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According to the latest compilation there are 1.3ol,oo8 telephones in Canada, equal to 12.- 79 per too of the population of the Dominion, as disclosed by a report recently issued by the Canadian Government Bureau of Statistics. Only the United States has a higher average of telephones per loo of} population than Can- ada, the number in that country being 14.8. From 1010 to 1026 the number of telephones in Canada increased from 548,421 to 1,201,-,: 008, an increase of l 10 per cent. _lnBarrie the telepllones number approximately 22 per 100 of population. (`3.lli1r;`\\'n<`d people evidently believe in the old prnvcrh l-leuven helps him who helps liim. Out of 1181. votes cast last Friday on the grain elevzitnr by-law only 10 were ad- verse. Such faith in their town combined with :1 \\'illii1g1iess to hack it with their money de- serves to he rewzlrded. Their fellow citizens of this cnunty will wish the Cnlling\voodei's every success in their hig undertaking. ` :w&%$&%%%&%%&%&%*: >x< EDITORIAL COMMENT >11 &$www%%%*%&*www%w% For seventy-five years the Newmarket Era has l.ieen`serving its community efficiently and during` this lung time has always stood for the best things in business, civic and public life. L. G. .J:tcksun, after forty-four years as editor, is still Carrying on with his accustomed vigor and alertness. The Preshteut of the Good Roads Association wrote Stlliliitillie Cmincil regarding` action to re-. duce, the excessive taxation which is becom- iug` mu greztt It hurdeu tor the people to carry. ? Such :1 request from this source is rather sur- prisinjq` in \ iL`\\~ of tlietztct that expenditures for road irnpmvemeut constitute the biggest factor in irrc1'e:1:~ii1g the tux rztte. (7.. H. O. Tlnnnas of the Bracebridge Gaz- ette has moved his newspaper plant and other business into :1 new block built by him for the purpose. Barrie Kiwaniuns, who recently enjoy- ed an :1dtl1'ess by Mr. Thomas, will be interested and pleased to learn of such evidence of pros parity. 1 A recent crmtpilatinn made by the Canadian Gxwernnteltt Bureau of Statistics places the ag- gregate value of all Canadian field Crops` in 1937 at1.134,<)0o,0o0. In 1926 the value of field Chaps amounted to $1,`104.983,100. The total area pmducing the crops was 56,000,000 acres. . Golfers who are ambitious to make a hole in one" are ot'I`e:'ell an unusual opportunity by the course at Hilo, Hawaii, according to the l`rihune-l-lerald of that city, which claims the l:1xj2'cst Hole in One cluh in the world. And no wonder. The hole is none other than the big` crater of the famed Kilauea volcano. An efficiency expert might make a `good ling" out of salvaging buttons from the laund- F165. ` ' -A pmfessorfinds that a gir1'b'aby triples her. ` weight during her first year. And tries.to halve it during her furtieth. A I>ig:n:11ist was recently caught when his voice was recognized over the radio. Well, our radiu f1'equeutl_v squeals on us. Page Two BARRIE BOYS B_AND clv V1959 III-lg `tingling vinnvw valvov Incnu Alana vvnuvnnv` ly not procured a license. _The same thing occurs \ frequently in Smiths Falls and in almost every other town in` Canada and the, only way to stop ` such acts and protect `the `legitimate business men ` is.to take he same procedure as did the Perth ` l"Iuu'n# A5 DA Inn A... I...'I....1 .& $1.- ........-1.....J...' Farmer's Advocate---If township and county councils are left with the responsibility of taking care of roadside weeds there will be a lot of seeds matured for the following year's growth. Farmers would take better care of the situation along the roadsides_ adjacent to their own farms. Brandon Sun-0ne need herdly speak of the moral effect church-going has on the children of` the country, because even the parent who neglects his church wants his children to atten regularly. Parents who want the best things of life for their children want them to grow up with the right at- titude towards religion and religious observances. They cannotexpect to inuence their children in the right direction unless they look carefully to the practical observances of their own religious beliefs. Lllyly D IIUVVD SUMO III UHU U! uuu URL GIIU ULAIUII But when a hound picks a morta11y wound- ed Pom from the scene of a dog fight and car- ries it home to its master, that is something to ,ponder over. The Toronto operator expressed paper s..readers who next day read the story. 'l`lu\ at-nun `nnuvnvvnol npno nnl- Han no-nnnf rs` incredulity, as doubtless did many of the news- ` J. J." as the Admitrable Crichton Farmer`s 'Sun-In a `letter to the editor of the A1- monte Gazette, a correspondent describes in de- tail a cartoon which he neively al1eg'es'was drawn by J. J. Morrison and appeared in The Farmer s Sun. Were Morrison half as clever as a large pro- portion of both his admirers and detractom would have us believe, he would indeed be a superman. So far as we know, however, this is the first time he ` has earned public recognition as a cartoonist. I Buying From Outsiders Smiths Falls News-Local merchants in Perth recently. took action in` the case of two young men 1 who were offering silk hose for sale in that town who were not paying taxes there and had evident- `It's-AG ununnuvubunl A 13:-noun-A H11... gunman `L:nnn AAAIIQQ increasing taxes is a live topic of discussion with :1 number of weekly newspapers, but none ` of them see much prospect of reduction. The Pembroke Standard-Observer says that in the good lid days the tax rate was around 20 mills. while today it is about 50 with a far higher as- sessment; The increase it attributes to various curses: l..ack of interest on the part of the citi- zens in municipal affairs; demands for improve- ments, which cost far more than they did prior * to 1014; increased cost of living, due to higher -standards of living, necessitating higher salaries in schools and other municipal departments. `The Stnndard-Observer admits that it is an iulipitilsillli-Sltuzliioll but does not suggest any sIl_utl.=n. it concludes, -We must not forget, pm, that there are those who will complain av bout an increase in taxes even if it IS only an amount of $5 and yet they will pay the same a- mount l il't_\' other ways, and say nothing about -1 `I IUILI |.UlLl IUD lUllUVV"L\.vu.5Iu.1.uu.u Ill auauusu u 0 Within an hour thatstory was broadcast in four directions and next morning literally mil- lions of people from coast to coast, in Canada and the United States,` read of themost unusual act of a dog performed in many a day-and by a hound at that. (El . UV IIIIIIV ill?! DGIIIU `IL \IUV\-Ill]-C G Ill IIIIU Chief pf Po ice on behalf of the merchants`. , 1Jcl.}.'Cl a.--ICQUCID wuu UUAI. uuj Ivuu Luv 0l.UIJc The story, however, was not the product of a reporter s imagination, _,as so many newspap- er readers are wont to believe when the almost unbelievable happens. The story of the hound s huinane act had been confirmed with the own- er of the Pomeranian, while an added cred- ence was given it in the fact that the operator at the Barrie end, himself an Allandale man, , was in a position to personally verify the yarn and told his fellow-telegrapher in Toronto so. \Il2L1-.'.. .... L.-H... Hand ad-ru-u nine I-n-nnrlr-ocf in members as it is planned to draw upon all the SCh001S,*12 years and up", instead of only from theeollegiate. The boys band is worthy of hearty support andevery dollar invested in it should bring good returns to Barrie. \JlUClu in typical Fergusonian languagethe_Premier has said that he is so convinced that he is right on Regulation Seventeen that he is going to convert everybody elsein the province to his way of t-hinkingi. His first and perhaps his big- gest task, however, will be to convince his fel- l low-Orangemen and an opportunity .for a su- preme effort presents itself at the March ses- sion of the Grand Lodge here. ` I'\(-` 4-kin Ila [J1-` nnnau T1\n Fnn~o 117: ha Last Thursday about midnight when a press telegraph operator in a Torontonewspaper of- fice had completed taking the story of the Al- landale hound which had carried a fatally in- jured Pomeranian to the doorstep of its mas- ter and there stood over it until it had died, his interest and curiosity were at once aroused. Here was a story. Not only had a dog perform- ed a most humane act, but the canine hero was of the much despised hound species, perhaps the least liked of alldogs as a house pet. The yarn had a double kick to it. It was real human stuff and he immediately called his editor s at- i tention to it. " Now, the interest and curiosity of a press telegraph operator are not easily aroused. A1- most every minute he is hearing` of the most unusual things from all parts of the world. Things which excite and exhilarate the average human being are passed -almost unnoticed by him. To use a common phrase, most of the day s news goes in one ear and out the other. D..+ uylsnn n knnnnl ninlro nfrnnrfollu urnnnH_ Whatever may be the merits o-rdemerits of ` theissue at stake, or the_ outcomeof-the con- troversy being waged by Premier G. Howard Ferguson and J. J. Hunter`, Grand," Master of the Orange Grand Lodge qf Ontario West, over Regulation Seventeen, it is certain that the forthcoming convention in Barrie will be a lively and epoch-making one. If nothing else the controversywill assure a record attendance. Although the Legislature will be in session ittis said that the Premier will come to Barrie to de- clare his position, while Mr. Hunter says that he will certainly deal with itin his address. lA lJnn6-Av no :0 \IrA lznnnrn :c I) ``\Ar01 in H5; W HI \-\-IVLCIIHIJ UV! VVILU l|..lu Qua uuivuuo Mr. Hunter, as is well known, is a Liberal in politics, and his election to the office of Grand Master was strenuously opposed by an ultra- Tory section of Orangemen, led by the Tor- onto 'l`.elegram. Better sense prevailed, how- ever, and Mr.`Hunter received support from Conservatives and Liberals alike who resented the introduction of politics into the affairs of the Order`. I H- ,-. -,-_-r, 1......_.... LI... n..-...2-.. s3IU|I kll EIIU Lil-ll\| I-4\-lblhv IIUI VI Of this Mr. Hunter says: The facts will be I laid before them-it is`for the Grand Lodge to decide itsjcourse of action. He denies that he has adopted the slogan Hands off Regulation 17 but he has several times drawn the fire of the Pren_1ier on this issue. i . JI._L L1,- I\-.__-- "..L-_.L- FIIU I JBIIIIBI Llll I'll!-3 IOGBIVI It is likely, however, that the Bonne Entente will survive the coming Grand Lodge meeting, although it is likely to be ruffled somewhate it. TO FIG!`-ITAIT our BARRIE 0PlIlO_NS 01-` omens AN UNUSUAL DOG sronv Those 'Roadside Weed: Church Going NEAR SUICIDE MAY. PROVE A SEQUEL (Continued from page 1) the dull knife. He cut through all thle tissues entering the pharynx on the right side an_d~all but the lining of the throat on the left. The doctors did not count the stit- ches. The wound required scores, they state. r`nI- `rndn an. Ass) 51. ucauulc ulBUUVU.l.'yo Interviewed a few hours after the occurrence was reported Ser- geant Creasy, who made the ar- rest, could assign no good reason for the man's rash act. Inasmuch as no charge had been preferred and he was being held only as a material witness at the instigation of the coroner the man was not uscy 3ly|uUe Cut Vein On" Arm O'Neil also cut `a vein on his left arm but luckily the contrac- tion of the muscles clotted the blood and stopped the ow. He suffered greatly from loss of blood, but a prisoner in next cell, held` on a charge of non-sup- port, heard no groans or outcry of any kind. He slept all through and when awakened was unaware thatl a near tragedy had been enacted. Officers Neill and Rayner had gone to the cells below to check up on the prisoners and enter the names of any who might have been givenva night s lodging in the register before going off duty. It was then that they made their gruesome discovery. TY|+n'l'\7`A1l!AI-` n #1:! teniimu 1.06-A-. Tl-IE SARI`-Ill EXAM|NlR An zmnuuncement was made recently in the sclmuls and also in the local press regarding the f01`m:1tin11 of It new Boys Brass Band, made necessary by the gmdunting of many of the larger boys into the Citizens Band,'and the de- c :\F .\f`1Anu` Fvnrn H11: hnnan t-nu/n fn H113 59 Elizabethist. BARRIE G. B. McLEAN, DEALER At the Atlantic City Speedway, an Erskine Six recently went 1298 miles in 24 hours--better than 54 miles an hoiu-!_ This .~ `S1, . 3" } '1 v 1 1" `4 :.`:*.::`?,`l"~' k ._.,:_;r{f`i`{ 'Larger-- roomier -- more powerful A bigger, roomier, more powerful Erskine Six. De- signed to meet Canadian standards of spaciousness and comfort. A handsome car you will be proud of! Luxuriously appointed. Modish in every line. Yet lower in price - unmatched in value at $995 f. o. b. Walkerville. The New Canadian Edi- tion of the Erskine Six was developed by the same engineering staff that de- signed The Commander- World s Champion car. STUDEBAKEPCS ER .W\ MK searched or relieved of his be-' lorfgings. Rn Qnmnnanf nn3A f\ \Y4-.31 tuna vv luv vv , um: acuu. Sergeant Creasy said there! were one or two weak links in O -{ Neil's story to be cleared up. One} was as to how he received his burns. O'Neil says he got them re- ! leasing certain heifers from the] stable during the re, but neigh-3 bors have since told the police that `L auu uxsa. he Sergeant said V0 Nei1 was quite normal. One of the reasons he was arrested was that feeling was running high against prisoner in the Tottenham district. O'Neil had no xed place of abode and` was more or less of a burden on the household of County Con- stable Bert. Bradley of Tptten- ham, who took him in after the fire, not as a prisoner, but as a| lodger.` O'Neil was badly burned. Sergeant Creasy was the mosr.| surprised man in -town when told: of the occurrence Wednesday morning. Q'Neil s arrest had `been ordered by Deputy Commissioner} Cuddy. Mrs. Bradley, who is a trained nurse, had been taking care of him: 1 l(l\!\T_I __ -_1j;Q,,, ; I 0 LJHIVLAJHV (l||\l LILIIUI k.'lu\.uI-nae In answer to that announcement the\response l has greatly exceeded the expectation of the band committee as between 50 and1S5 boys applied for membership, and all were willing, it is stated, in addition to the class lessons to pay for private tuition. The one drawback is lack of instruments, only a few being available. L :r\ u\`n:r\ Hand :1 knnrl nnnnnf cllf` \lIH'l"lnll+ [UCILC U1. lllllln O Neil, in addition to his ap-! parently self-inicted injuries, is: a pretty badly burned man, Ser- geant Greasy said. He has burns on the top of his head, the right side of his face and on his right; hand. He seemed a very decent! sort of a chap and told us 'a| straight story. It jibed pretty wellv with that of Mrs. Robertson, the widow, he said. __2.I LL.-- CLUB SEDAN The Canadian Edition of NZ-`W ithey had released these same {heifers without sustaining any in- fljuries whatever. The only theory, See this new Canadian Edition of the Erskine-V- drive it-test it yourself. F ind out for yourself motor- dom s biggest value at its new low price, $995. A a Compare the new Cana- dian Edition of the Erskine Six with any car selling from $250 to $500 more. Compare its beauty and speed. A spacious, com- fortable car to ride in- doors nearly a yard wide -back seat 4 feet wide- 36`/2 inches from seat to ceiling. Plenty of leg and head room. Easy to ride in-easy to drive! record for sustained speed and endurance has never been equalled by any car in its price class! lllbllulllcula, uux_y a l\rVV Uvlus uvulnuvnvc It is plain that a band cannot succeed without an adequate supply of instruments. To pur- chase these means a heavy expense, too much for the individual parents to bear-nor should they be expectedtto meet it, as the band is for the benefit of the town. an-1-3.. ..:L....:A.. ...n'..1.l (wanna +n nl-`(no-A a Finn Govunment uxu to In added Phone 298 of course, is that the burns were also self-inicted, but it is a re- mote one at this stage, police say. Thursday, February 9, `I928. Pho tne Ueneru Ul luc town. This situation would seem to afford a fine` opportunity for community service for societies and organizations of the town. If each were to undertake the purchase of_ one or more -instru-V ments the band would soon be fully eguipped. of Hus ...-A n Lana hunt` urn: `:l'C+ C"OI"A uugcn Lluya uuu uu, \4u.u.uua uuuu, uuu uuv sow" L parture of others from the home town to the University and other places. - In .1 nnuynw n H10! nnnrxnnt-innnf H1D\fAQhnnQD ITICIIL3 UIC Uauu Wuulu ouuu us. nun; H Um ...,.,, . Since a boys band was first started at the collegiate this organization has attracted much interest and besides providingra fine mu-sical training for its members has proved a -source of much pleasure to the citizens -and a good ad- vertisment for the town. Wlth Ql'0)el' sup- port, the band can becomeincreasmg y useful andthere is promise of longer service from its