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Hon. Mr. Finlayson was talking level8cross- ings at the time and used the incident to illus- trate that their elimination was only one of sev- eral preventive measures being taken by engin- eers to safeguard public life, for many people will not pay any attention to signs; the ` will not stop, look and listen. . Hesaid he ha been instrumental in eliminating six level crossings in his own constituency, four others northrof the Severn, one at a cost of $125,000, and~now advocated the elimination of the Eady crossing, between Coldwater and Orillia, at ajcost of Page. Four` Necessity the Father of Innovation Farmer s Advocate-+Necessity is not only the mother of invention, but the father of innovation`. Necessity _is forcing` many farmers to change their ` methods and adopt new systems in cropping ,and tillage. ISo'me of those who_c1`aim it was good enough for father, might `conclude, on second thought, that father `would! have done it the mod- ern way had itbeen necessary in__ his time. Not This Year, Anyway A Toronto `Te1egram--At any rate, Toror'1to s -pop- ularity cannot suffer from transfer of `weather head- quarters from here to `Ottawa. The list of winners of Carter Scholarships, published a few days ago, shows that Barrie was the only school in Ontario to win all three scholarships in its county. Not only this year but in former years Barriecollegiate has stood high, its average over the years the Carter scholarships have been awarded exceeding that of any other town school in the province. With . a reputation like that no wonder the attendance at the B.C.l; has had such a big growth. . Someone has discovered that wholesome is a queer word. Take away the whole of it and some is still left. An agricultural editor discusses the question, Do cows like milking machines? Why not take a straw vote? ` EDITORIAL NOTES Anyway the whisperers are not likely to break into the talking movies. ' Introducing his subject the `Minister said: I don t think there is a more beautiful stretch of highway in the province than that which `exists between Barrie and Bradford. Personally I love the rolling country--the dips--they do much to relieve the monotony of motoring, but it is becoming more apparent every .day that they are dangerous. I haven't the slightest hesitancy in saying that it was these hills which were re- sponsible for the regrettable accident which a cost four lives at Fennells a short time ago. I Llnn Mr I::n1nucnn upon 4-nlblnnn `AIvA` nuns.- unanu vuu vut 0 IIUAIUQL lllyllu Doubtless his remarkable success was due to the spirit which he displayed in cinching his first job---his willingness to start right now. A good many boys of today might emulate that spirit with profit to themselves. u nu --k\u;. uuvv VVILIIUUL nu) ya] IUI |.Uut_) . Needless to say he made good on that job, and two years later, at the age of 19, he ob- tained employment in Wall Street. At the age of 23 he became a member of the New York Stock Exchange, from which time his rise in the financial world was rapid and he becameone of this continent s richest men. r sou tlu vmulo A little story is told, however, which may give some insight into the manner in which young Ryan got his start toward great riches. His first job was with adry goods store, where he was hired for $3 a week and told to report for work the next morning. Now, he was in i earnest about that job and didn t want to take any chances on letting it get away from him, so ,he said to the boss: lf you don t.mind, l ll start right now without any pay for today. ND("IACQ fn can 11:: rnnnln mnnrl nn 4-lnnt 3.-J-u CINCHING A JOB Born a poor boy 77- years ago, Thomas F.4 Ryan, financial magnate, died the other day worth many millions of dollars. In the mean- time he had given away a lot of money, also. But so far as the main facts of his life are con- 1 cerned, they do not differ greatly from- those of other poor boys who have risen to wealth and power. A mun -L-.... :- LA: I_----um --1-*A' In the case in point, about the only thing proven to the average lay mind, is that it is quite possible for two automobiles to collide while travelling in opposite directions, each over on its own side of the highway. There was no dearth of evidence on-this point. What the layman sitting in court cannot understand is what pulls them together at the psychological and fatal moment. U t`31a"i'ting along. The expert witnesses'in these automobile law cases are proving that. Theyisought to convince -the judge as to the distance a wheel. would travel l from the time it received a fatal blowuntil it collapsed. For the benefit of the uninitiated we will let them in on the secret. The wheel will ` travel the distance of its circumference, and plenty can happen in that time. But that is not all. What sort of a mark does an axle shaft make when it hits a bituminous surfaced road, and after it hits will it travel in a circular or straight line and how far? Can an auto weigh- ing less than one ton, -striking another twice its weight on the inside of the left front wheel, pull the heavier car over onto its wrong side of the road? These are only a few of the questions which the experts left His Honor to dissect and" answer. . u yuan Lu, Luv, IIILIOI. Abbi. CIUICGDI. U` [115 So itxwas that Santa Claus arrived early at the County Court House last week and deliv- ered two toy automobiles torJudge Wismer s court, where a charge of negligent and reck- less driving was to be heard. The way the op- posing lawyers played with those toy autos to demonstrate how the accident did and did. not happen and the reasons therefor would great- ly delight Chester Gump. ' Qll;`A1\7 {-1113 IIII'\I"l" :9 rayon`-`-:n~ n1A..... TL- -__.---.L - V.`-nu uuruavnv 111 I885`: unvv \.v\IlJI\l D m'The motoring season has opened in the law courts and the traffic bids fair to be heavy all winter. Just as the models and mechanism of the automobiles themselves are changing from year to year, so must the method- of pre- senting evidence, expert and otherwise. The law courts, too, must keep abreast of the times. Qn H` roe Hn4- Cant-n (`I n . . n . _ ...'-.....I -....1-. -L MOTORIN G SEASON IN `THE LAW COURTS Tho nan!-no-3 n m o a n n f\IQ L A . A u . .....I 3.. LL- 1 ........... auuuuu any IIIUIIDJ wcupapcut. I .don t think there are. very many who do more motoring than I and I mus-tconfess that I I like it. However, I have. come to the conclu- I sion from my observations that if these fatal- ities and accidents are to be prevented the mo- torist "must have a clear view ahead wherever it is possible to effect it." 0 The fact that County` Council gave its un- animous tentative consenttoward an expend - ture of from $10,000 to $14,000 to eliminate "one level crossing is just one of several recent gestures _which Simco.e s County Council has made, irrespective of politics, of the confidence which it reposes in the bustling Minister from Midland MAKING THE HIGHWAYS FOOLPROOF Hon. Wm. Finlayson, Minister of Lands and Forests in the Provincial Cabinet, who has set a high standard in public service, particularly during 1928, had some interesting and per- tinent comment to make before County Coun- cil last week on the subject of making the high- ways foolproof. The Minister likes to peer into the future. He told the county legislators that the highways of tomorrow would be a nearly gradeless, curveless and level crossingless as it will be possible to make them. in other words, they will be made as near foolproof as it is pos- sible to make them and in doing so beauty will, to a certain extent, have to be sacrificed 0 Int.-n.l..n:..,.. '1.:- n..`l-!;.-L L1-.. .u:_.:-L-,_ _,-~v_I 1'v'x'i'ciT2i'nE1'. $69,000.. He `had been cr_iticized,. told that he ` was wasting money-in making expensive fills and cuts, in eliminating curves, but had replied that it was being done with a view to protect- ing life, in `preventing accidents and for that reason considered the money well spent. I (`inn f +1191-A Ora `yarn rvunnuy .1... AI\ OPINIONS or 01141335 a.l.Ul1UW That the "Pown of Barrie "be refunded to the amount overpaid for 1927- and the question of a re- fund for 1926 be referred to an independent solicitor outside the county for his opinion as to the legalityof paying the same. Thu n?AI'lA"lv|n ma- 1-..; on &- us mu: uulcr 111 aanuary. `The amendment made by Coun- cillors icreswicke and fKni-ght read as follows: l("I'\L_J_ AL, III! F " ` ' (Lao U W u. Lu] ua bl Vt}. A clause was added to the com- mittee report instru-cting the chair- man to consult counsel outside the county, and the discussion closed. Coun. Knight asked that Barrie s request be disposed of` one way or the other in January. `Thn IVIIIAA `Luv Lnnuncu aulcuulllclllu V -Councillor Denney, chairman of the nance committee, said there was nothing in the minutes in- structing him to secure legal ad- vice, and he refused` to do so on his own` initiative. V A lI11\II-a- ...-.. -_I.I'-_1 L. LI, , 7 we uc uau, out: lltlalael.` saw. -Counclllor -Stevens (Goldwater) declared himself in favor of the amendment. .r1-.-__:n-__ -n,___. ,_ ,1 V - - PEOPLE S VERDICT ACCEPTED Thanks to the good sense of level,-headed electors, and principally of the condidates them- selves, a somewhat ugly situation, created by the contest for Water and Light Commissioner last `Monday, has been overcome. Without ad- mitting that he was wrong in principle, but pos- sihly in practice, Chairman J. H. Bennett has met the wishes of the people by reinstating Supt. John Hare after an absence from duty of only a few days. As an elected representative of the people, Mr. Bennett thus did the fair and honorable thing. He did not forget that he was a public servant. To Mr. Sinclair, too, credit is due. He says his victory is not a personal one and that he wants no credit. John Hare s long and faithful service to the town has been recog- nized and that was the only issue at stake. It must be kept in mind that Mr. Bennett, too, has given freely of-his time and ability over a long period, entirely without monetary reward. He is known as a man of strong convictions and rigid adherence to his principles. He was con- vinced that the appointment of a new superin- tendent was in the best interests of Barrie s pub- lic utilities. The electorate told him emphatical- ly that he was wrong. Time alone will finally decide the issue. Councillor `Knight (Barrie)-I think you are all agreed. that Bar- rie- in 19'26 and 1927 paid coun- ty taxes on a greater assessment than it "should have. We made ap- plication in June and it was laid over till November. Now you pro. pose to again shelve it. We in Barrie went into business this year assuming `we would get this re- fund. We didn't raise the tax rate thinking we would; get it. If we do not we will be $5,000 in arrears. You men can readily see our posi- tion. I ask you, is it fair to again shelve this? I submit it is not. The nancial committee has had ample time to secure legal advice. Danna lf'9unauyn1.vn ..-.:A, `L. gulp... uuuc nu ac\;u1.'c legal auvuze. . Reeve 'Creswicke said be under- stood -the committee was to secure legal advice before the `November session and- `was backed` up, by Councillor` Ford (Vespra)-I re- member `W311 legal opinion was to be had, the latter said. unnI1v\n:11nu .55 nnnn __ I.f`_1J:_L._\ sxvc LJGLILU G auuauauuzu VUlaC- Councillor 'Templeman (Matche- I :d;ash)--The committee discussed this an hour and a half and decid- ed to leave it over to secure legal advice. Why should we override the committee? fI...-....:1I_-- `r7_.:.:LL 1'n-A.,,9,\ cur V- W... ._ r.......--. ..--y .-.:-.`..--. We are not passing the buck, replied Councillor Cunningham (Alliston). I am not opposed to giving lBarrie this money provid- ing it is legal to do so. If we are precipitate we might -nd We were in error -and some person might hold` this whole council respon- sible. What proof have we the gures are right? 'Barring these objections I am quite prepared to give Barrie a substantial vote. 1* .... ..:11,...IrI1..........1......... /-n`;r_l._1.- I (Continued from page 1) posed action of committee savors too much of passing the buck. ((117. --. I ` 0| BARRlE S REQUEST 1s AGAIN SHELVED4 r5auuy_u1 puyxng me 881118." The amendment was lost 3'1 to _.._Ei"J uuuo 1 u-1.) ullf I D Otton Hardware Co. No. 40 Steel Roaster, capacity as % u u I Luv llllAVVMvJ LUCIA. VVlLlLUlu ,..c.. . The Examiner believes the railroads, other things being equal, should be given the prefer- ence as much as possible. At the same time, it must be recognized that motor transport has come to stay. in recent years it has grown tre- mendously in Ontario but has yet a long way to go to equal the development reached in the United States: So large a part does it play in t industry today that manufacturers without a twelve-month highway service are said to be placed at a serious disadvantage, on short hauls, when competing with industries located on main lines of travel where motor transport is avail- able the year round. As in other towns of the province, motor transport now forms an impor- tant part in the business life of Barrie. It has brought new conditions and people will have to adapt themselves accordingly. _._.._:... n-\JdILIIIJI`u ter, capacity 14-lb roast, pair chickens. Price . . . . . .. $2.69 No. 30 -`Aluminum Seamless Roas- ` ter, capacity 16-lb. roast, pair large chickens. Price .. $2.89 No.` 20 Steel Roaster, same capa- city as a No. 20 Aluminum list- ed above. "Price . . . . .. $1.35 No. 30 Steel Roaster, capacity as 1\T,. On It ---' g No. 20 Aluminum Seamless Roas- ` -no heat wasted. E a China dish. S.IVl.P.,ROASTERS roast fowl and No BURNT MEAT. meat to perfection-tender, juicy i and rich in flavor. I6 Best lnsfancefor The Success 0f Y0lll'; Chrlstmas Dinner -aswv as vsmaznrv sjvwwvswwwvavwtw $3 gvaqgsvawaavavanwa%&va@%&wa@%&va@mva@mawa@%&w THE BARR! E EXAMIN E S.M.P. ALUMINUM covmn ROASTERS .1Vl.l'./l(UAD' lal:;K.S fowl and NO MEAT-no raw meat neat Easy to `clean as id avor. ` STOP FURTHER WASTAGE BUY AN S.M.P. ROASTER NOW _` Come In and See Our Stock. s1-`.15 OUR wmnow msm. AYS FOR SUITABLE _Cl-IRISTMAS an-"rs .___'- nanv vvvyn I Ye;s-Archer, Bell, I. Brown, Creswicke, CDrysdale, Dut- u unuvuo It may be that the County Council acted too hastily. It is well to remember that only two rural municipalities, West Gwillimbury and In- nisfil, represented by `but three of the fifty councillors, are directly affected by the depart- ment s original announcement to keep High- way No. 11 open as far as Barrie. It is also a fundamental in snow fighting that persistency -continuous effort-is most essential and the department apparently realized this by its de- cision to maintain a 24-hour service this win- ter. To permit snow to pile up for two months certainly sounds far from practical. If the peo- ple of Barrie were to be consulted the least they could say is that they do not want a repetition of the experience of the spring of 1926, when it was April 23 before the first automobile made a through trip to Toronto.~ There were no snowplows on the highway that winter. Thn pvr)yninnv laalianan Han unlluanrln ALL-.. 15 and! the report, laying the ques- tion over to January to secure le- gal advice, carried on the same di- vision. The vote: . 95 No. 10 `Pearl Granite Roas- ster, capacity 9-lb. roast. Price . $1.95 ` ' * Same size, in Scotch Grey Quality. Price, $1.39 No. 20 Pearl Granite Roaster, cap- acity 14-lb. roast, pair chick- ens. Price . . . . . . . . . .. $2.25 Same` size in Scotch Grey, Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $1.69 Same size in White. Price, $2.75 No. 30 Pearl Granite Roaster, cap- acity 16-lb. roast, pair large chickens. Price . . . . . .. $2.50 No. 40 Pearl Granite Roaster, cap- acity 20-lb. roast, two pair chickens. Price . . . . .. $2.75 ton, Gratrix, Knight, Luck, -Scott, {Drinkv Smith, `C. E. Stephens, T. rSteph-'Doran, "ens, Thompson, Tyrer.-15. HambI Nays-A11an, Asselin, Bates,.ston, I . IBrown, Buchanan, Carlton, `Nolan, D lcrawford, `Cunningham, Denney,'Webb, 2-Piece Carving Sets, white hand- les. Price . . . . . . , . $3.75 ea. Stag Handles. Price . . $4.25 set 3-Piece Carving Sets, White Xy- lonite or Stag Handles. Priced from . . . . . $5.75 to $8.75 set Round Open Pyrex Pudding Bow1s- Sizes .. 1 1% 2-quart Prices . $1.25, $1.50, $1.75 ea. Round and Oval Covered Pyrex Casseroles- Sizes .. 1 1% 2-quart Prices . $2.25, $2.65, $3.00 ea. Pyrex Custard Cups. Price 30c ea. a\J\uos4I-I Iununpvnlwlollb VVILII Luau lullllhrl J HOB `Jl Lllblllo it is readily admitted that during the past two winters the farmer has had a grievance. The department itself readily admits this and has doubtless taken steps to remedy these griev- ances. Much more difficult problems than that of maintaining winter traffic to the satisfaction of both the motorist and the farmer have been solved by engineering science in recent years. It is reasonable to expect that it, too, willbe solved, but a solution can only be reached by experience such as the past two years have af- forded. Bake and Serve in the Same Dish Pyrex Ovenware Makes This Possible. SI-l.FFlELD STAINLESS STEEL CARVERS !Drinkwater, Femton, Ford, Glover. iDoran, `Downey, Doyle. Drennan, Hamb1y, Hill, Holmes, Jebb, John- Lston, Kiernan, Lacroix, McLeod, 7\Tn191n `Q:-.nL.... 'l"-----`--~ "` -__-...-, A-4u.~\rL\lAl\, uL\.1_4I:UUy n, picher, Templeman, Tom, `3, Wray.--31. 1'hured`ey, December 0, 1923 911 J11` K` it %%&%w*%w*$$&*%&%*%- THAT SNOWPLOWING RESOLUTION It is quite apparent, even at this early date, that the resolution of the County-Council, pass- ed last week, asking the Dept; of Highways to keep its snowplows off the prvincial roads of the county during January and February, is not to be allowed to go unchallenged. Themanufac- mnnnnnnnnnmnninnxa % EmnmmmcnwmmT wt turing, mercantile and motor transport inter-. ests, bus company and an increasing army of winter motorists are just awakening to thevsitu- ation and will be heard from within the next few days. Already the executive of Barrie Board of Trade and the Automotive Association have entered protest. These have no quarrel-with the farmer. They feel that the highways can be made available for motor traffic without ser- iously interfering with the farmer s use of them If ' .. tn 9-nn.4:1u: n.-J.-.41`-Ln,-I J.LnL .-l....:.-... J1 . . _ . -_L