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‘COnFERENCE on CoST Of ; uVinc CommEnces work The first meeting of the Conference "f!‘-ve‘al'led to consider the high cost of +s ® -\ 3 living and to seek the causes and then for the pmblems was held on Wednesdny evening of last week in _ . ‘the Council Chambers, Timmins. The ing were present as representaâ€" s chosen by the various bodies and . Anterests asked to eoâ€"operate:â€"The _ Minesâ€"Mr#: Brigham, of the Hollinâ€" .ger; Mr. Laux, of the Dome; Messrs. ‘â€"J. Shewan and Geo. N. Deckert, of _ the McelIntyreâ€"Porcupine.â€" For Tisdale * Townshipâ€"Counciltor Muskett. . Miâ€" _ ners‘ Unionâ€"Messrs. L S. Newton, P. 0; L. Duesharm, N. Meâ€" Kinnon, H. Charlebois.®" Town Counâ€" cil of Timminsâ€"Mayor Melanis, Councillor A. Brazeau, Councillor E. _J. Longmore. Timmins Board_ of Tradeâ€"Messrs. R. J. Jemmett, J . /‘ Committees Formed at First Meeting ‘1’;“* ‘And Good Work Starts With atcet}) «igeryvi ing | 4 gbod 3 Inuc! and D. "‘Ostrosser. (Goldfields Branch â€"of the Great War Veterans‘ Associâ€" ationâ€"Messrs G. A. Smith, P. Dougâ€" all, J. T. Macgregor, P. Macaulay. (Geo. A. Smith, President of the @. W. V. A. was elected chairman of the conference and Mr. H. W. Hooker, secretary. Then the resolution forwarded by the G. W . Â¥. A. of Timmins was read to exâ€" plain the purpose of, the conference. This resolution published on several recent occasions in these golumns reâ€" ferred to the prevailing industrial unrest, giving the chief cause of the discontent of the people as the high cost of living, and inviting Labor, Merchant, Mine Owners and others to coâ€"operate with the G. W. V . A. in seeking to solve the problem. The ehbairman followed this resolution by _saying:â€" *‘The time ches come for getion, ‘direct ‘and prompt.:. Delay, and yet more delay, nas been almost the sole cause of unrest and disconâ€" tent among the people. â€" We believe a remedy â€" déaling with such a vital question as the pricesâ€" on foodstuffs and the necestities of life will greatly ~relieve the present unrest.. And the Goldfiec!‘d Branch of the G. W. V. A. wish it to beâ€"clearly understood that we‘serve no party no ‘‘interests,"‘‘ and mno combines, but we do wish to sorve Canada, to our utmost..‘‘ ' W . Reid J . A . Devanev,T F,. T * is se iL 4 Lt 12 «Ti L TJ After this came a general discusâ€" sion. Mr. J. A. Devaney pointed out that the conference should seek to learn if thoere were overcharge in priges by local merchants. He quoted prices here and at Iroquois FPalls for children‘s boots to‘" suggest how comâ€" parisons miglt be made. â€" Dr Melnnis exvlained that at preâ€" sent lie had an open mind on the question of the profits of local*+merâ€" chants. It was up to the Conference to gather information, etc., to show whether local profits werse exorbitant, and to seek remediecs for the high cost of living, no matter what »the cause â€"might be. Best Spirit Shown 0 m »â€"e€pressed® his symâ€" purpose of the meeting l1 coâ€"speration in the ing and valuable oddâ€" lay took up the inase iving in recent years. es to indicate the inâ€" st of different lines of s. andâ€" also touched on page two) Dr. Melnnis, Mayor of Timmins, received word this week of the expectâ€" ed visit to Timmins and the Poreupine Camp of His Royval Highness the Prince of Wales. The exact date has not yet been set, but will likely be known by the end of this week. Dr. Mecelnnis is going to North Bay this week in counection with the exâ€" pected royal visit and definite arranâ€" "'ements will likely be completed durâ€" ing the Mayor‘s visit to the Bay. The Prince of Wales is to make a tour of Canada and on his way to the West will visit Timmins and the Porcupine. It is expected rnow that he will be here some time during the month of Augâ€" ust, and the purpose is to give the royal visitor a royal good time when in Timmins. AH. R. H. Edward Albert, now Prince of Wales, was born June 28th, 1894, the eldest son of King George and Queen Mary, (then Prince and Princess of Wales). was created Prince of Wales on June 22, 1910. Some years ago he entered the Royal Navy as a Cadet andsserved in that service â€" until vafter the war comâ€" menced.. Then he enlisted with the First Grenadier Guards and saw much service in the Great War. McINTYE WINS AGAIN IN FPOOTBALL SERIES In the district Football League series of games Melntyre added anâ€" other to its list of wins on Saturday evening. whensafter a close but gentleâ€" manly game Timmins=â€"Football ‘Club lost to the Melntyres, the seore being 1 to 0. "The game was, played at Schumacher and a number from Timâ€" mins went over to view the game and all agree that it was one of the very best matches held in the district this year. Melntyre was shy its â€"star player, Bunceke Northey, who was laid up from injuries received in the Iroâ€" quois â€"Kalls game of the previous week, but reâ€"placed him with another player and certainly had a good team for the oceasion. Timmins was also in hard luck, on aceount of the fact that the captain of the team, one of the best of the Timmins lineâ€"up, J. Staples, was not able to play on the team, not being entirely recovered from the inâ€" jury rsceived in the game here with the Poreupineâ€"Dome. By ealling on some of the oldâ€"timers, ‘however, Timmins managed to take over a team and Melntyre had to work hard for the close win. At the end of the first half it was a noâ€"score game, but in the second lhalf the Melntyres managed to get in one goal, and despite the most earnest efforts of the Timmins boys they were unable to etqualize the sceore. The game thus ended a win for Melntyre, 1 to 0, but the Timmins toam wore satisfied in that they put up a gosd game, were fairly defeated, and had the knowledge that both sides playsd a gentlemanly «and â€" square scame ali, round. The many spectaâ€" tors also enjoyed the game thoroughly anrd used the visitors in firstâ€"class manner. The game thus had the good feature of making the best of feeling ‘between the two teams, and all were catisficd. â€"The lineâ€"upâ€" for Timmins }was :â€" Hallowell,~ Geroux, Fields, Roberts, Hoole, Stevens, â€" Bridger, Mullin, Keith, White, Hodge. For Melntyrs the players _ included :â€" Corig, Lynn, Bewey, Norms, Pricc, . MeCluskey, Burns, Callan, } Bows Official Notice Received of Coming of Heir to Throne. Exact Date Not Set PRINGE OF WALES 10 â€"VISIT HERE 1N AUGUST (Oscar Robertson refereed the game. As usual, ‘‘Slim‘‘ made some specâ€" taevilar stops in goal his fist worl\ beâ€" ing, .uundmo to custom, one of the Ffsaturcs t.nat particulariy pleased the erowd . Tuo Oradigeomen of the North Land this ycoar are to welebrate the ‘*Gloâ€" Hov: Twelfth‘‘ at Haileybury and a hiz Jda®g is planned for Saturday, no toss than six members of parliament ns ecxpccted among the â€" special smeakers for the day. Refreshments vill be served on the grounds for the ranveriznee of visitors who wish to morsin there through the day, A noxiuber from Timmins and district expsci to go down for the celebration 2 Saturday. The special train wall ic.u.: Timmins at 4.20 a. m., the reâ€" ‘tvrnng train for all <points north ieaving Haileybury at 6 p.m. Dr. Wilisms, Past Grand.Master of Ontâ€" tario Wost, of Woodstock, Ont., is amoag the distinguished visitors exâ€" posicd at Hatleybury for the day. RANGE CELEBRATION AT HAILEYBURY ON TWELFTH There is to ‘be a meeting of the reâ€" presentatives of the mtnes and of laâ€" bor at the Mclintyre office on Friday afternoon to talk over the questions of interest and importance to the men and mines. Five mines,â€" the Holâ€" linger, the Mclntyre, the Dome, the Porcupineâ€"Crown, and the Davidson, will be represented at the meeting. The Labor interests will be representâ€" ed by Mr. J. R. Hawley and Mr. John Muskett, Councillor of the Fownship of Tiedale. " This meeting will consider and discuss any matter, affecting the welfare and progress of the mines and the men and there will be general confidence that good will result. Advance has suggestâ€" ed in previous issues the outside talk of the possibility of labhor troubles in this Camp may safely be said to be unfounded. â€" Perbhaps, the joint meetâ€" ing referred to may have some effect in making this clear to the outsiders who ssem to have a penchant for disâ€" covering troubles and ‘difficulities that do not exist for those closer the scene of aetion. Neitner the the mines show any disposition other than to do all possible to avoid misunderâ€" standing and difficulty. ‘The mines in the Porecupine Camp, and particuâ€" Nlarly the five named have shown the most sincere desire to ao all possible to make conditions as good as can he for the men and to add any comforts and advantages for the people in genâ€" eral in the Camp. There are ‘many recent indications of the good spirt on the part of the mines, and the show an equally reasonable and comâ€" mendable spirit. Added to this now is pghe fact of the two ""getting toâ€" gether." The average ‘thoughtful citizen will feel now that everything is practically settled. Neither side is unreasonable or unfair, and both friendly disposed towards the other it will not be difficult to come to muâ€" tual understanding and arrangement, so that everything will be so clearly and so openly ""‘jake"" that outside p”essimists will have no room for idle talk and the Camp will prosper and progress to the mutual advantage ant satisfaction of all. MINES AND LABOR TO CONFER ON FRIDAY Accorditm to despatches from Cobalt the price of silver averaged a fraction of a cent. above $1.10 per ounce during June, and so an «additional bonus will likely be paid by the Cobalt Mines. The bonuses paid, including tlis new one, will total $1.50 a day. The Patricia plant and mill at Bosâ€" ton (Creek was destroyed by the bush fires last week, and the buildings on the Cotter propérty were also burned down. The other plants in the disâ€" trict were saved by. the rainfail, on Priday. Â¥Z oZe oBe ofe afe o8 +S¢ ife Un M is C se on n fln ol aBe 13e D lpâ€" 12e s3 tw aBe M oBe aZe se on aBe aBe se ale oT aBe aBe se 1B Te z»:».«.« Notes Comments and Opimions Of Interest To Mining World 0‘1 o ie 62z ofe aTe ofe ofe ifs '!' ste The Pas Herald says:â€"Messrs. H. M . Paull, Black and Hague, the latter two Australian soldiers, are touring the copper fields. Q’Ir. Hague js a newspaperman and his impressions of the mineral fields will be the subject of several newspaper articles he, will write for the London Times. sis vBe oZe ate ote oo oBe Oe oTe ze * sB oiz se oT se ie ope Te Ge Te n t TCt on aBe aBe oBe aie she ofe aBe se se oBe ie aBe The West Shiningtree Camp is showing censiderable activity these days; among the properties . being actively developsd may be mentionâ€" ed:â€" Wasapika, Millerâ€"Adair, Reelâ€" Foisey, Gilbert Bennett, Atlas, West Tree, Herrick, Anzac, Knox, Queen of Sheba, and George Caswell claims,â€" quite an imposing list for a new camp. +_ j The shaft at the Davidson is being continued from the 500â€"foot level, now being down close to the 600â€"foot level. The shaft has persisted in ore ateraging about $12.00 per ton in rold, which exceeds the expectations. As indications are for better values at depth, developments at the proper“tv will be watched now w1th special inâ€" terest . One of the items of interested disâ€" cussion in mining circles is the sugâ€" zestion that, the Dome Mines will issue monthly reports giving a sumâ€" mary of the progress of work at the mines, including the amount of ore treated, the amounnt of gold recovered ard the cost per ton of ore treated. * J. S. Bache, president of the Dome \imes, is quoted as favoring 5s mosthly report to shareholders,. Through the onterprise of ‘the local office of Hamilton B. Wills, the news of the contest for the world‘s heavy weight boxing championship was reâ€" ceived here as the fight progressed, by special wire direct from the ringâ€" side at Toledo. ‘The office of the brokerage firm was crowded Friday afternoon ‘at the time the contéest comâ€" menced, and interest was ‘high.â€" While all thoroughly appreciated ‘the exce!â€" lent wire service given by the Hamilâ€" ton B. Wills staff, there was tfnuch disappointment in the crowd when it became apparent, | as it did almost from the opening of the event, that Willard was putting ‘up no sort of a figcht at all. ‘The battle was perhaps the speediest and most oneâ€"sided that ever decided a hbig pugilistic event. To ‘all intents and purpose big Jess Willard, the belt holder, was whipped by Jacl\ Dempsay in the first round. Indeed Dempsay thought he had been given the decision and was leaving the ring after the first round, in which he had â€" knocked Willard down. seven times. ~He was called back and the "fight,"‘ if such it could be called, continued for two more rounrds, the referee in the third round giving the decision to Dempsay, Willard hbeing completely out of the fight. The attendance at the fight was about half what was expected and specuâ€" lators lost heavily on the sale of tickets.â€" There was only a comparaâ€" tively small amount of: betting in Toledo, and the wagers throughout the country generally were not as numerâ€" ous nor as heavy as in former similar events. â€"Of course, there are now mary who can say, "‘I told you so"‘ regarding the ability of Willard as a pugilist, while others, with perhaps more 1unndatmn, take the stand * Mr Fix It‘""‘ is liable to be around before the fight, just as ‘‘Mr. Fix It‘‘ comes to Timmins to the New â€" Empire heatre a week after the contest. Mr. Jas. went down to North Bay on Thursday last to meet his wife and little daughter just arâ€" rived from England to join him here. Mr. @and Mrs. Staples and little daughter returned ‘heye on Saturday and wil), reside in the Camp. NEWS OF FIGHT RECEIVED BY WIRE FROM RINGSIDE In this connection it is interestâ€" ing to note that such â€" monthly statements _ were obtainable preâ€" tious to the curtailment of operations due to war eondit)ons, and were reâ€" gularly published in The Advance each month. P Among the new mining companies to be incorporated under_ Ontario charters are Lake Matatchewan Gold Mining Co., and the Prospectors‘ Deâ€" velopment Co. _ Under Dominion charter the Argonaut Gold, Limited, was recently organized. The incorâ€" porators of the Lake Matatchewan Gold Mining Co. are:â€"John Fredâ€" erick Mackenzie, Stanley Ross Snook, James Henry Dickson, Robert Benâ€" son Rankin and Lorna Beechie and Lillian Tarbeton, all of Toronto. . The capital.is $2,000,000.00, in two million shares of par value of $1.00 each. The ‘head offica is in Toronto. The Prospector Development Co, has its head office at Haileybury and has a capitalization similar to that of . the Wake, Matatchewan Co._ The Argoâ€" naut ‘Gold, Limited, ‘has its head office at Montreal, with a capital stock of three million shares of par value of $1.00 each. In a statement just given out reâ€" garding the Kirklana Lake Mincs, at Kirkland Lake, President Frank L. Culver states that this property, now closed on account of the strike in the district, was never in bettor condition ror with more encouraging outlook. The bins are filled with ore amounrting to upwards of 500 tons, a surface dump of 8000 tors is immediately available for the mill, the stopes at the 300â€"foot level gare full of ors, and also at dseper levels preparations have been made for further developâ€" nrent. At the 600â€"foot level a face shows a width of fifteen feet of ore with an average grade of $55.00 to the ton, and parallel to this ore body is another three feet of ore averagin $28.00 to the ton.. The deepest workâ€" ings at the mine are at the 700â€"foot, and at that level the out look is very good. The plant and cquipment are being kept in good condition ready to resume operations as soon as the labor situation is straightened away again . At the special meeting of the Town Council last night the tenders for the work of putting in the new waterâ€" works extensions*and installing the sewerage system were opened and the tender of Mr. Leo Mascioli was found to be the lowest and was accepted by the ©Council. It is una@erstood that Mr. Masciolh‘s tender was in the neighborhood of $50,000.00, being for the worko f construction only, the town supplying all materials. ‘The tender covers both the waterworks extersions and the sewers, and as soon as the contracts are formally signed the work will be gone on with. There were three other tenders: Hillâ€"Clarkâ€"Francis, â€" MceCausland Anderson, aml Wilde Co., (of Sault Ste Marie.~ The Mayor and all the members of Council, except Councillor Studor, were present at the special meeting. â€" The forymal byâ€"laws in conâ€" nection with the waterworks and sewâ€" erage construction were given their due readings and passed and everyâ€" thing made ready for the work ito proceed. There will be general satâ€" isfaction â€" when Mr.â€" Maseiolt comâ€" méncees on the work, for there is genâ€" eral confidence in his ability to comâ€" plete the work in firstâ€"class shape and general satisfaction that a locaI man wins the contracet. In the Town Leagus Baseball series i number of interesting games are scheduled . for the next ~few days. Tomorrow (Thursday) evening Meâ€" Intyre and Hollinger play at Schuâ€" macher . _On July 13th Hollinger and Firemen play once more and the Fireâ€" men are out to reverse the result of the: previons gcame while the Hollinger are out to see that they suffer no such reverse. On Wednesday evening of next week (July 16th) the Firemen and Melutyre play. here. Three Other Firms Tender on Waterâ€" works Extensions and Sewers Installation TENDER OF L. MASCIOL EOUND T0 BP LOWEst TOWN LEAGUE BASEBALL /‘ GAMES IN NEXT FEW DAYS Saturday, July 19th, is set apart as the National Holiday to observe the victory of the Allied Armies and the signing of the Peace With Vietory. The Goldfield Branch of the Great War Veterans Association have ‘been considering the giving of a hbig day here on that date, and a meetins of the Veterans has been called for Friâ€" day: evening of this week when the matter will likely _be decided. The Veterans had intended sharing with the Baseball Club in the organization of a Sports Day on Civie Holiday here, but many of the members conâ€" sider that the National Holiday this month would be e\'en more appropriâ€" ate as "‘the Day!* for the Veterans. If the Veterans decide to have a big day here on th> 19th the Civic Holiâ€" day event will be reserved for the Baseball boys. No doubt ;the questâ€" ion will be dealt with at the meeting on Friday night, and for this reason a full attendance of the Veterans is asked for by thre officials the WAE VETRRANS MAY HAVRE ; BIG DBAY HERE JULY 19th WINNER OF PRIZE SOLD 470 TAGS FOR JULY 18T. Branch. The winner of the special prize given for the young lady selling the most tags for the First of July. event here was Miss Jean Roberts who soldâ€" 470 tags. Miss Maggie Cole was a close second with 463 tags sold, w hile: Miss Beatrice MeCracken was not far. hehind, having 427 tags sold toâ€" her credit. Miss Solina Moses. sold 360 tags. Miss Edith Haughland sold 107 The one or two others selling tags disâ€" posed of only a few, the real contest from the beginning being bstween the five young 1a¢hcs mentioned . Last week when figures were published as to the number of tags sold, all thereâ€" turns were not included, so the figures were lower than those given abbve. With all the returns in, however, the tag selling concluded in the order !suo'gested last week:â€"Jean Roberts (470) ; Maggie Cole,. (463) ; Beatrice MeCracken, (427); Solina Moses, {(360) ; and Edith Haughland (107) . Serg. Hobt. Callum, who went overseas with the Pioneers, returned to the Camp last week. He is one of the oldâ€"timers of the Porenupine and is busy these days grecting old friends e Ne P ie t 2 ie s3 ie One of the heavy syfferers from the fire was Col. Worthington whose total loss will be easily $25,000.00. . His lumber, mill, logs, barns, outbuildings, etc., were destroyed by the fire and only the.most strenuous efforts of the Colonel and a gang of ‘his men over a stretch of many hours saved the hesiâ€" dence on the property his house hbeing about the only property left on the whole big estate. «Within a few vyards of the house on all sides the fire scorched and blackened and destroyâ€" ed, and only the most heroic and perâ€" sistant efforts saved the house. The smoke and ‘heat were terrific, and sevâ€" eral times the house caught fire. Timbers were thrown into the river to save them from the fire, but the wind drove them against the banks and ‘the fierce heat consumed them, logs and lumber burning right in the river. Much sympathy is felt for Col. Worthington, one of the pioneers in lumber mill and otlrer lines here, who has surmounted all sorts of diffiâ€" culties and was just building a big business after years of gallant effort. HEAVY ‘RAING CHEGKEO â€" FIRE MERACE in NoRth Much Damage, but No Loss of Life « _ From Bush Fires in the The several bush fires raging in the district last week did_ considerable property damage and on Wednesday looked threatening for still further damage, but forturateiy there was no loss of life and the rain on Thursday and Friday and the cooker weather since did away with yJl immediate danger to the settlemen:s. As morse than one man remarked, the rains last week were worth a million dollar, to this district. Another heavy loser was Mr.yT. Lawlor, â€"whose loss will be fully $3,000. . Others ‘have lost quantities of green timber, hard to estimate as to value,.but the total value will be considerable, though the individual losses may not seem large. No other buildings were destroyed and fortunâ€" ately no lives lost in the fire. ‘The rain damped this ‘fire, but another smaller bush fire has started from some brush. "This brush was one of the dangers in the daistrict and Wedâ€" nesday permissionâ€" was said. to be given by the fire rangers for the firing of this #Hrush â€" on Desotell‘s farm. After the rain the fire livened up and zsot away. â€"A large force of men are now hbusy fighting this fire and keepâ€" ing it in line where it will do httlc harm . One of the oddities of the bush fires to the south and west of the town was that though over four miles were burned along the Transmission line, the powar was not interfered with. In the fire back of the Success Mines some of the poles were burned but the wires and guys held them up; it may be the same with some of the poles near the other fire. | Reports of the destruction of seveâ€" ral mining plants in the northern part Tisdale were unfounded, though there were fires there that placed them in some danger and had ito be fought back. One of the serious fires was that behind the Success Mine. The rain dampened it, and stopped imâ€" mediate danger, but this week it is in progress again on a small seale. No settlements, however, »re endangered, and the fire rangers are on the job, though they could secure better men easier if the Govt. paid more wages Porquis ~Junetion _ was â€" serionsly threatened on Wednésday last, but after ~strenuous ~work the ‘fire was fought‘away and the rain finished the good work.: On account of the smoke and heat one day trains waited a disâ€" tance up the line for conngctions. ‘â€"At TIroquois Falls there was also some dangerâ€"last week, but the good work of the fire brigade there turned the danger. abeveral settlers in the district were burned out, but no lives lost . At Connaught and other points along the line there were bush fires and some damage doae, but in each case the rain was the grbat fireâ€"fightâ€" er.â€" Around Haileybury there were also gerious fires, hut the rain agam turned the menace. At. Cochrane there was also some danger, while west of Cochrane several fires tof large proportions were in progress. . In all cases the danger to settleâ€" ments was ‘much exaggerated in the reports appearing in the outside press. Indeed some of the reports were criminal in view of the alarm needless! created in the,.minds of reâ€" latives and friends :n the south. Seores of telegrams were received here showing this unnecessary alarm, while the town was in no nnmedmte rdanger. Single Copies 5 Cents