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According to meagre details available here over the weekâ€"end, the fire started about 9.30 o‘clock when a mechanic in the Pindlay Garage attempted to reâ€" pair a leaky gas tank on an expensive car owned by two Toronto mining men. In some manner the gas became igâ€" nited from the light bulb, and within a short time the garage and car were in flames. A strong northwest wind spread the fire to the McCracken Garâ€" age and soon both were out of control of volunteer firefighters. Porestry branch pumps were pressed into service at the Montreal River c‘ase by, but efforts were confined to saving other buildings. Four used cars at the rear of the garages were destroyed. The McCracken Garage was only conâ€" structed this summer and only recently opened for business. The fire is the second disastrous blaze in Elk Lake within a year, the Summerville block having been destroyed with a big loss in an early morning fire last spring. It is understood the two huildings were partially covered by insurance. Fire causing damage estimated at £20,000 destroayed two garages and five automobiles at Elk Lake, 45 miles west of New Liskeard, Friday night. The garages, ownea by J. A. McCracken, Elk Lake, and Frank Findlay, New Lisâ€" were levelled The fire started in the Findlay Garage when a leaky gas tank was ignited by an electric light bulb. A drug store, owned by Findlay, and a Chinese restaurant direcuiy west of the garages escaped with slight scorchâ€" ings. Financial Post; The man who buys a package of cigarettes for 20 cents is bReing fooled. He thinks he is paying a cent apiece for his smokes. What he is really paying is just over 4 cents to the dealer for each package, just unâ€" der 5 cents to the manufacturer and over 10‘% cents to the Dominion govâ€" ernment. Figures presented to tne price spreads committee in 1934 gave this breakdown for the 20 cents that a package of cigarettes costs the conâ€" sumer. To Dominion government: F. A. Burt Tells Kiwanis of the Memorial at Vimy Vendors of Meat do Good Business at the Market Excise stamp Duty on leaf Salts tax (This would now To manufacturer To dealer To manufacturer | 4.094 To dealer 4.38 Actually the taxes on a 20â€"cent packâ€" age of cigarettes total much over 10.68 cents. There are income taxes, corâ€" poration taxes, sales taxes on paper and supplies, real estate taxes, license fees for the tobacconist and dozens of others. In Montreal there is an extra cent sales tax on a 25â€"cent package. Though farmers had more trouble getting to market on Tuesday than they usually have, enough vendors turnéed up so that there was a plentiful supply of everything but eggs and joratoos. Roads were so bad after Monday night‘s heavy rain that some who usually come to market were absent. Government Gets Better Part of Cigarette Money Fire at Elk Lake Does $20,000 Damage Meat vendors did a steady business to the trade they have worked up in Plentiful Supply of Everything but Eggs and Potatoes. Timmins Man Brings Southern Eggs to Market Here, Asking 45 cents a dozen for the Imports. Other Market Notes. T‘ wo Garages and Five Autoâ€" mobiles Destroyed in Fire Last Week. The search for the best stone from which to build Canada‘s memorial at Vimy occupied the designer, Mr. Allâ€" ward some months, F. A. Burt, manâ€" ager of the Timmins branch of the Doâ€" minion Bank, told the Kiwanis club on Monday when he gave a terâ€"minute talk on the receént pilgrimage. The scuplitor tested Roman monuâ€" menis, Grecian statues, finding out how they had weathered through the ages. In Greece he found a group that had withstood the years better than any others.®: Then. through careful ages. In Greece he found a group that had withstood the years better than any others.®: Then, through careful comparison with marble that came from many quarries in Greece, he deâ€" t¢rmined the source of the fine stone, had the quarry reâ€"opened after cnâ€" turies of disuse, and for the next deâ€" cade it supplied the marble from which the Vimy memoria} was built. Dazzling Whitq \Pi T‘wentyâ€"four statues, double life size, were just a part of the tremendous job W. Allward undertook in rearing the Search for the Best Stone Occupied Months. Grecian Staâ€" tues Studied. Twentyâ€"four Doubleâ€"Lifeâ€"Size Statues at Vimy Notable Tribute to Canada‘s Dead and World Proof of Canada‘s Art. The Pioneer Paper of the Porcupine Established 1912 be higher) Cents "In a tour through Essex they may travel from Mucking to Bigods, from Maggot‘s Green to Chignall Smeally, and from Elbows to Snoreham. From Snoreham a road branches off to the still more somnolent Snorhamâ€"inâ€"Ruins from which even the ruins have vanâ€" ished. Not far from Snoreham, in Norâ€" folk, is the village of Great Snoring. "In Hampshire the traveller will disâ€" cover the little village of Nether Walâ€" lop, arnd in Shropshire the hamlet Much Wenlock. There are many vilâ€" lages with names suggestive of an orâ€" chestral group. There is Trumpet in Hertfordshire, Bugle in Cornwall,; Horn in Rutland, Organford in Dorset, High Harpers and Drummer Hill in Lancaâ€" shire and Chellow in Yorkshire. Travellers in England who take to the open road by automobile can find a neverâ€"ending source of entertainâ€" ment in the odd names of villages through which they pass, says The Whigâ€"Standard. "There are no fewer than seven Engâ€" lish pleasing ‘finds‘ are Dumpling Green in Norfolk, Wigâ€"Wag in Shropshire, Gussageâ€"allâ€"Saints in Dorset, Clowne in Derhyshire and Oh Me Edge in Northumberland. New Bottle may be found in Norfolk and not far away, in Northumberland is the Soke of Peterâ€" Bborough. Windsor Star:â€"*"What is the valu® of a coin bearing the head of Abraham Lincoln on one side and the date 1812 on the other?" inquires a corresponâ€" dent. Off hand, we‘d say it would te practically priceless â€" particularly in view of the fact that in 1812 Honest Abe was just three years old. One basket of Southern Ontario eggs was brought to the market by a Timâ€" mins man. He asked 43 cents a dozen for the imports, No locai eggs were offered. The first party from this district to go to "Canada‘s best goose and duck hunting grounds" near Moosonee on James Bay, left here on Tuesday. J. R. Todd, W. M. Widdifield, Dr. W. D. Robson, and Dr. Hall of Toronto were the four who went up the T. N. O. extension for the shooting. Odd Names in Old Britain Will Delight the Tourist They will go by motorboat from Moosonee down the Moose river to the flats where Mr. Todd and Mr. Widdiâ€" field have a log cabin. "Romance and poetry lie in the names of such villages as Heart‘s Deâ€" light in Kent, Cupid . Green in Hertâ€" fordshire and Fleur de Lis in Monâ€" mouthshire. But these are counterâ€" balanced by Cowbottom Hovel in Susâ€" sex, Foulness in Essex, Messing in the same county and Stank End in Cumâ€" berlandâ€"not to forget the Hertfordâ€" shire village known as Ugley. At the next meeting of the club the report of the delegates to the Kiwanis Ontarioâ€"Quebecâ€"Maritime convention at Quevec will be given. the past few weeks. Vege:ables, such as chard, parsnips, turnips, beets, carrots, remained at the same price level. First Party This Year from Timmins for James Bay Area for Hunting Season. p‘le of dazzling white that can be s*en for many miles across the Douat plains a few miles from France‘s great coal mining district. Parts of the monuâ€" ment have been there eleven years now and have retained their pure white. The elevation of Vimy Ridge and the absence of any large town in the immeâ€" diate vicinity will help to keep the memorial glistening. First Hunters at Moosonee Published at Timmins, Ont.. Canade, Kreezy MONDAY and THURSDAT umm i6 i i8 ) (| |¢ mmmmme N London, Eng., Oct. 6, 1936â€"His grace the Sixteenth Duke of Norfolk, Berâ€" nard Marmaduke Fitzalan Howard, England‘s first ranking duke and earl, is master of what is to be the "bigâ€" gest pageant on earth." » As premier duke and earl, holding one of the oldest of English titles, the 28â€"yearâ€"old duke also bears the unique honor of being "Earl Marshal and Hereâ€" ditary Chief Butler of Britain." And since the days of merry King Charles II, almost 400 years ago, the earl marshal has been entrusted with "deâ€" termining and ordering all matters touching, arms, ensigns of nobility, honor or chivalry." So tradit"on down the centuries has brought under the mashal‘s scutiny costumes to be worn by the court ladies and knights and the arranging of state processions, cereâ€" monials, royal marriages and funerals. Now that the bachelor Prince Of _ prom ine moment the duke received Wales has assumed the throne and | Edward‘s final ap ;Jv‘al he ha vb s become king,. it is up to the young duke | EMc mark of thOUblall)ld f in P n es § l to see that Edward receives the crown‘ cople demanding f hC tqmges m;‘n by means of the ageâ€"old ceremony, and | g“tltb t e EP ‘."_m e that means an empire coronation. } Te e.t fers, . ie .mb full j name haven‘t meant a thing. The Festive Days Duke of Norfolk, too, knows that he can Corona@tions have been the greatest| call himself Earl of Arundel. Baron English festive days for centuries. Thol Maltravers, Earl of Surrey, Baron Fitzâ€" last time Britishers gaped in the| alan, Clun, and Oswaldestre and the London streets at their sovereigns going l Earl ‘of Norfolk. to be crowned was in 1910, when the late Ancient Line King George and Queen Mary were inâ€" Almost eight centuries ago, in 1133 vested. Now British subjects are waitâ€" A.D., to be exact, the first Earl of Arunâ€" ing impatiently for May 12. next year, del was created. That was soon after when Edward VIII will ride decked in ‘ tthe Normans conquered England. Then Central Press Canadian Corresâ€" pondent. In the worldâ€"famous Mormon tabernacle in Salt Lake City, Utah, the Latter Day Saints (Mormons of the United States and Canada) are holding their 107th general conference. President Heber J. Grant was scheduled to give the principal address. The tabernacle accommodates more than 10,0u0 persons. The chief topic of discussion was to be a church campaign for more strict observance of the Sabbath, the Morâ€" mon church relief for needy, and tithing. Each Morm on pays oneâ€"tenth of his earnings as a tithe for church upkeep. Many Mormon leaders from Cardston, Alta., a ttended. Topâ€"Ranking Duke Organizes Royal Pagent Responsibility of Arranging Ceremonies for Coronation of King Edward VIII Falls on Duke of Norfolk, "Hereditary Chief Butler" By HARRY LEVIN TIMMINS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER STH, 1936 The coronation parade of the late King George and Queen Mary jewels, through London‘s decorated streets to Westminster Abbey for h s coronation. Here‘s where the Sixteenth Duke of | Norfolk enters the plot. The stoary goss that Edward stormed, told Prime Minisâ€" ter Stanley Baldwin, "If you make so much fuss about it, I won‘t come to} your bally ceremony." Pipeâ€"smoking Baldwin almost had hrsart failure. A coronation with the monarch absent certainly would set a precedent in Briâ€" | tish royal history, but Edward has been | setting precedents ever since he asâ€" , cended the throne. Then Norfolk, bosom friend of the king, entered, produced a map of the parade route. "No," declared Edward flatly. "The| procession must be about that l'uxxg."[ naming a route four streets in length| along which possibly no more than 20,000 spectators could station Lhem-’ selves. This when London expects a | million visitors from all parts of the' world, with seat prices already bringing | $200 each! The duke prevailed. From the moment the duke received Edward‘s final approval, he has been | the mark of thousands of inquiries from } people demanding free seats. Even the | flattering letters carrying his fuill name haven‘t meant a thing. The| Duke of Norfolk, too, knows that he can call himself Earl of Arundel. Baron| Maltravers, Earl of Surrey, Baron Fitzâ€" alan. Clun, and Oswaldestre and the Earl ‘of Norfolk. pine Qouante his twentyâ€"first birthday was celebrated !‘ in the semiâ€"feudal village surrounding ’Arundel castle with all the pomp and ’cerem‘ony that the Dukes of Norfolk have used for centuries. ! The duke owns some 50,000 acres, and in populous England that means being an important landlord. On his birthday l the young peer was invested with all the 4 1 titles to the tune of church bells and | the blessing of a bishop under a fourâ€" lcomered silk canopy. while hundreds | of his young tenants strewed flowers in his pathway. On the hilltops blazed loil-drenched fagzots to announce the duke‘s accession. through the years the great house of Howard gathered prestige and titles, the barony of Maltravers in 1330, the earlâ€" dom of Surrey in 1483, and the Baronies of Fitzalan, Clun and Oswaldestre in 1627. In the great castle banguet hall, the famous Howard goldplate, worth $200,â€" 000, decorfted the groaning table for hundreds of dinner guests, drinking kegs of ale and eating whole roasted oxen. On the walls of the gothic castle orriflames and pennants bearing the Howard coatâ€"of arms blew in the wind. The Royal Blue Horse Guards, of which One of the Earls of Arundel. 342 years ago, enamoured by i‘lâ€"fated Mary, Queen of Scots, was tortured and headed by order of Queen Elizabeth of England. A deviout Catholic (the Norâ€" folks are considered England‘s greatest Catholic family), the dead earl was being considered for sainthood by the vatican in 1931. The present Duke of Norfolk sucâ€" ceeded to the titles when his father died in 1918. He, himself, knows what is feels like to be "coronated." Back in 1929, King Edward, who doesn‘t wish much fuss made over his corona« tion. of | regiment the duke is a lieutenant sent he | its military band to play to the birthâ€" p|â€" | day guests. Through the ancient cooâ€" eg:| webbed corridors lit by narrow slits in the walls, awed visitors walked to gaz? at the famous paintings of dead Norâ€" folk dukes and earls and to look in vain for the famed headless Howard ghosts haunting Arundel castle. Large Residence After his formal investiture, the duke proceeded to d> what nine other Engâ€" lish dukes have done, incorporate himâ€" self as Fitzalan Howard, Limited, in order to escape paying huge estate and income taxes, When in London, the duke still lives in famed Norfolk House, an immense residence where King George III was born, and which for a time the young duke tried to sell as a ng white elephant. Now that he has asâ€" _1 | sumed charge of court ceremonys as llS s * 2002 TT mwwow A ct+ sl â€"+â€"s e Published at Timmins, Ont., Canada, Kvery MONDAY and THURSDAY Timmins Man Sentenced on Charge of Extortion Demolishing of the building at 38 Third avenue, formerly occupied by the Sugar Bowl, was begun yvesterday. Unâ€" der fire marshal‘s orders the place had to ‘be removed by Octoser 10th, since it was considered a fire menace to surâ€" rounding property. Owned by Mrs. Thomas, the little Owned by Mrs. Thomas, the little leanâ€"to has ben on Third avenue since the early days of the camp and has had a succession of tenants for more than 20 years. It is understood that Mrs will have a more modern type ing erected there in the near Another Landmark Going A good dancer, an expert lassoer (he learned how from Tex McLeod, Ameriâ€" can cowboy, the Duke of Norfolk often emulates his sovereign King Edward by falling from a horse. But ownership of a famous racing stable keeps the young Extortion of $100 from Mrs. Mary A. McGuire has landed Sam Neveu, 154 Main avenue, Timmins, in jail at Hailâ€" eybury for a month. Neveu‘s car was in an accident some time ago with one driven by Dan Mcâ€" Guire., It was almost demolished and the insurance company paid the bill. Then Neveu went to Mrs. McGuire and said that unless she paid him $100 he England‘s chief marshal and bu duke feels he needs a big house ceptions. "How d land‘s roval s asked the du tion preparat Work of Demolishing Old Structure on Third Ave. Over Twenty Years Old. and h plied | Kitchener Record:â€"Debunker now claims the owl is a fool. But the old bird is wise enough not to give a hoot. Sam Neveu Given One Month in Jail on Charging of Takâ€" ing $100 on Condition That He Would Refrain From Prosecuting a Young Man for Reckless Driving ied Er it fi€ gue n eat nier ( ding m being J Amé6 nids T Lo duks I walk ear. Thomas of buildâ€" future. AT ind earl cCOron ~ HY UV 1€ The following is the report for the Senior Room of Connaught public school for the month of September. V Classâ€"Ella Clement 91, Lillian Bass 76, Melourn Warren 62, Ronald Veitch 55, Albert Bertrand 55. k Sr. TV Classâ€"Elsie Cameron 94. Lila maari 93, Helen Mantyla 86, Mildred ~ | Knox 81, Shirely Weiss 75, Cecil Rilley 72, Catherine Aitchison 71, George Grant 67. Irene Bass 82. Arthur Grant L J f g Mrs. McGuire paid by cheque, and got a receipt from Neveu for it. These were produced in court at South Porâ€" cupine on Tuesday morning. Th°e charge read: "with intent to extort money in the amount of $100 from Mrs. McGuire, did unlawfully threatâ€" en to accuse one Dan McGuire of the offence of reckless driving." Thirteen Companies Pay Over $3,684.300 Mrs. Piche was formerly Miss Eglanâ€" tine Nadon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Nadon, Timmins. She was in her 29th year and was born in Bouâ€" chetle, Que. She was married to Louis Piche September 1, 1926, in Cache Bay. Prior to coming here she lived in Queâ€" bec City and Cache Bay. The funeral was held from the family residencse Sunday afternoon to Sacred Heart Church, where services were held, Rev. R. A. Vaillincourt officiating. The pallbearers were two brothers, Leo and Frank Nadon, Timmins, and four broâ€" thersâ€"inâ€"law, Camile Piche Jr., Donat Piche, Cyprien Chartrand of Cache Bay and J. N. Guindon of Sturgeon Falls. Surviving are the husband; four childâ€" ren, Patrick 9, Irine 8, Rene 6 and Delene 4; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Nadon, Timmins; two sisters, Mrs. Yvonne Turcott and Mrs. Plorâ€" ence De Montigney, Kapuskasing, and two brothers, Leo and Frank Nadon, Timmins. Death and Funeral of Mrs., Piche, Sturgeon Falls Sturgeon Falls, Oct. 7..â€"Mrs. Louis Piche, a highly esteemed resident of Sturgeon Falls, died Friday, October 2, after an illness of two days in the Breâ€" beuf Hospital. Her death came as a great shock to her family and friends. Many expressions of condolence in mass cards and floral offerings showâ€" ed the esteem in which the deceased woman was held. The lengthy cortege proceedéd to the R.C. cemetery, Cache Bay, where interment was made. Those from out of town who attendâ€" ed the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Nadon, Leo Nadon and Frank Nadon, Timmins; Mrs. John Ds Monâ€" tigney and Mrs. Yvonne Turcotte, Kaâ€" puskasing:; Dr. J. R. Hurtubise, Mr. and Mrs. W. Cooper, Sudbury; Rev. L. P. Theriault, Mr. and Mrs. H. Owens, Mr. and Mrs, L. Boudreau, Mr. ind Mrs. St. George, Mr. and Mrs. John Laâ€" chanse, Mrs. Edgar Arcand, Mr. and Mrs., H. ‘Taillifer, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Jessup, Mr. and Mrs. John Couture, Mr. and Mrs. Andre Roy and two daughters, Misses Annette, Yvonne and QOlive Piche, Mr. and Mrs. Camile Piche, Mr. and Mrs. A. Seguin, Mr. Leblanc, W. Summers and Mr. and Mrs. B. Bain, all of Cache Bay. would lay a charge of reckless driving against her son. Wright â€" Hargreaves Heads List of Mining Dividend Pavers, Jr. TV Classâ€"Irens Heline 84, Harold Weiss 79. Edith Robinson 74. Sr. TII Classâ€"â€"Annella Artchison 78, Lewin Bass 78, Roy Ferguson 76, Edna Robinson 73, Ray Mantyla 72. Alfred Weiss 71, Lloyd Sheppard 64. Dorothy Sutcliffe, teacher. Report for. September of Connaught Public School Total PRICE THREE CENTS Second Section 15 02 50 02 $3,684,316 Amount > 350,350 54,1789 480,714 825,000 100,000 246,000 183,300 162,114 187,050 200,000 375,000 486,667 33,.332