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%fib WMW@MW? The Advance ten years ago had two letters from soldiers camped at Hazely Downs, England. One was from â€" Sergt. Phayre. The former tells about visiting Jack Munro at Nettley Hospital. ‘*‘His right arm is absolutely useless,‘‘ says the letter, ‘‘the bullet passed through the shoulder cutting all the nerves. They operated and tried to fix it up. but it was useless. The cut required eighty stitches to sew up. It was wonderful to see how cheerful they all were,â€"men without arms and legs, and gassed and so on.‘‘ Sergt, Phayre said that the Pioneers were O.K. and when inspected by the Duke of Conâ€" naught won very favourable comâ€" ments. In 1916, as in later years the Timnâ€" mins Town Council and Board of Trade were able to secure advantages for the town by persistent endeavoul The agitation by these bodies for proper station for Timmins resulted in February, 1916, in a promise from the T. N. 0. Commission that such a station would be surely built that year. The plans called for a comâ€" modious brick building, to cost apâ€" proximately _ $25,000.00. That the promise was implemeted may be provâ€" en by a look at the present T. N. O. depot here, built in 1916. â€" At the same time the T. N. 0. chairman, Mr. J. L. Englehart made it plain that the policy of the commussion was aâ€" gainst all level crossings and that acâ€" cordingly the proposal to divert the road to the Hollinger and Schumacher to the north and having a level crossâ€" ing instead of the wooden subway bridge would not be entertained. The next Band Concert will be ‘*Juvenile Night,"‘ the programme at the Goldfields Theatre on Sunday evening, Feb. 28th, being given throughout by gifted young artists of the town and district. Mr. Preston can surely claim to be a real oldâ€"timer of the North Land, and truly fond of the country, for in around 21 years up in this country he has spent only twelve da)s all told in visits to his old home in the south. activities of the 159th Battalion in the North Country. Lieut. Nicolson told The Advance that the battalion had reached a strength of 700, all Northern Ontario men. _ Lieut. Col. Armstrong (now Member in the Doâ€" minion â€" House for South â€" Temisâ€" kaming) was commanding officer. The captians included :â€" Capt. James of the O ‘Brien Mine, Cobalt; Captam Pullan, of the Kelso Mine; and Capâ€" tain Young, of Iroquois Falls. The lieutenants . included then: â€" Mac Lang, M.P.P., Lieut, Nicolson, of the Vipond, and Lieuts. MeDougall, Meyers and Barton, South Poreupine. There was a note to the effeet that Private Shewan of the Grenadier Guards had left for headquarters at St. John‘s, Que. The following also had joined the Guards and were leayâ€" ing for St. Johns:â€"John Bush. CJlar ence Spiers, Russell Iett, Edward Woodrow, W. K. (ioudig, Alfred Gib, bons, Timmins; Albert Fulds, Jolin Sullivan, Schumacher; Wm. MeLean, David Brinton, South Poreupine. Pastor Allen announcel to his conâ€" gregation at the Presbyterian charch on Sunday morning, Feb. 13th, 1916, that he would continue only for a few months to ‘‘wear the cloth,"‘ after which he would don the khaki and shoulder a gun. Mr. H. A. Preston, the discoverer of the Dome Mines property, and one of the real oldâ€"timers of the North Land, is visiting the Camp and renewâ€" ing old acquaintances here. He is being warmly greeted by many of the oldâ€"timers who remember him in tius part of the North before there was any camp here. Mr. Preston is ready to back up his story of the discovery of the Dome with his money, and oldâ€" timers who knew him in the early days are ready to back up Harry Preston. ‘*‘Harry is all right,"‘"‘ says one oldâ€"timer in regard to Preston‘s account of the discovery of the Dome, the credit and profit for which went to others, though the oldâ€"timers agree that it was Preston who was nveâ€" sponsible for the find. # 5o 4 1*, .*,. .# w e O eR LA L L LA S * 2e e verve‘ uo + . *+*, **, * + %,0% 00. 04. 00. 44. 44. 00, 00. 40 046. 20. 20. 061 +_40, +4 ooooooooflooooouv\ofouooooooooooo leatnet ea eares un h4 * "¢*~% #® * 1 # <# *..*.,* # * * ># THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO years of the Great War, the issue of The Advance of Feb. 16th, 1916, was largely taken up with patriotic and mllx ary news. . Front page space was civen to mentlon of the recruiting DISCOVERER OF THE DOME REâ€"VISITING THE CAMP -"0000\0? 3-‘?30.00 ‘a" *s vf 000“00 u * * * * # nooo * .}““ At the present time there are close to thirty on the teaching staff of the Timmins Public Sehools, and the total enrolment is over 1100 pupils. This is quite a change from 1916. The January, 1916 school report shows the total number of pupils enâ€" rolled at Timmins public school (a frame building near the present Cenâ€" tral School site) to be only 46, with an average attendance of 28. The principal of the school in 1916 was Mr. Thos. Dowler, and there was two other teachers,â€"Mrs. E. J. Meyers and Miss E. Taylor. Like many of the issues during the Among the mining notes of Februâ€" ary, 1916, the following may be of inâ€" terest:â€"‘‘The Rand Syndicate are about to instal a steam plant and hoist on their properties in Deloro."‘ ‘*Mr. Thos. Pope is ealling for tenâ€" Cen Years Ago in Cimntins : Fror pata x TE® PorctPINE ApvaxcE FYLES Two 1916 hockey matches may be noted. Timmins won from Dome Mines, 4 to 2. Lafreniere was reâ€" feree and Lowe was judge of play, and their work seemed to give generâ€" al satisfaction. In the other game Cochrane won from Tiuinmins, 2 to 1, at Cochrane. The report of the game gives Spence .particular â€" credit, as well as saying:â€" ‘*‘The boy wonder, F. MeceGuire, played a wonderful game, and made many an opponent look like a hasâ€"been. The game was played on ar openâ€"air rink with the thermometer registering 27 degrees below. In the Poreupine news items menâ€" tion is made of the~enlistment of Messrs. Wm. Ogilvie, Chas. Preston, Jack McLellan and Hugh MeEFachren. Also it is noted that Messrs. C. M. Pierecy and J. T. Price attended the Institution ceremonies of the Orange Hall at South Porcupine, when the Grand Master, Dr. Williams, and Deputy Grand Master, H. C. Hocken, exâ€"Mayor of Toronto, and editor of The Orange Sentinel, were present. is still time! The rule of The Adâ€" vance is toâ€" discontinue all subscripâ€" tions not paid in advance. This has been the rule of this paper for years past. It is the only plan that will work. â€" The receipt of a renewal is the only way The Advance has of knowing that the paper is desired and required. If your subscription is expired, look after the matter foâ€"day, and so avoid missing any copies of the only newsâ€" paper of the Poreupine Camp. Many thanks‘! Don‘t forget Monday! next, Feb. 22nd,â€"the date of the iLadies of the Orient Euchre and Dance. The Timmins local notes for Feb. 16th, 1916, include:â€"‘* Chief of Police Courtemanche is able to be around again after an attack of laGrippe.‘® Ralph Robbins sang a solo at the Episcopal church on Sunday night. Her voice and rendition have caused much favourable comment."‘ ‘*«Mrs. W. H. Wilson, Mrs. J. A. Mceâ€" Innis, Mrs. M. D. Hambly and her guest, Miss C. McCool, of North Bay, have returned from a visit to Cochâ€" rane.‘‘ ‘‘A Valentine Party was given by Mrs. Robbins at her home on Saturday afternoon when about 20 guests assembled and had a most enâ€" joyable time.‘‘ *‘Mrs. J. W. Fogg is on a visit to her home in Portland, Maine.‘‘ ‘‘Messrs. J. W. Fogg and H. J. Marshall spent the weekâ€"end at the Croesus Mine, at Matheson, as the guests of Manager Julius M. Cohen.*! Last week a number of reminders were sent out to subscribers in regard to their subscriptions being due. A record number of responses has been received, yet there are some yet who have delayed reply. Act, while there There were many interesting items of South Poreupine news in The Adâ€" vance of, Feb. 16th, 1916. ‘‘Mrs. Frank Horne is tszing over the Conâ€" naught Hotel.‘‘ Miss Louise Demers and Miss Olive McGuire, of Timmins, were registered at.the King George Hotel on Saturday.‘‘ ‘‘Mrs. Sylvesâ€" ter Kennedy has taken over the Kingâ€" ston Hotel dining room, and some good ‘home cooking will be assured.‘"‘ ‘*«Many good reports are coming from the Excelsior Mine in Shaw townâ€" ship.‘‘ "‘Mr. Ben Smith has taken over the Kingston Hotel.‘‘ _ ‘‘*Mr. W. W. Wilson, batlber, has opened a shop at the Dome Mines."‘‘ ‘*‘Mr. Alexander Kincade, of South Poreuâ€" pine, and Mrs. MacDougall Jamieson, of Haileybury, wereâ€"united in the holy bonds of matrimony last week at the Roman Catholie church. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Fr. Pelletier. Their many friends and The Advance wish them a long and happy life.‘‘ ‘‘Up to the present fourteen members of South Poreupine I. 0. 0. F. Lodge have enlisted to serve King and Country." There are three more games in the Trail Rangers Hockey schedule as folâ€" lows :â€" HOW ABOUT ADVANCING THAT $2 TO THE ADVANCE. pine. Feb, Feb. cupine. ders for the construction of camp buildings on properties in Shaw townâ€" ship.‘‘~ ‘‘Sinking of the shaft on the Triumph (Success) was started, the desired depth to be reached in 30 days.‘" ‘"It is stated that the new owners of the North Thompson inâ€" tend to instal an â€" electric mill.""‘ ‘‘The shaft on the Jamieson properâ€" ties, recently optioned by Mr. Dunean Chisholm, is being prosecuted in vigorous and businessâ€"like manner.‘‘ ‘‘The Maidensâ€"MecDonald ~properties have been optioned by ths La Rose Co. interests.‘‘ ‘‘There is a proposiâ€" tion to consolidate the La Paime ant Three Nations properties.‘‘ Under the heading. Busiâ€" ness Tax Passed by House a Sweepâ€" ing Measure,‘‘ is the heading over a despatch from Qttawa, under date of Feb. 16th, 1916, outlining the then new but now old i:cheme of hitting a hard wallop to business through Doâ€" minion taxation. HOCKEY MATCHES IN THE TRAIL RANGERS SCHEDULE. Feb,. 20â€"Timmins at South Poreuâ€" 20â€"Dome at Schumacher. 27â€"Schumacher at South Porâ€" «Bm Ee aBa e ce cb en abe abe Pn ate ate se eB * 8. 8. 8. 28. 2%, 22, 6. 9. 2t s 282222 282 2% 2 28 4. # + u0. .%, .%, ¢ P J ote ate ote ate ate abaate aPaateatecteate ate afe ate ate afe ofo ePrate cta ateate alectentealeatenta ateacen 9§000000000000000000 00 o 0 ooo 00 ooooooo fest ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooocoooooooooo_onoooooo‘?o‘u’o’?o’o‘o’?o‘o‘?floo??otooooooooooooooooo a For Sure Results Try Our Want Ad Column Every drugéist sells Buckley‘s on a money refunded guarantee 214 Double Dlamond Lumber Co., Ltd. AGAMI HEIGHTS White Pine gUCKLEY: M I XTU RE Public School McIntyre Hall Public School South Porcupine (one day) CORRECT VIOLIN ACADEMY Studio: St. Onge Block, Timmins, Ont. "STRONG" OR‘ "MoDiFIED" t Square Timbers FIR siccrine e V.â€"Joint. Mould Bevel Biding 2 P â€" 2:x6, 2x8. 2x10 dressed. SPRUCE AND JACK PINE. Rough and Dressed Lumber of all Kinds. FUNERAL DIRECTOR 73 THIRD AVENUE Telephones 608â€"J and 608â€"W. Schumacher (one day) Mcintyre Recreation Hall SCHUMACHER Thurs., Feb. 18th, 1926 Moulding. Dome Mines (one day)