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A correspondent last week writing from Hudson, Ont., says that the fin- ancing of the Red Lake Centre Mines, Ltd., is stated to have been meeting with excellent success, and has en- abled directors to lay plans for work on an aggressive and important scale. The company is conservatively capi- talized at 300,000 shares. a limited number of which has been sold through the firm of C. W. Evans and Co. Toronto. The company holds a RUMMAGE SALE SATURDAY UNITED CHURCH BASEMENT A Rummage Sale will be held in the basement of the United Church, Timmins, in aid «if the Girls’ Club, on Saturday. May 8th. Everyhmly welcome, and all will find it worth while to attend' this sale. J. A. HOUGH LIKELY TO BE THE CROWN LANDS AGENT RED LAKE CENTRE MINES MEETING GOOD SUCCESS l: facreage adjoining the Howey Gold Mines 'on the south-east corner. The group has a length of approximately one mile, and a width of about half a mile. The rock formation is keewa- tin, in which porphyry intrusions are stated to occur. “The extensive diamond drilling operations which Dome Mines Com- pany is carrying on on the Howey Gold Mines within sight of the Red Lake Centre Mines is expected to dis- close information which will be of extremely important value to Red Lake Centre. Provisions, equipment and men will be sent in just as quick- ly as possible after the break-up. TWO TOWNSHIPS W00 SOUTH LORRAIN AND LORRAIN Apparently both Coleman Town- ship and Bucke Township are after Lox-rain and South Lorrain with a View to an early wedding, and all divorce eases barred. In the mean- time, Lorrain and South Lorrain are having love and attention showered upon them by both Coleman and Bucke. “\Vateh out for the other fellow,” says one. “Codlin’s your friend not Short,” says the other. Coleman has proposed! to enlarge its municipal boundaries by absorbing Lorrain and South Lorrain. In on- position to this, Bueke Township wants to take in Lorrain and South Lorrain, and intends to apply to the Railway Municipal Board along this line. Reeve Post: of Bueke HOLLINGER CONSOLIDATED GOLD MINES, LIMITED (Nu Personal Liability) Township, has sent a letter to the un- organized townships referred to, showing them all the good things that will follow joining up with Bucke. lt' Coleman desires to ex- pand. Reeve Post suggests that Cole- man could take in Gillies Limit. Anyway, Bucke Township wants Lor- rain and South Lorrain. A dividend of 1.6% on the out- standing capital stock of the Com- pany has been declared payable on the 20th day of May. 1926, on which date cheques will be mailed to share- holders of record at. the close of busiâ€" ness on the 4th day of May, 1926. Dated the 28th day of April. 1926. I. McIVOR. r1 despatch from Dividend Number 149 ssistant-Treasurcr Matheson last 1.81M]. BflMMISfiIflN HAVE HIE flfl’flfllfi fflfl NflflTH Business Going to be Good. Pros- pe ‘ Excellent. '1'. N. O. ommission Banquets Hon. 0. McCrea. at Hailey- The T. NI). Railway Commission ke ps in the closest touch with con- ditions and prospects in this Earth Land, and reports by the Commission on the situation in this North are sure to be accurate and helpful. Ac- cordingly the following from the last issue of The North Bay Nugget will be of more than passing interest :â€"â€"- “That business in Northern On-t tario is good for this season of the year. and that mining is in a. flour- ishing condition are the encourag- ing reports that m’embers ot' the T. N.(). Railway Commission carried away from the series of meeting and gatherings held in Northern Ontario, this week. l'l'he members of the com- mission gave a banquet to the Hon. Charles MeCrea, Minister of Mines, at Haileybury on Tuesday. when re- presentatives ot.‘ Cobalt. Haile’ybury and New Liskeard were present. They also attended a similar banquet at '.l‘inn.nin‘s and held two business meetings in North Bay. Through these gathering the members of the nommission came into contact with leading business men of the North and well-known industrial heads, so that their reports are gathered from tirst hand sources. .. “At their North Bay meetings, the mmnnission members made a survey of the line with a. View to planning the summer’s work and prepared the expenditures for this work. A part of this work will be started on Mon- day morning when a gang of men , will eommence the laying of twenty- ‘ five miles of new heavy steel rail to replace the older in serviee. This work is being done in anticipation of an unusually heavy season. DEATH OF MRS. HUNSBURGER AT HEARST ON APRIL 22ND “In Tiimnins, the members of the commission met with a number of citizens and announced their decision to go on at once with the construction of the subway which, when completed. will form the final link in the com- pletion of the main highway of the northern town. ” “Fifty persons “ere seated at the banquet tendered the Hon. Charlie MeCrezi in Haileybnry’s ne“ hotel on Tuesday. Addresses of welcome 1‘ ere (riven hv the Innvors of C‘ohalt, H.1ile\lmiv and New Liskeald, the thiee rival towns coming together to do honour .to one of Northern Onto rio’s inost untiring,r friends, Ontario ’8 Minister of Mines. writes:â€" “The death occurred, from pneu- Inonia, on April 2‘2, of Mrs. Elizabeth Hunshurger, aged seventyâ€"nine years. The deceased had lived with her daughter here for the past nineteen years. Funeral services were con- ducted on Sunday afternoon by Rev. T; A. MeReynolds and in spite of the storm, many turned out to pay their last respects to one who was loved by all who knew her. Mrs. Hunsburger leaves to morn her loss six children. Mrs. E. Sehordell and Mrs. Lewis .leno, of Hearst, ()nt.. Herman and The doctor told Jones not to stay out late at night. ”No.” saiii the physician, “it isn’t that. It’s the excitement after get- ting home that hurts you.” ' erus, of Michigan, Mich. Peter, at Pontiac, Michigan, and Israel of La- on, California. 11112 pall- beareis \x‘efie Eric Gross, \Vill. JOhnSOD, Charles Lingman, \V. Fox, R. Brawns and F. Reihe.” “You think the night air is bad for me, Doc?” . correspondent at Hearst, Ont, We have prepared a folder which shows “Art-blende" in full colours and a booklet which explains how you can save time. labour and money when re-roofing. Both mailed free. Write for them. BIRD SON LIMITED, Hamilton, Ont. BIRD’J’ FOR SALE IN TIMMINS BY CHAS. PIERCE SONS LIMITED THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED .CLAIMS IN RED LAKE AREA mcording to official figures over 3300 claims were staked before the end of last month in the Red Lake gold field. This includes 43 claims in the Woman Lake area and 93 :1- round Birch Lake. MODEL OF HOLLINGER MINE AT ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM “A cleverly desigmed model of the Hollinger mine has been set up in the basement of the Royal Ontario Museum. It is placed in the geolo- gical section and shows the fourteen lex els of the mine and also the posi- tion of the McIntyre mine. 'lhe model was made by Mr. Langford, a graduate of the University of Toron- to, who is now engaged in research work at Cornell university.” VINEGAR AND GREASE HARD ON WEAK HEARTS, HE SAYS The North Bay trick wherehy it was made to appear that a heu’s egg had prophesied an earthquake, tempt- ed The Advance to sarcasm. hut some others in the North Land have taken it much more seriously. A (‘harlton reader has sent The Nugget the fol- lowing letter :â€" . 'Dear Sir:â€" I saw in your paper, on or about April 16, an account of an egg being found. with the follow- ing written on the shell “iliarthquake, Beware, April 21.” Now, then, Sir, did the person or persons who put that on the egg stop to :think what might. haxe come from a fool trick like that. I know a few ladies 11p here who were frightened half to death when they saw that account in the paper. .If that had caused some person with a weak heart to die from shoc.k do You not think that whoever put that on the egg would he the direct cause of their death and just as guilty of murder as it they had shot that person. ' If you would be kind enough to put. this letter in your paper, as a warn- ing to such people, I would be greatly obliged. That is a very old trick. Vinegar and grease might have killed some poor body who had a weak heart, when used in that. fool manner. Yours for COMMON SENSE, The Toronto St Mills at Hamilton, Ont. Pant Rouge, Que. BIRD'S ”ART - BLENDE" Twin Shingles When you build a new home or re-roof your present one, why not add beauty and valueâ€"~by using Bird’s “Art-Blende” Asphalt Twin Shingles. Perhaps the lovely pastel shades of leaves in Fall would harmonize most beauti- fully with the design of your homeâ€"or you may prefer a solid red, green or blue-black. Any of Bird’s colourful roofs will add immeasurably to the ap- pearance of your home, and at the same time will prove a sound economy from first to last. 31‘ Charlton, Ontario. R. OFJ’ .,, last Saturday NflBTHEBN flNTAfllfl BEN] GRAIN THE BEST HERE IS W. G. Nixon. of New Liskeard Re- commends North Land Farmers to Pay Special Attention to . Seed Grain \In an interview at Toronto. Mr. W. G. Nixon. of the Experimental Farm at New Liskeard. said that the gneat clay belt of Northern Ontario. (on- sisting of an estimated area of 16- 000.000 acres of arable land, “ill in time be a xer) \ital factor in mo- vincial agriculture. as well as of the Dominion. “Now would seem to he the time to 1:11 the foundation for establish- ing grades. markets and other things which must be. considered in connw tion with building of a. well stabiliz- ed Temiskaming 1griculture,” said Mr. Nixon. addingzâ€" “\\e do not recommend that am farmer should go exclusi1el) into the production of seed grain and grass seed but rather that in conjunction with his 111 Esme programme he give a fai amount of consideration to the prodmtion of high- class Northern-grown seed. lt high- class \orthern-grovn seed. It has, and IS being demonstrated, e\ m Year. that the clav belt produces cereals and legumes that grade 12mm in size and comnse(111entlyz'11e high in feeding value.” OFFICERS OP TIMMINS GROUNDS COMMITTEE x111 giving a repmt last week of the animal 111eeting ml: the li111111i11sAmn- tem Athletic Association (usually called the Grounds (‘ommiltee). The Advance omitted the otl'icers eleeted for the year. Mr. A. Burland, Sr., was again elected President, by ac- elamation. and the seeretary-treasur- er, Mr. \V. A. Field. was also re- elected by aeelamation for the ensu- ing year. “'ith the President and Secretary. the committee in charge for the year are :â€"â€"H. \V. Hooker, representing baseball: Geo. Pond, re- presenting foothall; \V. (f). Langdon, representing tennis; \V. G. Smith, re.- Iiiresenting softball; and Mr. C. G. \Villiams, for the Hollinger Mine. There will be general agreement that this appears to he a particularly strong committee. NIGHT HAWK NEGOTIATING WITH THE POWER COMPANY Reports that the Night Hawk Pen- insular Mines intended to continue operations this summer by running their plant by steam power, and that the prOperty on the other hand in- tended to close down tight, are alike not quite correct. So far as can he learned, the Night Hawk is attempt- ing to negotiate with the Power Co. to have them continue to supply 60- cycle power to the mine. It is under- stood that the Dept. of Mines has lent assistance in the negotiations. If it is impossible for them to secure the (SO-cycle power it will he necessary to close down for a time, as the cost of changing over from 60 to ‘25 cycle is prohibitive at pres- Quickly Drives Out All Rheumatic Poison .0 O. O 00 0 O O. O O O. O O O. O O O. O O 09 O O N O O N O O N O O O. O O N O O 00 O O O. O O O. O O O. O O O. O O O. O O O. O O O. O O O. O O O. O O O. O O 0'. O O O. O .0 O ‘00 .0 O O 00:” O O O. 0 O .0 O O O. O O O. O O 0-. O O N O 6 N O O O. O O O. O O N N O O O. O. O O .0 O O O. O 0 O. O O .0 O O O. O O N O. O O O. O O O. O .0 Toner A. MacDonald Barrister, Solicitor, Etc. GOLDFIELD S THEATRE BLDG Phone 34 Basement, Gordon Block CARSON’S BARBER SHOP Baths at all hours while the shop is open. Shower or Tub, Hot or Cold, as you wish. S orts? Anything you I' e. Golf, motoring, dancing, fishing, climbing, swimming, riding; in the sweetest, purest air on earth. Swiss guides for Alpine climbing, courteous attendants, and hotel service that makes Canadian Pacific fao moim the world over. For rates, descriptive litmture, etc... apply Timmins E Gordon Block W. H. SEVERT Barrister, Solicitor, Etc. ROOM 2 GORDON BLOCK TIMMINS BARRISTBR, SOLICITOR. ETC. BUILDING CONTRACTOR Let us repair and waterproof that leaky roof before the rainy season. Parabestos Roofing Paint. and Kantleek Roofing Cement For Sale Thursday, May 6th, 1926 Cor. Kirby Ave. and Mountjoy St. P. 0. BOX 974 - TIMMINS, ONT. Gordon H. Gauthier William 0. Langdon P.O. Box 1591 Phone 640 Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public, Etc. Chartered Accountant Officeâ€"Room 5, Gordon Block Mr. Gauthier will be at Timmins daily Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries of Public, etc. 21 Fourth Ave. Phone 625 301/2 Third Ave., corner Balsam St., Timmins, Ont. 27 Li OFFICES REED BLOCK, TIMZMINS md SOUTH PORCUPINE. SINCLAIRWEVALET Frank J. Kehoe W. D. GUTHBERTSUN Consulting Auditor Office Systems Installed Income Tax Adjuster P. O. Box 833 Room 2, Marshall-Eccleatono Block. E. C. BREWER Platus Lewis Marshall-Ecclestone Building, Timmins -2- 15 741, TIMMINS, ONT. 119 Wilson Avenue P. O. Box Barrister, Solicitor, Notary. Public Auctioneer G. N. ROSS Dean Kester and DRY CLEANER Residence :