whi "The Veterans of the Future War" also assert that they are planning a gala reâ€"union in Toronto in June of all Canadian young men old enough to â€" be conscripted. Further they claim to be organizâ€" mx women‘s auxiliary to knit socks for the future ' mldlers These lads certainly ought to get a few socks. It is doubtful if anything would do them There is more of the same sort of supposed humour from these "Veterans of the Future War." â€" 12e 4n y l 104. A group of these freshmenâ€"perhaps more fresh than menâ€"gathered together at Toronto Univerâ€" sity the other day and managed to get their names in the Toronto newspapers as organizers of what they term:;:â€""The Veterans of the Future War.‘" These Colléege Yellers with Hepburian grins and chortles explain that their organization is designâ€" ed to prepare for the next war. They want to be paid in advance for their part in the fighting, they assert. They demand a cenotaph in their honour before the battle joins, and urge a park bench as both useful and beautiful. Why they scorn a hot dog stand passes comprehension. Next, they deâ€" mand a grant of $10,000 from the Federal Governâ€" ment for the purpose of sending as many members as possible to Europe this summer with the Vimy Pilgrimage, in order to look over various prospecâ€" tive sites for . their graves. They feel they are antitled to have some say in how the graves are laid out and landscaped. It will be noted that the mention is of "a say," and not of the use of a rake, hoe, a spade or a lawnmower to assure a fine landscape. But why bring up work? Several old gentlemen have been travelling the North in the winter months, selling magazines and books and courses in astronomy. ‘"We are simply doing this," they said, "to work our sons‘ way through college." There are some lads who start for college with ho more idea of affairs than to believe that a college yell is the sound a student makes when the proâ€" fessor applies the strap. It would perhaps be betâ€" ter for the world and for the lads jf they were right. Unfortunately, however, the professors seem in some cases more prone to poke nonsense into the lads‘ heads than to knock a little sense into them Accordingly, there are always a group of these fellowsâ€"well named "freshmen‘"â€"who conâ€" tinue in their dumbness. At the present moment there seems to be a movement on foot in some quarters to pretend that everything good comes only from the mayor and that all that may be considered ill is due to the fact that there are six other men elected by impressive vote of the people. Any such attitude is a decided disservice to the mayor as well as to the town. It is foolish as well as untrue. The people of Timâ€" mins are not so easily ba.:boozled, and they are more than likely to resent any such insuit to their intelligence. If the mayor wishes to serve the town, he can best do it by using the undoubted talâ€" ent he has on his council board, and giving each man on the board due credit for his part. The mayor would â€"do well to insist that his misguided friends should not attempt to make a laughing stock of him He has received every possible conâ€" sideration as mayor from those who were opposed to him. He should at least be given half a square deal by those posing as his friends. It is certainly not giving the mayor a fair chance â€"or any sort of a chanceâ€"to pretend that everyâ€" thing that has been done this year has been done by him and that the rest‘of the council are no better than a bunch of nitwits. Such a suggestion is absolutely apart from the facts. The present council has handled a difficult situation in very able way. Practically all the members of council have handled their departments in most skilful manner Those with previous experience in the councilâ€"Dr. Day, A. Caron and W. McDermottâ€" have been especially effective, while the new memâ€" bers of councilâ€"Councillors P. H. Laporte, E. Brunet and Len Cousins have shown a quick grasp of affairs and a ready judgment that has won them friends among the thoughtful. In view of the fact that the ratepayers elected six councillors, as well aAs a mayor, it may be taken for granted that the people of the town do not expect one man to do it all. With the present council, including able and thoughtful men with full interest in the town and its progress, no one man will be allowed to do it all. The members of council have shown beyond quesâ€" tion that they are not "yes" men, but are able, as well as willing, to do their part for the advantâ€" age of the town. The Advance did not favour the election of the present mayor. But Mr. Bartleman was duly elected as mayor, even though by a very small majority, and it does seem in the interests of the town and as a matter of fairness, that he should be given a.fair chance. The Advance has given him such a chance. He is entitled to it. He is entitled to it from allâ€"even from his pretended friends,â€" even from himself. Canadaâ€"â€"$2.00 Per Year Unitéq Statesâ€"83.00 Per Year Timmins, Ont., Thursday, April 2nd, 1936 y What the North needs in the way of radio is a government radio relay station to make radioâ€" you finish it! Somebody cught to finish it. The attempts to "get‘""‘ Chief of Police Draper of Toronto still continue The people of Toronto would do well to remember that it is a proof of efficiency if a chief of police has a few active enemies. A Peterborough girl the other day found the bath water a little too cold and hastily dumped the contents of two kettles steaming on the kitchen stove On reâ€"entering the bath tub she thought the water seemed a little sticky. At the same moâ€" ment the girl‘s father was yelling in the kitchen because some one had moved away the two kettles of maple syrup that he had placed on the stove. The linotype operator, famous for his puns, comâ€" ments that he always wondered before what made the Peterborough girls so sweet. Ssomething to think about! Rev. Fr. Couture, missionary to the Chippewa Indians, was talking recently about the honesty of the He said that once he asked the owner of a cache of food whether he was not afraid that someone would come along and steal it all. "Why," reâ€" sponded the Indian, "there are no white men withâ€" in fifty miles." Advertisements for a stenographer for a nudist camp at Tampa, Florida, resulted in the receipt of only two applications. That is eminently proper. No stenographer should be content with a bare living. This week a number of horses at Hudson, Onâ€" tario, gateway to the Red Lake area, were reportâ€" ed as facing starvation because of lack of any sort of food for them. That seemed like an odd situaâ€" tion in this land of plenty. The sequel was also odd A load of hay was taken in by aeroplane to Hudson to feed the horses. Another example of how times and methods change! Years ago horses would not have been found where there was not nay or oats to feed them. "A Plea for the Mule," is the heading of an ediâ€" torial in The Toronto Globe on Tuesday. But there are a lot of good people who like and respect The Globe, but never read any of its political apologies. | The whole apish falderol is certainly in the worst taste, to say the least. To the fathers of these College Yellersâ€"some of whom fought overseas to save the hides of these bright ladsâ€"it must be a heartbreak to learn of the cheap sneers of their sons and to feel that all their suffering, all their sacrifice is but a petty joke to the noble lads of the new organization. To the mothersâ€"some of whose dearlyâ€"beloved sons lie in the land to which the Vimy Pilgrimage is goingâ€"it must be sorrow indeed to know that even the graves are not sacred to the brothers left behind. Bitter, indeed, must be the real veterans of real and ghastly war, as they read the cheap childish attempts at wit at the expense of those who were men, suffering hardship, facing danger and death, for the sake of others, at an age no greater than that of their present tawdry detractors. The College Yellers (check on the spelling!) have elected Oliva Dionne as their honorary president. It is no honour to a man who has quite a lot to be proud of. There is the comfort, however, that Hon. David Crnll may not allow him to be presiâ€" dent. It is a safe bet to say that not a whipperâ€" snapper in the whole bunch of College Yellers will aver be the man Papa Dionne is, nor fit to act as batesmen for any of the real veterans whom they seek to belittle with their puny humorisms, Hon. Mr. Croll was quoted last week by Toronto newspapers as likely to take over control of Mr. and Mrs. Dionne, just as he took over control of their five innocent children. Hon. Mr. Croll‘s atâ€" titude seems to be:â€""I‘ll teach people like you not to have quintuplets." Papa Dionne must feel almost as regretful as the widow who had great difficulty in collecting the insurance policy on her late husband‘s life. "The insurance people," she complained, "have made me so much trouble that I‘m tempted to be sorry that my poor husband‘s gone." It would be a sad world, indeed, if there were any material number of these callous, callow smartalecks. Fortunately, the sane and sensible ladsâ€"even at collegesâ€"outnumber the empty heads with small hearts. The colleges are full of good fellows who do not sneer at the patriotism of their fathers or their mothers or make silly quips about their brothers‘ graves. Maybe, the other sort will grow up some day to responsibility and decency and some approach to courtesy and conâ€" sideration. These College Yellers haven‘t even the virtue of originality. This whole collection of bad taste and disrespect was started first at Princeton Univerâ€" sity. A certain type of Toronto youth would naâ€" turally imagine that if it comes from any United States port it must be the cat‘s pyjamas, while the chances are that it is more likely to be the pig‘s pocket handkerchief. As a matter of fact it is all rather depressing. It is doubtful which is the more regrettableâ€"the line taken by these callow coots, or the undue publicity given their alleged satire by the newspapers. GRAVEL AND SANDâ€"AND PLACER § x uce d L0 m ut 2 e Te l es ons Sn S Ts i Premier Hepburn seeks to impress the public!| "Mining is good, but speculation is bad," says with his complaints about thdé supposedly excessive The Ottawa Journal Might just as well say a fees charged by lawyers for representing the gov-l newspaper‘s clean but a linotype machine‘s dirty. Yesterday was the day that Social Credit payâ€" ments started in Alberta. Or was it? Apparently the Ethiopians are hpping and exâ€" pecting that the rains will wash away all Italian victories. Maric . Emilie | Cecile Annette Yvonne During the past. week the bazies atâ€" tained the age of 22 months, and showâ€" ed three gains and two losses in weight, Dr. Dafoe‘s weckly bulletin revealed this h C ar M m fro hanges C ith W hts cig W 23 : A local gentleman received a letter the other day from a Conservative member of the Legisiaâ€" ture. The letter paper carried a heavy black border. The local gentleman is trying to figure out whether the black border was on account of the death of King George or the calamity that happened to a Conservative premier of the same Christian name. Department of Northern Developâ€" ment workmen will, however, shortly commence the task of putting the road in shape for the summer traffic. With the exception O6f Dr. A. R. Daâ€" foe, Mr. and Mrs. Oliva Dionne, resiâ€" dents of the district served by the road, and those having business at the hosâ€" pital, the roag is closed to all traffic. A huge sign on the outskirts of Calâ€" lander conveys this information. In adâ€" men have been postsd along the zroad to warn motorists to keep off. Transition Period Completed only last year, the road to the hospital is now undergoing a tranâ€" sition period from a new road to a finisheq and packed ons. At the moâ€" ment it is virtually a sea of mud, and requires considerable skill to negotiate. Were heavy traffic to be allowed over it at this season of the year, it is feared permanent harm might result. An announcement was made early this wesk that the road leading from Callander to the Dafoe hospital, where tha quintuplets are kept, has been closed to all traffic for a month or more. This will no doubt cause much disappointment to the many tourists from the South, especially to those from the US.A. who come north to see the famous Dionne quintuplets. can be no certainty as to its end, whether in profits or bankruptcy. But {iner than in any other branch of huâ€" man activity, perhaps, is the line when a mining prospect is involved. The risks are greater, and the percentage of failure very much greater, than in ordinary cases. The prospector risks much, the man who finances him takes risks, but they gamble, if that is the word, in full knowledge of everything that is involved. It is not so with the margin speculator. He, and often she, puts money ‘blindly on a name, bets on a hole in the ground, and the cusâ€" tomary outcome we know very well." Road to Dafoe Hospital Now Closed to Tourists "The line betwesen speculation and investment always is a fine one, as our correspondent says. In a sense every new business is a sp:culation. There "The correspondent thinks The Jourâ€" nal should have been more explicit when it said that "mining is a good thing," that "mining speculation is a bad thing." Readers of these columns are under no misundertanding. Many times we have commended highly the zeal, the patience, the enterprise of those who search out minerals and of those who develov mines. Men of these typ:s have contributed enormously to our national wealth and wellâ€"being. And perhaps as often we have deâ€" ncunced the practice which permits margin traders to ecomse the victims of their own hopes and delusions through the agency of those who have as little to do with the actual development of a prospect or the operation of a mine as they have with maintenance of the Transâ€"Siberian Railway. We thought the thing was cbvious. "On this page Friday was published a long letter from "A Speculator" who defsndeg the mining industry vigorousâ€" ly against meanings he read into a Journal editorial of an earlier «date. With most of what our correspondent says we can agree heartily, but when at the end of his letter he admits that the editorial was "aimed largely at the marginal gambler," whom he as well conde:mns heartily, one wonder just why the letter was ever found necessary. : Reference was made in a recent of The Advance to an editorial in ‘ Ottawa Journal in whitch mining Was praised @ngq "speculation‘" condemned. The Advance pointed out that "speculaâ€" tion" is absolutely essential to the deâ€" velopment of mining but that The Jourâ€" nal no doubt realizsed this At the same time The Journal was unfortunate in using phrases that would be misâ€" construed by many. This prov@s to be the case, as will be notei by another editorial in The Journal on Tuesday of this week. The Journal makes it clear that the "marginal speculator" is the gentleman referreq to. However, this is the very gentleman that has receivâ€" ed the greatest protection and paternâ€" a@alism in the past in dealing with minâ€" ing matters. Ths Ottawa Journal‘s editorial 1e9.ds as follows:â€" Lbs. Ozs. Change .20 14 loss 2 22 14 gain 9 . .28 12 gain 5 ... 24 8 loss 6 24 8 â€" gain 6 Huntingdon Gleaner:â€"In Alexandria, Va., Mrs. John S. Arnold heard someâ€" one trying to pry. un a window from the outside of their home late at night. She telephoned police headquarters and a car full of officers rushed to the scene. They caught the housebreaker redhanded. He was Mrs. Amnold‘s husâ€" band who had forgotten to take his key, and was trying to got back into the ‘house after a night out without waking his wife. One year later "Sandy‘" bobbed up again in the forefront of the Porcupin®e gold rush. Sandy is accredited with uncovering freak deposts of fabulous richness. The McIntyre Mine was first registered in "Sandy‘s" name, and it is claimed that he sold out for $125,000 in cash. How did he get rid of his sporadic fortunes? "Sandy" hides behind no false modesty but blandly admits that he got rid of it enjoying the good things of life unstintedly. "You can‘t take it with you when you die, your life is short and you are dead a long, long time. If I had it all to do again Pd do exactly the same thing," he says. The Larder Lake strike pincheg out, however, after thousands had been spent in development. Stakes in Gowganda Three years later came the rush to Gowginda district where "Sandy" stakâ€" ed nine properties and sold thsm to a Toronto syndicate for $10,000. Alâ€" though "Sandy" boeasts that he never @t any time wildâ€"catted, his nine proâ€" perties never worked to a profit and socn faded out of the active picture. "They »were actually staking claims there in the water," he relates, "and I saw more hundredâ€"dollar bills changâ€" ng hands there than I‘ve seen nickels in cuculatxon during the past few years." First word of the Larder Lake in 1906 found "Sandy" there. "I was his ‘Man Friday‘â€"and in reâ€" turn he taught me something about rocks. Then I really got and although Doc went back to Ottawa [ kept on prospecting, sure I would <trike it big and become rich," says "Sandy." "Sandy‘s" earnings since 1903 have been tabulateg woll into six figures, but without qualm he admits that he is broke, and could he relive his life he would do exactly as he has already done. *"Too much money is no good. It lasts too long and kseeps a man away from his work," is "Sandy‘s" credo, and he really means it. "I never tried saving money and I don‘t think I ever could. I like to work, and the life of a prospector is the best a fellow can lead," he declares. "Sandy" scorns the idea that scitnce and engineers had any part in the early mineral development of the north. "No Siree! It was the grsenhorn prosâ€" pectors who developed it," he says. Although an amateur in geology, "Sandy‘" foung copper for his first strike and rapidly sold to a Cleveland firm for enough to encourage continuâ€" ance, plus plenty for a real grubstake. Meets Dr. Goodwin Graduation from the gresnhorn prosâ€" pseetor class occurred for "Sandy", he says, when he met Dr. Goodwin, who instructed one of the first mining schcols in Canada. (From The Sudbury Star) The picturesque ranks of hardy ncrthland prospectors contain few more interesting characters than Alexander "Sandy" MciIntyre, maker and spender 6f sizeable fortunes and original staker of the rich McIintyre property of the Porcupine district. With little more than memories of the opulence jhis various lucky finds brought, "Sandy" is now at Kirkland Lake, worrying about a new grubstake, for the advantages of modern living bear heavily upon him, and although he nears the 70â€"year mark he longs to be off again, chunkâ€" ing unexplored rocklands for new leads. Plenty of Adventure Oldâ€"time northern prospectors in their hundreds are acquainted with "Sandy" and his history, but they squint askance when he is referred to as "Alexander" McIntyre. _A patternâ€" maker by original trade, hs> came to Canada from Scotland in 1903 in search of fortune and adventure, and he has had much of both. One of his first jobs in this country was "tagging along with a bunch headed for Haileybury," where he secured a job with a company then in competition with the Hudson‘s Bay Company. He travelled north, transâ€" porting suppliee into the tcrritory northeast of Abitibi and, incidentally, Jeing seriously inoculated with the prcspecting virus. Says he is Not Keen on Modâ€" ern Methods of Living. Would Like to Make Anâ€" other Big Find. Sandy" McIntyre||| NORTHERN ONTARIO ROADS ther Sketch of "Hon. T. A. Crerar says that Northern Ontario is a land of wealth and resource. That seems @ queer way to pronounce "sinkâ€"hole." In the Ontario Legislature these days the attiâ€" tude on T. N. 0. ties seems to be determined by the political ties. ernment in various commissions, reâ€" pudiations, and so on. The average man, however, is more than likely to ask:â€""But surely as wideâ€" awake and clever a gentleman as the premier would have an understanding in reégard to the amount of the fee to be charged before giving out the legal work!‘ "The engine chcckâ€"up calls for reâ€" moving the distributor, checking and adjusting the breaker gaps. Spark plugs "While the mileags covered during the winter may have been less than is usual before changing the front wheel grease, it will be to take whe front wheels off, clean out the hubs and pack with fresh grease. The entire chassis also should be thoroughâ€" ly lubricated. "It is customary in the spring to drain the cooling system, even though the antiâ€"freeze solution used is suitâ€" able for summer use. If the solution has irstaineg its antiâ€"freezing value it can be salvaged and used next winter, but a test of it should be made by a competent person before it is used again. ed by a competent man. Battery conâ€" nections should be cleaned. The generâ€" ator has betn set at a high charging rate for winter cperation. This should be reduced to suit summer operating conditions. The commutator should be inspected. "During the winter some water from condnsation may have accumulated in the fuel tank. This should be removed. The carburetor and fuel pump as well as the pump screen should be cleaned. The time for dusty weather is apâ€" proaching and in readiness for it the screen in the air silencer should be cleaned and dippegq in oil. "Because of the very cold w:ather, he said, "many car owners have been using light winter type lubricants. These should be draineg off at once and replactd with engine, transmission nd rear end lubricants of the proper ccnsistency and type for warm weather cperaticn. "Most owners run up much larger mileages ang optrate at higher speed in the summer," Mr. Eaton pointed out. "A little time and money spent at this time will help toward troubleâ€"free opâ€" eration for months to come." "The electrical system has been under hcavy strain during the cold weather. The battery should be properly inspectâ€" The unusually severe winter has made the spring checkâ€"up of automoâ€" biles this year even more important than usual, states G. R. Eaton, service manager of Toronto branch of the Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limâ€" Mr. Eaton advanced a number of suggesticns for the spring checkâ€"up, which while especially applicable to the Ford Vâ€"8 will be found useful by ownâ€" ers of any make of car. Should Give Autos Checkâ€"up in Spring Severe Winter Weather Makes Checkingâ€"up Speciâ€" ally Necessary, Says Ford Official. It Pays to Buy the Bes of Stock. SPECIAL carly order discount will close within few days. Why not write for catalogue and prices at or better still telephone 1215 Ssouth Porcupine and lcave your number. Frost action in April and May causes road beds to get soft and rmadily subject to:damage from traffic. All trucks are limited to half loads and speed of 20 milrs per hour. Horse drawn vechicles capacity ons ton, 250 lbs. per ( tifics. inch o The weight of loads and speed will be constantly checked. Coâ€"operation from truck and car car owners is earnestly requested to Mammoth Downy Chicks prefont unlawful and unnecessagry abuse of roads. V/ic will have a limited supply of Pullets for sale, so be sure to place your order carly. Write us Box 153 or call Telephone 1215 South Porcupine from Gold Ridge Pouitry Farm, Golden City U. S. Hodgins, Manager Member Canadian Baby Chick Association Chicks and Pullets from the finest strains of blood tested stock, hatched right here in the Do you know that you can secure day old MATCHES EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY 100 p.c. Safe Arrival Guarantcecd Porcupine Camp? should be cleaned anq the points proâ€" perly spaced. "While the car is in the sorvice staâ€" tion be sure to have the tires inspected and put in proper condition for sumâ€" mer driving. Greater safety is assured if such precautions are taken. For a general chockup of motor and electrical efficiency, the laboratory test set used by Ford dealers provides quick and accurate information." Huntingdon Gleaner:â€" A man who claims to have 1520 sweethearts is giyâ€" ing the police of Chicago a busy time. He was taken into custody after his wife complained he was spending his "nights off" with a sscond wife, an 18â€" yearâ€"old blonde. "Sure, I‘ve got two wives," the police quote him as saying. "But that isn‘t all. I‘ve also got 1520 sweethearts. I used to keep a list of them, but it got so bulky I gave it up." Born in Cochrane, the lad spent his entire life there, Besides his parents angq four brothers, he is survived by four sisters, Miss Aline, Eveline and Eunice Laflamme, all of Cochrane, and Mrs. Aime Cote, Rouyn Que. _‘ "The shock absorbers should be reâ€" adjusted and the liquid in the reserâ€" voirs replenished. At this time th: periodical adjustment of brakes may be made. The funeral was held Friday morning with Rev. Jostph LaRocque officiating at requiem high mass in the Church of the Transfiguration at 9 o‘clock. Interâ€" ment was in Cochrane Catholic cemeâ€" tery. Pallbearers woere four brothers, Renz?, Alonzo, Gaston and Hector Laâ€" flamme. Following an illncss of 15 days with meningitis, the death of cightâ€"yearâ€"old Romeo Orval Laflamme, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Laflamme, occurred at 6.45 o‘clock Wednesday night, March 29, in Cochrane. CHICKE are of Highest Quality ‘ and bred for Production only, All 1 eggs hatched are 24 oz or over from fine Blood Tested Stock headed by the bst males procurâ€" .‘ able and are electrically hatched â€".â€" in the most modern Jamesway equipment. . J Romeo Orval Laflamme Passes Away at Cochrane 14 Pine St. N. to parents is to have their children‘s eyes examined at an early age. I speak from â€" experignce. My eldest boy was twelve when we discovered his eyes nzseded correction. Had we known sooner the chances are his sight would be brought back to near normal by now. How sorry we are that we didn‘t have his eyes exâ€" amined sooner." * My advice Have YOUR Children‘s eyes examined. A. T. HAMER, Acting District Engincer Patronize this new Home Industry Phone 835