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There was only a small attendance at the meeting of Timmins Board of Trade Monday evening, but there were several important matters up for discussion. Oné of these was the Huestion of the safety 6 the dam at Night Hawk. A letter Nyas ‘before the Board from Mr. <«DXO‘Connor calling attention to the fact that the dam unless given prompt attention would go out with the spring freshets and thus cause much loss and damage. Among other things the carrying away of the dam would mean several thousand dollars damage‘to the new Government high‘way which passes along at this point. The loss to the mining â€" and lumbering â€" industries through the breaking of the dam would be a very serious matter. The Board of Trade recognized the timsâ€" Timmins Board of Trade Sends Night Letter to Government in the Matter. ATTENTION CALLED TD PDAM DN THE NGHT AAWLK ipLFLp n n is un in un un e Un e s Un Un LF L m m Un Lr L in Un ie L en Un i. e n 6 po ie Un ie e Un un Un sn e L e e ce e s ns en t ic T ie Lt t l.ll..fll.'.l.'l I..I.I.l_..l lt _tll TI..I 'I.-llr e l.r\ _.J' rlll'. 411.1'_l| Purchased by S, Bucovetsky at a rate that allows the biggest bargains ever offered the people of this District, in Men‘s Clothing and Furnishings. All nice, clean stock, and Sale Prices give you astounding values. Come in and look over the goods, you will be welcome whether you buy or not. 66 00080000600000080000008 000060000606 00 0600000000000 6090 60 0 0 0 009 0004000096 0 6 0 6 0 %% 0 0 % %% % Highâ€"Class Clothing and Furnishings, Boots Shoes at prices that will astonish you Stock to be Sacrificed at the premises THIRD AVENUE, NEXT BEN JACOB‘S CIGAR STORE S. Bucovetsky, Timmins BANKRUPT SAÂ¥LE %" The matter of delegates to attend the Associated Boards of Trade meetâ€" ing at Cobalt was left with President T. F. King to deal with. The matter of the proposed byâ€"law for the purchase of a combination motor fire truck was diseussed at some length, the virtue of heavy and light trucks being argued pro and con. Fire Chief Borland maintained that the heavy type of truck proposed in the byâ€"law would Ibe able to go anywhere in town that a lighter truck would go and that a light type of truck would not ‘be able to ‘bear np under the weight of the equipment necessary to be There was considerable discussion of the quesâ€" tion from all angles but no definite pronouncement made in the matter. liness of Mr. O‘Connor‘s detter and it was decided to send a night letter to the Minister of Lands Forests urging immediate action by the Govâ€" ernment. The expenditure of about $2,000.00 would save the dam, while it will take seven or eight times that amount to replace it if onee allowed to be swept away by the spring floods as well as causing great handicap and loss to the whole area. The following is from the last issue of The Northland Post, of Cochâ€" rane :â€" **During his trip to Toronto, Presâ€" dent McePhee of the Agricultural Soâ€" ciety had a most satisfactory interâ€" view with Hon. J. 8. Martin, Minisâ€" ter of Agriculture and with Mr. Roadâ€" house, Deputy Minister, with regard to the establishment of butter facâ€" tories in Northern Ontario following up the discussion along these lines whrch ‘he had with the ‘Minister durâ€" ing his visit here last fall. BUTTER FACTORIES FOR COCHRANE AND MATHESON by The board of directors of the genâ€" eral and marine hospital at St. Cathâ€" arines, Ont., announce the gift by Col. and Mrs. R. W. Leonard of a nurses‘ home and other equipment, etce., the total gift reaching $100,000.00. _ Col. Leonard is general manager of the Coniagas ‘Mines, Limited, owning Coâ€" balt and Poreupine properties; and he and Mrs. Leonard are well known for their generosity ,.to all worthy causes; ‘*Mr. McPhee received assurance that both Cochrane and Matheson would be assisted to estalblish butter factories, which would be kept on a coâ€"operative basis, and the Governâ€" ment intended to supply 90% of the necessary capital, the local people to furnish the balance of 10%. He was also assured that all the machinery for these two factories were already on order, so that the estalblishment would come this vear."" was developed sufficiently to sustain a factory. The settlers could not afâ€" ford to sustain such a loss and if assistance was not forthcoming, the settlements here could not be expectâ€" ed to make progress. This week Judge Coatsworth at Toâ€" ronto dismissed the application made by the State authorities of Massâ€" achusetts for the extradition of Hamâ€" ilton B. Wills to stand trial in conâ€" nection with alleged irregularities reâ€" gardinz the affairs of an oil company. The evidence submitted to the court not only did not seem to warrant exâ€" tradition, but rather to prove that Mr. Wills was blameless in the matter and had in no way been concerned in anything _ improper. According _ to despatches from Toronto the Judge took occasion to rebuke the shadowing of. Mr. Wills while he was ill and under ‘bail. ‘The despatches from the city generally suggest that Mr. Wills has come out of the case fuHy vindiâ€" rated. His many friends in this Camp while confident that he would eventually prove himself blameless in the matter at issue are specially pleased that his vindication came" so quickly and so clearly. W E JUDGE AT TORONTO REFUSES EXTRADITION APPLICATION Mr. Wm. G. Huntley, of Montreai, as a visitor to Camp last week. ing off Bankrupt k of H. I. Groode OF THE STOCK OF H. I. GROODE For more efticient forest protection and supervision, and. especially to conserve the forest wealth of Ontaric from the forest fire menace, Hon. James Lyons, Minister of Lands Forests, has planned an extended airâ€" plane service. Capt. W. R. Maxwell has been appointed to take charge of the Land and Forest Department‘s new forest flying service. The Minâ€" ister, Hon. Jas Lyons, announced that Capt. will have comâ€" plete charge of organizing the erews required for the operaiton‘ of his squadron of thirteen planes, and that plans are now ‘being worked out for the establishment of a_ northern headquarters for the service and the location of sulbâ€"depots. There are six cases of smallpox at Chapleau, near Sudbury, but the sitâ€" uation is well under control and no new cases are developing. ‘General vacceination is being made and quaranâ€" tine imposed in all cases where there is suspicion of any exposure to infeceâ€" tion. ; jx 4 FLYING CHIEF INSTALLED FOR FPOREST AIR SERVICE