tiny Central American country of Honâ€" duras, yawning ovéer his morning mail, suddenly noticed something wrong. He was looking at the postage stamp on a letter he had just received from Nicarâ€" agua. If was a new stamp, having for its central design a map of Nicaraguaâ€"â€" and included within the Nicaragua boundary line was a large slice of terâ€" ritory that every patriotic Honduran had been taught from childhood to re. During the difficult perioed follow the war the aged president not C firmly ‘ established the prosperity Czechoslovakia, but also continued add to his reputation as a scholar his philosophical writings. His pow ful mind remained clear and active the last day of his life and he did resign the presidency until early : year when he was 87 years old. death occurred cn September 14 Schloss Lana, the hereditary castle the old kings of Bohemia. On border of each sheet of the new mou Ing stamps fittingly appears the scription â€" modelied after the tra tional formula used by the senate ancient Romeâ€""T. C. Masaryk 1 deserved well of the republiâ€"." The Shmp That Almes. Started a War‘! Early last month a citizen of ; Ccame from his in the United vakian Republi Pittsburgh, P Czechoslovakia pendence was C D.C,.! And wh the first presid he had not set years and was ( away! a special trip to Ru the famous Czechosl Czech prisoners who the Austrian army. progress of the war half a dozen nights seriously considered tria and surrenderit ties because he kne\ dom would helnpn the ages for the purpose propaganda. One by the various Allied g cognize the Czech mo When the Grea Masaryk «escaped launched an inte for the freedom o started newspapers from the University of Vienna. It was there that he mt and married the American girl, Carloite Garrigue, whose rame he later added to his own. At the azz> of 26 Masaryk was a full professor in the famous old University of Prague, and at 31 published his first great work, written on the rather grim subject of "Suicide as a Phenomenon in Modern Civilization." During the next thirty years he continued to write impressive philoscphical papers that established is fame as "the finest intelâ€" lect of the century." Side by side with his development as a philosopher went his development as a patriot. He beâ€" lieved passionately in the cause of his own people, the Czechs, who were then only an oppressed minority group in the Austroâ€"Hungarian empire. Again and again he fearlessly exposed the inâ€" efficiency of the impsrial government, which he stigmatized as "a corrupt, militaristic, pretentiours and senseless reélic of Middle Ages." from his native land at the advanced age of 65. he became an outlaw and revolutionist, plotted the downfall cef a great empire, organized an army, and added a new nation to the map of Europe! Over two thousand years ago Plato said that no country would ever be well ruled until kings were philescphers or philosophers were kings. The world has seldom produced a philosopherâ€" king, but perhaps the nearest approach to Plato‘s ideal ruler is to be seen in the life and work of Thomas Garrigue Masaryk. After gaining an internaâ€" tional reputation in the realm of pure thought. this distinguished scholar sudâ€" denly deserted his cloistered academic‘ eareer for a life of action. Fleeing from his native land at the advanced stamy»p» at directly â€" @46 * 60 OMO“W: | gard as an integral part of the sacr:d | soil of Honduras! The Philosopher Who a Nation Czechosolvakia has recertly issued‘ two black mourning staemps in honour 6f former President Masaryvk. Both | carry a familiar portrait of the grand| old statesman, whose picture has freâ€"| quently appeared on the postal issues| of the country he rved so well 'Hw‘ design of the 5Ch stamp is the same as that of the 50h value of the 1930 cm.un o u-ak » it +. y wi § 226 § T *4 3 sue, and the design of the 2k (pictured JCIOW ) } IImnuar tG t lirthday Issu of 1935. The datete of Presidaont Masar.â€"]| MM“M“W““WMO TBURSDAY . JANUARY 6TH 1938 help th Masaryk Zech move ) to Russi ennsyivar n Decslar: THRATIO® Frou RRIS CO . #0o: ILLV MA A low countrymen here ites. Tne Czechosloâ€" syivania, and the Jeclaration of Indeâ€" ‘n up in Washington, Masaryk was elected| of the new republic t in it for over four four thousand miles d returning to Aus ring to the authori ew that nis martyr he Czech cause. in country of Honâ€" his morning mail nething wrong. H« ostage stamp on ® 11 11L wiP Ol Masaryvk has F. : â€" â€"out, Austria and mnal campaign Czechs. He several languâ€" reading Czech > hne persuaded nments to reâ€" ent, He made and organized Legron out of deserted from ing the entire iept less than one time he following not only ‘ormed Hmcl 1 t _ iA issued Cnour Bo! gran{d frp +. .'kl."(i d«3 oll ( # all 11 of Hond: “.I uo uno u'nn\.‘ mxv 'l’b 3 M A R ® | $ 1 » 12e FROM 7 41 ta 1 C D11( AMmM 1J + # 1 4 A 4 L' " > «M D PR *4 #«â€" _3Il ©CO bBQS$TO# Ittle banar the arde Globe and Mail:â€"Anyway, Britain and the United States are actumulatâ€" ing an interesting collection of apoloâ€" gies from Japan for one offense or anâ€" othe?. red,. 10p 25p blw: are use showing famous mosque pub Ancthtr stamp receontly i Francte shows a beautiful This troublesome Nicaraguan stamp was issued early in September and is valid for foreign postal use only. There are seven values: 10c green, 15¢ blue, 20¢c yellow, 25¢ violet, 30c carmineâ€"rose, 50c crange, and 1c olive. Directly beâ€" low the map appears the rather ironâ€" ical inscription "Pzâ€"Progresoâ€"Liberâ€" tad" (Peaceâ€"Progressâ€"Liberty)! Anâ€" cther airmail stamp, issued at the same time and intended only for inland duty, shows a picture of the President‘s Hcuse at Managua and comprises ten values: lc carmineâ€"rose, 20 blue, 3¢ olive, 4c black, 5c lilac. 6¢ brown, 8¢ violet, 162 orange. 242 yellow, and 25¢ green. Below the central design and to the right of the Nicaraguan coatâ€" ofâ€"arms is the inscription "Trabajo Y at While Nicaraguan fireâ€"eaters were clamouring to send an army to the frontier and Honduran patriots wer> Euying celluloid buttons lettered "Deâ€" fend Your Fatherland," the cooler heads in both countries worked tireâ€" lessly for a peaceful solution. Costa Rica.and Venezuela offered to mediate the questior, and only recently the United States has done likewise, so that war now seems unlikely. Howâ€" ever, Nicaragua has obstinately refused to withdraw the little postal label that was the original cause of all the trouble, and apparently Honduras‘ »nly reâ€" course is to issue a similar map stam» of her own! government of Nicaragua,. and then settled <back into its swivel chair to await the irevitable "repercussions." They were not slow in arriving. By September 4 the situation had become so tense that all Nicaraguan citizens ir Honduras were forced to flee th.e country, and the government of Honâ€" duras finally took official action by forbidding the delivery of all mail from. Nicaragua that was franked with the cffending stamp. Fiery manifestos like the following were issued by excitabic Honduran university studerts. "The decisive moment in our history has come in which we can elther break faith with future generations or else fight valiantly against the dismemberâ€" ment of the Fatherland! Deeds not words must be the Honduran watchâ€". word !" | CSCcEKNgnt or a revolution. honduran | radic orators lost ro time in spreading | the news of this "affront to the nationâ€" al sovereignity" in inflammatory Spanâ€" ish invective that reached every outlyâ€" ,ing pueble or hacienda betweéen the Caribbean and the Pasific. Awakenâ€" ing from its customary siesta, the Honâ€" duran Department of State dispatched the inevitable "sharpe note" to the government of Nicaragua. and then settled into its swivel chair to commem instantly t republic Alpine Seerse on Recent French stamp aC XLUSTRATICN FROM . 6. HARRIS CO., BOtto® L ISgrAn tSs2VOIC) Over Mt. Iseran. i Airmails From Syvria is the inscript Work and Ord imeric pute i Y it f airmail stamps has ied by the Syrian Reâ€" es are: ‘+p purple, 1p reen, 3p blue, 5p roseâ€" n. l15p chocolate, and *~to life. _T in temp>ram contly recsived from autiful Alpine scene ipparently intendsd he completion of a > value is 902 green ivreads: ‘"Route du Savoie) Alt. 2769m." eran. Savoy. â€" Altiâ€" oughout, on r the Citad: iting Fhion banana ardent bound â€" Pelow The Advance publishss some mor> of the ‘ ‘Dy is a brother of Mr. R. E. Dye, of the Dome Mines, on very popular with readers generally. The findirg of gold at Larder Lake in August, 1906, by Dr. Reddick, causec the rush of prospectors to the area during the following winter of 1906â€"7 Development and prospecting followâ€" ing the wintor stakinges resulted in "little of the goldâ€"p: Thirty years ago Ncrthern Ontario was still a wilderness and its vast minâ€" incral rescurces were practically unâ€" krown. Today the contribution of Onâ€" tario alone to the gold flow of the world is estimated at $90,000.000 for the year just closed. Indicative cof the possibilities of the "Golden Province" is the rapid growth of the Kirkland Lake area, which a few ycars ago were conmsidered onlv a (By James Scoti, Mining Staff Writâ€" er, of The Annual Financial and Minâ€" ing Review of The Globe and Mail) Gold Rush in 1906 and Then Sidetracked U Reâ€" cently. Revival of Larder Lake Mining Area camty January 2. Frances James, one of Canada‘s leading sopranos, will be the soloist interpreting songs specially written on Canadian Canadian Mosaic, â€" illustrated | brouw with the music of the many} race races settled in Canada, will be| Eng the subject of a series of ten| vian broadcasts which will be produced '(.“zec by J. Murray Gibbon, general pubâ€"| TO°C licity â€" agent, Canadian ‘acific 3;‘.‘“ Railway for the network of the’u'l:,ï¬] Canadian Broadcasting Corporaâ€" tion on Sundays, commencing tion. January 2. Frances James, one "I‘h _ â€" OA CaAnadian hemes to tunes which have been Ssome More "Dveâ€"aâ€"Grams" Find Made in 1906 but wh Ttâ€"2ZTOw1 T‘€ ossibilities of the the rapid growtt e area, which 3 onsidered only a itch today is on 31 G¢ €£ Area 1906â€"7. followâ€" ted in Nort} THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARITO Music of Many Races seated as those of the Kirklan and Porcupine districts. Leok For Large Milis Although, for the most part, indications are that the biggest will be of large tonnage, but low engingers have expressed the that the ore will become rich gingers ~of inten predicting that bi: are going to be d Extensive deposits cre are rapidly | the crebcdies hav V Desultory mining has been carried on at a few properties around Lardeor Lake since that time, most of the early work being done on the Reddick and! Harrisâ€"Maxwell and numercus otherl properties along the sams general strike. In fact, it is onrly within the last couple of years, that the district has| realiy come into its own, the presont boom getting under way in 1936 with the development of the Kerrâ€"Addison | Mine, and today two mills are operat-l ing, Omega Gold Mines at 500 tons| daily, and Raven River at 75 tors. Now the Lardsr Lake section looms large cn the mining horizon and enâ€" gingers of international repute are much disappointment case. The idea of this series of broadâ€" casts is to create a better underâ€" standing of the contribution made to Canadian culture by the variâ€" ous racial groups in Canada, and 1O Ts country by the races in questionâ€"French, Scots, English, Irish, Welsh, Scandinaâ€" vian, German, Ukrainian, Polish, Czechoâ€"Slovak, Finnish, etc. The Toronto Conservatory String Quartette under the leadership of Elie Spivak will contribute iffistruâ€" mental music by the. outstanding composers of the races in quesâ€" tion. may b ing se Pestiv; points by the broadc C and The Miss J The idea of this series of hroad- rehear; ‘asts is to create a better undel-l%mll are rapidly being developed and crebcdies have every indication of isting to depth, with some holding belief that they will prove as deepâ€" ed as thoss of the Kirkland Lake â€"@A ~â€"Gram of the pi 7"*_ NELL, BO55, (NVE ) SLEVTHED THE | AND _ ~â€" SHADOWED THE SHINDIGS ANP COME UP WiTh Aa mySteRy Thar ( 15 VERY MYSTIFVING ~YE53 INDEED, VERY w3 _ __ _ MyYSTFYING â€"tonnagze gold mines veloped in the area. of commercial grade 0n th at l1at are proving unusually porlular with United States newspapers. These ‘"Dyeâ€" r mining men of the Porcupine and the North. A number of United States n as is often the more extensive with deep d The firs? gold brick to go s been carried| taric, it is said, came fro around Larder| mill cn the northeast arm ost of the early| Lake. The property at tha e Reddick and| known as the Reddick mine. 1imercus other|al discovery, and now tns same general; portant part of the Ke which, according to all pears to be leader of the c:g vithid the last OTRAWPINARY ‘M 5UVRGC presen: , mings ‘ grads, belisf er and may be considered as an interestâ€" ing sequence to the Folk Song Pestivals organized at. various points in Canada some years ago by the company. The time for the broadcast will be 7.30 to 8$.00, 8.30â€"9:00, A.S.‘T., 6.30â€"7.00 5.30â€"6.00 Mountain Time and 4.30â€"5.00 P.S.T. The layout shows Mr. Gibbon, Miss James, and Elie Spivak in rehearsal, and insert are Leo Smith, Harold Sumberg, Elie Spiâ€" vak and Cecil FPigelsky members of _ the Toronto Conservatory String Quartette. LOOKING FOR A MYSTERY" this,: a has bes probab grea‘ C Othe district VCm dally is Dbeing constructed on the Kerrâ€"Addison, completion of which is looked for by. April this year. Last ¢stimate placed ore reserves at 420,000 tons above the 300â€"foos level, averaging abou t $6.75 cut grade and about $11 uncut. The cre area of the main body exposed on the 300â€"foot level is almost three times as big as that exposed on the 60 ard 175â€"foot; leve‘ls, so that if this condition conâ€" tinues to depth a large tonnags can be looked for below the 300â€"foot level. Omega Go‘l‘d Mines is now operating at a profit, and in the last annual reâ€" port ore reserves were placed at 514,600 tans, averagirs $5.74 per ton. a total valvaticn of $2,953,.824. In addition to this, a large tonnage of lowâ€"grade ore has been indisated, and actual resorves probably can be revised unward to a l1i1 Cn the northeast arm of Larder ike. The property at that time was 10wn as the Reddick mine. the originâ€" discovery, and now the most imâ€" rtant part of the Kerrâ€"Addison, hich, according to all indications, apâ€" ars to be leader of the camp. At the present time a mill of 500â€" n daily capacity is being constructed on the northeast arm â€" The property at tha n as the Reddick mine. sccvery. and now thns y «can be xtent. "THEY‘RE OFF" propertic nclude ive with deep development. old brick to go out of Onâ€" said, came from a stamp es operating in the Woesley Gold Mines a mill of 500â€" ing constructed comp‘:‘etion of April this year. ‘Try The Advance Want Advertisements New diamond drilling campaign at Armistice®* Gold Mines, lying betwesn Barber Larder and Kerrâ€"Addison, is well under way, with some very good intersections reported. First drilling Arjon Gold Mines, adjoining Kerrâ€" Addison on the west, is another proâ€" perty of merit, whicth has been diaâ€" mond Gdrillirg Guring the past few months. Trenching has been done on two vein systems in a dolomitized forâ€" mation showing veins with widths up to forty feet. Péelangio Larder Mines, located to the north and east of Wesley, recently completed 12,000 feet of diamond drillâ€" ing with good results, and a new drillâ€" ing programme is scheduled to start after the turn of the year. ) shaft sinking, shows that this property is shaping up nicely. Assays from drill olss along the eastorn section of the ore zone indicate a large tonnage of Ccommercialâ€"grade ore, most conservaâ€" tive estimate being that underground mining to the 250â€"foot level shculd show sufficient ore to fesd a 500â€"ton mill for two years at least. Fernland Is Sinkinrg Shaft sinking has just got under way at Fernland Gcid Mines, where dsâ€" velopmert â€"work is being finan:s jointly by Angloâ€"Huronian and Venâ€" tures. Here also a considerable amount of mediumâ€"grade ore has been indicatâ€" ed by diamond drilling. Work at Ivanâ€"Larder Mines has been confired to surface trenching to date, but sufficient information should be‘ on hand to proceed with a diamond drillingy campaign in the next two or three weeks. J. C. Hcuston, M.E., will visit the property shortly to lay out the drilling programme. which is carrying out a diamond drillâ€" ing campaign on its group of thirtyâ€"two claims with reasonable success, with some values of importance roported. Recint development resul‘s at BRarber Larder Gold Mines, whith so far has teen confined to diamond drilling, alâ€" thcugh a start has now bkeen made en tarted last March Canadian Pacidfic Copyright Enjoy Summer Activities ALL WINTER Canada‘s Evergreen Playground Sleepin Low mfal rates on trains Standard $129.45 Tourist .. $113.15 Coach .... $ 857.70 opyright VANCOUVER VIGTORIA SEATTLE R E T U R N F A R E S ar fare iâ€"Grams" are cartoon strips by the artist. Homer Dye who wspapers publish "Dyeâ€"aâ€"Grams" regular and find them HORALE, MY â€"GOOPD MAN, \=â€"== THAT . MAKE3 US EVENâ€" y e â€" I NEVER HAVE, . ..«A E'THER- *. 7 * _ Ts '_ â€" ‘â€"/â€" OFr ORAMING ) ) UP TO THE / [ CURB ANQD PUTTING O A MUSTARO MUSTACKE THE . 4?, HO/chg/ o J " Tok 1s" 45@,5_5" OY ThE o FiNP _ \we P TA" _ _A mnysteky > / 5Y Permpyr WELL, BOSS , 1F SHES RUNNING A ROTâ€"006 STAND, M 1N#@FAvVOR * tr r>ported. s at Barber so far has alâ€" Special winter rates at hotois. Atâ€" tractive rail farss now in effect and until Mity 14. Return limit: Stanâ€" dard, 3 months; Tourist and 6 months. Stopovers allowed at inâ€" termediate points. een Playgrcund. Golf, hiking. riding, imotoring, yachting.. tennis . . . enjoy majestic mountain scenâ€" eryâ€"see snowclad Canadian Rockies en rout 2. Indulge in your favourite Summe sportâ€"all winterâ€"in the balmy, inâ€" vigorating climate of Canada‘s Everâ€" Attractive Fares And T rain Services TO PACIFIC COAST ! WINTER GOLF TOURNAMEXNT Victoriaâ€"March 7â€"1i2, 1938 By Homer Dye By Homer Dye Toronto Telegram:â€"Rea: language sometimes used drivers are being disclosed into their hours and wages _ y a Tcronto paper that Dave Miller, who married Shirley McConâ€" rell, of North Bay, has written a long letter from London, England. about his work there. Among other things Dave, whose work is in radio, mentioned that he played with Leslice Howard. famous stage and screen actor, in a radio verâ€" sion of "Berkley Square." for the Britâ€" ish Broadcasting Corporation. He‘s also taken part in the Val Gieigud producâ€" tion, "Russia in Revolt." which raised a storm of protest in one of England‘s daily papers. Right now, Dave and Stanley Maxâ€" ted are up to their ears in writing a shew for the BBC. Maxted, you know, is a wellâ€"known singer for the Canaâ€" dia Broadcasting Corporation. Mrs. Miller, we told you not long azo, returned to England about the middle of the summer after a long visit with her father, S. B. McConnell, here â€"during which time she gave birth to baby girl. The Millers love it in Engâ€" lard. _ DR. CHASE‘S Kidnevy=â€"Liver Pills As well as rheumatism and lumâ€" bago develops from uric acid left in the blood by defective kidneys. Lasting relief comes when the liver, kidneys and hbhowels are aroused to action by _ _ (From "Shit Chat" Column North Bay Nugget) See by a Toronto paper t Miller, who married Shirley rell, of North Bay, has writt Dave Miller Busy Now With Radio in London, England By Homer Dye ull information ticket ag: on from any agont Column in The Nugget) PAGE ons for the by truckâ€" at a probe P46