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of the largest tatepayers and was E Seth Vote CRCULATION + 3625 COPIES | J..A, MacLaren, Editor W. C. Walls, Business Manager -B BARRIE, CANADA, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1919 WITH WHICH Is AMALGAMATED---------------- THE BARRIE SATURDAY MORNING les 4 cents Single $1.50 Per var (in advance) * 16 PAGES - SECTION 1 PAGES-1 TO 8 No. 16 MAKING A START _REW. WARD SCHOOL r . Board 'Asks R. J, Edwards to ' Report on Building--B.C.1. Near Completion. At the meeting of the Board of Education Monday night, il was decided to secure R. J, Edwards & Son of Toronto to advise the Board as to re-modelling and en- larging the present West Ward School or building an entirely new school of twelve rooms. Alb the members, except Trustee Byrne, were present. Communications F.W. Often and Donald Ross wrote accepting appointment on the commercial advisory com- mittee. Applications were reevived from Miss Lilian 1, Coburn of Yorontu and Miss Elsie Ambler for positions on the staff when vacancies occur On bebalf of themselves and their staff Messrs Shear, Morris. an, Marlin and Carson wrote thanking the Board for bonuses and salary increases. Laidman & Sarjeant asked | for a portian of the insurance to be placed on the Collegiate build- ing Bod Building Committee 20 paid to Ball Planing un architects' certificates | was nfirnied) The Town Coun. | cil will be asked that street; sweepings and ashes be dumped | upon the B.C. 1 grounds for fill. |} ing and also for. permission to | take same clay off Albert Street | above Charlotte St. The tender of Johnston & Warren for blinds for the new B. C. I, was| accepted. This amounts to $480, | 30 FS Mill Co. Jdom carried is divided as follows: RS H. Bennett, $10,000; F. A. Lett 840,000; H. E. Jory, $10,000; Jas. Arnold, $5000; R. J. Fletcher, #5000. Insurance on public schools held by those to whom the new B.C.1, insurance is given is as follows: R. J. Fletcher, $8000; T, C. Fisher, 87400; James Arnold, #10650; H. E. Jory, $12,600; F. A-Tet!, $15,200; J. H. Bennett, 11,90) (and 815,000 on boilers'. Boiler Inspection Richardson --Stephens --That a@ policy of $15,009 be placed on B.C.1. boilers with the 'Travel- nsurance Co. (James Arnold. agent) at a premium of $80.70 for three years and that this company have the boilers in- spected before the building is taken over There was considerable dis- cussion over the last clause of this motion as to whether the Board should have any inspec- tion of boilers until the building is passed by the architects. It was decided that it would not he advisable to do so and the clause referring to inspection he- fare being taken over was struck wut, Lamps for B.C.L. 'Trustees Stephens and Channen moved that the tender of F. Car- | penter for electric bulbs for B. C1. be accepted, being the low, MOTORIST HAD 'TO PAY FOR Bradford Farmers Got Full Damages and Costs From T. A. Lyons of Elmvale. Metcalf vs. Lyons, a case of particular interest to motorists and farmers, bas been decided by Judge Wismer. This was i Division Court action brought! b: Win, and John Metcalf, farmer living near Isradford, against ' Albert Lyons of Elmvale fu: damages to sheep struck by aul aulumobile last summer. The plaints were driving a flock of sheep to Bradford, one man being in a buggy and the other on foot, According to the story of the ptaintifis, Lyons ap- prvacbed them from behind head- ing for Toronto at a rapid rate The car hit two sheep, killing one und breaking a hind leg of the other, On the other hand, the defendant swore thal he sounded his born and slowed down till he was running not over four miles an hour; also that one of the sheep afler crossing the road ran back rightgin front of the car so Wat it was impossible ty avoid it. > Lyons, after the accident, dic est In amendment, it was moved by Trustees MacLaren and Wis- that the tender McKinnon. for Laco lamps with | the company's guarantee of 1500! hours each be accepted. Trustee Stephens said that Mr. Carpenter himself guaranteed the lamps for 1500 hours and they | were considerably cheaper. Trustee MacLaren drew atten- tion to the fact that Mr. Carpen- | ter gave nd information as to what lamp he proposed to sunply, Through G. G. Smith & Ca f00 chairs at 81.74 each have been ordered for the Collegiate | assembly hall. 817.50 was paid for freight on gymnasium equip- ment, On Duty Again \ The Management Committee reported that Miss Guest report- ed-for duty on April 1 after her serious illness. If recommended, as she is enfitled to a month's pay for illness, that she be paid for January and also that she be allowed $37+for bonus for April, May and supe. On the request of the Mayor, the principals of the public schools will be asked to prepare the pupils to take part in the cele- bration of the signing of the peace treaty by practising patri. otic songs and other selections suggested by Dr. Arnall who pro- poses to include the pupils in his massed choir. Placing Insurance The Finance Committee recom- mended the payment of salaries nd rentals amounting to $5997.- 44, also of sundry accounts total- Jing $318.15. An increase of $5.00 per month was voted to the Secretary- 'Treasurer. This committee recommended the placing of $90,000 insurance upon the collegiate building and $10,000 on contents, divided 'as fdllows: F. A. Lett, 825,000; H. E, Jory, $25,000; Jas Arnold, $15,000; J. H. Bennett, $20,000; T. C. Fisher; $5000; R. J. Fletcher $5000; J. J. Moore, $5000. Will R. King and S. J. Fisher moved that $5000 be taken from James Arnold'and given to F. A. Rett, making F. A. Lett $30,000 and James Arnold $10,000. Trusjee Fisher thought' Mr. Lett deserved the preference as he had used the Board well. Trustee King said that when the. builders' risk was placed on the school Mr. Lett was given the largest share because he was one entified to more'in proportion to his. assessment. He also gave the Board a rebate on the origin- al rate and treated the Board better than the others. Trustee MacLaren pointed out that while H. E, Jory"s assess- ment was but slightly lower than Mr.,Lett's he got only 25 per cent. as much insurance on the build- ers' risk. - To Trustee Stephens 'the idea of dividing on an assessment basis was something new and he .-did not see that it was of suf. ficient_weight to alter the report. Others thought so too and the amendment was defeated by 7 to 3. The builders' 'risk now being and to take his tender would b: like "buying a pig in a poke." There is a verv great difference in the quality of lamps and it was good business to buy a brand of proven worth even if it did east a little more. The matter was left to tha} Building Committee to deal with Fire Bucket Tanks King -- MacLaren --Thal the Board purchase 5 Trickey fire bucket tanks for B.C.1. at a price of 87.25 @ch. Placing these tanks in the building reduces the insurance rate 5 cents and with the reduc- | tion for the 80 per cent. co-in, surance brings the rate down to 85 cents. Appoint B.C.I. Caretaker The Property and Supply Com- mittee recommended: (1) 4That an architect be ap- pointed by®this Board to look over present West Ward School and advise as to reconstruction of same so as to provide for a twelve-room school, report to be submitted to the Board as soon as possible. "(2) That the tender of Moffatt & Parr for installation of closets in South Ward School be accepted at a cost of $1132, subject to satisfactory arrange- ments being made with the Coun- cil for the money. That the Sec- retary be instructed ta write the Council asking that $1500 be placed to the credit of the Board for this work, 'the chairman ane Trustees Stephens, Wisdom and King to interview the Council ir support of the application. (3) That W. J. McManus b: appointed caretaker of the B. C I. at $1000 per annum, this t include all the caretaking re- quired on this building and grounds. . Referring to the appointment of caretaker, Trustee Richardson said that Mr. McManus presented very strong testimonials from Principal Ross, Mr. Heath and ex-Principal Henry. In Mr- Henry's (dated Aug. 28, 1918) he said that he had in his ex- perience.never seen a 'more sat- isfactory janitor or one more zealous for the @omfort of pupils and staff. i Taught; Here in 1887 Thos. Allan, principal of the Durham High School, who is looking for his superannuation, wrote asking the Board 40 con. firm the fact, that he taught in Barrie_from'Jan 15, 1887 to July of the same year. ~ 'Get Architects' Advice Trustees Milne and. Stephens moved that the services of Ed- wards & Edwards, architects, be or Ww. 9, house and phoned to Bradford jeonstable's evidence the 'lor had built some fifteen schools not stup lo ascertain the damage jvr lo leave his name, {plaintifs ran tu a near-by farm where up the car Constable Simpkins held According to the Lyons ar was running over 25 miles an hour when it came within bis view A bill of 817 was put in by the plaintiffs for damage to the sheep. This His Honor has ér, jered the defendant to pay, to- ther with the costs which will a total bill Of fully three amount asked as 1 fimes the damages secured to advise the Board as to the best way of re-modelling the West Ward School or build. ing a new school. Trustee King was of the opin- ton that the whole school would have ta come down. Excellent plans had been submitted by W. b. Taylor and Trustee Stephens thought it would be well to look them over and get ideas. Trustee Wisdom said Mr. Tay- though none so large as is pro- posed. IL would not cost any- thing to have his plans before them. Mr. Taylor is of the opin- ion that only part of the foun- datiofi is usable. . Trustee Milne thought it ad. visable to get expert advice ai once. He did not think it pos- sible to make over the present school, which was built on the cheap, in a satisfactory manner. If the Board were prepared to accept Mr. Taylor as architect, it would be all right to considep his plans, said Trustee Mac- Laren, but if mot this would simply be wasting time, a very important consideration if the work is to be rushed along @s soon as school closes. R. J. Ed- wards should be satisfactory as an architect. He built the Burton Ave. school, admittedly the best| in North Simcoe, without a dollar of extras. Chairman Malcomson asked if the public would be satisfied if the Board went ahead with the work under the direction of Mr, Taylor as architect. Trustee Fisher and King both answered in the negative. Trustee Wisdom said Mr. Tay- lor had stated that if his plans were satisfactory he would do all the supervising, etc., for 81500 instead of paying an architect $4000 or $5000. The motion was adopted. Moving to New School MacLaren--Fisher --That the Ball Planing Mill Co. be given the contract of taking present seating and other equipment from the present premises occu- pied for collegiate purposes and placing them in the new build. ing according to plan furnished by the Principal. Richardson--Milne --That th: Board place on record its sym- pathy with Mr. and Mrs. 8. H. Henry in «heir recent bereave- ment in the death of Mrs. Henry's mother, Mrs. Dafoe. Richardson--Stephens --That the regrets and sympathy of this Board be conveyed to Dr. H. B. One of tho|4 BARRIE MAY GET HELP FROM GOVT. In Building Some of Its Roads, Was Information Given to Ald. Grafton. The absence, of Ald. F Grafton from the Council Board at last week's session is eaplained by the: fact that he substituted for Mayor Sprott as Barrie's representative on the delegation from Ontario munici- palities who waited upon Premier Sir Wm. Hearst and Hon. Mr. Macdiarmid, Minister of High- ways, at the Rwliament Build- on Monday afternoon. The object being lo! present the re- fwuest of the municipalities of Untaria for the appropriation of the fees from motor licenses and Police Court fines into the treasury of the local municipality where they originated rather than to the Government. Some other towns and cilies represent- ed were Hamilton, St. Mary's, Woodstock, Belleville, Sudbury and Kingston. The delegation were presented ta the Premier by the M-P.P. of West Hamilton, the city clerk, Mr Kemp, being the chief spokesman. | i main argument of the delegation was that the increased and fer good paved highw and streets and their upkeep was becoming an increasing burden upon the towns and cities, caus, ed largely through heavy motor traffic. The laboring man with- out a car was helping to pay this extra cost. Also that the urban muniripalities were now also re- sponsible for certain. cost. of suburban highways, that is the] main reads outside of, but lead- ing info, cities and towns, and| levied by tHe County. As to fines, the Sudbury representative point- ed out a recent case af a local p eution against gambling among the foreign element, at a mumeipal cost of $300, con- tributed 81400 in fines, but all of which went to the Govern. ment. Replying to the delegation, Premier Hearst represented that if the provinee granted this re- quest and turned over the million dollars or so thus received froin automobile licenses it would not only seriously interfere with but prohibit the Government carry- ing out their great and advanced program of Provincial Highways unless some other source of revenue were to be found. He said motor license revenues were from a source the municipalities did not miss because they never had the income. Every other Province and State considered this legitimate Government revenue, He intimated his Government would be willing to grant their request if they were willing to pay, as New York State for example paid, for their State roads which was by direct taxa- tion of the whole State, and a special levy on property adjoin- ing these State highways. The Premier, moreover, in showing the Nmited sources of revenue, referred to the fact that they had already eliminated the 1% war tax for 1919 at great sacrifice. The serious interference of in. come also applied to the matter of the remittance of police court fines to the municipalities. They were, however, willing to consider this matter and see if some con- cession could be granted. Hon. Mr. Macdiarmid also ex- plained that after elaborate in- vestigation and inquiry the Special Committee of 1914 had brought in strong recommenda- tions along the line of the Pro- vincial Highways Act now being pursued by the Government for the advantage of the Province. That- the cities already were reaping the benefit through the vastly increased motor truck transportation and cheaper and quicker delivery'as on the Toron- to-Hamilton Highway. In answer to an inquiry of Ald. Grafton, the Hon. Mr. Macdiarmid intimated that the Government were willing where Provincial Highways approached a town to assume a larger proportion o: the suburban cost to the relief of the town,.and also promised in -soattered towns like Barrie that upon due representation they would also assume a share of the cost of the Provincial Ss Spotton of Galt, a former prin- cipal of the B.C.1., in the death of his wife. Highway through the outlying Parts of the town itself, though Rot through the business or densely populated portion. 'As Barrie is now designated as on the Great Northern Provincial Highway this one promised con- cession alone may mean con- siderable to the Citizens of Bar- rie, both towards having a splendid through Highway and al considerably reduced cost to the town over what had been an, ticipated. Fund to Continue a Year A largely attended meeting of the Executive Committee of the Canadian Patriotic Fund way held recently in Ottawa. The honorary treasurer reports ed that the total contributions to the 31st of March, 1919, amounted lo $47,115,261.47; that the balance in hand on the ist of April was $8,662,941, and thal further contributions of approx- imately $300,800 were regarded as collectable. In December the amount drawn by the branches of the fund was $940,000; owing ta discharges the monthly require, ments were al present approx, imately $890,000. In view of the fact that it would yet be some months before all the overseas men had returned to Canada it was felt that it was inadvisable for the fund to assume any new obligations until it was clear that the amount in hand would be sufficient to carry on until the last man was discharged. Afler a full and frank discus. sion regarding the future of the fund it Was finally agreed that the branches should be asked to continue their relief work along the present lines for another year. Barrie Branch has still about 70 names on-its list and this is being reduced weekly as the men are discharged. At one time 270 soldiers' dependants were re- ceiving monthly cheques through the Barrie Branch. A New Calendar A new calendar made up of thirteen months of 28 days each -- the new month to be interposed in November's' present place and to receive the name of Liberty in commemoration of the peace, which ende@ the world's most terrible war, has been adopted by business men of Minneapolis, who hope it will become universal This new calendar gets rid of the 365th day by appointing it sep- 'ly and perenially New Year's The salient features of the ed new system are as follows: New Year's Day, 1 day; 13 months of 28 days each, 364 days. Total 365 days, New Year's day would have no nama or date, only new year's day. The next day afler New Year's day would always be Sunday, January ist...Leap year coming every four years would have no day name, only leap year day, 1920, 1924, 1928, ete. Fixed holiday would always be on the same day and date in each and every year. Sundays and each day of the week would also all be on the same days and dates each year, there- by simplifying the whole system of time reckoning. Barrie Lawn Bowlers Barrie Lawn Bowlers got off to a successful start last week, hav- ing the best annual meeting held for a long while. Officers elect- ed for ensuing year are ag fol- lows: Patron--W. A. Boys, M. P. Hon. Pres---A. Hay Pres.--A. G. Habbick Vice.Pres.---A. G. McLellan Secy.--A. C. Bricker Treas.--F. Marr Executive Committee --A. D. Simon, W. A. Turner, W. R. King, P. Clark. ' Auditors--C. R. Brownlee. With favorable weather this season the bowlers expevz a big tine with inerénased membership and tournament games in view, Kendall, A. Oro Farmers, Attention ! A public meeting will be held in the Town Hall, Oro, on Wed- nesday, April 23, at 8 o"clock., when R. H. Halbert and others of the United Farmers of Ontario will be present for the purpose of discyssing the aims and ob- jects of the U, F. 0., co-operative buying and selling, the live stock ja 8 the farmers' paper. Every farmer in Oro should attend and make this the largest meets ever held in the town all, HALF CENTURY OF WEDDED LIFE Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Milbee Cel- ebrated Their Golden Wed- ding last Saturday, A very pleasing Place last " Saturday when Mr, and. Mrs. Thos, Milbee, Owen St. celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding day, surrounded by a number of friends and relatives gathered to extend felicitations on the happy occasion. The groom of half-a-century ago is a nalive of Ireland and as @ youth of sixteen came fram Belfast to Canada and settled on an Oro farm. The bride was born in Oro, near Dalston, the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Gardner. Three years after marriage they bought the general store at Dalston, continuing in business there for three years, then mov, ing to Barrie and entering the boot and shoe business in which they continued until 1896 when they retired from active business, Their three sons and daughter received their education in Bar- rie public schools and collegiate, two sons taking up Medicine and one Pharmacy, while the daugb-, ter became a nurse. The second son, J, A. Milbee, Phm, B., died at Collingwood sixteen years aga from pneumonia. ' Among the guests at the gath ering on Saturday was Mrs. P. F. Craddock of Windsor, who acted as bridesmaid fifty years ago. A letter was read from W. A. Cope. land of 'St. Peterburg, Fla., wha was groomsman at that time. The out-nf-town guests were: Dr. H. H. Milbee and wife. Marsh- field, Wis.; Dr. R. S. Milbee, Mil- waukee, Wis.; Miss Effa Milbee, Chicago, Ill.; Mrs. D. MeCuaig, Rathdrum, Idaho; Miss Marion E, Leslie, Chicago: Mr. and Mrs, Cyrus Gardner and Howard Gardner, Walkerville: Mr. Clair Bradley and wife, Dr. M. S. Lyon, Mrs. Wm. J. MacBeth, Toronto; Mrs. E. Hill, Aurora; Miss Ada White, Toronto; Miss A. M, White, Whitby, Over sixty were seated at the tables. Miss Ada Richardson of Toronto rendered several peau- tiful solos and Mrs. A. 8. Burton gave a reading. Numerous beau- tiful an4 costly presents were re~ ceived including a bag of gold. That Mr. and Mrs. Milbee may long be spared to each other and to their friends is the wish of 4 large circle. event took afternoon Reception to 4th Bn. Arrangements are being made for the reception of the 4th iBattalion, which is expected to return frony overseas next Tues- day. Every effort is being made to have reduced fares authorized for returned men of this unit to go to Toronto for the reception. Every 4th BATTALION man is urged to be in Toronto on that date. If he is obliged to wait over night he will be aecommoda- ted free of charge at the Govern- ment Bldg., Exhibition Camp. All men coming in from outside the city should go to North Torento Station, and ask for the 4th Bn, Veterans Parade. $8000 Subscribed The canvass for funds to build a Memorial Sunday School for St. Andrew's Church and to make im~ provements to the organ, thought not yet completed, has produced subscriptions amounting to al~ most $9000. In accordance with instruc, tions from the congregation, the committee is having plane and specifications prepared and when tenders are received will present the definite figures at a congre. gational meeting. An old couple had lived togeth. er forty years. The man seid that he and his wife never agreed but once in all that time, and that was when the house took fire, both agreed that the best thing to do was to get out as soon as pos~ sible. There are two hundred and fif- ty thousand words in the [English langiage and most of them were used last Sun- day by a lady. who discovered after coming out of church, that her new hat was adorned with a tag, on which was written, "ree duced to $2.75."