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WRICHI LAKC ~6. Enclose ts § / We * in inviting ;?womodati ‘ \ Howev t y ho N4 iR y o7 being of vital importance to every person in the district, the su ject has many ramifipations. _ _And unquestionably there are sidehghts on the situation Wwhich we have overlooked and which will come to light as more people study the problem of unionâ€"today just a theorey but p_gzhaps an actual‘sy in the near future, for the subject hasâ€"already been under dlscusswn in Queens park we are reliably informed. »â€" If amalgamation of the Porcupine were to take place one serious aspect to the situation is the reaction of smaller comâ€" munities in the district at being swallowed up in a unit of . which they will be a minor part. Whithey and Tisdale are autonomous today. They can govern themselves.in whatever manner they wish, without outside influence or interference. ! Even though they obtained representation on a per capita basis in the new unit, this independence of feeling and action â€" â€"would be lost. ' f _‘ In attempting to present an overall picture of the advanâ€" tages and disadvantages of amalgamation of the Porcupine Into one municipal unit in a leading article in th‘s week‘s issue of the Advance, a big job has been undertaken.. As well as Unquest‘pnably what is now Timmins would have the balâ€" ance of power, if representation in the new unit were based on population. It is not unlikely in contemplating the prospects of union, that both Whitney and Tisdale would ask themselves whether they would have the,, municipal improver’nen-t's'they now possess if they had been part of a large body embracing ‘the entire â€" â€" 3/ o ts .. But on the,other hand, resid@Gents O _ =2*° /2 in whether in Timmins, Whitney, Tisdale or Deloro, would be in a considerably stronger financial position if union took place. Due to the elim‘nation of duplicating forms of government and the slashing of public payrolls, the taxâ€"burden in the disâ€" trict would be appreciably less. <However. it is an unfortunate fact that many municipal employees would find themselves lgut of work, perhaps after many years of service. i But on the other hand, the squabble over mine tax*"â€" which will be an annual event according to present prospects â€"â€"would be eliminated and the rivalry between contesting local municipalities for a share in this plum wouldâ€"be over.....Moreâ€" ver, if the district were expanded to embrace mines in adjoinâ€" ing townships a considerable source of new municipal income wl 1944 Whether neggtiations have taken place or not, hotelmen are still entitled to make statements as to what they object to in union proposals. There is still free speech in this countryâ€" The Advance certainly has no quarrel with unfonism. The news columns of this paper are alligimes to unmion news and union statements., But it is a ridiculousâ€"charge when a paper is accused of not telling the truth when it prints a ver. sion of the story other than that épofisotrecl by inion propâ€" agandists. ts ns iT * t 1 % ‘ _ The Advance was subject to attack this week in a bulletin igsued by the International Union of Ming, Mill.and Smeéliter Workers in which the current dispute betweerr district waiters and hotelmen was discussed. e @â€" of this bulletin took offence at the fact that the Advance printed a statement from a representaive of the Porcupine Hotelmen‘s Association which said that not wages but the checkâ€"off gnd sen .orlt.y were the real bones of conâ€" tention in the dispute. We quote: "Contrary to reports in The Advance that the checkâ€"off is the issue that is holding things up, it should be understood that the hatel owners have notâ€"negotiated on any point in the union proposals. Therefore when the . Agvance prints this sort of tripe, whether they get it from the hotel owners or not, it 1s» not telling the truth or giving factual inâ€" formation." C /. CaP Vould become : avallable further easmg the; x.axpayels burden ooooo Union of the. Porcupme is. aâ€"-problem which shcmid be apâ€" roached cautiously and with fo;ethought.:::lt $s not a dex. Yopment which should be plunged ‘intoâ€" without carefur re= fliew of every aspect of the situation by the leaders of the nunicipal governments involved, If such a union does maâ€" ure it will have to be worked out by a group of openâ€" â€"minded nen who ‘can see beyond the horiZens of fheir ownh munigipalâ€" ties and who can relegate minor?difiere’il‘ces to their ieesrdsdpec“fffi.ve in an effort to promm'e the common good ‘of all ents Ridiculous Charge Timmins Ontario, Thursday Novembex 6th, 1947 _‘TIMMINS, ONTARIO l‘ m Weekly NMewspaper Association:; Ontaricâ€" Qaetu Newspaper Association Published every Thursday by Merton W. Lake A Big Problem the ,other hand, résidents oi the entire district, se d e uhy | The 1913 town council in Timmins kept up its own record and the reâ€" cord of its single predeccessor in office in doing things and getting things done, though the minutes might be sketchy in the matter. In later years there might be longer minutes, but no more achievement against great handicaps. Even the minutes of 1913 show that waterworks, â€" sidewalks, lights, protection of health, police proâ€" tection, fire protection education and other matters were not being overâ€" looked. And there was no neglect of the means and methods for financing the necessary works and improvemnts. May 5th, 1913, council authorized a committee to go to Toronto to interâ€" view the Provincial Minister of Mines in regard to an increase in the share of gold royalty coming to the town. ~That was but one committee in a long list through the years seeking a fair ‘share of that gold royalty. Some »increasasqfie?e secured â€"during. ~the long years, but the auestion is not yet settled fairly. Ne. 24. 1914 Town Council Did Not Like "Hangovers. On April 7th, 1913, an item in the minutes said that "E. Dickson" was appointed assessor at $100.00 for the year‘s work. On Feb. 2, 1914, however, the minute books tells of the appointâ€" ment of "W. J. Gillespie Dickson" as assessor $250.00 for the year, while the Feb. 1st, 1915, minutes name "W. J. Dickson‘‘ as assessor at $325.00 per year. It seems to be the same man, but different salaries in conâ€" formance with the extending work that indicated the rapid growth of the town. April 14th, 1913, council decided to consult Sutcliffe Neelands as muniâ€" cipal engineers. April 21st 1913, a resolution ‘of council "approved the bill of fare pre- pared by the clerk for prisoners." On May 12th, 1913, council, by reâ€" solution, offered a reward of $500.00 "for information leading to the conâ€" viction of the person who set Louis Ratley‘s house on fire." No doubt there is an interesting story behind that resolution but the minutes give no further light on the matter. ‘A resolution passed on July 7, 1913, suggests the unusual and ingenious methods by which the early councils tried to speed up development, This resolution provided for the construcâ€" tion of an experimental block of ceâ€" ment sidewalk on the south side of Third Avenue, from Pine to Cedar street, the cost to be financed by the merchants benefitting issuing proâ€" missary notes. : esent taxpayers wJll ritspect the pioneer councils when they read that the tax rate for 1913 was set at 20 mills on the dollar, with 5 mills for school purposes, making a total tax rate of 25 mills. According to the minutes of council meeting of October 6th, 1913, Martin Lewis was appointed town engmeer at $3.25 per day. ~By resolutlon of Dec. 1st, 1913, Geo. Deckhart "(of the Mclutyre staff) and B. E. Martinâ€" «accountant at the Northern Canada Power Co.) were named to audit the books of 1913. Later, however, B. E. Martin resigned and H. W. Webb (purchasing agent at the Hollinger) was put in his place. But still later, both Mr. Duckhart and Mrs. Webb retired,=and council called on Auditor Hammqnd of ~North Bp,y to do the work..â€"â€" The 1914 council, elected by accamâ€" mation, lncluded Mayor Wilson, and downciliors A. R. Globe, ‘W. Ed. Mcâ€" Coy, Harry Peters. Dr. H. H. Meore, J W. Faithful and E. Laflamme The occupations and positions of the members of the first three councils may be of interest. Mayor Wilson was a contractor. A. R. Globe was assistâ€" ant general manager of the Hollinger Gold Mines: Limited. W. E. McCoy «Edadie) â€"was office ‘manager at the: Hollinger. The firm of Jacobs Pierce, fur dealers, and general merâ€" chanfs‘,‘ town councillors, Chas. Pierce being elected to the seat vacant by his partner‘s resignation from the council in the Summer of 1912. Councillor C. supplied two of the first : wn**rs the S Bucovetsky Co wl Sltps In Thefi Type TYPO ERRORS 24 (R.eprinted from The Wilkie® (Sask.). It is best to we: d Fm a hot, dry day when the pants are dry. Never work in the garden when the pants are wet, as that is the best tlme to spread disease. He clutched the iundraped widows and fell four storeys. They were married to the accomâ€" nA ~ Af Iava B. Duke opened the first poolroom, refreshment bar, etc., in â€" town, â€" the premises being about the present site of the Woolworth Stogp. one of the first buildings erected â€"here. J.. P. Vaillancourt was a shift boss at the Another Corner of Third Pine In 1914 new town who later built up a notable business in the manufacturing of soft drinks. J. W. Faithful, whose recent death at Blackpool, En.gland was a genuine sorrow to all old-timers nere, was the energetic and genial plant superintendent of© theâ€" Northern On-‘ tario Power Co. A resolution in the minutes of the first meeting of the 1914 council sugâ€" gests that there were féw things in the interests of the new town that the council overlooked. This resolution inâ€" structed the clerk to write the Judge "to move his work to Timmins disâ€" trict." s On Feb. 2nd, 1914, J. P. McLaughlin was instructed to move his verandah from over the street. J. P. McLaughâ€" lin, as councillor, merchant, or citiâ€" zen, was always ready to do the fair thing, but he thought the removal of this verandah was something that was not fair. It was true that the town had a byâ€"law that forbid "hangâ€" overs‘‘ on the streets, but if this verâ€" andah offended theâ€"mere letter of the byâ€"law, it certainly did not transgress the spirit of the byâ€"law. The ‘tallest man in Timmins, even if he wore tall itop hat, would not be imperilled by this verandah. When thatâ€"verandah was built. it was quite permissable. In any event there were many. much more important matters crying for attention., Apparently, council had the latter thought, too, for there were no further references in .the minutes to That Feb. 2nd council meeting itself had more imnortant matters to deal with. The council by resolution strongly recommended T. M. Wilson as magistrate for Timmins, .pointinq out the cost in time and. money of police epurt â€"cases from Timmins having to be tried in South Porcupine. On April 6th, 1914, the waterworks committee of council was asked. to hold an investigation regarding . the delay in furnishing water at the fire on April 3rd. The report was received on April 9th, and accepted with the change that Andy Seeds be engaged for the position of ; waterworks enâ€" gineer, if obtainable, in place of Mr. Wilson. Another typical direct action resolâ€" ution was passed on April 9th. 1914. It was moved by Councillor Moore, "That Councillor J. F. Faithful be @ "That oCuncillior J. W. Faithful be a committee of one to engage a SsCaâ€" venger and see that he does his duty." Of course, the motion passed, and those who knew the late J. W. Faithful will be ready to wager that if he acâ€" cepted the commission. he | would LA d Nh s L "A 4 rvv“ VE C L BA «t -â€"--â€"-â€"-â€"- carry ‘it through* in pefiwt fashion on May 11, 1914, council authorized pm@hase of a oneâ€"hors> Bain. fire wagon for carrying hose. At the same meeting â€"the, council asked for ‘the draftiHg of a by-law}to prohibit cattle from being at large on the streets. The photograph shown with this article is from the large and valuable collection of pictures‘of early Timmins owned by Mrs. H. Peters, one of the very early residents of the town, who has seen Timmins grow from a mere break in the bush to a notable city. The Reid block is shown with its enâ€" trance on Pine stréet. Below it, on Third ‘Avenue, is the J. P. McLaughlin store, then one of the finest in all the North. Later the big store was taken over by the ~Hollinger Stores, Limited, and still later by its present owngrs, the S. Bucovetsky Co. They were married to the accomâ€" paniment of a son Ot love. When he returned, his friends were surprised to see that h> was unâ€" hanged. Come forward and pay the awful charge on your merchandise, * , who mere city. s enâ€" t, on ighlin n all e was tores, resent {rom â€" y day n the t time jidows ccomâ€" ; were unâ€" awful % â€"furâ€" ick to hether It might be well to instruct school children, and adults, too, in the difâ€" ference between intoxication. that comes of an overindulgence in wines and overindulgence in whisky or beer. There is an important scientific disâ€" tinction. People ought to be taught that wine is not to be drunk as they would drink cocktails. Inâ€"this respect we think the drinking habits of Canaâ€" dians are probably theworst in the world, and by worst we mean unintelliâ€" gent. Apparently it is nobody‘s â€" busiâ€" iess to inform them. What prohibiâ€" tionists has ever taken the trouble to learn or to proclaim the. fact tpat, a man can be .sobered almost instantâ€" aneously by a dose of~ vitamin: Bâ€"1? Instead of passing around such aseful information, he keeps harping on the danger of alcohol to the internal orâ€" gans, upon which, generally speaking, it has nothing but.a temporary efâ€" fect. Indeed the attitude of prohibiâ€" tionists generally seems to be opposed to any rational treatment of the proâ€" blem. Many of them seem think that any ameliofation is dangerous, 2 sort of appeasement which tends. to be fatal to prohibition, however much it may promote temperance. ; Everyone Would Help For example, we believe the prohiâ€" whition forces, and the governments as well, are on the wrong line when they seek to restrict drinking facilities, . We believe the present beverage rooms are a blot on any community. where there are so few of them that they _are crowded. So far as the drinking)of bard liquor is concerneti, that problem is lHikely to be solved by exorbitant claa AAQGY : # : By J. N. McAREE ~‘Accidents, tragedies and crimes folâ€" hwmc the use of liquor have become so common, so much a.pattern of our dally life, that we think it time that the pwhibitionists. should ~do someâ€" thing to help solve the drink problem. They have: the enthusiasm and the selflessness. What they have lacked ‘s the intelligence inâ€" matters of grand strategy, cunning though they have been. in small affairs, in tactics, But ‘on the whole we think they have conâ€" tributed~ little but confusion to the central ‘problem, which is the control of the drink habit, the abolition or the amelioration of the evil effects of excessive drinking; Ithe understanding of the truths about alcoholic indulâ€" gsnce, the thousand and one pertinent facts that are known to évery drinker who knows the difference between beer and vodka. Prohibitionists underâ€" stand thoroughly the disasters of overâ€" indulgence. All they have to offer, as a cure is no indulgence. It is as ‘if the people who are trying to reduce autoâ€" mobile accidents should propose that automobiles be .abolished. Prohibition has been tried. The Mohammedans are prohibitionists. Are they td be our exâ€" emplars? 2 Appeal to R.eason " We suggest that those who are really concérned about the evils of intemâ€" peran'? should perhaps reshape their campaign and devise a strategey which reasonableée men can accept. Reasonafile can be a curse. These are established facts and ought to be known to proâ€" hibitionists. Those who do not know them are certainly unfit to be leaders of a campaign which has as its end the amelioration of the abuses of ~strong drink. Or is the object of this campaign to deprive people who do not overâ€"indulge in liquor of the right to indulge at all Prohibitionists are notoriously maddened by the sight of people who drink habitually, _and haâ€" bitually refuse to lose control of themâ€" selves, and â€"prove more amiable comâ€" panions when they are drinking than ‘when they are not. The Alcoholic There is a great fielg onf education which might be explored im rational campaign against The rising generation could be made aware ~of facts concerning drinking which no othsr geneartion was taught in recent years. A great step forward was taken when it was discovered that there were people who were not drunkards so much as alcoholics; that for them alcohol was really a poison, that they could not be trusted to drink a glass of native wine without running @ grave risk. Whether an alconolic beâ€" céimes a drunkard because he drinks, or whether in his chemical or mental or physical composition there is someâ€" thing that makes him dangerously aAlâ€" _ lergic to any kind ‘of alcoholic bevâ€" ‘erage, ‘we do not know. It gnight be important to find out, A tendency to alcoholism might be *‘ diagnosed as early as a tendency to tuberculosis or diabetes. If a person with a definite tendency toward alcoholism could be identified early, it might be reasonâ€" able to take any necessary steps to prevent his ever, taking a drink â€" of liquor. _ =~ men do not accept the basic theory of the prohibitionists that alcohol is poison and ought to be sold under the same conditions as other poisons, Nor do they accept the theory ‘that beâ€" cause nicotine is a poison smokers are poisoning themselves. Technically, alcohol may be a poison, but it is also a food. It is extremely high in caloric value, much more so by weight than bread:; it has its important medical uses, and, wisely used, can be a blessâ€" ing to man, just as, unwisely used, it aspects ef the problem of aleoâ€" Things Worthâ€" Knowing Wilbur. Encounters â€" Phantom Prospector Last week, much to our astonishment, an old acquaintâ€" ance popped into the office in the form of the notorious Wilâ€" bur Smith, former Timmins journalist whose capers and cynâ€" ical comment on local life, personalities and customs made him one of the most heartily detested and generallyâ€"liked ‘scribes of his era, which is not yet over. By a long shot. Through some miracle of circumstances, ‘Wilbur appearâ€" ed to be flush with the long and ready. He was driving a creamâ€"colored, 16â€"cylinder job rivaling Cleopatra‘s barge in elegance. He was clad in raiment which must have set him back several hundred fish: He claimed that he and Councilâ€" lor Boobytrap McTavern were joint proprietors of a gold mine unique in history. For a chap who had been driven bodily out of town through the insistence of creditors who demandaâ€" ed he pay them money (of all things) he appeared to have done very right by himself. . But we presume that you read last weeks instalment. that you recall that the exâ€"seribe â€" who with his newâ€"found wealth foreswore ever to attempt to make a living again by his pen â€" offered to write the chronicle of his rise from rags to riches, for free, for the edification of our readers Dubiously we aâ€" greed to print his story and after reading the first instalment, we are even more dubious, It isn‘t what we from this brash individual. Herewith follows instalment No. 1: ‘_After climbing out from behind the little pile of outâ€"of. town copies of the Daily Press, I watched the retreating figâ€" ure of X, the clothing merchant who had pursued me to the station, as it waddled off ‘the station platform toward Third avenue. The train was now underway so I leaned out the ‘baggage room door and shouted "Yah! Gnats to you, you capâ€" italist!" At this, X swung about, shook his fist furiously and ran back toward the train. But he was too late. It was movâ€" ing at twenty miles an hour and not even for the clothes upon my back would he attempt to leap aboard. be the chief dangers today. We believe churches, identify them with. religion. that i#f prohibitionists: would: abandon: There is not a newspaper writey their fantastic goal, the abolition of Canada, nor, we believe, a distiller, all ncotatie lionuors. malted or spirituâ€" a brewer, who would not lend a hand: 8 6 t Â¥ "It‘s a wonder he didn‘t see me behind that little, wee pile of papers," said I to "Smasher‘ McGee, the baggageman who had befriended me. To the accompaniment of sundry crashes, bangs and thumps as "Smasher‘"‘ went about his business, I left the bagâ€" gage car. I sat down in the first coach and gazed ruefully out the window at the passing landscape. This is a fine kettle of fish, I thought. Here I am with a ticket to Porquis Junction 76 cents in my pocket. I am fjobless, friendless and inâ€" deed ostracized. Furthermore I haven‘t eaten since yesterday noon, which is very sad indeed. <_. I reviewed the chain of cireumstances which had reduced me to this condition and through them all I could trace the pattern of my own folly.‘ I Rkad overextended my credit. I had drank myself beyond the border of respectability into the outer darkness of rumâ€"dums. I had offemded those in high places and when it came time to put the bite on them for a loan they had shied away like frightened (and rather pleased) water buffaloes. I was peniess, direputable and hungry. I might even have to eat vulcaniged railway sandâ€" wiches if I didn‘t look out. In short, I was a bum. ‘"Naw, the red headline must have got in his eyes," said "Smasher" as he picked up a crate of valuable English china and tossed it with a crash into a far corner of the car. He picked up a bundle of axes, swung them like a caberâ€"thrower about to make a championship heave and tossed them on top of the crockery. R h tb hus nc ts io en io css o c Sn h ud Tn ts . After arriving at this conclusion I felt suddenly refreshed. If I wis a bum, what more did I have to worry about? Nothâ€" ing, nothing, nothing, clicked the answer of the railway wheels on the bumpy track. : > ks Li e 00 t _ WIAIUCUAY UAL ~VAAU â€" N MAAA J _ V LNLAAR 0 % I heard someone breathing hoarsely behind me and lookâ€" ed over my shoulder to find an elderly prospector. He was smoking. He appeared to be a genial soul. Twinkling blue eyes shone from his grizzled countenance and the wrinkles that laced his face had been made by laughter. ' «frowdy,; partner," said I, "Do you happen to have a spare weed about your person? I am temporarily embarassed, I hope it is temporary. It had better be." ' Ssome time ago, in my early scrambles about this vale of tears, I had learned that if one wanted anything the sensible way to get it was to ask for it. T 35 0(4 s i i t o h s O oc i ce e t o oo o M s o t hn e e se The old timer pulled out a package of tobaceo and some cigarette papers. He passed them over. j : "Broke, eh?" said he, without accusation. } "Mister, I am facing this world fortified only with the sum of 76 cents," I replied, "Do you mind if I roll a couple of extra smokes whle L am at it?" "Help yourself." f â€" go I rolled six bulging cigarettes passed what was left of the package back to himâ€"I borrowed a match and it up. He got up from his seat and Sat béside me. | "They call me the Phantom Prospector," said he. "They what?" I enguired. | . __"The Phantom Prospector. You‘ll find out why. Ssome folks say I ain‘t human and some say I am nutty. But of course I‘m not." "Certainly not," I said. ~"I remember once when I went out in the bush with gang to work some claims for a Toronto promoter. After we were there two weeks, more grub was supposed to come in, but it didn‘t. . We waited and waited and finally our food ran right out. We got some fish with dynamite, but not very many. Everybody was m‘ghty calm, even when there wasn‘t the wing of a butterfly to eat. But then our tobacco ran out, What do you think happened next?" | # s o o o# oc i ts oA AALPYMM Wn'n L1 A__ 4.A CC n "I don‘t know," said I, studying him with concetn. Was he batty or not? "What?" im ©All Hell broke loose. We had ten fights among the crew the first day there was nothing to smoke. I had to pack the camp up and we walked 34 miles out of the bush. Which goes to show, you a man can do without food much better than he can without tobaccao. Do you think I am nutty?" "No. But if so, only, in an intelligent sort of way."‘ "You look like a friend", said the prospector . excitedly. He grasped my arm and a frantic look appeared in his eye. "Let me tell you about my gold mine! It‘s of liquid gold and all you have to do is shovel the stuff out of the ground. You can put it in bottles; pails or anything you want . â€" .â€" "Pardon me,‘" I said, "I feel like a drink of water." He got up and followed me down the car. I was cornered in the smoking compartment. | "Look, where are you going?" he asked, "You got me, old timer," I réplied, ‘"My ticket says Porgnis Junction and from there I‘m hoofing it." "There are some jobs d‘gging sewers in Ansonville," he said, "IL was going there. Let‘ go there together." "Don‘t tell me you‘re flat, too," T said. "I‘ve got 17 cents." "Okay: old timer," I said, "We‘ll go there together, Which epelupnstes of us is.nuts?" (TO BE. CONTINUED) have Sugâ€" personal in the.sort of campaign we gested; regardie:s of Ohis (Reprinted from the Globe. 4s Mail.) , 1047.