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At the annual meeting of the froâ€" quois Falls and District Board of Trade, the secretary‘s report showed the following noteworthy list of acâ€" complishments by the Board during the year past:â€"Agitation for a public library ; 24â€"hour telephone service; road to Monteith almost completed; other efforts in which much good was accomplished, though, perhaps, the particular object almed at was not obâ€" taimed. There are always new and striking suggestions for Xmas giving. ‘One of the outâ€"ofâ€"theâ€"ordinary â€" suggestions was made last week in advertising by the Hamilton B. Wills Co. ‘‘Give Standard Dividend Paying Stocks for Christmas,"‘ was the heading. That sort of a gift would be appreciated over and over again,â€"every time the dividends came along. A large pack of wolves is said to be roaming the bush in the Latchford dis trict. Two Latchford men have told of encountering the wolves one day reâ€" ecently. ‘The men were unarmed, but the wolves slunk away from the carâ€" cass of a deer they had killed and were devouring. The Town Council of Brockville, Ont., last week went on record as faâ€" vouring a Provincial levy, similar to the War Tax, for raising money for Northern Ontario Fire Relief. Severâ€" al other municipalities, inreluding Sudâ€" bury, have made the same suggestion. The annual Christmas Tree and Soâ€" gial Time for the children of the Presâ€" byterian church is ‘being held this (Wednesday) evening, and will unâ€" doubtedly be a pleasant and happy event for the children as in past years. Timmins and District Notes »Our stock of special Seasonable requirements is varied and most complete. Come in and make your selection, we will do the rest Genuine Pyrex Transparent Ovenware The Cobalt Mines Hospital which has been operating since the fire as a general hospital, is now officially reâ€" cognized as such by the Town of Coâ€" balt and the Township of Coleman. Cobalt agrees to pay $2000 and the Tp. of Coleman $1000 toward the exâ€" penses of running the institution. A reader of The Advance suggests that this paper advocate the establishâ€" ment of a public library in Timmins. The Advance did that some many months ago, A byâ€"law was duly passâ€" ed in connection with the establishâ€" ment of a public library and other neâ€" cessary steps taken, but then the matâ€" ter seemed to drop from notice. It would ‘be a gcood thing if interest were revived in the matter of a public 11â€" brary for Timmins. Timmins merchants this year have unusually large stocks of seasonable merchandise, and the stores should be a pleasure to Christmas shoppers. Everybody should read the announceâ€" ments in this issue, see the fine winâ€" dow displays, and visit the stores where the big stocks are shown. A smal lboy in Timmins want to know how Adam and Eve could hang up their stockings on Christmas Eve., when they only had figâ€"leaves gowns. If this lad continues to worry himself in the same way when he grows up he will ‘be called a Tigher ‘Critic. Haileybury‘s fire engine, which saw active service on October 4th, for the first time in several years, and had to be abandoned on ‘Ferguson Ave. where it was ‘badly damaged during the height of the conflagration, is to ‘be repaired and put into commission again. The Geo. Taylor Hardware The figures recently prepared by the Ontario Department of Mines show that the average recovery per ton in gold from Ontario ‘Mines during the first nine months of this year is $9.31. Lake Shore at Kirkland Lake shows the largest average grade per ton, but just to keep Kirkland Lake from beâ€" ing unduly proud of this the lowest average grade also comes from that caimp, as does also the second lowest. The following are the average recoverâ€" ies for the nine months for the proâ€" ducers of Poreupine and Kirkland Lake:â€"Lake iShore, $20.54; Teckâ€" Hughes, $13.41; ‘Wrightâ€"Hargreaves, $11.49; Dome, $11.03; ‘Melntyre, $10â€" 04; Hollinger $8.83; Kirkland Lake (Gold, $6.47; Kirkland Lake Proprieâ€" tary, $6.29. The average for Ontario was $9.31; for Kirkland Lake, $11.86; for Poreupine $9.07. The total of the gold production of Poreupine was $13, 789,989 Qand of Kirkland Lake, $1,â€" 113,190. Contributions rixva);"};emsgnt ‘}.‘(‘)“i-‘f;h. wW. A Charlton, 223 College Street, Toronto. Only with the help of many warm friends can this great work be carâ€" ried on. Money is urgently needed. e PCE eC s B9 Consumptives can retainqsomething‘ of his old manhood for active service During these last eight months the foe has not killed his hope, he‘s still hoping that God‘s fresh air and man‘s skill at the Muskoka Hospital for AVERAGE GRADES OF ORE OF THE BIG GOLD MINES One day he played and worked hard, then went for a dip in the lake. A little cold came on, then got worse and worse and finallyâ€"consumption. His three years "Over there," and two spent in the ‘"Mounties," have given him a fighting spirit. The next dance of the Timmins Daneâ€" ing Club is being held this (Wednesâ€" day) evening. In future the dances of the Timmins Dancing Club will be held on alternate Thursday evenings, commencing Jan. 4th. 1923. These dances previously were held on Friday evenings, but the evening has been changed on account of the fact that the Hockey matches ars being played on Friday evenings. NEXT DANCE OF TIMMINS DANCING CLUB TONIGHT Sitting astride a "Mountie‘s‘"‘ horse he was as fine a specimen of manâ€" hood as one could meet. Six feet tall, bronzed, muscular and keen, he made an athlete of no mean ability. Three years in the war had seemingly made ‘"‘"a man out of him,‘" but it took a bad cold to show that the war had farâ€"reaching and terrible effects. Three Years "Over There" T wo With "The Mounties" ""The Chain of Service *‘ THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE 30 qRA IAOIL C Pic Plate