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*4 * % *4 #4 *# * #4 says that an Elora correspondent esti mates that residents of that villag are interested in New Ontario mine to the extent of $200,000. The Cochrane Northland Post last week says:â€"*‘*‘The new cancellation machine installed in the local Post Office by the Postmaster, has a capaâ€" city of some four thousand letters an hour, and is the only one this side of North Bay except the one at . Timâ€" mins."‘‘ # 2. #4 # # #4# *# # #4 # # ##* * 4# ##4 * 4# #* *, * #4 * # #4 *# *# #4 *# # ##4 #4 #4 #4 *# # + * ##, # # *4 # # ## # # ## # *# #*4 # 4# #* # 4 ## # # #4 # # #* # # *4 * + *#, 4 ##4 *4 *# # #4 ®@ * #4 #4 # # ## # # #4 *# + #* + # #* *# 6 *4 # *# *4 # *# *4 #* # # #* # *# #* ##* *#, + #* *# # C3 The Arthur (Ontario) vs that an Elora corresy Timmins and District Notes Thursday, Feb. 23rd, 1928 PORCUPINE POWER TELEPHONE Electrical T One of the first electrical conâ€" veniences you will want is an electric toaster. It is so handy and attractive on the table and it saves so many footsteps. Makes delicious toast, golden brown and piping hot, just as you want it. _ No electrical apâ€" pliance gives greater service than the toaster, one of the lowest priced of all. unterprist Mr. Phil Teare, formerly of Tiunâ€" mins, but now with his residence and headquarters at Haileybury, was a visitor to town last week.\ decided to build a new 4â€"room sehool on the east side of the lake to take care of the children in that area. The public school is now using two rooms in the high school at Cochrane, but these will be needed by the high school itself after the summer vacaâ€" tion. ochrane public school board has Mr. was a end. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dufresne, of Montreal, were Timmins visitors over the weekâ€"end. Referring to the disaster at the Hollinger last week The Northern News says:â€"‘‘Capt. MeInnis, in charge of work on the 300â€"foot level, is lauded as one of the heroes of the ecalamity and the men in his shift deâ€" clare that they owe their safety to his resourcefulness and prompt acâ€" fion, at great risk of ‘himself."‘ Toronto Globe:â€"Viscount Willingâ€" don describes Canada as *‘without exception the most loyal unit of the British Empire.‘‘ And so Cansada has her own opinion confirmed. _ : The New Liskeard Speake week says:â€"*‘‘In a moment of ness the Hamilton Herald ady ‘*Amn‘t 1?"‘ as a substitute for I not?"" That paper ought to its head xâ€"amn‘t."‘ In the second round of the cribbage tournament between the war veterans of Haileybury and Liskeard, the former won again by 11 games to 9. Two of the Haileybury players (Messrs Keddie and Isherwood) made the record of not losing a single game all evening. A cross believed to ‘be one of the emblems of the Ku Klux Klan was burned at Haileybury some days ago during the progress of the ecurling tournament there, attracting a great deal of attention from a distance. The cross was a particularly large one and was set up on the lake opposite the curling rink. \ Boston Transeript:â€"The best pos sible aid to adult education is child ren. The Kapuskasing Courier says:â€" ‘*‘The editor of the Poreupine Adâ€" vance laments the lack of a great poet to laud the beauties and grandeur of the North Land. Coming on toward spring the editor of the Advance should be more careful. This is the time of the year when folks of tancy burst into poetry. Should any spring gems arrive at the Courier office we will be glad to forward them on to the Advance."" A chapter of the Bastern Star was instituted last week at Kapuskasing. About thirty members of Cochrane Chapter O.E.S. were in Kapuskasing for the event. In addition to the Cochrane visitors were the Order officials: the Worthy Grand Patron, Mr. Archie Sinclair of Toronto; G. M. Mrs,. Anna Boyd of Belleville; G. S. Mr. Wickens of Toronto; D. D. G. M. Mrs. Tomney of Cobalt; P. D. D. G. M. Sister Brewe ‘, Iroquois Falls. THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO S. T. Langham, of Montreal,| Timmins visitor over the weekâ€" New â€"Liskeard Speaker last ays:â€"‘‘In a moment of weakâ€" ound of the cribbage en the war veterans and Liskeard, the to have ncates *** * m Schumacher Fire Brigade Annual Meeting and Banquet Officers Elected for Year for Schumacher Fire Brigade. Pleasant Dinner and Social Event After Business Sesâ€" sion. Other News from The Advance Correspondent at Schumacher. Schumacher, Ont., Feb. 22nd, 1928. , pronounced jby every one to be exâ€" cellent was then served with hot cofâ€" Special to The Advance. ; * Cns :tb fee:â€"and other‘rtefreshments. â€" * 32 t hnd e We 320 \1 van and James Shewan. In the final address of the evening, Mr. C. Juckâ€" sch, our popular chief, gave a comâ€" prehensive account of the work durâ€" ing the year, and on behalf of his felâ€" low members thanked all who had contributed in any way to their supâ€" port. Mr. J. Villeneuvé, a retired member, was a guest. Other former members received an invitatiorn but had been unable to attend. A lunch ver 65,000,000 bushels of grain will be carried into the port of for the twelve months ending March 381 next according to estimated figures issued from the offices of E. D. Cotterell, Winnipeg, Man., superintendent of transporâ€" tation for the western lines of the Canadian Pacific Railway. These figures will establish a record. In fact they show enormous strides since 1922â€"the first year that the Canadian Pacific Railway handled any quantity of grain to the western coast. Up to and including January 21 of the present year, a~ total of 32,833,573 bushels have heen shipped by boat from the port of Vancouver. Of this amount 28,756,â€" ©80 bushels have been routed to 1. A Canadian Pacific freight boat being loaded witn grain. 2. isound for tar countries carrying some of Canada‘s golden crop 3. Part of a grain train passing through the mountainous regions of the west. 4. A huge doubleâ€"header hauling grain near Hector, Alta. The township council ,of which Mr. Kerr is a member, have very kindly made arrangements for the firemen to hold their regular monthly meetings in these comfortable quarters. Mrs. L. Church, Fourth avenue, was called away this week by the serious illness of her mother, Mrs. Mitchell, of Kirkland Lake. The illness of Mrs. Seguin, Second avenue, is the source of much regret among her numerous friends. The Men‘s Association will hold their meeting in the basement of Trinity Chuch on Tuesday evening, Feb. 28th. There will be an attracâ€" tive programme addresses and Recent tests of the original oak timbers used more than five centuries ago in building the huge roof of W estâ€" minister Hall, London, showed that there was no loss of strength in the yelled an exXcited V phone. Hen said it was. ‘‘Say, old man, t dentist. I accident; too Hasn‘t 3 hbour! W ""(Give eck, Heny e over. Feb. 28th. There will be an attracâ€" tive programme of addresses and musical numbers. A number of the prominent memâ€" bers of the local Orange Order attendâ€" éd the meeting of that organization at Iroquois Falls on Tuesday. the United Kingdom; 83,732,045 bushels to the Orient and 844,557 bushels to other countries. nere was no 10 vood in spite of It is interesting to note that up to January 21, the Canadian Pacific railway loaded on western lines this season 125,481 cars of grains of all kinds. If placed end to end this vast collection of cars would stretch approximately 1,170 miles and a train, travelling at the fast rate of 60 miles an hour, would take nearly twenty hours to pass them. Very few people know that the very extensive and expensive facilâ€" ities provided by the Canadian Pacific railway to handle the annual grain crop on western lines remain idle, comparatively speaking, for about two thirds of the year, and the money invested in these facilâ€" ‘Hello! That you, Henpeck? led an excited voice over the spoke W hat â€" er more gleefully nan, this is Jerkum, the identally gave your wife s! She‘s unconscious! n a word for half an shall I do? What shall ras, eried ‘"‘T‘ll be right 1# eâ€"| _ treorge 1 land, who longing to he | States Am fe! fused to a 3!| $25) in ful in |ies. Oddly ill| British Ar States, in}l ities and extra rolling stock earn no returns during the period mentioned. The building of the Transcona yards at Winnipeg, with over 100 miles of track and a capacity of 12,000 cars, one of the most up to date yards on the continent, was necessary to handle the Canadian Pacific‘s grain traffic, and is therefore used for handling revenue traffic only about two thirds of the year. During the time the cars and locomotives are lying idle they are inspected thoroughly by the meâ€" chanical department and put into first class shape, so that when the rush commences they are ready for immediate use. This year seventy of the company‘s largest engines were transferred west for the grain haulage. Economy has frequently nothing whatever to do with the amount of money being spent, but with the wisâ€" dom used in spending it.â€"Henry Ford. Bronze castings were made by the Egyptians 2,000 years before the beâ€" ginning of the Christian era. A man was standing disconsolately on a station platform. On being askâ€" ed by a friend why he looked so misâ€" erable, he replied, ‘‘I‘ve missed my trainâ€"and by half a minute.‘‘ ‘"Good heavens!‘‘ said his friend. ‘‘Cheer up! Anyone would think, to look at you, you had missed it by half an hour."‘ longing to A. 16. fHiougiton, United States Ambassador to England, reâ€" fused to accept £5 (approximately $25) in full settlement for his injurâ€" ies. â€" Oddly enough, Sir Esme Howard, British Ambassador to the United States, injured a girl in Washington recently in the same manner. Both diplomats were given ‘*‘diplomatie immunity."‘ If you don‘t feel just right, If you can‘t sleep at night, If you moan and sigh, If your throat is dry, If you can‘t smoke or chew, If your grub tastes like glue, If your heart doesn‘t beat. If you‘ve got cold feet, If your head‘s in a whirl, For heaven‘s sakeâ€"marry the girl CGreot Hou i Dy a car Deâ€" ighton, United ) England, reâ€" (approximately â€"Exehange