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In Juvenile Court last week there were three boys before Judge Atkinâ€" son for theft and other misdemâ€" eanors. Two of these boys had brokâ€" en into the store of Burnettâ€"Andrews and rifled the cash drawer as well as doing other damage. The other lad had stoken some goods at a ‘Moneta store and had been caught in the act. All three boys, whose ages range from 12 to 14 years, had been under official notice on previous occeasions. T‘wo of them seemed to be especially incorrigible, an‘d these two.were comâ€" mitted to the Industrial School. TWO BOYS COMMITTED TO INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL (Contributed) 68 ,t(nd how, my dear Sherlock, did you discover that the culprit reâ€" sided in an apartment?‘‘ ‘‘Easily,"‘ responded the *great man, yawning. ‘‘Upon examining the footprints, I saw that he was flatfooted."‘ COMING OUT FLATFOOTED IN THE MATTER OF FLATS ‘‘‘The foregoing crop #gures for 1923, issued by Mr. W. B. Way, Superâ€" intendent of the Cochrane yDivision of the CN.R., once more demonstrate that the Northern Cl@y Beltyis beyond the experimental stage and that the agricultural development is pfi;‘g‘ressing' at the ratio of the influx of settlers. A great deal has yet to be acé@mplished, through a more intensive and agâ€" gressive colonization policy, before the ag@gregate of the crop yields will inâ€" fluence to any appreciable extent the whole production of the Dominion, but if the advance at present is slow, itynevertheless shows a steady movement. o ‘"‘The near proximity of the world‘s markets, both for export and for home consumption, of the agricultural products of the elay ‘belt, which will grow anything that can be grown in the far western prairie lands, should furnish a great inducement for settlers to Yocate here and should ensure a fair proportion of diversion of immigratio®, provided the right steps are taken to impress upon the intending settlers that the «clay belt is unsurâ€" passed ‘For farm lands.‘ i2ATCene :. ... . Brower ..... Abhibi Cochrane Hunta: ....... Driftwood Jacksonboro Strickland (Gregoires [Mil]s Fauquier ‘Moonlbeam Kitigan ...\.. Kapuskasing . Harty . .:; ..... Mattice ..... Hallewood Mearst ... ... Ryland ...... Commenting on the Post says ‘‘‘The foregoing crop fldureb for 1923, iss intendent of the CochranekDivision of the ‘*‘These figurés should therefor@mnot be considered in the ageregate of present prodluction of the clay belt $ much as in the demonstration of the potentialities, provided the stream of gmmigration of adaptable settlers could be directed to these lands. *Total 1922... *Total 1921.. *Total 1920. . *NOTEâ€"Figure Station Senveterre Goulet Coffee Barautte Landrienne Amos V ilmontel O*Brien .. Authier .. Makamik . Lasarre ... Dupuy ... Total 1923. .. Steady Growth in Crop Figures for the Clay Belt NORTHERN CLAY BELT NOW BEYOND THE EXPERIMENTAL STAGE. STRIKING INCREASE IN PRODUCTION IN PAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS, Very striking increase will be noted in the production of the farms of the North and in the past four years. In a recent issue The North Land Post of Cochrane published the figures for 19283, as issued by W. B. Way, superintendent of the Cochrane I)1 ision of the (‘ N.R. These figures are as itollows :â€" Estimate of Grain, Roots, Etc., Grown on Cochrane Division Canadian Naâ€" tional R:ulways During the Year 1923. Wheat Barley Oats Hay Potatoes Purnips Horses Cattle Station Bus. Bus. Bus. ‘Tons Bsu. Bus. f Senveterre ... 600 14800 _ 550 2800 150 240 450 Goulet ...;.: 150 100 10300 300 300(00 7 0O( 10( * y(n THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ON‘TARIO 17995 27000 1198900 37960 10885 21685 1360 7505 41175 5200 0885 21685 618800 21560 137300. 53850 3638 6670 7360 7505 423600 9285 135750 42050 25356 4087 4775 5200 225700 ~3125 35625 â€" 22535 2260 3181 for 1920, 1921 and 1922 only include territory between Rvland and O ‘Brien 500 1500 1100 5600 200 20( 200 350 615 wee w 100 100 100 4()0 100 100 2000 1000 The Timmins Business College is now located in its new quarters at 38 Third Avenue (over the Eeonomy Grocery Store. The whole second storey of this building, known someâ€" times as the Martin building, has been taken over by the Business Colâ€" lege. â€" The present quarters have many advantages â€" over the .former quarters in the Ansara block. For one thing there is more room for the accommodation of the everâ€"increasing roll of students. The new quarters in the upstairs of 58 Third Avenue should see still further progress and success attending the Timmins Busiâ€" ness College, TIMMINS_ BUSINESS COLLEGE MOVED TO NEW QUARTERS PLANS FOR POWER FOR THE â€"GOWGANDA SILVER MINES In an interview given by Mr. Thomas A. Wood, general manager of the South Bay Power Co., Ltd., to a Toronto newspaper, the information is given that the company has comâ€" pleted the installation of a nineâ€"mile transmission line into the Gowganda district. It has started delivering 500 h.p. to the Castleâ€"Tretheway Mine. This mine formerly used power generated by a Diessel engine. Mr.â€" Wood stated! that this company hae been interested in the Gowganda area for about four years. The inâ€" tention now is to divert the east branch of the Montreal River and develop an additional 2,000 h.p. for this area. SHOW THIS TO THE WIFE JUST BEFORE LEAVING mother."! Potatoes Purnips Horses Cattle Bsu. 2800 3000 50 3790 1000 25000 800 1080 33( Bus. 150 700 1060 100 11000 â€" 8000 10 326 240 100 6 154 120 800 150 200 180 450 200 ( 300 2000 4400 450 2000 175 300 500 10000 1000 2300 2000 30000 8000 31000 3000 1250 70315 8000 22000 25000 20( 1200 300 6000 700 OT f 154 120 800 150 23( 1450 esns s t s 5 5 o o s o m\\\\“\\\\\\\\\\\; ° HOW TO SELECT YOUR music TEACHER 7 g o Bbalsam St. â€"â€" Timmins, Ont. 8 Balsam St. a violin, mandolin or guitar free of cost to anyone who will take up the study of one of the above named instruments. Let our represents ative call on you and explain. If I were going to select my teacher, I would pick, first of all a man with experience. Next I would see if he practiced what he preachedâ€"then I would look at his pupils to see what results his methods had accomplished. For the next two weeks we will furnish