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The . B. Leblanec Co. Ltd. wrote the council to the leasing by the town of Fogg street, which adjoins their garage property immediately to the east. It would "make an unpleasant situaâ€" tion" for them if Consumers Coâ€"operâ€" ative were permitted to erect coal sheds there, they said; they felt that the street should be constructed at some time but that in the meantime they should be ‘permitted the use of the rightâ€"ofâ€"way for access to the rear of their shop. The company plans to erect a nsew building that will occupy Being made a member of the Court was taken by those appointed as a doubtful honour. The mayor felt that perhaps he should not be included. "You have the experience," said Councillor Laporte, "we feel the honâ€" cur is due you." "I‘d be quite willing to give up the honour part of it," laughed the imayor. schools to be Polling Places The schools will be used as polling places for the municipal election of December 7th. The council thought at first it might be advisable to use priâ€" vate homes as polling booths, but later discarded this idea. The town pays $130 for Central school and $125 each for Mattagami and Moneta schoolsâ€" $400 for the day. To be Tried on Charges of Conspiracy on Nov. 24th Aiex Weir, ‘limmins; James Crawâ€" ford, Schumacher; and Horace Rauthâ€" mell, Toronto; will appear before Judge Caron and a grand jury at Cochrane on Tuesday, November 24th, it was learned this week. They face charges of conspiring to rob Patrick Downey, agent for Robert Allen in "prevention‘ of high grading in the Porcupine. The men were committed for trial by Magistrate Atkinson in polics court here at the end of June. Should the sthioulid be permitléd The use Oof tThe rightâ€"ofâ€"way for access to the rear of their shop. The company plans to erect a nsw building that will occupy the whole lot, out to the street line. Mr. Montgomery said that Mr. Haaâ€" panen, the manager of the coâ€"operative had been in to say that his company would not block the rightâ€"ofâ€"way and would, in fact, construct a better road than the present one. James Hardman, speaking on behalf of Mr. Leblanc said that the garage (Continued on Page Eight) All three present byâ€"laws fix the closing hour at 1.00 p.m. Court of Revision Sset Court of Revision, at which ratepayâ€" ets in Timmins may cbject to their 1937 assessment, will be held at the town hall on Friday, Decemzer 18th, it was dz:cided. The final date for the enterâ€" ing of appeals is November 9th. Memâ€" bers of the Court of Revision as set forth in a resolution moved by Counâ€" cillors P. H. Laporte and Dr. E. A. F. Day were: Mayor J. P. Bartleman, and Councillors L. H. Cousins, A. Caron, W. McDermott, and J. E. Brunetts. â€" Alex Weir, Timmin ford, Schumacher; and mell, Toronto: will apy nhere at the grand jury them,. the p pert evidene that the sa: writing a fr the possessi and a fraud in the posse same evenin hnere eariy this : Patrick Downey of Mr. Allen‘s Allen, was tha Downey if he k some gold. A with high gra« sold to Rautl This is the final result of an agitaâ€" tion which has been under way for th: past few months, fathered by the "Reâ€" tail Plerks Association" and Homer Gauthier. The council objected to the first pStition presented, so Mr. Gauthier had new cnes signed, with more than 75 per cent. of the stores in town in each line represented. There was no objection to the byâ€"laws as th:y were read by Town Clerk H. E. Montgomery. No byâ€"law regulating the boot and shoe repair men was presented, although this group has also asked for a Wedâ€" nesday closing byâ€"law. Three Men to Come Before Judge Caron Next Month in Connection with Alleged Attempt to Hold up and Rob "Agents" of Gold Ore. Trial at Cochrane with a Jury. Hardware stores, furniture stores, and dry goods stores in Timmins will close every Wednesday aftsrnoon throughout the year exzept in the month of Deâ€" comber, according to byâ€"laws passed at yesterday‘s council meeting. The n<w laws come into effect on January TAXABLE ASSESSMENT NEXT YEAR $7,328,827 Hardware Stores, Furniture Stores, Dry Goods Stores Ask for Necessary Byâ€"laws. Boot and Shoe Men Have No Byâ€"law as Yet. Court of Revision. Other Matters Before Council. 1€ ouncil Passes Byâ€"laws Allâ€"Year Half Holiday goid. Allien siuppiled Downey igh grade that was eventually ) Rauthmell (also known as "). Rauthmell returned, asking uld buy a larger quantityâ€"$3,000 Rauthmell Bought Gold 1dA T ue WA dlll Agall produce ¢ mpt to sh had May 2 4A 1 ind Mr. ; lent d asked | Alle: uld buy | roar, Downeyx | Raut Mrs. Sinclair leaves two daughters, Mrs. McTaggard, of Timmins and Miss Betty Sinclair, of South Porcupine, beâ€" sides ‘one son Horace Sinclair, in Vanâ€" couver. Our sympathies are extended to the family in their bereavement. roar, saw the confusion, and arrested Rauthmell, Weir and Crawford. A charge against Weir and Crawford of impersonating police offictrs was withdrawn at police court here, but mayr be reâ€"laid after the Cochrane trial. South Porcupine, Ont., October 28th, 1936. Special to The Advance. The death took place on Monday night in the Tisdale hospital of Mrs. Frances Sinclair, aged, 77. widow of the late Robert Sinclair of Timmins. The deceased lady was to have gone to a rest home in Toronto on Saturday, and arrangements had been made for her to travel wlhien she suddenly became to ill to go, and was taken in to the local kospital on Saturday where her condiâ€" tion was found to be critical. Death was due to heart failure. The funeral took place toâ€"day (Wednesday) at 1.30 p.m. from St. Paul‘s Anglican Church with Archdeacon Woodall officiating. Aifter the service the body was taken to the station for despatch by the ncon train to Toronto where interment will take place on Thursday in Mount Pleaâ€" sant cemetery. She will be buried beâ€" side her husband and the daughter who predeceased her a few yvears agoâ€"Myrs. Fowler. worth of gold, flas peared ample for which later, acco Pcolice Constable | conktain just $100. Through was arranged with good supply of these big popplies for sale now. They may be had at the Mines Rescue station or from the ladies of the Auxiliary who will sell them around town next week. Vetcraft wreaths, made by disabled veterans and us*ed throughout Canada to lay on war memorials on Rememâ€" brance Day, will also be sold by the members of the Ladies Auxiliary. Mrs. R. Sinclair Dies in Tisdale Hospital! jaminl Downe inches in diamet:r, that will adhere to the inside of any pane of glass and show its bright face outside, is this new flower that honours Remembrance Day. A little rubber suction cup, fixed in the middle of th»> poppy does the trick of making the flower stick to glass. For windows of cars, stores, homfs, nothing could be neater. The Canadian Legion and the Ladies Auxiliary to that corganization have a Former Esteemed Resident of Timmins to be Buried in Toronto. Poppies That Stick to Windows 1A } New Kind of Poppy for Sale Here: Easy to Aflix to Windshield, Windows, Ete KX a l rap Published at Timmins, Ont., Canada, MONDAY and THURSDAT 1A C tAAA rding rutlimeil for Ma 155 Spruce stree a roll that apâ€" t purpose, but to Provincial rius, proved to appointment ell for May ind 1Y 1} the upâ€" hing have gold Mrs id 12 New Ore Body Found to -’v'.. p y« * | Cl VAliV l"“ T % 4 1 $ Timmins lat a W " + 4 â€" . Ing a meeting in Co | Continue at Gillies Lake .‘ + by ) 4 # 2C 111}> i 1 puskasing last thusiasti¢ au Toâ€"morrow A l arrIV d a 1 *Yele was 1t spoke at a large anco A "fiat" hole, drilled at the 300â€"foot level of the Gillies Lake Porcupine mine to probe the continvance of ore disâ€" covered there last week when diamond agariil hoiles were being put through toâ€" ward a known ore kody some distance beyond, has shown that the new ore coutinues in the direction at first beâ€" "If we tell the department of health that and pass a byâ€"law, we might get something moving," Dr. Day suggested. The clerk will write the department at Toronto, explain that the town wants to have all meat inspected but that no abbatoir can be erected here until next year at least, and ask what they would suggest in the meantime. Long Insurance Discussion There was a long discussion about insurance. brouvught on by Councillor P. H. Laporte‘s inquiry of Mr. Montgomery as to why certain cheques for insurance premiums had been held up. "It‘s not Mr. Montgomery‘s fault," Mayor Bartleman said. "I just don‘t sign them. I‘m trying to look after the interests of the ratepayers and don‘t sign cheques indiscrimately." The cheques were for $115 each, part of the premium on the $62,000 insurâ€" ance the town carrles on the sewage disposal plant. According to a repcort of Town Eng neer J. D. McLean, the disposal plar is worth about $81,000, the machiner (Continued on Page Four) "We have tried to do something," Mayor Bartleman reminded him, "but we have no law behind us. We could appoint an inspector all right but he‘d have no real authority. I understand though that Dr. Durkin has a stamp." up tThe yvesterd ferred Board Another Effort Towards Meat Inspection in Town First "Round" in Mining Operations in New Ore Body Likely to be Taken out Toâ€"day. Favourable Ground Being Studied by Geologists. Dr. Day Brings Question Before Qouncil Again. Insurâ€" ance Carried by Town Causes Discussion. Mayor Sugâ€" gests $100 as First Offer for Cemetery Land. Objections to Woodvard in Town. TIMMINS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29TH 1936 ant The first "round" in mining oper-’ On Saturday, Mr. ations that will be carried in to the new ‘ more mines and watcl ore body will probably be taken out toâ€" | North Bay Collegiate : day. Within a week geologists will be | the championship of th able to tell more about the ore, for ty After the dinner on that time the favourable ground interâ€" | Mr. Rowe will speak sected by the drills will be opened. theatre at eight o‘clock His namse is Kingsley Mann and he was brought to Timmins from Golden City yesterday by Chief of Police Ralph Paul. He «comes from eastern Queâ€" bec and has been in the Porcupine only Hit and Run Driver Arrested The hit and run driver who knceoked down Albert Lajeunesse on Saturday and broke the fiveâ€"yearâ€"old lad‘s leg is in the cells at the Timmins police sta ticn now, awaiting trial at next week‘s police court. DeCc and nas been in the Porcupine only James ("Scotty") Pollock, wellâ€"known five weeks. He admits having been ‘ North Bay commercial traveller, died the Cfl'iVCI’ of the car that struck down in hospital at Sault Ste. Marie on Tuesâ€" the little boy and speedsd off down j day this week, it was learned toâ€"day. Wilson avenue. 'He was seized with a heart attack on The car had been borrowed from | Sunday and was taken to the hospital man named Schultz, Mann says. Th®| on Monday. markers of the car were so dirty that | Pollock has often contributed his none of the eyeâ€"witnesses were able to | talents to entertainments of many catch them. Mann says he did not | kinds in Timmins. Scottish songs were know he had hurt the child until ; his specialty and he never failed to and between Saturday and Wednesday.| make a hit with any audience, young e ‘commiited Trather ranidly between i ald He tinnk a nrAaminsent mart in and between Saturday and We he commuted rather rap‘dly Mountjoy tcwnship and Gold He was getting ready to quit trict entirely when Chief Pau him under arrest. Schultz, owner of the car, to th> police that his car h stclen and has since left tow Mann also claims that the b the car were no good. ieved, J. P. Dick, manag said last night. Man Under Arrest Admits Being the Driver Whose Car Injured Fiveâ€"yearâ€"old Boyv. Tuxis Grads meet this . ning at 7.30 o‘clock at M Third avenu:. The Grac inue planning activities fc Sfascn and ask that as ms is possible turn out. pine Motpuantre hat struck down Pads willl conâ€" for the winter many members Sunday eve Mrs. Dewar town. ie brakss on reported keen °N th 2 di plac m:n Earl Rowe Arrives in Timmins Toâ€"Night Many Mourn Death of Scotty Pollock taients tTO entertain kinds in Timmins. S his specialty and h make a hit with any or old. He took a p After toâ€"day‘s rain, and light snowâ€" fall,"the weather will turn colder, the weatherman predicts. There will probâ€" ably be snowflurries during the weekâ€" end, he, believes. Temperatures have been: Monday max. 20, â€"min. 8 (coldest day this fallD ; Tuesday max. 37, min. 10; Wednesday max. 38, min. 18; last night‘s minimum 32, eight o‘clock this morning 35. sSnow on Monday from eight o‘clock in the morning until late afternoon was half an inch; last night from seven to ten c‘clock, an eighth of an inch. Rainâ€" fall to eight o‘clock this morning was .02 inches. (Genial Traveller from North Bay Noted for his Sceottish Songs and Humour Dead at the Sault. Says the Weather to Turn Colder with Snow Flurries at Weekâ€"end. Weatherman Gives But Small Comfort ie championship of the North. After the dinner on Monday evenin UusiastiC Toâ€"motr imber :« Ol@4. e toOoK a promin{nt part e concert given by the Consum )â€"operative in Schumacher last y Mr. Pollock was 60 vears of age. rogramme of Four Day Visit to the Poreupine to Close on Monday Evening with Meeting at Empire Theatre. 36 ften contributed his iinments of many Scottish songs were he never failed to Rowe 76 he Timmins the Empire nce, young nt part in Consumetrs W1 AFM Ka Published at Timmins, Ont., Canade, Eveey MONDAY «and THURSDAY council in which provision for the returning of a speci; assessment roll during the which taxes are levied. Neither is there any inco Over $700,000 Increase in the Assessment Here Total assessmEnt of the town is rapidly approaching the tenâ€"millionâ€" dollar mark and is now $9,688.825, comâ€" Dear Mr. Langdon:â€"Rumours have reached this Board that the Merchants in Northern Ontario, including phose in your community are very much disâ€" satisfied over the alleged failure of the Ontario Government to repair the FPerâ€" guson Highway and other main raadâ€" ways leading thereto so they would be in good condition for motor traffic. both passenger cars and motor trucks and that, as a result, it was proposed to "boycott" Toronto merchants and purâ€" chase their requirements from outside the Province of Ontario. New assessment figures, released at the town hall this morning show that the increase in the assessed value of property in Timmins this year will net the town an additional $40,000 in taxes next year if the tax rate remains at the same level. W. O. Langdon, Esq., President The Timmins Board of Trade Timmins., Ontario. On Same Rate of Taxation as This Year Would Net $40,000 More in Taxes. Assessment for 1937 Just Completed. Population Given as 20,869. Other Figures of New Assesgsment. Fifty dollars damage was done yesâ€" terday at 12.30 p.m. at 59 Maple street south when a dGdefective chimney was the cause of a fire that spread to the roof. There was no insurance. On Tuesday there was a chimney fire at 40 Tamarack street in which no damage was done. terday at south when a the cause of roof. There w Toronto Board of Trade Anxious About Boycott Yesterday W. O. Langdon, president of the Timmins Board of Trade, reâ€" ceived the following letter which exâ€" plains itself:â€" Only Two Chimney Fires Man Who Came in Truck Left in the Ambulance Buildings Total Real Property Exempt from Taxation Total Liable for All In Mountjoy Township Land Buildings Total Real Property Exempt from Taxati Liable for School Ra Fifty Doll: Letter from Toronto to Local Board Questions Fairness of Proposed Boycott and Offers Any Assistance that is Husband Came Home Unexpectedly. Found Wife and Man Apparently Ready to Move. Husband Moved Then. Friend Moved to Hospital. May be Other Moves in the ta 9t Practical to Press the Needs of the North Upon the Government. xaIme. Mour $700.30 t 6 T axation 1001 Rates 1000 s Will Cover the| by Tire: Th Toronto, Canada, October 22nd, 1936 10 resolution of the »vision was made a special business made unti resolution 1 to lOW!I ourt of year 0060,012 688,81 3 688,825 359,998 328,.827 105,.087 187,367 202.454 182,036 5313,126 204 540 ‘60,9044 assessment made necessary by a change in the law. It appli¢s to doing business here that have their head offices outside Ontario. It is not over bDby the province, a return being made to the town of nearly $12,000 from that source. The section 33 (b) referred to in the tabulation is merely a new division in n 6 This increase is large buildings in Timmins th to any heavy increase in of land. A detailed comparison figures with those for la:s E. St. blind tcbacconist of Timmins, was attacked late Sunday night as he neared his home on Hollinâ€" ger avenue, he told police this wee*k. Mr. St. Pierre says he was walking along the sidewalk sometime after eleven o‘clock when somsone approachâ€" ed him from behind and hit him on the back of the head. The blind man had‘nt a chance. His assailant was not satisfied with the single blow, but struck him on the face several times, inflicting rather severe injuries. Mr. St. Pierre called for help, but before this arrived, the man had disappeared. There is apparently no way of identifving the man who made the pared with $9,039,594 in the 1936 assess ment. Of this amount $2.359,998 i exempt, leaving $7,328,827 liable for al tax rates. Blind Man Assaulted and Injured to the job out The two men lost no time in settlâ€" ing the matter with blows and the batâ€" tle waxed hot and noisy until the police arrived. By that time the man who is alleged to have been breaking up the home was only in condition to be taken to the hospital. The husband went to the police station to explain his troubles E. St. Pierre Struck on Head and Face by Unknown Assailant. One man is in St. Mary‘s hospital and another has several cuts in his face as the result of a bitter fight yesterday morning that is alleged to have sprung from the "eternal triangle." Hubby came home from work unexâ€" pectedly. He found the "other man" in his home and found his wife ready to pack up and leave, apparently with the man, for it is said he had quit his job at the mine and was ready to mowe out of town. to the officers of the law ittack added 1936 $1,766.270 7,2713,324 9.039,.504 on October : ovember 9th 2,3715,7123 6,663.87 1 176,260 255.837 assesomMmeii 2 Sections 16 Pages Increase $233,742 415,489 649. 2:3 1 th,. 1934 1936. 664 .506 51 36,617 01 () y due to new year and not he assessment ind Income» been taken ‘turn being $12,000 from tiis yealr ear follow: Decreass Incomt