Mr; ‘Iri health on been ‘com chest. Ho ed to feel hc gust, 1857, Mr. " ried Catherine : fourteen mconth ness. He was disc Wednesday m Mrs. Maude W K. Clements, Order, officia turnout of O theâ€" ritual of them in F the North his life a t at 56 Third many resident at Trinity Un Rev. James E. Pioneer of North Dies in His Sleep Jonathan Tripp, Noted for His Friendliness, Passes From the North by smile and g the local sce: slecp scme tim Wednesday m days cx latir wWill â€" gret of his death la Lake. The Northe last had the follow news columns to | pilonger of the Nor Many Mour Survyiy Porn Many in Tin ew Jonathat 11 ten CCiOCK To.d his daughter that was all right. Borr Near Penetang orn near Penetanguishene in Auâ€" t, 1857, Mr. Tripp early in life marâ€" Catherine Masters, who died here rtegn mconths ago after a }jJong illâ€" Itre lust think of what it would mean to you to build your ow n home or to fixâ€"up your old one to make it modern and convenient. The increased comâ€" fort and happiness that you receive make it well worth the trouble! Take advantage of W. H. Severt‘s complete home service . . . we build, reâ€" model and repair‘! Stop in toâ€"day or phone, and our representative will call! ompialnit However, W. H. SEVERT Building Contractor 153 Mountjoy St. _ Timmins Electrical Contract We had the honour of being awarded the contract for tht expansion of the member of the Orange Order (John) "TYripp, wnose friénd ind greceting was a feature 0 mplete Electrical JC Tuesday, alth TIMMINS NEW METHOD LAUNDRY Minnic B in DetrC r WwWill read wi cath last week Northern New The SALE and SERVICUING Mourrn P nathan T years, ths land Lak r 60 of 1 ns Of paAlll , after suppe r. and when to‘da his dau W as Handled Exclusively by We Wish Every Success We Take This Opportunity to Wish Them 3 ‘Dy Als .« with whnom XIM C T het t Phone Fripp 2ssin ‘OWI refé quiet Continued Success. 70 TH h The Complete _ STAR ELECTRIC nuch reâ€" Kirklanc Iuilli| IOwing edrtor nducted | of Mr. Tripp of Their Lar Oran 11 Friday gAhiter, e lived imneral which v. W. to the n m â€" red of his o1 and uscful Jife. Even to the day beâ€" fore his death, he was engaged in useâ€" ful cecupation. And he leaves behind rot only memecries, but a family whose members will carry on his traditions. One is happy to think that death came peacefully, and witmnous pain. One will always remember that smile and greeting on the streetâ€"one will miss it. And now he has gone from am us, to be honoured in death this af noon by members of ‘the fraternal der to which he deovoted 60 of the vyears of his life. "Jchn" Tripp lived an unassun gOl Kirkland Lak camp ploys Up to the actively eng the insuran Todd. dridge, Ont livinz near Avril in Sa ford, living child. and t1 children. Mr. Tript earivy in th vable chara ind Lake. Flanazan, Sudbutr Timmins; «Mrs. Lake:; William T e â€"Busins m, Ont me tim: Gral tIngs, NA reticenc: L interest Ki: tiimng comin y enjoyed Tripp Th coidâ€"timers, ult v to the town. Editorial Reference orthern News also ha A Kindly indly smile aC smille, his happy ult _ goodâ€"humoured â€" joking ‘ about his age, and his in everything that was nade Jonathan Tripp a ter to hundreds in Kirkâ€" ren living here are: Mrs. ainford, Carl, William, Joycz, whilse sisters who rs. William Dunbar, Sunâ€" _ Mrs. Annie McGregor, Detroit; and Mrs. Mary katchewan. Annictce Rainâ€" here, is a greatâ€"grandâ€" ‘re are other grealt grandâ€" th live lived an unassumin Even to the day be he was enzazed in use 3 +*pr= Phone 279â€"J bestâ€"known figures in | he always had a cheery | 1 whom he met, and| a. chat cr a jJoke not timers, but with newâ€"| y; M1i Ethel m Memory his â€" h W and Kirkiand â€" Lake ~some time emâ€" lial gzovernment deathi he subâ€"agent itet Ada Wilson, Norton, Elk 1 imirs, West, Mrs. Franzes rOmnl a@imnmnol t he wWwas agent for Frank â€"H. in the engaged he garâ€" Mrs. lliam, â€" who Sunâ€" Ningâ€" spen‘t folâ€" ‘ath is:'nse and fairness should be shown iin piling up heartbreak by flattering | stories of the chances for work in | the Northâ€"chances chiefly nonâ€"exisâ€" | tent. The odd youth will come to the North and securs work at fair pay. It is equally true that the odd lad from the North has gone South and landed | gocd place. Would it be fair, or decant, however, to keep telling the seores:â€" of Timmins lads out of work and neseding work that jobs are begâ€" ging for them in the Scuth?â€" From the very beginning of the depression The Advance urged the governrment to start pabhc works and make employment to give the youth of Canada a chance. ,Had the governmenis spent as much money to that end as they have exâ€" pended on direct relief, the country would hbhave had something for its money and the morale of the pzaople would have been different to what it is, The Advance has the greatest sympaithy for the victims of the direct of the North are also entitled to somet fall during Dezsember since 1927. Jus ccnsideration. The North has more than done its part all througzh. Not! only has it absorbed thcusards from the Scuth, but it has been begged and and victimized by thousâ€" ands of others cominz here in numâ€" bers beyond the power of absorption, kindly and sympathetic psople nere. who also had their own tro.xb‘es } 91 and having to be cared for by tn.-.' ten years ago it was excseded hy . sncowfall of 26 inches and is therefor next to a record for heavy snow. Review of the Woeatner Generaliy Although temperature remained â€" little colder than last year, a mean 0 degrees in Dosember is aroun: what may be expected, and althcoug] the month as a whole was not particu larly cold it ended with an exseption | mlarrtir: ‘health. | I have worked in the bush up here in Northern Ontario sinceâ€"and I have no hesitation in saying thnat notwithâ€" ’standing many of the liabllities menâ€" !tioned by Northerner, there is nothing \ in the world that will rejuvenate cne ‘as quickly as a few months in the bush. ! Of course anyone who imagines he can acquire financial security in the !bush is doomed to disappointment. For | even an expert requires good bush to ‘make good monrey. Working on the | sparsely scattered toothpicks in the ‘vicinity of Timmins will not make a bushman eligible to pay income tax. ; Whenever a man harbours the noâ€" tion of venturing forth into the unâ€" known to ‘better his lot he will rezeive ‘ admonitions of his folly. All the pionâ€" eers and explorers of. history were warned by their friends of their folly. My advice is follow the natural bent of your inclinations. Happiness cannot be measured in dollars ana cenis. Work | | : | | | Had the gover money to that pended on di: would hbave h money and th would have bs P.S.â€"I hope you print this because I abhor the defeatist attitude permeatâ€" ing this country regarding the unemâ€" ployed. I am firmly convinced that the huge majority that will venture forth will make good. I hope you print this ‘by all means, but if you do not, kindly return it.â€"M. S. Editorial note:â€"The Advance disâ€" likes "defeatist" policy as imuch as the letter writer does, but it does seem that the worst form of "defeatism" is to hold out false promises and to enâ€" courage by unfounded hopes. t the present time there are a thousand men out of work in Timimins alone. What garthly sense is there in ati¢empting to entics more here? Young men born and brought up in the North are here by the scores, needing work, begging for work, and there is no work for them. Is it even decercy to encourage others to come here? Is it any better to "stagnat?" in the North than in the Scuth? No one would unduly restrict enterprise in youth, but some little To those who would venture forth into the unknownâ€"my advice is play vyour hunch to the limit. â€"any kind of workâ€"will lead to reâ€" juvenation and contentment. Idleness for the physically fit is a curse. itely set for Jan date the radio an will be awarded. Poor Advice for Southern Youth There have been engquiries the South Porcuzpine Curlin draw for the radio to 3c :: The date of the drawirng v l7th, a week dfrom toâ€"day Colginally anncuanced that t would be made on Dec. 20th impossible to cartry out th the Christmas holiday season chuses made it n cessary t the drawing. The draw is However, when he writes that if his letter can prevent some psor misguided lad coming up here with a brave smile and heart full of hopsâ€"only to have his heart brokenâ€"I must decidedly take issue with him. Firstly, the hearts of virile young Canadiansâ€"or any other nationality, for that matter â€" ars not o easily broken by the vicissitudes and nardâ€" shins of life. My first exyp"® curred in I~* pulpwoer". T wa. out~ ic on "a Ncortherner claims to have cut 3000 cerds of pulpwoodâ€"which would certainly give him some authority on the subject. my fortut faclts are the farm before ~~ hilarctin ships of life. Let them who will, come No:rth, and I venture to assort whatever the hardâ€" ships encountered, thoy will still be irfinitely bel‘ter than stagnatirsz in idleness at home. ' Some of the happies® t â€"nen‘ts cf my life have been sper‘ / r iumpor camys. To the Editor, Porcupine Advan Dear Sir:â€"Reg apzeared in the of The Toronto and reprinted in and van DRAW FOR RADIO BY soOUTH PORCUPINE CURLINXG CLUB are ti farmer ail ve been enguiries as to wh @at th at ai{ the ‘"Voice of the People ito Star, by "Northerner, d in The Porsupine Ad â€"Regardirg the l the "Voice of th 1IVerV H dio to away drawirgz will Je Jan rom toâ€"day. It wa: nced that the n Dec. 20th, but it wa: IrTy out this plan, a: Nliday season and othe: n cessary to postpone 1e draw is now deofinâ€" . lith, and after that d other valuable prizos T "‘nen.:s t my per" " v idumbar cam,‘s,. .e in=~thne buso 6 *â€" arn Maniioba cutting a rank novice at the sho:it time 1 could cut Icwever. I never made ist Jjc>. The cold cruel fter six weeks I owed <w dollarsâ€"yet never did I enjoy such exâ€" Schumacht Curling Club will es that if his sor misguided a brave smile only to have st â€" daecidedlyv ie letter Precipitation Rain fell on one day during the month orly from 6.00 a.m, to 7.00 a.m. on the 3rd, just a light shower and also a light drizzle of sleet mixed with snow on the 16th during the night. Snow fell on 19 days during the month, a total snowfall of 24‘%" being measured, the heaviest being over a pericd of 8 days from the ¢h at 2.00 p.m. until the lith at 3.00 p.m. on the afterroon, a total of 12%, inches. Total precipitation (water) over the month was approximately 2w inches. Rain {ell month orly on the 3rd also a light snow on th The mean the month mately, whi year. The mea month was â€"scmewhat really about 1nhe IOwWPSb Tempserature Ooverâ€" «<he month was on the nigzht of the 30th when a minimum of 27 degrees below zero was recorded and the coldest day was the 3lst with a maximum of 10 beâ€" low and a minimum of 26 below gave us a mean for the day of 18 (degrees selow zero. There were 14 with the miniâ€" mum above zero, dne day at zero ant 16 days below zero. At no Stime during the month did the minimum tempz2raâ€" ture risse above freezing, alithough 4th was close with the minimum at 3i degrees. ine iCwest maximum tempsrature during th> month cccurred during the nighs of the 30th or early morning of the 31st when the maximum temperaâ€" ture failed to register higher than 10 below zero. The mean maximum temperature over the month was 16 degrses, slightly lower than normal. and the 22nd at 33 d There was one CGa} maximum at zero e ths: 30th and 3lst v be‘ow zero. The lewest maxi during th> month o night of the 30th o1 There were 3 days only during Deâ€" cember with the maximum temperature above freezirg, the 3rd at 33 degrees, the 4th as noted above at 34 degrees and the 22nd at 33 degrees. There were only ‘three days during the month that the temperature was above freezing. The mean maximum for the month was 16 degross, slight:, lower than normal. 24‘ inches, only 1‘ inches less than December, 1927, when 26 inches fell, cconstituting the heaviest on record for this month. Near Record Snowfall Here During December The month of December, with a mean minimum temperature of apâ€" proximately 9‘; degrees, was somewhat colder than last year but about normal as compared with records cf cther years, according to the monthly weathâ€" r repcort of Sydney C. Wheeler, in charge of the meteorological offizre at Hollinger Mine. Snowfall during the month totalled Only 1‘% Inches Less Than in 1927 When 26 Inches Fell Durâ€" ing Month. Minimum Temperature of 9‘ Degrees is Normal Compared With Other Years. Only Three Days Recorded Above Freezing. an norm Minimwm Cowest to ig Desember since 1927. Just s ago it was excgseded hy a of 26 inches and is therefore temperaturse approximately 9 colder than last ncrmal. snowlali of heaviest be s from the IlIith alt 3 fOr neavy snow. Woeatner Generaliy rrature â€" remainm a last year, a mean of Docember is around sected, and althcough Temperatures QUEBEC‘S OwWN FUEHRERS the 20th with the istly, and 2 days, th the maximum UAf Wl At t 3,00 p.m of 123 in vater)» over ‘ month totalled inches less than ; de vear the ‘ees but his case was pos Milwaukee Jounal: Amnsrictca the land of infinite yarietyâ€"not only carves its immortals on mountain sides ut squeszes 39 of them on a special postage s anip. Srowfall, as noted elsewhere, was atnormal, a total of 244 inches being cnly exceeded in 1927 when 26 inches fell, and is the heaviest sncwfall in Dscember of which we have record. There were nine days during the month with the sky tolally overcast and nc sunshine, three days with one hour of sunshine only, and ten days with six or more hours of sunshine. A total of 110 hours of sunshine over the month gives vs an average of apâ€" proximately 3‘ hcurs per day over the whole month, which is a little on the low side. At Jan. lst the sunr rises at 7.50 a.m. and seis at 4.20 pm. Lighting up time should be not later than 20 minutes afiter 5.00 p.m. and earlier should the visibility be‘> poor. A new mogon on theo 1st of January # 22 is at tChc ally co‘d snap when the temperatur went to 27 below zero on the 30th and the These were the coldest day: cf the present winter so far. Timmins @%, Laundry Timmins New Method Laundry give you real freedom from all washday worries! Let you feel free to go shopping, visit, take in a movie or attend any social funeâ€" tion you don‘t want to miss. At a most economical price we will do all your launâ€" dry to your absolute satisfaction. Mondays Are "Funâ€"Days"" Now unshine, three days with one sunshine only, and ten days or more hours of sunshine. A 110 hours of sunshine over h gives vs an average of apâ€" full on the 16th. SYDNEY C. WHEELER, Weather Obssrver Simply and Our Driver Will Cali s an average of apâ€"| The following a hcurs per day over imittees for the ve rises at 7.50 a.m. Lighting up time than 20 minutes arlier should thse Meeting of Council Deals with Matters Ldrge Addition to Laundry Building each case being the chairman. Financeâ€"William Wren, J. E. Bruâ€" nette, Karl Eyre. Public Worksâ€"William McDermotlt, William Wren, J. E. Bruneie. Fire ard Lightâ€"William Roberts, William McDermctt, Paul Piche. Contingenty and Reliefâ€"Karl Eyre, William Wren, Paul Piche. Waterworksâ€"Paul Piche, Karl Eyre, William Roberts. Public Relations and Parksâ€"â€"J. E. Brunette, William McDeorimc‘t, William Roberts. more room necessary,., As the originai plant stood thirty feet bock from the street line. plans were prepared to build a new front approximately thirty feset square and two storeys high, The new addition is now completed and adds considerably to the appearâ€" ance of Cedar Strecit. It faces the new Nurses‘ residence of St. Mary‘s hospiâ€" tal. Th large Nean sign installed by Star Eectric luminates the strect and is visible from Third avenue. The new section provides enclosed space for the two trucks while loading and unloading and adjoining this is the (Continued from Page One) vance to the report of the fire chief for the past year. He claimed that the report should have been first submitted to Council. Chief Borlana told the meeting that he had released the report to the newspapers and while some reâ€" ference had‘been made to is cortents in The Advance that the ccomplete reâ€" port had not been published. He was advised that in future all reports must be first presented to Council before publication. Try The Advance Want Advertisements office and parcel room. The second floor provides additional working space. A gravity conveyor brings the work down from the finishâ€" irg room all ready for pickâ€"up or deliâ€" ns very Those who prefer to bring their d‘es to the laundry can now leave them at the office or, if after hours, they may ‘;> dropped into a chute provided fot the purpose. W. H. Severt was the general conâ€" tractor in charge of building the now addition. Laundry in providi handle the growing also a decided additi buildings of the town Six yoars and six 1 E. Malone took over Method Lamudry an ations with a staff a Toâ€"day it requires a ciently handle the wo in by two trucks from Porcupine district. This stcady increas the busing an advan Timmins New Method Launâ€" dry Meets Large Growth of Business. rFCEC ROr add!tion Standing Committees following are the stand Worksâ€"William McDermotlt Wren, J. E. Bruneie. ind â€"Lightâ€"William Roberts McDermctt, Paul Piche. n al s ind dit s comp etod e building bhousit ddition is not on the standing comâ€" the first named in ‘hairman. in busin>ss made As the original t ‘bock from the ) T‘mmins Ne arried on oper iff of 26 that is | Timm l60re room 1e« but i at 63 Codar Street North is now equipped and ready to serve vou in an even mort efficient manntr than before. The everâ€" increasing number of families entrusting th¢ir laundry to our care has made this Cxpansion necessary. To them we say "Thauk you for your patronage." Onec the Timm‘ins New Method Launâ€" dry has taken away your washday worries you will always call upon them to sery« vou. pa is brotu Legislature to Open ftm Session on Feb. 23 1TO OUR BUILDING: St. Louis Courierâ€"Journal; Any one with the time to spare and the irresist~â€" ible mathematical impulse can reduce the height of futility to its constituent elements by dividing into "golden moâ€" ments" the cight months an internaâ€" tional committe spent acquitting Leon Trotsky of conspiracy azainst the ments" the cight mor tional committe spent T‘rotsky of conspira Bolshevik Governmen before the inquiry Not conly the at ment, but also th and especially th will rouse specia. house leader, Hon. It is stated in desspatcnss from Toâ€" ronto that the early session this yvear is prompted by a desire to have ho deliberations of the legislature conâ€" cluded befcore the Rowell Commission starts its sittirgs in Ontario. As The Globe and Mail phrases it, "any posâ€" sibe conflict between House Gebates and Commission evidence will thus be avoided, and members of the governâ€" ment and their aides will nave a {freo hand to prepare and present the allâ€" important submissions thai are to go condale, and sesonded by 1 MP.P. for Russell County The announcement of t rumours to the Hopburn was to t cation, to visit th early sitting of th that any vacatior the early part of brief one. An ex necessarily be detf legislature a@adjourt It is stated in. ncunced t. of Ontaric add1 the Priced From $79.50 OJn Our Budget Plan, Just $4.50 Monthly 10nel Cona Address. I tical Items SEE THE Westinghouse Electrical Appliance i 1sS ‘CESS in repli throne will richer,. mem on tario‘s twentieth 1 on Wednesday. F he Home of Westinghouse Conache Cushioncd Action membdset € art of the year will be ; An extended vacation wil be defgrred until after t« Third Avenue men 3rd to Move Interesting Poliâ€" ween House evidence will nbers of the ides will nay i k 0 the speéch from by Lionsl for Torontoâ€"Braâ€" ed by Romseo Begin, e n ex Old Cou Hepourn ® eqgrtilar s A Cl he session to es of recon} hat Premier vaâ€" ountary. The ure suggests premier in ir will be a Vacation will journ â€" anâ€" lar session lature will 23ra. The eech from As The any posâ€" debates thus be governâ€"