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Visiting Brothers and Sisters always welcome. Marie Carlyle, Ruby McCarthy, N .G. Rec. Sec. Meets every Thursday in the month in the Oddfellows’ Hall, Third Ave. Timmins Gold Nugget Rebekah Lodge, No 173 Mr. Gauthier will be at Timmins daily. Gordon H. Gauthier Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public, Etc. Manion Block, Treating diseases of all domes- ticated animals. Calls promptly attended. to day or night. 31/2 Spruce St. OFFICES REED BLOCK, TWINS and SOUTH PORCUPINE. Wholesale Fruits, Vegetablbes, Confectionery, Tobaccos. UNDERTAKER EMBALMER S. T. WALKER J. A. HOWSE Motor or Horse-drawn Hearse Flowers and Cars Furnished Cor. Third Ave. and Maple St. Doctor of Veterinary Science 15 years in active practice. Night and Day Phone 509 DR. J. H. KNOX TIMIMINS, ONT. Phone 230 Phone: 448 “"This work has been Carried on in this Province for nearly five years, and has given gratifying results. “Our mode of procedure ‘is as fol- Recently The Advance noted a re- ference in some of the daily news- papers to the plan adopted by Bni. tish Columbia to meet just the same :sort of difficulty. No details were given but the method seemed to sug- :gest the nossilhility of at least a par- tial solution of the problem in the North “Land. For five years the Province of British Columbia has been employing. oorresipondence courses to meet the needs of children in outlying sections. ‘Through this method hundreds of children have enjoyed educational advantages who would otherwise have been deprived of these privileges. The Advance wrote the Department of Education at Victoria, B.(.‘.. and 'from Mr. James Hargreaves. the Instructor, Correspondence Courses in Elemen- tarx School Subjects, details of thel plan were receixed. er.Harg1"ea\esl points out that the plan is a. lblessing to children situated away from schools. In his. letter to The .=\dvan(-e. Mr. 1‘1’211'12'1'0211'05 s;1_\'s:â€"-â€" In this North Land with its imc‘ mense distances and with small groups of settlers scattered over its large area, the prolblem of education for all children is a difficult one in- deed. =Ot different times Boards of Trade and others have interested themselves in the problem, the news- papers of the North have kept the question before the public, and no doubt the Ontario Department of Education has anxiously sought for a Solution and up to the present]. however, the situation has not been remedied. ‘The children of hundreds of settlers have been unable to se- cure educational facilities. The settlers in many cases are too few to maintain a school of their own, and too distant from an established school to make it practical for their children to attend. BRITISH COLUMBIA USES CORRESPONDENCE COURSES TO CON- TINUE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN SPARSELY SETTLED DISTRICTS. PLAN SUCCESSFULLY USED FOR FIVE YEARS. THIS MIGHT HELP SOLVE THE SCHOOL PROBLEM I‘OR SETTLERS’ CHILDREN IN SPARSELY POPULATED DISTRICTS OF THIS NORTH LAND. Suggestion to fleip Solve School Problem of North l‘i'. Give. the last page studied in each book while attending svhoul ...... 7. General Remarks. ............. . If on receipt of the above informa- tion‘ the deparfiment finds that the applicant is entitled to the Corres- “(7.) The child must live over 3 miles from a school. 'The application form referred to is as follows :â€"â€"â€" British Columbia, Department of Education. (o'orrespondence Courses in Elemen- tary School Sulbjects. Application Form. 3. Name. Age and Address. “.3. Has Applicant ever attended “‘ (‘6). Tuition, exercise paper and I, .ooks issued by the Free Text book ln‘ano'h are all furnished free of charge. “/7\ 'I‘L.‘ ,.L:1,J n..-“ 1:-“ __---- r) “(5). Our Lessons are prepared and assignments made from the aut- horized Text books of British Colum- hi3. “ (4). Lessons 1 to 6, or less, (de- pending on the distance from post oflioe) are sent. The .pupil works lessons 1 to 3 and on completion sends them to this Office (the Office of the Instructor) for correction, and while these are in transit the child is going ahead with lessons 4, 5, and 6. Af- ter lessons 1 to 3 are corrected they are returned along with lessons 't', 8 and 9. “(1). The parents write in ask- ing that their children be enrolled for the Course. “(2). If eligible. our Application Form is sent to them. “(3). On receipt of same, the children are placed in the grades ac’- cording to the information given in the school records. etc? lows: Has Applicant ever attended school“! .............. If 50, state Reader used. . . . . . . . How far does the applicant reside from the nearest public school . . . . Give the name and author of each school 'book in your possession . . . . THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO â€"’â€"â€"_ , A college education usually de- pends on Whether the lboy W'as sent or went of his own accord. Jas. Heppleston *The following are the players tak- ing part in the Sweepstake, the gross score, handicap and net score of each. Dr. H. H. Moore ...... >. 91-22 69 W. H. HV-ylcie ......... 83-12 71 J. W. Fogg ........... 00-512 00 .p. E. Cooper .......... 88-16 72 'H. 'M. Steven .’ ......... 91-24 67 J. M. Bowery .......... 90-26 6-1 C. G. Williams ......... 83-18 65 V. H. Emery ........... 86-20 66 W. S. .VIacpherSOII ...... 102â€"18 5‘4 J.Su11'ivan............. 9042 78 H. (7. Garner ...... 95-18 77 H. Skavlem .......... 115â€"22 93 J. R. Rutherford ...... 00-22 00 is. R. MeCoV .......... 95-24 71 J. \V. Bacon .......... 91â€"14: 77‘; R. W. Robbins ........ 104432 82‘ ‘R. F. Francis ........ 86â€"18 68 l). Sutherland ......... 90-20 70 Chas. N. Amer ......... 00-20 00 D. W. ()’lS'ulli\'an ...... 00-920 00 G. H. F. Adams. . . . . . . . 91-22 69 J. Grassett ............ 97-22 75 A. ll. Riddell .......... 88-22 66 The lowest net score was made by Mr. J. M. Bofwery with a net 64.. Messrs C. G. \Wlliams and W. H.’ \Vylie tied for the lowest gross score both these players making an 83. Mr. Williams also came second in the net scure with a 65. A. E. Hidden and V. H. Emery coming in third with 66. 0 Saturday afternoon the Ti'nnnins Golf IC'luvb held another Sweepstake, twenty-four members of the Chub taking part in this event. The day was fine for golrfing, though threaten- ing rain kept quite a number 'from participating in this event. It would appear that the plan suc- cesstt‘ully carried out in British Col- umbia would prove of great advan- tage for this North Land. The mat- ter is urged upon the Ontario De-T partanent for the closest oonsidera- tion. Alberta has already followed the example of British Columbia in this assistance to children who would otherwise be deprived of educational facilities. Boards of Trade and ot- hers interested in the North Land might do well to assist in every way in urging the consideration of this plan upon the Ontario Department of Education. RESULT OF SWEEP-STAKE EVENT LAST SATURDAY. pondence Course, text books and 168- sons will be forwarded. liie ......... 83-12 .' ........... 00-512 31' .......... 88-16 in .’ ......... 91-84 ary .......... 90-26 ams ......... 83-18 ery ........... 86-20 )herson ...... 1012-18 ........... 9042 er ...... ' . . . 95-18 1 .......... 115â€"2 2 mford ...... 00-29 m .......... 95-24 on .......... 91â€"14: rihins ........ 10432 1(‘iS ........ 86 18 n d ......... 90-20 mm ......... 00-20 ullivan ...... 00-920 la‘ms. . . . . . . . 9-1-2“) ............ 97-29 71‘ 00; 72 67: 64‘. 65 66 5‘4 78 77 93 00 71 7‘7 82 68 70 00 00 69 75 1 93 00 71 Tl 82 68 70 00 Vial. The busv 111311 has few Mie- visitors to the boiling pot the flies come not.â€" Benjamin Franklin. If the “fr-nit 'belt” is at Nortlh Bay this year, with the improved ser- vice on the '1‘. N. 0., Timmins may expect to he in the “fruit melt” next seasAn, with peaches, plums, grapes: and so (m, to perfection. “'Some of the finest peaches offered for sale in North ‘Bay on Saturday were those grown right in the town limits. These peaches were far lar- ger than the ofi'erings from the Nia- gara district, had just as nice bloom and appearance and excellent flavor” The Advance has never tired of pointing out that any in the South who imagine that the North {Land is a place of cold and snow in winter and winter most of the year are 1a- bouring under very serious misappre- hension. If they think this country a barren sort. of wilderness where no- thing can grow but. hockey teams, they should think some more and something else. It. has been proven beyond question or doubt that as a land for the production of garden produce this country is ditfi‘cult to equal. The finest produce may be wrou 11 hereâ€"and has lbeeu 0You 11 here -â€"and is being grown here. The agâ€" ricultural possibilities of the North Land, believed in some years ago by a few far-sighted people lime turned today in actualities. as is exidenced lby the prosperous and productixe farms near every centre of popula« tion in this North |Land. To day no one but a 'Peter Grant wpuld ques- tion.the North Land as an agricul- tural .country. And now, anyone with vision can see this North Land as holding its own in the finer and more delicate plants. The growing season seems to be lengthening from year to year, and in any event it appears to be a fact that the winter occupies less of the year and the cold is less severe. The climate of the South seems to come farther north. Last week the “'fruit lbelt” got as far as North Bay. In a year or two it may be around Timminvs. Indeed, there are many who believe it to be here already. and in proof of this point to‘ the fruits and flowers that flourish herea‘bouts. 'But at least it must 'be; admitted that the “fruit belt” canl claim North 'Bay. In Witness Where- of reafl this paragraph from the last issue of The Nugget :â€" FRUIT BELT SEEMS TO BE COMING- I‘ARTHBR NORTH 1:]. R. Riggs; Ryan Murry Drug (30., Timmins; W. D. Pearce Sons, South Porcupine. A pleasant andagrccuble sweet and a Gordon Block BARRIS’I'BR, SOLICITOR, BTO. .flfier every meal Frank J. Kehoe