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fo In the essayâ€"writing competition held under the auspices of the Home and School Association, Erie Donaldâ€" son won second place. His essay is given below and will be found to be cleverly thought out and well written, The firstâ€"prize essay was published last week in The Advance and the third prize essay will appear in the next week‘s issue. The subject selectâ€" ed for the essay competition was: ‘‘"How Can I Best Fit Myself to Beâ€" come a Citizen of Northern Ontario?" The following is Eric Donaldson‘s essay :â€"â€" Second Prize Won by Eric Donaidson in Competition Held Under the Auspices of the Home and School Asâ€" sociation. â€" Third Prize Essay Will be Published in Next â€" Issue of The Advance. Think again of British Columbia before she joined with the Dominion. They were isolated by thousands of miles from Canada and even separâ€" ated by a lofty barrier of mountains which were main factors in separatâ€" ing one people.from another in anâ€" cient times. In the face of all this British €olumbia united with Canada and promised to wait ten years if necessary for a railroad that it might Second Prize Essay in South Porcupine Boy‘s Competition Though coâ€"operativeness is one of main features of any scheme it is sometimes necessary for one man who has a farâ€"seeing mind for the future, to go ahead himself and put a scheme through even though the majority of the people are opposed. But there is hardly any plan that is successful when it is conducted in this way because the people do much to ruin a good plan by refusing to coâ€" operate. A question may be asked: "How ecan you and I singly coâ€"operate?‘ Well, you and I cannot do much sinâ€" gly but if everybody thought the same way where would we be now? A sense of duty and patriotism, I think, comes next. Canada might never have risen to her present staâ€" tion had it not been for the great sense of duty and patriotism towards the future that prevailed in Canada‘s most troublesome periods in history; we would probably be part of some other nation as you might well know. Think of the United Empire Loyalists What was there for them in Canada at the time of their flight into Canâ€" ada. They had left in some cases, magnificent homes, and vast estates for the vast, unexplored wilderness of forests and streams in Canada. They had come to a land wherein they worked hard and were often disapâ€" pointed. ' From King John the first‘s reign in England till the present time who have destroyed and made some of the best policies of the present day? You will find that it can all be traced down to the people themselves. Well, then, it is seen with ease that a coâ€" éperative spirit is one of the essenâ€" tials of good citizenship. _ TEA good tea The ORANGE PEKOE is extra good. Try it ! Sometime! Why not this time? In order to be patriotic, we must be patient and content to wait years if necessary for the fulfillment of our purpose. This is very often, in fact too often, the case of any district proâ€" mise. If you want a road built into a townshlp because you have a farm there, you will probably wait several years before you get it. This is very discouraging and the settler is apt to give up his land and settle elsewhere. The settler who waits for the road unite them closer to Canada. To be loyal to Northern Ontario one must not be dismayed, at the thought of such petty things as cold and snow in winter and mosquitoes in summer. _ Why, we in Northern Onâ€" tario have an easy time compared with other countries with different conditions. When you are thinking of the hardships of making a living in Northern Ontario think also about the pleasure you have. We have one of the best farming districts in Canada and one of the richest mining fields in the world. We have streams teemâ€" ing with fish and forests alive with came. Taking a trip on the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario railroad one will see what patriotism has done to our district. When it was first built stations were made every five miles even though they were cut out of the virgin forest. And now view the scene that the hand of man had wrought. Nearlv every station has grown into a fair sized town. For miles on some parts of the railroad the passengers can look over acres of waving grain, interwoven with sparkling streams, to the distant blue hills. Gradually the scene changes; the plain is cut up by rocky ridges, which thrust themselves through the soil. The blue hills come closer. The scene changes to one of wild g@grandeur. The train: dashes Take for instance the trunk road, it will be nearly ten or fifteen years before it will bring any value but we petitioned for it hoping that it will develop our country with greater speed than at present. Patience is closely related to patâ€" riotism or duty and it is a hard thing to keep. The man who has patience is envied because most of us want to have everything done in less time than it takes to tell. through rocky cuts and comes out again onto short plains. Here and there can be seen a lake or river peeping through the green foliage. The passenger‘s view is becoming more and more limited till at last all he can see is a continuous rocky vale with an occasional lake breaking his now monotonous view. â€" The train has rounded another curve and he is amazed to find a large town with mills and shafts seattered around the disâ€" tant hills. This is the scene one would now see and as to how it originated, it can all be traced back to the patriotâ€" ism and coâ€"operation of the people. You and I individually can help by looking towards the future and thinkâ€" ing about the good points of our land. Refuse to think about your failures and disappointments and start anew. Success nearly always come to this individual. If you were asked to coâ€"operate in forming an organization for the beneâ€" fit of something that would never reâ€" pay you though it would immensely benefit some other generation, would you go into it with all your heart? This is an extreme case of patriotism and anybody that does this is a true citizen of the North. may never receive any benefit from it till the day be dies. On the other hand the road may come through in years and make the settler well off. The latter is often the reward of a patient settler, especially in Northern Ontario. We agitated for a road through Northern Ontario for almost five years till the government last year deâ€" cided to build the road _ This is an example of a reward for patience In order to be a true citizen you must not decline a proposition because it takes a few years. It took hundreds of years to build the ancient cathedrals of England and France, and were the builders dismayed when some of their plans failed and they had to start all over again? It is easily seen that they didn‘t because the present cathedrals, such as Rheims and Westminster, are monuments to their patience. THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO Patience is one of the greatest asâ€" sets of any citizen. He must be conâ€" tent to wait and watch the years roll by to gain his object. As it is, sometimes it‘s a failure. If he fails he must make an iron resolution that he will start all over agaimn. One case of extreme patience like this was in the recent Haileybury fire. _ The people were burnt out of their home but they built another. It was burnt in the great fire. If I‘m not mistaken I think that they‘ve built another house in Haileybury and are still living there. Many farmers came up here before the railroad was built and started farms. They lived in great hardship and prixation for several years. They now have prosperous farms and comâ€" fortable homes, the reward of their patience, If you have the chance to open up the country: at the cost of a few years‘ time and labour don‘t throw it down because it‘s a long time, but think of the future and what it ho!lds for this land. An old adage says that fortunes are not made in a day. It is not hard to find out if this is true. An imâ€" mense number of failures are caused by impatience on the part of the perâ€" son who undertakes to do this or that. Unselfishness is the most exacting virtue that is known. You know how hard it was yourself, when you were a little boy, to give part of your cake or candy to another child and you cannot remember many times that the other child received the larger part. A man rarely ever has the honour of being called a totally unselfish man. ~This ~is probabkly what most citizens of a town lack. § When Canada was advocating for the uniting of Nova Seotia to the Dominion; the people of this province weren‘t enthusiastic because they thought it would ruin their trade. The sarmme thing happened just lateâ€" ly when Montre: al opposed the idea of enlarging canals so as larger ships could come into Lake Ontario. They argued that the trade would go to Toronto though this answer is supâ€" posedly wrong. The present extension of the Temisâ€" kaming and Northern Ontario railâ€" road that was started to Hudsonâ€"Bay is another case of selfishness. _ We don‘t want it built because we can‘t see where we are going to get any benefit out of it. are not. If we are asked to coâ€"operâ€" ate in building some building for other péople‘s enjoyment we shouldn ‘t argue alout the cost and what‘s the use, but instead give as much coâ€"operâ€" ation as we can, for this all helps to put our town on the map and to give us a wider knowledge of cther places. ‘ We should not always want the government to give us a preference because we need it just as bad as they Another example proves that our views are wrong. â€" When the Temisâ€" kaming and Northern Ontario railâ€" road was being built, it wasn‘t known that there were vast deposits of gold and silver along the route and yet when the railroad was built these minerals were discovered and the railâ€" road proved its value. _ Even now in the vicinity of this extension, China To make a good eitizen we unselfish to some extent. If unselfish to great degree w find people taking advantag One cannot be very unselfish tent. i1 we were degree we would advantage of us. unselfish it others asked to coâ€"operâ€" must be do. If we wait we will soon be reâ€" warded with some other preference equally as good or even better. We cannot all have the best of everyâ€" thing that goes, and we have to take disappointments _ sometimes. We should always try to think of how it will affect other localities when we get any road or school or any of these grants made by our Governâ€" ment. We do not absolutely have to live up to the above standards, as life wouldn‘t hardly be worth living and besides we would lose the fun of arâ€" guing with the other fellow whether this is a wise project or not. In order to understand the business of the country one must have an education. . How can a person take part in the development of their counâ€" try when he never reads the daily papers or magazines and when he does he is not able to understand it ? A lot of people when asked why they vote for a certain party answer that they vote thus because their fathers did, although they have no idea why their fathersâ€"voted for the certain party. Then again a lot of people don‘t vote because they don‘t see the use. When one has even a public school education, he or she knows why they vote for a certain party and why they didn‘t vote for another party. A large number of people don‘t know when our last Premier of the Dominion was elected. If we have an education we can think out for ourselves whether one party‘s princeiples are right or wrong, and what good they will do the counâ€" try at large. _ Wher the party goes into power we read the papers and find out whether the party has lived up to its principles and what is the result. When we go to meetings of the political sort we can understand what the person is talking about. In local affairs we read the papers ‘and see that the council has passed a reâ€" solution saying that a new road will be built into such and such a place or that a new street be opened up on this or that side of the town. _ We can look over the reasons for doing can look over the reasons for doing this and decide for ourselves if council is right in doing this. â€" We might think :â€"‘*well, that is a pretty spot by that hill and it is at a conâ€" venient distance from the business section. _ Waterworks could also ‘be easily put in and a sidewalk wouldn‘t cost much.‘‘~ Then again we might think that that is a nasty place for a street. The railroad runs just a few yards from the place and it‘s too far away from the station and business section. It is nearly all rock and it will be terribly hard to put in waterâ€" works or to build a decent road and that hardly any people would live in a place like that. If the school board decides to put ids l Oe OR n hn n i t h t Pn‘ 00008 Bd 4 195C GUA RANTEES A CON a playground around the school equipâ€" ;ped with a field for baseball and footâ€" ‘ball, we would probably think :â€" “\Vell, this gives the children more inâ€" terest in school besides giving them fresh air and exereise."‘ * The school board might possibly deâ€" cide to build another school. _ We could see the value of this, by thinkâ€" ing: if they have another school the children will have more room and there won‘t be any sent home because of lack of accommodation. If it is a city we happen to live in and it decides to make a park, we may be able to say that new park will make our city look fresher and more attractive to visiâ€" tors; it will be a nice place to sit down for while on some hot day and the children will have a chance to see how beautiful nature really is. If we have an education we can unâ€" derstand every thing that it going on, which helps us to become a good citiâ€" zen. Through all these paragraphs I have given reasons and examples of BRONCHITIS : LA GRIPPE:â€" PNEUMONIA THE ONLY GENUINE IS PERRY DAVIS PAINKILLER AND THUS PREVENTS failures and success of these different policies of a good citizen. To sum up all, in order to ‘be a good citizen of Northern Ontario I must coâ€"operate with the people of my community in anything that will go towards the bettering of the land, I must have the patience to wait for anything that is early in its coming. I must be unselfish and be willing to give, up to a certain extent, so that other people might be happy. 1 must stick to my country even though I am disappointed time and again. ~J must try and get a good education, which is about the only policy that 1 tan do and do well at my present age. Over all these I must be content with my lot, whatever it is, and be willing to work hard though there may be no visible goal to work for. A grease spot on a man‘s suit of clothes is all that you can remember of the way he was dnessed. That‘s how our poor minds function. We specialize on the imperfections,