Arkell, Thomas Reginald, B.S.A. (Toronto Ont.), is recognized as one of the leading live stock experts of Canada, though still young in years. He was born at Arkell, Wellington County, Ont., on March 30th, 1888, the son of Henry and Jessie (Macfarlane) Arkell. He had an early insight into the practical side of his chosen profession from his father, who was a prominent sheep-raiser, and had resolved to give his son a thorough education in the scientific side of the business. The subject of this sketch was educated at the public schools of Arkell and Guelph, Guelph Collegiate Institute and the University of Toronto. In 1908 he graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Scientific Agriculture, standing highest in his class for general proficiency and capturing the Governor-General’s medal. He first went into journalism and in the year of his graduation was appointed agricultural editor of the “Canadian Citizen,” Ottawa; and later served for some months as Associate Editor of “The Canadian Farm,” Toronto. In 1909 he was appointed Professor of Animal Husbandry at the New Hampshire State College and animal Husbandman of the Experimental Station in connection with that institution. In 1912 he returned to Canada to accept the appointment of Chief of the Sheep and Goat Division of the Live Stock Branch in the Federal Department of Agriculture. In 1918 he was appointed Manager of the Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers, Limited, an association designed to benefit wool production in Canada from every point of view. He is widely known in connection with this basic industry and is the author of numerous papers and pamphlets relating to sheep-breeding and the inheritance of bovine characteristics. He is a member of the University Club, Ottawa, and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1911 he married Mabel Helen, daughter of William Mahaffey of Dover, New Hampshire, and has one daughter, Eleanor Kathleen. He resides at 70 Beaty Avenue, Toronto.
HON. GEO. P. GRAHAM
Brockville
Gartshore, Lieut.-Col. William Moir, is one of the best known industrial leaders of Canada, and is Vice-President and General Manager of the McClary Manufacturing Co. of London, Ont. His Company is one of the Canadian pioneer concerns in the manufacture of stoves and furnaces, and has branches at Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Vancouver, St. John, Hamilton, Calgary, Saskatoon and Edmonton. Col. Gartshore was born at Dundas, Ont., April 3rd, 1853, the son of John and Margaret (Moir) Gartshore. The late Mr. John Gartshore was during his lifetime a prominent manufacturer of marine machinery, engines, boilers, etc., and the subject of this sketch was educated in the public and grammar schools of Dundas and at Dr. Tassie’s famous academy at Galt, Ontario. In 1873 he joined the staff of the London Car Wheel Company and in 1876 entered the employ of the McClary Manufacturing Company with which he has ever since been connected. Since 1890 he has filled the dual office of Vice-President and General Manager. His other business interests include a directorship of Ontario Loan and Debenture Co., London. Since early manhood he has taken an active interest in military matters and holds a first-class cavalry certificate. He entered the militia as a volunteer in 1871 and during the North-West Rebellion of 1885 served as Junior Major of the 7th Fusiliers, London, for which he wears the campaign medal. He was made major in 1884 and in 1892 became Lieut.-Col. in command of 1st Regiment of Cavalry, “Hussars,” London. He is now on its reserve of officers. Col. Gartshore has also held many important public offices. He was Provincial Vice-President of the Canadian Manufacturers Association, 1908, and Vice-President for Canada in the same organization, 1914-15. He is President and was formerly for some years a director of London Fair Association; Chairman of the Victoria Hospital Trust; President of the St. John’s Ambulance Association, London; President of the Child Welfare Association, London. During his many journeys to the motherland he was in 1886 presented to the late King Edward VII when Prince of Wales, and in 1905 after he came to the throne. In response to the wishes of his fellow citizens he stood for Mayor of London in 1916 and was elected. Col. Gartshore is a member of the following Clubs: London, London Hunt, and National (Toronto). He is also a member of St. Andrew’s Society and his recreations are riding, cricket and baseball. In politics he is a Liberal-Unionist and in religion a Presbyterian. He was married on Dec. 26th, 1876, to Catherine, daughter of Mr. John McClary, the head of the company with which he is identified, and has one daughter, Mrs. Edna Cleghorn.
White, John T., Solicitor to the Treasury for the Province of Ontario, is a native of Belleville, Ont., where he was born on July 3rd, 1875. He was educated at the public and High Schools of his native town and later qualified for the law at Osgoode Hall, Toronto. On being called to the bar of this province in 1894 he practised for a time in Toronto. A few years ago he was appointed Solicitor to the Treasury for Ontario, a post requiring great judgment and knowledge of general conditions. Among the duties it embraces is that of collecting the succession duties on the estates of deceased persons, the collection of the Corporations Tax, the Provincial War Tax, and other sources of Provincial revenue. In the long and delicate negotiations which are sometimes necessary in arriving at a fair valuation, Mr. White has shown himself very shrewd and tactful and has been able to largely augment the revenues of the province without making unfair exactions. When the Ontario Government decided a year or so after the late war began to impose a tax on amusements, Mr. White was also placed in charge of the administration of the new law, a task involving great problems of detail which he has successfully accomplished. He is an Anglican in religion and a Conservative in politics and resides at the Albany Club, of which he is a member, as also of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, the Rosedale Golf, and the Mississauga Golf and Country Club.