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Phone 40 B | < Phlone J0 Bb wmommmnou 60000006000000004 S‘ N ko s Ts it‘to he tlié same old grind of hard work, uncongenial empiosment and small\pay? :R Is it to be another year of standjng stxll while yon watch . others get the advancement YOU hoped to get? ; What does the â€"New Year ; '-_;. â€"‘~_ mean to you? ° '---â€"-â€"-‘â€"â€"-_â€" a.n Bxcavafiom fo: ema:a, Bewers ete. oontrseta or 6 ; _ â€"P.O. Box 62 ol .k wil yoy make it a YÂ¥ear of real achievement? ..Will you realise now that the better job goes only to the man ‘or woman who have the Tra.imnx that the better job requires. We have many enguiries from Ladies in Haileybury, askâ€" in;foryomhdiutomflth thom. : They will give room udbondtqurammu afict four.. Phone No. 32 ‘| According to the despatches from ‘| Foronto last week, Hon. Beniah Bowâ€" .' man, wlnle his mstimates were under -dxaeu,sswn in the Letfi'édatme, ’?ormc Ted the Houge that important whanges | were contemplated in the Departinent of bmds and Foresta. I‘here Wou]fl "Hon. G. Howard Fergusan, the last \Imxster of Landa, Forests Mines,| become Eully selled of the neceessâ€" ity for more practical protectlon from ‘forest fires for the North Land, and there is reason for ‘believing that he 's\ould have done somgghmv of value: 'had not other influeness ‘at Toronto pre\ ented. Hon. %hmaa Bowman will find> t‘le ‘same influences at Avork avamst his" pldnsâ€"â€"â€"tlu. chiefâ€"foes beâ€" .mo' "ignorance of the country and its fcondltwns, ‘* and â€"a !*false: economy‘‘ tltat: thinks that it is nearly eriminal to extend money anywhere but_th the | southern parts of the Province. â€" How ’evex. in any efforts he may make for the b?tte?ment of the North‘s proâ€" tection from the fire menace, Hon: Beniah Bowman may be sure of very hearty coâ€" operatlon and apprecxatlon from the figople of the Northâ€" Land. Also, he may know that expefidlturas- in forest fire protection are truly ‘Ceconomies‘‘ in ‘the best sense of the word. | The amounts alreddy spent in years gone by on Srelief!" would, if pmperly e\pended for ‘‘prevention""‘ have‘ made.the "relief funds‘‘ much less likely to be called for. . The proâ€" tection of life of course is the great, question and something that should be placed above all thought of money, | but the property to be safeguarded by proper methods is also somethmo' to |be considered. in this_forest fire pro- ‘tection questlon. U‘-â€" u“uu wu V u ho floctizea "Ap 90 e P en ho ncb r be changes parnm}arlv Th\the forsst ranging service. which hbe thought oreati) nreeded 1mpmvemet}ta.. Ogt- ario last year, Hon. Mr, Bowman said, suffered ‘a heavy loss through forest fires and it would be the policy.of the Governnmient to take measures to elim inate this fire wastazse as far ‘as pos:ible He out . that : one change would ‘he the bm]dmg up of a permanflnt fire ranging service, with experienced men who would be in the ’omplov of the Department all the year.. In reply to Mr. Mageau,. of Sturgeon Fally,‘ Hon. Mr. Bowman gave assuranc that he;was alive to the necessity. for ge(ttmw expemencéd Service "to Be Reâ€"Organized, ~Fire Wastage to be Stopped, Etc. . â€" men rather than boys.‘‘ The: annual meetmv' ‘of the Porcupme V. N. T. Gold Mines is to be held in Toronto on May 2(th,. It is sugg>s sted by many that at this meeting some plan will be submitted to "‘mreholdels regarding the reâ€"opening ofsthe minc at an early date. The ‘‘man about town ‘ rreneralIy has a ‘‘hunch‘‘ that the VY. NS T.is going to resume opérâ€" ations before very lonv. AThe V. N. T. ‘ ’mopert\L equxppe* \jt'n a uull Im-' o9 t 2% Fa TALK AL8o ABOUT THB ' PORCUPINE V. N.T. MINES ing a capacity of about 100 tons a day. At the 600â€" foot level there has been much development work done with results much better than on the upperâ€"lexels, It is thought that the .. N.E will strike its best in mining at depth t Ki . s X The Northern. Ontario| Football Association at its recent meeting at Iroquois Falls to changs tlhe age limit for members of the Junior. League to 17 instead of 16 yearsâ€"of. ave,. The matter‘ was. brought up by. the" representatives ~from â€" Timmins, who pointed out that the rule as adopt ‘ed by the annu'al.,_meetmg practically made a\almiorileag'ue an imposstbility, as debarring many young lads, who were harly in the seniorâ€" class, from astive football. . After.some dis cussion and conslderatmn the rule was nmended soâ€"that all> boys who were not over. 17 on April 30th 0 fthis year are elivible for the Junior Lâ€"ague. An otlher important ruling in the matter of the Junior Leagxxe was the qdoptâ€" ing of the rule that a memher of the Junior Leaguseâ€"may, play two games during a season with the Seniors, but if~ he play three games with the Seniors he Avill ho disqualified therct after from playing with the Juniors. The rule is much movre.lenient than that â€"obtaining in hockev and other ports,-m this matter.. The N. 0. F. A. 1dea is that a pl’auuam,, urior should jnut be de’garred from pl vnpg with the seniors to fill in an occasion, While at AGE LIMIT FOR JCNIORS _ CHANGED IN FOOTBALL. VR W EME ‘.â€"â€"- 2o d Y M t PC â€"benmra to fill in ap océasmn. iilnle at the same tug 1t is recognized that a lad good emmgn to play three or more games‘ mth the Seniors must be, about / tue,}semor class of player.; has _ the meetmv of tlie N. O, F. A, at Schumacher the schedulés for the King eups, ‘as given elsewhére in this issue, wore also An effort is being made at present to»mh € the Gold Reef: Mxmng‘ Comâ€" pany, the plan $o be adopted being the. iunderwntmg of a farge block of ‘shares, t is saxd This would provxde fimances to carry out an extensive exâ€" plor‘atmn' and development campaign. t is said that diamond drilling on the 1d Reef in the past indicated the ex istence: of, payabte ote at depth. A number of very rich showings of free gold were found on the. property when it was first open°d up and there were otlher encouraging signs. The Gold Reef is northâ€"east of the Davidson, and recently there has been special inâ€" terest in this part of the Porcupine. There may be consider able activity in this part of the Camp tms summesr from allâ€"accounts. . Mr. and. Mrs. R. "P. bhlllmvton of Hmle5bm'\’ are on visit to 'I'ums and other points south.. ‘Mr.Â¥hillingâ€" ton ‘has p}'gtenal interests in Texas oil ‘properties and dunnfr the past few months has paid. several visits to the gsoruth as matters of specmk importâ€" ’ance ha,\e afisen. * 4 / €*+ Haileybury is now in praud possessâ€" ion of the captured German giun given as tro}why to the District t of ’l‘enus- for its hwh standing in the last ‘Victory, Loan campaign s For Saleâ€"Large lot: on Elxfi\str‘égt, Timgins, Ont.; lot No. 1123. Price $350.00. Apph C. Butlel, LOCI\ 20, Dunnulle, Onb! s o es â€"-â€"‘70 Eggâ€"O Baking Powder CTo., Limited, Hamihon, % . ’ § Canada