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Barrie Examiner, 9 Aug 1928, p. 7

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IOI-I1 hono I1! sou) AND SERVICED BY C. & W. MOTORS `H. R. PALMER B. FRALICK ----uuuyu tun`. aria naxrxnnuu :1 ` Fisher endow these new Mc- Laughlin-Buick creations with a measure of style, individuality and dashing beauty unapproacl1- ed by any other automobile. Gorgeous new colors and won- derful new upholsteries lend an added touch of luxury. New adjustable front seats and wider rear seats provide unequalled driving--and riding comfort. Increased bore and stroke-- greater piston displacement- improved carburetion and other advancements in McLaughlin- Buick s famous valve-in-l1ead six-cylinder engine--give tre- mendous new power to what was already the most powerful auto- Associate Dealer: W. HUNTER, Alliston ' I 5 Music lovers will be delighted !v.-im H. M. Royal Air Force Band pf` :En;:'1and. which will be in attend-1 ?ance throughout the whole four-V - teen days of the 1928 Canadian .\ n-. itional Exvhibition. It is one of thei Like the thoroughbreds they are, Silvertowns show unmistakable marks of breeding-and car owners everywhere know that the goodness goes all the way through. ' The Goodrich record of 57 years of domination in the Rubber industry is your asurance of super-value in Silvertowns. Made by Canadian Goodrich Company at Kitchener. Ontario. , Goodrich `_11V1 t0_Vn '.".J_";'"7~``5`@"` ` LIIC` \\ lll Ill. . A Germ:m mechanic has made a. lperfect automobile \\'ei_2hing only .20 pounds which will travel 17 mil- `es an hour under its own power. MN! I: I premier musical m'ganiz:Lti0ns of `the Wm-Id. ` A r<......-.-.._ ..__-v.___s . ,,- WTLL BUILD 'l'HEP.l' Paco Iivdl I%.s'}6ur`Ro%,o`fT re%--resz'stair zt ` " " . ` AUG.` 2IIt-Ftom Totonto. Celedon East. Beegqn. Meafotd. Collinzwood. Penetang, Midland. Capreol. and 1 _ South and East in Ontario, also Statxona in Quebec West of St. Andrews and Lachute. ` -3 ADC. 3Ird-Fro :n Station: in Ontario. Toronto, Inglewood Jet. and West and South thereof. \ AUG. 81I'l-From an stations in Ontario. Ca reol. North 39. and South end East thereof. u a,_,.n-_ nv_A!__-I9-n;lI__-..... - A span mauo (ion -vlnVCanadlsn2Nu.ti`o-1-1-alndllwuyl: 3 UI|'fORON'l' (U tion)-Aug. I 12.01am. (Midnhht Aug. 20th); 12.30 . :10.-10 . I A , . Aug. as-a-2.oo p.m.;10.40 p.m. Aug. 8`Ii-2.)?:m. ana13."4o pm; ( Inn o'r1'AwA-Aug. mote-12.01 a.m. (Midnight Aug. 20th): mo p.xn.~ T V A U I '-' o I.m. I o 3 . From rnInaon'`'-53" mh T2931` 1'00 '( i&*2ni:`:A'"'2o:h vi: mam Blackwat a Atherley IInmwmooon-Au. aru-+12.aoa.m.(1sasan1gh:A"u;;2a`:':" via ' . mm rAI.MIno'rou-Au .1:sru-o.oo a.m. via Guel gem utham. London. Hamilton and Inglewood. own and ewood. . HARVETERS! gbnlmr Phone desired Ask !or one` at your filling station Highway Safety committee M 7EH"I3IICI9II:II- U -W-- V-'vl;h--;" '.-" :8" "" d W _ N . gpggh I notl:oPIc!9I3P3|W'9'd"' ` ""' 3"` ' `hm "nu" ' El ' 'r:u-ouch Tnlno-Oomfonnblo ooionlotouro-Opoolalouu fun-women and Ohlldnn A` _,T.__.. .. A gag LQAQO QOQJCLQILC $1_:9.9 "!.!`!!"""5`? `751 nnua_'n.I . can an mile! I CUIIIIUTUEI The Ball '131{{1;"'1iiff":3., Ltd., 7 Thunday. August 9. 19.21 Promote the Safety" of the Highways Fire-protection is all important in rnodern bulldlng. Help protect "your home from the menace of re by using Brsntford Roong. All 'Brantfor_c1 Roong products are re-re- tsrdent and usually `reduce insurance rates 3*` % o by 10" to 20 per cent. Specify` Btagtforg J {or permanent roong satisfaction. A P Bnntford Roon Co. Lllnltoj Bnntford, I ntulg - >0! Brantford noors 1'1!!! nun I unit ya xnuu` UcyOuu- Lu uupumts In unnu- 1 5 N N I tabs. , Alberta.-Edtnonton, Tannis. I . Ctlxqty. Macleod and East. PI-U8 TAX . RITURNlNO-Ha.lf a cent per mile to W1l,1,l1iP8a Plus $20.00 and tax to destination. Mae tmmgit Wit wmfid he too expensive BI-`I-nu plants months. Stock Cu`:-rind. Information Fun-nlnhod ind `Service on Bnntford Roong undated by Wear this sticker on your windshield The HON. GEO. s. HENRY. Chairmdn. What a de1i,ght--how it eased her mind and rejoiced her heart. Now the Sunday evening. talk to the. absent daughter is a regular thing. M'ore-it' now costs only 25 cents, for instead of asking for her daughter by nmne, `mother gives Long- Distance the distant number--hence the charge (after 8.30)" is only 25 cents. Many do not realize how inexpensive Long Distance really is. The old lady was so hungry for the sound of her daughter's voice that she made a desperate wesqlve _-- she would call her by. Long Distance! ` She had never before spoken over a. long distance line, but the operator was kind and helpful. A In a moment the beloved voice was sounding in her ear. And when the telephone bill came she found the call had cost only 45 cents. 0 1101 A. A. SMITH Lianagerv. Plus half I cent per mile` beyond to allpoints in Maui- dnlnn Qnnhnl-almanac: Alhnrfn ._'l3`.:1n1nnfnn Tannin. Barrio 03 LN!` [.H.`UHl}JL CIBSISLHIIUQ U1 ('0 H19. I - By a strange freak of fate, T. P. . Lioibiaw. who presented the Stev- genson Memorial Hospital to Amus- gton. was the first. patient in the 1Lob1aw ward of. that institution. having `been thrown by a, horse and `i had his leg broken. A Panning: nnncfnn `xnnnnsn in A terrific thunder and hail storm "occurred in M:-xra township early on (Saturday morning. July 28. doing a. lot of damage to crops, flattening out field after field of grain. Rail fences were Iblown down and scat- tered about the fields by the heavy wind. `Three `barns were struck by {lightning and the roof was blown off one barn. The windows of sev-` eral farm -houses were also shat- tered by the wind and the hail. 0-Id l GNU UJH1}J}JC"(1l"llo worst storm they ever witnessed. In an encounter with a midnight marauder Ted Isteele. of Creemore. unlike Alex. Hodge, was knocked out residents of Mara say `it was they F335 KING GEORGE HOTEL IS S_QLD___BY HAR1;Io;D};:Rs` `The King George Hotel, New - market, hasbeen sold to Cecil Grant of Ke-swick for $17.000. ' At a nnnnnrr AP tho ahnwnhnlowa UIIVI ' Midland Free Press: Whi-1e driv- .!ng through the swamp on Thursday. evening. on `the Penetang road. be- tween Hillsdale and ?C2`nighurst, E. 0. (Swan was astonished to see a huge bear emerge from one side 0; that road\va,v. amble across it and enter the swamp on the other` side . Bruin took his own time and as he reached the opposite side he pushed his way through the fence and disappeared. A fnm\lfi'n Hnlhov an.-1 1-uni! u+nnvn & l\U'B\VJU3\ LU!` '3'-ll.UUUu At 8. meeting of. the shareholders of the hotel last winter a resolu- tion was passed authorizing the sale of the property providing a reasonable offer was made, and a committee was appointed with pow- er to act. The reason for this step was that for the past two or -three years the hotel was not paying the expenses of operating and upkeep.' The majority of the shareholders considered that the object of pur- chasing the premises to operate as a. temperance hotel had served `(:3 purpose. 'I"hha smh: 1-nmalle tho lnnnl nnnn purpuuu. This sale recalls the local option campaign of 1910 `when the local hotelkeepers threatened ' to close down every hotel in town if the bars were closed by vote. This caus- ed the temperance people to buy the Klng George and operate it as a temperance hotel.-*Newmarket E:<~ nrnaa IT-`Harald ~ ' EBH]]JGI'H1lUt' 11 press iHra1d. Luz":-uu_v srrtuu.-.1 uumuge was none. '1`went,v-twa head of Durham cattle. valued at $100 each, belong- ing 't_o Reeve Osborne. of S__utton. were poisoned by eating grass on 'the radial right-of-way through his property. Poison had 'been sprayed` along the track to kill the `weeds and grass. and the cattle got on the `right-of-way through a gate that had been left open lby some- one. 1\.I'lA1nv-A .13.-..\ rD..-.~... 1171.43- .1__2__ ' uuuu 4 uu1_u1t'1' UULU1.l'3 EI11'Cu i Wm. Cavanagh. -with two others. escaped uninjured when their Fgrd coupe turned twice over near For- est Home; and `was completely iwrecked. ' Turn Yln knuva kunuvn uh.-dun 4.1.5. WI'VUBUUo Two Iitte boys thrown into the water by the capsizing of a punt in `which they were playing in Coiling- [wood would have drowned but for `the prompt assistance of two men. I RV n anvnncrn Pu-nab nf Pan: '1` `D nu `HS {VS Ul'UR\E`Hv 1 | A Peerless roadster became ig- lnited in Collingwood last week and ~the presence of mind of the driver and some pedestrians prevented a serious blaze and prolbable explo- sion, The driver had struck a match in order to adjust the carburetor and the gasoline became ignited but it-he flames were extinguished be- foreany serious damage was done. "l`umnt\--tw1 hand no `nun:-.m..-. WCOX ordfvl! elieves Rheumatism DUI` UL '\.;UulHlUl'UVa .' j V Meatord's last three fires have. a.111been on the same street. 1' T. T.0`)n'a nnnunn-A nap} 117 1' GU "JCUH UH VH9 UCIUIU ULUEUM J. L. Lake's garage and '.Chalk s store, Clarksburg, burgarized recently. IT-I \\7h1nna nf .("n1Hnn-uvn QUl'5`lttl`AZI:*|A l't'Ct'NLA`)'. ` I IH. Whipps of Colllngwood -has `been. elected D.D.G.M. for Georgian lmstrict. A.F. & A..\I. ~ ARK any-Ino6{nna vlvcnnn unnninn Orn- lJl3H'lUL. Ant`. 03 11-4: 465 applications were received for `a. vacancy in the primary class of lGravenhu1's1_pu`bL1ic school. I `I-Tau-hart Dni nf \/fiulnnil nun: adv- \Il`I.VUHul'Ut_ pu'ULuC SCHOOL Herbert Reid ofA.VI1ddand was giv- en thirty days in jail for pointing a firearm ax Harold Arnold. A Y. `r.`lnnz~. .-nnno.-.4 an... .. 17.-.. LH'BlL'lN 11. If!-.1l'Ulu '$l.`l1U1u. - '8. L. Howe, elected for a Van- couver seat in `the recent B.2C. elec- tions. formerly lived in Meaford. I Meaford ratepayers are to vote on` a. bylaw to raise $3,000 for a new [heating system for the town hall. AU Wmav-A nban AP `llaafrnu HVHLHIE SJSLCIH "I-U1` U18 [UW11 nan. Rev. Edward Baker of `Meaford _United church, has notified his con- ugregatlon that he will ask a change :0! pastorate next year. A tnnvint rnnfnv namnnn fnnrn who `U1: yaauurauc ucau, yr.-_tu'. I A tourist motor camper from the :U'.S;A. was so pleased with Pene- `tang that he bought a lot and `will "build a summer cottage there. i Wm. Cavnnngh, -xvifh ftvn nfhnve `Midland plins to have a Cham-1 her of Commerce. V \fanOnuA'a `tint dyknga Flap... Lhuwn -T:};t;s;;1d isiu*iTerZers vouch for the relief qlatained from WANTE DISTRICT NEWS vvv V: were Air sick-ness is -said to be avoid- ed by inhaling a combination of oxygen gas and cinnamon, supplied | by !German airports before a. pas- ssenger takes off. - I in` the first round. The assauittook lplace in the outside ceilllar way at ethe home of his father, `Township Councillor `Steele. Ted went down . theesteps and suddenly found him- : self face to face in. the darkness with aman. Both clinched and in the roug`h-and-tumble struggle Ted received a heavy blow below the belt which silenced his activi- . ties, the"burg]ar making a clean E getaway. leaving young Steele, who intercepted his work. lying on the. - lawn, temporarily out of (business. n Th 1: va-nan? afnmn o knh nf Hn-1-.1- \\ I11 OIJK` lll"L'C'D.`All. 3. Recently a census of- traffic was taken on a number of routes over -which provincial roads are a possi- .bi'1it,\' and, so the rumor states. the usenmde of the mad througzh Allis- tnn and the traffic at the iu`ncture of fEssa's fourth concession line and the exist and west road made it one of the first for consideration when n_ew projects are to `be undertaken by thetprovinoia highways depart- ment. A . I9 I'\ I'II9I'IVVF\U \J\Jl'lII`i _ (Alliston Herald) 1 One of those quietly circulated rumors which often precede impor- tant announcements concerning un- dertakings of mwgnitude is in `cir- culation just now concerning :1 high- way project across a large section of Ont:>irio. The origin of this report is of course concealed. but men of pro`n:`nenoe are expressing them- selves as satisfied it is no idle rum- or and confideiitly look for an- nouncement of a new high\vay sys- tem routing: American tourists hound for the Ontario highlands throu<,-.'h Alliston and Barrie. 'l`l-mt nun`--Tn.-mini `lsinnlau-nu on Ann- llll." Lll'C' Jl1ULl`ltlllU. The idea of bringing :1 l1i:l1w.'~.,\' down the fourth line of Essa is to affo1'tl.a good outlet` to the new projected hihw1_v without having to go to B:1!`l`i. At t-he present time there are numerous American tour- jsts ::oin::' over what is known as the Blue \\ nte1' Hi,<:lm'ny which is '51 system of good roa maintained hy municipalities. It .'1ttr'1c`ts a great (Deal of t1'nffic- and affords plen- sui'e to a great_ many tourists. Event_ualI_v this road will be a pro- vincial highway and outlet to other units of the prcivlncial roads. system will be neces.=ary. ' 1:)..`.-...n.. .. .-.............` -0 ;....::x.. ....-... gun It. J.` t'Hllt'Jl B- It is said to be the intention of the department of highways to give these tourists a direct route into the ' .north `country by means of an- other hig'hwa_v which will for the present commence at either Mitchell 01` Seaforth and from this point will be projected ac-1-oss to `H:-u`riston and Mount Forest. This highwmv will be continued east th1'our:.h She]- hurne nnd Ailiston and out to No. 1`! `Highway at Fenneli`s. From thie point there is paved high\\'.1_v up :into the hinterland. TL` 3,1;-H-. .-.0 1..!..~l.-.-. A 1.:...!.....\-. To szu. SNAKE ISLAND I INDIANS TO 051:1-fu_NR1A)T `Eu-n1-A Tnll-5...: .1 .1-- CCU.`-ll bull1lllC"l. LU ]ll(lX\C ll: LHUIII IIUIIIEH Tis a famous island. `Here sat the council ring when the ubraves of the Jojibway and `Iroquois tribes waged ferocious warfare on the green banks of Lake Isimcoe. Many of the famous Oji'bwa_v chiefs first saw the light of day on `Snake Is- land. `There. 97 years ago. beneath a gnarled oak, old [Big `Canoe was born. The old oak remains. just as , gnarled and stately as ever. `but Big Cancels fighting days are done. He lies at Georgina. frail and weak, Ibe- loved "by all who knew him. TKTHT1 `the calm n? fl-xi: ialnnfl rn-an JUVCU Uy clll WUU !\U!`V\' 111111- Vvlth the sale of this island one more landmark is passing from the hands of the redskins. nan u-nnun I\`I: n+nvv.unu-`cu rvv uauua UL LII? xcuazuub. One more old stamping ground has disappeared. The Indians are gradually becoming `Canadianized. The young braves are not now con- tent to live as their forebears did. but now desire to [live as their white cousins. LU] uugu 1114-5LUll llllll I3u1ll'A!.`u The provincial .11ig11\\'n_\' to con- nect `Coiling.-`\\'0od and Barrie is to be extended south to Angus. This is definitely setted and has been srxnmioned by the ciepnrtment. The new highway involves a provincial road down the fourth line of Essa to connect with another provinc-iz11 }1ig11\\';1y to be built from I-In1`1`iston in \V`eI]in;~;ton..c-m1nt_\' to Fenne`11 s [on Hi,:hwa_v .\'o. 11 l`ll1`1D`7.l`l,`.," from 'I`01`rmtn into Mueknkn and `leading on the F`er:.ruson I-Ii9=`.:-w:1_\' in Nor- I` hern `Ontario. "H.-\n..i,.t,~. n..Ann.'....-... $1.- ' ..~LAuu.n&Aun I ttltl ll L'llLsll l\'u 'I`o1n':7. crossing the internation-I nl hr-1xn linex at Sarni.-1 and heading for Muskoka come through Alliston in consirlAe1`:1hle numbers under present Conditions and last Sundwy nig`-ht the Dominion hotel in this town housed no less than four- teen such people most of whom were on the return trip and had lenrnecl of this route while in the nor!-h. They were going home this way `because it was shorter than going` down 'NO. 11 hi2'l1\va,v to To- ronto and then heading, west. YT.-3.-... n.-...AnL .-.n.-.;l:o:n...... a......:.... "llLU ilHl| Lllrll llt`(l(lJll-'._ \V't'BLn Under present conditions tnurists coming this xvny from the American `border on the St. `Clair river use Provincial I-Ii.2`1iwa_\' N0. 7 as far as :~`t1'atf01'd and from that point either gmto "I`m'0nto and up `No. 11 High- xvrxy or they make their way over to Listnwel and by tising fai1']_\` gooci county and township roads travel nozwhenst -to 'She]burne and from there by :1 direct road go east till they meet No. 11 Highway at Fe-nnei1's. To 1.. ...~,1 L.-. 1.. !... :..A....-.1-.. -0 LUV uuuuuls. U1` 1:lJu1`t' any pI`50Il.- A big touring motor car struck a cow belonging` to a farmer near Hirllsdale on Sunday afternoon and the animal was so badly injured thatit had to be killed. "The farm- er of course lost the animal and will also have to foot the `bill for dam- ages to the car. `Cattle are not al- lowed upon the highways today un- less in charge of the owner or a drover.-M1dland `Argus. LIN)!` UL LIIC \lJ1'UV\'n`|_\r LFIUC. _ `Only in the summer months is Snake Island now habited. Perhaps half a dozen cottagers have realized the beauties of the spot, and return each summer -to make it their home. T`h~ n Pnnunuun }n`n\v\r1 41 _1 ;-H...` .-.-at bk. pnglnnd . onanfl -nvjugncvui A`! than I \ll`l.IQ Snake Island. `Lake rsimcoe. a sec- tion of the Ojlbway Indian reserve, is for sale. Located about ten mil- es south of'Georgina Island, the headquarters of the Ojilbway, and two miles off Lake Simcoe s east- ern shore. it consists of 328 -acres of heavily wooded and fertile land. No longer-do the Ojilbway `Indians need it for their own 'use. They have surrendered it to the Govern- ment. which is now attempting to sell it for them. The sale price, which will likely be a`)zound_$250,- 000, will be added to the Indian re- serve fund for the maintenance and care of the Oji'bwn_v tribe. If\n1\' in Plan cnnnrvlnn \-nnnf`ha- in aanu, L:-u1puL`a1'u_V Uul. U1 Iuusiness. In a recent storm a bolt of light- ning struck _the chimney on the house of Wilfred Wilson. con. 9, lot 11.. Collingwood 'I`p.. scattering the stove pipes. `smashing some mir- rors and passed out through the window. Fortunately it did not fire the building. or injure any person.- A his tnm-inc-r mn+m- nm~ an-nntv n THE BARBIE EXAMINER IS A HIGHWAY COMING? I A11{a6.x `l_1`AunL1\ The French Society of \='e.;.etz11'- ians is taking steps to encnuragu vegeatarian weddings. The conducts a series of social func- ons Vvhere young lovers of vege- tables can start their courtship. society ` /I/ew B;9'aui)/- /Vew luxury ` /I/ew Peiyimavim? - .n 0 wh e re u 3 I ., epgine of its si`ze in the ~ WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT -- Mr-.LAUGHLIN-BUICK equalled EW .Masterpiece Bodies by lend mobile engine its size world. The same great developments impart thrilling new pick-up, lightning acceleration and new top speed that few drivers will care to attain. Other features include new high- pressure gas pump--handsome new radiator design--new chrome- plated head-{amps and cowl lamps --new type instrument board-as well as many additional appoint- ments of luxury and convenience. The 1929 McLaughlin-Buick is an epic car marking the supreme achievement of automobile engin- cering. Conrm these facts at your Mc- Laughlin-Buick showroom. ,,_._,__2., The C.M.A.C. Deferred Payment Plan ocrs many advantages to buyer: of McLaughlin-Buick cars. F. J. GRACEY m...i`s*iL`fB"`.i`.5is IDS

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