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i Cannel coal in large quantities in lOntario s northla_nd, about half way between the Height of Land and James Bay, is believed` to exist by. e`.'el`ai Toronto Business men who . "ave been discussing the `formation of a company` for the explorations of these elds, says the Telegram. The deposits reported from the Mat- agami River, to the Ontario Govern- ment and the Temiskaming and Northe'rn Ontario Railway Commis- these business and nancial men have | been receiving for the last three years _-_ __A 51011, have conrmed the reports` O1` Samples of good cannel coal have reached Toronto from areas on the Missinaki River at a stretch where " A - -`--A-L -sac-nn` Missinaki River at a 5u'cu.u m....... it ows almost parallel with the Matagami River and not a great dis-/ ' tance from the conuence of. these twogreat streams, which empty into James Bay at Moose Factory. Pros- pecting on the Missinaki began seven years ago, the exploration parties go- ing in from Missinaki station on the C.P.R; The hardships of this route have been overcome by only the most intrepid and determined spirits. By the construction of the T. and N. 0. ~ . Railway to Cochrane. and the con- struction of the N. T. R. east and west on the other side of the H'eight of Land, this mineral area has been made moreaccessible. It is by these railways and the Matagami River that Professor Baker, of Queen s, a member of the geological survey, and his party have gone in and by which they will return this autumn. Profes- sor Baker s report is awaited with the greatest interest. for no discov- : my since that of Cobalt would be 1 more important. Coal is the one tl*ng that Ontario has always lacked. - May Mean T. & N. 0. Extension. . S It is the aim of Mr. J. L. Eng1e- - hart. chairman of the T. & N. O. L Commission,_ to secure for the Prov- " irce all the information possible in L regard to these reported discoveries. 5" If they are commerciallv worth 3' while, it no doubt means the exten- TY sinn of the T. & N. O. Railwav for | two hundred miles north "of Coch- the T9118. give a fortune. Hunger satised at last. brave and fair slowly drift, out of the mass in sectxons ever growing | smaller. 117'41, , __` ~ *l\A- nknnvo nvvarllin STITHIICI. W'1th a pale moon above, avenues of maples just bursting into new life, the waiting buggy and the tempting A~A J----~-_ ..-`-AL o~1I\u!c| `:ff;!1('Y l'|I"\I'\!\f'- Int` waluug Uuggy auu. Lu u....,......,, roadway, what more ttmg oppor- tunity for telling again the story. old e before Thorah was, and yet ever new. Brownlee, the Auctioneer, Barrie, handles credit sales of farm stock and implements promptly and satis- factorily for $5.00 and upwards. Dates can be arranged for at THE ADVANCE OFFICE. A very pretty` wedding was solemn- ived on Wednesday, June 1st, when Ida -Anna, youngest daughter of Mr. John Neil, was joined in holy wed- lock to Mr. David Wesley Little, both ot Barrie. V Exactly at 2.30 p.m. the bride ent- ered the spacious parlor, leaning on her father s arm, while the strains of ,,__.:.1:_.. .......-..I. 1-Iva:-n hnincr nlav- `her father while the strains or the wedding march were being play- ed by MISS Mary Cavena. The bride iand groom were unattended, and few. besides the intimate friends were present to witness the ceremony, which was erformed by the Rev. Canon Murp y. ` IA-` _ _ . . l|nn` ; \.rauvu or-u.r--_, . `The many and varied presents which the bride received attested the respect in which she is held by her friends and wellwishers, the groom s gift being a silver service. i The bride wore a beautiful costume` of white silk, trimmed with insertion and ribbon, and her travelling suit was of gray cloth with hat to match. 'Mr. and Mrs. Little left on the evening train for Toronto. From` there they go to Detroit_and C_hi- cago, their objective point being Minneapolis where they will spend a a couple of weeks with Mr. Little s sis-V . ter, Mrs. (Rev.) F. Harron. Uoon .their return they wilb reside on Bur- L-.- A--.`.un ~L1l\-ll lwuu: nu tor. `Avenue. T "jrwr _ Kodak_snapshots of babies an('d children. are always interesting, \co'u1 should call. and `see our stock of. Kddak$.-hnd Brogvnie Camerag. Prices ` -A A - Q... A... f"4sIa`nrr1I:~ vary from ` free. oa_1 on Missixiaki. The Court of Revision `of 7th? T:;wn.~}1ip of Oro for {he Year 1910'" `V at if) (.1 1 At?:l_e JUNE WEDDING. WV: .ChQSLAND 15-...-.- V7 87!! \uIrs\r-ug--._. ._ Kodak Agent for Barrie. rd Bx-0\\v.nie Cameras. Prices. $1.00 to $20.00; C_Zata1ogucj{ ` '7 I 0-` V511: held at I116 1UWI1 Iran, uav, .._- 11 o'clock 21,111,, on May 25t . All," the members werepresent except the keen`, and took the oath required by statute. . V The Clerk certied to -the Court 1 that all the notices and adverti_se- , mt,-nt-5 required by the Act had been Lmtnded to in proper time. - .`\ppca15 were heard and decisions given as follows : Thomas` Horn, W. `/. 1.2, Con. 11, overcharge, assessment su.aj.;tincd; Jacob Slack, owner, C. pt. 1. Lou. 7 and `S. W. M; 2, Con . 7, as- sessment on C. pt. 1, Con. 7, reduc $250; John Gilchrist, owner, E. _%"I9.- (ma. 7, overcharge, assessment sus- tailml; Alex. Fletcher, owner `/2 18,. Con. 8, and N. E. IA `.18, Con. 7, oyerchzirge, assessment sustained; `/9 :0, CH1]. 8, was taken from assess-. 1mm of W. C. Bell and vas_se ss,ed to. `-`Vm. Graham as tenant, no change. I11 , \:a1tttttic-1t; N. W. C01 . I3,-`COn.',4,` V4 acre, assessed to Michael ;x:~c. -reduced $100 and 101111 <,;m_\- struck off roll; 5. W. IA 8. Con. -t lxiill S. E. pt. 8, Con. 3, assessed to 'H`.~mas Addison as" owner", Janet l`hn1os0n s name struckro -rQ1.1.~!3D c`z~.::ng(- in valuation. Court adi0Ufn5d to r.r::<:t to-morrow at`4 p;m. _ , {`ur;<.:.mt to adjournment the 59?` D91 sitting of the Court of ,Revis1o_n' r_.:et. All the megnbers, p'r`eSts 1 9.` R(:c\'e in the chair, and "took thesqa-_ `-3 `- - '--- ,, ..L..L...J-a , CW 5;}; Some way or` other . public control. now turns out that Minister am has been awarding these- Leges secretly and without any- 01 the nature of a tender.. The are believed to be passing to Syof politicians who are to hold__ p H....\,.1., ;m- as Ions: a oenod` .\-.\,\\_ nu Lu uuu--, - rcquircd by statute. 11 11' .I , J, _.A_ 1495}; "f1eiie}angton.: a` M F. list as on lot pt. 1: 2 I. and Ernest Atkinson: lot 5, Con. 1. /- _`.`u_ __ I. I<.'uu1rcu Dy btatuw. V . i. L; . Henry Hetheringtonyf 355555951 .0. 1 3436 3. ;>C.n'-. A Atkinson, 35 5W.`1`?`7"*'i lot 1. . ._ ' V 1- There being no other buS!?*93:.r3 -`:3. fore the Court, the asessm" ?`.- of the Township of Q!`0,r 8.5 _11`'?`*,'-`;1`.-1`'V3"'~. vised and amended, was ad0P.t7.esd-. the Court of Revision losed. = up uni-rv1'\f`I'I'\`I'1'u .a.-j A >r`~s.;;n;L George Culham and Sunniciale, accompanied - A friends, were `driving jtOiw. Stayner on Sunday--eVfe!11,18... their horses were bgt ` htning and d1`.9DD.e,d.`in Culham was falflittle "n A P-rooks zmd,his hots `diz pf` STRUCK BY -I:L-mpire s ' Ottawa WSIUH Lluauu. TUDHOPE, =Clerk.. Wm, B1,'OOk5'y:' I.-- `Ina-hr V" "e`' 2?`: $3. - 2.7.`-51`? A Orillia Citizens 9 `yin. `. ' --_, ----- vu vv mun`-at oJ,u-Ill}; u`l`tllqV `$VU amateur attfactipnt ha5';9ve: 1-`..i':ive`d" a more attentive or.,{-";'9"1`ie`tlt,_l,1u`sias`-.1 tic reception;_,_t;11g=,;1,. w;3sg`accordd the. players frotgwifhe cojunty "town on Thursday night, and the citizex.s" gen- e-r,al1y "and," he `_Ori~!lia -Genera! Hos-. jam! in lpaft ,Il_1 ar.. _are .indeb`tejd to gthem .foi'}'th`e.Ikindness r_nanife"sted in >5-c0rriin_g'.`tfo Orillia. _ - . rnl, . ' I - A ' Messgs. Gilb'ei't_.z"`- T ..%Pera 1n`_ woj.sact!s; `Eh: `Pirats. of enzance /W% pa.e -`;.-`at th 510 A House . m,1- Thah-:da )x: ..'.m..`.:.4f 1'..?~e.f3' van -.s.. '- co_m1c' Not ln;i;I3t B j ? Tehders be Mines an \.uauu\.\n, / PlCIl.,`;.``jlt In House <;m* T11*31,31:ei$t.'.;`?.Si1i1igffby" an ..ejxceptiona-gly _'; ._ "-c6tn"pAany from Barrie, sgysfthe kl n1]iaT l`imes, and the _un2_1_i}a_,I_'r\11<.)v.1's_jV 5.,o{\ `the; large audnenc Was. mogt` cottgpljghejnt-` ary indeed to t,he"Barr1e art1stsjV..f>_No_ Arno!-nun ad-Ircinnd-in... I-...'. '-----__ ', at All _the _tion in itself deserving of morethan - ing numbers furnished atreat which 1. vv .vo-..-_--u ' "a ""._:'1*.hpe:S.,t38ji_Il2. of-_ a comic` opera is no _ .small-`..tak,v..h,ut`to do so with success ' '7 `w,as___.;th- '.rfeiigarid=. which crowned` the_ *`e'o?jrt of th`.`Barrieites. aTh'e'3acting of the priiicipalliaracters and the absence of mostgof the usual "a`mateu_r ltwardness `on the stage were feat- l.l'1 es of the venter'tainn1ent"; which struck everyone. The. chorus and solo work was well-executed under the able leadership of -Dr. Arnall, to whom undoubtedly the success of the piece is largely due!" The` scenery ' and Acostuming was very elaborate and. the grotesque garbs of the ugly pirates were in sharp contrastto the- dainty gowns of many pretty maid- ens. - Barrie s orchestra is an institu- ordinary praise andtits many inspir- Orillians will not soon forget. `Y -.`___I 'Aftef the singinuggf vi\'I:;1'tibn.a1 Anthem, Mayor %Goffat't`b1_-iey voic- ed the thanks of the `audience, ` The Council met, pur suant to ad- journment at Angus on May 27th, with all the members present. The Reeve in the -'chair., A 7 avwwvy sq; u-- ~The Clerk was `instructed to 'e`om-- municite with Mr. Ixigham Sharp and :inform him that "if he does not give permission to take gravel o his lot at a fair value, and as township has got liberty `from the tenant, it will appoint an arbitratot` to take it in `the legal way. ' - ' '- 1 '- '_-..L.'__,_A_-.` L- ...-.L:I-. V5051 UV ID ! The -Clerk `was instfucted to notify 4 James Moore, Reeve of Tossorontio, that the Council of Esas has received` notice that there is a large. quantity --~--_I 3.. RI...` 1):-on a:4-11090!` `LIE $13 25; Geo. Wreggett, putting ... .....-.. on 7:11 mic, $16.50; Alired Thomp- ` son, work on 8th lme, $3725; W. A. '1.`h9mpson,.-cedar and work on -8th lme,`$3.25; W. J. Bell, removing drift- wood and lling washout, $1.50; 0 S. Rowe, drawing gravel and rep. cul- vert, $5.50; Martin Baker, `digging ditch and putting in culvert on 7th ltne, $5.00; Frank{Heydon, rep. hill ; and dry. gully on 5th line, $2.00; Jas. I Lownds; taking sand o bridge `and rep, culvert, $3.00; Geo._ Hussey, _re- moving driftwood from No. 5 side line _b1-idge, _ $3.00; Andrew ` Turnbu11,. repairs on I5..side road, $2.oo;,R. J .Wallace, advertising for stone for bridsze on 10 side line, soc. . . _The Council adjournedto meet at --- A on} U1 IKIKV v.- - The Council adjour: Thornton, June 27th, ' f`t\V\X penis against 4t_heiJyear s assessment. The ap ealsiwere; Wm. Phillips, . Angus, rs- .` `Burton, Ivy, . Alex. Stew- art, Thornton, Harry Lwdley, Cooks- town,`.al'l claiming that their business assessment wastoo high. After due consideration their assessment vyas reducedtasollows: Win. Philhps, from /$sI0lZlO-.-4.JO.:..$7Q03e:;....Mr,,1'.',.5..- Burton. from $700 to. $600; Alex. `Stewart, from $1825-t` .$I53_S3 Harry Leadley, from $380otoj$32o_o. ` _ s _ - T,/.;.... 4.. Court adjquijnegl` to .At A deptlix .ofV\22s[ feet in grave: 1 ' - ' drillers on M}-. i ESSA COUNCIL. in:AvY V C 16'] Lu, coxw0R'1`H, Clerk. WATER m.ow%. The Mail and Empir s;`.Ottawa correspondent says. . . 2 * . Report? . . . . the past Iew days mtlmatmg thatth }. G . =1t, ammated by a pate1'_tgVa.`[;V,g` We st in Central Ontario, has...'b` h : . {ting water rightsealong the The .10 e . 4 Rana} to perso_ns who propose-. et_.9 V- generate electrxcal )0v_ver._. The -an-):.i` . give the na.- me:;,' cipients of these concession`s}'_ n hey reveal the` terms. _;It is` Said, however, as a commendatxon 0 V the act of the_ Government, that th mes wi1_1 be m Lsofne way or have been issued `duringhg gof. inside `casings . Ithe ut` off _a;fid .;on ..W'-edges,-, t_h'"ey were : down ?ab'o ut: ._ . , .1, _ x.-._.'\unI e Court" adjourned ange -H'al1.~Ivy', May ot session of the Court the same place on oth,/at 10 o'clock. ' , _ ...-n-ry ..`A_", I `Cm. BARRIFJS GRAND om MAN HAS NEARLY REACHED FOUR-SCORE-AND-TEN MARK! 1 ings. The subiect of this article Twas : born on the 10th of June, 1821, in the Township of Wliitchureh, York County. His father with two broth- crs settled near Little York, now part of Toronto, The neighborhood was then a dense forest, and Patterson senior was employed by the Govern- ment to survey. the adjoining `sec-t tic-ns. -For months at a time no white V people would be seen by the survey} -ing party. Farms were eventually located by the three brothers on the eighth and ninth conce sions , of Whitchurch. The Village of Stout?- ville has_since sprung into existence` within two miles of the original hold-` . . -' ` ` ` `Fl ---...--.. Ll\I\`, on `Bradford Pa'tterson s Career Goes Back to Pioneer Times When Oxi Teams -W ere Used In Place of Horses and Bread and Pota- ` ` d toes Constituted `the Settle:-s&Ration--Early - - i V `A Stn 1ggles-'-/Over` 60 years Prac- " tice of Medicine. A DR. BRADFORD `PATTERSON, WHO TO-MORROW ENTERS UPON ms 9_oth YEAR. j--____ _ 1 _AY!=wR*5_:|AIR visor: Ubbaanvuu. -..--.._ _ advpntages were , smce not only (1 to obtain, but had _ not reached 4-- -.:\n-vccn _~ *AER S_l1AlR vgcon and read a biographical sketch of one of the first students of the Seminary, who,_as a young man, arrived from ` Canada before the completion of the rst building, and who was present in the first class that ever assembled. It was an interesting paper, but the interest culminated when the Presi- dent introduced the venerable gentle- `man, who had. been seated at his `right during-the exercises, as Sar- key s most venerable student, Dr.`-B. Patterson, of Barrie, Ontarid. .Dr.` Patterson responded in a humorous, ` changing into as serious vein. It was 41. - -2 ..`.A. AC` 6-`azc \.L.la.u5Au6 II.|L\.v ;.,...~..-..... a touching moment, the sight ofthis . veteran student, counting himself still ' one with the young men on the point ' of graduation. The welcome tender- ` `ed the "Doctor was sincere, and it is hoped that he will nd it possible to i visit us again and again. A 1 Dr. Bradford Patterson had a long and honorable career in his profes- sion. His medical practice was con- ` ducted in the tollowing places : Co- .` bourg, one year; Colborne, ve years; Wllowmanville, twenty years; Whitby. ` four years; Collingwood, four years; Markham, .four years: and Barrie, _..-- ` 'I'\___ LV: 0]. nllunu, Lvun .1 ya...` ---- ___._-_ , twenty-one years, up to 1903. Dur ing the. American Civil War the Doc- 1 tor spent some months as surgeon to the `Bloody 9th, of Indiana. . This was during the winter of` 1862-3. For over sixty years he practised his pro- fession, until the inrmities of age compelled his retirement. -nun q -n- _,A--_.___II- `l'\.. 'D..a.L..- Hkllllllvnawu unnu uvuuu v---v---. While in Bowmanville Dr. Patter- ,sor. devoted considerable attention to municipal affairs, and for ten years occupied a seat at the Council Board. Prior to removing to Barrie he was 1 a Coroner'for the County of York. In Masonry, the Doctor was prom- inent in his earlier years. He was initiated in Jerusalem Lodge_.No.~ 31, AIF. & A.M., at Bowmanville in 1848, and.was subsequently Master of the lodgefor ve f years, and has been a member of the Grand Lodge of Can- ada. He received the` Royal Arch Chapter degrees in St. John s Chap- ter No. 3, Toronto,, about I868, and `was Ex-Z of the Chapter, very shortly afterwards. He used to attend both the Grand Lodge and the Grand Chapter meetings. ' ` V ' .. . ,, "I"b..'L4......-5.; :1! e'\nnA:nrr 17111;- Xdl under Lflaptcr luCCuu5a. ` . Dr. Patterson is spending the twi-` light of his days quietly at his homel on Dunlop St., in comparative health` and strength. The partner of his l 5.1.... _...I 5..-...-nun =4-H1 can-vsvncv and and strength. Lllt: pauuu u; Inna joys and sorrowsf still survives, and both are deeply grateful for the num- erous blessings which they have en- joyed at the hands of Providence. The Doctor s.' memory is as, keen as ever, and he can recite a -`legion of- interesting facts connected with the pioneeritimes. ' To-moi-row he enters- upon` his ninetieth-* year, and there arenone but willfwish Bari-ie s Grand Old Man many -happy returns of the J--. KIILI \ day. not ~ --Necessity 01; More stringent ' ' _` `Regulations. ` without a "doi 1bt, and that` the" situa- tion `is a- `serious ;one, was the . state- ment made .bv Dr. J. A. Amyot, di- rector of the`-laboratory of the Prov- -in,cia1:.Board of` Hea~1th, in an ad- - hat ; `there is? 'Ontario` . V :.dress on Rabies delivered before the 'sect1on_of pathology_ of the Can- .ad1an.Med1cal Association in -Tor- onto. - ."At present, he said, it is con- ned .;to the western part of the Pro- vince. ` The district extends from Hamilton to Essex , Centre, right through London, and the whole sec- tion between. It is to be found from `London `to Goderich, and there is some of it at" Owen `Sound. There has been one human death as the re- sult of rabies, that of the boy who died at Dund_as. I performed the post-morterri `examination in this case, and there is `not the slightest doubt that the boy died of hydropho- b`ia.- There were ve deaths in Can- V ada previous to this outbreak. I _,_.2;.__ -1 -\(:`\1aP:I"ll'I' ('1nP]V` tn. - T3165 .-,1m_ aua prcvluua LU Luau .. ...... ,- `The necessity of adhering. closely` to the regulation of not allowing dogs to be transported from one part of Ontario to another, and taken out of the Province, especially into sum- mer holiday districts like Muskoka, arises from the danger of infecting wild animals like foxes and wolves, which, in their natural habits, are timid and" fearful of man. If they become infected with rabies, they be-` come bold and run into settlements. In that way there would be a con- stant source` of supply for perhaps "years to come`. ` ` "I"I, _ -----*'-----n- :o-\ l~n1n1-arih (`If Where years IU CUu1\.. ` The instance in Colorado of where rabxes got among the skunks 1s a very enhghtemng one, because these "usually timid animals invaded houses` and towns and bit people. ..L .:...1.4. ..-..-m+l:l symptoms at the time they left here, but developed it later. - - Since the fourth of March one hun-. dredr and thirty-seven animal brains have been examined in the laboratory of the Board of Health. Of these _some sixt/y-ve or seventy have prov- en positive cases of rabies. The es- pecial value, of this has been that in- dividuals bitten by these animals were able with certainty of its neces- sity to take the prescribed treatment. Sixt -one cases have so far been civ- 3 . . .n.- DneLn11r uzmmnnhnn treatment. suy to lane LUV. |Jl\.o\-A . . . . . _ . _ _ ,, Suzty-one been 9'lV- en `the Pasteur vaccination treatment. ~T1~.is is'not the treatment for the de- veloped disease, but preventive vac- cinatidn. So farno ill-effects of any kind have been noticed in any of the pauents treated. I _ 4 1N PROVINCE. How the Frames went Up-Keen Rivalry-`Rush For Supper - After Part. The ancient chief exponent of rural co-operation, the raising bee, though `fallen into disuse is not entirely a vanished fashion. If such events are 3 aliowed to pass unsung by the press, ur `I Q in fhe -W'eek1v Sun. has allowed to pass unsung u_y we ,......,I VV. L. S. in the 'W'eekly Sun, thought fit -to celebrate one in On- tario County just the other day, re- .calling memories of the days when ` tliefe were no gasoline engines, when l .. .-1__1.-.... ....A gtmstrlr liorht were there no gasuuuc c..5.....s, ..... .. the telephone and electric light were not so much as dreamed of-of a day when the declaration, In the sweat of thy brow shalt thou earn thy bread, was made good, not only in spirit, but to the very last letter. bread," was Inauc: gupu, nu. ....., --- very ` Have All Forgotten. It was an old-fashioned raising, with great pikes poles for lifting and the tumult and the shouting as men n toiled, and strained, and heaved. Yo, heave 1 , The command rings outwith the clearness of a trumpet blast, and the, first section of the framework of] `massive timbers rises slowly from thelevel of the oor. In , ,1 _-`l..... knnrl no I-`at-I It Gr}1ha111 h thing of It rights are ah 1.` 1110110 and great UCBU5 (.8 p\'.n.ayuu....v.. .. gin to form on heads bared to ray which already contain a suggestion `iof midsummer heat. 1-- ` . . an A ____ ......l n:vf|;I\ Han U1 l.uluaI_.uuun.; nu... Yo, heave! Again and again call is repeated, the mental strain on the director of the forces equalling the physical strain on" those directed, while -the growing hoarseness makes ' ~~-3-- C-4-L n1An1- at: 9 }'IP_ as while-the growmg Iloarscucaa ...am.., `a voice, rst clear as a bell, as th last section rises in place, more like the tone of a drum muffled for the b funeral march. &\Vi|vA - cu: w- All this is merely the preliminary. It is when the crowd pairs off in op- posing factions and the rush of the `rival forces to be first with plates and rafters begins -that excitement reach- _- es its culmination. Men stripped for action, with the strength of Samsons, and :the- agility bf performers on the '-trapeze, swarm here and there until the great wooden skeleton seemslike an oldotime man-of-war with tops manned. for inspect_ion._ But this is no idle show, It. is work, strenuous work, and withdeath as a dark shad- ow alwayspin the near distance. Tu- mult -`there-is, `too, but it is ordered . tumult as, with incredible swiftness V"and -a display of almost superhuman strength, great masses of timber are slowly swung in placeand as raf;ers -4.-...'.. `:..n 3.-rm nnsition almost of YE OLDE BARN RAISING. slowly swung 11 ! place arm as 14.)... seem toafall into position "themse'lv`es. Then-'-one tense mom- ent, amoment of quiet, a moment `when! breath comes in gasps.--and a .mighty shout,`-=which seems to make the 'leaves~on the "roadside maples * quiver in aright, as the victors an- nounce their. tripmph. _ ; V. Tail-Won Hunger. ,_ `.--.::1:h_'n~;,`another rush,this `time for: 't,,f;h1e?:VA_5tja.1'rV1_es where" .wives, and ' sisters`, `~ _t`li`_1:-;s ~{je_11ows_ ; 7siS'ter.s await those} ` . K oil`--,;in;.thefope_n_has~.,given for -which? others would H !.`r;-.w.-'.. `groups of P0 lltlclallb wuu as ex: Qlvau the monopoly for as long a pperio;d` {is the Government elects. That the . operation is viewed with favor bythe Liberals who are behind the scenes. is doubted. Men W110 know what is_ b(A1;nl' done are far from satised.` .The Trent water powers are creat-t etl by the construction of__the canal. , Th y promise to be exceedingly valu- ` able in the near future. When `dee w velopetl they will be a gold mine to the persons selected by the Govern- llltfllt to monopolize them- That they should be distributed Without jc public notication and w1thout_c_a1l- w int: for tenders is most surprising. R The only precedent for such a policy. ` is that which was set by the Ontario} Gpvernnient when Mr. Graharnpwas` ii in it. lhat Governnlent gave similar L, t`-;;.nchiseps_ and franchises_ in pulp- _a wood to tricnds for nothing. i ,g It is felt that the giving away of 5? I the Trent Canal water powers, with--, out tender and secretly, is `in line .- with the conduct of Mr. `Graham in l':~rli:tment with regard to other pub- lit frztncltises. It will be remember- e.-`. that this Minister was a strong supporter of the scheme to given a L7nitetl States power company the. l'l`_.."llt to (lain the St. Lawrence and. to monopolize the power business of eastern Ontztrio. It will be remem- lrtretl further that he was the cham- pion of .\Ir. Conmee s scheme tocao- t-.m- all the water powers -from Lake Superior west to Lake Winnipeg and. l)'_\`i,,Ill(l. for a company ofpfavorites. l: was only after a long ght -that l`;.rli:nncnt' managed to frustrate the s,-lit-mes Mr. Graham assisted. ' The Trent afair seems to be 'sirni- ' ho to the others, except that it is be- ll`-g pnshctl through secretly. The only thing that is said in behalf of this tr;tn. is that" the rates to be charged will be regulated. But tlirvse who have considered the "mat- tw regard this as no excuse for_ FL`CTL`C_\' or for the neglect to get tender<. The highest bidder could be lllllcctl under the rate-controlling .'t'i11llii>r:'._\' just as easily as the party who` j.:r:t.~3 the concessionby secret :i.r; private sale. ,,__g___ t