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aancu VVIICIL d.UUUL' IL. ``That s easy. he replied. The people yesterday afternoon and ' this morning received their bills. They were delivered to their doors I and on looking them over a period . of economy sets in. It happens every time the bills 2'0 out. said he witha chuckle. I can alwavs count on an easv day after the bills go out, bu_t they soon forget. Atrnunnnn J.-n1vv nnnnnnnn -\ O-`An A4` I VVILII lllillly yCUPlC- On Tuesday the consunm-`.ion was away down. despite the heat. Engineer Beach said on Monday he pumped 31: hours in the morn- ing and on Tuesday. equallv hot. he only pumped 1% hours. He was asked what about it. "n1....L .. ......-- 9 L- __-_.1__`I lU'I'VL_ uuza gu uuu, uuv, Lu:-:y zuuu 1u1'g't".. Average daily consumption of water in Barrie in winter months is slightly over 200.000 gallons. ASK cov'r. ENGINEER ! T0 INSPECT DAIRIES} stirred. There was not even a'em- vblance of a breeze. Kempenfeldt ;Bay as calm as the proverbial mill pond and the waterfront af- ;forded little relief. although near-` tly everybody ocked to it. Chureh 'services were poorly attended. but the open-air meetings were pop- _ular. The July record to date: i Maximum Records ~r 1 I -7 """"""""""""" -`-U i July '2. 82; July 3, 79; July 4. ;81; July 5, 78; July 6. 78; July 7. 83; July 8. 92; July 9, 84; July 10, 84; July 11. 77. Lowest temperatures for this :period range from 59 to 69. I U1) -2} 0 a 0 . . . . . . . . . . . u . O:}z).`JUU I so it would seem that less than ] 50 -per cent. of the consumption of water is used for drinking purpos- es and that other beverages are more popular. if less benecial. with many people. [ nn rpnncrlnur I-Inn nnnnuwnantinn . IVVUUICGH l1BBUlIlUl_Vu Rev. J. J. `Black spoke of mem- ories recalled by the faded ower or leaf and paralleled them with the departed sisters and brothers and the fond memories brought back so vividly on iDecorafion Dav. He said this annual `Visit to the graveyard was one of the finest things in `Od~dfello'wship. Inning `nahnu dnnba an FHA than- (is? 2% 1111 O No. 28 Gallons] 255.000] 295.000 325,000 275,000 270.000 335.000 315.000 350.000 355.000 _ L1, __, I : tion at the time and Saturday night traffic, both vehicular and pedestrian, was at its height. The - boy is making a good recovery. 1 He is the son of Mr. an-d M~'s. . [Charles Robinson. corner Dalton ; and Toronto IStreets. His father is - . an electrician. L Two Toronto Hebrew pedlars, I :caught last week in the act of sell- : ing cloth from door to door, were I brought before l\Iag'istrate Jeffs f and ned $10 and costs each. They had neglected taking out muni- lcipal pedlar s licenses with Town 'Clerk Smith and when confronted `With doing so paid their nes and [ left town at once. The license is .$50. which represents prot on a , `good many yards of tweed. It was icheaper to pay the ne and move l ;on. They protested in typical elo- iiquence and gestures against pay- ;'ing two nes. pleading that one _ishould suffice. _but the magistrate _ibelieves in protection for Barrie ;imerchants who pay taxes and his p heart refused to soften in this lease. Moreover, the day was too !hot to listen to speeches. The pol- ice just happened on the pair. ,They were not informed on. I 41\.V\.A \_ls0`\. v Even after the body was recov- ered strenuous efforts were made to restore life. The Camp has a `well-trained rst aid crew. and [with the assistance of the Camp `doctor. the doctor from Angus and Dr. Turnbull from Barrie. eo1'ts of the best approved and scientic `nature were made toward resuscit- !ation. These men worked incessant- ,`ly in relays over the prone body ifor a long period. nnv 5:54-ova nnzl n xvnnnrnnu Run .LUl (I IUH5 lJCllUU- Four sisters and a younger brov ther share the irreparable loss with the bereaved parents. llajor Rodgers is engineer in charge of maintenance at Camp Borden and, asis we knowwr has an envne war record. At the Lnne of the :fatality he was in Midland. In sunnner rnonths the deceased lad `was employed with the signalling l corps. ;TORONTO PEDLARS GET % I JOLT IN POLICE COURT Plllllg In UU'ULU11U'WBlllpu ' Judge 9Mosher spoke on the ten- ets of the Order and the good work it was doing. He has just complet- ed a visit to nearly everv state in the union and told of the homes for orphans and the aged heir: maintained by 'Oddfellows, part -7 cularly the wonderful home in T9.- ronto. |Mrs. Beardsall spoke` `of the ttingness -of the occasion. "I"hnun uynvn Han nay-m1 nvnunr: Another Boy Saved The deceased. with boy play- mates and several officers of the signalling corps, went for a swim to a spot four miles from the Camp Sunday evening. after a blistering .hot day. Several of the adults and `boys. including George, essayed to swim across the river when they {struck a swift current in mid- stream. The current taxed the `strength of the younger boys and several got into trouble and at least one was rescued from certain drowning`, but George went down in the confusion. His body was rescued an hour later from 25 feet of water. Mr. Richardson of the Forestry Station and a 'I`nrnn- fn nnon rnnrln lnnunnlnnn nu`.-natn IJIC 1'U1CDL1`\' IJL(ll1U|l auu (1 1'7"!!!` to man made herculean efforts to save the boy. but without suc- `cess. 1* IV Y? `Caught in a swift mid-stream current while attempting to swim the Nottawasaga River at Angus. near the Forestry Station, Sunday evening last. George Rodgers, ele- v_en-year-old son of Major and Mrs. George R. Rodgers. of Camp Borden. well-known Barrieites, was swept to his death. First of Season It was the first drowning fatal- ity of the season in these parts and the news came as a distinct blow to citizens of Barrie. of which `the boy was a native, as is his father. The funeral was held Tuesday from Camp Borden to Union Cemetery here, Rev. Mr. Barber. chaplain of the Camp. of- ciating. Floral tributes in great profusion. from every branch of the service. high and low. were evidence of the popularity of the `deceased lad who had grown up with the air training station. 2:0- ing with his parents to Camp For- den when a baby of two years. He was known by all. popular with his plavmates. respected and admired !by his elders. rm 4'` 1 Trying to Swim Across - River \\"hen Fatality Occurs. {OTHERS WERE 'Geo. Rodgers, Son of Camp Borden Oicer, Loses Life. YOUTH 'DROWNF.D IN SWIFT CURRENT OF NOTTAWASAGA The Examiner n1aiIin2'lis .rs were corrected up to and ir- Vcluding Friday, July 6. All payments made up to that date shoulgl be shown. Please examine the label on your paper and notify The Exam- iner promptly if address or date is not as it should be. Buy advertised goods. PLEASE LOOK AT THE LABEL "'"i9r$""583ss were made last Sunday, by `Rev. J. J. Black. and by two visitors. Judge Masher. Supreme `Monarch of the Oriental` Degree. of St. Austen. N.Y.,_ and Sister Mrs. A. Beardsall, Elmvale, District `Deputy President of the Re3ekahT Avssembly. Lenin 1-nA1on Al IAAIAIAA Never Gave Up _AL._. ;1__ L_J__ SECTION_1-_"- PAGES 1 T0 3 SAVED cuuru yup. - There was a change in the pro-l gram from the usual order of other 1 years. On arriving at `the ceme-' tery the assemblage gathered in the grove where the full program wasgone through. then all disband- ed to place owers on graves scat- tered through the cemetery. Here- tofore this latter ceremony was performed midway through the program and it was found diffi- cult to get a full attendance again for the -nal service. The change was a success. The service was more impressive. 'lWn-an arid-manna: umw: mntln 1na+ NOTED vnsrroa HERE Memory of Departed`Mem- .bers Is Again Honoured. Event Marked as One of Finest Things In Oddfellowship. ; clicu Lxon ZJIQ IIIEEI? Dacommou DAY WAS onsmvan IN swmanmc HEAT Ilognpllieul Sketches of Public, Professional and Buoinou Man of the Conuuglly `able! for Examiner Reader: %. THa~sARme + axmma LET S GET ACQUAINTED |vUL'Uo . "Tom Simpson was born in Tiny in 1878. the son of the late James Isimpson, a native of North- ern Ireland but whose forebears came from Scotland. Grandfather Simpson came out from Ireland shortly after he was married and took u land` in -Northumberland near obourg. About 1860 he moved with his family to Flog township. It was 17- years later that the railway went through, so that -primitive conditions existing can _ easily be imagined. Alarm had to be hewed out of the `bush-` and thetimber, now. so valuable, burned up. But the pioneers of (`Turn to page `ve; please) the hcmesteadis still his {perman- _ ent address and Mrs. `Simpson lives lthere. ' 6Wl`..... G.'.......-.." nu... Laue. 3-. A local young man who lifted 9. lady's `coat `from an auto at Min-. et s -Point eight days previous was remanded for sentence in Monday .morning s court. He had been in trouble `before and could give no explanation of his conduct. The coat he stole was practically worthless, minus collar and cuffs and was apparently used as a rug. It was a good imitation -of a plucked Annan haddie resembl- ing plucked beaver, only different. The oicial view. however. was that conditions would have been the same had it been a thousand dollar article. `The lad"s father had to prod-uce a $100 bond as a guar- antee of his `good behaviour for a year. `The erring son was in jail a week awaiting trial. l.'UU1'lvc Poppila hails from the Parry ' Sound district and with only. a few hundred miles experience driving set off with his family for `Toron- to. About 7.45 p.m. this side of Bradford, driving on the wrong side of the road he met a car driv- ERRING SON GIVEN T REMANDED SENTENCE On his first trip out of town with a new car John Poppila. Finnish. with his wife and daughter. An- nie. came to grief on the highway north of Bradford on Friday. June 29, The sequel was divulged in Police `Court last Saturday when Poppila was ned $10 and costs for driving a car on a beginners nermit and having no licensed driver with him. He was also fined `$25 and costs for reckless driv- ing`. The former was the first prosecution of its kind in the local court. ' -....21- L..1.. J.'....... 1.1.- 'D......u plirk - . A There were numerous: other minor mishaps. but,1ucki1y no in- juries of consequence were~incur- red. Motorists complain the high- way is entirely too narrow for ex- isting density of traffic and that `the rattletrap cars on the road are = {a real menace. . I lino In Volvvv The night before the holiday three people were brought to R. V. Hos ital. Last Sunday evenin three oronto men received me - ical attention. One car turned completely over and righted itself, ` ve occupants receiving scarcely a scratch. ~ ` `cu II 0 .. 1 I 1` AI,,,,.' `Turning out of a line of traffic. which has been abnormally heavy on Provincial Highway No. 11,. Barrie to Toronto `section, since the first of the month, in aneort to pass other cars. only to nd themselves confronted with a head-on collision or the necessity of taking to the ditch, has been the cause of practically every acci- I dent investigated by the Provin- cial Police. _ n .1 I 101 __ UV Va Invvoo Dr. Wallwin attended the three Toronto men Sunday evening. They proceeded on their way two hours later. The driver had cut in near -Painswick. only. tofacel a car head-on . He took the ditch and the car overturned. One of the men received attention at the hos- pital. ` * Thorn umw: -hnmnrnng ni-hm` Number Injured line No 1-muse} initiator Mmup. Around Bar- rie Over Week-end`-Hoad-on Collision; or Taking - _ ` to Ditch Alternatives, Pt_o_b_es Show . CUTTING IN CAUSE OF MANY ACCIDENTS J. T. SIMPSON `-Photo by Jackson. D1`! I Bear Wilson: Mg men are going back to Norway ouse tomorrow and hence we are sending out a few letters to let the folk know we have arrived safely. We had a very ne canoe trip in from Nor- way House with fair wind all the way and only a ver few mosqui- toes to bother. y men were jawaiting us at Norway House, but we persuaded them to stay over a :little longer as I wanted to stay [there over Sunday to take the ser- vices there. Then on Monday at 8 o'clock we started o with two canoes. on-e of them a brand new gone. We had a real good trip and `arrived here `Thursday evening `about six o'clock. Kathleen is f_eel- ing very t and apparently enJo - ing her experiences ever so muc . `Everything was in pretty good. shape when we got back. Nelson Ilooked after things very well in- lrlnn n Wxsiauv and Q54-I-nnrlou nus D J roado The old practice ofaparkilgf cars on dark streets after. -usk thout lights is receiv:'ng- the attention of the police. Blake and Bradford Streets are the thoroughfares singled out for attention, particu- larly the parking of_ cars without lights near curves. This practice is described by Chief istewart as not only dangerous but a nuisance. On Tuesday ni ht in serious crash was averted on t radford Street by an eyelash. Citizens who wish to park their cars in front of their homes for an len h of time are to he asked 0 ts o~ them of! the `PUUPIU I l\l1UWu I-`have been doing quite a- lot of rushing around and hence feel tired and sleepy tonight. 7 Be `sure and let me know your latest plans re coming out.. PARKED -CARS. NO LIGHTS ' UNDER BAN OF POLICE flUUl\Uu"lLU1' blllllg Vl'_V WU III` ideed. On Friday and Saturday we were very busy un acking. and i getting some things p anted in. the igarden. I'm afraid my garden will `not be quite so good as last year. | `X7n `auxin `anti 1-; dunno -:n'I1u mun uuv uc uulu: au guuu as may year. We have had a very jo11y_ ro- spector here for a few days. I-Fe `is a student at'.`Toronto' University and hence knows quite a few {people I know. I1 Knivg know Anhnnn run... A. `A4: .W. L. Kell. Cookstown, is in re- ceipt of an interesting letter from his brother, Rev. J. A. C. Kell, who is `now located at Oxford House Mission. Norway House. Northern Manitoba. Rev. Mr. Kell was mar- ried in Portsmouth, England, last November. butreturned to Canada alone and made a hard trip in from the Hudson `Bay line with a- horse last December to take over his missionary duties. His wife ar- rived in -Montreal on May 14, where she-was met b her hus- band. They left Coo stown on May ~14 and arrived at Norway House on June '4, reporting a ne- triB"____ 11y;1____ _ 1uv__ _____ ____ _._,--_ __ REV. J. A. AT Nokyg HOUSE Reports a `Fine Trip to Far North With Bride. I--v ww---new nun-u vow-out Inspector Putnam of the Provin- cial Police and Highway Traffic Officer Montgomery both investi- gated the three unusual accidents. There was no liquor in the Poppila auto and he was sober, they state. Due to inexperience he simply lost his sense of direction in a crisis. II I IV IXKITUIVI Prini';a'11. -R. Girdwood of B. _C.I. is in Fort William teaching in the summer training school for teachers being held` in that city this month. - ' | |:UGUllU.l'3 UUI this month. Ilsllln $115 IGUUUI GU EMU llh The Provincial Police were soon onthe scene. `The Poppila family were in a new Whippet car and it Iis a com lete wreck. They were badly sha en up and cut vb ying glass and were taken to R. . Hos- pital where they remained for a few days, Poppila under custody. Mr. `Black drivmgva big Studebak- er touring fared better and was able to proceed tohis home in Al- liston. He had come to a dead stop before the collision. occurred, do- ling so when he saw the other car coming straight at him. . ` Two Others at `Same Spot On the same day two other min- or accidents occurred at the same `spot shortly after and before the wreckage of the first had been cleared away. A sedan occupied by ve "Toronto ed, en route to = -uskoka. turned right over and righted itself and, strange to relate, the passengers escaped with a few cuts and a shaking up. They returned to `To- ronto, `the auto with its top crush- ed in but under `its own. power. ;The cause ofthe accident was a too sudden applying of- the brakes by a lady driver on the wet. pave- ment. Wet_maple leaves are also held partly to blame. - 4-{I1 av-uni-Inn av-u-I +1-uivul now 1.1!! eople, all relat- no damage was done.` . `l\__L,_ - .,. , ucsu ya; uy uu uznuxc. -Still another and third car in] pulling up to the three wrecked autos. skidded into the ditch, but 'l .._..__;___, 011 1-. en by D. E. Black head on. It was impossible for Mr. Black to avoid the collision unless he took to the ditch and he was momentarily ex- pecting Poyipila to turn to his right. `The atter had cut in. TEA Dvnulnnlnl Dnllnn nnnvn annn IN FORT WILLIAM Annualgarden party of the Un- ited Church. Ishanty Bay. will be held in the park. Tuesday evening, July 17'. Good programme consist- ing of duets. solos. Miss Hurlburt (elocutionist). Allandale "Brass Band will bein attendance. Sun- per served- 6 to 8. 28b The annual Richardson Re-un- ion will be held on July .14 at the Park at `Midland. `Will all con- nected make a special effort to be present. Come early -and enjoy a day renewing old friendships. W. C. -Richardson, Barrie. President; Fred Richardson, Fergusonvale. Vice-President, and R. L. Richard- son, Barrie, -Se c y-Treas. 27-28b gurucu puxiby, nuguau Q. ouyycL' served, 6 to 8. 28b The Edenvale Un-ited Church will hold their annual garden par-3 ty in Rupert s Grove. July 18.! Girls` baseball- `Barrie Band in at- tend-ance. Admission: adults 50c.| children 25c. 28b 0. N. R. employees annual pic-l nic to Midland. Wednesday, July; 18,- 1928. leaving Allandale at 9 a.m. Good program of sports and` band in attendance. Come ands bring your friends. 28b -Thornton garden -party and cold I ' meat supper. Thursday, July 19.} Tea served 6 to 8 o'clock. 'Hetty, Bennett, entertainer, Elsie Bush! King. reader. Jessie MacGregor.[ saxophonist. Adnmission, 50c and 25c. 28b Keep Wednesday. July 25, open for garden party at Township Park, 8th line. In_nis1. auspices of !Stroud- W. I. First-class pro- gramme. `Supper 6' to 8. Admis- sion 35 and 25c. Proceeds in aid of |Stroud Community Hall. 28-29b .Vaudeville from 8.30 till_ 10 p.m.,i round and square dancing from 10 till 12 at Pavilion, Cooks- town. Friday evening. July 20. Canadian and American theatrical stars. comic songs and wonderful step dancing. Admission 47c. 28b l.__..--1 ..-...I-.. ..-..L-- _ LL- `I'Y_ Lu]!!! nuuruuz LJCIIIIUJL auu Auual talent. ' 27a28b Ladies Aid of Allandale Presby- terian Church will hold annual garden party, August 2. Supper. 1`. , `NJ ,_____I- YT SA- J IW1____. I Cookstown for mine on July- H 20 28b keep July 18 open for St. Paul's f arden party, 12t.h line, Innisl. 1 L iss Hildreth Lennox and local. ...I...;. or-1.001.. The campaign 3 nneke the lawns ! and gardens safe from stray and tagless dogs is prbceeding nicely,| Wards 1 and 2 having been ne! combed: and Ward 3 is next in or- = der. Two. score or more citizens have paid and more are coming. forward every day. l The annual C. N. R. employees ; giicnic will be held this year to idland on Wednesday. July 18. Excursion leaves Allandale at 9 a.m. Tickets will be on sale in Y. M.iC.A.. Allandale, Tuesday, July 17, and Wednesday morning. An excellent program of sports has been arranged. Midland has a beautiful park. situated beside the water, and there are good facilities for bathing. Band will be in at-' tendance. Citizens of the town are cordially invited to join with. the C.rN.R. employees in making this a successful outing. I OWNERS or mcfrzss ? DOGS ARE PAYING up] QIIUIUU U1 sun vussvuguum Mr. ISin1pson s evenness of bal- ance in doing business strikes the caller to his office as one of the chief essen-tials of a public ser- vant. He never becomes ustered in his busiest moments, and these_ come quite often, articularly when council is in sess on. He is._ moreover. always courteous-and his advice is continually sought. In 1922 he succeeded the late R. J. Fletcher to 'the.'cl_erkshi and sat in the councllwith the ate Daniel Quinlan, who was later to make. a recutation for himself as the coun- t s outstanding treasurer. -Mr. impson says he always had the reatest r ect and admiration or Mr. uin an._ , A lcu ture is the count s lead- ing ndustry and it is .t erefore ttinc that the clerlcshould be an azrlculturlst, or farmer, He was born such and still operates his farm in `Tin . or at least his son does. and r. ISi son is a good Vhired man." or _p nchhittsr, for -E comma EVENTS T III. F! *I'|Il0I0I0I0I4|I0I`|I0I0I0I0I0I4 .----..-- ..a.~..--...- -.-.-., .--.-v..- -v..-..... I` His`Honor comments: It would lappear that in view of recent deci- sions it is quite clear that stenc- graphers who take evidence must beisworn. ` "Recently several men convicted. of serious criminal offences in Hamilton and serving prison terms. were released on the same. technicality. I STENOGRAPHER 7 WAS NOT SWORN Because the stenographer of [Magistrate McCaughrin. of Orillia, was not sworn in the case being trled, and -because she is_ not a duly sworn court stenographer. Judge Donald "Ross has allowed" the appeal of Ernest Wood. of Or- illia. and quashed the L.C.A. con- viction against him, without: costs. YT!,`TY, , I1 RAILWAY EMPLOYEES PICNIC AT MIDLAND; So Conviction Agzunst an Orillia Man Is Qulshed. --..- vwv -u-cu. -vvlc\a Quite a number of tire robberies, and bold ones at that, have been reported in Barrie this year, but this is the rst auto stolen." The boldness of the theft leads to the belief that the thieves were experienced in their business and immediately left town. While sitting in his home Saturday night last about 9.45` `Charles Graham and his wife heard someone start their _car, a Ford touring. and just got to the front door` in time to see it disap- pear down the street. The Grahams live at 27 `Charlotte Street. No trace of the car has yet been found. l\--_'L_ _ A Auto Is Stolen From Front of Residence the case With Jonn 'J. n0mu.s wimp- son, genial clerk of. the County of, Simcoe, who in turn has been a councillor in his native township of `Tiny, later its reeve, then.Coun- * ty Councillor and Warden. It is worthy of note that he was elected Warden after only two Nfrears ser- vice in the Council. ost coun- cillors have to. wait much longer and the large percentage never reach the goal, `That Mr. Slmpson| ascended to the office after so: short an apprenticeship is a mark- ed tribute to his qualities and .ab-_ ility. The reason, of course, is that he `was an outstanding ad-' ministrator and his record in of-I ce (1918) fully justified the choice of his colleagues. -4-_-..-_ _..-....-.... -4 1....1_ zens. , On `Thursday evening the Ad- miral ,;Co1lingwood `Chapter I.O.D. E. entertained the officers at a ball in the arena. `The name of -Clifford Rainy was omitted from the list of those hav- ing first class honours, who passed from Jr. III to -Sr. H1 in the Prince of Wales sSchool. I zens. n.. DML u\.vva.c | The social `side of the camp isi being attende tr. by a citizens committee with R. W. Thom an chairman. `This opened with a re- ception `on Wednesday evening to the officers tendered by `Brigadier and Mrs. .Mc`Lean at their beauti- ful home on Niagara Street when the visitors were privileged to meet `a large number of the citi- \.\.:.- .'L.l`1K.'b ulua uu. . Camp routine is adhered to strictly; `Parade drill is conduct- ed in the mornings and afternoons while the evenings are given to social pleasures. Musketry drill was commenced on Thursday morning at the Dominion govern- ment rie ranges on theshore of the Georgian. Bay. on the east side of the town. `Major Utton is in- structor. AC LL. - 1 ,2_'l_ -1! 1,1... I./NU Danny was uvau ... V H-.. ..- The brigade commander is Col. G. E. :McLean, of 'Colling- lwood. aw! with him we tbric.rade_ major. Major J.. C. Wallace. Sim-I coe Foresters: brigade orderly of- lcer, Lieut. Perkins. Northern Pi- rmeers: brigade medical officer, Major E. O. `Carr, the Greys Reg- ,iment; brigadevchaplain. Major T. 5A. BemO1ie1. 'Simcoe Foresters, fbrigade paymaster. 'Capt. D. Cam- eron, Algonquin Ries; brigade quar';ern1aster.. `Major A. E. Whit- b.V. `Simone Foresters. attached to ibrigade staff for instructional pur- iposes: Lt.-ICo1. B. W. Brown-e. D.S. ,O.. M.\C.. Lt.-Col. Hilchie. district =paymaster and `Major Utton, dis- itrict musketry officer. . ' ~ nu-__- :- ...J1.`.......A 4..-. The camp includes four batta-I lions. the Greys. Lt.-Col. T. V.| Rutherford. the 'Simcoe Foresters. 1 Lt..4Col. K. `S. Macdonell, the Northern Pioneers. Lt.-Col. D. Forrest, from `Muskoka and Parry `Sound and the Algonquin Ries. .Lt.-Col. MacLang. M.P.. from; ;Northern Ontario. The camp is in l vkeeping with the new policy of holding annual brigade camps in the brigade area. It was acted up-' on for the rst time last year when `the camp was held in Owen` Sound. ~~--1- ---..`...\...J.... :n 1'+_l N After twelve days military camp ! life. tanned by a sun. during the hottest days ofthe summer sea- son. Barrie company of the Sim- Icoe Foresters will return Satur- `day next from 'Co11ing'wood. where the 22nd infantry brigade, 450 strong. has been. in annual camp {for the past twelve days at Exhibi- 3 tion Park. `| 1 .-_._ L-LA._ ; A @ *';*'*'o 7' `There is an explanation. how- ever. About June. 20 there was a drought and the gardens and lawns needed the moisture. It was hot, too. Vegetation had not reached the formative period. Since they have developed to production. Hence less water is needed. The June hot spell of four days is: "June 18 . . . . . . . . . . 410.000 gals. lJune 19 . . . . . . . . . . 420,000 gals. June 20 . . . . . . .. 580,000 gals. V `June 21 . . . . . . . . . . 450.000 gals. `The largest gallonage pumped at the municipal station since July 1 is 355.000" ga11ons.'and that was Monday of this week. Here is the July record to date: One of the big days of the year in Oddfellowship, and- its sister or- ganization, the Rebekahs, is Dec- oration Day, observed last Sunday in `Barrie. It is on this day the de- arted sisters and brothers buried n the Union `Cemetery are remem- bered with a tting service and their graves decorated with the owers of the season, the insignia of life in full bloom, but which soon fade. , In the sweltering heat of thehot- `test day of the year, with the ther- mometer at 92 and not a leaf mov- ing it was to be ex ected that the , attendance would e small. The Oddfellows of Barrie Lodge No. 68, to the number of fty. many in shirts leeves. turned out, how- ever, and marched as far as the R.V. Hospital -behind the Allandale Band. From there the tri was made by auto, in which ebek- abs, in equal numbers, made the . entire trip. Then; you n nhonmn in {Win 'n1~n-K T0 BREAK CAMP I SATURDAY NEXT `Barrie Company, With! Band, to Return 1 Home.` I Not inmany years has Barrie and district experienced a heat wave of the duration of that which ; commenced July lstgand which on- ly yesterday showed some signs of ; abatement. In daylight the .tem-: perature has not been less than 80 ' and last lsunday reached the peak of 92 in` the shade. Many ther-_ mometers recorded higher tem-a peratures, but 92 is the gure giv- ! en out by W. H. "Buttery, who 3 keeps Government records. ' If .\'l1oL~ vun# {Jan `\:\n& An G~.....J..-. nccpa \IUVCl.'.lllllUL recurus. - It was not the heat on Sunday. however. but the humidity which durove people from pillar to post in search of relief. -Not a leaf: Contrary to expectations people } of !Barrie have not used the vol-5 ume of aqua pura one would ex; pect during the heat wave of the? past two weeks. The Examiner: went to the pumping station yes-5 terday expecting to get record-% breaking gures, but Engineer: Jollim Beach had another story to I126 . The record for total gallonage of water used this summer was not made during` the past fortnight, but on June 20 last. when 580,- 000 gallons were consumed, the Ipumping requiring 13 hours. It s Been Mighty Hot, But the People are Not Drinking Water; Duration of Present Heat Wave Sets Old Timers to Thinking- Sunday Was Hottest Day, With Mercury 92 and Not A Breath of Wind. OLD SOL ON RAMPAGE AND BARRIE SWELTERS Buy. advertised goods. It is not unusual, and most de- sirable, for the clerk of. a muni- cipalit to get his schooling in munic Yul government at the Counci board. `This is very much the with John Thomas Simp- -nn nnvvln` vk 0' th County of He darted out suddenly in front of a moving `car driven by P. Wal- I ford of Camp Borden. A wheel passed over the `boy's right leg.` but after.{Dr. Turnbull had exam- ined the limb it was discovered that the bone was not broken. in- juries being conned to abrasions of the esh. The police investigated the ac- cident and came to the conclusion the driver didn't have a chancel The Dovercourt ISilv'er Band -was` playing near the street intersec-. 1-1. is apparently not one of the Young `Charlie Robinson, aged` lg"-:eat armv of Just Kids whol t"1ook up and down before they cross a street. To be correct. `Charlie didn t look first to the I north and then to the south before he crossed from Memorial Square! to the `C.N.-R. Express office, just, in front of `The Examiner. at 7.50 I Saturday night last. I Fine job printing. Barrie `Es:-g aminer. ! Big Auto Passes Over Boy s Leg But the Bone is Not Fractured .. v V. -.....B ..a ..buy- For the producers inspection lforms are now being printed. 1 [These will be lled in by Sanitarv Inspector Bowman following his, visit to each producer and the re- port then submitted to the Boardl of Health. The claim has been, `made that some of the newer pro- | -ducers supplving milk for con-. lsumption in Barrie have not been inspected at all and that the srvs-I tem of inspection in general has been irregular. With the renort forms the Board will have thinxrs down in black and white for ready `reference. l C. J. Smith, who recently was granted a building permit by Town 1 Council after several refusals and j after Mr. Smith had applied to the 5 Supreme Court for a mandatory} order. has already taken out a per- 5 tmit with Town Clerk Smith. He has started lling in the property on Dunlop Street east. prepara- I tor,v to making a start on the; building. j _ T , {TAKES our PERMIT - 1-`on FILLING STATION 7 I """"" . . ' I A. E. Berry. sanitary enprmeeri of the Ontario Dept. of Health! has been. invited to inspect the` dairies in Barrie as to methods of pasteurization. handling. equip- ment, etc. No complaints have been received. but the Board is Iseekinq` official assurance that` leverything is right. I Growing out of the recent dis-U pute between the milk vendors and 1 producers of 'Barrie and distric-t.| lduring` which charges and coun-| ter charges were levelled, the! Board of Health has taken action I to check both the distributors and producers. : A 13 `I\ . S DHU IIUPIIIEIIUBB `UL LHU UUUGEIUUO There were the usual prayers and singin . `The visitors were in- troduced y .Bro. H. A. Jarvis. Noble Grand. ?Bro. Carscadden. Deputy Grand Master of Ontario, who had been invited as the chief guest of the day, was unable to be present.