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o S in ty td it 1ifi i5 h h i5 5 i5 5 i5 5) 5p5 15 4 TIMMINSâ€"Hollinger Stores Limited Frank Feldman Shankman Bros. Frank Byck CONNAUGHTâ€"M O‘Connor SCHUMACHERâ€"McIntyre Mercantile Co. Limited SOUTH PORCUPINEâ€"Dome Mines Co. Limited, f Reamsbottom Edwards, United Provisions Company, Phone 39 You cean do that very thing if you build your basement walls and house with blocks from the Northern Block Company. Come in and inspect the plant and its production ; t*hen figure it out for yourself and you will be convinced. No. 1 gray brick cost $26.00 per M. at the plant NORTHERN CGEMENT BRICK AND BLOGK CO. Where is this plant? â€"On the road to Dalton‘s Race Track. Four Stores in tise North The George Taylor Hardware Limited The Geo. Taylor Hardware WHEN BABY LEAVESTOWN " Always at your Service " Proprieters "A CHAIN OF SERVICE*~ Klim, Powdered Whole Milk, efflectively solves the milk supâ€" ply problem. â€"Klim is pure full cream milk with nothing but the water removed; it keeps sweet and fresh for months and mixed again with water becomes rich country milk ready for imâ€" mediate use. Ask your doctor what he thinks of Klim for baby. CANADIEAN }»IILI\ PRODUCTS LI MIT Montreal Box 71, Timmins Limited Gyproc Wallboard will not shrink, crac{? warp or burn. Itcan be cut, sawed and applied just the same as inary wall and costs no more. Just the material for new work, reâ€" godehn% oil rez:ir work. ;‘f/réte for yproc booklet sample yproc Fireproof Wallboard. ronto J. Dalton A. Miller W innipeg before European attention was given to its development. The North Land has a history all right, andâ€"so there is much material of interest that may be unearthed in regard to this counâ€" try. As one sample of this fact, the following editorial article is reproâ€" duced from The Northern News, of Cobalt, last week. The editorial deals with some of the:â€"dealing of the Hudâ€" with some of the dealings of the Hudâ€" The prices in force in those days will be of more than passing interest. ‘‘Rum at 25 cents per quart!i‘‘ ~Oh, boy! There may ‘be some connection between the fact that most of the Hudson â€" Bay Co. employees were Scottish and the other fact that soap cost fifty cents. per pound. An old Sscot once said that there were only two things the Scottish fearedâ€"soap and water. "*"*Seventyâ€"five cents for two days‘ labour for a Good night! The article from The Northern News is as follows:â€" ‘‘Some interesting sidelights on the dealings of the Hudson Bay Comâ€" pany‘s agents with the Indians of Northern ‘Ontario nearly a century ago are thrown by the entries in a book of records just recovered from an old desk floating in Paradis Bay, on the Ontario side of Lake Temiskâ€" aming, by ‘Mr. A. R. Farrell, â€" of One Yyearls <O0id, so ~â€"â€"yew seems to be a misnomer. In any. event ‘‘*New‘‘ Ontario is as old as ‘"Old‘‘ Ontario, from the geological ~standâ€" point. FProm the viewpoint of what may be termed modern history or the history of civilization (%), the North Land has the advantage of ‘"Old‘" Ontario. Champlain‘s royages of discovery brought him to this district, while he did not visit ‘*Old"‘‘ Ontario. The Hudson Bay Company centered on this country in the earlier days of the ‘*Gentlemen Adventurers,"‘ while (O)ld Ontario had to wait further vears The Brave Days of Old, When Rum Was a Quarter a Quart THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO HUDSON BAY COMPANY RECORDS SHOW PRICES IN 1830â€"1835. THREE POUNDS OF FLOUR FOR 25 CENTS. SUGAR TEN CENTS PER POUND. CORDUROY VESTS AND TROUSERS AT TWO DOLLARS EACH. 1\ e North Land is usually regardâ€" s a young country, yet its history be traced back into the dim ages. noted geologist recently referred he North Land as three million s old, so **‘New Ontario‘‘ seems e a misnomer. In any, event ‘w‘‘ Ontario is as old as ‘"Old‘‘ from the geologieal standâ€" Cobalt Cochrane New Liskeard Timmins ‘here. At no point on Lake Temiskâ€" aming or any other lake in the imâ€" mediate district is there to be found such a suitable location for the purâ€" pose. ‘There is ample water space for the machines to alight and take off and the wharfage facilities are of the best. All these points have ‘been taken into consideration by the comâ€" pany. It is proposed to build a landâ€" ing stage to make it more convenient for handling passengers, and the comâ€" pany will «be given the use of the winter market for an office, Mr. Wilâ€" shire, managing director of the Laurâ€" ertide Air Service was in Haileybury this week and met members of the town council and the board of trade, with the resu‘t that a decision was arrived at to establish the base here. An army surgeon was ex cowâ€"puncher recruit. ‘*FEver had any accidents ‘‘Rattlesnake bite."‘ ‘*Don‘t you eall that an accident?" **Naw: the dam‘ thing did it on purpose.‘‘ **What‘s lland?”’at s ed that the hbase will ‘be es here. At no point on Lake aming or any other dlake in mediate district is there to snch a stimitable location for ‘*Arrangements have ‘been pracâ€" tically completed for the estalblishâ€" ment of a ‘base at Haileybury "for the machines of the Laurentide Air Serâ€" vice, operating lbetween the Rouyn goldfields and outside points,""‘ says the Haileyburian last week. Continâ€" uing. a review of the matter The Haileyburian says :â€" ‘‘For some time it ‘has been eviâ€" Gent that to properly take care of the traffic to and from the new camp, a more suitable base than . Angliers should be provided for the airplanes. As a large majority of the passengers who take â€"this method of making a quick trip to or from their mining properties find Haileybury the most conwvenient starting point, and much oif the freigsht handled originates from points in Ontario, it has been decidâ€" ed that the base will be established here; At no pount on Lake Temiskâ€" pose. ‘J‘ for the : off and t] the best. taken int pany. It ADVANTAGES OF HAILEYBURY AS BASE FPOR AIR SERVICE fTor Uhe long trp to Moose 1*‘:10(01'_\', and James Bay, perhaps in time the terminus of the Temiskamâ€" ing and Northern Ontario Railway. The journey appears to have oceupied from two to three months, and the redskins received five poundsâ€"goods to that value, at leastâ€"ifor the voyâ€" age. ‘The eustom appears to have been to advance a certain quantity of suppllies at the Temiskaming post, while the balance was paid over to the Indians at Moose Factory. Powâ€" der and shot, ribbhons, toâ€" baceo, knives, wearing apparel, corn, flour, and an occasional purchase of rum, are the principal entries, and the values in this farâ€"off days make interesting reading in the light of presentâ€"day prices. ‘‘Three pounds of flour cost a quarter, which was also the price of a quart of rum, a pair of moose skin shoes and five plugs of tohacco. A supply of ammunition for the chase meant an outlay of two dollars and a half. Green and red colored cloth, came high, costing a dollar and a. quarter a yard, while\the price of ten cents a pound for sugar will bring back memories of the war period to the present generation. The braves could deck themselves out in corduroy trousers for two dollars and could add a vest for a similar outlay. If they bought rilblbons for the squaws at home they were ealled upon to exâ€" pend twelve cents _ yard for this article of adornment. Three point blankets cost two dollars and a half. A man‘s calico shirt was valued at a dollar and a half and a scealping knife geould be secured, for twelve cen‘ts. Soap cost fifty cents a pound. One ivory comb was priced ‘at a quarter, and the price for fine blue cloth was two dollars a yard. A ‘bag of corn was entered at about four dollars. For two dGayvs‘ lalbor a vouth was was entered at about four dollars. For two lalbor a youth was credited with cents. ‘‘‘The entries are all in shillings, and, for purposes of comparison, the prices have been caleulated at apâ€" nroximately twentvâ€"five cents to the proximate shilline."‘ **Most of the entries have rée: ence to payments made in goods t Indians for the long trip to Moos l*‘acfory, and James Bay, perhaps i time the terminus of the Temiskan ing and Northern Ontario Railwas n the evoury, who has a sun the shores of the lake volume is missing, but records are those of the assistants ‘established â€" that bandage on vour )t, ribbons, "blankets, toâ€" s, wearing apparel, corn, n occasional purchase of ie principal entries, and n this farâ€"off days make reading in the light of con was examining a lake. ‘Part of but apparently stmmer home agent AI sxswmmm\ 35:5 4 Somethmg New in Souvenir China . Labor The work of installation of water and sewer pipes / ~ (a) â€"Schumacher Townsite (b) South Poreupine Townsite The Construction of (c) 2 Sedimentation tanks Schumacher. Townsite (d) 1 Sedimentation tank South Poreupine Townsite Plans and specifications may be o btained from the undersigned or Sutâ€" cliffe Company Limited, Engineers, New Liskeard, Ontario. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Marked cheque or a Guirantee Company ibid bond for amount mentioned in specifications must accompany tenders. 10‘ Class ‘"C‘C‘ 4,992 feet Class 600 feet 0 Class **A" ~1,908 feet Wood stave pipe carload lots, wire wound, creogoted collars i#2¢ 150 foot head 4,000 feet 1e‘ 200 foot head 1,000 feet 12‘ 300 foot head 3,400 feet 10‘ 150 foot head 1,000 feet Lt} * 200 foot head 4,000 feet 10‘ 250 foot head 1,000 feet Cast Iron Pipe in carload lots Vitriffied Clay pipe carload lots Accessories 10‘ V alve boxes Manhole covers Cast Iron pipe specials 1 20‘ x 100‘ steel stand pipe $ 5 5 n io iz in id in in td id in i 15 i5 in 15 15 1515 15 15 15 15 1515 5 15 1645 151515 1515 45 46 15 35 45 4 34 45 45 4 $ $3 353 5. South Poreupine, Ontario, July 9th, 1924. Handsome picture of Hollinger Gold Mine IVAN STADELMAN 12 PINE STREET TIMV NDOW FOR DISPLAY 200 300 150 200 25( trate Gate Gate Gate Tile Tale Tile Hydrants Gate valve Gate valve Gate valve Gate valve Gate valve /# .%%SS%‘S“Sfi“fi%fi%fi%i%fiSSSS”.%‘_!4 and R. C. Church Materials FRANK C. DVANS, 3,400 1,000 4,000 1000 116 O( 14 feet 04 feet 200 feet 11 tons TIMMINS, ONT. Townshp Clerk price price price price price price price price price price price price price price price price each price each price each price each price each price each price each price each price per ton per per per per per per per per per per ton per ton per ton per ton perton per ton foot foot foot foot foot Toot foot foot foot