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For the complete success of the plan, however, the fullest coâ€"operation of the public is needed. In each case before the test is made, the consent of the parents is secured. The number of parents who have refused to allow their children to be tested is somewhat discouraging. As will be seen by the table published elsewhere in this issue there are a number of cases in each school where refusal has been made by parents. At the High and Vocational School the refusals totalled 122. At the Central public school the parents of 104 chilâ€" dren would not give their consent to the tests beâ€" ing made. Other schools in the town have a lesser proportion of refusals, but in each case it must be regretted that there are any refusals at all. There is no fee for the service, the children are not inâ€" jured or inconvenienced in any way, and the proâ€" tection afforded to the individual child is a maâ€" terial one. To secure the best results from the testing, it is necessary that all children be inâ€" cluded. A tubercular child is a danger to his or her companions. Guarding the individual child ‘against the danger of tuberculosis is an asset to the whole community. It seems doubtful that any parent who has given the matter full thought would refuse this safeguard for the children. The Advance would suggest that parents who have hitherto refused their permission should consult their own doctors and nurses and thus learn the value not only to their children but to the whole community of the tuberculinâ€"testing plan. Facts and figures given at the Lions Club last week, and noted in detail in another column of this issue, show that nearly five thousand Timmins children have been tuberculinâ€"tested. In some respects the figures given are reassuring. While it is true that it is regrettable that any child should show signs of tuberculosis, the results of the testâ€" ing do not show the disease to be as prevalent as some were tempted to believe. Out of 4,155 chilâ€" dren tested, only 601 reacted positively to the test. This does not even mean that as many as 601 necessarily are infected with the tuberculosis germ. It is understood that while a positive reacâ€" tion to the test means that the germ is present, this occurs sometimes in healthy people and does not argue that the disease has any hold of the tested person. On the other hand if the reaction is negative it does prove that the child is free from tuberculosis. As the plan followed by the Lions and the Porcupine Tuberculosis Comumittee inâ€" cludes passing on suspected cases to Dr. Wilson‘s chest clinic and also any needed medical attenâ€" tion and care to halt the possibility of the progress of the disease, it is easy to see that the final reâ€" sult is the inevitable reduction of the number of victims of tuberculosis and the curing of many by taking the disease in its early stages when it yields readily to medical skill and attention. To that extent the results are indeed gratifying. Contmittee inaugurated a plan for the testing of all school children for the disease. All those found to be infected with T.B. were to be recommended for treatment. This was a forward move in the battle against the disease in the Porcupine. Doctors, nurses, teachers and others particularly interested in the health of the children have been alarmed at the number of cases of tubercular trouble in the Porcupine district. For some years past it has been felt by those who have studied the matter than something should be done about it. In a country like this it was felt that tubercuâ€" losis should be rare. The outdoor life led by the people and the bracing air appeared to be guards against this disease, but the facts seemed to be that the disease had a tendency to increase the number of its victims in this country. There was general satisfaction, accordingly, when the Timâ€" mins Lions Club and the Porcupine Tuberculosis Not only are The Advance and its readers inâ€" debted to Mr. A. C. Brown for the interesting and informative letter published elsewhere in this issue, but this wellâ€"known barristerâ€"one of the real pioneers of the Northâ€"does a genuine public service in calling attention to the desirâ€" ability for accurate and authentic history of the Porcupine while the facts are still available. As Mr. Brown points out, Porcupine‘s history goes back only twentyâ€"eight yearsâ€"a period well withâ€" in the personal knowledge of many still living and activeâ€"yet details of the earlier days are obscure and there is danger of the actual facts being lost in the multitude of more or less fanciful accounts. For twenty years or more, The Advance has been urging the gathering and arrangement of the facts of the case while the material and the people who know are still available. The Advance has done much work along this line, and it is not too much to say that the fyles of this newspaper through the years constitute a complete and reliable history of the Porcupine Camp since its establishment. The incidents and accidents of the days before the camp actually came into active being are not so clear, however, and effort is being made now to TIMMINS®, ONTARIO. Members Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association: Ontarioâ€" Quebec Newspaper Association: Class "A" Weekly Group OFFICE 36â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" PHONES â€"â€"â€"â€"»â€"â€"RESIDENCE 70 Published Every Monday and Thursday by: GEO. LAKE, Owner and Publisher ce ie e l lt s ul lt :â€" lt lt lt l : l e e uy e un lA C jFL RTHER COâ€"OPERATION wunwi e o S e ue ce e h ce c Timmins, Ont., Monday, March 29th, 1937 PACGGE POUR Che Yorouptne Aduaure Subscription Rates United Statesâ€"§3.00 Per Year During the present yearâ€"the year marking the twentyâ€"fifth anniversary of the establishment of the town of Timminsâ€"The Advance will enlist the assistance of a number of the real pioneers of the Porcupineâ€"men who were here before there was any Timmins, or Schumacher, or South Porâ€" cupine, or even Golden City or Pottsvilleâ€"to reâ€" cord the full and accurate story of Porcupine and its gold. To many it may seem odd that there should be the conflicting stories in regard to the early days of this section. There are a number of reasons for the situation. A main reason, perhaps, is that the men in Porcupine were too busy making hisâ€" tory to write it. Another reason is the public love for the odd or the glamourous. There was the story, for instance, of the blacksmith who in a fury threw his hammer at a fox, and so uncovered a vein of silver and led to the establishment of Cobalt silver camp. Facts more truly interesting about the establishment of Cobalt camp fail to grip public memory like that romantic tale. The same idea holds true about the story of the Porâ€" cupine. Another material factor in the misconâ€" ceptions current about Porcupine‘s story is the fact that too often outside attempts to give the story of this camp were no more than moneyâ€" making rackets. Readers of The Advance may recall one special edition of an outside newspaper that presented what purported to be a review of the Porcupine camp, and there was no more than one casual mention of the Hollinger Mine, while small nonâ€"producing properties that most people here had never even knownâ€"or had forgottenâ€" were given particular prominence. The reason for this was that the edition was on a purely moneâ€" tary basis. Mines that took generous advertising space were given special notice, while those who could find no advertising value in the issue were penalized, as was the general public by such a plan. In direct contrast to this procedure, mention should be made of special editions by The Northern Miner on various occasions, when the picture was painted with accuracy, faithfulness and balance. It should also be noted that government publicaâ€" tionsâ€"especially those of the department of mines â€"contain much of interest as well as of truth apout the early days of Porcupine. The Ontario Department of Mines has always held a keen and active interest in the Porcupine gold area. Dr. Chas. Camsell, Deputy Minister of Mines at Ottaâ€" wa, made a survey of this district before the estabâ€" lishment of the Porcupine Camp. Hon. Wesley A. Gordon, former Dominion Minister of Mines, folâ€" lowed the trail to Porcupine with a pack on his back before there were towns or railways in the country. It will be seen that there are ample resources from which to construct an accurate history of the Porcupine, at firstâ€"hand, as it were. The Advance, however, trusts most to the living men and women who made the countryâ€"men and women still livâ€" ing and active and interested on whose vision and faith and courage and cheerfulness has been built the mighty industry so important toâ€"day to the stability and progress of the Dominionâ€"the gold mining industryâ€"and from whose industry and effort and patience and perseverance and unâ€" daunted foresight have been born and reared the towns and cities of the Porcupine. The story of the Porcupine is the story of the lives of its people, and this story The Advance intends to continue telling. Just as in the past there have been sketches of the people who have made the Porcuâ€" pine, so this year there will be pictures and stories of the pioneers and the prominent people to whom the Porcupine owes its birth and its prosperity. These sketches will be given without fee or cost, but simply as a service. The Advance will not sell its news or editorial columns, but now, as in the past, will present as accurate a picture as possible of Porcupineâ€"past, present, and to come. The Ottawa Journal appears to be sadly disturbâ€" ed because the Quebec government has passed laws to curb the evil activities of the communists working in the province. The Ottawa Journal fears that the laws in question are unâ€"British and unâ€"democratic. . Well, the men at whom the laws are aimed are certainly unâ€"British and unâ€"demoâ€" cratic enougn in all conscience, so the new Queâ€" bec laws may suit the case in specially effective and appropriate way. In any case, it may be notâ€" ed that Quebec would not have needed any new laws if Section 98 of the Criminal Code had not been repealed. It may be admitted that the new Quebec legislation does appear to curb freedom of speech. Section 98 did nct do that. All Section 98 did was to forbid the advocacy of change of the form of government by violence or the threat of violence. Since the refusal of that section there has been no real curb on the.communist and the foreign methods of that party. Quebec does not intend to iolerate the communist violence and threat of violence. Quebec has taken its own methods to meet the situation, and few who know the facts will blame Quebec. settle definitely some of the points at issue in reâ€" gard to the first days of the prospectors in the Porcupine area. Letters like those of Mr. Brown give valuable assistance. Mr. Brown is not only conversant with the facts but he can state his case in interesting and effective way. The letters of H. A. Preston are also very valuable and interâ€" esting, and have done much to establish an authentic history of Porcupine. Winter seems to be staging a "sitâ€"down" strike in this country. * t P AP P e P AP L P t LA PC P AP Pm e GRAVEL AND SANDâ€"AND [’LACLR . t lt BP APIHP c tssc es cA sc tsA tsA nc tssA mc Miss Barbara FEaster vacation Jack Gurnell, Jr., visited his home here for the Easter holiday. Mrs. James Kitts and family, of Matheson, are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Carson. Recently the pack of the wolves kept in the z00 at the Sault escaped onto the streets and back lanes of the city. Despite the stories told for years by The Sault Star about the gentleness and lack of bite to the teeth of Sault wolves, the people of the city took no chances, but shot down the wolves. As a consequence Sault Ste. Marie is wolfâ€"less toâ€"day, and feels sad and lonely in proâ€" portion. Sault Ste. Marie wants wolves, and the Sault never wanted anything without asking for it. Accordingly, the Sault has issued an appeal to the world at large to send on some wolves to replace those lost. Anyone having a stray wolf or two that he doesn‘t want will be doing a charitâ€" able act by getting in touch with the Sault. Perâ€" haps, the Sault would be willing to pay half the freight charges. In this country few people have ever gotten close enough to a wolf to say "Sault Boss." Naturally, dead wolves are not wath,ed at the Sault. They want something alive there. Send on your wolves to the Sault. George Darling,, of Upper Canada College, is with his parents here for Easter. Miss Mary Beadman,. student at the North Bay normal school is spending the Easter vacation at her home here. The Ottawa Journal refers casually to the tendâ€" ency to refer to the Home Improvement Plan as Travellers visiting Noranda last week ‘>â€"mment on the notable display of house plants shown at the Noranda hoâ€" tel under the auspices of the Noranda Horticuitural Society. Miss V. Jones, of Kirkland Lake, was among recent visitors to Timmins. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Warwick, of Olltawa, were the guests this weekâ€"end 0O[ Mr. and Mrs. Jack Tayior. Mrs. R. S. Kirkpatrick, of Oak Manitoba, and her friend, Mrs. C,. Lowe,. of Kirkland Lake, were visitors to Timimins. Ottawa Journal:â€"Some people put on airs while others merely whistle them. Mrs. E. M. Condic is visiting her sister Mrs. Hull, at Haileybury. Mrs. J. B. McClinton is vi .smng in Torontc. Miss ‘Cecile Migneault, of Montreal, was the guest of Timmins friends last week,. ~ Bornâ€"to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Braâ€" zZ€r, 38‘ Columbus avenue, on March daughter. Miss E. Boisvert, who has been atâ€" tending Ottawa Normal School, is spending the ~Easter holidays at her home in Timmins. Pcrnâ€"to Mr. and Mrs. Luigi Bagâ€" iNariol, 208 Pine street south, on March 22ndâ€"a son. Bornâ€"to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Turner, 14 Columbus avenue, on March 26 ihâ€"a son. Bornâ€"to Mr. and Mrs. John Boisâ€" 210 Spruce street south, on â€"March ‘rithâ€"a daughter. Mrs. S. H cending the n4 relative; 14 Pine St. N. ‘*My accountant was making the mosi simple mistakes. It was so annoying I threatened to discharge him. Toâ€" ward the end of the week he. came in wearing glasses. Me explained to me that he hadn‘t been able to see distinctly but that Mr. Curtis had preâ€" secribed new glasses and assured him that he would not be troubled further." Properly suited glasses are reasonably priced at the Korman, Oof Rouyn,. is ) Baster season with friends s in Timmins. Lowe is spending the in Toronto. Phone 835 River, Frank recent \ _ The busman‘s holiday is famousâ€"the \Jusman having a holiday and spending iit in riding up and down on the buses ‘all days. E. M. Thomson, blind merâ€" ‘chant at the Buffaloâ€"Ankerite, had a ‘sort of busman‘s holiday recently, \spending most of the time visiting other blind merchants in the South. But he |1eports a particularly pleasant and inâ€" ‘teresting holiday and is back at his own work with renewed energy and inâ€" ‘creased enthusiasm for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind. Durâ€" his trip south Mr. Thomson visited |‘Toronto, Peterborough, Oshawa, Bowâ€" |mmtville and other centres, He found the blind merchants in t he South had been doing very good business lately. While in Toronto, he attended a meetâ€" ling of the Merchants Association of the Canadian National Institute of the Blind. This association included 75 members, blind men carrying on retail business successfully. For the month of February the wholesale department handling the supply of merchandise for the blind merchants reported a total turnover of $15,000â€"an impressive reâ€" cord for business. Every indication is that 1937 will be the best in the history of the associaition. While in the South Mr. Thomson met D. B. Lawley, J. Clunk, Douglas Strong and L. Williams, blind men known and csteemed in the North. As a matter of interest it may be noted that all these are in the North this week. Mr. Clunk will be in Timmins in the near future to assist a number of new cases of blindâ€" ness here. Mr. Lawley hopes to make his annual visit to Timmins in June. Visited Many Blind Merchants in South How Frederickhouse Lake Was Drained I do not remember seeing any ducks on Frederickhouse Lake at any time, not on the south portion of it and when prospecting I was always looking for scmething in the way of grub. If I was 1 duck up here at that time or even now I would not select Frederickhouse Lake as a feeding groun«d4, especially in view of the fact that one of the finest wild rice sections of the North lies just at the south of us in the Grassy River section and to every duck that ever inhabited Frederckhouse lake there are thousands down there. CAPABLE HOUSEMAID WANTEDâ€" Apply to 56 Bruce Avenue, Sout! Pâ€"rcupine. «24 MEN WANTEDâ€"To train for positions in Diesel Engincering. Must be meâ€" chanically inclined, fair education and furnish good references. Give residence address, Write Box C. J. Porcupine Advance ~19â€"20t} One gets a lot of information about the early days of the camp from people who were suposed to be here in 1909, but as a matter of fact there were very few people in this country in 1909, more n 1910 and then in 1911 when the to the Height of Land had to drain and Frederickhouse Lake would naturally drain last. â€" 4 (Continued from Page One Height of Land. His trench were opened up with the force of the . behird it and became a river in it ti€ight Of Land. His trench were soon opened up with the force of the water behird it and became a river in itself. The first we knew about it was when we went out to record our claims early in Dzcember. The fall had been very mild and there was ice only on the sides of Frederickhouse ~With the sulssidence of the water Â¥his"ice was sloping and in many cases we had to take to the bush in order to avoid slidqing into the water. Frederickhouse Lake drained graduâ€" ally, because in 1910 I went over it in a cance. It was shallow, with high waves. The trail from the main line of the T. N. 0. met the lake in the scuthâ€"east corner so one had to travel azross the waves and this was not very nice. The lake did not really drain urtil 1911. All the country right back COM WANTEDâ€"Purnished. in Tim mins, suitable for one or two gentle. men,. State rent per month to Boj wW. D.., Advance Office. 20¢ "HLP." Why not? Home Improvement Plan is a long title for busy people, and the scheme is securing so much publicity and support that everyâ€" onge is likely to know that H.IL.P. means Home Imâ€" provement Plan. The Journal may fear that if "HI.P." is encouraged, it may mean the beginning in this country of an alphabetical soup similar to that in the U.S.A., with its "F.D.R.," "N.R.A.," "A.A A.," and all the rest of it. There should be little ground for such a fear in this British country. The British have a better way than puzzling initials. "Defence of the Realm Act," was too long a phrase for frequent use, but did the British seek to escape by way of the initials "D.R.A." or anything like that? No! the common people made the initials talk and mean something, and so the world had the dear and familiar ‘"Dora." It was the same with the "Waacs." Everybody knew what ‘"Waac‘ meant, even if few could remember what the iniâ€" tials of the word formerly signified. Perhaps unâ€" der this British plan "Hâ€"LP." will become "Hips." Again, why not? "Hips" will recall beautiful memories when other "Hips" were in fashion, and before the boyish figure became a craze. Special Easter Services at Finnish United Church Another Communicants Class will ze conducted by the minister at both South Porcupine and Timmins starting next Sunday, after regular service of worship. Easter Sunday was ancther historyâ€" making day in the life of the Finnish Unibed Churches of South Porcupine and Timmins. The chapel of the Timâ€" mins Finnish United Church was filled to cverflowing and although additional at the evening service of worship. The church was appropriately decorated for these occasions with evergreens and Easter lilies by the young pecopie of the Communicarts Classes. The serâ€" vices were very impressive and much appreciated by the large congregatioans. than fill the "Queen Mary." Every oldâ€" timer in South Africa claims to have been in the Jamieson Raw When the Boers shot up and captured Dr. Jamieâ€" scn ayd all his followers at Krugersâ€" dor;» in 1896, the total that they capâ€" tured was 196. If all the people who claim to have come to Porcupine in 1909 were gathered togzether on the trail between here and the steel. the traffizs would be heavier than on St. Catherine street in Montreal. History repeats itself and there is an cld adage, "History is a lying jJage." We have a short history of 28 years of he Porcupine camp. 1 never seem to read two accounts the same. What must ancient history kte in regard to nrccuracy? vrailroad came in there were plenty. In 1809 one could travel the trail from here to the steel and never meet soul, and there was only the one way to travel. I am afraid the trail of 1909 is getâ€" ting very much in the same position as the ‘‘Mayflower‘® and the Jamieson Raid. If all the people who are alleged to have come over in the "Mayflower®" galhered together they would more examination lasted more than hail an hour, and the candidates gave in both English nd Finnish languages a credi{tâ€" ble account of their knowledge. At evening service after an appropriate sermon on ‘the subject "I am the Reâ€" surrecticon and the Life," the «andiâ€" dates were again brought before the church and cpenly confessed * Jesus Christ as their Saviour and Lord. The rite of confirmation was thereupon acâ€" ministered to â€"the Communicants Ciasses together with cther candidates of maturer years. In all twelve new meimbers were added to the Commun.on Roll of the local churches. In all fiftyâ€" four adults reverently partook of the Sacrament. The senior Church choir rendered very acceptably at both mornâ€" ing and evening services appropriate Easter anthems. Miss Esther Leeman presided at the organ at the morning worship and Miss Myra M. C. Heinonen seats had been brought from hsmes, the "little brown church in the valley" was unable to accommodate the mulâ€" tittudes ‘who had arrived to the serâ€" vices and the kitchenâ€"dining room at the back of the chapel with the Loor spened to the chapel supplied the needâ€" ed additional seating or standing acâ€" commodation for worshippers. Together with the South Porcupine ard Timmins Finnish Communicants‘ Classes in all twelve new candidates were received into memlcership in full communion of the United TChurch of Cunada. At the morning service, after preparâ€" atory sermon by Rev. A. I. Heinonen, the minister, on the subject "Vertly Christ Is Risen Toâ€"day," the young petple Of the Finnish Communicants‘ Classes of South Porcupine and Timâ€" mins were thoroughly examined in pubâ€" lic before the united congregations of South Porcupins and Timmins as to their knowledge of the substancze of thc Christian faith and duty and dozswwines of the Christian Church as taught in the United Church of Canada. The sPRINGER â€"SPANIEL â€"PUPS POK SALEâ€"Regisiered. Apply at 43 Avenue, Timmins. â€"20â€"21t) OR SALEâ€"One Master Buick Sedan in good running order; upholstering in real good condition. Cheap for cash. Apply A. Stillman, 63 Street, Mimico, Ont. â€"24â€"205â€"26 there were plenty. In travel the trail from and never meet soul, only the one way to Yours truly A. C. Brown A fire alarm was sounded at 11.30 this (Sunday) morning. 1t was for a chimmey fire on Railroad street. The firemen responded quickly and it was socm under control and no> damage reâ€" sulted. At the United Church also the mornâ€" ing and evening services were attenaed so well that the church had difficulty in seating everybody. Mrs. Christie sang "The Palms" as a solo at tne morning service and the choir rendered part of the cantata, "The King of Glory" at the evening service. Messrs. Kelly and Bowen sang the solo parts of this. The flowers were exceptionally beautiful in all the churches this Easter. FOR SALEâ€"Dry mixed wood; 18«incl $2.50 per cord. Frank Feldman, 110 Pine South, Telephone 130. _ â€"30â€"21t! POR SALEâ€"Used double deck bunks, woxxi burner camop ranges, and heatâ€" ers. Apply Crawley and McCracken, Limited. Sudbury, Ont. 19t{28 CHOIR LEADER WANTEDâ€"The Eduâ€" cational Comumittee of the Consumâ€" ersg‘ Coâ€"operative Society propose the formation of a Junior Choir in the South Porcupine district, to boys and girls boetween the ages ol 10 and 16 years. It is proposed to hold practices on Saturday afternoon from one and a half to two hours. Appliâ€" cations, stating terms will l>e received by the committee up to and includiny April 16th from those willing to unâ€" dertake the training of this: choir who have the necessary qualificaâ€" tions. Address replies to Box 512. South Porcupine. â€"~2050â€"26 Churches Crowded at South Porcupine Higher Temperature but Northerly Winds Coming Noon weather forecast for Northern Ontario: Northerly winds, fair and cold Tuesday, fair with stationary or a little khigher temperature. Record Attendance at Sopth End Churches for Easter. Other South Poreupine and Dome News. Seuth Porcupine, Ont., March 29th. 1837. (Spezsial to The Advance). Bornâ€"On Saturday, March 27th, to Dr. and Mrs. E. 8. Somerville, in the Tisdale hospitalâ€"a son. The Easter tea held on Saturday al the home of Mrs. W. H. Johns at the Dome Mincs was the greatest success that the W.A. of St. Paul‘s have yet had. Numbers of visitors from South Fnd, Dome and Schumacher came in for tea, and the baking table (in chargso of Mrs. Weodall and Mrs. A. E. Cook} was completely sold out at 4.30, in spite of the fact that the display was even greater than in former years. The house was a bower of spring flowers. Daficdils, tulips, violets and roses lent an added beauty to the general Easter cifect of the tables. Mrs. Fairnurst, Miss Naish and Mrs. Lemmon assisted Mrs, Johns with the tea. The lovelv The Easter services at all . the churches here were attended so well that it ‘almost amcounts to a rezord. In the Anglican Church for the tnree services the church was filled. At St. Joachim‘s Roman â€" Catholic Church the choir surpassed itself in its rendition of Leonard‘s Mass in B Flat, and Rosewig‘s "Regina Coeli." The solos taken were very beautifully sung. The church was filled to overflowing. pot of growing double dafiodiis which was offered as a door prize was won by Mrs. W. W. Wilson. The ladies fee! indebted to their many patrons for help given and for makinz the tea so decided a success. MHILDREN FOR ADOPTIONâ€"Good homes desired for children, boys and girls, Catholilc and Protestant, ages 4 to 14 years Any home desiring to adopt a youngster should have their clergyman write A. G. Carson, Supt. Children‘s Aid, Timmins, Ont 4411 Finding Murderer of Manager of Store Killing Seemed Without Moâ€" tive and Police had Big T roblem. When Nikolas Nolescue was murdered in the famous silk store he managed in Londcn, England, Scotland Yard men ijound themselves fase to face with a crime for which there appeared to be no explanation. Even the motive for murder seemed to be missing. Not until investigators found a conâ€" nection between Ncleseue and two Chinese factions that were trying to gain possession of five wonderful pleces 0i jJade did they begin to feel that they were accomplizshing anything. Then astonishing things began to happen. ‘J. R. Wilmot, author of "The Silk Enigma," tells thrillingly just what did happen and how in the end the murder mystery was solved. The story wili be puclished in serial form in The Adâ€" vance, beginning on Thursday this week. Don‘t miss the first wciting in~ stalment. A RTICLES FOR SA LE MONDAY, MARCH 29TH, 1937