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Wl Rogers contract which the goverment |, Mrs. (Major Gen.) Hughes received NT P.,Dies Suddenly {word on Monday from her son Gar net Hughes, who 1s on the firing line| . Orillia, March 17.--George D. with the Allied troops. Garnet at the t, barrister, third son of the late + Dr. R. M, Grant, was found time of writing, was in the tren 5, | Rev, and was enjoying excellent health. [dead in His rooms here this afternoon i Rn 000 * | He had been unwell for some days, $25.00 IF YOU SWEAR, - and at eleven o'clock this morning | bad gone to bed complaining of feel. iscouragement to the use of in decent, blasphemous, or ulting ing _ cold. Shortly afterward his | isekeeper went into his room and [mitt to the Leglatare through A _ |] Departmen Attorney 11 & hs dpparently passed away in his a | RE SOF the. Atl P: leép; The body was 'still warm an W, M. Grant, Walker. Ont; Fo W, Grant Midland; Grant.and Mts, Herbert Allen, was unmarried ng of the Trent BY + North Ontario. Atthe general ' elec lav 'Ca tion in 1904 he 'was again. returned Bx Valley Canal. MP. And held the seat until the general os ner Mr. J. H. Bum "election of 1908, : | Fesponsible for the statement that, At the opening of the session in oe went Canal from. Peterboro to], * F ghosen by Sir Wilfred Trenton will' be Open ~o vessels of |, . . fo move the address in reply light: draught next spring, and" in al} probability for full draught also. The to the 'speech from the throne and fs a cy. fat once won a place as an able Parlia- only-délay migit'bé dué to" the sib* ok e dred respecting the . mentary debater. . He was called to Marine dredging the Bar about twenty years ago and am, Xr DS was a brilliant member of the profes - Ey hastening, The completion Of the} ion. which he practised here up to the ; time of his death. ¢ Cm ES this summer. wT k ~At the present time the canal is An Action "|. An action was brought against 'the Er = JG: T.-K. by. the widows 'of 'Messrs ® OB Grant and Smith and the executor, of the estate of Ashby. These three -men--Grant, Smith and Ashby. were Of killed by a G. T. R. train on Fob, 19, 1914, and the terms of settlement . | offered by the company were consid-| ered insufficent. A settlement was y made as follows: Mrs' Grant Bets $1,200, Mrs Smith $1,000, and 9.00 a.m. At san r mail takes it to Port Perry be t the Savings: Habit, . Hi#hest Current Rates Allow- "gntérest pounded Half. 5 Sony posits. 17 We solicit your account in our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT RT PERRY BRANCH H. G. HUTCHESON, Manager, Station (D, P. D.P, e Branches aloo at Blackstock ( P, ---- ------ ee -- those with' not less than 3,000 the at In, debt would not exceed $150, places with 2,000 people or less the debt should "not involve more $100 per head, and in each case the sum total is to be exclusive of sinking funds on hand. Provisions are included to make the Ontario Railway Board the ar- bitrator where exceptions are desired, clerk. Payment of principal on: de- [or Tilley give a practical Consolidated "Schools and Rural Mail Considerable interest has been a- roused by a suggestion from Inspector J: J. Tilley that the Rural Mail Deliv- ery work be so arranged that scholars could be carried by the mail men to For instance the distribution of rural mail from Port Perry will cost some: thing over $2,000, per year as there are four mail routes, serving more or less thoroughly a population of 3215 all told; including children, The education of something less than a thousand scholars, (there are 1097 persons between . the ages of 5 and 21) in Port Perry, Reach and' Scugog 1s estimated at somewhere in the neighborhood of $13,000, exclus- ive of the money invested in school buildings. Indeed the amount ment: ioned would not more than cover the cost of salaries and equipment. As probaby only two-thirds of the persons between 5 and 21 years attend school this will bring the direct cost to the community for the education of these schdlars to about $19 00 per apnum}: each scholar in this district, Can these two systems of public service be joined. so. as to combine greater economy and efficiency. 'I he answer is not simple. ; Take the Township of Scugog, would seem to be ideal for the oper- ation of a co-operative scheme of this kind. : There are about 40 children of school age on the Island. For the artives at the Head same time he =~ s mail ; 23 than | : To them as well as to the big, for distribution" onc, the joining of the main road and the respective concessions on' which Eaey live, Perhaps by a careful division of the mail routes some of these diffculties could be overcome. Another objection that has been raised is that the mail could not be. received un the routes until after 2} o'clock of each afternoon, The writer of this article 1g not ap posed to the umon of these two sys tems of public service. but would JJike: to have some such person as Inspects he working of the plan. NS 3 t---- .- RE A Hint for Home These lines were sent to us by Lieut. Wallace, cut from T. Ps Weekly : they are written by Sergeant Brown: of the "Princess Pats." Sergeant Brown is no "jingo.' You can feel beneath the "regulation Step" of his verse the heart beat, tha#" love of home and peace that the love of country which sent theses brave fellows forth, In a poem called: "Letters" he expresses this feeling very Letters His hand is all a-tremble, His eyes stick out like pegs, He goes all of a quiver; From the ague in his legs. And 1f his name's not on. the list, He wilts like a frozen bud, Until another mail call drags Him plowing through the mud. Now the moral is for folk at home, Don't wait for him to write; And don't just say, "Dear Tom, must close, I hope this finds you right." A good long newsy letter Is the best that you van yield, Inthe way of downright service, To your Tommy in the Field. Bravol All those who know a lonely, soldier will put pen to paper. For there must come a time when these volunteers wonder if after alk: their valour is appreciated, and: whether they were not fools to go: sleepy, yet: generous public, these Doemy should bring cheer. Look to Province to. Assist Radials, . is. expected, will soe the. deputation, which will made up of Mayors, Reeves, and. Ou 8 of the various munici-