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_ Ontario newspapers recently have been making much of the fact that at Lakefield high school last month the Wongs made a family record. Four of themâ€"Rose, Lily, Mary and George Wongâ€"stood highest in first, second, third and fourth forms Whether the man who tempted that young man to the futile and unnecessary walk of seventy miles was inspired by a crazy sort of sense of humour, by carelessness, or sheer stupidity, seems a matiter of little moment. The result was vicious, brutal, inâ€" human. Any young man seeking work these days is entitled to sympathy and consideration. The way of the honest young man asking employment at least should not be made harder than it is. There should be harsh condemnation of anybody and everybody who would impose any unnecessary and idiotic extra load upon young shoulders. But it should not be forgotten that this particular case is not an isolated example of "man‘s inhumanity to. man." Every day there are young men being told in Toronto, London, Hamilton, Windsor, that there is lots of work for them in the North. They comei up here after desperate hardshipsâ€"walking wearyg miles, hitchâ€"hiking, stealing rides on the railways’ â€"only to findâ€"like the young man referred toâ€" that they have been sent on a fool‘s errand. On reaching the North they find themselves in a ‘ strange country, a trying climate, without friends, without means of support, and with just about as little chance of employment as they had in the South. It is true that some of them actually do | find work here, but it is a matter of sheer luck. The young man who walked the thirtyâ€"five miles to the lumber camp might have struck the same kind of luck by a miracle of some sort or other. | That would not have altered the situation, howâ€"| ever. It would still have been cruel, mean, despicâ€" | able, to hold out false hopes, false promises, and ask a young fellow to sap his strength on the chance of a miracle happening. Suppose the man on street had said to the young man:â€""There is a lumber camp thirtyâ€"five miles from town. The chances are that it is filled up. Of course, by a miracle, you might get a job there." In such a |t case, it is doubtful if the young fellow woulid have |t risked that walk without at least some further enâ€" | 2 F a 1 z 1 1 quiry. In the same way, it seems to The Advance that the Ontario Government and the people of the South owe it to the young men, to themselves, | 0 and to common decency, to say:â€""There are thouâ€" [1« sands of men out of work now in the North. There|® are no new works opening up. The only is for experienced bush workers. But by a miracle|C you may fall into a jobâ€"though even that will‘b mean crowding a man already there out of his | t place as a worker." The Advance believes in the |" enterprise and resource of the young men of Onâ€"|P tario, but it believes also that they should not be | ," deceived into embarking on fool‘s errands, wasting their strength and heart in hopeless quest. Preâ€"| ~ tending that there is lots of work in the North is no more than an evasion of the governmental reâ€" | sponsibility to see that the young men of the proâ€" | 4« vince have actual work. If there is no work for all |Si ready and anxious to work, then a programme of | 2: public works of some kind or another should be | Ni undertaken to provide employment. Anything | D like that would be worth far more than a boasted | N: surplus of money. ali VIMg VC HNONOUS, in words, there is war deâ€" clared against the Wongs and all the Chinese peoâ€" ple in Ontario. Under the new system the teachers and the department can place the Wongs and all their kind in their proper place. The war declared, however, is not confined to The guns also are trained on the camp if I walk out there?" the young man asked. The reply given with a chuckle that ended in a hiccough was to the effect that there wasn‘t a single doubt about it. The young man begged for particulars as to the location of the camp, the route to be taken, and these details with other parâ€" | ticulars, such as the name of the foreman in |th¢ Chinese. charge, were given with many another chuckle ’Jews. the Finns, the Ukrainians, the Czechoâ€"Sloâ€" and the occasional hiccough. Perhaps, the hicâ€" vaks, the Italians, the Polish and all the other New coughs should have warned the young man, but Canadians. They have been just a little too smart. he was so anxious t,o secure work that he was perâ€" uAnyone who has followed the school reports has haps not as careful or as canny as he might have | ‘been impressed with the number of names of New been. In any event the young fellow started out ,Canadlans on the honour rolls. It is fair to state, at once to walk that thirtyâ€"five miles and secure ‘however, that the leadership of some of the New that badly needed job. He reached the camp all Canadians in school work is not due to any suâ€" right, but only to learn that there was no job open ,peuorlty in brains over the pupils of old Canadian for him or anybody else and that there never had|St9°CKâ€" As a matter of fact, three different memâ€" been any open job at the camp. The unfortunate |P®"S 0f an Old Canadian family had a habit last young man had nothing else to do but turn about ‘year in Timmins of leading their three respective and walk the thirtyâ€"five miles back to Timmins. ‘clabses in one of the public schools of Timmins. | | ‘"Wongs" or "vitches‘ or] According to the story told here last week the|This proves that the : young fellow arrived back in Timmins hungry "skies" or other New Canadian nomenclature have | cold, disheartened. Those who heard the story 2O monopoly in excellence in school tests. i were indignant at the mean imposition placed The Advance is intensely Canadianâ€"so much so upon the man seeking work. All agreed that it that it would wish to see Canadians lead in school | was cruel, contemptible. "_ |examinations, as in other departments of life. But The story was told last week in Timmins of a young man up in this North Country looking for work. In his anxiety to secure some employment he was asking people he met on the street if they knew of any job that might be open. One man told him there was such a jobâ€"but it was at a camp some thirtyâ€"five miles out in the country from Timmins, "Are you sure I can get a job at that Timmins, Ont., Monday, January 10th, 1938 TIMMIN®, ONTARIO Members Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association: Ontarcioâ€" Quebec Newspaper Association; Class ‘A" Weekly Group OFFICE 26 â€" PHONES â€"â€"â€" RESIDENCE 70 Published Every Monday and Thursday by: Ohe Vorcrupine WAR HERE ON CHINESE mss lt lt P P wl P o omwm GECO LAKE, Owner and Publisher Subscription Rates: United Statesâ€"$3.00 Per Year lv-v-“ * _ M B h «is A There were some good people who in years pastf have maintained that Canada did not need any| This story is defence measures to protect this country from posâ€" |business man. sible attack by unscrupulous European or Asiatic 'man approache nations. The fate of Belgium, Ethiopia, China,;the conversatio had no application to Canada in the eyes of these !you in some gC people. This country, they agreed, did not even |prised, however have to depend on the free protection of Old Britâ€" genial tone repl ain. "The United States," they said solemnly, "canled," at once le; not aiford to allow any invasion of Canada, be-]fice. The sales: cause that would expose the United States itself ;prise when he c to foreign attack." Diplomatic exchanges last rudely interrup! week must surely have been a shock to these‘ not interested peaceâ€"loving people. Just what protection Canaâ€" ‘blondes‘!" da need expect from her Southern neighbour was suggested when there was talk last week of a danâ€"‘ Judith Robins ger that Canada might be open to Asiatic attack The Globe and The newspapers giving so much generous space to the case of the Wongs would do well, indeed, to turn their attention and their comments to the allâ€"tooâ€"gentle new system of the Ontario Dept. of Education. Undoubtedly the new scheme will do ‘away with the irritation of the Wongs and the other New Canadians who have the temerity to "lead if and when they can. But what about the effect on the Old Canadians? Without the imâ€" petus of the rivalry of the New Canadians it seems certain that underneath all the red tape and the brave talk about psychology, things will be no betâ€" ter than they have been, even if the new system manages to hide that fact from the public for a . brief time. Were the Wongs or other New Canadians to be? asked how they do it, the answer would be thef same as thaiti which would be given by any of the brilliant students of Old Canadian or other British| stock. When New Canadian parents send their’ youngsters to school, it is with the definite undel-j 5standmg that they are to learnâ€"and no fooling| standmg They ask no favours from influence or| friendship or kindly disposed teachers. Industry,| the desire to learn, the ambition to succeedâ€"these | are the inspirations pounded into themâ€"literally, if necessary. Who dare suggest that the plan does not work? | ! Timmins has a large proportion of New Canaâ€" dians at the schools here. They have done reâ€" markably well in their school work. All honour to them! But Canadians of older stock have also shown their ability. Most of the outstanding puâ€" pils in the local schools have been of Old Canadian stock, or other British origin. Apparently, howâ€" ever, in other parts of the province, the case must be different, or the Dept. of Education would not have needed to behave as it has done. it is done. This would be a much better way than| > to attempt to hide the truth behind fantastic new style confidential reports. Of course, abolishing all foot races would make it impossible to declare the winner of the halfâ€"mile sprint, but the lad who would have won the ra¢te, had it been held, will be the fellow likely to catch the train if he has to run | j for it. | I‘C , “‘ l r The Advance is intensely Canadianâ€"so much so that it would wish to see Canadians lead in school examinations, as in other departments of life. But,| The Advance believes that the leadership should! be fairly won, and that there should be no discrimâ€" ination between Old and New Canadians. If the fact is that the New Canadians are taking undue lead, it would be well to acknowlege the fact and learn from the friendly New Canadians just how respectively. The London Free Press suggests that ’there must be something in a name for two Wong ‘sisters graduated with high honours in medicine !from the University of Western Ontario last spring, !whlle a cousin of the same name secured a master ‘of arts degree. While the newspapers seem to ‘believe that the honours thus secured by these \Canadians of Chinese descent suggest the indusâ€" itry and application, as well as the brilliance of the iChlnese race, the Ontario Department of Educaâ€" tion considers it "all Wong," and has taken steps | to see that it does not happen again. The Departâ€" ment has taken steps to see that no more examinâ€" fation reports are to be published in the newsâ€" ’ papers. This will stop all this talk about how |clever the Wongs may be, and other Canadians will not feel that they are falling behind in the race. Indeed, it is the avowed intention of the| ’Ontario Department of Education to do away; eventually with all examinations. The dear old ladies of the department do not like to see rivalry| and competitionâ€"especially with the Wongs get-; ting the honours. In other words, there is war deâ€" clared against the Wongs and all the Chinese peoâ€" ‘ ple in Ontario. Under the new system the teachers and the department can place the Wongs and all| their kind in their proper place. [ DEFENCE OF CANADA THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO Judith Robinson, who writes a column a day for'tists The Globe and Mail, handles many diverse subâ€" many prised, however, when the Kirkland Lake man in genial tone replied "You surely can! I‘ll be delightâ€" ed," at once leading the way into his private ofâ€" fice. The salesman got his second and greater surâ€" prise when he commenced his sales talk only to be rudely interrupted with the words:â€""No! No! I‘m not interested in bonds! I thought you said ‘blondes‘!" on the British Columbia coast. Did the United States thunder forth the word that any such atâ€" tack would be followed by the immediate hostility of the richest nation on earth? Not that anyone noticed! Instead the suggestion was promptly made that in case of danger of such an attack, Canada would have to be prepared to repulse the 'invaders, or the United States would be compelled to protect itself by fortifications along the Canaâ€" dian frontier at the danger point.. In other words, instead of the United States defending Canada, !the Dominion was indirectly required to defend ‘the United States. This story is told about a leading Kirkland Lake business man. An elegantly dressed bond salesâ€" man approached the Kirkland Lake man, opening the conversation with the words, "Could I interest you in some good bonds?" He was slightly surâ€" k. 2t in cce in 1 tss c . Ts io on GRAV EL AND SANDâ€"AND PLACER Friends in Timmins will be interested | in the municipal record of Mayor, Weeks, of Englehart. Mayor Weeks was recently reâ€"elected by acclamat,ioni for the third term, ard having won five other times in election contests for the mayoralty of Englehart. Thus he | has been eight times mayor of Engleâ€" hart, beating the record of Dr. McInnis in Timmins by a year. Mayor Weeks also served four years as councillor at Englehart. In the social and personal items last week in The New Liskeard Speaker there was the following note of local interest:â€"‘"Mr. and Mrs.> Jas. Price left on Wednesday to visit their son, Mr. Geo. Price, in Timmins. On their way north Mr. and Mrs. Price will stop Off at Kirkland Lake. Mr. Sam Bucovetsky announces the engagement of his eldest daugh@ SI, Rose, to Dr. Harry Magder. of Kirkland Lake, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Magzder. of Sudbury, Ontario, the marriage to take place in the latter part of February ter. an underâ€"grad Mary‘s hospital. Mrs. Porrester, of Hamilton,. Ontario, arrived in town during the weekâ€"end to visit her daughter, Miss Eunice Forresâ€" Miss Ida Williams, who is studying French in Montreal, left on Friday to resume her studies after spending the holiday at her home here. Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Grant, of To rorto, were visitors to Timmins las week, Mr. Verdun Thompson returned last week to Timmins after a holiday visit to New Liskeard. for Treat your credit as t pays to pay promptly Miss Rose Bucovetsky left on Sunday t a visit to Toronto. 14 Pine St. N. OPTICAL COMPANY but the strain on my eyes used to give me the most ainful headaches and csompletely ruin my eveâ€" ning. Mr. C urtis preâ€" scribed glasses that comâ€" letely clear>d up my trou ble. I wear them when I read too and find I don‘t tire so quickly. It‘s wonderful what proâ€" per glasses can do." Liberal Terms May Be Arranged at "I like shows UA nurse at the St i sacred trust. ~O00Lf Phone 835 ast Ths Church of the Nativity was the scene of a quiet wedding on Saturday morning at 9 o‘clock, when Jennie,. daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Michael Oleck, of Poland, became the bride of Mr. Josâ€" €ph Lizak, of Timimins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lizak, of Poland. Rev. Leo. Madry, officiated at the wedding. Wedding on Saturday at Church of the Nativity Bornâ€"on January 4th, 1988, to M and Mrs. A. Monette of Riverside Drive Timmins.â€"a son. Bornâ€"on January 4th, 1938, to Mr. and Mrs. Morval Messecar, of 117 First avenue, Schumacherâ€"a daughter. Bormâ€"on December 21st, to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Badeski, of 166 Mountjoy street northâ€"a son. Bornâ€"on January 7th, 19388, to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Fuller, of 16 Windsor avenueâ€"a son. l Friends of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Jelâ€" | bert, Messines avenue, will be sorry to ‘heax that their son, Dougie, has had ‘to return to St. Mary‘s hospital and that he is quite ill. Motor car drivers should make a special note of the fact thas Jan. 15th is thev~latest date at which the new plates may be purchased by those operâ€" ating cars. As noted in The Advance last week there will be no further leeâ€" way allowed, and any car owners operâ€" ating without the new liszensse plates will be liable to prosecution after Satâ€" urday of this week. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Brown, of Burk‘s Falls, spending the winter months in the North, are at present visiting at the home of their daughâ€" ter, Mrs. R. Richardson, 74 Tamarack street,. "our Births Registered in Four Days in Timmins The next meeting of the Men‘s Forum ¢f the Timmins United Church will be held in the basement of the church on Monday, January 17th, commencing at 8 p.m. Miss Violet Ringstead, and her broâ€" ther, Mr. Walter Ringstead, returned ¢n Sunday to Larder Lake after a visit with their sister, Mrs. Gerry Van Rassel. Mr. Allan Kelly returned to Timmins after spending days at his home in Cobalt Mrs. Geo. Robinson and little daughâ€" ter, Margaret, were guests of friends t Kirkland Lake last week. Arthur 8. Hall was a v and Noranda last week Mr. Bill Doran is spending an tended holiday in California. FOR RENTâ€"Comfortable warm room in quiet private home. Call evenâ€" ings at 50 Toke Street, or Phone 157. FPOUR ROOM HOUSE FOR RENTâ€"$§22 peor month. With water paid. Apply 2475 Elm North, Phone 1172â€"J. FOR RENTâ€"Twoâ€"room shacit R RENTâ€"Sevenâ€"roomed house. conveniences. Apply 166 Pine, Sou #ivy AtLiN 1 «i CoOnâ€" veniences. Apply 49 Second Avenue. Schumacher. â€"ALd For years police and scientists and men in charge of motor cars have puzzled over the quesâ€" tion, "When is a man drunk?" There is a partial answer now. When a man picks a newspaper ofâ€" fice to confess a murder he alleges he did some dozen years ago in a distant city, even the scienâ€" tists will agree that somebody has had a drink too The Sudbury Star wonders if the wolf reported as wandering around Niagara Falls recently is one of the famous Sault wolves. The answer is Everybody knows the ungodly howl that went up to high Heaven some time ago when some of the Sault Wolves became so thin that they were able to crawl through the wire fence that encloses them at the Sault zoo. If another wolf escaped from Sault Ste. Marie this year, everybody would know it. The noise would be so great that no one in the province would be able to hear about the static coifee on the dated radio jects with cleverness and skill, but last week she appeared to venture where women should not go. She devoted her column to the German Governâ€" mnt‘s decree that in the interests of the conservaâ€" tion of cotton for war purposes, all shirt manufacâ€" turers hereafter are to cut two inches from the standard length of shirt tails Women are invadâ€" ing every sphere of man‘s activity. But, good Judâ€" ith, surely shirt tailsâ€"even short shirt tailsâ€" should be held sacred for men alone! visitor to Rouyn last wesg the holi 1d 4. =3]) CX ~ It was also arranged that an invitaâ€" tion will be extended from the board to the minister of agriculture to visit the Cochrane district during next sumâ€" mer, and view agricultural conditions and possibilities. order . Lnaltl pol owners may be enâ€" abled to beautify the cemetery grounds. The present provisions of barrels for water was deemed inadequate for the needs of the plot holders who find difâ€" ficulty in keeping flowers and shrubs during the hot weather. The lo:al Agricultural Society is to be visited by a delegation of the board at the annual mesting this month, when an offer of assistance from the board will be exâ€" tended in any proposals for the furâ€" therance of agriculture in the district. Cochrane Seel\mg New Plan of Watering Cemetery water â€"to the order . that plo abled to beautif Dated at Timmins, day of January, 1938 Tenders addressed to the undersignâ€" ed, will be received at his office, 67 Fourth avenue, Timmins, Ontario, until Monday, January 31, at noon, for the following property forfeited under the customs laws, viz.: One Chevrolet Light Delivery Truck, model 1935. Ten per cent. deposit required with all tenders. ‘Termsâ€"Cash on ansentan‘~a nf Th arily A regular dividend of 1%, has been declared by the Directors on the Capiâ€" tal Stock of the Company, payable on the 28th day of January, 1938, to shareâ€" holders of record at the close of Pusiâ€" ness on the l4th day of January, 1938. Dated the 7th day of January, 1936. I. McIVOR, Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines Limited WANTEDâ€"Sali¢ tario who can paint shoyps, auto accessori for internatio turer. Comt UPPER CANADA COI CUSTOM SALE BY TENDER In honour of ‘Old Boys‘ of the College who fell in the Great War, Upper Canada College offers for competition a number of Scholarships of $600.00 a year for years, to candidates who are under fourteen on the 1st September prior to the exâ€" amination which is held in April. highest â€" rccepted Three Bursarics are offered to enabl(' boys to enter U’IL tory School who otherwise could not do so. For full particulars apply to the Principai, Refere Upper Canada College, Toronto. Memorial Scholarships DIVIDEND NUMBER 301 HELP WANTED Ad v e, Jan. 8th, 1937.â€"At the reâ€" ting of Cochrane Board of esday, it was decided to reâ€" local town council to conâ€" S and means of providing the municipal cemetery, in plot owners may be enâ€" H. J. NELSON, Corporal, RC.M. Police Al ~«Laponien??di sterogray Box 2080, Timmins. Ont h on acceptance of tendâ€" Bursaries at Preparatory School fe nan for Northern onâ€" ell paint specialties to leet owners, garages. d at his office, 67 mins, Ontario, until 1, at noon, for the forfeited under the eL owners, garages ind hardware stores ly known manufacâ€" lon. Drawing acâ€" 1. Write Box SM. Assistantâ€"Treasurer tender not necesâ€" Ontario, this 8th TORONTO (Founded 1829) ) Try The Advance Want Advertisements or somebody i; thing over" The a question that The Star. Peopie here have that Val Hodges is no minsâ€"and never was mayor in Canada is n Timmins. That also i fact. There is no " Va directory or the voter: among men in Timmin Star is trying to "put The item in last week‘s issue of The Toronto Star reads:â€""Others a% the party last night (supperâ€"dancing at the King Edward) were Claire Carroll, Nora McGrady, Ross McLeod, Jimmy Cook and Val Hodges, who by the way is mayor of Timmins, and said to ‘be the youngest mayor in Canada." For the sezo Tew weeks the sc ronto Star one e a reference to "\ Timmins." Some fame page made people here paid . matter, thinking t be blamed on th. When Did Val Hodges Get the Mayoralty of Timmins Exchange: iortunate is t who knows her husband like book. To Witi~â€" Under and by virtue of an Execuâ€" tion against lands issued out of the Second Division Court of the District of Cochrane and the Province of Onâ€" | tario, and to me dirscted against the |lands and tenements of Harolid Hatâ€" ton and Catherine M. in an action wherein John W. Pogg Limited, is the Plaintiff, and Harold Hatton and Catherine M. Haiton are the Deâ€" tfendants, I have seized and taken in Execution and will offer for sale by public auction to the highest bidder at my office in the Court House at the Town of Cochrane, on Wednesday the 19th day of January, 1938, at the houwur of 11.00 o‘clock in the forenoon, all the right, title, interest and equity of reâ€" demption of the above named defendâ€" ' ants, Harold Hatton and Catherine M. Hatton, in, to and out of the following _described lands and tenements, viz.:â€" 1. Parcel 2968, Whitney and Tisdale Priced From $79.50 On Our Budget Plan Just §$4.50 Monthly CHILDREN FOR ADOPTIONâ€"â€"Good homes desired for children, boys and girls, Catholic and Protestant, ages THE CORNISH SOCIAL CLUB are holding a Whist Drive in the Holâ€" linger hall on Thursday, Jan. 13th, at 8 p.m. Ten prizes to be awarded the winners. Admission 25 cents. Refreshments to be served after the cards. xo 1J w h Situate in the Town of Timmins, in the District of Cochrane and Province of Ontario, granted by the Crown as Mining Land, namely: The Surface Rights of Lot Number Fortyâ€"Three (43) as shown on Planr Mâ€"40 (Sudbury) now deposited in the Office of Land Titles at Cochrane. Dated at Cochrane this 12th d October, A.D. 1987. . . Uppet School Jolhn D. Mackay, â€"~3â€"4â€"5â€"6. Sherriff, District of Cochrant 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 44t1 Electrical Appliance Co. SEE THE Westinghouse alt Sn vI 40 MTVS MONDAY, JANUARY 10TH, 1938 The Home of Westinghouse" DSTRICT OF COCHRAXE the second â€" time zts 15 170L mayor oi Timâ€" never was. The youngest anada is not the mayor of That also is an established : is no " Val Hodges" in the ‘ the voters‘ list, or known in Timmins. Whether The ag to "put something over‘" y is "trying to put someâ€" The Star, or what is what is hat should be answered by 39 Third Avenue Cushioned Action Ference 5, Prepara the woman e a cheque