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SUPERINTENDENT, 4 BALSaAM ST., TIMMIN®S e any difficulty securing this, write Dept. 8, M. Allen and Co., Bond Building, Toronto. ay rent if you want to. But if you are Building your own Home, we will supply the Lumber. LSON AVE. ary 21st, 1926 being a Free Country UCTION MAERT hyfi TIMMINS, ONT. Timmins,‘ Ont. Rate of Interest earned on invested assets 6.91%. Reserves for policy liabilities on the highest basis in use for any similar past records in every departmentâ€"exceedâ€" ing even those of the great Jubilee Year 1924. class of business. Surplus Earnings for the year, greatest in the history of the Company, proâ€" viding large increase in "Free Surplus" and permitting of substantial increases to various emergency funds. i Dividends to Policyholders remarkably high, providing unexcelled results HE RESULTS of the year 1925 break 1na1oeot rppnrr]g ;n Aenartmentâ€"â€"-excee Insurance Company New Business Issued = New Business 1924 â€" $ 53,580,000 6« o 1923 â€" _ 44,750,000 Insurance in Force for past decade. Highlights from the Company‘s Fiftyâ€"first Annual Statement : The progress of the Company is unsurpassed ! In Force Copy of the Fiftyâ€"first Annual Report will be gladly mailed on request. HEAD OFFICES â€" LONDON, CANADA "Policies Good as Gold" ‘The 1925 record shows that a new policyholder was added every |1\% minutes of each working day DEATH OF MR. W. HAYDEN, PRESIDENT OF HAYDEN MINE. Last week innumerable friends in this part of the North Land heard with the sincerest regret of the death at his home in Batavia, N. Y., of Mr. William Henry Hayden, President of the Hayden Mine, Deloro Township, Poreupine District. At the time of death the late Mr. Hayden was in his 68th year, having been born in Brookâ€" lyn, N. Y., on August 3lst, 1858. Death was due to influenza. Mr. Hayâ€" den was ill only a few days. He had been in poor health some months ago, but had apparently recovered. He had not, however, been restored to his oldâ€"time vigour, and the attack of inâ€" fluenza proved too much for him to withstand, following the previous sevâ€" ere illness some months ago. The late Mr. Hayden visited Timmins and the Hayden mine during the holiday season, and while not perhaps in his usual health was certainly in his regâ€" ular good spirits and optimistic mood, seeing great prospects ahead for the Hayden property, to which he has given so much devotion. The late Mr. Hayden was widely known in this part of the North, being one of the pioâ€" neer mining men in the Poreupine area. He had great faith in this country and was responsible for many coming to invest and to reside. He was always optimistic, friendly and a gentleman and he will be long remembered for his many fine traits of character. He was a mining enâ€" gineer who brought capital of his own and of his friends and acquaintances to develop claims in this camp. He centered his chief efforts and interest in the mine that bears his name and of which he was president and manaâ€" ging director. A week or two before his death he was in the Poreupine and had then completed final plans for the ample financing of the Hayâ€" den property to bring it to the proâ€" ducing stage. _ He believed that in the Hayden mine he had one of the most promising properties in this disâ€" trict. A widow and two sons are left to mourn his loss, and to these the Poreupine Camp extends sincerest sympathy in their bereavement. The sixth annual Burns Banquet under the auspices of the Caledonian Society of Timmins will be held in the Empire Hotel on Monday evenâ€" ing, Jan. 25th, the 167th anniversary of the birth of the great Scottish poet. An unusually good programme has been arranged. THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO 1924 $ 27,019,000 23,074,000 $178,325,000 151,780,0006 4,000,0 â€" $31,500,000. $211,000,000. SAULT STE MARIE HOCEKEY PLAYERS TURNING ‘*P] The only authentic records of early forest devastation by fire, are those compiled by the early explorers and fur traders. Sir Alexander McKenâ€" zie in his long journey from Montreal to the mouth of the MceKenzie River, and again to the Pacific Ocean, while faithfully noting the condition of the country through which he travelled, mentions only thirteen places where the forests had been destroyed by fire. This affords a remarkable comparison with present day fire records. Hockey. fans in this district will be interested in the following desâ€" patch from Sault Ste. Marie last week :â€" ‘*‘After six seasons with the Sault Greyhounds, â€" ‘*Bill‘‘* Philips, has at last listened to the money call and leaves to join the Montreal Maroons. Bill will get $7,000 for finishing the present season with the Montreal team and his contract includes two more seasons, three in all for a total of $16,000. It is strongly rumored in the city that Babe Donnelly is to folâ€" low Philips in the course of a week, but the Babe will neither deny nor confirm the report. Bill played his last amateur game against the Duluth Hornets on the 12th putting up a stellar game, probably the best of his career, until benched with Jamieson in the middle of the third period for renewing a fist fight for which the two had been banished.‘‘ SIR ALEXANDER McKENZIE AND FOREST FIRES HERE (From Forest and Outdoors) According to the report of the comâ€" mission of Conservation, British Coâ€" lumbia, which possesses the greatest stand of saw timber of any Province in the Dominiqn, lost 650 hbillion board feet of timber through forest fires during the past century. This is approximately twice the amount of the present stand in B. C. British |Columbia averages about 2500 forest fires per year, of which 86% are due to human agencies. Compare this record with Sir. Alexâ€" ander McKenzie‘s report for the whole of Canada from Montreal to the Pacific Coast, and it is safe to predict, ‘that anyone following the route traversed by that intrepid exâ€" plorer today, would hardly lose sight of burned areas. FRIDAY NIGHT TO BE LADIES‘ NIGHT AT CALEDONIANS Friday evening, of this week the regular meeting of the Caledonian Society will take the form of anâ€" other Ladies‘ Night, and the entire programme will be in charge of the Ladies‘ Committee, of which Mrs. A. Roberts is the convenor. There have been a number of Ladies‘ Nights at the Society and every one has been an enjoyable succeess. The event in the Hollinger Hall on Friday of this week, Jan 22nd, will be even better than the former very happy events. A specially good programme is being prepared and all Scots and Scotsâ€" women and their friends will find the evening a very pleasant one. MR. W. PREST, SCHUMACHER NOT THE ONHE REFERRED TO on a theft charge. Some thoughtâ€" less people went out of their way to confuse this W. Prest, with Mr. W. Prest, a highlyâ€"esteemed young man of Schumacher. Of course, there was no reference to the Schumacher gentleman in the item, the W. Prest concerned being a man of middle age drifting here from the south and working for a time at Jones‘ camp. The W. Prest, of Schumacher, is not even acquainted with the other Prest, let alone related, the W. Prest in the police court case coming from the far south where he said he had relatives living in more than one state of the Union. Last week in the police court items there was one referring to a W. Prest being allowed a suspended sentence BY CHIMINIS WE‘LL GET ALL ABOUT CHIMINIS YET. Some. weeks ago The New Liskeard Speaker said that Chiminis, the terâ€" minal point on the T. N.O.‘s proâ€" jected line to the Rouyn gold field, was named after the nearby mounâ€" tain. was the mountain so named?‘ The Advance asked. The Speaker replied by giving the correct way ito spell ‘‘Chiminis,‘‘ But the Advance persisted in wanting to know why the mountain was so named. The Speaker responded with interesting data abhout the origin and appearance of the mountain, with inâ€" cidental references to historical facts about the naming of New Liskeard and Temiskaming. But still The Advance kept asking ‘‘But why was the mountain named Chimins?" Last week The Speaker came mighty close to answering,â€"perhaps, indeed, did truly answer. Here is what The Speaker says :â€" ‘‘We thought when we wrote our reply to the request of The Advance asking why the mountain was called we had said all we had to say or could say, and that the matter was at an end; but The Speaker last week was no sooner off the press than our townman and pioâ€" neer prospector, Mr. Murdie MeLeod, assured uiss that we were altogether off Said he, ‘*‘Chiminis‘ is an Indian word meaning ‘‘an island surrounded by land,"‘‘ or in other words, ‘‘an inâ€" land island.‘‘ The idiom reminds one of late Principal Grant‘s referâ€" ence to British Columbia as a ‘‘sea of mountains.‘‘ The saying was first attributed to the late Edward Blake, but claimed by Grant. On making furâ€" ther inquiries, we had various versions Prof. Sharp was told when he visitâ€" ed Larder Lake, that the mountain seen so plainly from the lake, was named by the French, ‘‘Chiminis,"‘ because of its appearance to a chimâ€" ney. Of course, the Professor gave the matter no further thought. His son, George, however, thinks it is an Indian word, as also does Mr. Dupuis, of the George Taylor Hardware, who says he understood it was named in memory of an Indian chief. But the\.Rev. Father Paquin says, while he can find nothing in the French to indicate why the mountain should be called ‘*‘Chiminis‘‘ or ‘*‘Cheminis,"" still the word has a French pronunâ€" ciation. So here we shall leave the question unsolved; and if any one should ask why all the fuss, our reply must be that this Chiminis is no moleâ€" hill, but a real honetâ€"toâ€"goodness mountainâ€" the only mountain‘in the North Land. Hamilton, Fort Wilâ€" liam and Montreal each have a mounâ€" tain. Why not **Chiminis,"‘‘ the emâ€" brvo border town at the end of the There will be a Tea and Sale of Home Cooking, under the auspices of the St. Matthew‘s Sr. W. A., from 3 to 6 on Saturday, Jan. 23rd, in the basement of the church. HUNT, Miners and Mine Owners Why not ‘*Chiminis,"‘‘ the border town at the end of N. Q. Ky. eant. UR Savings Department is at the disâ€" posal of minersâ€"to mineâ€"owners we offer efficient and prompt service in all departments of banking. Transfers of funds by telegraph and cable promptly executed with the absolute secrecy that is the inviolable rule of this Bank. Our local manager welcomes consultation. TIMMINS BRANCH, SCORES OF GIRLS‘® BOWLING MATCHES, JANUARY 14th The following are the seores for the Girls‘ Bonlmo' Matches, Jan. 14th :â€" A. ‘Teamâ€"M. Snnth~â€"â€"1‘)4 163;. Carruthersâ€"82, 70 ; M. Mnrrlsonâ€"78 LLG ; N: MoLeodâ€"â€"lO 114; O. Ram- sayâ€"TO, 60. B. Teamâ€"B. J. Gowanâ€"100, 92 ; G, Everettâ€"64, 126; G. Robmqonâ€"-â€"97 125; M. Fergusonâ€"117 89;â€"P. %her- lock-â€"â€"145 T9; + C. Teamâ€"B. Hillâ€"191, 98; K. Egan â€"102, 404; V. Jacksonâ€"44, 61; J. Wattâ€"102, 119; B. Ralstonâ€"95, 104. D. Teamâ€"F. MacDonaldâ€"â€"‘)l 103 . Mcelntoshâ€"76, 98; J. Morrlsonâ€"â€"lll 146; J. Pur\lsâ€"â€"-155 1173 :C Mac- Donaldâ€"â€"l"G 180. A WARNING AGAINST WILDCATS FROM NORTH Wolves may not attack human beâ€" ings, but (beware the wildqat! Especâ€" ially, watch out for particular species of wildeat, the smoothâ€"skinâ€" ned kind that will likely leave you skinned as smooth. With the inâ€" creased interest in mining in the North the wildeat becomes prevalent. The wildeat is the biggest foe to legitimate prospectors. The Toronto Star last week on its financial page had a few timely nature notes on the habits and undesirability of the wildâ€" cat. The Star said :â€" ‘‘A warning was sounded this week to look out for wildeats. Some of our friends didn‘t like us suggesting that pussy had come out to her corner. She may not have started any fights on the back fence yet but her hair is all standing up and her tail wagging. In other words, we are entering a period when the same thing is going to happen as happened when. Northâ€" ern Ontario was opened up fifteen or twenty ‘years ago. A lot of boys with brilliantine on their hair and diamond necktie pins are going to be ringing door bells and asking the good wife to put her savings in some new Quebec mine, which he will show her on the map. Don‘t fall for this stuff if you like your savings.‘"‘ ‘*One of the strongest curhs on such promotions ought to be the stock exchange. It‘s none of our business but we hope for the sake of the counâ€" try and ithe public that the exchange will discourage the listing or trading of new stocks which have whiskers like the wild pussies peddled from door to door. Promoters should be asked to show their medals. Exâ€" change authorities can easily satisfy themselves whether enough actual work has been done to make a mine a possibility, whether the management are honest and whether there is enough money on hand for developâ€" ment within a couple of years.‘‘ Mr. Jas. M. Woods (‘*Happy‘‘) returned last week to Schumacher after an extended visit to the Old Country, where he visited centres of interest in England and Scotland. Acting Manager.