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- EL) t (Being an wecaynt of a Gh taken , by: Miss Mary Luke, Brookhin, Mr, And Mea: A. Farmer, iss "Marian Farmer, 'Port Perry 'and All our arrangements. had "heen made for our trip so, Thursday night (June 28), we packed our baggage in the trailer--a two wheeled cabin with ~ four: screened 'windows, which: could be closed against the cold or rain; "having \ ample cupboard space for bedding and food, also -an ice box where we put meat and ginger ale. Everything bespoke. comfort. and fore- thought. = : . At 8.50 we left in high spirits-- Sh ~~ be true or not.) Midnight found us "parked at Gravenhurst' prepared to sleep, but shunting freight cars, catfights and cow-bells were no' 'lullaby to me; add | to them the fact that the bed 'rocked' every time we moved and you will understand why I did not sleep that "night, Mary did not sleep either: although Archie and Beth got 'forty winks', June 292 --Mary and I were up about 4.80 a, m. to build a fire. ~ After mear- ing ourselves liberally -with balsam gum from the wood we gathered, we managed to get thé kettle to boil and' the eggs to fry. Then, breakfast gover we were on our way again at 6. We drove almost constantly until we reached Callander, where we stop- ped long enough to take a picture of Lake Nipissing. 7 : "Ere we had reached North- Bay! (at 10.30) it had commenced to rain}. '$0 our drive through the city and the forest was made. 'unpleasant by a " steady down pour. (A few miles out of North Bay a 'stone platform has been built, from the top of which you can see many miles of the surrounding country. It is 'at this point that one enters the _ forest.) § = We had planned to stop 'at one of the clearings (made expressly for those who want to have lunch) for our dinner, but as we had some food in the car we drove straight through to Timagami. By the time we "arrived there: we } |were'so sick of trees, lakes, hills and curves that we heartily" wished we 'were af our jourriey's end. ; Knowing this, can you imagine our feoiings when we looked in: the trailer 0 discover that the roof which, had 'never leaked before' was as water-|. tight as a seive? Our language was not: the quality that is taught in a young ladies' college. : Well, we bought something: to eat, and continued to drive through the forest. The sun came out just before we reached Latchford and we opened the windows in a vain hope that the baggage might dry out. - At Latchford we took & picture of "the huge pile of lumber that lined the road, and hastened on to Cobalt. ¥ That town has evidently 'just growed'. It sprawls over a number of very steep hills. 'Some of the sidewalks are flights of wooden stairs, along- side-of roads that appeared to rise too " suddenly for traffic with cars, (We didn't try them.) We bought some top dressing here to paint the roof as proof against - further leakage. Haileybury and New Liskeard fol- lowed in quick succession. There are some very beautiful houses bordering on Lake Timiskaming that remind me "of the drive along No, 2 Highway at Cobourg. Apparently an electric radial con- __nects the three towns=--Cobalt, Hailey- "bury and New Liskeard, . . Some few miles north of the towns "we stopped at a convenient school house (one that had steps high enough to help ug reach the roof of the trail- er) and while Archie painted the roof --or as much of the roof as the paint would cover--we prepared supper. The country here is quite different from that which we had just passed through, being open, and: almost level, much like a plateau, quite a bit higher than the surrounding land. - We proceeded on our way again and ran into more rain near Englehart, procuring gas at Doug's Place, a tiny " service station on. an otherwise unin- habited 'road, where we were nearly washed into the "ditch by a terrific thunderstorm, but we persevered. and were rewarded at Round Lake with a * most gorgeous sunset. - in At Ramore we gave up hope of reaching Timmins Hua night and is necessary to fill in the drifts which 'parked beside a 'station (not 'because we liked trains but because it was the only available place we could find in the dark.) . We tried to telephone our friend not to expect us until the following day, but failed to make connections. So we crawled into the trailer, but the beds were damp, everything 'was moist, in fact the only dry things' were our bathing suits: which had" been Pasked onthe bottom. the car and tried to sleep there. . The others soon followed, bringing -the 'least «damp of the blankets, but it wasn't. quite as res as a feather bed so, after the' driver (who could sleep anywhere) - had 'rested - for an 'hour or 'ore, we picked up the trail again. - Then the trailer bar broke and we left the trailer to the tender mercies continued to "Timmins (some - sixty miles away.) : In Timmins (after buying a new tire)- we hunted up our friend and had dinner. Then we slept. The owners boarded being kind enough to let-us use their beds. had the trailer bar mended.' It was impossible to bring the trailer to Timmins that night so we crowded eight people into two beds and one couch, and I believe we all slept; I am sure I did. July 2--We awoke to another bright day, and taking "our bedding," which had been brought from Matheson the night before we spread it out in the sun on the Lake shore to dry. Some Information About Timmins. The town attracted our attention. It is nicely laid out, on the top of a hill from which one looks: down "on a wooded country, some hills thirty miles away are plainly visible, and appear to be at no great distance. There are many gold: mines' near Timmins." The Hollinger mine is situated just at the edge of the town, and some of the 'drifts' run under the. town. " Practically every one' winks in one of the mines, or at something which provides for the needs or pleasure of the miners. There is a large hospital there, the beds of which are nearly always full of injured men. We were told that most of the accidents were caused by carelessness. Men who had been work- ing for years with dynamite handled the powder without care or cut their fuses too short, or failed to observe]- some other rule. for safety, with the| result that about_every twelfth man is wearing a bandage. There are a' great many apartment houses in the town, many of them are very nicely arranged." We spent two nights in one that could not be sur- passed for comfort. We were given some scraps of in- information that we found interesting, about the mines, and so will pass it on. First let us get the proper names,-- the shafts of which there are-a num- ber, are straight down, some of them to a level of 3900 feet below the sur- face (and they are talking of going still: fower,) The drifts are the places where ore, has been. taken out and they follow the vein. In the Hollinger mine (if I remember correctly) they run east and 'west -and the cross cats run at' right angles to the drifts. There are drifts about every "five hundred feet' down to the 3900 Toot level, and between these levels there are shorter drifts; but they are filled in, after the ore is taken out, with sand. This is secomplishd by the follgw- ing means: ut four miles from the main shaft there- are extensive sand hills and "the sand is brought from there by buckets on an endless belt. The levers are so arranged that the bucket can be tripped at any point, When the: bucket is dumped it is directly over a hole which leads down into a drift, By dumping at different holes they can put sand at most of the levels. ; ~~ Where it is impossible to procure sand for filling in, wood is used; (It are close together to prevent a cave- in.) Each man has a lamp and these men © When' it started to rain again, which |. was immediately, Mary and I got into |. of the garageman at Matheson, and]. of the apartment where our friend : In the meantime we a -._- nd du -- by Fire. "of this week. with terrible rapidity. the whole buildings was able quantities. no one was hurt. buildings. ~ dered all frame buildings the one set of buildings. badly needed. folk who need it. main. at an early date. The*blaze was most spectacular. ture was like a roaring furnace; and the firemen did well to save Mr. Goode's new house and adjacent It is most. fortunate that there was. but little wind. Had a strong breeze been blowing from the north the probability is that the Stovin house and barn and the Willard property might have suffered, together with the fine house recently erected by Mr. "Murrell Goode. The long continued drought had ren- General regret is Sh itersed that Mr. Goode should suffer this severe loss just at the height of his busy season. It is too soon to learn what steps will be taken to re-establish the manufacturing business. "Goode had to make immediate provision for his cus- tomers, and had to go to Toronto for this purpose. We sincerely hope that arrangements can be made to continue the manufacturing end of the business here $1.60 per year in advance Boy Works Totally Destroyed Some Insurance, but not Enough to Cover Loss One of the most disastrous and quick fires that the town has witnessed for a long time totally destroyed the Port Perry Bottling Works on - "Tuesday evening It id difficult to assign the cause of the fire, which apparently started. in the old (now unused) ice house. Whatever may have been the cause, the fire spread In an incredibly short time enveloped in flames, and within less than two hours the structure and all the ontbuildings were entirely destroyed. Many willing hands helped to carry out the mov- able contents of the Tactory, so that sugar, extracts, and cases of bottled drinks were rescued in consider- > Mrs. Gordon (a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Goode) has been living in part of the building that had been fitted as a residence. She attempted to her task when the flames all through the rear end of the room in which she was working. Fortunately The whole struc- dry as tinder. But the | breeze was slight, and the firemen and volunteer workers did a good job, and the fire was confined to Once more point has been given to the demand for .a hydrant in that section of the town. expense to lay a watermain;- but the loss in taxes . from property destroyed by fire can easily exceed the cost of installing hydrants in places where they are Work would also be provided for the And there would be some rcvenue from water users along. the line of the water It may be an Mr. BLACKSTOCK Entrance Examinations at Blackstock Centre the following 19 were success- ful and to these and thejr teachers we extend dur heartiest congratula- tions. y Blackstock, Miss Isobel Cawker, teacher: Ronald Trewin, Hon., Ronald Campbell. . Devitt's School, Miss Mabel Argue, teacher: Annie Ashton, Carl Devitt, Gerald Stinson. Purple Hill. School, 'Miss Lulu Salmon, teacher: Reta Swain, Henry DeMill, Bruce Gibson. Caesarea, Miss Florence Fallis, teacher: Ollie Weatherilt, John Taylor Neil Malcolm and Jas, Kersey. Burketon, Mr. Harrison, teacher: Margaret Abbott, Mildred Adams. Archer's School; Mr. IL. teacher: Lloyd Sterling. <> Egypt, Miss Dorothy Stevens, teacher: May Layton, Hon, Gladys (Continyed" on page 8) Rl 7 Mahood's School, Miss Out of the 22 pupils who wrote the . Wannon,. Cobbledick, teacher: Beth McQuade, Merlin Philp. ; Congratulations are extended to the Blackstock Orange Ladies' Lodge, No. 849, in winning second place in the "Best Appearing Lodge" at the Annual 12th of July Celebration held this 'year at Peterboro." Over 100 lodges "were represented. Mr. Corner, our bank manager, his "wife and family have returned home after a pleasant holiday in Pembroke. «Mr. G. Campbell the Principal of the Continuation School is taking a Degree Course in the Toronto Univer- sity. - Mrs. Campbell and Ronald are spending part of their vaction with 'Mr, Campbell's parents at Cayuga, Mr, and Mrs. Jas. Henry, Miss G. Henry and Mrs. Brandon spent Sun- day with Mr, and Mrs. Jas. Lawson at Yelverton. + Mr. tind Mrs, Percy Van Camp and Merle, Mr. Ralph Van Cantp and Miss R, Carruthers motored to. Elmira on (Continued on page 4) Jthe energetic Mr. Hepburn. . er's leadership, just what: can be done | kind in. this section of the Dominion. 'urday at Scugog. No oe RS to 4 Pi P. The alipodncenient that 'the Ontario government will offer no opposition to W. E, N. Sinclair in Seuth Ontario at the next general election is more interesting than surprising. In the first place there does not seem to be the-.slightest. chance that the Liberal House leader could be suc- cessfully opposed in any event. In the second, the attitude adopted by Mr. Sinclair in. recent sesgions of the. House, that in these times of un- usual economic conditions co-opera- tion should be accorded the Govern- ment wherever possible and the de- structive criticism should be laid aside, has undoubtedly made it difficult for the Henry administration to put up a candidate against Oshawa's mayor. And 'again, from the more selfish viewpoint of political strategy, the Government probably regards it as good policy 'to have Mr, Sinclair re- main in the House in view of the fact that he commands the respect and liking of a large section of the Liberal party throughout the province who prefer following the man who has led the party in recent years rather than With Mr. Sinclair off the political stage, those loyal followers might swing their allegiance to the new leader; but so long as he remains in publiclife he is assured of strong sup- port from many of the stalwarts of the Liberal party, and that fact has probably not been lost sight of by the Henry Government.--Peterboro Ex- aminer.. : --_-------------- EOS -------- © ~ WILL DEMONSTRATE AT TEACH- ERS' GATHERING IN GUELPH NEXT YEAR. Signal honour has been paid to the Oshawa Public Schools' Little Sym- phony Orchestra, and the Director of Music in the school, Leonard M. Rich- er, L.R.AM,, in that it has been in- vited to demonstrate what can be 'done with a school orchestra, before a large gathering of teachers from Canada and the United States. 3 The invitation comes from Dr, G, IL. Christie, President. of _the Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph, where several hundred teachers assembled in conference last week. The Oshawa School Orchestra, com- posed entirely of boys and girls of school age, was originally organized about two and a half years ago by Mr. Richer, and is the only organization of its kind to meet with any measure of continued success in the Province of Ontario. The fact that it has now been in- vited to demonstrate, under Mr. Rich- in such work among boys and girls, is proof positive that the Oshawa or- chestra is fully, recognized as the out- standing musical organization of. its ° \ ° ° Prize for Big Fish Wilfred Scattergood, an enthusias- tic member of the Oshawa Anglers' Association, had real success on Sat- urday of last week when he success- fully landed a beautiful '"muskie", weighing a shade better than deri. three pounds. The catch was made in the waters of Lake Scugog. As a result of this success, Mr. Scattergopd has issued an attractive challenge to the members of the Osh- awa Anglers' Association. A hand- some prize will be given to any follow- er of Izaak Walton who lands a big ger fish than the one caught ]Jast Sat- The only condi- tions to the contest are that the fish must be caught on a light tackle, (meaning rod and line) and the fisher- man must be a fully qualified member of the Oshawa Anglers' Association. Of course at least one eye-witness must be produced and, if possible, a photo of the fish and the tackle used. Offet closes October 16th. EE a a Reserve July 26 for United Church Field Day at Myrtle. See bills for program of sports. «Witty Buarder--""Ah, your steak is like the weather this evening, madam, Rather raw." Witty Landlady---'"Indeed? By the way, your board bill is like the weath- Sinclair, ! a "muskie" Stock markets are booming. is that a good sign, or is it a danger signal? Can we as a people continue to use business as a catspaw to pull our financial chestnuts out of the fire of depression? It begins to look as though some people will have to take a personal and thorough interest in business from that of dividends, Systems, inflations, =~ organization, advertising may bring profits; but there must be real service if there is TIME LIMIT IS AUGUST 31st FOR EX-SOLDIERS INSURANCE Applications for returned soldiers August. The time limit for this in- surance expires on August 31st, of this year. Particulars of the "Returned Sol- 'diers' Insurance Act" may be secured from the Secretary of any branch of the Canadian Legion, ~ Application forms and particulars of the Act may also be obtained by writing to A. A. Robinson, Chief Ad- justment Officer, Canadian Legion Office,. 210 Dundas Street West, To- ronto. Applicants must state. age, disability and_pension, if any when writing. Number Reduced Requiring Relief in Oshawa. (Oshawa Times) According to official information given to The Times, today the total number of Oshawa families now in receipt of city relief is exactly. 1,000, with an additional 48 single men re- ceiving assistance in some form or an- other. The present total is one-third of the high peak, and is taken to indicate a very definite turn of the tide so far as the local relief problem is con- cerned. ---------- ee -- -- Reserve July 26 for United Church Field Day at Myrtle. program of sports. See bills for --- A -- g Dr. T. E. Kaiser is starting a move- ment to. have a memorial erected for the late Dr. Thornton, a Presbyterian minister in the- Whitby District, * * Xx "The defect of slack apples in barrels continues to be re- packing of sponsible for a considerable loss to Canadian exporters each year. * * * The Roosevelt idea seems to be that prosperity will turn the corner swiftly when the curve is well banked. + * * The of Great Britain's famous old regi- 1674 heard at the Canadian National Ex- Scots Guards Band from one ments dating back to will be hibition in daily free concerts this year: A GOOD CATCH On Mr. Fred Schell took a party of seven from Saturday morning New Toronto out fishing on Lake Scugog, including Messrs. John Ab- bott and Mr, -H. Mr. Hutchinson was successful in landing Hutchinson. . weighing 22 pounds, 4 ounces. The party also caught 4 other nice 'lunge. ------ FIELD DAY AT BLACKSTOCK The Blackstock Amateur Athletic Association are hold a big Field Day on Friday, July 21st. There will be softball for boys and girls. .Tug-of- War, -Races for children of all ages. Admission-- 26¢, for adults and 10c. for childrén. At night there will be a dance in er, too. Unsettled, the Town Hall. Admission 25c. us BUBBLES? a point of view of service rather than to be stability." Doubling one's capital may mean the doublihg of obligations without additional service or addition- al profits. The glamour of bigness can mislead us into the idea that pros- perity has turned the corner. The old virtues of industry And ser- vice are still essential to real' success, and a lasting satisfaction in business. That is the spirit that must inspire business both individual, national, and currency, ensure employment, estab- insurance must be in by the end of lish world trade. Big Day at Port Perry Last year Port Perry business men put on a day of sports, and the whole program went 'over well--yes, better than that--first rate. Folks came from far and near and Chief Nesbitt and his assistants were kept busy parking cars, answering questions, directing eager holiday people to the wealth of events that crowded the day. From the drop of the hat to the drop of the bow, there was fun for every- body. This is the day when the business men turn in and do their best to en- tertain their guests. Everybody con- | tributes; everybody does his share to keep the ball rolling. That is the spirit--only more so--that is behind the big event that is being arranged for Civic Holiday this year--Monday, August Tth. In the morning there will be the water sports. Canoe tilting, canoe races, motor boat races, tub races, and swimming races of all kinds.Arthuv Brock is in charge of this part of the program, and you can depend upon it things will hum. In the afternoon Fred Reesor' has his turn, and the crowd go the Fair Grounds, where there will be juinping, racing, vaulting, and those funny. races with shoe, thread and needle, 'ete., bicycles, ponies, and the usual program of land events. Then there will be the serious.business of horse- shoe pitching by one of the best lot of sports you can get--all playing, little rooting. Finally conies the tug- o'-war with Scugog, Reach and Cart- wright pitted against each other. That should be a great pull. Guess 4 who will win! y All the time these events are being run oft there will be a~three ringed circus of baseball going on--hardball between Uxbridge and Port Perry, and softball for both boys and girls. The ringmaster is Mr. E. Hayes. If you expect to watch all these games you'd better be careful that you don't" be- come double cross-eyed. About the time the sports are over you will be ready for supper. If you must go home to do the chor os, why then you must; but hurry back. While you-have- been enjoying yourself at the Fair Grounds preparations have been going on for the great street dance when Creighton's Hay Balers will draw you from the crowd and make "you trip the light fantastic whether you will or no. Grant Ger- row has this matter in hand. Say a good word to the weatherman. and see that he gives us one of those" beautiful days which just now we. would gladly exchange for a nice little' deluge of rain"--and--one other thing --staft to invite your friends to come to Port Perry on Civic Holiday, Aug. Tth--Port Perry's Big Day. ------------en-- GOING NORTH Shorty. Campbell, and his partner--- Duke, the singing Cowboy,--have béen' playing at the Strand Theatre, tx-* bridge, last week. Sharty was in Port Perry some ten years ago, and at that time did' some practical lariat work, when he rescued a dog that had gone out to the edge of the ice piled up on the shore, and, jumping in after a stick, was unable to' get out again, Shorty's skillfully flung rope rescued the dog. The boys are working north, and made a friendly call on the "Star"; international before we can stabilize . ete Pr bya ts Vw SOO