GOVERNMENT MEASURE APPLIES TO ALL MINING COMPANIES AND IS RETROACTIVE IN CASE OF NICKEL MAYOR AND CLERK IN TORONTO TO SECURE FURTHER REVENUE FOR TIMMINS. Taxation on Mines Increased From Three to Five Per Cent. In the IP‘r week Hon. itroduced the ing Taxation of tlus ul follows‘:â€" 'E\’Ol'.\' ln'mlm'il vince of Ontario pay to the Prov lax of five per profits in excess of $10,000 and up to --*5,0““,â€0“; OH ])l‘nï¬ts in excess ot $5,000,000 and up to $10,000,000, the tax will be six per cent.; upon annual profits in exeess of $10,000,000 and up to . $15,000,000, 7 per cent.; on proâ€" fits in excess of $15,000,000 the perâ€" centage will increase with each adâ€" «litional five million â€" dollars profits in the same proportion as in the case ofwthe second and third five million lars annual profits. he present rate oZf taxation â€" is three per cent. The new taxation will take effect in the ease of all nickel and nickelâ€" «€opper mining companies from Janâ€" uary 1, 1915.. The date on which i will go into effect with other comâ€" panies is not yet announced. On the retroactive feature of the bill, there payable to the Province from the International Nicâ€" kel Company alone, the‘ sum of $1,â€" 714,380. Of this amount $980,000 reâ€" presents the tax payable uponâ€" the estimated profits for 1916, as reckâ€" oned by the Ontario Nickel Commusâ€" «sion, upon whose report and reccomâ€" mendations all the clauses regarding nickel taxation are said to be based. From the annual profits of a mine may be deducted all taxes upon proâ€" fits payable to the British or Canâ€" adian (Governments. Representatives of the union memâ€" bers of the various mines of the North Land "met recently in Cobalt to conâ€" sider the question of drafting a new seale of wages to be submutted this spring to the mine owners. There were sixteen delegates present, inâ€" ecludinz three from the District Exâ€" ecutive, four from the Poreupine, three from Kirkland Lake, and one from Gowganda. Although no pubâ€" lie report has been given out of what took place at the Convention, it is understood that a scale of wages was drawn up for submission to the emâ€" ployers if a wmajority of the members of the unions endorse the seale and endorse its submission. The miniâ€" mum wagse seale is said to be only about 50 cents per day higher than the present rate of wages, and in view ‘ the increased cost .of living is a reasonable increase under all theâ€"eirâ€" umstances. ~lIt is believed that the mine owners will make no object ion to its adoption, unless it is accompaniâ€" ed by other demands not considered so warranted. The general feeling seems to be that all danger of a strike is now at an end, as when left to themselves, without outside interâ€" ference, there is every reason to beâ€" lieve that both sides to the question show a reasonableness and deâ€" o do justify that no trouble will be either probable or possible. It is said that the union members The income tax payable to muniâ€" cipalities is not to exceed one per cent., according to the new Aet, exâ€" cept in the ease of the town of Coâ€" balt where it is I!/ per cent. â€" In this connection Mayor J. P. Meâ€" Laughlin ;and H. E. Montgomery Clerk and Treasurer, left this week for Toronto to place the ease of the Town of Timmins before the Governâ€" ment. After a special meeting of the Council the course was decided upon, as it was felt that the Town of Timâ€" mins should receive a part of the inâ€" erease imposed in the taxation by the Government. _ The partienlar needs and cireumstances will be clearly and fully placed before the Government Another new feature of the bill is a clause requiring imunicipal eorporâ€" ations to expend the income from the Recent Convention of Union Repreâ€" 2‘ Qentatives Drew Up Scale to Be Submitted to Members. MINERS TO VOTE OX PRDPOSED WAGE SGALE ])l'()llls ind up to $ six per cent »xcess of $ 10,000, T per ss of $15,0( 1 anerease pel No THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE nmnent s new The main feature m 1]] TCOX DTA I Fuson in riew M in nen n:in»es under thne law approved by sioner. â€" Councth: mines under the provisions of a byâ€" law approved by the Mines Commusâ€" sioner. â€" Councils have to treat the income tax as a seperate account, and expenditures must meet the approval of the . Mines Commissioner. _ The Timmins Town Coincil does not exâ€" neet anvy difficulty in their ease with pen! cerned, and at the same time roads or sidewalks may be neglected in the vicinity of the imines that are conâ€" tributing so large a percentage of the total municipal income. It is no doubt the intention of the clause that a fair share of the money thus taken from the mines shall be spent in districts where it will be of benefit to the corâ€" porations paying the tax. The object, of course, of the inâ€" creased taxation on mines is to raise more needed money **on account of the war,"" and for this reason the increased taxation will he borne with more or less grace and patience. There will bhe a general hope, however, that poses. in OU away from 1 cerned, and oT the Towns from the mine will have an early opportunity to vote on the proposed new wage scale, and in some eases it is hinted that the demands to be made on the mine owners will be more than met before they are made. This is already the ease with some of the mines in Coâ€" On Sunday the dam at Miller Lake again broke through and regular torrent of water poured through, flooding a wide area than that floodâ€" ed some weeks ago. In addition to the new store on Fourth Avenue, the old schools and the houses flooded that time, the waters on Sunday went over the roads and flooded the house at the rear of Dr. Brown‘s as well as coming up to the latter‘s residence at the back and also flooding the cells and police station. On Monday mornâ€" ing the celis had about six inches of water in them and the prisoners had to be removed to South Poreupine. The water, however, went down gradâ€" ually as the water lowered in the lake. The chief difficulty in attempting to dam the water back at the lake was the fact that to block it one place would simply mean its breaking through at anether. However, it goes without saying that the water was damned forcibly enough just because it could not be dammed effectively any other day. balt and the Porcupine, where the wages and bonuses paid more than average the new scale. PRICE OF GOLD REMAINS THE SAME. It is in this respect that gold mines have a more difficult posâ€" ition than even silver or mekel corâ€" porations. Also it should not be necâ€" essary to emphasize the fact that the seneral public demand much bigger returns from _ mining _ investments than from other industrial investâ€" ments. Thus it is that though the producing mines of the Poreupine gold area are paying now handsome dividends in most eases, they may be handicapped, and the development of the country retarded, and the proâ€" duction of gold eurtailed, if the burâ€" den of taxation is piled on with too free a hrand. Waters Flooded Up to the Police Station on Sunday But Subsided. BROKE THRCUGH AGAIN ne mines 1 L for publi in other p howevd the mining propel 118 i Coluncil does not exâ€" ulty in their case with clause. Some of them r. it mavy affecet some T, it may ups where l orl sometimes De exXâ€" rks3 or other purâ€" of the township e properiies conâ€" TIMMINS, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4th, 1917. moneyv Gross Profits for Four Weeks to Feb. 25th Were $210,868 ROLLINGER REPORT FOR . FOURâ€"WEFH PERIOD profits of 100 for i January, $240.175 The Hollinger Consolhdated report for the four weeks ending Feb. 25th, was issued last week, and shows gross profits of $210,868, as against $217,â€" 100 for the eorresponding period in January, £225.057 in December, and just reported ainst $130,028 for December, vember. The :tous: of ore treated, for <the four months were as follows:â€"Febâ€" ruary, 48,252; January, 48,119; Decâ€" ember, 49,106; and November, 50,304. The average values per ton were: February, $8.54; January, $8.71; Deâ€" cember, $8.49; and November, $8.78. The running ¢time possible during the: four months was as follows:â€"â€" February, 83 per cent.; January, 85\4 per ~cent.; December 85.3 per cent.; and Noveember, 91%4, per cent. The decrease in average time of running possible is no doubt due to the labor searcity, and the difficulty running possiOle is the labor searoity, in securing supplie 228th DPECT 10 GD 10 FRANGE 500M The shaft at the Tashâ€"Orne propâ€" erty at Tashota is now down to the 100â€"foot level, where about 100 feet of drifting has been done, with very satisfactory â€" results. A firstâ€"class mining plant, including ore cars, rails and all modern equipment is in use. A snecial general meeting of the With the dividend of 3 per cent. payable April 2nd, the Poreupine Crown has paid to date total diviâ€" dends to the amount of $780,000, or 39 per cent. of its capitalization. ‘‘Northern Fusiliers‘‘ Now Known as the ‘‘SHixth Canadian Railâ€" way Battalion. Some of the richest ore ever found in that district has been reported as among the recent ‘‘finds‘‘ in the drift at the lower workings of the Kiurkâ€" land Lake Giold Mines. The Pesrless Gold Mines Limited has been organized with a capitalâ€" ization of $1,500,000 to develop the Cullenâ€"Renaud and MeCrea claims at Boston Creek. The company is comâ€" posed of Montreal capitalists. 111 A special general meeting of the shareholders of the Dome Lake Minâ€" ing and Milling Co. is called for toâ€" se se sB on oize on ol oBe oo alge se on e aBe ols on ol uie on ols on ce on se on e ce on e ol hn ols t n thn sn aSe oBe oBe oZe oBe aBe oBe aBe aBe se oBe aBe aBe oBe on oBe aBe aBe aBe aBe aBe aBe aBe aSe age 3+ 1B E+ $3 920 aze ofe ate ols o The workin he eurreont asset bruary, $# Decembhbe: er, $438,.814. Notes, Comments and Opinions Of Interest To Mining World Decé wWerC xV OrC costs for the period rere $191,096, as agâ€" ‘or January, $187,028 ind $188,468 for Noâ€" sere $492,20 r January; nd §471,011 compare as 3. 170° ~ Jam etcCc period endin §480 .5 inuary, NU\'- | mnan | the Enthusiastic Meeting Thursday Night at Which 21 Pledge Themselâ€" ves to Secure One Recruit Bach. BUGINESG MEN AGSISTING THE FORESTRY DRAF thustastic meetin of the leading | of the lea sronal men to assistin appounmnte Laughlin meeting,. Laughlin outlined the purposes of the meeting, and Lieut. Gordon suggestâ€" ed ways in which all eonld assist. Among the plans brought forward by Lieut. Gordon was the signing and supporting of a card reading:â€"‘‘1 l io. s doverebyâ€"pledpge. myself. :as a member of the Poreupine District Recruitin® League to obtaimn one reâ€" cruit for the Poreupine Platoon of the Fourth Forestry Draft on or beâ€" fore the 15th day â€"of April, 1917." That this planâ€"appealed to the thirty present is proven by the fact that twentyâ€"one cards were signed that evening, and the number of reeruts being secured, as noted elsewhere in this issue., is proof of the other fact evenIng@,â€"aAni tii¢ numDder oL being secured, as noted elsewhere in this issue, is proof of the other fact that there is enthusiastie effort to live up to the pledges on the eards. Since ithe meeting, others have signed the eards, and any who wish to thus aid in doing "‘their bit‘‘ at home by joining this receruiting league will no doubt be weleomed by the Seeceretary. Mr. Taillon, at any time. Lieut. Gordon is at the Hotel Goldâ€" fields, where he. will be pleased to give any information or particulars desired to any who are thinking of enlisting, or to receive the mames of any eligible men who may be interâ€" ested in the Poreupine Platoon of the Fourth Forestry Draft. Hugh McEachren and Leslie Mills Decorated at the FPront. $2,000,000 to $3,000,000 by 1,000,000 shares of par value of $1.00 each; and the other byâ€"law is for the purâ€" pose of fixing and declaring the rate of discount at which shares may be sold. PORGUPINE MEN WIN MILTARY HONORS Among the Poreupine men at the front who have won honor and disâ€" tinction by their service to King and Country may be mentioned now the names of Hugzh MeEachren and Lesâ€" lie Mills. Mr. MeBachren was forâ€" merly foreman under Mr. Alex Stirâ€" ling on the Government Roads here, and was wellâ€"known and popular in the north. Annour:cement was reâ€" cently made that he had won the Milâ€" itary Medal in France. Mr. Leslie Mills was one of the Dome Mines staff in 1912. He has done such work overseas that he has won the coveted D.C.M.,â€"the Distinguished Conduct Medal,â€"one of the medals conferred for special coolness bravery and darâ€" ing. day (Wednesday) at New Liskeard tor the purpose of considering, and if thought advisable, ratifying two byâ€"laws. The one byâ€"law is for ithe increasing of the capital stock from There is a possibility that the West Dome will purchase the mill of the Dome Lake, in which ecase it is said that West Dome will at onee enter the list of producers. The West Dome now has large and valuable ore bodâ€" ies, and had planned some time ago to put in a mill, but the usual diffiâ€" culties about delivery of machinery at this time interfered with these plans. If the Dome Lake mill, however, is satisfactory it will be a out"‘ for the West Dome, while it may also be advantageaous to the Dome Lake which is said to have found the mill too large for the amount of ore in sizvht at the present development. In rursday . night mmadi ourt MeLau 6| m wlhuech ie plans secrel itlined ing business an of the town wit the recruiting Forestrvy Dratft 11 lC PV 11( niinm M Det ed â€"DY mos and profes MA yor ippointed Taillon ranch of t it VICW work of M Cl (Oll Worst Snow Storm of Year; No Outside Mails for Five Days in‘ its 18 on with off for a timers. Saturd UurdGAyV_ . n intery 1enee,. t0â€"â€"Say +1 travellers were fHelds. and durn at that usually pleasant found difficulty at first to keep cheerful and . Mine Host Mulheron and to the occasion so that w ade was lifted some wer ry= it was=â€"over. ~Af mt other fourteen or fiftee men were stranded and of a time putting in. th onge the other Features however, was a_ bangue at the King George Hotel a fire sufferer, for whose he $100 was realized by the e The "‘"tieeup‘‘ caused m ong theâ€"otnherâ€"Ecatures they enjoyed, however, was ia banquet .and dance at the King George Hotel in aid of a fire sufferer, for whose benefit about $100 was realized by the event. The ‘"‘tieâ€"up‘‘ caused much inconâ€" venience to business in general, parâ€" ticularly through the lack of mails, but the chief loss was to those on the road either coming homeâ€" or going away when the storm came on. Pasâ€" Men Given Increase of Wages and Matters are Adjusted The news that there was a strike on at the big paper mills in Iroquois Falls did not remain ‘‘true news‘‘ very long. ‘Phe men declared the strike last week, but this week all are ordered back to work. The difficulty was over increased wages and the recognition of the unions by the company. â€" Although only about 700 men were affeeted at the end of last week it was probable that the diffiâ€" culty would spread with a consequent closing down altogether for a time of the big industry. ‘The men and the Abitibt Power Paper Company, however, ‘‘got together,"" and this week there is the real *‘pleasing news‘‘ that the difficulties have been ind from NO STRIKE ROW AT FALLS MILL the big industry. ‘The men and the Abitibt Power Paper Company, however, ‘‘got together,""‘ and this week there is the real *‘pleasing news‘‘ that the difficulties have been adjusted and the men are back at work as usual. ‘The men were given increases in pay approximately about 15 per cent. As an interesting sideâ€" light it may be noted that the paperâ€" makers at ITroquois Falls now receive 15 per cent. higher wages than paid at any other paper mill in Canada. No Court Last Week, But Several Unusual Cases for Thursday 2L A drunk arrested on Sunday was taken before a local Justice of the Peace Monday morning and fined $10 and costs for hia little spree. BUSY TIME FOR POLIGE MAGISTRATE ALL RAILWAY TRAFFIC BLOCKED FROM TUESDAY MORNING TO SATURDAY NIGHT LAST WEEK. TELEGRAPH WIRES DOWN ALSO SONKE DAYS. SOME INCIDENTS. 1 Ory the lon Ni reron and lus stalff rose so that when the blockâ€" some were nearly sorâ€" At South End anâ€" or fifteen commereial ded and had a whale ngo" in the time. â€"Amâ€" Otel â€" UGroidâ€" Coreed stay sterly they being able umied,., but @cOonvenâ€" out 18 Goldâ€" iny of !)}' old until inol 101 seQengel <tories t« The maj the traim koard, at #1V expense. one :caso, 1IG is also said, a collection had to be taken up to eare for some women and children who would otherwise have been penniless, with no place to sleep and nothing to eat. lt is understood that the Commercial Travellers‘ Asâ€" sociation intend to take up the matâ€" ter of the support of their members during the blockade, and seeure a reâ€" funrd of the expense disbhursed, as in such a ease the railway is supposed to look after its passengers en route who are delayed through the action or lack of action of the railway. A proâ€" per equipment of snow ploughs, these travellers claim would have cleared the track days before it was cleared, and from past years and past experiâ€" encee the railroad should be prepared for such ovccasions. One of the features of the blockâ€" ade was the diseovery of a smallpox patient in one of the stalled passenâ€" ger trains. Another feature was the bags and bags of maul that swamped the post oftice here Saturday night or Sunday morning when the traimn arrived here. Big Event Changed from Easter Monâ€" day Evening on Account of _ Iroquois Falls Ball . | HREMEN‘S BALL FRIOAY, APRIL 13th The annutal Fireman‘s Bail will be held in the Masonic Hall, Timmins, this year on Friday evening, April 13th, It was intended, as noted reâ€" cently in The Advance, to have the event on the evening of Easter Monâ€" day, but the date has been changed to the Friday evening following, Apâ€" ril 13th, out of a neighborliness for Iroquois Falls. There is a big ball being held in the Big Paper Mill Town on Easter Monday evening, and many from the Foreupine district would like to attend it. As it is unâ€" derstood that a special train will be run for the accomodation of those wishing to attend the Iroquois Falls event, there will likely be a big atâ€" tendance from Timmins and the disâ€" Messrs. J. P. MceLaughlin, Mayor of Timmins, and H. E. Montgomery, Clerkâ€"Treasurer, on Monday for Toronto to place before the Govâ€" ernment the town‘s case regarding an extra % per cent. share in tho mines royalties. At a special meetâ€" ing of the Town Council earlier this week, it was agreed that Timmins needed 1% per cent. at least out of the 5 per cent. proposed by the new Mining Tax Act. For permanent imâ€" provements of various kinds and for the growth and development of the town and district it would be well if the Government would place Timâ€" mins on the same basis as Cobalt, the batter town being allowed to reâ€" ceive a tax to the amount of 1Â¥ per cent, In the case of Timmine it would mean an increase of over #10,â€" 000 badly needed for extensions an# improvements. The quality of the young men being signed up is especially pleasing. Luaeut, (Gordon is still at the Hotel Goldâ€" fields and will be pleased to see any other eligible moen thinking of enlistâ€" trict. In the past week no less than sixâ€" teen young men have been recruited here by the Fourth Forestry Draft. They are:â€"S. J. Fleming, W. ‘I. Samson, Gordon Irving, W. M. Widâ€" difie!ld, James Nash, Robt. G. Ca1'~ mlchdo] David J. LaLonde, W. King ] Andwvheok Ernest Blodtrctt Ld Quinn, Stephen MeAndrews, Euâ€" gene Fournier, Louis Lambert, Gev. A. St. Denis, and John E. Tiegs. olXTEEN REGRUITS FOR FOREFGTRY DRAF Single Copies 5 Cents id heir fhirs railroad returning + tell of ng rile of w T meal at the expense ill had after that, it for themselves at se. â€" JIn one case, it art atr ime of here hat s1 \ ive many 5 endured. _taken off °m wWwereQ aln