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CIRCULATION . THIS WEEK * 3500 Copies 55th Year. 3. A. MatLarea, Editor 'W. C. Walls, Business Mamoger WITH WHICH IS AMALGAMATED--------------- THE BARRIE SATURDAY MORNING BARRIE, CANADA, APRIL 18, 1918 COUNCIL MAY BUY COAL AS WELL AS WOOD By-Law Authorizes Town to Borrow up to $20,000 for Fuel Purposes if Necessary At the semi-monthly delibera- tions of the Town Fathers,-Mon- day night, a bylaw was passed giving the Council power to en- gage in the fuel business on be- half of the citizens of the mun- icipality. The restaurant bylaw, which was laid over at the prev- jous meeting, was passed in the form originally presented. Fish at Ten Cents The Canada Foud Board noti- fied the Council of arrangements made for supplying flat sea fish --flounders, soles, wilehes, skate, ele.--at a price that would cost the retailer in Ontario and Que- bee approximately 7 cents per Ib., which, allowing a spread of three cents per putind for the re- tailer, can he purchased by the | consumer at {0 cents per pound Must Conser el From the Fuel Adnmustra of Ontario Was received a eapy ef the fuel regulations sent to dealers throughout the peovines Th this letter reference was mad to the need of prevuring a wood supply. °This cannot phasized (oo strongly. uate steps should be taken to con serve, as far as possibile, the roa) which the dealers for those dependent upon it, and to arrange for such wood supply as will meet any possible defieiene of coal, The inereased use of wood should he developed to the greatest possible extent, 1 trust that your Couneil will be full seized of the need of prompt ¢ tron and will take steps ty ensur thal any emergency may be s+ handled as to obviate distre | There should he absolute co-op- ion between the municipality and the dealers. You will, no doubt, appreciate the necessity of this and keep in constant touch with them, so that the exact ex- tent to which they may be able ty care for the situation will be known. This is necessary in order to secure the maximum benefit from those sections of the reg- ulations de8igned to protect the consumer." Ontario Wouldn't Object The Northern Aiberta Coal Op- erators' Assocn. asked the co- operation of the Council in.secur- ing from the Fuel Controller an order that the 3,000,000 tons of American eval sent it of the Great Lakes be diverted to more needy parts of Canada. Want a Sidewalk James R. Reid and others sent a petition, for a sidewalk on the south of Perry street, from the Park fence to the corner of Jane St. G, W. Hagart asked the Council to give him a new suit of clothes, Want a Night P.C. ' Geo. T. Lawr and others asked for the appointment of a night watchman for the south end of the town. Goods on the Street JohpSaso and a large number of other merchants petitioned for an amendment of Bylaw No. 270, so that they may use ten inches -of the sidewalk for display of goods. T. R. Huxtable asked permis- sion to erect an electric sign at his garage and also to place a free-air stalion opposite garage. Granted as far as sign is con- cerned. 7 Fred Faulkner requested leave put up an electric sign opposite Essa St. Granted. Tree Trimming Permission to remove or trim trees was asked by Judge Vance, Geo. Poucher and Hy Peters. That James St. Light The Light and Water commit- tee recommended no action upon the request of Wm. Lang that a light on James St. be changed. Ald. Reid thought this was not Tight as the light had been most disadvantageously placed as far as the people are concermed. Deputy-reeve Horsfield -- Ev_ eryone who knows the situation agrees that it was a mistake to place that light where it is. Ald. Pearce--Only one man is complaining. If others think the same let them petition. The Electric Light Dept. should move it free of charge if it is so decided Ald, Reid--A lot of people agree iT 3a) [between Soplna and Wellington Jj Sls. had net heen ordered, \s the deg lieense amendment hil wot been passed by the Leg- with Mr. Lang. The darkest spot on the street is not reached by this light. Ald. Clark--Council ordered the light to be put in a certain place. Are we going to let the Electric Light Dept. place it as they please? Mayor--If the Dept. did not follow instructions they should be made rectify it. Ald. Tyrer--The Dept. chose the present location to save pul- ting up a pdle. Ald, Pearce--Men sent to put up a light in Allandale said they didn't know where to place it. Ald. Clark--It's pretty near time the Dept. got men who know enough to follow directions, The report stated definitely the pro- posed location, of the light. Deputy Hotsfield--tf we let them gel. away with this, they will think they can do just as they please. : The report was adopted, but the matter may come up again. I | Ald. Brother was informed that fa Hight petitioned tor on Mary St. ature before the essor start. | lis rounds, some dog owner: received slips of notification at jthe old rate, Deputy Horsfield was told by the Mayor that this made no difference, the new rate applying to all canines this year. | Understanding tat there bud been money set aside for com- pleting the Bracford St.pavement, Ald, Pearce asked if the work was tu be done this year or if last year's disgraceful conditions were tu be repeated. Ald, Tyrer re- plied that the road would be kept in repair but it would be folly to jiay au permanent pavement as the roadbed is still setuing at that potut. Restaurant Bylaw Left over at last meeting for further consideration, the res- taurant bylaw was given three reailings and is now in effect. The only objector was Ald. | Payne who thought these places should not be closed at midnight Mayor Sprott observed that in the @reat majority of cases food served afler midnight was unnec- essary, and this sort of thing should be discouraged in view of the great need for food conserva- tion. 'Ald. Pearce wanted to know why differ as to whose duty it is to enforce certain bylaws. He was informed that as Chief King had requested the bylaw, it was up to him to enforce it. Municipal Fuel Yard A bylaw was passed authoriz- ing the Town of Barrie to enter into a contractor contracts, with any person or corporation for the purpose of purchasing cordwond, and cual, or either, for the benefit of the residents of Barrie. The bylaw ratifies the acceptance Df cordwood area allotted to the town in Algonquin Park.and au- thorizes cutting and shipment to Barrie. Cordwood shall be sold to residents of Barrie at actual cost price, inclusive of all out- lay for expenses, Not more than 3000 cords may be ree Council by this bylaw is giv power to purchase coal also, both for heating the municipal build- ings and for sale thereof to res- idents of Barrie at actual cost price during the winter of 1918- {9. The Mayor and Treasurer are authorized to borrow money for fuel up to $20,000. Chal, when pyrchased, may be sold and delivered at a price not exceeding actual cost to any resident of Barrie as the Council may deem expedient. Board of Works Permission was given Mrs, An- derton to' remove a tree and to Mrs. Thos. Smith to trim certain trees. Alex. Cleland's tender for black= smithing was accepted. The Town teams will remove ashes and rubbish from private yards during the spring cleaning for fifty cents per load. Ashes and rubbish placed on the street when ordered by the Town fore- man' will be. removed free of charge up to three loads--over would enforce it, as officers often \ AMIN Por anaum [in advance] $1.50 ANOTHER 'TEACHER FOR THE WEST WARD No Room for Extra Primary Class in School, a House is Engaged. For the last six months work in the primary department of the West Ward School has been bad- ly handicapped by overcrowding. When school opened in September the class had too many «pupils, but it was sought to meet the situation by adopting the half- day system. In January the class was further augmented, and after Easter new pupils put the atten- dance up to 91. It was quite evident that no teacher could be expected to teach a class of this size, in jugtice to herself or to the pupils. a) spec- jal meeting of the Board of Edu- cation was held, Monday night, to! consider the best way of reliev- ing the congestion, The devision arrived at was to divide the class, leaving the senior pupils with Miss Sproulein the present room, ang to advertise for a new teacher t e the remainder of the pu: pils after May 1. As there ix ae availahle room an the school, if was decided to rent a house be- longing to Mrs. Henry, a few doors away, and ft elassroam. The only other business was awarding the contract for soft eval for the schools, Mickle Dy- ment & Sun's lender being accept- ed at $8.00 per ton for 200 tons. it-up for a tween Muleaster St, and the rail-! way station al year. Tende! Fares te be charged, (2 Sehedive of service, 3 Amount agri to pay for privilege Longer Beat for P, ©. MeLean k-- That Chief King be requested to extend pres- ent night patrol tu inelude the business section of Ward Six Brother--Payne --That Collier St. be added to the dist of streets tu be oiled this year. The P.O. Grounds Brother --Tyrer --That Parks Commission be requested to take aver {he cire of the P.O. grounds, Ald, Payne--What are they go_ ing to do with the grounds, fill them full of flower beds? 1 don't know why they are so eager Lo get them The Mayor--The Commission is not asking this at all. Ald, Brother --The Parks Board get money for this sort of work, why shouldn't they do it? Ald. Tyrer--I think the Board will be quite willing to undertake this work and will save the Coun- cil that much expenditure. Th: are as much interested in the goad of the town as we are, and when they are capable of looking afler the parks they certainly can be trusted to care for these grounds to best advantage. The moti carried. The Renna "Tour" Tyrer--Soules--That (the an- nual inspection of streets and walks by the Town Coun.il be made on Wed,, April 17. Ald. Clark thought it waste of adale for ane state 1 no new work should be under. rae ED LOOK AT THE LABEL ON YOUR EXAMINER © The Examiner mailin, week. Any subscription possible care'is taken to that amount a charge of fifty cents per load will be made, 7 Jitney Service 4 The Transportation Committee recommended that tenders be asked for the privilege of con- ducting an exclusive service for the conveyance of passengers be- , P. S--We would be scribers who have not yet SATURDAY, APR. 13, should be credited on the label.* Please look at the label on your paper and see if the label corresponds with your receipt. If not, please no- tify the office as soon as you can conveniently. Every accurate, but if any error should be made the subscriber would be doing us a favor by calling it to our attention. 'THE BARRIE EXAMINER MAJOR G. R. RODGERS' STORY OF THE RIOT Evidence Given at the Inquest in Quebec--Only 36 Mach- ine Gun Bullets Fired. Major Geo, R, Rodgers was at his home in town for a couple of days last week and reported things quiet at Quebec when he left. Following is the, evidence of |Major Rodgers at the inquest in- to the death of the civilians killed in the riot, as reported by Can- adian Press:-- |. Major G. R. Rodgers, who had jcharge of the militia in St. Roch on the night of the riot, Monday, April 1, was the main witness April 10 at the Coroner's inquest into the death of the four civil. ians killed during the clash be- tween the mob and the militia. He explained that hy had 1,180 men under his command that night, with ten machine guns stationed here and ther, through- out the riot zone. , Ho said only one of the machine guns was fired, and that was in St. Sauseur, near Bagot street, where the fur civihans wer killed. He said it worked harely a few seconds, and that about thirty-six bullets were fired frong it. Witness also stated that the Riot Act was read about 9 o'clock that night near the Jacque Cartier Market Place by Captain Haigtins, He says Captain Haig lins read the Riot Act by heart, jboth in Freneh and in English. He said he had received orders to subdue the trouble as much as possible by\the simple presence of the troops and to fire among ihe crowd at the very latest pos- jsible moment. to prevent. if pos- sible, any bloodshed. His special mission that night was to prevent the holding of Armand Lavergne's announced mecting, and lo pre- vent any groups fron gathering, | Major Rodgers then related how he saw the mob shoot aginst the military from housetaps, from behind snowdrifts, from hehind posts, and alse from a hiding {place behind the cab stand at'the corner of St. Joseph, St. Valier and Bagot streets. It was then, the to a high pitch of activity, that he himself ordered the machine gun brought to the fore, backed against a stone wall. He ordered Shis men to fire the machine gun, but just.a few seconds, enough to seare the moh away. He says the machine gun harked a mere sec~ ond two, firing at (he most thirty-six bullets. The Major added that he was Ipositive that the machiny gun hit ee taken this year. The Works Chairman agreed with him, saying (hat only expen- ditures {hat are absolutely neces- sary should be made this year. Reeve McLean thought that the combined opinion resulting from an inspection would assist in riot growing or Spring Clean-up Tyrer--Reid--That the Board of Works be instructed to pro- me to make this inspection as|ceed with the annual cleaning of streets. ig lists were corrected this paid up to and including. keep our subscription lists glad to hear from any sub- renewed for 1918. ° keeping down the expenditures, 8¢ lit was decided to make the trip. no one, thét all those who were hit were touched by stray bullets. Questioned by Armand La- vergne, attorney for the families of some of the victims, Major Rodgers said that all the soldiers who helped quell the riots in Quebec city were draftets, none of them having seen fire at the front. He said that some of the officers, however, were men re- turned from the front. Major Rodgers said the soldiers were served with ordinary ammunition. He had inspected it himself. Our Adlets Bring Results Have you noticed how our Adlet column has grown? Last weck there were seventy-five adlets in this Column, considerably more than twice as many as carried hy any other paper in Simcoe county. The reason is not hard to find-- Results. One of our subscribers who ad- vertised a team of horses, reports that he disposed of them the day afler the paper appeared and had enough responses to the advt. tu have sold them fifteen times ever, This is but one of hun- dreds of satisfied users of the {Examiner Adlet Column. \, We don't pr lend to be able to Nnake people buy what they don't 'want {though an adlet often suz- gests a want they had not com- pletely recoxnized before' but if ou have anything to sell for which there is a demand, our Ad- lets will bring enquiries nine cases out of ten. Then it's up to 'ou to close the deal. Or if you want to purchase something that you do not know just where to find, fifteen ¢ents spent on an Adlet will, in most eases, put you on the track of what you want, For advertising articles or an- imals lost or found, there is no other medium that can approach The Examiner in effectiveness. And the cost is so small as to be within the reach of everyone-- a cent a word with a minimum charge of fifleen cents per issue. Spring Wheat In Demand Brown & Co,, local distribu- tors for the Marquis wheat sup- plied by the Government for seed purposes, report quite an active demand. The total amount con- signed to them was 1500 bushels and nearly half of it was disposed of during the first week it has been.on sale, Quantities sold run from' one tu sixteen bags, the average being about five bags. Most of it has been sold to the farmers in the district around Barrie, but shipments have been. made to Utterson, Collingwood, Bradford and intermediate points. Quite a number of farmers are waiting to see how the fall wheat, promises before buying the spring The severe frosts and: cold winds followed by continued dry weather have been very hard on the winter wheat. In some sec- tions much of it has been killed while in other parts the pros- pects are excellent if sufficient rain comes soon. "The Man from Painted Post' Douglas Fairbanks goes to the extreme in his endeavor to obtain realism. As an indication of this he recently tuck his entire com- pany of fifty people from Los Angeles to Wyoming, in order Lo wet the true background for his new Artoraft photoplay, "The Man from Painted Post," to be shown at the Opera House Friday and Saturday of this week. Most western pictures are staged in California, and although the Fairbanks studio is there, the actor-producer spent a week in transferring his pruducing organ. ization to the real prairies and the exact locale of his story. Not satisfied with this, he personally journeyed to Cheyenne, where he signed up the champions ,of a Rodeo meet, in order to get the best effects in scenes showing the branding of cattle, reckless riding and roping of steers. Paying off Mortgages A striking evidence of the pros- perity in the rural sections is seen in the large number of mortgages on farm property that have been discharged during the past year. Answering a query from ' The Examiner, Deputy- Registrar Montgomery pointed to a pile of documents in front of him--all documents for discharge --and remarked, "That's what came in on the last mail." A few years ago the staff were kept busy writing out extracts necessary in connection with applications for aa - SECTION 1 PAGES | TO 4 No. 16 A BOARD OF TRADE OF GREAT BENEFIT Can Help Town in Many Ways, said Mr. Wood in His Address. The second business men's Supper, held under the auspices of the Board of Trade, last Thureday evening. was well at- tended. Supper was provided at 6.15 by the Field Comforts Society, and both as to menu and service was all that could be de- sired. . The gathering was disappoint- ed in not hearing Mr. Frost, who had expected to be present. Im- portant business called him to Cleveland and he found that he could not complete it in time to reach Barrie for Thursday night. When he discovered this he wired Hamillon for a speaker to take his place, and Mr. Wood, Presi- dent of the Wood Milling Co. and several other large concerns, kindly consented Lo substitute on vor short notice. He was accompanied by an always wel- come Bx-Barrivite, A. C. Garden. Mr, Garden, now vice President of the Hamilton Board of Trade, who was the first speaker intro- duced by President Otton, re- ferred to his pleasure al re. iting Barrie, where he had spent so many happy years. The Board of Trade is one of the most im- portant factors in the life of a town or city, Every business man should be a member and every municipal council should welcome the Board's advice. The Board should be active for advancement, and it would be found that good agitation always brings results. Individual work fails, but splen- did results are sure to follow when the business men get to- gether, boost fur theiy munici- pality, iss public questions, and bowing to the will of the majority, see that this will 1s carried oul, Every Board of Trade member should be an indefati- gable booster, (Continued on page 12.) e "4 Board of Trade After the supper last Thursday night a business session of the Board of Trade was held with President Otton in the chair, A report on the proposal made by Ontario Toys, Ltd., for estab- lishing their manufacturing plant in Barrie, was presented by the President. The proposition was not regarded favorably by the Board and the secretary was re- quested to notify the company to that effect, A letter was read from J. K. Hes-vy asking the assistance of the Board in securing a lower assessment for the Barrie Hotel, which is about to re-open under new management. This property is assessed at $14,500, which is mich higher than any other hotel and twice as high as seme. Mr. Hessey pointed oul 'that extra accommodation is greatly needed and he thought some encourage- ment should be given in the way of a more equitable assessment, D. Quinlan suggested that the whole qiestion of hotel assess- ment should be looked into. Some were of the opinion that a low assessment should be given to the hotels in return for which they should provide wailing rooms, ete., for the public as they did in the days of the bar. Others held that the Council could not have class assessment of this kind and thought the hotels sould be given a straight grant in return for this accommodation. A special committee of three was appointed {o report upon the matter, A report on the Rest Room es- tablished by the Board showed that it is well patronized. Donald Ross was of the opinion that if an arrangement were made with the hotels, the Rest Room would be unnecessary. If the latter had to be maintained, he regarded it the duty of the Council, and not the Board of Trade, to finance it. On motion of J. A. MacLaren and D. Quinlan the Board pledged itself to co-operate heartily in the local greater production cam- paign, and placed in charge of this work the specia] committee of which 8. W. Moore is chairman es loans. Now comparatively few farm mortgages are being record- ed, while the discharges of such documents are daily going through. Sette