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oe es eres THURSDAY, SEPT. 25th, 1941 HE HALLEYBURIAN Puce Tus Bear Stories Still Reach Newspapers; Big Batch This Week Eat Comrade's Carcass In One Case; Rob Lunch Baskets; - Light Berry Crop Blamed Stories about bears in a season when the doings of bruin have attracted such wide notice, 'con- tinue to trickle into the newspap- er offices of the district. This week's batch tells, for example, of some animal which robbed a comrade's grave and ate a good part of its remains. There is an item, too, of another (and there are no wild bears in Scotland) which swiped the porridge from under the nose of an indignant James township housewife. There are other bears,and these are farther north, whose mendi- cancy attained such proportions as to constitute a serious drain upon the lunch boxes of a lumber camp crew, whose members, in turn, considered moving else- where to a point where the mid- day meal would not have to be passed up because bears got there first. On top of these ,two bears are reported to have been disposed of in the West Road section out from Haileybury late last week. One fell to the aim of J. G. Mar- tens of New Liskeard, and the following day another went down before the rifle of Elgin Binkley, game overseer for this part of Temiskaming. Mr. Binkley, inci- dentally, is authority for the statement that Otto Holmes, Kenabeek merchant, has disposed of no fewer than eighteen bears by shooting this season, and in the process has obtained nine gallons of bear oil. The game overseer also related the incident about the porridge-eating bear. According to this report, the occupants of a house on the edge of Elk Lake had been troubled to some extent by investigating bears, and they arranged with another man of that area to get busy. eH did so and shot a large animal near the house. The very next day, however, after the wo- man of the house had prepared the family breakfast, she put some of the porridge on the back of the kitchen stove until the child- busy. He did so and shot a large of her surprise when a good- sized cub bear entered the room, seized the pot containing the porridge and departed outside te enjoy its breakfast at its leisure. A correspondent from the En- glehart district contributes the next story. It is related that "Silas Grant of Englehart was in| his own cow pasture one evening with his gun and saw a bear eat- ing choke cherries. He shot at him and left Mr. Bear alone. The next morning, he went to investi- gate the matter and there Mr. Bruin lay dead, not far from where he had been standing when shot.-Mr. Grant skinned the bear and then buried the carcass. Two days later, he went back to where the bear was buried, and found another bear had dug him up and trailed him off a piece. "A day or two later still, Silas went back again and the bear was almost eaten up and they kept at it uutil the dead animal was all gone but the feet. Old settlers of the district say this is a very rare thing to happen. There have been other bears around since then, with a mother and three cubs seen at times." In sending this note, the correspondent wrote that "some people can hardly be- lieve it, but seeing is believing by your own eyes." . The lumber camp bear story comes from the Night Hawk lake district and was relayed here through Englehart, the camp be- ing operated by the Woollings' interests. Bears were so numer- ous and so hungry in that part of the North Country, the tale ran, that they watched where the lumbermen were working, being guided to that particular spot in the woods by the sound of axes against the trees. The animals knew the men's lunch boxes would not be far away, and they got so they raided them, as they were hung on convenient branches. These bears were really hun- gry, the report added, and the men were sorry for them, but the begging bruins became a_ real nuisance and some of the men re- sented the idea of providing the entire lunch for their friends from the bush. Failure of the blueber- ty crop had driven the bears closer tothe camps and the work- men than otherwise would be the case, and they apparently had been encouraged when the lum- bermen shared part of the food with them. They parked just out of reach, the story ran, and soon learned where the lunch boxes were and what they contained. Police Court Cases All Adjourned For One Week The weekly session of Magis- trate Atkinson's police court was of short duration on Friday, when only a few cases on the docket and adjournments for one week were granted. There were four charges of theft from the Cobalt area, laid by Chief of Police A Cote of the silver town, who re- quested a week' s adjournment. and one or two minor cases were also laid over by His Worship. TAG DAY ON SATURDAY FOR NAVY LEAGUE; SEEK PUBLIC SUPPORT The Ontario Division of the Navy League of Canada is hold- ing its tag day in our municipal- ity on Saturday, September 27th. and is seeking the support of patriotic citizens in its efforts to better the lot of the men who "go down to the sea in ships" to do their part in the protection of our shores and in thé final winning of the war which will allow us to live in peace and happiness. This is one of the ways in which we who must stay at home can help to do our part. The Royal Cana- dian Navy has grown to 10 times its original size since the start of| the war, according to a_recent announcement by the Minister of To the Ratepayers of the Town of Haileybury: Naturally the citizens are interested in the reassessment of the Town real estate which was completed a short time ago. The present Council has an application for a settlement of the Housing Commission debt before the Minister of Municipal Affairs. I believe that we have an excellent chance that our proposition will be accepted. In view of the fact that we are petitioning the Govern- ment, I consider it would be bad business for you ratepayers if we did not conform to any suggestions which the Govern- mental Department makes. This matter was clearly illustrated at the Court of Revision last year when certain assessments were drastically reduced by the District Judge and his deci- sion was upheld by the Municipal Board. The reason for this decision was that we did not have the proper assessment re- cords. This situation has now been rectified. Mr. Morissette, Chairman of the Finance Committee, and myself represented the Corporation during the discussions with the Government. During these conversations it was evi- dent that the Government felt that the Assessment revised from year to year was not a true picture of the present situ- ation. We then asked the Department of Municipal Affairs to recommend a man capable of making an assessment of Real Estate in the Town of Haileybury. In response to our re- quest, Mr. George Proctor was named by the Department administered by the Hon. Mr. McQuesten. The following figures should make clear to you the pre- sent position as regards Buildings, Land and Business assess- ment . 1Q42" seal -- $1,481,460 LOAD ae As os | Na 1,168,808 Inerease, 252 ne 312,652 I wish you to note that the number of buildings and land repossessed over the years by the Town fer non-payment 9f taxes or Housing Commission defaults do not pay anything to the Town treasury. These necessarily are included in the assessment of all the property in the Town. Deducting for 1942 the values appraised on the above Real Estate amounting to $114,540, leaves us with a total TAXABLE assessment BEFORE REVISION of $1,366,920, including business assessment. : The over-all cost of operating the affairs of the Munici- pality amount to $102,000. From taxation we are supposed to receive approximately $75,C00 from Public and Separate School supporters. The balance comes from rents, licenses, markets, deben- tures recoverable, penalties and interest on taxes, unemploy- ment relief, etc. -- $27,000. The new assessment shows for 1942--on buildings in the Town, which number 511: Assessmentehaised == 35 se 329 Assessment Lowered ------=-= 151 Unchanged: 35. Shee eee 31 Business assessments are as follows: gO 7. be elastic ar $45,150 Toy 2 aise a hay a oe 82,600 From these figures I consider there have been many inequalities in the past. The Court of Revision will convene at a date to be an- nounced and anyone feeling that they have been unjustly dealt with will have an opportunity of stating his case. Mr. Proctor, the assessor, will be present. The decision of this court is not final and an appeal can be made before the District Judge. If not satisfied, the appellant can, if the amount involved is more than $10,000, go before the Municipal Board which sits in this District from time to time. i We have in Haileybury a great number of properties which have been exempt from taxation including Court House, Jail, Registry Office, Churches, Convent, Sanitorium, Armour- ies, Doctor's residence at Sanitorium and Schools. A map in colors which we have prepared is on view at the Town Office, showing taxable and non-taxable property. This graphic picture is interesting, if you are interested. i suggested to the Government that an administrator be placed to supervise our Municipal affairs as has been done in other parts of the Province when community business has been flagrantly mismanaged over a long period of years. The Government was not in favour and said we were not yet in a position to require such drastic measures. They also complimented us on what had so far been accomplished, par- ticularly stressing the prompt repayment of monies illegally diverted in the past from Housing Commission payments to defray, Town expenses to avoid the unpleasant duty of collect- ing taxes. This readjustment of our assessment, in conformity with the Assessment Act, has awakened Municipal attention which has been sadly lacking, and we welcome this civic interest. lt is the intention of the present Council to do what we consider is in the best interests of the ratepayers as a whole. We trust that out of this new assessment we will be able to establish a solid base from which to reconstruct the finan- cial structure of this Municipality. Your support of our efforts is a vital factor to insure success. Yours truly, H. E. CAWLEY, Mayor, Town of Haileybury. fr Naval Affairs, with a consequent- ing naval hostels at our ports ane some of the comforts which should be available to the men the country's cause. and bags for our naval men. This community has not failed in any 'venture and unusual situations in ex- ly 10 times greater call on thejother undertaking of a patriotic|otic surroundings concerning a glamo- facilities of the League in provid-|nature, and will not fail in this. rous heiress who decided to marry in accordance with a formula that shunt- iNew) Senali Navel "Pathwae? to ed loves into the background. Be sure Paradise" to get The Detroit Times this week who are devoting their lives to by Maysie Greig. popular novelist, be-|44 every week. Be Oo Last year |gins € Ontario Division sent out|se i i % ptember 28 issue of The Detroit Sun- $ . $100,000 worth of knitted goods day Times'___a story of romance. ad- Want Ads. Bring Results in The American Weekly with year the demand is at least three times as great. Mr. R. D. Cumming is sponsor- ing the tag day in Haileybury. Arrangements. are complete, and all that is necesasry now is a gen- erous response on the part of local citizens to the appeal. The iS FROM NORTH BAY $4940 » RETURN yy a peso Wy LV. 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I was wondering whether we couldn't put more of our income into War Savings Certifi- cates." She: "And why not? We might have to go without one or two pet luxuries--but wouldn't it be worth it to bring back peace again?" He: "And won't we be glad of the money--and the interest it will have earned--in a world without war restrictions!" The help of every Canadian is needed for Victory. In these days of war the thoughtless selfish spender is a traitor to our war effort. A reduction in personal spending is now a vital necessity to re- lieve the pressure for goods, to enable more and more labour and materials to be diverted to winning the war. The all-out effort, which Canada must make, demands this self-denial of each of us. SPEND LESS --T0 BUY MORE WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES once. today. 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