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In a recent address Hon. Charles Stewart, Minister of the Interior in the Dominion Government, said :â€" ‘‘Industries dependent on prodiutcts of the forest are of the utmost imâ€" portance in our national life. They are second only to agriculture in the national wealth From the standpoint of the public credit, their export trade, especially in pulp and paper, renders invaluable arid in maintaininy a favourable rate of exâ€" change with foreign countries. From the standpoint of the people, they, of all industries, return to the. workers in the form of wages, perhaps the largest proportion of the cost of proâ€" duction. It follows that the destrucâ€" tion of the raw materials for these industries threatens directly the fuâ€" ture means of livelihood of an imporâ€" tant part of our population.‘‘ If you do right you will be eritiâ€" cised. If ou do wrong, you will be criticased. You mlght as well do rigcht. IMPORTANCE TO CANADA 0F FOREST INDUSTRIES gar. AachOt‘ â€"D Ofl FROM HALIFAX, NS THENI e c oc o _ AURANI A ‘A ‘A ALAUNIA j AUSONIA LETITIA After April 29th, FROM MONTREAL AND QUEBEC All of these ships were built during the War, and the comfort of their Thirdâ€"Class accommodation is not excelled by that on any other Ship afloat. oniy $155. fap"" Take advantage of this opportunity to travel on one of these great Cunard and Anchorâ€"Donaldson Liners. It won‘t cost you any more than holidaying at home. Do you know you can go to England. Scotland or Ireland, and back You can now bring out your relatives and friends a. special reduced rates. Ask your local agent for details. "My mother,"‘ says Mrs. Richard James, Victoria, B.C., "has used Magic Baking Powder for ever so long and would not be without it. I also am using it for all my baking and think it is the best there is for making nice cakes, biscuits, etc." Similar sentiments are held and expressed by thousands of Canadian housewtves. Insist on Magic Baking Powder. No other is "just the same." "*Would not be without it for anything " GET AWAY Illustrated Booklets, Sailing Lists, etc., on request from The ROBERT REFORD CO., Limited 23 St. Sacrament St., Montreal or yvour * nonaldson + fl”chm' Do LINES Local Steamship Agent. Climbing the ladder is only haif the battle. ‘Can you "‘stick it‘ when you get to the top rung? * Sunday morning about 2 o‘clock, Officer Laviolette, of the Timmins police force, noticed smoke arising from near the ground close to the Union Coal buildings alongside the T. N.0O. yards. He investigated and found a quantity of hay on fire. Apâ€" parently someone in passing had dropâ€" ped a match or a lighted cigarette stub. The fire had smouldered in the hay, perhaps for hours, but when Conâ€" stable Laviolette discovered the blaze it was going merrily only three or four feet from a frame building. He stamped it out as well as he could by the free use of his boots, but though his wellâ€"placed kicking did get the fire down, he knew it was not out, and as soon as he reduced it to a smoulder again he got an alarm to the fire department. The department made very prompt response but when the firemen arrived the hay was again broken out in a blaze. ‘A shot from the chemical tank, however, removed all danger. There is every reason to believe, however, that without the prompt work of Constable Laviolette and his good judgment in handling the incipient fire, a serious blaze might have becurred. St. Matthews‘ Girls‘ Altar Guild are holding a St. George‘s Day Tea and Sale of Plants in conjunction with a bazaar on Saturday, April 23rd, in St. Matthew‘s Church Hall from 3 to 6 p.m. â€"~16. OFFICER LAVIOLETTE PREVENTS SERIOUS FIRE ST. GEORGE‘S TEA TO BE HELD ON sSaATURDAY, APRIL 23RD for a holiday now that the winter is over! Why not take a real trip? ‘*The awarding of the contract for the final 25 miles of the great trunk road which is to connect Toronto and Cochrane was announced yesterday at the Parliament Buildings by Hon. W. H. Finlayson, Minister of Lands and Forests. The conditions of the conâ€" tractâ€"for the nonfulfilment of which considerable penalties are providedâ€" require the road to be completed by August 1st. The intention is to have it opened as a part of the Diamond Jubilee celebration of Confederation, and a party of three hundred motor cars are planning to come from the North Country over it to attend speâ€" cial celebrations at the Toronto Exhiâ€" bition. The road, with the compleâ€" tion of this final 25â€"mile link, will run north of Toronto for a distance of 480 miles to Cochrane. «It either goes through or connects with North Bay, Cobalt, Haileybury, New Liskeard, Englehart, Timmins and the Kirkland Lake camp. From a sceni¢c standâ€" point, it is destined to be one of the: interesting roads of the continent, passing, as it does, through the Musâ€" koka Lakes, the Parry Sound Lakes, and the great forest reserve at Timaâ€" gami. It will have further interest, however, from the fact that it taps the great mining centres at Timmins and at Kirkland Lake, and leads alâ€" so to the important paper industry at Iroquois Palls. The road comes unâ€" der the jurisdiction of the Northern Development branch of the Governâ€" ment, which has been working on it now for a number of years. Alroadv,‘ in late years, it has been bearing a heavy Summer traffic in connection. with the influx of tourists to the variâ€" ous Summer resorts of the,\Iu@kol\af and Parry Sound districts. The final link, for which the contract has now been let, is from Swastika Junction to Ramore. Messrs MeLean â€" and Milligan have secured the work by a tender of $145,845, which was the lowest one submitted."" Tso Lin, Northern War Lord, and commander of the Republican troops defending Pekin. Chang Shun, who is sometimes called the ‘Kingâ€"Maker‘ Js believed to be coâ€"operating with Chiang Kaiâ€"shek, the leader of the Cantonese and National troops. EXPECT HIGHWAY TO BBE COMPLETED BY AUGUST 1 The following from an issue of The Mail Empire last week may be takâ€" en as about officrial :â€" LARGE CROWD AND GOOD PRICES AT SATURDAY‘S SALE FLOCK OF GEESE SPEND DAY HERE ON WAY NORTH Tuesday morning a flock of wild geese dropped down on the ‘‘cyaâ€" nide‘‘ mear the Hollinger power house. They appeared to be very tirâ€" ed and determined to rest up. ~Men in the vicinity found the geese quite tame and not at all disturbed by a little ‘‘shoo‘‘â€"ing. â€" They allowed men to walk quite close to them, and while they actually walked out of the way on the approach of humans, they did not walk far. There were about 100 birds in the flock, thus stopping on their way north for a rest, in sight of the world‘s greatest individual gold mine and the most progressive town in the North. _ The birds attracted much attention here, several ladies goâ€" ing over on Tuesday afternoon to photograph the flock. The public auction of household goods, ete., on Naturday last at 38 Fourth avenue attracted a big crowd of buyers. The auctioneer was Mr. W. H. Warren and he secured very good prices for practically everything offered. The best bargain of the day was the sale of an orthophonic Vicâ€" tor, practically new, for $73.00, the price a few months ago being close to $300.00. _ Carpets, hedromn, livâ€" ingroom and kitchen furniture and furnishings all brought good prices. Chang Shun( who some years ago led the Monarchist forees in an atâ€" tempt to overthrow the Republigan GGovernment of China, is now causing some embarrasment to Marshal Chang MONARCHIST LEADER IN PEKIN THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO Next Goldrange Hotel. Phone 11° Have You a Cold? STOP Prescriptions Promptly and Accurately Filled. GUARANTEED REL sOUTH END PHARMACY USE In his letter to The Advance Mr. Preston makes a prediction. He says that before" many years pass there is going to be a big mining town someâ€" where south of Timmins, about midâ€" way to Gowganda, . Preston states that at present Poreupine _ is America‘s greatest gold camp, and alâ€" most straight south is the greatest nickel camp in the would, and between the two are some good silver mines. ‘‘Does this not make anyone think that there must be great things left yet?‘‘ asks Mr. Preston. He believes also that some day the T. N. 0. will build from Elk Lake to ‘Gowganda and thence north to Timmins, or else ‘*Later, Harry Preston, Wm. Fairâ€" burn, Anson Cartwright and Everett May were prospecting in Lightning River. There they met Lorne Howey, now of Red Lake fame, and returning to Cobalt the party canoed down the Abitibi river to Driftwood and on to Nighthawk Lake, visiting the newâ€" found (Gold Island, and proceeding south to the Montreal river. At Coâ€" balt Preston was paid his wages and after having a moose hunt he told his friends he was going right back north to MceDougall Chutes to live and to find a gold mine. He talked so much about it that some thought he was crazy, but in less than two years he discovered the Dome Mine and will agree to give oneâ€"half interest in any mining property he ever stakes, or half any money over $1,000.00 he ever makes, to the man or men or person that can prove that he did not. . ‘*"Some oldâ€"timers of twenty years ago now in Timmins and nearby :â€"T. F. King, Alex Stirling, Jack Power, Wes. Walterhouse, H. A. Preston J. J. St. Paul. Some of the real oldâ€" timers are still at Matheson, the old home of the Poreupine discoverers About the oldest oldâ€"timers are Geo. Abate and Walter Monohan and family.‘‘ ‘"Just twenty years ago the disâ€" covery of gold was made at Gold Isâ€" land, in Nighthawk Lake, and a rush started. One or two parties, includâ€" ing the Hunter gang, managed to go up the river to the lake, and they staked claims at the east end, but not much work was done. ‘They came up the creek where South Poreupine now stands, and were within one mile of the Dome, but some poetry they wrote on a tree looked as if they were getting tired looking for the precious metal. Just two years atâ€" terwards, when Wilson, Preston, Burns, Bannerman, Geddes and Campâ€" bell arrived in Porsupine, they found the Hunter outfit lying rotting on ‘the ground. The tent was in shreds and the other effects showed the signs of neglect. They took possession of the hammers and forge to do work on the claims staked south of the lake, :ralled the Mammoth mines. "Just twenty years ago, the T. N. 0. reached MeDougall Chutes (now Matheson). _ Steel was there during the summer. It took almost two days to get from Englehart to the Chutes, but now the trip can be made in a little over two hours. T. F. King was the proprietor of the Abitibi Hotel, an old frame, tarâ€"papered building at MceDougall Chutes. 1 wonder if he thought then that he would be living in a big city not far west, like he is toâ€"day During 1908 Harry Preston told Tom about a gold mine he was going to find. Preston was working for Tom King at the hotel, and gives King some of the credit because if he had not been kept in the MeDougall Chutes working for Tom he might not have been lucky in the route he took. PORGUPINE G0LD FOUND JUST TWENTY VEARS AGO Discovery at Gold Island, Nighthawk Lake. Some of the Real Oldâ€" Timers of the District regular prospecting way, Mr. H. A. Preston, now of Elk Lake, has supâ€" plied The Advance with the following notes :â€" In view of the fact that it is just twenty years since the first discovery of gold in the Poreupine area in the Keeps Perfectly in the Unopened Tin ST CHARLEs ie St. Charles Milk has two great advanâ€" tages over the bottled kind. It is doubly rich, and so gives better results in all recipes, and then, it is so convenient! By ordering six or a dozen tins at a time you always have plenty of rich pure milk in the house. Order both sizes, Tall and small. years ago the disâ€" as made at Gold Isâ€" wk Lake, and a rush two parties, includâ€" rang, managed to go the lake, and they the east end, but not EUCHRE AND BRIDGE BY REBEKAHS THIS EVENING. If you want to marry happily, pick out a good mother, and marry one of her dauahters This (Thursday) evening there will be a progressive euchre and bridge in the 1. 0. 0. F. hall, under the ausâ€" pices of Gold Nugget Lodge of the Rebekahs. The event will commence at 8.30 p.m. â€" Refreshments will be served. It will be a pleasant evenâ€" ing for all attending. the C N.R. will do the railway buildâ€" mng in this particular area. In any event there will be a belt line of railâ€" ways serving the coutry south of Timâ€" mins. . In conelusion Mr. Preston asks this question:â€"*‘‘Why are the prospectors keeping so close to the Quebece boundary and going to the extreme west end of the province, when the two greatest things are west of the Montreal river and directly south of Poreupine and west of there?"‘‘ **Someone,"! says Mr, Presâ€" ton, ‘‘is going to find the spot, and then watch ‘em come back to the old parts again."‘ PRODUCT OF GENERAL MOTORS OF CANADA, LIMITED Another Succeess s 584 If you have not seen and inspected the New and Finer Pontiac Six at close rangeâ€"if you have not investigated the new, lower prices which are making Pontiac Six the outstanding car value of its fieldâ€"you owe it to yourself to do so without delay. For, in the New and Finer Pontiac Six, General Motors presents its latest achievementâ€"its answer to the need for a truly fine,lowâ€"priced sixâ€"cylinder car. Y ou are invited to come in and see it for yourself. NREADY you see on the highways the 4 evidence of the popular acclaim with which the New and Finer Pontiac Six is being reccived. Already enthusiastic owners by the thousands are wholeheartedly endorsing this unusual carâ€"are praising its arresting beauty, its long, low lines, its fleetness, its countless new refinements, its upâ€"toâ€"theâ€"minute comâ€" pleteness. Even their most optimistic expecâ€" tations have been more than realized in the New and Finer Pontiac Six. Marshallâ€"Ecclestone Limited CHIEF â€" OP Corner Third Ave. Pine St. Timmins Public Preference Endorses the New and Finer Pontiac Thursday, April 21st, 1927 rates. Work Guaranteed Quick Service Harness Repaired By an Expert. At very reasonable Nurserymen, Landscape Architects, Etc. Trees, Shrubs, Fruit Bushes, Perennials Represented by :â€" MRS. F. J. HAMILTON Box 123 Phone 100 South Porcupine E. D. Smith Sons 16 Cedar Street North, Timmins Just write to The Borden Co. Limitâ€" ed, Montreal and your copy will be mailed at once. Recipe Book THE TIMMINS HARNESS MAKER MILK THE + SIXES