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Consulting Auditor Office Systems Installed Income Tax Adjuster Phone 14 . _ Timmins, Ont. Corner Third Ave. and Birch St. Made up your Preserve _ hSt yet madam? Be sure‘.»-‘;* 2. it inecludes plenty of tasty Fresh Fruits whigch we‘re . carrylng in ample abunâ€" â€" dance just now. Plums, Tomatoes and Cucumbers . . now coming in. ' $y For â€" : Fng ct Tast week Dr.â€"Armâ€" strong, Mayor of Cobalt, was: selécâ€" ted as the Liberalâ€"Conservative candiâ€" date for Temlskammg for the comâ€" ing Dominion election. Dr. Arm« strong is a man of high character,' marked . ability, noteworthy public irit, and an old resident of the orth Land., He will undoubtedly make a good candidate, and a good member, if and when elected. ~At the convention four names were voted %and another, Mr. Blair, who was inated, withdrew. The first bal- lot was as follows:â€"Armstrong, 97 ; BSmith, 87; Mitchell, 46 Clark The. second ballot was: Armstrong 130; 89; Mltchell 38. Mr. Geo Smith, who came second on both ballots, is an pioneer of the North and held in high regard for both his character and ability, Mr. Geo. Mitâ€" chell is an oldâ€"time Conservatlve who has given valuable services to his parâ€" ty and the country. Mr. John Clark, of Englehart, is also apioneer of the North and one who has fought and worked. per31stently for the district. Accordingly, it will be seen that any choice made by the Conventionâ€"would mean‘a good candldate in Temiskaâ€" ming for this election. ‘ , w esnt oo n To WINNIPLEG ~â€" But discussion, consideration and ‘thought by all will undoubtedly lead to a solution of the problem. That is why The Advance published The Nugâ€" get article on the matter. That: is why The Advance also publishes the views of The New Laskeard Speaker regarding the question, The Speaker ‘says:â€"â€" $ T % m A a m L eÂ¥ Whether a Commission, such as sugâ€" gested by Thé Nugget, would be the best way to get the most and the best for. the North is of course open to question.. Frankly The Advance does not believe the Commission idea by any means an ideal one, though. it has been a great benefit to the North and to the country in the case of the T. N. 0. Railway, as The Nugget suggests. Of course, the Commission idea would work well with ideal men as Commissioners, but that is trustâ€" ing too much to improbable luck. ‘ the latest issue of the Porcuâ€" pine Advance there appeared an arâ€" ‘ticle credited to The Nugget in which it was made to appear that the Northâ€" land was languishing for lack of ofâ€" ficials who understand how to develop the country to the best advantage, and it was suggested that an improvement this paper believes «that their need is great and that on the progress of settlement depends the future welâ€" fare of this country in large /measure. ©3 Land. â€" To The Advance it appears beyond question that. conditions are by no‘means ideal for the progress of this great North Land. It appears certain that the country has not reâ€" ceived the attention its merits warâ€" ‘rant. _ The country has been held ‘back in its natural development by ‘yvarious causes. . The Advance does ‘not lay the blame upon any deliberate attitude adopted by Governments, but rather stresses the fact that lack of full appreciation of facts and condiâ€" ‘tions had caused the chief difficulty in the past. The Advance believes that open discussion and. consideration will do much to right the difficulties. It seems to be a fact that much of the trouble has been due to the people 0 the North Land themselves. They have: too often been too devoted to their own individual requirements to emphasize the general needs of the ‘country as a whole. Representation at the seats of Government has also been too inadequate to have the full case for the North Land kept conâ€" stantly in view. The Advance beâ€" lieves that if, the people of the South were fully. acquainted_all the time with all the facts in the case there would be little difficulty in the North Land securing all the attention and consideration concerned. . Without discussion and consideration the facts can not be fully known. Accordingly every suggestion relating to better ways and means for advancing the interests of the North Land is worthy of the closest attention. . courage the thinking about and. tall" ing about the pro North ing a (y TAX RATES IN OTHEE NO@% "â€".‘ _ LAND MINING CENTRES «‘Tourists roads‘‘ come in for a share <of criticisgm. Well, our views have always been that the first roads to be: built should be for the conâ€" venience of the farmer,. This is the man The Speaker is interested in. . i« ‘‘But we think Temiskaming now has fairly good tourists roads. The roads may not be of cement, but they cannot be so, bad since we know that baseba',llag)l\‘ayers of : Kirkland Lake, Englehart, Charlton, Elk Lake, Milâ€" berta, Earlton, Uno Park, New Lisâ€" keard, Haileybury, Cobalt. and Latchâ€" ford. all use their autos in going to and from these places instead of using the ‘steam or electric railways, as they all might do, although these places are from 10 to 70 miles apart. We â€" understand that Timmins and Troquois Falls use autos when visiting. each other on ball days. . _ . ; . ‘"*If this Commission. could find our farmers a better market we would fall in line with the suggestions made; but. unfortunately such a Commission could not improve the conditions of the farmer,. _A lower freight rate would be helpful, but the matter of freight rates is already in the hands of a Commission.‘‘ _« â€" | <"*Bub why waste time and newsâ€" paper space in repeating what everyâ€" one knows. Our towns have every indijcation of prosperity that Old Onâ€" tario towns have. We have founâ€" dries, machine shops, woollen mills, a canning factory, great wood workâ€" ing establishments such as are only found in the large .cities, steam and electric railways, splendid churches, publicbuildings, and courtâ€"houses and even jails. Indeed, we are lacking in nothing which is necessary to indicate a country‘s greatness. Thirty years ago, Liskeard received mail but one a week, and the nearest post office was in Haileybury. Toâ€"day, we get city daily ‘papers from Canada‘s capital the, day printed, and we have rural mail delivery all ‘over the digâ€" trict. + : _ ‘‘‘The statement made in The Nugâ€" get‘s article practically is that Northâ€" ern Ontario‘‘ is not making the proâ€" gress it should and due to longâ€"range administration . methods. _ ‘‘Thiryâ€"two years ago, Temiskamâ€" ing had its start with one official who was appointed crown land agent and justice of the peace. As the country became settled, oth‘er officials were apâ€" pointed; nor do we believe. that the greatest enemy of any one of the three governments under which "‘we have lived, and moved and had our being,‘‘. could say the government was ne ligent in the matter of appointâ€" ing plenty of officials for the work to be done. Indeed, it too often is the case that the office is made for the man, instead of a careful hunt being made to find the man best suited for tf;il;f, office which it is necessary to have ed. . f ‘ / But, as suggested above, there are towns as badly off as Timmins, and in some cases the rates are noticeâ€" y ay 116 e dol ‘lar. Fon «Cobalt public schools th8 ,rate is 67 mills. In the !Bownnhp of FTeck the rate ne :sehool section is 60.1 imills; S,;NO _2_1t,ls 44.1 R:nd tor sepâ€" ‘‘For upwards of fifty years the writer has lived in the newer parts of Ontario. We know of no part of Canada in which increase of popuâ€" lation or material prosperity has been so great as in Temiskaming. Thirty years ago there were but a few hunâ€" dred souls in this whole Ontario Teâ€" miskaming. region. ‘Toâ€"day there are,‘ it is said, seventy thousand people in‘i this region. . _ . «n Comparison of the tax rate this year in Timmins with the rates paid by other mining centres in the North Land shows that Timmins is not so badly off in this;: matter as someâ€"fearâ€" ed. ‘The tax rate in Timmins is adâ€" mittedly high, being 67.6 for public scehool, supporters and 61.6 mills for Separate Bchool Supporters. While the rates are ‘high, the town .has to pay for cohnveniences and improveâ€" ments ard it is difficult to see. how money for modern improvements can be expended withont affecting the rates: |__ _ ym B _ But, as suggested above, there are, tawne as@ hadlv nAff ags Timminsg., and do not like to offer adverse criticism in regard to advice offered by publishers who are as: interested in the welfare of the Northland as we ourselves are, but it might be that the Government would think well of thls suggested thange in administerâ€" ing the affairs of this new country, and hence, we cannot allow such a step to be taken without offering an opinion in regard to the contentlons of the article referred to. * in present conditions might be effected ‘by the appomtment of a ‘‘Board after the of the Railway Commission.‘‘ ' the suggestion means anything, it means that the members of the Onâ€" tario Cabinet whose duties bring them ifwontact with conditions existing in Temskammg should place the responâ€" sibility for the development of this country, in the hands of paid officials. _ Any furthen orders for Hemâ€"stitoh: ing will be assured of the best service and attention if left at Stadelman‘s Any persons having left goods for Hemâ€"stitching, 6tc., at Mrs. V; Olenâ€" monts may secure their work fnished, by calling at Ivan Stadelinan‘s Book and Stationery Store, Pine St., Timâ€" Send Your Remittances to all Countries through Canadian National TIMMINS BOARD OF HEALTH, _ Express SAFETY OF,; FUNDS Absolutely ‘Guaranteed 18 Wflson Ave; (Bivor nd.) 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