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LIMITED tive in church work among the young people, and fraternally is junior wat- den in Corinthian Lodge, A.F'. 8: AM. He has everything in his favor toward achieving an enviable reputation in the service of his fellow-citizens. Adjnsublo driver : out in all clooodbodiu . (`.4-o nun gun vigor Thursday, .u..;...,, 24. mt __.__..._..44A EDITORIAL NOTES Thanks for the sand, Mr. Shuter! A Chicago doctor says people never die of old age. Not in Chicago, replies the New York Evening Post. C-II-H.-III Students at a U.S.WLJllivers-ity have been en- gaged in a beard-growing contest. You slmply .can t keep college athletics down. The Owen Sound Sun-Times thinks that smaller councils might secure more satisfactory management. Why the might? II\JlI`I llld IIl\JL|l\rlt No diplomas, no college degrees, no prizes for scholarship in his early years. In later life, however, many colleges and universities have honored themselves by conferring honorary de- grees in philosophy, science and law, after he had made his own way to fame and stood in-no need of formal scholastic recognition. L,-.I Mr. Edison has obtained patents for more than 1,000 inventions, the two most epoch- making being the phonograph and the incan- descent electric lightbulb. His genius has made possible great industries which have contribut- ed immeasurably to the joy and comfort of mankind. His influence upon civilization can hardly be appreciated. `Iv .-{none-nan` {'1-\|Ii`n tn 11:C (')`I`A lfl1PQC A psychologist deeiares that single men are more truthful than married ones. But then they are not asked so many embarrassing questions. After a Montreal boss had discharged about half of his office force, an ex-soldier suggested that it was time to sound cease firing. The Bradford Witness points out that auto.- mobile markers should now read 1929; so_ should the label on y-our pa.per. If anything the label should get the preference. Towns south of Barrie have been having floods and not to be outdone, one of our open- air rinks cut loose and overflowed onto the front street, a block distant. Nothing like keep- ing apace with the times. i _ Bracebridge editors are getting ver person- al. One has called the other a grave expert. ln other words Mr. Thomas is accused of throw- ing stones at Mr. Boyer. The latter retorts that gravel is to `be preferred to muck. Now just. _v_vlrat.e are thbseefcllows talking about, anyway? ,- A A`..- A.-1` Anise `k HDXIIE `in nd The Muskoka Herald says Muskoka is always : better off when there is plenty of snow and frost. When Barrie has any of either to spare Muskoka will `be perfectly welcome to both-_ after the annual big curling bonspiel next week, The Meaford Mirror; editor and linotype op- erator of which were both confined to their beds last week, is a'ble to see a little humor in the situation. A heading says: Flu is still fly- ing around. In Barrie we -are glad to report A` the flu has flown. ~ Page` Two EDISON THE WIZARD` old.-time editors? pen fight would indeed be re- 5 freshing. Let's havesome. ngpre vof-this_ stuff; boys, but keep within bounds-. SP fat, how- ever, it is a little tame._ ` isimcoe County's new warden put 7his first` `S100 `savings into a Tay township `farm and got it back many fold. Morever, at the age of 48 he holds the highest, office in-the gift of the people of his native c~ounty._ That is something for his schoolmates who left for` the big city to make their fortunes to` ponder over. An honor has been paid iBartig.._in the selec- tion of Reeve Creswicke as chairman of the County Property Committee -.for the second year in succession. This committee will have charge of the construction of the new $40,000 Registry Office, described bythe Warden as themost important work confronting the Coun- ty Council this year. It is the school boards which spend the mon-. ey and who are held least responsible bythe ratepayers. Witness Bracebridge s plight. The general tax rate there has increased nine mills since 1925 and education is responsible for it all, and more, the school rate jumping `from 21.09 to 31.50 mills in the same period. Tilolololt :4 znrronw. COMMENT uxa >1- THE MORAL SIDE on-'11` Midland Argus doesn t believe in wasting words or beating around the bush; It starts its report on Kiwanis civic day with the opening paragraph: President Ross was in the chair and the first item was the song `We are for Midland! [Nothing like getting down to busi- ness right off the bat, especially on civic day. The Forest Free Press has just passed its fif- ty-first anniversary. This is not an unusual age for a newspaper buta very exceptional feature in connection with the Free Press is that it has been edited for forty-six years by the same man -H. J. Pettypiece. Not only in Forest but throughout the province Mr. Pettypiece has been known as a close student of public affairs and a good newspaperman. ' The newsprint situation would appear to be 1 something like this. Uncle Sam doesn t need to buy any more -Canadian paper. He now has a sufficient num'ber of his own mills on Canadian soil, and sufficient tracts of Canadian pulpwood forests tied up indefinitely, -to himself make all the paper he requires from Canada, and that is about 50 per cent. of his total consumption. When he wants more he will probably get it, despite the fact that On'tario s Lands and For- ests Dept. is already suffering from a severe attack of indigestion. For the second time within a few weeks com- plaint has been heard from the judiciary of the county that police officers are too prone to ;1c- _ cept the responsibility of laying a charge` in- stead of putting the onus, and the cost of the hearing if it fails, on the complainant. If those auto owners who rush to a police officer fol- lowing a crash with a story thatthey are all right and the other fellow all wrong-had to pay some of the bills which the county is now paying, the courts would not be so busy. There is a proper channel through which these dis- putes can be settled, and it is not police court. In this issue of The Examiner appear sever- al letters from subscribers which will no doubt be read with interest. Among subscribers to some newspapers the habit of writingletters on public questions has been greatly developed. The St. Marys Journal-Argus is one of the most fortunate weeklies in this respect while The Voice of the People in the Toronto Globe has become one of the most read features of that splendid metropolitan daily. Most people have opinions on public questions and letters to the" editor afford them the opportunity of express- ing their views. Such letters serve to stimulate interest in public affairs. The Examiner would be glad to have some every week, so that this may be made a regular feature. The Newmarket Era complains that York County Council is composed of too many mem- , bers, is `unwieldy and too expensive. ``If every 1 reeve had voting power according to the pre-- 1 sent representation, protection would be given 1 to the most thickly populated corporations, the work would be just as effective, concluded in a shorter timeand two-thirds of the cost saved to the ratepayers, comments The Era, calling upon the,Legislature to do something to remedy the situation. It is an open secret that coiiintv councils are not in the best graces of the pub- lie and held more or less in contempt `by many. This is sufficient proof that there is something wrong some place. Why should it take more men to c-onduct the affairs of the County of York, or the County of Simcoe forthat matter, than it does those of the State of Michigan? `A UNIQUE WORK Whitby Gazette-The schoolhouses on wheels, as the travelling school cars used in Northern Ontario are call- ed, are performing such a useful and necessary service in that sparsely_ settled district of the Province, that it has been decided to increase their number and thus extend the work. Premier Ferguson has announced that his Gov-I ~ ` ernment has signed contracts for two additional cars to be used in this service in the outlying districts. This will % double the scope of work, already being performed in p Ontario: These schoolhouses on wheels, completely equip- ped in every way, with resident teacher, move from one point to another, taking education to those who would otherwise not be ableto acquire it. Pupils range in age from 5 to 20. and in addition night classes are held for adults. Upon its departure after five or six days, enough homework is left with the pupils to occupy them until the car comes round again. The decision to steadilygincrease this service is the best testimony to the_need itis filling. The work performed by these travelling cars is steadily being expanded, and facilities will be extended to include ` picture lanterns operated by battery power. Another val- r uable phase of the work performed is the circulation of books throughout `the scattered `settlements of Northern Ontario. The cars started out with libraries of 800 books but requisitions came in for so many not on the lists that they have since been considerably. augmented. the works of standard authors, the classics, commercial law books, etechnicalrvolurnes and works dealing with electricity be-- lng" in great. deinand. Altogether. these travelling schools 5"-'nnwOn"iinn' n unlnun land Ilhfll` Enfk; Ill` u; QIUDII-uwulnuuc ruvvguvuvn, vc rform a. unlqueaand useful work. o1>n~u6Ns E omznsx If it can be shown to members of 1929 Coun- ty Council that there is a considerable sum of money in the county treasury which, from a moral standpoint, belongs to the Town of Bar- rie, we have faith that these members will dir- ect that it be refunded if it is legal to do so. A precedent has already been established in the case of Orillia and also with respect to Barrie s county rate of 1928 when the situation was identical to the years 1926 and 1927. Only a technical legal point distinguishes them. There is an important principle involved. I HOSE dairyrnen and farmers in and around Barrie who are opposing` the proposed tuberculin test of dairy cows will be `interested to learn that .the mat test of herds in Prince Ed- A ward County, made in .1927, has in less than a year added over a half million dollars to the value of stock in that county. This fact has just been re- vealed by a re-test now in progress. out of 4,125 head tested up to time of writing there had been only 14 react- l\I|I! an Inna I-Inns` Alan Gk!-A 5;` Ann osnn unuvpcna vcnvnu noun: I-lavas IJLIIJ I L : Lucvvv ors, or less than one-third of one per cent. This is considered a wonderful record by Dr. 0. J. Reid, of the Health of Animals Branch, who is in charge of the work. But getting back to com- parative values of stock before and after the test. Before $80 was a high price for a grade cow; now buyers are paying $100 and $125. Before the test less than half a dozen carloads of cat- tle were shipped yearly to United Stat- es. During the past twelve months ov- er 150 carloads have been shipped. Another important factor is that dur- ing the re-test a census is being taken of the number of pure-bred and grade cattle in the county. at sk ab VEN a hangman gets out of pat- ience sometimes when things do not run smoothly. There have been so many scheduled executions of late in a state of off again, on again, Finne- gan, that Arthur `Ellis, who recently performed an official duty in Barrie, is becoming fed up. He gets mad when he has everything ready and a reprieve or postponement comes through at the last moment. Just to think, all that work for nothing! Ellis has been jumping around and says if this sort of thing keeps up he will need an air- plane to fulll his engagements. He told several friends how upset he was after making his preparations for Burowski at Parry Sound and Murrell at London: I had everything pre- pared and ready for the hanging to take place, and then just at ve min- utes of midnight we got the message from Toronto that he had been grant- ed a reprieve." ak ale :1: SHAWA, the motor city, has been described as a city on wheels. ` There are so many vehicles of one kind or another that a goodly number of the found, conscated or stolen variety nd their way into police hands during the course of a year, in- cluding bicycles and tricycles. Many are never claimed, so it behooves the police to hold an annual auction sale. It is expected a goodly sum will nd its way into the municipal coffers. In an advertisement citizens are given nal warning that if they have lost anything they would do well to take `a nal glance at the curios at the police station. 5!: ale 5!: U were installed in Oshawa during 1928, bringing the total up to 6,218, or one for about every fourth person. That's what you might call stepping along pretty fast. es : HERE are few of us in middle life but who will witness with a pang of regret" the gradual passing of the old- time liveryman from the towns of On- tario. He was a distinctive character and intimately acquainted with the joys and sorrows of the rising genera- tion of his community a few years back. Such a man, it appears, was Sandy Robinson, who passed away at Almonte the other day. His death, says The Gazette. reminds us of the great changes which have taken place in our own generation. Sandy Robin- son was a liveryman of the traditional school. He loved horses with a great love. as liverymen should. He resent- ed the change that made him gradual- ly dispose of his splendid stable and burn gasoline instead. But it had to be and he bowed to the inevitable. These were great days when Sandy Robinson travelled the gravel roads with his spanking teams and an oc- casional four-in-hand. He had a great reputation as a whip. What pleasure he brought to young folk when he drew big sleigh loads of them into the country to a friendly farm house for an hour's fun. The romance of the sleigh ride is one of the pleasantest memories the older people of today have and Sandy Robinson, to Almonte folk, is inextricably associated with them. Thus the changes come. The liveryman and the skipper who steer- ed his ship with the white wings are brothers in distress. Both of them held their own for many ages. But they are almost all gone. sbslsels DIRE calamity threatened. the pap- er-making town of Espanola, in Northern Ontario the other morning. Old Man Jinx, not content with throwing the entire town out of em- ploy_ment when the mill was shut down. proceeded to start a conagra- tion on the main business street. In- cluded in the path of the re end was the government liquor store._ Five hundred dollars of the. wet goods were burned" and a $4,000 stock laid bare to public gaze. Just in case the blaze should again are up several guards were left in charge of the premises until the stock was again , safely housed under lock and key. If your gage; foirwliutcherii overcharges you and the mistake is detected he is always pre- pared to promptly make things right. The `bank teller who says We don't make mistakes is a relic of another day. But it would seem that- where legal technicalities are involved the prin- ciple is different, as witness the adverse ruling against Barrie in its application to County Council for a refund of some $10,000 over- paid taxes for the years 1926 and 1927 when. through an error, equalized assessment returns included exempted property to the extent of some $700,000. a t V IL L..- I . _ . . _ . _ . . . ...._!_..,.I 13..-; LI...L 2L 2.. vBIG_ BAY POINT GOLFERS REPORT SUCCESSFUL YEAR The Big Bay Point Golf Club held its annual meeting on Saturday. The course was put in exceptionally_ good condition during the year 1928, and a vote of thanks was given to Mr. Mair, the vicegpresident and chairman of the greens committee for his attention and supervision of the work. A. H. Baillie, the secretary-treasurer, presented a remarkably good financial statement. The following directors. were elected Clue Inll: A If Enlllhn A I nuu-nun THE BARBIE EXAMINER Luv Avuvnnlg \LI-I-lavvvlw 1165!; IFICVIIUU for 1929: -A. H. Baillie, A. J. Savage, F. H. Gooch, E. A. Legge, W. E. Pep - pall, Rosssheppard and H. A. Locke. The Board then elected F. H. Gboch, president .1. E. Moir, vice-pijesldent; A I'.`l' `En la annual-nIIn_I>u-nnnnnnan and `II J50 I-JILIJCWQ $i\IITI"'UIw$`I, T. H. Gooch; captain or 1929?} 5 `IV UTLICH '7 pay for nearly.eve;;bErw1`1`1`tJi1;`-dis: trlctreads The Barrie Examiner. The Wekly Mirror Reflecting High lihb in- the __News _from Onhlio '1`he c1asaitied way se1dom- fails to an Q4-nu qinnriu Anni-uluuln `In `Inn Ala- au 9 wt u u u \ ; u. It has long been a recognized fact that it is illegal to refund taxes after the usual time lime it-for appeal has passed. But there is a moral side to the question of which County Council might well take `cognizance. Ostensibly Barrie could not appeal its equalized assessment for 1926 and 1927 when the error was not detect- ed until 1928, the overpayment for which year has already been paid by County Council. Or- dinary mortals will reason that what applies to one year should apply to all three. nI\..f\ t\_, .- )VER eight new telephones _.-..- .I_._L_I1_.1 .I__ rs_I_-_._ .1-.._.I.... r IVGVVC II VIII Tllj own Newspapen NEW FACES IN TOWN COUNCIL (Continued from page 1) l was in 1916. The spring of 1918 saw him in France and from then on he was in all engagements of the 1st Ma- chine Gun Battalion, which saw ser- vice around Arras and Amiens and in the final big push before the Armis- tice. He was with the Army of Oc- cupation in Germany until the spring of 1919, when he was demobilized. The Longman family was particularly well represented in France and have a splendid record in the" service of their country. Jack, the eldest brother, was killed in action on the Somme. He was a machine gun officer with the 87th. Grant and Gordon enlisted together. `H- In (\v|11f no!-1-nvn'I I-Han fhaf A114 bU5C uucx . It is only natural then that Ald. Gordon Longman is interested in mil- itia and cadet training. He is at pre- sent a signalling lieutenant in the Simcoe Foresters. He realizes that this training is meeting with opposition in some quarters and that there are those who would abolish it. Aid. Lone`- man has decidedly opposite views. He says military training is essential to any young man's education. It is not designed to make soldiers of them for the purposes of war, but rather to de- velop them physically and in discip- line--the latter a very necessary es- sential in any man's make-up. Mi!- itary training does not mean subor- dination, he argues, it promotes self-control." n-11.- ..-... I11-.....1 rn...- ..1.1.........-... -1.-A UlJ. ' UUII ULUI. o The new Ward Two alderman also has some progressive ideas of his own municipally. He is interested in ad- ditional street paving for Barrie. He would pave Charlotte, Collier and Ross Streets, forthwith, build a new drive across the south side of Queen's Park and provide an alternate route for Elizabeth and Dunlop sts., reliev-' ing congestion in heavy traffic months. The proposed road would take the motorist out on High St.` and across Elizabeth onto Bradford. It would also provide a much shorter east and west thoroughfare for townspeople. As for Ward Two, improvements which will eventually have to be taken care of, in his opinion, include the re- building on Worsley St. from Mul- nnnfnr fn `Pmrntz `I -In wni Alan im- Duuuul U11 VVUIEICX DD. IIUHI lull!` O caster `to Poyntz. He w uld also im- prove the latter street, leading to the County buildings and used extensively, particularly by visitors to town. He would carry the improvement right to`Dunlop St. and include the removal of ditches. `T LIA ?-.......-.. .'.-.l.1 _-_I. --...__l`l- - Aid. Longman paid past councils a compliment for their action in ruling in ditches and building culverts on Sophia Street and thinks the work should be continuedtrom clapperton to Peel and the dangerous corner at the foot of Peel St. 11111 remedied. He does not maintain that all this should be done in one year, but intends to bring it up from time to time in coun- all .?nsx`.u'i.3i1e."}ive"}*`m`5E'as`-?Tar`?`. Longmsn. now school Inspector for South slmcoe, was then a teacher in B.C.I. The `family lived 1n'cl1`esley - for~ve years and returned to Bar- rie. Gordon received his education in Thomas A. Edison, the wizard of Menlo Park, will shortly celebrate his 82nd birthday, yet he appears to be in full possession of the wonderful mental powers which have -been the marvel of his contemporaries. It is worthy of note that in his biography in Who s Who his educational career is confined to the simple statement that he received some instruction from his mother. 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