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Porcupine Advance, 29 Dec 1932, 1, p. 6

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“‘?:“" Ne es onl Prcv t . -IL”J‘ n s o %flp * LARELAND GOLD MINES AT BOURKES GETTING ON WELL J¢ _ Lakeland Clold Mines is making goot wA progress with ‘development work on ‘its: # property at Bourkes, according to F. A. ‘ Pollard, president. â€" ‘On <the €50â€"foot t level, diamond drills have intersected‘ an ore sone, west of the. shaft which, * _ mine inanager states, shws much. matter, with visible gold in evidence. A cro§scut is now proceeding .towardsâ€" the new ore sectien. . mpecmm ed through showed w.i?chea of $6:20 ore and wofilerfi inches wlde, 3910 in go}d values It:«fs stated thtt\ the crosscut wil} be conbinued ‘anfll. the west ‘boundary. of the ore ‘zone is F. M. Burke Ltd. Make Your Party a Successâ€"Serve These Fine Foods 20 APPLES, Delicious ORANGES, Sweet 39 C and Juicy,. dozen ............ Bayside, Choice Quality Large Bot TOMATO KETCHUP high ..’Q._..'.'O._....Q..'... The dull â€"ache of waiting: for <«word Lrom the gasâ€"filled tomb was sharpened toâ€"reality â€"as the message came from belew â€"that 27â€" more ‘miners. had been found, â€"dead. Moweaque, : not daring to: hope sent down â€" of rescue crews to worm their throtugh pezflous falls Of rock under. twisted Aimbers ‘that might fall at" any moment, a}zd add them to. theâ€"list of dead. Fresh air, pumped in by the rescuers as they burrowed.along.the south wing ef the "T" sha,ned tununel, met:â€"a barriâ€" cade and blew ‘hack upon the the fates of" the sweating crew. A ~barricede igâ€" found Monddy, 12 were carried to the surâ€" mine by a blast that sealed the d inorth wing of the tunnel, entombed beâ€" yonud the most fragile chancte of surâ€" face Sunday,, and 15 remain in the ? A *breath ‘of : iresh air fanned hOpe into fiame Monday morning. 18 Miners ‘Are Unaccounted For It was made knowh Monday that the north wing where the explosion focused protect rescue squads from seeping gas; in that tomb are the 15 ungaccounted Freah Airâ€"Fans Hope Stores. attractive .stores and .tpe e '_',t:.ficv);x}"t.e.o:a‘aervice, helpfully rendered by friendly store staffs, Profitable, through the ‘fine quality fo@gds and the sure and steady ~savings enjoyed by consistant shopping at Dominion BEBE h oo «y uts «l LOAF "SUGAR * â€" e + lb Kraft,. Boiled ':WB‘“WBQBNG e o# jJaAr C’hrzstws Assorted BISCUITS _ â€" L . â€"» pke. S‘IEW BEEF i D gper 1b. ..;.................... CHOICE TURKEYS :‘FRESH FOR WEEKâ€"END SMOKE PICNICS per Ib........::.........;:... at Pom: Finest | To Un T To To To Ts t ol h0 s 0 mtA ts ut O ut C e 1e ht ts n w ) a oaaes bo a d va e 6 0 6A "When ‘Glenn Schaeffer, owner of the property, shut dowh the workings 18 months ago Moweaqua was deprived of 'm one industry. â€" Business men and 'miners détermined to keep it alive, else the community would lose its livelithood. They ma to lease it from Schaeffer and keep the diggings open on coâ€" operative basis. Although the Christmas fest.ival made the disaster even. more heartâ€"breaking, it was the. immmence of the sholiday that saved more lives 4 «â€"For the last week the pits had ‘been xoperating at full time with 102â€"miners, ‘but Baturday, last day before Christmas only 54 went to work. l‘lb‘ P * Biggest in State. ‘The death total of 54 was the largest in any minevexplosion within this state. It was not theâ€" greatest catastrophe, however, for the fire in the Cherry, Ill., mine November 13, 1909, cost 267 lives. The Christmas eve disaster numbed this community of 1,400. The mine was its ‘life, and now its death, the lives of the 12 found at the interâ€" section of the "T" Sunday, but dead of the afterâ€"damp that poured through the tunnels as the men ran from their mine car trying to escape the fumes. 1â€"lb. (pkg. 10¢d 19¢ 0 0o 0 0 0 a mock trial at Cobalt Presbyter.an church was also featured. Some :of those taking part in this. event were:â€" ‘Geo. ‘Kelly, Geo. Mitchell, Dr. Munro . ‘The:Daily Nukget of Jan. 23rd, 1909, refers to Spéclai Scottish concert to ‘be held in the Cobalt © Church.on Jan. 27th, suggesting a .gramme . of "characteristic origlnalfiy,”: together with . menu of Scottish deliâ€" cacies to. make the Heart of man glad. ‘There was @lS0 mention that the Hailâ€" eybury Mebhodist church would Cbserve its third anniversary ‘by special services on Sunday, Jan. 24th and a concert on Monday,. Jan. 24th. At Cobaltâ€"«I.O.0.F. 1 lodge on the Tuesday of Christn;as' wesk m handsome eightâ€"day timepisce was presented to Bro. D. Sharpe, p.S. 1 CR., of Tor:mto A lengthy report of c M 00M 4o “-.-â€"1--“-.!.\“ W. :G. Ferguson, T. Wilson, F. J. Hicks, Miss Brewer, G. A. Robinson, and Mr. TLyons. ~Ancther entertainment igiven prominence was that put on by ‘the Temiskaming Recreation Club. Janes Ross was chairman and the programme. was featured ‘by selections given by the Temiskaming orchestra. . A.. Miine showed much skill and cleverness in his impersonation of the renowned Havrry ‘TLauder. ‘Steve Lynn made a big hit in comic songs. In banjo playing and. yvocal numbers Jack Lindsey added: ‘to the success of the evening. The Seyâ€": mour brothers gave dancing and «obhar numbers. The McAndrew brothers in violin selections were especialy ~good. Others on fhe programme wereâ€" C. Green, G. Guthrie, R. Knight and C. 1 nome and quite a large number . ‘of, friends called. Mrs..W. Johnston ant! Miss V. Davies proved admirable assis‘,â€" ants to the hostess, who looked most, road :construction work in the district, :accommodation is urgently néaded, the: Dept. has decided to grant the Hcense. The liquor license at Englehart 18 not a new one, but transferred from. Tormsâ€" town, five miles distant, where hhe¢ license ‘has been in force for yeas." Mention was made of the fact t.hatl telephons. connection had been made mth Elk Lake, ':nhe issun has num- class book paper. After 24 years, howâ€"| ever, the white paper of the edition is |. somewhat yellowed with age, and much . inclined to breakâ€"and tear at the touch.{. The many here who lived in the Coâ€" | balt camp years ago will be specially | interested in The Cobalt Daily Nugget of January 23rd, 1909, bringing back| as it will many memories. while to|" ’others living in the Morth and concernâ€" || edâ€"inâ€"its history and .development, «the Assue of 24 years ago will also have its 1 ;spenlal Anterest. . ' Some of the items may be worth reâ€" peating. «Reference ~was made to the enterprise »evidenced :at the Columbus |! ‘mine, where the shaft was down 250 [1 ‘feet and the newlyâ€"acquired cage was in the shaft, the latter being properiy timbered.. Further reference was to the hopes entertained for the | cess :of this mine, these hopes being based on the results from the work |j done. The establishment of :a modern‘‘d ‘barber shop at Cobaltâ€"by Fred Paguettw was given some space. ‘The arrest Of [ a woman at Uno Park, north .of Hailâ€" /; eybury, was chronicled. This lady was |Mâ€" accused of threatening to dynamite . houses at Cannington and Port Perry.;« ‘She was found gullty, but as sentence‘ 8 was deferred, ‘further .details are giver=in the issue. The fArst hctel|« ‘license to be granted by the new .CcCmâ€"}| missioners ‘(Says dabgatch :dated from: 1 Toronto) was issued to H. I. Kert, of: j Englehart. â€" "It was the intention . of i: the. Dept.: terefuseallhoensesmNaw ‘Ontario," says the degpa.tch ~â€" "and| when the local commissioners recomâ€" mended the issuing of the licen,se the request was ‘refused..: Bince then, howâ€" i Kert has 4prom13ed to “kflep hd‘tel" ; ‘and since the completion of thg mil- v S CC Nt P hb g c . . Cl B Cross. A social note in this first issue: cf The Nugget as â€"fo‘llows:â€" "Among recent at homes of ccmside"- able interest in Cobalt was that hi:fi by ‘Mrs. Gecrge Mitthell. â€" It. was the first of such a function in her new,f becoming in a lovely Directoire gown of primrose satin, with gold mm and gold shoes. The drawing rcom was decorated with pink Killarney roses. and maidenbair fern, and with many softly-shaded nghts a decidedlyf Jnovel as well as pretty effect was prodaae:l.” Stm another a.rticle in the sccial line h l 4 0% e Tt «_ L2 A Ifl.‘ , refe toabanc,uetgiven by the GOâ€" bait Ddadfell>ws." About 60 members ict gathemd in Goodall‘s restaurant ‘for the second annual lodge banquet. The officers for the ensuing term were inâ€" sta.lledat openlodzemeefim% 100cloo§_ omeerscbodm*‘ N.G. Bro; Dr. E.: Armstrong; V.G., Bro. B. J. Enuis; secremryonA.wm Jantieson; treasurer, Bro. R. J. Jemâ€" mett. _ mmmuthebanqnetm- Mâ€"mwmmm Wright; Our King, Bro. Gro. Caldbick; Ontario,‘ says the despatch,. "and: when the local commisioners reocm | mended the issuing of the licen,se ‘the request was ‘refused.. Bince then, how~ ever, Kert has promised.to "keep hb‘tel" and since the «completion of thg mil- mmmmmum- menced puublication on June 23rd, 1909. It was intended to review this issue of the North‘s cid daily newspaper in the, Christmas edition of The Advance, but the exigencies of time and space made this inpractical, so readers this week have the article instead. Vclume 1, No. lo!'l'heOtbaltDafly Nugget was a 16â€"page newspaper, 8 of: the pages being printed on calendared e Ied toponts There was an extended’, report:of a hockeyl.match in the Temisâ€" kaming hockey league in which Cobalt W gnowed a clean pair of heels to Haileyâ€" bury, leaving these two teams with the same number of points in the Jleague. "‘There were said to ‘be 3200 spectators at this match. The match was a clean ‘butâ€" livély one, the final score being 12 to 3 in favour of :Cobalt. Mention 4s made of a match ‘between Haileyâ€" ‘bury smd New Liskeard teams, the ‘score being ‘5 to 5. Still another game saiw Cobalt beat New Liskeard, and in ancther feature Haileybury was beaten ‘by ‘Cobalt. ‘The New Liskeard Juniors lost to Cobsalt Juniors, :6 to 0. A list of the games to be played in the Town League was also published, as well as the schedule for the Temiskaming dleague for ‘the season. Mention was ‘Gobalt ‘and the Wanderers, of Monâ€" ‘treal. Among #he playersâ€"in the Temâ€" iskaming league were:â€"Jones, Ryan, ‘Campbell, Olarke, Toms, Kenâ€" medy, Fred Toms, McMann. in the issueâ€"also tells of ‘the formation of a ladiss‘ <hockey Club in Cobalti Among the Jadies ‘showing interest in mn%hecmhdmypstmkofdym.- *Rite found in aâ€"car of muck from the ‘shaft. HMines died instantly, his chest Mmbdmblmaway He left a. widow and six children at Creemore, «Ont. Another fatal :accident was that ammm 4 Finn, aged 23, unâ€" married, who dell 65 feet down:a shaft at the Davis Fraction mine at Giroux selectedâ€"as manager of the ladies‘ team. ~Curlers in «Cobalt ‘in 1909 had the ‘opportunity to indulge in their favourite gport at the new covered rink 194; Gobalt. mmncgmmnaidetableprommmce | For Sure Resalts . . You should try The Insert One Next Week 11009 lt In its January 29rd issue of 1909 The Nugget said that a group of Montreal financiers and others planned the building of a concrete ‘business ‘block. \ _ On Sunday, Déc. 13th, 1909, The: Nugget reports, Rev. J. D. Byrnes deâ€" livered a sermcn in which he dealt with Cobalt of 1906 and the Cobalt of 1909. He qucted many interesting facts and figures. ; Among the advertisers in the issue. under review were the following:â€"J. J. Anderson, dealer in timber; Verner, Green and Verner, Klingensmith 1 00 Wallace Eastwood, H. O‘Hara , Chas. Schcepfiin, I. H. Jewell 00 Redpath Co., brokers; Lyric Theatre ~Stimdard Explosives; A. T. ‘Bhort, ecal; M. Abraham, R. J. Devlin, ‘books, stationery, etc.; Harold. _ Moore, Twentyâ€"fcur years ago Rev. J. D. Byrnes was pastor of the Cobalt Presâ€" byterian church. He was then on his way to recovery after a severe illness from pleuroâ€"rineumonia. ‘The. Nugget‘s editorials twentyâ€"four years ago dealt with the first issue of the paper, and its plans. W. G. Ferâ€" guson,. later of The Advance, was manâ€" years "ago. Gaunders was in charge of the ‘hespital. ‘There were 33 patients on the ‘books at the â€"end 01' November, 1909. There were 47 new. patients ‘admitted, 43 d.ischsarged 39 cured, 1 relieved, 2 deaths, 30 medicail cases, 17 surgical cases, 24 patients iin‘ the hospital at the end ot Deoember The hospital also acknowledged a num~‘ ber of donaticns, chiefly of foodstufls, received at the hospital. hitefident; E. 5. Secorc advertising manager; and H. B. Edwards, in charge of the circulation. "Cobalt‘s New Rink" was dealt with in the column, as well as "The T. N. O. extension." J. H. Black was superintendent of the railway at that time. ‘ signs; Thos,. F. Drew, electrician; "108 Nox a Cold," Moore‘s Drug Store:; Coâ€" balt <Palace Market, Halleybury Road; Geo. Gordon, Cache Bay, lumber; Royal Bank of Canada; Fred .J. Browne, conâ€" Day ‘One Insertion costing you S0 cents in advance will bring you what you require ldeal of their time iB taken up on trouble between two Miktions of Maceâ€" donians, one claiming® be "Nationalâ€" :sts," the Nationaglistssgming the other faction as "Communi#$, "We would suggestlhat every effort [ should ‘be put forth w Burb the activiâ€" ‘Ities ‘of these soâ€"cal, Communists, from two points of wWw, viz. expense to our country, gxi‘g espect . for ,om' 6 ty u.h..-.-h-. Mmlh Glendinning, R. 4. James, M. F. Hasâ€" set and C.‘B. ,aswellasHE Bewell, town cler There is a special Mustrated ‘artick| on the $20,000.00 public school atâ€" t. Other pictures in the issue inclu®b:â€"The S:5, Meteor on Lake Temiskaning; Temagami Staâ€" tion; yethodist h, Cobalt; ‘"Belle Of +Temagami"; sidenoe of Mayor 0 R.ailway, Kerr skating md ho alt hospita.l reâ€" ng: cut on T N. 1909; ‘and manse, Cobal Reserve, Bilver : byterian dhurch Kerr Lake, ’Orown and Cobalt Cenâ€" tral properties; LaBose, Right of Way, Trethewey, ‘Buff Crown Reserve, Shamrock, Temhs ing and Hudson ronto in going as being heartily in accord the ‘Attorneyâ€" General‘s policy regiling Communist activities is just orlpf the signs of the times that C getting little out of patience . foreign . propaâ€" ganda, § Jload of visitors to‘ Roman Catholic City Hall in ‘co ‘"The Famous Cc It, Ont., 4908"; ch, Cobalt; ‘"New of construction"; A Square" ; Haileyâ€" TORONTO GRANDIURY AND REFERENCE W COMMUNISTS b n td a Kerr Lake "Orown al and Cobalt Cenâ€" tral properties; LaBose, Right of Way, Trethewey,‘ ‘Buffad ‘Crown Reserve, Shamrock, Temiskining and Hudson Bay, Nipissing, Siv@r Queen, OQ‘RBrien, i 1 Fos®r mine properties of ‘‘Torontoâ€"Cobalt iktion"; a view of ‘\‘Cobalt ; "I‘rain ‘and manse, Ooban Reserve, Bilver : 10 ch. Gobalt “New Nof construction‘"; iÂ¥ Equare"; Balley- sidence of the, Dr. .Drummond; heartily in accord General‘s policy reg the Afi.omey- fing Communist nf the dons af

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