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CONFERENCE LED -- TO LITTLE RESULT Agricultural Society and Joint Stock Co. Do 'not: Want Building at Eccles Street. President -Little, of the Agri- cultural Joint Stock Co. and Pres- vident Quinlan, of the Agricultural Society conferred with a ¢im- mittee of the Board. of Education Jast Friday, on the vexed question! of a B.C.1. site. The whole sit- uation, as it affects these two dodiés, was discussed fairly and amicably, but the result was: prac- tically nil. It was made very plain 'by Messrs Little and. Quin- lan that the organizations' which they represented would not con- sent. to having the main building moved to any other location than the one suggested, on Bradford St- Mammoth Rink: Now Open J Every Afternoon ; and Evening BAND Tuesday, Thursday . and Saturday Evenings No War Tax This Season / GRAND OPERA HOUSE _ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY lopposite the tannery. . To meet. their requirements, it | lots 'of the Ross Estate, and The ,Exaniiner. undersiands that the Board has not yet secured an option on these lots. that the condition.on whith these lots «may be secure |is, that-the | Town buy, in addition, the other Properties jiow leased for the park,. and which the Town has {the option of purchasing for $2000 according to their lease. Having heard the rumor that the Fair directors had agreed: to the main building being moved 'tothe corner of. E s Examiner enquired of one of the Fair officers if: such' were -the ase. His reply was : "There is agreement hetweeit the Board of Education and either the Joint: Stock Company or the Agricultural Society at 'present. Any 'statement to that effect is wrong. These Societies aye Wwill- ing to meet the wishes of the people in any practical manner, but 'they could -not agree 1u the Placing of the building on the corner of, Ecales-.and Elizabet}t Streets, as it would practirally kill the Fair by so doing A Skating Carnival willbe held in the Stroud rink, under the auspices of the W. Lb, on Wed., Feb. 20, in aid of the Red Crass and Field Comforts. Admission 15 cents; lunch served after. Band in attendanée, The Ball Planing Mill Co.,Ltd. (under.new management) Manufacturers of and. Dealers it |Cumber, Flooring, Ceiling, Sash Doors, Frames, Blinds, Tanks Water Troughs, Mouldings, Wood Turning, Columns, Shingles, Wall Bourd, Roofing, etc. .. Our Manager .is a registered architect and is prepared to draw plans and specifications. Consult fim:on your building problems. 09: - HALTON POWELL'S would-be necessary to buy. the. It is said]: | county, v by the snow. (Continued from page 1+ -B.B. Collings. staled that the Holland peat bog is about {wenty- five niiles. in leggth, éxtending from the mouth of the Holland river to its head, and: about, two miles wide. _ Between. 9,000 and 10,000 acres of itare in York County and abvut an~ equal a-- mount across the river-in Sinicoe The' best section of it extends from the Bradford bridge south about ten miles where it is deepest.. The deposit' will a' age from six feet to an unkno' dept. When building the Brad- ford bridge, Barber, and Christie, the engineers, drove thé" piles down about 35 feet-and reported good peat atthe bottom. The de- posit rests on blue-elay and marl. He had seen fire, started in the peat in August,.burn until puttout At present hie is' at work on a plan to press the, peat in a hay press. As to. the best dieans of securing the, wecessary drainage forthe si, in order to handle the peat, he suggested the use of dykes. In the opinion.of Mr. Pearson, lowering the Jake. would-be nee- essary to get proper drainage and several expressed the opinion that the towns and\residénts on the shores would not submit to this. B. We Hunter quoted figures (ocshow the hig advantage. the Bradford peat would have over other beds in (he matter of freight rates. While this Hog is tu Newmarket, he did not the Governmént!s action to. that only. Delgfils were given as to the organization ar- Fanged to bring the matter hefore the Ontaris, Government. nfined Geo, Ogilvie described some of rlier investigations con- 20 LATEST AND GREATEST SUCCESS - Musical Comedy De Luxe aN i _-DIRECT FROM A, SEASON IN THE BIG CITY THEATRES .THE FASTEST, FUNNIEST, BIG SCENIC PRODUCTION THE HAN WONDERFUL MUSIC GIRLIEST, TUNEFUL, THE SEASON © NS : Phone 447w, 9 a.m. to 5:p.m, MUSICAL SHOW OF _ STARTLING ELECTRICAL EFFECTS DSOMEST CHORUS IN AMERICA - WONDERFUL COSTUMES A $2.00 sHOW AT ACONSERVING PRICE : $1.00 75° AND 50° GALLERY 25° - LEAVE ORDERS FOR SEATS NOW - Seats on Sale at A. F.°A. Malcomson's, | Rand. WITH WHICH IS. AMALGAMATED----------__ ARRIE SATURDAY MORNING -- cerning Holland 'marsh peat. One of the difficulties to successful manufacture in thosée™days -was that.coal could be. bought for $6, Practically the ton cost of peat. rOther difficulties were too many handlings and reducing' the mois- ture. Water cannot be pressed from peat, if must evaporate. An- other. strange thing about peat is that it does 'not take up any rain. 'As far ashe. could see, there 'is 'no money. in the peat proposition. Ed.. Coombs, a coal dealer, did not know much 'about' peat, but he did know that if present éon- ditions did not improye, the. deal- ers would be put out of business. Anything promising relief: should he investigated. ' es To Walter Sarjeant, tlie pros- pects did not' seem -very bright 'for manufacturing. peat 'suecess_ fully. Present. fuel conditions | 2% flows : Hisbai sta are due to the.war. 'What we ithe should seek js something' to give | Balance from 1916 .. ..83460 98 elief soon, If the war continues, | /*sislative grant tein the situation will be very eritical.| Municipal grant AG NOD, mal conditions should return|CouNty grant... .. .. 20°00 very. quickly after the: war, oe oe s0 FAO IR Which case hie wouldm't ex Me Sent s. 35 BAO have any money in, peat. There|Mebate insurance ..-.. 4 20 is a supply of anthracite to last|arnegie Trust .. .. ..3546 00 for 200 years yet. He, believed x that they should luok to. wood for ; : $7164.38 relief, and if the muniéipalities Expenditure Bol vigorously to work, a lot of | Books... 4. .: +. ,..8 519 00 woolcancbe made ready for-next| Papers, magazines, etc. 81 85 vice Ruilding and repairs .. 58465 Mr. Pearson said Newmarket |Purniture: and tepairs.. 405 80 hail no axe (i grind, but regarded | Msurance 2. 0. oe. 6.39 this as. an opportunity for. the|itht, heat water janitor 563 37 Government to get hold-of a great| Salary, librarian oo 5 boon for. the "people. Let the/S#lary, staff. 2. Lo. plant be installéd where deemed ; Dewey decimal system. . ° 260.25 best. they were not bound to the|.Typewriter 2... Borao Holland marsh. 'He. believed bys the expenditure of $200,000. or $300,000, the ¢ vernment could secure epough marketable peat atly relieve the fuel short] age next sear Ald. Clark Said there are nu- merous peak beds in Muskoka, Donalit RoSsshad used peatland would be. de dbo have it ae gain. 'He cereal it the 'duty of the Goverfiment in' the inter. ests of the people to take thik up. In this view, D. Quinlan cencurr- ed, remarking\ thal Canada should not be dependent upon the United States for-its fuel. Mayor '&ppott also emphasized the laiter point. As to see ring wood, it is a difficult problem. It did not seem possible to wet wood at a/ reasonable - price' or cars to haul it, Under the pres- ent cunditions, everyone should try to get she Government to. take hold, It 'has been shown - that peat can be manufactured and used "Successfully and he didn't see, why the Government should hesifate. Oni motion of Mayor Sprott and Adam, the proposal to. me- |morialize the Ontario Government Was approved 'and Messrs Otton, Hubbard and MeAdam were ap- Pointed a committee to eo-oper- ate with ewmarket and Brad- ford, in placing thesmatter before the Government supported' by a large deputation, Upon the suggestion of J.-A, MacLaren and 'RB. W:' Hunter it was decided to send a circular letter to other Boards of Trade, @ support.: -- Messrs 'Coombs' and Pearson expressed the. thanks of 'the vis- itors for the hospitality shown them. In reply, Mayor Sprott re_ gretted that the lateness of the train had prevented the: contem- plated entertainment of them, Trinity 'is Prospering At the annual vestry meeting of Trinity Church, held Monday night, very .satisfactory- reports for the various departments were Presented, showing that finan- eially-and otherwise>the work is being well maintained. H. A. Sims resigned his -pos- ition as People's Warden, and the appointment of his successor was deferred. H. C. Channen was' re-| -}appointed Vicar's Warden. Other officials named were as follows: Lay representatives to the Syn- od--Judge "Vance, G. A. Raden- Phurst, W. A. Boys, K, C., M. P. Ffnance Board--W. A: Boys, Thos. Rogers, D. J, Reburn, Judge Vance, Dr. Sprott, 8, E. Turner; 'Vestry. Clerk--J. Billingsley. Auditors--S. McAdam, 'C.. C. Exell, C. C. Rand, R. F {last week of this month. Sidesmen--S. E. Turner, Thos. Rogers, A. W. Whitby, James Marlin, W. D.. Minnikin, H. 'G: Ralliston, J. E. Billingsley, | F. JOnhand 5. 2. !L. F. CROSS ELECTED. - LIBRARY CHAIRMAN Financial. Statement Shows a Surplus of $369.39 for the Year 1917. Publie Library Board' which was held .on Tuesday evening, L. F. Cross was. elected chairman, A, Hay treasurer and °R. J. Flet- cher secretary. appointed as' follows : Library Committee -- Messrs. Marr, Fletcher, Hay. Property ' cémmittee--Messrs. Vrawley, Sprott, Quinlan. ° Finance "committee -- Messrs. Beecroft, Frawley, Currie. The financial statement was Honotarium Seey. Honorar; Improving 'grounds a eer Cartage, freight, postage Library -reg. feo Sundries .. New building... é 00 Old building 2. 2. 6. . 00 Land .: 0... 00 Votrniture ., no BOOKS ev ieee ys, eb 61 Liabilities--Mortgage on --old building, $500, The B. C. I. By-Law Vhe Editor of the E Barrie, nt. Dear 'Sir: T notice' the Town Council has advertised. a by-law calling upon ratepayers of Barrie li vote either for or against the same, which" by-law, if carried, will: authorize them to pay over to. the Board of Education the sum of $58,000, which the town vill have to borrow by debentures, 'This money when re Roard of Education in the legiate Institute. Now, unless. the epayers are guaranteed that this proposed Collegiate' Insti- tute will not be built in any other location, other than on the' Ex: bibition site, I am of the opinion that the*hy-law will. be. defeated, as the ratepayers, at the last vote, decided that the new school must be built at a fion. grounds, and nowhere élse. Therefore, T think it: the duty 'of both the 'Town Couneif and the Board of Education 'to at 'once pass a resolution, -guarantecing to the valepayers. that if the by law is carried, {he school, will not be built elsewhere, nor will the money he raised hy debentures mess the site is*secured on the Exhibition grounds. z Tmight also .add'that. if te by- law is carried without the. above resolution being put through, the Board of Education can. compel the' Municipal Corporation raise the money by 'debentures and hand the.same over to-it, and build the school 'on any may select by their-own vote, and the ratepayers can 'not prevent Yours truly Feb. 13, 1918 "Death of J. C. MoKeggie ion, Toronto Generel - At the inaugural meeting of the| Committees were. -[itient layman from Fe-building of the Col to the Board of Education can then site they the Board from doing the same. H.'D: Jamieson. -At. the private patients': pavil- Hospital, + SECTION 2 PAGES 5 TO 12. tomes hanenlane No.7. © chant at Lefroy. About 'thirty: - years. ago :he-went to Toronto, Where he founded the present business... Some time after the death of his brother, Jas. H. Mc- Keggie, who was manager of the Barrie branch, seventeen years ago, the local office was: taken- oyer by Beecroft & Co. He was formerly a member of the Board 'éf Managers. of © Westminster Presbyterian' Church' anda mem- ber of the Board of Trade. The late'Mr. 'McKeggie is: survived by? his wife, (formerly Mrs. Fraser, Lefroy), one daughter, Mrs, John Rogers, of Toronto, and one sis-- ter, Mrs.:James D. Laidlaw; Blake St. Barrie. : ¢ tt Cylinder Phonographs People who haye the impres- sion that cylinder phonographs are out of date, sh uld visit Kee-- nan's store, where they will be convinced otherwise. The new Edison Cylinder Phonograph runs very smoothly and produces a fine tone. .See this instrument in cabinet form, the latest im_ Proved style. The four-minute Blue Amboral Records for these * phonographs will play.3000 times. and still he good. Will Address: the Students Mr.. Kirkwood, who is to ad- dress the. Board of Trade. tomor-- row, evening, has. kindly consent. ed. to speak to the B.C.1, students. in.-the afternoon: His Subject .* Will be "A Straight-edee for life." aa Postponed Credit Sale Monday, Feb> 25--Chas. McKernan, Jot 17, con: 10,-Vespra,.will-hold a postponed. credit sale of farm' stock snd implements, Sale@fW p.m.--w. » McConkey, auctioneer BAPTIST CHURCH, Comer Clapperton and Worsley Sts. Pastor--W. Harris Wallace. Sertnon, Topics for February. 17th. 11 a.m.---Reproduction. 7 pm--A Strange-Wish. 3 pn.--Bible School. «™ "Everybody Weleorfie ---------- Collier St. Methodist Church Sunday, February' 17th. Missionary: Anniversary Day. At 11 wm, Mr. JR. Johnston, a prom: Trinity "Methodist Chureh, Toronto, will give a missionary | address. i |" At-7 pau.--Rev. Charles' FE. Manning, Assistant Secre ary of Home Department, | Will speak on the niissionary situdtion Good Music. Everybody Welcome.: Rev: R. J: Fallis, Pastor. ------------------ Sunday, Feb..17th,-1918. First, Sunday in Lent 8.30--Holy Commnion 11.09--Morning Prayer Studie: in Romans: 3.00---8:S: and Bible Classes. 7.00--Bvening 'Prayer and. Sermon, "Our Herit ge, the Book of Connion Prayer." _ | Everybody welcome: Rev. H. DB. Raymond, Vicar. and ' Sermon, \ DON'T SEND OUT OF TOWN FOR ~ EDISON PHONOGRAPKS. 'OR SUPPLIES '" . THERE IS ONLY ONE PRICE. all. over Canada, and you get that price.in... Barrie the same as: else- where, besides the added- advantage of "Seeing-and, hearing before you buy.'" _ You also save . express, postage; money orders,. etic. -Just as advantage- ous tetms are also given, and. perfect' satisfaction. is guaranteed. REMEMBER-- there 'is only.one price in Canada.'- " You:can buy Disc or Cyl- John Charles McKeggie, president of J. C. McKeggie & Company. grain merchants, died on Sunday, in -his 74th year. He had been without his: eyesight, for, several years. Over forty years 'ago hie came from Scotland, and for sev- feral years was. president of the Please remember the "Silver Thimble and Trinket Fund" the private "bank 'of J.C. MeKeggie| . & Co., with. offices at Barrie, Stayner and Elmyale. Mr. McKeggie was a grain 'mer-! -inder Phonograplis and them in Récords:in Barrie for the "Same price you. can get Toronto or elsé- meer ae