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et oe S . | Vol. 48; No. 5 HAILEYBURY, ONTARIO THURSDAY, APRIL 10th, 1952 SS Greatest Fire Sale in Canadian Lumber Industry Nowhere in the world. was there afiner stand of white and red pine than in the Mississagi River country in the Algoma district of Ontario, northeast of the Soo until in May, 1948, disaster struck and through the virgin forest two fires started by the carelessness of trappers, raged. Not until late June was it under controiand 600,000 acres lay seared and black- ened. "se Ontario governmczt was determined t9 try emu ieccover something from the disaster. Lumber companies were not in- terested as the stand was too iso- lated to make logging and river- driving profitable, and so any en- terprising bush operator or job- ber who was interested was offer- ed a deal in which the govern ment paid half the cost of log- ging roads. Soon operations were under way and the recovery was high. To avoid a market glut and- dislocation of trade, a concentration yard was set up near North Bay. There the pme is being processed, graded and sold just as a private operator would do it along regular market- ing lines. By this fall, a s a direct result of the vast salvage opera- tion and fire sale, the burned out area will have produced 250 mil- lion feet of lumber and 100,000 cords of pulpwood. Most of the pine will be used to build Ontario homes, for pine stands up under the rigors of the Canadian climate. Already about eight millions dollars worth of white pine has been snapped up. Lucky are the home owners who get their sash and doors cut from this lumber. Since the lumber of the fire area ~~. weewser of fhe pelpwood type. and thus of no use to pulp and paper operators, the Lands~and Forests Department of the gov- ernment looked after its removal The project was not undertaken to make a profit. In fact, the re- venue from the sale is not expect- ed to do much more than cover the costs. But it has supplied ntario homebuilders with the best native pine at a time when it was And it has given and bushmen eas in short supply. forestry officials Rebekah Lodge Prepares for Lodge of Instruction The regular meeting of North- ern Light Rebekah Lodge was held on Tuesday evening in the Masonic Hall. The Noble Grand Sister Dinesen was in the chair and there was a fair attendance present.. There was a report presented from the District Representative who attended the meeting in Kirkland Lake last Saturday. A practice was held on the various parts of the work the Lodge will put on at the School of Instruction which is being hel& on May 23rd. : A good attendance 1s required next meeting as Initiation will be exemplified. L. L. A. MEETS The reguiar monthly meeting of the Legion Ladies' Auxiliary was held in the Legion hall on April 3rd. Two applications for membership were received. Mrs. R. McGillivray was ap- pointed kitchen convenor and anyone wishing to use the kitchen can get in touch with her. Mrs. Taylor gave a renort on the Bingos, and we must say that she is doing an excellent job. Mrs. C. E. Fleming reported on the Sick Committee's activities and her visits to the hospital which we know are welcomed. She is devoting a great deal of time to a worthy cause. Mrs. Taylor presided. MINING NOTES 1835--Coal discovered at Su- quash, Vancouver Island, through information supplied by Indians. s 1840--First hydraulic cement made in Canada at Hull, Quebec 1843--Geological survey of Canada instituted under Sir Wil- liam Edmund Logan. : 1846--Silver veins reported in vicinity of Thunder Bay, Lake Superior. Ascanio Sobrero Italian, makes nitroglcerin. Leet Oil seepages reported in vicimi- ty_of Thunder Bay, Lake Super- first i0r. 1847--Normandale iron furnac in Ontario shut down owing to lack of ore and fuel. First mention of copper ores in Eastern Townships, Qubeec in geological report, 1847-48. Ontario Northland Railway Celebrates 50th Anniversary That "transportation is civiliz- ation" has been amply demon- strated by Ontario Northland Railway and its predecessor, the T. & N.O., during the past fifty years. The railway, belonging to the people of Ontario, will cele- brate fifty years of progress and development on May 10th, 1952, and, in doing so, will emphasize that a great territory, which, until 1902,, was a rugged, unknown wilderness, is now possessed of all the civilizing influences and is productive of the wealth which has made the Province as a whole first among the Canadian proy- inces in population and economic importance. Without the railway these advances would not have been achieved and everyone in Ontario may be proud that the concerted effort of the people through their Governments has made it possible. The first sod was turned on May 10th, 1902, but that bit of symbolism was preceded by much hard and painstaking work. In 1900, the Ontario Government ap- propriated $40,000.00 to carry out a survey for a railway from North Bay to New Liskeard, at the head of Lake Temiskaming, a distance of 114 miles. Railway surveys were nothing new but, while in Southern Ontario the pioneer railways were surveyed and constructed in settled coun- try with numerous roads, in the North there were neither roads nor settlements between the ter- minal points. Instead a rocky barrier, offshoot of the Lauren- tians, confronted the surveyors at the start and the whole course of the line was through rough ,rocky country with hundreds of lakes to bar the way. In making such a survey, the canoeman, the packer. and the axeman were as equally - important as the transitman, the leveller and the chainman. To at- tack the problem from one end would have meant endless. delay and much unnecessary work. Thanks to the canoe, the craft without equal where the going is tough, a flank attack was possible. The Ottawa River and Lake Temiskaming, far to the east of the proposed line, were nonethe- less of tremendous help in mak- ing the location. Sturdy canoe- October 3, 1902. 'This was for the complete constructica ef the rail- way to New Liskeard, including clearing, grading, timber work. fencing, track laying and ballast- ing. The contract called for com- pletion of the first sixty miles by December 3st, 1903, and of the remainder by the same date in 1904, Actually, the completed line was turned over for operation by the Commission sixteen days beyond the final completion date. The whole story of Northern Ontario is one of romantic unex- pectedness ana tne building ot the T. & N.O, proved no except- tion, While rock cutting was proceeding on the short of Long Lake at Mileage 103, sitv-t was discovered on August 7th, 1903, by James McKinlay and Ernest J. Darragh, sub-contractors on the railway construction, If there was any truth in the story about Fred LaRose throwing his black- smith's hammer at a fox and dis- closing a vein of silver, his dis- covery and recording of his claim wassmade in September. At any rate, the great Cobalt boom was on! and it presented an entirely new outlook for the railway. Co- balt took it out of the "bust." rail- way class and started it on the way to becoming the first class railway it is today . lt was recognized before New Liskeard was reached that a rail- way designed to serve and en- courage agricultural development must of necessity run through the farming country. New Lis- keard was on-its southern fringe. In 1904, therefore, a further con- tract was given to A. R. MacDon- nell for a 100-mile extension and by December 3lst, 1905, steel had been laid as far as Boston Creek, Mileage 154. As early as 1903, consideration was being given to the construc- tion of the National transcontin- ental Railway and the advantages of a connection with that line prompted the Commission to continue the construction north to the junction point at Cochrane which was reached on November 26th, 1908 In 1906-7, a short branch was built from Cobalt to Kerr Lake. which crossed, near its terminus the Silver Sidewalk on the Law- Legion Ladies Hold Successful Bingo The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Canadian Legion held theiz regu- lar bingo on April Ist, in the Le- gion-hall with a good attendance. The $65.00 prize was not won on the fourteen calls so will be carried over for $70.00 next time The date for the next bingo is next Tuesday, April 15th. Mrs. Gareau won the $10.00 special prize. Mrs. Taylor, convenor, thanks all those» who helped: Mrs. Jos Grenon, Mrs. Frank Plaunt, and a special thank you to the cheer- ful bingo callers, Messrs. Geo. Liscumb and Jack McVittie. Ladies of the Legion Auxiliary seem to have difficulty getting the men to call, so if any of the Le- gion men could help cut these two nights each month please phone No. 454 and yolunteer. It would be greatly appreciated. _-Seventh Provincial Recreation Conference In 1952 the Provincial Recrea- tion Conference for the first time moves into the east--Ottawa, on May 2nd, 3rd and 4th. Headquar- ters, Ottawa Normal School. Mr. Leonard F. Baker, an Otta- aw business man, has been named chairman of the conference,, an- nounces Mrs. C. J. Lynch, presi- dent of the Ontario Recreation Association, which sponsors this annual meeting jointly with the Community Programme Branch, Ontario Department of Educa- tion. (ote C.V.W.I. Elects Officers The annual meeting of the Clover Valley Women's Institute was held at the home of Mrs. Margaret Weiss on Wednesday evening, April 2nd. There was an attendance of fourteen mem- bers and one visitor who later became a member. The financial statement was read by the secs- retary and everyone agreed that the club had had a very successful year. ° "A <eport was given on the bazaar. The hamper of groceries went to Miss Merle Camp- bell of Kirkland Lake and the doll to Miss Norma Larabie of Haileybury- The election of officers followed: President--Mrs. H. Cooke Ist Vice-President--Mrs. M. Weiss. 2nd Vice-President--Mrs. C. Miller Secretary-treasurer--Mrs, E. Campbell. District Director--Mrs. R. McGillivray. Alternative--Mrs. C. Miller. Delegate to District Annual--Mrs._ P. Libby. 'Home Economics and Health--Mrs. S. Me- Intyre. Agriculture and Canadian Industries--Mrs R. McNaught. ee Public Relations and Community Activities Temiskaming Lab. KNates Wiscussed, at lining lvieeting REVISION IN RATES URGED At a meeting of the Committee on Mining which was attended by the Minister of Mines, the Depu ty Minster and members of his staff, Bob Herbert, M.L.A. for Temiskaming pointed out that in his opinion the Temiskaming Testing Laboratory should make some revision in rates to further assist prospectors and uew pros- pectors in the matter of assay- ing and bulk sampling. Mr. Herbert told the meeting that this operation was primarily started off to be of assistance in furthering development ot our Cobalt silver area and that it has now become a commercial enter- prise. The Department 4i*closed that a profit of $75,000 was earn- ed last year, principally from cobalt and' silver ores. Mr. Herbert felt that it was the opinion of the Temiskaming Mine Managers Association that some revision or other added as- sistance be given to prosmectors and new mines and as a result of his efforts, it was decided that the Department of Mines will in- vestigate this matter in the near future. In recent weeks, a single seiz- ure of over 2,000,000 smuggled cigarettes has been made, the largest in all history and clear proof that it is a big time racket. Surely the Government will soou be convinced that a 30-cent pack age of cigarettes is long overdue --tobacco growers who have al- ready had their 1952 acreage cut by asthird must now stand help- lessly aside while their hard-won domestic market is whittled away by smuggled American cigarettes To the motorist behind you who sounds his horn incessantly while you are waiting for the traffic ahead, there is only one approach. Turn off the ignition, get out of the car slowly and with your best smile ask him "if there is something you can do for him" The Toronto Daily Star drop- ped 7,000 for the first time in the normally peak month of Decem- ber, following its spirited cover- age of the last Frovinciar elec- tion. priceless experience in salvaging Gypsum mining operations men and packers formed caches son Claim and, in the former Lea burned-over bushlands. commenced near Hillsborough of supplies and materials at year, the Charlton branch Was -- Citizenship and Education--Mrs. R, Camp tees New Brunswick. various points along the survey constructed from Englehart. Old bet. -- : WEEK S WEATHER Shipping in and out of ae 4 ae aig ze; line. One at Bushnell was reach- timers will remember the hard Ree Sais Suet teere 2 - Sei! firoush te ok ni " ieee jew Pee capes made ed by he Ottawa Riven ne Os slogging from this end oi steel to Historical Research and Current Events -- Week ending April 9th, 1952 Mary's River is greater t automobile sales and excise taxes tertail creek, A second was es- the Montreal River at Elk Lake yjs. c. Milter. : total combined annual traffic of total $499; in 1939 these taxes tablished at Lake Temagami from during the Gowganda rush in The meeting adjourned and lunch was ser Max, Min. the Panama, Suez, Manchester totalled $65; sales tax has in- | ake iganiteuies or ai ues ae. g cel by ee ee assisted by Mrs. P. Libby sa pap 0.6 30.0 and Kiel canals. creased 138% ; excise tax 7,300%. Matabitchouan, while the erminus Nineteen ten and eleven were Ae oe ees ier oe ee === at New Liskeard was easily reach- years of expansion and explora- In the ten year period from Sands Wucaanare 320 296 ed by Lake Temiskaming. Canoes tion. Gold had been siscowense 1941 to 1951 five persons emi- cde =Scnense5 aoe ae 5 must also have saved many miles jn Porcupine in 1909, the pros- Chane Gor OrOaT Oe rib eae aver es Si) PAWS ALTAR GUILD of foot-slogging at spots *ke Rib pectors using the railway as a Ses pegs eee to a ae at So ihe ae Lake which parallels the line for convenient base. The value of the as S Preci Sh rac Saee 40" miles. finds having been established, the ° Pp mes Before that Mav dav i. 1902, Commission undertook the con- = the final location had been well struction of a branch from _Por- AND BABY TABLE and truly made under the direc- quis, then called Iroquois Falls, : tion of W. B. Russell, chief engi- which was completed to South neer for the new railway. The Porcupine on July Ast, 1911, in AT THE HOME OF MRS. H. L. SLAGHT, Brewster Street | country was difficult. The grades time to render assistance when were heavy and thé curves were disaster struck the new camp in 6k P -e) h sharp and numerus. However the great Porcupine fire of that 2 SA e9 A RIL ] t for a "bush" railway desiened to month. Later this branch was serve the modest needs of a farm- carried through to its present ter- 3.00 to 6.00 p.m. ing community, it would serve. minus at Timmins. After an abortive start,a contract As early as 1905 an exploratory -- was let by the newly-formed survey all the way to James Bay . Temiskaming and Northern On- had been made by E. A. E. Sulli- A: maseo, a0) a tario Railway Commission, un- yan in whose party was included 1S =f der the chairmanship of Mr. A.E.A. W. G. Wilson, a geologist. HAPPY CASTER Ames, to A, R. MacDonnell on (Contiued on Page 4) Gf) $ CU '64 { ress "Up "ime Be. 4 SS A LOer7a) 4 XSP> . . 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