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Q' be THOMAS I o ECLECTRN 111 me House. Rg‘ ; "Costs little ~ helps mac}: Wri‘l‘ing Paper The Right Way to Boil Potatoes '7‘ â€"’ ' Vivâ€"V ‘AfterEVerMeal POTATO POTS Put the potatoes in an 891 P Enameled Potato Pot. Cover with water. Add salt to taste. Boil until soft. When finished, drain off all the boiling water through the strainer spout. No danger of steam scalding the hands because the handle securely locks the cover on. If your family uses potatoes, you require one of these. Pass it around after every meal. Give the family the benefit of its lid to digestion. Cleans ten Eh too. Keep it (time. rs the house Enameled The link that binds frienciship RBNTRBW NEWSPAPER DOES NOT BELIEVE IN BIG ESTATE. In a recent issue The Renfrew Mercury makes a somewhat bitter at- tack upon The New Liskeard Speaker because that paper referred to a pos- sible legacy that might come to a Charlton lady. “Is that New Ontario journal being paid for the publication of that sort of nonsense, or is it doing so on its own initiative?” asks The Mercury. Anyone who would impugn the motives of The? Speaker in this way tempts to reflec- tions on his own moral standing. The Speaker is unbuyable. For twenty 3 years it has stood foresquare for the people of Temiskaming. It is a kindly newspaper; shrewd enough and clever enough, but never sacrificing honesty, the truth or kindness, to be smart or to pose as sophisticated or ultra wise. The Speaker would never lend its columns knowingly to what The Mercury suggests as another “Spanish Prisoner” type of fraud. That much will be absolutely agreed upon in this North Land. The Mercury appears positive that‘ the Edwards Estate Case is a “pal- pable fraud” and that “only blind unreasoning cupidity could induce any rational person to believe in them.” The Mercury may know all about it. The Mercury may be able to scent a fraud from afar. But the Mercury is wrong in three important particulars in this particular case. In the first place, no Northern On- tario newspaper has had any special interest in the case, except the news iinterest and the kindly human in- terest, such as The Speaker evidenced, in hoping the best for a lady of this North. Land. Second, if the case is l a fraud, it is by no means a very palpable one. The story connected with the Edwards Estate appears quite a reasonable one. It has re- ceived publicity from New York news- papers that believe in their own sophistication as much as The Mer- cury does in its own sweet wisdom. The Toronto Mail Empire (a wise bird when it comes to news values) gave front page prominence recently to a review of the Edwards Estate case. In the third place, if the case is a fraud, it is not on any large scale! like that of the Baker Estate, referred to by The Mercury. Although the case has been under way for some time, no single firm of lawyers, shy- star or otherwise, has attempted to make any money out of the case in any organized way. From what. ap- pears at present, information about the heirs has been gathered at con- siderable expense by one of the heirs himself. He has paid his own ex- penses of the preliminary legal steps in the matter. Recently, however, this heir suggested that he could spend no more and that it would be necessary for each of the two thou- sand other heirs to contribute a small amount. to carry on the fight. The Advance did suggest to one interested in the matter that it would be well to hesitate a long time before sending a single cent. It is always good policy when anyone suggests spending money to turn one’s thoughts for the time to laying up treasure in Heaven. Still it may be all right after all. The Mercury is scarcely hard-boiled enough to be too sure. In any event it is not greed that is impelling any of the heirs up this way. Far from it. Up to date no one concerned in the case has shown any greed. And The Mercury alone has been bitter. If The Mercury in its superior wis- dom can do anything to prevent honest, unassuming people, acting in good faith, from being victimized by any fraud, palpable or otherwise, it should hop to it in detail, instead of doing the honours to itself at large. A Timmins reader of The Mercury has handed the clipping of, the edi- torial about The Speaker to The Ad- vance with the question, “Now what do you think has made the Old Merk. so mad?’ ’ The answer 'is that it may be, bitter memories. Some years ago The Mercury gave some prominence to the story of a local lady being heir to an estate in England. On the strength of the publicity received and also on the strength of a fascinating personality that may even have charmed a hard-boiled Mercury, the lady secured extensive credit and beautiful loans. She left in state to collect personally the sweet fortune overseas. She did not reach Eng- land. Instead, she was stopped at a place a little further east and even- tually went to jail on the charge of forging or raising a cheque. Appar- ently there was no fortune, no heirs, no money, no nothing. Oh, it was awful, Mabel! Tears were shed,â€" big briny, burning tears. It may be that ever since The Mercury has hated fortunes, estates and heirs, and all the vast et cetera. Men live and learnâ€"occasionally. But newspapers always have the comfort that what- ever interests people is interesting in a newspaper. ' The fellow ”who pulls on the oars doesn’t have time to rock the boat. Exchange. T. M]. EARNINGS 1924 SHIIW INEREASE “"1923 THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO Rule Among Other Railways Was a Falling-on in Revenue for Year. The annual report of the T. 35 N.O.1 Railway for 1924 shows that the People’s Railway has done a little better than the average railway on this continent. 'Most of the railways have to admit a falling-off in revenue for last year, 'but the T. N.O. 'had a slight increase ($2,849.00) oven the previous year. And this despite the fact that the revenue from freight fell off $139,926.00, on nearly ten per cent. «The increase in passenger traffic was due to the increased .popu- lation of the North Land. The net revenue amounted to $839,697.00, en- abling the Railway to tunn over $750,- 000.00 to the Treasury of Ontario. Some features of the year’s oper- ations are as follows :â€" Freight earnings decreased $135,409. Passenger revenue increased $95,237. uTnansportation expenditures de- creased $209,601. The improved showing in the net resu'lt was due to the cutting down of expenditures. Commissioner 'Lee points out that! pronounced dullness in all operating revenues 'caused the railways of Can- ada to Show a falling off of $12,000,000 in the year’s business, but “so 'far as that lpart of Northern Ontario tribu- tary to the T‘.N.‘O. Railway is concern ed, general business conditions haue compared favorably with other years and a steady improvement and pro- gress is recorded in most lines of en- deavor, especial'iy in the mining of precious metals. lNew lands \harfe What would your little one say on the food question? If nursed, it would be a happy story, for no food can excel that supplied by Nature. But the infant on Eagle Brand is a contented cherub, too. He would tell you how he looks forward to his feedings, how he relishes each bottle. He’d assure you Eagle Brand agreed with him; you’d know it did because it is always of the same richness and strength, so easily digestedâ€"and safe because of its absolute purity. Eminent physicians, experienced nurses and millions of mothers are agreed that Eagle Brand is the one safe food for bottle-fed babies. And if further proof were'required. it exists in the fact that Eagle Brand has served three , . generations. "“" been brought unden cultivation for agricultural and general farming purâ€" poses and mining interests and pros- pecting 'have materially increased.” The Kirkland Lake branch, 22.5 miles long, was completed; also the South Lorrain branch of 17 miles. The extension toward James Bay was operated for 43 miles, pending the completion of the other 30 miles. The stimulus to development thy the first two branches was expected to make bOth lines quickly self-support- 1112'. Part of Northern Ontario now d:- velops 145,000 ‘horse-powen for the mines, and local industries. The mining output. in gold alone will establisrh a new record of $25,000,000. Forest products provided 41 per cent. of the tonnage of the railway; manufacttrred goods etc, 32 .per cent; mines products,‘7" ..... pen cent; agricult- ural and animal products, 5 per cent. The reports states that “An under- taking o-f great magnitude and far- reaching effects in the development of Northern Ontario is the extensim of the provincial ‘highway system into the 'very ‘heart and centre of the min- ing areas.” mmaifi The T. N.O. Railway represents an asset of $33,000,000. It is in excellent physical condition. Fire insurance of $3,052,000 is carried. L. O. Tremblay, D.P.A., 87 Main Street aye, North Bay, Ont. 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