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TRAILS OF LONG AGO TURNED INTO GOOD ROADS Then the ”own building of the Northern Ontaric up these lands to mnstmction prom uprm the ricfi min halt. And so one Ontario awoke to mvery that it possessed much Val. nahle agricultural and timber land. Then the Government, began the building of the 'l'imiskaming t\'. Xurtliern Untario ltailwa)‘. to open up these lands to settlement. and as «instruction Prm'eetletl they tumbled upon the rielT mineral deposit in Co- halt. And so one line morning Old Untario awoke to the realization of thermal things that lay just out- side its backdoor and hastened ”to possess itself of them. The boom followed. and soon the name of ("obalt was known at every cross- roads on the continent. But no matter whether one is or is not interested in its agricultural or its mineral resources. this hinter- land oi Old Ontario is new enough tn oller attraCtions to the \‘isitOr that am not be found anywhere elso‘ in the Dominion of Canada. The records of the Government railway prove this, tor every succeeding season witnesses an increase in the number of tourists coming to the country. And then it is so hit: that it will be many years before it can he “done to death," as the 'IYlous- and Islands 0! the St. Lawrence have been» the Adirondacks of New York State, and the Yosemite Val- I‘l n1! U t} 00¢ )L'OIK «dxn' Mid )gnlta stranger came it would have mita to the nin‘ht then .-\ rah ends. gone so far as to build summer houses. Only the other 'day a party of eight from Buflalo passed up the Montreal RiVer on their way to the Hudson’s Bay Company post at Fort Mataehewan. They were mint: tn attend the annual gathering of Indians there. where the redmen meet Indian Agent Coekhurn every year and reveiVe their ”treatymon- Icy. Already visitors are. coming in from cities along the international boundary. and some of them have nrn' lino royal salute with anything that Will make a noise. This country is new enough to re- tain some at least of the landmark..- nf long-aro. for the axeol the lumlierjavk and the plow of the settler have not had time as yet to ohliterate many of the old trails. From time immemorial these haveserved as highways for the In- dian and the voyaceur of the ubi- quitous Hudson's Bay Company. Take the Montreal River above Elk Lake. for instance; the self-same riwer routes and portage trails are used by the Indians to-day that served their ancestors and the Jesuit missionaries of two hundred years ago when they carried the gospel far inland to the shores of Hudson Bay. l W 35‘ Feasting and dancing (lay and mm are continued for a week and ma they "told their tents like the rah." but there the similaritv ails. Instead of “silentlx stealim: way." ewrs departing canoe is fluted with the «lisnharge of fire. mist. and when the priest leaves all ne the shore and rive him a ayal salute with anything that will If cats cares “'8 It is the one Indians, for. “ priest attends '9 n. solomizes tnllS‘ man, WC KIT m fl-n to Porcupinc panda boom ( this route wa night by pro: karma boom 0! three years ago this route was: crowded (lay and night by Prospectors and other re- presentatives. both male and female, of tho hvtoroconomls crowd that go to make up a mining town. Today that trail is (lcSorted. but for many years to name om- may easily re- vomlizo it hy the empty bottles hurrah. tin cans and canoes that mark ovary mile of it. Just such trails are to be found all over this country. Smith and J the question of of the housvâ€"tln man. "I am the mom." said broad-winner be ?” Smith Smiled. “So far" he re- plied. “no major matters have come “Well," said Smith. “Beforemy wife and I were married we made an agreement that I would make the rulings in all major things. my wife in all the minor." “How has it worked?" queried Jones. .\ VA I R A R R .\ .\' ( HO.“ EXT Jones were discussing of who should be head ’the man or the wo. head of my establish- .Ionos. “I am the Why shouldn't I THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO00.0.0000000000000000000COOOOCOOOOOOIOOOOOOOOO The Sarah fiibney St0c_k_£9_. Rex Theatre last Three llays This Week “In Old September 15-41-48 “Paid In A GUARANTEED Miss Gibney as “Emma Brooks” “Miss Bihney as Madge Briefly" ('nl‘lmul 01' Spvciul Svcllm‘y. vlallmmtv \Vurth'uhc and light emu-ts Kentucky” Full" ‘1 South Porcupine . o 6 0 0 O 0 O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 O 0 - 6 O O OOOOOOOOOOOON‘OO . '0 0.99.0... 0.09.00.00. . q. . O . . . . 0.00.00.00.0Q.O 0.. D v.06.90.0 ............ 9“.“o”o”o“o”o“o“f°o“o“o°