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PHONE 129 Goldfields Theatre Bldg Timmins Drug Co. Limited Pagoda Chocolates 66 Third Ave. or P.O. Box 1373 Moved from 28 Main Ave. to 66 Third Ave. corner Birch Street, N. Passengers booked to and from all parts of the world To Europe and return $150.00 EMIGRATION OFFICE All interested in the Protection and Fair Usage of Animals are urgently Requested to Attend. TUESDAY, APRIL 20th To be held in the Town Hall, Timmins, on ‘‘Buy Here and Save Money‘‘ Delicious Homemade Candies For further information see Take a Box to the Show Humane Society Meeting Fresh Shipment 60c. per 1Ib. at 8 p.m. Cass, was sleeping downstairs, near the stove, and was partially overcome with the smoke but managed eventuâ€" ally to make his esecape without seriâ€" ous injury. The building and conâ€" tents were a total loss, about $15,â€" 000.00 damage being done, the loss inâ€" cluding some mail matter that had not been called for, as well as the contents of the store and dwelling house. Seven children, all under fourteen years of age, had a narrow escape from death by fire at Boston Creek last week. They owe their lives to the pluck and eoolness of their sister, Miss Winnifred Perey, a brave fourâ€" teenâ€"yearâ€"old lass who shepherded the family to safety when the house in which they lived took fire. The fire was at the post office, with conâ€" nected _ dwelling It apparently started from an explosion of gas in the stove through the stove being checked off too much. The explosion blew the pipes down and flames got to the building. Mrs. Perey was away, ‘but Miss Winnifred, who was sleepâ€" ing upstairs with the children, was wakened by the explosion and flames. She gathered the other youngsters at the head of the stairs, but the smoke and flames so frightened the youngsters that she had a difficult time getting them out safely. She succeeded in this dangerous work, however, and resecued the seven childâ€" ren. ‘The assistant postmaster, T. A. BREAVE BOSTON CREEK YOUNG LADY SAVES SEVEN LIVES The New Liskeard Speaker last week says :â€"**Miss Reeves, of the P.S. staff, is spending holidays at Timmins, the guest of Miss Hawkins, formerlv V.O0. Nurse in New Lisâ€" keard.‘‘ **Electrical prospecting in its varâ€" xous forms is becoming quite popuâ€" ‘*‘The big electrical prospecting deâ€" vices are of course more elaborate and will discl@se bodies well hidden below the surface, ‘‘A dip needle costs about thirty dollars, A magnetometer, which is described in the bush as a dip needle with a college education, costs about one hundred dollars. One outfit in Quebec has ten of the latter at work. ‘*These little devices become quite agitated if they pass over a mineralâ€" ized area which is elose to surface, and give the prospector a lead on which to start with pick and shovel. ‘* Well, the doodle bug has been put on a scientific footing, and at varâ€" ious points in the Quebec fields prosâ€" pectors are hiking across the snow, following straight lines that cut their claims into squares, and carrying in their hands dip needles or magnetoâ€" meters, ‘‘Everybody has heard of ‘doodle bugs,"‘ those quaint devices for findâ€" ing ore, and the genius with the crooked stick thatâ€"straightened up when it tapped the spot where minâ€" eral rested beneath the surface. Now the following is from The Northern Miner to whom be all the honour, as well as any responsibility incidental thereto :â€" DOODLE BUG BECOMING POPULAR IN PROSPECTING ‘*‘Undoubtedly the most valuable service which the department renders the prospectors is in the geological reports and maps it publishes of the mineral areas of the province as they are built when mines are opened up, map showing the geology and the asâ€" siciation of rocks favourable for minâ€" eral deposits, the prospector may take the field, and will find his work sysâ€" tematized and simplified. Many prosâ€" pectors quickly assimilate such inforâ€" mation and become expert in detectâ€" ing favourable locations for the ocâ€" currence of minerals. All publicaâ€" tions issued by the Department Mines are free."‘ | "Trails are cut out, streams cleared of obstacles to enable prospectors to reach their claims, and wagon roads are built when mines ar opened up, so that supplies and machinery may be taken in. Later, when a camp gives promise of being a productive and permanent one, a branch of the (GGovernment railway is constructed if the area be within reasonable reach. claim may sell his ore to the Temisâ€" kaming Testing Laboratories, Cobalt, maintained by the Department of Mines, thus putting him in funds for further exploration. ‘‘When a prospector records a claim he get two coupons entitling him to free assays of his find. On recording his work year by year he gets two more each time, making 12 assays in all to each claim. ‘‘A prospector developing a gold ‘‘Recognizing this, the Ontario Government believes it to be o'ood policy to assist the prospeetors in every legitimate way. To increase their efficiency and enlarge their knowledge of rocks and mmeralq holds mining classes in the various mining centxes during the winter time when prospectors are at home. Elementary instruction in geology, chemistry and mineralogy is given. A collection: of representative minâ€" erals, labelled and described, is preâ€" sented each member of the c]ass Lecâ€" tures with lanternâ€"slide illustrations are given. These classes are free., ‘‘The prospector is the foundation stone of the mining industry. Mines are a wasting asset, and unless new discoveries are constantly ‘being made the industry will languish and eventuâ€" ally die. â€"the interest and helpfulness shown by the Ontario Department of Mines and the Minister of Mines for Onâ€" tario, Hon. Chas. McCrea, and the shortsighted and handicapping policy of the Canadian National Railways so far as prospecting in Ontario is coflcerned. The attitude of the C. N.R. towards prospectors going in to Red Lake has been roundly condemmâ€" ed. It indicates the lack of interâ€" est of the Dominion Railways in the development of this North Country. It is in striking contrast to the thoughtful and helpful attitude of our own T.N.0. Railway. It is in still greater contrast to the attitude of the Ontario Department of Mines. Hon. Mr. MeCrea has won the highâ€" est regard not only of the prospectors but of all truly interested in the deâ€" velopment of the country. Hon. Mr. McCrea has the right idea regarding the value of the prospector to this country, and the following article by the Minister of Mines as published in a recent issue of The Ottawa Jourâ€" nal is respectfully urged upon the atâ€" tention â€"of the Canadian National Railways in the hope that a better attitude may be obtained towards the prospectorâ€"the mar who makes this country. Hon. Mr. MceCrea says:>â€" There are two things that prospeeâ€" tors hereabouts continually emphasize DEPARTMENT DF MINES HFLPS MINING INDUSTRY Ontario Minister of Mines Shows Difâ€" ferent Attitude to Canadian Railway. PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO un mm Haileybury Horticultural Society has a membership campaign under way at present, and hopes, and exâ€" pects, to secure at least 300 members. Canadian Government in the Mackenâ€" zie River and Great Bear Lake reâ€" gion, and he was attached to the Onâ€" tario Bureau of Mines from 1903â€"4. In 1905 he became Directorâ€"General of the Geological Survey of New Zeaâ€" land, a post he filled until 1911.. In 1911 Dr. Bell became consulting enâ€" gineer and geologist to Messrs Hamilâ€" ton, Ehrlich and Turk, and managing director of the Huronian Belt Comâ€" pany in 1913. Since 1923 he has been managing director of the three subsidaries of that company, Keeley Silver Mines, Ltd., Vipond Consoliâ€" dated Mines, Ltd., and Canadian Lorâ€" rain Silver Mines, Ltd."" ‘*Dr. J. Mackintosh Bell, whose adâ€" dress to the shareholders of the Huâ€" ronian Belt Company on Monday last is fully reported on another page, is among the mpost distinguished of Canadian engineers. Born at St. Anâ€" drew‘s, Quebec, he was educated at Queen‘s University, Kingston, Onâ€" tario, and Harvard University, Camâ€" bridge, Mass. At the age of 22 he carried out exploration work for the Under the heading of ‘‘Mining Perâ€" sonalities,‘‘ the illustrated London, England â€"journal, ‘©Canada,‘‘ pubâ€" lishes an excellent halfâ€"tone picture of Dr. J. Mackintosh Bell, together with the following text matter:â€" SKETCH OF LIFE OF DR. J. MACKINTOSH BELL. / UillYy is he nandicapped as regards the transportation of his dogs, but he is now further handiâ€" capped by the fact that he is forced to ship all his supplies by express, On all supplies going into Hudson from Cochrane, the prospector has to pay $4.80 per hundred pounds. This means a big expenditure for the proâ€" spector. It has kept many prospecâ€" tors out of the new camp, and handiâ€" capped those who have gone in. Every extra dollar spent on transâ€" portation <‘or other outside expenses means so much less that will he spent in actual prospecting and developâ€" ment. The exorbitant transportation charges are accordingly a serious handicap to the development of the country. It is just this shortâ€"sighted sort of policy that has made the Naâ€" tional Railways a yellow white eleâ€" phant. The C.P.R., under similar cirecumstances, would likely have been taking the prospectors in free so that the country would be opened up and the railway profit by the resulting business. A prominent official at Toronto of the C.N.R., however, is reâ€" ported as saying that the railway had no interest in the prospector. ‘‘You to pay our rates; that‘s all we‘re interested in,‘‘ he is reported to have said when this matter was taken up with him over the long distance teleâ€" phone. Any railway toâ€"day that imagines it can get away with that sort of attitude has another guess coming. The T. N.O. never fails in courtesy, and the officials will go to any reasonable lengths to do anything possible to assist the country. The C.P.R. shows a similar spirit. Both the T. N.O. and the C.P.R. are payâ€" ing ther way and making an honest dollar extra. The C.N.R., with its lack of imagination and its failure to see where a little help toâ€"day to the prospector may mean thousands of dollars in traffic for the railroad later, is showing one of the reasons why it is a burden to the country. The Advance has made reference repeatedly to the injustice done the prospector and the country in the matter of the rates charged for dogs by the C.N.R. The T. N.O. accepts dogs and all other, supplies (exeept canoes) from genuine prospectors for transportation as baggage, the proâ€" spectors paying the usual rates for excess baggage carried. The C.N.R. will not do this, but compels the proâ€" spector going in to Red Lake to ship his dogs by express. Theresult is great hardship to the prospectors. The prospector is the man who is making this country, and he should at least get as much encouragement as a commercial traveller. But the C.N.R. will not give him a square deal. Not only is he handicapped as| Canadian Government Railway Not Giving Much Help to the Men Who Make This Country PROSPECTORS BEMNG DISCRIMINATED AGAINST Made in the modern, sanitary way; packed to retain proper condition. Produced Perfectly Under Perfect Conditions Wileon‘s Greater Quality at Lower Cost may many others from town be as lucky.‘‘ The correspondent of The New Liskeard Speaker last week says:â€"‘‘ We understand that Mr. Chas. Hendrick‘s deal for his minâ€" ing interests in the Red Lake district is about complete. We are pleased to learn that the deal runs into some five figures. Well done Charlie and In an editorial article last \veel\lin The Sudbury Star the claim is sugâ€" gested that only one quart out of every sixtyâ€"four of illicit liquor comâ€" ing into the North is seized by the authorities. It is a puzzle to underâ€" stand how anyone could obtain such figures. If it is possible to learn the. number of quarts of illicit liquor beâ€" ing shipped into the North, by the same token it would be possible to stop every single bottle of the same. It would appear that The Sudbllx'}" Star either knows too much or too. little, or has said too much or too. little. _ However, here is the item from The Star as it appeared :â€" ‘‘Less than one quart of illicit liâ€" quor is seized and eonfiseated out of every sixtyâ€"four quarts that pass over the T. and N. 0. Railway for the benefit of thirsty Northerners, is the somewhat startling admission of a man, who naturally wishes to remain unnamed, but who is a public official in closeâ€"touch with the O.T.A. and other police activity throughout the North Country. In view of the inâ€" formant‘s position which brings him in contact with the thousands of seizâ€" ures and prosecutions that actually take place every year it may be asâ€" sumed that his estimate is at least conservative. How much liquor ecomes into this country through channels entirely outside official knowledge none will ever know. We already had a suspicion that the O.T.A. was not hbeing enforeed very effectively in the North Country. Most people, we believe, were fairly well persuadâ€"= ed on this point. The actual situaâ€" tion reduced to cold figures by one who, ought to know is none the less staggering."‘ , ) cnarms onuy onE quart SEIZED OUT OF SIXTYâ€"FPOUR Fourth Avenue Landau Sedan Coach that is worthy of your ownership. 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