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‘‘An intimation by Premier Ferguâ€" son to a Northern deputation on Tuesâ€" day that the Government of Ontario would shortly resume construction of the railway to James Bay opens new vistas of Provincial development. There is a fascination in the **Onâ€"toâ€" theâ€"Bay‘‘ slogan, which has been efâ€" fective on the prairie, and is reflected in the building of the line from The Pas toward Port Nelson. While the latter is aqavocated by the West as a grain outlet, the railway from Cochâ€" rane would be first a colonizing road, with the expectation of serving and encouraging large wood industries, and perhaps revealing new Cobalts and Poreupines on the James Bay Slope. ‘‘The Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway was initiated by the late Sir George Ross while Premier of Ontario, and the first sod was turned at North Bay in May, 1902. Cobalt and its silver mines were discovered during econstruction in 1803, and Porâ€" case presented by those in favour of the extension of the T. N. O. is well founded then the line should be hbuilt as soon as possible. At present it is felt that all possible facts in conâ€" nection with the matter should be placed before the public. This preâ€" sentation of the case should not only include facts and figures, but discusâ€" sion of the statisties is also of value. Aceordingly The Advance is giving below an editorial from last Friday‘s issue of The Toronto Globe, in which the ‘‘Opening Up of the North‘‘ is discussed, with incidental reference. to railway extension. â€" The GHlobe ediâ€" torial says : In reference to the extension to the Bay, there are three classes of opinâ€" ion, even in this North Land. One idea is that the railway should be extended at once; that there is a wonâ€" derful country to open up, with great possibilities for mining, agriculture ‘and other industries. Another class say that the extension of the railway would be a waste of money ; that there is no timber, no fish, no mineral wealth uncovered, and so on, and that until actual need for transportation facilities for proven . industries is shown, there is no reason for spendâ€" ing money on railway extensions. The third class are openâ€"minded and wart to be shown all the facts in the case. They reply to those who speak of the wealth of the country north of Cochrane by asking for details and proven data. To the other side, they: also point out that all the arguments, used against the proposed extension. to James Bay were the selfâ€"same arâ€" vuments used in opposition to thel building of the T. N. O. in the tirst place. The majority view in this North Land seems to be that if the Will the T. N. 0. Railway be exâ€" tended to tidewater at any comparaâ€" tively early date? When the repreâ€" sentatives from the Ontario Associatâ€" ed Boards of Trade recently asked this question of Premier Ferguson, the reply of the Premier might be read as encouraging or otherwise,., accordâ€" ing to the attitude of mind of the reader. Indeed, The Advance has noted in the last week or two headâ€" ings of diametrically opposite meanâ€" ing over the one despatch from Toâ€" ronto in regard to the question. Each of the two newspapers took an exactâ€" ly opposite view on what the Premier meant by his reply. ‘The one newsâ€" paper thought he meant that the exâ€" tension would surely be completed, but that it would take time. The other thought that he suggested it would be: a long time before the extension would. be made. ! Inspiring Results From the "Little Pioneer Railway Comâ€" menced in 1902." Reference to the "Potential Wealth of the Region North of Cochrane." Will the T. N. O. be Compléted to Tidewater at Any Early Date. Opening up the North and Extension of its Railway F%OZQEESAMDLEANDMOTHER Qf(hnada United, Montreal. ves that extra energy fc:gi long, cold, busy days SHREDDED tm tz t d For Winter Vitality far, the Hydroâ€"Electric Comâ€" mission of Ontario has not seen fit to enter this part of the Province. It is held in some quarters that the country is too sparsely settled to warâ€" rant development as a publi¢ underâ€" There are few communities to serve, and the power consumers would be virtually limited to, say, one or two large industries for each rivers, some of them large, drain the slope between the Transâ€" continental Railway and James Bay. From their headwaters to the Bay there is a drop of about 1,000 feet, and on the successive ledges there are rapids and falls with enormous water power, reaching a possible total, as caleulated by the Commission of Con~ servation, of 1,666,900 horsepower. It is estimated that power to the extent of 360,000 horsepower could be deâ€" veloped at the varieus falls on the Abitibi River, adjacent to the route of the T. N. 0. extension from Cochâ€" rane to the Bay. _ Some power in tlhus region is already in use for mines and paper mills. ‘*The potential wealth of the reâ€" gion north of Cochrane is believed to be considerable, though how soon a railway would pay is a matter of specâ€" ulation. The great Clay Belt extends northward to Island Falls, and as its settlement grows traffic will increase. Clay Belt, occupation, so far, has been slow, but it is steady. <~Frenchâ€"Canaâ€" dians are »the chief colonizers here, most Angloâ€"Saxons evidently preferâ€" ring ithe quicker initial returns promâ€" ised by the treeless prairie. Beyond Island Falls lie sandy plains for some 25 miles, and after that the muskegs and swamps of the Coastal Plam to James Bay. ‘*These are inspiring results from the little pioneer railway commenced in 1902, and justify the utmost conâ€" fidence in further opening up the North Already the Temiskaming Railway has been extended for 70 miles north from Cochrane at a cost of $4,163,000, a considerable start on the total disâ€" tance of 188 miles from Cochrane to Moose Factory on James Bay. Trains are operated three times a week from Cochrane to Island Falls, 43 miles and to end of steel from time to time as business warrants. There is but little settlement north of Cochrane, and the traffic is largely of prospectors and trappers. ' cupine and other gold camps a few years later. Mr. Arthur A. Cole, minâ€" ing engineer of the T. °N. O. Railâ€" way, told the Empire Club of this city in 1923 that for nineteen years the imines of Cobaltâ€"has produced ‘‘a the rate of two tons of pure 511\01 for every working day.‘‘ Ontario is now ploducmg over $30,000,000 in gold \ear]\ from its \orthern mines, and it is predicted by the Minister of Mines, Hon. Charles MeCrea, that beâ€" fore the end of 1927 the Hollinger will have the largest gold production of any mines in the world. taken regularlyâ€"a dash in a glass of waterâ€"keeps you clean within. Inner cleanâ€" liness is as important as outer cleanliness. The report says, ‘‘that the variaâ€" tions in signal strength are actually produced in the upper atmosphere and not in the portion of the wave traveling along the ground seems to be proven by the act that in the reâ€" gion involved there is no definite change in signal intensity, due to longâ€"continued rains or droughts or to the presence or absence of snow, for the higher wave lengths."‘ Next band concert in Goldfields theatre, Sunday evening, Feb. 13th, after the church services. The tests revealed that the average signals of February are more than twice as strong as those of July. The dayâ€"byâ€"day relationship is less satisâ€" factory, varying from fairly clear in the winter months to obscure in midâ€" summer. Continued daily observations on the two stations, extending over more than two years appear to prove that there is some kind of inverse relaâ€" tionship between signal strength and local itemperature, though this temâ€" perature effect is often masked by other influences. It was found that transmissgion from stations at moderate distances was better fitted for the study of possible meteorological _ influences than the transmission of distant staâ€" ti0s, because, the relative variations in signal field intensity being approxâ€" imately the same, in the latter case weather conditions cannot be expectâ€" ed to be uniform over the whole sigâ€" nal path. ‘‘During the cold waves of Januâ€" ary, 1924, a marked increase in the strength of signals from the transâ€" atlantic radio stations at Tuckerton, N.J., and New Brunswick, N.J., was observed in Washington,‘‘ says the report. _ ‘"‘This was considered reâ€" markable, as the commonly accepted ideas regarding the earth‘s atmosâ€" phere indicate that there should be no connection between the weather near the ground and conditions at higher altitudes, where the main variâ€" ations in signal strength are supposed to be produeed.” The relation of radio signal strength and temperature, as observed in special tests, has ‘been reported by L. W. Austin and I. J. Wymore to the Institute of Radio Engineers. TEMPERATURE AFFECTS RADIO SIGNAL STRENGTH. ‘‘RNailway extension to James Bay has undeniably attractive features, but the Legislature should be fully informed of the cost and the expectâ€" ed results, There are immense iron deposits rich in hematite content on the Belcher Islands in James Bay, and it may be advisable to provide early terminals for shipping that ore to Onâ€" tario industries. . The North means more and more each year to older Onâ€" tario, and the Legislature at its comâ€" ing session should face its developâ€" ment with determination."‘ * â€"‘*‘It may be advisable to the matter in the light of new conâ€" ditions.. The economite transmission of power is being steadily extended to longer distances. _ The pulp forests adjacent to the Abitibi may not last forever but the water power should be perpetual. Should the Province} not consider the longâ€"distance transâ€", mission of power from the far nortll‘ to distant communities needing it for} local purposes? _ There is the posstâ€"| bility of fertilizer manufacture by: fixation of nitrogen from the air, such| as has been undertaken at Musele| Shoals in Alabama. _ Canada needs such fertilizer to perpetuate heavy production in the older farming reâ€" gions of East ard West and thus add materially to the annual production of wealth _ There could also be such works as Quebec has secured in the aluminum plan®t near Lake St. John, requiring a large volume of lowâ€" priced power. THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO waterfall. _ The Hydro has given enâ€" gineering . advice when sought by municipalities, but has not engaged in power development. cAPSULE l’. ‘‘J put the knife in the stove and got it red hot. I couldn‘t figuregow to put Bill under but finally got a bright idea. I hit him a swift punch in the jaw which laid him out cold, roped him to the cot, tore off hls clothes, grabbed up the knife and dug im. â€"I â€"had an awful job finding his appendix. _ There were so many things that looked like an appendix ‘‘‘There we were a hundred miles from a town or doctor and my partner dying on my hands. «I was sure worâ€" ried I decided that I had to operate myself so 1 sharpened up my hunting knife and got myself ready."‘ ‘*Well,‘"" someone asked, ‘‘how did you sterilize the knife and what did you do for an‘ anaesthetic?"‘ Dave Angus, president and manâ€" ager of the Gold Hill, has a great bunch of men at his place. One of his miners is a spinner of tall yarms that sometimes reach high elevations. This old raconteur was entertaining the boys in the bunkhotuse one night with a tale of a time his partner was stricken with appendicitis while on‘ a prospecting trip. They have them in the mining camps, â€"â€"-especig]ly at the smaller mines some distance" from goodâ€"sized towns. One of these worthy of note is at the Gold Hill Mine. The Northern News last week tells about this cheerful fabricator, as follows :â€" The men of imagination with the gift for storyâ€"telling are not by any means confined to the lumber camps. other character that equalled Paul Bunyan in adventure and strength and skill.= One humorous oldâ€"timer used to tell all the stories about a cousin of Paul Bunyan. The oldâ€" timer aforesaid claimed that the stories about Paul Bunyan,â€"stories that have whiled away many a long winter night around the fireâ€"were all absolutely true, but Paul Bunyan was not the hero. The real originaâ€" tor of all the wit and the one that did all the facts of skill and strenigth was really a cousin of Paul‘s. This cousin was as handsome in appearance as strong in~character, and her name was Poll Bunion. When men gather round the camp lire or box stove in the camp some mighty tall tales are told. Lumber camps have been noted for the thrillâ€" ing exploits of various personage, chief among them being the great Paul Bunyan. In a Poreupine lumber camp some years ago there was anâ€" OME OF THE TALL YARNS TOLD ROUND THE BOX STOVTE Saint John Women of Canada Pay Striking Tribute to Aluminum â€"â€"the Modern Metal T. H. Estabrooks Co., Limited So now and in the future RED ROSE TEA will be packed in the Aluminum package, as it was in years gone by. Aluminum keeps out moisture, preserves the flavor and protects the quality. Paper packages, on the contrary, absorb moisture which occasionally impairs the quality. _ But it was only after Red Rose has been offered to the public in all these packagesâ€"first lead, then Aluminum, then paperâ€"that the great advantages of Aluminum were proven. For more than thirty years we have been experiâ€" menting with packages â€"trying lead, paper and Aluminumâ€"seeking always a material that would protect and be worthy of Red Rose quality. The reception it has been given demonstrates beyond all doubt that housewives of Canada recogâ€" nize Aluminum as the perfect container. ROM Wirdsor, Ontario, to Hudson‘s Bay, from Halifax to the Rockies, RED ROSE TEA within the last few weeks has scored an extraordinary increase in sales. It is because we have stopped using paper packâ€" ages, and are again packing this finest of teas in the old, familiar Aluminum package of years go. oronto Invitations have been issued for the annual Valentine Dance, under the auspices of the Kiwanees, the event to be held in the Melntyre Recreation hall on Monday evening, Feb. 14th. Cobalt silver region. Mr. O‘Connor has been holder of the claim for some time and it is saig recent activiâ€" ties in the mining industry in and aâ€" round Temagami led to investigation of the value of the claim, resulting in the sale." ‘‘It is reported on good authority that J. T. O‘Connor,‘ proprietor of the Balmoral Hotel, Sudbury, recently disposed of a copper claim, which he had in the vicinity of Temagami. The report states that a good deposit was made on the purchase price and that the purchasers are a group of mining men, largely interested in the and I didn‘t want to ecu out the wrong one, and Bill didn‘t help me any beâ€" cause he kept coming to and I _ had to keep knocking him out until his face was black and blue. But finally after a lot of groping around I located the appenâ€" dix, snipped it off, sewed Bill up with a piece of sugar string and in a week he was well as cver and we were on the trail again." TEMAGAMI COPPER CLAIMS REPORTED SOLD RECENTLY The North Bay Nugget last week aid :â€" LI MI TED 41 Queen St., W. Opp. City Hall GENUINE GERHARD HEINTZMAN PIANOS GERHARD!:HEINTZMAN Winnipeg Calgary Edmonton Write for catalogue and special list of slightly used pianos . . .. Rideau Hall Thursday, Feb. 3rd, 1927 Toronto