Council will have to swallow this motion. GO DE AGI 00' Meaford has a milliner by the name or Lob-. law. She should change her line of business. --"'i\\ _ V . \ Meighen s famous Hamilton speech refuses to stay buried. It has now been issued in piimph \ let form. - V A Page Two A3; __v_v_E 0 LD_-`FASHIONED? \ at v--.-.... _-.. -_- / Farmers Advocate-'l`he purpose of the new Ontario Weed Act may -be educational, but the" Act should convey to the weed inspectors some instruc- tions as to how it is"to `be en; ' ed. An Act that is not enforced soon becomes a sad issue, and as such is `better o _the Statute Books" than 0 them. There will unquestionably be a big weed c ean-up next year and the Act should be made thoroughly workable so as to deal with those stubborn and an- noying casessthat discourage those who are`a.nx- ious to maintain clean farms. ' Those Roaming Canines Midland Free Press--Barrie s Horticultural So-N ciety is contemplating asking the Council to pro- hibit dogs from running at large during the sum- mer months. . This is a question that comes up as regularly as the summers arrive, andlike Local Op~ tion, is the source of annual dissension, It is in the hands of each separate municipality to decide as it seest, but a provincial regulation would clear` the atmosphere and at the same time assist the var-. ious Horticultural Societies in carrying _on their good work. , _ Hml. Wm. Finlayson, Minister of Lands and Forests, has the Northern Ontario bug. With his every visit to Barrie the symptoms'~are more and more pronounced, until today he is fairly buhhling over with enthusiasm for that section l or the province over whose administration he plays perliaps a larger part than any member or` the Provincial Cabinet. save possibly Hon.. Clms. Mccrea, Minister of Mines, who is some- times described as being ultra-optimistic over the future of his adopted north country. Both Ministers are fortunatein holding` office `during a period of remarkable development and are provin_Q' themselves capable missionaries. lt is their peculiar duty to refute an historic state- ment of their one-tirvre illustrious leader, the late Sir James Whitney, who once referred to Northern Ontario as the land of the stunted pine." EU, IIIIIlII.|-Iuvu w-cu`:---w Financial Post--In Ottawa, much is expected of {the Boy Immigration scheme for the reason that there are 'about`500,000 boys turned out of the schools of Britain each year, who seek a~place in industry. These boys are splendid raw material, and, if trained over a period of two or three years, should make successful farmers.` The expenses of the scheme are divided as ollow_s:--The cost of bringing the boys out is borne jointly by the -Can-_ adian and British governments. Tuition on provin-_ cial farms. and placement at work for Canadian farmers, is paid _,'for `by the three governments in the ratio of British government one. half; Dominion and provincial governments one-quarter each. The boys will hire out more or less as wards of the pro- vince andthe provincial governments will see they get fair wages. It is "thought that $120 per year would be adequate. When the boy reaches the age of .21, he should have saved $500 and, if so, the British and Dominion governments will ssist him ` up to $2,500 in `buying and equipping a farm. All outlays on the boysare to be repaid over a period of years. In.-this manner many good `citizens are `being made for Canada. a _ A According to the auditors report for 1927` the total (including all the various items) charged to Printing was $3. 18.73. Of this, the amount of actual printing done in Barrie. was $604.85, The Examiner s share being $261.15.-So that instead of Barrie. getting a- bout $2000 worth of printing, asstated by Chairman. McLeod, the two Barrie offices ac- tually got over $50 less than one Orillia paper. V When Mr. NicLeod made that statement he knew that under the heading Printing in the financial statement are included a number of items which are not printing, Among these i are committee fees to the Chairman (these a- mounted to $44.60 last year), postage and tele- phone charges in\connection with the county offices, advertising andother itemsgin connec- tion with the tax sale (which are not an ex- pense to the county but are charged against the properties) and sundry other items. . _. 1.- LL- ..-.A2J..-n...-! ..n..n..J- Inn AHA`, Mr. McLeod was chairman of the printing committee last year and it was his place to know not only what items were charged to his committee but where the orders were filled. If he properlyifulfilied his duties as chairman and , was in possession of this information, then his 1 statement was, to put it mildly, a deliberatemis-_ 1 statement of facts. ` I THE COUNTY PRINTING 4 Speaking at- the County Counc-il last Friday, Councillor McLeod of Orillia made the state ment that $2552.73 was spent for printing last year of which Orillia did $666 while Barrie got" all the rest. Such a statement from Mr. McLeod is either a case of gross misrepresentation or an exhibition of inexcusable ignorance. oascigsiag vth`isV_Vue:tion',rth'e 'o`?ii1;;"i=Zsi{et and Times says: he addition of two mills to the county taxrate will make property owners l who have to pay the taxes begin to wonder where the increase in rates due to roads is going to stop. Thereis a limit somewhere beyond which it-is-not possible to go without depreciat- ing the value of property, and causing serious distress. In some of the Western `States, the farmers were almost bankrupted by taxation due to too enthusiastic road,building. It has n_ot come near that in Ontario, but the expenditure has reached a point where `there is reason to. pause and do some thinking. The announcement of the County Treasur- er that the countyrate would betwo mills high- er this year has served to focusdattention on the steady increase in.municipa'l taxation, in. large measure due to expenditures on highways. Two mills on Barrie s equalizedassessment will mean $12,600, to raise which will require nearly three mills on the local rate, making Barrie s contribution to the county funds $47,600-ap- proximately 10.7 mills. This is nearly three mills more than Barrie s levy for general pur- poses and over a mill more than is required for debentures and interest. A considerable portion of tls money, of course, comes back to the. town in the shape of grants to collegiate, roads, etc. `As there is little prospect of a reduction in the local rate this year, the extra county levy will mean a heavy addition to `a tax rate that p mot ratepayers thought quite high enough. ` I\ . n . . . . A ..._. J.L!- .._--_L!-.. LL- l'\_.!1I!_ IN- -1_-L ` ing in Simcoe County were inusetoday as forty years ago,` and said he spoke from personal `knowledge. Council-showed its attitude by au- thorizing the committee to forthwith purchase-. in its discretion, the latest modern equipment. --.__.-_I_ -__J _ -. I` A-4L-_- `Z ......L Members of county councils, and other leg- i islative bodies as well as business executives, % might well ask themselves if they are today? driving the same model autornobilewhich they i first. drove? In `fairness to the people" whose i money they spend and to the business they ad- _l minister, the same principles areapplicable as ` in the case of the auto. l . ~ I Count Italian anon n-1A nn:A A road building machinery expert last week told county councillors, after warning them\ that he was about to speak frankly and asking them not to take offence, that they were a, bit old-fashioned. He told them that the methods and equipment now in use on the building of county roads were antiquated and costly, quot- ing figures to prove that the same work was being accomplished elsewhere, particularly in Alberta and British Columbia, at half the cost, due to the employment of modern. machinery. The expert was careful to say that not onl Sim- coe County, but other municipalities in astern Canada and-the United States, were guilty in OPINIONS or omens Boy Immigration Aslchino A 'r1.. o'n:u-so Weed Act RISING mxgwxgn COUTICJIIOFS ILLRIH uuu DUULL. The Roads and `Bridges Commit- tee was in` session for several hours before bringing in its report"on grants to mun-icipa.1ities for con- necting -links on county roads. At the outset, after some discussion. the total amount was limited to `$40,000. ' u T.+ 117-nu vnnnmmnnn fhnf `H19 .uuu'a.ucu uxunlxnutzons I0!` 1325. The following appointments were endorsed: J. D. -W-lsdom tor Barrie Board of Education for 3 years: Geo. 'B.. Slmpklns. Bradford. for 3 years: James sewson, 'Colllng'wood. 3 years; .{1'hos. Netting-ham. Mid- land. 3 years: Herbert Skinner, Or-' illla. 3 years: Dr. J . D. Cunningham. Al-llston. 3 years: C. A. 'MoGlbbon. Penetang. .3 years. 'lhn 1-anm-M: -Pu-mm nlndn -....I ......a. uua I Gayvuh A few years ago assertions of this kind might have caused a small riot in a county} council in old Ontario, but no longer. The ex- t pert was ap. lauded. Coun. lsaac Scott, a mem-. l~er of the ounty Road Committee, rose from is seat to say that he was forced to admit that ~ dime methods and equipment in road build- :s9u,uuu. It was recommended that the County enter into an agreement with the following towns and vii- lages to- contribute to the cost of the centre 20 feet in the case of Coilingwood the sum of $6.600. Cold- water $18.000. Creemore $9,500. 'i,`,ot- tenham $2,500. The treasurer was instructed to pay Midland $30,500, cost of paving in that town in 1927 in excess of the amount already paid under agreement by the Coun- ty. `Total applications considered by committee were for $132,000. `Education Committee Refunds based on county pupils to be paid various Collegiates, High and Continuation Schools. are as follows: Barrie C.I., $19.l04.7i5; Or- illia C.I.. $10.1-86.37; Co`11ingwo_od C. I.. $6,939.87; Bradford CE-I.S., $7.026.- 96: Alliston, I-I.S., $7,338.44: Midland I-I.S., $7.189.6'0: rorangeville 11.8., $55.74: 'I`otten'ham C.'S., $1,148.29; I-Ioneywood C.-S.. $77.93: -Creemore C.S.; $667330: `Minesing 05.. $1,718.- 91: Stayner 0.8.. $2,754.45: Cooks- town, $704.93; `Coldwater, $1619.24 : Edgar $297.00-: Elmvaie. $1872.29: Thornton $296.82: EBeeton -$1568.77; Letroy $1605.86. `I -Tlgth Qnhnnl To`.nh-nnma Avnv-ni_nn..V acct`. ` - The Board` of Examiners tor the uniform promotion examinations tor 1928 will consist of the three in- spectors, and Miss Ethel Wags, Midland: E. Bradley. Penetang: Wm. Mcxaughan. Qriliia; Wm. Mc- Kay. Creemore; J. . 'Mor1~ison, Bar- rie and Thomas Irwin, Lisle. Miss `Vera ' Barnby, principal or: Protten-. ham Continuation School, was ap- pointed for the All-iston High School Entrance examinations for 1928. Thu fn1Inurlno'n'1\nnInhmn-:1-u sung-.. rmunuug. -6 years. . The reports 1':-om north and east simcoe Teachers Inst-ltutea were laid over until June session. IJULFUJ l.UViJuODv I-Iig-hASchool Entrance examina- tions will be held this year at An- gus. Beeton,- Cookstown, Creemore, Edgar, Elmvale, Hawkestone, Hills- dale, IVY. Let-roy. Mlnesing, Port McNico1l, Severn Bridge, 4S1ng*hamp- ton, Stayner. Tottenham, Waubau- shene, Victoria Harbor and Cold- water. T - -'I`\nn ung-.3 Al "l!|-A_.l._-.._ 0... LL. ipJ.,`UU auu rt-ccivuu >oUU Au pxuuuuxu. The -County Road Committee was instructed to take up with the Dept. of I-Iigthways while they are attend- ing the Good Roads Convention in Toronto the matter of the present system of snow plowing on provin- cial highways, complained of by councillors Allan and" Scott. 7!... `D.-uau nnrl T2:-i`.4a-on (`nu-nv-nH-_ [H111 ruuus LU. Luv Uuuuuy ayaunu. It was recommended, after con- sideration of the amount of money that will be required to meet the `expenditure of the countyiroad sys- tem. including connecting links and rebates to t'he towns for 1928, that $99,108.00 be levied from the several local municipalities. which requires 1 6-10 mills on the dollar on the total equalized value of the coun- ty. Thisis the same as last year. ' Road Grants curtailed The Roads and Bridges Committee report, which was adopted, decided to pay the increased premium of $200 asked by the Globe Indemnity n Pun lnmn-onnn no-ninaf HnhHM'\.' $Z. .UU asxea Dy U18 uluuu Luueuuuny Co. for insurance against liability for accidents on the County Road System. The company paid out over $1,400 and received $800 in premium. Thn .l`nnnfv `Rnn Ifinmmiffnn was: (I18 Lrvn-:u1'UL' was Lll:H.l. uuucu. LU gay. [Two requests for special grants for road work made by municipal- ities were turned down. The same fate met appllications to add cer- tain roads to. the county system. T.l- `Ivan nnnnn-\vnnnr1nr1 n9h'.n nnn- atuu J.'.l.l11ll Ulyu Roads and Bridges The Roads and Bridges Commit- tee reported that the total cost of provincial highways built in Sim- coe County in 1927 was $433,941.54, of which the county s share was $86,788.31, or 20 per cent., which the treasurer was instructed to pay. 7'I"vvvA ,uA~hnu+u 1 nr< unaninl ow-nnfu Lauunuy. , __ The salary of Clerk.J. T. Simp- son was increased from $1,000 to `$1,200 and the bylaw given its necessary readings. In case of his illness, absence or demise, the Treasurer is empowered to act pro tem. Ben W. Smith was again appointed High County Constable for` 1928. ' 1' 1ur..1'r..:...1..;. ......1 T: 117 (NIL Editor Malcolm MacBeth of the Milverton Sun believes the general consensus of opinion is that the township school board bill will be again introduced by Premier Ferguson, who is. also Ministel` of Education, at the coming ses- sion of the l.egislature, and after opportunity` has been given for discussion it will be with- Lll`Il\\'ll. 'l`he liill, Mr. Macl3eth says, is not popu- lar in the rural sections of Ontario. The Pre- mier has hopes, however, that the bill will even-` lli:tli_\ li~ecome law, but it is not believed that he will use pre.~:.sure in forcing it through. Town- ship liozu-ds would undoubtedly. have disadvant- ngges as well as merits, but while rural opinion on this measure continues hostile, it is not prob- able dint it will find a place in the legislation which controls our educational system. W000. 8.11121 reuetuxig. - The committee consented to the `payment of $59 to Royal Victoria Hospital, Barrie, for special nurs- es bills contracted in connection with nursing the Nev.ils children, but refused to pay an account of $137.50 for x-ray work in the treat- ment of the same children as con- stituting `a dangerous precedent. County Property Report The County Property Committee of which Coun. H. H. Creswicke is chairman this ' year, instructed Councillors Allan and Denney to obtain a sketch and estimate of the cost of proposed alterations to the County Treasurer s office and re- port back at the next session. The sub-committee is this year com- posed of 'Couns. McKnight, Luck and Hambly. `Dnnu 9:118 nvicrnu were IIU UBUIUIHLCD uxuuguo uvvvu. A nance committee report a- dopted Friday, refused to pay a $6,00V telephone account of the magistrate of Orillia on the ground that it would create apre-_ cedent. No action was taken on the request of the caretaker of the Countv `building for an increase in salary. A request of Radio Station C-KPR. Midland, for $1,- '000, toadvertise the county was n`nA #I~nnn A.I Rnurn ' unvn ` 1|`? I01` 12150. J. J. McKnight and H. W. Car- ter were named to audit the crim- inal justice accounts for 1928. Finance Committee Report The report of the Finance Com- mittee, which was adopted Thurs- day, recommended a. grant of $100 m H14: `l\TnHnna1 Institute for the nay, recommenueu a. grant. UL 1 to the National Institute for Blind, and a. like amount to Trent Waterways Development ` soclatlon. A mango .-.0 ennn urn: maa 1-A A coum councu. STARTS nu: YEAR UUU, L0uuve1'usx: one 'uuunIa_y wan so turned down. `The sumof $ .00 to_each councillor for tele- phone and postaee expense while attending council meetings was sanctioned.`-No action was taken onthe request of Alliston Hospit- 21 .Board for a special grant. Tos- sorontio withdrew its request to Council for nancial assistance to help defray the expense of a cost- ly law suit. The sum of $100 was granted the Simcoe Foresters and $10 to each _Public Library in the County. "Wan cqalnsuv A4? lm-1: T soclauon. A grant of $600 was made to each of the five hospitalsln the county, Barrie, Orillia, `Mjidiland, Calling- wood and Penetang. lk.-\ nnwuwa-+nn nnnunv-H-n +n Han (cdhtin: page 1i Apart from county` roads, there were no estimates brought down. A C n n u n A 4:4-nan:-v\:5`-an Qoniun` n, This name :xAimN:a QLUU the the People often get very erroneous ideas re- garding the operation of hospitals. When hos- pital affairs were being discussed in committee at County Council last week, one member was very much surprised to learn that the highest rate in the Royal Victoria Hospital is $4.50 per day. He was under the impression that the rates ran as high as ten dollars a day. Rates for pri- ` vate rooms in the Barrie hospital are from $3 a day up, the top price of $4.50 being charged for only one; while two-bed semi-private wards cost only $2.50 per patient. When informed of the BZ1l'l`lC rates, the souncillor in question ex- pressed the opinion that they were quite rea- sonable, particularly in comparison with what. is cliarged in the city for similar accommoda- lion. ' a-; you U3 UL DLIU \JU|.A1ll:.Yn After a_pe`riod of over fty! years with two County Judges the I Bar of the County~wou1d feeli keenly if a second judge is not now appointed. ` Mrs. Mary Limeback of Grain` Valley, Mo., is 105 years old and has` smoked for 90 years, but says smok- ' ing isn't good for women. I COUNCIL Asxsfl SECOND JUDGE For over fty years the County of Simcoe has had two judges and` the chamber work in this coun- ty is very large, concludes 1: e memo. scarcely a\ day passe that there are not applications and motions of some.kind before the. County Judge. When there is only. one judge there will be periods of; as many as one, two and three days when there is no judge avail- ; able owing to his absence from. town fullling his duties in other parts of the county. A-'P+n-n n v\n;u:n:a A! an... All..- (coutinuedbtrorn page 1) I I I work each year apart from the I time occupied with reserved judg-e ments. The number of cases `in Division Court in 1926 was 2,767, excluding judgment summons} This is in excess of any outside; 'cities. Average number of actions; in other counties is 1,310, apart; from Toronto, Hamilton, Ottawa; ant} London. 3 __ l`_-_.,_ A _, , A , II auu I-lUlIILUlh : As regards Surrogate Court, work =Simcee County stands high. Total amount of fees in 1926 was $5,580. This is a vorv high record. In- Frontenac, including the city. of Kingston. for instance, fees ini 1926 was $2,593.35. T1'|II'nt\l\a1\1' {nun};-A.nL.'.... -3 .I`...._ Q auau wan a,Uao.-)0. I Increased jurisdiction of -Coun-. ty Court, -Courts of Revision and assessment appeals are cited asi taking up much more time than in other. counties with fewer muni-3 cipalities. Drainage cases and the? fact that the County Judges Crim- [ inal Court is now trying many; cases formerly tried at `the As-! sizes, are other reasons given ih; support of the resolution. as are appeals from magistrates judg- ments, appeals under the Lir_uor Control Act, the fact that many of the cases arising in Ontario County are brought to Simcoe on account of the geographical loca- tion. Increased work caused by the Unmarried Parents Act. the Adoption Act and the Landlords_ and Tenants Act are further rea-, sons. ~ ' ' I (IT'S--. _____, Ills .- An I \ . - /.- ' :' _"L ," A` \ 9" ' ' ` ` > .' vi. .` { i `I V 1 Q ` N D _ V .` . .`.:_"_7.' ':""`.""> .~`<.-vv.-*~v_'.:\--_. v;-'.,'. 1-x-- . .,`.,_ _:_A _,.___ .,,,,,,,`. .._._I._., _. _ . __ ` v~:.\-E. `(cg ' ` ". ." fl. ' '- The Midland Free Press is quite In accord-. with the idea of holding annually one big poul- try shox for the county and thinks `the same plan might be applied to fall fairs. It believes, however, that the various events should be held in the different towns in succession. No "one i town should be given the preference for either the fall fairs or the poultry shows, it says, but on the other hand one countyevent would doubtless prove more attractive to the public. Willy;-Knight "70" s vanced features and beautiful colo TWO OTHER BRILLIANT SIXES` peclul Six--improved. . -_-v-cv-vn\IAlrO ner; now still further distinguished by ad Naturally, it costs more to build this `superior engine. It is only today, after nearly a decade and a half of constant experiments, and with greatly improved. `and; increased manufacturing facilities, that -we have reached our goal of bringing the patented Willys-Knight sleeve- valve engineinto a lower price eld HE climax of fourteen years effort -a`t~\Willys- Knight Six --of typical Willys- Knight quality-at the lowest price in Willys-Knight history. The "supremacy of the Willys-Knight sleeve- I valve engine is a matter of know- ledge-not only to more than 300,000 owners, but to leading engineers as well. . - `WE Stand1I'dSX No VALVES 1'0 iinen % snows suoornnn wrrn uss ! The first balloon ascension was` Professional tea. tasters some- made by the'Montgo1ier brothers of times classify as many as 400 sam- l'l')n...l.-. 1.. 1'70`) ..I-- ... .. .1--- 'r'}Ir3 E5 a.` Now that County Co`unci1_has adjourned until June the time for dropping` hints would seem propitious. We would respectfully suggest that members, and this applies to the majority," employ their spare moments between sessions, brushing up on the rules of parliamentary pro- cedure. ' V - The results of my first hatch, off on January 22, jus- ties me in going ahead-. I intend placing in The Examiner of February 9, a list of my prices and methods of busi- ness which will show what scientific methods of mass pro- duction can do. The incubator I use is the American Triple.-deck Mammoth, a machine specially designed for hatcheries and which positively gets its big fluffy chicks from every hatchable egg. `An All the Year Round Hatchery f or Barrie ` A . 0 \ MR. W. S. ROBB of the Kelvinside Community Hatchery and Broiler Plant, intimates that he is shortly commencing the building of a Brooder House, capable of housing 6000 chicks, or a movable capacity of 200 broilers weekly. Mr. Robb intends\to carry on hatching operations all the year round.'The story, which led to Mr. Robb s decision, is told in his own words: 0 ` \ The cry has gone up from Canadian hatcherymen that they cannot compete in price, with imported Baby Chicks. The Government has been repeatedlyapproached to'ra_ise protective barriers in favour `of Canadian chicks. Although.Aprotective measures may assist, the real solution lies in the use of more progressive methods of handling Baby Chicks. After experimenting for the `past few, years, combined with a deep study of the chemistry of foods and nutrition, I am convinced that we can cope with our cousins to the south. vuo uvuunnnu I-V snav savann- How will an all the year round Hatchery affect the price of baby chicks? Most Canadian Hatcheries have hundreds of dollars invested in incubators, which lie idle for eight months in the year. This means a heavy load to be carried by the Canadian Baby Chick. The Hatchery which can grind out chicks, summer and winter, disposing of its stock in season, as baby chicks, broilers and roast- ers, can reduce costs to such a point as to make it prot- able for the farmer and poultryman to buy his stock from a hatchery. ' r /I I 1 ,1.1 ,n- - , I____._,.__ An 3..- `llnfciddehtailly, ournlong, told winters, which were thought to be a drawback in poultrydom, are in reality in our favor. We raise the healthiest fowl in the world. The NEW Willyso Knight Standard Six offers features unob- tainable in any other car at its price. For in- stance: The 45-horse- - power engine has a thermostat, air-cleaner and oil- rectier. The front axle has full anti-friction bearings, for easiest steering. Positive mechanical 4- wheel brakes are `provided for ut- most safety. Bodies have deeply cushioned, form- tting seats, doors with remote con- trols and an adjustable steering wheel designed to be non-splinter- able. An extra-large cowl ventilator and a windshield that opens very wide permit perfect ventilation. and making its sup- reme advant es avail- able__to coun ess new buyers. _ . . . . . . . --.-.~-__, I pls in a. day. &w*m$$&w**&*$: >x< EDITORIAL COMIVIENT 7xA Thursday; February 251928. - Phone 1' Deliciuxz dI`(-ssi per .: Fresh 1 make. them`? nmter III4u\ Tel. 997; LET J Estimul 34 Tax- STE? ,si& EME Latest pun: The gnu is becoming `extlnt. If it should and one should be discovered. that` would be gnus. - A V V