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From Wingham, Ontario, comes the story of a new racket being worked on the innocent and unâ€" suspecting. Any racket worked on the people of sSouthern Ontario is sure to be tried in the North in a month or two so all should be on guard against this particular form of fraud. According to the story told in Southern Ontario newspapers, the racketeers, have been visiting farm homes in the Wingham district and frightening the owners of radios with the story that there is a dangerous gas that collects on radio tubes, and unless the gas is d@rained off an electrical spark from the radio itself is almost sure to ignite the gas with disasâ€" trous results that are not likely to stop at the radio. Not only will this gas blow the radio to pieces, but in some cases the explosion may be serious enough The story in the despatches may be true in all details, but there is certainly nothing new about it. In a book, ‘"Modern Feature Writing," pubâ€" lished in 1935, there is a despatch from Kansas City, dated October, and this October must have been at least four years ago, to find a place in the book. The Kansas City despatch tells of a young lady named Zada Spence, of Kansas City, who in aespair for a new angle to attract attention so that she might obtain a position, advertised herself as "unreliable, dishonest, lazy, but in bad need of a job with short hours and big pay." She, too, reâ€" ceived "more than a hundred telephone calls," to quote the despatch, published by The New York Herald Tribune, according to that book printed in 1935. Unlike the gentleman in Cleveland in 1938, the little lady of Kansas City of the year 1934 or before, did not receive a single offer of a position. All she was given for the "newness" of her adverâ€" tisement was "a lot of wisecracks," to quote the Kansas City despatch. It must be admitted that the older despatch seems to be the more likely to be true. In any event it is without doubt closer to being new. Perhaps, some enterprising journalist may be able to unearth from old newspaper fyles still older "new" forms of this style of advertiseâ€" ment. It may be the fact that thére was a Cleveâ€" land advertisement this year of the description ndted in despatches, as well as the previous one from Kansas City with a lady as the star. The weight of probability, however, is that both stories are founded on some other case from out of the dim and distant past, when there was a chance for things to be more or less new. A local gentieman, whose letters are often an inspiration and delight to The Advance, once wrote this newspaper saying that he never reads news items, because they are always the same old thing, with the names and places changed. In that thought may rest the exâ€" planation of the 1938 gentleman who wrote the "new" form of advertisement for a position, and the lady of 1934 or before who used the identical same words in the selfâ€"same case. An illustration of the use of an old idea as someâ€" thing new was given recently in despatches from Cleveland, Ohio, appearing in all the newspapers of Canada and the United States. These despatches told of a gentleman named Andrew Habinek, who in despair for a new angle to attract attention so that he might secure a position, advertised himâ€" self as "unreliable, dishonest, lazy, but in bad need of a job with short hours and big pay." ‘The newsâ€" papers add that Andrew received 160 telephone calls, and was actually offered no less than 74 poâ€" sitions. The story in the despatches ends with Mr. Habinek accepting a position as a life insurâ€" ance salesman, the inference being that he and all others will live happily ever after. But if all else were new, the old folks at least have all the old jokes to comfort them and to keep thm strictly upâ€"toâ€"date. Amenhotop I haa his own Charlie McCarthy, though he didn‘t allow him to advertise postâ€"dated coffee or body odour. Don‘t feel too sorry for the old folks! It is true that there is so much talk of new things â€" new religions, new economics, new government, new music, new outlook in lifeâ€"everything newâ€"but the old folks need not feel altogether out of afâ€" ‘Tairsâ€"if they have good memories. Most of the soâ€" called new thingsâ€"even the "new school"â€"are as old as sin or other foolishness. Fashions keep on changing, but there isn‘t much that is new. Radio? Didn‘t the natives of darkest Africa have that centuries ago? After the department of educaâ€" tion in the Garden of Eden had tendered a liberal allowance of applesauce to Adam and Eve, didn‘t they have all the ideas of the new schoolâ€"the deâ€" velopment of their personalitles' the scorn of reâ€" pressions, and the expression of their own opinions without regard to the factual? History proves how little there is of the new in this ancient world. The Chinese with their printing thousands of years ago, and the Egyptians with their mass proâ€" duction in prehistoric times point the moral that there is indeed little new under the sun. No one need be surprised if the archaeologists dig out an Emperor‘s favourite Ford from the tombs of the Pharaohs one of these new days. Canadaâ€"$3.00 Per Year TIMMIN®, ONTARIO Members Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association; Ontarioâ€" Quebec Newspaper Association; Class ‘A" Weekly Group OFFICE 26 â€"â€"â€"â€" PHONES â€"â€"â€"â€" RESIDENCE 70 PAGE FoOUR Timmins, Ont., Monday, March 7th, 1938 Ehe Vorupins Aduvance | ANOTHER MEAN RACKET Published Every Monday and Thursday by GEO, LAKE, Owner and Publisher Subscription Rates: United Statesâ€"$3.50 Per Year ( DIE ; Iks! It isf true things â€" new | ‘ernment, new a '( | g }c > i * It is a wellâ€"known fact (or it ought to be) that editors and reporters never make mistakes. It is , | equally true that someone does make the odd misâ€" take in newspaper production, for certainly the occasional error does appear. Who is responsible? i | Why, the intelligent compositor! And he is so â€" !prone to make a bigger mistake in correcting a f|small error that some newspapers take the safe i | plan of not attempting to correct any mistakes. t ; The typical intelligent compositor has been parâ€" > | ticularly happy in making suggestive twists to > | type in the alleged correction of a previous error. > | This has been true since the days of war when a f| hero was referred to as a "bottleâ€"scarred" veteran, s’and the intelligent compositor in the next issue s | said the proper words were "battleâ€"scared." Last ) | week one of the intelligent compositors on The Adâ€" â€" | vance staff had his fun with a list of typographical l errors reproduced from an article in The Hartland '-Obse‘rver. The Observer told of an error that hapâ€" i pened to be caught before it did serious damage to wreck the house itself and take a toll of valuâ€" able lives. For the small sum of five dollars, howâ€" ever, the publicâ€"spirited racketeer is ready and willing to drain the dangerous gas off the radio and so remove all dangerâ€"and five dollars. It is said that a harvest of hundreds of dollars has been ' reaped by the racketeers in the Wingham district, by this brazen fraud. It is not quite fair to heap scorn on the simpliciâ€" ty of the people who fall for such a racket as this. The slick tongue of the highâ€"pressure stranger makes it all appear quite logical and plausible. Inâ€" deed, it is difficult to understand how some danâ€" gas would not collect on the radio these days. If the radio could really be relieved of its surplus offensive gas, five dollars would be a very small price to pay for the blessing. Perhaps the highâ€"pressure gasâ€"relieving salesmen even go so farâ€"as to.explain that the service of freeing the radio tubes from dangerous gas is part of the exâ€" tra benefit given radio owners by the government commission in return for the extra fifty cents per year for license fee, the five dollar charge being required to make this possible. To the average man such an argument would be every bit as sound and logical as demanding an extra fifty cents per year in license fee to assure Canadian programmes for the Canadian people through selling out to United States advertisers in such a way that the additional fifty cents was essential to finance the sellâ€"out. ¢ Reference was made in a recent issue of The Advance to a tragic fire at the home of a settler in Northwestern Quebec. In this fire a young mothâ€" er and her baby were burned to death, while the husband was badly burned in escaping from the home in flames. The Rouynâ€"Noranda Press comâ€" ments on the tragic fire and asks if nothing can be done to prevent the recurrence of such tragedies. Northern Ontario has had its full share of death and destruction from fires in the homes of settlers, and the authorities here have proposed a plan whereby most, if not all, of these tragic fires could be avoided. Probably, the very fact that the plan is a simple and logical one and does not involve any special expenditure or complicated organizaâ€" tion has held back the government from putting the proposal into effect. In the past years scores of"settlers‘ homes in the North have been destroyâ€" ed by fire, with loss of life as a common feature. Magistrate E. R. Tucker, chief coroner for the Disâ€" trict of Cochrane, has made a careful investigation of each and every case coming under his official notice, as well as engquiring into many of the fires where no lives were lost. In practically every case Coroner Tucker found the start of the fire was due to improperly constructed chimneys, stovepipes too close to light partitions, or other causes that could have been remedied without particular cost or trouble, had the settler been made to realize the danger. Coroner Tucker‘s suggestion, endorsed by several juries at inquests following fires at settlers‘ homes, was simply that fire rangers whose duty now includes the inspection of settlers‘ lands for fire risks, should be empowered to inspect the homes of settlers and advise and direct them in methods for avoiding the danger of fire in the home. The fire rangers know the settlers, have won their confidence, and it would be a comparaâ€" tively simple matter if the law authorized it, for the fire rangers to give counsel and instruction to the settlers to make their homes safe from fire danger: Until some such plan as that outlined by Coroner Tucker is adopted, the deaths, injury ana destruction caused by fires at settlers‘ homes in this North must be laid, more or less, at the doors of the Ontario Government. GRAVEL AND SANDâ€"AND PLACER In commencing this editorial The Advance had chiefly in mind the idea of warning the people of this part of the North against the particular radio racket reported from the Wingham district. Of course, there is no danger of radios exploding or causing any harm to themselves or the buildings in which they may be. All sorts of gas will pass through the tubes without any injury to wires, or tubeés, or anything else, except the tempers and souls of listenersâ€"in. No one should be deceived by any stories to the contrary. Nevertheless, the racket referred to should not be allowed to get anywhere near the North. It should be nipped in the bud. No private racketeers should be permitted to graft on radio owners. The government and its commission should maintain in the strictest way the monopoly of making suckers of owners of radios. THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO Adrien Arcand, supreme chief of Canadian Fasâ€" cists, says that the fascists are going to hold a Dominion convention at Kingston this year. It is only a few years ago that the leaders of the comâ€" inunists in Canada were gathered near Kingston. to that paper, the words "Reformed Baptists" beâ€" ing set up as "Deformed Baptists." The Advance‘s intelligent compositor, however, had all readers puzzled and seeking for the humour of the slip, when the statement was made that "Reformed Baptists were referred to as Reformed Baptists." The really intelligent compositor apparently reâ€" fuses to repeat the mistakes of others, even in fun, taking the stand that he is quite able to make his own mistakes. Bornâ€"on March 2nd, 1938, to Mti Mrs. Gerald Donavan, of Riv{ Drive, at St. Mary‘s hospitaiâ€"a March 3rd, 1938, to Mt Mrs. John Girruard, of 26 Preston : â€"Agon. Toronto Telegram:â€"Chinese spe who suggests dropping one meal a to help the cause is probably not gaged in the restaurant lHitre. street south son. Four Births Registered During the Last Weekâ€"end Classes for prospectors, umc auspices of the Ontario Dept. of cpened at the Timmins High a cational School this (Monday> noon, and will continue for th The afternoon classes are from p.m., and evening lectures at 3 Bormnâ€"on March 3rd, 1938 Mrs. Donald Patterson, of Bornâ€"on March Mrs. Mendoza Bis nueâ€"a Gdaughter. Her many friends will be glad to know that Miss Eva Pezzola, who unâ€" derwent an operation for appendicitis at St. Mary‘s hospital about a week and a half ago, is now rapidly improving in health, and will scon be up and arcund again. A mcéeting has ‘been called in St. Mary‘s hospital xâ€"ray department this (Monday) evening at 8 pm. of those interested in a community centre. Mtr. Chas. Merikallio, of the Timâ€" mins Bottling Works, returned on Friâ€" day from Montrela, Quebsc, where he attended the annual Cocoâ€"Cola convenâ€" tion. of Mr. and Mrs. R. Sceli, now of Detroit, but formerly picneer residents of the Porcupine camp, are the guests of their nilece, Mrs. Geo. Lake. Mrs. I. Schroder of Cedar street, is in St. Mary‘s hospital, after having an ocperation for appendicitis on Priday. Stevenson, of Windsor, Ontario, accompanied by her daughter, Miss Jean Stevenson, spent the weekâ€"end in town visiting her son, Mr. Harry Stevenson. Mr. and Mrs. McKay, of London, Onâ€" tario, who have been visiting@ Mr. and Mrs. Knowlys, their daughter, for the past two months, left on Friday for their home. > P _ s t t l P L t e l L AL DL ul i mt «o P tA PP l P o Treat your credit as TL pays to pay promptly A Timmins citizen just returned from a visit to o-m,mw t m mt o3 14 Pine St. N. what a difference glasses can makeâ€"not only to your sight but your enâ€" tire disposition. Before Mr. Curtis prescribed my glasses I was irritable and cross. It seems that eyeâ€"strain had affected my nerves and the smallâ€" est things would comâ€" pletely upset me. There‘s a world of difference now." w It‘s 8 ur prist ng Liberal Terms May Be Arranged at at tterson, of 169 Maplic St. Mary‘s hosp:italâ€"a 2nd, 1938, to Mr. and on, Oof 14 Kent aveâ€" 3rd, 1938, to Mr. and i sacred trust. â€"83â€"84t1f Navy League i Timmins on n his annual Phone 835 unde". Lthe . of Mines, hn and Voâ€" p.m 1KOQT day ce eck ind Whist, Lunch and Dance, Auspices of Pipe Band A whist, lunch and dance is anâ€" nounced by the Porcupine Districs Pipe Band to be held in the Hollinger ljhall cn Friday evening, March l1th, conmâ€" mencing at 8.15 pm. Excellent prizes. Radio to be installed to broadcast Farrâ€" Baer fight. Entire protceeds in aia of a physically «disabled Scotsman. Following the debate two shoct plays were enacted, and were enjoyed by he audience. The first play was a skit put on by Form 1B, under the direction oi Miss Cleaver, Form teacher, and was titled "The Lighthouse Keeper‘s Daughter." The other play was entitled "Alicia Disposes," and was directed py Cora Cosgrove and Dian Ethier. Characters for this play included: Pearl Dawson, Alex Shisko, Dorothy Kussner, O:ga Bonk, Lillian Spence, and Gueida Leaâ€" Iroquois Falls, Ont., March 5th, (Special to The interâ€" esting dsbate on the subject, "Reâ€" solved that Northern Ontario should sccede from Ontario," was held in the Iroquois Falls High School auditorium on Friday evening, between the Schuâ€" macher and Iroquois Falls High Schools. The affirmative won, and was by Frank Sabourin and Bernard Philiâ€" bin for this school, while Schu:naclher High School was represented by Earl Cavanagh and Miriam Laine, they upâ€" holding the negative. The argument being very #0O0G on each side, it proved a task for the judges, Miss Grace Anderson, Mr. R. Shaw, and Mr. J. Harkness to decids the winner. Annual W.M.S. Tea a Pleasing Success the W.M.S. Auxiliary, and Miss Susie Smyth, W.M.S. social service worker in this district. The house was gay with spring flowers while St. Patrick‘s green was the colour motif for the candleâ€"lit tea table presided over by Mrs. E. J. Wood. Members of the Auxilliary lookâ€" ed after the numerous guests and the sale of home baking. During the afterâ€" noon piano selections were given by the C.G.LT. girls, Miss Grace Ramsay, M‘s« Jean Mason, Miss Peggy Williams. and vocal solos by Mrs. Geo. Prew and Mrs. P. H. Carson. Iroquois Falls High School Wins Debate Interesting Event at~ Iroâ€" quois Falls Friday Night.‘ FPOR RENTâ€"Downstairs aparanent, 4 rooms and bath. 81 Sixth Avenue, Timinins. ~19â€"320p POR RENT â€" Fourâ€"roomed |} apartment, conveniences, wird electric stove, 3â€"piece privats hardwood floors Phone 1213â€" Way Avenue. A most successful afternoon ltea was hcld at the United Church manse, Pcourth avenue, on Saturday afternoon to raise funds for the local supply work of the Women‘s Missionary Societyv. Assisting Mrs. Mustard in receiving were Mrs. Alex Ramsay, president of FOR RENTâ€"Large Grocery and Meat Store. Also fiveâ€"roomed house; all conveniences. Immediate possession. Apply 12 Third Avenue. â€"17â€"18â€"19â€"20p ROCM FOR RENT â€" Attracti nished room, all convenience able for one or two refined ladies, central location. A) Fourth Avenue, Phone 516. Event at United Church Manse on Saturday. ; were very well enacted, proved highly amusing to _ who applauded im.ost Fourâ€"rcoomed heated Hon. K. B. Bennett has asked to be relieved of the leadership of the Dominion Conservative party on account of his health. This may help Hon. Mr. Bennett‘s health, but the Conservative party is liable to suifer another relapse. Reports from Ottawa say that the Liberalâ€"Conâ€" servative party intends to drop the word "Liberal." Now, if they would also drop the word "Conservaâ€" tive," the party would start from scratch. Italy says that there is more war talk in Canada than there is in Europe. Practically the same idea was voiced by a Timmins gentleman last year afâ€" ter a visit to England, and by another on return from a trip to Ireland. In Canada and the United States there is so much peace talk that it follows naturally there is too much war talk. Apply bat‘h furâ€" uit â€" ung 10 PROPERTIES FOR SALE HELP WANTEDâ€"FEMALE FOR SALEâ€"Newly bui house showing good retu ment. Apply Sullivan Insurance and Real Es Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines Limited A regular dividend of 1% has been declared by the Directors on the Capiâ€" tal Stock of the Company,. payable on the 25th day of March, 1938, to shareâ€" holders of record at the close of busiâ€" ness on the 1l1th day of March, 1938. Dated the 4th day of March, 1938. Ottawa Journal:â€"Premier Hepburn has asked the opposition leader in the legislature not to "pull his punches." Mr. Hepburn is right. A hard, cleanâ€" fighiing opposition in any legislature or parliament is a nationai asset, and much of whast dilettantes think "rough" in an assembly is all to the public good. IN LOVING MEMORY of our dear mother, Mrs. M. J. Sheppard, who died in South Porcupine, March 7th, 1927, Also our aunt, Mrs. H. Shepâ€" pard, who died March 7th, 1937, at Camphbel‘s Bay. In our home she is fondly rememibered Sweet memories cling to her name Those who loved her in life sincerely, Still love her in death just the same. â€"19, â€"Rupert, Manley and Verna. woman capable of accepting responâ€" sibility, needing additional income for part time or full time work. No canvassing, fine cpportunity to build independent income. Write Box D. C. câ€"o The Advance. i seqins "ay s $10 Pelletner Hardware 58 Third Avenue Good Farms for Ssale in Cochrane and Temiskaming Districts, A reaâ€" sonable cash pa ment will be accepted and terms for‘the balance arranged at 4% interest. Write me Stating Your Requirements W. J. sSTEVENS, Inspector for Commissioner of Agricultural Loans BOX 371 NEW LISKEARD, QONT. 7â€"17 DIVIDEND NUMBER 303 Guelph, On Cheap for I. McIVOR, â€"Made b; it. In g0C â€" cash. a th, Phone it apartment irns on investâ€" i _ Newton, tate. =7â€"8tf A j »pply x 118 Retined responâ€" ome for Timmins 19â€" () 33 CORNISH SOCIAL CLUB WHIST DRIVEâ€"Thursday, March 10th, in Hollingir Hall. First two prizes, Ladies and Gents Iistâ€"*s ton coal. Six other valuable prizes. _ Admisâ€" son 200. Refreshments will be servâ€" ed. ~19â€"20 CHILDREN FOR ADOPTIONâ€"Good homes desired for children, boys and girls, Catholic and Protestant, ‘ages NOTICE TO CREDITORS WANTEDâ€"By the Pipe Band and Sons ¢f Scotlandâ€"all Whist patrons to atâ€" tend the grand Whistâ€"Lunchâ€"Dance benefit event in Hollinger hall on Friday, March lith. Doors open 7.30 p.m. Whist 4o commence prompt 8.15 p.in. Agdmission 50 cents. Dance only 25 cents. SEplendid prizes on view in Marshallâ€"Ecclestone window. Entire proceeds in aid of physically disabled Szeotsman. Radio will be inâ€" stalled in hall to receive broadcast of the Farrâ€"Baor boxing contess durâ€" ing the evening. All porsons having any claims azainst the Esiate of Allenard Pearson, late of the Town of Timimins in the District cf Cochrane, Miner, who died on or about the 9th day of December, 1937. at the Town of Timmins, Ontario, are hereby notified to send to John Erickâ€" son, 169 Elm North, Timmins, on or before the 3list day of March, 1938, full partioulars of their claims. Immediâ€" ately after the said date the said Adâ€" ministrator will distribute the assets of the said deceased having regard only to the claims of which he shall then have notice, to the exclusion of all others and he will not be liable to any perâ€" son of whose claim he shall not then have for the assets so distributâ€" son of whose claim he shall have ncotice for the assets so ed or any part thereof. Ottawa Journal:â€"When money talks the cream of the conversaition is rich. In the Esate of Allenard Pearson, Deâ€" ceased. Irvin Rosner. registered optometrist, anncunces that he will be temporarily located in the Goldfields Block, Pine Street North. Dated at Timmins this 3rd day of March, A.D, 1938, Dr J. R. Scholes, dentist is now loâ€" cated with Dr. Geo, Mitchell in th‘s Gordon block. T. A. MACDONALD, 19â€"21â€"23 Solicitor for the Administrator Dr. S. J. Jessel, medical doctor, has opened offices in the Woolworth buildâ€" having seen cavorting in less than we The tenants of the Bucovetsky buildâ€" ng whose premises were destroyed in the recent fire have now made arrangeâ€" ments for opening in temporary quarâ€" ters. Tenants of Burned Building in New Quarters in Towp 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 MISCELLANEOUS Whigâ€"Standard â€" Aftet a group of young people ‘"‘The Big Apple" we think ever did of Eve., the Pipe Band and Sons all Whist patrons to atâ€" nd Whistâ€"Lunchâ€"Dance , in Hollinger hall on 1 lith. Doors open 7.30 Phone 1425 CONVENIENT TER M S