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BRIGMEE HA9 40 CAlls OuRIKG YE Vol 4. No 5 Only Ten of the Ones. _ Many Number of A review of the registration book | of the Timmins Volunteer Fire Briâ€" gade shows that the firemen responded to forty fire alarms during the year just passing. It is true that only ten of these fires proved serious, but bhad %t not been for the prompt responsC made in each case and the skill and efficiencey of the local fireâ€"fighters, the: story might ‘be a much more unpleasâ€" ant one. During the year there were a dozen or more false alarms, most of these being caused by citizens beâ€" ing alasrmed by seeing burning stumps or brush when people were clearing up Fire Chief Borland has encouraged the tendencey to send in alarms rather than take chances. He thinks it far better that there should be a score of false alarms rather than that one fire should gain headway through inatâ€" tention. The value of this policy is proven by its pract:ical success and adâ€" vantage to the general welfare. Since this time last year there have i3 Thiving the LNCFC . } lC _ E000. {wo alarms turned in for the Fire Underwriters‘ tests,â€"one . on May 16th and the other in September. "he Brigade also had a large numâ€" ber of practices during the year, as well as their regular meetings for the eonsideration of questions affecting | fireâ€"fighting and the Brigade. n keeping record of the attendance, the Brigade has a plan of giving ‘ach member a specified number of points gor attendance at meetings and assistâ€" ance at fires, ete. It should be reâ€" membered that ‘both attendance â€" at moetings and attendance at fires as included in the following figures comâ€" piled by the Brigade to show the atâ€" tendance record of members. Messrs. J. 1y. Maclean, P. 8. Taylor and Morâ€" vis Daher tie for first place with 34 points each for attendancee at meetâ€" ings and response to calls. _ W . Borâ€" land comes next with 27 points.. A. j €Carson, 14; A.3 Moore, 14 ; P. Je 9: J,. T. Easton, Mormson, 6. TINFLUENZA EPIDEMIC NoOwW OVER IN CAMP ld)llk;.. Apparentiy the has run its course WThere are a coupl ported in town dun hbut they are not and all the old cas way to Iv seems to he form at least. experience in 0 he oceasional t Sinee th hout‘ three heen 100 d sIX uf the numbe outside plii there were .\chumac‘wr t i eta 6,.4an M )laces in the i Gunnetr morning e are a coupie ( d in town durin they are not of all the old cases W adsw en ner John t arnoyv g for ‘Toronto t of his honora military service. serious fires of the Pnd:, 7.00 p.m., A cnext with is next with the insd 9| Fires Were Serious Chimney Blazes. False Alarms. he twenty men he following recc Riley, 20; S. Shi rth, 19; M. Katz, Petchersky, 16 ; â€"F. Carriere, 14 Jeffries, 13; L. h. in. O0¢ W. Allaire r‘s house, 2 children Sept. 19th, 63 Third B. Gregori destroyâ€" 19th. 9.15 p.m., fire In deat deaths nljoy Lnfluen in the there W 137 l' p.m., C*~ 6. J. Meyers‘ p.m., at C. 1. at â€" midnight, uenza epidemic the Poreupine. ‘ new cases reâ€" the past week, dangerous type are well on the a Pt g figures coniâ€" ~show the atâ€" bers. _ Messrs. ylor and Morâ€" place with 34 7 points.: . A. 24 points and lose vwith 21. 1M »le ie year at â€" 405 1t a.m., town attend the ~ discharge ) tf also RATEPNVERS‘ MEETIRG CALLED F0R TOâ€"NIGHI m a V All Interested in Good Municipal Government Urged to Attend. organiZzation _»AS ~Iâ€" MAdBbi® /_UH t 15 means and methods for making known and of effect the intelligent will of the people. Timmins is undoubtedly about to enter a period of unusual growth and so of special needs and requirements. _A capable and publicâ€" spirited Council and a Mayor that can and will fittingly represent the town on all occeasions. The matter 18 all in the hands of the ratepayers. It is decidedly ‘‘up to them" now. §CHOMACHEE MER COURCIL Rat The Ratepayers‘ meeting, called by the Schumacher Board of Trade at Schumacher last Wednesday was well attended and there was an intercsting‘ discussion of municipal affairs. The ecneral opinion seemed to be that the west end of the. Township had. not been given the attention nor the muni cipal expenditure that the importance of this part and its share on the taxâ€" paving warranted. lt was felt that| if there were coâ€"operation between the different sections of the western part of the township better results could ‘be obtaiffed, and to this end a was appointed to fry and secure the support and backing of Moneta, Rochester, Gillies Lakes, etc. If this eoâ€"operation is secured the meeting suggested that one candidate for the Council from Schumacher be chosen and supported by all the westâ€" ern enrd, and in return Schumacher would give its support to selected canâ€" didates from the other communities in the western part of the township. Mr. J. B. Hutchison was heartily enâ€" darsed as a candidate for Reeve for ciation tins 1919, and the coâ€"operation 01 sections of this part of the to suggested for Iis election. necessary eoâ€"operation is sectl necessary the western part named from oneration «of | t€ tained, Schumaecher will Dack EWO Cand didates for the Council and Mr. Hutâ€" ch:son for RHeeve. At a recent meeting of the Schuâ€" macher Board of Trade, on motion of Mr. J. Muskett, seconded by Mr. Coop er, aevery hearty vote of thanks was tendered to Dr. Muterer and Mr. J. B. Hutchison and all others who gave assistance for the efficient and capâ€" able manner in which they handled the recent epidemuc. Thanks were also tendered to Mr. Bickell, president tepayers‘ Meeting Called by Board of Trade Suggest Coâ€"operation of West End. a 1 OW Sampson and CAarne ived seriously ill for a time, but reepqveries pine, st take p(‘nplt‘ ae Ha 1¢ ouneillot acne icillor and the Reeve â€" be om Schumacher. If the coâ€" _ of this end can not be obâ€" chumacher will back two can or the Council and Mr. Hutâ€" rwle DiC to Mr. yre, M . Morg en £ Widd rigut now t now, thoug arlie Redford it f the tow ers suggest itepayers‘ Asâ€" and with this there will be known XA1l n the Iniunenza, seaned the best hers who gave ient and capâ€" they handled Thanks were kell, president O « ; of other township If the cured in township TIMNMIINS, mt manager, «GOTC ful in 1 44A lf of from ipine Bill were PULLMAN SERVIGE T0 Bt RESUMED THIS WEEK So Report Says. Numbers 46 and 47 to Run Through After First of New Year? According to reports received here last week the Pullman service is to be resumed on the T. N.O. the beâ€" zinning of this week. it is said that Numbers 46 and 47 will be run through when the schedule is adjusted after the new year. These two matâ€" ters were very urgently pressed upon the by the big delegation from the North Land interviewing the Government some weeks ago regarding vital improvements in the train and mail service. The information comes from a wellâ€"informed source and there is every reason to believe it w ellâ€"found ed. The putting on of Numbers 46 and 47 will be of much benefit, and the decision of the Commission to acâ€" cede to these requests shows what can be d(u)mpllshe(l by a strong delegaâ€" tion in dead earnest. There are some other matters still to be dealt with to gsive the best railway service posâ€" sible to this country and the people will do well to continue watehful and interested. DKR. S$. W.:OTTON . NOW AT CAMP IN WALES. His innumerable friends in the Porâ€" cupine Camp will be pleased to hear that Capt. 8. W. Otton, formerly of Timmins, now with the Army Medical Corps, is well and enjoying life, and all will reciprocate the good wishes he sends for the season. Writing from Park Camp, RKhyl, Wales under date of November 28th., 1918, IxIAMeLl â€" â€" P AlrkKk under date of Capt Otfon say but I am havin: We are very â€" undergoing treatment in â€" the . Ss1CK Children‘s Hospital. MAli will be pleas ed to know that Stanley is making good progress to recovery. Mr. J. J. McGee returned on Friday from Toronto, where he had been visit ing his young son, Stanley, who is undergoing treatment in _ the Sick * 01. * .0 *s 4* ie whe ohe of e ole ols ® he i * *, in oTe ie ofe o 9 *a e ofe vie * Py on Ee aBe se sTe on se tthe ahe e Te oBe ofe ohe ofe ofe ofe The Northern Canadian Resources, Limited, is the name of the company recently organized, largely by Detroit capital to develop a uew gold mining prospect on Branham‘s Flats, in the Peace River l)htn(- Alberta. © The new gold field is 23 miles up stream from the Rocky Mountain Canyon and is on a placer mining lease secured bvy D. Featherstonhaugh, an oldâ€"time it I am having a real goo e are very close to th ty of Liverpool. L 1lil id things in h hristmas greetings to \nll )od people of Timmins." sume operdal There is ovet and work on Dome is one of the several in the Poruepine that expect to return ‘o development, exploration and proâ€" duction with the return of normal conditions in the labor and materials markets. Men are being taken on daily af the Dome Mines,. and there are other indications that give eolor to the sugâ€" gestions made in stockbrokers‘ letters rewudm" the npomnfl' up of the Big Dome at full blast in theearly spring There is, however, no official announce ment as yet of the reâ€" opening generâ€" ally of the property, though all are agreed it is only a matter of time till all the mines of the Poreupine are goâ€" in« full speed abead. #% d There is activity t West Shiningtree gol ations are under way of the Wasapika by . ests, with a view to ment on a big scale. goes through there w domg in â€" Westâ€"Shn M"U!.s are under way for the purchase | L1ca of the W a~a|nkd by New York interâ€" | atic ests, with a view to active developâ€" | exp méent on a biw seale. ‘‘If the deal | me goes through there will be somethm"\suu doinrgz in W estâ€"Shmingtree,"‘‘ _says|eve one man interested.. Mr. A. M. Bilâ€" | for sky is arranging at present for the| an« underwriting of a block of the treasâ€" | ing ury stock of the Atlas Mine in West | gol Shiningtree, about three claims away is from the Wasapika. Diamond dnllâ€" | wh ing and other exploration and develop in ment work is planned. pr Notes, Comments and Opimions Of Interest To Mining World t ceordin WV est prospt( t Dome Co erations in ONTARIO, WEDNESDAXY, DECEMBER 25th.; : : 1918. to official announcement me Consolidated will reâ€" ons in the early spring. r £50,000 in the treasury i the property suggested ote" â€" Theâ€", \Ves! here. to you and to these days in th »ld field. Negot: am busy here, ;:'(m(l time too. the beautiful like England l here. My von and to the The â€" West eral properties daily at ire other the sugâ€" 3‘ letters \the Big WART EARLY GLOSING SIX INGTEAD OF SEVN All But Three of Merchants Concernâ€" ed Sign Petition to This Effect. For sometime past there has been a desire on the part of the merchants and their staffs to have the early closâ€" ing hour for stores come at six o‘celock instead of seven,. The business men have been of tre opinion that the keeping open of the stores from six until seven each evening has been of little, if any, convenience to the pubâ€" lic., while for the staffs of the stores it has been a decided inconvenience. It breaks the whole evening and also interferes with accepted meal hours, without any sufficient compensating benefit to anybody. _ It is generally viewed as a very awkward hour. Last week a petition was cireulated for signatures, with a view to having the new Council pass a new Early Closâ€" ing Byâ€"law, making the hour of closâ€" ing of stores every night in the week, except Saturday night, six o‘clock inâ€" stead of seven o‘jclock as at present. The petition was signed by all the merchants with the exception of three and even these three may join the maâ€" jority before the petition is presented One of the three said he must have time to consider it further, and this consideration may result in his signâ€" ing. The other two are amenable to reason, so the petition may be unanâ€" imous before it goes to the Council of 1919, e is ofe 6 e ofe ofe THEATRE PATRONS TO HAVE TREAT THIS WEEK. The New Empire Theatre is putting on an excellent program for Christâ€" mas week. For the first two days ‘‘"The Trail to yvesterday,‘‘ starring Bert Lytell, is the feature picture. Christmas Day®and ‘Thursday, Hall Caine‘s famous story, ‘*‘The Christâ€" ian,"‘ will be shown, with other atâ€" tractivé features. Friday and Saturâ€" day, Charlie Chaplin will be the star in one of his nnl]mn dollar pictures, «CA~Dow‘s 1€ Porcupine Lodge and Golden Beaver Lodge, AF. AF., will hold a joint megting in the Masonic Hall, Timâ€" mins, on St. John‘s night . Degember 21th... for the purpose nt the _ inâ€" stallation of officers for 1919. Timmins chiefly : claims. Detroit interests have â€" recenbiy formed a new company, known as the Allied Gold Mifes, to take over and operate a number of properties in the joston Creek district. The O ‘Donnell and Cullenâ€"Renaud claims are includâ€" ed in the list, and report has it that there will be a number of other proâ€" perties included. Indeed, a very amâ€" bitious programme in already mapâ€" ped out that would mean the rapid deâ€" velopment of the Boston Creek disâ€" trict on a very large scale in the imâ€" mediate future. If the Allied Gold Mines lives up to the reports about it the new company wiil put â€" Boston Creek in very large gold letters upon the mnin will see MeRae in nal says :â€" pe me expect mer in sUu m met 82 at. *4 4* a ols ‘ * ® ‘1 # !t oBe ofs ofe oTe vBe aBe oBe ole sie ole vBe vZe ate ol it 3 0) iny and tfhe aeve gold zone of Not is already of w which bids fair t ing place among nroduc:ing areas n W riting )1d Min )1 nes CcrC 2t 2%e aÂ¥s es * ‘ ‘ e ole se o se se ++ *'4..04. ooo.fl. 1 world im to soon er of other proâ€" deed, a very amâ€" in already mapâ€" ean the rapid deâ€" oston Creek disâ€" tne 14 uture, Mining winter etters upon North. We M ondeau recently 10 GMOOTH STRANGER BB NOT MISS TMMING Merchants Here Advanced Money to Smooth Stranger. 0‘. Some Timmins merchants are regret ting the visit here of a smooth strangâ€" er last month. â€" Mr. N. Ferris, for inâ€" stance, regrets it quite a bit,â€"about twenty dollars worth of regretting. He admits that he was fooled out of that twenty dollars, but there are some others who were also touched who are keeping it very much dark. The smooth guy who did the work was a man of about fifty© years of age, with an impressive manrner and a convincing way. He mwas a big man, wellâ€"built, on the lines of a prizeâ€" fighter; but he was unusually gentle except in the way he took the money from confiding people. His game with Mr. Ferris was to tell that merchant that he was a traveller for the Golden Gate Silk Mills of California, U.S.A., London, Eng., Montreal, Toronto, and other places. He said the firm had sold a showease and a shipment of fine silk hosiery to a Winnipeg, Man., firm which for some unexpected reason had been unable to take delivery. The smooth gentleman gave: the name of Geo. Thayer, and wanted to sell the showease to Mr. Ferris. He said he had> sold the ‘hosiery to J. P. Meâ€" Laughlin, and that to clear the matâ€" ter off, the showease would be given dirt (heap. It was worth $100 or £150, but to Mr. Ferris he was \\'i]lin" tn send it by express C.O0.D. for $30. Mr. Ferris could not resist the barâ€" gain, and so the necessary papers, Orâ€" ders, receipts, ete., were made out in fine order. ‘Then the smooth fellow got an advance of $20 on account, and Mr. Ferris had all the orders, papers. receipts, ete., to show that all was all right. Under a simmiar scheme anâ€" U|other local merchants was relieved ol â€"|$10, and a Cochrane merchant also â€"Ipaid . $5.. Other cases are reported ~ | locally. | ‘This man, Thayer, seems to lw the ces mm mm mss mm p j * T _____..â€"-â€"â€"â€"_____â€"â€"â€"â€"._._..__â€"_._â€"â€"â€"- or more the to to hbe deducted from the price of the goods. Here he also used the same game regarding showâ€" cases. But there are no goods, and so the dealers are out their money. The fraud has been successfully workâ€" ed in Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, and in practically everys fown, and city between these places. At presâ€" ent, howevr, the police are hot on the smooth guy‘s trail and he will have to drop the game or adopt some other line of story. The general report is \mins V olunteer Fire DrIg tion of syinpathy with Fir dy and Mrs. Brady, of Co recent bereavement throu IEETING OF ROYAL BLACK PRECEPTORY, IROQUOIS FALLS NCns it h 11( money 1Js Ti erstanding that deducted â€"from NY € LV meeting r young son was passed and tur\\ax‘ded to the part.nt‘s. eceptor Precep Regist . the police are hot on the .y's trail and he will have e game or adopt some other ry. : ‘The general report is so clever that he could easiâ€" good living, if not in an v. at least in a legal one. reee iving * ‘receptor ntory an condi( iz last week of the Iroâ€" iloyval Black Preceeptory tion and installation of stallation being econduct t Worshipful Freceptor (t. MeCoubprey. Among stalled were:â€"Past Deâ€" ar. Bir Kt. Jolhin Ede: etiug 1 3 11111 Brigade a resoluâ€" h Fire Chief Braâ€" f Cobalt, in their hronelr the death ing: low,;â€" the amount wert ist Distr C D; . M M a x Young Cheque Raiser Gets Six Months Russian Fined $200 for Having Alien Paper. ThE UiF5T08 185, WHO Tt GABBAGE SPDIL One of the questions before trate Atkinson last Thursday 111 ‘*Who let the eabbage spoil?"" Aeâ€" cording to the evidence, Mr. Frank Feldman bought a quantity of cabâ€" bage from the National Fruit Proâ€" duce Co., and reâ€"sold a part of them. A lady who bought some claimed they were injured by frost and returned them to Mr. Feldman. Mr. Feldman, in turn, wanted to return them to the wholesalers, but Mr. Tierney, the man ager of the National Frut Produce Co., said that he would only accept a return of the whole shipment. _ It was against the rules of the business and against common sense to allow people to pick out parts of a shipâ€" mertt of this kind for return.s ° Mr. Tierney said the goods were all right when delivered. _ _ Mr. Feldman sent back the cabbages bought by the lady in question, and they were left.on the street. Chief Wilson saw them there, and making inquiries about the matter laid a charge against Mr. Feldman under the Food Controt Act for allowâ€" inz foodstuffs to spoil. ‘The Magisâ€" trate said that he could not find that \(Mr. Feldman was altogether to blame There was a dispute as to the condiâ€" tion of the cabbages. Mr. Feldman said they were spoiled when returned. Mr. Tierney and the Chief said they were not in bad condition when reâ€" turned. According to this sort of evidence, it would be Mr. Tierney or the ‘Chief who were responsible if they allowed foodstufts to remain where they would spoil though beâ€" lieving them to be in good condition. The Macistrate suggested that the dis Tim t“’s) M( ance 01 been tal but if thought thought â€" that they â€" were . 411 food they should have seen to theiur proper care. Feldman was dismissâ€" ed, and some of the lawyers present humorously interested themselves in seeing how the Chief of Police could be faced with a charge for allowing the cabbages to spoil. ° i Henry Morin, less than 17 years of" age, pleaded gumilty to raising a pay cheque from eight dollars to cighty. He expressed regret, and on account of his youth was not severely dealt with.. He was sentenced to six monâ€" ths at the Reformatory. _ Napoleon Pigeon, 28 years of age, who was supâ€" posed to have helped in the work of raisine the cheque, denied all compliâ€" city, and as Morin took all the blame upon his own young shoulders, the case against Pigeon was dropped. For having an enemy language news paper in his possessiun A itussian. was mute For having an enemy langua@e news paper in his possession A itussian was fined $200 and eosts. _ Solicitor Cook made a very earnest plea for his cliâ€" ent, but Magistrate Atkinson pointed out that the aliens here had bad warn ing enough. ‘©Hereafter,‘‘ che said, ‘I intend to. make the fines much higher for this offence."‘‘ He com mented on the lenient treatement givâ€" en aliens during the wur and the way they had repaid this kindness by agiâ€" tation and troubleâ€"making. _ ‘‘If we heeded the pleas of you lawyers,"‘"‘ he said, * I am afraid we would wind up by having this country like Russia ‘now."‘ Among the other cases was 1 a man with a bottle on street $200 and costs, and a couple of arvy drunks fined $10 and eosts ¢ Single Copies 5 Cents PRESENTATION TO "~*"~\TTTT A T rezular patrons of Fat‘s Cafe took advantage of the Christmas season to make occasion for a little presentation to Miss Ida Landers as a token of the respect and appreciation in which this popular young lady is neild during all the year. Miss Landers was presentâ€" ed with an elegant solidâ€"leather purse, with some appropriate ‘‘ fAlling,‘" and accompanied by a brief address, signâ€" ed by a large number of the regular patrons of the ‘restaurant, expressing the general esteem in which the young lady is held and appreciation for the unfailing good service and courtesy shown at all times by her. T he | 11000E OB LAICL ) 4A «X/ .XA % will holé a meeting in their hall here on Thursday evening at 38 o‘clock sharp.~~All the brethren are earnestly requestedâ€"to be present as it is necesâ€" sdry to prepare the way for the work of the new year, several meetings heen missed through the pr¢=â€" o1 ‘slent ce, it would be Mr. lierney or hief were responsible if lowed â€" foodstuffs to remain they would spoil though beâ€" + them to be in good condition. acgistrate suggested that the dis vbhout responsibility for acceptâ€" f the ceabbages should â€" have aken up before the proper court the Chief or> Mr. ‘Fierney ht / that ‘ they (were:. fit fhor they should have seen to. their care FPeldman was dismissâ€" POPULAR WAITRESS. naking.. . LE _wWCG you lawyers,""‘ he we would wind up ntry like Russia ather purse, illing,‘‘ and ldress, signâ€" the regular , expressing WVs Magisâ€" fined ordinâ€" rat of 1C CAE . ill here [ '(‘ln(?k rnestly