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The pros and cons of the assessment appeal cases before Judge Danis at the moment are for the judge to decide and not this newsâ€" parer. But there are some pertinent points which have teen brought out which many people do not understand and which we hope to clarify. In the first place the assessment of the Town of Timmins was beâ€" ing done on a otary basis. . That is, the town was divided into two parts. The part assessed first was the section where the claims had the most development in the pass ten years. The town offiâ€" cia‘s claim that the enabling byâ€"law 1077, was passed to enable the assessment department to assess the land in two years. The byâ€"law allowed the Town to levy taxes on the land a soon as the asâ€" sessment roll was revised. The appeals before the court at present declare that the assessâ€" ment is inequitable because the Town was levying the tax on part of the town and not on the other. The apapellants dec‘:are that the Town chould have waited until the complete assessment roll was rey sed In V 4 \o Â¥ â€"*. N M + In of the bkyâ€"law and the fact that the Town council and â€" "el" that if there were appeals, the revision would be done eâ€"tion of the town which had been assessed. Such as, is assessed next year and the tax ‘evied, there is a year »ction taxpayers have been paying taxes under the new n> before the B section taxpayers. This is unfair. 4e Town ufficials state that such was not necessarily their Py C They felt that if revisions were made they would be made on he B section first and the A section second, therefore picking up that year‘s lag which had transpired in the first assessment. The town officials claim that the appellant‘s land lies in an area which has improved in the past ten years to the point where the old assessment was ridiculous. They claim that the lands have been made more valuable because they have been brought closer to town. Instead of having buildings on three sides of the appellant‘s propâ€" erty, these properties are now enclosed by streets and buildings, thus enhancing their value. The wide variance between the assessments on the vacant lands and those with buildings is difficult for even the expert to underâ€" stand. How the town assessor decided that a house or building ‘_â€"nlarge the whole assessment as high as lands without ; is une for the judge. ie assessment ordered revised by the judge will cost derabie in time and money. _ We must wait and see ement brings. gtC te ‘~h of Christmas buying and bundling of presents we o "‘iable to pass over a few fundamental facts which pretty important. We forget the reason behind Christâ€" Je forget the Prince of Peace and the Angel message and he Chreeâ€"Wise Men. I+t is so easy to forget about a baky that was born 2000 years ago, even thouszh he revolutionized world thought and action. Many consider that wars have been fought in His holy name and that the world would therefore be better without religion. This is blndness which may be cured. , The s ory of the Christ child is ever new and ever refreshing No matter how many times the peop‘e, the common people, hear the story, we feel that surge of strength within us and determine that our lives must be better and follow the pattern that has been given us. TYz TE ans1r L1 _ L/ thiiianan@ +A +h We have been assured of that O live the life and be assured of salvation. "Seventy times seven" chances to get back on the path leading us to the manger where the Christ Child lays, showiug us that we may be "born again." It is hope of salvation and freedom from the burden of our sins which keeps us sane and with the willingness to carry on. Life is nc "bowl af cherries."~ We often feel that we have been mistreatâ€" ed, s‘ighted and kicked all over by the fates which brought us here. But that fades int othe past when we think of Bethlehem and the Christmas story. | Like the evergreen which we use to decorate at Christmas time the Story unfolds as ever green, ever new. The surge of good will among men is not something to be lightly shrugged off nor is the matter of giving presents. Commercialized or not, the giving 0@ presen‘s and the exchange of greeting cards is a wonderful aid to that feeling of goodwill. WIW « uC 4 4 5 1 eC Gu e es ces 24 §* Look to all the countries where Christmas has been ° comil cial‘zed to the hilt," and you will find countries, like Britain, ited States and Canada, willing to pour out their abundantc their less fortunate neighbors. . The vast number of Santa Fu sponsored by every type of organization, the staggering num of presents which are sent abroad to help the children of the w realize that everything is not lost but that the world still honor Prince of Peace despite the numbers who have cursed his nam It is fitting for us at this time and not ridiculous nor is it trary to religious teaching to think of the outpouring of gif Christ Child at this time with an outpouring of gifts when we something Christ inspired. It is fitting that we shou‘d hono ceived the gift of reâ€"birth or a "second chance" when He The Financial Post Saysâ€"â€" earth tawa doe atter Gedue of overhead lectors â€" clet and o°‘t h *«hat‘s loft FUTRXACE ] irnacte that se where cell 5 coff:red by â€" DONYET GILVH PHONE 26 TIMMINS, ONTARIO Members Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association; Ontarioâ€"Quebec Newspaper Association Published every Thursday by Merton W. Lake ‘ Subscription Rates: Canada $2.00 Per Year United States: $3.00 Pér Year horized as second class matter by the Post Office Department, Ott Timmins, Ontario, Thursday Decembe: rstur i.Â¥ â€" @iilowance KE â€" all OofhET mnent money comes from one cnily, the taxpayer. All tnat Otâ€" es is to collect it in taxes, and educting a sizeable percentage head to pay an army of colâ€" clerks, bockkeepers, auditors t h e r cvil servants, returns left to the taxpayer. i Ebe Dorcupine Adbance An Inequitable Assessment IX ATTIC â€" Oil â€" fired heats from the attic for lar space is not available Massachusetts firm, reâ€" rmncial Post. Unit measâ€" ft. weirht 480 lbs. han3" m â€" four steel eveâ€"bolt _ cb ty Sm mc ow e m t ~ vew * * «> mtait 4 €4L who foots ite The First Noe! pusned 11 The they the the the burgh. Carada will be happier, soundâ€" er and more genuinely prosperous toâ€" morrow if we have more cities like Charicottetown, Fredericton, Quebec, Cusiph, Brand:cn and Victoria and iewer of the million and over. N ‘1 f\ lxl United States: $3.00 Per Year n years. The town offiâ€" , was passed to enable the in two years. The byâ€"layv he land a soon as the as nme â€"within us and determine the pattern that has been 111 y and age of bustle, grime icn there is a lesson to be he contentment of Edinâ€" da will be happier, soundâ€" > genulinely prosperous toâ€" 1+ it l1 cit Fun # < t1 Ean. Eon en k. can. EiL. can. cae. one. oh. ie u. o Wn CThe Davys '(LUIben The lpouupmw DNoung S t\,') Te P V SLE SL M BC SL S L SP S . SA 28 Isreal‘s Six Months Of Achie: 11 1l cut its first halfâ€"year of statehood with a victcricus war behind it and with a form dable program of agriculâ€" tural resettlement as its next goal. The zgovernment and people of Israel feel. with much justification, that the weor has been decided. Almost imperâ€" ceptibly the states main effort is shift. ing today from battle to internal deâ€" ve!l=pment. The Negeb and Galilee alâ€" ready have become the scene of a farâ€" reaching resettlement program. Alresdy trucks loaded with buildâ€" inz material are flowing south. For the first time since May 14 the neglectâ€" ed Negeb desert region is beg‘nning to sprout new czlonies Within the next 111 in 1€ rtstore a proje? Daidli‘ltt W l1oiavil o eecnony. # "Mst of cur egperts tell~ us," Mr. Locker said "that we must have 20 to 25 percent of our population in agâ€" hat is shopp r weeks mMmiC MIM Sstm1a vthin even se Post, New State Launches Program o 1€ it it mas, without formality or anâ€" ement, the Gibson and Stirling accepted as Christmas heauquarâ€" â€" yves, h.me â€" for everybody. On mas Day there was a regular mas dinnser â€" turkey, n d and â€"Stirling store to 100K Mr. Ostrosser remembers that hristmas all through the years. was a rezular Christmas!" he uld ‘eyr 11 all their Chris‘mas shoppin§ last minute. It was most disâ€" ig and disappointing for the o see crowds oi his readers at tâ€"minute purchasing, when he , doing his own shopping. U v Â¥ with Golden City or Porâ€" s it did with Porcupine City, nal first town of Porecupine. to South Poreupiné, c h u m acher, Mattamgami Mone‘a, Timmins, and all _ communities that developed imp. Any old resident of any ‘immunities of Porcupine can f the happy Christmas times on DOstro jlast illant Chmstima with Golden C at did with Po U ervybo 11 kV Christin ts AI0r in the early days. INat was â€" part of the chni that practically everybody syep dance. ave of leay.n3 their Christâ€" In later yvear nz to the very last minute. shoughtful and before Christmas The Porâ€" terainment of 1 cncee lept bezginsg its readâ€" dron at Christ: 9009 Christmas a dull and for these unfortunates? Ostrossor! He was one ot leave, as he had the Stirling cstore to look ristmas tree in the store for â€" everybody. Everyâ€" o that! There was round f Christmas carols, and that were not Chr.stmas ody had a happy time. nowe obse g and to create new inâ€" their attendant job opâ€" ar tens oi thousands of t also will be necessary {o ter â€"balance to Israeli‘s TL 1¢ 3Y pre Israel has just rounded ent those who ha tmas, on their re r,. one unfortunâ€" the cutstar ing Christmas in when Leo ly days. That was â€" part of th tically everybody syep dance bad habit : pleaded er flurrl bordet +4 1 ause two unâ€" those of Iraq rders. There ies but the e new state ew trend men 1 ¢ ch fa1 dull and WwIilC kib 1 Ne 81. i n 0 fhe IHIIV There lumber snop rged, Minâ€" David has had THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO nt But if the | cangementts to made when they did »vents here mi The younaester$ were driven over ever road.in the Camp, but that did no make a very long ride in those day sc the route was usually covered iw or three t.mes.. After the sleighride there was a molijon picture entertain ment for the guests of "Mine Host. About that event the girls said it wa "lovely!" and the boys loudI? ryo claimed it as swell!" Starting with only â€"about twent "lovely!" and the boys loudI? rroâ€" claimed it as swell!" Starting with only about twent ch ldren the number grew in a femw years to nearly 600. Asked early ir December of 1917 how he expected t« get horses and sleighs enough for the ocecasion, Mr. Mulheron answered : "I the liveries, merchan‘is, mines ant Typical ol the Porcupine CJ spirit is the story of the " young lady who taught the s a small community between h Porguis Junction, The young la ensugh, and we‘ll cnough h It too!" party wa thnat yveal It was Leo May that year as usual. It was a few years a Leo Masciloli started tC Children‘s Aid youngste mas time at the Emp the youngsters were tre; tuous dinner. "Everyth to nuts!" was one lad‘s description of one. of Community singing vyeungsters with his violin pla Peter Bardessono wC ‘he youngsters standing up his accordian playing. But, « the outstanding cccas on was when Len dispelled all shyne part of the children by givin self did the Colombo w In later yvears other hotel men and generous in thei terainment of the Childrer‘s Aid aren at Christmas time. Mr. and FP. Lacroix;~of the Lady Laurier more than once gFave the youn, a "partv at Christmas gomne by, wonderfu Tremblay Typical snirit 18 while recultural pursuits 1 economy. We now. so there mus the land." In any review ments in the ments in the first six months, army‘s role must be predominant grew with astonishing . speed. It ganized virtually over night, antd {aught far better than most .pe had suspected it would. It has bec it in Jerusalem, i Cahinet of thi erning under 1} 3 tors have besn established with all asior countries. A 2,0C3) â€" k‘lometer i1,240=mile) road network has been givcn much negliected maintenaDc? and reyair work on a regular schedule. This crowning achievement in this restect has been the construction of a new twoâ€"way pavet highway s‘ixty By G. A. Macdonald Though l e s s publbcized and less ectacular, some solid gains have en registered internally by the ate. In the words of actins United at.ons Mediator Dr. Ralph J, Bunche, ras become a "vibrant reality." Tho government itself is developing ong Western lines. The judicial sysâ€" m with magistrate courts, district uris and a sevenâ€"man supreme court Jerusalem, is well established, ‘The abinet of thirteen ministers is ning under the watchful eye of the lirtvâ€"seven member State Council. mil.tar any f 8 11 palict "mine host" of (then owned by year had a h far the childres Oldâ€"Time Christmas Times hy Kenneth. ‘ompanies â€" canno we‘ll make our â€" â€"get Jack Dalton orses from the W In any event, t all TE p d â€" telegraphic ve besn established A 2,0C) â€" wWa ‘eall h partie of the ernmf th °5.( powet havt thi pecli were treaie “Ever,\'th M one lad‘s a1 ment sop.e did put off a the last minute, the a wonderful job of start. Some Christm: ht fa rly be termed ; ad 1j there fullyvy cart of the state men e _ remnant A total of 1 been â€" tralt 141} publicized and solid gains have internally by the Is of acting United r, Ralph J, Bunche, vibrant reality." MI of Middl. obtain about be a s Gesig1 â€" But, O€ COUurse un was the part} id. It has bt be reckoned Jewist delighted 11 ISTIH} ne taxes lha i e Of 560 C al\- Ory governmt 17 ho public owWwI seiyns, _to ‘bring in He‘ll do ntertain â€"ths each Chris\ hotel. First ttemyp Goldf.eld: Hollinger) sleighridt the town a balanced 15 percent hift toward m 1¢ ront so ind lite ~d@ainnt ould li@sht th aVr e ha ichieveâ€" hs, the ant. IIt iimnmimins hcol in re and y and on the ra lHvelyv 1rOl a_nd 1: people become when . "all hayv ched 11inp .‘\("U] €CGen hir ti1 WOrt ol M r tir rict tern tC Â¥1 111 th nNil 14 11 11 11 (moke ement T1 Jew HELARKD ON THIS BEAT: Tl, ixl to look the other wavy. Job T [( 111 mnet: Whi Besides whic time US. can 1 W H C ir meetdi w the c1 n A nc me US. can be ki Paging Comrade WweVvC hbheor )WI t1hle w infiltr; roshâ€"EVv fore th tp es Uns is what you call a police state: ) se anilâ€"capitalist proâ€"Communists who run the CIO‘s electrical ‘s (UE) union at a big Westinghouse plant in Wilmmerding, near Pittsâ€" have called on the capitalist police for protection. s that the leitists are being booed so vigorously by the membership eeting that they need police to guard the union hall now. The antiâ€" inist imembers have been receiving guidance from civicâ€"minded men in‘t belong to the union. ow wheneves an outsider slips quietly into the meetings to advise the mimunist membership the lefiies point him out to the police who polâ€" fuse him admittance. 11 : Doys in al} last week Mikc for 10 days or NoN‘ then ns on the leftists he plans the> big nninitillist P88 _ of former p York‘s hnotel lh al wnhnere a defe ul Murray hundreds of ‘they don 111 yO Dig ‘"~ neaAL: inis is grim news but true and it wou‘t do an k the other way. Jobs are beginning to disappear. ’ utives o" the nation‘s biggest manufacturing outfits have told in 10w days they fear they‘ll have to lay off thousands in the nex ._ _ Stuff is just not selling in the shiny new stores â€" which opened ished so brightly right after the war. x ies in Connecticut‘s industrial belt are so alarmed over hundrecd: hey‘re calling emergency parleys to see what they can do for . Looks like the time‘s here for Mr. Truman to sit down with bus: leaders before this thing starts snowballing. idmini NÂ¥ q aimnimunit) lin ob as ptI e move pook.. V "«the "If olaced t ‘e been high stratesy conferences in the East in the past feow or leaders and the Congressmen (also governors) they h |)€ ‘nly this group no longer is counting on President Truman‘s lping them and they‘re organizing to fight for control of Gon: is new plans must be as grandiose as his well rehear8sed Sh ider â€" for his coaldiggers union now own Washington rfifi 0 $2,000,000 including a headquarters, and two office buildms ecently purchased, houses his strange District 50. What‘s up? _ Truman planned to kill off the spyâ€"probing House Unâ€"Ame nmittée in January, it is now certain to get its full b)ulbt-: s Rep. MceDoweli tells me that the stuff in the Chambers p more shorking than anything that‘s been made public from roup is keeping the data a close secret. try be burgen rlled ) 11 Mial vho tm BV oday, n‘t Wt unist Party leader Earl Browder has begun to run meetings of former paerty members who are still loyal to him â€" talks to them k‘s hotel Capitol. .. If the Post Master General will follow Conâ€" ersten‘s report next week he should learn something startling his Alaskan staff. . . . view of how tough things are in Hollywood from the paid list of the Screen Extras Guild. There are not only 3,814 an the > the producers used that many in one spectacle scene alone hers is they sting! hey believe wreks before there. the s there ninat 116 tdentally idents 19 11 LC Mill q aillabl s pre. Phil V witiâ€"C ts andad w hose Inside Labour airty is operating fred undes srcurd cells th alized sector. _this area with specia ‘s special assignment his skill was wel)l e: Committee which fla received money from ny asserts he met an str | besgal Pumor . amb rned ew kind ‘Cause of| ‘umors started that he : arbassador. However, or Reuther who is spen( ‘ production methods pi turnout. ths> labor drive for an NHL uTD WBA t ally, will go to s behind closed avsion.. . . them he feels w Lo his work in the center of that intrlcat( the form of coal, oil, aluminum, steel an( the plants which these United States nc Sieve Nelson cecent sort o over disappea oy Dby moment Steve Nelson, director of the Wes .5 operating freely out of the Bakewell lergrourd cells through the country‘s mos M ut der UPL t people Averill H; ine Joiin uUp atholic rumor maligning M meetings had aneâ€"carrying prude or pub. o hi Cp a2rligning Murray‘s devoutness . . . An auto uni icetings hadn‘t been going too well, put a nurse began calling sessions on Saturday afternoons, out wives and all, At the same time, in the n« h free movies while a baby sitter passes out i4 lce crean and milk. . . . Union attendance i ray feel about the safety of his men that he has wriâ€" racis the most expiicit clauses giving them the right e their lives are involved. ore the tragic Donora (20 miles from Pittsburglh» smes _steel workers struck the local plant and the company nes inside the mill, There‘s a strike on now in a bis ctive train is being used. It mangled a man last weok. ars most, is the use of flourine in steel malciing. U.S. 6ig companies are gladly coâ€"operating with the t the steelmakers will strike. d of strike â€" of Plhil Muri there are are Y ) geils in Jot iluniinum C? TY by Victor Riesel ip at eltimn 1€ I1no s offic urgh 111 l1 deral Ic 1 his New York e wanted such a perfe t the union â€" conventi( iz some of his boys di blowout for all the ab: t of fellows bout such things, jearing Etate papers and atol irosh, alias Louis Evans and ‘s masthead, took a few days iclals, and hurriedly returned h. In the Bakewell Bldg., shot met an aAlomIlC _ secie‘. ter Ivanoyvy of San F he received the money ss cloakâ€"andâ€"dagger C« d. unmolested and u Al irriman who Lewis amba nvention assault on their u mors, openly attacking the _ Murray‘s devoutness . . . 4 hadn‘t been going too well, alling sessions on Saturday ric Johnston proposed e Commun Pittsburgh steelworker: THURADAY DCXCEMERER, 35rd Washington this week ; doors to work out thei labor men are a little v mderful but has no real Mike Quill head of cotic. He loves a lusty : it horitit ll1s were alrected | ) the Pacific coast had one more Aâ€" back into line de mid w hC he "safety walkout" which will hi s dismay at discovering, while driv where big mill fumes kill} off cows 1 V is‘ coal digge to start revolt into the rank: ns, and especi west power pl has sador to 4 a perfect battle mvention that boys drunk. N: the abstamers, ary bed to Wes oncentratiof ie agzgent of sSvulil in ie vhambets pun};, s been made public from them Was < JU the ont o concentr s a)lmost 1t people not ‘est intelle Communtk unwatchd week and meéogt wrh hi it their demands on th little wearyvy over hearint to pled tate gfl.n':»;h sed them he court of CY nd ali 10 to hi hould an 111 30. What‘s up? . House Unâ€"American its full budget. The MInor jnconvenirncedt | plans yeLt, the CIIO : P1 story and C ew in Washit meetings of 1 â€"talks to them 1 will Tollow Conâ€" )mething startling been Stove Nelson 111 10 )6 euther‘s 13 lahbor iman at no top (Tlir whuile. QOnlv hi hnl¢ sn. of. Catho. mmitho unmion To( ippoimntment ‘echanisin which leetric power â€" for business life n Pennsyivaimnia Bldgs, â€"spreading heavily concenâ€" not to ainst t was th having Ii 1\ §# ork Dect lnfln'b tA ti 1 of Gongre ir8ed Shax hall enough ime time u1g1 t} â€"grimy 1littl hody want tt to gevive «h PHH Murray‘\ kill 31 the taukin before 3 proâ€"Soviet isulate. a, rendezâ€" ransferred cvuttit: jeralb] n to be routino which is sort of 111 imnsLead HnInie! atholl )t 4A NV1 nent Pliglhit ~ hish hortly nOlsn up» 60 TTUSL higzht A MWYME ©1lt port mIx al0oo1 C AHITY Int hnap( oleC. taon Wl