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"It‘s true enough," said the letter writer. "The police have done well in the matter, but there‘s much yet to be done to assure safety for the pubâ€" lic." The letter writer than commented on the success of the police in ridding the town of the disorderly houses and the blindpigs that were threatening to attain standing and strength enough to be more difficult to remove later. It was pointed out to the thoughtful citizen writing the letter that what was really needed was general support of the police in the deterâ€" mination to make the town safe and lawâ€"abiding. The police can go only‘a certain distance beyond general public opinion in the enforcement of the law. In the matter of cleaning out the disorderly houses and the blindpigs there was a solid public opinion behind them. People were alive to the evident danger that the vice rings would so estabâ€" lish themselves as to be difficult to dislodge. Timmins has never allowed vice to gain the upper hand in town. There was generous public support for the chief and his men in weeding out the criminal element attempting to gain control here. The police will be able to make the town Ssafe for trafic.just as it has been made clean, if there s equal public support. Public sympathy in law enforcement, however, is essential. To The Adâ€" vance it appears that the police have been trying to educate the public to observe traffic laws. Prosecutions have been made only in more serious Then the writer of the letter proceeds to critiâ€" cize the police because they have not done more. "Are the police aware of how many cars there are in this district with iicense plates so covered with mud and dust that the letters are quite indisâ€" tinguishable?" "Do the police notice the cars driving at night without proper lights?" "Why are not all the overcrowded cars checked up?" "Is there to be no regard for speed limits in town?" These are some of the questions asked by the writer of the letter. It was shown to the writer of the letter that dirty license plates have been consistently checked up; that the police never fail to stop any driver whose car lacks any of the required lights at night; that there have been many prosecutions for overcrowding of cars, no less than three of them last week; that the police court news proves how persistently the police have kept after the speeders and reckless drivers in this town. cases or where the law was flagrantly disobeyed. At least this seemed to be the case until the wholeâ€" sale prosecutions this week for failing to stop at an intersection in Moneta. It is doubtful if the police would have made this wholesale prosecuâ€" tion had it not been for complaints that cars were "running wild" at this intersection. According to the writer of the letter one of the councillors was on the scene at the time and saw how the stop sign was disregarded. Wholesale prosecuâ€" tions are only justified on rare occasions. This seems to have been such an occasion, though it was undoubtedly more or less of a hardship on many who did not realize the danger to the peâ€" destrian when every car does not stop at a stop sign. The pedestrian is inclined to trust to the stop sign and if the motorist does not obey the sign the result is likely to be tragedy. Motorists have all sorts of excuses for not always stopping at the stop signs, but from the pedestrian‘s point of view the stop sign calls for invariable obserâ€" vance or it is worse than useless. The first paragraph of the letter referred to has been noted. It may be well to quote the conâ€" cluding paragraph:â€""Do the police or the counâ€" cil think it unfair to set traps? Nothing is unfair to those who are consistently and knowingly breakâ€" ing the law, and are a menace to themselves and others! Clean them up! All thoughtful citizens and sane motorists,â€"Oof which they are a few,â€" will welcome and even give assistance, to put these drivers behind bars, where the greater majority of them should be, rather than behind the wheel of a car,â€"at least till they get sense enough to know that safety first and a consideraâ€" Canadaâ€"$2.00 Per Year w TIMMIXS, ONTARIO Members Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association; Ontarioâ€" Quebe: Newspaper Association; Class "A" Weekly Group OFFICE 26â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"~â€"PHONESâ€"â€"â€"â€"â€"RESIDENCE 70 Published Every Monday and Thursday by: GEO LAKE, Owner and Publisher Subscription Rates: Timmins, Ont., Thursday, May 23rd, 19: on for others is far more preferable than a craze Che Yorrupite Aduance UPHOLD THE POLICE Uniteq Statesâ€"$3.00 Per Yeatr When J. J. Kelso founded the Children‘s Aid movement over forty years ago, his love for childâ€" ren led him to instil as a basic principle of Childâ€" ren‘s Aid work that every child should have a good home. If the child‘s own home was not good, make it good, was the J. J. Kelso idea, and if that home could not or would not improve, or if the child was without home at all, then secure a new and a good home for the child. In the work of the Children‘s Aid that is one of the most difficuit tasksâ€"securing homes for children that need them. Hon. Mr. Croll has recognized the fact and has adopted the "Adoptâ€"aâ€"Baby Week," in the hope that many of the youngsters now wards of the Children‘s Aid may be adopted into good homes and so have so much better chance for the best in life. Next week is "Adoptâ€"aâ€"Baby Week"â€"a special week suggested by Hon. David Croll, Minister of Welfare for Ontario, to be set aside for particular thought in regard to the homeless and underâ€" privileged babies of the province. _ It was Mark Twain in his famous response to the toast, "To the Babies," who said that this is the place where all meet on common ground. Everybody is interestedâ€"must be interestedâ€"in babies. They appeal to the sentimentalist for there is nothing more lovable than a baby. They are important to the patriot, for the future of the country depends upon the babies of toâ€"day; to the business men, for it is good business, even from the selfish standpoint, to care for the children; to the religiousâ€"minded, for the greatest religions of the world centre round the child. and lives endangered. The reckless driver comâ€" plains that effort is wasted on traffic law enforceâ€" ment while blindpigs and brothels flourish. â€" So it goes. The police know all this and they know how to discount the various appeals of this sort. Chief Paul, Deputy Chief Salley and all the men of the present force are evidently making earnest and keen effort to give balanced and reasonable law enforcement and full protection to the public. The Advance is saying once more:â€""Give the police fair and full support." In emphasizing the benefits to the child in seâ€" curing a needed home, Hon. Mr. Croll has not overlooked the fact that the home that takes a child into its fold will also find great measure of joy and contentment. The successful working of the "Adoptâ€"aâ€"Baby Week" means double jJoyâ€" joy to the child that finds a home, and joy to the home that finds the child. In the words of the great English poet, John Masefield:â€" "For he who gives a child a treat "Makes joybells ring in Heaven‘s street, "But he who finds a child a home "Builds palaces in Kingdom Come." In a restaurant in a Western town some yEears ago there was a sign:â€"‘"The bank doesn‘t sell soup! We don‘t cash cheques!" The principle suggested is a good one, but, unfortunately, as Shakespeare might have said had be lived in this present age:â€""Thus competition â€"does make suckers of us all."‘ Merchants who are strictly upâ€" toâ€"date and thrifty in most ways still in the desire not to allow any business to escape from them will cash cheques for strangers or for doubtful acquaintances where they would never dream of risking a much smalléer amount of cash. How often has a merchant admitted the losses from cheques cashed in too optimistic a frame of mind! The Advance believes that the large majority| of motorists are sane and sensible. The great| majority of them are anxious to observe the law and to give other motorists and the public the fairest sort of a deal. A few good fellows by | thoughtless action or misguided ideas may err ocâ€" casionally, but will be ready to fall into line on the right side when their mistake is shown them. Once it is shown that public opinion requires the strictest observance of the traffic laws for the public safety, there will be little difficulty. For months past The Advance has been urging in another way what the writer of the letter now appears to advocate. The Timmins police force have made a good job of cleaning up the blind pigs and disorderly houses. Petty thieving has been curbed in very effective way. More serious crimes have been dealt with in most efficient manner. Recently the police have centred their efâ€" forts on making the town as safe as possible for traffic. Is it not fair and reasonable to suggest that the police deserve support in this more than criticism or faultâ€"finding? It is well to note that a more or less free hand must be given to the police department in the enforcement Of the law, because there are so many side issues that may be used against them. For instance, there is always the old game of the lawâ€"breaker in one line howling because the law is not observed or enforced in other lines. The blindpigger fairly dozes horror because the traffic laws are flouted Laws have been passed to protect business men and cthers from the fraudulent cheque, but nothâ€" ing short of the philosophy of the Western resâ€" taurant seems to offer any complete protectionâ€" to refuse to cash any cheques until the bank starts selling soup. A recent series of cases in town where imerâ€" chants waited long for returns from cheques cashed gives rise to these reflections, while at the for speed and a yearly accident toll that is apps ling." ABOUT CASHING CHEQUES "ADOPTâ€"Aâ€"BABY WEEEK ARIO al ‘Hon. W. A. Gordon | Leading Statesman "Canada is fortunate in having as Minister of Mines a practical mining man, the Hon. W. A. Gordon. He has a breadth of vision that far transcends the ordinary vision of the average poliâ€" tician. He represents first of all the people of Canada. He administers the Department Of Mines with the idea of developing our mines for ithe good of the people. He believes the mineral reâ€" sources of Canada are a heritage beâ€" longing to the people of Canada that must be administereq and developed for the common good. Hon. W,. A. Gordon, Minister of Mines, Minister of Labour and Minisâ€" ter of Inwnigration ang Colonization, in the present government at Ottawa, has won distinctiion and approval ali through Canada by his able work in the cabinet. It is, perhaps, true that he has received more recognition elseâ€" where in Canada than has been given him in his own sectionâ€"the North. Hon. Mr. Gordon is a real Northerner, has lived a lifetime in this cGuntry, loves the country and its people, and has worked in remarkable fashion for the advanc:ment of the country and its kading industryâ€"mining. Hon. Mr. Gordon has lived at Haileybury for a great many years and has given much of his strength and brilliance for the advancement of the district he repreâ€" sents in the Dominion Houss. As memâ€" ber for South Temiskaming he has taken a leading part in anything and everything concetning the welfare of the North. It may not be generally known that Hon. Mr. Gordon was one of the first to travel into the Porcuâ€" pine, He was in this part of the North before there was any Timmins and when there were only a few people at South Porcupine. He travelled this way as a prospector and in addition he grubstaked several others who came to this part of the North looking for gold . An article on the editorial page of a recent issue of The Orillia Newsâ€"Letâ€" ter has the following to say about Mr. Gordon :â€" "For the first time in our history we have a Minister Of Mines who realizes that mining is as important a natural resource as agriculture, lumbering, fisheries and the fur trade. He is this summer sending out nearly 200 small well organized parties under competent geologists to thoroughly examine promâ€" ising mineral areas in the North, so that prospectors may later go to a reâ€" gion where the geaological formations are favorable for the discovery of gold, silver or bass metals, With the inforâ€" mation thus obtained, thousands of our young men can later organize prospectâ€" ing parties and locate and stake mines that may make them wealthy. A thouâ€" sand dollars will finance two young men for a season‘s prospecting trip through Northern Canada. Nineâ€"tenths of Canada is a rocky, mineralâ€"bearing area that has hardly beenm scratched yet, and where hundreds of ri¢ch mines are waiting discovery by trained prosâ€" pectors who know what to 100k for and where to go. ‘Wesley Gordon comes from Haileyâ€" bury, where he had years of firstâ€"hand practical experience in the Cobalt minâ€" ing camp, and has followed clossly the development of the newer gold disâ€" coveries of the Porcupine, Kirkland Lake, and northâ€"western Queboc. He is ‘held in high esteem 5y the mining fraternity, and as a lawyer handled their most difficult mining legal work, making a name for himself that later led to his being called to Ottawa to take charge as Minister of Mines for Canada. There is no doubt that he had same time there is the case of Edward O‘Hara reâ€" cently arrested in London, Ont., on charges of passing fraudulent cheques. This man told the police quite boastfully that he expected the uthorities in a dozen cities and towns in the proâ€" vince to seek his return to their communities to stand trial for passing bogus cheques. He had served a term for issuing fraudulent cheques but had his term shortened because of the generosity of the parole authorities. "Generosity" is the idea he imputed to the parole people, but the general public can scarcely give it as favourable a name. O‘Hara apparently prides himself on his latest methods for defrauding merchants. He posed as a farmer and had a rather unusual method of approach and procedure. He claims that in one Western Ontario town he made $85.00 by cheque frauds in one day. The moral of the matter, acâ€" cording to this man, is summed up in his own words to the police:â€""The man who will cash a cheque for a stranger deserves what he gets." The Timmins police have made a splendid job of cleaning up the blindpigs, disorderly houses and other undesirable places. They have prevented further burglaries and petty thefts They have made an excellent start on making the streets safe for traffic. It might be a good idea to start in on some of the cheap gambling joints where The Blairmore, Alberta, Enterprise is very wrathy because there is an epidemic of dog poisoning at present in Blairmore. The Enterprise would not feel so badly in the matter if it were assured on good authority that the poison was put out to kill off the reds. too many young and foolish men are regularly deprived of a great part of their earnings, often by methods not at all scrupulous. Minister from the North has Vision, Energy and Abiliâ€" ty. Has Done Much for Mining and the North. GRAVEL AND SANDâ€"AND PLACER to make a personal sacrifice to drop his wOork in the northern mining counâ€" try, to go to Ottawa at a fraction of the income he formerly made in his law work serving the mining industry, but if he sacrificed his monsetary situaâ€" ticn, he has enbhanced his reputation as a statesman and public leader. His clarity on Dominion problems has brought rapid advancement and recogâ€" Tomato Juice Bee Hive Corn Syrup Peamcaled Cottage Rolls :.* is, 20c | Sliced Break Fresh Pork Tenderloins io. 28¢ | Peamealed B Loin Pork Roast is. 25¢ | Chuck Roast Shoulder Roast o. 13¢ | %.""" DRUR Fresh Caught Georgian Bay Trout Fresh Caught Mackere! Sweet Gherkins Fresh Pineapples for Preserving for the Weekâ€"end Attractive Price Peas, 2‘s Palmolive Soap, 3 cakes .................. 14¢ Princess Soap Flakes, per pkg......15¢ P.F:I. Potatocs:...;::........ per bag $1.05 Dutch Set Onions.................... 2 lbs. 23¢ Junket Powder, Asst. Flavours . MAAA i ic Z1¢ Weekâ€"End Meat and Fish Specials Navy Toilet Paper ROSE BRAND NATURE‘s BEST PURE GOLD irs ONTARIO WEEK The newspapers of the North have not been saying much about the radio situation in the last few weeks, but the fact still remains that the North needs a government radio relay station and will not be content with less. There is very deâ€" cided objection to accepting the present inadeâ€" quate service and still greater objection to the government permitting private monopoly to be fastened on the North in the matter of radio. In return for the radio fees paid the North expects and requires a government radio relay station so that radio programmes may be heard in the North as they are available to the people of the South who pay no more for radio licenses but receive much more in the way of service. The Toronto Mail and Empire refers to the late Senator John Lewis, formerly editorial writer for The Globe, as a "kindly, gentle soul." The desâ€" cription is a true one. Yet the character thus sugâ€" gested is certainly far from the popular conception of a newspaperman. A more or less prominent citizen was heard the other day making the startling suggestion that the town would lose $35,000 through the alleged frauds in connection with the relief work payâ€" rolls. Finally pressed into a corner as to where and how he secured his informationâ€"no stateâ€" ment being made by auditors, solicitors, council or other proper authoritieseâ€"the citizen admitted he had no real information, but that one man had told him the loss might be $17,000, or it might be $18,000, and so he added the two amounts to be on the safe side. So it goes! Hon. Mr. Hepburn can not be feeling very weil! He hasn‘t made a bad break for over a week. Well, the weather these days in the North is something to talk about, anyway! Thursday and Saturday, May 23rd and 25th ops niticn, and the Hon. W. A. Gordcn, now administers in addition to the Mines portfolio the D:â€"partments of Immigration and Ccolonization and the Department of Labour. As Minister of Labour, Wesley Gordon has charge of th: Relief administration of Canada and his tact and broad vision in relief administration has brought him public recognition as one of the leading pubâ€" Sliced Breakfast Bacon Chuck Roast "**~ DRUMSTICKS y Trout ue 140 Peamealed Back Bacon 16. 28¢ o. A3¢€ each SC io, 17€¢ io. 15¢ Quaker Cornflakes, 3 pkgs. ... Christies Fig Rolls, 2 Ibs............... Christies No. 49 Butter Wafers 6:07z., 2 DKYS. .... .:A Pari Sani Rolls W ax Paper, 2 rolls Welch‘s Grape Juice, med. bot...... MONARCH PASTEKY 10 ©%â€"oz2. 5 tins 25c ‘5 tin 17¢ 9‘s tin 359C lic statesmen of Canada, and has raised him to a position where he is being mentioned as the dark horse for the leadership of the Conservative party, if Premier Bennett is forced to retire through ill health. Wesley Gordon is one of the strong men of the Conservative administraâ€" ticn, and as he is a young man his reputation will continue to grow. carrying a ]nct, properl who was 1 fined $25 a The convic! before Ma cater to the voter, but in his own riding Cf Temiskaming the people enâ€" dorsed him with a sweeping majority cause he has always given a square deal to friend and foe, rich and poor, and he has continued this policy in his work at Ottawa, and has continued to grow in public estsem. Canad? needs more statesmen with the breadt} of vision of the Hon. W. A. Gordon." Fined $25 and Costs for Having Revolver "One of the impressive facts about Wesley Gordon is that he looks upon all problems from the national viewâ€" point. He decides issues solely upon the standpoint of the public good, He is the type of statesman which Canada needs toâ€"day to help solve Our great prcslem of depression. He does not Timmins Young Man Arâ€" rested in Toronto for Carrying Weapon in Car. tric examination. â€" dereq the weapon Boissonault admi highway signs alc Windsor to Toront ed by Toronto poli been found under his car, He carrie lets in his pocket. Candide (Paris»:â€"The Treaty . Versailles was executed in Sir Jor GBimon‘s presenceâ€"â€"on the block, Hitler. The executioner is well, has a sore throat. John P. Boissonault of Timmins, who s arrested last week in Toronto for rrying a revolver in his car that was t properly registered or licensed and o was remanded for a week, was ied $25 and costs or 30gflays in jail. e conviction was registered last week fore Magistrate Browne in No. 1 ‘n‘s Police Court but ‘the case was d over for a week pending psychiaâ€" c examination. The magistrate orâ€" req the weapon confiscated. Boissonault admitted having shot at 2 tins 21¢ 2aSâ€"O0z. jar 15"020 jar 24 lb. bag 11 t 6 80c the road from ind when arrestâ€" the revolver had 1e front seat of . of bulâ€" s)‘ 1c