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“Busy Bees" at Work on the New York Excavation ' ' ' '. . , , 11,. 09000000960000.0060...000 9.90900900000990099.0900909000099000 .099 Are you sinking :1 Shaft? W0 method used by the cuntracmrs in Ne for the Subway excavatinn. They use Class “8" Hammer Drills Will bore either wet or dry There is no time wasted Tiny call t They use 3 They are E - - _-.. CANADA FOUNDRY COMPANY, LIMITED Wan»... Wm» 3 values \syre $3? to the ton. Cor. King 6: Simcoe Sts., Toronto. Dist: Ect ()ji-‘Ces; fax, Ottawa, Cobalt, Winnipeg, Calgary, Nelson, Vancouver, auv one warm :7 1120 GREENE AVE. Phone 3965 Westmount Thry call mam "Busy Been" They use In" as much air They are BUSY all me “me \Vould you like todo it faster? If so. follow the New ank. who'm'e putting down the big shafts ‘l’hese Drum will put down 8". hole They ropulre no seulng up They ate the Ina! word In a man slnkirg lool Vancouver, Prince Rupert ’OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO VIAS wonuoomn [HE PORCUPINE ADVANCE 88W I5 THE Pflflfllll’lli WHEN SPIRITS flllfflill m In! famous little Animal his nose to the ground. raising the coarse hair between his shoulders, bayed sharply. and plunged into the timber. The other dogs vlosmi in he. hind and disappeared. When the hunters made up on the dogs they found them attacking n panllDinP. and knowing the terrible chances of the encounter one of the men fired on the porcupine. but the bullet grazed ofl. A second shot, however. ploughed it open. -A---A“--nfi thruugh a similar expcl‘ivm'u hclu Would come up and allow the qui to he pulled out as long as tl‘ would stand the pain. and than ln‘t away to paw and plough again. l’Ul.l.l.\'U ULf'l‘ TUE QUILLS. w -â€"-- When the few superficial quills haul been removed the real work of saw- ing the dogs' llVl's begun. One by one the dogs were caught. Sitting upon the animal's 'erouehing body, the one man held the head between his knees, gripping ear and jaw in his powerlul grasp. while the other pulled out the‘ quills. ' A loneâ€"pointed quill with the barbâ€" ed portion fully embedded in the nose of u do}: often resisted the strongest pull that either could give. notwith: 1standingr an e.\'('ellent hold on the body of the quill between the thumb and bent forefinger. The pain must have been intense. The most resist- 'nnt quills were pulled either by the {teeth or by imprmised pliers made of n half-split stick. in the rrurk ol' which the quill was caught and tight- ly held. UU'l'TEI) LIKE .\ l’l.\'«(‘l.'SlllU.\' Ranger, the staghound, was in by far the most serious. rendition of any of the (logs. lle haul more quills in his face than any other, and some were near, though fortunately not in, his eyes. They were liable at any time to Work there, however, through has agonized pawing. II It would have been kindncSS' to shoot the poor animal and put it out of its misery, but as they were much attached to Ranger, the hunters de- cided to give the staghound a chance for his life, though neither relished the prospect of lacerating his head to do it. l’n actual count 568 quills were taken out of the staghound. Eight)- «wne of these \\CIC inside the line of his teeth, in his gums, the roof of his mouth, and his tongue. At least tlurty luul been pulkxl out at odd times befme the count began, and du1ing the hfllouung days o\e1then- ty more worked out of his misshap- en head at \zuious points. The stag- hound lixed, and fortunately: lost neither eye. Goldsand Silver From Elk Lake A car of ore carrying géld and sil- ver values was recently shipped from the Mann property in (lnwganda, and; excellent returns came from the conâ€" signment. A-1\I\ AAA The gross reveipts were 3338.000. and it cost $6,000 to get the ormto the steel and from there to its des- tination. The silver ran in the neigh- borhood of 5.000 ounces and the gold thc ('l'zu'k 01' uulght and tight- WERE TEMISKAMING LICENSE COMMISSIONERS TESTING GOVERNMENT ? Hinted That the License Board Made Recommendations to “Feel” Government. That the nation of the. Temiakam-v es in Cobalt and new licenses in. other towns was a test. of the Gov- ernment’s policy with regard to that district is the opinion gonernlly .ex. pressed in Queen's Park. Tho prompt. action of “on. W. J. llnnnn in using his veto power upon town cxtrn license. granted put n sudden ship to what is considered an attempt to lomwn lice new vonditions in 'i'emisknming. It is stated that. tho license com- missioners [or the district received n\'t'l‘ thirty applications. Last your Imitv n numlwr of nppiimtions wcrv quitv PflflBlIPINE RESERVE HA5 EXTENSIVE PBEIGRAMME Shareholders or Special Meeting Show Much Enthusiasm as to future Fitting Tribute to Dead President At preeisely half-past 11, Montreal time, Thursday morning there was an absolute cessation of work in ev- ery department of the Grand Trunk and (Brand 'I‘runk I’aeifit' Railways and their affiliated lines for a space of live minutes, as a most impress- ive memorial to the late President Charles Melville Hays. 'l‘liis striking and far-reaeliim,r me- morial embraced three countriesfan- ada. Great Britain, and the l'nited States, many lines of railway on this continent and also steamboat ser- vices on the great lakes and l’aeilic coast. Early in the morning: telegraphiri instructions were sent out conveying the orders, with the times so arrang-l ed that. the cessation of work forE nearly half way around the worldE was simultaneous. E W. A. (.lriflin, superintendent ofE tratiic of the 'l'. X. 0., issued thei following order: E “As a tribute to the memory DIE Mr. ('harles Melvin 'llays, departed: pr‘i’sident of the Grand Trunk Rail- way system. it is ordered that for five minutes beginning 11.30 a.m., and ending 11.35 a.m.. Thursday, April 25th. all trains, yard engines, telegraph and telephone instruments, Jand machine shops be stopped and ilabor of all kinds suspended during Ethat period. This must be strictly adhered to and agents will arrange lto advise all concerned." recechd. but. with the exception of the Cochrane license. where special conditions obtained. not one new license was granted. This year the board started its work in a more generous mood.and applications from Cobalt. Haileybury and other centres received a more encouraging recep- (ion. A number of additional licenses were granted. and the heard with- held its decision with regard to many others. waiting, it has heerf stated. for an indication of the manner in which Queen's Park would View their action. The ' 'l’emiskamim: linard of 191‘.) mm ains one Wlll loan Money to Best Class of United States farmers Who Wish to come in HUW WIN] "“5 Ill Hlfl NflfiTHERN DNTAHIU .\ plan fur supplying: farms tn now- mmois in tho ('auatliau Worst whn han- uut sutliviout oapital tn pur- ohaso humostoailu nutriuht is hoimr intrmluood hy the ('anacliau Pacific Railway. iu onuuootiun with its pol- icy 0t ~aottlim: its land in the prairie provinoos with former United Statos farmers of tho host class. Briefly.tlte sicilt'mt'. to ho fullmvofl hy the Land Department is this: In sclof'tlm.’ applioauts‘. only mar- ried mon with familios. uuw actually ongagod in farming a rented farm, will ho takou. Tilt-<1- aro men not. havimr tuuoh oapital. hut. owning good equipment. implomonts and utnt'k, and with largo agricultural ex- guotl equipment. implements and stuck. and with lamp agricultural ex- porimu-o. They will he required to show owm-rship of sullivient equip- mvnt tn ()('('ll|)_\' uml (levolup the lands in ('unmlu imnu-(liutcly, must have suflivicnt rush to pay a first instal- uu-ut of min-tenth tho value of the land and to support their families for I }.c:ir.:in(l must personalh \isit and solmt thoir mm farms. 'lu satisiuw tnrx upplivamts of this (hiss the rail- A In .U \\ l'_\' way prnpuses to make a loan of $2,- 000 for ten years at. six per cent. This amnnnt will l)(' added to the price «if the land.and is tn he repaid annually in instalments retiring principal with interest. The amount of the loan is to be expended on erecting a house and barn in aemrdanve with the Com- pany's standard plans, fencing. well digging. and the cultivation of at laast. :30 acres of the farm. The build- ings will he erected by the company, but the farmer and his family will be employed as far as possible in the 'work, receiving eurrent rates of ‘ pay. I- ‘. (')n this proposition the. Canadian Pacific proposes to spend $600,000, and expects to move 250 families in- to ('anudu as an experiment on this basis. Chuirnmn Englehart of the Tennis. kuminu and Northern ()ntario Rail- way (Tummission, who has just re- turned me Toronto from a tour of inspection, states that, nine miles had already been graded of the new section of the railway being built. from Eurlton tn Elk Lake. The line is to he thirty-nine miles in length. Two hundred and fifty men are now at work clearing the way,. and as soon as navigation opens another large gang of men will he set to work to clear from the Elk Lake end.. in this way it is hoped try have the line cleared and. graéed before the end‘of next August and the rails laid by November. A ..I Goodall] manager of the Im- perial bank, will leave tomorrow or Sunday for Quebec City. when hv will take charge of the main omce of the bank in that city. nf ('obalt omiskaming Board of 191:! one new member, R. W.