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a few days previous to Christmas and agreed to close all the beverage rooms sharp at 9.00 o‘clock on Christmas Eve. Thinking something of others, they argued that Christmas was a home festival and everybody should be encouraged to spend it with the family, rather than in the beverage rooms. They felt that the sort of sales that would be general after 9 o‘clock on Christmas Eve might well be foregone. Kirkland Lake had a very merry Christmas. No one need fear that there were seriously parched throats or anything like that. The Globe and Mail blames the deplorable conâ€" iOntario Ass ditions on high pressure liquor sales, the governâ€" |a member c ment and the liquor interests being too intent on ciated Boar profits. Timmins and district had a few accidents the Canadi:g and some undue celebrations, but compared to | municipal a Toronto, all the Northern celebrations of Christâ€" giving excel mas were Ssunday school events. It was Kirkland and as a me Lake, however, that displayed what the people of| Active, al the North would like to believe is the true Northâ€" f Stevens did ern spirit. All the hotelmen in Kirkland Lake met) miss him â€" 7 It is only a few weeks ago that the South was | in‘t] revelling in reports of sin and iniquity in the | North. The reports were simply tales that were | true told. They met prompt denial from the press} the muc pulpit and the police of the North. At the best all. they were opinions. At the worst they were libels. | Boa This week, however, the North has its revenge.jworl though it would gladly have forgone it. The North j how has never claimed to be better than the South. It| ACCC is recognized that there is wickedness in this land. ’prog All that was heldâ€"and that was firmly maintained, T indeedâ€"was that the North was not sinful beyond ec all other sections of the land. This week, however, | seve the record shows that for sin and iniquity the | the North appears a sissy in comparison to the South. | q; ; It is not a matter of opinionâ€"it is a question of duet official recordâ€"facts on police blotters, bodies in | tari« the morguesâ€"cold, nasty, disheartening facts. The i to T North had a merry Christmas, jollity, good cheer. \Pon: There was some drunkenness, some recklessness, | nor, some folly. some crime. But in Toronto there was ] ing : a disgraceful orgy of drunkenness. There is no Stey other fit name for it. There were two old people | hote crushed to death, another death attributed t0 | rane reckless, selfish, criminal celebration. Sixtyâ€"oneiman people injured in the city of Toronto during i cont Christmas, fifteen of them in danger of death! N. O Twentyâ€"seven persons arrested for reckless drivâ€" | from ing, most of them while allegedly befuddled with | that liquor! There were 140 known and reported acciâ€" f but dents! Over 200 arrests were made for drunkenâ€" ness! These are but the highlights of the mOStiber | shameful situation. The police took away the keys | come from some forty other cars, because the drivers taki: were too drunk to be allowed to operate the maâ€" third chines. These forty odd might have been proseâ€" | ber ( cuted, had the police been overâ€"zealous in checkâ€" ’miss' ing up on the danger spots at Christmas time in ciate Toronto. The Globe and Mail says that Christmas cate 1937 was a blacker day in the history of Toronto | Nort than even the sad season in 1936. "The streets the â€" were staggering with inebriates, men and women, cons! boys and girls," says The Globe and Mail. "Motor Coch cars were driven by people without their senses. deleg Any pedestrian took his life in his hands." It is a ther sad picture. The North takes no glee in it. But Onta the North cannot fail to feel that for very shame‘s ish C sake Toronto should reserve its banner headings | was | for such cases on its own doorsteps, rather than | ASSOC for unfounded libels on tha North. i e "Happy New Year‘" is never forgotten or despised.|} Onee upon a time there were nations that hon-, oured the New Year more than Christmas, but s toâ€"day Christmas has conquered the world. It is |;}} one of the striking features of the Christmas |p spirit, however, that the greater honour that may | g be given to the partner, ‘"Merry Christmas," the deeper the sincerity of the respect that will be | y accorded "Happy New Year." A wonderful firmâ€"| p a great pair of team matesâ€""Merry Christmas and l D Happy New Year!" Complements of each other! | ; Both working for the same good endâ€"that men,|) ; women and children may be happier and betterâ€" ; 3i that life may be the more bearableâ€"that true proâ€" | to gress may be made in this world. "Merry Christâ€" ‘p, mas" is just around the corner, with all its generoâ€" | as sity, its kindness, its jollity, its good cheer! Alllof hail to the partner, "Happy New Year," with his | 5; hope and faith and inspiration, coming round the | yf other corner! A Happy New Year to all!l May the i CC goodwill and happiness of "Merry Christmas‘" be '}th carried over into the New Year, so that this faâ€" | pc mous partnership may incréease in business and | p, in profits to the peoples of all the earth. A Happy ; to New Year to All! y Among all the famous partnerships in the world, there are none that retain perennial youth and strength like "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.‘"‘ Even the length of the title does not lessen its usage. While "Merry Christmas" may have a warmer nook in the hearts of people, the partner TVIMMIN®S, ONTARIO | Members Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association: Ontacoâ€" i Quebee Newspaper Association; Class ‘A" Weekly Group OFFICE 26 â€"â€"â€"â€" PHONES â€"â€"â€" RESIDENCE 70 Published Every Monday and Thursday by: GEO. LAKE, Owner and Publisher | Canadaâ€"â€"$2 00 PAsE Potwn Timmins. Ont., Thursd: Che Yoroupine Aduancr A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL Bubscription Ra United Statesâ€"$3.00 Péer Yeayr | _ _To The Advance, these three men appear as ‘linked in a special trio distinctive among the | notable pioneers of the North. They were similar \ in their geniality, their public spirit, their courage, their faith, their vision. , Men of culture in the | truest sense, they were widelyâ€"read, had travelled much, knew the world, yet loved the North above all. They were linked also in their interest in ;Board of Trade and Associated Boards of Trade | work. They knew (what many do not realize) | how much organizations like Boards of Trade may accomplish for a new country‘s development and | progress. pualitac stt 24000 000. 0e ts Sss t {GR AVEL AND SANDâ€"AND PLACER Active, alert, able and publicâ€"spirited, Arthur Stevens did much for the North. The North will miss him. The North valued him, and extends sinâ€" cere sympathy to the widow and family in the loss that is not confined to the family circle but exâ€" tends to all who have love for the North and faith in its future. Several times in recent weeks The Advance urged the use of coloured lights across the streets in town as a valuable decoration and illuminant for Christmas. Schumacher and South Porcupine ' In recent years the North has lost three outâ€" standing pioneers who had much in common in their outlook on life and in their cheerful and | genial faith in the future of the North. The late Geo. T. Smith, of HMaileybury, not only did his part |as an energetic pioneer of this country, but his t value to the country was even greater in publicity \he gave to the possibilities of this land. The late \ Dan O‘Connor, with his vision, his energy, his : faith in the North, had the same genial faculty of ‘interesting others in the future of this country. | Since his death, others seem to have caught up ito the foresight he displayed, and many of the | projects that seemed no more than dreams in his ! day are actualities of development and progress fof the present. Sharing in the courage and foreâ€" |sightedness of the late Mr. Smith and the late | Mr. O‘Connor, another pioneer, Arthur Stevens, of ECochrane and Temagami, recently passed from the North. In life, his humour would deny the ,posmblhty of his passing to a "better country." He had been all over the world, but he never failed The late Arthur Stevens lived a busy, a happy, a colourful life. He was born in England some seventyâ€"three years ago. He served for a time in the British navy, visiting many of the far places of the globe. Coming to Canada in 1892 he conâ€" ducted the Temperance hotel Kingston, Onâ€" tario, and later was in Toronto. In 1905 he came to Temagami where he became interested in the Ronnoco hotel established by the late Dan O‘Conâ€" nor, whose name it bore, the name "Ronnoco‘" beâ€" ing a reverse spelling of "O‘Connor." In 1916 Mr. Stevens moved to Englehart where he conducted a hotel. Later, he built the Stevens House at Cochâ€" rane, moving there with his family about 1918. For many years the late Mr. Stevens operated under contract the entire restaurant system of the T. to maintain that the North was greatest and best among all lands. But as one Kirkland Lake man phrased it, "everyâ€" thing was under control." Largely as a result of the voluntary action of the Kirkland Lake hotelâ€" accidents were few, and there was not a single arrest made over the Christmas holiday. If Toronto does not consider itself too big to take a f tip from the North, there is a valuable hint for the Q@ueen City and for other Southern centres, in the Kirkland Lake case. It is unthinkable that the people of Ontario will calmly accept the orgy of last week as an annual feature of Christmastide .’or any other time. Abuses, such as the Toronto Christmas crime, will without question lead to a return of prohibition sentiment and repressive dlaws. Both the sellers and the consumers of inâ€" toxicants must show regard for the comfort and the safety of the public, or the public in self deâ€" fence will be foreed to take stern measures to guard its own interests and its very life. \ittelp PP AP PPAAAE A PSz uP P LCA L CA â€"AL L â€"AL BP m PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS. ONTARITO used the plan very effectively and looked most atâ€" tractive as well as having an appropriate Christâ€" mas gaiety for the occasion. Kirkland Lake was another town that made effective use of the colâ€" oured light streamers across the business streets. Compared to Kirkland Lake, Timmins streets looked dark and dreary. The cost of the coloured lights is by no means prohibitive and they cerâ€" tainly add to the attractiveness and the Christmas spirit of a town. A heading in The Penticton, B.C., Herald last week reads:â€"‘"Dam Case Continues." They have that sort of case in the East, too, but are not so frank about it. A reagder writes The Advance asking if it is true that most of the townships in the Porcupine bear the names of prominent prospectors who worked in this territory. Any Porcupine prospectors who are thus immortalized can thank coincidence. As a matter of fact the townships in this area were named years before there was much prospecting Her ef met with Then on Thut old wife allegec from her hospi poul throwin Wife Splashes Acid on Dying Husband Manslaughter Charge lows in Toronto Case 14 Pine St. N. to parents is to have their children‘s eyes examined at an early age. I speak fro m oxperi¢nce. My eldest boy was twelve when we discovered his eyes neededâ€" correction. Had we known sooner the chances are his sight would be brought back to near normal by n o w. Mow sorry we ars that we didn‘t have his eyes exâ€" amined sooner." OPTICAL COMPANY ¢ ¢ CG the fo appoin The Prices are Definitely Lower at Acid Mild forts atâ€" recontiliati Mv advice ... Ot Ac IFlt is t Act is still read out in the Court Lest, on@a of London‘s olc ‘t is treated msrely as a formal ceremopy, and the ancient idation of our present day jury qystem. It is presided over ‘d recorder of London. Our picture shows the High Steward Phone 835 lation were ordered out unncticed ran to the y. She toid nologize fot were domestic hich the ag water calded. LONDON‘S FIRST COURT WITH Huntingdon CGHeaner:â€"On a recent Tuesday, a baby boy was born to Mrs. Linley, wife of a brickyard worker at Eastringdon, England. The following Friday afternoon. a girl baby was born to her. Medical authorities declare it is very unusual for twins to be born twins were born near â€" Polkton, N.C., two weeks apart. Dr. J. M. Postlethâ€" waite, of Whalley, Lancashire, England, reported a case in 1913 in which the irterval between the birth of, twins was five weeks. Huntingdon CGGHeaner Tuesday, a baby boy w Linley, wife of a bric}k ment ensued and the thrown. â€"Both were szalk rushed to a hospital by a sician. The husband wa: chance of recovering at The police said the vo wite was wash out ment ens thrown. had bea hea man, en by Bailley police say stole a bo htsband a M 1 12 hc atings. She ‘ad hemorrha ating prior tC Bailey was sc ie was heatir Ma arâ€" ind t} by the Bai arne Tells of B tle Jurteen ycars e told the p» t0 stailiding incid! scalded on Dec. 17. ing a kettle of watetr ne stockings. An ar fnd. the kettle 0 e a of acid. retur mashed it ove OrC ‘AlC isbar B ursed ind di in the area. On previous occasions The Advance has published lists showing the derivation of place| names in the North. Most of the names come : from men who were prominent in the public life! of the province. Whitney, for instance, was named in honour of a former premier of Ontario; Hoyle was given its name in recognition of a former speaker of the Legislature. McGarry, Currie,l Stock, Massey, Denton, Matheson and many othâ€" ers that come to mind derived their names from men in public place in the province. The Advance believes that the township of Stock, for instance, was named in honour of the late Valentine Stock, ! M.L.A., whose son is now prominent in the business i life of Timmins. ; So many people from the North spend Christâ€" mas in Toronto that the North is fully justified in demanding a discontinuance of the typical Toâ€" ronto Christmas. What have the Toronto preachers to say about Christmas in Toronto? atings ildir ardships an iffering wit sequel to gIveln 11 that 1 Ddoratory d to he his head het n‘ Hi charged with attempting to break into the C.â€"N. R. frsight car that carrisd ’ the Rouyn‘s camp‘s supply of Christmas Oâ€"beâ€"joy{ul. There was said to be $75,â€" 000 worth of liquor in the car. A conâ€" {stab'le saw t he two young fellows at the ‘car and tried to sneak up on them. ]Before he them. however, they had taken alarm and fled. He called to the couple to halt, and when they did not heed his voics, he fired a shot [in the air. That haltsd one of them and the other was picked up later. The two will come before the next session of , the magistrate‘s court under the crimâ€" _inal code with the serious offence of attempting to break into a freight car. In the meantime, the liquor has been safely unloaded and transferred to the @uebec Liquor Commission store at Rouyn. Indeed, by this time. no doubt _a large vart of it is safe from all the a 1A1 la wle Sky Pilot of the North Covers the Miles in Week Oâ€"beâ€"joy{‘ul. Th 000 worth of liqu stable saw t he ty l Tried to Break Into Car With 75,000 Liquor 1l B which has King Alfr rom Val d‘Or News) in a day‘s programme fo W. â€"B.. Williston to trave ie to Rouyn and thence o1 ird Perron in the perform charge as Anglican ministe. ction of Northwestern Que it is another thing to holf s at Beattiscs, two more a nas ogen neéld an Alfred‘s days are : wvard of Southwat Beattis, two more h thern after a communio IMPERIAL BANK OF CANADA he Season‘s Greetin gs from nd young sneak them. ind fis H. €. SCARTH Manager Timmins Branch mually for the past till carried out in i k who is now Ger: Rco ik into | liston is lea carried ‘ days to b Continuing Search for Missing Russian Airmen T‘ry The Advance Want Advertisements encse to Toryism simon pure. But patrician malady now as a suffici¢ ing to a Fleet S Sir Hubert Wilkins is awaiting the next full moon at Point Barrow, Alaska, before taking cif on a new search flight for the missing Russian transâ€" polar fliers, Vilhjalmur Stefansson said at New York this week. Conditions as to m should be right about noted Arctic explorer n which Sigismund five companions are been forced down o Canadian fliers. He recen to New York to exchang, boat for a plane equipped 1 landing on ice. Stefansson is president of the Explorâ€" ers Club, coâ€"ordinating rescue efforts for the Sqviet gevernment. wedd Pun: 1s us Toronto on I he past 600 year ind Hir Hubt Ck Cathar it, the cour rald Dodsotr ths |] lema 1pI O1 to moon ard weather Althoug} is actuall the n*w!l TMOC January 12, the aid, in the area evanefifsky and élieved to have their Moscowâ€" lore â€" Herbert and other ntly returned ze his flying with skis for ites at the Richard H. r. Williston this hardy 1 as bhardy Mr. W â€" istmas holiâ€" family 1: ut SRNriGS ads a parâ€"