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The suggestion that a banquet and presentation be made to His Honour the present lieutenantâ€"Governor of Ontario, H. Cockshutt, will meet with very general favour in the North Land. The North is particularly interâ€" ested in the present Iaeutenantâ€"Governor because he has been particularly interested in the North. He and Lady Cockshutt visited the North Land on more than one occasion. They won the esteem and regard of all by their demoecratic spirit, their kindliness and the sincerity and sense of responsiâ€" hility they gave to the high posts they occupied in the Province. Because of his character and ability, the opinions and judgments of the present Lieutenantâ€"Governor are held in highest regard. _ Accordingly his special interest in the North Land was of decided value to thisg country. His eviâ€" dent interest attracted the interest of others, to the advantage of the North, Mis vision aided in impressing upon others the great possibilities of this NortH. | His travels through the North by train, by canoe and by airship There is a report current that at the coming election a lady may be a candidate for the mayoralty. may be said that only a comparatively young woman will have any chance of election in this town. Whatever this town mar have done in 1926, it fully intends to be ahead of Cobalt in 1927. In an address at the police court last week Mr. G. H. (Fauthier, who apâ€" peared for the prosecution in a case where the illegal sale of drugs was alâ€" leged, spoke feelingly of the evils of the illicit drug traffic. . He suggested that ‘‘operators"‘ who worked to convict medical men for improper sale of narcotic drugs were doing a noble work, because this allicit traffice was assumâ€" ing serious proportions in Canada. There are stories from the cities supâ€" porting Mr. Gauthier‘s suggestion of a large underground traffic in drugs, and it there is any basis for belief in this menace, it appears absurd that an ‘‘operator"‘ should be centered upon a little place like Connaught, where it is apparent on the very face of things that there can be no traffie of any moment, in narcotic drugs, while the cities are permitted to carry on fNheir supposedly wholesale traffic in the soulâ€"destroying and manhoodâ€"shattering drugs. Whatever other evils may be prevalent in this part of the North the illicit sale of narcotic drugs has assumed no proportions here worthy the attention of any agents or operators that are capable of being usefully and honestly employed. One of the very few known drug addicts residing in Timmins actually had to burglarize drug stores here to secure any supply of the drugs he craved, The ‘‘operator‘‘ who believed Connaught a proâ€" mising field for his noble work, according to the suggestions at the trial last week, had to be confined in the jail cells here for some days last summer on acecount of nervous conditionâ€"a condition believed, to have been due to the faet that he could not seeure a supply of the relief he sought. There would appear to be something undesirable about the administration of the law when an ‘‘operator‘‘ can purchase narcotiecs where an ‘‘addict"‘ fails. In this healthy country there would naturally be‘the greatest sympathy with a law to protect the people from the evil sale of narcotic drugs, but no sympathy ear continue if improper methods are used in the enforcement of the law. The country winced at the idea of some of the methods used under the O.T.A. to secure convictions against men believed to be wholesale offenders against the statute. No fairminded man could tolerate the use of a moreâ€"objectionâ€" able method to trap a man whom instinet, knowledge and experience all inâ€" sist is upright, honourable and above reproach. If there is a traffic in narâ€" cotie drugs, the law should do all in its power to thwart and punish such an evil trade. But to cunningly induce the preserbing of drugs and then to call it a cerime, appears to be a sure way to alienate all public support in hghting an evil that may thrive because the law is too hbusy following unâ€" methods. | A Mountjoy man says he has sent all his friends personal Christmas cards with the Dickensonian couplet:â€"*‘*‘Heap on more wood the wind grows chill; We‘ve got our merry Christmas Still." An advertisement in The Sudbury Star last week had the attractive head, *‘* Where Music is, There‘s Happiness.‘‘ The illustration in the adverâ€" tisement, however, was most unfortunate. It was a picture of a man blowing a saxophone. the past year should not be forgotten nor should silly propaganda and more profuse promises be allowed to take attention away from the record of 1926. A new business council is the need of the,time. The people of the town should take the question up very sertously, and see to it that the mayor and council for 1927 are the very best men available. It will take the best to guide the town safely through the coming year. To all the intelligenceâ€"insulting propaganda along different lines, the answer should be a contemptuous reply of **gravel and sand,""‘ with a general deâ€" termination to elect for the coming year men in whose intelligence, integrity and publicâ€"spiritedness, the people have confidence from experience and knowledge. Some months ago the town of Timmins was misled into the election of several unsuitable men for municipal office. The result has been the most unsatisfactory year that the town has ever suffered. It has been worse than an epidemic of the seven years‘ itch. It would be comie were it not for the fact that the town one way or another has to pay for the absurdities, incompeâ€" tence and what not. The Advance believes that the electors of hte town will profit by the lesson of the past year and that it will be a long time before men again will be able to foist themselves into office on impossible promises and absurd claims. TIMMINS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DEC. 16th, 1926 Thursday, Dec. 16th 1926 Nomination day comes one week SPECIAL CARE NEEDED IN THE COMING MUNICIPAL ELECTION Geo. Lake Canada Office 26 TIMMINS, ONTARIO. Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Published Every Thursday by Cbe Horrugine Aduguce Subscription Rates : $2.00 per year United ar United States _ â€" $3.00 per year Telephones Residence 70 from Mond a â€" Owner and Publisher The éouncil‘s record in Advance advised all to look them over. Literally, hundreds of peopte visited the store opposite the New Empire where they were on display, and it appeared as if Mr. St. Pierre would sell out everything after pay day. But in the meantime he had the misfortune to lose the store, the premises being rented for other busiâ€" ness places. However, any who wish t8 get specially appropriate Christâ€" mas gifts and at the same time give Mr. St. Pierre a deserved helping hand this Christmas time can see the reed â€" work,â€"chairs, tables, â€" doll eradles, electric lamps and novelties, â€"at the Ideal Hardware Store, 56 Third avenue, where any of these pleasing Christmas gifts of reed work may be purchased. A phone call to phone 216 can be made to order any of the articles for Christmas. The trouble with most of us is “e’ usually picture the other fellow in tho, next accident. THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS. ONTARICO REED WORK BY ST. PIERRE MOVED TO 56 THIRD AVE. Last week reference was made to the fine collection of reed work made by Mr. St. Pierre, who has been blind for some years and who has learned this trade as a means of livelihood. Many of the articles are especially suitable for Christmas w@gifts and The The report is being circulated that the new council has secured the addiâ€" tional mines royalty for the town. Yes, and the Dutch have taken Holland, and the town has sold its water tank. The fact is that the matter of the mines royalty is just where it was before. The town still has the promise of it, but nothing more. Until the legislature meets no actual money can be paid over. / The town has reason to be grateful that the ‘‘new council"‘‘ did not cause deferment of the promise as they did last Spring with their illâ€" advised misrepresentations about the way municipal affairs had been conâ€" ducted in Timmins. The fact is that even the ‘‘new council‘‘ element can not upset the promise of mereased royalty made to Mr. Kenning, M.P.P., and even the old council can not secure the actual cash this year. The town at present has the promise but it is quite evident that the present council will not have the handling of the morfey. I€ the new council gave as much thought and effort to sensible work for the town as it spent in deceptive propaganda about what they are going to do, the town would not be in its present absurd position. At police court last week, a lawyer commented upon what he affected to believe was an oddity in the method adopted by a medical man in prescribâ€" ing for a patient. The magistrate, however, did not appear to consider the incident as particularly worthy of note. ‘‘I had a case before me on Noyvâ€" ember,"‘ he said, ‘‘where a doctor had presceribed a quart bottle of liquor for a complaint that he thought his patient would have at Christmas time."‘ The new town cotncil has been hitting the high spots, but they can‘t strike the rate. According to the announcement made by Premier King at Ottawa this week, Hon Vincent Massey is to be officially known as ‘‘Minister Plenipotenâ€" tiary and Envoy Extraordinary in the United States for His Majesty‘s Dominion of Canada.‘‘ Also it is further announced that this will entail the salutation of Exeellency"‘‘ to Canada‘s first Minister to the United States. Good Morning, Democracy! The hatred of Canadians for titles is apparently only exceeded by the dislike of the United States for aristoâ€" cratic forms and fashions. | at $581.19. Burglars last week broke into a Winnipeg office and found only one single cent for their labours. They took the cent and left behind a courteous huâ€" morous note of thanks for the coin. The sequel, however, as not so pleasant. The Sceotsman who owned the office has dismissed his clerk for gross carelessâ€" ness in leaving the sum of money in reach of burglars. Attempt is being made to deceive the electors into believing that the issue of the municipal election in January in this town in some way or anâ€" other centres around the liquor question. There is only one issue that will be before the people for decision at the coming municipal elections, and that is whether the town is to suffer another year of the incompetency, bitterness and worse that has characterized the muddling regime of the past nine months. At the last election the people were more or less misled by the misrepresentations then so boldly made. The Advance does not believe the people of Timmins will allow themselves to be deceived a second time. The people of Timmins have already expressed their opinion on the O.T.A. That matter is definitely decided. The municipal election will have no bearing on the matter one way or another. To pretend otherwise is to practise decepâ€" tion. No council, with the exception of the present council, would ever dream of overâ€"riding the definitely expressed will of the people, even if such a procedure were in their power. Despite the propaganda commenced. in some outside newspapers, the establishment or nonâ€"establishment of Governâ€" ment liquor dispensaries will be a matter altogether apart from the province of municipal legislators. The propaganda is simply so much gravel and sand, so much poll tax, and so much $50 water tanks and motor cycles During the past fiscal year the Dominion Government granted relief to the Home Bank depositors to the extent of $2,521,082.00. . The fact furnishes ecxcellent precedent for the Ontario Government to grant relief to the settlers who will otherwise lose seriously by the default of the Mattazami Pulp Paper Co._ The amount involved is small, though it is a most serious matter for the settlers. Less than twenty thousand dollars will relieve the settlers from the unjust financial burden they have had to bear for the past five years. The relief would be worth ten times the amount in the fresh courage it would zive the settlers and the consequent impetus that would be received by setâ€" tlement in this North Land. _A subâ€"section of section 14, Chapter 10, Reâ€" vised Statutes of Ontario, 1926, gives the Government the necessary power and authority for this good work,. For years past The Advance and other papers in this North have been advocating some form of compulsory automobile insurance for the proteeâ€" tion of the public. Some accidents in this district in the past year have emphasized the necessity of some such form of protection. Recently several writers in The Mail Empire have been discussing the question. One writer puts the matter in crisp form in the following paragraph:â€"‘‘I am eonvinced that the Government should sell insurance with each motor license, thus proâ€" tecting the public against the irresponsible motorist who can eripple or kill or cause property damage, but who cannot pay indemnity. Accidents will hapâ€" pen to the most ecareful driver and we‘should all be prepared to pay."‘ popularized this area to many, perhaps more than generally recognized. Onâ€" tario has been singularly fortunate in recent years in the type of men holding the highest offices in this Province. It is only fitting that Ontario should show appreciation. is said to appear. _ The copperâ€"zine claims have a small gold content, and in this connection it is interesting to note: that they are within six miles of the famous Croesus mine, and the claims were no doubt originally stakâ€" ed as gold claims, but due to Rouyn and other factors centering attention on copper, the possibilities of a good find of the latter mineral has recently been seriously. considered. Another copperâ€"gold field is reâ€" ported now in Munro township not far from Matheson. _ About twenty prospectors have gone in to the area and more staking may be: expected. The rush is understood to be the reâ€" sult of returns from a property owned by Messrs R. 8. Potter and Paul Doal, of Matheson. This property is in the sixth eoncession of Munro and was staked some years ago. _ Recently, however, a body of oare has been unâ€" covered, about 28 feet wide, ~from which assays have run as high as $48 per ton in copper and zinc. Trenchâ€" ing has been done for 100 feet and the more work that is done, the better it COPPER DISCOVERY NOW REPORTED NEAR MATHESCON A V Bornâ€"In Timmins, Ont., on Tuesâ€" Carrying Â¥ Déc. 14th, 1926, to \f!‘ and Mrs., n\fntor Sales M. Davis, 18 Elin street, southâ€"a‘ Motor Sales, Bruce Avenue, South Poreupine, Ontario, where the said motor car is stored there will be sold hy Herbert W. Warren, Auctionâ€" eer, by Public Auction the aforesaid motor car. Dated at South Poreupine, Ontario, this l11th day of December, 1926. WILSONX RAYNXER touring ‘car. And whereas three (3) months have clapsed since the said sum was to have been paid and whereas default has been made in payment thereof, notice is hereby given that at the hbour of Eleven (11) o‘clock in the forenoon on the 28rd day of December, 1926, dt the Poreupine Under the Mechanic‘s and Wage Earâ€" ner‘s Lien Act Whereas Isaac Kuivila of South Poreupine, Ontario, is indebted to the undersigned in the sum of One Hundred and Fiftyâ€"Two Dollars and Nimety Five Cents ($152.95) for work done and material supplied in the alâ€" teration or_ improvement â€" of one Model O,. Five (58) passenger Gray touring car. 30 CHEF COOK DESIRES POSITIONX in mining or construction camps; capable of cooking for 150 men; also good in all lines of baking. Best references. _ For particulars wire collect, or phone 25, Queen‘s Hotel, Timmins, Albert Lafortune. ~48p. GIKRL WANTED for general houseâ€" work. Not hard work. _ Frenchâ€" speaking preferred. _ Call at No. 27 Sixth avenue, Timmins. â€"50p. GIRL _ WANTED FOR HOUSEâ€" WORKâ€"Live in. Apply to Birâ€" rell Bell‘s Violin Academy, St. Onge Block. o s WANTEDâ€"A WOMAXNXN ~TO DO LIGHT HOUSEWORK: Start at 8 a.m., and quit at 5 p.m. Apply to 53% Pine street, north, after 5 p.m. â€"50 GOOD BARBER WANTEDâ€"Good wages. Apply King‘s Amusement Parlours, H. Hatton. â€"D()â€" MAID WANTEDâ€"For general houseâ€" work. Apply to 34 Tamarack St. â€"50p. WANTEDâ€"Girl for general houseâ€" work. : Apply to Helperin Bottling _ Works, 74 Fifth avenue. â€"50 RELIABLE GIRL WANTED for g Read These Columns Every Week. It Will Pay You. i $#00008000000000008000000800000 000000000400 0000000000008 TO RENTâ€"Single and Double Bedâ€" room, well heated, with bath, hot and cold water. Central. Very reaâ€" sonable. Apply 8 Balsam street, â€"50p north, FOR RENTâ€"One large room. â€" Will rentâ€" furnished orâ€" unfurnished. Suitable â€" for _ light â€" housekeeping with all conveniences. Apply to 35 Wilson Ave. â€"00p HOUSE FORK RENTâ€"Has two clean rooms and in good locality. Suitâ€" able for bachelors. Apply to 35 Wilson Ave. 490p. POR RENTâ€"Two rooms on ground floor; hardwood floors, newly decorâ€" ated; hot and cold water; heated ; all conveniences. Apply 55 Hem- lock Street. 49â€"50p. FOR _ RENTâ€"Store buildiug on Spruce street, with fine big cement basement. Fourteen godd rooms upstairs. Plastered and well finishâ€" ed throughout. Good for hotel, wholesale, etec. Apply C. Martini, 3 Spruce street, opposite Freight Sheds. â€"29p.t.t. ROOM FOR RENTâ€"Comfortable, all modern conveniences. Suitable for one or two men. â€" Apply 110 Spruce street, north. _â€"_850â€"51p FOR RENTâ€"TWO FIRSTâ€"CLASS FURNISHED BEDROOMS, with FOR RENTâ€"Warm Barber Shop in basement of Gray‘s Drug Store. _ to 6 Mountjoy St. 50p Carrying on business as Poreupine sentleman ; liberal commission. Birâ€" rell Bell‘s Academy, St. Onge Bldg., opposite (Gray‘s Drug Store. _ 46tf housework avenue. NOTICE OF SALE OF CHATTELS WHAT YOU WANT :E all conveniences. _ Apply sam street, south, or plu By his Solicitor, Apply to 12 Wilson uvila of South is indebted to the sum of One Two Dollars and 1One 405 M â€"48}) â€"00p POSITION WAXNXTED BY YOUN( (GHIRLS at housework. Two Finâ€" nish girls. Good workers and exâ€" perienced. Will go separate plaeces or together,. Apply P.O,. Box 382, Sehimacher. â€"50p, RUSSELL â€" HOTELâ€"ROOM â€" AND BOARD,.BY DAY OR WEEK. Hot and cold water; free bath. We handle the best brands of 4.4. When on your way to the River, step in and eample a bottle of iceâ€" cold beer. Don‘t forget the place, on the corner of Mountjoy and Wilson Ave. Phone 275 W. W Hass, proprietor~ What you want, when you want it. 14p. ROOM AND BOARD in private family. Suitable for two. Phone 231â€"Jâ€"2, Timmins. 50â€"52 FOR SALEâ€"Green and Dry Birch also Tamarack and Jackpine. F Roy Son, Phone 279 W.2, No. 70 First avenue. . ~14t.f LOSTâ€"A black spaniel pup. Anâ€" swers to name of ‘*Chummy.‘‘ Findâ€" er or anyone who has seen this pup kindly notify people at 350 SRixth avenue. â€"50p LOSTâ€"A ladies‘ yellow gold wrist watch between John avenue and Balsam â€" street, south. Reward. Finder please leave at Advance Office. 50p FURNITURE FOR SALEâ€"Chesterâ€" field Suite, Wining Room Suite, Kitâ€" chen Cabinet, Table, Beds, etc. Will sell cheap. Leaving town. Apply No. 95 Sixth avenue â€"50p FOR SALEâ€"(OUne motor 15 horse power, 550 volts, 25 cycles. Reaâ€" sonable price. Apply to Ladp Laurier Hotel. ~32t.f FOR SALEâ€"Team of Horses. Apply to Gambleâ€"Robinson, Limited, Timâ€" mins. â€"50 ELEGANZ WICKER WORK GIFTS for ~Christmas. _ Chairs, tables, doll‘s cradles, electric lamps, etc., ete. All sorts of fancy reed work. All the work of E. St. Pierre, Blind Man. See the display in the Ideal Hardware Store, 565 Third avenue, Timmins. â€"50p. PERSIAN KITTENS FOR SALEâ€" Apply to 29 Middleton avenue 50p FPOKR SALEâ€"A tent 16 by 20 feet. In first elass condition. _ Also 6 cots. _ Apply to PQ Box 58, South Poreupine. _ 50â€"52â€" FOR SALEâ€"Five youngâ€" Huskic Dogs. Apply to P. W. Curtis, foot of Laurier avenue, across the creek THE FOR SALEâ€"Team of heavy horses. Apply R. Gordon, Cliftonâ€"Poreu« ping Cookery, South Poreupine, Ont. A8t.f. FOR SALEâ€"a Sonora Gramophone ; good as new. â€" Has fullâ€"size mahogâ€" any cabhinet, and a splendid collecâ€" tion of records. A bargain. Apâ€" ply 22 Tamarack street. 40. COLD STORAGE FOR CARS. Apâ€" ply to B. F. Lennan, No. 60, eorner of Elm and Broadway 419 TWO GRAMOPHONES FOR SALE Cheap. _ Apply to 105 Birch St. South: 48p. LINING OF FUR COATS and REâ€" MODELING FURS at moderate price. _ Apply to 114 Elm street South. â€"48â€"51p. FOR SALEâ€"St. Onge Building, foot of Third Avenue; two good modern stores; plate fronts; steam heated ; 14 rooms upstairs in two seven room flats. Two lots, 100 x 65. Dance Hall~ above, 45 hby 35. Small cash payment. _ Easy terms Apply to Mrs. Bouchard, Box 22, Kirkland Lake, Ont. 43â€"45p. RADIOS REPAIREDâ€"Call and se 0. Trumble, at 153 Cedar St. North * 40â€"52p SHOP is now prepared to give proâ€" fessional attention in all branches of Beauty Culture, as well as hair cutting and waving. Also have a firstâ€"class manicurist on hand now. Room 10, Marshallâ€"Ececlestone block Phone 344J. J0t.f£. ARTICLES FOR SALE â€"30â€"52p