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cw-v:-siwodtlnkliril hl3%Il'IId There was a splendid turnout to the congregational social held in Trinity Parish Hall Tuesday even- ing and the supper served by the Girl Guides of the church left,no- -thing to be desired.,.The program includ d a duet by Miss Molly and Richar Powell, a solo by Master GQDTUA 1`nn':'o+;n-nu R T l\-C$d\\n __,v Irv..-` n-.,.- ..4u vv na.y- A. B. Thompson, K.C., M.P., his counsel, visited him at the County! Jail over the week-end and strong- ly advised him to comply with the law and secure his liberty, but ! Marchildon refused to accept the` I advice. OBDURATE I-Lll\JBANDv I snu. PREFERS JAIL CONGREGATIONAL SOCIAL Eveh better t:'2sn_ \ ~ . Flesh and the Dem _\.'%m JOHN V is R; . '~ I Man. What happens when reckless youth becomes enamored of a .woman with a past? Love that will hold you 'breath1ess-- Drama that will grip the imagination. A story of* love and suffering that will touch your heart. Twice Each Night - 7.1 5.9.1s -` REGULAR PRICES PATHE NEWS _ - PARAMOUNT COMEDY We believe several of the stocks offer unusual opportunities. CII2-j An--1 -- 4:: _--__ F. G. OKE & COMPANY PUT OUR SERVICE TO THE TEST 12 Owen St. : BARRIE : Phone 1440 H. A. HENRY, Resident Manager. Direct Private Wire to all our Oices Ad{re.rtise in The Examiner / Saturday Matane, 2.3o-chi1amg' 5c, Adults 15. .411 , _,,-,J _ .-c--_ -._-.--w --v vvng I V1515; Specially arranged musical pr.)g1'am--and in addition every lady patron will receive FREE a copy of a new popular song. SPEED! the famous western star as a fearless scout who braves dager to pilot pioneers over trackless wastes that they may build great commonwealths in the paradise beyond the Rockies. PATHE Nights 10-25c METRO COMEDY NEWS Sat. Mat. 5-15c LOVE `EM AND FEED EM" , COMlNG-EMIL JANNIN-G S LATEST- THE WAY or ALL FLESH SPECIAL-Friday Night-Music Lovers Night 1 9 28 QRl_ ORTUNlTlES WILL BE MANY TONIGHT _- FRIDAY - SATURDAY PERKINS ORCHESTRA at all performances ON THE SCREEN MONDAY-TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY vunnuun A-`-..____. AND SEE THE MARKET IN Ac :1"T1`c)N. 'A stirring romance of the circus with the~screen s` greatest cowpoy star! Bringing to you new riding tricks and a sweet circus romance laid in the gorge- ous West! - t ..___ __...__ .. .__-._-- ..n--_- _ .4.-- --4-u - ----A- THE G'REATES`T./I:(-)VER ON THE SCREEN ASSISTED BY SiLVER KING VISIT OURBOARD ROOM Friday, Feb. 24--L. XV. Guest. at lot 21, con. 5, Innisfil--farm stock and implements. Sale at 1 p.m. W . A. Mcconkey, auct. 7x IF you su er from Corns, ` Callouses, Bunions, Tiredness- Be sure to come and be advised Carey-Hurlburt riiixtb comzmr, %WlLD CAT VALLEY \ALSO FOX NEWS LETTER. REG. conmau AT THE WURLITZER FOOT SPECIALIST From CHICAGO \--- AT -- SHOE CO. DR. SCHOI..L S and "4 TUESDAY FEB. 27-28 FREE L MONDAY I SECTION 2 WAGES 9 TO 16 Capil0l f'1% Thealre I9!`_!`?."..T~ ".,'l'~3.`.'!'!!!' _....-..OI A I`! M_lNlNG< jII$ Z 'reck.H{{g'1iS. Amulet COMING-+'Vl'HE%l3TH JUROR f . 7 HANDWRITINEBE WALL smrs LOCAL couzcron Major C. R. Kendall, collector -of customs and inland revenue. Iaye ` he hae no lnctormatlon from the de- partment at Ottawa ae to.tl:reaten-.- ed proeecdtlonev ot Barrleltee for (allure to file income" return. He Iaye that he received instruction: to groeecute in `one cane only and that e turned it over to Donald Ron; aotlngtas legal repreeentatlve for the department. Furtherthan that he has no information. Ila Ylniuiall Ah-I nan unnnlnu [80 mt! H0 III-I0!'Hl8.ClOo Mr. Kendall did say unofficially. however. that it. then-e-are any citi- zens who have not made their re-. turns. and who have been requested to do so. whether or not they are liable for the tax. would be well advised to do so at once. tor it is evident that the department has in hand the prosecution 0! all delin- quents. V . An in wall Itwnuyn I-ha nnllnnnn nf quanta. As is well known the collection or `income tax was taken from the In-V land Revenue` Department some years ago and transferred to Tor- onto. The local collector simply- acts a?` agent and under instruc-b ttonsr from the department. Advertise in The Examiner 65th. You-. Only four `days `left and `this ' Big Leap Year Bargain Drive will be a thing` of the- past. We offer big advantages in` every depa - ment. Come any of these clos g days, come every day. Februi ry` has always -been a month for sav- ing at this store. This Leap Year February has outdone all revious. years. We have larmed ig bar- gain surprises ~ or the closing days, Saturday of this week Mon- day, Tuesday and Wednesciay of next week. The bargains are here for our i ection. The place .-you now. yER S, Barrie. 8b |Lap Dnjvel There have been ` no further. cases of smallpox either reported or discovered in Barrie, the num- ber remaining at four, two of which were reported on February 10 and two on February 11. Dr. . Little, `M.O.H,, states th t the in- cubation period ends marrow and that -lt is reasonable. to as-\_ sume that no further cases will ' develop, at least not from this a source. As a matter of fact the i real danger point of contagion is held by many doctors to`-elapse in ten days, but fourt_een -ls looked upon as absolutely safe. Prompt measures taken by the Board of Health, which held an emergency meeting once the first case was-re- . go:-ted, would ap ear at writing to ave been signa ly effective. Dr. Little states that 85 per . cent. of the school children of . Barrie--have now been vaccinated ; and that 90 per cent. of these vac- 1 cinations have taken." There are . of course", many sore arms--and : legs--and school attendance is be- 3 ing considerably affected. teachers` ` I 4 1 IIHVU UUUH Bl] Barrie -have 1 -...I 1.1..` An ... STORM FAILS TO SPOIL . COLLIER UNITED SUPPER HUI U] IIIGIIJ UUVDUI fourt_ Eealtgh, which ` . _ . _ _ . -_ At... A... ; Claxton. who also gave a , _ organ selection, Miss Bremner at the stormiest` evening of the winter there was a -fairly good turnout Monday night for the annual con- gregational supper or Collier St. United church and theLadies Aid which was in charge and which is meeting this afternoon. expect to realize a goodly sum. The program was continuous and was divided into two parts, those who were waiting supper constituting the audience for the first part and those who had finished enjoying the se- cond halt . both held in the body of high order and varied. Numbers composed of S. W. Moore, Alex. Hart; and by a ladies quartette composed of Mrs. Harry Armstrong and the Misses Strange. Cheesman and Goodall. Those who sang solos were Miss De-Hart, Mrs. S. L. Page and Messrs. Moore. Mayes and Jane. Particularly well rendered in- . strumental numbers were the piano and cello `by Miss Bremner nd Miss the organ. Reginald.Godden delight- ed the audience with two splendid . organ numbers. Others ta-king. art in the program included Miss isle Ambler and` Miss Louise I-Iurlburt, who gave readings. while Miss Goodall and `Mrs. Robertson played while supper was in progress. Notwithstanding that it was about the church. The program was 01's. I were given `by a mixed quartette l Knox. Miss Strange and Miss De- ` lane and . smallpn in rep: : `period game 1 `J: I..- ueemv v1ce. uarry Hook secondand J. O. Scythes lead. This mink surviv- ed the second round in the Wrig- ley. defeating Colborne `(-3. He lost in the fourth round of this event to Fred Kerk of Granites, the only un- defeated rink in the Bonspiel. In the. Selberling . he reached the third` round; losing to Mlfbrook 12-7. muuua ' `mom: nu-: nrsr enta. Late Wednesday night after a sensational string of victories Cam- eron s' tired rink lost twice. -once to Vvatson brothers (four brothers) and `to Donald McNabb of Orillia. The rink is left in one event. They are now curling with tape-cove:-cg hands. ~ Dan: T Q Innn64'n wlnb IINIIH `A919 . %mu5m.@mt `V `I'm: Dtslmmbmm ` Jam` I RE N Ieufikl cu. mum nusseu 7- wuum comm. ` ,, DOIWIMOIIIUD . W- ROS. PRODUCTION _ - 100001 ` nanus. I Rev. J, S. Shortt's rink. with Bert Radberton was wide, Harry - strong second and Sam Robtdson. lead. -lost their first two games, one [each in the North American. and Wrigley. The/y are in the semi-fin-_ als of the Se1ber1ingyTrophy. They won five straight games in this event. defeating Penetang 18-10, Gravenhurst 11-9. Belleville 10-6. ugdas 10-8 and Toronto Vrctorlas rm..- n..a...A 1:.-....... ..`a...1. 1.. -1.t........I .l.J.,'h The third `Barrie rink is ski1ped' by Hunter Kennedy. with Chas. Beelbv vice. Harry Hook secondand .'|' (1 ten`.-than hand This mh-r unvI1rI1r_ NO FURTHER 5 THE M .1 Rv. Shdrtt s Rink in the ` Fina1s -Cameron s ' J ' Going Strong ` % At [five o'clock this afternoon word was received that -Rev. J. S. Shortt s rink `had qualified for the finals in the Seiberllng '1`:-ophyend that Oliver Cameron : rink had en- tered the semi-finals of the North ` American. winning two games to- day. making eleven victories in a.11., with `two losses. Hunter Kennedy's` rink has been eliminated from all three events. nmmln uinlzu own man: mnnh in the WJIU rcluatu GLMUL uu% uuagw van. ihg. ' Up to last night Oliver Camer- on srink.Awith nine straight wins and two` losses. ranked third to:-\ the strand aggregate. Cameron has as his vice the veteran S. Meredith, Doc Simon, anotlhe-r veteran and re- fnowned curler, with "Bill" Griffith lead. Cameron's victories include 11-7 over Detroit, 14-? over Grav- enhurst. 14-11 over Brampton, 10-11 over Newmarket, 17-~6 over Utica. N.Y. and 1-6-6 over Kitchener. First round scores were not published, but Cameron s rink won in all three events. `I'.n-A TX7nr1v\nm-Ion nlahf nffnvl . three events. - Barrie rinlg are very much in the limelight at the Toronto Bonspiei this week. up with the few leaders who remain after three `days curl- Chm j3A13gmI:, CANADA, muasoax, 1'-'l:'.BRUARY23, 1923. " n'I?.FoR'rs A cry of the sensational haocwroudght by a be'5ufiful woman amen T1 he soldiers of a desert outpost in In ia. The wi;e;cf thecomma -; t%..9{5r W35 :f:2i'.!!?":., 3:I f,",':.`.fi';`.f:._`" ``-7J`;$u$5.$ 3"3`. 001118. I01` Ule"'p1`ev1uu3 3/ecu. T1119 wonderful expanslon has been paralleled 'by a great increase in the already proverbial strength and resources of the Company. The assets have been increased by over $56,000,000, and now reach the impressive total of over $400,- 000.000. HIILDRBTI-i F. LENNOX,A.'l'.C.M". Pianinto; Vocalist and Elocutionist. Ilflf ulna 1:!\Tl'!A t`1`E!`M1'a`_'kT'l" u:1. erhaps a sentimental interest attached to this expectation this ~. year, because the President, T. B. .Macaulay, in October cele- brated his ftieth year of continu- ous service, and it was known that the world-wide organization of the Sun Life Company had determin- ed to specially honor his jubilee with an outstanding tribute in the `form of increased business. 11---..- ... ........ 4.1.... 3-..; L1...'.a LUIIII UL Luuxcuacu Uualuuauo Having in view the fact that the `Company's business has doubl- ed on an average every five or six years since it was organized, it would appear rather difficult to outdo previous records. But the annual report which the President has just submitted, and which ap- pears in thisvissue, must have sur- passed the expectations of the most sanguine. The total amount of assurances in force with the Company now approaches the `bil- lion and a half gure, $1,487,000,- 000, an increase for the year of over $231,500,000. The total net income for the year exceeded nqnn Ann Ann, 4... I-Inna: uiyhno - 11100316 I01` tne year uasuccucu $100,000,000--ve times what it was ten years ago and more than $23,000,000 in excess of the in- come for the ~-previous year. -m1.:.. ..a-..Am.4n`l nvnnnninn has The Eire and Police Committee will consider the aqvisability of giving Constable Case extra re- muneration for his services as Acting `Chief during -Chief Stew-' art s illness. ulaslnull The Board of Works is to con- sider making alterations to the .g'ore at Essa and Bradford streets `to relieve traffic congestion at that point. zlt III II Council nam d First Deputy- Reeve Jarvis, second Deputy- Reeve Knight and Alderman Mor- an a committee to interview the Water and `Light `Commission re- garding a revision of rates for the use of hydrants. I lit ll! The tender$of' Richard J. and. Thomas A. Lowe for the purchase of $15,000 issue of debentures, at par, made necessary by the acqui- sition of the Barrie Gas Co., was accepted. * * * ` -. Donna nunatnvinbn rlnnuil-u_a'Dan1rn 1g ojcer nding refuge from-ner wneuncss In me wvc u; at ya... lettinant. The husband : _bi::e1_' vengeance. The murder at t_ on. - - - ' : ' ` A Romance That Blazes With Desert Heat! . DEVORE COMEDY, `4`Tl-{E LITTLE RUBE" ALSO BUBBLES OF ` ' , auucpuuuo "' "` T Reeve Creswicke, Deputy-Reeve Knight/, and Alderman Tyler, Cples and Malcomson are a Court of Revision far 1938. 1"!` After discussingthe question of ` the purchase of a truck for the Board of Works in committee of the whole for some time council referred the question back for more information as to prices and different ca acities. The Board recommende a one_-ton truck, or not more than a ton-and-a-half, but-Aldermen Craven, ~Coles and others took objection on the ground that this class of truck was too light -for drawing gravel and . would not stand up. The Board's : ted the bill. spokesmen said that a truck for general all-round work was requir- ed `and that a light truck best t- olaaksll 9|` `F `F 9 The re alarm system is to be repaired and -placed in ,proper working order. - ' i I I The account of the Barrie Tan- ning Co. for a refund on their light account was agreed to. Pay- ment of a fee of $25 to the Ont`- ario Municipal Association was sanctioned, but no action was ;taken on the request to join the |Union of Canadian` `J|Municipa1ities. Ell` gull I-Ill` J-' KIUIIIIIGIIJ of Canada during ,the last few years has caused its annual report to be awaited with unusual inter- Iest. '-` uluunuy Uuu, uuuxuutav IN BIIB yaw- lic against accidents on gtreets, zvlagd (11-gnawed. The, prenuum is -Collier St. United Ladies Aid was granted the use. of the Town Hall, the fee `to be $20. No action was taken on `the request of the Social Hygiene Council for a igmnt an an all The question 3: ; central heat- ing plant .1'or the Fire Hall and Market Building was laid over for future consideration. * ` A g The extraordinary expansion of the Sun Life Assurance Company A-F (`nun-.nAn :I1~nn3nn O-kn `Incl Pant The poiicy with the G`lobe In- demnity Co., insurance to the pub- Ihu noain ntmh-Inn!-n nn ntvnntn, INSURANCE % OF EVERY b A Gordon, Stevenson WEE VIII $463.59. . l ` The Fire `and Police report re- commended the loan of the Fire Hall bell at Allandale to the Board of `Education, the {bell to be erect- ed in King Georg: .S:hool. Assurances in Force Are Close to the Bi11ic`)n`and a Half Figuye Deputy-Ree'\"e Eagvis and Alder- man Lang were the only absen- .`4-Ann `GREAT EXPANSION 01-` THj_S_UN urn EIOCIIKIUIIIIB OPEN `F312 ENGAGEMENTS * ' Y*2 North St., Barrie. v ` ` 7.-1nnkn'I|n QQHW COIJNCILJOTHNGS 5 LVDITII DUO, UFTVUI elephone )87W Phones 1b0,5 and 1 10 Ross. Block, B - E. Old Tailoring. Business. ' Selling Out Alex. Milne & Sons, one of the oldest tailoring establishments in this `part of the country, have de- cided to discontinue the making of hand-tailored clothes. Their large stock of high-class Woollens will go on sale Saturday, February 25, and will be sold, made to your measure, ornby the yard. Tkdn 1:91.." kn A nvnnAnu111 l\V\_ Lucanuzc, u:..u_y uuc gcuu. This will be,-41 wonderful op- portunity to have Yiuur Spring Suit or Overcoat made to your measure at selling out prices. -Quin -will 'nnnHn11n uni-i'l na-IH1-A IlIUu3u1-`U all 5Flllll5 UUII iJ1lUUn "Sale will `continue until entire stock is sold. . I 8b .Architect James Thompson, of Toronto, was in Barrie yesterday and today lookingover the old TownHall and the Opera House`- 'with a view to preparing plans and estimates to remodel the former and rebuild the Jatter should coun- cildecide on either course. With` members of the Finance Commit- tee he visited both places, spend- ing considerable time at the Town Hall securing measurements and other data. He `will submit his re- port shortly. It is expected that it will be ready for the rst meeting in March. Mr. Thomson is a na- tive of Innisl and has gained a wide reputation in his profession. The Examiner is read by ninety per cent. of the families in Bar- rie s trading area. Its advertising reaches the people. The work of the evening _con- sisted of the First Degree, with the musical ritual assisted by the orchestra. R.W. Bro. Robinson congratulated. W. Bro. D. W. Emms and his officers for the very efficient and impressive manner in which the work was exemplied, and also W. Bro.-0. H. Lyon, who net: -uuugc nu. gov. I is 84 years of age, for the impres-I fsive way he performed his part of' the degree. Bro. Harry Barron's song in the lodge room was very mud`: appreciated. ` 'I"Inn Rnnnnmlv ant` 1-n-nn-vnnnrnn :1-`he toast to 'l`h<: King ; was `proposed by W. Bro. Emms. In proposing The Grand Master and the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario, R.W. Bro. Sprott referred to the Grand Mas- ter, M. Bro. Hon. J. S. Martin, a: hvigig tas represeilntaltiviefcilf tis isric, aman w o a o- lowed in his footsteps, being a very successful farmer. R. W. Bro. -Robinson, in response, thank- ed the Brethren for electing him as D.D.G.M. for one of the largest districts outside of the cities. He also spibke of tllile progress in Masa onry uring t e past year, an particularly referred to the large amount of money expended for benevolence._ His address was very interesting, instructive and appre- ciated by the members of the grasvt. BA toFastdt the vislitors, Iby . . ro. re arr in is usual jovial manner, was responded to by}:}V. BI]`_:).dG0rd01I21 Reee of Igor- int ian o ge. ev. ro. ' en- ned.y, District Chaplain, of Bee- iiond, andr Brot.; Wi%`in% of Slniilzry 0 go orono. ,. ro. . . Craig proposed the toast to the candidate in very tting remarks, which was responded to by Rev. Bro. _G. E. Coulter, for Bro. R. Harrison. Bro.` J. H. Rodgers pro- posed the Junior Warden s toast, which -brought to a close a very successful and pleasant evening. HIUQI HIJLJICUIIII-actlo . The banquet and programme,- held in Bro. G. S. Webb s banquet hall, proved very enjoyable. .Be- fore the customary toast list the members enjoyed a sing-song for about fteen minutes. Entertain- ment was provided by the orches- tra, violin selections by W. `Bro. Lorne Arnold of Cookstown, solo by Mr. Lambert, and selections from Bro. Barron's quartette. on` 1:!!!` 170 II E0015 EFKET. BUY Wright-Hargreaves. _'-*`.'..5"'2' ARCHITECT LOOKS OVER TOWN HALL AND OPERA \)uULUWII, IJo.IJo\XoAVvI-o UL \lGUL5Ac|An| District, paid ' oificial visit to Kerr Lodge No. 30. "I"Ln nvnwlr AC +31; nvnvnal nnn- AUTOMOBILE 1vT{1~3 \ cm TOGETHER mam-: msnucr DEPUTY A j AT mm LODGE] Congratulates W. M.` and Sta Upon Their , Efficiency On Thursday evening, February 16, R.W. Bro. T. E. -Robinson of ookstown, D.D.G.M. of Georgian.` n:~L-:nL v\nv:1` 1\:c 1Y':G;*' fnl 7]-ULICCII auu (Lo 1). auuxuaa. One of the rst acts of the new association was to arrange for a Motor Show, the first to -be held in Barrie. The dates have been set for the last two days of the fourth week in `March, 23 and 24, in the Armouries. Complete` arrange- ments are being made to make the show the success it deserves to be. A welcome addition to the busi- ness organizations in Barrie is the Automotive Association, recently formed, and which all automobile dealers `have joined. T. R. Coulter is the president, Les. Chittick vice- president, Morley Livingston treasurer and Frank Doyle secre- tary. On the executive are Nor- man Marshall, Geo. B. McLean, Harry Bryson, Ernie Woodman and Harold Hill. I'l\____`I___ Q , 1,-__, ','_, , 1 11 auu ILGLUIU LL11]- Twelve rms have joined the as- sociation. They are Bryson & Morley, Buchanan & Son, T. R. Coulter, C. & W. Motors, Frank Gracey, Wm. A. Grose; Harold Hill, W. F. Honsberger, Living- ston Bros., N. M. Marshall, G. B. McLean and A. B. Thomas. I'\... -1.` LL- c.._L --x_.. -1.` LL- _.____ a.uv.;ua.1.u.\ Iuweu, a sum Dy Master: George King, recitations by Lorna` McFadgen and Olive Wallwin and a piano solo by Miss Nan Ord. s.,1`heophile Marchildon, the Pen-| etang man convicted of wife-beat- --ing and. who chose .a jail term" rather than pay a fine of $11.50 and produce securities of $400 tog keep the peace`, shows no signs of i weakening or, in other words, hef is as olbdurate as ever. Marchil- don, who had $24 in cash on his ,`person when he arrived at the County Jail here, could have his liberty any time by the payment! of the $11.50 ne and the furnish- i ing of the bond, a mere formality,; but he-will not give in. Htwasi taken away to Mimico Jail Farm Wednesday morning, along with Nsix other prisoners. He is known[ as a 13-months prisoner, one: month in lieu of the ne not be-i ing paid and one year pending the ; production of the bond to keep` `the peace with his wife. I A turns vvrn --.. -. Monnnv-russm-wanussnnv