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Ask Local Committee Compensation Cases In order to get a property out of the hands of a partnership, the present tenant of a asked that the town allow him to rernain in the house and do some renovating until the property was entered in a tax sale when he intended to buy it in. He is at present registered as part owner of the place. "We should receive taxes if the proâ€" perty is there." said the mayor. The question will be talked over at a priâ€" vate meeting. A strong letter was received from a number of taxi stand owners in the town requesting that the council reâ€" fuse Brunette‘s Taxi the privilege of buying a taxi stand on Spruce street near the station. The council seemed willing to agree with this but Mr. Barâ€" tleman asked that it be held over. A petition was received from the Finnish hall asking that wood be supâ€" plied for heating the hall, where sinâ€" gle unempleoved are allowed to sleep. Sshow Coming in June A letter.from the Canadian Legion indicated that Conklin‘s Shows have been invited to come to Timmins unâ€" der the auspices of the Legion in June. Mr. Bartleman asked that the town‘s decision be left over until the next meeting in order to meet Mr. Neame and request that gambling at the show be reduced or cut out entirely. There were a number of complaints received last vear. (Continued from Page One) department when they left the house so that the service was frozen, but it had been turned off immediately nctiâ€" fication was given. plied for heating the hall, where sinâ€" gle unemplcyed are allowed to sleep. It was claimed that expenses had been increased and that unless the town helped out they might have to refuse Robin Hood Flour WE SAVE YOU MONEY EVERY DAY Specials for Friday and Saturday Aromatiece Cascara Log Cabin, Assorted Chocolates, per Ib. . ......... ... St. Denis Soap, regular $1.00 box, special, 3 cakes ... . Jean Nolan Hand Lotion, reg. $1.00, per bottle ... ... New Large Pepsodent Tooth Paste ........ ... ... LAisterine Tooth Paste ...................... 25¢ and Palmolive Shaving Cream Giant Kruschenâ€"Salts ..............;.... 69¢ Fno‘s Fruit Salts ............. 47¢ and 79¢ Malt Extract and Cod Liver OM sAAA i ais en s sc nÂ¥ ie 69¢ and 98¢ Kelpâ€"Aâ€"Malt Tablets .................... 98c Woodbury Tooth Powder .............. 23¢ Wine of Cod Liver Oil Noxzema Cream, reg. 85c Russian Mineral Oil Phone Curtis Drug Co. A speaker to the covering letter acâ€" cused the relief officials of "discriminâ€" atian" in the handing out of meal tickets to the single unemployed. Mayor Richardson assured the delegaâ€" tion that any real resident of the town would be looked after in the usual manner. Suggests Compensation Committee The question of establishing a comâ€" mittee to advise the Workmen‘s Comâ€" pensation Board in Toronto of local cases was brought forward by Counâ€" cillors Bartleman and Chateauvert, and was considered a most important one. The proposed committee would have representatives of employers, employees and municipal cfficers and would get detailed information on doubtful cases in connection with injured workmen or those dying from industrial diseases. Council was unanimous in the deâ€" sire that it be established and letters will be written to government officials asking that it be dong. P. J. Gibbons wrote applying for the privilege to sell soft drinks and ice cream at the tourist camp. â€" The counâ€" cil referred it to the board of works. Ask Money for Delegates A letter signed by the Ukrainian Temple and the Finnish Association asked that the council provide funds to send two delegates to the gatherâ€" ing cof unemployed at Ottawa on Feb. 18th when a "free unemployment inâ€" surance bill"} will be presented to Prime Minister R. B. Bennett for conâ€" sideration. In lieu of this they asked that the council allow them to collect msney for the purpose by a tag day. Council refused both requests. The police "black maria" will be laid up until the purchase of a new one is authorized at some future date. ‘The upkeep is becoming tco heavy, it was stated. The price of $11.50 a ton on a carload of western coal was accepted. This is men the privilege of sleeping there. The mayor felt that they should be helped since they were doing a good service to the ccmmunity. The town has aided during the past two or three years 59c and 89¢ 6 M 25¢ 79¢ Williams‘ Shaving Cream West‘s Tooth Paste Phillips‘ Pure Live Yeast Tablets .......................o00¢ and $1.00 Bucklev‘s Cough Syrup....40¢ and 75¢ Blue Jay Corn Plasters . Colgate‘s Soaps, per cake Palmolive Soap ................. 16 Pine St. North Ashes of Roses Face Powder and Free bottle Perfume ‘oty‘s Face Powder orn Plasters A single man, recently ill and still suffering from what is supposed to be a stomach tumeor, may become a charge on the town. He had no other home than Timmins, though he has been away from here for some time, having been in Montreal for a year, Rouyn for some months at a later date, and just a month or so ago sentenced to a jail term here for selling liquor. the third carload the town has used this winter. It was decided to hcld a closed meetâ€" ing of the council at 7.30 Monday night Neither the public nor the press will be admitted, as usual, despite the obâ€" jection of Mr. Bartleman. School Children Need Clothing Some children in Timmins are being kept from school because they have inâ€" sufficient clothing, according to A. G. Carson, superintendent of the Childâ€" ren‘s Aid Society. Some have so little clothing that they arrive at school with frozen hands or feet in cold weather. He stated that the scciety had done about all it could in the way of filling this need but that the supply of seâ€" cond hand clothing here is almost exâ€" hausted and they could not buy new clothing for all needy cases. Mayor in touch with Mr. Dunn about cases he considered to be in dire need Of clothing. Mayor Jas. Simpson of Toronto is to visit North Bay on Saturday and will speak at the Trinity Church Men‘s Club dinner on Saturday evening. He will also be given a civic luncheon by Maycr Bullbrook and the members of the North Bay council at noon. He will be given opportunity to enjoy a game of curling if he wishes. He will return ta Toronto after the dinner Satâ€" urday evening. MAYOR JAS. sSIMPSON TO VISIT NORTH BAY sSATURDAY cakes . .. .50¢ ttle .. .. ..306¢ .......... 39¢ 25e and 39¢ WE SAVE YOU MONEY EVERY DAY 2 for 1 for 19¢ is milled from the finest Selected Hard Spring Wheat THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO "Because of the difficulty encounterâ€" ed in the sinking of the winze and the opening up of the ore bodies in the north zone of the property no further effort was made during the year 1934 to sink the main shaft as the manageâ€" ment desires a further study of the vein system before proceeding. this level at a later date. "A substantial body of cre encountâ€" ergd in the No. 7 vein, north area of the property, made it advisable to conâ€" struct a haulage drift directly from this ore body to the vicinity of the winze station and two Mancha locomotives and additional twoâ€"ton mining cars were purchased and are now in operâ€" ation. Although the ore in this area has not been definitely proven One mine manager has estimated that there is possible and probable cre from the surface to the 800â€"foot level in the No. 7 zone amounting to 369,000 tons with an assay value of $8.80, giving a total value of $3,247,200.00, valued at $20.67 per ounce. "The management has decided to defer a part of its development costs to the year 1935 as it is anticipated that the recoveries will materially inâ€" crease during the year 1935, the reâ€" coveries during the month of Decemâ€" yer, 1934., having been the largest for any month during the year,. "The winze was placed in Operation in the early part of 1934 from the 600â€" foot level to the 1000â€"fcot level but ccnsiderable difficulty has ‘been enâ€" ccuntired with unusual pressure of soft rock on the winze frame from the 875â€" foot level to the 1000â€"foot level and the management intends to abandon this part of the winze as a safety element. However, crossâ€"cutting and drifting has already taken place on the 1000â€"foot level, enabling the company to utilize The report by Edward G. Kinkel, managing director, continues as folâ€" lows:â€""During the year 1934, Revere P. Kinkel acted as assistant to the managing director and was recently appointed assistant treasurer of the ecCcmpany. Mr. R. P. Kinkel spsnds practically his entire time at the proâ€" perty. "In December, 1934, over $2,000.60 in precipitates were stolen from the mill, which theft was covered by insurance and which loss has been paid. The actual average tonnage treated during the year per day was 345.6, the report says, and the tons treated per 24 hours running time were 363.8. The daily average during the year 1933 was 321 tons, the average daily during the month of Novemer was 401 tons. Balance as per balance sheet, $103,â€" 229.49. The ‘second annual report for the year 1934 notes that during November, 1934, the company employed the serâ€" vices of Charles L. Hershman as conâ€" sulting engineer and after the compleâ€" tion of his report retained him as mine manager, Martin Kuntson leaving the company‘s employ. The annual report of the Buffalo Ankerite Gold Mines, Limited, has just been sent out to shareholders, Acâ€" companying the report is a notice of the annual meeting to be held in Bufâ€" falo, N.Y., on Feb. 21st. On the same day there is also to be a general special mecting of shareholders to consider a byâ€"law to change the head office of the company from the city of Toâ€" ronto to the township of Deloro where the property is located. The annual report covers the period ending Dec. 31st, 1934. It deals with the financial affairs of the company as well as the progress at the mine. In the profit and loss statement, credits are shown at $253,915.82, and debits at $28,906.13, leaving a net profit for the year before dsprication and developâ€" ment charge of $225,009.69. The earnings of the mine, gold bulâ€" lion recovery, including premium, are given as $707,118.72. Against this are costs of production, mining, milling power, supervision, insurance, taxes ctc., etc., $468,668.41, leaving a gross profit of $238,450.31 from mining operâ€" ations. The Earned Surplus Statement as at Dec. 31st, 1934, is as follows:â€" Balance at credit, Dec. 31st, 1934 $89,727.97; add balance transferred from profit and loss statement before depresentation and development writeâ€" off, $225,009.69; making a total of $314,â€" 737.66. 16 4 Less development written off, $65,â€" 641.35; depreceiation, $46,987.73; diviâ€" dends paid, $89,371.77; provision for income tax and contingencies, $9,507.32; total, $211,508.17. Satisfactory Report by the Buffaloâ€"Ankerite A despatch from Toronto says that Premier Hepburn on Monday revealed why the Department of Highways inâ€" sisted that all motor car licenses be purchased by the end Of January. There were two obligations to be met by the government Feb. 1, one a $5,â€" 000,000 issue in treasury bills and the other a $5,000,000 debenture issue. The Department of Highways handâ€" sd over to the treasury during Januâ€" ary $3,541,000 and since then the total was augmented by $400,000. That was why he insisted markers be purchased by the end of the month, he added. It is the intention of the company to carry out a large programme consistâ€" ing chiefly of short holes to test the numerous veins uncovered on surface and from which encouraging values were secured. The first hole, which is spotted to cut the free gold vein at a depth of about 50 feet, is expected ts be completed this week. WHY MOTOR LICENSES WERE PRESSED FOR COLLECTION Diamond drilling has commenced cn the property of Woman River Gold Mines, Limited, in Matachewan, acâ€" cording to the secretary, C. E. Bond. DIAMOND DRILLING STARTS AT THE WOMAN RIVER MINE our ment Twentyâ€"six Rinks Entered in Curling Club Event. First Round to be Comâ€" peted in Toâ€"Nights Play. Only Two Rinks Get Byes "The attached report of the mine manager and accountants show another successful year for the company and indicate a much better year during 1935. With 104 curlers entered, play for the McIntyre trophy at the Timmins Curling Club will begin toâ€"night. All rinks but one will play in either of the two szries of games scheduled for this evening. Following is the result of the draw: a. Drew ‘(sklip), H. Scarthe, A. â€"FP. McDowell, M. Florence. G..FP. Black (skip), Dr. C. E. Taylor, F. Powell, U. S. Annett. A. W. Pickering (skip) N. J. LKaâ€" man, W. R. Dodge, W. Blais. J. _m, ‘Todd ~(skip), G. N. Ross, J. Worthington, A. Luxton. 5. A. Caldbick (skip), J. H. Skelly, Chas. Brown, A. Vachon. A. R. Harkness (skip), Dr J. A. Mcâ€" Innis, F. Dwyer, G. Mondoux. W. R. Rinn (skip), Art. Tomkinson, W. Burns, C. Desaulniers. A. E. Cain (skip),R,. J. Taylor, E. L Reid, A. Houle. to the individual companies. "During the fiscal year 1934, this sompany also purchased 50,000 shares f Marbuan Gold Mines, Ltd., which vour board considered a good investâ€" Mcintyre Cup Play Beginning Toâ€"Night "The directors take this opportunâ€" ty of expressing their appreciation to Charles Hershman and his staff for the work they are doing to make this proâ€" jerty a further success." Drew vs Black Pickering vs Todd. Caldbick vs Harkness Rinn vs Cain Ostrosser vs McCoy Graham vs Ramsay. 9.00 O‘clock Dr; Langdon vs Hill Regan vs Ecclestone Lowe vs Munroe Lawlor vs Eyre Jamieson vs White Brough vs Carson Amm, Arscott, byes. L W From St. Clairsville, Ohio, comes the story that a baffling disease partially diagnosed as "creeping paralysis‘"‘ conâ€" tributed to the death of John Dietrich, 15, the third and last son of Mr. and Mrs. George Dictrich to be claimed by Semiâ€"Weekly Review of News in General "painlessly" at a distance of a few hunâ€" dred yards has been built by R. C. Chadfield, inventor and lecturer at the art and technical college. Eventually the machine may also be used for the determination of the sex of an unborn child. Hcward Burbridge and Albert Prince were sentenced to seven years each in the penitentiary upon conviction of hiâ€" jacking a motor truck loaded with cigarettes last October near Napanee and taking the crew of three to a cotâ€" tage near Fergus where they were held. Payment of "sweatshop" wage scales and employment of child labor are to become criminal offences carrying heavy pena‘ties, if Parliament adopts the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Price Spreads and Mass Buying. Despatches from New Bedford, Mass., say that hope had all but vanished Tuesday night for three Cape Verde packets which cleared last November for a group of islands off the African coast and have since remained unâ€" repcrted. All are well overdue. Their fate is linked with that of 60 men, women and children who made up the and passenger lists of the three ancient schooners. The trial of Harold W. Vermilyea, charged at Belleville, Ont., with the murder of his mother Mrs. Aurelia last October, started this week. Mr. Justice NicOol Jeffrey is the presiding judge. It is said that insanity may be brought forward as a defence in the case. According to a despatch from Leiâ€" cester, England, a new and powerful ray machine which is reported to kill The second session of Nova Scotia‘s 17th legislature since confederation will 3e cpened on Tuesday, March 5th, Premier Angus L, Macdonald annountâ€" ed on Tuesday evening following a sabinet meeting. Items of Interest from Far and Near. Special Notes on Happenings of the Day There was a Clock Without Face or Hands .... "If they take the time and trouble they can," was the response. in a shop window. It appeared to be runâ€" ning, so the merchant was asked why he kept it there. "It keeps perfect time," he replied. "But how can you tell the time without han,ds or face?" "I figured that out by the position of the wheels and springs," said the merchant. "But other people can not figure out the time from such a clock!" Of course, the people did not figure it out, but depended on other clocks that told them the time conveniently. There was a in advertising. "People can see my stocks and values, if they just take the time and trouble to visit my store," he said. But, of course, people do not bother that way. Why should they waste time studying "wheels and springs" when they can conâ€" veniently select their needs from the an: nouncements in The Advance, and save money, time and trouble. a merchant who did not believe THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 14TH Mr. Jekell has had experience with Hcllinger and Wrightâ€"Hargreaves, and has lately been associated. with the T. H. Rea interests The 75â€"ton mill is said to be operating at part capacity. The company is working narrow highâ€" grade shoots on the adit plan. the malady Influenza, aggravated by the disease which twisted his body grotesquely, caused his death five days after his brother, Glenn, 16, died of the paralysis. A. W. Jeckell has gone in to the North Shores Gold. Mines property with a commission to reorganize the operation with a view to greater effiâ€" ciency,. according to a report from Schreiber. The Navigation Company established on Lake Temagami by Captain Fred Marsh, of Midland, and the late Oderic R. Perron, of Mattawa, and known as the Perron and Marsh Navigation Company, has been sold to J. R. Sproat of Temagami, who has been manager for the company in the past few years. It will bo known under the new ownerâ€" ship as the Temagami Boat Company Limited. Norman Rogers, one of the professors at Que>n‘s University, Kingston, has been chosen by the Liberals of Kingâ€" ston and Portsmouth as their candiâ€" date for the next Pederal election. A majority refunding Ooperation for the present year which will involve approximately oneâ€"fourth of the railâ€" way debt of the Dominion is heralded in a Government motion placed on the House of Commons order paper toâ€"day by Hon. Dr. R. J. Manion, minister of railways. The intention of the Govâ€" ernmnt‘s part which the resolution reveals is to secure for that portion of the national railway debt which is due advantage of the current low rates of money as compared with that which ruled at the time at which these seâ€" curities were issued. Holland may be asked to be included in the European aerial defence league as the alternative against becoming another Belgium or being a noâ€"man‘sâ€" land under fighting aeroplanes in the next war, it was learned toâ€"day. J. R. Sproat Takes Over Temagami Navigation Co. NORTH SHORES MINES AIM AT GREATER EFFICIENCY 19