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â€"North Has Threeâ€"Quarters of Valuation of the Province msouts: Poneupine, Nov. 18th,â€"Specâ€" Yal to The Advance. The meeting called at the Majestic Theatre last week for the purpose of organizing a Northern Ontario Leaâ€" gue turned out to be a total failure. With one exception, the parties reâ€" sponsitble fom calling the meeting did not have the courage of their convieâ€" tions and when asked from the platâ€" form io take part im the organizing of the league, they refused to come up. ‘hbe rest of the audience comâ€" posed to some extent of streetâ€"corner orators and chronic kickers, did not have a word to say, so that the meetâ€" ing was ealled off. The meeting was ealled through strong representation by the citizens of South Poreupine, since the recent Plebiscite. Hardly a day passes that the weakâ€"knees of South Poreupine «do not holler their heads off with the treatment that is being accorded the North, and esâ€" pecially Poreupine, in the matter of roads, ete., still when they had an opportunity to form a league that in all likelihood would have obtafned at least some results, they did not have stomach enough to show their hand in public and join the organizaâ€" tion. For the satisfaction of those very same parties, we might quote from the Financial Post of the 14th inst., where an advertisement was run by the Province of Ontario, stating that the Natural Wealth of the Provâ€" ince was ten billion dollars. Of this amoun:, Mineral wealth was very conservatively estimated at two billion «lollars. Crown Timber was estimated at four billion, seven hundred and ninetyâ€"seven _ million, five hundr>d thousand dollars. Crown Lands, unâ€" developed was estimated at two hunâ€" dred and thirty million dollars. Waâ€" ter Powers were placed at one hunâ€" dred and fifty million dollars/at least half of this value being in the North Lands. Fish, Gameâ€" and Fur _ wer placed at two hundred mffiion dollays, of which at least one Aquarter is in Northern â€" Ontario. Ve- balance of the total valuation is taken up by property, ‘business /and _ income _ in municipalities. These figures show Porcupine Branch Pays Half the Profit of the Entire "Tapeworm " from North Bay Up,â€"Says Indignant » South End Man. This Gentleman is Certainly All "Het Up." But, Honest Now, Isa‘t There Considerable Reaâ€" son in What He Says. vdurse we shall see what can be done about it." Three women named Eve and a man named William miamson from British Columbia were found on the nassonger list and they fell under suspicion immediately. Attempts to establish alibis were as fruitless as they had been before Noah built the ark. Adamson admitted that he was the tenant of a cabin on the same deck as that ogcup‘ed by the apple and he was summoned for an interâ€" view with the captain. He was a technical prisoner when <he "Melita‘" reached Belie Isle and might have been NCP Parsdise at tI rivers in Mes with Babyloni i the humasn g.\lc!i:a" until bBourg. Then i The owner 1 regret th "Bu* of course ine came to Montreal with Robert J. Casey who was a passenger aboard the "Melita." Mr. Casey is a wellâ€"known member cf the staff of the Chicago News and amons; the boo‘:s of his authorship are "The Land of Haunted Castics" and ‘""The Lost King. m of Burâ€" e t * _ yvandv c in shackles at Quebec had it not been for an Above is photograph of tree designated by the British Government as n apple from the Garden of Eden arrived in Montreal |expected denoueme Garden of Edenâ€"An Appleâ€"A Canadian Ship BRA C Loh ... 4.3 the way home from a t;i.p through ‘:}'ng‘ _B_agd‘a‘d ta‘kcn' for the purpose another book. che apple was one of a pair traditional site of the Garden of _o‘f the Tigris and Euphrates that Northern Ontario accounts for $7,152,500,000.00, or almost threeâ€" quarters of the total valuation of the entire Province. It is a known fact that the Provinâ€" cial Government derive a far larger revenue from the Township of Tisâ€" dale, with few exceptions, than they do from any other Township in the Province, still we might say that we have the worst roads in the Province. The T. N.0O0. Ry., which is a Colonâ€" ization Road earned a half million dollars profit in their last ewrrent year and upwards of fifty per cent. of the T. N.O. Ry.‘s revenue is deâ€" rived from the Poreupine Branch, in other words, we pay for the upkeep and operation of the entire tapeâ€" woum from North Bay up, and besides give them a profit of a quarter of a million dollars for our share and in return you get the following:â€"You Voted Wet, Six to One, You will stay Dry., The Revenue you are sending to Southern «Ontario will stay there as it has been doing. Instead of getâ€" ting assistance as we should from Ol4d Ontario, you will continue to develop vyour own country under all the adâ€" verse conditions for the hbenefit of the older part of the Province. The roads in are the worst in the Province. Gowganda, Matacheâ€" wan, West Shining Tree, Lightning River and a dozen of lesser camps are River and a dozen of lesser camps are clamoring for roads and will keep on doing so, just so long as they carry on as they ane doing now. The North can send thirteen Northern Ontario candidates to Queen‘s Park and as years go by, this number will increase rapidly. (Generally this numben ot ‘andidates would constitute the balâ€" ance of power in the Government of the Province and get justice for the North, which is l«m;: overdue. _ Howâ€" ever, it would be too. bad to give jellyâ€"fish, like some of â€" those who were at the meeting in South Porenâ€" pine. near what is coming to them. They are getting far too much now and no one knows it any better than the Powers that be in Toronto. (Signed) The Man That Called the Meeting. wan, W es Ruiver and clamoring «lnins_r §(O), The verdict finds him "guilty of having broken a limb from the tree of knowledge in the Garden of Eden" and fixes his fine at "one month‘s pay," a lighter sentence tlan that visited upon his remote ancestor for a similar offence. â€" The case in point was that of Thomas Rogers, a sergeant in the British Flying corps stationed in Iraq since the armistice. Rogers, climvoing the tree to have his picture taken, broke off one of the branches and was arrested by the Arab police. _ Another apple, later found concealed in a locked trunk, will be presented to the Field Museum of Chicago. The tree from which the fruit was picked has recently been designaced as the "T‘ree of Knowledge" by the British Government substantiating an Arab legend of long standing. The document authenticating the claims of Quernah as the site of Eden is a record of court mar]tial, a copy of which was brought back with the apples. "If it‘s an apple you‘re looking for I think I can find it for you,""‘ he volunteered. "It looked like just an ordinary apple and what with the way the women passengers are always wanting things there was no way of telling about it â€" you know how it is. I had brought a dish of fruit into that cabin the morning all the fuss started and when I was taking out the dishes some @me afterward it was only naturaiâ€"like that I should have made a mistake. I picked up that apple .. .. .." ‘"And so it‘s lost," gasped the investigators. ‘"‘That‘s where you‘re wrong." declared the steward triumphantly, "It‘s found. As soon as I heard of the howl I traced that apple. I followed its trail back to the pantry and thence to the cold storage room. And this morning I discovered it. One of the chefs had been in just before me. But I was determinegd. I went right out afte him...... And I found the apple.. .. .. It‘s in here .. . .‘ ___And with a magnificent air be lifted a napkin from a large pan of apple sauce. expected denouement. A room steward, penitent but brave appeared before the officers substituting for angels with flaming swords. ‘*Tree of Knowled ge."* Pour Chinamen Arrested on Saturday Evening at Kirby street House by Local Police. Saturday evening Chief Greer, Deputy Chief M. Salley, and Speciai Officer R. Allen paid a visit to 359 Kirby street, and as a result of inâ€" vestigations before, during and after the visit, four Chinamen face serious charges in connection with the Narâ€" cotic Dmnugs Act. George Fong, Eng Kang, Fong Poy and Hung Yat were arrested and landed in the cells here. Four cans that the police, local Chingâ€" men and a local analysis recognize as opium, were seized. The stuff will be submitted to Government analysis. The penalty for having opium in posâ€" session is heavy and in the case of those of other than Canadian nationâ€" ality includes deportation. Two of the Chinamen concerned recently came here from Halifax, N.S. Th opinm seized is thought to have a value of several â€" hundred dollars. The four men will be charged tomorrow (Thursâ€" day) with illegally having opium in their possession. Other cases to ecome before Magisâ€" trate â€" Atkinson â€" include a_ charge Ernesto Manero of illegally having firearms while an alien. A couple of drunks, or three, and a couple of eharges against a young fellow who is charged with damagâ€" ing property and annoying the ownâ€" ers of a local cafe, about complete the list of cases for this week‘s court. ~There is one case over from last week, this being a charge of simple drunk, the accused fatling to appear and the resulting warrant hbeâ€" ing made out for his arrest after the estreating of his bail. MOTHER OF MRS. W. C. ARNOTT PASSED AWAY ON SUNDAY Many â€" friends and â€" acquaintances will°extend sincere sympathy to Mrs. W. C. Arnott, of Schumacher, in the death of her mother, Mrs. MeDonald, on Sunday evening. The late Mrs. MceDonald was ill only a day or two, death ‘being due to apoplexy. The reâ€" mains were taken on Monday to _ for_ intermgent, _ Mr. Arnott agnccompanying the hody on the journey south. He, didn‘t listen, look nor stop, Though crossing bells were ringing, He tried to cross the track on high. He heard the angels singing. GONSIOERED TO BF RICH HAUL OFf ILLIGHT OPIUM THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIOQ Reference is made elsewhere in this issue to the annual meeting of the Northern Ontario Hockey Association, but no mention is made of the new officers elected. The elections were by acelamation. For President, the only nominee was Mn. F. E. Thompâ€" son, of New Liskeard, who was asâ€" cordingly elected by acclamation. The same procedure took place in regard to Mr. G. W .Turk, of Iroquois Falis, All Officers Elected by Acclamation at Annual Meeting on Saturâ€" day Last. For the executive committee there were three nominated for two places, these being Messrs. James Gemill, Sault Ste. Marie, Angus Campbell, of Cobalt, and C. Baker, of North Bay. As Mr.‘ Campbell was unanimousiy elected a life member of the execuâ€" tive for his good work for hockey in the North these many years past, this just left the other two nominees to fill the two â€" vacancies, making the election fon the executive also by acâ€" clamation. November 7th was the 39th anniâ€" versary of the driving of the last spike in the main line of the Canaâ€" dian Pacific Railway, an event which completed the Dominrion‘s first transcontinental railroad, fulâ€" filled the terms of Confederation and made Canada a nation. A stone monument now marks the spot at Craigellachie, in the Rocky Mounâ€" tains, where Lord Strathcona (then Sir Donald A. Smith) wielded the hammer which united East and Woest. for the Viceâ€"Presidency, and of Mn H. P. Chariton, of North Bay, for secretaryâ€"Treasurer. â€" These three new officers of the N.O.H.A. for the season have for years taken the keenâ€" est interest in sport and especially in hoekey. ‘They should be valuable in their places as officers of the N.0.H. The enormous contribution to the wealth of Canada made by the Canaâ€" dian Pacific Railway was alluded to by E. W. Beatty, K.C., Chairman and President of the Company, when, speaking at Welland, Ont., on November 7th, at the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the"buildâ€" ing of the first Welland Canal, he stated that the company in 1923 disâ€" persed in the Dominion $202,000,000 in wages and materials, and $7,000,â€" 000 in taxes of all kinds. THOMPSON PRESIDENT ODF N.0.H.A. FOR SEASON The very first acrial stowaway ever known was discovered recently aboard a plane in the Laurentide Air Service, Limited, operating on its Rouyn gold fields service in assoâ€" clation with the Canadian Pacific Railway. The serious effect of the extra weight on the flying powers of the machine was so noticeable that it led to the man‘s discovery. As he had hidden himself with a desire to see his sick wife and child, he was not punished. Caribou have bsoen scen in very large numbers this season in the northern part of Yukon territory. Oldâ€"timers say that the main herd must have numbered tens of thouâ€" sands, while in some of the smaller herds that had broken temporarily from the main herd there were hunâ€" dreds and sometimes thousands. Tourist traffic in New Brunswick during the past summer left ncearly $3,000,000 in the province, an amount almost equal to the total provincial revenue, according to an estimate© of the New Brunswick Tourist Association. Approximately 70,000 tourists visited the province. One thousand British Columbia rose ‘bushes are being shipped to Portland, Ore., "the Rose City." Portland, famous all over the‘ contiâ€" nent for its roses, buys the varieties produced in British Columbia beâ€" cause they are the hardiest and best suited for growing in North America. Silver production in Ontario for 1924 will not vary materially from that of 1923, judging by figures available for the first nine months of the year from the reports of several operating companies, though some increases will be shown. Proâ€" duction to date has amounted to abcut $19,500 a day. During the past season the Canaâ€" dian Pacific Railway used on all its lines approximately 6,500,000 tics, according to a report just issucd. The woods used include British Columbia fir, hemlock, tamarac, jack pine, spruce, maple and birch. Here and There The New Instruments for The Porâ€" cupine (Goldfields Band arrived last week and the first rehearsal took place in the Council Chambers on Sunday last. After the usual routine work of checking up the instruments, the Bandleader, Mr. James Boisâ€" sonault, ordered that all instruments tuned up and the low pitch slides inserted. _ This was done and the men put into their places. A lively March was picked out and before starting the bandleader advised the men that there was only one bandâ€" leader in this band and gave strict orders to follow the baton. _ Then came the big surprise, immediately upon the first stroke of the Baton, the band started playing, and play they did; in fact they played the March right through without a hitch. This is very unusual for a new band, especially when they are in the raw and not knowing what each other could do. Several other Marches and a Waltz made up the program for the afternoon. The Bandleader declared that he got one of the surprises of his life and he was pleased with the good work of his men. This was all done in view of the fact that about ten of the best musicians were not able to be present. It is an assured fact that when the whole band gets together and have a few good reâ€" hearsals there will be something doing and it will not be very long until this organization can start holdâ€" ing concerts and have a chanee to show the Public what they can do. The Band has been held up on a few. of the Bass Instruments, which are, being shipped from the old mmmr.\',' They are expected any day. The next dband rehearsal will take place on Thursday, November 20th, in the Council Chambers at 8.00 p.m. und! there will be another rehearsal on the following Sunday afternoon. It is| to be hoped that all the band memâ€"| bers can attend. A more sm'mhlvi crowd of men could not have been picked out anywhere else in the quun-t | try and this fact will have much to do with the continued succeess of the| Poreupine (Goldfields Band. A list of the Trustees and the Bandsmen will .be published later. Mrs. B. M. Walton and «]zm;:htm'* Mrs. left on _ Toronto The New Jron fence around the Public School is about completed and will add greatly to the appearance, Many interesting arguments were heard at the meeting of the Rateâ€" payers last week. _ The New School was again the chronic subject of disâ€" cussion. It â€"would be well for some of the citizens to attend these meetâ€" ings before Motions. have _ been passed, not afterwards. It has been the practice of some of the citizens to make unfair remarks in places other than at the meetings. Charity work for the people generally is a tough job and a little more help and less criticism from some would help the Council to deal as fairly as posâ€" sible in all matters which concern the public. In answer to numerous requests from the Russians, Ukranians and Finlanders of the district, the manâ€" agement â€" of the MaJebtlc Theatre have booked the film ‘‘*Polikushka"‘ which will be shown on Wednesday and Thursday, November 26th and 27th. _ *‘*‘Polikushka‘‘ is well known among the natives of Europe as a splendid work of art. (A page from the History of **Tolstor"‘). is being laid about two Teet under the Water Main. The present main will run as far as the Steam Laundry. A branch will be run to the Rink and the New School. _ The heavy frost on Sunday delayed the work someâ€" what, but it is believed the worst difficulty has been overeome and the balance of the main should be laid without much trouble. Did you ever see pictures jump off the picture scereen and hit you in the eye. This is what happenedâ€"at the Majestic Theatre last week when the Third Dimension Movie ‘‘*Plastiâ€" grams‘‘ was shown and the patrons got a thrill that they never forgot. This was the first showing of the new novelty film in the North and the patrons are. looking forward to the next one which will be in December. South â€" Poreupine, Nov. 18thâ€" Special to The Advance. Work on the extension o# the preâ€" sent water main has been started and the citizens are all exceited and wondering what is going on. The hugh Steam Shovel started trenchâ€" ing at the Bank of Toronto ceorner and in a few hours had opened up enough of the ditch to lay in a few lengths of sixâ€"inch pipe and a Gateâ€" Valve, which was tested and then the ditch was refilled. The New sewer is being laid about two feet under New Instruments Arrived for the Porcupine Goldfields Band. Northern Ontario League a Fizzle in South End. Other News From South Porcupine. South Porcupine Installing Water Mains and Sewers Mondav Ifields Band. A list Mr. H. A. Proctor, Real Estate and s and the Bandsmen| Insurance, will move his office to the »d later. new Theatre, corner Third Walton and daughter| and Balsam, on December Ist. Mr. for a month‘s trip to| Proctor‘s office in the big new theaâ€" tre building will be on the ground on fence around the| floor and on the corner, so it will be s about completed and| in an unusually good location and y to the appearance,| convenient for the public. _ _G@Ounâ€" uch to of the A list tette: Orelre ..‘ =O0los services promises pleasing. Jt wil master number ATTRACTIVE PROGRAMME FPOR SUNDAY NIGHT EVENT Miss Maltais, spent last weekâ€"end with cher relatives in Timmins. Mr. Cornell of Toronto was a husâ€" ness visitor in town Tuesday. Mr. Anguas MeDonald of the Night Hawk Peninsular Mine spent the weekâ€"end in Timmins. Mr. Kurie who has been managzen of the Thomas Gold Mine Company left this week for Toronto. Mr. Jack Haines, of the Bell Teleâ€" phone Company, Toronto, was a ‘hbusiâ€" ness visitor here during the week. Mr. W. E. Segswonth, manager‘of the Night Hawk â€" Peninsular Mine, spent the weekâ€"end with his family in Toronto. ' wWeLe the Mrs. Ray Swayne and Mrs. L. Tapâ€" lin were wvisitors in Timmins Saturdas last. Interesting Personal Items from Conâ€" naught and Night Hawk Connaught Station, Ont., Nov. 18th. Special to The Advance:â€" Miss Muriel Rice, R.N., who has been visiting friends for the past week left Monday for Timmins and Schumacher where sheâ€" will visit friends fon several days before reâ€" turning to her home in Haileybury. Mrs. Ray Swayne and Mrs. L. Tapâ€" TO AND FROM GONNAUGHT DURING WEEK as well as protection for the children, some of the remarks heard by spectators watching the Installation of the New Water and Sewer Mams: Where is that going; It‘s a wonder they wounldn‘t do that in the Sumâ€" merâ€"time; That Main isn‘t for Water, It‘s for Homeâ€"brew; Why are they putting it down so deep; Who said Poreupine was dry?; When it gets as far as the Laundry, we might get some clean laundry; Just look at those poor fellows down in that awtul mud; The ground might eave in; Won‘"t the Fire Department do some work when that main is finished ?; Now that they had the Road in fair shape they turn around and dirty it all up again. The South Poreupine Fire Brigade have announced their Masquerade Ball on New Year‘s Eve., to take place in the NewpSchool Hall. (et your costumes early for this big event. The Mechanics of the Dome will hold a Grand Ball in the New School Hall on Friday evening, November 28th. Colombo‘s Special Orchestra of seven pieces will furnish the music for the oceasion. This will unâ€" doubtedly be the event of the season. The Ladies of the Catholie Chureh are holding a Euchre Party in the Oddfellows Hall on Tuesday, Novemâ€" ber 25th. At the United Church on Novemâ€" ber 18thâ€"Hymn Study; ** Lead Kindly Light." Literaryâ€"W ordsâ€" worth. Community Singing and Reâ€" creation. Mr. stra ; L. Orr w on ~busimess Schroeder and others; piano selections by the String Quarâ€" selections by the new Hawaiian tra; a Cornet Solo by Bandâ€" F. J. Woino; as well as voecal s of special merit. in â€" Timmins lasi