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North Land Oldest Formation on Earth and Rich Beyond Realizaâ€" tion Says Prof. Coleman. In an address some days ago to the Young Men‘s Canadian Club at Toâ€" ronto, Prof. A. P. Coleman, Professor of Geology at the University of Toâ€" ronto, predicted a future of boundless possibilities for Northern Ontar;o. He stated that scientists, by examining rock formations, had obtained proofs that Canada was the oldest country in the world. He gave a vivid acâ€" count of the great vataclwma w hich took fiace hundred\s of thousands of years ago in what is now Northern Ontario, according to scientists. At that farâ€"off time mountain ranges reared their immensity skyward, and seething voleanoes sent forth migiaty streams of lava. This lava, the Proâ€" fessor explained, is still to be found in rock formations. The period of the Iee Age, when all Canada was covered with vast glaciers. ONTARIO‘S GOLD BELTS GREATEST IN THE WORLD ‘‘That North country is not to be a wilderness forever,""‘ de the speaker, pointing to the n which has already been made in inge Northern Ontario to the f1 to be a wilderness forever,""‘ declared the speaker, pointing to the progress which has already been made in bringâ€" ing Northern Ontario to the front as one of the greatest mineralâ€"producâ€" ing regions of the world. ‘With the aid of a number of picture slides, Professor Coleman gave ‘a brief exâ€" planation of tlhe mining and refining processes of various minerals. In the Cobailt district the silver ore was of an especially good quality, some of it rating as high as $5,000 a ton. Exâ€" plaining the absence of any placer deâ€" posits in Northern Ontario, the Proâ€" fessor said that the glaciers of the last ITee Age swept away all deposits of this nature. Prof. Coleman placed particular emphasis upon the adivance which had been made in the gold mines of the North. A comparatively. short tiine ago the United States and Australia had been the greatest goldâ€"producing countries of the world. At the presâ€" ent time Ontario was ahead of Ausâ€" tralia or any one of the States in gold production, and hbid fair to surpass the entire United States. ‘""In a few years the prolability is that our mines wi‘l produce more gold than all the United States,""‘ concluded the Proâ€" fessor. ANNUAL BOX SOCIAL AT CALEDONIANS ON FRIDAY Friday evening this week, March 14th, is down on the syllabus of the Caledonian Society of Timmins as the annual Box Social. In past years the Box Social has been one.of the most interesting and enjoyable evenâ€" ings of the year, and Friday evenâ€" ing‘s event is expected to more than measure up to past successes. The lagies are expected to bring boxes and these are auctioned in interesting way. All Scots and Scotswomen and their friends will be welcome and will find the Bax Social a pleéeasing event. Music, dancin‘g ‘and other features will add to the interest of the evenâ€" ing, 0d Country dances being parâ€" ticularly in evidence, MAN SUPPOSED TO BE FROM TIMMINS HAD POOR MEMORY This is given just as it was given in The North Bay Nugget last week. Any kick about anythmg in connecâ€" tion with the item should be sent direct to The Nugget, on whose shoulders be it in every way. ‘The Nugget says ;â€"â€" ‘*When Arthur Gauvin, a camp sook from Timmins, arrived in North Bay on Wednesday last, he carried a "wad‘‘ of about $160. He began to sample the ‘‘wet stuff"‘ of some local bootleggers and when the police pickâ€" ed him up on Oak street on Friday nizht the ‘‘wad‘‘ had almost vanishâ€" ed while Gauvin had a "jag‘‘ to reâ€" place it. He appeared in police court on Saturday morning and was charged with ‘*having liquor in other than a private dwelling.‘‘ There was a partâ€" ly filled quart bottle of redâ€"eye on his hip when he was arrested. He couldn‘t »tell Magistrate _ Weegar where he got it. He intimated that his memory had failed ibadly under the influence of liquor and even the threat of an extra month failed to improve the situation. He finally drew a fine of $200 and costs or four months. And he took the fout months.‘‘ ‘Mr. H. W. Kearney, of Renfrew, is in charge of the Curtis Optical busiâ€" ness at Timmins and Iroquois Falls. Mr. Krahling, who was formerly manâ€" ager here, has been compelled to reâ€" main in the south owing to illâ€"health, Mr. Kearney is an optician of high standing, and he has had considerable experience in the North Land, having conducted businesses at Haileybury and Cochrane in years past. He has many old friends in the North Land and will be welcomed back again to this good country. efining In the was ol OInyw _ _ Classes for Mining Prospectors will be held under the direction of the Ontario Department of Mines at Timâ€" mins ;coommencing March 2lst and continuing to March 29th. Will be Carried On for BHight Days. Dr. W. L. Goodwin to be in PROGPECTORS®‘ CLASSES DPEN RERE MARCH 21 Instructions will be given ir the practical identification of _ minerals and rocks, and in elementary geology and mineralogy. (Practice classes in spotting minerals and rocks will be carried on. ‘The classes will be free. They will be conducted by Dr. W. L. Goo@win, late Director of the Schooi of M Kingston. Practical study of minerals and rocks, beginning on Friday, March 21st, at 3 p.m., in the Central Public School Practice in spotting minerals and rocks, beginning on the same day at 4 p.m., in the same place. lecture on Elements of Geology, beginnmg on SNaturday, place. These free classes for prospeectors These free classes for prospectors and others interested have proven very popular and helpful in years and will no doubt be equally valuaijle this year. Dr. Goodwin has won the confidence and regard of the prospectors of this district, and his classes are recognized as both interâ€" esting and of outstanding helpfulness and value to all interested in prosâ€" pecting and mining. According to â€" despatches _ from Swastitka, T. P. Carr, Postmaster at Kirklzsnd Lake, has been charged with the misappropriationâ€" of. $7,000 of Post Office money. He was remanded for a week, with bail set at $15,000. HEMSTITCHING AND â€" PICOT EDGING â€" Complete modern equipment inâ€" cluding motor hearse. Corner Third Ave. and Maple St TIMMINS, ONT. We buy a sell at the We make ing goods. Now open for business. Firstâ€"class rooms, and steam heated All upâ€"toâ€"date conveniences. Reading and Sitting Rooms. Sample Room for Travellers. Best dining room in town. Meals at all hours. Best service. CALL AT 60 BALSAM STREET TIMMINS, ONT. UNDERTAKING PARLOURS DEALER IN NEW AND SECOND HAND FURNITURE OF ALL KIXDS Night and Day Phone 428 buy at the highest price and at the cheapest. make a specialty of exchangâ€" MRS. V. CLERMONT Dan St. Onge Building. IROQUOIS FALLS. PARIS HOTEL Charge. Give us a call. Meets every Tuesday evening in the Oddfellows Hall, Third _ Avenue. Visiting brethren requested to attend. E. L, Urquhart J. G. Harris, TIMMINS L0DGE, 1.0.9.f. No. 48 Boiling will render all water safe for drinking purposes. Safety First Report every suspected case of comâ€" municable disease to the Medical Ofâ€" ficer of Health. By trying to eonceal cases of diphtheria, searlet fever, etc., one is endangering the lives of other people. Boots and Shoes repaired in firstâ€"class style. Rubber Boots vulcanized. Best modâ€" ern ‘Vulcanizer made. Best Boots and Shoes and Rubbers Bold at the lowest prices. It will pay you to try us once, you‘ll 60 Fourth Avenue Corner Balsam SHOE REPAIR SHOP . NEW MACHINE FOR SHARPENâ€" ING SKATES Does Good Work and does it quickly. Max Greenberg Gordon H. Gauthiere â€" Frank J. Kehoe STEAMSHIP TICKETS ALL LINES for Sale at STATION TICKET OFFICE Information re Passports, etct., Gladly Furnighed Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries Public, etc. Let us repair and waterproof that leaky roof before the rainy season. Parabestos Roofing Paint, and Kantleek Roofng Cement For Sale W. H. SEVERT Corner Kirby Ave and Mountjoy St P.0. BOX 974. â€" TIMMINS, QNTF. Arch. Gillies, B.A.Sc.,0.L.8. of Canada. Member of Assoc. of Professionsal Engineers. Land Surveys, Mine Surveys, Enâ€" gineering, Reports, Plans and Esâ€" timates. Assoc. Member Engineering Inst. Queen‘s Hotel Phone 36 _ Timmins SIDENCE PHONE 462 LAW OFFICE W. G. BOWLES, B.A. South Porcupine Wholesale Fruits, Vegetablbes, Confectionery, Tobaccos. 3%/ Spruce St. Boil the W ater BOARD OF HEALTH GOLUMN T ownship Building Phone 154 H. H. MOORE M.D., M.O.H.