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Mr. J. W. Reid was a Co‘balt visitor bast week. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Summerbayes are spending a month‘s vacation at Reno, Nevada. Iieut. Bob Dibble, famous oarsman and Canadian sportsman, and a hero of the present war, was a visitor to Timmmins last week in connection with the work of enforcing the Mihtary Service Act. Ptes. Bissonette and Dick Cole came home this week in uniform on a brief last leave. They return to Toronto toâ€" day and expect to leave for Halifax in the course of a few days. Some special interest was created in town last Saturday when a hg dog team and sleigh passed through. The team comprised seven hbig dogs that seemed especially strong and welliâ€" trained. Gold Nugget Rebekah Lodge will meet in the Oddfellow‘s Hall, Timâ€" mins, tomorrow (Thursday) evening at 8 oCcelock, when the inttiation of a number of candidates for memberâ€" ship will take place. Only a few turned out to the meetâ€" angâ€"called in â€"theâ€"Old ~Empire Theatre on Sunday evening to diseuss the quesâ€" tion of a new general hospital for the Camp. _ As one of the speakers clearly pointed out, the present was an inâ€" opportune time to take up such a project, and it would be better to deâ€" fer the matter until a more propâ€"tious season. At present there mwere so many calls, that the fingncial obligaâ€" tions could searcely he undertaken and in addition the need was not now as pressing as it had â€"been, private hospiâ€" tal accommodation â€" recently â€" helping '.'_'\-( * 36 " _Jacob Freed, formerly employed as a saleman by W. R. Lowery, tobhacecoâ€" mst. was placed under JII‘L’st at Porâ€" qms Junction one. day . last week, :’xarged with the theft of money from . Lowery. The young fellow is said To ha\’e walked to the Juncetion in the night. He was brought back to Tim; mins and is now out on bail, a prelimâ€" inary hearing to be given ‘him on Thursday next before Magistrate Atâ€" kingson. the situation. _ There was gecommodaâ€" tion now for the needs of, Timmins, and no action was taker at the meetâ€" ing to proceed furthcer in the immediâ€" ate present. There were five leaving here on Friday for an enforeed visit to North Bay or further kouth, Officers Greer and Allen acting «as escorts,. _ Conâ€" stabie Greer brought hback with him the couple arrested at Sudbury on a charge of stealing from the Frontenac House here. . The five gomg down on Friday included a woman given an indeterminate senfence, â€" and :â€"Ed. Porrebon, to serve 9 months for highâ€" rading and liquor charges; Jos. Deâ€" markis, two years, less one day, for dliving on the avails of prostitution ; Moyoff, three months, for â€" illegally haviny dynamite, though an alien enâ€" emy; and Nick Sheay, for three months, for having liquor in a public ,pla('(‘. There was a mysterious explosion last week at Haileybury. D. G. Alâ€" len‘s furnace door was right off, the dampers on the furnace all smashed and other ripâ€"tearing ~done. M1. Allen just passed â€"the door of :the furnace before the explosion occurred, so narrowly eseaped going to a nicer place than Haileybury. The explosâ€" lion is thought to have been caused by frozen pipes upstairs turning back the water and so bringing a conâ€" finement of the steam, thus causing the ‘*bustâ€"up."" There have been many rumors and reports as to the ‘‘large numbers‘‘ from this place and that in the North Land who have failed to respond when called for service under the Military Service Act. T«) qudgze hy some of the stories â€" there;, '-\\ele “hupdreds every town arqux}d who failed in then duty. The truth, however,/4s otherâ€" wise. The official returns show that 275 were ordered to report at Toronto on January 1th, " Of this number only ‘6) failed to tespond. â€"Of course Glâ€"was 61 too many to neglect the call, but certainiy no particular town or district was as negligent as local talk ° represented each community, when it is remembered that the 61 were sceattered through. the. whole section of ceuntry from North: Bay to the North pole.: The defaulters (the 61 of them) are spread over the country and in the towns of Cobalt, Haileybury, New Liskeard, Matheson, Englehart, Charlton, Kirkland Lake, 'Porquis Junetion, Cochkhrane, Hoyle, Connaught, South Poreupine, Schumâ€" kaeber. 'l‘lmmms, Kapuskasing, . ete., and an effor; is now being made to ,rouml up these defaniters and they ar being rounded up all right. ~' Timmins News in Brief m s e o o ce n PmA WY ul 90 00 mt n 2 91 9Y o o0 5. Mr. Ne Faulkenlmm, of Matheson, spent the weekâ€"end in the Camp. The Timmins 1.0.0.F. will hold a Social Danee on Thursday, February 2lst., in their hall here , for Oddâ€" fellows and their wives, attendance being by invitation. Mr. and Mrs. A. Lego left on the ‘‘National"‘ on Wednesday to spend two week‘s vacation in Toronto. The smallpox epidemic is <growing to alarming proportions in the outâ€" lying â€" sections _ around _ Sudbury. eases are reported from Caâ€" preol and Hanmer and they â€"seem to gravitate to Sudbury. The dlast epiâ€" demic in the district eost Sudbury $1500. A daughter was born to Rev. J. Maecdonald and Mrs.â€" Maedonald at Englehart on Thursday of last week. A ceard was received from the ‘* Old Settler‘‘ last week. ~Dan says, ‘*I am at Halifax, N.S. If we don‘t go overseas right away, we will remain here for a time or go somewhere else"‘ Mr. T. Hogg,. of the Hollinger, has duly received for safeâ€"keepng until his brother‘s return from the front the Military Medal awarded someâ€"ame ago to Laneeâ€"Corporal J. Hogg. The medal is a very. attractive one of silver. On the one side is the insermpâ€" For Bravery on the Field,"} and on the other an inseripâ€" tion of the King‘s head with the royal titles. _ On the edge of the medal is engraved the name of the honored soldier. _ Lanceâ€"Corporal Hogg awvas wounded at the Battle of the Somme, and for his distinguished conduc:t and especial bravery. won ‘the ~Military Medal. ~He also was promoted to the rank of Sergeant for is good work on the field on the same oceasion. The whole townshkips of Sanna and St. John,â€"estimated to contain millâ€" ions of tons of good peat,â€"have been put into reservation by the Ontamo Government, The peat on this land is said to be from 5 to 40 or 50 feet deep. _A private concern is said to have offered the Government to go in and develop the peat bog on a large seale, and while sthere is a. general disposit@on at this time to frown upon private corpora tions getting any more foothalds. in public utilities, still the. big thing it the present time is specd\ movement, and if the Government cannot plan to make a doubleâ€"quick speed in developing this supply, it might be well to step aside and let the private eoncern fire ahead, under due rules and â€" regulations. _ From Clarke Township, (Durham Coupty), St. Thomas, Windsor and near Brockâ€" ville come stories of »big peat deposits that may be developed. Ontario needs the fuel and will need it, and nothâ€" ing should e left undone to assure tho development of any and all" such resources. A man shout 4 feet 6 inches in heivht and a man about 6 feet 4 inches in height were playing a more or less friendly game in town the other cvenâ€" ing. At last something went wrong and ‘‘Fourâ€"Feetâ€"Six"‘ says to **Sixâ€" Feetâ€"Four‘‘ just as bold as brass, a liar."" **Sixâ€"Feetâ€"Four‘‘ kept on sitting down and was tallor than _ ‘*Fourâ€"Footâ€"Six,""* who â€" was stretched up on Jboth feot with his boots on. One thing led to another, as is the way of life, until ‘‘Fourâ€" Feetâ€"Six"‘ threatened to trim up * * Six Feetâ€"Four,""‘ even if it had to be done in sections or on the instalment plan. ©Sixâ€"Fectâ€"Four‘‘ at last roused up a little and said, ‘‘Now, I‘ll tell you what I‘ll do; T‘ll put on the<gloves with you or anyone else in the Camp not weighing more than 180 lbs., and I‘ll go them gs many rounds as they like for fun, love or marbles."" + **Sixâ€" Feetâ€"Four‘‘ still sticks to this.. He is a returned soldier, having been inâ€" jured in a motor in England. His parents ealled him Earl Robbre Bonnar, but his right name is ‘‘Slim"" thongh he also answers to the name of ‘*«Shorty."" NOT LIKELY TO BBE A PROVINCIAL ELECTION. The Ontario Legislature opened last week, and agccording to the tone of | addresses delivered by Premier Hearst ; and Leader of the Opposition l’mnd-4l foot, it is not intended to have an. election in QOntario during the war. Mr. Proudfoot praised the late leader of the Opposition, Hon. Mrs Rowell and expressed his hearty endorsation of Union Government. He also made a plea for the extension of the life of the Legislature until the, soldiers returned. _ At the following session Premier Hearst endorsed My. Proudâ€" foot‘s address and expresse is genâ€" eral agreement with its vie®s, As a| consequence the Provinee will likely be spared the turmoil of ah at tins time. t ~HE‘PORCUPINE ADVANCE FOR SALEâ€"â€"HORSE, HARNXESS ana WANTEDâ€"A Cook General. Good wages. Apply to Mrs. H. J. Mu-d shall, 12 Hemlock street. WANTEDâ€"A GHIRL FOR GENERAL WANTEDâ€"GIRL WHO CANX COOK FPOR SALEâ€"HOMESTEAD, Mountâ€" housework. Apply to Mrs. Dayton Ostrosser, Timmins. and do light housework for famtly of two. Mrs. R. T. Regnell, Dome Lake Mine. 12â€"13p. MORTGAGE, on improved Town property. 8. Alfred Jones, K.C., Bank of Hamilton Building, Brantâ€" ford, Ont. Cutter; good bargain. Apply box 439, Timmins. 12â€"13p. joy Township, Con. 5, Lot 5.. Easy terms. Apply on the premises or to P.O. Box 321, Timinins.. 13â€"14p Eighteen million **Bachelors" sold annually in GCanada "The National Smoke" ) CIGAR