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manies seeking properties to develop. Several prospectors consulted about this propoâ€" sa1 exoress themselves as strongly against it. They sav it is only more regimentation. They do not want to be at the mercy of any group of geologists or mining engineers. "That has been part of the tramhbhle in the past," says one oldâ€"time prospector The nrosvector is an individualist. Of course, so also. are most other thoughtful men. The differâ€" enre is that the prospector knows that his exisâ€" taonce denends on f ree enterprise, while the people in general, when showered with glowing promises annear to fail to recognize the fact that regimenâ€" tation saps effort and enterprise and the other analities that are essential to the success of prosâ€" pecting that is needed is that the crowd get off the prosâ€" pector‘s back. Put the prospector in position so that he may go out and discover new mines, and he will do exactly that. Perhaps, the chief stumbâ€" ling block at present is the Ontario Securities Act Most prospectors believe that if the Ontario Securiâ€" ties Act were repealed and the rules and regulaâ€" tions regarding prospecting were returned to the basis of several years ago, all would be well with the prospector. ‘The prospector does not ask any special favours or privileges. All he asks is that the onerous restrictions that bind him hand and foot should be removed. ‘The prospe¢tor and the _country are the chief sufferers from the legislation that appears to make it a crime for a man to attempt to sell a mining claim after he has disâ€" covered apd staked it. The average prospector is It is not more commissions, or more forms to fill, or more regimentation and restrictions that are required to stimulate prospecting. Instead all Twentyâ€"five years ago this town and district had literally scores of prospectors. "Toâ€"daay only a very few are left. And these cannot even exist as prosâ€" pectors. The have either to live on past earnings, which yvery few of them are able to do, or they must attempt the irnpossibleâ€"the taking of other employment in the hope they may do a little prosâ€" pecting as a sideline, as it were. The prospectors may be thanked for all the mining properties in this area. Without the prospector none of them would be active toâ€"day. Yet ninetyâ€"five per cent. of these mines were discovered more than ten years ago. That means, in other words, that only five per cent. of the properties have been discov ered in the last decade. At this late date peopli( to wake up to the fact notRope to deve‘lop and and the faith and the‘ Mr. A. F. Brigham, who the Hollinger Mine som say that there were a nu t Intyres and Domes: awal discoyvered and develop: have fully proved the tr1, cent meeting Mr. Fran: prospector of much tale : ally certain that the P(» many more rich gold m it given the chance to rha area. He said that pers properties that were alm ducing raines if the pros; and a squiare deal. Meit engineers will bring thei ventures. Geologists an their own particular fiel ever, is the manâ€"the or pended upon to ydd ney wealth of this North. Last week Mr. Kelso Roberts, M.P.P., for St. Patâ€" rick‘s Riding, Toronto, and a former resident of the North Land where he practised law for a time, was touring the North. He spent some days in Timmins and consulted many here in regard to conditions and prospects. Unfortunately someone annpnarently has turned Mr. Roberts onto a wrong track. In an address at Kirkland Lake he sugâ€" wested the creation of a panel of mining engineers and geologists who would be called in to examine and renport on properties once they had reached a eertain stage of development. Such reports he thamncht would be of value to the prospector and the information could be placed on fyle so that Canadaâ€"$2.00 Por Year Why has prospecting dwindled down near in recent years? That question may be answered by the one word, "Regimentation!" The prospecâ€" tor has been so hedged around by regulations and restrictions that he has been unable to secure the necessary grubstakes or otherwise to finance his prospecting ventures. The remedy for the present undesirable condiâ€" tions is the removal of the unnecessary and burâ€" aensome restrictions. "Give the prospector a fair chance and a square deal," said Mr. F. M. Wallingâ€" ford, "and there will be no need to worry about stimulating prospecting." Members Canadian Weekly Newsipaper Association; Ontarioâ€" Quebee Newspaper Association Published Every Thursday by GEO. LAKE, Owner and Publisner Timmins, 0: Che Yormtpine Aduanee eamld be available to investors or mining comâ€" PAGE TWo GIVE PROSPECTORS A CHANCE ite date people in general are beginning ) to the fact taat this North Land can ) develop and prosper without the wWoOrk it® and the talent of the prospector. who was general manager 0oi zser Ming some years ago often used to sre were a nu mber of Hollingers and Mcâ€" d Domes: awaiting in this district to be and developsd. The years since then proved the trrath of this belief. At a reâ€" ng Mr. Frank Wallingford, himself a of much talerAit, said that it was practicâ€" i that the Prsreupine Camp would have : rich 2o0id m ines if the prospectors were chance to rAake new discoveries in the :aid that personally‘he knew of several that were almost certain to become proâ€". es if the prospectoriisâ€"given a fair field‘ re deal. MNeither geologists nor mining vill bring these properties into mjningl Geologists and mining engineers have particular ‘field. ‘The prospector, howâ€" . manâ€"the only manâ€"who can be deâ€" TWO PHONESâ€"26 and 2020 TYVMMITINS, ONTARIO sefi eP PP PP P P ’W"W‘ ubscription 1Pates: ‘ar. Statesâ€"$3.00 Per Year. Thursday, Dec. 2nd, 1943 new mining ventures to the * n yooâ€"lr 2. oz se un m ar generally a little more honest than the average i( other man, and the public does not need speclall laws and restrictions to guard against the prospecâ€" tor. The common law against fraud and misrepreâ€" sentation is ample to protect the public against dishonest mining deals. There is a commonly fosâ€" tered notion that there is something particularly, devious about the buying and selling of mining| claims. The truth is that there is no more disâ€"} honesty or crookedness apout mining veiitures than there is about commercial or industrial promoâ€" tions. There have been incorporations and, transfers even in this town in commercial and in | dustrial concerns that would make the soâ€"called| mining wildâ€"cat look like a pretty tame sissy pussyi e ce uen . ~ommen ns Perhaps this is the New Order that has been so widely advertised. It may be that the world is getâ€" ting better, or at least that it has stopped getting any worse. When Ontario government officials are courteous and kindly and have a heart, it is fitting not to accept their apologies for clerical slips that are of no serious consequence, but rather to extend the apologies of The Advance for believing that government officials always collected tributes from the victims for any mistakes they themselves might make. chances of the municipal élection. l One man ventured the opinion that the war was! "nearly over now." His companion retorted that. the war has been ‘"nearly all over" for quite a while now. This was a humorism of extent. A man‘y people believe that the war is on its last legs, : but it seems that those last legs will carry the war quite a distance yet. There is good logic in believâ€" | But when a government official makes a misâ€" take, that‘s the time the other fellow suffers. The usual procedure is for the office holder to send the victim so many forms to fill out that the poor felâ€" low very sincerely regrets that the other gentleâ€" man made a mistake. All through the requests for forms to be filled, for new bills, in quintuplate, and the rest of the rigmarole, there runs the hidâ€" den suggestion that after all it is likely that it was the victim that really made the mistake and not the government official. There appears to be a tradition that indicates that a man with pull enough to get a government job is not likely to make a mistake again. With all these facts in mindâ€"if they be factsâ€" it should not be difficult for anyone to imagine the astonishment that struck The Advance this week when an official of the new Ontario government made a very minor error, frankly and courteously admitted it, and then took the necessary steps to adjust the matter without troubling anybody else. While the case is most unusual, the attitude of the official was so kindly and considerate, and so senâ€" sible, that not a word or a hint will be given that might lead to the identity of the civil servant being even suspected, for fear the good fellow might be required to make out a half a hundred special forms to satisfy the sadism, of some inferior suâ€" perior officer. Por years without count there has been a belief in newspaper offices that in the matter of misâ€" takes the newspaner has much the worse of the situation. When a newspaper makes a mistake it is there for all to see, and to gloat over. When a lawyer makes a mistake, he simply shakes his head sadly and sighs about the decay of justiceâ€"and appeals to a higher court. When a businessman makes a mistake he simply makes out a corrected bill, if the mistake is in favour of the customer. If the preacher makes a mistake all he need do is to look around for a better congregation that pays a better salary. If a judge makes a mistake, he need not worry over it, because he can quote lots of precedents. ‘Teachers make surprisingly few mistakes so they need not enter into the argument The error was really inconsequential, but the official did not make another mistake by making too much of the original error. Instead he simply wrote a brief letter calling attention to the fact that a cheque had been credited to the wrong ac count. He didn‘t ask for a singie form to be filled; suggested no suspicion that someone else made the real mistake. Instead he concluded his brief letâ€" ter with the words:â€""I would ask you to be good enough to adjust your records accordingly and to accept my apologies for the mistake.." It isn‘t more regimentation, but less, that prospector needs. His calling even more than that of â€"others requires free enterprise. To stimulate prospecting (as most people pretend that they wish to do) the surest way is to knock the shackles froml the limbs of the men who seek for the hidden treasures of the land. If the government really wants to help the prospector, the first thing is to rid the statute books of the irksome and burden-i some restrictions. Then the prospector may be assist by suitable roads to mining territory, by! increased facilities for testing samples, and by} other practical encouragement in the seeking for and staking of new mining properties. There are two topics that appear to engage most| of the interest and discusssion of people who gathâ€"| er in groups these days These two questions arc| the war and the municipal election. Of course,| the weather is so present and persistent a quesâ€"| tion that it is never completely out of discussion | In a local restaurant the other day a gentlemani and another man were discussing the war, while at other tables twos and fours were talking about thef in comparison. Is THE NEW WORLD ON THE WAY? THF WAR GOES ON! TAE PORCUPINT ADVANCT, TiMMTN3, ONTARTO Mr. R. S. Waldie, who succeeded Mr. A. E. Phipps as President when the latâ€" | ter beccming Chairman of the Board referred to the above facts, and reviewâ€" | ed current conditions in his addréss 3 t the shareholders. He ncited a 25 per {wcent increase in farm cash income, l with a resultant liquidation of indebtâ€" } f | edness: a seaâ€"fish harvest nearly double that of the previous year, a shortage in ilogs and pulpwood which had necesâ€" sitated strict controls, and a curb .on new construction, beyond ‘war neéds, dve to labour and material shog'tage' lWlth the largest production in her history, Camada now ralted one of the {wcrld's foremost exporters of base metals. mining, ntcit considered of ‘such great importance in wartime, | would, if given reasonable Government encouragement, resume its place in our jeacetime ‘economy. ‘With the ‘heavy demand for munitions and war supâ€" plies stimulating production, our export had becoeme 78 per cent greater ! in the first eight months ‘of 1943 than. ! in the like pericd of 1939. We were now a creditor nation, ‘with a favourable ! trade ‘balance of $1,311,000,000 for the | twelve moniths ending last August 31st. New records in assets and deposits, and profits maintained at about the same level as last year, were shown in the statement presented to shareholders of the Imperial Bank of Canada at the Amnnual Meeting in Toronto on Wedâ€" nesday., November 24th. He commended the Government‘s war financing, and the success of controls in curbing inflation. Coupled with heavy taxation, these measures had enabled the Goverrment to pay cut of current revenue about 50 per<cent sof the war costs. He praised the wide public response to the Vitcory Loans. He beâ€" lieved, however, that the time ‘would come when a people burdened by heavy imperial Bank Annual Meeting Held Last Week At the present time serious expectations of very early peace appear somewhat premature. Italy gave a good example of the fact that opinion may be too optimistic. ‘There were celebrations on this continent of the collapse of Italy, as if that event were a sign of early peace, yet the war still drags on its weary way and Italy is no nearer being urâ€" der control of the Allied Nations than it was some months ago. The collapse of the‘ Germans seems inevitable now, but it is still "well to keep all optiâ€" mism slightly pessimistic for the time being. President and General Manâ€" ager Review Year.â€" Depoâ€" sits and Assets Up. f war to sue for peace than they are in this one. The Nazis have been made to realize that there is only one condition for armistice or péace, and that is "anconditional surrender." It is true that the Gerâ€" mans have planned well in regard to the war, but until very recently have had no séttled plan for any peace proposals. seems to be logical, howâ€" ever that the only terms being unconditional surrender there would be some preparation made for protection of the armies in the field. In the last war the enemy was so situated that there was protection for the armies. The position of these armies was such that they could protect themâ€" selves from attack at home and abroad from the people they had so grieviously oppressed. (In the present war no preparations have yéet been made for any such protection. ‘In :Poland, Greece, Czechoâ€"slovakia, Austria, France and other occuâ€" pied countries, any real unconditional surrender would mean the annihilation of all Germans within the reach of popular fury. Unlike the situation in the last war. the Allied Nations would not be in poâ€" sition to prevent wholesale slaughter of the enemy. There will be more grounds for beli¢éving that the Germans are seriously considering appéealing for peace when it is seen that they are withdrawing their troops and their nationals from occupied territory, particularly in the case of lands some distance from Germany. It may be argued that the German rulers would be coldbloodedly careless of the fate of their soldiers. While this may be true enough, in thinking of their own possible safety they have to consider‘that of the troops, and in addition the possession of a complete fightâ€" ing force with full equipment is an excellent asset to possess while considering peace. ing that the war in Europe may end quite suddenly. In the last war the collapse of the Germans seemed to be sudden and unexpected. The Huns are like that. It might be well to remember, however, that the Germans were much better situated in the last axes and vexatious controls would The first concern when peacetime comies‘would be to place returned fightâ€" img ‘men in civil emiployment. Then woud come the planning of immigraâ€" tion,. encouraging of life on the land giving assistance, where needed, to the small man. He believed all weuld â€"agree that the worker should be guaranceed steady work, in good surâ€" roundings, at a fair wage. The Govâ€" ernment, he said, should withdraw from business activities and remove the hampering regulations now in force. Then, under a free economic system, we could become a more contented peoâ€" ple, and Clanada a better place to live in. He ipaid tributes to the retiring President, Mr. A.. E. Phipps, and to a late Director of the Bank, Mr. R. O, McCulloch, now replaced on the by Mr. H. T. Jaffray. In his expositiocn of the Annual Etatement, the General Manager, Mr. H. T. Jaffray, pointed out a slight inâ€" crease in net profits, which were $836, $34.45. Dividends paid at the rate of 8 per cent established two years ago, were $560,000, â€"a decrease of $105,000. Custcmary bank premises writeâ€"ofts brought a balance carried forward to $128,834.45,> compared with $21,149.05 the previous year, leaving a total balâ€" ance in Profit and Loss Account of $846,825.72. Note circulation had been brought ito $1,852,770. Total deposits were $245,913,562, aup $28,560,000, inâ€" cluding Dominionâ€"Government deposits reduced by $1,800,000 and Provincial Government depcsits increased by 5,â€" €00,000. Deposits by the public not irterest increased $10,500,003, those ‘bearing interest, $12.000.000. Icok for some relief, and he suggested rigid Government econcmy to this end. An increase of $3,000,000 brouzht cash assets to $27,291,288. This was 10.8 per cent of total public liahilities as against 10.7 last year. Total assets increased $4,830,000 to the amount of $45,986.815, being now 18.3 per cent of total public liabilities. The total investment porfolio was $142,284,756, almost $30,000,000 greater than a year ago. Dominicn and Proâ€" vincial Government direct and guarâ€" anteed securities maturing within twos years accounted for $90,508,£40, an inâ€" crease of $22,000,000. Other Caradian Government securitiese azscounted for $46,471,309, an increase of $8.000,000, Immediately after an editorial had appeared in The Advance warning the Wartime Prices and Trade Board regardin{;‘ the danger of trying to preâ€" vent the Scotsman from having his haggis on St, Andrew‘s Night, announcement was made that the Board had reversed its decision in the matter. It may puzzle a lot o1 people to decide whether the freeing of the haggis was due to the reférence in The Advance, the power of advertising, or the fact that the head of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board is a loyal honest Scot . The thanks of the people bf the township of Tisâ€" dale are due tq Mrs. Jenkyn for saving the muniâ€" cipality the expense and disturbance 6f a municipal election, by withdrawing as a candidate and thus allowing election by acclamation. The expense of an election is much greater than the mere cost in dollars and cents, and helping to avoid such an outlay at this time is particularly creditable. NQ doubt there were many who urged Mrs.Jenkyn to contest the election. There always are such peoâ€" ple. Before an election they appear very numerâ€" ous and important. It requires considerable will power to stand against their pressure. In reporting the death of Sir Charles G. D. Ro: berts, the noted Canadian author, Canadian press despatches say that he was the only Canadian ever given a knighthood for literary achiévement. Is Sir John Willison, so soon forgotten? Sir John Willison, while a working newspaperman had a distinguished literary style. His editorials were models in literary talent, and few men in Canada have been more distinguished for literary achieveâ€" ment. | GRAVEL AND SANDâ€"AND PLACER Still stands the motto of the King: "Put into your task whatever it may be, all the courage and purpose of which you are capable. Keep your hearts proud and your resolve unshakâ€" en. Let us go forward to that task as one man, a smile on our lips and our heads held high and with God‘s help we shall not fail." The reversal of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board ruling that there should be no haggis on St. Andrew‘s Night tempts one local Irishman to say: ‘"You can‘t keep a good haggis down." Mr. Jaffray said that those "who seek power by the offer ‘of the oldest of all bribes â€" something for nothing" â€" included in their "wave of socialis‘iz propaganda‘" the proposal to nationalize the banks, insurance companies, transâ€" portation system and all key industries, and compel the present holders of shares to sell them to the Government at what the Government proposed to pay, and accept payment in whatever Lcoans to Provincial Governments toâ€" talled $219,284, being $1$88,000 less than the previcus year, and dloans to cities, towns and municipalities totalled : $2,â€" 877,133, a reductionâ€"of ~$282,000. Total of current loans and discounts was $68,.â€" 023,145, or $7,445,000 less than a year ago. This reflected lower inventories and the increasing trend to Governâ€" ment operation of war ‘industry. Bank premises, reduced by $242,000, now stood at $5,182,452, of which ©$150,000 was the annual writeâ€"off. Discussing postâ€"war problems, Mr. Jeffray said vevery citizen a@ble â€" and willing to work should have the: right to empleyment, and "given the knowâ€" ledge that the markets of the ‘world are now closed to the products of their indusryt and the assurance that individâ€" ual effort and initiative will not : be strangled by overâ€"regulation, I am saitâ€" isfied the business men of this couniry who have made such a splendid conâ€" tribution towards winning the war will not fail in their cbligations when pease returns.‘" and Canadian municipal securities for $4,771,727, a reduction cf $470,000. ‘Call lsans of $2,127,452, am increase of $640,â€" 000, brought readily realizable assets to slightly over ~$190,000,000, ‘or a little cver 75 per cent of total public liabilâ€" ities. There is no question thatâ€"poultry, fed "‘Miracle" Laying Mash produce more eggs . . . both in and out of season. This has been proved countless times, and many poultrymen report egg increases up to 200. Laying Math does the job better because it contains top quality ingredients, scientifically blended in just the right proportions. Why not put your flock on this mash now, and prove that poultry pays more the ""‘Miraclie‘"‘ way. s Seven Births Registered at Timmins This Woeek Porn â€" On November 18, 1943, to Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Macdonnell, Tamarack St., at St.â€"Mary‘s Hospital â€" a daughâ€" ter (Susan, Mary). Born â€" On November 5, 1943, to Mr. and Mrs.:F. M. Ralph, Pine S%. N. at St. Mary‘s Hospital â€" a daughter Helon). Born â€" On November 26, 1943, to Mr. and Mrs., W. H. Ramsay, Eighth Ave., at St. Mary‘s Hospital â€" a son (David Hanley). Born â€" On November 10, 1643, to Mr and Mrs. Geo. Longpre, Main Ave. â€" a son (Joseph, Florian, Uzebre). way the Government desided.. They claimed this would make possible a fulâ€" ler development of our resources, and lead to a higher standard of living and more leisure for all. They forgot, said Mr. Jaffray, that it was the, wartime demand that has stimulated our naâ€" tional income until it hasâ€"swelled to $8,000,000,000, and ‘that if this declined, and we spend â€"any exceoss over national income from accumulated ~results of thrift and labsour, which can ‘only be spent once. He commended this Chought â€"to "the â€" mcre than ©4,000,0C0 savirgs G@epositors in the ~Chantered Banks, the more than 2,500,000 Canaâ€" dian holders of life imsurance policies, and the more than 3,000,000 buyers of Vietcry ‘Bonds", for ‘"‘in the final analyâ€" sis it is with their savings that these theorists purpose to try out their exâ€" periments." Porn â€" On November 11, 1943, to Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Christenson, Waterloo Rd., at St. Mary‘s Hospital â€"a caughâ€" ter (Betty Ann). Toronto Telegram*â€" Pearson and Ford are to meet in a foot race. Why not settle it on Washington Merryâ€"Goâ€" Round? COsTS LESS THAN 1° PER AVERAGE BAKING oXNPD, 1843 by