Porcupine Advance, 22 Jan 1948, 2, p. 2

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‘as toâ€"N0OwWw a mMaA)) : 4 toda.y the MP. replied that as n Perhaps ,,,, s 5tA * % UGIA2 _ _ â€" ~oonatitu }5‘.- \'é m wiuhs ',_‘t cam mmmmm and truth to : l}ta.ppaveâ€"to the: public <that: she Yenp, today sheâ€"is allfor the PEEâ€" «y. Hollinger hasâ€"beean providing excellent houses to its emâ€" oyees at §15â€"and:$20:2 month, rentals which are insufficient bad@y to cover taxes.and upkeep. ‘These house have been a e boon to hundreds of mine employees. Yet, due to the fact that it has made efforts to its employees in this ' *‘gl};:;fi'fia-mma_flndsslusekf im«the peculiar position of being castigated® when it attempts to maintain a normal landlord‘s controkover these bouses. The mine has "carried a number of these pengioners for a yearâ€"orâ€"more wibthout.payment of rent, althotigh.some penglongrs receive:as.high as $135 a month : comâ€" pensati thers, of course, receive much less). ~â€"_ The: “pomtz about :thesituation is this. . Do McIntyre, re, Paymaster orâ€" any of the otherm‘mines provide free .houses for theirâ€"syperannuated employees?. . Does any.commerciat tmh m"eamda today provide: them.? : UR ibly,; something should be done to assist the uh te individuals.who.do not obtain sufficient compenâ€" SBt mw ‘Cn elaem,e ‘But this is a problem. for the omird -e'-fnd l’tbvlncial govemmnm »Gertainly the Hollinger 15 unideservingâ€"of t»ho umnttgated abuse it has received _ meqnmmmmmmonm. for example.. mmm eancerned and: a subâ€" .qpcopding to. theâ€"@igglingâ€"Cinl; theâ€" pingâ€"hatted rmmt and:: dmmmte are vilâ€" Â¥e notice a perceptible change of heart during recent in theâ€"Giggling.:Qirlâ€"ofGedarâ€"Street : (knownâ€"to the un â€" ‘ hy :geah, she is all for the ay, January 22nd, 1948 $4.00 Per Year ph;for the working man in her must ‘hold no secrets for him. en 2c ns renge: was, made io a. assad hy>the "Timmins Town C otf 1016 instructing the Relice Comâ€" mittese to see that the ~police "cleaned up" ~lliclit= lquer sellings in town. That sort of "cleaning up‘ was done . not prodding â€" of: theauthâ€" ~dearpliness in lawâ€"enforeeâ€" lon ‘this faect. ol ‘secure . eq necessary ber the te a fire hal prisce hbeli hall was some dil required nat â€"cove! event, th *\ ~Works st construct * â€"~dollarsâ€" w Council c chairman dersâ€"werd( eem: At the next meetinigâ€" of COUD~ ‘hre more than conouuors through Md say 80. tormm'ly been. confined to. Havmg cil there was a reso \lfl’u appointing â€" "Him that loved us." For if we conâ€". m mines make millions and yet the first seen the healthierâ€"conditions unâ€" -themtothexMMd nurchaa!na tinue our faith, nothing can m“é workers get thrown out of their homes der which the prisoners were living, ; fire. teAM : us from the heavenly Father. ©00¢â€" when their health. is Itined: and, then compering them to those of where in Nis childhood the whiter reas thing should be this. Holâ€" tne old.regime, I received quite a shock, a""{ an illustrated story Mt a lost child. : W shquldn‘t get. away. with it. The warden Lawes operated on the‘ theory ensioners have. a. moral ‘right ‘to: thabheyunmwrormemmwas e bailliff. comes to .put them "judge ever, in passing sentence, deâ€" everyone woull creed that they should be furthter epes NO# punished hy being forced:â€"to.live under the ‘other MIDES wyop comhflom as would. impair their nealth. MMQAMEQAOMMflM Ca S’ 5 *# w In July, 1916, Charles Sheridan was given <the contract. stumping Sixth Avenue, from Cedar Street to Government: Road, and Maple Street from: Third Avenue to the end of the corporation on the North, the conâ€" tract price to be $1.33 per foot. The chairman of the Board of Works was authorized, if necessary, to extend: the work of stumping in thisâ€"section, at the same cost per foot. At the same July. meeting of counâ€" cil, the Baoard of Works was authorâ€" ized to put onm<menâ€"to:clean â€"up loose stones «on streets, the: stones to be hauled to a suilable place â€"to hbe crushâ€" ed fow. street. dressing. | At the: September 4th meeting, the town. foreman was instructed to enâ€" gage a man to burn the stumps on streets, ~except the stumps taken out by Mr. Sheridan. Council consiered that the:cantract:called for the removâ€" al of the stumps from any portion in or on the streets. Theâ€" 1916 â€"ecouncil not â€"only wished the streets free of stumps, loose stoneés, â€"etc., but they also desired that streets ~should be free of; loose paper and other waste. Accordingly, it was moved by Councillor Brazeau, secâ€" onded by Councillor Dr. McIinnis, and resolved, that "the clerk be instructâ€" ed to. purchagse six cast iron boxes suitable for collecting paper, etc., from Even. more difficult than the other cleanmps-w.as the chore:â€" of "cleaning up" fire prevention plans and pracâ€" tices.. This took â€"muchâ€" time. and 6fâ€" fort, It had to proceed,. morg or 1bss, ) on the "trial .andâ€"error? systiem, but .eventuallyâ€" made the: steep grade, and seon had a wellâ€" e- quipped fire brigade. Butâ€"cleaning up., lllicit liquor busâ€" iness~was not theâ€"only : line of> cleanâ€" ingâ€"thatâ€"was â€"demantledâ€"of the 1018 council. Peoeple wanted:the towrr=clean from. a. health ~standpoint.. They also faevoured ke@ping the streets, (comâ€" cedingâ€"thatthere â€"were streets) in the thestreets that; were ‘inâ€"existence â€"had need: of special cleaning themselvies. They wereâ€" dirty: with stumps. ‘The fire protection situation: was in need of, a cleanâ€"up. There was necessity forâ€" a: cleanâ€"up of financial problems. Metaphorically speaking, the 1916 ccuncil coultin‘t put the serub brush theâ€"mop, theâ€"broom, or the washboard away even. for a minute. The cleanâ€"up of health conditions in town wasâ€"covered.:forâ€"the: time <beâ€" ing by the following resolution, movâ€" ed; by Dr. Mcinnis, seconded by A. Brazaeau: ‘"That theâ€"police committee be instructed> to.have the police look after the sanitary conditions: of: the town, at: once." While effort was ‘being made to secure effective fire protection the town. had: what might be termed ‘"‘side troubles.""‘ One of "these is suggested by the following resolution passed â€"at the July 3 meeting in 1916: ‘"Moved by Councilior C. G. Williams, secondâ€" edâ€"byâ€"Councillor A. Brazeau, that this councilâ€"serve notice on the Township of ‘Tisdale that the Timmins Fire Deâ€" partment will not.go beyond the.town limits unless arrangement is made by the:Township. of Tisdale for protection w 8"»"‘" % In your~issue of, Robiinsan. the In a prewiems article of thh Mep; Dr«, hiclnnlt QPS already comed ”{M Aeom m ship to fight, fires in elther of the, two townsites ‘adjoining . the town., Later councils in Tisdale and Dintins! were able: to arrange temporgry agreeâ€" ments. in the matter, and: eventually annexation to‘the town of Timmins removed all trouble. Another; step step .in. <chelping <fire proâ€" tection may be noted: in the minutes alt: Angust: Ind, when E. H. Hill was' appointed ‘fire chief, after the" resign ation of John Knowldn, had> boq u-; ‘secure equipment that. Wilp Abpobitaly . necessary. â€" In the montif O6 ‘Maptancs berâ€" the tenden uf Rubt. : Vijliet to naot covered by hisâ€" canthet. .In event, the chairman of Khe. M of Works stopped: work on \ull construction after se ¢ Council confirmed the chairman in hisâ€"action, dersâ€" were called for. â€"~ There seemed to be mme disposiâ€" tion to sidetrack the camltructioiwfl the fire hall for that year but McInnis never weakened in ‘his for a suitable hall, and‘a compet leador for the fire brigade. ‘" At some discussion, and several: motion Jost and passed, the folle ing T tion was given support of the council. on October 2nd: "Moved by â€"C. G, Williams, seconded by Dr. Mcinnis, That the Board of Works be authorâ€" ized to. complete arrangements for the â€"erection of the fire hall, and that they be given power to have the reâ€" vised â€"price fixed by arbitration, and to authorize payments on above conâ€" tracts." t# ‘canun- who should. know. 14 the pot calling the.kettle black, FA _ SEA W J L _ J4 av â€" 4d PVAAA wA Z remain a weak pawn. of: communist policy as it has been for the past ten < years." No ‘outsider said that, Jt was Mr. That. is not It is Union Business Agent calling. the outfit ‘"Red". Ask Carlin if he didâ€"not call thein Communists. Reds would glory to see. thn». Poreuâ€" pine Camp, a «desertedâ€"minirg â€"camp. Surely the moving of ‘the Moneta plant and mill: to an. island near Ctba is the handâ€"writing onthe wall for all Porcupine to see. ‘There is no new Porcupine mine coming on:to useâ€"that There is no suggestion that «the other members of the council, were any less anxilous than Dr. Mcinuis to the best possible fire protection, but looking back, Dr, Mcinms apâ€" pears to have had the longest. visicn. Perhaps, it would be fair to SaY that the councilâ€" was divided more thyough. viewpoint than through. any, differâ€" ence of opinion. Dr. Melnnis thought of the danger to the. town and., its people from fire, and, he was inclined to answer the suggestion of not being able to afford. this or : that,, bY the counter statement, "You.can‘t afford to go without it.". . _On the other. hand, soms of the other members of. council were.prohâ€" ably too concerned. oveY costs. No one can blame them for this, necause they had cnough difficulties in. finâ€" ancing other parts of the town‘s busâ€" iness. In any event, it is to the credit of the mayor and. councils of the early days that, they were always ready to. listen, without: undue heat, to any discussion, and they were ready to be convinceed, though someâ€" times it seemed to take quite a bitâ€"of convincing to do the work. One of the chief topics of.diseussion centred round the duities: of: the. fire chief. Dr. Mcinnis thought it was 2. fullâ€"time job for the right.â€"man, while: some others seemed to consider "that the fire chief should do anything: and everything that needed to be done "in his spare time." At the October 2, meeting a resolution was passed to. specify the duties of the fire chief. This resolution was moyed by Connâ€" cillor C. G. Wiliams, and: secaonded by Dr. Mcinnis. It: read: "That a, byâ€"law be ,gzm)ared_ftq.dcv fine the dut‘es of the fire chief, sameâ€" to be (1) Take charge of fighting all fires; (2) To take charge of all fire equipment; (3) To exarmmife. all build~ jngs, etc., for of ‘Ael fAfes: (4) To take ‘complete. Chgr jire brigade;;: (h) taxes and water rates. ang his ;oftice : U c Camn oertnh wnark he ]0.30 to 11.30 That he. .collect.all the be. able ig, Aha {4 * Wl the above dag. moreâ€"wages.cannot he:taken from the rock, if the mines cannot;pay thecost. A mere handful. turned; out. to. hear Reid: Robinson though. there. are 6000 miners in the area. _ ‘ In the meantime. skilled> miners in the. Rorcupine with their production bonuses have been paid more in the past two years than have any gold: miners ‘anywhere. Inâ€" checking that remember thatB. C. gold minersâ€"lost three month‘s pay in the strike of 1946 under Hervey Murphy, the recâ€" ent Porcupine visitor from British Columbia. By the way it would be an interâ€" esting auestion to ask,. Mr. Murphy, if he could now visit the United. States on Union business or would he be stopped. at the border as were the Communists of the Wood: Workers, Unien. The. U:S. has the: law now and some ‘communists who now visit Canada on labourâ€"union business would not ‘be able to. enter the AJ.S. tbp% were Canadians. .Perhaps ~ df, those now in.â€"Ganada, :from o en s +t £4, 7 p $ 1 formation. hcum for such work be am. and 4 to 6 p.m.; (6 suthority to enter, all other places for the p spection." .‘JIJ\ h ob The 1916 council had another fire lazard that they were particalar’ly_ anxious to clean up. ‘That was the tush fire menace to the town. What they did about that will take a seperâ€" ate article in this series. ; A a 4. 8 «e ® > s 99 Eie Aud the redeemm ch‘ldren Of ‘GgGod m; gt 311 flld 1 think Wm' Dapfl' nre more than conouerom through nhpuld say go. "Him that loved us."~ For if we conâ€". m mines make millions and yet the tinue our faith, nothing can M workers get thrown out of their homes uqfrommcheavemym Bomeâ€" when their health is ruined. Someâ€" where in Nis childhood the weiter nfi thing should be dane:about this. Holâ€" an illustrated story about a lost child: /50 shouldn‘t get away with it. The Sir ‘Inch Sermon qre clasaed as ‘torelgn agitators.‘ " â€"Just :teo»â€"keep the récord straight 1 epelmm a copy of a ;cl:lt:'e]: :(l" * M W ‘.af November. 6, 1947 by J; R. Garlin, ‘:b his »contfiect. :In.. Business Agent of. Local 241 of the h’ NS °d 9"0‘ 1of International Unibon. «‘That shows who ‘p:e g"‘g“;‘l‘( on ghe . fire hall is â€"calting, the; Unjon "Red" Mr; Carlif n after sevetal hundr m“mdwws rth of work ‘had heen dong You will be given the opnportunity t m "%0 decide as to whether Local 241 is T nm;:?:ict:;:,", gd :e: tens gyoing to develop linto.:a. <powerBul Taana in tha Intanaats â€"Af _ tha mikmamn. Nt Us | wl j t(') enter. all buildings â€"and es for the pyrpose of inâ€" ;. ancd is ;office beâ€"10.30 to 11.30 (6) To give him .;m ‘"‘You will be given the opportunity. of Wo w s homdecjg: a: tolwhe“thter Local "41‘;«; mtc g: evelop linto. <power new m% lgo»cet in_the interests of the mifhers of community orâ€"ifâ€"it is â€"still to + pemain a weak pawn . of: communist OF polioy as it has been for the past ten _ . â€" £kâ€" SUppose we are classed as ‘foreign agitators.‘" : Jfist,-:takeep the récord straight I enclesse.you.a copy of a radin: af November. 6, 1947 by J; R. Gamlin, Business Agent of. Local 241 of the Union. «‘That shows who is â€"calting, Unjon "Red" Mr; Carlin in end ng:says: â€" wu“um is m# W V aAO CV SP o6 Emt LA L2 ) BA _A 30 it 4D. in dusc hA | â€" ~considerable toil at Hollinger, McIntyre, Dorne, Aunor, Delâ€" â€" nite; Raymasterâ€"and: other standard mines which, with the " Mgscovery of Bottteworks, must be today branded as oldâ€"fashâ€" wpned, dbsolete and primitive, At the Bottleworks mine: you just shovel the stuif out like lard out of a pall\ and all the tiresome antiquated business of drilling, blasting, mucking, «cto., etc., ip:eliminated. ‘ ‘ ALarackhrainaidl oaf nibbing ‘the interâ€" Reds would glory to see.this Poreuâ€" pine Camp, a «desertedâ€"minirg â€"camp. Surely the moving of ‘the Moneta plant and mill: to an. island near is the handâ€"writing onthe wall for all Porcupine to see. ‘There is â€"no new Porcupine mine coming aon:to useâ€"that mill in these days of the fixed low price. of gold. Porcupine‘s gold, proâ€" duction is down. in. the last part of 1947 as the official, figures of. the past few. days show,. This prof duction. will: be lower still if; water for: electric pawer doesn‘t, coime. soon. Any. real gold bonus on â€"siich lowproâ€" duction is only:â€" a "mirage‘ not even Rorecupine business men and:> newsâ€" papers should: waken up toâ€" the ‘true Rorcupine.pictireâ€"of loworâ€"production and higher costs. ~Roreupineâ€"miners know. the score and ars working to keep, up productionâ€"and: meetâ€" the pisâ€" ing cost of living. «We are.just:all up against: it: for awhile and the miners know it as well:as:the:companies. No one can take ‘blood; out. of:.a_stone. ~Qur Porcupine. miners know that moreâ€" wages.cannot he:taken from the rock, if the mines cannot;pay thecost. A mere handful. turned; out. to. hear Reid: Robinson .though. there. are 6000 miners in the area. In the meantime. skilled> miners in the. RPorcupine with their production bonuses have paid more in the past two years than have any gold: miners <anywhere. In checkmg that remember that ‘B. iC. gold minersâ€"lost three month‘s pay in the strike of 1946 under Hervey Murphy, the recâ€" ent Porcupine visitor from British Columbia. By the way it would be an interâ€" esting auestion to ask. Mr. Murphy, if he could now visit the United. States on Union business or would he be stqpned at the border as were the Communists of the Wood: Workers, Unioen. Porcupine Advance. Dearâ€" Sir:â€" Would you please find out what the delay is in the Advanceâ€"reaching here. Weâ€"do.not receiye it till Monâ€" day evening and. it is printed. on Thursday, We should at. the latest Yours very,. tyuly â€"Atura Lemane (miner) Arnprior, Ont. Jan, 10/48 aDle t0o. enter Canadians. Perhaps . now; iawcam tmm: "The last episode of â€"our pulse«=stirring serial (Adult En hent, All RightsReserved, Gopyrichted in All Langâ€" . uages Including Scandinavian) concludpd with Wilbur sugâ€" . westing that the Dry.Ipe Mathod; be employed in catching s ) .Reoundrel: who had invaded the:â€"Bottieworks Consolidated geld â€" _ _ @ine, laid.the Phantom Prospector tow â€"with a‘chuni¢ of cordâ€" «_ * . wood and:made off with a handfubof the liquidâ€"goid which is __ peculiar to Bottleworks in contrast to that | produced after â€" ~considerable toil at Hollinger, McIntyre, Dorne, Aunor, Delâ€" tz 1. L ,‘ ‘* 2s is JM‘Aâ€"- 11“4“1; "L).__q WANTS, PRISGNEBS TO SURPORT. THEIR EFAMILIES A letter from George T. Amman, New York City, asks if the late Warâ€" E. Lawes, formerly of Bing Sing, was. not sining, N. Y.., was the first man to advocate prison reform. .. Well. no, Mr. Amman, Warden Lewis E: Lawes, forerly of Sing Ring, was not the first, â€" Heâ€"did. a._great deal during his stay, at Sing. SBing,, to reformâ€" the treatment of prisoners, but, he wasn‘t the first by any means. However, no big movementâ€"ever got. more acclaim than did prison reform through the: efforts of Warden Lawes. I recall visiting Sing Sing prison strortlyâ€" ‘after one impoertant change went; into effectâ€"tnat of . giving the pri. soners decent cells in which to be confined in the place. of the dirty dark, unsanitary holées that they had formerly been confined to. Having _ first seen the healthierâ€"conditions unâ€" der â€"which the prisoners were living, and. then comparing â€"them to those of theâ€"old; resimc I received quite a shock. . on the‘ theory Englishnman, adyvocate for prison reform. ‘The dirst rezord. we have of any man trying to put through a bill for human treatâ€" meni of prisoners was that of an a ~Bhorviff, ~named John Howard. â€" (By Hig® Shevtiff© is meant that he was not living: at the prison, and operating as a sherift; but that he was a visiting Sheriff, a sert of ~Superintendent). John . Howard knew: that many of theâ€"men who were there for crime were no worse than many olhers waulking the rcets of England. who had not beenâ€"caught in theirâ€" misdeeds or criames. â€"He knew tuo, â€" tiat lack of ventilation, inadeâ€" quate â€"water sunply, and practically no plumbing facilities was the cause of the typhus fever which was not only running riot within the prison walls, but which was in addition spreading Lo. the surrounding <country. In 1774 Jolhin Howard presented a report to the English Parliament and a certain degree Of reform resulted. _ Of course, he had oppoâ€" sition. â€" The law makers, the prison authorities, and the general public felt that these people within the prison walls had sinned. against society and that there should be in «> .. i J Proaffurth, 100 . c oufer tfi . Wilbur‘s hareâ€"brainged scheme of nabbing ‘the interâ€" loperâ€" at the mine had occured to the exâ€"scribe as Allhours Murphy was tooling hisâ€"aireraft toward South Erad airport after being informed "that he ‘was going to be the pflot in the Great Rainmaking Experiment.at Smooth Rock Falls, an enterâ€" priseâ€"considered. by Allhours (and ‘thousands of other indiviâ€" duals in North, Ontario) to be equally hareâ€"brained. first seen the healthierâ€"conditions unâ€" der â€"which the prisoners were living, and, then comparing â€"them to those of the â€"old;regime, I received quite a shock. "I am; e')‘a’t.m vl"efi'd “o'tfri;rm'é' and I'â€"é'dnsider it an exâ€" cellent wayâ€"ofâ€"making a livelihood," said Allhours, plaintively, "But why â€"gdoâ€"theyâ€"selectâ€" meâ€"{forâ€"goofy. stunts like this? . I am a feSpectable guy «awho makes ‘his living honestly. I ain‘t done. nothing but fly an aircraft theâ€"best way I know. Igm a guy who likes to go ‘hiscownâ€"way and: mind his own business. their hy being forced:â€"to .live undéer pupished suoh conditions as would. impair "Both these schemes are practical, you long â€" geared serewball," said Wilbur. "It has been proven time and again. in the States that dry iceâ€" will predipitate rain like a still down. by the river will precipitate alcohol. We‘ll drop the stuff through the clouds, it will freeze at it hits the ground in this weather and we will nab our mlan after he is converted to a pillar of ice, the way Lot‘s wife. was converted into a pHliar of salt. It‘s.a cinch! _ And you, of\all pilots in the world, will be the fizcst to trap. a ctiminal in this way. Think of theâ€" pestige! _ You will probably get a medal from the Timmins Police Department." : f - e s Wilbur said the wrong thing there. Allhout‘s, has 4 great difficulty in discriminating between air speed. ground Timmins police have nabbed him on fomg-,- different occasions forâ€"exceeding the speed. liimit on: Schu-g: macher highway. ".x.' lh‘_ d . "What, a medal from that bushâ€"league police fmw Allhours shouted, "Are youâ€"trying to insult me?»" ‘The plane hit the snow, of Porcupine. Lake in ofl ‘those perfect landings Allhourq makes conistently and w out fail. We taxied tothe foot.ofâ€"Golden.avenue and ali ed out. } J YWt VWRA . C * N "It ain‘t safe, but we have merves of steel," we replied, mentallyâ€"computing. the. amount of life insurance we had been carrying and. making a .noteâ€"to. get around to see H.H. at once to tack on a few more thousand. "Common. sense dictates that it isz to court disaster to be associateqg with any of your enterprises, but we wil}â€"throw diScretmns t;o the winds once more." "Will you take the Phantom to a doctor while I see what I can do about getting some of this dry ice,‘" Wilbur asked, "If I can get it, we will go out first; thing in the morning. Are you.coming?" f , "Here is another of my series of poems about the aniâ€" mals of the North." said the runt, extracting a scrap fo paper from â€"a pocket and passing it over, "you might as well get it set up in type for the paper. And don‘t forget to put my name in big: type as the author, for there is nothing I like betâ€" ter than secing my name in big type, as I said before. Last time the type: was:too small.‘" Herewith follows the exâ€"scribe‘s latest effusion, written allegedly to glorify the ursine inhabitants of this area: But to go. back, ta: Hibernation, Or a_ reasoxmble facsimulation, Is his occupation. Bears is smart. They know Enouglhim<to.go Outta the smyow. ‘A bear Don‘t care If it rains or fy eezes He‘s: secure From the Wintry breezes In â€"his lair. ' It‘s neither hbhere nor there To a begar. + This time of y‘ar en the public funds, to ul i

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