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successor to J. Arnold Insurance IOIIIIZIIBB OI IIIU IIDVVII Barrio. 5] Per Cent. Inna. FOE--_ALE Five Points To be raised by local rate...74475 Less rebate from O.W.L. &- P. on services Less receipts -. -" W 11:11 2:. Hum: nu . f ` dad's," was the reply. Now, my little man, said the barber to a youngster in the bar- ber's chair, how do you want your Patr-'That was a fojne sintiment Casey got off at the banquet last _ night. _ \Mik&-What was it T `*7 '"`"' "`+hnt. the swatest mimories :'v.,.___ vzicolli-ctions of things `r cut '2', _ ,'2vwith a. hole in the top like ,g_ _ LL .. u:\v\`IV HETI-IER he be an obscure worker or an inuential king of nance, the warmth of the welcome that awaits him at this Bank never varies. The Bank of Toronto believes in an equal measure of courtesy and ser- vice for all ranks and classes. Estimated Receipts Q v'DHURaSDAY, MARCH 19, 1925 THE? Allandale Expenditures BAN IQFTORONTO Like Dad Irish m$ 400 M 650 M 1800 m 3500 300 800 200 13 275 00 ` 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 $7925 00 m$ ml 6850 9000 7300 m 8100 W 4500 5 5400 400 .m 3000 N 3200 200 .0 5450 1L 3700 .0 2500 H 1300 LL 3000 H 2000 800 .n-.-\ 00" 00 I 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 An $82400.00l 7925 00 0RlLLlA S TAX RATE WILL BE 46 MILLS, SAME AS 1924 1250 500 350 150 100 ool 00 00 00 00 An 750 00 200 00 3000 00 4600 00 BRANCHES 2 BARRIE uv vv 350 00 l l The annual Picklemen s Convention of the Libby, McNeil] & Libby Co. ' was held in Chatham on March 3rd and 4th. Mr. W. J. Craven, repre- sentative for this district, attenrled and says that a .very enthusia.-stic meeting was held. All `subjects per- taining to the lbetterment and im- provement of growing` cucumber pickles were thoroughly (liscussed. A great deal of attention was given to the question of the importance of good _seed, good cultivation, and the advantage of using sufficient fer- tilizer. The purpose of the convention was to discuss ways and means of im- proving the yield and quality and therefore enable the grower to real- ize more money on his pickle crop. The -growing of cucumber pi-:kles is 9. most protable crop if proper at- tention is given. In the rst vplace good soil must be selected. and then \it must be properly worked, manured and fertilized. The seed should be planted from one-half to one inch . deep, depending on the soil. The patch must be frequently cultivatecl and weeds kept out. Soil for pickles ) must have nitrogen -phosphate and ) potash, and the question of de-`.-:--n1iri- - ) ing just what the land neezls is im- ) portant. Good seed is important, ) but good soil and proper cultivation ) are equally important. Air is essen- ) tial to the vine plants and it is there- ) fore, necessary to cultivate c-t least 3 once a week. The small cucunioei-s [) should -be -picked as soon as they up- [) pear, as the more often they are [) picked the more cucumbers will 0 grow. Pickles measuring one and a 0 half to three and a half inches are 0 most protable for the ._rrower. 0 With a normal pickle growing season .A- .. ....t .......;wvumnv. 4`pn- n-\-ruirnvc url-an "Au: (1 nurnlan ylunnp 5;-zunub .-\.....u.. it is not uncommon for growers who [give proper attention and care to their crop to make from $300.00 to $500.00 per acre. The growing of cucumber pickle is very (lesi1'a':)le, in as much as the company pays for the pickles delivered every week anrl thus the grower receives the money for his crop much eariler than is usuallyl the case for most crops. BLOTTING PAPER RESULT OF MISTAKE BY WORKMEN Thousands of reams of `blotting paper are in use daily, but few people know how this useful ad- junct to writing came into existence. Actually, it was the result of care- lessness on the part of a workman in a Berkshire paper mill. -~ - n 1,, _,.,L -1 1__4 At the meeting of the -Orillia! `Town Council last week the tax rate for the year was fixed at 46 mills, with 5 -per cent. discount for .rp1'ompt payment. This rate would not have been possible had not the Water, Power and Light Commission agreed `to give a rebate `on service to the amount of one mill, or $4,600. FHL. ....-_..a...-ll-l.1n nv~nnnrl1'+nrn qn-i ._., r-,V_ ,_,, One day in the early Ipart of last century the employee in question for- got to put the necessary sizing into 1 some pulp. When the latter was rolled, it had to be discarded as use- less, and the offending worker dis- missed. Some days later it was no- ticed that `the paper had absorbed a large pool of water. This led .to the carrying out of experiments, the `re- sult of which was the discovery of blotting paper. The dismissed em- ploye was afterwards reinstated and rewarded for his `carelessness.-Tit- Bits. CRAVEN ATTENDED PICKLE CONVENTION Elmvale 212 uuauu : 'wM. FINLAYSON, M. P. 9., | on o. 'r. A. sxrupmon On the invitation of the Executive of the Orillia Prohibition Union, Mr. W. Finlayson, -lVI.P.CP., discussed the situation created by -the proposal of the Government to increase the strength of beer from 2.5 to 4.4 per cent. _, -___ ... ..,. M-r. Finlayson said he would rrst clear. away the personal element in the question of saying that -he had always made a practice of voting openly on such questions, and -had al- ways voted for the Ontario Temper- ance Act. He was opposed to the liquor rtrafc, not from altruistic mo- tives, but on purely utilitarian grounds, because it caused great waste and a great deal of trouble _4- -.__._..- 1.:....1.. 1.. H... nnnnhr` waste aim at gxcuu ucan \I.L uuusuc of various kinds. In the second place he was a firm believer in the _' party system, as .the best system of ' government that had been develop- ed in or out of the -Empire. De- partures from that system had not C resulted happily, especially in On- HY? tario, and there was a general .tend- Gra ency to return to it in Great Britain, `SW in the United States and in Canada. She Adherence to the party system in- V3 volved that a man in his position Jr ; must be content to work within his G own party to get his views put =in.to effect, or if on principle he found himself no longer able to support his party, he must drop out. That was \ frequently the reason why men de- P1'i1 clined to accept re-nomination from 119d their party. There was seldom any- d8V thing` gained by bolting from one s the own party to the other side. In the at 1 present instance `there certainly was 11C nothing to gain, for temperance EVE legislation in Ontario had `parctically Th' all come from the Conservative bra party. Under Sir Oliver Mowat, 0!'(l who was able and sincere, and a -` great party leader, but careful not V311 to go beyond public opinion, the mil : liquor trade had been built up into ha] a great instrument for party advan- C01 I tage. Later on, when in the natural int course of events, the -Conservatives '6hE I had come into power under Sir the James Whitney, rapid progress was ho` i made in temperance reform. But 013} ; one of tlle stiuplations insisted upon th I by the statesman (the sixty per cent. W0 C clause had been just as bitterly op- BXI ,_ posed by the temperance leaders as t-h< _ was .the present 4.4 -per cent. beer th `I. proposal. Yet in the end that pro- Ur L vision had been recognized to be one St! n of the chief ibulwarks of local option, Sal f because -of the stability which it in- W(_ e troduced into the situation once local Sa. ._ option had been passed. Under Sir I10 W James Whitney, local option had 0! W spread over a great part of the Pro- Si-1' f villce. In Simcoe it had been .pass- T1 :1 ed in every town except Penetang- wt 1_ uishene. Then came the war, and as Sir William Hear-st, who personally was a strong temperance man, se t_ thought he saw the opportunity to 0! ~e bring about a general vprohi-bition tll :n measure. It had -been accepted by hz ;d the people, as they accepted other g: ;e sacrices called for by the war. Sir l h William had submitted the question w ;e of continuing the act to the electors, m 3,1 who at the same time that they en- Vi " dorsed it by 400,000 of a majority, t< es . ml and `turned hlm out by a smaller ma- H ,i_ jority. Then had come the Drury h ,'n_ Government, when he, a man sin- g At cere enough but without any exper- li on ience, had undertaken to manage the n `_n_ aiairs of the Province, with the de- C _e_ plorable results which all knew. As- a `St sociated with him was -Mr. Raney, an il am, able lawyer, equally sincere, but 1: m_ equally inexperienced, whose admin- '1 we istration of the O.T.A. had done 11 ml more to drive away public sympathy 0 than anything else, because of his ill f We judged methods. It .was largely be- ( er. cause of this that when the vote I (m came to be -taken last fall the ma- l +10 jority for the O.T.A. had shrunk I from 400,000 to 36,000, indicating` a l great reversal in public opinion. As 1 far as he was concerned, he had I in never believed in plebiscitcs and he ( the was glad to hear Mr. Ferguson say I ms that the Conservative `party was . done with them and would hence- i M`, forth bring in such legislation as it ' ' thought wise, and stand or fall by I it. That was the traditional British i method, the basis of party govern- : EN mellt. great .party was an his- ' torlc thing. It had traditions be- ' _ hind it, and a future ahead -of it. i `"8 It had to live up to those traditions few and for that future. A group such as that which had recently governed 1ce_ Ontario .had no such stability. It n_e_ could look neither back nor forward. Consequently there was nothing to '13 keep men from exploiting -the present oppolttunity, as certain men had done. The lapse from party govern- for- ment had cost the Province twenty- into five -or thirty million dollars, and the spectacle of a minister of the Crown use- going to lgaol for the rst time in British history. `EJIIOLUIL U1 U111: nun, us q:`x,uvv~ I The uncontrollable expenditure ac- -counts for 30 1-10 mills, -as follows : -Collegiate :Institute, 4 6-10 mills, $21,647.55; Public Schools, 12 mills, $52,796.28; Separate `School, 11 1-2 `mills, $4,436.93; County rate, 5 1-2 mills/$25,756.50; Debentures and Interest, 8 mills, $37,464.00; local rate, 15 9-10 mills, $74,459.70. Comng down to the question of 4.4 -beer, Mr. Finlayson said the pro- posal was :Mr. Nick1e s, not Mr. \Fer- guson's. And Mr. Nickle was not only the wblest Attorney-General Ontario ever had, with the (possible exception of Sir Oliver Mowat, but there was no more sincere temper- ance man M `w "I-um] in the Pro- The Northern Advance ILOCAL ODDFELLOWS | START ORIENTAL BRANCH On Wednesday evening last week the Oddfellows of Barrie Lodge had an eventful time, when a `branch of the U.O.S. & P` was instituted here any 'I\1'\r1 my xu. unc u-v.u- up ; V 1-Va: Anamuuvcu HCLC by J. A. McLean, D.D.G. Monarcus, assisted by the officers of Mycericus .Sa.nctoru-m, No. 41, Lindsay. Su- preme Clericus J. L. Hayden, of Schenectady, was also present and as- sisted at the instituting an-d installa- tion ceremonies. I fl 0 A` :1 ' vavu I.c1I:AuuAuc:u The arrival of. the visitors to town , was heralded by a parade around the town, headed -by the B.C.I. band. After the new lodge was instituted, which will be known as Aohar Sanc- torium, No. 72, another parade around town was witnessed by a large crowd. Returning to the I.0.0.F. Temple, the ofcers were installed and a. large class initiated. Arch-ar Sanctorium, No. 72, will have a memubership of about 40 to start. Officers installed were: Grand I-Iyawstitye, C. G. M. Smith; V-ice- Grand Hyastitye, A. Paddison; Reg- istrar, R. M. DeGeer; Collector of Shekels, A. Pugh; Banker, V. L. Vanatter; Grand Monitor, Geo. Coles, 1.. . 17,...........1.\`ln `Duh... F` A v\:lr\'unn1\v\ . va.uu.uuc1, Ltxauu AVJUAAIVUL ucu. \;uu.o, J12; Venerable Friar, C. Anderson; Grand Executioner, A. Cleland. Winni-peg, March 17.-Wheat prices on the local exchange contin- ued their sensational decline which developed right at the opening of market to-day, the May future $1,53`A: collapsing 18 cents before noon. It was the most drastic break ever recorded on a single day here.` The put was in a turmoil, with traders unable to execute stop-loss orders or dispose of their holdings. Vince. After doing his best to ad- minister the law "for a year and a half, Mr. =Nickle, appalled at the conditions which confronted him, had introduced the 4.4 `beer clause in the interests of temperance and of the O.'I`.A. It must be remembeiml, however, that the bill would contain other provisions designed to make the Ontario Temperance Act more workable. If his hearers would only exercise patience for ten (lays until the -bill came down they would nd ~ that it was a real temperance meas- 5 stricter -provision ure. For one thing, he hoped to see dealing with the sale by druvgigists. For himself, he . would -be glad to see this method of sale cut o altogether, as he could not see the need for it. Whiskey, or alcohol, might be `useful as a stimulant, but it was not essential. There were plenty of drugs that would serve the same purpose just well. Mr. Finlayson said he had had several conversations with Mr. Nickle , A` ,._L,-,,; .p L:_ ,1:m_._IL:._ ___!LI auvv.;La.n, vvuvvAaavAV.uo "Avu Aux. avnunnu on the subject of his difficulties with the O.'I`.A. and the Attorney-General had suggested that he should investi- gate conditions in his own riding. I told him Orillia was the high water `mark of temperance senti- ment among the -towns of the Pro- vince," said Mr. Finlayson, and he told me to look up its record also. He had -been appalled at what he had discovered. -M_r. Finlayson then gave gures showing the amount of ~ liquor dispensed through legal chan- : nels by the drruggists and doctors of Orillia and Midland. This, including - alcohol and whiskey, had amounted : land and 160 gallons in December to 269 -gallons for Mid- for Orillia. - Three Midland dru-ggists who were unable to account for the disposition of a large .part of their supply were ned $400 each. In Oril-lia one drugcgist did not handle liquor at all. He had been assured by a {Midland hotelkeeper that represented (more hard liquor than was sold under license. He did not refer, of course, to the sale of ale, beer, porter and other lighter drinks. It was to overcome this tendency to use hard liquor that the Attorney-General proposed to legal ize the sale of 4.4 per cent. beer. The present `beer was a chemical beer. It was proposed to appoint inspectors to insist that the beer sent out under the new law should be brewed `from hops and malts, and would be more palatable and more healthful. , `l7I:__I,__---. -_1.-.I __.1_.. AL- Ln-an the Midland total ` ;.4uvA4; Market ............. .. -Police Court . _ Licenses Rentals .... .. "Dog Tax ........ .. Poll Tax ........ .. Mr. Finlayson asked why the tem- perance people did not direct some of their attention to Ottawa. The chief source of trowble was the dis- tilleries, which rwere short circuit- invg whiskey supposed to be for ex- port, and distributing it all over the Province. Yet the Minister :.f -Cus- toms had atly refused to give any ` assistance in overcoming this eva.-ion of Provincial law, and had intimated that he was on!y concerned in collect- ing the revenue. Why not bring pressure to [bear on the Dominion 3 Government to stop the distilleries _ manufaturing liquor in Ontario, _ where the privilege could be abused. : He knew they had to consider Que- ! bee and the other Provinces. but , Ontario's wishes were entitled to L some respect. WHEAT TAKES TUMBLE READ 'I`FIT~`. Arr "Wm lmesrucms or novel Rope ls Made of (Votton. Hemp. Jute and FI.u--strength 01 Munllln Rope - Short. Long and Side 5pllcea-ope I-hltera Are the Strongest. (Gontnbutoa b Onurlo Do rtmont at Agrlcu turn. To:-on ) Rope for stock halters, hay fork and grain sling equipment. the tying or animals or materials. hoists or holdlng is used on every farmstead. A knowledge that will enable the farm boy to tie quickly the various knots and hitches will save much time and reduce the possibility or accident on all operations where rope is used. The ability to quickly splice a. broken bay for]: rope at the time when it is most needed will save hay, time and trouble. Rope Materiel. Rope is made of various materials such as cotton, hemp, manllla. bre. Jute and ax. The rope most fre- quently used on the farm is made from hemp, imported from Manilla. Common rope is generally composed nf fhrnn nr fnur efrnnrl 'I"hA fn1H'- UUIIHIIUII I`U|JB IS geuerauy CULLlpUH!:u of three or four strand. The four- strand rope is stronger than the three-strand of equal diameter. Strength of Manilla Rope. nu,, _,n, u,,; ._,, _ .__._n,.__ .11- ...-----B.... V- ..-....-..-.. -.v..-. The sale load for the various dia- meters ot manilla (three-strand) rope is about one-sixth of the actual breaking load. For three-strand manilla rope of one inch diameter the safe load is under 1,000 pounds,_ while the breaking load is nearly 6,500 pounds. Halt-inch rope should not be subjected to a load greater than 230 pounds if it is to last and give service. The breaking strength of halt-inch manilia rope is 1,620 pounds. A three-quarter inch rope can be expected to carry 525 pounds as a safe load, or 3,600 pounds with very great risk to both material and operator. Rope should not be used over small pulleys or runs it it is to last and give good service. Many of the hay fork pulleys used are less than eight inches in diameter, and are very hard on the rope, causing heavy strain. wear and early destruc- tion. Tar applications to rope, while increasing the rope's resistance to weathering, reduces the strength about twenty-ve per cent. Rope should be kept dry. The Short Splice. The short splice is of great service. it is quickly made and strong. The weaving oi.` the strands of two three- strand ropes together in the form of n unllnn in:-r-nnunn (ha dlamnfar 2? this Illi- out No farmers organization can con- tinne to live that is managed arbitra- rrily. It is likely to succeed only as `member: develop a living, active spirit of mutual eort which must be mnniteatod In in bond at director; w stranu TOURS [UgEI.HeX' Ill LUU l.Ul'Lu UL :1 splice increases the diameter at the point of repair to the extent of mak- ing this type of splice objectionable if the rope is to be run over pulleys. To make a short splice, unravel the ends of the two pieces of rope that it is desired to splice or fteen inches if the rope is one inch in diameter. on. 1...... la -an-Ipl-.4. An 0 av-nallnr I-nnn ; vu ...-.. Interest .. .. . `Grand stand and concessions II Llle l`UpI: I5 LU Ur: ruu uvcl puucyn. or less it working on a smaller rope. After unravelling wrap the ends of the strands to prevent them untwist- ing. Bring the strands together by tying by pnirs with an overhand knot. the strands from opposite end: at oh- wnnnn Inn`:-I19 Inland hr flan Knot. me strands [Tom oppusue cuun of the ropes being joined by the splice. This done, the work is com- pleted by weaving the strands into the rope in both directions, using a ml or a. tapered and pointed wooden pin to open the strands. The free ends are passed under every other strand for a distance of six or eight inches each way from the centre of the splice. This done the remaining ends of strands are cut oil and the work completed. The Long Splice. n-.1- ..._.. -0 .._Il-.. I- u-n ugh--A xllv -avn. nrvunvvu This type of splice is used where it is desired to make a union oi! two pieces of rope and still retain nearly the same diameter at the splice. A long splice in e. three-strsnd rope will be composed of not more than four strands at any one point. and the length of the union is very much greater than in the short splice. To make a long splice count 0! sixteen turns from the ends to be spliced and mark by tying with a. strong twine. Unlsy the rope ends down to the point of tying and force the ends to- ether to begin the splice. Develop t further by unlaying one strand from each rope end and lling In with one or the loose strands. This accom- plished, three oi the loose strands will be much shorter than formerly, and the ends can be woven into the rope as with the short splice and the union developed. The strand ends can then be cut on and tucked in out of the way, leaving a long smooth splice. The Side Splice. nu... ..n..l.. ....u.... I- a..-........sI.. ...-1.0! -uv u-uw urn-nu. The side splice is frequently useful where It is desired to join two ropes or the same or different sizes. it is extensively used in halter making. This splice should always be made so that the pull is in the same direc- tion as the spliced in rope strands. n ,__ _ :I_|.-_.. I-nun u.-4 Inna`: ..,-. Rope llalmers. 11...... I....lo.....- uuvyv -at-u V... n. Rope halters or varlous types and sizes can be enslly made by any handy farm boy. The rope halter has the advantage of greater strength over halters made from leather or cotton web. The cost or the home-ma;de rope halter is very low-the purchase cost or the rope--lt the work of mak- lng is done on wet or stormy deys.- L. Stevenson, Dept. of Extenslon, `O. A. College. Guelph. vunu vn um.-v-up-a--1 -. -.--gun:-van The can at the strawberry pian- tation during the tail months will de- termine very largely the size of the crop next year. Clean tillage should be maintained. it is especially im- portant to keep down the perennial ` weeds, such as plantain and dock. HAVE THE I'AI{l\|l<`.R MUCH TIME AND 'l`RUlJBl.E. Care of Strawberry Plantation. URL- ..-_. .0 ml... ..o-....o|-nu-u-- ml... Manitoba Woman Thanks Lydia E. Pinkham s Vege- table Compound ...-r..-.... Salaries ....................... .. Discount on taxes Board of Works Fire Department Market .. Parks .................. .. Sewers, operation .. Police Charity Industrial . ...... .. branoau, manmone.-" wuen 1 was a young girl at home and workin I had terrible pains, almost more than could ` bear, and I was not 1' lat. These troubles kept me so t' all the time that I had no strength and no ambition to join in with my friends and have a. good time. I was just tired and miser- able always and life just seemed as if it wasn't worth livini. I saw so much in the mms about ydia E. Pinkham'a Vegeta Com d, and then I had a friend who ha taken it and told me about it, so I ot some. Every month after tskin it got str er and Isoon did not su or every man . It stopped the pains and helped me other ways. Then when my bsblemwere coming I was tired and w qut the first three months and ached ha ly. I took the Vegetable Compotmd right alon and must say it made anew woman 0 me and able to do my work, and it hel d me through connement. You see am a farmer : wife with a big house b look after, and three babies now. 1 have trld ever so many women about our medicine. Just last week I ot a etter from my old chum in the ast. Her baby was born fteen days before mine and she told me she was not feeling very well her back aches so much, and that s e is going to take the same medicine I took. ou can use my letter and I hope some one will be helped by it. -Mrs. J OS. H. KIDD, Box 56, Crandall, Manitoba. C run 101 or GQO_l]j|_EALTH BARRIE S BEST LAUNDRY ILEM BROS. Phone 616. - DEAFNESS Crnndull, Mnnitobs.-When I was I wanna air] 11!`. ham: and workimr I had Can Be Cured is a simple harmless home treatment which. absolutely cures deafness. noises in the head, etc. No expan- Iivo npplinnceu needed for this new Ointment, instantly operates upon the affected parts with complete and permanent success. Scores of war derful cures reported. RELIABLE TESTIMONY Mrs. E. Crows, of Whitehorse Road, Croydon, writes: .... u . .,n ,,._, .1 A .u Laundry called for and delivered Prices reasonable Workmanship guaranteed on all familv washing ,_ Lllguuu ... Public `Health Nurse Shrinkage in tax rolls Printing Board of Health ..................... .. Band Hospital ............... .. Board of Trade Horticultural Society .......... .. Agricultural Society Poultry Association ............ .. Dean Boat House ................ .. `Champlain Monument, ~bal- ......,. .i.... nor hv-lnw -._...., ---, ----: ~~ I am pleased to tell you that the small tin of ointment you sent to me at Ventnor, has proved a complete success, my hearing is now quite normal, and the horrible head noises have ceases. The action of this new remedy must be very remarkable, for I have been troubled with these complaints for nearly ten years, and have had some of the very best medical advice, together with other expensive ear instruments, all to no purpose. I need hardly say how very grateful I am, for my life has undergone an entire change. Try one box to-day, which can be forwarded to any addreu on receipt of money order for $1. There is nothing better at any price. ' Address orders to Manager: LII-mnlene" Co., Wood- landl," Stonodvoodu, Du-tford, Kent, England. The new Continental Remedy culled AUTO LICENSES NOISES IN THE HEAD AND NASAL CATARRH Good Investment. LARMALlNE" (Regd.) w. BELL; ISSUER .._.......s- A I A Iuv|I\`4I 7 ownm smmm Maaonlc Temple Building `\;Ili1lII=pn1.u| .lUAluAu\.uv, .. ance due per by-law Interest Miscellaneous ...................... ..