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pre~ 1 SS 44 3 | QUEBEC DOG DERBY TO BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 18, 19, 20. The course will be laid out, ene week in advance of the race and will cover an approximate distance of 45 miles per day for three days. The race will start from the north end of the Drouin Bridge and finish at the Drill Hall on Grande Alice. _ It will be run irrespective of weather conditions. Handsome prizes will be offered, of which the first is a cash award of a thousand dollars and a gold eup. Ten others go to the runnersâ€"up. The second competitor get $400; the third $300; the fourth, $200; the fifth, $100 ; the sixth and seventh are given $50 ‘each and the eighth to ithe eleventh positions carry a cash prize of $25 each, making a total allotment of $2,200. Only six more days until Christmas. Shop early. c e i i i o i n n i i in in i i i ig ig i i id td id td in i5 ib i5 ib i5 15 i5 15 5 tb ue C ?fggfigf?éiffllflllilllllllll.fi.fil will be and the N this issue what a host of invitations are given to the readers of the Advance! You are invited to see the fine displays of Christmas goods in local stores. _ You are invited to visit and enjoy the big showings of attractive stocks ! You are imvited to share in the innumerable bargains offered. You are invited to accept the special services offered ' Advertising makes lower prices possible Advertising is a big help to the purchaser in the selection of goods. T he moral is: that merchants should advertise all the time in The Advance, and customers should ask them why they don‘t, it they neglect it. BELIEVES THAT MINERALS EALLOW HEIGHT OFf LAND o# Theory Advanced by Cyril T. Young, Former North Land Man Now With C. N. R. Much attention is being directed to a theory advanced by Mr. Cynil T. Young, Superintendent of Developâ€" ment for the Canadian National Railâ€" ways, in a booklet on the®*mining reâ€" sources of the North. In a word, it is Mr. Young‘s idea that the deposits of valuable minerals follow the height of land. He presents maps indicating the known sources of minerals, and in this connection says:â€" ‘‘It has been observed that the large number of our rich mineral discoveries and the large deposits of ore in the preâ€"Cambrian were either on or adjacâ€" ent to the height of land. It is posâ€" sible that this may prove an aid in locating new mineral fields. _ Some geologists have worked out the fact that there were once very high mounâ€" tain ranges of voleanic origin, proâ€" bably as high as the Rocky Mountains \u Duataly codtreng â€" across Canada where this height of land now exists. What is left is the exposed core of this vast Every Advertisement is an Invitation! THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO. series of preâ€"Cambrian mountain In the booklet Mr. Young deals at length with the age of the preâ€"Camâ€" brian and the geological theories in regard to them, and in ecnnection with his ideas in this respect he says: ‘‘Probably the height of land inâ€" dicates where the great vents and fisâ€" sures, created by vol~camc origin, afo forded the ‘‘lines of least resmtance for the ascendmg stream of ore materâ€" ial wluch, in the preâ€"Cambrian, may yet be found at depths of two or three mlles, as thess who have been underâ€" ground to nearly a mile in depth at Sudbury will appreciate. We can draw a further deduction as to the prospecting value of the height of land from the fact that conâ€" sistent economic values in precious metals have not been found in Northâ€" ern Ontario and Northern Quebee more than fifty to sixty miles disâ€" tant from the height of land. _ Even if the surface of the country is of low relief, there are rock exposures in the next 75 to 100 miles towards James Bay down to where the Dev omans are laid on, but the ‘‘oldâ€"timer‘‘ who said that gold could not ‘‘live‘‘ in them pwbubl\ expressed, if in a difâ€" ferent way, the sentiments of many who have been there. "It is interesting to note, and it has been observed by those who have made the portages to James Bay, that the big water powers oceur at the hbenches made by the successive lava flows; the largest northerly falls on each of the rivers indicating where the largest lava flow ceased. "*Whatever opinions may be held as to the existence of a definite relation betweeen the occurrence of precious metals mineralization and this height of land, it appears, as has been preâ€" viously pomted out, that the most imâ€" portant discoveries ha\'e been made at points close to its existing position.‘‘ COCHRANE JUVENILES ORGANIZE HOCKEY TEAM. Cochrane Juveniles interd to be in hockey this season,. despite all diffiâ€" culties. They have a team that, though not old enough to stack up against the ordinary town team, is still too good to be in the class of other Cochrane school teams, so the Cochrane lads are planning to play at Timmins, Iroquois Falls and other neighbouring towns. The Cochrane Post tells the story last week as folâ€" lows :â€"â€" ‘‘During the past week members of the Cochrane Tiger Juvenile Hoeâ€" key Club have been canvassing the town for donations wherewith to deâ€" fray their expenses in proposed trips to neighbouring towns during this by increasing the sales. coming season. To date the youngâ€" sters have pleaded their cause most successfully and wish it to be underâ€" stood that they are extremely. grateâ€" ful to the public for the support given These Cochrane Tigers are, so they say, too strong for the average school teams here, and though they themâ€" selevs are attending school, to build up a team they will have to practise team play somehow in order to meet outside towns. Too little for the big fellows and too big for the little felâ€" lows Messrs,. H. Cavanaugh, A. Anâ€" derson, P. Bernstein, W. Dempsay, J. Marlin, the Pollock boys et al inâ€" tend to play hockey this winter if it means going down to Timmins even.‘‘ INTERESTING MUNICIPAL CONTEST AT COCHRANTE Judging from references in The Northern Post there is likely to be an interesting municipal election in the county town this year. The present Mayor, Mr. Drinkwater, after two and a half years of office, had decided not to run again, and made announcement to that effort, it being understood that Councillor J. Bradette would run for Mayor. Councillor Bradette, howâ€" ever, has definitély decided not to run for the Mayoralty, though he wwill continue to serve on the Council if the people so desire. Councillor R. R. Mitchell is in the field for Mayor, and Mayor Drinkwater will also be a candidate, it is understood, if ~Mr. Bradette does not contest the honour. Other candidates are also said to be in the offing. There will also be a numâ€" ber of candidates for seats at the Council Board. In an editorial comâ€" ment on the municipal election situaâ€" tion, The Post says :â€" *Unfortunately experience â€" shows that very often those who clamor so much for office have the least qualifiâ€" cations, and after they are once in they begin to realize how little they really do know. And the work of the Council, being after all limited by statute, goes on from year to year, without the ideals of the elected Councillors being realized. The pubâ€" lie will kick anyway, and that is the worst, feature of the whole thing. Why not give the Council eredit for having done the best for the good of the town and be thankful to find men willing enough to undertake the work attached to the office, without any conâ€" sideration but plenty of sacrifice of time. *‘ Cobalt has deferred its High School question until next year. A motion to submit the matter to a plebiscite at the time of the municipal election was voted down, three to two, at a recent Cobalt Council meeting. Thurs., Dec. 17th, 1925. *4 44 ECSE C 41