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TIMMIXS, OXTARIO Members Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association; Ontarioâ€" Quebe: Newspaper Association; Class "A" Weekly Group Subscription Rates Canada~â€"$2.90 Per Year Uniteq 8 This is written with the taste of horses heof in the mouth A letter has just been pcsted with a threeâ€"cent stamp and a twoâ€"cent stamp of the special 1934 issues affixed by licking. The year 1934 with all its evil has paAssâ€" ed. but some of its postage stamps remain. In 1934 stamps certainly spread themselves. Instead of being less than an inch oneâ€"way, by threeâ€"quarters of an inch the other way, like the fzrmer modest postage stamps, this blatent threeâ€" center is actually over an inch and a half the wrong way, and nearly anvinch and a quarter the other way and there is no right way‘about it. As a matter of fact this monster stamp has two and a half times the acreage of the ordinary decent selfâ€"respecting postage stamp. This elephantine stamp was issued to commemorate the fourâ€"hundredth anniversary of that old friend of school days, Jacques Cartier, of pious and immortal memory, About cnce in every four hundred years is often enough to issue such a stamp. Figuring on acreage it is approximatéely half a square inch of stamp for every hundred years, which might not be so bad if the licking could be spread over the The face of the stamp bears the picture of Jacques Cartier and a number of his merry men. They all have their hands spread out as if they were taiking. A silent picture wou‘!‘d have taken up much less room. Also, why not have pictured Jacques Cartier only? None of the other fellows are known locally. The back of the stamp into stamp glue. On a meal in every. licking. meal in every. licking. The twoâ€"cent stamp is much on a par with the threeâ€" center. There isn‘t quite so much licking, but the differenCe is only the fraction of a square inch. It is like a full meal with the soup left out. The two cent stamp is to commemâ€" orate the hundred and fiftieth anniversary of :New Brunsâ€" wick. The big picture is of a ship in full sail. A bargain sale would have been more appreciated if it would have reâ€" duced things more, Why ds governments issue such unwieldly stamps? Is it to help the paper industry? or to benefit the horses hoof trust? One local citizen suggests that it is a trick to advantage the makers of envelopes. With stamps of this size larger envelopes are inevitable. Or it may be that the purpose 1S to stimulate the sale Oof shipping tags. After the stamp Is Accordingly, the aispule UCCWCCI] practical and the cuitural may be ig but it is well to call attention to the 1 take is made by anyone who believes North is limited, in the ordinary unds or that botany is a subject that cann because of the searcity of specimens. tain newspaper. the Minister of Educ An a@rticle in a certain or uncertain Toronto newspaperl suggesta that Timmins has written the Minister of Educa-I tion, Dr. L. J. Simpson, asking that botany be eliminatedi from the high school curriculum, because, forsooth, vegetaâ€" tion in the North is so limited. This suggestion is one that,l gives an lm.erlv wrong impressicn of this North Land, m' more ways fi'lan one, | As The A;ivance understands the matter, the Txmmms| high school board has written the Minister of Educatxon: asking that botany be removed from the first yeéar coursc. of study but that it be optional for second and thira year| students. This is surely an altogether different matter Lo‘ asking fos theâ€" eliminaticn of the subject altogether,. As a | matter of fact students at the high school say that me’ principal recommends the botany course as a very desxrablel one for those contemplating a career in the teaching proâ€"| fession. The principal believes that teachers should have al knowledge of botany, so that they may impart the interestâ€" ing facts about flowers and plants to their pupils. Experiâ€" ence, however, seems to show that this knowledge may be gained more easily and thoroughly in the second and subâ€" sequent years of the high school course, for reasons that will be apparent below. â€" Te suggestion that botany bel avoided in the first year of high schcol is not based On any limitation of the vegetation in the North. It is true that year, so that they may have these 10C@a|l SPCCiIHONS LO for the second year term. For many yvears there has been diversity of opinion in reâ€" gard to the intrinsic value of different subjects in the schC0] curriculum, some ¢f these subjects being termed practical and others being called cultural, and the tendency being to believe that the practical subjects equip a pupil to make a better living in the world, while the cultural studies are supâ€" posed to have an oppesite effect. It is questionable whethor the facts of the case will fully support these theories. n any event the average thoughtful man will desire education to do something more than simply provide means of liveliâ€" hood. The best education is that which teaches a man Or a woman to live, rather than merely to make livelihood. It seems to be the fact that the higher purposes of eduâ€" cation have not been overlooked by either the staff or the school board of the Timmins high school. Emphasis may be given to the practical, but at the same time the cultural sides of study are not being forgotten. Accordingly. the dispute between the advocates of the practical and the cuitural may be ignored. ror the present, but it is well to call attention to the faci t laf a serious misâ€" take is made by anyone who believes m; North is limited, in the ordinary underst rding or that botany is a subject that anm m studied here hosranse af the scarcity of specimens. The eertain or uncerâ€" the botany instructor at Timmins brings in from the South| the knee down to carry it Oover most ¢f the specimens used in classes here, but this is beâ€"| may be added to the Sault wolf cause of the seasons in the North and not because of the| Sault turkey that carries gold n limitation of vegetation:. At the very time that flowers and|of the stuff that is usually in plants are at their most interesting stages in the North, the| masterpiece, however, for imagit schools are closed for the summer vacation. The botany| proposing of the rocky shore of instructor, while on his own vacation, gathers flowers and| for the Transâ€"Canada highway. plants which are preserved in alcohol, and later are used | * *# * here in classes. It is recognized that this is not an ideal! Hon. Arthur Meighan was sch plan, yet the only way in which it can be avoided in tawa Canadian Club last Ssaturd measure of consequence is by avoiding the study of botany being, "The Greatest Englishmar until the second year at high school. Under the plan that be?" a lccal Englishman 1 starting botany the second, rather than the first year, stu-} minute, then replied, "Why, Rabl dents who intend to take up botany are asked to gather| trouble with that answer is to specimens during the summer menths following their Scottish joke on the English, 0 vear so that they may have these local specimens to hand| Secttish. Timmins, Ont., Thursday, Jan. 24th, 1935 Obe HYorrupine Aduaars Published Every Monday and Thursday by GEO LAKE, Owner and Publisher STAMPS STEP OUT! stamp depicts horses‘ hoofs when turned On a stamp Of this size there is a full Uniteq Statesâ€"$3.00 Per Yeatr «~RESIDENCE 70 and anyone elsf hat The latest by Jim Curran of the Sault is about a cat at be| Michipicoten that has developed rabbit legs to serve as any | snowshoes in travelling the deep snow. Instead of standing hat| on its feet as most cats do this Sault cat uses the leg from uth| the knee down to carry it over the snow. This rabbit Cat beâ€"| may be added to the Sault wolf that will not bite and the thel Sault turkey that carries gold nuggets in its crop in place ind | of the stuff that is usually in turkeys‘ crops. The Sault the! masterpiece, however, for imagination and absurdity is the { Agricultural preducts, including wheat, flour, fruit, etc., g totalled $188,483,035. ; Forest products, including wood, pulp and paper, totalled | $157,686,002. , i _ Factory products, including $20,000,000 for automobiles, ‘ $19,000,000 for whiskey, $14,000,000 for chemical products, | reached a total of $113,231,614. | â€"The total Canadian exports for the fiscal year ending Nov, | 30th, 1934. were $737,209,164. Of this total mine products represented 27 per cent, more, varielies ol un tainly, few sections of wild flowers and pla: their natural state ea« mins. The banks of im pt pleas full for C beauty and North dces not enjoy Here botany might might be extended t for having more rose dandelions. Some years azgo Miss Marsh, the noted Canadian lover of birds. visited Timmins, and queried one local resident one winter day on the number of different species of birds in this part of the North. "There are very few birds in the North in the winter," was the reply. From the train window Miss Marsh pointed out scores of different types of birds, from hawks to snowbirds, regular winter resident of the North. Botanists could give similar style of reply to anyone who would thoughtlessly suggest that vegetation in the North is limited. There are people who look upon the North as a land of stunted pine and muskeg, but the truth is that it is a land where flowers and plants flasurish in their season and where vegetation, instead of being limited, has someâ€" thing of the abundance and georgeous interest of the tropics, Hon. Arthur Meigh tawa Canadian Club being., ‘"The Greatest Column on the editoriai of a letter addressed to h But isn‘t the mistake i the government maintair columnists? y m mall P P OAAA PP P stt ult ate. lt ult e se uim m sn it GRAVEL AND SANDâ€"AND PLACER A few months agz tha V. McAree, the gentler mn <n the editorial page letter addressed to him at isn‘t the mistake in the verybo¢ marchnes on! about the Diont of the d MINES LEAD IN EXPORTS blic scandal ibo utiful wild ro:i e. The petals ither bouguet: short distance ie North has enjoyed more or less fame inction of having no potato bugs. The y a similar freedom from noxious weeds. take another practical turn and study to the consideration of ways and means es and ‘jess thistles, more lawns and less the S eneral opinion was that despitt nan who writes the Fourth of The Mail and Empire, tells . "Mimico," instead of Toronto. > address justifiable? Doesn‘t ecial institution at Mimico for joke about the father who cutting its first tooth. The newspapers are telling the uplets getting ready to cut ipie Lake Superior as a rout? the mining industry people to the effect Mining kept certain industries were dorâ€" THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO Ask More Humanity in Economic System More Coâ€"operation and Less Selfishness a n d Greed Needed to Make the Sysâ€" tem of Right Value to Mankind. "initiative and intelligence in employâ€" ing it productively." Now. I desire to express my very serious doubt that much, if any, Opportunity really exâ€" isted in the past several years, or even toâ€"day, for persons to join the role of bscoming an employer; except by way of perhaps purchasing some unfortunâ€" ate person‘s business at one of the many mortgage sales. Only the rashâ€" est of rash individuals would have attempted to commence in a new, busiâ€" n:ss venture during the past s’/eral yéars; aftsr reading the many acâ€" counts of bankruptcies. I greatly reâ€" gret I am forced to the belief, that it is common knowledge, that initiative has been receiving the most terrific shock, in both the young and matured womanhood and manhood of Canada, and Other Christian countries; during the past several years. Continuing still further Mr. Valentine writes, in part:â€"*"Capitalism faces the facts of existence and successfully adapts itself to them." My opinion is the present systemâ€" which has been the system for some years pastâ€"has not, and, does not yet successfully adapt itself to the facts of existence; otherwise the overdose of selfishness, on one hand, and the stingâ€" ing pain Oof distress, through porverty the fact that Hon. R. B. Bennett had done a great Canada, despite the fact that he had guided and the country through the depression with notable â€" spite the fact that history will rate him as One of Canada‘ outstanding statesmen, still the chances were that he woul zo down to defeat in the ccming election, because of the fac that people always get their Irish up in dark days and yot against the government. All that is changed now, howeve! There are two reasons for the return to popular favour C Premier Bennett. One is Premier Hepburn in Ontario, an the other is the courage and resource shown by Premie Bennett in the announcement of the new policy and plat on which he dares to stand or fall. Toâ€"day Hon. *R. I Bennett looks like a popular winner. The Toronto Star in a recent artitle said‘:â€" bUuLb a UA dred thousand dollars is a hundred thousand dollars." This is a startling admission for The Star. Previously it all} deâ€" pended on circumstances whether a hundred thousand dolâ€" lars was a hundred thousand dollars or not. _ A hundred thousand dollars expended by the Henry Government would be "nearly an eighth of a million dollars of the people‘s wasted," while $100,000 spent by the Hepburn Govâ€" j 104 Elm Street North, Timmins, Ontario, January 21st, 1935 some CIMC | POLâ€" HUOUC, UU Ek IG LLCL. L ALLAAAN y . L4 MAKEAANM ENC NT Grenville| in The Advance; space which The article on | Advance kindly granted me a few weeks irds to Mr.gbefore my writing to the Dominion s embodied, House of Commons. Almost by return m, as they | mail I received a reply stating that my vn thoughts!| request would be put befOore the House Mr. Valenâ€"| of Commons, for consideration, at the e influencâ€"| earliest opportunity. gest that a Mr. Valentine, further writes in his snA nA nrizea|eseqvc.â€"_"Whyv its value as an instituâ€" on the other hand, would be the "unâ€" known quantitics" in the equation of cur inheritance of British fair play. ‘Mr. â€" Valentine further writes:â€" "Capitalism, as we know it, calls fo: living wages for labour and returns for capital,. For safe, sanitary conditions for the toiler; safe; stable conditions for the invester. For preâ€" servation of iabour‘s selfâ€"respect and ; ecnservation of capnital‘s vested rights. burn in Ontario, an e shown by Premif new policy and pla! servation of iabour‘s selfâ€"respect and eccnservation of capital‘s vested rights." May I, in referring to the living wages item, hazard my opinion that the want of living wages has, and is, the worst grievance against the system to which I refér. HMHundreds of thousands have nCt been receiving living wages, and through this want, many thousands have been forced to forsake their selfâ€" respect by jeing forced into pauperism. Ten months ago, the writer wrote to the Dominion House of Commons reâ€" questing that consideration be given towards instituting a Minimum â€" Fair Wages Bill for the entire Dominion of Canada. I extracted the figures, which Canada. I extracted the figures, which I mentioned in my letter, from comâ€" ments which appeared in the editor‘s fontâ€"note, to a letter of mine, published in The Advance; space which The Advance kindly granted me a few weeks beforse my writing to the Dominion House of Commons. Almost by return Mr. Valentine, further writes in MS i / i + '-;cayuâ€"-"Whyniis value as an sinsl*ituâ€" candidates likely in the riding of Sturâ€" tionâ€"(mcaning capitalism)â€"should be %fo.l‘l FE;HS; I\.h'plssing' tt(l)l talt{fii s plz(iicev questioned is difficult to understand." ,1‘5 only fair to say at s . was chiefly to the soâ€"called enterprise of My opinion here is contrary to this thought of Mr. Valentine‘s; if weallow some newspapers who were enquiring on all sides as to what candidates curselves to totally ignore communist _ ‘ would be likely to be in the field. The and communism, I do not believe that _ capitalismâ€"as is outlined by Mr. Valâ€" president of the Liberal Association in entine in his essayâ€"has been, or ‘is | the Tiding refused Lo discuss the matâ€" questioned. What is questioned, is ter in any way. The president of the the brokenâ€"down, fragmentary, Conservative Association of the riding would say no more than that the party system of the past several years; which ' j has allowed, and is allowing yet, thouâ€" | WCuId have a candidate when the proâ€" sands of women and men to be denied | per time came, . The newspapers leatnâ€" a fair living wage; consequently they ed that C. R. Harrison, candidate for are denied the other necessities and | the Conservatives in the election last privileges that make up life to the! year, absolutely refused to consider beâ€" standard of human justice. ‘ing a candidate again at this time. God gave each individual life, the | The probable candidate for the Conserâ€" inheritance to a proper living on this | vatives could nct be learned through carth of His Own Creation. Let no| all the questioning. On the Liberal man pull asunder that which God hath |side it is understsod that the possible done. Let us pray that out of chaos | candidates . include:â€"Mayor Y G. may come the system which will reâ€" Bullbrook, of North Bay; J. H. Marâ€" ward all Humanity with Health; |ceau, who was member under the Drury deal for * ernment would guarded deâ€" In a list of th preside mins a in the realization oj these reâ€" sonrcesâ€"and now is particiâ€" pating in the development of Canada‘s newest source ¢f wealthâ€" Tonurist Trade â€"through Good Highways. CANADA‘S NATURAL RESOURCES *"‘Canada‘s Biggest Cook" has assisted and is assisting Agriculture rurs Fisheries Forests Minerals Hydroâ€"Electric Power priV UI ind U follow <pi , Troquoi: hink I w IM 11 Even before the funeral of Theodore Logault, was over there was talk of the candidates likely in the riding of Sturâ€" geon Fallsâ€"Nipissing to take his place. It is cnly fair to say that this was due chiefly to the soâ€"called enterprise of some newspapers who were enquiring on all sides as to what candidates would be likely to be in the field, The president of the Liberal Association in the riding refused to discuss the matâ€" ter in any way. The president of the Conservative Association of the riding would say no more than that the party weuld have a candidate when the proâ€" per time came. The newspapers learnâ€" ed that C. R. Harrison, candidate for the Conservatives in the election last vyear, absolutely refused to consider beâ€" ing a candidate again at this time. The probable candidate for the Conserâ€" vatives could nct be learned through all the questioning. On the Liberal side it is understsod that the possible candidates include:â€"Mayor W. G. _2E _ ces t es mm t 4 1 | Falls ‘andidates Suggested for Sturgeonâ€"Nipissing Seat Thanki m. for IMPERIAL BAanNn OF CANADA IMMINS . * sSOUTH PORCUPINE n The elf ier Hepburnâ€"*"What! Two tion have resigned at Timâ€" Liberal Association has reâ€" 11 over the party patronage $80.,.000 invested wisely KiwWat very sincerely, William Stewart Advance, in anticipaâ€" uable space for my wanis clubs in Ontario, the Kiwanis magazine, Lakeâ€"Commenced supâ€" ‘hool age." It would be | Lake had no supply 0f at it received through was anly a slip!©What Kirkland Lake Kiwanis ed children with milk. soth the Kirkland Lake reat work for the comâ€" ecial note, even if the those slips that are the jee and the delight 0i and Contentedâ€" "CANADA‘S NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE MUSCLE AND BRAWN OF HER MEN" Canadian men, backed by Canadian capâ€" ital, discovered and proved and are workâ€" ing Canada‘s gold mines in day and night shifts. In producing gold from the earth they are not only helping to provide capâ€" ital for Canadian industry but are augmentâ€" ing Canada‘s prestige among nations. Since 1914, recognized as the leading camp caterers of the Dominion, "Canada‘s Biggest Cook" has played his part in Can:â€" ada‘s great mining industry by serving the men of the mines. The regular supply, the cooking and the serving of strengthening, satisfying food, the continual improveâ€" ment of housing conditions in the camps, and the relieving of busy executives from the details of maintenance, has constituted the service of Crawley and McCracken. Thus, it is with no little pride that "Canâ€" ada‘s Biggest Cook" claims the distinction of having done his part in serving the men who sweat and labour to develop for Canâ€" ada the wealth of her mineral resources. Canapa‘s mineral wealthâ€"particularly in the production of gold, rapidly outstripâ€" ping all her other natural resourcesâ€"has caught and is holding the immediate atâ€" tention of the world. CRAWLEY McCRACKEN COMPANY, LIMITED Time after time fire or burglary has totally destroged paper wealth. Put your paper wealth beyond danger in a Safety Box in an Imperial Bank of Canada Safety Deposit Vault The cost is less than 2¢ per day. PAPER WEALTH NEEDS STEEL‘S PROTECTION Toaronto Coechrane regime; Philip Lamothe, Mattawa; and L. P. Levesque, Sturgeon Falls. The matter of the date of the byâ€" clection to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Legault is a matter to be decided by Premier Hepburn and his Cabinet. ‘Theo, Legault, M.LA., died very sudâ€" denly at a meeting in Queen‘s Park last week, death being due to coronary thrombosis. Mr. Legault was in Toâ€" ronto with other members from the North discussing the matter of patronâ€" age in connection with the T. N. O. Chairman Mac Lang and General Manâ€" ager Cavanagh have held to the opinâ€" ion that the T. N. 0. should be conâ€" ducted with the idea of business prinâ€" cipies and the service of the public, while some of the members and a group cf other party men appeared to think that every official possible should be discharged to make positions for party friends. Both sides seemed to stick to their guns in the argument at the meeting, but the tragic death of Mr. Legault stcpped all argument in the common sorrow at his untimely end. THURSDAY, JANUARY 34TH, 1935 OLDâ€"FAsSHIONED TEA, SALE, AND DISPLAY OF ANTIQUES An event of spscial interest is the "Oldâ€"Fashioned Tea, Sale Oof Home Cooking and Display of Antiques," to be held in the basement of the United Church, Timmins, on Saturday of this week, Jan. 26th, from 3 to 6 p.m., under th> auspices of the Fireside Clubo. Port Arthur London a certain amount of work for the unâ€" employed and several men from the municipalities in this district have been taken on during the past few days. som» from Haileybury have gone to a camp near Wilson Lake and others exâ€" pect to be given work as further camps are operned. The men are being given a certain number of days work each month and the plan is to spread it over as large a number of men as possible." The Halileyburnian last week says:â€" "Road camps on the Ferguson Highâ€" way, at different points between Coâ€" balt and North Bay, are now providing HIGHWAY ROAD CAMPS NOW PROVIDING RELIEF WORK St., Mary‘s Journalâ€"Argus:â€"A lady was anxiously looking for her husband and inquired of the housemaid: "Do you happen to know anything of your master‘s whereabouts? "I‘m not sure, mum," said the careful domestic, "but I think they are in the wash," H. C., SCARTH, Manager F. E. COOPER, Manager North Bay Montreal