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opinion. His father, Mr. Joseph Be”. say that be was just as promising mentalh and morallv as he was from the phxzsical \ieWpomt. “A very fine lad. ” "mama to be the general There are many unusually sad fea- tures; about this death. The youth. though only fifteen years of age. was a splendid sample of young manhood. He was nearly six foot in height and splendidly built, strong. stmdy and handsome. Those who knew the lad JTjseph Bell. 1:") years old, met death On Friday afternoon. July Blst, in the Porcupine River at, Hoyle. being drowned after being upset from a cahoe. He and two other young men were amazing on the river when w canoe overturned throwing them ' into the river. The two other lads were able to said} ashore, but Joseph Bell not being-a swimmer was drowned before help could reach him. After reviewing the known facts of the areident the corner decided that a jury inquest was not necessary. 4‘GeneraiPublic Hospital To Open Here About Sept. 1 Joseph Bell, Aged 15 Years, Meets Death in Waters of Porcupine River. Father Now Employed at the Hollin- ger. Funeral at Timmins on Tuesday. Mr. L. Show. formerly one of the best-k1mwu zmd most popular of the 'I‘. N1). ,lmssenger train engineers on the Porcupine run, but now on the Swastikaâ€"Kirkland Lake electric iine, was a visitor to 'l‘immins over the weekend. So far as known he had 1111 living relatives The luneral tuuk plane on Sunday to the 'l‘iuunins' (‘e1119t'ei\. Special semives were mndmoted at Easton’ 5 Funeral Pzn‘lurs by Adjutant (‘ume of the Suluitiun \x'my while at the. grave the oummittal serviw of The Labour Unions “as obserxetl. Drowned from Canoe at Hoyle On Friday Afternoon Last (me of the wellâ€"known old-time resi- dents of this part of the North liand passed ava'v on Friday last, July 1:1, in the person of Mr. Jack ()rdc. who died at the Cairns Hospital after an illness extending over several weeks. Some time ago he had an attack of pneumonia from which he made satisfactory recovery, but his health otherwise failed him and he died last Friday. the immediate oause of death l'heing arterial trouble. The late Mr. ()rde was fifty years of age at the time of death. He came to this country from his native land of England. He was in the Porcupine as early as 1914 and his agreeable character, his generosity and his gentlemanly disposition Won him hosts of friends among all the old-timers ‘.10 will truly mourn his death. He was very widely known and respected by all. For some time he was Secretary of the Porcupine Miners' Union. Later he went into business for himself conducting the. St. Charles Hotel. More recently he was interested in an automobile gar- age business in Moneta. He was a strong Labour l'nion man. but always was fair to the viewpoint of others who might differ with him. ‘ Well-Known Old Timer of the North Dies in Hospital. some time past there has been agita- tion here to establish a general public hospital but very time steps were taken in the matter the difficulty of financing the institution seemed to call a halt. The new public hospital will he established without the public being- asked to assist in financing, though. of course there is little doubt that in the future the public will be pleased to assist in the support of the general hospital. It is understood than on :1 recent M3. JAEK [lflfli PRSSEI NM 3% ”mm MST Will be Conducted by the Sisters of Providence and Will be Open to All. New Hospital Will be Well Equipped ‘and Will Be of Much Benefit to Town and District. V0}. ’X. No. 31 'I‘ir'nmins is to have a General Public Hospital, to open here about Sept. lst. This announcement, made by Rev. Fr. Therianlt on Sunday. has mused much interest and satis- faction. It willifill a long-felt need here. The new general publiv lumpi- {al will he upen In a”. The ink-n- liicm is i") haw it ihumughly H3! tu- Paid ll ume time past, there 1 ion here to establish a uspital but very tin: aken in the matter t1 id Circulation Last Week 2350 THE PORCU INE ADVANT‘“ \nth vamp] equipxutnt he Sisters . fullest ass a H ll wiH be a fit nplete ”per: wt. 1! will he in his of Providence, gtssurunce that it x the very best wn nt in teen- Him: 1y. (1 [In \‘hich \‘ill H IN b6 is employed at the Hollinger Mine, and it was intended that the lad should join the family here in a day or two, being left uf Hoyle. to look after affairs there for only a day or two. The sympathy guing out to the bereaved family in their said loss is very deep and very sincere. The funeral took piace on Tuesday of this week. ing conducted by Rev. R. of St. Matthew’ 3 church. ment being made in the cemetery. The late Joseph Bell. Jr., was born in England, and had been in Ontario since he was about three wars old. He had lived with the familv at 11on9 1‘01 some tVVo Vears past, and all at Hone hme nothing but. good words for the dead ho). and deepest sym- path} for the parents in this tragic accident. In addition to the bereaved father and mother, a younger brother and sister survive; There was a largely-attended meev ing held after the church services on Sunday evening in the New Empire Theatre, the purpose being to organ- ize a French-Canadian Society in Timmins. There were a number of inspiring and interesting addresses. Mr. Bradette, of Coehrane, being among the speakers. Among the special features on the programme was a Very tine solo by Mr. J. B. Pare, whose talented singing roused the. greatest enthusiasm and gave the highest pleasure. The meeting took the preliminary steps in organizing a society for social purposes and to foster high ideals and advanee the in- terest in the history, literature. music and art of the pioneer people of the country. Mr. and Mrs. \V. Arundell and two suns left for North Bay this week to vioit relatives in the new city. FRENCH-CANADIAN CLUB ORGANIZED IN TIMMINS Northern Ontario received its first taste of honest-toâ€"gooduess battling by gladiutm's ot' the padded knuckles last Saturday night, when the New Liskeard A. A. put on a 'ard ot' (Tana- (lian champions and local professional boxers. No boxing bout ever before gave such complete satisfaction as those held last. week in New Liskeard. The card comprised three champions a‘ndc, nine near-champions. Efforts have been made'to have the chain- pions show their wares in Timmins on Friday. Undoubtedly, the won- derful display of science, speed and knockouts on the New Liskeard card will bring forth the Timmins crowd to the New Empire Theatre on Friday, Augr. 7th, to give loyal support to the spore that is the deligth of all red- blooded men. visit to Montreal, Rev. Fr. Theriault was able to make the necessary ar- rangements resulting in the decision to establish a general public hospital at 'l‘immins in charge of the Sisters of Providence. ' Particular-s as to the location of the new hospital have not been an- nounced but it Would appear to he likely that the building now occupied hv tie (‘airns Hospital will be used, at least at first. Mrs. I‘xlotfat, who pro~ \'l(l(~i Tinnnins for five years with much-needed hospital accommodation for the general public, expects to dis- continue the work as soon as the new hospital is ready to take it up. For some years Mrs. Moffatt, despite all sorts oi" «liflicnlties, provided hospital accommodation for the general pub- lic. without much material return to herself, though the accommodation to the public was very valuable and necessary. Recently Mrs. Mottat has added to the equipment. installing," a well- eqnipped and modern operating room, and bringing the. (.‘airns Hospital to a high standard. IEMNBFH MEATS - HfllMES ET llfiKEflflfl r10! likl Iw lea: Contender Gives Champion Six Gruelling Rounds. at Timmins services be- S. Cushing. and inter- Timmins TIMMINS, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5th, 1925 The Band is very grateful to the many who assisted in making the event the'success it proved to he desâ€" pite the indifferent weather. To the merchants who contributed prizes so generously this year, to the commit- tees. to the public for its patronage and to those assisting on the day, the thanks of the Band is extended for their good assistance. The following are the winners in the various events:â€" Boys’ foot race, under 10 years-~- lst. L. Ruchie; 2nd, J. Parysack. Girls’ foot race. under 10 years-- lst. P. Muller; 2nd, 0. Hawse. Boys’ double, canoe race, 1/2mile.â€"â€"- lst. 'l‘. Clarence and A. Kendall. The fifth annual Regatta ot' the Tiuunins Citizens’ Band was held on Wednesday afternoon last at the Mat- tagami Landing Timmins. The weather was poor, it being cold and the morning having threatened rain. However by 2.30 there was a crowd of about 1200 or 1500 at the Landing. There was a good programme of sports, including foot 'aces for the youngsters, swimming ‘aces, canoe races, diving, chasing the duck, greasy pole, gunwale canoe race, and many other sports and novelties. Be-' fore the event the Band played on the Imperial Bankcorner, and during the afternoon also furnished music to the crowds at the Regatta. The pro- g'amme was an attractive one i and was well handled throughout, the off:- cials includingzâ€"Messrs. Jas. Giels, J. Cowan. G. Carson, C. Grill, G. A. Macdonald, A. Prout, Fire Chief A. Borland. C. E. MacDonald and others. Mr. A. Prout, ViceJ’resident of the Band, perched on the top of the bridge, made fine use of the mega- phone in announcing the events. Ladies’ swimming raceâ€"elm. Miss J. Brisson; 2nd. Miss Dorothy Dodgy. Ladies' double canoe raceâ€"«lst. Misses Riddler and Desautelles: 2nd. Misses Irene \Vilson and Rose Burns. Boys” swimming rackâ€"1m, Roy Robertson; 2nd. A. Pun-in. Men’s single canoe racewlst, M. MacMillan; 2nd, J. Reid. Miss Anne Gaffney, whn has been a member of the staff of JOhn W. Fogg Limited for the past three years, left on Monday for her home at Belleville, Ont. ' Another :ase before the Judge was the appeal against the assessment by the 'l_‘ownship of 'l‘isdale ot’ the power line f'Iom Island Falls to the Hollin- ger Mine. This line has been sold to the Abitibi PoweI Paper (o The contention of the appellants was that the line had only been in use some twenty-four hours for testing pur- poses and had now been .removed all together and so should only be as- sessed as scrap, and even this assess- ment should only be for the year the line was up. In this case Judge Caron reserved judgment. Mr. O’ Sullivan represented the Hollinger, Mr. Smilev, the Abitibi and Mr. G. H. Gauthier appeared for the Township About 1,500 Attended Fifth Annual Regatta Under Aus- pices of Timmins Citizens’ Band. Programme for Day was a Good One and Run Through 1n Effective Way. Band Regatta Successful Despite the Poor Weather "l‘here were also appeals by three men lodging in the T. N. 0. hunk- house. These men were assessed for the bunklmuses, the figures being $1,530.00, making taxes run about $00.00. The Judge decided that these men shuuld not he assessed in this wav. houses are not taxable. Tiunuins, (Rwhrane and other towns in the North Land, however, hold that the 'l‘. N. O. residences should be taxed the same as any other residence proâ€" perty and that it is going- outside the intention of the Act in regard to Crown property to ('laim that these houses should be exempt. The up- peals on Wednesday included appeals for the residences ot’ the station agent, section foreman, hmnnotive crew foreman, etc. Mr. Smiley, re- presented the appellants, and Mr. D. W. (')’Sullivan represented the Town. The cases were laid over until after the hearing of the test case in (loch- ranoe to be heard before Judgae Caron on Friday, August 28th, when the matter of theprineiple of the assess- ment of the 'J‘. N. U. residen'ees will be dealt with. His Honour Judge Caron was in Timmins last. week and heard appeals from the Court of Revision on the assessment of the town. The chief cases of- interest were those of the T. N. 0. Railway employees oeetq')y- ing houses owned by the T. N . 0. The men have an agreement with the T. N. (i). to the efl’eet that the IflXMlflN 0f flAllWflV PflflPfflTV Bffflflf JUDGE Assessment of T. N. 0. Houses De- pends on Test Case at Coch- rane on August 28th. Canoe 'l‘1lt1ngâ€"â€"H. Parker and It. Levinson. There was good competiton in most events. though the coldness of the water and the weather plobablV kept some irom swimming and diving com- petitions. The duck did not make us good :1 run as on some previous oc- casions. but this contest was an en- tertaining one nevertheless. The winning of the gunwale race by Mr. A. Prout- was one of the features of the programme. Alf showing himself a master at this form of canoe work. The canoe rares 1V ere specialh good features. the competition heing keen and the races being very interesting. The Prospectors’ Race “as a sperial number, Messrs. C. E. MacDonald and R. Cornthwaite makinga big hit with their canoe work in apparent imita- tion of Fred TaVlor going doxxn the ice With the puck in the old days of seV'oen man hockey. Before they finished the race they also had a swim- ming contest, but finished all right. The canoe tilting contest was one of the special hits of the day, the con- testants being verv equaUV matched and providing a lenfihy contest. Very general regret has been exâ€" pressed at the departure from tuwn of Mr. and Mrs. H. \Vebb, who left this morning for Toronto to take up resi- dence. They were among the early iresédents of the Camp and had made ’wide eireles ut’ friends in town and they were made the reeipients of a :nunlher nt‘ tnkem ut‘ appreciation and iregard. Mr. \Vehh, who was for ‘yenrs purehasing z-urent fur the ”0]- linger Mine. was presented “My :1 [very handsome silver ten serviee by {the old-timers at the Mine. The stuff yet" the I'Iullinger Stnres. Limited. Ht 5whieh Mr. \Vehh had been u'mnug‘er Sinr‘e the stores were. urn-med by tha' company. also were t'urxx'z-u'd in ex- mress their high regard for Mr. Webb Mens Swimming Haveâ€"15f, L. Howard: 2nd. (". Severt. Crab Canoe Raceâ€"151. C. Sever-t; 2nd, A. Prout. Gunwale Canoe Raceâ€"1st A. Pmut 2nd, C. Severt. Underwater Swimâ€"kt, C‘. Revert; 2nd, R. Levinson. Greasy Pnleâ€"â€"A. Lammbe. Special prize fur High Diveâ€"Mr. Montague. .’_ Mrs. \V. G. Smith returned to Tim- mins on Saturday evening after a seven weeks holiday in southern parts of the provinee."\ Ladies’ Diving Contestâ€"ISL Miss Irene \ Yilson. Mixed Double Canoe Raceâ€"«lst, Miss I. \Vilson and (1}. Reid; 2nd, Miss (.‘. Desautelles and L. Henderson. -â€"â€" Men ’s Diving Contestâ€"lsf. L. How- ard; 2nd A. Lacumhe. Hon. \Ir. \IC'CIea. keeps in the closest touch with every place of in- forest and activity touching on his Department. Pruspectors’ Raceâ€"Messrs, M. and S. MacMillan were easy wnmers at this event. ’ Hon. Chas. McCrea, Minister of Mines for Ontario, was a visitor to the Pm'vm'iine (‘an'ip on 'l‘uesday of this week. He visited the McIntyre Mines in the morning and was enterâ€" tained there at luneheon, Mr. J. P. Biekell, President of the McIntyre, also being at the Mine. In the after- noon Hon. Mr. McCrea visited Tim- mins and the Hollinger. In the even- ing he was the guest of the Dome Mines. Men’s Double (‘zmue Raceâ€"151 Messrs. M. and S. MacMillan; 2nd Messrs. \V. B. Ross. and D. \V Reid Mr. Keddie, formerly of 'J‘orontu, has taken up his duties as manager of the Hnllinger Stores, Limited. in succession to Mr. \Veb'b. voinpany. also were forward to ex- press their high regard for Mr. Webb and their zippi'e(‘-intion of him 1111;! of Mrs. \\'eh'o. A beautiful engraved scroll expressed the esteem in which the staff of the stones hold \11; anti Mrs. \Vebh and the good wishes with Which they are folloued. The I.(). D. I]. .. oi \xliieh Mrs. \\ ebh has been 2‘. \ 01y valued member ior rears, and the \V.A. of St. Matthew’s ' «lunch and other organizations and groups also exprbssed their appreciation and re gard for Mrs. Webb and their goon wishes. by presentations made during the past week. HON. CHAS. MCCREA VISITOR TO DISTRICT THIS WEEK Appreciation Bxpressad on All Hands of Early Residents and Regret at Their Departure. PRESENTATIHNS Mflflf Tl] MB. AMI MRS. H. WEBB iltingâ€"H. Parker and H. W ho Ilt fur been manager opened by th: funx'ard tn 0.x" hus been ex- fmm tuwn of who left this take up resi- A very regrettable accident occurr- ed on Sfiturday evening last when Mr. Ben Curtis had the misfortune to break his leg. As ofttimes happens. this accident was very simply done. Mr. Curtis while dodging the em- brace of one who had imbibed just a little more than enough, caught his foot. underneath a surface water line, and fell. Before he could extricate it, the damage was done, consisting of a position to appreciate any and all concrete evidences of sympathy whim may be extended to himself and family. Tough luck Ben. a fracture of both bones of the ~leg. He IS now 111 the Hospltal, probably for (irweeks or more, and w111 be In as well in the Goodyear (‘up game on Aug 12th, they will give Timmins a good contest. ‘ The Timmins Rugby team Visited the Dome on Saturday evening and took the Dome boys into ramp 9 to 18. Now that there has been a re- organization of the 'l‘immins team. we can look forward to many a good game. The standing in the Mine Softball League up to noon Tuesday was as follows :â€"-â€" A very enjoyable party was given by Mr. Harry Goldsmith and Mr. 'J‘. Mt-l'lwen at the home of Mr. J. Spitz. on Saturday evening, to mutual friends. Harry, Tommy and Mr. Charley Old, are leaving for the Old Country shortly and the party was in the nature of a farewell. The hosts were agreeably surprised and delight- ed when some of the guests presented Harry .with _a dandy club bag. and Tommy with a swell cigarette-vase. The happy crowd didn’t. break up un- til the early hours of the morning. the only kick possible on the occa- sion, beingr that seve'al who weren’t invited guests were conspicuous and who were only tolerated because of the spirit. of ht‘)spitality shown by the hosts who have expressed themselves forcibly sinve, on the subjert of un- invited attenders at a private party. The football match played last week between the Dome and the Tim- mins Town ;'\., was 'worth vatehing', the home team showing: a rare ex- ample of what they can do when they make up their minds to plav.'.l‘i1n- 111ins plaved a hard game and strug- gled \aliantly, but the locals held them on the short end of a two to one score. Tao penalties against the Dome gme exeitement to the Specta- ton; and envouiagement (ahoitixe) to Timmins, and the splendid ooal- keep- in}: in stopping: these. “as well cheered by the (ma d. Begg, as out- side left. is a decided aequisition to the homesters and it' the bovs play hngrs. Mill . Mechs Dome Minus, Aug. 4th The Advance. Mine The Engineers and the Mechanics tied top points in the first series. Mrs. J. Douglas, of Torunto, is visiting her sister, Mrs. R. V. Curtis. Mr. Edgar Roadway, who has made himself very useful to the Mine Soft- ball team, and who is out gathering field experience for himself and geo- logical data for the University of California. left on Monday morning Mr. Ben Curtis Met With Unfortunate Accident Satur- day Evening. Dome Football Team Takes Town A. Team Into Camp. Other Interesting Sprays and Splashes of “Dome Foam.” {he danger hh l'zm fur help. pherson Drug terimned effort all to no efi'ert About .12 u clock noon on Mondm. Alexander Jensen. aged nine year; and twu months. was dunvned at. Pearl Lake, near Todd ’3 duck. north of Mr. J. Long's Shack. The lad. with some uther boys was playing: around the lake. He was walking" ulung in the mum, at the water's (due, and stepped into one ot the deep holes that uum' along the lake. HIe (uuld nut gxxim and dlomwd in a minute m' l\\‘v. Another lad from 'l‘innnin.~: who was with young: Jensen llmng-hl at first that the latter was just, l'unlinu' as Jensen was :2 lively little :‘x-me- :md fund ul' fun and Feel! and Broke 5....e3g While Avoiding Hnmxicated Man Nine-Year-Old Timmins Lad Steps Into Hole at Water's Edge. Doctors Make Determined Effort to Resusci- tate Lad, but All Efforts Unavailing. Sad Drowning Accident at Pearl Lake Monday at Nam] wmwmwmwnmhwmmu. Wu «Cum--1“ s a “mans. A... a . f- V vmute 01' twp ”mums. who w mught at first mHU’lLI‘ (IS Jensen \ I'Mlmv :md fund 01 When the other Inger his (-nnmanim Played .w. . . n 4 Special tu RC (387 500 500 000 \Ve are not positive, but we think that any driver of an auto who only uses one hand to steer with must be of the opinion that the roads are so good now, that no skill is required. How about it, Cass? The Tripods and the A.S.D. Club clashed at softball «in Monday even- ing and the home crew brought home the bacon by ten runs to three. It was a good game, lots of excitement and quite a few spectacular plays. The teams lined up as follows zâ€"Dome Carlyle, p., Brooks, 0., Mason, lst 1)., Caswell, 2nd b.. Reid, 3rd b., Fidock, 0.11, Campbell, r.l'., Ross, s.‘s., Curtis, 1.1“. .-\..\‘.l).â€"â€"I’icl<ering, p., Jacobs, (2., \Valher. lst b.. Duncan, 12nd b., H. Boyd. 3rd b.. Kennedy. ss. A. Boyd, 0.f.. lieaxnan. Lil, Mai-hie, r.l‘. Bill Smith was scorer for the A.S.D., and W. H. Johns served a similar posi‘ tion for the Tripods. Mrs. A. H. Yeomans left. for a vam- tion last week. Mr. A. \V. Carlyle is back from his vacation and the Tripods are nmr prepared to meet all comers We Im- tioe that he has had his 0'31 shingied or bobbed. perhaps. is better. MI‘. U. Ulllette 18 also 2 down below visiting \Voods utlwr tuwns in that \‘ivinity QRRISIED fflfl 5800MB M MSlNl'lllE CHIEF (in Sunday Hen. Michalofi, a Bul- garian, was nrreshul zit Imrrain, Que, and is held on :i eharge of attempted murder. The arrest was made by Provincial (”livers Ds-lves and ('raik who i'ullmw.,~d their man 59 miles across. country, keeping up the chase until the unused was located. Michaloff walked the 59 miles through the bush and across country from Ansouville, making the trip in a day. Michalotf is accused of shmtin at. people at. Ansonville a week oi’gso ago. In a dispute in a store he pulled a gun and blazed away at a men-hunt there. When Chief of Police 8. Newton was called, Michaloff also took a shot or two at the Chief, according to ac- counts of the affair. When anested' Michalofl' ' was carrying. a 45 automa- tié.’ ‘ ' for Sutlbm‘y, where he will be fur a shert while. Mr. V'ank ('zu'negie. we” and. Y'a'mm'ahly known to the old timers (m the )‘n'upex'ty. and whn is now with the McIntyre Exploration Depart-- ment, spent a few days with Mr- Frank Horne last week. Mr. J. J. Jordan is spending his vacation in Old Ontario and points across the border. Mr. O. Gillette is also holiduvinu’ The subscription lists to raise money to defray the Kiddies Day ex~ penses nre‘out among the different; shops and (le1_)a1'tnle11ts and it is hoped that everybody to whom a list is is- sued will see that not one, prospective. subscriber is overlooked. This day" for the Kiddies will he one for them to date time from. so everybody up and help. And Also Taking a Shot at Merchant- Walked 59 Miles to Escape. hour and a half the doctors rm earnestly to restore the lad. All ' efforts however, proved unavailii The coroner was notified of death and the body brought to tun~ Undertaking: Parlors. .3 learninu‘ the details of the accider inquest was deemed unnecessary. The late Alexander Jensen wa Danish descent. his father niu frum Demuark tn t'anada. Alexa was born at Nelmn, B.(‘., in .l His father died several years age Sulm‘ years after his mother married in Mr, John Pauquette. is HUW the var repair man for th N. 0. Railway at 'l‘hvimins. The. Jenaen boy was well-kinnr the town and district, being a bright and lively lad. He. sold pa on orcasiun and had the youthful ergy and curiosity that prompted to he always on derk it’ anyt speuial were in progress. .There be general regret and sul'l'tm‘ at be general untimely 1 ‘1 “ll PRICE FIVE CENTS i111 \s on deck if anything: _’ in progress. .Tlxere will regreg and sorrow at his nth. lied several years a; after his mothe‘ Mr, John Pauquetm my repair man for cemetery Paid CircuLtiun Last Week also holidaying: Woodstock and mums. well-known in being a very He sold papers- (1-day to '\ ft. en- 11 1 m Hf 1011' ”lg: the m mi ho 01