The nomination of teem for Vshit- ney township took place at ihp c'rurt house, Porcupine, on Monday last. there being only one candidate no- minated. namely, Martin Wuhh. iic was duly declared elected by the town clerk, F. P. K. Gallagher. Walsh Reeve For Whitney McKeen Saved Gibson’s Store Gibson's store had a narrow es- cape from another ï¬re on ‘Sunday last. John McKeon was passing the store when he noticed a lot of cord wood standing in front of the sore ablaze. After raising an alarm he started to pull down the wood pile. and water by that time being brought the ï¬re was soon extimruish- ed. the store escaping any damage. In the ninth inning Centre Field Greene of 'l‘im'mins made two of the prettiest catches of the day, thus helping considerably to win the game, as the hot line drive of Burk- ell’s looked good for a. homer. The most interesting feature of the Cages team was the way they run the bases. One of the players hit the ball for a safety. and although he gus Club was going to throw the ball into the Mattagami River. The game was one of the most in- teresting ever witnessed in the north country, as you never knew at what moment the strong arms of the Ca- The game opened with Smith in the box opposed to Southee, but the latter was replaced in the second by Lake, who held the slugging miners to two hits for the remainder of the game, fanning 13. in the ninth 'l‘imniins came in strong. two being out when Tidhall not safe on an error and McKay on a dead bail and with two strikes on the batter, Tidball stole home. the catcher dropping the bail. McKay also scored on what looked to he a very raw decision by the umpire and thus tied the score. But South Por- cupine came back strong also and touched the Timmins slad artist for three runs. which put the ï¬nishing touch on the game. The playing of (leo. Rounds at. third base was the feature of the game and he was right there with the willow. Another nice play of the day was the picking up of n grounder in deep right ï¬eld by Joe Jackson in the tenth and throwing the man out at first. The line-up of So. Porcupine was as follows: McLellan. ssp., Cowain. c; Lgke, 588m: Clcming. 1b; Qua, 2b; Rounds, 3b; Jackson, LL; Atchison, c.f.; Ly- on. LI. . Attendance. 467890. The Cagoe Club journeyed out to ’I‘immins last week and played a very friendly game of baseball with the Club House team of that town, and although they were beaten fair and square, they are conï¬dent in say- ing that it will not happen again. Ray Morrow handled the game to the satisfaction of all. but of course there are always a few who are in- clined at the moment to have a lit- tle argument just to keep things lively and then some. W:%¢M¢~:~N€N3~:WH°WW Then Raciott went in [or 'l‘immins. Mcl‘ellan was relieved by Lake. who Went alter the Timmins lumeh of batters like a cop alter an emog l?) on a brewery district heat, strik- ing out the ï¬rst six men that fared him. making l2 «trikeouts in all. The game was very exciting throughout. as you could never tell what moment either team was going to let loose and more a dozen or more runs. runs. Then Raciott went in for T Mclxllan was relieved by 1.: went after the Timmins hw 3’. «:~ 0 O .0 o '0 O .0 O. I O 2“? N :«:« O. M-:«:«: The game started out with Meliel- lnn in the box for the locals, and Tidbnll for Timmins, but the latter, not helm: in condition. was forced to rptire in the fourth innings. and also Mclxllan. who was got to lnr 5 The ï¬rst game of bmbnll for tho South Porcupine team was played last Friday afternoon (May 24th) when the locals journeyed to Tim. min: and walloped the bunch of bull tossers of that town to the tune of 11 to R. Tlmmlns vs. 50. Porcupine Cages Club vs. Timmlns It has been suggested, and an ef- fort is:being made to carry out the idea. that a baseball tournament be held at South Porcupine on Monday next, June 3rd, which is declared as aJegal holiday for the King's birthâ€" day. â€l‘hose originating the scheme, which of course is not actually de- cided upon, have outlined it as fol- lowsâ€"«that a special be run from Cochrane and the team from that town play here in the afternoon; that the Schumacher team come «wer in the morning and face an en- vounterand that the whole proceed- ings ï¬nish up with a dance in the evening. It rests with thus having: the necessary push and energy to see the scheme throngh~and there i~ no time to lose. Mr. Chas. Hinks oi Cobalt arriv- ed in South Porcupine Wednesday evening to take up duties in the editorial and news department of the Porcupine Advance. Any inter- esting items or preliminary an- nouncements handed or sent to Mr. Hinh will be oonrteously dealt with In 'the usual way. Uezu' Sinâ€"Now that the basebal season has started in Porcupine dis- tri('t and the various clubs are under expense for balls, bats. gloves, etc., would it not he a good idea to Pass around the hat at ball games and take up a collection to defray ex- penses of the clubs? The money so collected could be divided equally be- tween the clubs participating in the game, and would be Very much ap- preciated. Editor Advance. Summary: Two-base hits. Bradt and Clemens. Sacriï¬ce hits, Blosser. Stolen bases, Smith (‘2), Mackay (‘2), Guilfoyle (2). Ravicot, Lieberman. V. Emery. Double plays, Miller to Clemens. Lie- berman to Jones. Bases nn balls, off Racicot 3 off Miller 5. Struck out. by Rzu-icot. 5, by Miller 4. I'mpireâ€"Mr. Hatch. The game between Schumxwher and Timmins resulted in a Victory for the former by the score of 8 to 5. Racicnt. on the slab for Timmins. pitt'hcd fairly good ball for three in- nings. but after that seemed to lose mntml and was batted quite freely. and also received poor support. (â€rd rf. South l‘m‘vupinrâ€"Hrown c,l1kv p, Southoc 1h. Qua 23b. Burke†05, “NH“ :31». Haddwin If. Wilsnn (‘1'. A. Brown. M. Summary: Stolrn buses, Cunningham (5), Bell (4), Pure (3), Smith (2), ('orcornn (2). Adams (2). Greene. Lake Southce. Burke". McGill. Souble play. Smith to Bell to Smith to Adams. Buns on ball. 0“ Southee 3. off Lake 1. 0“ Smith 3. Struck out, by Lake 13. by Southee 2. by Smith 7. Struck by pitcher, Cun- nimzham. This makes the second defeat of 'I‘immins by Schumacher. The line-up: Schumaoherâ€"Feeney c, Miller p, Clemens 1b. Emery 2b, Brown as, Blosser cf, Lieberman If, Montgom- ery "Gui. A feature of the game was the spectacular catch by Bell at 2nd base. Timminsâ€"Mackay c, Racicot p,Moâ€" Coy 1b, Bell 2b, Guilfoyle 3b, I3th 38, Cunningham cf, Smith 1f. Emery Miller; the twirler for Schumacher, pitched mood ball and received excel- lent support, throughout. had en easy that he didn’t like to see his fellow runner on third get out at home and unfortunately he watched just a little too long. there- fore was caught before he reached ï¬rst. Another instance when the runner .was safe on ï¬rst he was dancing oh the base as it he was 30- mg to explode, hut, howeVer. the runner was put out before he bed time to think or explode. Whether ut was the coacher's fault. or not re- mains to he proved. Bill Hatch, the well-known hall player. handled the name without a hitch. The line-up: Timmins-Bell v, Smith p. Adams ll~, ('unningham 2b. l‘are 3h, McCoy ~s. (,‘oi‘vora'm If. (ireene vi, Ruth“ Schumacher vs. Tlmmlns HELP THE BOYS Sincerely yours, BAS EBALL FAN. _' FOR. SALEâ€"SECOND HAND PORT- FOR SALE QR RENTâ€"SIX ROOM house near South Porcupine school. 9idewalk within short distance. A bargain for! quick sale or will rent for $30.00 per month to right par- ty. For patticulars apply Box 515, South Porciupine. . 10-13 Watch Christie's busy store, oppo- site the King George, for nice, now, ready to wear goods coming in al- in the best make of corsetâ€"ET.â€" most every day. You can be ï¬tted just inâ€"then select an up-toâ€"date gown, or choose your goods, your pattern, and have it made right here. Mr. M. Abraham, who returned re- vently from an extended trip to the West, is great in his praise of that country. When he himself invested in land it was as farm property and his Visit re\‘ea1ed that he was now. the possessor of a town lot. Speak- ing of Vancouver, however, Mr. Ab- raham commented on the extremely high rents for business premises. In some instances $300 to $500 per month rental was paid with the re- sult that prices of provisions and‘ food were exceedingly high. Monday last saw the departure for a three weeks' trip to the west of Mr. Solomon Sky of the Progress Store and Mr. Norman Sky of the Central General Store. 'I‘lieir inten- tion is to visit Watr-ous, Sask, in the interests of Sky Brothers, who own property in that deVeloping town. There is also in view the taking up of a large section of farm- int,r land which will be part of the northern Visitut‘s' mission in addi- tion to keeping a lookout for busi- ness possibilities in general. Jack Wash of the Norrhland. and W. Tripp paid a visit. to Cobalt last week and. The ï¬rst named returned this week and the latter is still at Cobalt. A wire received by Barney Quinn of the Gordon Davies Meat Co. re- quired his presence in Ottawa imme- diately on account of the sudden sickness of his father. It is report- ed that the latter is improving and Barney will accordingly return short. Iy. Tomorrow, Saturday, tine Elite Ladies' Furnishing establishment will be transferred from opposite the King George Hotel to the Tompkins Everell block at the opposite side of the street. The new premises are roomy and nicely titted up and the new opening will be made the occa- sion of a special display in the par- ticular Elite line. Miss Torgeon will carry on a dressmaking business in the same premises. Mrs. P. McCaï¬ery returned Monday from a visit to her home in Cobalt. and was accompanied to South Por- cupine by her sistor, Miss Lah‘nnge. W. J. McLellun. who was connect.- ed with the Bank of Commerce here [or some time. has been transferred to Stratford, and left. for that. place (m Tuesday. Mr. Ben Croskery, manager of the Nipissing Stores. returned to town on Tuesday after spending a few days at his home in Cobalt. Mr. J. )1. McGill has been receivc ing the congratulations of friends on his appointment as manager of the ('arr Hardware store. Mcxabb of rho Mc.\ahh Fur? : nitiir: ï¬rm arrisod in town Wednes-i 0 day on a business trip. . z A. O. Drona-h. manager of the Gut. don Davies Meat 00.. has returned from Hailcylmry, where he spent a few days last week. Miss Ethel â€0668 Toronto with the many friends; with must popular. A large number of routers accom- panied the local ball team to Tim- mins last week. Howard Dunbar renamed to town Monday after spending a few days at Haileybury. J. M. Frawlcy. manager of the Bank of Toronto. has returned from a trip to Copper Clifl and Sndbury. able buildings, several sizes, can be1 put up in one day. For photos and ; information aphly to EMPIRE : LUMBER cu, Ltd., Latchford, i Ont. 10-14 LOCAL NEws: Classfied Ads. LADIES ! THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE left yesterday for best wishes of whom she was TENDERS WANTEDâ€"FOR SINK- ing of two shafts in Turnbull. One to be continued from about 15 feet down to 50 feet. The other to be sunk down to about. 35 feet. For particulars apply Box 121,. South Porcupine. 9-? TO LETâ€"SIX ROOMED HOUSE. HOUSE TO RENTâ€"ON BLOOR Avenue, six 'rooms and kitchen and bath room. Also store on Bruce Avenue, 60x20. L. E. Morton, Box 14, South Porcupine. 6t! x O... O. Also household furniture for sale. Apply Porcupine Book, Stationery and Ofï¬ce Supply 00., Box 325, South Porcupine, Ont. 10 O O O. 00 O O M O O .0 O O O. O O N O O O. O .0 O .9 00 o ’0 O .0 O .00 O O .0 O 0 .0 O O O. O ’0 O .0 O. O O 00 o ’0 6 O O 00 O O O. O 0 «:~ 0:» J. 0. McNABB Bruce Avenue Tell Us What You Want GET THE HABIT III: Then come right in, sit right down and make yourself at home. We are here to “show you" andIone visit to our spacious and wellstocked establishment on Second Street, Porcupine will convince you that we are “the" people to deal with. Business all round is improving rapidly, and we are constantly having to renew our stock of the numerous and varied lines which we handle. The following list comprises a very few items, taken at random from our assort- mcntzâ€" Marshall = Ecclestone Why ot Marry Girl° of dealing with Fishing Tackle Hardware Furniture and Mine Supplies. Co’s comple House Furnishil. complete stock in 1 them Country. from J. ' C. and Furnisf Branches Also at Cobalt and Timmins. Are You from Missouri ? 9-1 LOSTâ€"BLACK OSTRICH FEA- t.her, somewhere in vicinitv of Mo- Dougall Block. Reward by leaving same at. Bank of Commerce. 9-1p FOR SA LEâ€"BRAND NEW OLIVER FOR SALE-A'I‘ THE PEARL Lake Gold Mine, lot of hogs, con- sisting principally of brood sows, weighing from 150 to 300 lbs. A1- 30 three heavy draught horses, two wag-one, two sets of sleigha, two Sets harness. All to be sold at a bargain if purchased at once. Typewriter, a bargain. J. C. Mc- NABB. 9 .0 .0 O. O. “.0 South Pov ; Pinaforte Lesson Graduate Trinity College. London. Eng; 3 Campbell BIock, Bruce Av: WA) STORE TO RENT -- I} KIN George Hotel Block. A 3) Hug Mulberon. surveyed claims. Ninety days' we done on each. Group of eight Shaw and four adjoining Dixie sy dicate in Deloro and Adams. F; further particulars address B! 310. South Porcupine. home NTEDâ€"AN OFFER FOR EIGI MRS. LINDSAY MORTON ‘ost of