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THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1928_ The old lady was so hungry for the sound of her dau;:hte_r s voice that she 'nm(l(: a r,lespcrafe /`c,-wlve - she would call her by Long [)ista/nae! She had never before spoken over a long distance line, but the operator was kind and helpful. In a moment the beloved voice was sounding in her ear. VV'11at a delight--how it eased her mind and rejoiced her heart. And when the telephone bill came sire found the call had cost only 45 cents. Now the Sunday evening talk to the absent daughter is 21 regular thing. More-it now costs only 25 cents, for instead of asking for her daughter by name, mother gives Long Distance" the distant number-- hence the charge (after 8.30) is only 25 cents. Many do not realize how inc:-: Long Distance really is. A. .'-\. SMITEI, THE CHOICE OF THE MA} .)RITY iS11TDAT1R1 Drlanzucer. Chevrolet Garage. Frigidaire o ers the outstanding values to-day in automatic refrigerators. With all the` advantages it offers in mechanical construction, in beauty of design, in de- pendability, in proven performance, the price is surprisingly low. The huge production and tremendous buying power of General Motors have made Frigidaire prices possible. See Frigidaire at our display rooms. Inspect the new Tu-Tone models of exquisite beauty. Examine the cooling unit which converts any good ice-box into a Frigidaire at small cost. Learn how easily you can purchase Frigidaire through the General Motors plan of deferred payments. Come in to-day. 1eX`pe;j ONTARIO LEADS IN Dominion Had 233,605 Births Cnuwlian births in 1927 totalled 233,605. M-'.Lr1*ia_2,'es throug;hout the rx ..- -..A.. Lu. A.L.. ... .. __..._-L_.,_ I _ . -, ,-\,. ..-.......,,W -.......,,...,.... .,..v Dominion for the _vt:a.r num-bererl (51),-165, while deaths totalled 105,- In/' Que-hesc led in the number Crf birt`n_= with 83,064. Ontario was second with 67,671. Saskatchewan third with 20,295. A1rbe1'tahz1-1| 14,- 630 biz'th.<, British Columbia 9,982.. and Prince Edward Islam! 1.697. "in-2'9 \vor(- 38 triplets and 2,930 twin births. Uztity, S:1. .'-\u_u`. 3.---'[`hu x'st f:`c.=`. to ho rm`-po:":::l in Saskatchewan` in .-\v.12`u.:t this your occurred here; am! at Rutluml the xlight of; Auu'u=t 1 and '2. At Rutlcaml there` ~.vm'o three (1e_<:ro(=s of fhost, mt. huavy on0u::`n to tlanlagv even ten-~ rim: :.:'m' stuff, and at Untiy :1 very slight frost was recorded. I CUBES! FROZEN DESSERTS and SALADS! Dr.-J1` pO'0}\l( Barrie; Ont. [ft wurry over what. (`thvr may do. The im.port.v._ni is to know xvhat you will dc- t-hc rim 0 comes. I_Vl_A;;R-I AEES FOIIR 1927 The Northern Advance `Th i Control; Regulations ` Under the Weed Control Act, Lieu'ten`ant-Governor in Council app roved of the regtulati-nn,s set L..I`--# , 1. The following` shall be deem ed noxious weeds: bladder campion, ox-eye (laisy, sow thistles, white oocklt, wild oats, Oanvaxla thistle. blue weed, chicory, (locks, 1-agweed, comman; rib:,rrass, Russian thistle, stickseed, stinkweerl, tum`blin;2j mus- tard. wild carrof, wild barley. cinque- foils, burclvocks, l1la.vwk\\veeds, eld p0pperg`1'ass, wilxl lettuee. 2. The council of every munici- pality shall cause to be inserted in 2x newspape!` circul in the mun. icipality, a notice of the appoint.- ment of a weed inspector or in. spectors, and shall also notify the local rep1'esenta.tive of the Ontario Departzment of Agriculture of such .appointment. I ) Y; ,1 n I, n :. n.u Practically all of the hi;.>;hwa:. 5na`h`-`-`~ W mum kick-*1 , . `building: of the modern type in C-an-1, They 179" Y0 3 t9l`1'ibl`3 -*t0l`r.V Of laxla and the enonmous increase ii:"h"1t if %'~"'in.`~" to hdDDL`l1 in tlllth ltraflic have come about in H1! l.':st"cU"t1'Y: `dml 0f how much is 1nz1 ten _\'r:ars. We have been t'm-ltical lf the 55- we: 1 "`"' th C"" 33;`; ly building` l1a1'(l-surfacerl 1'nul\.va_V:'i1 kW VV"'lilt it 1"/`lJ1'`S0T1t5~ I knowgh while niotorists literzilly \.v:1itp atlhow much it mean-" 3 U5 P1'0t0-`t-up, ithv barrier for the siu`n:xl to 2'0 l"=1"'ES. 1 we2L1' the 5~"1'`011, 211141 th01`t`h_l :'l`z-afc is waiting` all along` : _h~"e line,l5 "0 -`- ti.'~" in \V011'i11!~" the l'l'0L'I1, d=Fi ifor "more l1ig`liways in all `.ir~:(:tions lull` 0 -*T0`nR' I`21ll-S- Tllert? is zniwjt l`:"`.`.1'('L Wm it pm] 3 EOl(l . of how the ;zTeen was rs! itlh Our Hi;-hway I)(5pg]_v`[.n];_5p_[_; hu~;Q1VV0l'l1. In the 1-811}: a.u'~o I-l`t3l`21l1(l was` lhuilt .L'0o roalla`; thc.V lmv-;e lmlicedl?`mlCtLl with =1 plague Of fl`0', anti? {H1811} and put up (lL1ll;.`,'l',`l` .~i:.;'n.<. Bul ltlley kt`-D1 mvU1tll31,\'i.&`' 50 filt til-0.V .over an enmnious n1ileu;;'_e .llCI".` i:.`C0l-lld "Oi 9Xt01'mlY\21'C(? Txhemv 50 th0.\' lthal. tlircziteningr open ditch at tho `imlD01 tC 1 :`I1`03t number 05 -*'m1`k0S :'021(l$i1lt` that becomes a Ixienvtt-1l;f1'0m Otlwl` C0lln'tl'ie, and While the `hazard aml a constant n18I1'a.C'3 Io`SI1:liC`S `ate up all the fl'0.`n`, they in ltraic. .\ o method of tr:-,1vcl is 10!l113U1'I1 bcaz-mt` 1 plague upon the .per cent. safe; a man on !n)1`s;l>a,cl<`:peoq)le and means were sought to |;h1d}' be thrown to the x;'z'o'.1n(l O1l>`1'(`t 1'34 Of the ST121kES, and 90 the: '.even may step in a hole and S-.p1'ain'-`11'iSh awthowities sent to A.fr-ica and` 24135 ankje, W3 cannot 0`-_)+_...;i;l, andlsecrurell a large number of gorillas, `never will, perhaps, `d.`bS0l`l1C-3 secur-land l7hI01L[2,'l1 the plague of snakesl >7 ity and safety in transpoz'Lutiun, butiwas banished from the green isle,` `to go on building: higliwa;-.':s lined on `the gorillas became what the f1!o_93s both sides with llemlly open ditclzeslaml snakes had been, so in theil" )d is alto_ujothe1' too \.\'&L.~`:tL`fUl of hunmnltlilemma to remluce the terror caused ye life and propel-.ty to continue longiby the big: a.n.in'nals, so much like the 3.1 as an establishexl gwvernment policy. imran, shar psh~cote:rs were em;pl:oye ;,- Any` motorist d`rivin;: at 30 or 35 r_aml by mistake many Ir-ishmen were miles an hour is only a fvaclzion of'shot, and in order to clistim;'11is*l~. a second from the clinch all the them from the gorillas evc-r_\' Irish-'. as time, and any SL|(ill`(?'ll interruption man was 01 (l0l'(3(l to wear a _ .`!`eD m cf traic especially on a c0n;. ,`(`St across the breast. - I I `r . . u : u . u l 1 C l l l N 1 l l `I. 1 I ......`..v..n.uu..uy 3. It shall be the rluty of the inspector to see that the i .e1`Jn,S of I`hr.- Weed Con.t1'Cl Act are observeil by all owners or occupiers of laml within the municipality and to ad-i vi.~:e the Minister of A`5g'i'icultu1'e in roferc-n~oe to the cut.tin,<. of VVCCIIS tn the liighways. A 1.. LLA AL__,__, .1` FRIGIDAERE or occupier or upon refusal aftei notice to comply with the-1'cqui1`e~ mcnts of The Weed Control Act, the inspector may cause xvccals c0min~g, `under the Act to be cut clown and \ \ _ ._,. ` 4. In the absence of any OWIIOI (lCSt17C`_V(3ll and may chm-go the cost: of such work against the prope2~t_V,' to be collected in the sz\:1n(> manner as taxes. 0. A copy of The \V~(.u`. Cox1t1-C3 Act and rt->}.:'L1]zLtio.ns . be kept` po.'~ztu in the municipal office. I 6. While the inspector shall usei c-very effort to see that the sprezul hf woods is curtailed, it is not expect- `Pd that g'ro.wing' crops shall be do-` Estroyed unless in very e.\"c1`eme un cu: \.xJ|.'(.A.A1A|Au|\.\I hung... .._,.. . only of congcrstezl ihiighvvay, leaves the driver with only one alternative. To the left or the centre of the maul the rl'-.m.;.\'er multi plies; to the ri_v:ht is UK: only cs- (52).])(}, and that in most cases, means (lt.-struction cf the car and perhap loss of life. r_. .... . . 1 ,- p ..,._...|-.- This mvnaco to lit";-. :.w}l [1 could 1).. 'L.u`,,-.-13' u:111~Iw'e1i` b tilo in the ditches and ii.riV'|! ,u- , \. Stuart Shouldice, a zlrmer near '1 ' Owen S-oumi, cut his wheat on Wed-1;] nesday of last week, on Fril:1y ifs -`:\vu.<. thm.~`he:l and on Saturtlay sold 1 "and _-_-"round into our. Mr. Sho~uI- } Hiice 11`-cei\'o $1.20 a bushel for his I 1 f : cmp of 400 bushels. `; I V cbuxu nu. L.u,,- 1; 11.11:-'v\.\ .,_, ..-,...h ditches ii_"riV'|.'lL',' only 21 Liup:'e.ssio:v. to carry oil` Hood water. Thv ma(lw`a_v would be just as we! or hr`-ttur lruilxcml. for ov,)<>v1 .i1,c'n(2s .1 , L`_Ili__._. u; |)"LL\.L .. .. 2l`.~.` consatantly lling in, nuce.<.sitat- in}: upkeep costs or ixnpzurvzi eff?- ciency. 13-.-, I\L .....,....... nu.nnn_-.n v\n.- w.Hn cu.:nc_y. Even at greater OXlf)(!llS0 per milc-l ilCYf c'onst1'u~,c.tion, if it-hat be Yl(tCl.`S "saw, the (loop open ditches sl:oul.l` be eliminatetl; they will be in time.` for this is only the .b:,_`.,"ll1l1lIlf.," oft motor tr:1ns.port~ation. Anal in thre ccn:~:tru.ction of hi_-2;hv\vay,s it will he :1 wise policcy to build well as we; 3:0 rather than pile uip 'nil(.:i;'r_- all the coat of humian life. THE DEADLY OPEN DITCH xuuv x.............. ad\`m'ti.~'0d for * |:*I-IESE are some of the advantages which Frigidaire automatic refriger- .. _._,, .c.hooI and 465 txpplicutiox cc-i\'r_- 1\'Ii:~:s Riley of Mi 1\ I1x-mkn, .sec1`.:'<. ` p-W` dently there nu `.-'1":-\`.'-(!'l'.{ a"'.`2= :.: ..r p:-.;.:1`t time. Gravn.-n'mm= Btira rd of Educu.ti0n L , ,1, , .. . , . . .- .L'. .. 1.1. ,` . \ L:nuLu.:w :.:v~-uAu ised a teacher fat` the! primary class in the public :x})})1i('z1ti0I1s \v<:1'(- ran`, m11r..n1 B;.1y,% .1-I ._ . life uml [ugoperty ly by using I I . __., ... ._..I.. :secur- `fand on, but was nod 3 ditcltes Iaml hummn dilem 12 long 1 by t] or : zmrl mile" Sir Knight W. H. Tuck of To- tCt`S ronto, P.G.M. of the Royal BTELGK,` GUI-'-`after extpxnssing his plea.~:u1`e in be-I im-`iny,' axbc to take part in this cele-l I Oflbratirn, said. there is somc~thin;:' in Hi : the hu.ma_n heart that flows over 1 with joy when we meet afrain t.h:os:I` i \V'3;whom we have not seen for a 10113.`; E` 11* `time. 'l ..... .. .- n.v `~- Jcelebration or` Black Knights` (Continued rom page one) Majcr J. I. artt of Orillia, on being introduced, said he had noticed a moment ago the chairman remark that the whistles of the band had ljrone dry, when they were not on hand when called on to play, and that the Mayor had spoken of beau- tiful Barrie, and how well it was laid out, but if the town from which he came was as (lead as Barrie was. it would have` been laid out for the funeral long` ago. (His idea of humor, prolbably). L1,, ..._,.. ..,___. .___..__ LL.,;. AI , 1-: .British tratlitic-ns, but that is not so. ...... V-IA ,,.vl....w,,. . He was very sorry that the Rev. Mr. Baker had not driven that g'roun(lal1x:g' out of the hole in the wall when he found him. Some people think that Northern Ontario is ravpi(ll_v going from our There are many towns up there that will never become French or Italian or Russian. The town of North Bay, the :.;'zutevva_\' to that wonderful ncrth country, a prosperous city that will always remain British, and then on! up through man-_v other prosperous places throu,2'h the FOl`f. ,'llS0l`I hi_:h way there are people who will re- main true t-o British tratlitionsi throughout time. \ . .__,. ...- LL.._.. .1 .1 - 1- I -.A44\JQ-J |~L\r J\ll1A \r VJ]. |.lI\- 0l\-IVLLIILLI5 D0 Frigidaire refriger- ation brings to your home. Others are economy due to low operating cost and the saving of food; quiet automatic re- frigeration-constant improvement and renement have made Frigidaire un- believably quiet; refrigerator food shelves at a con'venz'ent, comfortable height which eliminates the necessity of extreme stooping--making housework easier and less fatiguing. Frigidaire is exible in design-there is a model'for every requirement of the home or apartment. And a price to suit every purse. As we {:0 throu-,5.:`h the iron (lis- ftrict. and go further into the pulp- wooul country, where the timber is cut to-(lay, and on the day after you are reading` the news of the day] Eprintexl on the paper made from that' pulp taken rom the tree cut 21 few hours before. It may be true that we do not nd the fa,cilitie.s fcr education that we have here, -but even in the heart of that new coun- . itry tho trmlitions dear to L-ve1'_Vi 1[ 1`i`ti. l1e~2m"t. will be inaintziinml. 1 I Then there is another city, fourl _vczu"s awe a place of cha1'1'e(| ruins, to-(lay a city of 13,000. In thai `town from a hole in the grouml `they bring, up daily 3 tons of oral. and intend to increase that output! it-0 four tons. This place will alsoi gremain En_9;lish speaking, niotwith-` lst1an many 7:11. ,___ A..." _..., 1 | :L| ., 1- Il`\.I ...-...:. I; you .sto1;_v ;w'h.at is that Ycountry, mudu of chess. wear the :1 knciw` how tc P1-otost-E -ants. ;. ,`)`COI1, there` is stin_: gwecn, as` the old an! I 1 worn. \\/21.5! (`-1- A I -u I .- n 2 ` nuanll aux vlon mu. nu puuu. We hear a great deal about de-ll .'~;trCIyin.2; the Bible, but we have 2. psreat deal more to fear from with- in than without. So-called modern- ists are trying` to take out chapter` -after chapter. They tell us that the , story cf Jacob :-3 ladder, the c1'ossin;:' of the Jordan on dry _e:round, are only stories, mryrths. l \v'.1n~t you to! beware crf tihe modernistvs. Do you. believe what our .fatl1e1's have tau;-"hi ' ' us, then keep on believing" it, and H - you know of a prezicher in the par- ish preachinugr this m-odeirnistic doc~/ trine, push him out tl11'oug`l1 the hfle` n the wall. ' .. -7 . . `V1 vv rt` . n 711 v of the r1' 1'0- 'pi'o.=ontml `more to~:1z~._\'. H'.`.(ii.i1(' men and women of 239 y0a.r.s 21:20 This is a celebration cf the higrh er rlep;rces of the Oramzc univei'sit:_\`. There is a time 'n the life of nzitions and individuals when they should stop and think, when we shnuh lesarn important lessons. W21 1`1`iC 1'5 have fou_s:ht the wars of countifos.` and 1)2cu_L'ht fame and renown. 1,1111 nmio have combim>(i the qualitir-s hmve manhood and womzmhoorl morn than thn- membo1's -.n0`L'ha\':- been brave and loyal and .':h:tn-iiminml in thriir rm.-i'u.wu1 to open -;thr~ g-v.1tn.s nf Dqmry at the rlemmul of 0 . . t.ir.(21r 1.0:.-5, wo woulri be to-deny tell- ing; a di;i3's;1r-..-4:4 -stmty. a. nun}. . ` ;-:L<~pp1n;: _v-oulm Fe m ' ` V "I'- |ve1's1t:_\`. " Om 5 M'i`'m the best Jos. Varri: maarczhed ountxfos. ` ca1'1'yin3.,v wn. onthu. litins < I proudly oil had bee: (1011: OM01` ix Hm! the County `J.`.`.$ l\Irs. )_\".11 dc.~`piutt:- n<-ss, (lit mmul N": 1.` my 'tell- Miullzux- 120:1: in The long-promised Canadian his~ tory text-bc-ok is, metaphoricalliy speaking`, being` brought home by Premier Ferguson for the young `people of Ontario, whcse education he is directing`. when he returns from his Visit to Great Britain and Euro.pe. T\._._.`L._ I/I2...` _ _._ -_...V.,_.. Deputy Minister A. H. U. Oo1qu- houn, M.A., L.L.D., declined to make any annvc-uncement on the matter, declaring: that when the Miiiistez` of Edu.e:1t.ion i'eturne(l he would p1'ob.21ib1y be prepared to make a statement. The fact is, however, that the old histories, which for several years have been the sub- ject of much a(1ve1'; csriticism by erlucationists and some histonians, are to be banished and a new book will be ready for the students when the schools open in Septe-mber. No copies of the new history are yet 2'.\'c.i1able, but the book is re NEW HISTORY WILL BE. -., . READY IN SEPTEMBER ...- ..-..-...._ \J1I\,ll W, ........ .. ported to be in line with the dc- clarvd intention of the Premier to lining.-' before the vchool children the -. of Con-fo and the value of the B1'i ti. comiccution. he tkauga t wmi he ( tag ex@@msvs With the new borck will come `changes in the method of teaciiing Ihistory, which as a major subject is conned to the junior and senior fc-urth _:`rades. Hitherto the stu- dents have learned the hishory of Canada and Britain concurrently When they were stu about the !early Britons they were also study ing about the coming of Ocilumibrus. The proposed new syistem. it is said, will be to have the junior fo'unth A.._I___L_ ,....--._.L._,.L- ...- `D..:L .g..,,.., .. w.....\...... ; Premier Fe1'vg`uso11 has taken the "attitude that the h`istor_v at. present . in use is more valuable to aclulrts _;than to (:hil(lren. In this he has the lthc concurrence of the Deputy Min- jistm` and of a 34'r0:1t mas.< of Can- `_]axlian e(lu:cz1.ti0nis ts. 'l`hu \vri tin5: of the new book was auth01'izu(l by 7Pro1nio1- Fe_2`ru.son. It is .~'.ai to : {have the approval of the l\"Iini.s*te1' of `!Eluo:1tion, the Deputy `.VIinist(-r and iictlwers whose u on educaiion ithe Premier greatly values. h WCOUNTY VETERANS HOLD .316 REUNION AT ORILLIA nu. u- vv um... .....\. J.....v. -v.... .... a'r-_1rlr\ students concentrate on B1'it~ ish l1iSt01`_V, learning` the Cal1'a(`l1-Eu! history in 21 hi_;'her 2'1-atle a nat- ural sequenice to the st-or_v of the Motherland, the idea being: to give ,the stuxlenlts a proper l>aok`g:rr4untl for their Can-atli-an liistory and to have it fresh in their minds when they complete their courses, and for `the exaaminationis, which will be con- lnexl larg'ely to Clan-adian history. .. L.._ &..L.\.. thy. 3 A` of the cou 1 ous park. Mayne-r ] VII ` the visitm ' `given by [E iToronto, 1 :]C. E. W] `(:%-p1`0g`!'lJIY'l ( The first reunion and picnic 1`-f yroturnnd soldiers` of Simcoo County l`.va.< hold at Couchichingr Park, }01'il1ia, on Monday. This was civic :h.olicla_\' in Barrie. Midland and jPenemn~:.:', as well as Orillia, and u ilarge number of returned men, their families and friends from all parts lof county, p;a'thered in this fam- l, , ,,_,_1_ 'uun 9.... l Brown of Orillia. welcomed vsitons and al(lr(esse.s we-re lvgiven Col. J. Keillor Macl\'a_v of ]Toronto, A. B. I`1l1omJpson, M.P., and ]C. Wright, M.P.P. A splendid lp1\og'ra1m of sports was provided aml lOrill1Va Kil-tie Band sumiotl music. i The lii'sto1'y of the Royal Black-is Host in antiquity, but it was about ithe time of the refortmation during the c1~o`sin;1' period of he 18th cen- t.ui'_v, its` acheivements ,g'ra ll- `ed their hear1=t.<, and it is their glor- ilious victories that mean so much i for freedom cnnscimice, and mind iiaml religion. vur ,,| ,. L ,_.. out, but the Black must _::o (n, ever the 5.-'1'c`utest society in civ1'li'/.ati0n. ........,-.4 ..v n. g Fiftuon bands kept the marchem `lively to kee-p in the various steps. .M0re Dependable Presermtimz of Foods . Cwzstmzt P2/'oz`ecz`z'e9;z to Hec.uW2 . M _4 \ Midland Laclios Lo No 43., `L.O.B.A., won the first prize fir the `best looking: unit on par-zule of the `lady lwod-g'es. Creemore O1~ang'e Young` Bri-tom-i wcn rst prize for bhe men s lodges We noticed Sir Knight Jos. Black ;-:L<-ppin-.4` along: briskl-_v as any _\".oun5.r fellow in spite of ca2'1'_Ving' 8`G ,vea.rs. M'i(llan Preccptory was a(l_iu in the parzulc. of of his Brown Grave n hurst aheaul pmceptory `ca1'1'yin2' the Union Jack with all the xrnthusiasni of :1 boy. althouy:h he } 1l`O11(ll._\' tcld us he was only 78, and been initi:m= into the O1`an.i:e in 186$) at Bmckc-n, in the of 'l`_\'ron(-, Irolzmul. S`.u`ah Irwin of Gn`uvr-nh`u~rst, llul' 71 _\'uzn'. of youthful- ((1 not mi.~'s 2L step. ; \.: (lid Bro. John Muorv of 552, Mi= fall out lmcI-.:u`s.- he was l`.J:3'1. 91 wax`:-\ 2128- " PARADE N'"OTES Page Three -.. Ti T. R. COULTER Frigidaire is made in a wide range of household models and for ever commercial use. 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