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‘ t t w _ _%% «t + o . .Wo n Be ie Ne Te T0 a Te a Te Te To Sn J Te e atea 2o Te o o a Sn aite on es S aBe Sn Sn ce 20 ols o n a 2o 2o ts ie o0 30 a 30e 2s e3 e 30 On Friday and Saturday, February 6th andâ€"7th, Larry Semon will appear in *"The Girl in the Limousine."‘ This is the first sevenâ€"reel eomedy to star Larry. Usually, he has feaâ€" tured in twoâ€"reelers. ‘‘The Girl in Two special comedies are slated for the Old Empire Theatre next week. On Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 2nd and 3rd, ‘‘Seeond Youth,""* deseribed as a humorods classic, will be the feature. Walter Catliett and Alfred Lunt are supported by a clever cast in this sideâ€"splitter. TWO SPECIAL COMEDIES AT OLD EMPIRE THEATRE. es ts TEA is good tea A tea your grocer recommends is usually good tea Country Practical Experience. Every repair carries a twelve months‘ guaranâ€" tee. _ Note address and come and enquire Our Charges. x . 28 Second Avenue, near Rink. Whose work has long giyen satisfaction in the North Land and is backed by a thor®ugh Old Watches Clocks and Jewelry. 3 Why send them to Toronto, when you can get them revpaired in Timmins, at F. W. WHIT FORD®‘S most grocers recommend it * 4* + + #4 @ # t# #4, + 4# # # ¢#+ *# #4#, 4 oo:“ #@ #+ 4 #4 ¢ # #4 # 4 *#4 *4 # *# Â¥* # *4 # # ## #% t #Â¥4#4 * *# * # + *4 * #4 #. # #* *# * * “.“ #. _@ * + * #+ + # #* # #4# # * "® t# * # A woman‘s tears are the most powerful water power known to man. the Limousine,"‘‘ is of a different type to the regular Larry Semon eomâ€" edy, but all who enjoy Larry usually will be delighted with this longer and better comedy while it is also makmg hosts of new friends for him. . He is supported by Claire Adams, Charlie Murray, Lucille Ward, Larry Steers, and Oliver Harding. The New York newrpapers deseribe ‘‘The Girl in the Limousine,‘‘ as a melodramatic farce comedy that makes ideal entertainâ€" ment and provides real, genuine comâ€" edy and humor. ‘*Silver production,‘‘ he said, *‘ has been given new hopes from the develâ€" opments in Gowganda, Cobalt and south Lorrain. _ Everything points to an increased gold production in Dome, Hollinger, MeIntyre and the bg Kirkland Lake mines. There is no indieation of any of these mines reaching the end of their ore reserves Capital, too, is going in frecly for eold ands silver development." ‘*The outlook for mining at the beâ€" ginning of 1925 couldn‘t be more opâ€" timistic,‘‘ said the. Minister, and his audience, who knew conditions in the North better than any other body oft men in the world, showed by their applause that they agreed. ‘‘All signs warrant the statement,‘‘ said Mr. MeCrea, ‘"the production of gold, silver and nickel should be stepped up by five or ten million dollars withâ€" out any difficulty this year. _ The nickel industry is beginming again to feel the throb of bigger operation.‘"‘ at the banquet given in his honor, he prefaced his remarks by saying that he had been warned to avoid the questions of high explosives and the O.T.A. As he was talking to men who were experts on mining, those present knew when he said that the possibilities of Northern Ontario had hardly been sceratched, he was not merely boosting, but stating a fact not yet fully realized in Canada. The untiring activity of Hon. Chas. MeCrea in keeping the mining indusâ€" try to the front is a matter of much interest and pleasure in the North Land. A despatch last week from Toronto tells of another of Hon. Mr. MceCrea‘s able and informative adâ€" dresses. _ This despatch dated Jan. 23rd. says :â€" ‘‘When the Hon. Charles MceCrea, Minister of Mines, addressed the Toronto branch of the Canadian Inâ€" stitute of Mining and Metallurgy, at the Engineers Club, Tuesday night, ThlG TD BE TRE GREATEST + VET FOR THE MINFS So Says Hon. Mr. McCrea in Interâ€" esting Address at Toronto Last Week. THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO a keener interest in Northern Ontario as indicated by the remarks of Sir John Aird of the Bank of Commerce and W. (G. Gooderman of the Bank of Toronto, recently.~~ ‘‘I hope,"‘ said Mr. MceCrea, ‘"that the day is not far off when our Canadian banks will have an experienced staff of exâ€" perts, to investigate and recommend the loaning of money for legitimate mining enterprise. When this comes, as I believe it will, the first bank to do it will be adding anothecr milestone to the mining history in Canada.‘‘ Mr. MeceCrea‘s second â€" announceâ€" ment was that Mr. Willet G. Miller Ontario‘s â€" Provincial . Geologist, has been elected the president this year of the British Geological Institute in London and he is going overseas shortly to receive his inauguration to office. This is a high honor for an English association to pay to Canada and to Ontario. In concluding the Minister of Mines spoke of the fact that the Canadian business men at large were showing He then made two interesting anâ€" nouncements. ‘‘A world‘s gold conâ€" ference i# being planned in Johannesâ€" burg, South Africa, in 1925, and Onâ€" tario has been invited to send a reâ€"â€" presentative. ‘‘This,""‘ he said, ‘*we ghall do. The Department feels that at this time when a period of deep mining is approaching in Northern Ontario, it will be of inestimable benâ€" efit to have data available here as to the experience of the South African deep mining operations on the Rand‘"‘ He suggested that the Canadian Inâ€" stitute of Mining and Metallurgy should also arrange to send a repreâ€" sentative to Johannesbure. Mr. MeCrea paid a tribute to Canâ€" adian engineers, who, he said, aro playing and will play a great part. He stressed the point that Canadian engineers are more qualified to handle the work in Ontario than the more competent from other fields. ‘* I will always advise outside capitalists who wish to interest themselves in Northern Ontario mining, to consult Canadian engineers,‘‘ he said, and added that he would like also to say a word for the prospectors who sufâ€" fered a good deal of hardship and showed the great spirit that is aboard in the North. uon n 2t ns .24 . * . .t Pastns*nats4t2s* 2a*22* . 2 v’.’.".".”."’006‘0":0’0:0’0’0000‘00 ud edi d d e e ied ie uen dn ie w i ies dn i d ind t ud in ud tw iez ds in in aPnaPna a*ne on * Last week reference was made in these columns to the disastrous fire at the home of Mr. N. Bedour, Browâ€" er Township. The mother and five children were burned to death in the fire that destroyed the home. Only the father escaped with his life. He wandered in bare feet and partially clothed and in a halfâ€"dazed condition to a neighbor‘s house about a mile aâ€" way. He was taken to the hospital WHOLE FAMILY WIPED OUT BY BROWER TWP. FIRE. Judge Godson, of the Ontario Minâ€" ing Court, was the last speaker of the evening and joi@‘ed the others in payâ€" ing a tribute to the Minister of Mines Mr. MceCrea was followed by Mr. Victor Rogs, viceâ€"president of the Imperial Oil Company, who stated that in his opinion the administraâ€" tion of Canada‘s mining resources was one of the most important gor the consideration of Canadian statesâ€" men. _ ‘‘Business men, I believe,"‘ said Mr. Ross, ‘‘are beginning to see that the economie salvation of Canaâ€" da lies in her mineralized rocks."‘ 4 E AT HERE WN â€" SAKE Courtesy, Service and Satisfaction are the three things that have built our busiâ€" ness. Business Folks Lunch every day, from 12 to. 2â€"â€"50¢. Special Sunday evening Dinner, serving local Chicken and Turkey.â€"50c. If you eat away from home and you deâ€" mand good food, properly cooked and courâ€" teously served, you must eventually become a patron of our Dining Room. Meal Ticketsâ€"21 Meals for # * # + #* # + ## #4 # # #4 * « Cas *# # *4 + 4 #+ *# # #4 * # ##* *, 4+ ## * # *4 # 4+ #4 #4 # #© #4 *#* «. # *4 *# # *4 # + #4 # # 4# # # *#* *# *# #4 # # *4 s 4* aa*. .“.“. #4 * # #4 * # *4 * #* @ # 4 *4 ® *# ##4 neteast *# # Recently there has been considerâ€" able staking of claims in MeCann and Playfair Townships, the prosâ€" pectors going in from Matheson chiefly. at Cochrane. He died at the hospiâ€" tal from the burns and exposure he had endured. â€" This means that the fire wiped out the whole family of seven,â€"the father, mother and five young children. So far as the traâ€" gedy can be reconstructed, it would appear that on account of the severe cold the beds had been drawn close to the stove. Possibly some of the bed clothing came in contacet with the red hot stove. In any event the beds caught fire, and the resulting smoke and flames, and the fact that there were no means at hand to fight the fire doomed the building and its ocâ€" cupants from the start. Mr. Bedour was able to get out of the burning house himself, but the burns received in attempting to rescue his family, and his dazed condition due to his inâ€" juries, gave him practically no chance to save himself in the severe cold that obtained at the time.